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e e e I. Civic Emergency Fund Ms. Wooten said she does not think a proposal to dissolve the Boxing Commis- sion which would eliminate the Civic Emergency Fund is appropriate. She would like to discuss it with the staff and other councilors. Later in the meeting, she suggested the council also discuss a process for using an emergency fund. Councilor Schue said the council needs a small amount of money for emergencies. J. Advisory Committee to Encourage Crime Prevention Ms. Wooten said she has attended neighborhood association meetings recently and learned the problem with transients is growing in the Whiteaker community. She asked the staff to investigate a Portland ordinance which bans the sale of fortified (20 percent) wine in certain areas of the city because it is some- times bought by transients. She would like the investigation completed before the Advisory Committee on Crime Prevention begins work. K. Trip to Sister City Mayor Obie introduced State Representative Larry Campbell, who led a group of 18 people to Kakegawa, Eugene's Sister City, last December. The group was in Japan for the Mirage Bowl and spent two days in Kakegawa. Mr. Campbell said the people in the group said they would have liked to spend eight days in Kakegawa. Mr. Campbell said the training given the group by the Eugene Friendship Association was very appropriate. He said the Japanese people are gracious and hospitable. The Kakegawans honor their relationship with the people of Eugene. He said it is important for Eugeneans to foster the rela- tionship. He suggested the City send information about what is happening in Eugene to the Kakegawa quarterly. Mr. Campbell was wearing a Happy Coat. He said it typified the trip to Kakegawa. Mayor Obie said a delegation from Kakegawa will be in Eugene August 17, 18, and 19. He will lead a delegation from Eugene to Kakegawa in October. He invited citizens who would like to go to contact him. He said he and the other delegates must pay their own expenses. L. Presentation of Girl Scout Cookies Stacey Halpern presented a box of Girl Scout cookies to Mayor Obie. She represented the Western Rivers Girl Scout Council. She said the sale of cookies provides about 50 percent of the Girl Scout revenues. She encouraged people to buy the cookies. MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 19, 1986 Page 3