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misuse of drugs and alcohol were core reasons the success of proposed programs would be <br />limited. <br />Mr. Harcleroad proposed that the elected officials instruct city and county chief administrative <br />officers to work with PSCC staff to prepare a public safety levy proposal based on the work of the <br />council and discussion of the officials. He said he had discerned the following themes in the <br />discussion: (1) the critical nature of capacity proposals; (2) the importance of increasing the <br />proportion of prevention proposals; (3) the value of a voter survey/market research; and (4) the <br />concern that more permanent funding sources be explored. <br /> <br />Eugene City Councilor Betty Taylor said that she was attracted by the comments about the <br />proposal made by representatives of the school districts. She said she believed that voters <br />wanted to have a choice in determining how public safety revenue was spent; that cities and <br />counties had unique roles in providing for public safety; that more attention should be given to <br />homeless issues; and that educational bodies should develop prevention program proposals. <br /> <br />Eugene City Councilor Bobby Lee said he believed that there were more juveniles that ever <br />before; that homeless issues were a significant driving force in public safety spending; that <br />prevention programs would reduce future capacity needs; and that the public wants elected <br />officials to be visionary. <br /> <br />Mr. Laue said he believed voter survey/market research had wide support among elected officials <br />and should be considered in preparing a public safety levy proposal. He said he supported using <br />a broadly based survey/research, inclusion of "push" questions, evaluation of support for issuing <br />of bonds for capital elements of the proposals, using the PSCC Policy group as a sounding board <br />for a proposal, and purging election roles of ineligible voters. <br /> <br /> Ms. Swanson Gribskov moved, seconded by Mr. Torrey, that the joint meeting <br /> of Metropolitan Area Elected Officials request (1) that the Eugene City <br /> Manager, Lane County Administrator, Springfield City Manager, and a <br /> representative of area school district superintendents work with staff of the <br /> Public Safety Coordinating Council to prepare a recommendation to be <br /> evaluated by the Eugene and Springfield city councils and the Board of <br /> County Commissioners for a Lane County Public Safety Local Option Levy <br /> based on the work of the council and its task groups; (2) that the levy <br /> proposal consider issues raised by officials such as the mixture of capacity <br /> and prevention programs, the phasing in of programs, issuing bonds for <br /> capital expenditures, the interaction of programs, using voter surveys and <br /> market research, and the potential of other area jurisdictions proposing <br /> revenue ballot measures in the same election; and (3) that the Public Safety <br /> Coordinating Council Policy Group provide initial evaluation of a levy <br /> recommendation. <br /> <br />Lane Council of Governments (LCOG) Local Government Services Director Jim Carlson <br />reviewed information provided to officials regarding revenue produced by a levy adopted by <br />voters in September and a levy adopted in November. He also pointed out that if Measure 53 <br />removing requirements for "double majority" votes on ballot revenue measures and related <br />matters from the State Constitution is not approved by voters in May 1998, there would be an <br />advantage to proposing a four-year Local Option Levy to enable placing of a follow-up measure <br />on the ballot of a general election in an even numbered year. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Metropolitan Joint Elected Officials April 28, 1998 Page 7 <br /> <br /> <br />