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<br /> <br /> <br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Work Session: Downtown Public Safety Issues <br /> <br /> <br />Meeting Date: November 23, 2009 Agenda Item Number: B <br />Department: Police Staff Contact: Police Chief Pete Kerns <br />Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Susan Muir <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5102 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br /> <br />This is a work session to discuss public safety policies and solutions in the downtown core. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />Councilor Clark requested a work session to discuss current public safety policies and possible solutions <br />to issues occurring in downtown Eugene. Downtown issues have been raised frequently within the last <br />several decades. Many efforts have taken place and some of these include: <br />In February 2005, the City Council identified “Helping the Homeless in Eugene” as one of their annual <br />Council Goals. This goal was continued in 2006, and in 2007, Mayor Kitty Piercy, acting on City <br />Council direction, appointed a 21-member Blue Ribbon Committee to Finance Homelessness and <br />Housing Programs. The committee was charged with “examining the local impacts of homelessness, <br />identifying strategies and making recommendations to the City Council related to new funding and <br />finance options.” They produced a report and recommendations that were adopted on April 2, 2008. <br />The City Council has held recent discussions about downtown revitalization in the context of local <br />economic development plans and the council’s 2009 vision statement. A survey was conducted by the <br />Strategy Research Institute to provide the council with specific information on the level of community <br />support for particular policies and actions under consideration. <br />On October 21 the council discussed downtown strategies, and in December of this year they will <br />continue this discussion and suggest processes for linking desired downtown strategies to specific <br />projects and tools. This comprehensive approach includes strategies to create jobs and support <br />redevelopment, improve safety, ensure convenient parking while promoting alternative modes and <br />providing attractions and amenities to enliven downtown and enhance revitalization. <br />Police Chief Pete Kerns and Planning and Development Executive Director Susan Muir are co-chairing <br />a Downtown Safety Task Team that is meeting November through December to make recommendations <br />to the City’s executive team that, if implemented, would serve to reduce crime in the downtown core, <br />improve the feeling of safety, and establish an environment that would make the downtown a safe and <br />welcome place for everyone. This group includes downtown business owners, youth agency <br />representatives, members of the Human Rights Commission, arts resources representatives and other <br /> Z:\CMO\2009 Council Agendas\M091123\S091123B.doc <br /> <br />
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