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e MINUTES Eugene City Council McNutt Room--City Hall August 31, 1992 5:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Shawn Boles, Bobby Green, Ruth Bascom, Debra Ehrman, Randy MacDonald, Paul Nicholson, Kaye Robinette, Roger Rutan. The adjourned meeting of August 26, 1992, of the Eugene City Council was called to order by His Honor Mayor Jeff Miller. I. WORK SESSION: EUGENE DECISIONS FINAL STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT City Manager Mike Gleason said this is the council's opportunity to review in some detail its choices with regard to the Eugene Decisions final strategy. Barb Bellamy, City Manager's Office, described the following as three things the council needed to accomplish during the meeting: 1) review the service change strategy selected thus far, with clarification in Parks Services; 2) e address questions to the Revenue Committee and receive a progress report; and 3) review the council's meeting schedule for September. Ms. Bellamy, reviewed the council's choices with regard to service changes by service area. She said that Parks and Development would require more atten- tion. She called attention to an error on the first page of the report and said it would be corrected. Mr. MacDonald pointed out that the figures attached to Human Services and Housing on one of the charts are reversed. A. Department of Public Safety 1. Community Policinq Reviewing Public Safety, Ms. Bellamy confirmed the council's direction: to maintain current service levels for police and fire services; begin funding a community policing program with $500,000 of new money and realize $500,000 annually in cost savings to fund further increments of the program; and, reduce funding for animal control and the spay/neuter clinic. She said staff has no questions in this area. Ms. Ehrman said that constituents have expressed concern with the community policing enhancement. She also questioned the City's ability to realize $500,000 in cost savings on an annual basis. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council August 31, 1992 Page 1 5:30 p.m.