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several months and the longer the beginning was postponed, the longer it would be before the task forces could contemplate service delivery issues. In response to a question from Councilor Kelly regarding his comfort with leaving such a Iow Contingency Fund balance for the remainder of the fiscal year, City Manager Johnson said that he had checked with City departments to see of they would have any extraordinary requests forthcoming. He stressed that this did not mean that there would be no requests between the current date and June 30. He went on to say that he was "a bit" uncomfortable with the remaining amount in the fund and suggested signing an agreement giving notice to proceed and using dollars from the next fiscal year to pay the bill in July. Councilor Taylor raised concern over the Iow remainder left in the FYO0 contingency but said that her main concern was that the people in River Road/Santa Clara, who were not currently annexed to the City, would receive equal representation. She said that she would support the proposal as long as those people were represented. Councilor Farr supported beginning the project immediately. Councilor Nathanson was also concerned over the Iow remainder left in the Contingency Fund. She said that sometimes contingency funds needed to be used for unexpected events and the remaining amount would quickly be eaten up by such an event. Councilor PapS, seconded by Councilor Farr, moved to amend the motion by reducing the funding amount to $10,000 with the provision that the remaining amount be found in the FY01 budget. Councilor Pap8 expressed his nervousness at leaving such a Iow remainder in the FY00 contingency and expressed a willingness to avoid such a Iow balance. The amendment passed unanimously. Speaking to the main motion, Councilor Meisner clarified that Lane County had refused to fund the proposal and reiterated his disappointment with the Lane County Board of Commissioners for its lack of support to the program and its refusal of accountability for the River Road/Santa Clara area of Lane County. The main motion passed unanimously. C. Consideration of Requests from Council Committee on Homelessness and Youth Councilor Lee, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to authorize the expenditure of $22,000 from the Contingency Fund to enhance the homeless parking/camping program with a pilot concept intended to move campers into permanent housing. City Manager Johnson commented that the three proposals under Item C met the council's approval criteria and noted that there was a strong community need for the first two. He added that there was an ongoing need for them and said that next year the council would possibly be faced with a similar situation in that there would be a need to fund the program into future years. MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 8, 2000 Page 7 Regular Meeting