AMENDED Agenda Packet 7-24-19 Work Session

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July 24, 2019, Work Session – Item 3 EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Work Session: Protections for Individuals Ordinance Update Meeting Date: July 24, 2019 Agenda Item Number: 3 Department: Central Services Staff Contact: Jennifer Lleras Van Der Haeghen www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5619 ISSUE STATEMENT The City Council established and Ordinance for the Protection of Individuals in March of 2017. This ordinance provides certain protections for all Eugene residents, including immigrants. Following the passage of this ordinance the Eugene City Council requested a work session to better understand which individually-identifiable data is collected and how it’s maintained. This information was provided in June of 2018 to help the City Council determine if there are amendments to this ordinance that the City Council would like to adopt. Following that presentation and discussion, the City Council requested that staff draft potential language for amendment adoption to limit the information collected and maintained related to individually-identifiable immigration status information. This presentation will include an overview of past actions, how City of Eugene staff has implemented council policy direction, offer potential language to be adopted as amendments, and share additional policies that address individually-identifiable information collection and maintenance. BACKGROUND At the November 14, 2016, meeting, City Council passed 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 Oregon Revised Statutes 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 On March 13, 2017, City Council unanimously passed the Protections for Individuals Ordinance (Ordinance 20579). This ordinance provides certain protections for all Eugene residents, including immigrants. This action put provisions of an existing state law into City Code preventing the use of City resources (moneys, equipment or personnel) to detect or apprehend individuals