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M I N U T E S Eugene City Council Regular Meeting Council ChamberEugene City Hall B March 10, 2003 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: é Scott Meisner, David Kelly, Jennifer Solomon Gary Pap, Bonny Bettman, George Poling. COUNCILORS ABSENT: Betty Taylor, Nancy Nathanson. CITY COUNCIL MEETING Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting to order. 1.PUBLIC FORUM Lynda Duffy , representing Blues for HUES Program, said the program was assisting families all over Lane County, adding that the program was not constrained by the EWEB low-income energy assistance program. She said there were fund-raising events scheduled for March 22 at the Wild Duck and on March 28 at the Eugene Hilton. She urged the council to support the program and attend the events. th Paul Biondi , 615 38 Place, Florence, Oregon, spoke in favor of the HUES Program. He noted that the events would be good fun but stressed the seriousness of the purpose of the events which was to help people who were unable to secure low-income energy assistance. th Paul Conte , 1461 West 10 Avenue, criticized the report on social service analysis done by the City of Eugene. He said he had been member of the ad hoc social service siting task force. He said the council had directed the group to analyze social service impacts and make a recommendation on how to address those impacts. He pointed out that the staff report on the groups work contained no basic data on the number of locations of social services in the city of = Eugene, no analysis of the scope of their impacts, and no recommendation beyond developing a model code of conduct. He stressed that the lack of data did not reflect the level of interest shown by citizens involved in the process and surmised that the lack of data was due to an attempt to lower the costs of staff work. That type of data, he observed, was fairly A straightforward. Mr. Conte suggested reviewing some well-publicized cases and applying @ common sense. He cited the CODA Methadone Clinic and the Food For Lane County dinner service. He noted that both agencies had problems managing anti-social behavior by some of their clients, which had negative impacts on nearby residents and businesses. He noted that neither agency had consulted with neighbors before the service was sited to determine whether the location was appropriate. He stressed the importance of social service agencies working with neighbors in areas where facilities were planned to be located. MINUTESEugene City Council March 10, 2003 Page 1 C Regular Meeting