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the remarks of previous speakers regarding the need to remove the curfew at Broadway Plaza, which he <br />thought unreasonable and deserving of further examination. <br /> <br />Majeska Seese-Green, 549 Van Buren Street, represented the Whitaker Community Council's Police <br />Issues Committee, which had been involved in the community coalition. She expressed appreciation for <br />the opportunity to work through issues with the chief and the department. She agreed with other speakers <br />about the curfew at Broadway Plaza. She said the curfew related to the issue of profiling as one could <br />imagine who the curfew would be enforced against, suggesting that a person's age, appearance, and socio- <br />economic class would be factors. Ms. Seese-Green asked the curfew be removed from the ordinance. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey closed the public hearing. He called for council questions and comments. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly thanked those testifying and thanked the community coalition, Police Department staff, and <br />Chief Lehner for their work. He said it appeared from the language in the ordinance that it would be <br />illegal to stand on the Broadway Plaza at midnight but it would be legal to stand at the corner of <br />Willamette Street and Broadway at the same time. He asked what the police perceived as the public safety <br />difference between those hanging out on the plaza as opposed to those "hanging out" on the corner. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor was pleased by many of the changes being proposed and encouraged that Chief Lehner was <br />working to make the ordinance more reasonable. She supported the elimination of the curfew and asked <br />that a motion be prepared to that effect when the council took action on the ordinance. She also indicated <br />opposition to the fines included in the ordinance but thought that concern might be addressed by the <br />removal of the curfew. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap~ did not interpret the prohibition on being in the area in question as a curfew. City Attorney <br />Glenn Klein indicated he would address that issue in the staff response. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap6 referred to Section 3.344(2)(a)(1) of the ordinance, which was related to the items to be sold in <br />downtown, and asked if the City had a standard for what could be sold. Mr. Klein indicated he would also <br />answer that as part of the staff response. <br /> <br /> Ms. Bettman also thanked the community coalition, Chief Lehner, and department staff. She thought the <br /> coalition effort a good model for other issues and believed it had produced a better ordinance. She <br /> supported the City's current neighborhood parks curfew as it made the parks safer, and the curfew was <br /> generally supported by residents. However, because of the many entertainment venues downtown and the <br /> City's hopes for increased housing there, she suggested the curfew on the plaza could be extended to 1 <br /> a.m. She asked staff to discuss in the staff response whether that was a workable compromise. <br /> <br /> Mayor Torrey wanted to know if the City's concern about security on the plaza related to the dark corners <br /> there, and suggested it was better to light those corners than to institute a curfew that many might find <br /> confusing. Mr. Taylor indicated he would follow up in the staff response. <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 10, 2004 Page 9 <br /> Regular Meeting <br /> <br /> <br />