Item B: Joint Meeting with Human Rights Commission

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Human Rights Commission FY10/11 Work Plan However, with the help of a completed assessment and the remaining members, the new commissioners quickly jumped onboard and took ownership of the work laid out for them. This winter, over thirty community members and City staff took part in a hiring process and in February 2009, the City Manager’s Office was successful in hiring the new Human Rights Commission Analyst to oversee and support the commission’s work plan and future endeavors. The projects proposed for the commission’s FY10/11 Work Plan to begin July 1, 2009 are described in more detail in the following sections. An annual report, documenting the group’s achievements and challenges encountered in meeting its previous work plan commitments; will be provided at the end of this fiscal year. FY09 Work Plan Tasks and Procedural Objectives Work Plan Focus The Human Rights Commission’s work plan is focused into the following main components: ? Increase commission effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability in responding to, and aiding in, the resolution of incidents of discrimination and harassment. ? Promoting relationships between the community and Human Rights Commission through collaborative work on human rights issues. ? Enhance relationships and communications with the Eugene City Council, boards, commissions and City staff. ? Works towards the adoption of a Human Rights City Framework. Committee and Meeting Structures There are four standing committees of the Human Rights Commission: the Agenda Committee, Education and Outreach Committee, Accessibility Committee, and Advocate Response Team. These committees are where the majority of the commission work plan action items are addressed. Membership of these committees is as follows: the Agenda Committee is composed of the commission’s standing committee chairs who are the elected officers, while other committees are comprised of five human rights commissioners and five community members; each commissioner is a member of at least one standing committee, is an advocate with the Human Rights Support System, and/or serves as the commission’s representative to other stakeholder groups. The Agenda Committee will focus primarily on setting the agenda for monthly commission meetings, leading the annual commission retreat planning, leading the joint commission meetings planning, designing commissioner training, responding to updates from the City Council on priorities, planning for annual meetings with the Mayor, City Council and City executive team, and the development of a communication plan for responding to community human rights incidents The Education and Outreach Committee will focus primarily on the Human Rights City Framework (with the subcommittee), the design and implementation of a survey instrument to understand community needs and understanding of the Human Rights Commission, host and facilitate a February 28, 2009 draft - 4 -