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<br />New Phone Service Hours at Municipal Court
<br />Beginning November 13, the primary Municipal Court public phone line will no longer be answered
<br />between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. However, the court's phone reception service will continue to be
<br />available daily from 8:00 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 4:00 p.m. Between 11:30-12:30, callers will receive
<br />a recorded message advising them of the new phone hours. This change is a result of the frequent need
<br />to operate two courtrooms in the afternoon due to the large number of people appearing at court for
<br />misdemeanor and ordinance charges. Operation of a second courtroom for high volume court sessions
<br />enables more efficient service to the public. The reduction of phone service by one hour allows for the
<br />consolidation of staff lunch hours, freeing up more staff resources to provide courtroom support in the
<br />afternoon. For more information please contact Kristie Hammitt at 682-5019 or
<br />kristie.a.hammitt@ci.eugene.or.us
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<br />Wet Weather Washes Lethal Liquids Through Food Chain
<br />This time of year, a toxic mix of rain and vehicle fluids appears as a colorful sheen on streets and
<br />driveways. But this is a deadly rainbow, for once these fluids empty into the storm drain system and
<br />local waterways, petrochemical pollutants can move up the food chain, damaging or destroying many
<br />organisms along the way. Learn more about this problem in the latest issue of Stormwater Connections
<br />due to arrive in Eugene mailboxes over the next week.
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<br />There’s plenty more to read about. Over the summer, a new organic technology was put in place along a
<br />few sections of the Amazon Creek, replacing chunks of missing stream banks. There’s timely news, too,
<br />including several pages of flood management information, along with a flood hazard map for the Eugene
<br />area. For younger citizens, the back page offers a special feature on ecological addresses.
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<br />This semi-annual newsletter of the Stormwater Management Program has been produced since 1994 to
<br />increase awareness of surface water and natural resource issues in the community. Copies of the
<br />newsletter have been placed in the Council Office. For more information or additional copies of the
<br />newsletter, contact Kathy Eva, public information specialist for the Stormwater Management Program, at
<br />682-2739.
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<br />Fire & EMS Calls Up Slightly in 1st Quarter of FY07
<br />For the initial quarter of Fiscal Year 2007 (July through September), the Fire & EMS Department
<br />responded to a total of 5,143 calls for service, a record number but only slightly higher than the 5,048
<br />responses made in the first quarter of FY06. In a continuing upward trend, this may be the department’s
<br />first year responding to more than 20,000 calls. Of the first quarter FY07 responses, 4,049 were to
<br />medical incidents, 594 to fire incidents, and 500 to other types of calls (public assistance, odor
<br />investigation, etc.).
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<br />In analyzing resource deployment, the department takes into account the fact that a fire response
<br />requires more equipment and personnel, and generally takes longer, than a medical call. Fire & EMS is
<br />currently preparing an update of the major Standards of Response Coverage analysis of the response
<br />system, which will reflect six months' worth of data (latter half of FY06) demonstrating the effects of
<br />restoring an engine company to the Valley River Station. Staff expects the improvement in overall
<br />response reliability to be statistically evident in that analysis. For more information, please contact
<br />Management Analyst Glen Potter at 682-7130.
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<br />Chronic Homelessness Plan Adopted by Lane County
<br />The Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness was approved by the Lane County Board of
<br />Commissioners on Wednesday, November 8. Brief presentations were made by Pearl Wolfe of Lane
<br />County, Richie Weinman of the City of Eugene, and local homeless advocates including William Wise,
<br />St. Vincent DePaul’s Emergency Services Director, Susan Ban, Shelter Care’s Executive Director, and
<br />Nancy Glines, Cottage Grove’s Community Sharing Executive Director.
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<br />In Lane County, it’s estimated that nearly 1,300 people are homeless on any given night. During the
<br />course of a year, over 6,000 individuals were homeless and receiving services from the Human Services
<br />Commission’s funded anti-poverty programs.
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<br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2
<br />November 9, 2006
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