Item A: Adoption of 2007 Legislative Policies

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The City supports legislation to allow law enforcement agencies to conduct nationwide criminal history checks on prospective child-care workers. The City of Eugene provides a before and after school program called Kid City Adventures. Currently, the State Children’s Services Division provides Oregon criminal history checks. The City supports expanding its ability to protect children in its care by obtaining nationwide criminal history checks on prospective employees. 4. STREAMLINE ABATEMENT PROCESS The City supports changes to streamline the process of abatement proceedings on drug houses and other properties on which illegal activities are occurring. Loopholes in the current abatement process have led to extended abatement proceedings, taking months, and in some cases more than a year, to complete. The current loopholes allow violators to lengthen the process by faking compliance, making perfunctory efforts to clean up a property and taking advantage of generous deadlines. 5. TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT TOOLS: PHOTO RADAR, PHOTO RED LIGHT The City supports giving communities the authority to use photo radarand photo red light technologies as traffic enforcement tools. The City supports efforts to extend both technologies to cities on a wider basis. 6. FIREARMS REGULATION The City supports laws which strengthen reasonable requirements for purchase of handguns. The City will work to protect its regulatory authority with respect to firearms. Infringement on these powers reduces the City's ability to protect its citizens from criminal acts involving firearms and ignores the diversity among communities within this state. 7. LOCAL ABILITY TO DEAL WITH UNSUPERVISED YOUTH The City supports local ability to detain runaways and other juveniles who are beyond parental control and facilitate their referral to appropriate agencies. The City supports strengthening the ability of the juvenile system to intervene and provide services to these juveniles. Some services currently are not available to them because they have not committed "criminal" offenses. This reduces the ability of agencies to provide services, City of Eugene Legislative Policies, 2007 Session With IGR Mtg 10/17 and 10/26 Amendments C:\Documents and Settings\ceexelf\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK10B\LegPol2007Sesxx1.doc Updated on: 11/6/2006 By: Last saved by ceexmfw 50