City of Eugene Human Rights Commission

City of Eugene Human Rights Commission Human Rights Commission Meeting 5-15-18 Packet Contents Draft Agenda Page 1 Draft Minutes from 4/2018 Page 3 Budget Update Page 11 HRC Homeless Working Group Update Page 12 June Draft Agenda Page 13 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, May 15, 2018 5:30 – 7:30 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 – 5:55 (10 min) 5. Homelessness Working Group Needs 5:55 – 6:15 (20 min) 6. CDBG and Council Housing Discussion Updates 6:15 – 6:30 (15 min) 7. Police Commission Liaison Role Discuss/Vote 6:30 – 6:35 (5 min) 8. Universal Representation Update 6:35 – 6:50 (15 min) 9. Work Group Lead Updates 6:50 – 6:55 (5 min) 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 |ehrcenter@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/hrc 1  10. Succession/Election Planning Discuss/Vote 6:55 – 7:05 (10 min) 11. HRC Retreat Planning Discuss/Vote 7:05 – 7:10 (5 min) 12. Council Update 7:10 – 7:15 (5 min) 13. Commission Liaison Updates 7:15 – 7:20 (5 min) 14. Staff Update 7:20 – 7:25 (5 min) 15. June Agenda Preparation 7:25 – 7:30 (5 min) Upcoming events, activities or meetings of which the HRC may find interest: 5/10 5:00pm-7:30pm – Lane Equity Coalition: Healthy Hearts and Healthy Minds: Conversations with Youth about Health. Center for Meeting and Learning, LCC. 5/19 5:00pm UO Hui O Hawai’i Lu’au. UO McArthur Court. 5/23 6-8:30pm – Eugene Critical Community Conversation: Critical Race Theory: A Tool for Movement Building. Wesley Community Center (RSVP by May 16). 5/30 7:30pm – From “I” to “We”: The Role of the Citizen-Critic with Margo Jefferson. 182 Lillis Hall, UO Campus. 5/31 6:00pm – So You Want to Talk about Race with Ijeoma Oluo. Downtown Eugene Public Library. 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, April 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), Ibrahim Coulibaly, Aria Seligmann, Aimee Walsh, Julia Johnson, Ela Kubok, Bonnie Souza, Councilor Emily Semple Staff: Katie Babits 1. Agenda/Minutes Review and Approval Motion: Move to approve the April 2018 agenda. Made by: I. Hamide Second: A. Seligmann Vote: Unanimous Motion: Move to adopt the minutes as amended from March 2018. Made by: E. Kubok Second: J. Johnson 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. Jennifer Frenzer: I am here to support the proposal tonight from the Homelessness Working Group to get a snapshot of work being done in the area. There should be more pressure on City Council, including a resolution to bring in Eric Tars and other experts to give Council relevant information on policies and procedures that are more effective than criminalization of the unhoused. Ticketing downtown is disproportionately represented in those who are homeless. We want to follow up on alternatives to criminalization and encourage the HRC to be energized on addressing criminalization. Michael Gannon: I appreciate you bringing comments about the police chief recruitment process last month. The 30 candidates who did not make it to the final process were screened without any input from community members, and we still do not know the reasons they were screened out. I would also like to see you address the library and the way they treat homeless people, their service has improved some but not as well as it should. I cannot get a library card because I do not have an address nor can I afford the $60 fee. I cannot get a 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 |HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 3 driver’s license. What happens without a library card is that you don’t get to use computers. People without a residence are channeled into one computer. There could be numbers of computers available and they can’t use them because they do not have a library card. The HRC should dialogue with the library to address these rules. Eric Jackson: Thank you all for being here. I am from out of state and am new to Oregon. I am an author on homelessness. I have been homeless myself for four of the last five years. What’s going on with criminalizing is huge, I have been attending the homelessness work groups since I have arrived in this community. There are many advocating for ending homelessness, and the concept of bringing those advocate groups is necessary. The act of deciding rules against human beings who are trying to get back into being housed, being stable, to put them into the legal system is worse than divorce, the strain of being tied up in the legal system has a great impact on a human’s wellbeing. It is wrong to be ticketed just for trying to sit down, to take a nap in a park, for looking homeless; these are not crimes. You just fit the bill of what it means to be homeless. Please be the best, the first in the country, you are already known as the City of Eugene, for being progressive on your approach to homelessness. I was homeless in Denver, I wrote a book about the topic of homelessness, and criminalizing it brings people into a system that continues to keep them down. Todd Boyle: I spoke to SDU’s last night at the city council meeting. There were many property owners wanting to liberalize the constraints. If there is anything you can do to affect this topic I urge you to take action. People who are homeless, or not property owners, they are underrepresented when these conversations are going on, but these conversations do not generally include the people who are impacted. The amount of people who are ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained and Employed) or beneath the poverty line are heavily impacted. 