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Com 4/20/77V. Approve Mr. Long clarified the statement in the ordinance regarding public members. He said it does not confine choices to people in regard to facilities, but also specifies choices could be in respect to people involved with cultural services, arts, theatre, or wha tever . fI Mayor Keller noted that a public hearing had been held April 6, at which time 13 organizations expressed support of the concept proposed in the ordinance and only two organizations expressed dissatisfaction in regard to the facilities portion. He felt the Subcommittee had done an outstanding job, and said he recognized the problem of appointment as being long-standing, but the real issue involved how the tax money should be spent. Ms. Smith noted agreement in support of the concepts in the ordi- nance and resolution, saying that she felt that the City Council had an obligation to the community, and that to delay would be most unfortunate. She noted the public hearing April 6 had received good news media coverage and that most people testifying were in support of the allocation as recommended. She felt it was necessary to act upon it immediately. Mr. Lieual1en explained his request for more time was for himself and not for more community input, stating that he wanted more time for himself to study the issue. Mr. Bradley asked what the time frame was regarding the passage of the ordinance and resolu- tion. He suggested the current Subcommittee could function between now and then. Mr. Long replied that there was now currently a freeze on expenditures of the room tax money and a need for some process for consideration of expenditures to be started before the next fiscal year, so that the budget process could be completed by departments by the end of June. Manager said it was important to act on the resolution Monday night and to authorize the Committee to proceed, possibly with a revised ordinance. e Mr. Haws noted he wanted to go on record in regard to his concerns as being: 1) The appointment to the Committee; and 2) who would be receiving the money. Mr. Obie moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel, to schedule a public hearing on April 25, for the room tax ordinance and resolution. Motion carried with all members voting aye, except Mr. Dela~ and Mr. Haws voting no. Proposed leasing of pioneer Title Company Building space (3200 square feet) and releasing of Data Processing space-for Police use. Memo and report distributed to Council. Manager reviewed the report distributed to Council indicating that the analysis for future space for the City included: 1) Developing a solution that will provide better working conditions for Data Processing; 2) providing a solution to reactivate the firing range for the Police Department; 3) providing other space . " 3LfCf 4/25/77 - 32