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e Ms. Bascom said it was important that the Community Leaders group be expanded as requested by the original group which met on April 1. Mr. Boles suggested the community survey be conducted after initial premises were identified to test the premises validity in the community. Mr. MacDonald added that conducting the survey at this time would seem to make better sense than linking survey results to the SWOT analysis. He said the SWOT analysis did not depend on public perception, whereas premises would. e Ms. Bellamy and Mr. Gleason both voiced concern that a survey in conjunction with premises would delay the creation of strategies, thus slowing down the whole process. Mr. Boles said that if the survey were conducted between the end of June and the end of July, it should not delay the overall process. The council agreed to the steps in the Community Involvement Plan as outlined and modified at this meeting. Mr. Boles noted that one of the modifications was a survey to be taken between identifying guiding premises and evaluating premises and preliminary strategies. . Terry Moore, Eugene Decision consultant from ECO Northwest, said a premise could be defined as a principle, assumption, or framework. He said the prem- ise would frame the rest of the discussion about Eugene Decisions. Mr. MacDonald said the premise should not constrain the process or presuppose outcomes. Ms. Bellamy said premises should cover a range of opportunities. Mr. Boles said the premises would need to be mutually exclusive. Mr. Moore said premises are like goals and strategies are similar to poli- cies. Mr. MacDonald said premises should be tested on their validity for the community. Mr. Gleason said issues such as those being discussed at this meeting would ultimately need to be decided by the council officers group because of the need to keep to a time line. Mr. Boles said this was reasonable as long as members of the subcommittees were given time periodically to check back on issues with the other councilors. In response to a question from Ms. Bellamy, the council agreed that it would attempt to select a financial strategy plan by February 25. Ms. Bellamy said the council officers had recommended that the City Council serve as steering committee for Eugene Decisions. She said another option was to have an expanded steering committee which included the council and other selected citizens. Mayor Miller said it seemed reasonable to use the council as the initial steering committee, with the option of expanding mem- bership from among City commissions and committees at a later date, if neces- sary. Mr. Robinette said the creation of a larger steering committee would lengthen the time line for the Eugene Decision process. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 22, 1991 Page 5 ... ..~.....a..-......