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<br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br /> <br />April 15, 2010 <br /> <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 777 Pearl Street, Room 105 <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793 <br /> (541) 682-5010 <br /> (541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br /> www.eugene-or.gov <br /> <br />IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION <br /> <br />ST <br />ARBOR DAY PLANTING CELEBRATES 31 TREE CITY USA AWARD <br />PERMITTED INDUSTRIES RECOGNIZED FOR COMPLIANCE <br />FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE BRINGS IN $72,000 <br />BUSY ROAD REPAIR SEASON OFF TO AN EARLY START <br />SUMMER RECREATION GUIDE HAS NEW PROGRAMS AND MORE THAN 100 CAMPS <br />FIRE & EMS CAREER DAY CONTINUES TO GROW <br />COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS: WHAT IS A HATE CRIME? AND WHAT YOU CAN DO! <br />ENVISION EUGENE: A COMMUNITY PLAN FOR 2030 <br />NEWSLETTER INCLUDES TIPS TO SLOW THE FLOW, TACKLE WEEDS AND CREATE PRACTICAL <br />LANDSCAPES <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br />st <br />Arbor Day Planting Celebrates 31 Tree City USA Award <br />On Saturday, April 10, more than 85 community members gathered downtown to <br />celebrate Arbor Day. Mayor Kitty Piercy helped kick off the celebration in front of the <br />st <br />Eugene Weekly offices by accepting Eugene’s 31 consecutive Tree City USA award <br />from Western Lane District Forester Dave Lorenz, Oregon Department of Forestry. <br /> <br />Tree City USA, a program of the National Arbor Day Foundation that is sponsored by the <br />Oregon Department of Forestry, recognizes cities that have developed programs that <br />plant and care for trees. <br /> <br />The Trees for Concrete project removed over eight tons of concrete-sidewalk to make <br />th <br />room for trees. Nearby, at 326 West 12Avenue, private site improvements resulted in <br />removal of concrete, installation of pavers and creation of a large space for two ginkgo <br />trees fronting a new acupuncture clinic. The volunteer team that planted 20 trees around <br />th <br />13 Avenue and Lincoln included members of the Eugene Tree Foundation (ETF), REI <br />staff, Girl Scouts of Troop 20275, Cub Scouts, Tree Stewards, Willakenzie Junior <br />Mayor Piercy and Dave Lorenz help <br />Grangers and nearby residents. <br />a Girl Scout Troop 20275 volunteer <br /> <br />plant a maple on Arbor Day – Photo <br />by Ashley Shaw, ETF <br />For more information, contact Urban Forester Mark Snyder at 541-682-4819. <br /> <br /> <br />Permitted Industries Recognized for Compliance <br />Beginning in January 2009, all permitted significant industrial users (SIUs) connected to the City of Eugene’s wastewater <br />system had the opportunity to distinguish themselves for consistently meeting all applicable local, state, and federal <br />pretreatment standards and requirements throughout the calendar year. Meeting all permitted effluent limitations <br />typically requires more than just operating and maintaining a pretreatment system. A significant amount of time must be <br />devoted to address all permit-prescribed, self-monitoring and reporting requirements. Compliance also is determined <br />through unannounced sampling and inspections by City staff. <br /> <br />In the first year of the recognition program, 16 local businesses operating under permits by the industrial source control <br />program of the Wastewater Division have been issued certifications for maintaining full compliance with all the conditions <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />April 15, 2010 <br />