City of Eugene Human Rights Commission

City of Eugene Human Rights Commission Human Rights Commission Meeting 3-20-18 Packet Contents Draft Agenda Page 1 Draft Minutes from 2/2018 Page 3 Budget Update Page 12 2017 Hate and Bias Report Page 13 Homelessness Working Group Update Page 33 April Draft Agenda Page 34 Office of Human Rights & Neighborhood Involvement | City of Eugene | 99 W 10th Ave | Eugene OR 97401 | (541) 682-5272 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: Jennifer Lleras Van Der Haeghen, Katie Babits The Human Rights Commission meets on the third Tuesday of each month. Tuesday, March 20, 2018 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 Unmet Needs Assessment Discuss/Vote 5:45 – 6:00 (15 min) 5. 2017 Hate and Bias Report 6:00 – 6:20 (20 min) 6. Police Chief Recruitment Community Forum 6:20 – 6:30 (10 min) 7. Council Update 6:30 – 6:40 (10 min) 8. Work Group Lead Updates 6:40 – 6:50 (10 min) 9. Commission Liaison Updates 6:50 – 7:00 (10 min) 1  10. Staff Update 7:00 – 7:10 (10 min) 11. April Agenda Prep 7:10 – 7:20 (10 min) Upcoming events, activities or meetings of which the HRC needs to be aware: 3/22 – 5:30-8pm Together We Shelter, First United Methodist Church 3/22 – 5:30-7pm What is Cultural Appropriation? Springfield City Hall, Library Room. 3/27 – 11:30am-1:30pm HRC Homelessness Working Group. Atrium Building, Sloat Room. 3/31 – 12:30-2pm HRC WeCU Work Group. Washington Park Center. 4/6 – 5-7pm First Fridays for Communities of Color and Allies. Campbell Community Center. 4/10 – NOON-1:30pm HRC Homelessness Working Group. Atrium Building, Sloat Room. 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. 2  MINUTES Tuesday, February 20, 2018 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), Andrew Thomson, Ibrahim Hamide, Aimee Walsh, Ibrahim Coulibaly, Ela Kubok, Bonnie Souza, Councilor Emily Semple Staff: Jennifer Lleras Van Der Haeghen, Katie Babits 1. Agenda/Minutes Review and Approval E. McGlone: I would like to amend the agenda by removing the EPD Unmet Needs agenda item. Motion: Move to approve the February 2018 agenda as amended. Made by: E. Kubok Second: I. Hamide Vote: Unanimous E. McGlone: I understand the minutes have proposed changes submitted by Commissioner Souza. B. Souza: My proposed changes clarified the content of the minutes, but they did not change the substance. Motion: Move to adopt the minutes as amended from January 2018. Made by: A. Walsh Second: B. Souza 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. Carmen Urbina, Guadalupe Quinn, and Francesca Johnson: We would urge you to sign onto a letter to support naming for Councilor Andrea Ortiz and Dr. Coleman, the opportunity to name a park after Andrea would be wonderful. She did amazing work in the community as an individual, as a mentor to young people, she supported and helped our community and was not only a key leader, but a good friend. She should be remembered in our community for her contributions by having a park named after her. She was a school board member as well. We are sending letter to Councilor Greg Evans from 250 organizations and community members to urge City Council to proceed with the naming requests and we understand there is a two year wait for this process. They were icons in our community, not only in our larger community but especially in our communities of color. We ask the HRC to send a letter of support to City Council. Their deaths were a great 3 loss to many of us and we are hoping the process can look different, it will lend to the great process already done in parks system by city staff. E. McGlone: Thank you for your comments today. As a reminder to commissioners, this is an agenda item we will speak to later tonight. Jen Frenzer: Hi everyone, I am here today to bring up something that happened to me during the point in time count. I volunteer every year, and this year I arrived where I was supposed to be counting with my partner Sue Barnhart. We were greeted by a squad car on Walmart behind West 11th. The officer said an intervention was about to happen and there was a squad, police cars and nothing we could do to stop it. The point in time count is a national process where homeless people are counted across the country for a 24 hour time period. The police said they did not know it was the point in time count when I talked with them in 2016. I contacted Regan Watjus in advance to let her know. And this year there were two police vehicles, two SWAT vehicles, and a backhoe. They had been warned several days before that they were going to be moved from private property. I would like the HRC to write a letter to bring some collaboration to the process for the future, I think we should attach this to who will be the chief of police and the auditor for the city. These are all human rights issues that need to be addressed. E. McGlone: I would like to remind folks that we will also be speaking to the point in time count later in the agenda Phil Carrasco: I too am here to speak to the naming of the park after Andrea Ortiz. I understand there are rules for the timing of naming an individual, and how much time must have passed since they left us. This is a matter of equity, we need to waive the timing requirement and send a letter asking to honor true trailblazers in our community. I knew of Andrea Ortiz when I was first living here. I left, did my own thing and when I returned from Mexico, I looked her up specifically and she helped me like many of our community members. The naming of a public place in her honor responds to recognizing true leaders in our community, especially a woman of color in our community. I also want to speak to the police chief hiring process and we, the Latino community, want to have a very specific role on the hiring process, and it is a matter of equity that we are involved in the process. Rose Wilde: My work with SURJ leads me to stand up for people of color. Public buildings and parks need to honor the people of color who have been here a long time and been doing significant work in our community. I admire them both greatly. I urge you as a commission to support the process in any way you can to make this opportunity come to reality. Irvania Lopez Toledo: There were posters taken down over winter break in Churchill High School; the posters were welcoming immigrant posters. There is no actual evidence of who took them down, only screenshots of social media posts so it can’t be proven, but it seems that everyone knows who did it. The 4J school district is working to prevent him from working in the 4J community. I am a daughter of immigrants and have grown up in an immigrant community. This really impacted me and if I would have been in that school it would have been very damaging to me personally. It does not promote a safe learning environment, it should not have happened, but unfortunately I am not surprised that it did happen. I want to plan a march for March 17th for the immigrant community. The march is not against anybody, it is for the communities that were targeted. If someone is targeting communities, we are against them and their morals. I have reached out to the NAACP and Mecha at UO and North Eugene. I am here to ask for your support as well. E. McGLone: Thank you so much for being here. Mary Pendergrass: I am here in support of myself. I am here because the City of Eugene has threatened me with an order to obey in violation of a nuisance code. I help the homeless, I help people get started back on their feet, I help them get food stamps and jobs and I send them on their way. I call it my ministry. The police have been calling. On the left side of my home they put in a business. A couple that was staying with me had a fight in the backyard, the city came out and started slapping stuff on me. They just sent the police out in cars. They said I need to obey and get stuff off of my property. What was done to me was not right. I was just trying to help people. They want to charge me $2000 and I don’t think I should have to pay it. I’m already in the process of cleaning things up, and the person from the city talked down to me, she treated me like a [N-word]. 