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1. Develop an entity (the task team) to establish a comprehensive strategy for youth <br /> activities. <br /> <br /> 2. Review existing services. <br /> <br /> 3. Identify gaps in service. <br /> <br /> 4. Establish a level of cost parameters to ensure that the programs examined would <br /> make a difference. <br /> <br />Ms. Jones said the focus would be on neighborhood-based programs. She stressed that <br />facilities and their location would be key to reaching needs in neighborhoods. She said that <br />programs would be centered around existing facilities in those neighborhoods. <br /> <br />Ms. Jones thanked Mayor Torrey and Library, Recreation, and Cultural Services Department <br />(LRCS) staff for their work in developing the task team. She introduced Linda Phelps of LRCS. <br /> <br />Ms. Phelps stressed the team's opinion that it was critical to involve youth in the development of <br />any proposal designed to affect youth. She provided an overhead presentation on the data that <br />the team had acquired to date. She said that a survey had been sent out to 108 organizations. <br />She said that 35 agencies responded, representing 159 separate programs. The survey <br />questions included information on age breakdown by region, number of day programs, program <br />end times, service period summaries, core elements of services, service partner summaries, <br />staff ethnicity summaries, summaries of barriers to services provided, and identification of key <br />service gaps. She noted that the top recommendation received was neighborhood-based <br />programs with transportation provided. She added that the next effort would be to reach out to <br />youth and their families to get an evaluation of services. <br /> <br />Ms. Phelps introduced Carmen Urbina. <br /> <br />Ms. Urbina said that the task team was one of the most exciting groups she had worked with. <br />She stressed that the team, from the first meeting onward, had been working on solutions that <br />would improve the quality of life for all the children in Eugene. <br /> <br />Ms. Urbina stressed that children were the future and that investing in the city's youth would be <br />an investment in a sustainable economic future. She said that such an investment could not be <br />made by a single agency, but needed to be a communitywide, comprehensive youth strategy. <br /> <br />Ms. Urbina introduced Dr. Dene Eller. <br /> <br />Dr. Eller commented that the children of today faced a different world. She said that too many <br />families were unable to adequately supervise their children and added that neighborhood-based <br />programs could address that lack of parental supervision. <br /> <br />Dr. Eller stressed that mentoring relationships affected youth positively and stressed the <br />importance of establishing standards of quality for after-school programs for youth. <br /> <br />Dr. Eller introduced Dave Ison. <br />Mr. Ison expressed his pleasure in the work accomplished by the task team in such a short time. <br />He said that the most dangerous time in a child's life was between 2 and 8 p.m., and stressed <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 22, 2000 Page 2 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />