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Mr. Kelly stated that there was a lot of background information that showed that people did move on from <br />subsidized housing. He also thought there was something in the literature that demonstrated that having a <br />better program to help homeless people did not bring an onslaught of them. He said the homeless <br />population in a community tended to already be there. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly called homelessness an important and basic issue. He supported having the CCIGR look into <br />opportunities for State and federal involvement. He averred that the cost of doing nothing was greater <br />than the cost of taking action. He liked the focus on collaboration the proposed plan took. He encouraged <br />staff to "cast the net wide." He noted that the Human Rights Commission (HRC) had a lot of passion for <br />the issue. <br /> <br />Ms. Solomon looked forward to addressing the issue. She wanted to better understand the needs of the <br />homeless population and she wished to do what she could as a City Councilor to help improve the <br />situation. She hoped to spend as much energy as possible on homeless families in order to keep children <br />from going without shelter. <br /> <br />Ms. Solomon also hoped that one result from the council's efforts would be a reduction in panhandling. <br />She wished to fold in some strategies that would help to address this issue. <br /> <br />Regarding Ms. Taylor's concern about people needing to "graduate" from subsidized housing, Ms. <br />Solomon pointed out that one way to do that would be to improve their quality of life through the <br />attainment of employment. She said the council played a key role in making sure that jobs were available <br />in the community, especially for people with a low skill level. <br /> <br />Mr. Pryor shared his excitement at the notion of getting "some kind of handle" on the issue of homeless- <br />ness. He said the plan implied the definition and understanding of homelessness without coming out and <br />declaring a recognized definition of the nature of homelessness. Mr. Pryor suspected that each of the <br />human services providers had a different definition of the nature of homelessness, noting that this was <br />exemplified by some of the questions being posed by councilors. <br /> <br />Mr. Pryor commented that the question of whether the homeless population was local or from out of town <br />and whether doing a good job of service provision would bring more homeless people to town had "been <br />around for years." He stated that he had been trying to get information on the issue and some of the <br />figures provided to him by agencies that track this sort of statistic indicated that only a small percent of <br />the people who sought services were not Lane County residents. He conveyed his interest in having more <br />documentation on the causes, the demographics, and the characteristics of homelessness so that he would <br />be better able to develop effective strategies. He wished to determine what causes of homelessness would <br />be focused on and what the demographics of homeless people were. Mr. Pryor pointed out that there were <br />many different kinds of homeless people, including families, singles, people who were homeless by <br />choice, and people who were homeless through unfortunate circumstances. He asked for as much <br />information as possible from those who were most familiar with the issue. <br /> <br />Mr. Pryor noted that outcomes versus output had been a major focus of the human services providers. He <br />said there were many measurable things, such as meals delivered and roofs provided, and asked how to <br />translate this output into an outcome. He was pleased with the direction the plan was headed. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 13, 2005 Page 6 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />
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