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Ms. Nathanson moved, seconded by Mr. Fart, to authorize the expenditure of $4,000 from the contingency fund to offset the Patron User Fee at the Theatre Alive! student matinees. Mr. Kelly spoke in support of the motion, noting that the company was a new company that was just establishing itself in the community and had no opportunity to seek funding through the normal budget cycle. He said the theatre would do programs for school children and was seeking funding to offset the costs of the patron user fee, which was waived for resident user companies for educational programs. Responding to a question from Mr. Farr, Mr. Johnson said that the programming was intended for all students in Eugene in both the 4J and Bethel school districts. Responding to a question from Mr. PapS, Mr. Kelly explained that there was a process for becoming a resident company at the Hult Center that included criteria, but there was a moratorium on adding any further resident companies. He said that the theatre was seeking other sources of funding for production and other expenses. The treasurer for the theatre, Hans Christofferson, described the theater's fund raising efforts at the local and state level. He said that the issue of funding was in part related to timing. Mr. Torrey arrived at the meeting. Ms. Nathanson said she considered the theatre's offerings to be special programming whose funding appeared to be consistent with previous council fund approvals to help start up a nonprofit organization such as the theatre. She termed the funding "seed money" and indicated she anticipated this to be a one-time request. Responding to a question from Ms. Nathanson, Mr. Johnson said that he was responsible for granting companies resident status and he had not granted the theatre that status; he confirmed that there was a moratorium on granting that status until the Cultural Services Department Advisory Committee had completed its work. Ms. Taylor supported the request as contributing to both community arts and community youth. Mr. Meisner agreed with Ms. Taylor. The motion passed, 8:0. 3. Multi-Cultural Storytelling Festival Ms. Nathanson moved, seconded by Mr. Farr, to authorize the expenditure of $1,000 from the contingency fund to bring cultural awareness to children through storytelling. Mr. Lee said that the programming was intended to reach out to young people for discussion of cultural issues. MINUTES-Eugene City Council November 10, 1999 Page 4 5:30 p.m.