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Erica Hovet, 875 West 38th Avenue, spoke against the proposed emergency ordinance. She said that she had been a resident of Eugene since 1966 and this was the first time she wanted to flee the city. She called for alternate methods than the proposed ordinance. Nick Routledge, East Blair Housing Co-op, spoke against the proposed ordinance. He called the proposed ordinance an obscenity and said it went contrary to the laws of God. Ken Klein, 217 Sally Way, raised concerns over the wording of the ordinance. He also raised concern over the abuse to human rights that passage of the ordinance might cause. Misha Seymour, 1313 Lincoln Street, spoke against the ordinance. He raised concern over the abuse of human rights that passage of the ordinance might cause. Patricia Binder, 10 Crest Drive, spoke against the proposed ordinance. She urged the City Council to come up with better solutions in case of a disaster. She said that she felt that the City Council was at war with young people. Randy Shadowalker, Whiteaker Neighborhood, spoke against the ordinance. He commented that by passing the proposed ordinance the City Council would make his life as an activist that much easier. He raised concern over giving power to a person that was not elected. David Hinkley, 1308 Jefferson Street, spoke against the ordinance. He believed that it granted too much power to one person. He noted that there were no checks and balances on the person in charge and that the wording of the ordinance treated all disasters the same. He stated that the City Council oversight of the emergency code enforcement was an illusion because the council could only act if there was a quorum. He then suggested a two-man rule in making decisions about declaring a state of emergency. He submitted more suggestions to the council in writing. Sarah Heaton, 549 West Broadway, spoke against the proposed ordinance. She urged the City Council to let the people declare a state of emergency. Nicola Calvert, 549 West Broadway, spoke against the proposed ordinance. She said that the proposed ordinance was martial law and that it was a pathetic and sad response in the eleventh hour to Y2K. She opined that people would respond to the needs of their community if they felt that they lived in a community. Mark Rabinowitz, 2423 Friendly Street, raised concerns over the ordinance regarding confiscations by an unelected city manager. He noted that there was not a legal way to dispute decisions made under the ordinance. He commented that local laws cannot suspend federal laws and that it was hard to erase vandalism of democracy. Bob Podolsky, 2325 Riverview Street, spoke against the ordinance. He called the proposed ordinance deeply flawed. He commented that ethical ends cannot be reached by unethical means. Kathy Ging, 2878 Terrace Street, spoke against the proposed ordinance. She asked if the City Councilors wanted to go down in history as the suspenders of civil liberty in Eugene. She questioned the City's motives in proposing the emergency ordinance. MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 26, 1999 Page 9 7:30 p.m.