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alternative ordinance language that would provide funds to drug treatment and that could be voted on at the November 13 hearing. Councilor Rayor noted that 4.255(3) stated that funds deposited in the general funds of the city need not be used exclusively for drug treatment. He expressed an interest in how other jurisdictions were handling the issue. Councilor Bettman thanked those who testified. She said she supported the funds being directed into drug treatment. She invited Ms. Thienes to submit her statistical figures into the record so that the council could have access to them. Councilor Nathanson stated her belief in drug treatment. She noted, however, that Eugene spent more money per capita than either of its jurisdictional partners. She stressed the importance of finding the right programs to fund and raised concern over working at cross purposes with other jurisdictions. She stated her agreement with the intent of the voters but acknowledged that the authors of Ballot Measure 3 might have had a different intent. Councilor Meisner reiterated Councilor Nathanson's concern regarding the amount of funding spent by Eugene as opposed to its intergovernmental partners. He noted that the City budget was facing cuts in the near future and said he was not willing to earmark funds for treatment programs without some kind of annual performance review attached as a condition. In response to a question from Councilor Farr regarding the amount of funds being discussed, City Manager Johnson said there was no way to predict the amount but noted that in previous years the amount was approximately $200,000. City Manager Johnson stressed that the wording of Ballot Measure 3 clearly stated that the funding could be used for other legal purposes than funding drug treatment. IV. PUBLIC HEARING: Ward Redistricting City Planning and Development Department staff Keli Osborne said staff had prepared five scenarios, (Violet, Red, Green, Indigo, and Orange), for possible redrawing of ward boundaries that were the subject of the evening's public hearing. She noted that the Wednesday work session had time allotted for any additional direction to staff regarding additional work. She said the council was tentatively scheduled for a decision on November 26, 2001. Mayor Torrey opened the public hearing. Judith Shoap, 100 West 38th Avenue, supported the Violet scenario. She said it was the most moderate of the plans and did not gerrymander sitting officials out of office. Janet Calvert, 1062 Woodside Drive, spoke as a representative of the League of Women Voters. She spoke in support of the Indigo scenario. She said that the Indigo scenario kept River Road and Santa Clara together, kept ward 6 contiguous, clustered the University Area and Laurel Hill together, separated the University Area and the downtown districts (as recommended to the House Rules Committee on Legislative Districts), and designed a reasonable division of established and newer parts of the Ferry Street Bridge area. MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 22, 2001 Page 4 Regular Meeting