4 She was messing with my racial status and it’s not fair to charge me for money. They charged me $2000 when the white lady down the road is only charged $600 for the same thing. Carmen Urbina: I want to talk about the selection process for the chief of police. We have been through 5 selections: Cooke, Hill, Buchanan, Lehner, and Kerns. Every single time communities of color have come forward and asked to make these processes inclusive of communities of color. In the time of the clock of the word, our communities of color and underrepresented communities are being marginalized. How will the new chief, he, she or them, neutralize the blue lives matter over our lives matter, they’re putting and/or instead of and/and. It is not inclusive of the communities of color. The Latinx Alliance, GLAD and the Integration Network are putting together a letter, it is a historical narrative that we have been asking for spaces to be more inclusive. I appreciate the process as it has been laid to include marginalized communities, and I believe it can be more inclusive moving forward. I ask the HRC to ask critical questions of the new Chief as a leader in our community and ask how they will build bridges to our communities. Now I feel more unsafe than ever living in Eugene. E. McGLone: Is there anyone else who would like to speak in public comment who has not signed up? Seeing none, for those of you interested in the police chief recruitment process, we will be hearing from the Assistant City Manager Kristie Hammitt shortly as she is giving an update on the process. 3. Support Requests E. McGlone – We have a support request this evening for Showing Up for Racial Justice Springfield-Eugene Chapter (SURJ), who would like to request co-sponsorship and financial support for a community event on May 9, 2018, centered on the topic of addressing mass incarceration, particularly of people of color in Oregon, to build upon the themes raised in the documentary 13th and in Michelle Alexander’s book, The New Jim Crow. Rose Wilde: There is an outline for Viewing in the Valley in your packets. It’s similar to Reading in the Rain, where we will watch a movie in the winter time. We have been promoting this format with intact groups who already know one another, discussing themes of criminal justice and mass incarceration. We want to have an event bringing together the groups and bring guest speakers in our community. We are reaching out to Paul Solomon, David Rodgers from the ACLU, Senator James Manning and Lawanda Manning. We have not yet confirmed details, but we have speakers and a date. We are here asking for sponsorship support, we are a 501c3. I invite feedback and advice on our project. E. McGlone: Commission, are there any questions regarding this support request? I. Hamide: You said the event will be May 9th? Rose Wilde: Yes. I. Hamide: What is the location? Rose Wilde: We were hoping for something on the UO campus or maybe a church location or city facility. It depends on the finances we have available to work with. E. McGlone: What is the financial component? Rose Wilde: The Oregon Justice Resource Center doesn’t have funds to cover travel, so we at least want the cost to cover that. We would like to offer refreshments, and depending on location we may have to use in- house catering. We will also need funds for printing, and we may solicit contributions at the event. SURJ doesn’t keep a bank account so what we don’t use goes back to the community. I have been attending meetings with NAACP and received feedback on our discussion guide. J. Iboa: This is great, I am glad you are doing this, it is an exciting event. I don’t think the Commission would have any problem sponsoring the event. I would suggest for you to come back when you are closer to the date to submit a formal request for funding. E. McGlone: I imagine you would be looking to use our logo, I want to clarify what you are requesting. Rose Wilde: I couldn’t find the form so I tried to fill in the information in the email, we don’t want to take money away from communities of color. 5 E. McGlone: We can give you our endorsement now and you can ask in the future for one of two levels of funding. Endorsement equates to $200, co-sponsorship involves one member being a little more involved and up to $400. Rose Wilde: That would suit us very well, we don’t need to spend any money right now but having your endorsement would be ideal. Motion: Move to sponsor the Showing Up for Racial Justice Springfield-Eugene Chapter (SURJ) request of up to $200 for the community showing of 13th and discussion. We endorse and allow SURJ to use our name and logo in advertising for their film showing event. Made By: J. Iboa Second: I. Coulibaly Vote: B. Souza abstained due to not being able to be present for the information. Vote passes. 4. Police Chief Recruitment Update E. McGlone: Kristie Hammitt, acting Assistant City Manager, is leading the Eugene Police Chief recruitment process and is here to provide an update. K. Hammitt: I really appreciate the opportunity to provide you an update on the EPD process and seek input on the process. I want to recognize Carmen Urbina and appreciate what you have come here to say. It is important for us to hear the impact on our community members. We received 33 applications at the deadline for initial review. Those applicants were narrowed to 19, and we are working to be narrow to finalists to be interviewed the week of March 12th. This will be a 3-day process, it will be very involved, including different groups and community members to have more exposure to what is important to our community and organization. One day will be community panel and community forum. The panel will be a broad as possible. Our intent is to reach underserved populations, communities of color and marginalized committees. It is important to hear from everyone included those who have not had the best experiences in our community. We have 5 people who have expressed interest in being on the community panel so far for this and I urge you to spread this information throughout the community so we can have as broad a turnout as possible. It will have an 8:00am start time. There will be table discussions with about 25 people, and the candidates will rotate through each table so everyone meets each candidate and asks questions of each candidate. Jen can speak to this process further if you have questions later. We will also have a town hall style forum with all candidates there at the same time. They will be asked a series of questions with a moderator so we can have variety of responses to the questions, and it will be televised and recorded. Jon Ruiz has asked we not close that process for feedback until the Saturday after the event, March 17th. He recognizes people have different schedules and wants to allow the community ample time to watch and provide feedback. We will ask community stakeholders to fill out a sheet with what they learned during their interactions with the candidates. We want to know how they interact