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<br /> <br />ATTACHMENT B <br />M I N U T E S <br /> <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br /> Council Chambers – City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon <br /> <br /> July 26, 2010 <br /> 7:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Brown, Mike Clark, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling via telephone, <br />Chris Pryor, Jennifer Solomon, Betty Taylor, Alan Zelenka. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: None. <br /> <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the Eugene City Council to order. <br /> <br />1. PUBLIC FORUM <br /> <br />John Brown, <br />101 East Broadway, Ward 5, stated his comments this evening were made on his behalf, and <br />not related to any board or commission position he currently held. He was a cold water advocate and had <br />promoted policies, practices and changes to protect that resource. He expressed concern that City staff <br />regularly blew sidewalk debris into the streets which eventually entered the river through the stormwater <br />system. He suggested finishing the job and picking up the debris or not doing it at all. He thanked <br />councilors for their efforts to make Eugene a wonderful city. Streets were being improved, the Eugene <br />Police Department (EPD) was moving to a safer facility, the parks and woodline trails were an asset, and <br />there was a process in place for respectful dialogue on future growth. He said the council had returned to <br />respectful dialogue that was being reinforced in the community. <br /> <br />Juan Carlos Valle, <br />Ward 2, said he was a member of the Eugene Police Commission and volunteered in <br />other venues in the city. He asked the City Council to support the hate crimes resolution for the following <br />reasons: the resolution meant a great deal to the community; the resolution was needed to reduce hate <br />crimes by addressing hate-motivated behavior and promote tolerance in the community; this was an <br />overdue stand the community needed to take. He reviewed hate crime history from 2000 through 2003, <br />across the United States (USA). He noted African-Americans and Latinos were most likely to be hate <br />crime victims. <br /> <br />Marie Cruet, <br />Ward 1, was representing the City of Eugene Human Rights Commission (HRC). She said <br />the HRC recognized the country was comprised of native people and immigrants. HRC respected the due <br />process protections all individuals in the USA received and supported policies that prohibited <br />discrimination based on race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation and disability. The HRC was <br />joining with Oregon’s Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, Oregon’s Commission on Hispanic Affairs, and other <br />organizations that condemned the Arizona State Legislature’s passage of Arizona SB 1070. The HRC <br />asked the City Council to publicly condemn SB 1070 and send a message to Arizona and any state that <br />enacted similar legislation. The HRC called for: a boycott of the State of Arizona, with immediate <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council July 26, 2010 Page 1 <br /> <br /> <br />