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,< , " . cost would be $.57 per seat. However, these figures are calculated guesses and adjustments will have to be made as they go along. The facility is a marketable prod uct. Users will have increased audiences with the bigger facility and it must be determined what is fair to the users and the citizens of Eugene. Fisc a 1 responsibility must be maintained. The program being presented is fair. Alice Dugan, 600 East 39th Place, secretary of the Eugene and University Music Association, stated tnat her statement is a plea that they be included as a local non-commercial user group since they are non-profit. LaVerne Edwards, 1260 President, stated that she is speaking on behalf of tUMA which crosses all levels of the arts community and is available to children. EUMA has been in the area a long time. She is also representing Frank Gortner, U of 0 Cultural Forum, and noted that the rates are fair. However, a base rate could be established and then a per seat charge added above the gross rate which would encourage small groups. This would allow a minimum guarantee with a sliding scale. She wants to see the Civic Center make a profit, but also wants to see local groups make a profit. Charles Dyncan, 2154 McMillan, representing the Board of Directors for the tugen~ Symphony, stated that they look forward to the availability of the Performing Arts Center. Attainment of this goal is not going to be easy or automatic. It will require strong leadership, faith, and dedication from all people, both paid staff and volunteers. It also will require an atmosphere of . Support from local groups. The task is complex. The symphony pledges its support. The November 8, 1980, issue of the Register-Guard editorial is very succint. The board would recommend that the Performing Arts Commission add an eighth item to its mission statement of June 11, 1980: . The center shall recognize the contributions of major local performing organizations to the quality of the City's artistic life, for their continuing efforts to build an audience for the center, and for their past efforts toward approval of the bond issue that made this center possible; in consideration thereof, the center shall be operated to encourage the artistic development and financial health of local per- forming arts organizations, and to further this end shall give them scheduling and rate preference. He feels they should be given very high, if not first, priority. Th i s wo u 1 d be appropriate and significant. Al.1en Whittington, 585 Oakway Road, stated that he has a new proposal. In the Performing Arts Center, there wl11 be union members performing who will want to be pa id . If too many outside groups are using the center, this will raise the price of the seats which will cause a great deal of money to leave Eugene. If local performers are excluded due to the costs, they may not get to perform. He suggested that the Performing Arts Center provide a benefit performance for the taxpayers so they would have the opportunity to attend a function in the center on a monthly, quarterly, or six-month basis at no charge and the local group performing would not be charged. This would be a form of paying rent to . the landlords (the taxpayers). This could be televised and on radio which would promote even larger audiences. MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 10, 1980 P ag e 5