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the information could be released to an auditor or civilian review board if structured to be part of the City organization. He indicated that personal identifiers such as address, date of birth, and Social Security Number etc. would be eliminated, but the name would be available. Ms. Bettman suggested the bill be amended to exclude civilian review boards. Mr. Cushman said it could, but even if it included that amendment, he believed the City could opt to provide that information to an auditor as nothing in the bill precluded that. Mr. Lidz indicated the answer depended on the structure of the civilian review board. Responding to a question from Mr. Pap6, Mr. Lidz said that generally, the Public Records Law allows the government to withhold something, rather than prohibiting the release. Ms. Bettman requested more information about the bill and suggested Mr. Cushman consult the chair of the Police Commission, Tim Laue. She said that Seattle staff had indicated to her that many redactions in a police report were expensive to make and difficult for them to track. Ms. Taylor questioned why a review board would need more than a person's name. Ms. Bettman suggested that a person reviewing the file might find it useful information to know where a person lived if that was relevant to a case. Mr. Cushman agreed. The committee agreed to hold the bill over pending further information. HB 3392 Ms. Taylor, seconded by Ms. Bettman, moved to change the priority of the bill to Priority 2. The motion passed unanimously. HB 3443 Mr. Pap6 asked why staff recommended opposition to the bill, which would create a statewide 2-1-1 telephone number for access to Health and Human Services. Ms. Wilde said the reason was funding. Such a system was very expensive to establish, and the bill did not discuss funding beyond a mention of initial grant funding. She believed the bill could potentially affect the 9-1-1 Fund and no staff was proposed for addition, so the same staff would be responsible at the State for managing the system. The time needed to establish a system and maintain it was significant. She said the idea was a very good one. Mr. Pap6 thought it might help Eugene with some of its homeless issues. He asked if the information that would be available through a 2-1-1 number was already available in one place. Ms. Wilde said that what was proposed was already being done locally with a seven-digit number. Mr. Pap6 had no objection to the status assigned the bill. HJR 0039 Ms. Bettman said she thought the City was required to redistrict after each census. Ms. Feldman said the bill created a new commission to oversee districting rather than a new requirement for redistricting. Staff had recommended a neutral position. Mr. Heuser did not think the bill would make further progress. Ms. Bettman, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to change the status of the bill to Oppose. The motion passed unanimously. MINUTES--Council Committee on INtergovernmental Relations April 28, 2005 Page 3