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Work Session: Joint Elected Officials Meeting
Meeting Date: May 13, 2008 Agenda Item Number: 1
Department: City Manager’s Office Staff Contact: Angel Jones
www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5336
ISSUE STATEMENT
This is a joint meeting of the local elected officials (Eugene, Springfield and Lane County), to discuss
inter-jurisdictional priorities. The items to be discussed which have been agreed upon in advance are:
House Bill 3337 (from the 2007 Oregon Legislative Session), the Eugene-Springfield Transportation
System Plan (Transplan), and long- and short-term remedies for the local public safety system.
BACKGROUND
On February 13, 2008, the elected officials met to discuss a variety of concerns. At that meeting it was
suggested that more joint meetings be scheduled to discuss local inter-jurisdictional issues; this meeting
continues that practice.
RELATED CITY POLICIES
There are no specific City policies to be considered by the City Council at this meeting; it is a discussion
of several topics by the elected officials of each jurisdiction.
COUNCIL OPTIONS
There are no options offered here as this meeting is to discuss issues of mutual concern.
CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION
There is no City Manager recommendation at this time.
SUGGESTED MOTION
No motion is suggested for this item.
ATTACHMENTS
A. Regional Planning Coordination Work Plan Development Memorandum
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Staff Contact: Angel Jones
Telephone: 682-5336
Staff E-Mail: Angel.L.Jones@ci.eugene.or.us
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ATTACHMENT A
TO: JOINT ELECTED OFFICIALS
FROM: Jon Ruiz, City Manager, Eugene
Gino Grimaldi, City Manager, Springfield
Jeff Spartz, County Administrator, Lane County
RE: Regional Planning Coordination Work Plan Development
Background
This memo provides background information on regional planning coordination underway in the
Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan area for transportation and land use planning. Planning and
transportation staff from Eugene, Springfield and Lane County are working with staff from the
Lane Council of Governments (LCOG), the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and
the Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) to sort through the significant
planning actions and timelines that must be addressed as this area undertakes compliance with
House Bill (HB) 3337 and the concurrent update of the region’s transportation system plan,
TransPlan. The outcome of this cooperative staff-level work will be a draft work program that will
be presented to the Joint Elected Officials (JEO) in September and submitted to the Land
Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) for approval at their October meeting.
LCDC action is necessary to comply with our obligation to have local transportation plans
consistent with the recently updated federal Regional Transportation Plan. The following is a
summary of the planning and transportation issue discussions currently underway.
Planning Issues – Land Use
Eugene and Springfield are both conducting lands assessment processes as part of the
requirements of HB 3337. It is anticipated that the implementation of HB 3337 will lead to
proposed amendments to the Metro Plan to: recognize the establishment of separate buildable
lands inventories; separate urban growth boundaries for each city; and possible revisions to
urban transition agreements between the county and two cities for the areas between the city
limits and new urban growth boundaries. Some of the new land use assumptions derived from
HB 3337 implementation also may require updates to TransPlan, the Public Facilities and
Services Plan and some neighborhood plans to maintain Metro Plan consistency.
Planning Issues – Transportation
TransPlan, the Eugene-Springfield transportation system plan, must be updated to be consistent
with the recently updated federal regional transportation plan (RTP). If this work cannot be
completed by November 2008, LCDC must approve a local work plan outlining how and when
consistency between these two documents will occur.
In addition to the federally-required RTP, the state requires that our metropolitan area have two
other types of transportation plans:
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A Regional Transportation System Plan (RTSP) that covers the same geographical area as
the RTP – Eugene, Springfield, Coburg, and metropolitan Lane County. This document has
not yet been prepared as this requirement only became effective upon adoption of the RTP
last November.
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A Transportation System Plan (TSP) that covers one or more local jurisdictions. TransPlan
currently serves Eugene, Springfield, and metropolitan Lane County; Coburg has a separate
TSP. TransPlan could be amended to jointly address the local transportation planning issues
of each city or each city could prepare and adopt separate TSPs. Either scenario would
result in TSPs operating under the umbrella of a single, regional RTSP which in turn would be
consistent with the RTP.
