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Mr. Perry stated that City staff had conducted an annual customer service satisfaction survey of <br />approximately 2000 defendants regarding the Municipal Court. He further noted that staff planned to <br />expand the scope of such efforts to provide survey and response information in Spanish. <br />Mr. Zelenka commended the thorough work of the committee. <br />Mr. Zelenka referred to Judge Allen's concerns regarding the number of jail beds available to the <br />Municipal Court and asked what percentage of incarcerated individuals might be housed in Springfield's <br />jail facilities. Mr. Perry responded that such information was currently unknown. <br />Mr. Poling thanked the committee for its work and asked how the associate judges to who Judge Leonard <br />had referred to had been selected and appointed to their Municipal Court positions. Mr. Perry responded <br />that Judge Allen had total discretion with regard to the selection of associate judges and would be able to <br />provide more information later in the meeting. <br />Mr. Brown encouraged Judge Leonard and the committee to continue to attempt to contact members of <br />the HRC for feedback and suggestions regarding Municipal Court processes. <br /> Mr. Perry, responding to a question from Mr. Brown, stated that Eugene City staff was currently <br />investigating the use of 25 additional jail beds from Springfield and Lane County facilities. He indicated <br />that the costs of jail beds were $27,000 annually in Springfield versus $42,000 per year in Eugene. <br />Mr. Brown presumed that additional jail beds would be needed when additional Eugene police officers <br />were deployed as part of the City's Downtown Safety Initiative. He was not happy that the urban renewal <br />funds used for the initiative had not been used to provide additional jail beds. In response, Assistant City <br />Manager Medary noted that the Downtown Safety Initiative adopted by the council included the use not <br />only of additional police officers but also ten additional jail beds. She added that the Eugene Police <br />Department (EPD) was repurposing some of its existing funds to accommodate both elements of the <br />initiative. <br />Mr. Brown asked that the council be kept apprised of the account balances used by the EPD to provide for <br />additional officers and jail beds. <br />Assistant City Manager Medary, responding to a comment from Mayor Piercy, briefly described how jail <br />beds at Lane County jail facilities were funded. <br />Ms. Taylor suggested that City staff survey representatives from the American Civil Liberties Union and <br />local advocates such as Carol Berg Caldwell for their feedback regarding the implementation and use of <br />additional jail beds at City and County facilities. She also suggested that unused jail beds in City and <br />County facilities be provided for use by homeless individuals in the community. <br />Mr. Pryor believed that the increased police presence provided by the Downtown Safety Initiative might <br />lead to increased deterrence of criminal activity in the downtown area and might actually decrease the <br />need for additional jail beds. He hoped that any public safety efforts that effectively deterred criminal <br />activity could be extended outward from the downtown area. <br />Mr. Zelenka commented on the potential lease of jail beds from Springfield and Lane County and noted <br />his preference for the continued use of Lane County facilities. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council July 28, 2010 Page 3 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />