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departure. He introduced Major Brand of the Eugene/Cottage Grove area, Lieutenant Sheryl Paradis, and Bob Eliot, executive director of the ESGR. Major Brand thanked Mr. Noble for the support that the National Guard received from the airport for the mobilization of the 2nd 0162 that had flown out of the airport and the demobilization of the 641st which had landed its Blackhawks and ~unwrapped their aircraft and flew out of there." Major Brand stated that Mike Koontz and Steve Bell were receiving awards. Mayor Torrey asked Council Vice President Nathanson to present the awards. · Award from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to the Human Rights Commission Special Agent Bob Jordan spoke on behalf of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) who granted an award for community leadership to the City of Eugene Human Rights Commission (HRC). He related that national leaders of the Muslim and Arab communities had appealed to the Department of Justice and the FBI to intercede on their behalf to ensure that no hate crimes were committed against people in the aftermath of the tragedy of September 11,2001. He commended the Eugene HRC for its excellent leadership in that role. He read aloud the words on the plaque that was presented. Councilor Kelly accepted the award on behalf of the HRC. He called it a privilege and pleasure to serve as the council representative on the commission. He presented the award to Human Rights Program Manager Greg Rikhoff. 2. PUBLIC FORUM Mayor Torrey called for a motion to extend the time for the Public forum due to the number of people who had signed up to speak. Councilor Pap~, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved to limit comments to two minutes and to extend the time scheduled for the Public Forum to 40 minutes. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 7:0. Bruce Miller, PO Box 50968, felt that Mayor Torrey or Neil Goldschmidt should be recruited to be Dean of the School of Business at the University of Oregon. He opined it was no longer the top business school in the state. He added that he had been dismayed that the University of Oregon had not closed during the recent ice storm. Ann Jensen, 1642 North Danebo Avenue, spoke about the Lane County Animal Regulation Authority (LCARA) Task Force report. She opposed the ~limit laws." She opined that the task force recommenda- tion called for extensive and expensive ways of increasing licensing. She related that the Eugene Kennel Club had surveyed people with multiple cats and dogs in their households and, of those people, 75 percent had not purchased licenses. She alleged that people were unwilling to obtain a license if it meant self- incrimination. She said the American Kennel Club (AKC) printed a pamphlet on limit laws in which it had called such restrictions unconstitutional and presented the survey and pamphlet to the council. MINUTES--Eugene City Council January 12, 2004 Page 2 Regular Meeting