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e M. Letter from a Constituent Regarding Post Office Parking Mr. MacDonald asked staff to respond to a letter he recently received from Larry Schantz regarding parking near the main post office. II. WORK SESSION: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY LONG-RANGE PLAN e Richard Green, Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC), updated the council on revisions which have been made to the "Partnerships for Public Safety" program, Public Safety's Long-Range Plan. The purpose of this work session is to elicit feedback from council on the plan prior to final plan adoption. He introduced Jan Gund, PSAC Vice-Chair and Chair of the PSAC Long-Range Planning Committee, who was present to answer questions. Mr. Green explained that the long-range plan is based on a partnership model of public safety. Based on extensive community feedback, the plan has been revised and programs within the plan have been detailed and prioritized into an eight-point action plan. He enumerated the eight points of the plan as follows: community-oriented policing, prevention, education, community ser- vice specialists, fire/EMS redeployment, public safety stations, metro coor- dination, and training and employee development. Mr. Green provided some specific examples of plan components which have been extremely successful and emphasized the plan's potential to make a dramatic impact in the community. He also noted that plan evaluation and revision are critical components to the plan's success. Mr. Green pointed out that the department feels that the public safety strat- egies laid out in the plan are interrelated and asked that the council not "special track" certain plan components. He also noted that in light of the current financial situation, the department recognizes that the plan may require a phased-in approach to funding. Because of the emphasis on the comprehensive nature of this plan, the department has not provided the coun- cil with prioritization recommendations. Mr. Green urged the council not to accept the plan without a strong commitment to its implementation and fund- ing. He emphasized that without such a comprehensive strategy, the long-term financial costs of public safety will be far more expensive. Mr. Green commended the council for its decisive leadership in finding inno- vate approaches to public safety. Voicing concern with community-oriented policing, Mr. Nicholson asked what assurances are made in this plan to ensure that a citizen's right to presumed innocence would be protected. Mr. Green responded that that the community service component of the plan is particularly suited for dealing with that concern, noting that the agencies involved are specialists particularly suit- ed for dealing with certain types of populations. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 13, 1991 Page 4