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Dr. Teresa Calahan, 537 Honeysuckle Lane, spoke in support of a living wage for the City of Eugene. She said she had worked with an interfaith committee for the last seven months on getting a living wage passed. She urged the council to check out the facts for themselves. Gene Mooney, president of the Eugene Homeless Initiative, proposed that the City lease the homeless community a site for temporary use. He said the homeless community would pay the costs of sanitation and site maintenance and there would be no cost to the City. He noted that the organization was proposing its own liability insurance for the land so the City would not be liable for anything that happened. He said the entire community would benefit from the proposal and the members of the initiative would provide "sweat equity" to help pay for the lease and to clean up the area around its location. Mona Linstromberg, 87140 Territorial Road, Veneta, thanked the council for reconsidering its telecommunications ordinance. She raised concern over the construction of cell towers in the area. Martha Johnson, 110 East Hilliard Lane, thanked the council for reconsidering its telecommunications policies ordinance. She recommended an independent technical review into the code for cell towers. Charles Biggs, 540 Antelope Way, spoke regarding salmon preservation. He said there was no data that showed a need for improvement in the basin of the Willamette River near Eugene. He raised concern over spending funding when there was no demonstrable need. Donna Mathews, raised concern over actions taken by the City Council to strictly limit the length of council meetings and the decision to require a majority of the council to place an item on the agenda. She said this would expose the City to legal action based on violations of public meetings laws. Kevin Matthews, 120 West Broadway, spoke about concerns over land use code amendments. He said the city was more than 10 years out of compliance with its natural resource preservation. Councilor Kelly, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to extend the length of the meeting to accommodate the number of people who wished to speak for the public hearing on Agenda Item 4. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Fart, moved to amend the motion by reducing the speaking time of the public hearing to two minutes per person. Roll Call Vote: The motion passed 5:2 with Councilors Taylor and Kelly voting in opposition. Councilor Fart noted that the Council Committee on Homelessness and Youth would address the question of homelessness in the City. He urged Mr. Mooney to attend the meeting. Councilor Kelly said he had voted against the amendment to limit speaking time because people were usually told that they would have three minutes to speak on a public hearing issue. MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 14, 2002 Page 2 Regular Meeting