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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br /> <br /> Action: Appointments to Boards, Commissions and Committees <br /> <br />Meeting Date: November 8, 2004 Agenda Item Number: 7 <br />Department: City Manager's Office Staff Contact: Mary Walston <br />www. ci. eugette, or. us Contact Telephone Number: 682-5406 <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br />This is an action item to appoint members to the Planning Commission and the Human Rights <br />Commission. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />Each year the council makes appointments to boards, committees and commissions. The last <br />major recruitment and appointment process occurred in October 2003. Chapter 2 of the Eugene <br />Code addresses standing committees to the City Council and the appointment process for those. <br />For most standing committees created in the Code, the council is the appointing authority. <br /> <br />The annual recruitment for boards, committees and commissions was initiated on July 19, 2004, <br />and concluded on September 24, 2004. The recruitment was publicized on the Internet, through <br />press releases, council newsletter items, city offices, and at city-related meetings and event. In <br />addition, information and outreach on City boards, committees and commissions was available at <br />the Eugene Celebration. Notices of the vacancies were mailed to a number of community <br />organizations, and a list of interested parties. <br /> <br />Members of the council were provided with copies of the applications. From this, the council <br />selected those persons who were to be considered as finalists and who were subsequently <br />interviewed by the council. If an applicant received five or more votes to be appointed, that <br />person was presumed to be appointed and thus the motion to appoint reflects that presumption. <br /> <br />The council may nominate applicants receiving less than five votes. Ballots for the Human Rights <br />Commission and Planning Commission were provided to the City Council on October 27, 2004. <br />The tally attached to this agenda item summary represents the ballots received by November 3, <br />2004. <br /> <br />The terms on these boards, committees and commission begin on November 1, 2004. <br /> <br /> L:\CMO\2004 Council Agendas\M041108\S0411087.doc <br /> <br /> <br />