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wet housing pilot program. The facility would be open seven days per week, but with hours <br />restricted to 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. and staffed by nonprofit agencies and trained community <br />volunteers. <br /> <br />5) Extend the camping exemption for xx days to allow full implementation of transition services. <br /> <br />6) Occupy Eugene, nonprofit agencies, and city staff are continuing to meet to discuss these <br />possibilities. The cost for transition services, such as these is likely to exceed 100,000. City <br />manager will provide funding options at your Wednesday, December 14, 2011, work session. <br /> <br />Mr. Farr determined from City Manager Ruiz that the costs of transition services could reach $50,000 to <br />$150,000, depending on the extent of the services provided. Mr. Farr observed that $150,000 was <br />approximately the same amount the City provided to human services each year in supplemental funding. <br />He noted the current budget shortfall faced by many current human service providers and expressed some <br />dismay at the proposed expenditure given the demand for such services. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark reiterated his belief that the original exemption was a bad idea. He did not believe the City had <br />to waive its camping ban so people could protest. The exemption was justified by supporters on the basis <br />that camping was necessary to the statement being made. He expressed concern about the City’s costs of <br />managing the impact of Occupy Eugene and suggested that if the council had first discussed how much it <br />was willing to spend on Occupy Eugene the outcome would have been different. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark questioned why no one was charged with theft of services when the illegal electrical connection <br />was made. Chief Kerns acknowledged that the City could have issued a citation for theft but the <br />connection was discontinued when the matter was brought to the attention of Occupy Eugene <br />representatives. He said that staff had to make such discretionary choices all the time. Mr. Clark asked if <br />Occupy Eugene had applied for permits for the structures that had been built. Mr. Ramsing said no. City <br />Attorney Glenn Klein said if the council decided to extend the exemption, Planning and Development <br />Department would have to pursue enforcement of the Building Code. <br /> <br />City Manager Ruiz emphasized the cooperative approach the City had taken to Occupy Eugene to this <br />point. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark asked staff to provide the council with information about other ordinances it decided against <br />enforcing at the Occupy Eugene site. City Manager Ruiz said he could provide a list of areas where City <br />staff had used its discretion. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark asked what threshold action would compel the manager to shut down the encampment. City <br />Manager Ruiz said he did not think a threshold had been reached yet, although he acknowledged that <br />conditions continued to deteriorate and he believed they would continue to do so as the camp population <br />increased. If the council supported an additional exemption, the city would need to put some resources <br />into the encampment to keep occupants safe. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz requested information about the costs the City incurred responding to the June 1997 protest. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz agreed the human services providers all needed additional funding but pointed out allocations to <br />the providers were made by an intergovernmental committee, not the City alone. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council December 12, 2011 Page 3 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />
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