Item 4: Ordinance Encouraging Use of Reusable Bags

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Bag Ban Public Testimony 7/24/2012 – 9/17/2012 this includes not only exposed surfaces, but also objects in the environment" that could become contaminated and spread infection. In addition to thorough hand-washing, disinfecting affected areas with bleach-based solutions and dedicating bathrooms for use only by those who are sick are some practices that could limited outbreaks caused by such indirect contact, they suggest. Noroviruses -- "perhaps the perfect human pathogens," according to Hall -- are the leading cause of gastroenteritis in the U.S. They are responsible for more than 21 million illnesses, 70,000 hospitalizations and 800 deaths annually in this country alone. People can get norovirus illness throughout the year, but cases generally peak between December and February. © Food Safety News More Headlines from Foodborne Illness Investigations » 9/17/12: From: Louise Prevost ouisaine@gmail.com To: Eugene Mayor, City Council, and City Manager Subject: plastic bag proposal My name is Louise Prévost and I live at 265 W. 8th Avenue. I live in Councilor Browns ward. My family moved here in 1963. I grew up on Friendly street. This is my hometown. I presently live in the downtown exclusion zone, in Westtown on 8th. I also work downtown -I am self employed and work out of my apartment; I am a vendor at Saturday Market and sometimes the Tuesday Farmers Market and attend meetings at the Saturday Market office on Broadway; and I do care giving and frequently drop by the office for Senior and Disabled on Willamette street. I also shop downtown at those stores that have what I can use or need, and I eat, attend events, volunteer at events and enjoy socializing with friends in the downtown. In short, the downtown is my neighbourhood. I would like to urge the City Council to allow the Downtown Public Safety Zone Ordinance to sunset. I have heard some people say that they believe the exclusion zone has made the downtown core more inviting and pleasant and safer feeling to be in. I disagree - it is the people who are making the downtown more inviting, pleasant and safer feeling to be in. All the people who live here, work here shop here and otherwise visit here have the power to make the area more of a community and it is a sense of community that has and will bring the downtown back to life. I find even the suggestion that so much police protection is necessary for people to open shops or visit the area a bit disconcerting in fact. People may find it annoying to sometimes have people who look or live differently from them be