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-00 Administrative Services <br /> EUGENE Information Services <br /> Division <br /> City of Eugene <br /> MEMORANDUM 61 W. 8th Avenue, Second Floor <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401 -2793 <br /> (541) 687 -5070 <br /> (541) 683 -6899 FAX <br /> (541) 687 -5461 TTY <br /> Date: September 19, 1996 <br /> To: Council Committee on Telecommunications <br /> From: Randy Kolb <br /> Subject: Public Comment on Telecommunications Policies <br /> The CCT is providing an opportunity for telecommunications providers to make comments on the draft <br /> Telecommunications Vision and Policies. The CCT may wish to provide a similar opportunity to the <br /> public. Staff has developed several options if the committee chooses to do so. <br /> 1. Provide a Public Forum at CCT Meeting - With this option the CCT would set aside time at an <br /> October meeting to hear public comment on the vision and policies. Staff would place an <br /> announcement of the meeting in the local media and contact organizations such as neighborhood <br /> groups, Lane Education Network partners, and the Oregon Public Network (EFN). Written comments <br /> would also be accepted including the ability to e-mail comments from the City of Eugene Home Page <br /> on the Internet. <br /> 2. Provide a Public Forum with City Staff - Provide an opportunity for the public to comment on the <br /> vision and policies at a meeting run by City staff. With this option staff would record the comments <br /> and prepare a report for the CCT. Again, staff would conduct an outreach effort and written/e -mail <br /> comments would be accepted. Members of the CCT could attend the session if they wished to. <br /> 3. Accept Written Comments Only - Provide an opportunity for the public to submit written comments <br /> on the vision and policies. Again there would be an outreach effort and e-mail would be an option for <br /> comments. Staff would prepare a report for the CCT. <br /> 4. Defer Public Comment - With this option the CCT would defer hearing public comment until the <br /> Telecommunications Plan is near completion and /or is being considered by the City Council. At that <br /> time comment would likely be on the full plan instead of the vision and policies. The public comments <br /> could be part of the process of adopting the Telecommunications Plan and associated ordinances. <br /> There may be other alternatives or variations that the committee wishes to consider. The committee is <br /> asked to consider the alternatives and determine which, if any, should be implemented. <br /> VI -2 <br />