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M I N U T E S
Eugene City Council
2009 Boards and Commissions Interviews
McNutt Room—City Hall—777 Pearl Street
Eugene, Oregon
October 5, 2009
5:30 p.m.
COUNCILORS PRESENT: Alan Zelenka, Chris Pryor, Jennifer Solomon, George Poling, Andrea
Ortiz, Betty Taylor, George Brown.
COUNCILORS ABSENT: Mike Clark.
Councilors interviewed the following applicants for appointment to the Human Rights Commission:
Mat Beecher
Ron Burley
Iva Boslough
Toni Gyatso
Melissa Mona
Michelle Maher
Lorraine Kerwood
Brian Mason
Each applicant was asked to respond to the following questions:
1. What is the City government’s role in addressing human rights?
2. What are the most important human rights issues facing the City of Eugene and what are your ideas
for addressing those?
3. What do you think are the differences between volunteering for a community human rights group
and volunteering for the municipal Human Rights Commission?
4. We recognize that many people apply to serve on the Human Rights Commission because they are
passionate about a particular group or a specific issue. It’s important that commissioners have the
ability to work on a range of human rights issues. Assess your ability to work with others on issues
that may not be your top concern.
5. Serving on the commission requires a significant time and energy commitment. Tell us about your
ability to balance commission work with other demands in your life.
Councilors interviewed the following applicants for appointment to the Sustainability Commission:
Autumn Lovell
Mark Nystrom
Brandi Veltri
J D Howell
Brian Mason
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Each applicant was asked to respond to the following questions:
1. What prompted you to apply for the Sustainability Commission? Based on what you know about
the role of the commission, what skills, knowledge, and community connections could you bring to
help the commission be successful?
2. Please tell us about any experience you have had working collectively with a group, highlighting any
that have played an advisory, coordinating, or oversight role for an organization or agency.
3. What do you consider are the most important issues to address in Eugene to enable the community
to become more sustainable in ways that encompass social equity, economic prosperity and envi-
ronmental stewardship?
4. How can the Sustainability Commission be most effective in its role as a policy advisory body to the
City Council?
5. Please share your views on how the Sustainability Commission can foster broad and diverse com-
munity involvement in long-range changes to become more sustainable.
Councilors interviewed the following applicant for appointment to the Planning Commission:
Mark Baker
The applicant was asked to respond to the following questions:
1. What key issues would you hope to address as a member of the Planning Commission?
2. The Eugene Planning Commission often works on lengthy processes and decisions as a group.
Describe your prior skills and experience that will assist you in working with the Planning Commis-
sion in a collective manner.
3. Please describe how you would contribute to the diversity of views on the Planning Commission. In
what ways would you seek to bring the perspectives of underrepresented members of our community
into the land use planning and decision process?
4. The Planning Commission must often consider and balance complex issues when reviewing planning
documents and making land use decisions. As an example, parking strategies that limit density to
meet infill compatibility goals can conflict with regional growth management strategies. In your
opinion, what are the most important factors for the Planning Commission to consider in its deci-
sion-making?
Each applicant was also given an opportunity to ask questions of the council and speak to any other
information that was relevant to their qualifications. Applicants were thanked for their interest and informed
that appointments would be made at the council’s regular meeting on October 26, 2009.
The meeting adjourned at 9:05 p.m.
(Recorded by Lynn Taylor)
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