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Kenneth Guckenberger, 418 Spyglass Drive, urged the council to fund additional street lighting for his street and submitted a petition and maps showing the e location of 14 additional lights deemed high priority by Eugene traffic officials. John A. Allen, 648 Spyglass Drive, spoke to the same topic as the previous speaker, noting that the neighborhood was doing all it could to reduce crime in the area, and asked the council to give high priority to providing these lights before fall. He then asked members of the audience who had come in support of this issue to stand. Devon Trottier, 24733 Dogwood Lane, spoke as a private veterinarian in favor of continued funding for the spay/neuter clinic. She said that the majority of vets who had left the area since the clinic began had done so for personal reasons unconnected to the clinic, and that there were in fact more vets in the area now. She stated her opinion that the clinic was succeeding in reducing the number of unwanted animals, and urged the council not to cut funding. Rontce Ammann, 657 Alva Park, spoke in. favor of continuing funding for the Boo mobile, noting that it was a service which the homebound simply could not do without. Richard Roels, 1933 Garfield, spoke as a City employee and AFSCME member. He urged the council to balance the budget by reducing the contingency fund and to live up to the City1s contract with its AFSCME employees. Mr. Keller noted the end of scheduled time for public testimony had been reached, and read into the record the names of those remaining who had wished to give testimony. The public hearing was closed. Councilor Ball, noting that this was e the public's one opportunity in the year to testify before the council on budget issues, urged that those members of the public who had asked to testify be permitted to do so. With the agreement of the council, Mr. Keller reopened the public hearing. John Bauguess, 364 East Broadway #4, expressed concern over cuts in City services while the Hult Center1s $500,000 deficit was being funded. Jim Clay, 2465 Kincaid Street, asked the council to fund $1,800 for a commitment made to the community rehabilitation project at 2nd and Jackson. Paulette Ansari, 1104 Washington, said she was a member of Ebone Eyes, a black women's organization which had received a lot of support from the Human Rights Commissions, and urged the council to reinstate the staff support for this program. There being no further testimony, public hearing was closed. Councilor Wooten asked staff whether requests for street lights for Balboa and Spyglass had been brought to the Public Works Department prior to the start of the budget process. Mr. Whitlow replied that they had received numerous requests, and that there was a waiting list of 400 at this time. In response to further questioning by Councilor Wooten, Mr. Whitlow stated that funding to cover these requests had not been proposed in the executive budget, nor had the requests been brought directly to the attention of the Budget Committee. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 27,1983 Page 3