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Nadia Telsey discussed the kinds of services that social service agencies can provide. She said many crimes are not reported but intervention is needed. e She said coordination and cooperation are needed among the social service agencies and between the agencies and the City police. She distributed a list of goals for cooperation titled, "Proposal for Networking Between EPD and Agencies/Individuals Dealing with Crimes Against Persons." The councilors and CATF members divided into three groups to discuss the proposals at 6:35 p.m. Group 1 Participants: Gloria Timmons, Hal Jole, Mikal Krummel, Tom English, Crime Action Task Force; Freeman Holmer, City Councilor; Bill DeForrest, Sherry Connolly, April Norman, Donna Isadore, Cathy Czerniak, staff. Overview of Crime Action Task Force Report Crime Action Task Force (CATF) members asked Councilor Holmer to describe his overall impression after reading the final CATF report. Councilor Holmer suggested that it would have been helpful to the council if the report had a tighter focus and fewer total recommendations. However, Councilor Holmer thought that the council would be able to work with the 71 recommendations by focusing on particular areas of the report. Councilor Holmer assured the CATF members that public safety is one of the council's priorities. CATF members emphasized that there is a critical need to imp 1 ement the e recommendations in the report and make public safety the council's number one priority. Task force members explained that a great deal of time and effort was spent on developing recommendations that would not require additional money and that those recommendations should not be overlooked. The CATF developed recommendations that.would use existing talents and resources in new, more effective, ways to reduce crime. Members of the task force stressed that they wanted the community to focus on the public safety issues that come out of the report rather than the money issues. Councilor Holmer recognized the many recommendations that do not require money to implement, but reminded the task force members that the recommendations that do require additional money to implement will generate the most controversy and discussion. Funding Councilor Holmer asked task force members how they would propose to fund implementing the more costly recommendations. CATF members suggested that crime in our community has become a real concern and that the community may now be willing to accept cuts in other parts of the City budget to allow increased funding for pub 1 i c safety. Task force members said that they bel ieved that a publ ic safety tax levy would be approved by the voters. Councilor Holmer questioned whether public safety instead of lower priority items should be put up for a vote. Several task force members agreed, stating that public safety should be funded because it is the council's first priority. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council Dinner/Work Session November 19, 1986 Page 3