Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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transition services promised were provided and the homeless were instead dispersed. He suggested that the City cynically broke the group into smaller units so when dispersed it was easier to handle. Maria Jenkins , 96939 Prairie Road, reiterated past testimony about her family’s encounter with the police, which resulted in her arrest and the arrest of her son and asked the council to become involved. Teresa Bishow , 2911 Tennyson Road, Suite 400, represented Arlie and Company. She supported Resolution 5051 pertaining to the Veterans Clinic. She said that Arlie and Company believed the resolution offered the City a clear and simple way to clarify its code interpretation without the legislative gymnastics that hindered the draft code amendment. Arlie and Company supported the City’s attempt to clarify that a Veterans Administration Clinic was permitted on land zoned I-1, Campus Industrial, and supported the City’s effort to provide assurance to the Veterans Administration that it had land suitable for a new outpatient clinic. The resolution safeguarded the allowance of the Veterans Administration on non-industrially zoned land that permitted other medical health treatment facilities. She trusted the City to ensure the provision of concurrent public infrastructure. Steven Wilson , 4549 Souza Street, criticized Councilor Poling for failing to react favorably to the naked women who protested outside his house on Christmas Day. He criticized Councilor Poling’s opposition to the allowance of warming fires at the Occupy Eugene encampment. Alley Valkyrie , 1760 Olive Street, also criticized Councilor Poling for his reaction to trespass at his house on Christmas Day and for characterizing the Occupy Eugene protesters as terrorists. She defended the protest by saying protest at the houses of elected officials was a time-honored American tradition and that Councilor Poling made a decision that offended and affected many people. Dan Liev , 174 West K Street, Springfield, criticized the council for its decision to end the Occupy Eugene encampment and for not doing enough for the homeless. He encouraged the councilors to join their Occupy Eugene constituents to try for solutions that transcended the limits of money and political reality. John Monroe , 1760 Olive Street, concurred with previous speakers regarding the Occupy Eugene encampment. He said the homeless were capable of taking leadership roles and helping themselves and those around them. He averred that the homeless had moved out of town for fear of reprisals from the police and Occupy Eugene had lost the opportunity to assist them. He questioned the current hierarchal approach to service delivery. He spoke of a person who had been homeless for 15 years yet managed to run the Occupy Eugene kitchen successfully and suggested he was just one of many examples of the homeless finding success at Occupy Eugene. Michael Gannon , PO Box 10324, Eugene, 97440, discussed the importance of salmon to the Northwest, particularly to native peoples, explorers, and early settlers. He asked the City Council for support and to talk to his organization’s lobbyist about salmon and the bottle bill. Maggie advocated for more public funding for housing and health care and called for collaboration to determine how to house people more humanely and efficiently. She asserted that the directors of agencies such as United Way and St. Vincent de Paul were paid millions of dollars that could instead be spent on housing for the homeless. She advocated for the warming centers to be open before temperatures reached the freezing point. Johnny Lake , 650 Harlow Road, Springfield, asserted he was racially profiled by the Eugene police on a regular basis because of his race. He said people made judgments based on appearance all the time, and MINUTES—Eugene City Council January 9, 2012 Page 3 Regular Meeting