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Meg Trendler, 735 West 23rd Avenue, raised concern over the parking issue between WISTEC and the University of Oregon. She called for approval of the code amendment without naming a site for the transit station and said that WISTEC would have to close if it lost its parking revenues. Jan Savelich, 1452 Luella Street, spoke against the City Manager's decision on Christmas trees. She said that the decision missed "a balance of tolerance" in the community. Sam Miller, 3422 Videra Drive, spoke as a member of the WISTEC Board of Directors. He urged the council to come to a development decision that did not hurt WISTEC. He commented that education was at the heart of the problems in the community and added that WISTEC was a place where every member of a family could go and learn. Betsy Halpern, 3990 Blanton Road, stated that WISTEC would close if the University of Oregon proposal was passed by the City Council. She remarked that a transit station could be placed in other locations than the parking lot used by WISTEC and added that passage of the University's version of the plan would send a bad message to children that sporting events meant more to the community than their education. Kevin Burgess, 30984 Fox Hollow Road, spoke as a WISTEC board member. He stated that WISTEC would close if parking revenue was taken away by the City Council and a transit station built in place of the parking lot that WISTEC patrons used. Para Whyte, 10 Monroe Street, spoke as a member of the WISTEC Board of Directors. She raised concern over WISTEC's perilous future and stated that the parking revenue that WISTEC received kept it from closing. She urged the council to find an alternate spot for the transit station proposed by the University of Oregon. Mark Baldwin, 2167 Kincaid Street, raised concern over the Citizen Charter Review Committee selection process. He opined that Councilor Pap~ had a conflict of interest in the selection process, due to his financial interest in SaniPac, which had a contract with the City of Eugene. He stressed that he was not calling the integrity of Councilor Pap~ into question, but wanted to eliminate even the question of a conflict of interest. He called for Councilor Pap~ to recuse himself from the selection process. Melvin Cahill, University of Oregon, spoke against the City Manager's decision regarding Christmas trees. He called it a misguided policy of exclusion. Kevin Hornbuckle, 375 Adams Street, raised concern over the selection process of the Citizen Charter Review Committee. He requested that Councilor Pap~ recuse himself from the appointment process for the committee. He said that one of the applicants, John Arnold, was a partner in a firm that did work for Councilor Papa's firm. Mr. Hornbuckle opined that Councilor Papa's seat on the council was not legal and raised the question that his appointments to the Citizen Charter Review Committee would taint the process by trying to legalize his own position on the council. Mr. Hornbuckle requested that the council allocate funding for the Citizen Charter Review Committee to hire its own legal representation since one of its decisions was to decide whether the council had the right to hire and fire its legal counsel. MINUTES--Eugene City Council December 11, 2000 Page 2 Regular Meeting