Work Plan and Timeline Coordination
As evident from the preceding summary, these planning processes and timelines are complex,
and require close coordination with the three local governments, along with LCOG, ODOT and
DLCD to develop work plans and timelines for these regional planning tasks. .
Over the next several months, work plan elements will be identified, including timelines and
decision points for elected officials. It is anticipated that the work plans and timelines would be
presented at a September JEO meeting.
ATTACHMENT B
Lane County FY 08-09 Proposed Budget
Impact on Prevention & Social Services
Veteran’s Services
Service Area:
At FY 07-08 level of service, supports the award of approximately
$7.7 million for vets and beneficiaries.
Reductions/Eliminations:
? Reductions would mean 250 veterans would no longer receive
services.
Urban/Rural Impacts:
? 48% Eugene
? 28% Springfield
? 24% other Lane County
Extension Services
Service Area:
Last year Extension Services reached nearly 116,000 County
residents with its five areas of programming. The program has
about 840 active volunteers.
Reductions/Eliminations:
Extension Services could experience:
? Loss of up to 4.00-5.5 FTE
? Loss of 'store-front' operation or major reduction in hours of
operation.
? Relocation of some faculty.
? Major reductions in programming, elimination of some
programs and likely change to more online courses.
Urban/Rural Impacts:
? Between 56% and 84% of Nutrition Program clients are urban.
? Horticulture Program serves 200 rural commercial growers and
between 300-400 small farms at the urban/rural interface.
? Compost work, in collaboration with the City of Eugene, is
mostly urban
? Master Gardeners program clients are 65% urban and 35%
rural.
? Family and Community Development program classes and
consumer calls are between 65%-70% urban, remainder rural.
? 4-H Youth participants are half rural and half urban.
Animal Services
Reductions/Eliminations:
? Elimination of field enforcement and kennel services, resulting
in the closure of LCAS. This includes a 24/7 emergency
response, licensing and adoption services.
? In addition to services in the unincorporated areas, LCAS
currently has contracts with Eugene and other cities to provide
services.
Urban/Rural Impacts:
? Impounded and sheltered 2,219 dogs and 1,616 cats.
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? Responded to nearly 6,000 calls for service from the public and
local law enforcement (3,340 of those from the City of
Eugene), and investigated 584 cases of abuse and neglect.
? Responded to more than 200 dog bite cases (120 from the City
of Eugene).
? Sold 13,268 dog licenses, (7,273 from City of Eugene) for a
total of 21,203 active dog licenses in the County.
District Attorney’s Office
Reductions/Eliminations:
? 1,500 felony drug and property cases would not be prosecuted
due to reduction of 4 attorneys and 3 support staff. Drug Court
would close.
? Possible discontinuation of assistance to 2,400 domestic
violence victims a year in obtaining restraining orders.
? Reduction in professional 24/7 response to approximately 700
death investigations each year. The DA’s Office is training law
enforcement personnel to substitute.
? Lane County receives in excess of $10 million in Community
Corrections Act support annually. The DA’s Office’s failure to
convert offenders to probation could result in a loss of as much
as $7.4 million per year.
Urban/Rural Impacts:
? Case volume varies, but Eugene provides between 43% and
46% of felony case volume. The inability to prosecute 1,500
property and drug cases would have a profound impact on the
city, as would the loss of the restraining order support and the
medical examiner support.
Parole and Probation
Reductions/Eliminations:
? Loss of three Parole and Probation Officers. 350 violent
misdemeanant domestic violence and sex offenders would no
longer be supervised.
Urban/Rural Impacts:
? 40% from Eugene.
? 22% from Springfield.
? 38% from other parts of the County.
Phoenix Secure Residential Program
Service Area:
Youth served include those referred for sex offenses, robbery, drug
crimes, assault and weapon possession. 30% of the high-risk youth
served are girls, who have limited resources in the community.
Reductions/Eliminations:
? Loss of 90-day secure in-patient treatment for 80 high-risk
youth with serious criminal offenses per year.
