City Council Newsletter - 10/04/07

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Tomorrow event. Preliminary numbers show that the Hult Center served 10,585 patrons; of those, 5,443 attended admission-free events.Celebrating Hult 25 met its goals well. Four programs were designed specifically to meet the goal of“honoring and commemorating the leaders of the community who worked hard to make the dream of a performing arts center into a reality”. With regard to “developing programming to attract new audiences,” attendance shows that 3,225 new audience patrons were served (representing approximately 30% of all patrons served) through four programs designed to meet this goal. Additionally, parts of the Community Celebration and Open House and three outdoor Hult Center Plaza Summer @ the Hult concerts also met this goal. All 14 events were designed to meet the primary goal of the celebration, to “develop programming to attract all members of the larger community to visit the Hult Center at least once during the celebration months.” To “create once-in-a-lifetime festive, celebratory events to allow for the making of many new memories th for the 50 anniversary,” five of the 14 events were first-time-ever events held at the Hult Center, designed to create a very special, celebratory atmosphere surrounding Celebrating Hult 25. For information, contact Cultural Services Director Laura Niles, 682-2697. Riverloop Connection - First Olympic Trials Preparation Project Kicks Off This week, community members gathered to help kick off the Riverloop Connection project and honor Representative Nancy Nathanson and members of the legislative delegation for their work in securing State of Oregon funding for this and other projects related to the upcoming Olympic Trials. Riverloop Connection is a Eugene Parks Foundation initiative aimed at enhancing the Ruth Bascom Riverbank Trail and making it easier and safer to use by creating a map and installing wayfinding signage along the trail. In partnership with the City of Eugene, the Eugene Parks Foundation expects to complete this project prior to the 2008 Olympic Trials in order to make the most of this amazing community Representative Nancy Nathanson and Senator Vicki Walker feature and encourage visitors to bike and walk receive honors for their work in securing preparatory funding for between venues. the 2008 Olympic Trials Riverloop Connection received $30,000 in seed money as part of $500,000 in State of Oregon funding directed to the Eugene/Springfield area for Willamette River corridor enhancement projects and safety during the Olympic Trials. For more information contact Carrie Peterson, Park Development Coordinator, at 541- 682-4907 or carrie.a.peterson@ci.eugene.or.us Traffic Calming Devices to be Constructed in Fairmount Neighborhood Construction of traffic calming devices on several streets in the Fairmount neighborhood is scheduled to begin during the second week of October. Over the last few years, City staff has worked collaboratively with the Fairmount Neighbors and University of Oregon to develop a traffic calming plan for the area th bounded by Agate Street, 19 Avenue, 15th Avenue, and Fairmount Boulevard. th A total of 12 speed humps will be installed on 17 Avenue, Moss Street, Villard Street, and Orchard Street and three speed tables will be installed on Walnut Street. The objective of the traffic calming plan is to both slow down vehicles driving on neighborhood streets and to discourage drivers from using these streets as a cut-through route. The entire construction cost of $43,000 is being funded through the City’s traffic calming program budget. For additional information and construction updates, contact Transportation Planning Technician David Roth at 682-5727. EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 October 4, 2007