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F. Local businesses donated materials and services for the Celebration of Life planning effort and events. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, a Municipal Corporation of the State of Oregon, as follows: Section 1 . The City of Eugene extends its gratitude and appreciation to the Oregon State Fire Marshal, the University of Oregon, Lane Transit District, Eugene Water & Electric Board, City of Springfield, Lane County, Oregon Department of Transportation, the Red Cross and participating law enforcement agencies for contributing thousands of hours assisting the City of Eugene plan the Celebration of Life event and motorcade procession, donating the use of Matthew Knight Arena, and providing staff to carry out the events. Section 2 . The City of Eugene extends its gratitude and appreciation to participating law enforcement agencies for donating law enforcement personnel to patrol Eugene and respond to calls so that Eugene Police personnel could attend the events honoring Officer Kilcullen, and also to the agencies who participated in the honor guard. Section 3 . The City of Eugene extends its gratitude and appreciation to intergovernmental partners and businesses for contributing time, money and resources to assist the City in paying tribute to Officer Kilcullen. Councilor Taylor, seconded by Councilor Brown, moved to adopt Resolution 5033 pronouncing appreciation to the communities, agencies, and businesses that assisted the City of Eugene with events honoring fallen Eugene Police Officer Chris Kilcullen. Roll call vote: The motion passed unanimously, 8:0. 2. PUBLIC FORUM Mayor Piercy reviewed the rules of the Public Forum. She opened the forum. Bob Richards , 2893 Timberline Drive, Executive Director of Willamette Family Center, advocated for the restoration of funding for the sobering services at Buckley Center. He acknowledged the financial challenges facing local government but emphasized how critical the sobering services were to law enforcement. He pointed out the two CAHOOTS vans would have nowhere to take intoxicated individuals but the emergency rooms at a much larger cost to the public. He urged the City Council to communicate with the Lane Board of County Commissioners to discuss potential solutions. th Mark Brewer , 4284 West 7 Avenue, project manager for Essex General Construction, spoke in support of the Paradigm on Pearl application for the Multi-Unit Property Tax Exemption (MUPTE). He noted the positive impact of construction spending on the local economy. He spoke of other local projects made possible by the MUPTE and hoped the council supported the application. He said his firm was local and hired locally. The money generated by the project would remain in the local economy. It would directly and indirectly employ hundreds of people. He spoke of the pride those involved with the project felt and described some of its features. He believed the project was appropriate for Eugene. Eli Volem , 2695 Madison Street, representing the firm Earth Advantage, which provided third-party certifications for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) structures, emphasized that the planning for the Paradigm on Pearl project had occurred with a LEED focus. He said that the project might be built without the MUPTE but he doubted it because of the cost of the additional features that MINUTES—Eugene City Council May 9, 2011 Page 2 Regular Meeting