City of Eugene Human Rights Commission

City of Eugene Human Rights Commission Human Rights Commission Meeting 10-17-17 Packet Contents Draft Agenda Page 1 Draft Minutes from 8/2017 Page 3 Budget Update Page 13 Support Request Follow Up Report Page 14 EPD Liaison Report – Downtown Eugene Dog Ordinance Pilot Timeline Page 15 Bylaws Review Page 16 DACA Resolution Page 18 Youth Initiative Work Group Update Page 21 November HRC Draft Agenda Page 22 Office of Human Rights & Neighborhood Involvement | City of Eugene | 99 W 10th Ave | Eugene OR 97401 | (541) 682-5272  City of Eugene Human Rights Commission The mission of the Human Rights Commission is to promote implementation of universal human rights values and principles in all City of Eugene programs and throughout the wider community. To carry out this mission the commission shall affirm, encourage and initiate programs and services within the City of Eugene and in the wider community designed to place priority upon protecting, respecting, and fulfilling the full range of universal human rights as enumerated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To support and promote human rights, the commission will: provide human rights education, be proactive in human rights efforts, address human rights violations, ensure active public participation, be transparent and open, be publicly accountable for human rights progress. Human Rights Commissioners: Edward McGlone (Chair), Joel Iboa (Vice Chair), Ibrahim Coulibaly, Ela Kubok, Ibrahim Hamide, Andrew Thomson, Bonnie Souza, Aria Seligmann, Julia Johnson, Aimee Walsh, Councilor Emily Semple Equity and Human Rights Center Staff: Jen Lleras Van Der Haeghen, Katie Babits The Human Rights Commission meets on the third Tuesday of each month. Tuesday, October 17th, 2017 5:30 – 8:30 PM Meeting Sloat Room, Atrium Building, 99 W 10th Street Contact: Katie Babits, 541-682-5177 katie.e.babits@ci.eugene.or.us ITEM _______________ACTION______ TIME 1. Agenda/Minutes Review and Approval (Chair) Discuss/Vote 5:30 - 5:35 (5 min) 2. Public Comment (Chair) 5:35 - 5:40 (5 min) 3. Support Request (Chair) Discuss/Vote 5:40 – 5:45 (5 min) 4. EPD Liaison Update 5:45 – 6:00 (15 min) 5. Bylaws Review 6:00 – 6:15 (15 min) 6. Report from Oregon Coalition on Housing and Homelessness Conference 6:15 – 6:25 (10 min) 7. DACA Debrief 6:25 – 6:35 (10 min) 8. International Human Rights Day Discuss/Vote 6:35 – 6:45 (10 min) 9. Work Group Lead Updates 6:45 – 7:00 (15 min) 10. Council Update 7:00 – 7:10 (10 min) 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 |HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/hrc 1  11. Commission Liaison Updates 7:10 – 7:20 (10 min) 12. Staff Update 7:20 – 7:25 (5 min) 13. Agenda Setting – November 7:25 – 7:30 (5 min) Upcoming events, activities or meetings of which the HRC needs to be aware: 10/18 NOON – Council Work Session: Broadway Plaza Renaming, Metro Plan Amendment. Bascom/Tykeson Room, Eugene Public Library. 10/23 5:30pm – Council Work Session: Human Rights Commission Work Plan, Sustainability Commission Work Plan. Harris Hall. 10/23 7:30pm – Council Meeting: Ordinance Concerning State Traffic Laws, Appointments to Riverfront Renewal Guides. Harris Hall. 10/25 NOON – Council Work Session: Climate Recovery Ordinance Progress Report. Harris Hall. 11/13 5:30pm – Council Work Session: Parks and Recreation System Plan. Harris Hall. 11/13 7:30pm – Council Meeting: Public Forum. Harris Hall. 12/11 5:30pm – Council Work Session: Public Safety System. Harris Hall. 12/11 7:30pm – Council Meeting: Urban Renewal Financial Report, Supplemental Budget. Harris Hall. The Eugene Human Rights Commission welcomes your interest in these agenda items. This meeting location is wheelchair accessible. For the hearing impaired, FM-assistive listening devices are available or an interpreter can be provided with 48 hours’ notice prior to the meeting. Spanish-language interpretation will also be provided with 48 hours’ notice. To arrange for these services, contact staff at (541) 682-5177. La Comisión de Derechos Humanos agradece su interés por participar en los asuntos de esta agenda. El local de la reunión tiene acceso para personas en silla de ruedas. Para las personas con dificultades auditivas ofrecemos sistemas FM para ayudarlo a escuchar, o intérpretes de lenguaje de señas. También ofrecemos intérpretes de español. Si necesita cualquiera de estos servicios por favor solicítelos con 48 horas de anticipación, llamando al (541) 682-5177. 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/hrc 2  City of Eugene Human Rights Commission MINUTES Tuesday, September 19, 2017 5:30pm – 7:30pm Meeting Atrium Building, Sloat Room, 99 W. 10th Avenue, Eugene Present: Human Rights Commissioners: Edward McGlone (Chair), Joel Iboa (Vice Chair), Ela Kubok, Andrew Thomson, Ibrahim Coulibaly, Ibrahim Hamide, Julia Johnson, Aimee Walsh, Aria Seligmann, Councilor Emily Semple Staff: Jennifer Lleras Van Der Haeghen and Katie Babits EPD Liaison: Sgt. Vinje 1. Agenda/Minutes Review and Approval E. McGlone called the September HRC meeting to order. E. McGlone reviewed agenda. Motion: Move to agenda for the Human Rights Commission Retreat. Made by: E. Kubok Second: A. Walsh Vote: Unanimous Motion: Move to approve August HRC Retreat minutes as amended. Made by: A. Seligmann Second: I. Hamide Discussion: E. McGlone: A. Seligmann, can you clarify for the record if you motion is intended to accept amendments from both B. Souza and K. Neubeck? A. Seligmann: Yes, thank you. I intended for my motion to incorporate edits from both parties. E. McGlone: Thank you. For future reference, I want to put out there that the minutes are meant to be a summary of the actions and discussion of the Commission. Many amendments were based on wording as opposed to actually changing the meaning of the minutes. If we are able to achieve the context in the minutes, we may be able to save some time in this areas of the agenda. Vote: Unanimous 2. Public Comment E. McGlone: Thank you for bringing your concern to the Human Rights Commission. It is critical that we hear about issues such as this. Please understand that the Human Rights Commission is a policy advisory body to the City Council and is not designated to resolve issues at its public meetings. The Commission has a full agenda tonight and will not discuss or make decisions immediately on the issue you have presented us. If you need additional information on this issue before the next Human Rights Commission meeting, please contact Office of Human Rights and Neighborhood Involvement staff at (541 682-5177. Due to time constraints, we are permitting three minutes for each commenter. You will be given notice when 30 seconds remain and when your time is finished. 