CC Minutes - 07/21/10 Work Session

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Ms. Ortiz appreciated the work of the Police Commission and was also pleased with the group's participation in the recent hate crimes public forum. She was glad that the commission's EPD taser policy reviews had been conducted with a great deal of care and transparency. Mr. Pryor stated he had been very impressed with the level and amount of work that the Police Commission had done. Mr. Clark agreed with Mr. Pryor's statement. Police Commission member Juan Carlos Valle commended the efforts of Ms. Miller as Chair of the commission and provided the council with an overview of the commission's plans for the coming year. He stated that the commission's plans would involve three primary elements over the next year: the commission's subcommittees, the commission work sessions, and the development of annual and long-term commission projects designed to enhance and improve various EPD policies. He further noted that the policy screening and review subcommittee planned to continue its review of EPD policies relating to homeless populations, warrantless entry and vehicle pursuit. He noted that the use of force subcommittee also planned to continue its review of several EPD policies. Mr. Valle reported that the Commission's public outreach subcommittee would be transitioned into a new subcommittee dedicated to the review of EPD resources. He stated that the subcommittee had scheduled a public hearing for September 1, 2010. Mr. Valle noted that in an effort to better coordinate the efforts of the Police Commission with the CRB and the HRC two new commission liaisons to those groups had been appointed. Mr. Valle listed and briefly discussed the commission's work plan outcomes and goals for the benefit of the council. He hoped that the commission's effort would continue to help the community fully understand the nature of the adopted EPD policies. Ms. Miller, responding to a question from Ms. Ortiz, stated that further information regarding the commission's review of the EPD's pursuit policies had been included in the policy screening and review subcommittee section of the commission's work plan. Ms. Ortiz asked for further information regarding the Commission's public outreach and resource review subcommittee and asked if that group planned to coordinate with Lane County officials regarding the law enforcement budgets of the two municipalities. Mr. Valle responded that while no specific plans in that regard had yet been made, the long term nature of the committee's work processes might dictate the involvement of Lane County budget and resources staff in the future. Ms. Ortiz recognized that Lane County had no groups that were comparable to the Eugene Police Commission. Mr. Clark anticipated that Lane County might somehow be involved in any significant EPD policy changes and maintained that the Eugene Police commission was well-positioned to provide advice and feedback regarding such matters. Ms. Ortiz noted that in her ongoing monitoring of the commission's work she had been frustrated that she had not been included on the interested parties list to receive the regular minutes, agendas and information materials used by the commission. Ms. Miller stated that she would see that Ms. Ortiz was included on the regular correspondence lists for Police Commission materials. Mr. Zelenka joined the meeting via telephone at 12:23 p.m. Ms. Miller, responding to a question from Mr. Poling, briefly described the recruitment and appointment process that was currently being used to replace a vacant position on the Police Commission. She noted that the commission planned to interview applicants for the position during the week of July 26 and that they planned to provide subsequent recommendations regarding the position to the council. MINUTES—Eugene City Council July 21, 2010 Page 2 Work Session