Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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ATTACHMENT A M I N U T E S Eugene City Council Work Session McNutt Room – City Hall 777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon November 18, 2009 12:00 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Chris Pryor, Mike Clark, George Brown, Andrea Ortiz, Alan Zelenka, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon COUNCILORS ABSENT: George Poling Mr. Zelenka called the work session meeting to order at 12:00 p.m. and noted that Mayor Kitty Piercy and City Manager Jon Ruiz had conflicts and would not be in attendance. Assistant City Manager Sarah Medary noted that the Building our Next Economy: A Regional Prosperity Summit event would take place on November 19, 2009, at 7:30 a.m. at the Eugene Hilton and would include a keynote address by University of Oregon President Richard Lariviere. She encouraged the council members to attend and believed the event would be very successful. Ms. Medary briefly commented on the agenda items for the meeting and hoped that the discussion would be grounded according to the council goals that had been established at the council’s goal-setting workshop in February. She further noted that the council goals had been used to help launch the recent Eugene Counts initiative to help gauge and analyze community priorities with respect to local economic development. Ms. Medary also noted that staff would be presenting the initial information on the Eugene Counts initiative to the council on December 14, and that potential strategies related to the initiative would be rolled out in January after the council break. Ms. Medary commented that the Eugene Counts report would be presented to the council in a format different than the regular quarterly reports that had been presented regarding community priorities. Mr. Zelenka asked for further details regarding the new format. Ms. Medary responded that the specific parameters of the format were still being formed but that it was likely to be a combination of a City publication and various online resources. A. WORK SESSION: Equity and Human Rights Update Equity and Human Rights Manager Raquel Wells acknowledged the presence of several of her colleagues who had attended the meeting to show their support, including Ken Neubeck, Holly LeMasurier, Shawna Adams, Ibrahim Hamide, Linda Hamilton, Angela Soyazono, Doug Mozan and several others. Ms. Wells further noted that Councilor George Brown also served on the Human Rights Commission (HRC) as Council Liaison. Mr. Brown noted that he had attended the HRC meeting the previous evening and they had welcomed the new members to the commission. Ms. Wells presented an update on the City's equity and human rights efforts including information on the HRC and its Diversity and Equity Strategic Plan. MINUTES—Eugene City Council November 18, 2009 Page 1 Work Session