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ORDINANCE N4. 20127 AN ORDINANCE 4F THE CITY GF EUGENE, LANE CGUNTY, GREG4N, CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION TU SUBMIT TU THE ELECTORS CAF THE CITY A MEASURE AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF EUGENE TU PRaVIDE FOR ESTABLISI~MENT OF A CITIZEN REVIEW BUARD TU REVIEW PULICE ACTIONS. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds as follows: A. The City has authority under the Eugene Charter, the aregon Constitution, and the Eugene Cade,1971, to submit measures to the electorate of the City. B. During the June 10,1997 City Council goals session the Council directed the City Manager to bring back to the Council a plan and process for evaluation of methods of external review of police actions through the Human Rights Commission. C. Following that direction, on July 16,1997 staff presented a proposal to the Council to create a 20-member citizen committee to review options related to police actions. D, By motion unanimously adopted by the Council the City Manager was directed to appoint a community advisory committee to evaluate different options for external review of office p actions and to recommend an option for implementation to the City Manager and City Council. E. The final report of the External Review Advisory Committee ~ERAC}was presented to the Council on February 16,1998, containing two major recommendations. The first was the creation of a citizen board to review the process, and the second was the creation of acouncil-level policy advisory committee to make recommendations to the Police Chief, Police De artment and p City Council on police and public safety-related issues. F. After discussion by the Council, the ERAC report was referred to the Council ordinance - ~