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council meetings and Ms. Bettman's suggestion for educating young people to promote understanding and <br />tolerance. <br /> <br />In response to a question from Ms. Ortiz, Mr. Chouinard said staff was already working on the rough draft <br />of a strategic plan to present to City diversity committees, executive and division managers for feedback. <br />He said staff would continue to refine the plan over the winter months and hoped to begin outreach to <br />community groups for their input in the spring, but resources were needed for that effort. <br /> <br />Diversity Manager Jason Mak explained there were three options for the community outreach process: a <br />low cost option predominantly using staff resources at a cost of $5,000, a medium-cost option using <br />graduate students at the University of Oregon at a cost of $50-70,000 and a high-cost option using a <br />consultant at a cost of several hundred thousand dollars. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz, seconded by Mr. Zelenka, moved to use $50,000 from the Council Con- <br />tingency Fund for item 1 to create an over arching strategic plan for the organiza- <br />tion that addresses diversity and human rights which includes defined mission and <br />goals. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark said he would support the motion because the amount was modest, it could be covered by the <br />contingency fund and he supported what the council was trying to accomplish, but when larger sums were <br />being discussed he felt it should be part of the larger discussion and balanced against other priorities such as <br />increasing police staffing. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman asked when the strategic plan would be completed if the council provided one-time funding. <br />Mr. Mak said that would be dependent on the availability of professors and students at the University, but <br />he estimated two or three months once there was approval to move forward. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman offer a friendly amendment to require the strategic plan to come to the <br />City Council for approval and implementation of the plan would be part of the <br />FY09 budget process. Ms. Ortiz and Mr. Zelenka accepted the friendly amend- <br />ment. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council October 10, 2007 Page 7 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />