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they want to provide treatment so juveniles leave the system with more skills than when they entered. She indicated that they provide a full range of rehabilitative and reformative services. She said the current system has such serious reductions that their mission is at peril. She noted since 2001, state closed custo,dY beds through the Oregon Youth Au~hty has been reduced from 75 to 31 due to the state s own fiscal crisis. She said they have ~ ~their ~'dangerous offenders that could go into the Oregon Youth Authority, but after that ~h~e remain in the community. She added they also have 32 beds of detentiO~ that is on~ ~ ~the~ capacity. She indicated with reduction of other services, in dealing ~ith youth and ~ ~eria that they Rob Rockstroh, Health and Human Services, said when the~ ~ ~i~ing public safety, the~ funding. He added they are mandated to do Mental.Health and Alcohol and ~ ~at~ent. He said the Commissioners are the Mental Health Health afi~ ~ Services is the prime funder of Mental Health and ~n Lane C0~' He indicated they contract out about $60 lost about $6 million in the last two bienniums. He noted most area. He said the systems are collapsing because of state ~ federal catg He are ~i~iiiiiii¢iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii2iiiiiiiiii~ interconnected and they need each other and i~th~Y do~ ~ wOrk to ~ would be in trouble. Doug Harcleroad, District Attorn~ e~asized what ~ ~it~es hearing was a group of people who want to build a bal~ ~Ublic safety syS~ ~~hts for all citizens in Lane County. He said they want:~ ~ ~erVices and preven~ {hat ~orks and is balanced. He noted there are nine police g~i~ in Eane County with 400 sworn officers. He said they bring ~i~mons, sh°~a ~ compression and then violate the trust of l~ca[~°ters. He thou to carefull~ ~eview this before they amend the Metro Plan. : ~e§aid there are potential fi~ial ~aws that would reflect against the cities of Springfield and but Willamalane Park~ ~ ~ecreation will run into compression. He thought on its face believe it has been thf~ut well enough. He said before they go to the Boundary and the people, t~at ~ have a clear plan. co ~ that the proposed Public Safety District is a disastrous pro[ He said in the long run, this would undermine public support for He asked if the special district provided all of the services, why be needed. He commented that public safety is the single largest impediment ~° local tax reduction measures. He indicated the public doesn't see all Page 7 - Joint Elected Officials Meeting - April 19, 2005 WD bc/m/05035/T