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had the capacity and the infrastructure already built to accommodate a new hospital and its future expansions. Ms. Loobey said that 4J's Strategic Facilities Planning Committee would not finish its report to the district before September and neither she nor the district superintendent intended to preempt the committee's work. She said that it could be some time in October before the school board decided what it wanted to do with its undeveloped assets. Douglass Newton, 147 Cross Place, urged the council to reconsider recommendations made by the National Center for Safe Courts (NCSC), and discussed during the charter review process: municipal judges elected through the election process and the creation of an internal prosecutors office. Mr. Newton cited the City of Salem as an example of how elected municipal judges worked effectively for less than one third of the budget of Eugene's court. He added that Salem's court also worked with less than half the employees. Mr. Newton opined that the council had expanded the role of Eugene's municipal court beyond that of a traffic court and well beyond the professional and ethical qualifications of those hired to preside over it. He added that pettiness and incompetence were trademarks of Eugene City government and called for the council to restore integrity and accountability to that branch of City government. Nick Urhausen, 2858 Warren Street, expressed concern over the development policies used by the City of Eugene and opined that those with political connections were the people allowed to develop within the city. He opined that the City Council was acting on its own agenda to force PeaceHealth to move to Springfield because Sacred Head Hospital would not provide abortions. Judi Greig, 2043 Smith Oak Street, spoke as the Founding Secretary of Veteran's Industries of Oregon. She asked the council to waive the police fee for the Veteran's Day Parade in Eugene. Misha Seymour, 1313 Lincoln Street, questioned the policy of starting City Council meetings at 8 p.m. and opined that this was to discourage people from providing public input. He stressed the importance of providing better information to the public regarding public forums. Mr. Seymour also raised concern over the security presence at the Eugene Public Library which he opined was there to harass citizens away from a public building. Stacie Mount, 2840 Grand Cayman Drive, urged the council not to make a decision on the Peace Health issue at its Wednesday work session because it did not have full knowledge of the traffic impacts that such a development would bring to the area. She opined that putting the hospital at the Crescent Drive location would be unhealthy growth for the area and raised concerns over the possible condemnations of property the council would have to approve to allow the development. Dan Herbert, 1913 Potter Street, stressed the need to get more data before making any decision on the location of the proposed new hospital. He added that the council should be seeking substantial public involvement on the issue. He urged the council not to make a decision until all of the information was in. MINUTES--Eugene City Council August 6, 2001 Page 2 Regular Meeting