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whether to eliminate them. <br /> <br />Ms. Solomon suggested that the McKenzie Watershed Council, Lane Regional Air Pollution Agency, <br />Lane County Local Govermnent Boundary Commission, and Lane Council of Governments were other <br />regional groups the council should discuss. Mr. Kelly added the Region 2050 Steering Committee to the <br />list of regional groups. <br /> <br />3. Priority Issues Update~Action Planning <br /> <br />City Manager Taylor provided the update. He said that he intended to create multi-department teams for <br />each of the council's eight priority issues. Each executive had taken one of the issues as part of his or her <br />portfolio and would lead the effort. Each team would prepare a draft action plan based on the council's <br />brainstorm at the February retreat. The plans would have a three- to five-year planning horizon. City <br />Manager Taylor said that he would return with the plans in a series of work sessions. He believed that <br />some of the plans would be relatively easy and ready to go fairly quickly. Other plans, such as "launching <br />a neighborhood initiative" and "developing a strategy to help the homeless," were more complicated <br />would take longer to complete. <br /> <br />City Manager Taylor called the council's attention to Attachment D in the meeting packet, which was a <br />template for the action plans. He anticipated that the action plans would be developed by the end of the <br />summer, and the council would review them throughout the fall. He said the action plans would form the <br />basis for future budget decision packages. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly expressed appreciation for the template. However, he was very disappointed by the time line <br />proposed by the City Manager. He said the council had held its goal-setting session 1-1/2 months earlier, <br />and it would be six months after that discussion occurred before the council would see the draft action <br />plans. He acknowledged that some plans would be more complicated, but it was his expectation that the <br />council would see initial steps on all the goals by June 2005. <br /> <br />City Manager Taylor suggested that the time line would be affected by the amount of time the council <br />spent on each plan. He believed that even if the review began in July, the effort would extend into the <br />fall. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap6 concurred with the remarks of Mr. Kelly. He suggested the council hold extra work sessions if it <br />was necessary to get through the review more quickly. <br /> <br />City Manager Taylor said the neighborhood initiative would be complex and take some time. He <br />anticipated the discussion on a new city hall would also be complex but would not take so long due to the <br />work that had already been done. The hospital goal was in process and there would be probably be some <br />results to point to in the summer. The police review question would move fairly quickly after the public <br />process occurred, but it would take the council some time to work through all the related issues. The arts <br />and outdoors goal would be easier to achieve than the neighborhood initiative. Fire Station 9 would <br />largely be a matter of when the council wanted to move forward. The homeless issue was the most <br />complex and would take the longest amount of time. City Manager Taylor said some plans could come <br />forward sooner than later, but it would be problematic to try to get them all to the council before fall. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 18, 2005 Page 8 <br /> Process Session <br /> <br /> <br />