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 |HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 3 Vernon Le Price: Good evening, I am a homeless advocate. I volunteer with the National Alliance on Mental Illness. I read over some of the draft forms from the packet posted for this meeting online. Specifically I would like to address the Marginalized Voices report. It appears that the homeless and mentally ill populations were left out of this report. I would like more information about what the proposed outcomes from this report and definitions of the populations involved. Last point in time count showed there are 1,529 people documented in the local homeless population, and 435 with mental illness. This is not a large number, which is actually impressive how low it is, but it remains that it is a number involved and I would like to know where those marginalized voices are heard. David Saez: Thank you for having me here. I am the Executive Director at Centro Latino Americano and a member of the Latinx Alliance. I want to know what the HRC is doing to mobilize action for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The president decided to phase out DACA, and now a subset of that group is scrambling to apply for renewal. Our community is holding a DACA renewal clinic this Saturday. We have immigration attorneys, childcare and volunteers, and we are pulling together scholarships to cover the costs of applying. We are trying to raise $60,000. This is too large of an injustice for no action to be taken by this community. You have helped to pass City ordinances on immigration laws. Tonight we need to pass language to put money behind the statements, as Mayor Vinis said recently “Ours is a nation of immigrants, and each new generation of immigrants refreshes and renews our country with new ideas, languages and perspective. The promise of Dreamers is the promise of us all – to learn, to grow and to contribute to our community.” We ask for this on these peoples behalf. Majeska Seese Green: I want to talk about vehicles people are living in being towed and impounded. It seems that practice has been increasing. We need to figure out how to handle it differently. I believe the Police Commission addressed it a couple years ago and perhaps those minutes need to be reviewed if they were able to suggest a solution. There will never be enough affordable housing, so we need to have different ways that are humane for people without shelter to live. It is not just cars and trucks, it is now RV’s and campers. It is expensive to retrieve vehicles from impound, and they need their ID to retrieve the vehicle, but their ID is in the impounded vehicle. Some changes need to happen about how EPD handles it or if a moratorium can be placed, that would be even better. Richard Guske: I am also on the homelessness work group of the HRC. Low cost housing used to be something that people could actually obtain. Today it is in new forms: car, tent, hut, tiny house, maybe housing first or Square One. The car is a critical part of the system and it is being yanked out from underneath the unhoused. It is the same as kicking someone out of their tent, scooping it up and taking it away with everything they own. 4. EPD Liaison Update Sgt. Vinje: I am the sergeant in charge of hate and bias crimes. On page 21 of your packet you will find the third quarter report on bias crimes. There has been a large increase in these types of crimes, and I do not have an anecdotal response to why we have seen this increase. We know that it is not as severe as being seen in Portland and in other cities across the country, but it is notable within our community. J. Lleras Van Der Haeghen: We know that this year EPD has been taking a more proactive approach, which could be one factor in seeing higher numbers in this report. Sgt. Vinje: We have seen a number of swastikas and hate graffiti. Normally officers do not stop to record graffiti as vandalism crimes. However, due to the increase in hate related graffiti from white supremacists as well as Antifa, we have directed officers if they see swastikas, hate language or any other types of vandalism that would qualify as a hate crime, to stop and record them so we are able to maintain a record of the activity presenting itself in our community. A. Seligmann: You mentioned in the same sentence white supremacist groups and antifascist group. What is an anti-fascist? Sgt. Vinje: Antifa is an anti-fascist group, they are against racism and they are willing to fight for what they believe. We do have a white supremacist faction and Antifa is organized against them. A. Seligmann: Who in Eugene is anti-fascist and why is that a problem? 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 4 Sgt. Vinje: For example, there were some crimes involved in protests against a Trump supporter, and if those actions are tied to a crime against someone for what they believe, then we will be charging them for that crime. A. Seligmann: We are all part of an anti-racist group. I don’t want potentially good people lumped in with white supremacists. Sgt. Vinje: I agree with you, they do not have the same values system at all. J. Iboa: Have you seen an increase in hate and bias activity? Sgt. Vinje: The rise in numbers this quarter have been clearly significant. I would love to be able to qualify what it is and why, but I don’t have that information. J. Iboa: Do you see a pattern in certain beats as opposed to others? Sgt. Vinje: It seems to be in more populated areas. I do not believe we pulled a chart and I think that’s a great point, we should pull that. J. Lleras Van Der Haeghen: I can tell you that there is generally an increase in the summer. This summer there was an increase, which are the numbers you are seeing, and I can also tell you that the numbers from this summer are greater than the increase last summer. I. Coulibaly: Is Antifa classified as a hate group? Sgt. Vinje: No. However, if this group is committing a crime against someone else because of what they believe, it is considered a hate crime. They are not considered a hate group. I. Hamide: In the case where there was violence