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community's concern for the environment. She felt the law was about community standards and about the price that business paid for the potential harm it caused the community. She said it was up to the people on the City Council to take a leadership role and make sure the City Charter was protected. She urged the council to uphold the recommendation of the Toxics Board and keep the fee structure and spread the burden among the business community. She reiterated that the public had a right to know. Elizabeth Horvath, 1158 Mill Street, stated that she was a student of the University of Oregon and an intern with the Oregon Toxics Alliance. She read testimony from Lynn Tessenden (no idea of spelling) into the record. She related Ms. Tessenden's assertion that the Toxics Right-To-Know database was very facile to work with and that it contained a valuable amount of relevant and valuable information for the citizens of Eugene including what chemicals were being released, whether into the air, surface water, or the City's water treatment facility, what is known about health effects of the chemicals, and who was releasing them, where they were located and which industries were increasing and which were decreasing the chemicals released into the environment. She conveyed Ms. Tessenden's support for the ordinance. Mayor Torrey called for a motion to extend time. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Poling, to extend the meeting time by nine minutes. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 8:0. Sandra Bishop, 591 West l0th Avenue, spoke in support of the ordinance. She related that she had been appointed in the mid-1980s to committee for the DEQ on toxics. She said the Eugene Toxics Right-To-Know was not asking businesses to stop using chemicals or hazardous substances and that the people deserved to know what was in the water, air, and soil. She asked the council not to weaken the reporting aspect of the program. She urged the council to take courage and know that Eugene was leading the nation in this. She suggested the program be expanded to include entities such as the University of Oregon and other large public organizations. She felt that creative public/private partnerships could result in comprehensive reporting. Lisa Arkin, 29136 Gimpl Hill Road, Eugene, stated that she was a staff member for the Oregon Toxics Alliance. She related that she had received many phone calls from as far away as New York, Virginia, New Jersey, and Massachusetts inquiring about the unique and ~not redundant" MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 23, 2004 Page 6 Regular Meeting