with community members, police organizations, experience, and their leadership Philipson. There will also be questions on 21st century policing and the policing process. E. McGlone: Are there any questions for Kristie from Commissioners? I. Hamide: Did you say you have narrowed the candidates down to 9? K. Hammitt: We have narrowed it down to19, and we are still narrowing to a finalist candidate pool of 3-4 candidates. I. Hamide: Will we have information on them ahead of time, their resumes, and be able to prepare questions accordingly? K. Hammitt: We are working to get information from the recruiter so there will be a biography to have the most helpful information. Candidates will be completing a one year plan. We hope to find what homework 6 they have been doing to understand the needs of our community and what they think is front of line for our community. E. Kubok: I am also a member of the homelessness working group of the Human Rights Commission. Last week it was brought up that there was not enough reference to working in a community with homelessness in the recruitment materials. I am wondering who designed the flyer, what went into the thought of the designing it and the information that went into it. K. Hammitt: We received a lot of feedback from multiple sources and tried to include all of the information we heard. I’m sure we could always do better to be more inclusive. I worked on the final pamphlet and ultimately it was approved by the City Manager and our recruiting firm. If it didn’t hit the mark, I take that responsibility. We did a lot of outreach in the community and did our best to capture the themes we received from the community, and I apologize if that didn’t come through in the materials. E. Kubok: When will be the best opportunity to address these issues for the rest of the process? K. Hammitt: There was a Skype panel with the candidates which helped the recruitment team narrow down who will be joining us as candidates for the rest of the process. The opportunities for you to be involved will be a community panel and community forum. These will be the best places to raise those concerns to the candidates. We will gather questions that will be asked of them. I would offer my time to sit with the Chair and Vice Chair of the HRC to talk about how to organize the community panel to include communities of color, youth, and people experiencing homelessness to understand the best way to make sure our process is inclusive of people in our community. Our intent is to hit the mark on having an inclusive process and we would love to hear from you so that we are able to meet the needs of the community. E. McGlone: We would absolutely be interested at being involved. We will commit to hearing from communities and come with ideas on how to build as constructive of methods as possible to hear the needs of the community. K. Hammitt: It’s really helpful to hear this at this portion of the process. J. Iboa: Can you cover the events that remain in the process? K. Hammitt: On March 13th in the morning we will hold the community panel, and then we will hold the community forum in the evening which will be televised. Jon Ruiz will be present at both and he will be involved to debrief both so he can hear firsthand what important themes were communicated. The information received will go straight to Jon so he can use that to inform his decision. The deadline is February 25th to sign up for the community panel. It is important to us for the HRC to be represented on the panel, and we are also working with the Civilian Review Board and Police Commission to ensure their involvement, we would like for chairs from each to be there. J. Iboa: Of the 25 seats, how many are reserved for community positions? K. Hammitt: Only 3 chairs are dedicated so far. We will review the list to make sure that those filling the seats reflect the community we need to serve. J. Iboa: Do you think we will get enough people to fill the seats? K. Hammitt: I hope so, I am hoping you all can help us fill the seats with people who would be best to represent the community. J. Lleras Van Der Haeghen: The morning location will be at 2nd and chambers, the evening forum will be at Harris Hall so it can be televised. K. Hammitt: I’ll have Jen coordinate time for me to with the Chair and Vice Chair of the HRC sitting down soon. E. McGlone: Thank you for taking the time to speak to us and the community that is represented here today; you will be hearing from us soon. 5. Council Update E. Semple: I talked to the Mayor today about naming process for Andrea Ortiz and Dr. Coleman. I looked over rules for naming and it is only one year after someone passes. They have both been gone for at least a year so that should not inhibit the process. I personally have heard a lot of support and I support this process. Regarding the resolution for human rights and climate change, thank you for everyone’s hard work in supporting the declaration. We are the second city to endorse and hope it will continue to spread. 7 Coming up tonight, we are having a report on community justice and the downtown efforts. Tomorrow we will be talking about divestment at a work session at noon. Tomorrow night is the Better Housing Together forum at the EMU. I understand that you need tickets to attend, but I am not sure if any are still available. The plan is to discuss missing middle housing. Monday there is a forum on missing middle housing as well. On the 1st of March there is a Budget Committee meeting at the fire station, if you are interested in budget items coming up. It is at 530 at the 2nd and Chambers station. On the 13th we have many things happening for the police chief recruitment process. The agenda for renaming public places is April 9th, but since we don’t have to make any rule changes that date may change. A week ago we had a presentation from the architects for the riverfront development. I understand they are considering expanding the greenway farther away from the river so there should be more open spaces. The University of Oregon has interest to the east of the property to have the millrace area improved. I talked to Mark Obie with 5th Street Public Market, he will be speaking to expansion of 5th Street Public Market, and they are considering the post office as new home for a historical museum. 7. Overview of Meetings with Mayor and City Manager E. McGlone: One topic we discussed was about the homelessness point in time count, which was raised the day before the meeting and we were able to raise the question to the Mayor and City Manager. Police did agree to not do enforcement on public property during the point in time count. The incident in question was for a private property owner who has frequent challenges with trespassing. We did point out that even though it was private property, we asked that our preference would be in the future that it not happen on the same date as the point in time count. We also spoke with the Mayor and City Manager about the urgency of the place naming issue. They both expressed openness and willingness, the Mayor was very positive about it, the City Manager said it was a Council decision. Regarding the police chief recruitment process, we expressed that we want it to be inclusive and engage folks often not included in these types of processes. They shared that it will be open and televised with feedback opportunities available for a number of days. You heard from the Assistant City Manager Kristie Hammitt that she is hopeful to include people from Latinx Alliance, the homeless community and they hope to include