Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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pfopo::;ed phm (:nvisioned .a rkhcr di~Kui;sion Involving: more peopk, including tht. eJected officiak ~vlayc'r Piercy suggested the City ask the atTecti;)d cornm.unitie~, h(,w otten such an event ~honld OCC1jf. Mayor Piercy caHed for questions .and comrnents frorn the councIL .Ms. Ortiz ~id she p~trtkipated in several Community of Color eventi; and fbund them to he both painfu.l and fm:"trat.ing: as no progrz>-..ss seemed to bew.ade in rei;ponse tn the input ilnd c:dtieism. oHl::Ted ~tt those events, People often l..l~.;ed the oppmtunity to tell the City ~Nhat it was doing wro,w ~md there wa.s no opportunity for dialogue, She hoped another ttJn.nat c(Juld be fnund. M-:o., Ortiz ash-xl if the job des~,ription fix the div>;Tsity l;;onsultant w<!~.; on the City':" \Veb site.Mr, Chouinard said YCi;. City Manager Taylor noted his hope the position rcsul.tcd in rnOK retention of emplnyees. },.fs. J:kttman {;~xpressed appn;:d.atio:n fOf the changes ,Hade to the pian and Said she lo(}k~"f.l fmward to pmtlGipHting in the privilege tT<iining, Ms. ReHman thought it a good :"trat.egy to involve hoards and conunlssions iH the diversity training. She suggested a complementary piece would be the deve1Dpment ofa .strategy to actively and specifically seek the sanK input from comnmnitii;)s of color that the City sought from the Gmmnunity in genera1. Ms. HeHman Hh,d the element of the plan reg<lr(!ing the Goundl's ;;:.oUedive reacti()n to acts of md:->sn in the cOlrlnu.mity an.d found it important. She i.l:~ked how that con.ld he impJ.emented, as sh~c usually h~c<mi ahout radal1y rel.ated incidents lon.g (lft;;:~r they oecun:;;:~d. There did Hot seem to be a process in phH~e to alert cOtm.dlori; about i.nddenb w that they ;;:.ould ,eact or s;;oHectivdy take ,i wm& She ::;uggested that be incorporated into the objective. 'fvfs, Bettn:wn af,h..><.l about the participation rate !Dr optional courses, J.vk Chouinard S,11d it was qn:ite good. The City had so rn.any training requirements that it did not want to ove,whdm staff Staff was also evaluated on. its partkipat.ion In such extra trainings. T\-k Kelly thanked ~.;taff fbr the changes made to the action. plaU, which he wn-:o.idered generally positive additions, He thought it important for the council adopt sud~ a phn, but he wished h>;: was happkr wilh the plan, and looked thrward to revisiting it. Me Keily be1ievto"f.l the phm cominm.."f.l wbe v<feak in regard to the <::ornrmmity and organizational dements, ~md l;-:ited as. an ~xample of the organizationaI dem>;:nt th.~ lack of any mm:ltion of the organizati,:m's response to the recent evaluation ~,fthe City's divenlity dementi;, He :mggei;ted that ,tn ~H;tion ikm i;tating that the orgmliz.aHon w01.11d rei;p(.md to the iSS1.leS Htised in the evaluatbn \Vas needed.Mr.. Chouinard said the two {:HvI;..TIity consn.ltants would be meeting: 'Nith the executive manageri; i.n Septeml'Cr ~tS part ofth.e toH-ow.,up, Mr- Kelty hoped tl1.1:: c<mU\::i1 would h.ear something about that With regard to the community element, T\-k Kelly sald ifthe Ci.ty decided that outreach that cost money was n goc'\:l thing, the docmnenJ lacked mention of any way f~,r it be :funded, He also called f~,r organiza- tional and cm:nn:nmity outcomes as well as mayor aud council outccomes, M.L Pap~~ commended staff f(:)r commi~lsioning the eva!uatkm of the diversity program, and looked fbrwa,d to amen:l.orandum with the re;;lults oft.he evaluation. and the next aGtiO!1 st-c-ps. MJNUfES.h...Eugen.e City Cotl:ncit A.ugust 8, 20'05 Page 8 Work Se:.osion.