01/30/14 - City Council Newsletter

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Bike Share Feasibility Study Topic at February 12 Open House There will be an open house to review and discuss components of the bike share feasibility study on Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 6 p.m., at the Lane Community College Downtown Campus (101 West 10th Avenue) in Room 112. Bike share is a transportation solution that offers bicycles to system subscribers for short trips. Recently, new bike share systems such as Citi Bike in New York City and other successful systems such as Capital Bike Share in Washington, D.C., have been making headlines and generating enthusiasm for bike share in smaller communities throughout the United States. The City of Eugene and Lane Transit District have contracted with Toole Design Group to prepare a feasibility study for developing a bike share system in Eugene. The open house will provide an opportunity to engage in a conversation about bike share with national experts and increase understanding of bike share and its potential in the Eugene area. Bike share station in Boulder, Colorado For more information on the feasibility study, visit www.eugene-or.gov/bikeshare. People who cannot attend the meeting are asked to consider taking a short survey or suggest locations for bike share stations. For additional information, contact Reed Dunbar, associate transportation planner, at 541-682-5727. City of Eugene and Travel Lane County Present Accessibility Webinar Adaptive Recreation Services and Travel Lane County are teaming up to present a webinar for meeting planners that will focus on accessibility issues. The webinar will be available to meeting planners throughout the U.S. and beyond, providing an opportunity for them to learn more about the City of Eugene’s nationally recognized Adaptive Recreation program and the Eugene, Cascades & Coast’s award-winning accessibility programs, infrastructure and advocacy. The webinar will be held on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 10 a.m. Adaptive Recreation Manager Andy Fernandez is the City’s accessibility expert. He will team up with Travel Lane County’s Vice-President of Convention Marketing, Janis Ross, to co-present: “Accessibility Uncovered: How to Provide Full Access to Your Meeting.” Attendees will learn how to develop a well thought out plan that builds accessibility into every aspect of a meeting. Adaptive Recreation Services at Hilyard Community Center provides year-round, community-based, recreational, social and educational programs for Eugene area children, teens and adults with disabilities. It is nationally recognized for its innovative and inclusive programs. Travel Lane County, doing business as Eugene, Cascades & Coast, is a private, nonprofit association that provides destination marketing for Lane County. The webinar is part of the Destination Marketing Association International’s EmpowerMINT series. The series offers industry-wide, collaborative marketing opportunities that connect planners to destination marketing organizations. For more information, contact Recreation Manager Andy Fernandez at 541-682-5311. “Ecopsychology: Understanding Our Need for Nature” The Downtown Eugene Public Library will host a free talk on “Ecopsychology: Understanding Our Need for Nature” by Dr. Patricia H. Hasbach on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 6 p.m. Dr. Hasbach will introduce the emerging field of ecopsychology, which explores the relationship between people and nature. She is co-editor of the books “Ecopsychology: Science, Totems, and the Technological Species” and “The Rediscovery of the Wild.” She is also a member of the editorial board of the journal Ecopsychology. The premise of ecopsychology is that human beings need nature for physical and psychological well-being. As a species, human bodies and minds came of age interacting with abundantly diverse and wild nature. In the modern, urban, technological society, however, most people are disconnected from the natural world. EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 January 30, 2014