against a Trump supporter, was that given a political designation? Sgt. Vinje: Yes. I. Hamide: I see in the category of religious crimes, there have been 11 total this year. J. Lleras Van Der Haeghen: One of the things we are trying to create is consistency in reporting. When we see swastikas, at times they are also grouped with other hate language. We agreed that we would classify swastika crimes as religion unless they were also accompanied by graffiti targeting other protected groups. We work closely with EPD to understand the story associated with the crime. Just last week we met with EPD to work through the crimes from this year to date and make sure we agreed on how they were classified. I. Hamide: If the local mosque was targeted, it would be classified under religion? J. Lleras Van Der Haeghen: Yes, it would be marked as religion. A. Seligmann: When did we start labeling people as Antifa and how many people have been labeled this way? Sgt. Vinje: I can’t give you names, but Antifa has labeled themselves as Antifa. They are putting out flyers and stickers self-identifying their group as Antifa. A. Seligman: But you put them in the same sentence as white supremacists. Sgt. Vinje: I am sorry that it seemed as if I classified them as the same. They are very different groups and they do not like one another. A. Seligmann: I do not want to normalize racism and white supremacy. If we are casually using the term, we are normalizing racism, and we need to know about that. Sgt. Vinje: They are self-identifying as Antifa. E. Semple: Is the problem with when they cross the line to committing crimes? I may agree with their cause, but if they commit a crime against a white supremacist, they would be in trouble. Sgt. Vinje: If someone was assaulted, the assault is the crime. If the reason they committed the crime is because of their belief against the other person, it is a bias crime. E. Semple: These people have groups here and in other parts of the country, and if they are putting up stickers they are self-identifying as Antifa. E. McGlone: Thank Sgt. Vinje for coming to talk with us today about the third quarter hate and bias report. 5. DACA Discussion E. McGlone: This work item was brought to me by Commissioner Iboa. He has some asks he wanted to convey and I will have him take the floor to explain. 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 5 J. Iboa: As many of you are aware, the Deferred Actions for Childhood Arrivals program sunset on September 5th. It was supposed to be a day of celebration as the 5th year since President Obama made the executive order. One piece we are trying to achieve is something permanent for DACA kids. We have several recipients in our school districts and higher education institutions in our community. We should urge the Mayor and City Council to send a letter to Peter DeFazio. He has to power to advocate for our state and the City of Eugene should be urging him to do so. Motion: Move that the Human Rights Commission ask the City of Eugene to advocate to our congressional representation for a permanent pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients. Made by: E. McGlone Second: J. Johnson Discussion: E. Semple: Councilor Evans is writing a resolution and is currently in the process of bringing it forward to Council. J. Johnson: How can we as a Commission be involved? E. McGlone: I can draft a letter and we can bring it to Council that I or our Vice Chair can read for public comment before Council. J. Lleras Van Der Haeghen: I would caution about editing the letter by email as that is a decision moving forward to Council. I also will add that Boards and Commissions have the benefit of speaking first during public comment at City Council meetings. Vote: Unanimous J. Iboa: There are over 800,000 DACA recipients in the US. Approximately 250,000 are eligible for reapplication. There are approximately 125 people in Lane County. Portland has asked their government for funding, for Portland to put their money where their mouth is. I think we should do the same, I think we should ask our City Council to do the same, to put their money where their mouth is. E. Kubok: Is there a dollar amount for this ask? J. Iboa: I think we should ask for $10,000. E. Semple: That’s only 20 people. Motion: I move to request $10,000 from City Council for DACA renewal scholarships and legal services. Made by: J. Iboa Second: J. Johnson Discussion: E. Semple: Forgive me if I missed this, but do we not know how many there are right now? J. Iboa: There are 125 eligible for renewal in Lane County, I don’t know numbers specific to Eugene. I. Hamide: Can I ask for clarification that we are asking to provide fees for 20 people, which would be $495 dollars? E. Semple: Are we putting parameters on it? Are we asking to be specific? If so, what are the attorney fees and the application fees? As a Council member, I would want to know specific information. J. Iboa: The reapplications have to be in by October 5th. I think we would fund the application fees first, and we are looking for money from other sources as well. The money, the number is a sign that council cares, and if the funds are not used, we can use those funds toward other legal fees. E. Semple: I just wonder if there is a lottery, how do you determine who receives the money? I think it would have to go to Eugene residents. E. McGlone: I think it would be best to give Council as broad of an approach as possible. The goal would be to have broad latitude, to set aside $10,000 for this purpose, and let Council and staff work out the exact details. E. Semple: Besides tomorrow, there are only two meetings before the 5th. You can submit an email tonight so it will come as public comment for the meeting tomorrow. A. Seligmann: When making an ask, it is better to be really specific and then let Council decide how they want to from it. I think it would be better to do the work for them. 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 6 Vote: Unanimous E. McGlone: My intention would be to put both asks in one letter which Commissioner Iboa and I will work on tonight and submit tomorrow. I would ask our partners in the audience to turn out at the Monday Night public comment. 