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Public hearing was apened. Annabel Kitzhaber, 1892 West 34th Avenue, president af the League af Wamen Vaters, 4It strangly supparted appraval af the applicatian as prepared and the priarities autlined, with greatest emphasis an hausing and the cammunity's central areas. The anly regret, she said, was that the amount af maney available was sa small. She expressed appreciatian to. the Task Farce members far sa much af their time in preparing the applicatian. lane Pierran, 1360 Ferry Street, also. cammended members af the Task Farce far their wark. She asked the Cauncil to. give cansideratian to. recammendatians made at Task Farce hearings that same af the cammunity develapment funds be ear- marked far the West University Neighbarhaad. The WON thaught same af the funds shauldbe used to. purchase praperty far use as a neighbarhoad center in that area, preservatian of an histaric landmark, and develapment af a neighbarhaad park. She said the WON felt they had nat received adequate attentian in the planned use of funds. Public hearing was cla~sed, there being no. further testimany. Cauncilman Murray explained that maney was allawed far histaric preservatian if the supplemental funds were received. If supplemental funds were nat allawed, he said, all thase items listed in the secand level af funding wauld have priarity rating in the secand year af the pragram. Also., the prapasal far a neighbcirhaad center in the West University area was carefully cansidered. No. specific actian was taken, he said, but that did nat specifically pre- clude its cansideratian in later funding since the need far a cammunity center in that neighbarhaad was recagnized. With regard to. develapment af parks in ~ neighbarhaad areas, he said, funds wauld be set aside in the secand level af funding far that type af develapment if supplemental funds became available. Mr. Murray gave recagnitian to. the cantributian af ather Task Farce members in warking aut the prapasal to. be submitted. My. Murray maved secanded by Mr. Hamel to. adapt the applicatian as presented and instruct staff to. prepare the apprapriate resalutian for cansideratian at the March 24, 1975 Cauncil meeting. Cauncilman Hamel felt the Willakenzie area, which he represents, was very badly neglected in the prapased distributian af funds. He acknawled~d that bike paths were requested but felt the three days given the newly arganized neighbarhaad graup in that area to. review the prapased applicatian was nat enaugh time to give them opportunity to. submit a cancrete prapasal. Mr. Murray explained pra- visians under the hausing arid apen space and parks sectians which would provide appartunities to. the Willakenzie and Bethel neighborhaods in the second and third years af fund distributian. Manager inquired abaut $30,000 under hausing sites earmarked for each of the Laurelhill and Crest Drive areas. Jahn Parter, planning director, said funds earmarked for hausing canstructian were being used far site purchases in anticipa- tion afreceiving the smaller amaunt af funding. If additianal funds were re- ceived that would nat have to. be dane. Vate was taken an the matian as stated. Matian carried, all Council members present vating aye. . 3/10/75 - 4 J08