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MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> McNutt Room--City Hall <br /> <br /> September 27, 1999 <br /> 7:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Scott Meisner, Nancy Nathanson, Bobby Lee, Gary Rayor, Betty <br /> Taylor, David Kelly, Gary Pap~. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: Pat Fart. <br /> <br />Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. <br /> <br /> I. PUBLIC FORUM <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey outlined the process for the public forum. <br /> <br />Asher Wren, 935 West 5th Avenue, spoke on behalf of the administration and student body of <br />South Eugene High School. He spoke in support of a free wall, behind the building, for graffiti <br />artists to paint on. He outlined a plan and wanted to request City funds to provide materials for <br />the wall. He noted that he had up to 40 volunteers that would help build it. <br /> <br />Frankie Houser, 28046 Crossly Lane, spoke in favor of putting a free wall behind South Eugene <br />High School. He stressed that graffiti was art and not vandalism. He added that the art was not <br />done justice by taggers. <br /> <br />Ed Reiman, 1333 Oak Patch Street, thanked the council for the quick action taken on the matter <br />of the siting of the federal building. He stressed his opinion that the 5th Street Market was the last <br />bit of "charming Eugene," and called for caution from the City Councilors when dealing with the <br />site for the new federal courthouse. As an alternate location, he suggested the lot across High <br />Street from the current federal building site. <br /> <br />Hugh Prichard, 101 East Broadway, offered his aid for the planning for the new city hall site <br />and/or the new city hall. <br /> <br />Richard Gabriel, 717 Country Club Road, expressed his pleasure that the site for the new federal <br />courthouse was being re-discussed. He urged the council not to make hasty decisions. <br /> <br />Nick Urhausen, 2858 Warren Street, commented that the Mayor should be able to vote during <br />council meetings. He called for citywide votes for all of the councilor positions. <br />Regarding the Human Rights Commission, Mr. Urhausen said that it did not represent anything <br />more than a very small percentage of the community. He said that it had an on-going effort to <br />demonize Hyundai which he attributed to politics, cultural bias, and racism. <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 27, 1999 Page 1 <br /> 7:30 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br />