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criteria, followed by the matching grant program, organizing dormant areas, boundary changes, and refinement plan for all neighborhoods. Ms. Nathanson identified her priorities as follows: newsletter funding (or some sort of citywide report to the citizens); the matching grant program; and boundary changes. She made several suggestions as well: a liaison program between neighborhood organizations and service clubs or youth groups for hand-delivery of newsletters; other sources for matching funds, e.g., within other departments or donations from the private sector. Ms. Taylor's first priority was a citywide newsletter in addition to the neighborhood newsletter, followed by boundary changes and revitalizing active neighborhood standards. She was not in favor of distributing newsletters in the local paper, saying many people toss out the inserts without reviewing them. Mr. Lee asked Mr. Farmer to share his vision of the program at some point. He expressed appreciation for the City's website, calling it "quite excellent." Responding to his questions, Mr. Weinman said the $100,000 cost estimate for the matching grant program was for one year and neighborhood projects included a wide range of things, from art projects and playgrounds to traffic diverters. Mr. Lee pointed out that a majority of City services are delivered at the neighborhood level and the program offered an opportunity to create a vision for a community- based government that empowers the community to help in using resources more efficiently. He said it also provides an opportunity to garner support for major projects such as TransPlan. The council returned its attention to the mission statement, agreeing with Mr. Weinman's suggestion to add the word "association" after neighborhood in the last bullet. The statement was not adopted and it was understood that the council would have other opportunities to refine the language. Councilors used dots to show their priorities of redesign options. The results are represented in the following tables: MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 8, 1999 Page 3 5:30 p.m.