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e "So this is a time of thanks and a time of challenge. Thanks for all the meetings and phone calls and notoriety you've borne for the sake of serving the community, and the challenge to continue to be our colleagues in leadership during the year ahead." The Mayor asked those in the audience who serve on boards and commissions to stand and be recognized. He thanked them, noting appreciation for what they have done. liThe second portion of my brief comments this evening is dealing with the council goals that most of you have either read, heard on the radio, or heard and seen on television, that we adopted several weeks ago. I would like to officially report them to the citizenry of the City. The high priority, number one on our list, was economic development and diversification. The second item was financial planning and management issues. The third item was downtown revitalization. The fourth was the relationship with EWES. Our fifth item is River Road/Santa Clara planning issues. Number six was the LCDC issues that are facing us in our update plan. Number seven was Performing Arts operations that will start next fall. Number 8 was city office space needs. Number nine was wastewater issues that we seem to be mired in the mud in. Number 10 was commun- ity service and relations.1I IIWe spent Thursday evening, all day Friday, and part of Saturday developing these goals. There were a lot of items that were discussed that are not repre- sented on this list of ten items here, but for one reason or another--perhaps e the progress that was instigated several years ago had led us beyond the point of great concern--they do not appear here. But, it isn't that they're not important. These are just the priorities as the council could foresee them for the immediate future and those are the ones we would like basically to deal with in the next 12 months.1I lilt's important to note to those people who serve on the boards and commissions, that these are the council goals. In essence what we are talking about is getting ready for a better economic flavor in our community. The financial planning that we're talking about is a springboard from a year ago, when we adopted a budgeting process that most of us and the citizenry could understand. Then, everything else kind of molds together and fits into a nice package for all of us to deal with.1I "Regarding wastewater issues, we dealt with what we are going to do when the Federal government refuses to assist us in the funding process. I think part of that links in dealing with the River Road/Santa Clara issue. They all mingle together. II "Downtown revitalization has been a high priority in this community for an extended period of time, and now we are looking at additional businesses in that particular area. A year ago, housing in the downtown core area was a high priority and you will note that it is not on this list. That means that we're assuming that the staff is doing an excellent job, doing all that's possible for us to develop further housing units in the core area.1I e MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 26, 1981 Page 2