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amount of time to devote to the process as opposed to the Lane County Home Builders Association and chamber, which paid people to represent them. She called this representation a "lop-sided list of entities" that did not constitute a public involvement process. Mayor Piercy asked if the list of possible contributors to the local team constricted the council from adding other groups. Mr. Yeiter replied that it did not. Mayor Piercy asked if it would be possible to put in the council's intention to broaden that group of people. Mr. Yeiter affirmed that it would. City Manager Taylor did not believe sending the grant out with the language it currently contained precluded doing exactly what was being suggested. Ms. Taylor reiterated that the grant would not provide any funding. She felt the City had a wealth of experts and sometimes did not listen to them. She recalled a charette in the Atrium Building about economic development, the results of which she averred were ignored. Mr. Poling acknowledged that the grant was neither for cash nor was it to match local funding. He underscored that any money it would cost would be due to the time the local team spent bringing the EPA team "up to speed." Regarding the groups Ms. Bettman listed, he stressed that the memorandum clearly indicated that the groups listed were as an example. He averred that the Mayor with her ability to bring diverse groups of people together would be able to bring together a very balanced group of people to evaluate and follow up on the recommendations. Mr. Yeiter said the local partnership team was what would normally be called a technical advisory committee and was intended to provide someone other than staff for the EPA team to speak with. He stressed that it was not intended to be the sole public outreach. Mr. Kelly asked if it would be possible to change the language on the document so that it spoke about reinforcing local growth management policies and to change the list for the local partnership team. He suggested, regarding the latter, that it say a local partnership would be formed at a later date and list some options for groups that could possibly participate in it. Mr. Yeiter stated that Planning Division Director Susan Muir was trying to contact the grant writer to see if it would be possible to change the language at this point. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Mr. Kelly, moved to amend the motion to have staff edit the application in Section 4 wherein it questioned the recently adopted Growth Management Policies viability and change it to a state- ment reinforcing those 19 policies and that the partnership team could in- clude those entities but that the final team would be established by the Mayor. Ms. Bettman averred that the grant was competitive and should it have lukewarm council support it might not go anywhere once it arrived in Washington, DC. The motion to amend passed unanimously, 7:0. MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 18, 2005 Page 8 Work Session