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<br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br /> <br />October 22, 2009 <br /> <br /> City of Eugene <br />777 Pearl Street, Room 105 <br /> <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793 <br /> (541) 682-5010 <br /> (541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br /> www.eugene-or.gov <br /> <br />IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION <br /> <br />EUGENE CELEBRATES NATIONAL MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY <br />BAILEY HILL ROAD PROJECT WINS STATEWIDE AWARD FOR TRANSPORTATION SAFETY <br />TELECOM PROGRAM MANAGER PAM BERRIAN RECEIVES NATIONAL AWARD <br />RESPONSES TO EUGENE NEIGHBORHOOD SURVEY ROLL IN <br />CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY EVAN WOLFSON SPEAKS ON MARRIAGE EQUALITY AT PUBLIC LIBRARY <br />LRCS REACHES OUT WITH SOCIAL NETWORKING <br />EUGENE ADVANCES TO GOLD LEVEL AS BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY <br />NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM HELPS HOMEBUYERS PURCHASE PROPERTIES <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br />Eugene Celebrates National Make a Difference Day <br />Millions of Americans across the country will join together to celebrate the 18th Annual <br />Make a Difference Day by volunteering to improve their communities and help neighbors in <br />need. In celebration, Northwest Youth Corps and the City of Eugene Parks and Open <br />Space Division, Eugene Fire, and Emergency Management Program will be working with <br />volunteers to improve fire safety through fire fuel reduction in the transition areas between <br />natural area park land and developed properties. Volunteers will concentrate on removing <br />non-native invasive under-story brush and dead tree limbs on the Ridgeline Trail and <br />around the Wayne Morse Family Farm. <br /> <br />The volunteer event will take place on Saturday, October 24 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. <br />For more information, contact Emergency Program Manager Joe Rizzi, at 682-5664 or <br />joseph.d.rizzi@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br />Bailey Hill Road Project Wins Statewide Award for Transportation Safety <br />The Bailey Hill Road Improvement Project has been awarded a 2009 Oregon Transportation Safety Award for Best <br />Engineering Project from the Alliance for Community Traffic Safety in Oregon (ACTS Oregon). <br /> <br />The awards committee was very impressed by the project, <br />especially its solutions-oriented collaborative nature. After a <br />fatal crash during the summer of 2007, concerned neighborhood <br />residents formed the Bailey Hill Road Safety Committee to work <br />with City and 4J School District staff to develop an appropriate <br />and effective solution to safety problems on Bailey Hill Road. <br />The end result was an innovative street design called a “road <br />diet” that converted the four-lane undivided road into a two-lane <br />road with a center turn lane. The design included improved <br />pedestrian crossings, wider bike lanes and completion of a <br />missing sidewalk segment. A combination of funding resources, <br />including voter-approved local bonds and a grant from the <br />ODOT Pedestrian and Bike Program was used to implement this <br />project in the summer of 2009. For more information, contact <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />October 22, 2009 <br />