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F. Exemption from Competitive Bidding for Banking Services Councilor Taylor, seconded by Councilor Kelly, moved to approve the items on the Consent Calendar. Councilor Bettman pulled item D. Councilor Bettman offered a correction to the November 13 work session minutes. She noted that on packet page 51 "committees and committees" should read "committees and commissions." Councilor Kelly offered a correction to the November 13 regular session minutes. On packet page 60 he suggested changing "result of the..." to "assessment proposal resulting from the committee." For the minutes of November 14, Councilor Kelly suggested that "sides" should be changed to "diameter" on packet page 69. On the same page, in the last line, he suggested changing "proposed nodes" to "nodal style development examples." Roll call vote; the motion, including the amended minutes, and excepting Item D, passed unanimously. Regarding Item D, Councilor Bettman said it was premature to permanently reduce the allocation for Neighborhood Matching Grants Program before the outreach process. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Kelly, moved to amend the motion by changing the duration to one year and to re-evaluate the program in 2003. In response to a question from Councilor Kelly regarding whether part of the function of outreach could encourage applications that would match CDBG requirements, Planning and Development Department staff Beth Bridges said she could imagine it but added she was not certain that outreach would have that kind of an impact in fiscal year 2003 (FY03), which was the intent of the request. In response to a question from Councilor Bettman regarding whether the allocation would go back to its original amount after FY03, Ms. Bridges said it would not be an automatic allocation since the CDBG Advisory Committee set the funding level for its programs annually. City Manager Jim Johnson recommended a motion that would allow staff to return at a later date for more direction. Councilor Bettman, with the permission of her second, withdrew her motion. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Kelly, moved to amend the motion to approve by directing staff to return to the council, prior to reallocation of Neighborhood Matching Grants funding. In response to a question from Councilor Pap~ regarding what the effect of the new amendment would be, City Manager Johnson said it would be a funding reduction for FY03 and staff would return for council direction before FY04. MINUTES--Eugene City Council December 10, 2001 Page 3 Regular Session