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<br />At $500,000, the community wastewater extensions project provides a means of direct access to <br />properties that are not adjacent to the collection system. Beginning September 4, Wildish Construction <br />Company will build new wastewater mains and services in neighborhoods near the Lane County <br />fairgrounds, south of the UO campus and near Skinner Butte Park. This project eliminates privately <br />owned, aging and leaking wastewater "systems" serving more than one property. Construction will be <br />complete in early November. <br /> <br />An entirely open trench repair project in the Beltline/Barger area involves the excavation and repair of <br />isolated defects in the system as opposed to lining an entire segment. The contractor for this project is <br />Eugene Sand and Gravel. Work began in June and is expected to be completed by the end of <br />September at a cost of $185,000. <br /> <br />A trenchless repair project of the collection system, also in the Beltline/Barger area was completed in <br />June at a cost of $50,000. The contractor, Michels Corporation, performed chemical grout sealing of <br />isolated infiltration points. Funding sources for these projects is coming from wastewater user fees and <br />wastewater SDCs. For more information, contact Project Manager David Starns at 682-8306, or <br />David.Starns@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br />Rosetta Stone Program En Fuego <br />When the Eugene Fire & EMS Department offered line firefighters the opportunity to learn Spanish <br />through the Rosetta Stone interactive software program, more than 60 responded, creating an immediate <br />need to consider expanding what had been proposed as only a pilot program. <br /> <br />The department purchased the software pursuant to its strategic goal of developing and maintaining a <br />workforce that represents the communities the department serves. Greater Spanish proficiency among <br />Eugene's firefighters and medics will help the department move toward three objectives related to the <br />goal: 1) continue to promote cultural awareness and competency of the current workforce; 2) engage <br />women and minority groups in the fire and emergency medical services industry; and 3) enhance <br />accessibility for non-English-speaking members of the community. Even more fundamentally, the <br />department believes that service in the field will be improved. For the first round of training, 18 <br />personnel were selected, representing all three shifts and representing the ranks of Captain, Lieutenant, <br />Engineer, Firefighter and Medic. After two months, when the pilot program is finished, it will be <br />evaluated and, in all likelihood, additional personnel will be selected for the training until all who <br />expressed interest have been trained. For more information, please contact Training Chief Lance Lighty <br />at 682-7130. <br /> <br />st <br />Lighten Up At 1 Annual Bike Lights Parade <br />Area cyclists are invited to “lighten up” at the first annual Bike Lights <br />Parade at the Eugene Celebration beginning at dusk on Saturday, <br />th <br />September 8, at the LTD Plaza, 10 Avenue and Olive Street in <br />downtown Eugene. <br /> <br />The night light festivities will begin at 8 p.m. with a competition for the <br />best illuminated and best decorated bikes. Past slug queens Slugretha <br />Latifah Uleafa Gastropodia, Inspira, Scarlett, and Frank from prior <br />Eugene Celebrations will be passing their royal judgment on the <br />competition for Best Illumination and Best Decorated Bike. For those <br />looking to add bike décor, a limited supply of decorations will be <br />available at 7:30 p.m. The parade, which circles the perimeter of the <br />Eugene Celebration, begins at promptly at 8:30 p.m. Door prizes will <br />be offered throughout the event, and the first 50 cyclists to arrive and <br />participate in the parade will receive free weekend passes to the Eugene Celebration. <br /> <br />The Bike Lights Parade is part of the City of Eugene’s ongoing bike safety education outreach and is <br />funded in part through a grant from the Community Cycling Center and in partnership with Lane Transit <br />District and Commuter Solutions. For more information contact Cindy Clarke at 682-5285, <br />cindy.j.clarke@ci.eugene.or.us, or Lee Shoemaker at 682-5471, lee.shoemaker@ci.eugene.or.us, or visit <br />the Eugene Celebration online at www.eugenecelebration.com. <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 <br />August 30, 2007 <br />