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<br />Mr. Pare expressed apprt..'Ciatlon Ibr the pledge and aske-d if the l;;nuHcH needed. to n~cGlnmlt tG it or pai;::; it <br />back to the Human Rights COrD:missi()u (HRCi- He :,;uggeskd the pkdge be nKlunted on the McNutt <br />Room waU to reinfnn.::.e it:,; rn.es:,;age. <br />I'd::;. l'aylor reea.lkd that th;:;~ pledge had beeu on the McNutt Room vlaH oJ one tiHK".. <br />Ms. Taylor referred to the pu;<post;::d mee-tings between the council a:nd communities of ;;:okr mentioned on <br />page 30 of the meeting packet, ,wd aBked how statY decided who represented the conmmnities of color. <br />Me Chouinard s.aid ~.;taff geneml1y kit that iswe up to th.) cmnl.uunities in questintL ;\ broad invitation <br />was ext<;~ndect and the me.etings ktd bee-n quite large. ["is. Taylor suggested that peopk would not <br />niX-essarily fed repres{:1)te{i by another person simply because they were the same color or cthnkity. .t\-lr. <br />Chouinard said that was why the City's invitations had been bro;;id in natm;:;~. <br />Mi;. T~tylor asked what the proposed fa.cilitator would h<;: used. ti.)r.Mr. Chouinard indic~tted tht tadlitatnr <br />would he u:,;ed fl:1r the facilitated d.i;;ilogue ;;m race.~.'h Taylor note...i her opposition to hiri:ng facilitators <br />w.ld asked why ()ne WHS needed. Me Chouinm..i ~;;(jid staff found it vz~ry heneficialin stICh discussions to <br />I V'lx! 'c T <br />:lave a s II c' tacl.!talor present. <br />Mayor Piercy ~.:;(}hcitcd a :.:;econd mund of qm~stkH1s and eomments.. <br />J\.:k Kellyenc<mmged aU councilors to be present at th<..~ S~~:ptemtKT di'v'Crsity training, both ilJf the. <br />i;ubstant.e and sym.holic nature of all being present together t{.l discrLss the is:.:;ue. <br />Responding to a quest.ion fmmtd'r. KeUy, Mr. Chouinard said the City's previous Diversity Coordinator <br />position was fnore focused on cornmunity issu;:;~s that, in tHan)' casei;, we-re more the purview' of Mr. <br />RikhoiT as the diredor of the Human Rights P:mgmm. The City '.vanted to refocus the positkm to wod" on <br />best practices in re(:n.litm(~nt, sdedion, and retention. The position was an inttmaHy focui;e-d position. <br />Mr. Keny aekn.owkAged the need to iW! i)verwhdm the fIRe vlith additional work hut suggested more <br />resources couU be diriX-ted to the cmnmii;::;ion to a.ddres::; i:.:;sue~.:; ofrac!sm. City Manager 'fayhr said he <br />Bpoke with Sam Rich, ch.air of the ERe, who believed th<;: cmmnisskm t:01.l.ld be of g:rc<1t assist;;mc(: to the <br />council in this area. lk looked ti)fward to pmtneringwith the commission in executing the phm if it W~t" <br />adopted by the coundL <br />Maynr Piercy expressed appreciation fbr the way in which the conversation had heen l;;onducted <md the <br />man:ner in \vhich staffin;;:orpomted the councU's sugg<;:sti;;ms in the phm. SlK~ noted that she would be <br />rmab1e to he present f()r the entire diversity training scht.x!uk>;;l for Septem.her due to a previous coml.T~it- <br />mcnL <br />ML Pape said that the position name '"Diversity Consultant"ilnplied tu him an out.side consulta.nt rather <br />than an employee, and he. W,JS worrie.d that the titte might make thepcrson fed he or she \VB.S not part of <br />the organization, Mr. Chouinard said that worldwide.. huma.n resource depa....tments 'Nere rnaking a i;hift <br />from being tbe regulator to being advisors and cousu1t:mJs, which '\'vas n::fkcted in position titles, He <br />acknowledged the concern expressed by tvlr. Pape, but he helieved the exe;;::ulive staff owned the dive:rsity <br />managem;:;~nt rok and needed an expe.rt consultan.t :rather than a d.iversity man>:1ger. <br />Mr. P<.tpe hoped the work plan w(mid be revisited with the cOl..mdl ~.:;o it couId track pmgrei;s, ddennine if <br />rnid--course comxtiom w{''fe m~eded, and cekhrate the City's aecompHshments. (.:ity lv.tanager 'raylo:r <br />MINtJTES~Engene City Council Augu:.:;t 8, 2005 .Page 9 <br />Work Sessi<.H1 <br />