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Sessio~ 1496, M~s Page 6
<br />F~y 17, 1989
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<br />suggested allocating half the requested amount, or, as p~u~osed by Mr. Ollen-
<br />dorff, match/rig what U(~S spends on direct marketing for U. City North up to
<br />$3,000. Mr. Wagner disarm=ed with the matching concept, and thought UfOS
<br />should receive $3,500 along with the admonition that Council wants a ha~d-
<br />hitting can~aign to publicize houses for sale in U. city North. Following ex-
<br />tensive a~ssion, Council decided to allocate $3,500 and determJ_ne a little
<br />later exactly how it should be s~_nt. Mr. A~ams asked that the record reflect
<br />his "No" vote. It was expected that the contract will be ready to be acted on
<br />by the next Council meeting, June 5th.
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<br />Buildir~ Improvement Fund. Mr. Ollendorff ~said the original allocation was
<br />$147,000; items already included will cost $118,500, reducing the total to
<br />$33,500 available for allocation. Items to be considered include Eastgate
<br />Park, Kingsland p~uerty (to be stud/ed by the Park C~Lu,~ssion for park use),
<br />and the Pershing street barricade. Mr. Wagner said he felt the Council owed
<br />sc~thing to residents near the Pershing barricade, since this and past Coun-
<br />cils allowed the o~,u~-rcial shopping center to develop with very inadequate
<br />parking. He pointed out that the neighborhood was willing to maintain the
<br />landscaping, and was asking for a m/nimal amount to erect the barrier and do
<br />the sidewalks. He suggested $3,000. Mrs. Sc/,uman c~uletely agreed, noting
<br />that during her campaigning, residents of other neighborhoods expressed con-
<br />cern about t]t[s ~rea, and were afraid the same thing might happen in their
<br />neigbl~orhood. Mayor Majerus said Mr. Ollendorff was concerned that it could
<br />be interpreted that Council was changing policy with regard to barri.cades,
<br />however, her feeling was that it was something the Council could do to rectify
<br />past mistakes of this and previous Councils. Mr. Schoomer agreed, however, he
<br />felt a portion of the cost should be borne by the neighbors, both residential
<br />and o~,=~_ruial, and the City ~hould take the responsibility of making the curb
<br />and street cuts. Mr. Wagner pointed out that the City could not require the
<br />businesses there to share in the cost. ~%e Mayor suggested setting a dollar
<br />figure, and trying to recover as much as possible. Mr. Wagner suggested that
<br />$3,500 be made available for this project, but that the cost be kept lower if
<br />at all possible, and the c~,~_~cial area be encouraged to donate also. All
<br />agreed on this figure.
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<br />East~ate Park, Kinqsland-Chamberlain property. Council agreed that $30,000
<br />would be allocated for Eastgate l>ark and the Kingsland-Chamberlain property,
<br />with the amounts for each to be discussed later, following study by the Park
<br />C~,Hssion.
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<br />All of the above items (less $3000 for %rdzTants, to be taken f~LL the Leg-all
<br />Services'budget), amount to $25,521, which will be taken frc~ the Street Con-
<br />tractual account, reducing that to $292,37.7.
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<br />Mayor Majerus adjourned the meeting at 11:02 p.m.
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<br />Dolores A. Miller
<br />city Clerk
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