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Mr. Clark thanked Captain Tilby for his service to the City and congratulated him on his retirement. He <br />congratulated the Ducks for their conduct during the national championship game. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark had also attended the State of the City and State of the County events and commended both <br />events. He reported that the Santa Clara Community Organization met on January 6. He conveyed to the <br />council the thanks of the Santa Clara and River Road community organizations for the variance that <br />allowed those organizations to be considered for a SNAP grant. He noted the Springfield State of the <br />City event was on January 13 at 11 a.m. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark asked those with an interest in taking a leadership role in a reorganized Cal Young <br />Neighborhood Association to contact himself, Mr. Poling, or Neighborhood Services. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark reported that the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce would recognize Rob Bennett as <br />Eugene’s First Citizens at its Celebration of Business event on January 26. <br /> <br />City Manager Jon Ruiz said construction continued to go on downtown. Speaking to Ms. Taylor’s <br />remarks about parking, City Manager Ruiz said that there had been no change in the enforcement hours <br />for parking limits <br /> <br />City Manager Ruiz congratulated Captain Tilby on his retirement, saying he was a wonderful person who <br />gave great service to the community. <br /> <br />Councilors then offered committee reports. Mayor Piercy noted that the council had been provided with a <br />written report on the Public Safety Coordinating Council. <br /> <br />Mr. Brown reported on the work of the Human Rights Commission, saying that the commission worked <br />with the Gender Center on Transgender Awareness Week and the Day of Remembrance, forwarded a <br />letter to the council on the Arizona law regarding illegal immigrants, hosted a community forum on <br />veterans, sent a letter of support to the United Nations in support of the Declaration of Rights of <br />Indigenous People, provided financial support to Pride Day, CALC Cornucopia, Transgendered <br />Awareness Week, and the upcoming Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event, and held an International Human <br />Rights Day event at the Baker Center. Several commissioners attended best practices training for boards <br />and commissions. <br /> <br />Mr. Brown anticipated that the Human Rights Commission would ask the council to approve a resolution <br />reaffirming the City’s commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Human Rights <br />Framework; a three-hour training on the framework was planned, and the commission hoped that <br />councilors attended. A subgroup of the commission was examining its Human Rights Support System <br />and would make recommendations to the full commission on how to proceed. Mr. Brown noted that there <br />were vacancies on the commission to be filled in the next recruitment cycle. <br /> <br />Mr. Farr looked forward to the challenge and opportunity of serving on the Human Rights Commission. <br />He asked the council to calendar the date for Project Homeless Connect, which was March 17. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz hoped that the City could provide more training in the future to those appointed to City boards <br />and commissions about their charges and the legal parameters that bound them. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka discussed the work of the Sustainability Commission, saying it had reached out to the <br />Human Rights Commission about framing the social equity element of the Triple Bottom Line (TBL). <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council January 11, 2010 Page 3 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />