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RESOLUTION NO. ______ <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION PRONOUNCING APPRECIATION TO THE COMMUNITIES, <br />AGENCIES, AND BUSINESSES THAT ASSISTED THE CITY OF EUGENE WITH <br />EVENTS HONORING FALLEN EUGENE POLICE OFFICER CHRIS KILCULLEN. <br /> <br /> The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: <br /> <br />A. <br /> <br />On April 22, 2011, Eugene Police Officer Chris Kilcullen tragically lost his life in the line of duty. Many <br />communities, agencies, and businesses contributed resources to City of Eugene to assist in paying tribute to Officer <br />Kilcullen. The City of Eugene wishes to express its gratitude for those contributions. <br /> <br />B. <br /> The Oregon State Fire Marshal provided an expert Incident Management Team, comprised of members <br />from fire service agencies throughout the state, for comprehensive planning and operations support of the motorcade <br />procession and Celebration of Life event. <br /> <br />C. <br /> The University of Oregon provided use of the Matthew Knight Arena and personnel for planning and <br />implementation of the Celebration of Life event and motorcade procession, including event production and parking <br />services. <br /> <br />D. <br /> The Lane Transit District, Eugene Water & Electric Board, Oregon Pacific Red Cross, City of <br />Springfield, Lane County, Oregon Department of Transportation, Oregon State Police, Lane County Sheriff, and Federal <br />law enforcement agencies all helped plan the Celebration of Life event and motorcade procession, and supplied resources <br />for implementing the events, including free shuttle service provided by Lane Transit District. <br /> <br />E. <br /> Police agencies from Lane County, Springfield, Portland, Cottage Grove, Florence, Junction City, Salem, <br />and the Oregon State Police volunteered police personnel to keep the city safe and provide services during the Celebration <br />of Life event and motorcade procession so that Eugene Police personnel could fully participate in the events. More than <br />200 honor guard members participated in the honor guard at the Celebration of Life. <br /> <br />F. <br /> Local businesses donated materials and services for the Celebration of Life planning effort and events. <br /> <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, <br />a Municipal Corporation of the State of Oregon, as follows: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Section 1 <br />. The City of Eugene extends its gratitude and appreciation to the Oregon State Fire Marshal, the <br />University of Oregon, Lane Transit District, Eugene Water & Electric Board, City of Springfield, Lane County, Oregon <br />Department of Transportation, the Red Cross and participating law enforcement agencies for contributing thousands of <br />hours assisting the City of Eugene plan the Celebration of Life event and motorcade procession, donating the use of <br />Matthew Knight Arena, and providing staff to carry out the events. <br /> <br />Section 2 <br /> . The City of Eugene extends its gratitude and appreciation to participating law enforcement agencies <br />for donating law enforcement personnel to patrol Eugene and respond to calls so that Eugene Police personnel could attend <br />the events honoring Officer Kilcullen, and also to the agencies who participated in the honor guard. <br /> <br />Section 3 <br />. The City of Eugene extends its gratitude and appreciation to intergovernmental partners and <br />businesses for contributing time, money and resources to assist the City in paying tribute to Officer Kilcullen. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> The foregoing Resolution adopted the _____ day <br /> of May, 2011. <br /> <br /> ________________________ <br />City Recorder <br /> <br /> <br />