members from many groups of marginalized communities. On the March agenda, I would like to discuss the supplemental budget process which happens in late fall. Each department is asked to put together an unmet needs assessment. The Eugene Police Department discussed the expansion of the CORT program. This program is where police and social workers aim to divert those on the streets to resources instead of through the criminal justice system. EPD put in a request for two full-time teams. We want to have a presentation next month and to offer our support to funding the program. The downtown youth program was funded through supplemental budget, which has seen great success. The February 24th City Council meeting will include Regan Watjus providing a summary on homelessness. E. Semple: That’s our goal setting session. E. McGlone: I think the summary from Regan is part of the goal setting session. We thought it would be a great way to get a broader sense of big picture thinking. Regarding Public shelter, we asked about the feasibility study. The Mayor shared about identifying the right- sized solution for resources available. The City and County are both studying proposals now, and the money invested in the feasibility study came out of a state grant. There is a checklist of questions industry leaders have put together, which are being asked of subject matter experts for direct services for the unhoused. The goal is to develop a long term program that is both sustainable and feasible. The size of a shelter will not be a 400 bed shelter, the resources are not available to support that. They hope to enlist the HRC in sharing expectation management. They want to know how they can use incremental progress to build trust with the public. They have been advocating for shelter for years and all see is a feasibility shelter. If we back up we can see there have been small steps, such as car camping and the dusk to dawn program. We asked them to be more thoughtful in sharing information with the public to demonstrate that they are working towards 8 solutions and using intermediate steps to get there. The Mayor wants to connect with burrito brigade and people working on the ground to provide services to the community. I suggested it would help her to see the measures that are being implemented on the ground level. J. Iboa: The biggest message was the Mayor’s willingness to work with the HRC and other advisory bodies. We have strong relationships in the community, being eyes and ears of the City and we will continue to provide short term solutions. E. McGlone: That message came in context of homelessness, but it showed how important it is in other areas, like DACA and the police chief recruitment. There is not a lot of trust in the City from underrepresented communities, and the city has made some progress and we need to keep these coming forward. They won’t do everything we ask them to do but they listen to everything we bring forward. I. Hamide: I am encouraged to hear, what is the bridge between 30,000 foot level and the ride along with cahoots? Why is there a divide, and what is the disconnect between city echelons and affected communities? E. McGlone: It tends to be executive directors who meet with Council and city staff when they speak to long term solutions. There are different levels of staff doing different levels of work. It is up to folks at higher levels to step out and experience work on the ground. The Mayor can’t direct staff but it is good for her to understand work being done in the community. I. Hamide: But why do marginalized communities continue to feel underrepresented? We know that the city does care, but why do people feel that they don’t? J. Iboa: There is a long history of folks advocating and a long history of the city responding. I believe we are the intermediary to suggest to them what the right approach is and urge them to do the right thing. E. Kubok: I think it is up to us to bring our ideas to them, to be better and more proactive in communicating so that it is more open. They have done something completely different with police chief recruitment process, it isn’t perfect bit they are trying. E. McGlone: There is an understanding that incremental change is not good enough. Some of what Jen Frenzer is sharing is that the incremental change is to not enforce laws on public property during the point in time count, but if your belief is that the laws should not be enforced at all then the incremental change looks very small or insignificant. E. Semple: The feasibility study has been slated to start and we should know in June the results. We should know the range of opportunities that are available, we know we can’t have a 600 bed facility, but we also don’t want a 12 bed facility. I emphasized my frustration with how slowly things move with our fight to help the homeless. We got another 20 people in the dusk to dawn and she said our biggest problem is to find people to run the places. I promoted using the city hall block. It used to be the problem was finding sites, now it’s that we have sites but no one to run them. Non-profits are overworked or we don’t have enough of them. Who’s willing to come forward and help run rest stops and dusk to dawn and car camping? We need to find locations and find solutions for running them. We will eventually have a work session for parameters for these, it’s important to continue the discussion. Keep talking to people to find these. It’s illegal to sleep in this city. What does lifting the camping ban look like? It is hard for her to reach the ground level of those who are disenfranchised. There’s only so much of us to go around. There were a few suggestions of things we could do. The meeting at Alton Baker, there were a lot of people there but only two were homeless. The word on the street was that there would be police, it would be dangerous so it wasn’t welcoming to the unhoused. 8. Report from BIG Dinner and NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner K. Babits: The City will be able to cover 2 of the 5 seats that were used. E. McGlone: There were a number of people there, Edward, Ela, Ibrahim, Emily, Joel, and Bonnie were able to go to the NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner. At the BIG dinner Ibrahim, Joel, Aria, and Ela were able to go. J. Iboa: This was very important and really great that the NAACP worked on environmental justice, and it was great hearing from the first female black Oregon Supreme Court Justice. E. Kubok: It was great that the HRC was recognized for the work we did to promote the declaration on human rights and climate change. E. Semple: It was really great, the speakers were excellent and there were interesting topics covered. 