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Councilwoman Beal said the committee appointed to study assessment policy to re- '. lieve single-family residences in areas like this was in the process of present- ing a new procedure. She felt no further petitions of this nature should be accepted until that procdure was acted upon. --.' ~. .\ Councilman McDonald left the meeting. Mayor Anderson explained that acceptance of the petition would merely initiate the project and public hearing would be held prior to actual construction. Comm ;3/27/74 !Approve '! Mr. Williams moved seconded by Mr. Wood to approve the petition. Motion carried, Councilmen Williams, Campbell, Keller, and Wood voting aye; Councilwoman Beal ...Y~,~~n9:,not C~~Ec.!.~~=!!, Hershner !.._l!c_v:!nald,_'an(L.~,.,:-r:a'!.-!!:!_~_E~~s::n~~_ _ __. _,__,_,___ B. ivacation' of easement between Pearl and Oak from 18th to 19th (City EV 74-3) \Recommended by Planning Commission on March 11,1974 (Teshner property). ! . Mr. Wood moved seconded by Mr. Williams to recommend approval of the application. Motion carried unan~mousl:Y._ Comm 3/27/74 ~pprove I I Comm 3/27/74 I l?-pprove iMr. Williams moved seconded by Mr. Wood to call public hearing on the request : (May 13, 1974). Motion carried unanimously. . I c.;Wrecker's License - Olsen's Auto Wreckers, 2040 West 6th Avenue - City endorsement :required because dimension of property increased. Staff has no objection. -- ---- ----- ...----.------' , .- .,1' D.' Room Tax Allocation Committee Report - March 26, 1974 - Copies of report together with l~tter from Cather~ne Lauris, chairman of the Room Tax Allocation Committee, 1 were previously distributed to Council"members. The Committee recommended approval ,; of allocations to: 'I Arboretum Arnheim Asian American Cultural Awareness Center Concert-in-the-Park.Series Mall Information ~ooth $ 5,000.00 1,100.00 3,043.42 5,000.00 ; i The Allocation Committee recommended denial of request from Symphonic Wincr Ensemble ~for $1,000.00, and transmitted without recommendation the request from Third World : Student Coali tion for $2,690..10. Manager called attention to the request from ; Triple-H Ranch School for Exceptional Children for $1,890.00 on which the.Alloca- : i tion Committee had requested an opinion from the City Attorney with regard to whether I the request met ordinance requirements for allocation of room tax funds. f , ) i <It H. R. Saltzman, 2065 University Street, said the allocation requested for the Wind Ensemble was to help defray expenses of participation in a national meeting of Music Educators at Anaheim, California. He said he understood the Allocation Com- mi ttee' recomme~'1ed denial because the req~est was presented after the trip had bef!n ..,. ;riiade and because the performance was not for 'the'~EefTt of'E-;g-;;n~'-p~-;pie .--iI-;;-;;;7u- .mented on the focus of national attention on Eugene and Oregon because of the favor- .ab1e appearance of the group in the cultural event and the time element in accepting the invitation and accumulating a portion of the funds necessary to make the trip. He felt the University group should be considered a part of the whole community, since it did represent Eugene, and that through its appearance a number of people 1 ;would be attracted to the community. He asked favorable action on the request. 'Mrs. Lauris reported that the Allocation Committee recommended denial because the :majority felt these funds should not be allocated for participation in events held loutside this geographical area. }Counci1man Murray raised the question of precedent. Councilman Wood supported the allocation, saying he was not too concerned with precedent in this instance since the Ensemble representation of the total community in an event of this type was I valuable. Mrs. Campbell was concerned that the request was considered "after th~ 'fact" and suggested that the Allocation Committee might call special meetings in the future when time element was involved. She did not feel this organization, 'should be penalized for that reason. J ~- :Mrs. Campbell moved seconded by Mr. Wood to fund the Symphonic wind Ensemble up . to $1,000.00. I jCouncilmen Murray, Williams, and Keller felt allocation of funds for this purpose .) ~would bea critical precedent. They noted that these funds should be used to benefit factivities within the city and for the, people of Eugene. And that granting this re- I quest could open the door for activities such as high school bands which in recent ' years have traveled abroad. ,/,' I .------- --,-----" . J \03 4/8/74 - 7