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e e e instituted. Mr. Green ascertained that the cost for public safety will be substantially higher if this proactive plan is not put in place. He indicated that there will have to be a major monetary and resource commitment to public safety in the future. Mr. Boles expressed his support of the concept of partnership within public safety and offered some suggestions about how to strengthen this document. Among these were the addition of an evaluative component to help determine how effectively the goals laid out within are being met and further work on the transition services component of this plan. Mr. Holmer suggested that this program might have more credibility if its scope is reduced from its current 20-year horizon to a 10-year horizon. Ms. Bascom also suggested that in order to strengthen this plan, more emphasis should be placed on crime prevention. V. WORK SESSION: COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAM PROGRAM UPDATE Lieutenant Jim Hill, Department of Public Safety, gave the staff report. At the council's October 23 meeting, staff presented the results of the Community Response Team's (CRT) pilot phase. At that time, council gave tentative approval to continue the program with the understanding that staff would return with a detailed budget for the balance of the year. Lieutenant Hill highlighted several significant factors in this program. Included in these are support for the hiring of officers to backfill for the officers serving on the CRT; expansion of CAHOOTS Van operation; participation of communications personnel on the operation committee (as recommended in the evaluation); and the development of a subcommittee to look at the juvenile component of this program which the council determined to be problematic. Lieutenant Hill pointed out that no money has been budgeted in this fiscal year for program evaluation, but that money has been dedicated to the evaluative component in the next fiscal year. Mr. Boles stressed that the evaluative component is needed to ensure that this is a meritorious program and to act as a mechanism to shift CRT focus as needed. Mr. Holmer agreed that data should be collected between now and July to make an adequate evaluation of program activities for FY89. Mr. Gleason said it would be possible to include evaluation of the program between now and July 1990 for approximately $2,000-$2,500. Ms. Bascom also supported this position. Mr. Boles said that this plan makes no mention of the Parks and Recreation summer playground program, a program which the council deemed meritorious and expected would be included in the Parks and Recreation base budget. Mr. Gleason responded this is a program budget, and although he is confident that the Parks and Recreation program will be funded through this budget, the program would only be depicted in a line-by-line budget. MINUTES--Eugene City Council January 17, 1990 Page 7