August 21, 2014 - City Council Newsletter

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Alton Baker Park Plan boundary. This change was made to make Eugene law consistent with state law, to increase the number of people biking, and because of public requests. More details on the new laws can be found on the project website at www.eugene-or.gov/bikeskatelaws or by contacting Lee Shoemaker at 541-682-5471 or lee.shoemaker@ci.eugene.or.us. Regional Wastewater Operations Featured in TPO Magazine The Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission’s Biocycle Farm and Water Pollution Control Facilities were featured in the August issue of “Treatment Plant Operator” (TPO) magazine. Plant Manager Dave Breitenstein is shown on the cover of the magazine. The article, “Green Insurance,” focused on the benefits of the City’s diversified biosolids program and overall program success through community collaboration. Other highlights of the regional wastewater operations include water reuse (70 million gallons per year) and cogeneration, which fulfills 55 percent of the plant power requirements and is valued at $300,000 per year. An electronic copy of the magazine can be viewed online at www.tpomag.com/ezine/2014/08. For more information, contact Dave Breitenstein at 541-682-8611. Eugene Recreation Offers More Family Fun This Fall The Recreation Services Division invites residents to continue summer’s fun into fall with the2014 Fall Eugene Recreation Guide. The 88-page Recreation Guide includes hundreds of activities from Sept. 1 through Dec. 31, for children as young as two-and-a-half –years-old to adults of any age. The guide is now available online at www.eugene-or.gov/recguide. Paper copies are available for pick up at City community centers, pools and libraries, and 40 other public locations around town. Those on Recreation’s free subscription list should receive their copy in this week’s mail. The cover of the new guide features two archers, both participants of Recreation’s program to help wounded and injured veterans regain an active lifestyle. In addition to Recreation’s perennial fall favorites such as “family blackberry raft,” Campbell Center’s Bazaar, nature hikes, and the Boooo Barn, this guide includes many new activities that families and individuals will enjoy. Here’s a sampling:  Learn how to enhance photos using close-up digital photography  Tabata interval training workouts  Lessons in advanced sumi-e ink painting  Dance at “Everybody Can Dance”  Learn how to protect one’s privacy online  Learn Italian through cinema  Prepare for high school swimming  Learn to skateboard  Attend the Native American Crafts Fair For more information about the fall Recreation Guide, call Library, Recreation, and Cultural Services (LRCS) Marketing and Public Information Manager Kathy Madison at 541-682-6341 or contact her at Kathy.Madison@ci.eugene.or.us. All Ages: Learn a Language at Library Website The Eugene Public Library’s Info Hub offers award-winning online language lessons for all ages, free of charge. The interactive, user-friendly courses are immediately engaging and rewarding. Use these services anywhere, anytime with an Internet connection and a library card. Or use them at any Eugene Public Library location -- Downtown, Bethel, or Sheldon -- on an Info Hub computer, with no library card needed. For adults and teens, Mango Languages offers interactive lessons for English-speakers in more than 60 languages, including Spanish, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Arabic, Russian, Thai, and Chinese. Mango also offers courses to learn English for speakers of Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, and a dozen other languages. Special features include EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 August 21, 2014