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chose to "outsource" after Ballot Measure 47/50. He said that if the council wanted to require fundraising and the foundation was unwilling to do that, then the sister city relationships needed to be terminated. Councilor Rayor requested a work session on whether the Sister City Program should be a City responsibility. Councilor Nathanson said that if the program was a City function, then the City needed to provide more oversight for the program. She noted that the program was run by self-directed volunteers and added that the match was a small requirement. She was against terminating the sister city agreements. Roll call vote; the amendment failed 5:3, councilors Kelly, Taylor, and Rayor voting in favor. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Kelly, moved to direct the City Manager to restore the previous level of funding ($69,000) to the Human Services Committee as an ongoing allocation beginning in FY02. Councilor Nathanson stressed that the City was trying to encourage its intergovernmental partners to increase their level of participation in funding social services. She remarked that this could not be done by continuing to make up 100 percent of the requests unilaterally. She said that the Budget Committee approved a proposal for a decreasing allocation over several years, which provided some planning certainty to the joint fund and the agencies. She opposed the amendment. She stressed that Eugene had been paying better than 2:1 more per capita than its intergovernmental partners and it was time for the partners to increase their participation. Councilor Meisner also opposed the amendment. He noted that, according to the plan, the level of funding stayed at $69,000 in the first year, was reduced by one-third in the second year, and reduced by two-thirds in the third year. He added that inflation actually increased the contribution each year. He stressed the need to make a statement to the City's intergovernmental partners that they needed to provide more participation. Councilor Bettman stressed that the need was extreme. She noted that the County had increased its allocation in the current year and added that all of the partners would have to increase their allocations. Roll call vote; the amendment failed 5:3, councilors Taylor, Bettman, and Kelly voting in favor. Councilor Kelly, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to amend the FY02 budget to increase the amount for implementation of the Hendricks Park Forest Management Plan from $39,000 to $60,000 and decreasing the Reserve for Revenue Shortfall by a like amount. He further moved to direct the City Manager that the amount should be made an ongoing expenditure in FY03 and following years. Councilor Kelly noted that thousands of dollars had been spent on creating the forest management plan, citizens had spent hundreds of hours working on it, and yet the $39,000 did MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 25, 2001 Page 11 Regular Meeting