3. Support Requests Rose Wilde: I am here to speak to the SURJ May 9th event at Temple Beth Israel and SURJ is asking for a support request for an ASL interpreter for the event. We are asking for $400 to cover the cost. A. Seligmann: Do you have any other monetary donations, other than in-kind from Temple Beth Israel? R. Wilde: We have some of our own income currently, but not from other entities. We considered holding the event at the Wayne Morse Center but it was not a good fit at this time; we may ask them for future events. I. Hamide: You may also want to consider asking McKenzie River Gathering, they are a social justice organization that has been known to donate to events such as these. J. Iboa: We perused the budget and we historically give $200 to these types of events. E. McGlone: You’ll see on page 12 that we already have $200 held for this group, we have a remainder of $1375 to be used by June 30th. E. Semple: What other funding will we be considering for the rest of the year? J. Iboa: May begins conference season, I remember approving a number of requests in May and June. E. Semple: We have about a 3rd of the budget left. E. Kubok: I have a funding request in the workgroup update, the amount of the request depends on if our request will have the room costs covered by the City, but the request will be at least $150. E. McGlone: That request is on page 44 of the packet. J. Johnson: What’s the history, do we give more than $200 ever? J. Iboa: I think we would prioritize giving to a group that represents a marginalized community. E. Semple: I would be in favor of raising it to $300 because ASL interpretation is important. But without knowing what we spent last year it’s hard to say. J. Iboa: I would accept that friendly amendment. A. Seligmann: The number of interpreters is based more on the length of time you will need them, not based on the number of people needing interpretation in the audience. I would think the extra $100 would be a fair contribution. R. Wilde: There will be some table discussion, so we were aiming to have enough interpreters for each of the table conversations, and not have to expect everyone needing an interpreter to sit at one table. Edward: Who will be the representative from the HRC who is planning to attend this event? 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 4 J. Johnson: I can before from 6:30pm on. E. McGlone: I can be there for the first portion. Motion: Move to support the screening event of 13th by SURJ on May 9th with $300 total, increasing from $200 previously designated for this event. Made by: J. Iboa Second: E. Kubok Vote: Unanimous E. McGlone: Next we have a sponsorship request from the Homelessness Work Group on page 44 of your packets. E. Kubok: The workgroup is working toward hosting a forum on issues surrounding criminalization of folks experiencing homelessness. People will be working on solutions, policy updates, and we hope to develop a deliberate plan to that will work for our community. The plan for the forum is to have a panel discussion and give people an opportunity to network and exchange views and ideas. The date will be Sunday, May 20th. We want it to be in an accessible location, and we are applying for the room at the library. The sponsorship request is for the HRC to endorse the event and be represented at the event. We plan to provide snacks and drinks. Motion: Move to support the Homeless Work Group request for $150. Made by: E. Semple Second: J. Iboa Vote: Unanimous I. Coulibaly: I also have a support request from the WeCU Work Group, regarding the training sessions through CALC, the anti-Semitism training on April 29 and the Islamophobia training on May 5. CALC is asking for a donation, sliding scale $10-$25 for each training. Will the Human Rights Commission approve making a donation in behalf of each of the Commissioners who attend the trainings? Bonnie plans to attend both trainings. Motion: Move to provide $100 to cover HRC members attending the CALC training sessions. Made by: I. Coulibaly Second: J. Iboa Vote: Unanimous E. McGlone: Who is interested in attending? I. Hamide: I am leading the training on Islamophobia, and I would like to attend the anti-Semitism training. A. Seligmann: I would like to attend the Islamophobia training. E. Semple: I would like to attend both. I. Coulibaly: I will be attending both as well. E. McGlone: I plan to attend the anti-Semitism session. A. Thomson: I will be attending the Islamophobia session. 4. 1st Quarter Hate and Bias Overview K. Babits: From January 1, 2018 to March 31, 2018, there have been 16 hate crimes reported to the Eugene Police Department. This is down from 24 that were reported during this time period, last year. The community experiencing the largest decrease are people of color, down from twelve in 2017 to 7 in 2018 in this quarter. You can see these numbers reflected under Race and Ethnicity. 