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MINUTES Eugene City Council Council Chamber--777 Pearl Street June 22, 1998 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Bobby Lee, Pat Fart, Ken Tollenaar, Nancy Nathanson, Tim Laue, Scott Meisner, Laurie Swanson Gribskov, Betty Taylor, Bobby Lee.. I. PUBLIC FORUM Mr. Torrey said that the council would abide by its policy, adopted in December 1997, related to the public forum and other public hearings. He reviewed the policy in question. Nick Anton, 512 Minnesota Lane, addressed the council about an ongoing situation on Honeysuckle Lane at a house owned by his parents. He was very upset by the way the City had addressed that situation. Mr. Anton said that his father did not understand the situation and the civil penalties imposed by the City continued to mount. He maintained that his family was about to lose the house because of the City regulations and the escalating tensions with adjacent neighbors. He asked the council to appoint someone to work with him. Steve "Faddah" Wolf, 520 West 13th Avenue, expressed his belief that government was judged by how it treated its poorest citizens, including downtown youth. He did not accept that the downtown mall curfew and exclusion ordinance was intended to protect youth from adult predators, but was willing to work within the system. Mr. Wolf said that some of the council members needed to drop their adversarial position against the youth downtown. He recommended the council read Instructions to the Cook by Bernard Glassman, published by Random House. Lawrence Hamblin, 780 Club Way, represented the Oregon Track Club. He said that his organization was working with the City and the Oregon Department of Transportation (©D©T) to get Pre's Rock transferred to City ownership. He said that an individual had come forward with an offer to buy the ©D©T property and transfer it to Eugene. He urged the council to work with that individual to determine if there were funds available to maintain the property. Clifford Shirley, 17589 South Pacific Highway, Portland, said that on behalf of his wife and himself, the Oregon Track Club, and the Prefontaine family, he had made an offer to purchase the property on which Pre's Rock stood and to donate to the City with no strings attached. He noted that he had discussed the subject with City Manager Jim Johnson. Mr. Shirley said that he would like to see something done at the site to accommodate off-street parking. He said that he was willing to donate toward that purpose too. Nick Urhausen, 2858 Lawrence Street, asked the council to consider dropping the City Manager form of government and instituting a system of paid City Councilors and Mayor. He believed in MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 22, 1998 Page 1 7:30 p.m.