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.~.. . -.-.,-----,.- Mr. williams said it was a different situation-in that no other ,_~ _ u' endorsement. auditorium existed in the community, and if the facility had been built it would .have been owned by the City. Councilman Hershner also had concerns abou~ endorsing ..one business endeavor as opposed to another, either profit or nonprofit. _- Councilwoman Beal suggested endors~ment of the concept on an individual basis there~ by indicating no intent to influence the Room Tax Committee. Manager suggested the endorsement might be defined as approval of the idea but not endorsement of the use of room tax funds. He felt the City many times was involved in providing support for and endorsement of private enterprise types of activities. He men- tioned the new hotel development proposed in the downtown area, recently considered by the Council, and said the Renewal.Agency is actively pushinq for that project. M Campbell revised her motion, seconded by Mr. Murray, that the Council ~ndorse rs . , " th' t t t the concept of the roller skating rink, specify~ng ~t ~s not ~ ~n en , 0 ~n- fluence in any way the funding decision of the Room Tax Allocat~on Comm~ttee. Councilman Keller felt there ~ould still be a problem be~ause funding ,would still t 'nto the iscue Favorable Council vote on the mot~on would be ~nterpreted as ( en er ~ ., . , ,,' " support. He concurred in approval of the concept but felt ~t was play~ng ga~es, with funds. Councilman McDonald also expressed support for the concept but d~dn t like the idea of in~tiating funding of the facility. Mr. Keller moved seconded by Mr. williams that the request for endors~ent be ~abled until disposition of the application for room tax funds is kn~wn. Mot~on c~rr~ed, Comm e Councilmen Beal, Williams, McDonald, Hershner, and Keller vot~ng aye; Counc~lmen 10)17/73 Campbell, Murray, and Wood voting no. Approve Manager suggested having information with regard to status of the app~ic~tion avail- ,able for Council members at the october 23 Council meeting. On q~est~on~ng from. Councilman Keller, Mr. Edwards said the Room Tax Committee 'had rejected th~ appl~ca- tion because of legal problems concerning whether the applicant was a prof~t or 'nonprofit organization. - Councirwoman Beal suggested reconsideration. She said that although she voted at committee to table the issue, after having read the motion made by Councilwoman Campbell she felt that action in no way would prejudice funding of the skating runk by the Room Tax Allocation Com- mittee. Mrs. Beal moved seconded by Mrs. Campbell to approve the concept of the roll-on skating rink as stated in the motion made by Mrs. Campbell (see above). Councilman Williams questioned procedure - first, whether one who seconded a motion had to vote on the prevailing side; second, if the matter was to be reconsidered there would be a question about when concerns were to be discussed. Mrs. Beal moved seconded by Mr. Williams to reconsider the committee action. Motion . carried unanimously. Councilwoman Campbell noted the presence of proponents of the rink proposal and asked if they could be heard. Bobby Edwards, 885 East 37th Avenue, said the intent of those proposing the roll-on skating rink was merely to make the Council aware of the project and to gain its endorsement. He said if it was going to cause controversy they would prefer that a letter be written endors- ing the concept of the rink to be signed by individual Council members supporting the proposal. In that manner formal endorsement by the Council as a body would not be involved. There was general agreement on this approach. Councilman McDonald noted rejection of the application by the Room Tax Committee because of question about the organization's being profit or nonprofit. He asked if the City Attorney could give some opinion on that question. Mayor Anderson explained that the method of financing was not under consideration, only the sentiment of public leadership to enable the sponsoring group to go ahead with the project. Councilman Hershner asked if the statement to be drafted for presentation to individual Council members would be on the concept of the skating rink only and not taking a position on whether the City should or should not assist in funding. He said he had been contacted - since the committee meeting with at least an indication that private enterprise was interested in the proposal if there was public funding. Mayor Anderson said it was his understanding that the letter was to be included with others from leaders in the community supporting the project and had nothing to do with funding. Councilman McDonald said he supported the concept but would not endorse the idea of initiat- ing funding. - 3\, 10/23/73 - 8 -