CC Minutes - 01/27/10 Work Session

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Mr. Zelenka supported having it move more toward the University area. He added that he was glad to see CAHOOTS included in the list. He commended the service for its good work. Ms. Muir stated that page 89 of the council packet included the recommendations from the task team. She pointed out several that had been carved through, noting that staff had tried to create a practical plan for each item brought forward. Mr. Zelenka was not certain he fully understood the implications of including funding options for the long --term strategies in the manager's proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 budget, as the suggested motion stated. He asked what was meant by this. Mr. Ruiz responded that the discussion would be continued at the February 10 work session on all of the downtown area. He said they would bring more specific information on the funding options to that meeting, along with a specific recommendation. Mr. Zelenka said his vote for the long -term strategies was to get a better understanding of the costs and how the City could pay for them, including the tradeoffs they would be making. Ms. Taylor echoed Mr. Zelenka's concern regarding the second part of the motion. She expressed concern that any ordinance restricting the sale of fortified liquor might affect the ability to purchase port wine or sherry and wondered how exceptions would be included. Chief Kerns said they would look at examples of how other communities handled it. Ms. Taylor thought that having parole and probation services spread out over several buildings would help reduce the concentration of clients in the area. Mayor Piercy agreed with Mr. Clark regarding communication. She said it was important to communicate to the public about what they were doing and to communicate to possible offenders about what would be happening in the community. She thought this would specifically affect some of the predators in the downtown area. She remarked that once these strategies had been implemented she thought they should have a report card that delineated the strategies and how effective they had been. She added her feeling that the City should connect to the County's efforts.. She also wanted to retain flexibility for officer assignments and did not want increased presence to be limited only to the downtown area. Mr. Clark, seconded by Ms. Taylor, moved to direct the City Manager to implement the short -term strategies and item 9 from the long -term strategies, a strategy to create downtown work crews and probation involving clean up of the downtown area, and to include funding options for the long -term strategies in the manager's proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2011. The motion passed unanimously, 5 :0. The meeting adjourned at 1:24 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Jon Ruiz City Manager (Recorded by Ruth Atcheison) MINUTES Eugene City Council January 27, 2010 Page 8 Work Session