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Mr. Johnson announced that the council would consider Council Bill 4658 by number only. <br /> <br /> Mr. Fart moved, seconded by Mr. Tollenaar, that Council Bill 4658 be <br /> approved and given final passage. The motion was adopted unanimously, <br /> 8:0, and became Ordinance 20126. <br /> <br /> B. Work Session: Public Safety Coordinating Council Draft Recommendations <br /> <br />Mr. Johnson stated that councilors were requested to discuss draft recommendations for a Lane <br />County Local Option Levy under consideration by the Public Safety Coordinating Council (PSCC) <br />to inform council representatives in final deliberations to develop a recommendation to the Board <br />of County Commissioners regarding the levy. He reminded councilors of previous concerns <br />raised about the proposed levy: (1) that there were enough prevention/intervention activities in <br />Option 1; (2) that conversion of the Area Information and Records System (AIRS) to new <br />computer technology was properly incorporated; (3) that enhancements to the capacity of the jail <br />and juvenile detention center were adequate; and (4) that the total proposed in the levy was <br />adequate but would not negatively impact other potential ballot revenue measures to be <br />proposed by the City and School District 4J. <br /> <br />In response to questions from Ms. Swanson Gribskov regarding what base was used to calculate <br />"Yearly Cost to the Average Residential Taxpayer" figures provided in a Table 1 attached to the <br />Agenda Item Summary, Mr. Johnson explained that estimates for the PSCC levy were based on <br />the average cost of a home in Lane County and that the estimates for the potential City revenue <br />measures were based on the average cost of a home in Eugene. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor asked if goals of the proposed Court School in Option 1 were not met by the <br />Opportunity Center of School District 4J. Mr. Johnson replied that the center identified by Ms. <br />Taylor was one of a number of Alternative School programs provided by area school districts. He <br />explained that their purpose was to serve the needs of youth having difficulties with regular <br />school programs, but who were not involved in criminal activity. He said the proposed Court <br />School would be similar to the "Turnaround" program in Portland described in Attachment D to <br />the Agenda Item Summary. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor asked what was meant by "losing beds" from the Forest Work Camp if the proposed <br />program related to capacity of the camp was not included in the levy. Mr. Johnson replied that <br />current operation of the Forest Work Camp was funded with State support provided through <br />Senate Bill 1145; but that when construction of an addition to the jail was completed, its <br />operation would require the funds and operation of the camp would need to be supported from <br />revenue unavailable without including it in the levy. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor suggested that support for the AIRS conversion be provided through a separate <br />revenue measure. She said she believed it might also be positive to divide prevention and <br />punishment elements of the proposed levy into separate revenue measures. She said that such <br />division could enable non-law enforcement agencies to assume responsibility for some <br />prevention program proposals. Mr. Johnson replied that separating programs in the proposed <br />levy was a "judgment call" not chosen by the PSCC and that most involved in the proposal <br />believed that prevention programs were closely related to the others because they were intended <br />to keep offenders from re-offending. <br /> <br />Mr. Lee suggested that a helpful approach in promoting the proposed levy would be to <br />emphasize how programs included would reduce the number of persons released from jail <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 8, 1998 Page 3 <br /> <br /> <br />