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<br />ATTACHMENT F <br />M I N U T E S <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />McNutt Room—City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon <br /> <br />May 25, 2011 <br />5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, George Brown, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, Chris Pryor, <br />Alan Zelenka. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: Mike Clark, Pat Farr. <br /> <br />A. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS INTERVIEWS <br /> <br />The council interviewed candidates for open positions on the City’s Human Rights Commission and <br />Civilian Review Board. <br /> <br />Andrew Thomson was interviewed for a vacancy on the Human Rights Commission, and was asked the <br />following questions: <br /> <br />1. What are the top community human rights concern(s) you could see the commission focusing <br />on that would help the council and City staff to meet the needs of our community? And, what <br />specific action might the commission take to address the concern(s) you have identified? <br /> <br />2. Volunteering for a City human rights organization that advises elected officials and works <br />with City staff is different from a community-based human rights organization. Given those <br />differences, what skills or abilities do you have that would make you effective in this role? <br /> <br />3. During a commission meeting a community member comes to the meeting and asks the <br />commission to take a position on their issue/concern. You are aware that another part of the <br />community holds the opposite view and it is an issue you know very little about. What could <br />the commission do in a situation like this? And, what role could you see yourself playing? <br /> <br />Debra Velure, Lizbeth Metteer, and George Rode were interviewed for vacancies on the Civilian Review <br />Board. Each candidate was asked the following questions: <br /> <br />1. What can you tell us about your activities, personal attitudes, and life experience that would <br />demonstrate you can make objective decision about complaints against the police? <br /> <br />2. What contacts, positive or negative, have you had with police or in the criminal justice <br />system? <br /> <br />3. One of your neighbors is a Eugene officer. He knows you are on the CRB. Recently, he <br />asked you a hypothetical question about what you think an officer should do in a particular <br />situation. What would be your response to his question? <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council May 25, 2010 Page 1 <br /> Boards and Commissions Interviews <br /> <br />