6. HRC FY18 Work Plan E. McGlone: On page 23 of the packet, we have the draft FY18 Human Rights Commission Work Plan. The groups have worked to add objectives to the work areas which were decided in the HRC retreat. Objective 1: To acquaint the HRC (City Council, City Leadership, etc.) with issues, needs and other factors that influence our young people, and to inspire and support youth to become ambassadors of community leadership via their input to the HRC. J. Johnson: I think this is something that we have been looking forward to for quite some time. I feel that of the actions listed here, Actions 1.1 and 1.2 are most realistic for one year. We may want to revisit 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5 in another year. A. Walsh and I met and discussed many groups in the community that we can invite to our meetings and hear their voice, it would be beneficial to help accomplish Actions 1.1 and 1.2. E. McGlone: Are you suggesting to eliminate Actions 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5? J. Johnson: I think the work in the first two objectives will be plenty for one year. I think it would be best to focus on those two. E. Semple: In Action 1.2, would you research the steps and then the following year introduce education? J. Johnson: I work with kids all day long who do not know what their human rights are. I want to approach it from where they are. In so many circumstances, youth are told what to do and are not included in the process. I want this process to be driven by youth, and that will help us to determine the next steps of the process. A. Walsh: I think asking them first is essential, and there will be some education, but I do not think it can be considered educating them. J. Iboa: Objective 2: Increase community engagement, propose policy recommendations to the Eugene City Council and inform the community on issues of homelessness and poverty. A. Seligmann: Action 2.5 is a mistake, it was actually 1.5 from the first objective. To the rest of the actions, we started by keeping the language broad. The Homelessness Working Group is a longstanding working group, and is very high functioning. The actions are doable and we can fill in the details as we work through the actions. 2.4 is already happening and being communicated broadly. E. Kubok: There is definitely a high interest of volunteers willing to talk about these issues and take action in the community. It is not only achievable but reflecting what is happening. A. Walsh: I echo that this is appropriate to the work being done. A. Seligmann: I want to make on change from the process that has been previously used. I want to use outcomes-based reporting, then we will have a better idea of what to carry forward. For the sake of the commission its best to show the importance of our impact by having measurable outcomes. E. McGlone: Objective 3: Identify and implement strategies to enhance inclusion of marginalized communities into the larger Eugene community and to help deter or respond to hate, bias and discrimination, including systemic and individual racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, heterosexism, ableism and transism. The group lead, B. Souza, was not able to be here today, so we will turn it over to the supporting leads here, and I wanted to draw attention to the work group that Action 3.4 we are agreeing to continue as a Commission. I. Coulibaly: We will be having our next meeting on October 7th. Right now we are getting new members, the youth from NAACP and one more group that B. Souza mentioned. I. Hamide: We wanted to make sure the monies were made available so those with marginalized voices receive the document. Our next meeting we will discuss further on moving forward on the objective. The summit is going to be a large task. A. Walsh: The action discussing the summit is focused on planning and the actual event could happen sometime in the future. E. McGlone: If we can determine when we do want it to happen and determine a budget, we should talk about reserving funds from the HRC budget for that event. 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 7 I. Hamide: I agree, and regarding Action 3.3, quite a bit of work is already happening in the community. A. Seligmann: There will be a monetary request in December for the International Human Rights Day event. We budgeted $1,000 last year and I think we would ask the same this year. We used a small piece of it last year, but it would be good to reserve the same amount this year. J. Johnson: There is a youth component with this work group, and we are partnering together with the groups to be involved. E. McGlone: Objective 4: Policing, hate and bias in other communities. Iboa: We want to review the current system to understand the hate and bias reporting system. We want to understand how we can see it happen also at the county level and do what we can to move it forward. The UO collects the information but does not have a process to analyze it. We have made an ask of our Chief to ask the UO chief for collaboration. I have been attending the hiring process and plan to remain involved. I would like to appoint a backup for myself when I cannot attend. J. Johnson: I think something came to our attention tonight about anti-fascist thinking, and we should think about how to include this. I. Coulibaly: I would like to be included more, I have not been part of the conversation although I am part of the group. J. Iboa: Agreed. E. McGlone: Objective 5: Immigration: bringing a human face to immigrants in our community and raising awareness about immigrant rights and current issues immigrants face. Help make all immigrants feel welcome in our community. E. Kubok: We have not had a chance to meet yet, but I think we need to make immigrants understand their rights, hear their stories, and attend meetings with organizations providing support to the immigrant population. B. Souza asked about the monitoring of immigrant communities as it connects strongly with her work group. J. Iboa: B. Souza and I spoke about how this connects with hate and bias recording, and someone in HRNI does speak Spanish so they can report if they are Spanish-speaking, but people are not necessarily coming forward to report. I’m not sure if advocating is another action item, or clarification in our objective. J. Iboa: I would like to amend Objective 5 to: Monitor reports of discrimination of immigrants in our community as well as promote policies and practices that help support immigrants in our community. E. McGlone: Objective 6: Administrative. The elections process for leadership should be something we discuss in the October meeting. We also want to