Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Ms. Piercy asked how the public/private partnership with respect to a civic center was defined. Dr. Manross said it was defined as “a civic center, including a campus designed as a public/private partnership where certain City offices would be relocated, combined with a blend of commercial and business entities in the private sector that thrive in a vibrant downtown environment.” Mr. Brown asked for a copy of the exact questions used in the survey. Mr. Pryor asked for a full report from the survey with cross-tabulation of results. Ms. Piercy said the council’s direction with the bond measure was to request a smaller amount for projects that could be completed over a shorter period of time, yet the advice with respect to downtown was to put together a larger package of priority elements. She asked if it made sense to try to complete a few things initially to gain trust. Dr. Manross said the issue was how it was presented to the voters and the council had already done that properly. The next critical step was to ask the public what it wanted based on the list of priorities identified in a scientific survey, rather than simply asking for more suggestions. Mr. Clark said the question regarding perception of waste in City government could be related to inefficien- cies, but he tended to see that as the expenditure of funds not matching someone’s priorities. Dr. Manross said that the public was generally cynical about government and most people did not understand that the City had little discretionary funding and how the municipal budget was constructed. He felt that more work was needed to better educate the voters about those issues. Mr. Ruiz stated that more detailed results from the survey would be provided and further discussion by the council would be scheduled. The meeting adjourned at 7:20 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Jon Ruiz City Manager (Recorded by Lynn Taylor) MINUTES—Eugene City Council September 14, 2009 Page 5 Work Session