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Eugene City Council
Saul Room - Atrium
99 West 1011, Avenue —Eugene, Oregon
May 4, 2016
6:00 p.m.
COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, George Poling, Greg Evans, Claire Syrett, Chris Pryor
COUNCILORS ABSENT: George Brown, Alan Zelenka, Mike Clark
Council President Greg Evans called the May 4, 2016, meeting of the Eugene City Council to order.
A. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS INTERVIEWS
The council interviewed Joel Iboa, Aria Seligmann, Aimee Walsh, and Julia Johnson for vacancies on
the Human Rights Commission. Each candidate was asked the following questions:
1. Can you tell us aboutyour efforts to advance inclusion, equity, and human rights in our
community, through volunteer work or in your employment activities? Please give examples.
2. The Human Rights Commission, a volunteer body that builds its own annual work plan, works
in coordination with City staff and directly advises elected officials on issues pertaining to
human rights. Asyou can imagine this work and approach of the commission is differentfrom
that of a community -based human rights organization. How would you approach the work in
order to be effective in this role?
3. The HRC`s priorities include working with the community and advising the City Council on
issues involving addressing poverty and homelessness in our community; engaging youth in
human rights work; supporting communities of color and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
and Queer people and opposing expressions of bias and hate. Can you comment on your
experiences and/oryour interest in addressing these issues?
4. What do you see as the most important human rights issues in our community now? How have
these issues come to your attention? What are some solutionsyou think will help resolve those
issues?
The council interviewed Rick Roseta for a vacancy on the Civilian Review Board. The candidate was
asked the following questions:
1. What can you tell us aboutyour activities, personal attitudes and life experience that would
demonstrate you can make objective decisions about complaints against the police?
2. What contacts, positive or negative, haveyou had with police or in the criminal justice system?
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3, One ofyour neighbors is a Eugene officer, He knowsyou're on the CAB. Recently, he asked you
a hypothetical question about whatyou think an officer should do in a particular situation.
What would be your response to his question?
The council interviewed Steven (Mark] Baker for a vacancy on the Planning Commission. The
candidate was asked the following questions:
1. What unique characteristics, skills and interests would you bring to the Planning Commission?
2. As a group, the Planning Commission often works on lengthy processes and decisions. Describe
your skills, experience and approach that will assistyou in working in a constructive,
collaborative manner.
3. As a Planning Commissioner, you will be responsible for making objective recommendations
and decisions on a wide variety of planning and land use related matters. How would you
balanceyour personal or neighborhood perspective with the broad interests of the community
as a whole?
4. Please describe howyou would contribute to the diversity of views on the Planning
Commission. Howyou would seek to improve equity and inclusion, including bringing
perspectives of underrepresented members of our community into the land use planning and
decision process?
5. The Planning Commission must often consider and balance complex issues when reviewing
planning documents and making land use decisions. As an example, through Envision Eugene,
the city is in the process of implementing strategies to accommodate 34,000 new residents
over the next 20 years. In your opinion, what are the most importantfactors for the Planning
Commission to consider in these efforts?
Councilor Evans adjourned the meeting at 7:45 p.m.
Res ectfully%submitted,
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Chuck Crockett
City Recorder
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