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develop a probable cause arrest, and issue a citation for the crime independent of the EPD. Mayor Piercy closed the public hearing and called on the Eugene Police Department for its position. Lieutenant Richard Stronach said the department supported the ordinance. It would result in time savings for both agencies. He described a typical arrest and noted the redundancies that currently existed in the system. Mr. Brown asked why the City did not act in 2009 when it granted expanded authority to issue citations to the UODPS. Lt. Stronach said the proposed changes were identified later as an oversight. Mr. Brown determined from Lt. Stronach that an EPD officer would still be needed to respond to the campus if a person had to be lodged in jail. Speaking to the example used by Lt. Stronach, which involved a laptop stolen off-campus, Mr. Brown said it appeared that under the ordinance, such thefts must occur on property in the control of the University of Oregon for the ordinance to be effective. Lt. Stronach acknowledged that his example might not have been the most appropriate one to illustrate the benefits of the ordinance. He anticipated that the department would partner with UODPS to work through ordinance implementation issues. Responding to a question from Mr. Zelenka, Lt. Stronach described how the ordinance would work and distinguished violations from the probable cause situations related to crimes that could result in the issuance of a citation by a UODPS officer. Mayor Piercy asked what recourse one had if one thought they were incorrectly cited by UODPS. Lt. Stronach said that person had recourse to the judgment of the court. Mayor Piercy adjourned the meeting of the Eugene City Council at 7:47 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Beth Forrest City Recorder (Recorded by Kimberly Young) MINUTES—City Council October 18, 2010 Page 2 Public Hearing