City Council Newsletter - 02/08/07

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Crest Drive Update Focus of February 13 Community Open House An update on the Crest Drive project will be the focus of a community open house on Tuesday, February 13, from 4 to 7 p.m. at United Lutheran Church, 2230 Washington Street. The open house is an opportunity for people interested in the Crest Drive project to learn more about the work completed to date, upcoming milestones, why middle Crest has been added to the project, results of topographic survey and how street rights-of-way are delineated, and City of Eugene assessment policies and procedures. The Crest Drive “context-sensitive solutions” process is a joint effort by City staff and Crest Drive neighbors and stakeholders to find common ground on transportation solutions that address both the needs and desires of the neighborhood and the safety and operational requirements of the public street system. For more information, contact David Roth at Public Works Engineering, 682-5727 or david.f.roth@ci.eugene.or.us, or visit the project web site at www.eugene-or.gov/pwprojects (click on Crest Drive). Fire Administration Hears from Line Officers The Fire & EMS Department recently completed another session of meetings with the fire suppression Company Officers. These meetings, held quarterly, give the Company Officers a chance to meet with command staff which includes the Fire Chief, two Deputy Chiefs, Training Chief and EMS Chief. These valuable sessions give labor personnel an opportunity to talk with management in an informal but productive format. In addition to discussions about fire suppression and EMS delivery, many other issues were brought up, including staffing, diversity, neighborhood interactions, and hiring and recruitment. For more information please contact Acting Deputy Chief Operations Randy DeWitt at 682- 7130. Neighbors Roll Up Sleeves at Elmira Road and Maple Street Workshop City Transportation Planning, Engineering, and Finance staff met with approximately 40 neighbors in the Bethel-Danebo area on Saturday, February 3, in the second of a series of workshops intended to discuss and inform area residents of improvements to Elmira Road and Maple Street. These currently unimproved streets have been identified for improvement to City standards in the draft 2008-2013 Capital Improvement Plan. City staff has been working with neighbors and adjacent property owners since September 2006. Funding for the project has been identified from transportation system development charges and assessments to adjacent property owners. Elmira Road has nice trees and bad pavement The workshop began with a presentation to answer questions raised during the first workshop regarding existing neighborhood transportation issues, historical data about Elmira Road, existing surface and subgrade conditions of the streets, and emergency vehicle access and run routes. From there, the group went outside to walk the streets, take a look at the width of the existing rights-of-way and take notes on maps regarding a variety of other observations, including existing street and drainage conditions and safety concerns. These notes and observations were then recorded on an aerial photograph at the workshop site over a pizza lunch. The remaining two hours were spent discussing and answering questions regarding City of Eugene assessment policies, financing, deferral and subsidy programs the City offers and the order of events EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 February 8, 2007