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e SKATEBOARD PROJECT SITE SELECTION AND COST ESTIMATES II. Ed Smith, PARCS Department, reported on this topic. He said that in conjunc- tion with the Skateboard Task Force's report which was presented to the council at its June 11 meeting, council requested staff to return with a recommendation on a possible location and budget information for a mini skateboard course. In response to that request, Mr. Smith said that staff recommends a site located at Amazon Park within the old alignment of 29th Avenue between Amazon Creek and Hilyard Street. Mr. Smith said that staff has estimated that cost for this facility would be between $6,000 and $10,000, depending on the amount of labor and materials that are donated. It is anticipated that savings from current capital project allocations will be used to fund this project; staff will need to evaluate all projects before a positive commitment can be made. There are currently no specific allocations for this project for FY91. Mr. Smith indicated that in the event that the entire financing package does not ma- terialize, staff recommends that the remainder of funds be taken from the Contingency Fund. Mr. Smith said that another possible mini skateboard course location, the location which received the second-highest score based on evaluative crite- ria, is Westmoreland Park. e Noting that the Skateboard Task Team report recommended that project funding come initially from Contingency Funds, Mr. Green asked whether it would not be wise to use Contingency Funds for the first project and save the money earned from capital project savings for the construction of a second mini skateboard facility. Mr. Bennett disagreed with Mr. Green on the best source of funding for this project, saying that if a second facility were determined feasible, money would more likely be obtained from Contingency Funds than from capital project savings. Mr. Bennett moved, seconded by Mr. Rutan, that the council proceed to fund the mini skateboard facility to be located at Amazon Park based on the staff recommendations of using donated labor and materials with the balance of funding coming from current capital project allocations. The motion carried unanimously, 5:0. III. UPDATE FROM METRO PARTNERSHIP John Lively, Metro Partnership representative, reported on the status of the relationship between the Eugene and the Metro Partnership. He distributed e MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 11, 1990 Page 3