Item 2C: Approval of Neighborhood Matching Grants

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Attachment A Neighborhood Matching Grants 2009 - Department Advisory Committee Recommendations ProjectApplicantNeighborhood AssociationAmount Adams Elementary School Garden/ Adams Elementary SchoolFriendly Area Neighbors$10,670 Outdoor Classroom This project includes building five wheelchair- accessible garden boxes at Adams Elementary School with automated irrigation, a storage shed and a retaining respecting a diverse, interconnected and sustainable world. ProjectApplicantNeighborhood AssociationAmount College Hill Reservoir Access Ramp Friendly Area NeighborsFriendly Area Neighbors$9,318 This grant will help fund the construction of a universally accessible ramp from Lawrence Street onto the EWEB-owned reservoir and will include a signed handicap parking space, curb cut and sidewalk, and a culvert at the reservoir wall for water drainage. ProjectApplicantNeighborhood AssociationAmount Crest Drive Oral History Project Crest Drive Citizens AssociationCrest Drive Citizens Association$2,665 The outcome of this project will be an oral history of the neighborhood, preserving the memories of long-time residents involved in transformative events in the history of the Crest neighborhood. It will also include impressions of recent arrivals and their vision of the present and future of the neighborhood. The final product will be available at the Eugene Public Library, Neighborhood Services, and through the neighborhood association. ProjectApplicantNeighborhood AssociationAmount Fairmount Park Benches Fairmount Neighbors AssociationFairmount Neighbors Association$3,199 This project will expand the renovation of Fairmount Park including four park benches, maintenance of existing structures, additional landscaping, and support an opening event for the new splash park. ProjectApplicantNeighborhood AssociationAmount Spring Creek Natural Gardens Santa Clara Community OrganizationSanta Clara Community Organization$3,960 This project builds on a currently funded grand awarded in 2008. The goal is to provide residents with information on how to improve publicly-owned property along Spring Creek, organize work parties to improve public sites, and purchase and plant native trees, shrubs, grasses, and ground covers along the creek ProjectApplicantNeighborhood AssociationAmount Spring Creek Elementary School Natural Spring Creek PTOSanta Clara Community Organization$5,590 Gardens Curriculum This project will develop a curriculum component for Spring Creek Elementary students associated with the Spring Creek Natural Gardens project (see above). 1 of 2