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Charles Biggs, 2405 Willakenzie Street, spoke against Autzen Stadium's request for a parking exemption. He said that the University of Oregon should go by the same rules as every one else. He suggested free bus fare days provided by Lane Transit District on days of Autzen Stadium events. He also called for more involvement by the Harlow Neighborhood Association and the East Alton Baker Park Citizen Planning Committee in any decisions that were made. Tracy Olsen, 795 Willamette Street, raised concern over the closure of the police substation located at Lane Transit District's downtown station. He said that the substation helped to develop a relationship between the community and the Eugene Police. He suggested a public/private partnership to fund the continued use of the substation by the Eugene Police. Nicholas Antone Jr., 512 Honeysuckle Lane, raise concern over the fact that he was homeless and unable to get into any City homeless programs. Becky Riley, 202 Hawthorne Street, spoke for the Friends of Rasor Park and against the annual car show on that site. She said that she had nothing against the car show, but that it did not belong at the Rasor Park site. She suggested the back parking lot at Valley River Center as an alternate site. Steven Mueller, 65 Lund Street, added to Ms. Riley's comments. He said that there was no reason that the car show could not be moved to another site and added that the neighborhood did not need the annual show. Responding to Mr. Bigg's statements regarding Autzen Stadium, Councilor Rayor commented that the night's planned action was just the beginning of the process. Regarding the issue of the car show and Rasor Park, Councilor Rayor called for more information on the issue from staff. Responding to Mr. Olsen's concern over the closure of the substation, Councilor Kelly noted that the facility would remain as a work location for the Eugene Police Department. Regarding the Rasor Park question, Councilor Kelly suggested that a new location could be found for the annual car show. Councilor Lee took an opportunity to stress the importance of answering the census that was in progress. He also asked staff to look into the problems Mr. Antone was having regarding getting into a car camp program. III.CONSENT CALENDAR Councilor Lee, seconded by Councilor Fart, moved to approve the items on the consent calendar. Councilor Kelly referred to page 1 of the January 24 work session minutes and noted that the year of the meeting was incorrectly shown as 1999 rather than 2000. MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 13, 2000 Page 2 Regular Meeting