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<br /> <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 />December 17, 2015 <br /> <br />SPECIAL THREE-WEEK EDITION <br /> <br />MAYOR PIERCY ATTENDS WEST COAST MAYORS SUMMIT <br />PASSENGER RAIL LEADERSHIP COUNCIL RECOMMENDS ROUTE FOR INTERCITY RAIL IMPROVEMENTS <br />NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH A SUCCESS <br />INERFELD TAPPED FOR LOC TRANSPORTATION POLICY COMMITTEE <br />WINTER BREAK FUN FOR KIDS AND TEENS AT EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY <br />BOOK ON HISTORY OF CITY OF EUGENE RECREATION NOW AVAILABLE <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy Attends West Coast Mayors Summit <br />Mayor Kitty Piercy was invited to participate in the West Coast Mayors Summit held in Portland on Dec. 10 and 11. The <br />summit convened the mayors from Portland, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, and Eugene to advance solutions to two <br />pressing issues affecting all West Coast cities - <br />homelessness and climate change. Secretary of the U.S. <br />Department of Housing and Urban Development Julian <br />Castro and Executive Director for the U.S. Interagency <br />Council on Homelessness Matthew Doherty, also <br />participated in the summit with the goal of deepening <br />federal-local partnerships toreduce homelessness. <br /> <br /> <br />The first day’s activities and discussions around <br />homelessness resulted in a letter to federal partners <br />thanking them for their support thus far and asking for <br />additional support, including increases in funding for <br />affordable housing development, federal rental assistance <br />for homeless households, access to critical support services, and regulatory flexibility and alignment. The mayors also <br />reiterated their commitment to do everything in their power to address this growing crisis and to work on the challenge <br />together. <br /> <br />On day two of the summit, the mayors signed the West Coast Mayors’ Climate Declaration, which states a commitment to <br />reducing carbon emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050. Other goals identified in the declaration included engaging the <br />private sector and community-based organizations in finding low-carbon solutions, transitioning municipal operations <br />toward cleaner and more efficient options, expanding the West Coast Electric Vehicle Highway, advancing Zero Waste <br />initiatives, supporting low-carbon transportation options and renewable energy, and advancing comprehensive and <br />sustainable climate policy. <br /> <br />To see the full declarations, click here. For more information, contact Ethan Nelson at 541-682-5245. <br /> <br />Passenger Rail Leadership Council Recommends Route for Intercity Rail Improvements <br />The Oregon Passenger Rail Leadership Council reached agreement on Dec. 8 to support the recommended preferred <br />alternative to improve Oregon’s intercity passenger rail over the next two decades. The Oregon Department of <br />Transportation (ODOT) will advance this alternative to the next step, a draft environmental impact statement. ODOT <br />recommended using the existing Union Pacific alignment instead of building a new rail line along I-5. This is consistent <br />with earlier direction provided by the Eugene City Council. Of the two options, only the Union Pacific alignment would <br />continue to use the Eugene Depot as the terminus station for Amtrak Cascades trains. <br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />December 17, 2015 <br /> <br />