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<br /> <br />City of Eugene <br />125 East 8 Avenue, 2 Floor <br />thnd <br />Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br />(541) 682-5010 <br />(541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br /> <br />www.eugene-or.gov <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br />November 6, 2014 <br /> <br />IN THIS EDITION <br /> <br />‘WALK YOUR WHEELS’ MESSAGE HITS THE STREETS <br />WELL-INFORMED PUBLIC READY FOR LEAF SEASON TO BEGIN <br />ROOSEVELT YARD GETS FRIENDLY FACELIFT <br />EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY RANKED IN TOP THREE PERCENT IN U.S. FOR COST-EFFECTIVE SERVICE <br />EUGENE GARNERS HEALTH AND SAFETY AWARDS <br />CLEAN WATER E-NEWS FOR EUGENE <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br /> <br />‘Walk Your Wheels’ Message Hits the Streets <br />A news event, and a preventable bicycle-pedestrian crash on Wednesday, Nov. 5, should raise awareness of a “Walk Your <br />Wheels” campaign in the downtown area. Round disks are being installed by Central Service Facilities staff on sidewalks in <br />the downtown area. The new sidewalk <br />signage clarifies where people <br />skateboarding and biking must walk, <br />and not ride, on the sidewalk in a <br />designated area downtown. <br /> <br />The walk-zone protects people walking <br />in the more congested area that extends <br />within the area bounded by the eastern <br />sidewalk along Lincoln Street between <br />8 and 13 avenues, the northern <br />thth <br />sidewalk along 8 Avenue between <br />th <br />Lincoln and Pearl streets, on either side <br />of Willamette Street between 7th and 8th avenues, the eastern sidewalk along Pearl Street between 8th and 13 avenues, <br />th <br />on either side of Broadway between Pearl and High streets, and on the northern sidewalk along 13th Avenue between <br />Pearl and Lincoln streets. <br /> <br />The importance of protecting pedestrians in this area was painfully illustrated by an incident that occurred at 2 p.m., <br />Wednesday. An eight-year-old boy was holding the door open for his mother at the Willamette Store, 1077 Willamette, <br />after purchasing a soda. A 29-year-old bicyclist was riding northbound on the sidewalk and struck the boy from behind, <br />knocking him to the ground. Medics responded and evaluated the child’s injuries before releasing him to his mother. The <br />bicyclist was arrested and charged with violation of the walk-zone ordinance and several other crimes. <br /> <br />The new zone makes it easier for people to know they’re in a walk-zone. Riding skateboards or bicycles on sidewalks inside <br />the zone is a violation of Eugene Code 5.450(2), and violators are subject to a maximum $50 fine. On July 28, the Eugene <br />City Council approved the new skateboard and bicycle downtown no-sidewalk-riding zone that went into effect on Aug. 29, <br />2014. Since that time, police have been issuing warnings, and once warned, citations. In the next several days, the disk <br />signage will be installed on the sidewalks in the downtown area to alert people skateboarding and bicycling that they have <br />entered the no-sidewalk-riding zone and must walk their bikes and carry their skateboards. Materials have also been <br />produced to provide a map of the new zone and other helpful information about the new rules. <br /> <br />More details on the new laws can be found on the project website at www.eugene-or.gov/bikeskatelaws. For more <br />information, contact Melinda McLaughlin, public information director for the Eugene Police Department, at 541-682-5124. <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />November 6, 2014 <br />