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Bob Melenic, 2200 Centennial Boulevard, stated that graffiti was a disease that spreads. He said it was the property owners' responsibility to abate graffiti, and suggested that the City offer educational programs on how to abate the problem. He also suggested harsher penalties for taggers. Timothy Larkins, 4055 Lanton Avenue, suggested a rebate program for security devices installed by businesses. James Kovack, 60 West 22nd Avenue, suggested making examples out of the few people who were actually caught tagging. Brian Symonitch, 208 East 2nd Avenue, raised concerns about penalizing business for untimely graffiti abatement when the City had long delays for its own abatement projects. He suggested an educational program on abatement be distributed to businesses around the City. Alicia Schick, 2154 Escalante Street, called for harsher penalties for taggers and an effort by the City to make graffiti abatement a community-wide effort. Dave Hauser, 2168 Elkhorn Drive, stated that the community as a whole should address the graffiti problem. Marshall Kirkpatrick, representing the Anarchist Action Collective, asked the councilors to examine the psychology of graffiti artists. He called for the creation of a free graffiti wall for the city. Mac McFadden, 575 Knapp Lane, stressed prevention rather than abatement. He suggested a plan of placing homeless car campers at problem sites. He opined that the car campers would be highly motivated and the graffiti problems would disappear. Richard Crawford, PO Box 11341, called for the creation of a free graffiti wall in Eugene. He also suggested the City circulate information on paint-resistant coatings for buildings. Chester Pietka, 1330 Lincoln Street, complained of getting no help from the City for the multiple times he has been tagged. He suggested establishing a curfew. Jeff Perry, 298 Bethel Drive, called for a free graffiti wall for the city. Scott Robins, 3755 Emerald Street, reiterated Mr. Perry's comments regarding a free wall and complained about the lack of enforcement and follow-up by the Eugene Police Department. Lloyd Lewis, 2977 Dry Creek Road, complained of no police interest on the subject and a lack of police follow up on complaints. David Hinkley, 1308 Jefferson Street, suggested a FireMed type program for graffiti abatement where businesses would pay a yearly fee and receive abatement service. He added that jail time for taggers was meaningless since they were usually matrixed out. Councilor Kelly thanked citizens who stayed until the late hour to testify on the graffiti problem. He agreed that fining business for untimely abatement would not work. MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 14, 1999 Page 9 7:30 p.m.