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Votes Priority Issue <br /> adoption <br /> 0 Restore street lighting program <br /> 4 City Council position on racial issues - work session to talk about race <br /> 1 Invest in steps towards community policing <br /> 1 Improve and measure response to property crimes - including bicycle theft <br /> 3 Increase police funding for staffing (officers and support staff) <br /> 0 Identify the few historical buildings/sites (Shelton-Johnson-McMurphy House) that <br /> the City should support and figure out a strategy to "sustain" them <br /> 3 Complete natural resource study and initiate and make progress on roundtables <br /> upland wildlife habitat study <br /> 0 Sister City Program <br /> · Encourage revitalization <br /> · Add Mexican Sister City <br /> 2 Active government involvement in Sister City program <br /> 1 Latino business owners - need resources for Latino business owners - to help with <br /> business questions <br /> 6 Push "Arts and Outdoors" as marketing theme for Eugene tourism <br /> 1 Review City government practices for ways to increase equity and transparency and <br /> implement <br /> 1 Internal staff committee on sustainability goals in each department and evaluate <br /> 2 Make safety and preservation of existing parks as big a priority as new parks <br /> 5 Sustainability Advisory Committee or Commission to engage the public <br /> 1 Purchase valuable open space <br /> 1 Reprioritize maintenance and preservation before new building for capital project <br /> categories (streets, parks and facilities) <br /> <br />After completing the "Consensus Minus Two" process considering any item that received at least four <br />affirmative votes, the following priority issues were agreed upon: <br />· Launch neighborhood initiative <br />· Conclude discussion on City Hall/Police Building <br />· Facilitate the development of a hospital in Eugene's Central Core <br />· Complete and consider Police Department reviews and implement appropriate changes <br />· Push "Arts and Outdoors" as a theme for Eugene <br />· Re-staff Fire Station #9 <br />· City Council position on racial issues <br />· Develop a strategy to help the homeless in Eugene <br />The following preliminary action plans were fleshed out for new priority issues. <br />Develop a strategy to help the homeless in Eugene <br />· Review work of Council Committee on Homelessness and Youth <br />· Articulate current situation and trends <br />· Develop options <br />· Inventory of services for homeless and those who interact with the homeless <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 25-26, 2005 Page 13 <br /> Goals Setting Session <br /> <br /> <br />