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X99 City Manager added that , although he and the Assistant City Manager were not involved at the inception of the project nor until most of the basic n repa. rations were made , efforts had been made to bring themselves up - to -date as far as possible , He said that if, as and when the Center opened , recommendations would be made to make the Center an attribute . He felt that the more participation and interest by the people who would be using the Center , the better it would be . He recommended the election be set far enough ahead to get candidates interested . He referred to a letter from Clifford Boxley , PROBE Director , suggesting the election be delayed until after groundbreaking since there would be tangible evidence the Center would become an actuality as an incentive , The recommendation that the Neighborhood Development Council administer the e lection was discussed briefly , and City Manager noted that as far as he could tell , the Council was represented by all factions in the neighborhood . Object was to get as much of the community involved as possible , and to have the election held far enough in advance so that everyone knew about it . Following additional discussion , City Manager indicated that report and recommendation for going to bid on construction of the Center was being held up by three things , one being the matter now before Council , second , the matter of implementing an affirmative action program , which had never been put into specific terms . He indicated staff was working with various groups in the neighborhood trying to draft segments of the specifications which would provide for specifics with regard to affirmative action , and third , there was question as to whether it could be recommended to Council whether the project should be constructed at all , because he could not see how the City could successfully operate the facility by itself . There were no arrangements for the County to participate in operating costs , nor with the County to rent space , and none for the County to participate in the costs of the facility . He added there had been meetings with County staff attempting to formulate specific agreement so that the County could participate in the project , and if succes ul , then he could recommend to Council to go to bid . Councilman Henderson moved to reaffirm the election concept , and to request the Neighborhood Development Council to administer the election , and to approve policy recommended with respect to the Advisory Board , seconded by Councilman. Rhodes , Councilman Petersen opposed the motion . Dave Walker , 126 Cypress Street , expressed appreciation for the City Manager ' s recommendations stating that he agreed 100% . He reported numerous complaints in the immunity with respect to previous attempt at an election , such as , not enough done to inform the community ; information received by some only a few hours before the petition deadline , He did not feel the City should be asked to involve itself, and that the Community needed to work out its own internal problems . 2 -14 -72