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- for Music Education. In addition, an everincreasing number of Eugeneans became involved in the Sister City program as we hosted the seventh delegation from Kakegawa, Japan this past summer. The private and public sectors worked hard together on economic issues, and they played hard together in putting on the Second Eugene Celebration, an enormously successful destination point activity that promoted downtown and community spirit while celebrating the diversity of Eugene and its people. We received and acted upon a management study of the Hult Center, bringing reorganization and stability to this Center and its operation. A financial benefit to the city as a whole, each sell-out performance here generates approximately $30,000 for local businesses, making the Hult Center as much a part of the economic fabric of this community as it is part of our cultural development. While on the subject of things cultural, the last fiscal year saw, for the first time, over one million books being checked out of our public library. 1984 was also the year in which the popular institution celebrated its 25th Anniversary in the building as 13th and Olive. The rapidly growing demand on the small and aging facility, while heartening in the Age of Television, has made the need for a new library an issue we will have to deal with in the near future. e In the area of public safety, February saw the emergency medical system operated jointly by the Eugene and Springfield fire departments being selected as one of the top five such systems in the country. The Police Department experienced an increase in productivity and provided exceptional support to such events as the Celebration and Olympic Scientific Congress. We opened a new state-of-the-art public safety communications center that not only combines Eugene's police, fire, and emergency medical communications into one cost-saving facility; but will later this year serve as the 911 answering point for Central Lane County. The sophisticated computer-aided dispatch system in that communications center is just a small part of the City's growing use of Computer Age Technology.. .one of the key strategies in "doing more with less". The last fiscal year saw the addition of over 200 terminals to the main computer system. During that period, the City's Information Services Division re- organized to emphasize training in the use of the new technology, and provided over 1,000 trainings to City employees in the use of computers. Eugene may well be one of the most automated cities in the country. Our infrastructure was maintained throughout the year. One of the most visible projects was the painting of the Ferry Street bridge which, coupled with repair work done to its southern approach, extended the life of one of our most vital transportation links. Additionally, a series of lesser maintenance projects were completed and a number of streets received badly- needed overlays. e The new regional wastewater treatment plant was completed with federal funds. Culminating work begun in the early 1970's, the plant meets the most stringent standards for stream discharge in the country and will enable us to meet the residential and industrial needs of the metropolitan area well into the 21st Century. Federal assistance was assured us last year for another project critical for our continued economic growth.. .expansion of the terminal at Mahlon