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. He said the Planning Commission had held a public hearing on the plan and e recommended it to the council with the suggestions that the council seek establish- ment of a continuous, long-range capital funding source for the future and that neighborhood need requests in the future be timed to fit into the CIP process. The following materials were entered into the record: a letter from Leslie Whitelaw regarding proposed improvements to Dillard Road; a letter from O. E. and Louise Elroy, also regarding proposed improvements to Dillard Road; the staff notes, which included reference to timing of neighborhood needs requests; and a December 9, 1982, staff memorandum regarding inclusion in the CIP of funds for acquisition of property at 8th Avenue and High Street. Councilor Wooten asked how the timing of neighborhood need request responses had gotten out of synchronization with the CIP. Mr. McKinley and Interim Planning Director Jim Farah said that last year the CIP process had been elongated into the following calendar year. They said that neighborhood need requests were a part of the budget process but not of the CIP. Mr. Farah said that since the change in timing of the CIP, the two processes did not mesh. He said that this would be rectified in the future. Mr. Gleason said that last year there had been criticism of the fact that the CIP and the budget process had not meshed, so changes in timing had been made. He said the timing of the neighborhood needs requests now needed to be restructured so that it meshed with the CIP and budget processes. Councilor Wooten reviewed page 14 of the eIP. She felt there was a need to identify funds to be used and indicate which items were self-funding. Assistant e City Manager David Whitlow said that explanations of each fund were given on pages 5 and 6 of the CIP. He said that of the eight or nine funds in the capital budget, only one was undedicated, Fund 312 (Federal Revenue Sharing Fund). He said that Fund 312 contained 50 percent of the Federal revenue-sharing moneys for the next year. Ms. Wooten asked if the $4.2 million bond issue listed in Fund 331 was limited to use on particular sites. Mr. Whitlow said there was some flexibility with use of these funds. He noted that Fund 331 was in its final year. Responding to a question from Councilor Wooten, Irv Berman, Public Works Planning, said that the office of Superintendent of School District 4-J had requested construction of sidewalks on Dillard Road from Hilyard Street to West Amazon, based on a recommendation from the School Safety Task Force. He said that before final design of the project, staff would analyze the minimum amount of sidewalk needed. He said staff would work with the school district to determine where children in the area would be walking. Ms. Wooten asked if information was available on the number of accidents in the area. Mr. Berman said that he did not have that information and added that he believed the district's request was based on prior use and use which has occurred since Dunn School had been closed and on concern for students walking across Amazon to reach Ellis Parker School. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council December 13, 1982 Page 10