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MINUTES <br />Eugene City Council <br />Council Chamber —City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street — Eugene, Oregon <br />July 14, 2010 <br />Noon <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Brown, Mike Clark, Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor, Jennifer <br />Solomon, Betty Taylor, Alan Zelenka. <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: George Poling. <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the work session of the Eugene City Council to order. <br />A. WORK SESSION: Police Department Data Led Policing Strategy <br />Mayor Piercy introduced City Manager Jon Ruiz, who introduced Eugene Police Chief Pete Kerns. <br />Chief Kerns offered a PowerPoint presentation entitled Transitioning to the Future—Data-Led Policing <br />Report to the City of Eugene Mayor and Council —Chief Pete Kerns July 2010 and circulated a handout <br />to councilors containing the presentation. <br />Mayor Piercy expressed her appreciation for the decrease in property crimes. She noted while the City's <br />property crime rate was high, there was less violent crime than in other cities. She asked how engaged <br />the campus police were. <br />Chief Kerns said representatives from the University of Oregon (UO) Department of Public Safety <br />attended weekly Data Led Policing (DLP) meetings, and had recently hired a captain whose <br />responsibility it was to work collaboratively with the Eugene Police Department (EPD) to address crime <br />in the university area. <br />Mayor Piercy was interested in how the City of Springfield jail was utilized and the impact it had on City <br />of Eugene issues. A challenge for the EPD was being located in a state and county with significant <br />funding issues. This resulted in a lack of prevention on the human service side. It was not EPD's role to <br />provide social services in the community and doing so was not a cost - effective way to provide those <br />services. <br />Mr. Clark thanked Chief Kerns for the report and congratulated him for the innovative approach he had <br />implemented for the department. Mr. Clark noted staffing levels were significantly less than optimum <br />and was heartened to see the department's success. He was particularly encouraged by the work of Sgt. <br />Fitzpatrick and the officers working in the downtown area. Lane County was expected to have a $30 <br />million revenue loss during the next couple of years which would likely result in a significant reduction <br />in jail beds. He asked what the marginal affect would be from that loss and what the City Council should <br />be doing about the problem. It was important for the City to make intelligent decisions. <br />MINUTES— Eugene City Council July 14, 2010 Page 1 <br />Work Session <br />