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community and commented that the vote taken later in the meeting would make that group feel more or less welcome in the community depending on its outcome. William Jones, 1660 Mill Street, spoke of an incident near the University of Oregon that had happened the previous weekend. He said that it had taken over an hour for officers to respond to his call. He opined that officers had not wanted to answer his calls about a large party going on near his residence. Bahati Ansari, 1900 Chambers Street, reiterated Mr. Luvert's concern over city processes. Peg Morton, 510 Van Buren Street, urged the City Council to have the courage to end discrimination in the City. She noted that many children in the civil rights movement had faced attack dogs and hostile police to gain their rights. She added that others had been jailed or assassinated. She reiterated her hope that the council would have the courage to end discrimination in the community. Ruth Wren, 1285 McLean Boulevard, said racism was present in Eugene in many forms. She stressed the importance of working together to heal the community and make it respectful to everyone who lived there. Barbara Susman, 2175 Adams Street, raised concern over Eugene's history of racism. She urged the council to do the right thing. She said the time to affect change was obviously now. Leslie Brockelbank, 1527 West 25th Avenue, reiterated Mr. Luvert's concern over City processes. She said the community had made it easy for the council to make a decision. She asked the council to respect the process that was begun and completed by a resourceful, intelligent, and thoughtful group of people. She stressed that the result of that process would not cost the City any money. David Hinkley, 1350 Lawrence Street, raised concern over the number of public hearings on the night's agenda. He quipped that while some of the evenings procedures were quasi-judicial, the process was a political one and the council had a problem to deal with. Scott Bartlett, 1445 East 21st Avenue, urged the council to not make promises that it could not keep. He suggested that the councilors who were interested in a statue of Dr. King help find private donations to pay for such a statue. Dr. Bob Bolden, 1925 Dufwood Drive, raised concern that the council was deviating from its own processes and was thereby being insulting and offensive to the people involved in the process it had begun and seen completed. Lawrence Birch, PO Box 50132, raised concern over racism in the community. He urged the council to do the right thing because the people were watching. Ruth Koenig, 1204 West 28th Avenue, urged the councilors to look into their heads and examine how they had reached out to people of color. She urged the council to do what the people of the City wanted. MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 9, 2003 Page 2 Regular Session