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e Fred Mohr, 2662 Alder Street, identified himself as president of the Eugene Opera and representative of all the arts groups in the community who are working to help Eugene be recognized as a center for the performing arts. Mr. Mohr described the Cultural Affairs Commission proposal as an amendment not an addition to the budget. He said nearly 60 percent of the budgets of the community's arts programs are raised through contributions from the community and he requested that the City make a similar commitment to the arts. Dave Weinkauf, 2860 Chuckanut Drive, referred to the World Veterans' Games and asked for similar council support of the arts community which he described as struggling to survive. Mr. Weinkauf said the City competes directly with some of the arts groups and cited as an example, the announcement of this summer's "CATS" performance which will compete for performance dollars with the Festival of Musical Theater. Monte Marshall, 1865 East 28th Avenue, identified himself as co-chair of the Fairmount Neighborhood Association and asked for reinstatement of funding for the City's street grading and graveling program. He said a number of streets in his neighborhood would become impassable if twice-yearly maintenance does not continue. Mr. Marshall resubmitted for the record a letter sent to the Budget Committee which detailed the reasons he believed the City was obligated by its financial management goals and policies to continue funding the program. Mr. Marshall maintained that Metro Plan policy also supports the City's provision of the program. He submitted an additional letter for the record. Mr. Marshall suggested that a decision to eliminate ~he e street-maintenance program may be regarded as a land use decision subject to review by the Land Use Board of Appeals. He claimed that the Budget Committee had voted on the matter, but that the record did not indicate councilors. individual votes on this issue and he requested that a vote be taken so the public knows which councilors support this particular program. Cheryle Hawkins, 1350 Bailey Avenue, thanked the Budget Committee for recommending the continuation of funding for the Neighborhood Newsletter which she considered a vital means of communication. Ms. Hawkins expressed concern regarding the Budget Committee's direction to the City Manager to cut funds appropriated for City inter-departmental newsletters. She said the "Community Safety Quarterly" should not be considered an inter-departmental newsletter and funding for that publication should not be reduced. There being no additional requests to speak, Mayor Miller closed the public hearing. Responding to Ms. Schue's request for additional information about newsletter budgets, specifically that of the "Community Safety Quarterly," Mr. Whitlow explained that there had been insufficient time for the reductions to be processed and to appear in the appropriation act. He expected that as part of the first supplemental budget, there would be recommendations for reductions in Planning and Development Department newsletters and for a 4' MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 12, 1989 Page 4