City Council Newsletter - 09/28/06

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Achievement are: Bryan and San Antonio, Texas; Des Moines, Iowa; Gainesville and Orlando, Fla.; North Las Vegas, Nev.; Richmond, Va.; St. Charles, Ill.; and University Place, Wash. For more information, contact Terrie Monroe at terrie.e.monroe@ci.eugene.or.us or 682-5412. Neighborhood Planning Workshops Scheduled for Creekside Park, Videra Park Follow-up park planning workshops are scheduled in early October on two area parks – Creekside Park in north Eugene and Videra Park in west Eugene. Creekside Park On Wednesday, October 4, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Creekside Park neighbors are invited to preview the draft design for their 3.17-acre neighborhood park. The park is located at the far north edge of Eugene’s Cal Young neighborhood, one block west of Gilham Road, off Crimson. The workshop will be held at Gilham Community Church, located at 3633 Gilham Drive. Parks and Open Space staff based the draft concept plan on input from the first workshop, which was held on June 27. The proposed improvements include a children’s play area, sand play area, small basketball court, park furniture such as benches and picnic tables, paths and access improvements, trees and shrubs. The City of Eugene Parks and Open Space Division purchased the property in 2000 using funds from the 1998 Parks and Open Space bond measure. Parks SDC (systems development charge) funding is now available for improvements to Creekside Park. For more information on Creekside Park, please contact Parks Planning Principal Landscape Architect Robin Hostick at 682-4915 or robin.a.hostick@ci.eugene.or.us. Videra Park On Thursday, October 5, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Videra Park neighbors are invited to preview the draft design for their 5.88-acre neighborhood park. The park is located in the far south of the Churchill neighborhood, at the intersection of 29th Avenue and Randy Lane. The workshop will be held at Churchill Estates, located at 1919 Bailey Hill Road. Parks and Open Space staff based the draft concept plan on input from the first workshop, which was held on July 18. The proposed improvements include a small children’s play and picnic area, natural paths, play features, natural area improvements, trees and shrubs. The City of Eugene Parks and Open Space Division purchased the property in 2003 using funds from the 1998 Parks and Open Space bond measure. Parks SDC (systems development charge) funding is now available for improvements to Videra Park. For more information please contact Philip Richardson, City of Eugene Parks Planner, 682-4906, or Philip.A.Richardson@ci.eugene.or.us. At both workshops, community members of all ages are encouraged to participate in evaluating the draft concept plan and identifying funding priorities. To view the report from the first round of workshops, visit www.eugene-or.gov/parks and select either Creekside Park or Videra Park from the drop-down list on the Parks and Open Space home page. Fire & EMS Partner With Community In an effort to expand the City's partnership with community businesses, the Eugene Fire & EMS Billing Department has joined Sacred Heart Medical Center in improving business transactions through the use of technology. Both businesses have partnered to implement a software program that permits Sacred Heart data pertinent to EMS calls to be retrieved by the Eugene Fire & EMS Billing Department. This will improve the accuracy, processing, and collection of the City’s service fees. For more information, please contact A/Deputy Chief Administrative Services Mike Thrapp at 682-7130. In another community partnership, the Eugene Fire & EMS Department’s Hazardous Materials (HazMat) Team is working with the Eugene Police Department and Sacred Heart Medical Center to develop an EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 September 28, 2006