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Ci Hall Adopt implementation plan for parallel process for City Hall and Patrol Facility construction. The Policy Advisement Phase of the master plan for City Hall was completed in November 2005. At the December 14, 2005, work session, the City Council directed me to proceed with Phase 2 -the Development Plan Phase - of the City Hall Complex Action Plan for $1,135,000 to be funded from the Facility Replacement Reserve. This phase, involving extensive community involvement in the initial policy scope of the project, was completed in late 2006 with the approval of a conceptual design for the scope and location of the buildings in the proposed City Hall complex. The City Council approved initiation of Phase 3 -the Implementation Plan Phase - in January 2007, with funding of $1.0 million from the Facility Replacement Reserve. These funds are expected to carry the planning effort into calendar year 2008, when specific project plans and funding proposals will be ready for council and community action. Neighborhood Initiative Redesign the neighborhood initiative to support the neighborhoods which includes public participation in the livability and protection of neighborhoods and identifies specific redevelopment strategies that preserves the integrity of residential uses, including design standards, site review, down zoning, infill regulation, and bolstering and empowering neighborhood associations to get more involvement. The FY07 Adopted Budget allocates $100,000 per year for neighborhood empowerment efforts, $50,000 per year in FY07-09 for neighborhood matching grants, and $120,000 to the River Road and Santa Clara neighborhoods for planning and project support ($60,000) and newsletters ($20,000 per year for three years). Due to cost efficiencies achieved with our vendors, every neighborhood association now has sufficient funds. to print and distribute four newsletters per year. The return of the Neighborhood Matching Grant program generated a number of ideas from neighborhoods. Sixteen applications were submitted in March 2007, requesting $94,291in grants. ~ The first neighborhood summit was held on February 17, 2007, at the Lane County Events Center. The summit was attended by 109 neighbors from all 19 of the city's residential neighborhood associations/community organizations, City and County elected officials, representatives from other local government agencies and City Council advisory committees, the City's Executive Management team, and City staff from program areas represented in the action plan. After learning more about all of the items in the council-adopted Neighborhood Association r' Initiative Action Plan (NAIAD) and recommended additions emerging from prior meetings with all the associations, the neighbors selected the following three priorities: 1) involve neighborhood associations earlier in land use proposals; 2) increase density in existing neighborhoods thoughtfully; and 3) increase ongoing support for neighborhood associations. Other continuing work on the action plan includes infill standards/opportunity siting planning and the collaborative street design process in the Crest Drive Neighborhood. Work plans are being developed to further the priorities of the Neighborhood Initiative using existing resources. No new funding is proposed in the FY08 budget. 5