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- ~ C. Site Value Assessment--Mr. Delay said this was another item which had been discussed at the NLC meeting. He felt it could be useful as a growth management tool in Eugene. The basic idea would be - to have an assessment based primarily on improved land such as is done in Australia and elsewhere. This would reduce taxes on other types of residences in the city, but would increase the evaluation of undevel- oped land, would relieve development pressures on the fringes of the city, and would eliminate one of the problems of deteriorating neighbor- hoods by allowing homeowners to make improvements without the assess- ment of their property going up. He requested Council to consider the idea. D. Population Growth Study--Mr. Delay had a copy of the National Popula- tion Growth Study broken into regions with a copy of the Northwest Region available to Council members. E. Community Development Committee--Mr. Delay reported a Tuesday meeting had been held of the Committee to review final approval to let contracts for two programs, one in the Whiteaker neighborhood area and one for Looking Glass. The question had been raised as to whether or not there was adequate coordination of delivery and funding of social services with other existing agencies and whether or not there was violation of City policies in delivery of the social services. It had been the consensus of the Committee that it had established a policy whereby any social services program funded through the CD Block Grant would be funded for only one year. Secondly, CDC did not feel it appropriate to hold up taking action on approval of the adopted programs before considering a policy problem, if there was indeed a e policy problem. He suggested perhaps the question could be handled administratively. He noted CDC has the authority to expend the funds as outlined in the CD Block Grant and approved by Council. Manager reviewed the administrative review processes for the two applications. He noted that CDC was to be seeding initial efforts and not continuing funding past one year's time. In the Whiteaker case, the City was now to fund personnel already on the job and who had been funded previously by a State agency. Mr. Delay said the CDC discus- sion resulted in a feeling that the staff had checked out the programs with the appropriate agencies and they felt they were not going against City policy. He failed to see a direct conflict between existing City policies, but he noted in the future that coordination with all agencies involved should be insured. F. Councilor Absences--Mr. Hamel will be absent Monday, August 22 and Wednesday, August 24; Mr. Lieuallen will be absent Wednesday, August 24. G. Transfer of Funds for Community Schools Coordinating Committee--Mr. Obie asked for clarification from Manager as to the background and reason for the transfer. Manager replied that the actual same dollar amounts were being transferred to the City Manager's Office from the e 8/17/77--2 b21