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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br />June 19, 2008 <br />City of Eugene <br />777 Pearl Street, Room 105 <br />Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793 <br />(541) 682-5010 <br />(541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br />www.eugene-or.gov <br />IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION <br />LOOK FOR THREE RECYCLING BINS! <br />NEW BIKE THEFT PROGRAM HAS OUTSTANDING RESULTS <br />RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES STEP UP FOR EUGENE 08 FESTIVAL <br />FIRE PREVENTION OFFICE OFFERS LANDSCAPING ADVICE TO NEIGHBORHOODS <br />SUMMER READING FOR ADULTS AT EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY <br />PERMIT CUSTOMER SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS IMPROVEMENTS/ AREAS FOR ATTENTION <br />OVER 270 VOLUNTEERS HELP CLEAN EUGENE’S PARKS AND WATERWAYS FOR EUGENE 08 <br />PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS CONTRIBUTE TO EUGENE 08 LEGACY <br />AROUND THE CITY <br />Look For Three Recycling Bins! <br />As part of the ad work under an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant, “Going for the Gold in <br />Zero Waste Events,” for the recycling system to be <br />used at Eugene 08, ads began appearing in the <br />community earlier this week. The goal is to increase <br />recycling at local events by making it easier for the <br />public to understand how to participate. Ads will be <br />displayed inside Lane Transit District buses, <br />reminding people of the three-bin system used at <br />special events. <br />There will also be an ad in the Sustainable Living <br />supplement to The Register Guard, which will <br />appear on June 27 – coincidentally the first day of <br />the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials Track and Field. <br />For more information, please contact Nancy Young, <br />Planning and Development Department, nancy.a.young@ci.eugene.or.us, or 682-6849. <br />New Bike Theft Program Has Outstanding Results <br />Crime prevention specialists are delighted with the success of recent efforts to increase the rate of bicycle <br />registration in Eugene. Eugene is a great bicycling city, but, like most college towns, this area has a <br />significant bike theft problem. Bicycles are valuable, portable, and easy to resell, making them attractive to <br />thieves. In the past three calendar years, nearly 2,500 bike thefts were reported to Eugene Police—and <br />many more went unreported. <br />Police recover lots of bicycles they suspect were stolen, but without detailed information in a crime report <br />matching up to the recovered bicycle, it is impossible to track down the rightful owner. To help ensure that <br />identifying information is available when a bike is stolen, increasing the likelihood the owner will get it <br />back, the Eugene Police Department offers free bicycle registration to area residents. Registrants' <br />bicycles are marked, and information including serial numbers is kept in a database maintained by the <br />police department. If a registered bicycle is stolen, the resident can simply call the police to report the <br />theft, and all identifying information will be readily at hand. <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />June 19, 2008 <br />