explore financial support, specifically the bylaws around how we are meant to support the community are not congruent with our form that community members fill out to request financial support. We may want to talk about work groups as well. The bylaws currently state that work group members are formerly invited by work group members and staff. We are not sure if that is the intent of either Commissioners or staff on how to determine the work group members. This would also be good to discuss in October and move forward in November. We also would like to review the recruitment and selection process for recruiting new commissioners, and financial support of the Commission. Motion: Move to approve the Human Rights Commission FY18 Work Plan as amended. Made by: J. Iboa Second: E. Kubok Vote: Unanimous 7. Liaison Roles: Openings and Changes E. McGlone: The current liaison for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) is A. Walsh, with a backup by A. Seligmann. Are you both satisfied with continuing your roles? A. Walsh: Yes. A. Seligmann: Yes. E. McGlone: The Moving Ahead Transportation Panel is a collaboration of the City of Eugene and the Lane Transit District (LTD) working with the community to prioritize corridors for near-term enhancements that 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 8 serve people using transit, biking, walking, and mobility devices. Moving Ahead Transportation Panel will build from Envision Eugene and LTD’s Long Range Transit Plan. I believe this group meets infrequently. A. Thomson is currently appointed, are you interested in continuing this appointment? A. Thomson: Yes. E. McGlone: This group requests two members of the HRC to be in attendance. Is there anyone interested in holding the second position? E. Kubok: I will be second I. Coulibaly: I will be backup. E. McGlone: The Vision Zero Task Force liaison is currently A. Seligmann. A. Seligmann: I need to step off of this liaison for timing reasons. It is a 3-hour meeting on a Wednesday afternoon. They meet monthly on the third Wednesday. A. Walsh: If it is the third Wednesday of the month, I can commit to that. Edward: I am currently the liaison to the Police Commission. This position is a voting member, I enjoy it and will continue, but am open to stepping down if others are interested. J. Iboa is back up but they do not allow the backup liaison to vote. E. McGlone: Councilor Semple is our Council Liaison, we plan to have a meeting with the Mayor that we want to schedule for November. E. McGlone: The Civilian Review Board liaison is B. Souza, and I believe she would like to continue in that role. I. Coulibaly: I would like to be B. Souza’s back up for the CRB. E. McGlone: I. Coulibaly, you have agreed to remain as the liaison to the Equity and Human Rights Board? I. Coulibaly: Yes. E. McGlone: J. Iboa was interested in being the back up for the EHRB. Motion: Move to confirm appointments to HRC Liaison Roles. Made by: A. Walsh Second: I. Hamide Discussion: J. Johnson: I want to make sure J. Iboa can opt out if it does not work with his schedule. E. McGlone: Yes, he can decline the assignment. K. Babits: Can you confirm the appointment of I. Hamide to the Housing Policy Board? E. McGlone: Yes, we included the appointment of I. Hamide in this motion. K. Babits: And does the Commission wish to appoint a liaison to the Sustainability Commission? EMG: It does not appear that anyone is interested at this time, but we can discuss it in the future should the topic arise. Vote: Unanimous 8. Downtown Eugene Dog Ordinance Pilot Discussion E. McGlone: This ordinance sunsets and that date will happen after our October meeting. We can talk about the topic tonight and decide how we want to approach it. We can also table it and discuss it in October. Or we could choose to not take action. A. Seligmann: I want us as a Commission to oppose this. It seems that it directly targets the homeless population. E. Semple: I would like to see action tonight so that we can make movement on it. I agree with A. Seligmann’s statements and strongly oppose it. E. Kubok: I believe ordinance is against everyone’s human right. I don’t think the order was well thought through and it was not a solution. I. Hamide: I want to get some understanding about those who came up with the idea in the first place. E. McGlone: I was not in support of the ordinance so the only information I have is what I have heard as reasons of those in support for the ordinance. I heard there was a safety concern, that a dog attacked another dog downtown and killed it. I also heard there were a number of dogs that allegedly were not well handled. 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 9 Those are stated reasons by those who supported it. I did not support it, and I do not want to state any further speculation for those who were in support. I. Hamide: Were the downtown merchants in support? E. McGlone: I believe the Chamber of Commerce and business advocates were in support, but I am not certain about the downtown merchants specifically. E. Semple: The downtown merchants did support it. J. Johnsons: Do we know the reasons of those who were in support? A. Seligmann: From what I understand, there was the dog ban and the smoking ban. Someone said we have to pass at least one of them? Why would that be? E. Semple: I quote Betty Taylor who said, “It is discriminatory when we want to rid downtown of a certain section of people.” E. McGlone: This topic came up at Police Commission as well. One of the questions I asked was if I could walk with my dog, which is licensed and vaccinated, downtown and stop for coffee at The Barn Light. I was told there are other coffee shops outside of the dog ban area where I could stop with my dog. I. Hamide: Are there statistics that show this is a good thing? E. Semple: I asked how we would know if it works. Jon said it would mostly be opinion based. E. Kubok: Recently I received a survey from City staff about the downtown core. One of the questions in the survey is do you support the dog ban. I want to know if we can receive the results from this survey. E. McGlone: I believe staff would be able to provide us a link to the survey. Motion: Move that human rights issues ask to City Council to allow Ordinance No. 20577 to sunset. Made by: E. Kubok Second: I. Coulibaly Discussion: Johnson: If we were to vote tonight, I would abstain because I would be interested in hearing results before voting