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process would bring all of these initiatives together in a single plan. He said the plan would be released in July 2005 and incorporate short-, mid- and long-term initiatives and he expected a majority of staff time and energy for the remainder of the year to be spent fleshing out the shorter terms items first, then the mid- and long-term items later. He expected to have a well-developed and adopted strategic plan going into the next budget year. He reviewed the organization of the strategic plan and noted that proposed initiatives were categorized in one of three ways: · Improve organizational capacity · Improve organizational effectiveness · Improve organizational accountability Chief Lehner highlighted the following action items and provided updated information: #2. Obtain Oregon Accreditation Association (OAA) accreditation - meeting scheduled on July 21, 2005, with the OAA board to obtain application materials. The OAA process is directly tied to the national process and there was some controversy developing over those national standards and process. The outcome of that controversy could have some affect on the OAA process and time- frame. #3 Complete and consider Police Commission recommendations. Develop and implement new complaint handling process - some recommendations tied to Internal Affairs processes, which was a department initiative; however, the subject of governance and civilian oversight was also an ongoing initiative outside the direct scope of the strategic plan. #8 Develop a neighborhood-based community policy strategy - continue to meet with neighborhood groups and the Patrol Division was exploring the issue of potential districting and geographic as- signment of commanders. Much work had already taken place and progress had been made and district boundaries would be available for discussion by September 2005. # 11 Develop a supplemental basic training program - effective January 1, 2007, the State would change how basic training of police officers was certified and could profoundly affect how the City trained its officers. The new process would be challenging to implement but could provide benefits as well. Mayor Piercy solicited council questions and comments. Mr. Kelly said that the success of the plan would ultimately be judged by how the department was perceived by the council, police staff and the broader community two or three years in the future. He commented that the City's preliminary action plan response looked good and was pleased that many changes were already being implemented and neighborhood-based community policing was being pursued. He asked how the staffing workload analysis would fit with the strategic plan and the policing model embraced by the community. Chief Lehner responded that the strategic plan was attempting to prioritize the types of responses or calls the department had and tie that fairly directly to the budget and the resources required to handle any particular type of call. He gave the decision about whether to respond to non-verified burglary alarms as an example and said that decision would be based on a determination of whether there was a cost/benefit. He said the process would expose many of the types of calls received would be subjected to MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 22, 2005 Page 4 Work Session