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MINUTES Eugene City Council Council Chamber--City Hall October 26, 1998 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Pat Farr, Tim Laue, Bobby Lee, Scott Meisner, Nancy Nathanson, Laurie Swanson Gribskov, Betty Taylor, Ken Tollenaar. Mayor Jim Torrey called the adjourned October 21, 1998, meeting of the Eugene City Council to order at 7:35 p.m. 1. PUBLIC FORUM Mayor Torrey reviewed guidelines for participating in the Public Forum. Robert Bury, 4090 Stewart Road, stated that he wished to express a concern regarding the closure of Stewart Road. He referred to a petition of area residents and a letter objecting to the closure which he said he had previously submitted to members of the council. He said he objected to the adequacy of the process used to notify and involve citizens in the decision regarding the closure. He reported that a number of fires had taken pace in the area in the previous year and that, if Stewart Road had been closed, evacuation routes would have been blocked. He suggested that the closure was "politically expedient, but not wise." He stated that he planned to file an appeal of the administrative decision involved in the closure. Eleanor Mulder, 2775 Emerald Street, stated that she represented the Steering Committee of the Library Now! political action committee supporting the Four-Year Library Operations Serial Levy. She said that fund raising, volunteer recruitment, information distribution, and media campaigns for the levy were more successful than anticipated. She expressed appreciation to the council for having placed the measure on the ballot and said she anticipated that it would be approved by voters. Casey Kolendar, 2117 Dakota Street, stated that she represented residents of the Bethel- Danebo Neighborhood who lived in the area of State Street Park. She described a recent increase in youth violence and requested support from the City Council to find a way to deal with it. Shelly Morgan, 2143 Dakota Street, described slow police response to a situation in the State Street Park area in which guns were involved. She said the incident resembled a gang fight and frightened many of her neighbors. She said residents had met with representatives of the police and received a commitment to be alert to potential incidents. She said that speeding was also a problem in the area. She asked the council to support neighbors seeking to "take back the park." MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 26, 1998 Page 1 7:30 p.m.