9 9. Place Naming: Councilor Ortiz and Dr. Coleman E. McGlone: Lorna Flormoe is here to share on the parks and open space planning process. Councilor Evans put in an ask at City Council to name places after leaders of color, there are very few places named after leaders of color and he encouraged the HRC to promote this. Lorna Flormoe: Three years ago I worked with Gerardo Sandoval and he did an indicators study on wellness and integration. One piece that came out is that members of the Latino community didn’t feel welcome in public spaces. The parks and recreation system plan approached our office to help with outreach. Community partners were involved, including Center for Latino/a Latin American Studies (CLLAS) and Public Policy, Planning and Management (PPPM. In the first year of outreach to 400 folks the process was grassroots in nature. We went to where folks were and asked them to design their ideal park. We talked to little kids, families, older folks, students, etc. The first sheet shows basic themes we heard in our outreach. Cultural representation is where we first heard the concept of park name. We heard people say, “If you really want to build more parks, name one after one of our leaders.” That quote was actually from the young woman who was here speaking to you today. The second page has themes from Latino families, number six is where parks naming comes in. We were just finishing up writing this report when Andrea Ortiz passed away, and folks started calling me and asking that a park be named for her, since she had done so much work in this community. I wanted to chronicle how we got to this place of naming a park after her in the first place. I. Hamide: This report is oriented toward the Latino community. Was there a look at any other communities? L. Flormoe: In a few different ways, parks did outreach to other communities of color. I worked with this community because of my connections with the community and the large amount of their population in this community. The parks department named Sam Reynolds Park near Sam Reynolds Street, talked with Lily Reynolds the daughter of Sam Reynolds and named it after them. J. Iboa: I think this is brilliant. As someone who was born and raised in Eugene, living in the Jefferson and Whiteaker neighborhoods my whole life, I’ve been privileged to use the parks, and I say bravo. L. Flormoe: I would love to see us engage in outreach for more marginalize communities. I just found out we won an award for this portion of the outreach. Motion: Move to support naming parks of Councilor Ortiz and Dr. Coleman. Made by: E. McGlone Second: E. Semple Vote: Unanimous 11. Work Group Lead Updates E. Kubok: The homelessness work group wants to show the movie Under the Bridge under a bridge in Eugene. This movie literally made Indiana change their policies after showing the movie. We hope to bring a proposal to the HRC to show the movie once we have solidified logistics. The date will be in May or June and we plan to invite the City Manager and the Mayor. 12. Commission Liaison I. Coulibaly: The EHRB received the human rights and equity plan from the fire department. They have done work to increase the number of women applicants by hosting a women’s fire camp by introducing them to the job. This year they hired their first woman who had been a participant in the fire camp. Recreation is doing a really good job with their human rights and equity plan. They have hired staff to engage youth downtown, talk about what their needs are and determine how to address those needs. It is not yet clear what the goal is but it has helped them shift what kind of activities they will offer in the summertime. They also want to give information about resources to the young people they are connecting with. They want a corridor within the library to provide information about these resources. In the past they have sent some staff who have experienced homelessness or have experience working with homeless populations. 10 I. Hamide: I filled in for Ela on the homelessness working group. They were going to show a film but were unable to. They feel they need clearer rules for their meetings, more direction, clarification for their relationship with the Human Rights Commission, saying that it feels ambiguous. They would like to see a flow chart of relationship hierarchy for the relationship with the city addressing issues of homelessness. There was talk of first responders to the mentally ill, and the belief that there is not enough training. There was an example of a mentally ill person being tackled by 3 LTD staff and the mentally ill get the short end of the stick. Jen Frenzer is following up with staff to get bylaws and draft group agreements for the work group. They wanted to advocate for another paid city staff person with expertise with homelessness. HPB: There is training tomorrow at the Erb Memorial Union called Better Housing Together. Cornerstone community housing city approving sale for properties. Sheltercare is dealing with retention of renters to be a bridge between renters and landlords, currently there is a 72 hours’ notice for evictions. State legislation was introduced by the Oregon housing agenda for 2018 that is of concern. The construction excise tax affects how local bond measures are used, and systems for developing charges for housing issues. E. McGlone: OPB was here two or three weeks ago, working on a bigger story on hate and bias crimes in Eugene. This reporter is digging in to the relationship the HRC has with City Council and city policy and how HRNI works with communities of color, underrepresented communities and the unhoused. They spent some time with Jen and Katie, with me, the NAACP and a few other groups across town and are hoping to interview people who have experienced hate or bias crimes here in Eugene. I am really hopeful that they will capture an accurate picture about what exists here in Eugene. I hope they will find that our unique community is able to collect better data than other cities because we meaningfully engage our community in our discussion and the work being done to collaborate with city departments and community organizations. There is talk of the report being released in March. 13. Staff Update J. Lleras Van Der Haeghen: On March 10th there will be hate and bias community forum in partnership with the DOJ. It will be at the law school from 11:00am to 3:00pm, and folks will need to RSVP. There will be a law enforcement panel, including state and local representatives who will explain how they track and investigate hate crimes; a community panel speaking to their own experiences in the community and a resources panel on how to address hate and bias in our community. We do hope to release the hate and bias report on that day as well. We hope that you all will spread the word about the forum. We would love to hear questions from you to ask at the forum and in the police chief recruitment process. We have also been working on a hate and bias prevention and response toolkit. It will be reviewed at the WeCU meeting on the 24th and at the NLC meeting on the 27th. E. Kubok: When is the deadline for questions for police chief recruitment panel? J. Lleras Van Der Haeghen: We will take them up to the beginning of the forum. 14. Agenda Setting – March E. McGlone: Are the any items folks would like to add to the March agenda? I would like to add EPD unmet needs assessment. Also we can hold space for the 2017 Annual Hate and Bias Report about 20-30 minutes. It would be great to hear about the police chief recruitment community forum. Recruitment has started for boards and commissions, there are currently 3 seats open on the HRC, with at least one definite vacancy, please encourage folks to apply so we can get people involved in the commission. Motion: Move to adjourn the February Human Rights Commission meeting. Made by: I. Hamide Second: E. Kubok Vote: Unanimous 11 Human Rights Commission Budget Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) DATE REQUESTING GROUP EVENT OR DESCRIPTION AMOUNT BALANCE 7/1/17 $4,500.00 SPONSORSHIP 11/20/17 Leah Reidlinger Lunch Match Request $200.00 1/26/18 Archaeological Legacy Inst. TAC Film Fest $200.00 1/16/18 Our Bodies, Our Voices Our Open Mic at Tsunami Books $200.00 2/20/18 SURJ Film Showing of 13th $200.00 SUBTOTAL $800.00 WORKPLAN EXPENSE 8/1/17 Anti‐Discrimination Workgroup Marginalized Voices Printing $400.00 9/19/17 Homelessness Working