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have been used to provide free tuition for all of the University students. He guessed that having the “world’s <br />most expensive college arena for the Ducks” was more important than educating people. He alleged that the <br />City and County were asking the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) for “$100 million of our <br />money” to rebuild Franklin Boulevard to “help subsidize the arena.” He hoped they would find a better use <br />for that money. He asserted that the State and Federal governments were pushing for a <br />“bailout” for the highway construction industry. He believed that traffic levels on the nation’s highways had <br />peaked. He averred that Amtrak could go 124 miles per hour, but had to slow to 30 miles per hour to cross <br />a bridge in Junction City because the bridge was “decrepit and should be condemned.” He preferred to <br />spend money on “inner-city rail” than to spend it on “widening Interstate 5 between Canada and Mexico.” <br />He felt Portland’s model of government was a more democratic form of government. He added that the <br />Hood River prohibition on “big box stores” was more important now because it was important to fund local <br />businesses. <br /> <br />Pauline Hutson <br />, 1025 Taylor Street, said she was speaking on behalf of herself and not as a member of <br />3RT. She wished to address the issue of eminent domain in regard to the expansion of the Bus Rapid <br />Transit (BRT), the threat of which she believed to cause a devastating psychological impact. She asserted <br />that a senior official of Lane Transit District (LTD) had brought up eminent domain as one solution to <br />dealing with people who did not want to sell their property. She felt the senior staff had a “cavalier” attitude <br />about it. She did not think there would be a need to utilize eminent domain to take land because there were <br />ththth <br />several alternative routes, such as the combination of 6 and 7 Avenues and 7 Place. She thought the <br />passing of the expanded boundary for the Multiple Unit Property Tax Exemption (MUPTE) redevelopment <br />could coincide with LTD’s stated goal of expanding the BRT routes in connection with economic develop- <br />thth <br />ment. She believed that a proposal to use West 11 and West 13 Avenues as a route would be “the most <br />destructive, disruptive, astronomically expensive” choices with numerous complications. She thanked <br />Councilor Bettman for giving her time to the community. <br /> <br />Jozef Siekiel-Zdzienicki <br />, 1025 Taylor Street, thanked the councilors for their service to the community and <br />Councilor Bettman in particular. <br /> <br />rd <br />Josh Schlossberg <br />, 1765 East 43 Avenue, did not think the City of Eugene had a fully empowered and <br />functional police auditor at this time and that it should as soon as possible in order to follow the democratic <br />principles of government. He averred that a city “plagued by rapist cops, racist cops, and cops who had <br />repeatedly violated constitutional rights” could not have the luxury of making any compromises to its police <br />oversight. He said he had spent “half of [his] waking hours” for the past five years in efforts to create what <br />he believed to be “positive change in the world.” He asserted that his trust in elected officials at “every level <br />of government” had eroded. Nonetheless, he continued to try to encourage members of the public to <br />communicate their opinions on issues to the “powers that be.” He opined that the will of the “vast number” <br />of the public was ignored. He felt it would be “delusional” to “keep pretending” that most elected officials <br />valued and considered input from the public. He declared that a “few shining lights in the gloom” had kept <br />him from giving up on grassroots advocacy to encourage elected officials to create change and one of those <br />“shining lights” had been Councilor Bettman. He spoke glowingly about Councilor Bettman’s work and <br />thanked her. <br /> <br />Carol Berg-Caldwell <br />, 2510 Augusta Street, had been disappointed in the council vote against a motion <br />submitted by Councilor Bettman to hire a law firm outside of Eugene with “expertise in municipal law” to <br />guide the committee on external police review. She opined that the current firm that provided legal services <br />to the City had its “fingers in many pies.” She supported the establishment of inhouse legal services. She <br />asserted that the legal review provided by the City Attorney had made the external police review vulnerable <br />to attempts to undermine it. She declared that police misconduct trials at which the City Attorney had <br />represented the City, had cost the City “virtually millions” in settlements and legal fees. <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council December 8, 2008 Page 2 <br /> Regular Meeting <br />
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