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e Ms. Miller moved, seconded by Mr. Obie, that the bill be approved and given final passage. Roll call vote; all councilors present voting aye, the bill was declared passed and numbered 18868. Mayor Keller asked staff to monitor the situation for any incidents that might result and if that is the case, he requested a report back from the Police Department. Mr. Gleason indicated a report would come back in 90 days. V. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM--UPDATE (memo distributed) Mr. Gleason introducted Chris Hofmann, HCC. Ms. Hofmann stated that the funding application was submitted to HUD last spring. In July, they received notification of a two-month delay from HUD. Most issues have been resolved. Staff will come back before November with Community Development Committee recommendations. A subcommittee came up with recommendations which are outlined in the memo. She asked that the council forward any ideas to her. A public hearing will be held September 29, 1981, to present a staff outline. Mr. Lindberg stated that as a member of the subcommittee, he felt that the work was productive. HUD decided they did not like the City's application and John Bonham consulted with CDC and staff. There has been a loss of communica- tion since then. It is apparent that the Federal government is moving in the direction of using its own ideas on how the City can address neighborhood needs. e He has been in contact with others who have been in negotiations with their district office and what is occurring in Eugene is unique. He feels Eugene may be suffering first but the City and council need to examine how they can redesign the neighborhood services. This has shifted into a phase similar to the War on Poverty where the Federal government dumped money into neighborhoods for a time and then it was taken away from them. The City needs to pay special attention to make the phasing process an easy transition to avoid the kinds of things which have destroyed neighborhoods in the past. Within 50 feet of the West University Community Center, a sign has been erected saying that that was the location of an attempted rape. Four months ago they had an anti-crime program which would have addressed problems such as that. Now the neighborhood group is restricted to brick-and-mortar projects. He has a number of recommendations for the council to consider: 1. Continuing to negotiate with HUD, going over the heads of the district office, to clarify whether there has been a change in the interpretation of the law. However, this could be costly. . 2. There has been input that HUD's major complaint was with the high level of administrative cost in the budget. He would hope that in the process of designing a three-year plan, staff could look at the administrative cost problem and look at HCC's relationship with the Finance Department's charges as well as others. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 16, 1981 Page 10