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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 January 22, 2019 5:30 p.m. Councilors Present: Emily Semple, Betty Taylor, Alan Zelenka, Jennifer Yeh, Greg Evans, Claire Syrett, Chris Pryor, Mike Clark Commissioners Present: Jay Bozievich, Pat Farr, Pete Sorenson, Joe Berney, Heather Buch Mayor Vinis and Commissioner Sorenson opened the January 22, 2019, Joint Meeting of the Eugene City Council and Lane County Board of Commissioners. 1.WORK SESSION: Homeless Services Systems Analysis ReportCity Manager Jon Ruiz and County Administrator Steve Mokrohisky provided introductoryremarks and turned the presentation over to Gina Schaak, Elizabeth Stewart, and DouglasTetrault, staff from the Technical Assistance Collaborative to provide the final report.Discussion •Councilor Clark – said the TAC recommendation won’t solve the issues Eugene is facing;single people living alone is a significant population not addressed in the strategies;consider requiring single people to live in shared housing. •Councilor Syrett – expressed appreciation for the level of detail in the final report; these arereasonable recommendations that will point the community towards its goal; supportedproposed motions, noting they will require changes to systems currently in place. •Commissioner Bozievich – said the recommendation to add 40 new Full Time Equivalentpositions is a huge commitment; asked if a data model is available to test the inputassumptions and conclusions. •Councilor Zelenka – said the report offers a new approach and ideas and an opportunity toget on a glide path to success; requested additional information about operating costs forthe navigation center, the tenancy support concept, and budget gaps. •Councilor Pryor – noted that most of the items on the list of recommendation have beenconsidered before but the report compiled and integrated them into a system; encouragedmoving from coordination to cooperation. •Commissioner Berney – said it is hard to contain the passion, knowing the pain anduncertainty of this crisis situation; raised the issue of homeless children and asked how thecommunity can reconcile those statistics against a proposal that targets a completelydifferent population; if the issues facing homeless families with children aren’t addressed,the community will see increases in addictions, criminal behavior and poor health. •Councilor Semple – encouraged by proposed process which should help other, sub-populations of homeless; asked whether pursuing recommendations was realistic andeconomically feasible; asked if implementation would result in a decrease in the percentageof homelessness or in the actual number of homeless people. •Councilor Taylor – asked about the availability of publicly supported facilities for peopleother than the proposed low-barrier shelter; important to consider those who experiencesudden homelessness due to inability to pay medical or utility bills. ATTACHMENT D February 11, 2019, Meeting - Item 2A