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: I encourage everyone to speak about the reporting system. It spreads predominately through word of mouth and we have been able to see an increase of reporting. I continue to share the word and hear about people submitting reports. E. Kubok: Are there tools or materials we can share in the community? I know that HRNI meets with EPD, do you go to agencies or organizations that work with marginalized communities? Do people realize it is a resource you provide? K. Babits: Yes, we do visit a number of community organizations and neighborhood associations. Our staff have been working to spread the word about reporting and the resources our office provides since before I began, and Lorna Flormoe focuses specifically on the Latino community, attending meetings with the Latinx Alliance and others. We also continue to work on our hate and bias prevention and response toolkit that will have resources available for community members to be proactive about hate and bias before it happens in our community, and resources to respond one incidents happen. We hope to release the toolkit later this year. A. Seligmann: Do you use Spanish language radio commercials? K. Babits: I do not believe we have used Spanish language radio commercials. J. Iboa: What is important to know is this is not representative of all that is happening in our community. Most hate and bias activity goes unreported, and we also do not have numbers from UOPD. I. Coulibaly: If people are not familiar with the reporting system, they need to call 911 if they do not know what to do, they can always call 911. We want to make sure people are considering their safety first. K. Babits: That’s right, the dispatchers can help triage and send someone to the non-emergency line, and it is most important for people to do what is needed to stay safe. Also, if people are unsure if something has risen to the level of a crime, they should call HRNI and we can help determine the best course of action. 5. Universal Representation J. Iboa: We wanted to talk about universal representation and so we invited Roberto to give us a little more information about the concept. E. McGlone: In your packets on page 19 there is a brief that addresses this topic. J. Iboa: I spoke to Council briefly at public comment about this, and Councilor Semple and I have met to discuss as well. R. Gutierrez: My name is Roberto and I work for Causa, I am a policy director and one of three people working under Oregon Ready. It is essentially a variety of organizations statewide working for immigration rights in Oregon. This concept of Universal Representation means having access to a lawyer and extending the right of representation to anyone facing deportation. Many people facing deportation are not represented. Deportation is substantially reduced when someone is represented. Immigrants in Oregon are part of Oregon’s prosperity. One in four people have a connection to an immigrant in Oregon. There is an emotional family connection with many immigrants here in Oregon. Deportation is essentially mass incarceration. It is unfair, unjust, and we have seen this highlighted with the current administration and the changes they want to see. ICE is in the news, ICE arrests have increased substantially. The idea now is a quota system. Judges have a monthly quota which means more people in deportation proceedings will be deported so the judges can meet their quotas. E. Kubok: Are these statistics federal? R. Gutierrez: These statistics are specific to the Pacific Northwest. E. Semple: I want to point out the scale on this slide does not start at zero. Roberto: I hope it captures the significance of the difference. One interesting statistic, Lane County has 32% of people facing deportation not represented. 80 or 90 people essentially being detained and potentially removed and may never be able to find their way back to this community. We have been working through this process with immigrant legal service providers in Portland. We did not start the concept from scratch, it has been an informed process with interviews, and mirrored programs from across the country, such as the NYC Safe City Initiative, and we examined what could work here. We came across, instead of allocating money to non-profits, the idea is to create an upstream and downstream hub. It is centered on a service model with a screening aspect. Between the clearinghouse there is a direct link between 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 6 “navigators” (who are community based) and direct service attorneys. We have found that by dealing with individual cases and utilizing best practices our goal is to essentially win every single time. The program works to breakdown each case by complexity, need, the timing of the case, and determine if pro bono is an option. The attorney navigates the person through the entire process. The idea is to have legal defense of extending an attorney to someone facing deportation proceedings. Stephen Manning uses the frame of rights architecture on page 31 of the brief. For the purpose of this program, refugees are included in the definition of immigrants, they experience impact when their legal status is challenged, but if they experience a basic criminal infraction they can be rolled into the legal process. Our goal is representation. This program will involve scaling through collaborative based approach. It will create an infrastructure, provide attorneys, nonprofit service providers, and continue to add attorneys to address to unmet needs in Oregon. There is a three year timeline of the entire model. Anytime someone faces deportation and wins, they become a legal permanent resident. They are a citizen, they can vote, work, pay