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WELCOME AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION <br /> Brainstorming Meeting On City of Eugene Sustainable Development <br /> April 19, 2005 <br /> Thank you for attending today's meeting. It marks the beginning of what I believe is a <br /> very important process: the creation of a sustainable development strategy for our <br /> community. <br /> For many years, numerous private businesses, non -profit organizations, educational <br /> institutions, EWEB, the City of Eugene, as well as other government organizations, have <br /> worked to create more and better paying jobs, assist those with less capacity, and ensure a <br /> clean healthy environment for our community. The focus on achieving economic, social, <br /> and environmental wellbeing is often called the `Triple Bottom Line.' I believe we have <br /> an opportunity in Eugene to expand these activities and establish broad understanding of • <br /> how the many individual activities can be linked and enhanced to create a future that is <br /> embraced by our entire community. <br /> For this reason, I am initiating a process to create a sustainable development strategy for <br /> our community. I want the process to bring all sectors of our community together to <br /> develop a common vision for how Eugene would look and function in the year 2020 if at <br /> that time it were considered a sustainable community, and to engage the community in <br /> thinking about how everyone's efforts can be leveraged to create that future. This will be • <br /> very inclusive process. It is my intent to involve every individual and organization in <br /> Eugene that wants to participate. <br /> I am honored that Rusty Rexius, owner of Rexius and current chair of the board of the <br /> Eugene Chamber of Commerce, and David Funk of Funk/Levis and Associates, have <br /> agreed to co -chair the process. Bob Doppelt and student interns working with Resource <br /> Innovations at the University of Oregon have agreed to provide technical support. The <br /> steps below describe the process as it stands today. <br /> Brainstorming Meeting: Today's brainstorming meeting is intended to hear what you <br /> believe should be included in a sustainable development strategy for Eugene, what the <br /> end goals should be, and how it should be constructed. I recognize that, due to space <br /> limitations, not all groups or individuals interested in sustainable development are at this <br /> meeting. However, a community outreach process will begin soon after I establish a Task <br /> Force. Therefore, this is just the first of many meetings held on the topic and I look <br /> forward to hearing from everyone in the very near future. <br /> Sustainable Development Task Force: I will use the information generated at today's <br /> meeting to shape the roles of a Task Force I will appoint. The Task Force will be charged <br /> with developing a sustainability strategy.for our community. To ensure that we have <br /> proper balance on the task force I ask you to nominate potential members. To ensure that <br /> the task force is of manageable size, it will be composed of no more than 15 people. <br />