in favor of it. There may be a perspective that is not considering the discrimination. E. McGlone: Next month EPD will bring numbers related to citation numbers. E. Kubok: In the last four months the City has made a number of positive initiatives. I would attribute positive change to those changes, and not to this ordinance. E. Semple: When this came up, I already knew they were positive changes for the downtown core. My concern then remains: When there is improvement, how would you say what caused it? Vote: E. McGlone, E. Kubok, A. Thomson, I. Coulibaly, I. Hamide, A. Walsh, A. Seligmann, E. Semple Abstained: J. Johnson 9. Homelessness Work Group Conference Request A. Seligmann: On September 27th to Sept 29th there is a great conference on homelessness from the Oregon Coalition on Homelessness and Housing. I would like to attend, and there are people in our working group we are directing to seek funding to attend from other sources. Motion: Move to provide $275 for A. Seligmann to attend Annual Conference of the Oregon Coalition on Housing and Homelessness. Made by: J. Johnson Second: E. Semple Discussion: E. Semple: This sounds fantastic and I would love to attend myself, I enthusiastically support this decision. A. Walsh: I will be attending as well but my work is paying for it. Vote: E. McGlone, E. Kubok, A. Thomson, I. Coulibaly, I. Hamide, A. Walsh, A. Seligmann, E. Semple, J. Johnson Abstain: A. Seligmann 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 10 10. Work Group Lead Updates E. McGlone: I wanted to clarify that B. Souza has withdrawn her request and is moving forward with printing the Marginalized Voices report as approved in the August HRC Retreat. We will have a budget request from A. Seligmann about the International Human Rights Day event which we can discuss in November. A. Seligmann: The Homeless Work Group has continued throughout the summer. There is the topic of the expansion of the rest stop program at 34th and Hilyard currently being ran by Nightingale Health Sanctuary. There was a meeting tonight for the Southeast Neighbors board to vote on if they support the expansion. There is a pamphlet being created that people in neighborhoods can use to identify locations for rest stops. There is a car camping program in north Eugene and we are working on the Santa Clara expansion. There is also a discussion of Lone Oak Park as a rest stop and to have a dog park next to it. There is talk of having people from the rest stop manage the dog park. We have a cold winter coming up. Egan was over capacity last winter, we had nearly 30 people die on the streets of Eugene last winter. We are also working on a continuing a case with LTD. We had Charles Thomas come to us, as he was kicked off the bus, cited for no reason, and he is homeless and African American and he came and talked to our work group. On a very hot day he was trying to get to the hospital with dangerously high blood pressure and he was not allowed to use the bus to get to the hospital. Councilor Evans was going to follow up with the head of LTD. We are going to ask someone from LTD to come talk to our work group. We want to communicate with the community to educate the rest of those in the community. We have worked to not use acronyms. There is talk about the residential housing program. There will be homeless forums on October 25th at St. Matthews. It will provide more information on this when I know. 11. Council Update E. Semple: We already talked about the dog ban, one group came and spoke in the last forum. Last week we had a meeting about process. The Police Auditor review is coming up. Tomorrow we are talking about multifamily recycling, about requiring recycling. We are not deciding on anything, it is an informational session. I talked to the Mayor this morning I went to the 3 o’clock emergency meeting. I also went to the shelter discussion of the Poverty and Homelessness Board. Lane County has found money for a feasibility study for the shelter. We were going to discuss the shelter today, but now that they have money for a feasibility study, we held off. Heather Sielicki called a meeting at the same time since we already had a room. The Mayor came, and about 20 people were there. The focus was not about shelter, rather the focus was that winter has arrived, so what are we going to do about it? There was the acknowledgment that Egan was burnt out and we need to know what we will do if we have another winter like last year. We want to ask the Red Cross to be more involved. It would be good to have another dusk to dawn option. St. Vincent de Paul is looking at buying the lot across from the service center so they can yes the facilities at the service center. The Mayor and I talked about churches that are not already involved to bring them as car camping options. Today was very encouraging and there was support for going ahead with some options. There was also constrained frustration. There is a new format to the tentative agenda that has subjects coming up that have not yet been scheduled listing at the bottom. You can see that we will be talking about missing middle housing. Please look at the tentative agendas. They are updated every Thursday, but be aware that they can change by Monday. You can figure out which ones you are more interested in. K. Babits: This is in the same location as the tentative agenda link I sent after the retreat, which I can send out again. A. Seligmann: The motion did pass tonight for expansion of the rest stop in the Southeast Neighbors Board Meeting. J. Johnson: Did they vote for the current rest stop to remain, or to expand the rest stop? A. Seligmann: I believe that it is to remain and hopefully expand across the street. E. Semple: I believe they are working toward a dusk to dawn as well. Rest stops are really fantastic, and for quick shelter the dusk to dawns are effective. J. Lleras Van Der Haeghen: Will the City Council still need to make a motion for approval? E. Semple: Yes, Council will need to approve the rest stop. 