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<br />South Ridgeline Habitat Study Community Task Group Gets Underway <br />The Planning and Development Department is continuing its innovative citizen engagement process in <br />the South Ridgeline Habitat Study (SRHS) with the kick-off of the SRHS Community Task Group. Each <br />of the nine members of the group represents a key area of community interest: conservation, business/ <br />development, recreation, residential homeowners, or member-at-large. The group is working <br />collaboratively with staff and a professional facilitator to develop criteria for identifying habitat sites for <br />conservation and to identify what type of conservation measures will be applied. The task group will <br />review and incorporate citizen input collected at six facilitated community meetings held in each of the <br />affected neighborhoods. The collaboratively developed proposal will be presented in a public workshop <br />this winter to incorporate additional feedback from the general community before being packaged for <br />formal review by the Planning Commission next spring. <br /> <br />The SRHS Final Inventory and Assessment Report has been submitted to the City by Salix Associates, <br />after citizen comments on the draft report were reviewed and addressed by the consultant and staff. The <br />final report is now available on the project website: www.EugeneNR.org. For more information about <br />the final report or the citizen task group, please contact Neil Björklund, at 682-5507 or via email at <br />neil.h.bjorklund@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br />Campbell Center Event Kicks Off ‘Year of Caring and Sharing’ <br />The Campbell Community Center Care and Share Team’s inaugural BBQ and Silent Auction held on <br />Friday, September 7, raised $2,000 for senior services. The event was a kick-off for “The Year of Caring <br />and Sharing”, a program coordinated by Campbell Center volunteers to make a difference in the lives of <br />seniors in Eugene. <br /> <br />Forty guests attended the event, enjoying dinner, music, silent auction and raffle items donated by <br />generous members of the business community. The next “Caring and Sharing” event will be Campbell <br />Center’s Annual Holiday Bazaar and Silent Auction on Saturday, November 17. Mark your calendars to <br />join us! For more information, contact Yvaughn Tompkins, 682-6315. <br /> <br />Planning Commission Selects Minor Code Amendment Topics <br />On August 29, 2007, the City of Eugene Planning Commission held its latest meeting on the Minor Code <br />Amendment process. Public open houses and workshops have been held over the last several months <br />asking community members how they think the land use code can be further improved and <br />subsequently, how best to prioritize the more than 200 suggested amendments that have been received. <br />The purpose of this latest meeting was to develop a manageable list of code amendments which would <br />move forward in this process. <br /> <br />Over the last few months, the Planning Commission, project team, and community members devoted <br />substantial effort in prioritizing this library of suggested amendments. This effort ultimately proved very <br />productive in guiding the Planning Commission’s selection of 20 potential amendments. These <br />amendments not only reflect the range of public input received, they also incorporate suggestions which <br />the community rated as “high priorities.” For example, many amendments address residential <br />development standards such as the definition of building height, maximum density, lot dimensions, flag <br />and alley access lots, multi-family parking requirements and open space. Such suggestions are <br />representative of the strong involvement of the neighborhoods in this process. <br /> <br />Following a project update with the City Council on October 10, 2007, the project team will prepare more <br />in-depth evaluations of each amendment for review by the planning commission later this fall. For more <br />details on the list of potential amendments and other supporting information, please visit the webpage at <br />www.eugene-or.gov/codeamendments, or contact Steve Nystrom, project manager, at 541-682-8385 or <br />steven.a.nystrom@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br />Local Efforts Help Slow Worsening Problems of Traffic Congestion <br />Even though traffic congestion is on the rise in Eugene, this metropolitan area continues to have fewer <br />traffic delays than similar-size urban areas in the U.S., according to a report released Tuesday by the <br />Texas Transportation Institute (TTI). <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 <br />September 20, 2007 <br />