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e e e It does not deal with property concerns. He said the human rights commissions should be involved in changes to the eXisting ordinance. Allison Hassler, 62 East 23rd, said she is a member of the Commission on the Ri ghts of Women whi ch opposes the changes to the tenant protections recommended by the Planning Commission. She said the Commission on the Rights of Women is concerned with the recommendations because many women outlive their husbands, many women live in rental apartments, and many women have low incomes. She said the Planning Commission's recommendations do not reflect the testimony given before the commission. She said elimination of the comparable housing provisions would be devastating and would indicate that Eugene permits substandard housing to accommodate developers. She said elimination of the lifetime lease provisions would indicate that financial profits are more important than human concerns about housing. She urged the council to retain the tenant protections in the existing ordinance. W. Scott Bartlett, 224 Trailside, said the Condominium Conversion Ordinance indictes the priorities and allegiances of the community. He said adoption of the ordinance promised protection to tenants and he wondered why the promise should be changed now. He said the Planning Commission has favored property ownership and property management for the last four years. Mr. Bartlett said the City Council should protect senior citizens and the poor. He said his grandmother benefited from rent control in New York. He urged the council to retain the tenant protections in the existing ordinance. Marie Talbot, 1050 Ferry, said she is 86 years old. She lives at the Eugene Manor. She discussed her love for Eugene and Oregon and the people who live here. She likes the trees. She said she wants to choose her lifestyle. She likes to live at the Eugene Manor. She said it would break her heart to have to leave the Eugene Manor. Jenny Bramley, 1080 Patterson, said she moved to Eugene two years ago. She read from an article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal on June 5, 1985. The article concerned Eugene's economy. She discussed several things that make Eugene attractive to retired people. She said most retired people do not want to invest in condominiums and the adoption of an ordinance that might result in the eviction of retired people would not be a good advertisement for Eugene. She urged retention of the existing ordinance. Margaret Budicki, 1080 Patterson, No. 102, said she is 82 years old. She said a component of comparable housing is the environment created by people who live in a building. For example, people arrange to go to nearby medical doctors. She said potential displacement is disturbing. Jean Beachdel, 2825 Miramonti, said she works with the Senior Law Service Program of Lane County Le9al Aid Servi~e. She said many tenants experienced histeria before the existing ordinance was adopted. She said some tenants have experienced similar anxiety during the past several months. She said tenants who can move will move when asked by a developer to do so. She said a forced move would be life-threatening for some tenants and the ordinance should retain protections for those people. She said elderly, frail people MINUTES--Eugene City Council Februa ry 9, 1987 Page 6