taxes, etc. E. Kubok: How does this concept fit into the lack of federal reform on immigration? There is no path for folks who live here, there is no path to citizenship. How does this help people find a clear path to citizenship? If you are a DACA recipient, you have no way to proceed. R. Gutierrez: On the federal level, the type of reform being discussed is not the type that I would like to see. You are seeing people that want to eliminate the diversity lottery program. You see congress try to cut down on employment-based visas. Congress is working to eliminate humanitarian based programs impacting refugees. The current administration is trying to eliminate family based immigration. This model does not fit in with overarching policies of the federal administration. I. Coulibaly: In the last week I have received three emails, one by someone already detained in Tacoma, who came when he was 4 from Somalia. When he was 17 he got in fight at bar. It became a criminal record, and now he is 30-something, married with kids and they came after him. Another person came to the US in 1991, changed his name, received a letter to come to court in July, and the wording of the letter said he is facing deportation. How do they contact you? R. Gutierrez: Joel can give you my contact information, the 49 organizations will be able to have someone who can help. I. Coulibaly: How soon should people contact you? People who are in progress of obtaining their green card, and have not yet been denied, when should they contact representation? R. Gutierrez: I cannot give legal advice, but if there is ever a question, it is best to seek out advice of counsel from the beginning. A. Seligmann: Are immigrants or refugees more targeted? R. Gutierrez: Everybody, they’re targeting everybody. There is a person of Chinese descent charged for arson (there was an article in the Oregonian), and they are not looking at the totality of circumstances, the people who are experiencing this have family ties, they have served in the military, they are established. I. Hamide: Basically this program works for people who are here already, not for people trying to come here? R. Gutierrez: Yes, it is for people who are currently facing deportation. I. Hamide: And it is to address a lack of funding, one’s inability to hire a lawyer? R. Gutierrez: In part, but fundamentally those facing deportation do not have protections of 6th Amendment rights. I. Hamide: No Miranda rights. How do you address this, do you actively seek people under deportation? R. Gutierrez: The “navigators” are a part of the community. The intent is to use people who are already immersed in the community so they know of or hear about people who are being targeted. They won’t catch everyone but those community ties help catch more. I. Hamide: I’ve heard similar stories such as Ibrahim’s of people not knowing about this option. J. Iboa: Part of the reason we asked Roberto to come is that I would like to make a motion to ask City Council to review and discuss funding for universal representation here in Eugene. We could send a formal letter to City Council endorsing universal representation. 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 7 E. Kubok: Will Council also receive this presentation? J. Iboa: That would be idea, we know that this is a process, perhaps a work session, or something like the task forces as is being done in Portland. Motion: Move to ask City Council to review and discuss funding for universal representation here in Eugene, and for the HRC to send a formal letter to City Council endorsing universal representation. Made by: J. Iboa Second: I. Coulibaly Discussion: E. Semple: I think it’s a great idea, funding will be the largest issue. Portland is putting in quite a bit of money. It would be helpful to know their percentage of immigrants and our percentage of immigrants, and determine how much we should allocate. Vote: Unanimous E. McGlone: Joel, I will task you with writing that letter. 6. HRC Selection Memo E. Kubok: We reviewed 26 applicants and we determined the areas we wanted to review applicants on. We refined our criteria and determined a top four folks. A. Seligmann: It was really helpful to review the scoresheet and criteria, it makes it easier to diversify and have better representation. We want to invite those who applied and were not appointed to join the workgroups. E. Kubok: There were a lot of younger folks interested in gaining experience. Motion: Move to nominate candidates 26, 4, 25 and 5 in order of preference. Made by: E. Kubok Discussion: E. Semple: Do not know their names? E. Kubok: We do not know names, we only received numbers and wanted to nominate based on the information provided in the applications we reviewed. J. Iboa: We could make a friendly amendment to endorse the recommendations made by the subgroup. E. Semple: happy to endorse your recommendation, not based on numbers, the Human Rights Commission endorses these four people. Second: J. Iboa Vote: Unanimous 7. Hate Crimes Forum Discussion I. Hamide: This is referring to the event at the UO Law School on March 10th. The event was free and open to the public. I happened to attend that event. After it was over I realized that Muslims are a group which experiences hate crimes yet there was no one from our community represented on the panels or as a speaker. I felt slighted as a Muslim, as a community member, as a Human Rights