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DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE <br />CONCERNING THE DOWNTOWN MALL; AMENDING THE SUNSET PROVISIONS <br />OF SECTION 2 OF ORDINANCE 20121; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY <br /> <br />Chief Hill provided the staff introduction. He said that the ordinances, which closed the <br />mall during the night time hours and provided for the exclusion of individuals violating <br />the law on the mall, were passed by the council the previous summer and had sunset <br />provisions that expired on March 31, 1999. Chief Hill said that responses to the <br />questions asked by the council during the work sessions and following the public <br />hearing had been prepared by staff. He said that staff did not believe that the <br />ordinances by themselves were the solution to the mall's problems. There were both <br />social and environmental problems on the mall, and staff believed the ordinances were <br />a short-term, stop-gap approach to some of those problems. Chief Hill assured the <br />council the department continued to work with social services providers, private <br />businesses, and other affected stakeholders to address some of those larger issues. <br />He said that the department would also work on issues of displacement where they <br />Occur. <br /> <br />Mr. Johnson announced that the council would consider Council Bill 4680, adoption of <br />an ordinance concerning the downtown mall, amending Section 4.680 of the Eugene <br />Code, 1971; amending the sunset provision of Section 3 of Ordinance No. 20122; and <br />declaring an emergency. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner moved, seconded by Ms. Nathanson, that Council Bill 4680, with <br />unanimous consent of the council, be read the second time by council bill number only, <br />and that enactment be considered at this time. Roll call vote. The motion was adopted <br />unanimously, 8:0. <br /> <br />Mr. Johnson announced that the council would consider Council Bill 4680 by number <br />only. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner moved, seconded by Ms. Nathanson, that Council Bill 4680 be approved <br />and given final passage. Roll call vote. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor did not support extending the mall closure ordinance, saying that public <br />places should be open to the public. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner said that he had received several calls from senior citizens who supported <br />the mall closure as part of the solution to some of the problems downtown. He agreed <br />that neither ordinance was the solution but were a factor in improved conditions on the <br />mall. He said that he had received no complaints about the ordinances and believed <br />the questions raised were resolved. He noted that the council would review the <br />ordinances again. <br /> <br />Mr. Farr regretted that the acts of a few had implications for the movement of so many <br />people. <br /> <br />The motion passed, 6:2, and became Ordinance 21049. Mr. Lee and Ms. Taylor voted <br />no. <br /> <br />Mr. Johnson announced that the council would consider Council Bill 4684, adoption of <br />an ordinance concerning the downtown mall, amending the sunset provision of Section <br />2 of Ordinance No. 20121; and declaring an emergency. <br /> <br /> <br />