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officers "crawling in through people's windows" to cite them with an MIP citation, which was not an arrestable offense. She expressed her concern that officers were entering through windows, without warrants, to cite MIPs. Ms. Koleszar said that there was already accountability built into the state laws and municipal ordinances that stated that minors were not supposed to have, or be furnished with alcohol. She said that there were already penalties for these offenses. She said that the ordinance completely ignored State and municipal ordinances already on the books and tried to penalize nominal offenses even more greatly. Ms. Koleszar called for assurances from the City Council that the proposed ordinance would apply to other events and locations in the City besides student parties on campus that also generated frequent violations of the proposed ordinance, as it was currently written. She cited the Eugene Celebration as an example. Brian Fahs, 640 East 15th Avenue, said that the proposed ordinance criminalized young people. He said that it was reactionary and extreme. He raised concern that police showed up in mass numbers, sometimes as many as the people actually attending the party, and opined that the police were inventing complaints to respond to. Mr. Fahs said that there were many more important things for the City to focus its time, money and effort on. He opined that the ordinance would hurt the reputations of the City and the University of Oregon since it would give the University a "criminalized" reputation. Mr. Fahs said that the ordinance wording was too broad and the penalties it proposed were too extreme and would make already poor students have even more financial difficulties. John Brown, 1260 Charnelton Street, stated for the record that he was speaking his own opinion and not representing any group. He raised concern that public land was exempt from the ordinance. He commented that if the ordinance was appropriate for the private sector, it was also appropriate for the public sector. Bruce Miller, PO Box 50968, Eugene, called for a delayed decision on the ordinance until citizens had been notified of both proposed ordinances. He opined that the hearing should have been held at on the University campus so that public turnout would have been greater. Genoa Ingrain, 13260 Buena Vista Road, spoke as a representative of the Multi Family Housing Council of Oregon. She said that the proposed ordinance struck a balance with the property owner by providing notification of a nuisance. lan Berg, 505 East 17th Avenue, urged a no vote on the proposed ordinance. He said that 10 people did not represent a significant gathering and two events in 90 days did not constitute a frequent occurrence. He said that the ordinance would worsen relations between students and the police. He related how he had been at small parties where police had blocked the doors and not allowed people to leave. He stressed that just charging students more money was not an answer to the problem. Joel Weber, 1018 Hilyard Street, commented that the ordinance singled out students. He urged the council to be proactive instead of being financially punitive. MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 10, 2000 Page 7 Regular Meeting