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In addition to the asphalt overlays, Public Works has two small concrete repair projects funded by
<br />pavement preservation dollars. The first is a roller-compacted concrete pilot project on Mill Alley between
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<br />12 and 13 Avenues, and the other is conventional concrete repairs at Villard Street and 15Avenue.
<br />Combined these projects have a pavement preservation budget of about $140,000.
<br />Also this summer, more than 23 miles of local streets will receive a surface preservation treatment called
<br />slurry sealing. That work is scheduled to begin in July and be completed by late August. Streets in four
<br />areas are scheduled for these repairs:
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<br />Area 1:
<br /> Almaden Street (Seventh to 11 Avenues), Arthur Street (11 to 13 Avenues), Fillmore
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<br />Street (Seventh to Eighth Avenues), Grant Street (Seventh to 15 Avenues), Hayes Street (Broadway to
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<br />15 Avenue), Taylor Street (Seventh to 10 Avenues), 10 Avenue (Chambers to Garfield Streets),
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<br />12 Avenue (Chambers to Arthur Streets), 14 Avenue (Chambers to Hayes Streets), and 15 Avenue
<br />(Chambers to Hayes Streets).
<br />Area 2:
<br /> Bethesda Street, Elizabeth Street, Fergus Avenue, Hawthorne Avenue, Hilton Drive, Knoop
<br />Lane, Marcum Lane, Nebraska Street, and Wood Avenue.
<br />Area 3:
<br /> Aldabra Street, Alphonse Avenue, Amirante Street, Astove Avenue, Burnett Avenue, Cody
<br />Avenue, Coetivy Avenue, Dakota Avenue, Lemuria Street, Minnesota Street, Ohio Street, Praslin Street,
<br />and Wisconsin Street.
<br />Area 4:
<br /> Creekside Way and Sterlingwoods Drive.
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<br />Pavement overlay work on Mill/Broadway/Franklin between 11 and Sixth Avenues will also take place
<br />this summer as part of the completion of the courthouse district transportation improvement project. That
<br />work was bid last year for approximately $550,000 and was included in the totals for 2007.
<br />Funding for the Pavement Preservation Program work comes primarily from the Eugene 5-cent-per-gallon
<br />local fuel tax. Additional revenue is coming from a portion of the transportation system development
<br />charges paid by new development and from federal Surface Transportation Program (Urban) funds.
<br />Outreach has already begun to neighbors on streets scheduled for repairs. Detailed construction
<br />schedules and traffic advisories will be provided on the City’s traffic web site (www.eugene-or.gov/traffic)
<br />and on the City’s traffic hotline, 984-8484, as well as through project signage and media advisories. For
<br />more information about this year’s Pavement Preservation Program projects, contact Matt Rodrigues,
<br />PPP project manager, at 541-682-6036
<br />The Archaeology Channel Film Festival Events
<br />The Archaeological Legacy Institute presents The Archaeology Channel International
<br />Film and Video Festival May 20 – 24, with films about archaeology, indigenous
<br />cultures and the timeless world of human culture shown at the Hult Center and at the
<br />Eugene Public Library (EPL).
<br />The only festival of its type in the Western Hemisphere, The Archaeology Channel
<br />(TAC) International Film and Video Festival is a juried international competition in the
<br />heritage film genre. Filmmakers from 17 countries submitted 81 entries to this year's
<br />festival. Eighteen of the films will be shown at the Soreng Theater May 20 – 24.
<br />EPL renews its partnership with the Festival by hosting free showings of all 81 films
<br />entered in the competition at individual stations in the Library's drop-in Video Bar,
<br />May 21 – 23. The Library will also host a free, public Symposium on Heritage Film
<br />moderated by Dr. Richard Pettigrew. Also at the Library on Friday, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00
<br />p.m., Native American Storytellingfeatures Esther Stutzman's tales of her people, the
<br />Coos and Kommema Kalapuya.
<br />For information or tickets to the film showings at the Hult Center, call 541.682.5000 or visit
<br />www.HultCenter.org. For more information about programs at Eugene Public Library, call 682-5450 or
<br />visit www.eugene-or.gov/library. For more information about the Festival, visit
<br />www.archaeologychannel.org/content/TACfestival.shtml.
<br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3
<br />May 8, 2008
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