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<br />Mr. Poling moved, seconded by Ms. Solomon, to direct the City Manager to prepare a <br />revised ordinance for City Council consideration on November 14, 2005. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly said that while he understood Mr. Pape's concerns about the complexity of the issue, he thought <br />that his questions could be answered at the meeting at which action was scheduled, and he would support <br />the motion. <br /> <br />Mr. Pape asked how much time would be allocated to the topic on November 14. City Manager Taylor <br />said that it would be the time that it took for the council to dispose of the issue. Mr. Pape asked if <br />consideration of the ordinance could be placed early in the agenda. City Manager Taylor said that it <br />could. He acknowledged it was a complex issue and that it was important to do it properly. He noted, <br />however, that there were virtually no protections in place and that it would be important to move forward <br />with the protections recommended. <br /> <br />Mr. Poling said he would not be available for the November 14 meeting. City Manager Taylor said that <br />he thought that all of the requested language changes would be ready and out to the council before the <br />meeting. He said that Mr. Poling could request that the council not consider the ordinance at that meeting <br />if he intended to vote on it. <br /> <br />Ms. Solomon said that as well as amendment language, she would like to see a staff response as to what <br />each amendment would mean if it was passed. City Manager Taylor said that draft language, staff <br />analysis, and a recommendation would be provided for every intended motion dealing with the ordinance <br />that had come in advance to the meeting. <br /> <br />The motion passed, 7:1; Mr. Pape voting no. <br /> <br />City Manager Taylor encouraged councilors to submit intended motions by October 28 in order to allow <br />for a more elaborate staff response. <br /> <br />C. WORK SESSION: Annual Meeting with the Human Rights Commission <br /> <br />City Manager Taylor said that after spending time talking about natural resource protection it was time to <br />turn to a discussion of human resource protection. He said he looked forward to the meeting every year <br />and the opportunity to review the annual report and work plan for the Human Rights Commission (HRC). <br />He said that the HRC was a very hard working group which put a lot of important issues before the <br />community, the City, and the City Council. He introduced Greg Rikhoff, Manager of the Human Rights <br />Program, Sarah Rich, outgoing chair of the HRC, and Carmen Urbina, incoming chair. A copy of the <br />Human Rights Program Annual Report and Work Plan was provided to each councilor. <br /> <br />Ms. Rich introduced other HRC commissioners who were in attendance: Hugh Massengill, Surendra <br />Subramani, Jer McGowan, and Misa Joo. Ms. Urbina said that the presentation would consist of a review <br />of the past year and a review of the 2005/06 Work Plan. She asked Mr. Massengill to report on the <br />Human Rights Accessibility Committee (HRAC). <br /> <br />Mr. Massengill described the HRAC as a very spirited group which worked on accessibility issues. He <br />reported on the following activities of the HRAC: <br /> <br />MINUTES-Eugene City Council <br />Work Session <br /> <br />October 24, 2005 <br /> <br />Page 9 <br />