Commissioner, to be represented by non-Muslims as though we are invisible again. I spoke with Katie about that since the Human Rights Commission was a sponsor of that event. It did not match my expectation. There was outreach to the Muslim student association in November and it was not followed up on. None of the panelists were students, and somehow the Muslim community was shut out. I have yet to get a satisfactory answer. I forgive and forget, the personal issue is gone for me, but the injustice still lingers, but the answers have not come for me. The apology from Katie was the only remedy I have received. I am sore about it as I am retelling the story, if the Human Rights Commission is going to put their name on the event, they should reach out. I have done hours of volunteer work to train on this topic, no on reached out to the mosque, it was a real big gaping hole. E. McGlone: Is there anything you would like the Commission to do? 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 8 I. Hamide: Be mindful? I am not in the business of crying over spilled milk. The future is more important than the past, you cannot put a band aid over a broken glass to deal with it. We should be proactive, invite the people to the table, if we’re in the community and were not at the table there is something wrong. Invite everyone to the table that will be spoken about. I would like us to be very mindful; perpetuating the injustice is not the way to correct the injustice. E. McGlone: I am really glad you brought that forward, I know that Katie has heard the message and hope it is being heard broadly. E. Kubok: How do we make sure that we are inviting those who should be represented? J. Iboa: When we are asked to put our name on something, it is up to us that the things we put our names on, we have a huge responsibility to the community. E. McGlone: We can continue to fine tune the form for support requests. K. Babits: I just want to clarify that the Human Rights Commission was not the sponsor for this event, it was the Office of Human Rights and Neighborhood Involvement, and so the organizing of the event involved our office, the UO, Lane County, the DOJ, FBI, Eugene Police Department and others. I. Hamide: The CRS was a host of this event, and the CRS paid for the training that certified me in my training and it is shocking that they did not notice the gaping hole of representation in the room. 8. Work Group Lead Updates E. Kubok: The Homelessness Working Group has an opportunity to think about the future needs of the work group. Currently they meet twice a month for 90 minutes. We need to think about how we can support them better. A number of people worked to discuss the car camping site at the LTD property. There was a public meeting in the Santa Clara neighborhood. St. Vincent de Paul manages the car camping program, but the meeting taken over by over 200 community members, self-declared neighborhood activists. The meeting turned to a negative outcome, there will definitely not be a car camping site in Santa Clara. For people who are unable to find housing in Eugene, there is no compassion when a solution is presented, they don’t want it in their backyard. We need a positive campaign for myth busting about the unhoused in our community and providing space, and addressing lack of education about programs and solutions to homelessness. We already talked about the community check in on criminalization. There will be a movie shown in June at Bijou Metro called Under the Bridge. 9. Council Update E. Semple: Council has been doing quite a bit lately. We are talking about camping sites. There will be a ride sharing vote on the 23rd. The bike share starts on Thursday. There was a public hearing last night on SB1051 regarding SDUs, and the Mayor will move forward with implementing phase one which will allow churches to house two domiciles on their properties. There is a push for quick but thorough input, they are hoping that in the middle of May to the end of June will be close to what we will say for phase two. Different sides have different concerns, but neither want to rush the process. Regarding the Construction Excise Tax, many people want it to move forward as a source for unsubsidized housing. They are looking first at other options such as SDC charges, changes in permitting costs, zoning changes, CET, and other parameters. They don’t want to impact builders and nothing is built, but the crisis is that we need housing, without taking an inordinate amount of time, doing it carefully and not succumbing to one group’s desires. It will take time for SDU parameters, we want to be careful, but also not take two years. The vote for the renaming of a park and building for Councilor Ortiz and Dr. Coleman will be April 23. The discussion continues for wildlife animal rights and feeding them. There will be a public hearing on dogs, instead of a dog ban, they will present an ordinance to enforce rabies shots and licenses. In the downtown core you have to have a license. It does not have to be Oregon license. I imagine we will hear from people who want a ban, but the current ordinance is not for that. The work session to address the recommendations from the Marginalized Voices report with City Council, the poll has been approved. It was basically unanimous. 