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Eugene committee hears legislative update as shelter funding, Clear Lake Road request remain uncertain
Summary
City IGR manager briefed the Intergovernmental Relations Committee on multiple Oregon legislative items May 7, highlighting a $217 million state shelter funding request, a $10.5 million Clear Lake Road capital ask, behavioral health funding, and several bills in Ways & Means whose fiscal outcomes remain unclear.
Ethan, the city’s intergovernmental relations manager, told the Eugene City Council’s Intergovernmental Relations Committee on May 7 that several state bills with direct impacts for Eugene remain unresolved as they sit with Ways and Means or other committees.
Ethan said the governor’s recommended budget included a $217 million request for shelter funding over the biennium, driven by an Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) survey of state-funded shelter beds. “We believe that…there’s a gap between what is that $217,000,000 and what ostensibly is required across the state to maintain the beds that are out there,” Ethan said, adding that some local shelter beds the city views as state-funded may not be reflected in the OHCS survey. He said advocates are treating the $217 million as a floor for negotiations and that the…
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