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MINUTES Eugene City Council Council Chamber — Eugene City Hall 777 Pearl Street — Eugene, Oregon November 22, 2010 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Alan Zelenka, Mike Clark, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, Chris Pryor, George Brown, members. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the November 22, 2010, regular meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. 1. ACTION: Adoption of an Ordinance Concerning Authority of Traffic Control Officers to Direct Traf- fic and Amending Sections 2.660, 5.010, 5.060, 5.065, 5.275, and 5.276 of the Eugene Code, 1971 City Manager Ruiz introduced the item, stating the proposed amendments were necessary to provide authority to Eugene Police Department's Community Service Officers so they could direct traffic in situations concurrent with the authority provided by State statute. Councilor Clark, seconded by Councilor Taylor, moved to adopt Council Bill 5039, amending sections 2.660, 5.010, 5.060, 5.065, 5.275, and 5.276 of the Eugene Code, pro- viding authority to community service officers to direct traffic on the streets and public thoroughfares of the city. Roll call vote: The motion passed unanimously, 8:0. 3. PUBLIC HEARING: An Ordinance Concerning Downtown Public Safety Zone; Amending Section 4.874 of the Eugene Code, 1971; and Providing a Sunset Date City Manager Ruiz introduced the topic, stating that the public hearing concerned the extension of the sunset date for the Downtown Public Safety Zone (DPSZ) and amendments to the DPSZ ordinance that would add other crimes for which one could be excluded from the zone. Mayor Piercy opened the public hearing. Kimberly Gladen, 361 West Broadway, #4, asked the council to extend the DPSZ. She considered it a safety valve for residents living downtown. She believed the DPSZ was the only way to get some of the people who created problems in the downtown off the streets. She did not think the Lane County Jail kept offenders long enough to provide relief to affected residents. Ms. Gladen did not think the DPSZ hurt anyone as needed services were available outside the zone, and excluded individuals could get exceptions if they needed a particular service inside the zone. She suggested the council "keep the tool in the tool box a while longer." MINUTES— Eugene City Council November 22, 2010 Page 1 Regular Meeting