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e ernment needs a forum for local jurisdictions to discuss and plan transporta- tion policies and address long-term mass transit needs. Mr. Gleason pointed out that the lTD board has also raised a concern with its lack of input into local land use policy decisions. He agreed on the need to have a single committee with representatives from all of the jurisdictions to discuss these types of long-term planning issues. Ms. Bascom noted that the Metropolitan Policy Committee (MPC) is presently the only forum where all three governmental jurisdictions and lTD have the opportunity to be together at the same time. She said she would continue to raise the concerns expressed today by the council at MPC. I. Public Hearings Mayor Miller said that the council has received information with respect to the new process that will be followed for public hearings in which a large number of persons have asked to testify. He asked the council to continue to think of ways to make testifying less intimidating. Mr. MacDonald said that there is a need to make the transition between public hearing items more smooth) particularly for items with a lot of public testi- mony. At Councilor MacDonald's request, Mayor Miller agreed to inform the public after public hearing items about the next step in the process for that item in cases where the decisions is not to be made immediately after the public hearing. e J. Council Support for Consistent Citizen Input Process Mr. Boles said that the Citizen Involvement Committee (CIC) is exploring ways to ensure that public participation is adequate and consistent for all is- sues. Public participation should be broad and should occur early in the process. Mr. MacDonald commented on the need to prevent what often appears to be last minute access to an issue by special interest groups. Specifically, he said that the Planning Commission's recent decision to form a Commercial lands Study Task Force to allay concerns raised by the Eugene Chamber of Commerce might be perceived as unfair by those that have been involved throughout the entire process. Mr. Rutan noted that the Eugene Chamber of Commerce has been involved throughout the Commercial lands process, but had some specific concerns about some of the conclusions that were made at the end. He noted that committee work is a dynamic process and said that the City's public involvement process should be flexible enough to allow this type of activity to occur, when nec- essary. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council Quarterly Process Session June 5, 1991 Page 6