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Art Bowman, Ward 2, spoke against police profiling of people due to their social and economic status and attributed it to the upcoming Olympic Trials. He called for more citizen oversight of all levels of city government. Dave Piccioni, Ward 7, advocated for the City Council to provide a publicly owned site for the homeless and called on the council to support the students in Quebec who were protesting tuition hikes. He supported the comments of Charlie Swanson. Andy Heben, Ward 3, advocated for the City Council to provide a publicly owned site for a homeless encampment. The effort would require no public money so the council could not justify any opposition. It would be a model for alternative housing. Jean Stacey, Ward 1, provided background on a grassroots effort to establish a homeless encampment to be known as Opportunity Eugene and to be operated by a 501(c)(3) organization. She advocated for the City Council to provide a publicly owned site for that purpose. Joe Tyndall, Ward 1, advocated for the City Council to provide a publicly owned site for a homeless service center and wet bed facility and suggested the existing City Hall site be employed for that purpose. Ruth Duemler, Ward 3, provided the council with copies of the Occupy Eugene newsletter. She commended the City for providing more 24 -hour restrooms. She endorsed the remarks of Charlie Swanson and joined those calling for the City Council to provide a publicly owned site for a homeless encampment. Michael Peterson, Ward 1, supported the remarks of Charlie Swanson. Alley Valkyrie, Ward 1, criticized the City for enforcing a rule against glass bottles in the Parks Blocks and suggested that a person receiving such a citation was singled out and excluded from City parks because she was homeless. Ms. Valkyrie believed such citations were tied to the upcoming Olympic Trials. She did not think that officers should have discretion to exclude people from parks and suggested that parks exclusions be processed in the same way as downtown exclusions. John Pitney, Ward 6, supported the remarks of Charlie Swanson. John Monroe, Ward 1, maintained the City was opening itself to legal challenges by not providing a camp site for the homeless to live. He further maintained Eugene police were harassing the homeless in a systematic manner and demanded that it stop. Majeska Seese Green, Ward 7, advocated that the council direct staff to identify a piece of land so the community coalition it could operate a homeless camp and put meaning to the term "housing is a human right." She also urged the council to modify board and commissions and internal work groups work plans accordingly and to form a homeless commission. Deb Frisch, a resident of Lane County, encouraged the council to reject the proposed project plan compromise on West 24 Avenue with the Friendly Area Neighborhood board of directors. She criticized the police's interactions with young members of Occupy Eugene who were hanging around in the Parks Block and wanted officers to resist the baiting and taunting of Occupiers. The police should stop enforcing laws against petty crimes. She called for kinder and gentler officers to work with the disenfranchised youth in downtown. MINUTES— Eugene City Council June 11, 2012 Page 2 Regular Meeting