Group Oregon Coalition on Homelessness and Housing Conference $275.00 10/17/17 WeCU International Human Rights Day $1,000.00 11/20/17 All Workgroups $150 each for workgroup meeting refreshments $450.00 SUBTOTAL $2,125.00 TOTALS $2,925.00 $1,575.00 12  City of Eugene Hate and Bias Crime and Incident Report January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2017 Released March 10, 2018 13 14 2017 Hate and Bias Report Introduction The City of Eugene, in alignment with the City Council goal of creating a Safe Community, is committed to working with community partners to reach the vision of a community where every person regardless of their identity is safe, valued and welcome. We do this by providing sponsorship for critical community events, partnering to identify proactive campaigns to advance human rights, and supporting policies that reflect our collective values. While we understand that it is unlikely that the City can eradicate hate and bias activity completely, we are committed to making strides towards a better future for everyone in Eugene. The Office of Human Rights and Neighborhood Involvement (HRNI) has a unique relationship with the Eugene Police Department (EPD) which includes using a collaborative approach with an interdepartmental team that reviews each hate crime reported to EPD, analyzes case information to ensure accuracy and consistency in the reporting process and by having EPD provide victims with resources through HRNI. This relationship lends to the possibility of increased reporting of both hate and bias crimes and incidents in Eugene. In 2017, HRNI worked with leadership in the Eugene Police Department to create and facilitate training of sworn officers on classification of an event as hate or bias motivated, the impact experienced by victims of such acts, and the resources available to victims through HRNI and the greater community. Bias crimes can include all classes of crime motivated by prejudice that is based on actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. In addition to statutory reporting of state and federally classified hate crimes, EPD also tracks bias-related crimes motivated by perceived or actual age, economic status, social status, citizenship, marital status, or political affiliation or beliefs, and membership 15 or activity in or on behalf of a labor organization or against a labor organization, to better understand and gauge community trends. This is the sixth annual report focusing on hate and bias activity and response which has been compiled through a partnership between HRNI and EPD. The data collection methodology and format of reporting has been replicated consistently since the 2012 report which serves as a baseline for evaluation of hate and bias activity. 16 2017 Hate and Bias Crimes and Incidents This report covers January through December of 2017. In total there were 139 hate crimes and non-criminal incidents reported. According to the 2010 Department of Justice Hate Crime Victimization Report it was estimatedi that nationally 25-42% of hate crimes are reported to police. Given this information, it is likely that the hate and bias incidents reported in Eugene represent only a fraction of the actual activity that is occurring. Total Hate and Bias Reports 160 139 140 120 100 82 80 69 55 59 60 40 20 0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Geographic Distribution Consistent with previous years, hate and bias activity was reported throughout Eugene, leaving most neighborhoods affected by at least one incident. The Downtown and West University neighborhoods continued to experience the highest concentration of reported activity. 17 Notable Changes The 2017 numbers indicate a significant increase in both hate and bias crimes and incidents compared to previous years. As indicated in the 2016 report, changes were anticipated due to increased outreach efforts to raise community awareness of the program. It is unclear whether that additional outreach is the primary reason for an increase in reported incidents. The increase may be a combination of factors that could include people feeling more emboldened to act on feelings of hate as well as people in the community feeling more empowered to report because they want to make sure incidents are being counted accurately.. The City of Eugene and its community partners educate community members on reporting and share annual reports on hate and bias incidents through local media to increase awareness of how and what to report and to help people know how to use the reporting system. 18  Hate and Bias Crimes Hate and Bias Crimes 100 87 90 80 70 60 47 46 44 50 37 40 30 20 10 0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 19 Bias Crimes In 2017, 87 hate crimes were reported to EPD. In a number of cases, more than one criminal charge was associated with a single event. Vandalism replaced Intimidation 2ii as the most common hate crime charge, accounting for 34% of the charges. When language or activity goes beyond the protections of free speech it may become criminal. This year, EPD altered their strategy in recording hate-related vandalism reports and in some cases officers took reports of graffiti when they witnessed the vandalism. In previous years, reports for vandalism and graffiti were recorded only when they were reported by the public. Crimes involving physical violence made up 15% of hate crimes in 2017. Together these two types of crimes accounted for about half of all hate crimes in 2017. Hate Crimes by Type of Crime Assault, 13 Vandalism, 29 Criminal Mischief (non-vandalism), 13 Disorderly Conduct, 5 Intimidation, 15 Harassment, 10 Of the 87 crimes reported in 2017, arrests were made in 20 cases. Of the charges cleared by arrest, 8 were motivated by race, 7 by either sexual orientation or gender identity, 3 by ethnicity and 2 by religion, 4 cases remain open, 1 was unfounded, 1 was declared exceptional and 61 were suspended or inactive with no more leads. For comparison, there were 44 hate crimes reported to EPD in 2016 and 46 reported in 2015. 20  2017 Criminal Reports Totaliii 87 Race 31 Religion 19 Ethnicity 14 Sexual Orientation 11 Gender Identity 6 Association 5 Disability 1 Consistent with the previous three years, race continues to be the leading motivating factor in hate and bias crimes reported in Eugene. The public reported 24 hate crimes related to race in 2016, 25 in 2015 and 16 in 2014. African Americans continue to be significantly over-represented in experiencing hate and bias crimes. Of the 31 reported race-related hate crimes, 25 were committed against African American community members. The public reported a significant increase in crimes motivated by bias against religion, which more than doubled since 2016, when there were 4 crimes reported on the basis of religious discrimination, all against the Jewish community. This year, Jewish communities were targeted 15 times of the 19 reported crimes motivated by religious bias. Hate and Bias Crimes 2015-2017 35 30 25 20 15 10 2015 5 0 2016 2017 21 There were 12 incidents involving physical violence in 2017. By comparison there were 10 incidents involving physical violence in 2016 and 17 in 2015. From the 2017 data, we can see that people of color were the group that was most targeted for hate-based physical violence, accounting for 7 of the 13 crimes, and the LGBTQ community was targeted in the remaining physical-violence based crimes. By comparison, in 2016, people of color were also the most targeted group for 5 hate crimes involving physical violence with 3 against Latinos and 2 against African