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<br />ATTACHMENT C <br />M I N U T E S <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />Council Chamber—City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon <br /> <br />January 23, 2012 <br />7:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Brown, Pat Farr, Betty Taylor, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, <br />Mike Clark, Chris Pryor, Alan Zelenka. <br /> <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the January 23, 2012, regular meeting of the Eugene City Council <br />to order. <br /> <br />1. PUBLIC FORUM <br /> <br />Ariana Fancher <br />, Ward 6, supported revisions to the City Code that allowed residents to raise goats <br />inside the city limits. She spoke of the values of goats, including their use for food production, which <br />allowed for sustenance and self-reliance. <br /> <br />Alexandra Rempler <br />, Ward 2, spoke of the many United States communities that allowed goat-keeping. <br />Those communities administered codes that prohibited noise, excessive odors, and goats at large, as well <br />as unsanitary conditions that attracted insects by limiting goat numbers to 2-3 per residential lots. In <br />addition many codes required goats to be dehorned and male goats to be neutered and provided for <br />setbacks. In addition, many cities required goats to be licensed. Ms. Rempler particularly commended <br />Seattle’s ordinance to the council. <br /> <br />Genie Harden <br />, 85240 Chezem Road, also supported code changes that would allow for urban goats. She <br />asked the council to hold a work session as soon as possible to allow residents to keep goats as soon as <br />possible. She spoke of the many benefits of goats and submitted pages 88-89 of the City of Eugene Food <br />Security Resource and Scoping Plan, which include the plan’s recommendations for changes to Eugene <br />Code 9.5250 to expand the ability of citizens to engage in microlivestock husbandry. <br /> <br />Carla Newbre <br />, Ward 1, expressed regret for recent testimony in the public forum aimed at Councilor <br />Poling and said she had shared her strong disapproval with the individual in question, who was not <br />affiliated with Occupy Eugene and who was unknown to the group’s members. She spoke of her work as <br />a peacekeeper at that day’s “Ninja March” and said she had offered people peace, love, and happiness or <br />chocolate money; many people accepted the peace, love, and happiness. She wished the council peace, <br />love, happiness, health, and abundance. <br /> <br />Joe Tyndal <br />, Ward 7, agreed with Ms. Newbre’s remarks about the testimony directed at Councilor Poling <br />and suggested the individual in question may have been an agent provocateur. He suggested the council <br />investigate what he termed “the maneuvering” that led to the Occupy Eugene encampment being shut <br />down. He doubted the police’s accounts of Molotov cocktails and outdoor sex. He suggested the police <br />had dumped troublemakers on the site and that Occupy Eugene and the council were “played” by factions <br />manufacturing a case they could not win on its merits. Mr. Tyndal invited Councilor Poling to participate <br />in a discussion with Jean Stacey on an Occupy Eugene broadcast. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council January 23, 2012 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />