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Mr. Clark noted the anticipated decline in timber payments over time, which would have a severe impact <br />on the County's budget. He hoped to have more discussions at the Eugene council about the impact of <br />that and its implications on other governments. He referred to his earlier question about the County's <br />ability to pay for a new refinement plan and said it was interesting to hear the commissioners discuss <br />adding new expenses to the County budget at a time when the County faced real challenges. He looked <br />forward to further discussion. <br />Mr. Clark welcomed more regular two -way communication between the cities and the County about the <br />important things that the jurisdictions were doing together. He recalled that during a recent Envision <br />Eugene work shop he had raised the need for City staff to check in with the Board of County <br />Commissioners on a frequent basis in regard to what was developing. He invited the board to track that <br />process and provide input. <br />In response to Mayor Leiken's remarks, Mr. Fleenor believed the conversations needed to take place in <br />the public eye and did not think it worked to conduct such business at a breakfast. Speaking to Mayor <br />r <br />Piercy's remarks, Mr. Fleenor said that the board had not taken any official position but he believed there <br />was a consensus that something needed to be done. He personally preferred that the Metro Plan be <br />eliminated and that each jurisdiction have its own comprehensive plan, but he acknowledged that was <br />cost - prohibitive. <br />Ms. Taylor believed that the elected officials could say what they wished without consulting one another. <br />Mayor Piercy said she was not saying people did not have a right to an opinion. However, when one <br />jurisdiction was asking for something from another jurisdiction, it needed to ensure that its position <br />represented that jurisdiction's position, not just that of an individual. <br />Ms. Ortiz said that she frequently heard about the topic from residents of the area in question and was <br />happy to know the board was discussing the issue. She said that the residents of the area in question were <br />taxpayers, and it was a challenge to give taxpayers what they needed within the budget. She thought the <br />meeting was the appropriate setting for the discussion. <br />Ms. Taylor left the meeting. <br />3. FOLLOW -UP ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES <br />Eugene City Manager Ruiz recalled the elected officials' approval of the Regional Economic <br />Development Plan in February 2010, and provided a status report on progress that had occurred in regard <br />to the six strategies outlined in the plan. He invited questions on the summary of progress presented and <br />the material provided in the meeting packet. <br />Mr. Fleenor maintained that "the global tide has gone out." There were 3,106 counties in the United <br />States and many thousands of cities vying for new jobs. In regard to the six strategies, Mr. Fleenor <br />suggested that the elected officials of any city or county could hear virtually the same presentation. He <br />asked what the region could do that was so unique that it would drive people to live in Lane County. In <br />response, City Manager Ruiz acknowledged that basic infrastructure creation was common to all <br />communities but extended the scope of what was considered infrastructure to include land, a trained <br />workforce, and entrepreneurial infrastructures such as that created by the University of Oregon. He said <br />that once the infrastructure was in place, the question was what happened next. City Manager Ruiz <br />MINUTES Joint Elected Officials Lane County & Eugene June 17, 2010 Page 7 <br />
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