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Ms. Bettman conveyed her support for the motion. She appreciated the receptiveness of the Police Commission and the community organizations. She felt the assessment of police oversight needed to be accelerated as proposed in the work plan. Mr. Pap~ supported the motion. He asked if the Police Commission was involved in helping to formulate the recommendation for a new police services facility. Mr. Laue replied that it had not been involved with its latest iteration. He recalled that the commission had helped to determine the need for it four years earlier and noted that one of its members served on the Mayor's Civic Center Visioning Committee. Mr. Pap~ opined that the Police Commission should have a role in the look and the function of the proposed facility. He suggested the commission's work plan should be amended to include it. Mr. Laue commented that the City Council "had not been shy" about adding to the work plan in the past. Mr. Taylor thanked the Police Commission for the work it had done over the last year. He called the agenda "ambitious." He wished to be on record as supporting the contingency request. Mr. Kelly noted that the work plan included a September work session to discuss the issue of off-campus parties. He recommended that, should it result in a request for action, the student body be allowed to provide input. Mr. Kelly applauded the undertaking of a thorough review of the complaint process. He conveyed his support for the motion. Mr. Meisner remarked that the City Council did assign the Police Commission work with no qualms and the Police Commission, in mm, had no qualms about taking on issues as they arose. He noted that the Police Commission was the only citizen body that had a full-time staff person and was now asking for a .5 FTE staff person and to contract out some work. He asked if the work plan the Police Commission was undertaking was too large for a citizen volunteer body. Mr. Laue responded that the commission met to discuss the workload and the likely increase in meetings, and the commission had indicated a unanimous commitment to the work. Mr. Meisner said he would support the work plan. He encouraged the commissioners to come before the council to amend the work plan should it prove to be too great. Ms. Taylor supported the motion. She felt the community had strongly indicated the need for such a review. She would not, however, support the second motion. Mayor Torrey expressed his support for the motion. He said the community expected this analysis to be conducted. He was concerned that the community could not wait as long as it would take the commission to complete the civilian review and asked the City Manager and Chief Lehner to bring something before the council with regard to how some changes in the department could be accomplished quickly. Mr. Taylor responded that staff would work to review and change administrative policy and was hoping bring this review before the council within the next three to six months. Mayor Torrey called for the vote. The motion passed unanimously, 6:0. MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 28, 2004 Page 4 Work Session