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stan' Long, assistant city att'orney ;"'refe'ired"-Eo"Councilman wili'iams"qu"estion with .regard to whether the request would be categorized as cultural and said it would be entirely appropriate if the Council wanted to operate on a more narrow definition of cultural activities. With regard to this particular application, he said, it __ was the attorney's view that the application ,in its present form was not acceptable ., and that the Council had alternatives - the request could be rejected, it could be I .given back to the applic:ant for refinement, or ~he Council could indicate what it felt was appropriate. If it was decided that the staff,would be directed to work :it out,-the direction should include the provision that whatever was worked out , 'would be returned to the Council for final action. I \ I ' 'Mayor Anderson.suggested a motion to the effect"the applicant be asked to work.witH"": ;the city attorney and manager to develop a proposal 'which would fit the administra- 'tive and legal requirements of the Room Tax ordinance and bring it to xhe Council :for consiqeration. Further, dis.cussion between Council members_ centered on shape jthe motion WOuld take .-~refer to staff fpr amendment, reject the request and ask :for a""'new applicatIon, state. the application was not in proper form for consi71era- ,tion and that no action would be taken until a revised application was submitted. i Councilman Wood wi th the consent of the. second~ wi-thdrew~his motion. '\' .\J . . . Mrs. Beal moved-seconded by Mr. Keller that action not be c;onsidered Cornrn : at this time'-but that the request -.for funds would be consi-:Jered at a .9/25/74 r future time if the applicant could rephrase_his request a~d bi1~9'1~~See-Action 1 to the-Council with the approval of the administration. and legal staff. Below _ i Motdon carried unanimously. t I ~ - ,,.- '" I 3.iwomen's Forum, YWCA - Requested $600. Recommended $600. iMelinda Grier, executive director of the YWCA, explained that the funds requested [would be used for a Women's Forum in the latter' part of October which would include workshops for women wishing to learn car and bike repair, electrical work, etc. 'It was planned to have speakers to answer questions with regard to real estate, !law, etc., as they related specifically to women. 1 i Councilman Murray wondered how thi-s-request' could fall under th'eguidelicnes _for ;cultural activities.when there. was question about--the___~illamette Community Design iCenter'request. Staff explained that the problem as to how the Design Center would ;be eligible for the funds under the Charter was the question of what types of serv- ~ices were to be performed; there was no specific service set out in the application and it spoke-generally of residents in Lane County rather than the city. The city legally could not expend funds except for-:specific purposes and cdntractual-az:range- ments ,wi th rep.i:pi'ents- of room tax funds provided tha.t",certain ~types of services .would be performed in return for those funds. f !There was doubt in the minds of some Council members that the YWCA request could I ibe deemed a cultural, recreational, or___tourist-.oriented activity. Also that alloca- _ .tion of this type to a women's group could constitute discrimination if not~similarly ..., allocated te men's groups. Others felt the program might provide services to women which wou~d prepare them to give something back to the community. Also that there "-. .might be no difference in giving to a women's group such as this thaI] allocating ; funds to minorities for cultural functions. ~=- I Mrs. Campbell moved seconded by Mrs. Beal to approve the Allocation . Committee recommendation and grant the $600 to the YWCA for the . Women's Forum. ! i \Councilman Wood thought the Women's forum a worthwhile concept but fel tit was an (educational activity. Councilman Murray was'in favor of granting funds based on \precedent of previous Allocation Committee and Council funding of these types of :programs. 1--V;~te~k7as taken-- o-;;-th~moti-;~ ~~ -~t~-ted -:-;;;ti~~-=-~ei~-;;;;;],. -;;~~~~i-l' ;';;;bers '. Corrun ri, Beal, Campbell, and Murray voting aye; Council members Williams, Hershner ,.9/25/74 .11; Keller, and Wood vot.j.ng no. 'See:':Al~,tridn ;. I ~. . I ~ Bcl~ l~ounc~lman Wood wondered how much of a burden it would be on the City Attorney's' ".'roffice to review applications before Allocation Committee consideration to give the Jopportunity for the Committee to direct the same type of questions to the appli-. . cants that the Council asked. Councilman Williams saw the need for definition of r1categories and relationship of any particular grant to those categories. He sug- gested that the Room Tax Allocation Committee be formally requested to define ;Icultural, recreational and touristoriented activities with primary emphasis on ~.!the cultural and recreational. Also to ask the Committee in its recommendations -/:~~;~ 10/7/74 - 6 349