06.17.2020 City Council Work Session Minutes

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MINUTES Eugene City Council Virtual Work Session Eugene, Oregon 97401 June 17, 2020 12:00 p.m. Councilors Present: Emily Semple, Betty Taylor, Alan Zelenka, Jennifer Yeh, Mike Clark, Greg Evans, Claire Syrett and Chris Pryor Mayor Vinis opened the June 17, 2020, work session of the Eugene City Council. 1. WORK SESSION: CAP2.0 Update Chelsea Clinton provided an update on the Community Climate Action Plan 2.0 and the Mayor's CRO Ad Hoc Work Group. Council Discussion: • Councilor Zelenka - thanked staff for their work; explained the process started without a definitive path but that path was created as the work continued, with a result of over 300 ideas; stated this will be a great list from which to achieve goals and maintain momentum, and this was an excellent work product and process with great ideas from the community. • Councilor Taylor - stated it was a good idea to have the Sustainability Commission serve as the group to work on accountability; suggested the Sustainability Commission could offer to speak to neighborhood groups; stated in her experience, meetings spread around the community are not as well attended as ones held regularly at the same location. • Councilor Syrett - thanked staff for their work; stated she likes the idea of the Sustainability Commission being the body to hold this work, and of the Sustainability Commission members speaking to neighborhood groups, which will help promote bonds among community members engaging in this work; appreciated aligning the annual report with the budget cycle and commended the public engagement for the process. • Councilor Yeh - thanked staff for the presentation; stated she supports the Sustainability Commission reaching out to neighborhood groups; stated she is glad to hear of the reconvening of the Equity Panel and suggested making it an on -going group. • Councilor Semple - expressed appreciation of the process; stated she looks forward to implementation and believes the Equity Panel is an essential part of that work; thanked staff for being inclusive and responsive to the community. • Mayor Vinis - stated this is difficult work and the fact that 300 ideas were brought forward by a community survey speaks volumes of this community's potential to make needed changes; stated this was a positive process and the participants felt heard, and as the City engages in other equity work and police reform conversations, this would be a great model. 2. WORK SESSION: Parks and Recreation Bond and Levy Update Parks and Open Space Director Craig Carnagey and Recreation Services Director Craig Smith provided an update on the work accomplished thus far implementing the parks and recreation bond and levy measures to renovate parks and recreation facilities, build new parks in underserved areas, improve public safety in parks, and restore park maintenance activities. MINUTES - Eugene City Council June 17, 2020 Page 1 Work Session