Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Mr. Poling expressed concern about the impact of the motion on parks maintenance. He considered it a poor management of funds to use that funding given the many people who used City parks. He predicted the City would find itself with the same gap in funding for parks maintenance it faced with road maintenance with the result that some of the parks will be in such poor condition they would be unusable. Responding to a question from Mr. Zelenka about the cost of the proposed wet bed facility, City Manager Ruiz believed the facility would easily cost $50,000 for three months. If the council placed a dollar limit on the service, staff would design it accordingly. Mr. Zelenka pointed out to Mr. Brown that the proposed facility would be operational before the task force met. The amendment to the motion passed, 5:3; councilors Taylor, Poling, and Farr voting no. The amended motion passed, 5:3 councilors Taylor, Poling, and Farr voting no. Mr. Clark, seconded by Ms. Ortiz, moved to extend the meeting for another 15 minutes. The motion passed unanimously, 8:0. The council considered the third element of the motion. Authorize the City Manager to contract with one or more nonprofit agencies to lead an effort to mobilize and coordinate transitional human services for homeless who are now camping at Washington-Jefferson Park, including an expansion of the car camping program. Mr. Clark said he would vote against the motion because he did not believe the Occupy Eugene participants would take advantage of transitional services. The motion passed, 5:3; councilors Poling, Clark, and Farr voting no. The council considered the fourth element of the motion. Authorize the City Manager to spend up to $300,000 for transitional services for people camped at the Occupy Eugene site and for police and other City services at the Occupy Eugene site, with the first $35,000 coming from Council Contingency, the next $100,000 from funds approved in Supplemental Budget #1 for parks maintenance, the next $100,000 from the funds approved in Supplemental Budget #1 for street maintenance, and the final $65,000 from the funds approved in Supplemental Budget #1 for Buckley House and street gang issues. Councilors acknowledged that the amounts involved in the motion had changed because of their action on the second element. City Attorney Klein recommended that the motion be revised to refer to $200,000 for transitional services, $35,000 from parks maintenance, $100,000 from street maintenance, and $65,000 from the funds approved for Buckley House, so the motion now read (struck text deleted; italicized text bolded): Authorize the City Manager to spend up to $200,000 $300,000 for transitional services for people camped at the Occupy Eugene site and for police and other City services at the Occupy Eugene site, with the first $35,000 coming from Council Contingency, the next MINUTES—Eugene City Council December 14, 2011 Page 8 Work Session