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<br />M I N U T E S <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />McNutt Room—City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon <br /> <br />May 18, 2011 <br />Noon <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, George Brown, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, Mike Clark, <br />Chris Pryor, Alan Zelenka, Pat Farr. <br /> <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the May 18, 2011, work session of the Eugene City Council to <br />order. The council was joined by Human Rights Commissioners Elizabeth Andrade, Iva Boslough, <br />Raydeen Cuffe, Toni Gyatso, and Martha Fish. Councilor Pat Farr represented the council on the <br />commission. Assistant City Manager Sarah Medary, Keli Osborn, Francisca Johnson, Raquel Wells, <br />Holly LeMasurier, and Michelle Mortensen of the City Manager’s Office were also present. Public <br />Works Director Kurt Corey and Central Services Director Kristi Hammitt, executive liaisons to the City’s <br />Human Rights Board, also participated. <br /> <br /> <br />A. WORK SESSION: <br />Human Rights Project Listening Session <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy recognized that much of the work done in the past by the Human Rights Commission <br />(HRC) had been institutionalized and carried forward by other entities. The commission was evolving <br />toward a new role. She suggested the purpose of the meeting was to keep the HRC moving forward in a <br />meaningful way taking advantage of the contributions those present could offer. She expressed <br />appreciation to the HRC for its work and commended its strong and admirable history. <br /> <br />City Manager Jon Ruiz facilitated the meeting. He recognized the pending departure of Human Rights <br />Analyst Holly LeMasurier and thanked her for her work on behalf of the City of Eugene. Those <br />presented recognized Ms. LeMasurier’s contributions with a round of applause. <br /> <br />City Manager Ruiz recalled that during the council’s meeting with the HRC in March the council <br />expressed interest in having a broader conversation with the community about the HRC and human rights. <br />He anticipated the outcome of that conversation would be council policy direction about the future focus <br />of the HRC and further definition of how the Human Rights City framework applied to Eugene and the <br />roles and responsibilities of the various stakeholders in the framework. The meeting was a listening <br />session with the stakeholders represented by the HRC; its input would be added to the other input <br />collected for presentation to the council when staff sought more specific policy direction about the <br />framework. <br /> <br />At the request of City Manager Ruiz, those present introduced themselves, described how they were <br />connected to human rights work in general, and why it was important the City was connected to human <br />rights and equity work. The following reasons were mentioned in response to the question of why it was <br />important the City was connected to human rights and equity work: <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council May 18, 2011 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />