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e e e M I NUT E S Eugene City Council O'Neill Room--Eugene Conference Center January 13, 1992 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Shawn Boles, Bobby Green, Ruth Bascom, Debra Ehrman, Randy MacDonald, Paul Nicholson, Kaye Robinette, Roger Rutan. The adjourned meeting of January 8, 1992, of the Eugene City Council was called to order by His Honor Mayor Jeff Miller. I. WORK SESSION: EUGENE DECISIONS Mr. Gleason noted the change of venue from the McNutt Room--City Hall in order to accommodate interested members of the public. Barb Bellamy, City Manager's Office, introduced the topic by saying that the major portion of the meeting would be a presentation by University of Oregon professors Ed Weeks and Bill Simonsen. Through an intergovernmental agree- ment, they developed three survey instruments, compiled and analyzed the data, and prepared the report titled "Eugene Decisions: Results of Citizen Input Winter 1991." Ms. Bellamy explained subsequent activity, saying the information presented would help the City Council develop strategies to take to the community for one more round of public input before making the final decision about services and how to pay for them. She said the council would begin this process at its meeting on January 22. After staff analysis, the City Council is expected to refine from one to three strategies by the end of April for presentation to the community in late May/June for more input be- fore arriving at a final decision. Ed Weeks, Department of Planning, Public Policy, and Management, University of Oregon, thanked all who have contributed to the project. Mr. Weeks said his team was asked to gather information to address the fol- lowing questions: 1. Do citizens prefer to solve the budget deficit by reducing servic- es, increasing revenues, or by using a combination of these ap- proaches? 2. What services do citizens want to maintain? What services do citizens want to reduce? MINUTES--Eugene City Council January 13, 1992 Page 1