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Brawner-Jones said the commission also had provided information for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration and for Disability Awareness Day. e Ms. Brawner-Jones said the commission had cooperated with other groups in distribution of Community Development Block Grant funds and had attempted to expand awareness of other human rights commissions by having representatives at other commission meetings. Ms. Brawner-Jones said the commission had addressed employment by continuing representation at the Southern Willamette Private Industy Council (SWPIC) and the Affirmative Action Committee. She noted that the eight-person commission in August had reported 160.5 hours of volunteer activity. Ms. Brawner-Jones said additional buildings to come to the attention of the commission included Eugene Emergency Housing, Amazon Park, and Wilcox Building. She said the commi ssion continued to work with City staff to resolve a lack of access at the downtown mall playground on Broadway and to resolve the hazards presented by traffic control boxes. Studies also were being done of how other communities had dealt with the threats posed by skateboards and bicycles on sidewalks, she said. Ms. Brawner-Jones said the commission was continuing its community relations efforts in attempts to print and upgrade an access guidebook on an annual basis, in networking with other commissions, and in attempts to coordinate groups concerned with diverse disabilities. She said the commission had begun to lay the groundwork for presenting Eugene as a showcase for accessibility and planned to co-sponsor a forum with the Aging Commission on accessibility in housing. e Ms. Brawner-Jones said employment efforts would continue through work with SWPIC, employer workshops, the Youth Commission's Job Faire, and the Affirmative Action Committee's Disability Awareness Workshop. She said the commission also planned to work on establishing goals for employment of persons with disabilities by the City, and in January it would begin honoring employers in Eugene who had made outstanding efforts to employ persons with disabilities. Ms. Brawner-Jones said the Commission on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities wanted to see the form of a program evaluation before it made a decision about that. She added that the group would consider the review outline submitted. D. Commission on the Rights of Minorities Ms. Callas-Dean said the Commission on the Rights of Minorities last year had assisted the City's Business Assistance Team with a directory of minority businesses, adding about 50 new entries. She reported that commission members had testified at public hearings in support of an Oregon school holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and in support of a Racism Free Ordinance for Lane County. She said the commission had formed a task force to develop links with other agencies and groups and had participated in events with the Rainbow Coalition, the NAACP, and the Asian Celebration. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council Work Session December 8, 1987 Page 3