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e Mr. Holmer said the focus of the Social Goals Committee was housing, but that the Coalition for Youth Gang Prevention and the Human Rights Task Force were also committees which focused on social goals. He asked if the Social Goals Committee should include social goals in addition to housing. Ms. Schue said the Social Goals Committee had become a housing committee and its members had expertise in housing issues. S. Tree Commission Councilors discussed and agreed to eliminate council representation on the commission. T. Community Coalition for Gang Prevention Mr. Green said this committee had been formed by concerned citizens. He said that since it had not been initiated by the council the issue of staffing was in question. He said the main purpose of the coalition at this time was community education because of the need to keep young people aware of gang activity, even though gang activity in Eugene is minimal. Ms. Ehrman asked if the coalition could be incorporated into the Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC). Mr. Green said this was possible. e Mr. Gleason said the City provided staff support it might easily disappear without this support. committee had grass roots support, its logistics staff. for the coalition and that He said that although the were all handled by City Mr. Boles suggested that the council ask the City of Springfield, the 4J School District, and Lane County, to help staff the committee since all these groups are also affiliated with the coalition. Mr. Gleason said few local entities had the history of expending energy on grass roots organizations that the City of Eugene does. He said Human Rights Specialist Greg Rikhoff was doing most of the staff work for the anti-gang group. He said PSAC staff already had a full load, and that the issue was whether Mr. Rikhoff could continue to handle the additional work of the coalition. In response to a question from Ms. Ehrman, Mr. Green said he saw no end to the work of the coalition. Ms. Ehrman said she was concerned about its funding. Mr. Gleason said the work of the coalition was very important, but that Mr. Rikhoff was working about 50 hours a week and he was afraid of IIburning him out.1I He said that if the council decided it wanted to continue this re- source commitment, he would need to balance the workload issue within the organization. He said it was important not to abuse dedicated staff such as Mr. Rikhoff. Mr. Holmer said he was not certain that this committee required council involvement. Mr. Green said the council should consider what message it wanted to send the community in terms of its commitment to the coalition. . MINUTES--Eugene City Council Monthly Process Session May 29, 1990 Page 6