Item 3A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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· College Hill Reservoir Accessibility - worked in collaboration with the Friendly Area Neighbors to request wheelchair access to the reservoir. EWEB decided to fence off the reservoir. · Held a Disabilities Roundtable in April attended by approximately 25 members of the community · Worked with Lane Transit District (LTD) on issues affecting people with disabilities such as the LTD strike and expanding its half-fare program to include people with disabilities that might not be physic cal in nature. · Met with the Eugene Police Department (EPD) about best practices for working with people with disabilities, the Seniors on Patrol program, and the ordinance pertaining to motor-assisted scooters. · Met with PPD staff to explore ways the HRAC could provide feedback on the accessibility of local construction projects that were assessed by the department. Mr. Massengill listed the following upcoming projects: · Work with City staff and officials to secure steady funding for and install accessible pedestrian signals. Mr. Massengill noted that Eugene had one accessible pedestrian signal. He said that while Eugene was a wonderful City for accessibility, there were still real problems such as crossing a street. He said that having accessible signals throughout the city would help a lot of people. · Meet with City staff on the Public Information Team to discuss issues of accessibility to information that the organization distributes to the community. . Work on recruiting more HRC commissioners. . Work on issues that had emerged since the work plan was approved. He said that issues included advocating for adaptive equipment available at the Huh Center performances, and an assistive listen- ing device in the Sloat Room. Mr. Massengill said that accessibility was sometimes a complaint-driven process and he invited anyone with a concern or problem to contact the HRAC. Mr. Subramani, chair of the Human Rights Education and Outreach Committee (HREO) said that the HREO and the HRC had the mandate to reach out and educate the community on issues of human rights. He said that one of the challenges was to address the issue of minority voices that had been stifled for a long time. He reported on the following activities: . The War Against Memory - an event on February 16,2005, which looked at the relationship between the minimization of the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II and current discrimi- nation against Muslim and Arab-Americans . Annual International Human Rights Day Celebration in December, 2004 - City Staff Recognition Award given to Helen Towle, Human Resource and Risk Services . Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration - MLK Jr., Leadership Award presented to Henry Luvert . 2005 Barrier Awareness Award presented to Dwight Souers . Study Circles on racism in Eugene in collaboration with the City Club . Contributions to other organizations to bring about awareness through the educational process Mr. McGowan reported from the Human Rights Support System (HRSS) and said that this was the 11 th year of advocacy for the HRSS. He reported on the following activities: . Held a training on April 16, 2005, attended by over 50 people . Developed plans to expand the program to the Bethel and 4J school districts . Updated the ten-year-old video for the Paso a Paso program MINUTES-Eugene City Council Work Session October 24, 2005 Page 10