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Ms. Rygas commented that, for the public's sake, the portion of the CIP that was unfunded should be <br />presented in a way that it could be prioritized. <br />Mr. Kelly offered a friendly amendment that would instruct the subcommittee to <br />consider how better to involve the citizen members of the Budget Committee in <br />the process so that it enabled them to make reasoned recommendations on Capital <br />Improvement Projects. Ms. Rygas ascertained that the subcommittee would still <br />be primarily focused on process and materials development and accepted the <br />fi-iendly amendment. <br />In response to a question from Mr. Carlson, Ms. Rygas thought the subcommittee would benefit from <br />having a mix of councilors and lay members of the Budget Committee. <br />In response to Ms. Taylor, Ms. Rygas said she envisioned a membership of four to five people on this <br />subcommittee and they would meet one or two times. <br />The motion, as amended, passed unanimously, 16:0. <br />Ms. Taylor asked if there should be a motion to determine the makeup of the subcommittee. Mr. Mulligan <br />felt this to be the purview of the City Council. Ms. Ortiz concurred. Ms. Rygas recommended that Budget <br />Committee members indicate if they were willing to participate: <br />City Manager Taylor recommended that those interested serving on the subcommittee notify the <br />Chairperson. <br />Mr. Mulligan called for a break at 6:54 p.m.. <br />The Budget Committee reconvened at 7:07 p.m. <br />IV. CULTURAL SERVICES <br />Angel Jones, executive director for the Library, Recreation, and Cultural Services Department (ERGS), <br />stated that the presentation intended to provide a status report on the Cultural Services sub-fund and to <br />provide information on some of the challenges the current fiscal situation presented to cultural services. <br />She introduced Cultural Services Division director, Robb Hankins. <br />Mr. Hankins recalled that he had come before the City Council in 2004 to share his reaction to the six-year <br />fmancial forecast. He remembered that he told the City Council that'the forecast indicated that the Cultural <br />Services Division needed to change the way it did business, that the division was experimenting with a <br />growth plan to try to get the process started, and he had suggested that the division's success and the <br />success of all of the arts in Eugene were tied to two things: making the downtown a true arts and <br />entertainment center linked to the University of Oregon; and boldly repositioning the City as the "World's <br />Greatest City of the Arts and the Outdoors." He said the response had been both positive and enthusiastic. <br />He stated that his intention was to provide aten-minute presentation on the status of the Cultural Services <br />Division. <br />MINUTES-Eugene Budget Committee February 22, 2005 Page 9 <br />