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M I N U T E S Eugene City Council Regular Session Council Chamber—City Hall December 12, 2005 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: George Poling, Jennifer Solomon, David Kelly, Chris Pryor, Betty Taylor, Gary Papé. COUNCILORS ABSENT: Andrea Ortiz, Bonny Bettman. Mayor Kitty Piercy convened the meeting of the Eugene City Council. She noted that Linda Dawson, Grants Manager for the Community Development Division, had been awarded the City of Eugene International Human Rights Day Staff Recognition Award on December 10. She said each year the Human Rights Commission recognized a City of Eugene work unit or employee for their contribution in the area of human rights and in the promotion of social justice. She related that Ms. Dawson oversaw the Community Development Block Grant Advisory Committee. She spoke glowingly of the work that Ms. Dawson did on behalf of the community and its residents. Ms. Dawson was given a round of applause. 1. CEREMONIAL MATTERS - International City County Management Association Performance Measurement Award City Manager Dennis Taylor was pleased to acknowledge the receipt of the certificate of distinction from the Center for Performance Management. He said the City of Eugene took performance management seriously and had been a national leader in this effort for 10 years. He stated that Eugene was one of a handful of communities to receive this certificate. He commended the efforts of staff across the organization in gathering the data, using it to inform their decision-making, and communicating with the community about it. He said a publication called Community Snapshots would be published by the end of the month and would contain some of the key measures for performance in the City. City Manager Taylor listed some examples of the leadership the City of Eugene demonstrated in promoting the effective use of performance management: ? The City of Eugene helped launch a new Oregon Performance Consortium that would allow the City to share high quality comparative data with 13 other Oregon communities. ? The City of Eugene founded, in collaboration with the Oregon Progress Board, a new organization that brought together people from state and local government to improve the practice of performance measurement in the state. ? The City was awarded a Trailblazer Grant from the National Center for Civic Innovation to improve performance reporting to share what had been learned with other communities. MINUTES—Eugene City Council December 12, 2005 Page 1 Regular Session