New Search
4. STREAMLINE ABATEMENT PROCESS 10. REGIONAL TRAINING ACADEMY <br /> The City supports changes to streamline the process of abatement proceedings on drug The City supports continued authority for Eugene to conduct its own Department <br />of <br /> houses and other properties on which illegal activities are occurring. Loopholes in the Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) accredited regional police basic <br />training <br /> current abatement process have led to extended abatement proceedings, taking months, academy. <br /> and in some cases more than a year, to complete. The current loopholes allow violators <br /> to lengthen the process by faking compliance, making perfunctory efforts to clean up a 11. POLICE SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT CHARGES (SDCs) <br /> properly and taking advantage of generous deadlines. <br /> New Growth places additional demands on city services. The City supports expanding <br /> 5. TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT TOOLS: PHOTO RADAR, PHOTO RED LIGHT the existing definition of capital facilities for which SDCs can be imposed to include <br /> police protection, to help offset the costs of new policelpublic safety facilities. <br /> The City supports giving communities the authority to use photo radar and photo red light <br /> technologies as traffic enforcement tools. The City supports efforts to extend both <br /> technologies to cities on a wider basis. <br /> D. FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE <br /> 6. FIREARMS REGULATION <br /> 1. FIRE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CHARGES (SDCs) <br /> The City supports laws which strengthen reasonable requirements for purchase of <br /> handguns. The City will work to protect its regulatory authority with respect to firearms. The city supports expanding SDCs to include fire and emergency response infrastructure <br /> Infringement on these powers reduces the City's ability to protect its citizens from and capital facilities costs related to new growth. <br /> criminal acts involving firearms and ignores the diversity among communities within this <br /> state. 2. FIREFIGHTER CERTIFICATION <br /> 7. LOCAL ABILITY TO DEAL WITH UNSUPERVISED YOUTH The DPSST may seek to expand its authority to certify firefighters. The City opposes <br /> DPSST certification for firefighters. <br /> The City supports local ability to detain runaways and other juveniles who are beyond <br /> ~ parental control and facilitate their referral to appropriate agencies, The City supports 3. MUTUAL AID: WILDFIRES <br /> <br /> ~ strengthening the ability of the juvenile system to intervene and provide services to these <br /> juveniles. Some services currently are not available to them because they have not In those instances where the State Fire Marshal assumes command of a wildfire <br /> committed "criminal" offenses. This reduces the ability of agencies to provide services, emergency in the State, the City supports the current mechanisms for responding. <br /> The <br /> and provides no incentive for the juvenile to change his or her behavior. City opposes mandates requiring that local governments maintain specific fire equipment <br /> or staffing levels to respond to these events or any legislation that mandates response. <br /> 8. TRAFFIC SAFETY <br /> 4. WILD LAND FIRE: PREVENTION AND RECOVERY <br /> The City supports passage of laws which are practical in their application and will <br /> enhance the safety of the motoring public. The City currently operates educational programs to reduce the risk of wildfires in the <br /> urban/rural interface zone. The City supports maintaining or enhancing the ability of <br /> 9. ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS AND COLLECTION OF municipalities and districts to recover wild land fire response costs from responsible <br /> INFORMATION parties. <br /> The City opposes legislation that would broaden the authority and responsibilities oflocal 6. SKINNY STREETS <br /> law enforcement to conduct interviews to collect information on certain individuals not <br /> suspected of a crime andlor detect and apprehend persons whose only offense is violation The City would oppose legislation that mandates "skinny streets" unless appropriate <br />local <br /> of federal immigration law. The City supports that no changes be made to ORS 181.575 design flexibility is allowed to accommodate fire and emergency vehicles and equipment. <br /> and 181.850. <br /> I <br /> City of Eugene Legislative Policies, 2005 Session 36 City of Eugene Legislative Policies, 2005 Session 37 <br /> <br />