DPS
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to make responsible decisions."
Additionally, the powers will al
low DPS to quickly resolve incidents
in which nonstudents are disrupting
the University, 1 licks said.
Currently, nine DPS officers are
commissioned.
DPS policies have undergone fur
ther changes in accordance with the
expanded powers. Now that DPS of
ficers can cite students for posses
sion of controlled substances with
out EPD help, they must also seize
and store any evidence. Although
DPS already has an evidence room,
it had to build a locker for con
trolled substances and provide extra
evidence training for officers.
"We'll have to confiscate evidence,
properly secure it and, if necessary,
present it during a court hearing,"
1 licks said.
Despite the City Council's quick
approval of granting the powers, the
issue was awash in controversy as
ASIJO officials clashed with the Uni
versity administration over the lack
of student input on the issue.
At the July 14 public hearing be
fore the City Council, ASUO Cam
pus Outreach Coordinator Shannon
Tarvin decried the motion, saying
students should have had more in
put. She also argued that ASUO was
unable to give a position on the is
sue as a whole because inadequate
time was provided for student input.
But the City Council did not heed
ASUO's arguments, eventually pass
ing the ordinance 7-1 after two
amendments failed, one to limit the
proposal and another to table it un
til students could offer more input
on the issue.
Ward 3 City Councilor David Kel
ly, who represents an area that in
cludes the University and spear
headed the two amendments, ex
pressed concern about the lack of
student voice but eventually voted in
favor of the ordinance.
Shortly after the City Council voted
to grant the powers, Tarvin promised
that ASIIO would begin, through the
Public Safety Advisory Group, to lob
by the administration to reconsider
implementing the changes.
Tarvin said ASUO is still working
toward that goal, but is more fo
cused on convincing the administra
tion to restrict the expanded powers
to citing only for minor in posses
sion and possession of less than an
ounce. She said DPS originally
pushed to have those two powers.
"If that's what they originally
wanted, and that's what they mostly
called EPD for, then we don't think
they need all the powers," she said.
"We're working to make (the
changes) a benefit to students by
making it seem as though they're
not being targeted or punished."
ASUO is also pushing to ensure
that students don't receive two tickets
for one offense: one municipal
citation and one University Judicial
Affairs ticket. Before, DPS would issue
a Judicial ticket and call EPD to issue
the municipal citation, Tarvin said.
Other speakers at the City Coun
cil's public hearing argued the
expanded power was a slippery
slope that would eventually allow
DPS officers to carry handguns.
But Micks quickly rejected that
argument saying only peace officers,
which have a legal definition, can
carry firearms for law enforcement.
"I have to admit 1 don't where that's
coming from," he said. "(Department
of) Public Safety officers have law
enforcement authority, but they are
not considered peace officers."
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West University Neighborhood, Ward
3 City Councilor David Kelly said. He
added that the Task Force reviewed a
model housing program in Corvallis,
and that many of that program's fea
tures seemed applicable to Eugene.
Kelly said the city is also interested
in resurrecting the West University
Neighborhood Association, a group
that has been inactive for many years.
The Task Force suggested that the
neighborhood association could be
come a positive influence in the area.
'There has been a lot of interest in
reviving the neighborhood associa
tion and we hope to have business
owners, landlords, permanent resi
dents and students involved with the
organization," Kelly said.
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Flooded streets and ditches
6824800
Garage Sales
682-8336
Garbage, neighbor complaints
682-5819
Graffiti reporting
6824800
Grass cutting & noxious weeds
6824800
Homeless issues/camping
complaints
682-5121
Legal aid
342-6056
Neighborhood watch
682-8186
Neighborhood services
682-5009
Noise complaints
682-5121
Parks — rules, rentals, usage
682-4800
Parking enforcement
682-5729
Parking permits (residential)
343-3733
Police - non-emergency
682-5121
Public service officer (city)
1 682-8478
Solid waste and recycling
682-6830
Speeding and traffic complaints
682-5157
Stormwater—flooded streets,
ditches; Street lights, street
repair; street signs — missing,
repair; Sidewalk hazards
682-4800
Street use permits (block party)
682-4800
Tree planting—NeighborWoods
682-4800
Utilities locate (48 hrs. prior
| to digging)
[ 1-800-332-2344
West University Neighborhood
Association
682-5009
West University police sub-station
682-5642
Zoning questions
682-5377
Zoning Violations
682-5819
SOURCE: City of Eugene
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