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There has been some effort to put people in touch with legal assistance through Legal Aid for the purpose of dealing with the private contract e performance issue. He also said staff would make an effort to be sensitive to the problems. ----. Z. Public Works Employment Act Projects - Assistant Manager noted that, if Comm there are projects which a department would like to explore, Dale Harkey 9/29/76 of the Manager's office should be contacted so that preliminary staff work File can be done. AA. 1975 Crime Statistics and 1976 Projections - Memos from Acting Police Chief have been distributed to Council which indicate a continued trend of increase in crimes against persons but, after a 7.1% increase in 1975, indicate a projected decrease in 1976 of crimes against property. Acting Police Chief Larion said that the index of crimes in Eugene is based On information retrieved from the monthly Uniform Crime Reports. That same information is used in the State of Oregon Analyses of Criminal Offenses and Arrests. He said this is the first time the state has provided comparative data between cities. There is still latitude that is used in determining how offenses are classified, especially when comparing jurisdictions. If a jurisdiction makes it difficult to report crimes, the report of that jurisdiction may reflect a lower number of crimes than actually Comm com':zi tted. 9/29/76 File Chief Larion noted that 22.6% of all thefts are bike thefts. Programs are underway to encourage bike licensing and proper locking of bicycles. There are . not too many tactics to effectively prevent the crimes against persons. The police generally become invo1 ved after the fact. In answer to questions from Mr. Murray, Chief Larion said that increase in crime is statistically higher in outlying areas. He said that juvenile crime is consistently 50-70% of all crime. That figure excl udes violent crimes against people. Chief Larion also noted that "project Identification" appears to have had a significant impact. Mr. Murray wondered if any cash value type of breakdown could be done. Chief ,Larion felt that probably could be done; he noted too that the average loss to a burglarized home is $175. BB. Preservation of Armory - Mrs. Beal noted that individuals were present to speak against the demolition of the armory. Mrs: Beal m~ved seconded by Mr. Keller to allow the visitors to speak. Comm Mot~on carr~ed unanimously. 9/29/76 File LaVerne Edwards, 208 Heritage, asked that the Council assume leadership in efforts to preserve the armory. It is one of the last public buildings left, she said. There are 44,000 square feet and the building would cost $11 to $15 million to replace today. She noted the cost of tearing it down and relocating the elections department to another site, feeling the money would best be used for rel10deli purposes. ng Mayor Anderson co~ented that, from the Council's standpoint, there would have to be lTOre w~despread COImlunitl} concern about it When Coun'l l' . . c~ ear ~er . rece~ ved a report. fron: the county showing the latest engineering studies on the arrrory, Counc~l d~d not feel it was worth pursuing. It would th f be d'b'1' ere ore a cre ~ 02 :z.ty problem should the council get involved again. l1-q 8 10/11/76 - 23