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He said a full noise attenuation upgrade would be paid by the WOW Hall through fundraising efforts and <br />possibly with some assistance from the City of Eugene. <br /> <br />Zachary Vishanoff, Patterson Street, expressed concern that the steam plant at the riverfront would be <br />torn down to build a ditch to bring cars to the edge of the river, and noted that the building had potential to <br />be used as a museum. He heard that there had been discussion by the Alumni Association about using <br />Agate Hall as a site for a new alumni center, and hoped there would be adequate opportunity for public <br />input. He said the Joe Romania showroom had been featured on the cover of City of Eugene Preservation <br />Notes. Mr. Vishanoff said the proposed basketball arena was a public issue that should be openly debated <br />in the community and asked Mayor Piercy if there would be a series of debates where the public could ask <br />questions about the proposed project. Mr. Vishanoff expressed concerns related to charter schools, <br />claiming the UO had contributed to development of the controversial federal No Child Left Behind rules <br />that affected charter schools. <br /> <br />Scott Purcell, 3425 Strathmore Place, encouraged the City Council to adopt the enterprise zone on <br />Wednesday, February 16, 2005, consistent with the State of Oregon guidelines, without additional <br />guidelines. He said studies by the UO Economics Department cited positive impacts the last enterprise <br />zone had on the community, noting almost 80 small and mid-sized businesses had taken advantage of and <br />benefited from the enterprise zone. He noted that the family-wage jobs come from businesses going to the <br />next level. He said the City Council played an important part in establishing the enterprise zone without <br />additional constraints in order to help those businesses get to the next size that was good for the <br />community. He opined that increasing the hourly wage from $11 to $13 would not realistically enable <br />small businesses to take advantage of the growth coming from the enterprise zone with the wage <br />attachment. Many of the small firms did eventually get into the highly desired, good family-wage jobs. <br />Mr. Purcell stated that an enterprise zone was healthy for the City coffers as the tax base grew over a long <br />period of time, even though taxes were abated initially for a five-year period. <br /> <br />W. Bruce Mulligan, 3056 Hendricks Hill Drive, represented the Hendricks Hill Homeowners <br />Association, consisting of approximately 70 property owners. He read a resolution that had been adopted <br />unanimously at the annual association meeting on January 27, 2005, a copy of which had been distributed <br />to council members, that supported any action by the City Council to limit future development through the <br />acquisition of the 120-acre McDougal Property in the Laurel Valley as a natural preserve outside the <br />urban growth boundary (UGB). Mr. Mulligan added that the association took no position on any other <br />aspect of the proposed transaction. <br /> <br /> Jana Jackson, 1012 East 22na Avenue, spoke in support of Officer Randy Ellis in his attempts to address <br /> trespassing issue with some of the panhandlers and vagrants in Eugene. She said there were many people <br /> who were disturbed by the large number of panhandlers approaching people for money, creating <br /> hazardous traffic situations and contributing to automobile accidents. She stated people were tired of <br /> stepping over the trash, garbage and human waste, and having to clean it up. People felt too intimidated to <br /> visit a business, go to their cars, or walk down the street alone, and they were tired of being victimized by <br /> burglary, robbery or assault. She submitted a petition with 685 signatures to the City Manager's Office, <br /> and noted that additional signatures were being collected. She said that The Register-Guard consistently <br /> attacked the Police Department, presenting things as homeless issues when there were several problem <br /> groups, including panhandlers; methamphetamine users; criminal mischief-makers engaged in drawing <br /> graffiti, tagging trucks and vans, slashing tires, etching windows; criminal transients who came to Eugene <br /> and caused problems; and gang-related problems. She noted that her group was not targeting homeless <br /> people, adding if that was the only issue in town, it would not be an issue. Ms. Jackson said there were <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 14, 2005 Page 2 <br /> Regular Session <br /> <br /> <br />
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