January 6, 2021 Meeting Packet
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CITY OF TOLEDO AGENDA City Hall 206 N. Main St. Toledo, Oregon 97391 6:00 p.m. TOLEDO CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting – Via Zoom Meeting Platform January 6, 2021 Virtual Meeting: Due to the governor’s “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” order, the City Council will hold the meeting through the Zoom video meeting platform. The public is invited to attend the meeting electronically. E-mail [email protected] to receive the meeting login information. Public Comments: The City Council may take limited verbal comments during the meeting. Written comments may be submitted by email to [email protected] 3:00 p.m. the day of the meeting to be included in the record. Comments received will be shared with the City Council and included in the record. 1. Call to Order and roll call 2. Presentations Oath of Office – Mayor Oath of Office – Council-Elect Joshua Smith, Jackie Kauffman and Todd Michels Proclamation & Presentation – Human Trafficking Awareness Month – Human Trafficking Advocate & Coordinator Lizzie Martinez Audit Presentation – Teresa Hanford, Hanford & Associates 3. Visitors/Public Comment (The public comment period provides the public with an opportunity to address the City Council regarding items not on the agenda. Please limit your comments to three (3) minutes). 4. Consent Agenda Resolution No. 1454, A resolution extending the state of emergency declaration to March 3, 2021 5. Discussion Items Discussion regarding allowing restaurants to use parking spaces in front as additional dining area 6. Decision Items Resolution No. 1455, A resolution to receive the Audit as presented by Hanford & Associates Resolution No. 1456, A resolution adopting the City of Toledo’s representation in the updates to the Lincoln County Multi-Jurisdictional Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan Comments submitted in advance are preferable. Comments may be submitted by phone at 541-336-2247 extension 2060 or by e-mail at [email protected]. The meeting is accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the hearing impaired, or for other accommodations for persons with disabilities, should be made at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting by calling city offices at (541) 336-2247. Page 1 January 6, 2021 Toledo City Council Packet Page 1 of 270 7. Reports and Comments Committee updates 8. Adjournment Comments submitted in advance are preferable. Comments may be submitted by phone at 541-336-2247 extension 2060 or by e-mail at [email protected]. The meeting is accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the hearing impaired, or for other accommodations for persons with disabilities, should be made at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting by calling city offices at (541) 336-2247. Page 2 January 6, 2021 Toledo City Council Packet Page 2 of 270 City of Toledo PROCLAMATION Human Trafficking Awareness Month WHEREAS, Human trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of forced labor or sexual servitude; and WHEREAS, Human Trafficking disproportionately impacts those most marginalized in our community, anyone can become a victim of trafficking; and WHEREAS, Human Trafficking is a public health and civil rights crisis occurring at epidemic levels all over the world. Its victims and survivors are everywhere including communities throughout Toledo, Oregon; and WHEREAS, Human Trafficking goes against basic human rights and there is a vital need to eradicate this crime; and WHEREAS, Law enforcement, federal and state agencies; nonprofits, social service providers; private industry and non-governmental organizations including the Children’s Advocacy Center, My Sisters’ Place and the Siletz CARE program, are working to combat Human Trafficking in Lincoln County through partnerships like with the Human Trafficking Task Force of Lincoln County; and WHEREAS, Human Trafficking Task Force of Lincoln County, along with their partners continue to educate the public on violence and exploitation in ways that honor those impacted by this crime; and NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mayor Rod Cross, do hereby proclaim January 2021 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month I encourage all citizens to work together with these invaluable community agencies to raise awareness and to help combat Modern-Day Slavery & Exploitation. _________________________________ _________________________________ Mayor Rod Cross Date January 6, 2021 Toledo City Council Packet Page 3 of 270 Lincoln County Human Trafficking Task Force January 6, 2021 Toledo City Council Packet Page 4 of 270 Task Force Membership Law Enforcement Siletz Tribal CARE Program Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Lincoln County District Attorney Newport PD Lincoln County Juvenile Lincoln City PD Department Toledo PD Lincoln County School District Oregon State Police State of Oregon, Department of Children’s Advocacy Center Human Services My Safe Place/My Sisters’ Place January 6, 