? No intake from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.
? Loss of this program represents a 50% loss of secure custody
placement resources for youth in Lane County. These youth
would most likely return to the community and local school
system.
? 41 youth served from Eugene.
? 21 youth served from Springfield.
? 18 youth served from rural Lane. County including Cottage
Grove, Florence, Veneta, Junction City, and Oakridge.
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Parole and Probation
Reductions/Eliminations:
? Eliminate residential drug and alcohol treatment for 37 high-
risk boys per year and one year of aftercare services when
treatment ends.
? Boys would most likely return to the community and local
school system.
Urban/Rural Impacts:
? 19 youth served from Eugene.
? 10 youth served from Springfield.
? 8 youth served from rural Lane County including Cottage
Grove, Florence, Veneta, Junction City and Oakridge.
Juvenile Forest Work Crews
Reductions/Eliminations:
? Eliminate program which provides 500 hours of community
service work for federal forest lands, $16,000 in restitution to
victims each year, and 50 youth with job training and skill
development.
Urban/Rural Impacts:
? 26 youth served from Eugene.
? 13 youth served from Springfield.
? 11 youth served from rural Lane County including Cottage
Grove, Florence, Veneta, Junction City and Oakridge.
Alcohol/Drug/Offender
Treatment Services
Reductions/Eliminations:
? The Methadone Program would terminate treatment for 44
people.
? The Sex Offender Treatment Program would terminate services
to 16 convicted sex offenders.
? The Evaluation/Referral & Monitoring Program would no
longer provide services for domestic violence or drug offenders,
and would only be able to do evaluations and referrals for
people convicted of DUII.
? Buckley House would eliminate sobering services to 1,310
individuals per year and discontinue medically monitored detox
services for about 300 people per year.
? Eliminate contract for residential drug treatment for 15
supervised female offenders, and outpatient drug treatment for
17 supervised offenders per year.
Urban/Rural Impacts:
? Of the clients at Buckley House, about 90% come from Eugene,
and 7% from Springfield.
Generally, in the alcohol and drug treatment services in Lane
County, approximately 53% of clients are from Eugene, 24% from
Springfield, 5% from Cottage Grove, and the balance from other
parts of the County.
Jail
Reductions/Eliminations:
? There are 507 beds at the jail and 107 are closed due to
insufficient funding. Of the remaining operational beds, 221 are
contracted (US Marshal, SB 1145, Eugene Muni Court, and
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Springfield Muni Court), utilizing no General Fund dollars.
General Funded jail operations include booking and release, jail
records, DOMC operations and a total of 151 beds for local
offenders.
Reduction - Reduce capacity to house local offenders. Lane
County's options for additional beds are:
Level 4 Funding - Add 48 beds to operate 45 beds for local
offenders at the County's General Fund cost of $1,113,385
releases generated from the jail bed cuts alone would increase
by approximately 569 offenders annually.
Level 5 Funding -Add 35 beds to operate 32 beds for local
offenders at the County's General fund cost of $946,612.
Level 6 Funding -Add 49 beds to operate 46 beds for local
offenders at the County's General Fund cost of $884,394.
Urban/Rural Impacts:
? More than 4,000 offenders are released early each year due to a
lack of jail operating capacity.
? It is estimated that capacity-based releases generated from the
jail bed cuts alone would increase by approximately 569
offenders annually.
Community Corrections Center
Alternative Corrections Programs
Reductions/Eliminations:
? 60 out of 93 beds at the Community Corrections Center are
scheduled for closure.
? Up to 2,491 of the 3,037 sentenced and sanctioned offenders
would be capacity-based releases without serving sentences. Of
the 546 who are serving their sentences, only about 60 of them
would be able to serve their sentence in an “in-custody” bed at
the CCC. The other 486 would be released to the community
either on the Electronic Surveillance Program, or the DOMC
Sit-In program.
? This reduction would eliminate much of the revenue the CCC
generates each year through the fees collected from the
participants in the program.
? Eliminate Community Service program which manages an
average of 400 offenders each day.
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