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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br />June 9, 2005 <br /> <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.ci.eugene.or, us <br /> <br />NEXT SERIES OF PAVEMENT PRESERVATION PROJECTS TO START JUNE 13 <br />SUMMER READING FOR ALL <br />6th ANNUAL PEOPLE POWERED FRIDAYS - SPIN AND WIN! <br />RIVERPLA Y CONSTRUCTION BEGINS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES HELP RAISE NEEDED FUNDS <br />BOCCE IN MONROE PARK <br /> <br />Next Series of Pavement Preservation Projects to Start June ~3 <br />The next series of local pavement preservation projects is scheduled to begin the week of June 13 and <br /> th th th th <br />will include repairs to Chambers Street (8 to 11 avenues), City View Street (11 to 18 avenues), and <br />Kevington Avenue (Warren Drive to Brittany Street). Local residents received postcards this week letting <br />them know that work is about to start. <br /> <br />Eugene Sand and Gravel was awarded the contract for this series of projects, which include grinding off <br />the paving along the edges of the streets, making subsurface repairs as necessary, and repaving and <br />restriping the full width of the streets. During construction, onstreet parking will be prohibited at times, <br />but no permanent changes will be made to parking or lane configurations. On Kevington Avenue, <br />portions of the sidewalk will be closed for construction of new sidewalk access ramps. <br /> <br />General contractor Wildish Construction has completed preliminary work on 28th avenue (Friendly to City <br />View streets), and paving is being done as weather allows. The contract has been expanded slightly to <br />include constructing sidewalk access ramps at the intersections of 28th Avenue and Garfield and City <br />View streets. Wildish Construction also was the successful Iow bidder for repair work to Crescent <br />Avenue (Coburg Road to Tulip Street). That work likely will begin in late June or early July. <br /> <br />On June 14, Public Works Engineering staff plans to open bids for the final series of projects - 11th <br />Avenue (Pearl to Charnelton Streets), Willakenzie Road (Coburg Road to Cai Young Road), and <br />Bertelsen Road (Royal Avenue to Roosevelt Boulevard). Work on those streets is not expected to begin <br />until July. <br /> <br />In total, this year's pavement preservation projects aim to repair 12 lane miles of Eugene streets at a <br />cost of approximately $3.5 million. The streets selected for repairs are those that have not yet fallen into <br />the expensive-to-fix reconstruction category but that will soon fail unless they receive surface <br />maintenance. The primary source of funding for the paving work is Eugene's local 5-cent-per-gallon <br />motor vehicle fuel tax. For more information about this summer's pavement preservation projects, call <br />Project Manager Matt Rodrigues at 682-6032. <br /> <br />Summer Readinq for All <br />This summer take a great book with you on vacation - or take a vacation by reading! Summer Reading <br />sign-ups for all ages start Friday, June 17 at all Eugene Public Library (EPL) locations. <br /> <br />Summer Reading programs for youth are free, fun, and more - they keep reading skills up while school's <br />out and introduce kids and teens to new ideas, friends, and things to do. Kids delve into "Dragons, <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />June 9, 2005 <br /> <br /> <br />