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e B. Project Report on Housing for the Homeless County Administrator Jim Johnson thanked the City for its cooperation and assistance in completing the homeless shelter. Because Springfield decided to contribute to the project, Eugene's share to this date has amounted to $49,000. Mr. Gleason said the City Council authorized an expenditure of up to $70,000 on the homeless shelter. He encouraged the council not to retract the rest of its funding until the full costs of the shelter are known. Mr. Johnson said the amount of volunteer and professional labor that went into the project was phenomenal and expressed appreciation for the community's favorable response to the shelter. Ms. Wooten agreed. She suggested that the County and City consider a continuation of funding for the project beyond April because there will be a continuing need for the shelter. Mr. Cornacchia said there is currently an effort underway to analyze how money in the Joint Social Services Fund has been utilized. One option is to fold the Human Services Planning Project over the Joint Social Services Fund, and have the fund acknowledge the needs of the community rather than continually funding agencies which are currently funded. Ms. Wooten agreed but felt the jurisdictions would have difficulty agreeing on new funding priorities. Ms. Schue felt Springfield's eager and generous contribution to the shelter was gratifying. Mr. Cornacchia agreed, saying that this was a hard decision for Springfield to make. He said the City of Springfield has an ongoing debate about allocating money for agencies and programs located in Eugene; e this feeling had to be overcome before they agreed to donate to the shelter. Ms. Ehrman felt the Joint Social Services Committee has been sensitive to this feeling. In the past, the committee has gone out of its way to fund agencies located in Springfield and elsewhere in the county. C. Proposal for Youth Development Consortium Commissioner Ball said that two years ago Commissioner Rogers asked for a review of the County's youth services in anticipation of passage of Senate Bill 780 giving the County direct policy authority for juvenile services (starting in early 1988). During the middle of the review process, Governor Goldschmidt decided that children's issues would be a high statewide priority. As these two efforts came together, many youth service providers throughout the county urged the consolidation of the County's youth services and planning functions. Mr. Ball said this request has been given serious consideration and Lane County's Children's Task Force (CTF) is recommending that the Juvenile Services Commission, Student Retention Initiative, and allocations to other youth service agencies be merged into a Youth Development Consortium. Mr. Ball said the governor has indicated that the County will be the primary focus for the new children's agenda and that significant revenues allocated for children's issues will be allocated through the County. The new consortium will be the allocating body for these funds as well as the e MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 30, 1988 Page 3