2021 Toledo City Council Packet Page 5 of 270 Task Force Mission The Lincoln County Human Trafficking Task Force is a multidisciplinary collaboration of community partners working in a victim-centered manner to prevent, detect, and disrupt human trafficking through coordinated, comprehensive services and efficient investigation and prosecution. January 6, 2021 Toledo City Council Packet Page 6 of 270 Sex Trafficking occurs when… A person is forced to perform *A commercial a commercial sex act* sex act through Is a sex act the use of force, fraud or exchanged for coercion. Anything of value including Food, shelter, A person performing drugs or money. a commercial sex act is under 18. January 6, 2021 Toledo City Council Packet Page 7 of 270 Myths of Human Trafficking • Myth: It’s always or usually a violent crime • Reality: By far the most pervasive myth about human trafficking is that it always - or often - involves kidnapping or otherwise physically forcing someone into a situation. In reality, most human traffickers use psychological means such as, tricking, defrauding, manipulating or threatening victims into providing commercial sex or exploitative labor. • Myth: Human trafficking only happens in illegal or underground industries • Reality: Human trafficking cases have been reported and prosecuted in industries including restaurants, cleaning services, construction, factories and more. • Myth: Only women and girls can be victims and survivors of sex trafficking • Reality: One study estimates that as many as half of sex trafficking victims and survivors are male. Advocates believe that percentage may be even higher but that male victims are far less likely to be identified. LGBTQ boys and young men are seen as particularly vulnerable to trafficking. • Myth: If the trafficked person consented to be in their initial situation, then it cannot be human trafficking or against their will because they “knew better” • Reality: Initial consent to commercial sex or a labor setting prior to acts of force, fraud, or coercion (or if the victim is a minor in a sex trafficking situation) is not relevant to the crime, nor is payment. January 6, 2021 Toledo City Council Packet Page 8 of 270 Myth’s continued Myth: People being trafficked are physically unable to leave their situations/locked in/held against their will Reality: That is sometimes the case. More often, however, people in trafficking situations stay for reasons that are more complicated. Some lack the basic necessities to physically get out - such as transportation or a safe place to live. Some are afraid for their safety. Some have been so effectively manipulated that they do not identify at that point as being under the control of another person. Myth: Traffickers target victims they don’t know Reality: Many survivors have been trafficked by romantic partners, including spouses, and by family members, including parents. Myth: Human trafficking involves moving, traveling or transporting a person across state or national borders Reality: Human trafficking is often confused with human smuggling, which involves illegal border crossings. In fact, the crime of human trafficking does not require any movement whatsoever. Survivors can be recruited and trafficked in their own home towns, even their own homes. January 6, 2021 Toledo City Council Packet Page 9 of 270 How do we stop it? January 6, 2021 Toledo City Council Packet Page 10 of 270 Red Flags to ID Survivors 1. More than one cell phone. 2. Secret social media accounts (often with an alias) 3. Attire as changed /become significantly more sexualized and does not match the weather/ season. 4. Running away from home or talking about doing so. 5. Recently started getting their nails done with fake acrylics 6. New boyfriend whose appearance in their life coincides with other changes on this list, often not someone they go to school with, or knew previously. 7. Use gang signs, have a gang related tattoo, use gang language, glorify gang lifestyle. 8. If they return home after being unaccounted for, or after running away and have any cash on them. 9. Display pornographic images on social media, reference being “property of” or getting “married”. 10. Use sex-industry specific language. 11. Re-occurring STI’s or UTI’s. 12. Inability to speak to individual alone 13. Signs of physical abuse 14. Submissive or fearful January 6, 2021 Toledo City Council Packet Page 11 of 270 If you believe someone may be a victim of “human trafficking, report your suspicions to law enforcement by calling 911 or the 24-hour National Human Trafficking Hotline 1-888-373-7888. ” Local Crisis Hotline for Survivors: 541-994-5959 January 6, 2021 Toledo City Council Packet Page 12 of 270 If you believe someone may be a victim of human trafficking, report your suspicions to law enforcement by calling 911 or the 24- hour National Human Trafficking Hotline 1-888-373-7888. Local Crisis Hotline for Survivors: 541-994-5959 January 6, 2021 Toledo City Council Packet Page 13 of 270 CITY OF TOLEDO REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Meeting Date: Agenda Topic: Resolution No.