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e Mr. Boles said the Revenue Committee should report to the council if it needs more time to complete its task. Mr. Gleason asked for support from the media to let citizens know that the council is now deliberating revenue sources very carefully and no decision on revenues has been made. Mayor Miller summarized the discussion saying the council has now agreed on core services, and will focus on that before considering enhancements. The Revenue Committee is reviewing revenue sources to fund the core, but that may be applicable to other options. The council decided to meet two additional times to complete its discussion of the final Eugene Decisions strategy. II. SAFER SCHOOLS PROGRAM Dave Whitlow, Public Safety Director, said that the purpose of the presenta- tion is to report on the two-month operation at the end of the last school year of the Safer Schools Program. He added that the school board will also ask that the program be funded for another school year. Mr. Whitlow intro- duced Jim Hill, Department of Public Safety and Jerry Colonna, Director of Secondary Education, School District 4J, who together managed the program. Mr. Whitlow pointed out that a school police program is a program that is strongly supported in the long-Range Public Safety Plan that the council e adopted about a year ago. He noted that the program is consistent with the plan's support for moving from a reactive to a proactive police force in order to cap, and hopefully reduce, calls for service. Judy Moseley, School District 4J Board President, stressed the importance of the partnership between the school district and city. She said the board is very impressed with survey reports of last year's program. Ms. Moseley said that the critical part of the program was the two police officers involved. Responding to a question from Ms. Bascom, Ms. Moseley said the board is discussing the closed campus issue. Currently, campuses are almost closed. Students may not come and go without permission or the office being aware. She added that freshmen are not allowed to come and go because a fairly small group of them has proven irresponsible. Ms. Moseley said the issue is time management. Responding to a question from Mr. Boles, Mr. Colonna said the district's approach is to gradually give students who should be given more responsibility greater control of their own lives. He noted that schools are allowed to make site decisions, including those about curriculum, deportment, and such things as open or closed campus. There currently are no schools that have chosen to have a closed campus. Mr. Nicholson asked for objective data on the effectiveness of the program and e August 19, 1992 Page 3 MINUTES--Eugene City Council 11 :30 a.m.