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<br /> Mr. Haws moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel, that the bill be read <br /> e the second time by council bill number only, with unanimous <br /> consent of the Council, and that enactment be considered at <br /> this time. <br /> Mr. Lieuallen expressed having concern with the present ordinance, <br /> yet wanting to see action taken to deal with the growing problem. <br /> He noted the side effects were going to affect his part of town, <br /> yet if burglaries and robberies were associated with prostitution, <br /> then those would be city-wide problems. He felt a better ordinance <br /> could be written. He noted recent action by the Police Department was <br /> extremely effective and there had been no arrests since that time. He <br /> felt it would be possible to rely on that kind of action until Council <br /> could consider a better ordinance. He also wanted more statistics <br /> regarding what kind of activity accompanies the prostitution problem, <br /> and questioned if eliminating prostitution would solve these related <br /> problems. He also questioned the statement that if the ordinance were <br /> enacted and if it were abused, it could later be repealed. He felt it <br /> would be better to take more time to write a better ordinance now. In <br /> regard to Mr. Long's comment that if the ordinance were written more <br /> restrictively it would render it less effective, and if Council were <br /> talking about an ordinance that would decrease in effectiveness, he <br /> felt there was not a strong argument for going ahead as there was <br /> already police action which could effectively resolve the problem. He <br /> also was not sure he wanted to enact an ordinance that was barely <br /> constitutional. He requested Council to consider delaying action, <br /> saying there was obviously a mechanism within the Police Depart- <br /> e ment to deal with the problem effectively in the interim. <br /> Mr. Delay understood the Council was basically dealing with two <br /> aspects of the problem: 1) lack of necessity for use of police <br /> officers for solicitation and entrapment; and 2) the increase savings <br /> in time and resources. However, on the negative side, he cited the <br /> potential for selective enforcement and harrassment, with accidental <br /> arrest and embarrassing situations; and putting more pressure on the <br /> prostitute but not being creative enough to deal with the problem of <br /> the johns. He felt the problematic situation on the mall had been <br /> eliminated and he saw the question now being one of savings of re- <br /> sources and time versus possible violation of civil rights. He felt <br /> continued work should be done on the amendment to make the ordinance <br /> more effective, and did not see Council was under any time pressure, <br /> noting he felt a better ordinance could be written. <br /> Mr. Obie said he did not see keeping the Eugene Downtown area aesthe- <br /> tic as. the main argument for the prostitution ordinance. He noted <br /> that Chief Brooks had been talking of 41 arrests, noting that 90 <br /> percent of those young women resided in Eugene. He felt Council had <br /> the opportunity and obligation to cut off that career path or at least <br /> hamper those young women following that particular career. In regard <br /> e <br /> 10/10/77--5 <br /> 1b3 <br />