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Councilman Bradley asked about the impact of LEAA funds on the crime incidence in Eugene. Also, whether the increase in criminal activity was the resul t of more reports to the police or the result of more activity. Chief Allen responded e that there had been more impact from LEAA funds recently than in the past, mainly because the first LEAA funds were used for computers and other equipment needs. However, that investment was paying off now, he said, and would be more valuable in the future as more data was available. With regard to increase in crime, the Chief said they were dealing with both an increase in reported offenses as well Camm as with increased criminal activity. 11/5/75 File Councilman Murray asked about the incidence of juvenile crime, whether it was increasing or decreasing. Chief Allen said there was a high number of juvenile offenders, that about 60% of crimes were cleared through apprehension of juveniles. He had no definitive answer with regard to whether it was increasing or decreasing, he said, but a significant amount of police time was being spent in the juvenile field, particularly with schools and courts attempting to address specific prevention issues. Assistant Manager noted that the figures presented dealt only with reported crimes, not the incident of crimes. S. Presentation by Technology Coordinator Manager commented that a three-year contract with the National Science Foundation is providing Eugene with a technology coordinator to solve city problems through technological innovation. Greg Page is in his second year with the City and Eugene is the beneficiary of his services and certain other benefits that come along with the contract. Mr. Page will be here hopefully then for the third year of the program and perhaps thereafter depending on evaluation of the program. Mr. Page said that in September, 1974, the invitation was accepted by Eugene e to participate and in July of 1974 the program got underway. He presented a slide show of past, present and future efforts. The objectives of the program are to improve effectiveness of city government, provide a network of cities and research facilities, share needs and limited resources to minimize risk in innovation, generate a new products market and measure barriers to innovation. The participants in the program are the National Science Foundation, 27 cities throughout the United States, 27 control sites, 16 research sites, universities, private industries and non-prOfit organizations, as well as Public TechnOlogy, Inc. Cities were randomly selected in the population bracket of 5,000 to 500,000. Each technology coordinator has at least a graduate degree and their ages range from 29 to 63. Funding provides that the first two years PTI will pay 90 percent of the salary; the 3rd year they will pay 20%. Priority factors to be considered in innovations are cost effectiveness, available funding, the urgency of the project, population served, equity, response time, public image, and general effectiveness. Mr. Page talked about the projects completed to date or which are in the works. They include: Ferry Street Bridge - 42,000 vehicles use the bridge each day and it was showing signs of serious deterioration. A rubberized asphalt was selected for the repaving material. It has only been used one other place in this area - on the Broadway Bridge in Portland. e Fire Services Report - The purpose of this project is to forecast how many stations will be needed under the 1990 Plan. Mr. Page added that there are presently 3 firefighters per pumper. 11/10/75 - 27 ~Oz..