12/14/06 City Council Newsletter

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The study is being conducted by the Airport’s aviation consultant, Mead & Hunt, at a cost of $577,000. Mead & Hunt has a local office and one in Portland. Three local firms -- Evans Elder and Brown, 3DiWest, and Ford Surveying -- will act as subconsultants on the project. The Federal Aviation Administration is providing 95% of the funding for this project through the Airport Improvement Program. For further information, contact Bob Noble, Airport Manager, at 682-8352. City of Eugene Recognized at Annual Congress of Cities Event Councilor Betty Taylor accepted a special recognition award presented to the City of Eugene by the National League of Cities at the Congress of Cities and Exposition in Reno, Nevada, December 5 – 9. The award recognizes the City of Eugene for 50 years of service to the National League of Cities. The National League of Cities (NCL) is the voice of America's cities and towns, and it’s over 1,600 members represent cities and towns of all sizes. The NLC seeks to strengthen local government, encourage economic competitiveness, and promote corporate civic engagement. The City of Eugene became a member city in the 1950s and has been an active in supporting the goals and mission of the organization. For more information on the NLC, visit the website at: www.nlc.org. For more information on the award, contact Mary Walston at 682-5406. City Design Video Presentations Available on Metro TV The City of Eugene Planning and Development and Public Works departments recently co-sponsored a series of public lectures focusing on various aspects of compact urban development and community design. Over the past six months, the City Design lecture series brought five prominent speakers to Eugene to speak on subjects related to implementation of the mixed-use development concept. Several of the presentations applied specifically to issues related to the Walnut Station Development Plan. City staff has also acquired a videotape entitled “Boulevards” that explores how multi-way boulevards function in various cities; the Boulevards video is included in this presentation series. For those who were not able to attend the presentations, the entire lineup will be presented again on Metro TV (Comcast Cable 21) beginning December 20. Each presentation is about an hour long. The Boulevards video is about 20 minutes long. The presentations will be featured every day from December 20, 2006, through January 1, 2007, according to the following schedule: Wednesday December 20, Thursday, December 21, Saturday December 23, Monday December 25, Tuesday December 26, Wednesday December 27, Thursday December 28, Saturday December 30 and Monday January 1. Paul Crawford Shaping the Public Realm: The Role of Form-Based Codes 10:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Elizabeth MacDonald Building Multiway Boulevards, 12:00 noon and 8:30 p.m. Shelley Poticha Building the Livable Region: Transit Oriented Development and Development Oriented Transit 1:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Claire C. Marcus Clustered Housing, A Sense of Community and the Needs of Children 2:30 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. Dan Solomon Rich Admire, Richard Meier: Whatever Happened to Modernity 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Boulevards 4:00 pm. On December 22 and December 29 the following schedule will apply: Paul Crawford 10:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Elizabeth MacDonald 12:00 noon and 8:30 p.m. Shelley Poticha 1:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Claire Cooper Marcus 2:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Dan Solomon 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Boulevards 4:00 p.m. For more information please contact Allen Lowe, Planning and Development Department at 682-5113. EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 December 14, 2006