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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER December 15, 2005 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 DECEMBER STATUS REPORT ON MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS NOW ON-LINE JUVENILE SALMON FOUND IN NEWLY CREATED HABITAT AT DELTA PONDS WINTER BREAK FUN FOR KIDS AND TEENS AT LIBRARY th NEXT PHASE OF TWO-WAY CONVERSION OF 10 AVENUE SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED TH 6 ANNUAL AUTHORS AND ARTISTS LIBRARY FUNDRAISER A SUCCESS HULT CENTER PRESENTS KID CRITICS NEW PUBLIC WORKS TRUCKS TRANSFORM TO DO MANY JOBS AROUND THE CITY December Status Report on Major Capital Projects Now On-Line The Facility Management Division’s quarterly report for December, 2005, is now available on the City’s web site at: http://www.eugene-or.gov (click on Facility Management ~ Facility Projects ~ Council Update 12-05). The status report provides an update on the progress of major capital projects under the Divisions management. = With the completion of a series of high-profile projects, this report reflects the type of building preservation and maintenance projects that make up the majority of the Facility Management Division’s projects. While the projects in this status report make up a small proportion of the roughly sixty active design and construction projects currently being managed by Facilities, they represent either the higher budgeted projects or projects with significant public interest. For additional information on Facility Management projects, please call Mike Penwell at 682-5547. Juvenile Salmon Found in Newly Created Habitat at Delta Ponds Just two months after the Army Corps of Engineers created a breach that allowed water to flow directly from the Willamette River into the first two ponds in the Delta Ponds system, a juvenile salmon has been found in this habitat. Historically, the side channels of the Willamette made the river system almost one mile wide in places. Over the years, the river has been constrained into a narrow channel that makes survival more difficult for many species, including native salmon. Side channels such as those in the Delta Ponds system provide more available food and fewer predators, giving young salmon and small species a better chance to grow. This latest discovery shows that there are juvenile salmon in the Willamette River that will use the kind of backwater habitat the Delta Ponds restoration project provides. The recently completed work in the Delta Ponds was just the first phase of a large floodplain restoration project that will connect the entire Delta Ponds system to the Willamette River during the winter months and create more diverse habitat for fish and wildlife, such as juvenile Chinook salmon, Western pond EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 December 15, 2005