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Ms. Cooper commented that some decisions would likely have to be made initially. Ms. Taylor said it seemed the most basic decision to replace the building and not to renovate it had already been made. Ms. Cooper responded that the question could be framed so that the people could make the choice. Mr. Kelly recommended inclusion of the ‘no-build’ scenario in the public forum process. Ms. Bettman averred that neighborhood groups were needed as part of the model for public input. Ms. Cooper stressed that the team members conducting the public outreach had to maintain neutrality. Ms. Kennedy remarked that she like the idea of creating trust and an infrastructure for future processes. Ms. Taylor recalled that the City had conducted a growth management study ten years earlier. She thought it had been very well done and could be of use to the process. Mayor Piercy hoped that when the council nominated people to participate in the Community Forum that the team members would “push” the council to make the forum representative of the community. Mr. Papé suggested finding the average citizen through the local newspaper. Mr. Kelly thought empowering the neighborhood associations would increase attendance. Mr. Hardy provided a brief overview of the Proposed Work Structure, copies of which were included in council packets. Ms. Bettman asked if the plan for four full council sessions on the process was purely for discussion or if there would be decision points through the process. Mr. Hardy replied that it seemed that there was a need for two levels of meetings. Ms. Bettman supported having meetings scheduled for decision points. She objected to individual interviews with councilors. She asserted that all of the process should be held in open sessions. She also opined that the community forum should hold as a value that the people should get something from what each person had to say. In response to a question from Mr. Papé, Mr. Hardy assured him that staff was required to attend the technical work group. Mr. Kelly felt the councilor interviews were a valuable one-time experience but he agreed that it would not be appropriate to go forward with them. Ms. Ortiz also thought the individual interviews had been valuable in the beginning. She believed one more individual interview could be good, though two seemed too many. Mayor Piercy thought individual interviews were a good exercise if they were check-ins to see how things were going. She underscored that such interviews would not be for decision making. MINUTES—Eugene City Council October 19, 2005 Page 10 Workshop