Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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ATTACHMENT A M I N U T E S Eugene City Council McNutt Room—City Hall 777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon May 18, 2011 Noon COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, George Brown, Andrea Ortiz, George Poling, Mike Clark, Chris Pryor, Alan Zelenka, Pat Farr. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the May 18, 2011, work session of the Eugene City Council to order. The council was joined by Human Rights Commissioners Elizabeth Andrade, Iva Boslough, Raydeen Cuffe, Toni Gyatso, and Martha Fish. Councilor Pat Farr represented the council on the commission. Assistant City Manager Sarah Medary, Keli Osborn, Francisca Johnson, Raquel Wells, Holly LeMasurier, and Michelle Mortensen of the City Manager’s Office were also present. Public Works Director Kurt Corey and Central Services Director Kristi Hammitt, executive liaisons to the City’s Human Rights Board, also participated. A. WORK SESSION: Human Rights Project Listening Session Mayor Piercy recognized that much of the work done in the past by the Human Rights Commission (HRC) had been institutionalized and carried forward by other entities. The commission was evolving toward a new role. She suggested the purpose of the meeting was to keep the HRC moving forward in a meaningful way taking advantage of the contributions those present could offer. She expressed appreciation to the HRC for its work and commended its strong and admirable history. City Manager Jon Ruiz facilitated the meeting. He recognized the pending departure of Human Rights Analyst Holly LeMasurier and thanked her for her work on behalf of the City of Eugene. Those presented recognized Ms. LeMasurier’s contributions with a round of applause. City Manager Ruiz recalled that during the council’s meeting with the HRC in March the council expressed interest in having a broader conversation with the community about the HRC and human rights. He anticipated the outcome of that conversation would be council policy direction about the future focus of the HRC and further definition of how the Human Rights City framework applied to Eugene and the roles and responsibilities of the various stakeholders in the framework. The meeting was a listening session with the stakeholders represented by the HRC; its input would be added to the other input collected for presentation to the council when staff sought more specific policy direction about the framework. At the request of City Manager Ruiz, those present introduced themselves, described how they were connected to human rights work in general, and why it was important the City was connected to human rights and equity work. The following reasons were mentioned in response to the question of why it was important the City was connected to human rights and equity work: MINUTES—Eugene City Council May 18, 2011 Page 1 Work Session