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M I N U T E S Eugene Police Auditor Ordinance Review Committee – Public Discussion Forum Bascom-Tykeson Room—Downtown Library th 100 West 10 Avenue February 19, 2009 5:30 p.m. PRESENT: John Ahlen, Vice Chair; Joe Alsup, Kitty Piercy, Chris Pryor, Dawn Reynolds, Chief Pete Kerns, Rick Brissenden, Ron Chase, Angie Sifuentez, Claire Syrett, , members; Sarah Medary, Assistant City Manager; Jerry Lidz, City Attorney, Ellen Teninty, Facilitator. ABSENT: Tim Laue, Chair, Alan Zelenka, Norton Cabell, members. [RECORDER’S NOTE: Due to the town hall nature of the forum, and that individuals did not state their names. the Facilitator and Assistant City Manager, suggested that all names of the community members offering comments at the February 19, 2009 PAORC public discussion forum meeting be redacted. ] Ms. Piercy called the meeting to order at 5:36 p.m. 1.Introduction and Public Discussion Forum Ms. Piercy gave a brief statement thanking the participants and describing the overall goals and history of the PAORC and police oversight process in the City of Eugene. Ms. Piercy added that the primary goal of the committee was to develop a legal framework for police oversight that was “personality proof and continues to build trust in our community.” Ms. Piercy introduced the members of the committee noting that Chair Tim Laue would be unable to attend the meeting due to a previous commitment. Mr. Ahlen provided a brief historical context and timeline of the police auditor process in the City st of Eugene with the aid of a PowerPoint presentation entitled Timeline of Police Oversight 1 Ballot Measure. Mr. Ahlen supplemented his presentation of the police auditor process with a slide entitled Timeline of a Typical Complaint. Mr. Ahlen continued to provide an overview of the basic police auditor process as it had historically been applied in the City of Eugene. He noted that the system currently in practice was not perfect and was in need of serious review and revision. Mr. Ahlen noted that there were currently 12 proposed amendments to the City’s police auditor ordinance, as well as 6 supplemental issues for future consideration regarding the ordinance, for a total of 18 topics under six different categories to be discussed at the meeting. He added that the public comments from the February 19 and 26 meetings would be compiled for the PAORC’s report to the Eugene City Council on March 9, 2009. Ms. Teninty opened the public dialogue and noted that the discussion would be broken up into the six categories previously noted by Mr. Ahlen.