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MINUTES – Eugene City Council and Lane County October 10, 2018 Page 1 Board of Commissioners Joint Meeting M I N U T E S Joint Meeting of the Eugene City Council and Lane County Board of Commissioners Harris Hall, 125 East 8th Avenue Eugene, Oregon 97401 October 10, 2018 12:00 p.m. Councilors Present: Emily Semple, Betty Taylor, Alan Zelenka, Jennifer Yeh, Mike Clark, Claire Syrett, Chris Pryor Commissioners Present: Jay Bozievich, Pat Farr, Pete Sorenson, Gary Williams Commissioners Absent: Sid Leiken Mayor Vinis and Commissioner Bozievich opened the October 10, 2018, Joint Meeting of the Eugene City Council and Lane County Board of Commissioners. 1.WORK SESSION: Public Shelter Feasibility Study and Homeless Service System Analysis Mid-Project Presentation by the Technical Assistance CollaborativePolicy Systems Analyst Jason Dedrick gave context for the TAC project and presentation andintroduced Gina Schaak, Elizabeth Stewart, and Douglas Tetrault, staff from the TechnicalAssistance Collaborative to give a mid-project presentation.Discussion •Appreciation expressed for the preliminary TAC report; have been working towards a low-barrier shelter recognizing that it is a critical piece currently missing in the community. •Question asked about the point-in-time count and why the numbers have fluctuated somuch over the years. •Addressed the system modeling done by TAC; it shows that there is no silver bullet solutionto address homelessness and more will need to be done than the addition of a shelter. •Acknowledged that the problem of homelessness has no jurisdictional boundaries; there is acity-county partnership involved in this structure. •The focus of recent work is on a system that responds to people who are in a state ofhomelessness; consider additional analysis on the differences and challenges of the peopleflowing through the system. •Question asked about other barriers to entry besides the lack of wet beds and what elsemight be stopping people from accepting services. •Coordination is very important to ensure people know who is providing what service and toavoid unnecessary duplication. •Question asked about prevention resources in Lane County right now and whether thatinformation will be incorporated into the TAC report. •The community goal should be to do a better job of addressing the inhumane conditionshomeless people face, with the ultimate goal of eliminating homelessness altogether. •Non-profit groups in our community are collapsing under the weight of the growingdemand they are seeing as service providers; government needs to take on moreresponsibility. •More data is needed about how much the proposals are going to cost and where that moneyis going to come from. •Interest expressed in hearing about the human side of what the response needs to be inaddition to cost, etc. November 13, 2018, Meeting - Item 3A ATTACHMENT B