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<br />1.Immediate: Support existing City budget expenditures targeted towards homelessness. <br /> Action: To be determined through the City’s budget process. <br /> <br /> <br />2.Immediate: Develop a comprehensive community analysis to identify a specific set of goals, <br />strategies and actions that will address low-income housing and homelessness. <br />Action: May be added to the work plan pending direction of the City Council. This can be <br />partially addressed through a study in cooperation with the Lane County Human Services <br />Commission. <br /> <br /> <br />3.Short term: Position the housing and homelessness issue for a local option ballot measure. <br />Action: May be added to the work plan, pending future direction of the City Council. <br /> <br /> <br />4.Other: Work with regional partners to identify approaches to address the housing crisis. <br /> Action: May be added to the work plan, pending future direction of the City Council. <br /> <br /> <br />5.Other: Make changes in local government policies by examining laws and policies that <br />contribute to housing and homeless problems. <br /> Action: May be added to the work plan, pending future direction of the City Council. <br /> <br /> <br />RELATED CITY POLICIES <br />Each year since 1987, one of the City Council’s annual goals has related to affordable housing or <br />homelessness. Numerous documents have been adopted with language related to this goal, including the <br />HUD Consolidated Plan, the Community Development Block Grant and HOME annual statement of <br />objectives and one-year action plan, the City’s Growth Management Goals and Residential Land Study. <br /> <br />Financial and/or Resource Considerations <br />A variety of recommendations with financial implications are addressed in the final report of the <br />Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Committee (Attachment B) <br /> <br /> <br />COUNCIL OPTIONS <br /> <br />The City Council may accept the final report of the Blue Ribbon Committee, accept the final report with <br />modifications, reject the final report, or postpone approval to a later date. <br /> <br /> <br />CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION <br />The City Manager recommends accepting the final report of the Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Committee for <br />future council goal setting sessions. <br /> <br /> <br />SUGGESTED MOTION <br /> <br />Move to accept the final report of the Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Committee. <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS <br />A. Homeless Work Plan Summary <br />B. Blue Ribbon Committee Report <br />C. Brief Profile of Local Homelessness <br /> Z:\CMO\2009 Council Agendas\M090126\S090126B.doc <br /> <br />