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At the meeting on Feb. 11, the Budget Committee will provide an opportunity for the public to comment on the Draft CIP
<br />and will formulate its recommendation to the City Council. The Draft FY16-21 CIP is available for public review online at
<br />www.eugene-or.gov/CIP. Hard copies of the draft CIP document are also available for public review at the Downtown
<br />Public Library reference desk, 100 W 10 Avenue, 2 floor; Eugene Finance Division, 100 W 10 Avenue, 4 floor; and the
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<br />City Manager’s Office, 125 East 8 Avenue, 2 floor.
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<br />Members of the public are encouraged to provide feedback on the capital projects proposed in the Draft CIP by
<br />commenting at the Budget Committee meeting or via the comment form on the Budget web site www.eugene-
<br />or.gov/budget. The Budget Committee meeting on Feb. 11 will be broadcast on Metro TV, and a webcast will be available at
<br />www.eugene-or.gov/webcasts. For more information, please contact the Finance Division at 541-682-5512.
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<br />"The Soil Will Save Us" Author at Eugene Public Library
<br />On Thursday, Feb. 19, at 6 p.m., the Downtown Eugene Public Library will host a talk by Kristin Ohlson about her book “The
<br />Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers and Foodies Are Building Healthy Soil to Heal the Planet.” Admission is free.
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<br />Ohlson shares that people are already creating healthier soil and increasing soil carbon from
<br />Ohio to Africa, and explains how most Americans could help reverse climate change, starting
<br />in their own backyards.
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<br />Thousands of years of poor farming, ranching, and land practices have led to the loss of 80
<br />billion tons of carbon from the world’s soils. Its new home? The atmosphere. Ohlson explains
<br />that the solution to Earth’s climate crisis lies not only in cutting emissions, but in returning
<br />health to the soil.
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<br />Building soil health is the only affordable method of removing carbon already in the
<br />atmosphere, and it may result in more productive farms, cleaner waterways, and drought
<br />prevention. The book is at once an engaging narrative of scientific discovery and an
<br />indictment of the institutions that have a financial interest in the status quo.
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<br />The granddaughter of farmers and daughter of avid gardeners, Kristin Ohlson is a widely published writer whose work has
<br />appeared in the New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Salon, Discover, and elsewhere. She is the author of “Stalking
<br />the Divine,” which won the American Society of Journalists and Authors’ 2004 Best Nonfiction Book Award, and coauthor of
<br />New York Times bestseller “Kabul Beauty School.”
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<br />For more information, contact the Eugene Public Library at 541-682-8316 or www.eugene-or.gov/library.
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<br />Woodworkers Delight in Campbell Center’s Renovated Woodshop
<br />Recreation Services held a “Grand Re-Opening” for Campbell Community Center’s woodshop on Monday, Feb. 2. The 42-
<br />year-old shop had been closed for a month to install new flooring, upgrade equipment, repair an inoperative table saw, and
<br />add an oscillating sander.
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<br />Members of Campbell Center Men’s Club were the first to advocate for a
<br />woodshop in the early ‘70s. They paid half the construction costs by donating
<br />the wiring, roofing, and all of the original tools. The Parks and Recreation
<br />Department paid the other half of the cost. Since it first opened in 1973,
<br />operation has depended heavily on the support of volunteers and donated tools
<br />and equipment.
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<br />Campbell’s woodshop is open to all residents, age 18 and older. It is designed to
<br />be a warm, safe, well-lighted place in which those of all abilities may pursue
<br />woodworking or woodcraft interests. In addition to offering woodworking
<br />classes and seminars, the woodshop is open for drop-in use Monday – Friday, 9
<br />a.m. - 3p.m. (drop-in use costs $2/day). The large tools at the woodshop include
<br />table saws, drill presses, lathes, routers, sanders, joiners, miter saws, and band
<br />saws.
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<br />A free, brief orientation to the woodshop is recommended for first-time users. For more information, contact Recreation
<br />Programmer Tom Powers at 541-682-6393.
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<br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2
<br />February 5, 2015
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