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<br />Mr. Corey st.awd that the gn;lup ;~ondw~kd an internal audit of (~tl:r:rcnt <Ktivitk~ and reviewed th~~ best <br />m.armgement pl'acticei:> [1'Orn several ot.her ci.tk:s that .dopkd neighborhood Strategic plans. cities ~uch <i~'; <br />Alhany, Oregon; Scattle, Wa~hingtQ!l~ and San Jose, (;alifbrnia. The. i:::rOll:;:J held hrain;,:,ton:n:h:Hz scssions in <br />. . - . ~. <br />an en-brt to ad.d to the coundl Cf',nunents and infi.mnation provided from past neighborhood z1i:,>cu~;;siom;, <br />Ndghbol'hocnd Leader~.,hip Council (NLC:) medings, and thi;; cQllectlve expen.ise of the ;;lsscmbied st<df <br />}''fr, Corey di:n...'X;ted counc!.lors to a sprcadshed po~te<..i on thi;; \vaH whkh ind.lz~atdj the d:iftcn.:~n:t connllenb <br />and how they had been Qrganized and information extrapolated from them to form prlmary zibjective,c;. He <br />reported that the gn:.mD us~~d. <l d,)t exercise to l;;ondud prehminarv prioritization and ulti;:natdv identified <br />.... ... ....... - '-.,/ <br />39 individuat action ~;;teps,He revk:wedAttlu~hment A: Council Strategic Priorities Action Phm <br />.l.m.mc:!t Nt~i,ghboduxnflnittath'e, spel;::iflcaHy the Planning Hori:;on andF'ocl)s B;nd the 8YraN.'gic Prim'i~y <br />Outcomes and the ruspc;;:tive timdin{~s, He str~c:ssed that aU of the impkmentation was dependent on <br />res,-n:trc~~s being put into ptace to ac<:.:ompbh the tasb. <br />In reviewing the list in the Action Plan, Mr. Corey said. there were atk~lst 30 t'8.irl.y significan.t activities <br />l..mde1"Nay_ He acknowledgi..,>{l i.1-mt. there "vas much 'work to do but 'Nanted. to t;::mphasize the importance of <br />recognizing the dlorb already heing made., He poiuted nut t.hat the resource key was SUbJ0~tive and <br />activitks requiring 1e~::; than $.50,000 werc genera-By l;:onskkred to-w f(:)SOl,ln.::.e and thOi;i;; i;;:'>dmated up to <br />$100,000 Wi;;re (;rwi;idered medium and tlmi:>e over that ammmt or involvin.g FuH 'fimeEquivale.nt (FTB) <br />employees would be considered to require <l targe resourc:e. <br />Continuing.Mr. Corey ackn(!\vkdW;~d the <:ritidsm fl;::ce;ived. about the bx:k ofndghborhood outreach in <br />putting the plan togethe,. fIe shared his respon~e to fhe critkisln: that this was the '"Hrst cut" at tIlt; <br />coundl's pb;n. a:nd thi.s type of outreach would h<~ a loglc<d l;::omponent to thi~, plan. He ~.,tresi;ed that thi::; <br />was the beginning point and not the ending point ami that there was no de:;;.ire to exdude neighborhood <br />groups, <br />Mayor PierGY c.alkd on the council kn. l..~on:H:n.(::nts and questions. <br />Mr. Kdly appredated the g~}od \york in t.he ph.m an.d the mergin.g of ideas "of a .lot of ti)J.b:' He t\.~h thi::re <br />were a ntnnbet of probkms .is welL He wank-'d the revii::-io.u of the pian to include neighhorhood 01ltreat::1L <br />He opined that the plan wa.s "an emharras:'>ment ofrkhe:'>" and. wanted t.he pbn tohavc a mort~ narrowed <br />fOCus, He n.ot~:<l that nm;.;:h of the focus of the c(!undI retri;.~tt in this regard. had been on the Polke <br />Depmtment. and Planning and I.kvdopment, with some t()(~US on Public \Vol'k.s bm to a lesser extent. .He <br />dt<;::d Item 14, sidewalk inillL ai; an action item that could. he mken off the IbL <br />Mr. Kelly obi;erved a synergy between the :,>e<:.:ond. theme, Enhance Public EngagememActivities, <md the <br />third theme, Support .N'r:.:i"ghborhood hwolvement l~n Problem Solving. "fie t.hought enh;)ncen:H:~nt oftlK role <br />of neighborhood aswciations through empo'wennent would raise puhbc invulvement hel;;m..lSe people <br />would think paltkipation in such an association. \~rould give thcm the oppmtunity to make a differcncc. <br />ML Kelly calkd the outcomes for Phase 1 '\vay too Huffy," He wiihed to see outcomes that tied hack to <br />the thret them(.-'0. <br />1\.1.r. Pape observed that the plan was an ambitious ~.;tarL He agreed that it ~ould be too hnxtd in SCOpi;;, but <br />said he p:rdi;~m~i to dn~.am big .and then cut hack. He cm:omented that som~~ of the items" while they mig:bt <br />in.dude or touch on neighborhoods, might be better addressed on a citywide has-is. 1-k citednllmbers 21. <br />through 23, which addre:'>i::-ed diversity in <:':G1nmuniti~, a:,> smndh:ing that did Hot spedfkally involve <br />neighborhood as.sociations. and might be addres~ed through an entity :'>uch <1:'; the Human Right., CmrmliH- <br />MTNUTESonm.Eugene City Cowldl AUg1lSt 1O.20D5 Page 2 <br />Work Ses:,>ion <br />------....----..--------------------..--.......--...--.......... <br />