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<br />Ms. Solomon agreed that the Mission was a good provider and asked if they had been included in the <br />stakeholders group. Mr. Magee confirmed that it was. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly commented that at a specific program level, the City Council was not able to prioritize services. <br />Regarding specific resources, he noted that the council could not make budget decisions until the budget <br />process had begun, but smaller items could be brought forth and addressed at the council level. <br /> <br />Ms. Jones responded that items (15) through (19) from Attachment C: Action Planning Steps Summary <br />could be those items addressed in this way. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly noted that the City of Portland introduced a plan called “Real Change, Not Spare Change” that <br />provided vouchers for food and shelter for people to give panhandlers in lieu of money. He was interested in <br />pursuing a similar program for Eugene. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman liked that idea. She noted that Safe & Sound was on the list for project development in the <br />first 24 months of the plan, on Attachment C, and approved of this. She also supported development of the <br />other projects that sought to help homeless youth, as well as programs to help people with domestic violence <br />in their lives. She reiterated that her focus would be on putting a roof over peoples’ heads. <br /> <br />Mr. Papé wanted to give recognition to the Housing Policy Board. He noted that its goal had been to put <br />100 subsidized homes into the housing inventory since 1990 when, in actuality, it helped to provide 1,526 <br />subsidized housing units since then. He wondered if that goal should be changed, given that the stock of <br />subsidized housing had not kept pace with the need for it. Urban Services Manager for the Community <br />Development Division Richie Weinman replied that a change in the goal was worth considering but the <br />challenge lay in the federal money that came in, as it helped dramatically to make that goal. <br /> <br />Mr. Papé asked if providing homeless people with access to the library would cost a lot. Ms. Jones replied <br />that it would not. In response to a follow-up question from Mr. Papé, Ms. Jones stated that the library could <br />play a role in providing access to the internet, but the key would be to have access where the providers were <br />so that homeless people had multiple options to be able to access information and other resource needs. She <br />said access to the library would be provided in January 2006. <br /> <br />Mr. Papé wondered if it would be possible to track library and internet use discreetly and report back to the <br />council on the level of use. Ms. Jones responded that this was still under discussion but she hoped to have <br />something to report. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling thanked everyone for the hard work put into refining the action plan. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling, seconded by Ms. Solomon, moved to approve the proposed “Help the Homeless <br />in Eugene” priority issue action plan. The motion passed unanimously, 8:0. <br /> <br />Assistant City Manager Carlson wished to mark the occasion as when the council approved the last of its <br />eight priority action plans. He noted that it had taken ten months since the goal-setting section. He thanked <br />the council. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy thanked staff for the presentation. She felt the council was making progress but the <br />challenges to be faced in this issue and the preceding issue were large. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council November 30, 2005 Page 8 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />