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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY H Public Hearing and Possible Action: An Ordinance Concerning Protections for Individuals and Adding Sections 2.495 and 2.497 to the Eugene Code, 1971. Meeting Date: March 13, 2017 Department: Central Services www.eugene-or.gov ISSUE STATEMENT Agenda Item Number: 6 Staff Contact: Glenn Klein Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5010 This is a public hearing to receive testimony on an Ordinance that would adopt into City Code the provisions of ORS 181A.820 and 181A.250. Those provisions generally prohibit law enforcement from collecting or maintaining certain types of information. The proposed Ordinance also would expand some of the prohibitions to all other City personnel. The City Council will also consider taking action at this meeting, and enacting an immediate effective date. Unanimous consent of the Council is required for the Council to enact this Ordinance following the public hearing. The affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Council is required for an effective date less than 30 days after enactment of the Ordinance. BACKGROUND At the November 14, 2016 meeting, City Council passed Council Resolution No. 5174, "declaring the City of Eugene's commitment to being a welcoming, inclusive, and safe community for everyone." In response to continued community interest, City Council, at their December 12, 2016 meeting, directed the Mayor to form an Ad Hoc Committee to establish concepts, goals and outcomes for a potential ordinance. The Ad Hoc Committee met twice in late January and early February and presented their proposed outcomes for an ordinance to Council at the February 22 work session. At the February 22, 2017, work session, Council passed a motion to bring back a proposed ordinance for public hearing that would adopt the provisions of ORS 181A.820 and 181A.250 related to law enforcement personnel; expand the applicability of ORS 181A.820 to cover all other city employees; and prohibit all other city employees from collecting and maintaining information regarding political, religious, or social views of individuals. After the Ordinance (attached as Attachment B) was posted for public review, it was found that a portion of the language contained in ORS 181A.250, had been erroneously omitted from new Code section 2.497(1). That section should have included the ORS 181A.250 language shown in bold italics, as follows: "No city law enforcement personnel may collect or maintain information about the political, religious or social views, associations or activities of any individual, group,