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<br /> <br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Work Session: Human Rights Commission FY12/13 Work Plan <br /> <br /> <br />Meeting Date: November 16, 2011 Agenda Item Number: A <br />Department: Central Services Staff Contact: Raquel Wells <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-8439 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br /> <br />The Human Rights Commission’s (HRC) enabling ordinance, adopted in December 1990, requires that <br />it develop a work plan for City Council review and approval. The commission is bringing its FY12/13 <br />work plan for the City Council’s consideration. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />Earlier this year, City staff and members of the Human Rights Commission began looking at potential <br />improvements to the existing human rights system. Broad input was needed to build a better <br />understanding of: <br /> <br /> <br />The commission’s role with the Mayor and City Council, City staff, and the community; <br /> <br /> <br />Best practices, needs and trends that impact the City’s role and practices around human rights; <br />and, <br /> <br /> <br />Models for an effective and efficient structure to support the City’s human rights goals. <br /> <br />The Human Rights Listening Project was developed to gather information over a six-month span of <br />time, through extensive outreach, with several phases. The project was overseen by a project team with <br />equal representation from commissioners and City staff. The project reached over 600 community <br />members to understand their views on the current status of human rights within the Eugene community <br />and what they would like to see the commission and City focus on. <br /> <br />On October 24, 2011, staff, commissioners, and community members presented the results of this <br />project and recommended code changes that the council voted to forward to a public hearing set for <br />November 21, 2011. While these code changes are substantial and a direct result of the Human Rights <br />Listening Project, the vast majority of feedback gathered from the community was used to inform the <br />Human Rights Commission work planning process. <br /> <br />The feedback serves as a foundation and focus for where the community thinks the Human Rights <br />Commission should focus its work over the two years. This work plan reflects the code changes <br />recommended to the council last month. The commission worked for several weeks to refine its work <br />plan and develop an implementation plan. The work plan has three main goals: <br /> <br /> S:\CMO\2011 Council Agendas\M111116\S111116A.doc <br />