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Barbara Stoeffler , 2859 Tandy Turn, related that she had helped to found the Lane County chapter of MADD in Lane County 25 years ago. She was proud of local law enforcement. She said they worked hard to combat drunk driving. She felt there should be a way to use local enforcement officers to augment the officers who already worked on game days. She stated that she also worked with a group called Victims Against Drunk Driving, a Lane County DUII victim impact panel. She related that the speakers on the panel talk to groups of people who have been arrested for driving under the influence about the impacts that drunk drivers have had on their lives. She had observed an increase of persons drinking and driving which had resulted in an increase in the victim impact panels from 12 to 16 per year. Lloyd Henson , 2420 Wilbur Street, spoke on behalf of the Masonic Lodge. He related that he had helped to park cars there for ten years and he also helped to pick up bottles and cans. He stated that the OLCC representatives had come by to check and had never found rules to be broken. He felt the drinking had decreased. He stressed that the Masonic Lodge had not experienced problems, most people had designated drivers, and some left their vehicles behind and called a cab. He had not experienced disorderly conduct. He said the lodge put out a number of brochures that discussed drinking and the importance of having designated drivers and they posted signs at Capt. Kerns request. Zachary Vishanoff , somewhere on Patterson Street, found it strange that the EPD complained that it had a lack of funding and that it was costly to have officers working football games and dealing with the subsequent traffic and issues. He felt the EPD was making a request on behalf of the University. He thought the University should come and make the request and accept responsibility for anything that might go wrong. He suggested that the Student Council be consulted and recommended that in fairness the decision should wait until students were back on campus. David Sonnichsen , 2435 Skyline Boulevard, understood why the ordinance might be seen as expedient but he felt it was bad public policy. He had monitored the effect of games on park land and he felt that incidents of alcohol abuse had increased. He found it incongruous that football players were not allowed to drink but the followers of the games thought it was a part of the process. He wondered if fewer people would attend the games if they had to adhere to the same rules as the football players. He added that he thought it was crazy to allow people to remain and drink after games for two more hours before driving. He urged the council to oppose the ordinance. MINUTES—Eugene City Council September 10, 2007 Page 7 Work Session