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e Councilors suggested changes to the draft tabloid and Ms. Pryor asked for any refinements to be brought to her within two days. Ms. Bascom asked about adding a category stating which local services have been expanded. Mr. Gleason said such services are usually user fee-supported and that any gaps were due to increased demand for these services. He added that this explana- tion should be added to the tabloid. Mr. Boles asked why the tabloid's headline had been changed. Ms. Pryor an- swered that the former heading was in the third person and was less effec- tive. The council generally agreed that the modified heading should be used. E. Public Workshop Ms. Bellamy presented examples of workshop exercises. Mr. Green asked wheth- er the results of certain choices selected by participants would be avail- able, i.e., costs and impacts. Ms. Bellamy said the tabloid and a resource notebook will accomplish this. Jenny Carmichael, Eugene Decisions Project Team, presented the work sheets to be used in the workshop. Mr. Nicholson was concerned that people may only choose enhancement choices that will not affect them. Mayor Miller believed respondents would be more community-minded and that people could be asked whether their choice was based on personal impact. He added that the council should add a phrase to the work sheets defining the council's objective in implementing the Eugene Decisions process. The council agreed to remove the term "leisure services" from the worksheet. e In response to council's questions, Ms. Carmichael explained that the listing of City services will be broken down for better understanding of current services. She said participants could write in any services they would want to include. Strategies would be compared among participating groups. Ms. Bascom said people may feel they are being steered in a certain direc- tion, but also may feel free to redesign the survey activities. For instance they could replace the dedicated room tax with a non-dedicated room tax. Mr. Boles said that after the public's initial response to the public input ac- tivities, it will be necessary to conduct more in-depth testing of community response. The meeting adjourned at 8:35 p.m. (Recorded by Tracey Ludvik) mncc 102191 . MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 21, 1991 Page 5