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 11 12. Commission Liaison Updates 13. Staff Update J. Lleras Van Der Haeghen: Today we saw the last of the Equity and Human Rights Board plan from the Planning and Development Department. All the drafts have come in and they are slated to be final in the new year. I. Coulibaly came to his first meeting today. HRNI is doing all kinds of trainings around the city. We are working with the Planning Division on public participation guidelines to make sure staff understand the guidelines and have the resources to use them. We are also working with Kristie Hammitt on the Police Chief process. We want to work with the HRC as we continue through the process. A. Seligmann, we would like to come to the Homelessness Working Group meeting and we would also like to come to the Marginalized Communities Work Group. We want to make sure the process is as open and transparent a process as possible. 14. Agenda Setting – October E. McGlone: Can we include the upcoming meetings of HRC Workgroups to the upcoming events on the agenda. K. Babits: Absolutely. A. Walsh: There is an upcoming vigil for victims and survivors of domestic violence on October 1st. You can find more information in the Womenspace website. Motion: Move to adjourn the September Human Rights Commission meeting. Made by: E. Semple Second: A. Walsh Vote: Unanimous 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 12 Human Rights Commission Budget Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) DATE REQUESTING GROUP EVENT OR DESCRIPTION AMOUNT BALANCE 7/1/17 $4,500.00 SPONSORSHIP SUBTOTAL $0.00 WORKPLAN EXPENSE Anti-Discrimination Workgroup Marginalized Voices Printing $400.00 SUBTOTAL $400.00 TOTALS $400.00 $4,100.00 13 To: City of Eugene Human Right Commission From: Minority Voices Theatre Re: Sponsorship Follow-up Report – Now I Am Your Neighbor Date: October 4, 2017 Minority Voices Theatre and the Community Alliance of Lane Country’s theatrical production of Now I Am Your Neighbor We gathered together groups of people from diverse backgrounds, including: thirteen readers and a local musician; a creative team of eight; and 10-12 local immigrants’ stories to create an original theatrical production, which explores the lives of Lane County immigrants. We performed the play three times at The Very Little Theatre, from September 22 – 24, 2017, to approximately 265 audience members – turning away over 150 people at the door. The play was very well received, and the discussions, which took place after each performance and included community advocates, were engaging, energetic, and informative. Though we anticipated using HRC co-sponsorship funding for printing and stipends, we chose instead to use the $200 to help defray the cost of ASL interpretation, which we felt was very important to provide. The total price of the ASL interpreting services for the Sunday matinee was $450. The part of the production that could have been improved was admission. We took donations only at the door. It would have been better to set up an advanced reservation system so that we could have known in advance of the very large response. We are currently planning several additional performances to try to accommodate those who were turned away, and this time, we will perform in a larger venue and take advance reservations. Commissioner Bonnie Souza's active involvement in this project was much appreciated. She added a very clear voice for inclusion to all discussions. Thank you very much for your support on this important project. Respectfully submitted, Carol Dennis Co-Founder, Minority Voices Theatre 14 Human Rights Commission EPD Liaison Report Downtown Eugene Dog Ordinance Pilot - Timeline In order to extend or make the ordinance permanent before the November 1, 2017 expiration date, the Mayor would have needed to sign a new Ordinance no later than September 29, 2017. This means a public hearing would have needed to be held by September 18, 2017 - and the notice for the hearing would have needed to be posted by August 31, 2017. The Council was on break during August 2017, so they would have had to give staff direction to initiate this process in July 2017 - prior to having an opportunity to review the program. If, after reviewing the program, the Council decides to move forward with reinstating and/or modifying the ordinance, there will be a full public notice and hearing process. 15 ORGANIZATION AND BYLAWS OF THE CITY OF EUGENE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS AND DUTIES Section 1. The officers of the commission shall be a chairperson and a vice-chair elected by the commission from among the members of the commission. To be eligible for chair nomination a commissioner must have served on the Human Rights Commission at least one (1) year. Section 2. Any commissioner may nominate a candidate from the commission for the position of chair or vice-chair. Nominations need not be seconded. Section 3. A member may decline nomination because of an inability to serve, but may not withdraw in favor of another member. Section 4. Any member may move to close the nominations; a second is required. If the motion carries, the chair then calls for the election. Section 5. The votes of all commission members will be recorded by the minutes recorder. The candidate who receives a majority of the votes cast becomes the new chair. In the event that no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, a run-off election shall be held between the two candidates receiving the most votes. The same procedure is followed for the election of the vice-chair. Section 6. The chair and vice chair shall serve for one (1) year. The election will be held no later than the commission's regular meeting in January. If the chair cannot serve a full term, the vice chair shall assume the office for the remainder of the chair’s term. If the vice chair cannot serve a full term, the commission shall, at the meeting in which the resignation is received, or the vice chair is removed, elect a new vice chair to complete the unexpired term. If both chair and vice chair vacate their respective offices prior to the end of their terms, elections must be held at the following meeting to fill both offices. Section 7. Commissioners may not be elected as chair for more than two (2) successive terms. Section 8. The chair shall preside at all meetings of the commission; call special meetings subject to requirements of Article Vl; consult with staff on preparation of commission agendas; and perform all other duties necessary or incidental to the office. Section 9. The vice-chair shall perform the duties of the chairperson in the absence or inability of the chairperson. Section 10. The chair and vice chair are entitled to vote on all issues. Section 11. The chair or chair’s designee is the official spokesperson for the commission on all matters of community that concern the commission. This includes media inquiries. Section 12. The chair and vice-chair shall: a) conduct orientation of new commission members b) assist with educating commission members on procedures and responsibilities c) at the request of the commission, prepare recommendations on commission bylaws and other administrative matters. 