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Friends of Oregon, the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Lane County Home Builders <br />Association. She opined that 1000 Friends of Oregon really amounted to one person who had a minimal <br />amount of time to devote to the process as opposed to the Lane County Home Builders Association and <br />chamber, which paid people to represent them. She called this representation a ~%p-sided list of entities" <br />that did not constitute a public involvement process. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy asked if the list of possible contributors to the local team constricted the council from adding <br />other groups. Mr. Yeiter replied that it did not. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy asked if it would be possible to put in the council's intention to broaden that group of people. <br />Mr. Yeiter affirmed that it would. <br /> <br />City Manager Taylor did not believe sending the grant out with the language it currently contained precluded <br />doing exactly what was being suggested. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor reiterated that the grant would not provide any funding. She felt the City had a wealth of <br />experts and sometimes did not listen to them. She recalled a charette in the Atrium Building about economic <br />development, the results of which she averred were ignored. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling acknowledged that the grant was neither for cash nor was it to match local funding. He <br />underscored that any money it would cost would be due to the time the local team spent bringing the EPA <br />team ;;up to speed." Regarding the groups Ms. Bettman listed, he stressed that the memorandum clearly <br />indicated that the groups listed were as an example. He averred that the Mayor with her ability to bring <br />diverse groups of people together would be able to bring together a very balanced group of people to <br />evaluate and follow up on the recommendations. <br /> <br />Mr. Yeiter said the local partnership team was what would normally be called a technical advisory <br />committee and was intended to provide someone other than staff for the EPA team to speak with. He <br />stressed that it was not intended to be the sole public outreach. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly asked if it would be possible to change the language on the document so that it spoke about <br />reinforcing local growth management policies and to change the list for the local partnership team. He <br />suggested, regarding the latter, that it say a local partnership would be formed at a later date and list some <br />options for groups that could possibly participate in it. <br /> <br />Mr. Yeiter stated that Planning Division Director Susan Muir was trying to contact the grant writer to see if <br />it would be possible to change the language at this point. <br /> <br /> Ms. Bettman, seconded by Mr. Kelly, moved to amend the motion to have <br /> staff edit the application in Section 4 wherein it questioned the recently <br /> adopted Growth Management Policies viability and change it to a statement <br /> reinforcing those 19 policies and that the partnership team could include <br /> those entities but that the final team would be established by the Mayor. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman averred that the grant was competitive and should it have lukewarm council support it might <br />not go anywhere once it arrived in Washington, DC. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 18, 2005 Page 8 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />