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e Mr. Holmer moved, seconded by Mr. Rutan, to change the ballot title wording to the following: "Requires public vote to authorize additional vehicles on the downtown mall." Mr. Boles voiced his opposition to Mr. Holmer's wording. He expressed par- ticular concern with the meaning of the word "additional" and felt that the alternate wording would only increase confusion on the issue. Mr. Holmer's amendment passed 4:3, with Mayor Miller and coun- cilors Rutan, Holmer, and Bascom voting in favor; and council- ors Ehrman, Boles, and Schue voting against. The motion passed, 4:2; with councilors Bascom, Rutan, Holmer, and Schue voting in favor; and councilors Ehrman and Boles voting against. (The council adjourned from the Council Chamber and reconvened in the McNutt Room. ) II. WORK SESSION: COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAM (CRT) EVALUATION City Manager Mike Gleason introduced the topic. He noted that last February when the council reviewed the CRT program, an update of the CRT evaluation was requested. The council was interested in seeing data from a full 12- e month period. It was agreed that the evaluation would focus on activities of the program partners and would not include additional survey data. This work session is intended to allow a discussion of the evaluation report and pro- vide an update on CRT activities. Tim Birr, Public Information Director, spoke on this issue. He stated that the CRT is one component of a more comprehensive Public Safety Advisory Com- mittee (PSAC) Long-Range Plan. CRT has been isolated for evaluation because it is ahead of other plan components; a comprehensive long-range plan evalua- tion is anticipated in the future. Mr. Birr recommended that future evalua- tions speak to the long-range plan as a whole rather than to individual com- ponents. Lieutenant Jim Hill, Department of Public Safety, indicated that he is avail- able for questions regarding the CRT evaluation. Ms. Bascom noted that it is indicated within the evaluation that the CAHOOTS van is in operation only 28 percent of the time and is tending to serve more mentally disturbed individuals. Noting that the van is extremely expensive to operate, she voiced concern with this low usage rate and suggested that perhaps the range of possible van uses might be expanded in the future to increase the rate of use. In response, Lieutenant Hill explained that the department is still integrat- ing this new component of public safety into the system as a whole and agreed that perhaps the wide range of possible uses for the CAHOOTS van have not yet e MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 26, 1990 Page 4