City Council Newsletter - 12/24/08

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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER December 24, 2008 City of Eugene 777 Pearl Street, Room 105 Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793 (541) 682-5010 (541) 682-5414 (FAX) www.eugene-or.gov IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION ALPINE ADVENTURES OFFERS ADAPTIVE SKI PROGRAM JAZZ AND MANGA FOR FIRST FRIDAY AT EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY SECOND ROUND OF LEAF COLLECTION RESCHEDULED FOLLOWING WINTER STORM COMMUNITY OUTREACH CONVEYS HARMFUL EFFECTS OF FEEDING WATERFOWL STATE REVISES BOTTLE BILL AND ELECTRONICS RECYCLING AROUND THE CITY Alpine Adventures Offers Adaptive Ski Program Recreation Service’s Outdoor Program is again offering Alpine Adventures, the region’s premier downhill skiing program for children and adults with physical disabilities. Individuals with any level of skiing experience may participate in the program, which is held on Fridays, January 16 through March 13. Participants register for a three-week session, which includes adapted ski equipment, transportation to the Hoodoo or Willamette Pass Ski Area, a lift ticket, instruction, volunteer support throughout the day, and more fun than imaginable! For more information, contact Kellie Nemke at 682-6324. Jazz and Manga for First Friday at Eugene Public Library John Powell will perform traditional jazz standards on piano and vocals at the Downtown Library on First Friday, January 2, 5:30 p.m. A longtime Eugene musician and entertainer, Powell is well known for his work with The Valley Boys, The Cheeseburgers, The Ron Lloyd Band, and Wheatfield. For this performance he returns to his roots, mixing smooth styling from the big bands and classic crooners with contemporary music gathered over the years. At 6:30 p.m., Marianne Walker will present a multimedia talk on the history of manga and anime. See where this visual style comes from, where it's going, and why it's sweeping the globe. Walker is a professional illustrator, instructor, and product specialist for Copic Markers. Admission is free. For more information, contact the Eugene Public Library at 682-5450 or www.eugene-or.gov/library. Second Round of Leaf Collection Rescheduled Following Winter Storm The second and final round of leaf collection in Eugene is now scheduled to begin Wednesday, December 31, in west Eugene. The collection schedule was pushed back more than a week as leaf program crews were reassigned to emergency snow and ice duties following a major winter storm the week of December 15. The storm continues to have lingering effects on street maintenance operations. Currently, three of the City’s four street sweepers are concentrating on picking up the remainder of the more than 1,000 cubic yards of sand spread on the streets for traction during the storm. This means that for the next several weeks the sweepers will not be following close behind the leaf collection crews, which will likely mean some leaf debris remains on the streets until the sweepers can catch up. The final schedule for the second round of leaf collection is still being worked out. Collection areas will be in the following order: west Eugene, central Eugene, north Eugene, southeast Eugene, and southwest Eugene. The second round of leaf collection includes unimproved streets, which typically do not have curbs, gutters and sidewalks. During the first round of collection, Public Works crews concentrate on improved streets to ensure that major routes and bike Leaf crews and equipment were reassigned to ice-snow lanes are kept clean. After a street has been picked up in the second duty during the storm EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 December 23, 2008