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impact of the Magana/Lara scandal and the work done by the Police Commission with regard to complaint review. He also reminded the council of the results of the ICMA/PERF review, and noted the council’s subsequent adoption of the Strategic Plan as a priority issue. Chief Lehner noted the major action categories in the plan: 1) Crime and Public Safety; 2) Community Policing; and 3) Service Quality and Trust. The plan was intended to provide a framework and guide for most police activities for the next four to five years and would help prioritize budgets and activities in a way that maximized police resources and helped reach the intended change outcomes. Chief Lehner reviewed the process that led to the development of the plan, noting sources of public and professional input. He highlighted and emphasized the importance of the evaluation element of the process, as well as the importance of tying budgets to the plan. Chief Lehner shared the department’s organizational values, mission statement, and neighborhood-based community policing philosophy. Chief Lehner shared the results of the work done by program teams to identify the work they did, the objectives they were trying to accomplish, and the measures they used to reach those goals. He said the teams were able to find places in the department with program overlap as well as identify services unclaimed by any program. The teams found that program responsibility had been diffuse in many cases. Chief Lehner reviewed the change element initiatives: 1) improve organizational capacity; 2) improve organizational effectiveness; and 3) improve organizational accountability. He indicated that all the change elements fell into one or more of those categories. Chief Lehner provided a list of short-, mid-, and long- term initiatives. Chief Lehner reviewed next steps in the process, which included adoption of the Strategic Plan, the incorporation of plan recommendations into the fiscal year 2007 budget, and continued development of the initiatives for incorporation into future budget processes. Mayor Piercy opened the floor to questions. Mr. Kelly thanked staff for its work on the plan, saying he liked the overall structure of the plan and much of the contents. He liked the goals and the fact the goals were specifically measurable. He endorsed the recommendation for a progress report. Mr. Kelly thought the vision statement was inspiring. Mr. Kelly expressed appreciation for the key role of the neighborhoods and the neighborhood community- based policing philosophy. He suggested that the mission statement be amended to refer to neighborhood associations rather than organizations to reflect the terminology currently in use. Mr. Kelly thought the work being done on the programs was worthwhile and noted the priorities given them in the plan. He said the plan was silent on the issue of how much money to place toward a particular program, and he thought that would be useful information to include. Mr. Kelly noted that the materials before the council mentioned that department staff evaluated the budget to determine historical and actual allocation of resources to each program, but that information was not included in the appendix. Chief Lehner indicated that information was not yet available but would be in the future. MINUTES—Eugene City Council November 9, 2005 Page 3 Work Session