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The main motion passed unanimously. Councilor Lee, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to authorize the expenditure of $5,000 for the production of documents and curriculum for primary and middle school students on the history of communities of color in Eugene. Councilor Meisner stated his strong support for the proposal but expressed his exceeding disappointment that School District 4J only donated $200 to the proposal and that Lane County had only donated $250 and that the City was being asked to fund the remainder. He reiterated his disappointment in the City's intergovernmental partners. Councilor Kelly expressed his desire to see the final result of the project and suggested that at least one copy of the work end up in the public library. The motion passed unanimously. Councilor Lee, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to authorize the expenditure of $4,936.04 for the renovation of the new Sexual Assault Support Services facility. Councilor Meisner noted that the City had already contributed to the proposal through Community Development Block Grant funds and further noted that the City was also being asked to pay past Lane County property taxes for the facility. He said that this was against council policy and called for information from staff. The motion passed unanimously. B. River Road/Santa Clara Contingency Request City Manager Johnson commented that items B and C were general contingency fund requests. Councilor Lee, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to authorize the expenditure of $25,000 in FY00 General Fund Contingency to develop a background report on River Road/Santa Clara. Councilor Pap~ noted that the proposal had already been discussed and said that while the actual machination of what would be done had changed, the funding mechanism had not. He said that the Assistant City Manager had convinced him of the validity of the project and that he was in favor of starting the project as early as possible. Councilor Kelly said that the new proposed report would give a better baseline across a variety of services to get started. He liked the idea of citizen involvement in the proposal. He raised concern that the item, added to the next contingency requests, left very little remaining in the contingency fund. In response to a question from Councilor Kelly regarding the impact to the project of starting the project in FY01, Jim Carlson, Assistant City Manager, said that the work was expected to take MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 8, 2000 Page 6 Regular Meeting