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e wondered if records had been kept previously. Mr. Colonna said the program was based on prevention, and that is hard to measure. He said it is difficult to say what the program stopped from happening. He said the program did have the following effects, however: Police visibility; The ability to arrest people almost instantaneously; In.services for staff; Conference for the students; and A change in policy as a result of the program. He said the school district chose to emphasize what the people receiving the services think about the program. He noted that records of calls for police services kept over the last four years did not indicate a change as a result of the program. Councilors expressed support for the program. Following a brief discussion about the presence of gangs and violence, Mr. Colonna said the community needs to feel responsible for its schools. He said this is not just a school problem. He has found that communities which have implemented such programs have generally done so after a tragedy--turning it from an economic into a political decision. Mr. Boles asked for more information on the relationship of police in schools to community policing and on the district's evaluation program. He expressed e concern at the process, saying he was under the impression that the City Council would simply be accepting the report today, and not taking any action. In spite of what he termed a violation of process that does not involve the school district, departure from council officers' agreement to merely accept the report, Mr. Boles made the following motion. Mr. Boles moved, seconded by Ms. Bascom to authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with School District 4J regarding a Safer Schools Program for the 1992-93 school year for no more than $62,883. The contract is contingent on a written response from the school board with respect to the issues around time management and what activities the school board intends to take to help ensure that the schools are indeed safer. With Ms. Bascom's permission, Mr. Boles withdrew his motion. Mr. Boles moved, seconded by Ms. Bascom, to authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with School District 4J regarding a Safer Schools Program for the 1992-93 school year for no more than $62,883. Mr. Boles said this had been previously discussed, when the emergency request was made and there is still no response after six months. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council August 19, 1992 Page 4 11:30 a.m.