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those listings would drive local policy decisions for several years into the future. Mr. Svendsen added that urban watershed management would be an interdepartmental effort involving both the Planning and Development Department and the Public Works Department. Mr. Lee asked if the council needed to review Statewide Planning Goal 5. Peter Ruffier of the Public Works Department said that the City Council may want to review the goal at some point. The State, in implementing the Oregon Plan, mentioned a more aggressive implementation of the goal. The City had not completed the periodic review process, through which it was dealing with the requirements of Goal 5. Mr. Rayor stressed the importance of good stormwater management and asked if the council could get a comprehensive look at all City practices and how they could be improved to increase water quality and reduce sediment. Mr. Ruffier said that Portland had reviewed all its practices with the goal of reducing the impact of those practices on water quality, and that effort would be discussed by a speaker who would address the council later in the week. Mr. Svendsen added that the City would be renewing its NPDES permit the following year and he anticipated that process would include a review of the City's Best Management Practices (BMPs) and would suggest improvements to those BMPs, as well as suggestions for new BMPs. · Cultural and Leisure Issues Acting Library, Recreation, and Cultural Services Department Director Terry Smith was present to respond to the council's comments and questions regarding the section. Mr. Torrey said that he received calls from residents of the River Road/Santa Clara area who wanted council representation but were not interested in becoming part of the city. Mr. Lee said that there was a lack of coordination between youth service providers, and he asked how the City could take a leadership role in ensuring that coordination occurred. Mr. Torrey noted that the League of Oregon Cities had submitted a bill to the legislature requiring that an elected city official sit on the local Commission for Children and Families. Mr. Smith reminded the council that it had requested that staff develop a comprehensive strategy for youth services. The evaluation component of that strategy was vital to bringing about the coordination Mr. Lee envisioned. He said that through evaluation the system could be disciplined and get people heading in the same direction. Mr. Smith said the amount of fragmentation of service in Lane County was somewhat unique. The fragmentation meant it was difficult for anyone to exercise leadership; in addition, the situation was complicated by the fact the City was not a provider of traditional youth services. Ms. Taylor suggested that the former Sears building would be a good place for a youth center, and asked about the possibility of securing private and State funding for that purpose. She believed that downtown was the ideal place for youth because it was centralized and could be reached by bus. Mr. Meisner said that the council will never see more coordination without knowledge of the system in place now. He did not think that anyone was collecting information on private nonprofit or private for-profit service providers, pointing out that some private for-profit facilities, such as martial arts centers, offer scholarships to Iow-income students through organizations such as Looking Glass Youth Services. MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 22, 1999 Page 7 5:30 p.m.