Admin Order 56-21-08 -- Extending Emerg. 13th and Chambers Rule (Exp. 6-14-22)

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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO.56-21-08 of the City Manager EXTENDING ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER N0.56-21-049 EMERGENCY ADOPTION OF RULES FOR MAP AND TAX LOT 17-04-36-42/10400. The City Manager of the City of Eugene fmds that: A. Section 2.019 of the Eugene Code, 19711 authorizes the City Manager or designee to adopt rules for implementation of any provisions of the Eugene Code, 1971. Subsection (6) of Section 2.019 authorizes the City Manager to adopt emergency rules without prior notice or hearing. On March 19, 2021, I issued Administrative Order No. 56-21-01 adopting emergency rules for Assessor's Map and Tax Lot 17-04-36-42/10400. B. On June 3Q, 2021, I issued Administrative Order No. 56-21-04 repealing and replacing the Emergency Rules adopted by Administrative Order No. 56-21-01 to add to the Fire Marshal's recommended revisions to the blanket "setting any fire" prohibition set forth in the March 19, 2021 Emergency Rules, to more clearly explain what is prohibited and what is allowed on the property identified as Assessor's Map 17-04-3642, Tax Lot 10400. Administrative Order No. 56-21-04 will expire on December 27, 2021. C. The real property located at Assessor's Map and Tax Lot 17-04-36-42 / 10400 on 13th Avenue, and shown in Attachment A to this Administrative Order, is owned by the City of Eugene, it is not open to the public, and it is currently posted with "No Trespassing" signs (hereinafter referred to as "the Property"). A small portion of the Property is an authorized car camping site, managed by St. Vincent DePaul. D. Over the last several months, a number of individuals have trespassed on the Property by erecting tents and using the Property as a temporary campsite. Because of the COVID- 19 pandemic, the City has exercised its discretionary enforcement authority and not cited those individuals for trespass. There continues to be an increase in the amount of garbage and human waste accumulating at the Property and an increase in neighbors reporting unlawful activity occurring both at the Property and nearby. E. Recognizing the ongoing COVID49 pandemic, and the potential negative consequences of immediately enforcing the City's trespass laws on everyone currently, unlawfully, at the Property, it is necessary to extend the Emergency Rule adopted by Administrative Order No. 56-21-01 so that the City can continue managing the Property to ensure the health and safety of both those individuals currently on the Property as well as the surrounding community. F. Extension of this Emergency Rule should be implemented without prior public notice pursuant to subsection (6) of Section 2.019 of the Eugene Code, 1971, because failure to act promptly in extending this Rule will prevent the City from effectively managing the use and behaviors currently occurring at the Property. Without a temporary management mechanism, the primary tool available to the City would be enforcement of its trespass laws. Administrative Order -Page 1 of 3