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Councilor Meisner offered a correction to the June 11, 2001 minutes. On page 6, he noted that the recorded vote result had been 6:2, with himself and Councilor Pap~ voting in opposition. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously. III.PUBLIC HEARING: An Ordinance Concerning the Downtown Mall; Repealing the Sunset Provisions of Section 2 of Ordinance Number 20121 and Section 3 of Ordinance 20122; Repealing Ordinance Number 20149, Ordinance Number 20150, and Ordinance Number 20227; Amending Section 4.874 of the Eugene Code, 1971; and Providing an Immediate Effective Date Mayor Torrey opened the public hearing. Misha Seymour, 1313 Lincoln Street, said that a continuation and expansion of the Mall Exclusion Ordinance would be a "mean spirited policy." He urged that the council deal with things in a humane way. Mark Johnson, 1320 Inglewood Drive, said the ordinance was a good tool for police and urged support for the plan. Rachel Perkins, 838 West 4th Avenue, opined that the mall ordinance was unconstitutional. She said that the ordinance punished people for poverty and she urged the council not to expand it. She went on to say that if the council cared more about people than it did about business, it would eliminate the ordinance altogether, rather than expanding it. Russ Brink, 132 East Broadway, commented that the ordinance worked and did not target any specific part of the population. There being no further requests to speak, Mayor Torrey closed the public hearing. Councilor Kelly noted that the current exclusion ordinance included three blocks of Broadway. He raised concern that the proposed expansion would increase the exclusion area by a factor of four and commented that would not be a mall exclusion ordinance anymore. He raised concern over the precedent that this would set and suggested the council was "putting a band-aid" on a public service problem. MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 9, 2001 Page 4 Regular Session