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commented, however, that upon moving here they had observed a lack of African-American people living <br />here. <br /> <br />Ms. Stacey stated that she wished to testify in support of preserving the wooded property that abutted <br />Nectar Way. She and her dog walked there every day and appreciated its natural beauty. She felt the City <br />had erred when it had not purchased the property. She opined the property was an integral part of "who <br />we are." <br /> <br />Nadia Sindi, 3950 Good Pasture Loop #J-111, wished to speak on behalf of the Muslim and Arab <br />community. She said the brutality toward Muslims and Arabs was not a new thing in the city of Eugene. <br />She shared an incident from her past in which she was assaulted by a police officer. She was saddened <br />that the judge who presided over the recent police case involving two Arab men had called police actions <br />"appropriate." She felt that under most categories Arab and Muslim people were considered to be white, <br />but they were the first to be singled out for abuse, even prior to the events of September 11, 2001. She <br />asked for more vigilance in monitoring police abuse. She related that she had been followed and harassed <br />numerous times. <br /> <br />Gordie Albi, 1669 Adkins Street, thanked the elected officials for serving. She commented that her <br />mother used to say "beautiful is as beautiful does." While she felt everything should be done to save the <br />beauty of the City, the beauty of the people who lived there should also be honored. She stated that racial <br />profiling was little more than another brand of racial prejudice. She attended all of the meetings regarding <br />the police review. She said she had much experience, both as a professional auditor and working with <br />ethnic communities in Seattle, Washington, and Denver, Colorado. She related that she had witnessed <br />prejudicial handling by the police of an African-American person and also had witnessed this behavior <br />toward Latino people numerous times when she volunteered at Centro LatinoAmericano. She felt such <br />treatment arose from ignorance. She said she had materials to share and that she was happy to share what <br />she had learned with City staff. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy closed the Public Forum and called on the council for responses and comments. <br /> <br />Councilor Kelly thanked everyone who spoke at the Public Forum. He wished to particularly thank the <br />people who spoke out about racial profiling. He reiterated his support for a police external review board. <br />He thought it would take a charter change to form such a board. He commented that the Human Rights <br />Commission (HRC) had launched a campaign called "We're All in This Together" in December that <br />sought to increase education and outreach and awareness around racial and ethnic issues. He had yet to <br />hear anything from other elected officials on how to move this forward. While he recognized the needs of <br />the City Manager and the Police Chief to carefully parse the words spoken in order to represent a wide <br />variety of people, he declared the time to be delicate on this issue had passed. He felt the time had come <br />to make statements powerfully and promptly on this situation. He said the community climate was in need <br />of improvement. <br /> <br />Regarding Mr. Gray's testimony, Councilor Kelly said some of the spray-painted signs forbidding <br />panhandling had already been erased and the policy questions that had been raised by this action were <br />being addressed. <br /> <br />Councilor Kelly requested an update on the Nectar Way property. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council January 10, 2005 Page 7 <br /> Regular Session <br /> <br /> <br />
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