16 ORGANIZATION AND BYLAWS OF THE CITY OF EUGENE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ARTICLE VIII. COMMITTEES, PROGRAMS AND WORK GROUPS Section 1. Work groups shall be formed as required completing necessary tasks in the commission’s council approved biennial work plan. Section 2. Work groups shall consist of commission members and formally invited community members formally invited by commission members and staff. Section 3. The work groups shall be chaired by a commission member but may be facilitated by any member of the group including community members. Groups will select a lead from the workgroup that is an HRC member. Section 4. The lead of each work group shall be responsible for submitting a report concerning relevant activities, requests, or proposals to the commission at regular business meetings. Section 5. Work groups may undertake information gathering, compiling of reports, plan events, and engage in other such activities to accomplish their designated work plan tasks. Section 6. Work groups may not directly make reports, recommendations, or requests to City Council without formal full commission approval beforehand. Section 7. In accordance with Oregon Public Meeting law, each work group will be responsible for designating a member to record the meetings’ content including members present, work discussed, and decisions made. Section 8. The work group shall generally use consensus decision-making in an effort to incorporate all interests and gather full support for the final decision. Consensus is considered to be round-the-table support for outcomes under discussion. The majority voting decision-making approach can be used when the work group is taking a formal position on a topic and consensus is not possible. The conflict of interest laws (in State ethics law) apply in consensus or majority decision-making. Any member with an actual conflict of interest must recuse her/himself from deliberation on the issue. Section 9. Work group members may refer to Robert's Rules of Order regarding rules of procedure for guidance with respect to the conduct of meetings or points of order. 17 18 19 20 Human Rights Commission Work Group Updates Date: October 13, 2017 Work Group: Youth Initiative Prepared by: Julia Johnson Date of last meeting: October 5, 2017 Summary of last meeting attached? N What were the main topics discussed in the last meeting?  Introduction of Julia Johson, HRC, and Brittany Judson, NAACP Youth Council Prog Coord  Interest/involvement of NAACP youth with the HRC  How to promote youth voice in our city leadership, policies, procedures, etc. Do you have a proposal for the HRC to consider or any issues you need the HRC’s feedback on during the next meeting? If yes, please provide any supporting documents to be included in the packet by the Thursday before the meeting.  Introduction of NAACP Youth Council member(s), 5-7 minutes during work group update? (Sonja Nusser, NAACP Youth Council Member will attend)   21  City of Eugene Human Rights Commission The mission of the Human Rights Commission is to promote implementation of universal human rights values and principles in all City of Eugene programs and throughout the wider community. To carry out this mission the commission shall affirm, encourage and initiate programs and services within the City of Eugene and in the wider community designed to place priority upon protecting, respecting, and fulfilling the full range of universal human rights as enumerated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To support and promote human rights, the commission will: provide human rights education, be proactive in human rights efforts, address human rights violations, ensure active public participation, be transparent and open, be publicly accountable for human rights progress. Human Rights Commissioners: Edward McGlone (Chair), Joel Iboa (Vice Chair), Ibrahim Coulibaly, Ela Kubok, Ibrahim Hamide, Andrew Thomson, Bonnie Souza, Aria Seligmann, Julia Johnson, Aimee Walsh, Councilor Emily Semple Equity and Human Rights Center Staff: Jen Lleras Van Der Haeghen, Katie Babits The Human Rights Commission meets on the third Tuesday of each month. Tuesday, November 21st, 2017 5:30 – 8:30 PM Meeting Sloat Room, Atrium Building, 99 W 10th Street Contact: Katie Babits, 541-682-5177 katie.e.babits@ci.eugene.or.us ITEM _______________ACTION______ TIME 1. Agenda/Minutes Review and Approval (Chair) Discuss/Vote 5:30 - 5:35 (5 min) 2. Public Comment (Chair) 5:35 - 5:40 (5 min) 3. Support Request (Chair) Discuss/Vote 5:40 – 5:45 (5 min) 4. EPD Liaison Update 5:45 – 6:00 (15 min) 5. Item 6:00 – 6:15 (15 min) 6. Item 6:15 – 6:25 (10 min) 7. Item 6:25 – 6:35 (10 min) 8. Item Discuss/Vote 6:35 – 6:45 (10 min) 9. Work Group Lead Updates 6:45 – 7:00 (15 min) 10. Council Update 7:00 – 7:10 (10 min) 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 |HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/hrc 22  11. Commission Liaison Updates 7:10 – 7:20 (10 min) 12. Staff Update 7:20 – 7:25 (5 min) 13. Agenda Setting – December 7:25 – 7:30 (5 min) Upcoming events, activities or meetings of which the HRC needs to be aware: The Eugene Human Rights Commission welcomes your interest in these agenda items. This meeting location is wheelchair accessible. For the hearing impaired, FM-assistive listening devices are available or an interpreter can be provided with 48 hours’ notice prior to the meeting. Spanish-language interpretation will also be provided with 48 hours’ notice. To arrange for these services, contact staff at (541) 682-5177. La Comisión de Derechos Humanos agradece su interés por participar en los asuntos de esta agenda. El local de la reunión tiene acceso para personas en silla de ruedas. Para las personas con dificultades auditivas ofrecemos sistemas FM para ayudarlo a escuchar, o intérpretes de lenguaje de señas. También ofrecemos intérpretes de español. Si necesita cualquiera de estos servicios por favor solicítelos con 48 horas de anticipación, llamando al (541) 682-5177. 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/hrc 23