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COUNCIL M I NUT E S MINUTES Eugene City Council July - cecernber McNutt Room--City Hall 1987 July 8 s 1987 11: 30 a. m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Debra Ehrman, Rob Bennett, Emily Schue, Cynthia Wooten, Ruth Bascom, Jeff Miller, and Roger Rutan (12:09-1:32 p.m.). COUNCILORS ABSENT: Freeman Holmer The adjourned meeting of June 24, 1987, of the Eugene City Council was called to oraer by"His Honor Mayor Brian B. Obie. 1. GRATEFUL DEAD/BOB DYLAN CONCERT AND CITY CAMPING ORDINANCE Mayor Obie said he would like to raise an item first on today's agenda. He said he was being asked by the University of Oregon to waive the Ci ty ordinance prohibiting camping within the city limits. He said the University has plans to set up an area in part of the Autzen Stadium parking lot in order , to provide a place for members of the concert audience to camp. He said the ~. - thinking behind the University's request for a waiver is that it will perhaps be better to have campers confi ned to one area rather than di spersed throughout the community. He said he would like to provide an opportunity for a repr~entative of the University to discuss the plan for organizing and managing the event, an opportunity for councilors to ask questions or express concerns, and an opportunity for councilors to indicate whether they think the camping ordinance should be waived to allow camping in the Autzen Stadium parking lot. I Mayor Obie introduced University of Oregon Assistant Athletic Director Steve I McBride. Referring to the 1978 Grateful Dead concert in Eugene, Mr. McBride said appropriate steps were not taken to plan for the camping crowd that attends Grateful Dead concerts. He said the University feels prepared to manage the upcoming concert much more successfully than the one held in 1978. Mr. McBride said the concert will be held in the afternoon on Sunday, July 19. The University anticipates that there will be many people needing a place to camp. He said that if the University does not provide a camping area, these people will sleep in the surrounding neighborhoods or in Alton Baker Park. The University plans to develop an informal, but somewhat structured, camping area in the east parking lot of Autzen Stadium. He said the University would like to begin operating this facility on Thursday and continue through Sunday night. Mr. McBride circulated copies of a document outlining rul es and regulations for the camping area; the document also contained a map of the proposed campground. ,It MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 8, 1987 Page 1 . -