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e e e' Ms. Bellamy said that although the council had hoped to conclude the Eugene Decisions process by November 1991, this would not be possible, due in large part to the public involvement process. She said Eugene Decisions would probably conclude no sooner than February 1992, but this still provided the opportunity for a public vote on the plan in Mayor June. Ms. Ehrman said it had been her understanding that the Eugene Decision pro- cess was supposed to help City Manager Mike Gleason prepare the FY93 budget. She said this did not seem possible if the deadline was February 1992. Ms. Bellamy said a budget addendum could be added to the general budget if the strategic plan were completed in February. She said the Budget Committee process began in April. Mr. Gleason said the budget document would have been prepared for printing by February 1992, but an addendum could be added to this. Mr. Rutan said the Eugene Decisions process would recommend major financial changes at the City and he was not sure that strategies issued in February could possibly have this effect. Mr. Gleason said the FY92 budget envisioned a $2 million reserve fund for contingencies which would allow some time to implement budgetary decisions. . He said any decision to eliminate services would probably take about 18 months to implement; it could not be expected to be fully enacted in FY92. Ms. Ehrman asked if an attempt could be made to complete Eugene Decisions by November. Ms. Bellamy said it was ambitious to attempt even a February dead- line. Mr. Gleason explained that public decision-making processes involve the cycling of information between the public and the council which adds one to two months to the overall process. He said staff needed time to process information for both the public and the council. He said the council should focus on the goal of a community-supported, multi-year service plan and con- sider how many resources the City could afford to spend on this project. Mr. MacDonald said he did not want to compress the Eugene Decision process into too short a period. He said a February deadline was acceptable to him. He added that the budget process must be flexible. Mr. Boles said the council should be prepared to see the time line for Eugene Decisions stretch~ He said the February deadline assumed that councilors would agree to changes in its 1991 workplan, but that there would probably be resistance to these changes. In response to a question from Mr. Nicholson, Ms. Bellamy said the process for developing preliminary strategies would involve: 1) council development of rough-cut preliminary strategies; 2) Community leaders Workshop (about July 27), review of premises and rough-cut strategies; and 3) council comple- tion of preliminary strategies. MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 22, 1991 Page 2