Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Ms. Piercy closed the public hearing and thanked people for participating in the project. Ms. Ortiz acknowledged the attendance of Esther Stutzman, a tribal elder, and thanked her for attending tonight’s meeting. Mr. Poling thanked Mr. Lewis for his presentation. He wholeheartedly supported the naming of the bridge. He was pleased that the City was taking this action to honor people who came before us. Mr. Zelenka thanked Mr. Lewis and Ms. Stutzman for attending the meeting and committee members for spending time on the project. The bridge would be spectacular. Ms. Piercy suggested people take the book Oregon Geographic Names when they traveled around the state. 4. PUBLIC HEARING: An Ordinance Concerning Downtown Public Safety Zones; Amending Ordinance No. 20419 to Extend the Sunset Date and Deadline for Providing a Recommendation Regarding Continued Enforcement of the Ordinance; and Providing an Immediate Effective Date Mr. Ruiz said this public hearing concerned the extension of the sunset date and deadline for providing a recommendation regarding the Downtown Public Safety Zone Ordinance. The ordinance was scheduled to sunset on August 11, 2011. More time was needed to prepare and review the activity report, and to gather public input. An extension of the Police Commission’s recommendation by 30 days, and the ordinance sunset date by 150 days, was requested to allow the Downtown Public Safety Zone Code provisions to remain in effect until a thorough activity report could be prepared and a determination made as to whether to continue civil exclusions from the downtown area. Kimberly Gladen, 361 West Broadway, #4, lived in the downtown core. Since implementation of the ordinance she had not been threatened or had someone scream at her because she did not have money to give to them. The downtown felt quieter and safer for pedestrians. She supported extending the sunset date and gathering more information to make sure it was implemented fairly. There was a need to keep the predators and criminals out of the downtown core to help restore the economy. No one had the right to inappropriate behavior, which hurt the entire community. The boundaries needed to be expanded to Lawrence Street, Seventh Avenue and Eleventh Avenue, to prevent people buying liquor at the convenience stores located on Lawrence Street and Eleventh Avenue, and Lincoln Street and Seventh Avenue, getting young girls drunk and molesting them. Sexual predators and those teens who chronically sell drugs on the streets should also be banned from the downtown area. Arthur McCombs, 341 East Twelfth Avenue, had lived in the downtown area for 12 years. He was recently excluded from the downtown zone and was taking care of the original charge. He said police would abuse the law, it was unconstitutional, ineffective in reducing crime, discriminatory and cruel for minor crimes. The last few years Eugene had become less friendly, less free and less interesting. He was moving from Eugene and would no longer volunteer at local agencies. Melissa Mona , Ward One, was speaking as a private citizen. She had spent ten years advocating for equal rights, human rights, and civil rights for homeless, disadvantaged, and disabled people who tended to MINUTES—Eugene City Council July 26, 2010 Page 5