Americans; 3 people were targeted based on sexual orientation, 1 on gender identity and one on political affiliation. In 2015, 11 people were targets of physical violence hate crimes, with 7 against African Americans, 3 against Latinos, 1 against an Asian individual and 5 based on sexual orientation. Physical Violence by Impacted Community Anti- Anti-Transgender, 1 Black/African American, 3 Anti-Other Ethnicity, 1 Anti-Hispanic/Latino, 3 Anti-Homosexual Male, 4 22 Vandalism Additionally, there were 65 combined instances of criminal and non-criminal vandalism that included hate speech -- swastikas, racial, homophobic, and transphobic slurs as well as white nationalist recruitment materials. Thirty seven (37) of these instances rose to the level of a crime, and 28 were classified as non-criminal incidents under the protections of free speech. Some communities are disproportionately impacted by vandalism and graffiti. Specifically, the Jewish community experienced the most impact of vandalism and graffiti followed by the African American community. Some instances of vandalism and graffiti target multiple groups. There were 7 instances in which African American and Jewish communities were both targeted. For consistency these crimes were categorized as anti-African American and it is worth noting the Jewish community was equally impacted by these incidents. Many instances involving vandalism occurred in schools and School Resource Officers aided in reporting and responding to 19 hate and bias crimes. All of the crimes at schools involved vandalism and graffiti containing some or a combination of the following hate language: racial, anti-Semitic, homophobic, and transphobic, and one citing a bomb threat. The Eugene Police Chief retired in 2017 and the City is engaging the community in searching for the ideal candidate to fill a pivotal role in the executive leadership team. HRNI staff joined staff from across the organization to facilitate listening sessions and attend community events to ask what people want in the next police chief for the Eugene Police Department. Staff attended over 50 events across the community to solicit feedback in the process, gathering over 600 responses about what people want to see in a police chief who represents the community. The City Manager’s Office, through the Office of Human Rights and Neighborhood Involvement, will work with the new Police Chief to develop their understanding of the program and continue to identify new strategies that align with the Eugene City Council’s goal of creating and maintaining a Safe Community. 23 24 Hate and Bias Non-Criminal Incidents Hate and Bias Non-Criminal Incidents 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 25 Non-Criminal Bias Incidents There are many behaviors and attitudes that, while not criminal, have a detrimental impact on our community. Often, the non-criminal incidents reported to HRNI fall under the protections of free speech. HRNI staff in cooperation with the Human Rights Commission and community allies provide support and engage in the work of tracking and making visible this type of activity even when doing so is not a legal requirement. The goal is to project a clear message that hatred and bigotry are not acceptable, to act in solidarity with impacted communities, and to increase safety and inclusivity in Eugene. 2017 Non-Criminal Reports Totaliv 51 Race 18 Religion 8 Disability/Mental Health 5 Ethnicity 5 Sexual Orientation 4 Source of Income 4 National Origin 3 Gender 2 Familial Status 2 There were a total of 51 non-criminal bias incidents reported to HRNI in 2017. Some of the reports made to HRNI may have been criminal in nature however, the victims or witnesses chose not to file police reports and these reports have been captured in the non-criminal numbers. Race continued to be the most frequently reported motivating factor for non-criminal bias incidents in 2017. This remains consistent with trends in Eugene and is consistent with federally reported statistics on hate and bias crimes. Of the 18 non-criminal incidents based on race, 11 targeted African Americans. 26 For the sake of comparison, there were a total of 38 non-criminal bias incidents reported to HRNI in 2016 and 10 in 2015. Reported activity motivated by race was higher in 2017 than in previous years. 2014-2017 Non-Criminal Reports 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 2015 4 2 2016 0 2017 27 28 Services and Response In accordance with the City of Eugene’s Hate and Bias Incident Response Planv HRNI provides victim and community support for both bias crimes and non-criminal bias incidents, along with tracking and reporting of hate activity. Hate and bias activities are reported to HRNI in a variety of ways, including victim or witness initiated contact, referral from community agencies, and referral from other City departments such as the Eugene Police Department (EPD). The City of Eugene responds to hate and bias activity in a variety of ways based on nationally recognized best practices. The City’s response is victim directed and protects victim confidentiality when requested. Various people provide support depending on the circumstances and the expressed wishes of the victim. HRNI, EPD, the Human Rights Commission, and community organizations regularly collaborate on hate and bias incident response by providing victims with referrals to other agencies for assistance , supporting Op-Ed articles and letters to the editor, alerts in neighborhood association newsletters and social media sites, assistance with connecting victims with the media, and criminal investigations where warranted. As the climate surrounding hate and bias activity evolves, the Office of Human Rights and Neighborhood Involvement (HRNI) works to prepare community members with resources and skills for addressing hate and bias when it occurs close to home. HRNI met with a number of neighborhood associations throughout 2017 in response to both crimes and incidents that impacted their neighbors and the community. For example, some neighborhoods experienced recruitment leafletting for white supremacist groups or hate- based graffiti. HRNI staff met with neighborhood leaders to provide information on how HRNI can facilitate the reporting process with the Eugene Police Department, connect community members with resources to address the impacts of hate and bias on the community, and to explain the unique and robust reporting process in place with HRNI and the Eugene Police Department. HRNI continues to connect with community organizations to provide resources to marginalized communities who experience a disproportionately larger amount of hate and 29 bias crimes and incidents. One opportunity for outreach in 2017 revolved around the recruitment process for a new police chief. We recognize that building welcoming communities begins at a local level. HRNI staff provided hate and bias training at the annual Neighborhood Leaders training, Neighborhood Leaders Council and at neighborhood association meetings. These trainings were provided to share tools and resources with local leaders and support neighborhood associations with strategies to proactively address hate and bias. HRNI and Human Resources collaborated to expand opportunities for City of Eugene employees to gain new perspectives through a series of book clubs and TED Talks that include facilitated discussions. In addition, HRNI staff piloted allyship training and began offering the training option to all city staff. University of Oregon Process The University of Oregon is a significant part of the Eugene community, and employs its own police jurisdiction. By federal law, each law enforcement jurisdiction reports hate and bias crimes back to the federal government. Along with its strong commitment to a safe, inclusive and welcoming campus, the University of Oregon is taking active steps to address hate and bias incidents on or near its campus. The University of Oregon Police Department (UOPD), as part of an educational institution, is also required to complete an annual report in compliance with the Clery Act. More information from UOPD can be found at this website: https://police.uoregon.edu/annual-report. Police Auditor’s Office Process The City of Eugene employs an Independent Police Auditor to investigate allegations of misconduct against police officers, analyze trends of complaints and recommend improvements to police services in the city. Eugene City Code designates the Police Auditor’s Office as the intake point for all complaints against employees of EPD. For more information on the Police Auditor’s Office’s and to review their annual report, visit this link: https://www.eugene-or.gov/1039/Police-Auditor. 