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experience with large patriotic symbols. She also described memorials which she had visited in other countries. John Wayne McCulloch, Post Office Box 25552, was not present when he was invited to speak. Jori Belcher, 1190 West 17th Avenue, stated that the public hearing held by the City Council regarding renewal of the ordinance that revised the camping ban had not included an amendment that changed the sunset date of the section related to sleeping on streets in industrially zoned areas. He said he believed a second public hearing was required to allow the public an opportunity to comment on the amendment. He said the amendment would force unacceptable behavior into residential areas, to which he was opposed. David Hinkley, 1308 Jefferson Street, said that he agreed with Mr. Belcher that the previous public hearing regarding renewal of the camping ban revision had assumed there would be either renewal of the entire ordinance or its repeal. He said he believed the ordinance should not be considered by the council in its amended form. Polly Nelson, Post Office Box 50426, stated that she represented the American Civil Liberty Union (ACLU) of Oregon. She said her organization believed council action on proposed ordinances related to the Eugene downtown mall should be postponed until appeal processes regarding a similar Portland ordinance were complete. She said her organization opposed the proposed exclusion ordinance because its sanction was imposed without due process of law. She said the ACLU was also concerned about the Eugene camping ban. She said that if the City continued the ban, it should provide shelter and other long-term solutions to the problem. Pat Fart, 5238 Sugarpine Circle, stated that he was speaking as a resident of the Bethel-Danebo area. He said citizens of that area regularly felt they received a lower level of service than those in other areas of the City. He said he believed progress in countering such an attitude was impaired by a recent article in The Register-Guard regarding construction of a new football stadium by the Eugene 4J School District. He said he hoped area media would improve in their efforts to include the Bethel-Danebo area in the City. John Hubbird, 888 West 8th Avenue, stated that he supported extension of the ordinance permitting camping in Eugene. He said the elements related to use of religious institution parking lots and resident backyards were working well. He said he believed businesses in industrially zoned areas had a responsibility for the homeless and that difficulties for them created by the ordinance could be corrected by establishing limited densities and other changes. Bob Roundly, 476 East Broadway, discussed philosophical concepts of law, constitutions, and amendments to constitutions. He said he believed all citizens should keep laws, the US Constitution, and justified amendments. Misha Seymour, 1313 Lincoln Street #306, referred to a recent area newspaper article which reported that the US Army had used nerve gas on defectors. He said the action was similar to proposed ordinances limiting access to the downtown mall. He expressed concern that public rest rooms in the Washington-Jefferson Park had no latch and suggested that such neglect violated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He also expressed concerns about objections to the effects of homeless camping and Enterprise Zone tax incentives provided to Hyundai Corporation, lighted tennis courts at Roosevelt Middle School, the lack of benches on MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 8, 1998 Page 2 7:30 p.m.