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MINUTES Mayor's Committee on Economic Development Bascom Room--Eugene Public Library July 9, 2004 9 a.m. PRESENT: Committee: Kathy Smith, Chair; Tom Bowerman, Marcia Edwards, Don Kahle, Steve Korth, Gretchen Pierce, Joshua Proudfoot, Rusty Rexius, Jana Rygas, Ellen Teninty, Craig Wanicheck, members; Staff: Terry Moore, Anne Fifield, ECONorthwest; Kurt Yeiter, Ann Munroe, Planning and Development Department. ABSENT: Bill Goldsmith, Kartar Khalsa, Michael Phinney, Marvin Re'Voal, members. 1. Welcome Ms. Smith called the last scheduled meeting of the Mayor's Committee on Economic Development to order. Ms. Pierce distributed copies of a document entitled Oregon. We Love Dreamers, which was a comparison of first-year operating ownership costs for hypothetical businesses in Oregon, Illinois, Nevada, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Ohio, and an article from The Oregonian regarding the State's certified industrial sites. 2. Voting Procedures Members discussed the voting procedure to be used for the final report and who would be eligible to vote on the report, noting the 75 percent majority requirement imposed on its final recommendation by the City Council. After discussion, members agreed that former chair Jim Forbes and Mr. Re'Voal would be eligible to vote on the final report. Mr. Goldsmith had asked to abstain from the final vote. Mr. Phinney and Mr. Khalsa would not be eligible to vote as they had not participated in the last few committee meetings. The committee would vote on the final report following review of the final document if time allowed. Ms. Smith summarized that there would now be 14 members voting on the final report. Mr. Bowerman encouraged staff to make the procedural steps for such committee processes clear at the beginning. MINUTES--Mayor's Committee on Economic Development July 9, 2004 Page 1