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ATTACHMENT B MINUTES Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room--Eugene City Hall July 1 $, 2005 Noon COUNCILORS PRESENT: Oeorge Poling, Jennifer Solomon, Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor, Betty Taylor, David Kelly, Bonny Bettman, Gary Pap& Mayor Piercy convened the meeting and welcomed those who were present and those watching the council meeting on Metro Television. A. WORK SESSION: City Council Priority Issue - Push "Arts and Outdoors" as Theme for Eugene City Manager Taylor explained that the issue before the council was a draft action plan that resulted from the council's eight priority issues identified during the council's retreat held in February. He asked team leader for the project, Susan Muir of the Planning and Development Department, and key staff person, Andrea Riner of the Parks and Open Space Division, to present the team's recommendations on how to proceed with the council priority area. Ms. Muir related that a dynamic staff group worked on this priority area. She said the team focused on how to strengthen and promote the assets of the community as an economic development tool. She acknowledged that much work was going on in both the arts and the outdoors at this time and felt this created a dynamic synergy. Ms. Riner underscored that the economic development strategy sought to emphasize both tourism and the livability of the community. She observed that this tied into the work of the Mayor's Sustainable Business Initiative (SBI) Task Force. She felt the plan attempted to determine what the community already had and what its values were. She wished to make sure it was clear this was a community effort and that the team hoped the City would be a "player with partners," such as the County. She reviewed the action plan (Attachment B Arts/Outdoors Action Plan Timeline). Ms. Muir conveyed staff's recommendation that the council approve the action plan. City Manager Taylor noted that he attended a concert by the Chieftains the previous night at the Cuthbert Amphitheater, which exemplified the value of Eugene's arts and outdoors scene. Mayor Piercy called on the council for questions and comments. Ms. Taylor agreed that the arts and outdoors were of primary importance but questioned the emphasis on making it an economic development tool. She did not believe it should be something to market, rather she MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 13, 2005 Page 1 Work Session