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 9 10. Commission Liaison Updates I. Coulibaly: EHRB met, all of the department plans are done, and departments are implementing the plans. The question is what will be role of EHRB be now since we were working on strategic plans. The next few meetings will be to determine what the board can do to help different departments implement strategic plans. I. Hamide: The HPB has not had a meeting since the last time. They are addressing the items mentioned by Councilor Semple. A. Walsh: CDBG since we talk a lot about housing and homelessness, it would be great if we could bring city staff to come talk about CDBG they have many resources people are not aware of that can help people become or remain housed. E. McGlone: Regarding the Police Commission, my term expires at the end of June, and I will not be returning so we will need someone to take over the Police Commission liaison role. I am happy to chat about that role. 11. Staff Update K. Babits: I wanted to discuss the toolkit we are currently working on to prevent and respond to hate and bias here in Eugene. I plan to meet with Ib Hamide to discuss the contents of the toolkit and seek feedback on how it can be successful. I have reached out to the WeCU work group for feedback, and Lorna Flormoe is seeking feedback from the Latinx Alliance, the NAACP, and other groups. If you have ideas of individuals or groups who would be good for us to share the draft toolkit and seek out feedback, please forward me your thoughts as soon as possible. I also wanted to bring to your attention that the Poverty and Homelessness Board will be meeting this Thursday and they will be discussing topics that interest the HRC. It is from noon to 1:30 at the Serbu Campus. Specifically I think folks will be interested in the Point in Time Count and the discussion about the Shelter Feasibility Study. E. Kubok: If you can’t make it to Poverty and Homelessness Board meeting, the person from Lane County will be at the Homelessness Work Group meeting to discuss the PIT count on May 8th. K. Babits: Thank you, Ela. I would also like to introduce a new member to the City Manager’s Office. Becky DeWitt is our new Division Manager for the City Manager’s Office and she has joined us for this entire meeting. Becky has been with the City for 13 years and before coming to the CMO, she has spent all of her time in Human Resources. 12. May Agenda Review E. Kubok: I would like to request 20-30 minutes to discuss how as a Commission we can effectively define and meet the needs of the Homelessness Working Group. I. Coulibaly: I would like to have 10 minutes to discuss CDBG. E. McGlone: I would ask for 5 minutes to discuss the Police Commission liaison role, and also 15 minutes for bylaw review. J. Iboa: Can we hold 5 minutes for an update on universal representation? E. McGlone: At the retreat last August we discussed workgroups. In the June meeting we may want to consider that question, and ask work groups now to think about what they want us to discuss at our retreat. We should also hold elections in the June meeting for Chair and Vice Chair. Motion: Move to adjourn the April 2018 Human Rights Commission meeting. Made by: E. Semple Second: J. Johnson Vote: Unanimous 99 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 116, Eugene, OR 97401 541.682.5177 | HRNI@ci.eugene.or.us | www.eugene-or.gov/HRC 10 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 4/17/18 SURJ Film Showing of 13th $300.00 4/17/18 CALC Anti-Semitism and Islamaphobia Training $100.00 SUBTOTAL $1,000.00 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 4/17/18 Homelessness Working Group Funding for Work Group Forum $150.00 SUBTOTAL $2,275.00 TOTALS $3,275.00 $1,225.00 11 Human Rights Commission Work Group Updates Date: 5-10-2018 Work Group: Homelessness and Poverty Prepared by: Ela Kubok Date of last meeting: 5-09-2018 Summary of last meeting attached? Y/N What were the main topics discussed in the last meeting?  Postponing the criminalization forum  “Under the bridge” movie screaming Wednesday June 6th at 6pm at the Bijou Art Cinema on 13th  Future priorities for the Work Group – work session o Designated secure park camping o Designated secure and safe car parking areas o Day shelter Downtown, lockers, showers o Car parking sleep zones (signage) o Housing for Athletes 2021 later to be transformed to affordable housing o Legalize resting/sleeping in public spaces  PIT and Shelter Feasibility study discussion was postponed 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.  The previously allocated $120 for the criminalization forum, the action group has decided to postpone the event; the money set aside would be best used to fund $6 tickets for the unhoused to the showing of the movie on June 6th. (Motion and approval needed)  The WG would also like to purchase (cost under $10) the dvd of the movie to be able to have available for rent from the HRNI office when community meetings would like to show the movie. (Motion and approval needed) 12  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, June 19, 2018 5:30 – 7:30 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. EPD Liaison Update 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. Work Group Lead Updates 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 13  10. Council Update 7:00 – 7:10 (10 min) 11. Commission Liaison Updates 7:10 – 7:20 (10 min) 12. Staff Update 7:20 – 7:25 (5 min) 13. HRC Retreat Agenda Prep 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 14