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MINUTES
<br />Eugene City Council
<br />Harris Hall, 125 East 8th Avenue
<br />Eugene, Oregon 97401
<br />January 27, 2014
<br />7:30 p.m.
<br />Councilors Present: George Brown, Betty Taylor, Alan Zelenka, George Poling, Mike Clark,
<br />Chris Pryor, Claire Syrett, Greg Evans
<br />Councilor Pryor convened the January 27, 2014, City Council meeting, noting that Mayor Piercy
<br />was in Washington DC with the United Front group.
<br />1. PUBLIC FORUM
<br />1. Gwendolyn Iris, urged Council to allow Whoville to remain open.
<br />2. Aaron Taylor, reported that his church relies on fireworks sales to do charitable work.
<br />3. Wayne Martin, said he has a plan for council to consider prior to any action on Whoville.
<br />4. Duncan Rhodes, expressed bicycle safety concerns related to parked cars on 5th Avenue.
<br />5. Mary Ellickson, expressed safety concerns about fireworks, noting the dangers
<br />6. Fredric Bliss, expressed concerns about fireworks, noting they're dangerous and noisy.
<br />7. Randi Zimmer, read a letter from the Chavez family about the dangers of fireworks.
<br />8. Jean Stacey, requested that council make changes to Whoville so it can be legal and work.
<br />9. Dan Bryant, supported Whoville and reported that Opportunity Village is working well.
<br />10. Art Bowman, supported Whoville and asked the council to find a way to keep it open.
<br />11. Sue Sierralupe, expressed concerns about the impacts of cold weather on the homeless.
<br />12. Plaedo, supported Whoville and asked Mayor and Council to keep it open.
<br />13. Jeremy Spafford, expressed concerns about homelessness and the current economy.
<br />14. Jerry Smith, supported the homeless and more places for people to sleep.
<br />15. Frank Bertrand, expressed concerns about safety and asked to ban consumer fireworks.
<br />16. Barb Prentice, supported efforts to help the homeless and asked to allow Whoville.
<br />17. Steven Hiatt, supported keeping Whoville open and working toward better shelters.
<br />18. Michael Adams, urged the council to keep Whoville open until other shelter is available.
<br />19. Denise Hinz, asked the council to purchase and preserve the Amazon Headwataers land.
<br />20. Keegan Keppner, supported Whoville and asked the council to focus on 'equality'.
<br />21. Alley Valkyrie, asked the council to keep Whoville open.
<br />22. Michael Carrigan, thanked council for its work on homelessness and supported Whoville.
<br />23. Ann Kelvin, supported Whoville and asked the council not to close it.
<br />24. Jack Dresser, supported Whoville and asked the council not to close it.
<br />25. Mary Broadhurst, supported homeless efforts and asked council to keep Whoville open.
<br />26. David Strahan, supported Whoville and asked the council to keep it open.
<br />27. Lisa Warnes, asked the City to purchase and preserve the Amazon Headwaters land.
<br />28. Andrew Heben, asked the council to keep Whoville open until another option is available.
<br />29. Emily Semple, asked the council to keep Whoville open and to help the homeless.
<br />30. Jennifer Frenzer - Knowlton, supported homeless work and asked to keep Whoville open.
<br />31. Jana Thrift, read a letter from the Human Rights Commission regarding homelessness.
<br />32. Ian McTeague, supported Whoville and asked to keep it open until another option is found.
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