CC Minutes - 01/14/98 Work Session

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Mr. Fart said that the committee was monitoring the success of the emergency camping ordinance. He said that it was fairly quiet in the areas where camping occurred. Maps had been printed to show people where camping was allowed. Mr. Fart said the committee was attempting to involve the public schools and alternative schools in a discussion of why children do not want to be in school. The committee will solicit input from youth about the subject and ways school attendance could be encouraged. Mr. Farr said that different youth need different services, depending on their backgrounds and living environments. The committee would attempt to identify those differing needs so it could target the correct groups. Mr. Meisner asked the committee to keep in mind that a broader discussion of shared responsibilities and primary responsibilities must occur with the other jurisdictions. He did not want there to be an assumption that the municipal government could solve all youth problems on its own. Mr. Fart said that the committee had agreed it did not want to reinvent the wheel or completely shoulder the burden of homeless people and youth. He said that there were many service providers throughout the county providing services to those populations; the committee hoped to facilitate their work and their working together to maximize the few dollars that existed. Mr. Lee said that legislative action that created a statewide service infrastructure was preferable, and he believed that one would be proposed in the next session. However, he believed that government at the local level had certain responsibilities because of the costs associated with not addressing the populations in question. Ms. Swanson Gribskov asked that the committee include property owners in the industrial area and church leaders in the evaluation of the emergency camping ordinance. Ms. Swanson Gribskov said that the day time curfew under discussion had public safety ramifications for both the council committee and the Public Safety Coordinating Council (PSCC). She said that the council must track the interrelationships between many ongoing policy issues related to prevention and youth. Mr. Torrey said that a meeting would occur on February 4 that involved elected officials in Lane County, local service providers, local school principles, and officials of the City of Salem to discuss the logistics of a day time curfew. MINUTES--Eugene City Council January 14, 1998 Page 5 11:30 a.m.