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· Ban sale of scooters LIMITS ON USE · Limited use of electric MAS on paths [x5] · Exception to cross river could be made SIGNAGE · Post signs for walk MAS only in parks · Need signs at restricted areas (gas or any kind of motorized use) · MORE Signage LICENSE OR REGISTRATION · Need to be Licensed and insured if they aren't banned · License MAS and use money for enforcement · Require information at dealer with signature of buyer, fines on seller ENFORCEMENT · Increase money for enforcement · Improve or use noise ordinance [x12] · Have stiff penalties with confiscation as option · Designate all bike paths as parks · Call paths "low impact corridor" · Speed limits · Florida confiscates unlicensed scooters · Lenient laws support proliferation -send a clear message with strict regulations · Coordinate with Springfield and Willamalane, (i.e. relative to Whilamut natural area) Emails and letters from people who couldn't come to the workshop: I was unfortunately unable to attend the forum last night, but I wish to register my strong opposition to the use of any sort of motorized vehicles on any bicycle paths or on any city sidewalks -- with exceptions, of course, for people with disabilities. Such vehicles are noisy, polluting, way too fast, frequently operated in a careless and cavalier manner, and very, very dangerous for bicyclists and pedestrians, particularly the very young and the elderly. They are, as my granddaughter says, icky. Their use should be strictly limited and regulated. I have lived in Eugene for almost 35 years and know that the bike paths promoted by Ruth Bascom and others many years ago were never meant to be used for purposes such as this. To do so is to break faith with the taxpayers who paid for the construction of these paths. There is more to life than increasing its speed. It might sound un-American to say it, but faster is not necessarily better. Let's keep our reputation nationally as a bicycle-friendly city. The users of these motorized monstrosities should be sent to re-education camps and, perhaps, not allowed to