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Mr. Bradley roved that a public hearing be scheduled to pass an ordinance instituting a moratori~m pending outcome of public hearing. Motion died for lack of a second. e As there were no objections, the Chair o:ridered that the public hearing be held in the City Council Chamber Tuesday, January 13, 1976, at 7:30 p.m. Comm , 1/7/76 Approve C. Room Tax Allocation Committee Recommendations - December 16 and 22, 1975 _ Copies of reports rrom the Room Tax Commi tt:ee and minutes of the meetings were previously furnished to Council members. 1. Eugene Community Chorus - Requested $700. Allocation Committee recom~ended $700. 2. Eugene ArchaeOlogical Society - Requested $860. Allocation Committee recor-mended $860. 3. Summer Festival of Music - Requested $5000. Allocation Comro,ittee recom~ended $5000. Comm 12/23/75 Approve 4. Co-operative Science Museum Commission - Requested $15,000. Allocation Committee recommended $15,000. Mr. Murray moved second by Mr. Haws to approve Items 1, 2, and 3 as recommended. Motion carried unanimously. Question was raised with regard to whether room tax monies could be allocated if the proposed site for the museum is not in the city limits. e Mr. Murray moved second by Mr. Haws to approve Item 4 as recommended pending resolution of legal questions with regard to granting monies for fadli ties outside the ci tl} limits. Russell Donnelly, representing the Museum Commission, explained that the purpose is to build a planetarium/museum building in Alton Baker Park to house the planetarium and SWOMSI, possibly the Pioneer Museum now located at the county fairgrounds, and the Museum of Natural History now at the University of Oregon. Three different planetariums had originally been planned, he said - one by Lane Communi ty College, one by SWOMSI, and one by the Intermediate Education District. The Commission was created to co-ordinate the efforts of all three groups and build one planetarium for the use of the entire community. IED has committed $150,000, Mr. Donnelly said, plus funding of one permanent posi tion; SWOMSI will contribute the proceeds from the sale of its present building; and Lane County is being asked for $72,000. Other local funding in the amount or $75,000 is being sought, $15,000 of which would be represented by the request for room tax monies. Mr. Donnelly said that if matching funds are not secured the project would have to be redeveloped on a smaller level. He added tha t the Museum Commission is appearing in Seattle on January 8 to present its applica- tion for matching funds from the Department of Commerce. If that is approved, then about another $360,000 would be supplied through an EDA grant. He also referred to a pre-engineering study mentioned in the application and said the federal government will match funds for pre-engineering studies but not for planning studies. Councilmen Bradley and Murray left the meeting. - Nr. Donnelly wondered if the propel"ty could be annexed to the ci ty. It had been indicated that the Commission needs to know the city's position by January 8 and Mr. Donnelly thought the federal government would understand the city cannot commit funds beyond the present fiscal year. If the $15,000 is approved, he said, tllat would b~ sufficient commitment since it would be a first step in the three-year seque~ce. It was noted that any commi~~ent would be tentative until official action at the January 12 Council meeting. 9 , /,,,/'71:. '7