30 Conclusion and Next Steps It is critical to recognize that communities of color, especially African Americans, were significantly impacted by hate and bias activity in 2017. Race was the motivating factor in 36% of all reported hate crimes and 35% of all reported non-criminal bias incidents. Crimes reported nearly doubled from 2016 to 2017. Analyzing the data geographically can help direct resources more efficiently. Continued, targeted response in 2017 has involved close coordination between City staff, community leaders in our neighborhoods, schools, businesses, community agencies, and the Human Rights Commission. In cases where there has been repeated activity in the same location, EPD has also assisted victims in improving their safety through proactive measures. It is likely that criminal and non-criminal hate and bias incidents will continue to be underreported. Improving understanding of how to report and a sense of safety in the community to report hate and bias activity, both through EPD and HRNI is essential to improving the community’s experience. It is also critical to continue the ongoing training of police officers in the proper identification and documentation of hate crimes. For Eugene to be truly safe, vibrant, and welcoming for all it is essential to continue providing support to victims of bias activity and to develop and implement strategies to reduce this activity and address underlying attitudes that perpetuate it. In the coming year we will focus on making existing proactive programs and coordinated responses more robust and effective. This will include a prevention and response toolkit for community members to address hate and bias in their own neighborhoods or community organizations. These actions will allow us to grow closer to being the community we strive to be. To achieve this it’s important to create an environment in which bias activity is clearly not welcome as it directly undermines the Eugene in which we all want to live. i http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=4614 ii 4.731 Intimidation in the Second Degree (1) A person commits the crime of intimidation in the second degree if the person: (a) Tampers or interferes with property, having no right to do so nor reasonable ground to believe that the person has such right, with the intent to cause substantial inconvenience to another because of the person's perception of the other's race, color, religion, national origin or sexual orientation; 31 (b) Intentionally subjects another to offensive physical contact because of the person's perception of the other's race, color, religion, national origin or sexual orientation; or (c) Intentionally, because of the person's perception of race, color, religion, national origin or sexual orientation of another or of a member of the other's family, subjects such other person to alarm by threatening: 1. To inflict serious physical injury upon or to commit a felony affecting such other person, or a member of the person's family; or 2. To cause substantial damage to the property of the other person or of a member of the other person's family. (2) For purposes of this section, "property" means any tangible personal property or real property, and "sexual orientation" means heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality. (Section 4.731 added by Ordinance No. 18826, enacted July 13, 1981; amended by Ordinance No. 19462, enacted April 13, 1987, and Ordinance No. 19686, enacted May 14, 1990.) iii EPD ICAPBIAS Report, January – December 2017 iv Human Rights and Neighborhood Involvement Bias Activity Log, January – December 2017 v http://www.eugene-or.gov/DocumentCenter/Home/View/536 32  The Work Group wanted to express a big thank you to Councilor Emily Semple for joining the February 27th meeting and talking about the City Budget process and how the group can help and get involved  The WG received an update about the police chief recruitment community forums and application extension, WG members were applying to participate in the forum and question and answer sessions. In the March 13th meeting, the group received feedback from the process participants - overall the group members are concerned about the transparency of the whole process and involvement of key stakeholders in the process. While WG members want to make the best of the present situation and will continue to provide feedback to City Manager's office on what type of a police chief they would like to see selected, they want to help evaluate the process and improve it for the future public outreach involvement  The WG is working on showing the movie "Under the bridge", exploring a possible partnership with Circle Films to show the movie at one of their monthly Bijou screenings, the movie screening cost has no licensing fee, the group plans to show the movie around different meetings and events during spring  The WG has an action group working on putting together a criminalization forum with other stakeholders currently working on this issue, the idea is to bring people together and exchange ideas on how to tackle the criminalization of people experiencing homelessness in our area and help change policy  the WG LTD action group will bring results of their work on denials of service process to the next meeting for discussion, the WG wants to understand how can they influence positive change in LTD current policy and treatment of people experiencing homelessness  The WG would like more HRC commissioners to participate in their meetings and extends the invitation to their next meeting on March 27th starting at 11.30am in the Sloat Room, which will include a screening of the "Under the Bridge" movie and regular group meeting 33  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, April 17, 2018 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 - 5:45 (10 min) 3. Support Request (Chair) Discuss/Vote 5:45 – 6:00 (15 min) 4. Item 6:00 – 6:15 (10 min) 5. Item 6:15 – 6:20 (5 min) 6. Item 6:20 – 6:30 (10 min) 7. Item Discuss/Vote 6:30 – 6:40 (10 min) 8. Item Discuss/Vote 6:40 – 6:50 (10 min) 9. EPD Liaison Update 6:50 – 7:00 (10 min) 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 |ehrcenter@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/hrc 34  10. Work Group Lead Updates 7:00 – 7:10 (10 min) 11. Council Update 7:10 – 7:20 (10 min) 12. Commission Liaison Updates 7:20 – 7:25 (5 min) 13. Staff Update 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 35