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April 13 is City Hall Day at the Capital
<br />Wednesday, April 13, 2005, is City Hall Day at the Capital. The Council Committee on
<br />Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) will be attending this city lobby day in Salem. The three IGR
<br />members, councilors Gary Pap(~, Betty Taylor, and Bonny Bettman, have appointments to meet with the
<br />City's local delegation to discuss issues critical to the City. They will also meet with legislative leadership
<br />and the Governor's Chief of Staff, Theresa McHugh. For more information, contact Lisa Klemp,
<br />Intergovernmental Relations staff, at 682-5619, or Lisa.T.Klem~ene.or. us.
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<br />EWEB Bond Sales Proceedinq
<br />EWEB is proceeding with two bond sales in April, both of which are pursuant to City Council actions
<br />taken last year. The first is a negotiated sale of $31 million of Trojan Project Refunding Bonds to
<br />achieve interest cost savings. The savings will accrue to Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) which
<br />pays the debt service, and indirectly to EWEB which benefits from lower BPA costs. The second bond
<br />issue is a $10.5 million competitive sale, the proceeds of which will fund the new Carmen Smith license
<br />application as well as EWEB's purchase of land and design for a new headquarters site. The impact
<br />from this issue has already been anticipated in EWEB's rates. For more information, contact Sue
<br />Cutsogeorge, financial analysis manager at 682-5589, or Jim Origliosso, EWEBs treasurer at 484-3753.
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<br />Newsletter Cites Connection Between Savvy Yard Care And Stream Health
<br />Stories about smart lawn care, roof moss and curious wetland
<br />relationships are just a few of the articles featured it the spring issue of
<br />Stormwater Connections due out next Monday, April 4, as an insert in the ~,,~:~:~,,~,~,. ~.,,~,~.
<br />The Register-Guard. The link between water quality in our local
<br />waterways and home maintenance activities is not always apparent. The
<br />feature story, Be Smart About Lawn Care, offers homeowners some
<br />important tips for growing a healthy lawn. Help! My Roof is Turning
<br />Green sheds light on controlling moss through prevention, removal and
<br />product ingredients that can impact water quality in local rivers.
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<br />Why worry about pollutants? The Willamette River and several of its
<br />tributaries still contain problem pollutants. Read about the new
<br />monitoring regulations that have been developed by the Department of
<br />Environmental Quality to address a variety of pollutants.
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<br />This semi-annual newsletter has been produced by the Stormwater
<br />Management Program for the last 11 years to increase awareness of
<br />surface water and natural resource issues. Copies of the newsletter have
<br />been placed in the Council Office. For more information or additional
<br />copies of the newsletter contact Kathy Eva, public information specialist
<br />for the Stormwater Management Program at 682-2739.
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<br />City Joins Other Public, Private Aqencies in Commitment to Clean Fuel
<br />The Lane Clean Diesel Project will host a celebration of cooperation for a healthier economy at the
<br />Rexius headquarters (1250 Bailey Hill Road) on Monday, April 4, at 2:30 p.m. All City Councilors are
<br />invited to attend.
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<br />The Oregon Solutions Lane Clean Diesel Project organized distributors of diesel fuel and large buyers
<br />(state agencies, city governments, school districts and private companies) to cost-effectively bring ultra-
<br />Iow sulfur diesel (ULSD) to Lane County. ULSD addresses the number one air quality concern in the
<br />state by reducing particulate matter emissions from fuel burning from 500 ppm sulfur to 15 ppm.
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<br />Beginning in September 2006, the EPA will require ULSD
<br />fuel as the standard highway diesel fuel. Fuel providers .................... T,
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<br />governments coordinated their efforts, representing over
<br />1.3 million gallons per year, to facilitate a clean diesel
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<br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2
<br />March 31,2005
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