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e Mr. Rutan urged the council not to support the amendment. He said the City's policy with respect to annexation has lowered the level of animosity held by many River Road area residents. He said that inclusion of the contiguous portion of the River Road right-of-way was consistent with the City's policy. Ms. Ehrman concurred with Councilor Rutan regarding the previous level of animosity and expressed concern about raising it again. Responding to questions, Mr. Gleason said that property owners are generally not supportive of annexation unless they have specific needs (i.e., public safety services or development). Mr. Nicholson said he supported the amend- ment, saying that it avoided concerns about a possible island annexation. Responding to a question from Ms. Bascom, Ms. Czerniak said that portions of rights-of-way and portions of rights-of-way that have created islands have been annexed to the City in the past. Roll call vote; the amendment failed 4:3, with councilors Rutan, Green, Bascom, and Robinette voting against and coun- cilors MacDonald, Ehrman, and Nicholson voting in favor. The main motion passed, 6:1, with Councilor Nicholson voting against. City Attorney Bill Gary ~dvised that staff's request for not granting the Boundary Commission's expedited process was not included in the resolution. e Mr. Green moved, seconded by Ms. Ehrman, to reconsider the main motion. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 7:0. Mr. Green moved, seconded by Ms. Ehrman, to amend the main motion to delete Section 2 of the resolution. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 7:0. Roll call vote; the main motion passed as amended, 6:1, with Councilor Nicholson voting against. VI. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR NONPROFIT HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES City Manager Mike Gleason introduced the topic. Mr. MacDonald said the reso- lution would provide the first year allocations of the proposed $541,200 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to be appropriated over a three-year period to nonprofit human service agencies for the acquisition or rehabilitation of their capital projects. A Request For Proposal (RFP) re- view committee reviewed the RFPs submitted for projects totalling $1.8 mil- lion. The recommended $180,400 will be allocated in the first year. The Community Development Committee (CDC) will forward recommendations to the council for the second and third year allocations in May with the overall e MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 10, 1992 Page 8