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Recreation Hosts Family Fun Nights <br />Eugene Recreation’s Youth and Family Services present another <br />free Family Fun Night from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, November 9, at the <br />Sheldon Center and Sheldon Pool. These popular events include <br />free food and games at the center, followed by a movie; this time, <br />“Happy Feet,” will be shown next door at the pool. <br />A similar free event is held monthly at Petersen Barn Community <br />Center and includes dinner. The next Petersen Barn First Fridays <br />Free Family Fun Night is December. 7, from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. For <br />information about the Sheldon event, call Melissa Perkins at <br />682-5312. For information about the Petersen Barn event, call <br />Raquel Wells, 682-5521. <br />New Affordable Housing Development on Danebo Road Ready to Proceed <br />Metropolitan Affordable Housing <br />Corporation received Low Income <br />Housing Tax Credits and other state <br />funds necessary to proceed with the <br />development of Prairie View, a new <br />rental housing development that will <br />be affordable to persons earning <br />below 50% of the area median <br />income. <br />The City of Eugene selected Metro to <br />develop Prairie View on a landbank <br />site through a competitive request for <br />proposals in 2006. The City of <br />Eugene has committed land, HOME funds, and Eugene Systems Development Charge waivers to <br />support the project. <br />The site for Prairie View is located on Danebo Road just south of Royal Avenue. Prairie View will be <br />developed in two phases. The first phase will include 64 units of rental housing and a community center. <br />A second phase will include 12 additional rental units. Targeted residents for Prairie View include <br />families with children, seniors, youth, and other individual occupants. Prairie View will incorporate <br />sustainable building practices including energy efficient appliances, solar units, and other measures. <br />Construction will begin in Spring 2008 and will be completed in 2009. For more information, contact <br />Stephanie Jennings, Planning and Development Department, at 682-5529 or <br />stephanie.a.jennings@ci.eugene.or.us. <br />Neighborhood Services Plans for Future <br />Neighborhood Services is excited to announce the hiring of Michael Kinnison as Neighborhood Planner. <br />This position was added to the team in response to neighborhood requests for earlier involvement in land <br />use decisions. We would also like to thank two neighborhood leaders for their help and participation in <br />the hiring process. Kate Perle of Santa Clara Community Organization served on the day-long interview <br />panel and Heidi Beierle of the Far West Neighborhood Association played a key role as an actress in the <br />role play component of the interviews. <br />Michael Kinnison brings a combination of personal and professional experience that aligns perfectly with <br />the responsibilities of this new role. Professionally, he served as both a Regional Planner and a State <br />Park Planner in his home town of Tallahassee, Florida. In his personal life he re-established the <br />neighborhood Crime Watch program and re-organized his dormant neighborhood association. <br />Michael has been highlighted as a natural facilitator and with these skills developed a community-based <br />Neighborhood Action Plan that guided the work of his neighborhood association. He served as president of <br />the association from its re-activation until his recent move to Eugene. As a result of his organizing efforts, <br />his neighborhood association was awarded the 2007 Leon County Neighborhood of the Year Award. <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 <br />November 9, 2007 <br />