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sheet (copies are available in the Council Office, the City Manager’s Office lobby, and Public Works building locations); notices in the newspaper; and postcards mailed to interested parties. Comments received by 5 p.m. on Friday, October 14, will be summarized in a report to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. All persons who submit written comments will be identified as interested parties and will be notified of the City’s response to their comments if they provide a current mailing address or a valid e- mail address. The SWMP web site is located at www.eugene-or.gov (click on NPDES link). For more information, call Therese Walch, water resources manager, at 541-682-8647. Recreation Services Division Helps Asset Movement Take Root September 14 was a big day for the Recreation Services Division as it continued its community-wide promotion of the 40 Developmental Assets. On that date, Clay Roberts, a nationally-renowned speaker on community asset development, spent the entire day speaking to community organizations, agency leaders, and Recreation staff. He also provided the keynote address at the annual Lane County Prevention Coalition recognition dinner. Recreation Manager Sandy Shaffer helped coordinate this asset- rich day for the community. The Recreation Division is a committed member of the “Asset Champions of Lane County,” a group of local agencies that work together to plant the asset message deep into the roots of the community. Last Thursday’s “OPINION” section of the Register-Guard included an article written by Recreation Manager Craig Smith on the topic of asset development. This was the first in a series of bi-weekly articles in which local youth advocates and City of Eugene employees share their work perspectives and discuss the benefits of youth asset development. The goal of the series is to familiarize Lane County residents with the asset development model, and how to add it to their lives and to the lives of local youth. Future asset articles will appear in the “OPINION” section of the RG every other Thursday. For more information on the 40 Developmental Assets, contact Recreation Manager Craig Smith at 682-6340, or visit www.search-institute.org. New Hendricks Park Bench Dedicated to Memory of Longtime Eugene Resident On Friday, September 23,at 2 p.m., a new bench by a local sculptor will be dedicated to the memory of Grant Chase. Born in Eugene in 1926, Grant was a local business man who, upon retiring in 1981, devoted much of his time to the Eugene Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society. Grant and his wife Dottie often visited the Rhododendron Garden at Hendricks Park. After Grant’s death, Dottie thought placing a bench in their favorite spot would be a fitting tribute to her husband. The inscription on the curved steel and basalt bench reads, “He loved nature and all of its offerings.” Following the ceremony, an informal reception will follow in the F.M. Wilkins Shelter, across the road from the bench. All gardening enthusiasts, friends, and the general public are invited. For more information, contact Ginny Alfriend, Hendricks Park head gardener, at 682-5324 or at ginny.d.alfriend@ci.eugene.or.us Oregon Department of Forestry Training Program Tours City’s Urban Forest Participants in the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Community Tree Management Institute (CTMI) training program spent the day in Eugene last Thursday learning about the City’s tree preservation programs. Urban Forestry staff led the group of 13 “students” (city arborists, planners, landscape architects, and a mayor) on a tour that highlighted partnership efforts in preserving trees during private, public and commercial development. Kent Kullby and Matt Denberg from the Planning and Development Department discussed tree preservation planning in the East Ridge Village Planned Unit Development. Adam Steffen, a Public Works Engineering landscape designer, led EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 September 22, 2005