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The current AHA CPR standards stress the importance of chest compressions, instructing responders to “Push <br />Hard and Push Fast” and to not stop for longer than 10 seconds. This can be equated to priming a pump. In order <br />to get the oxygenated blood to circulate, the pump (heart) has to be primed. In order to keep the oxygenated blood <br />circulating, the pump has to keep pumping. This is why the recommended ratio of compressions to ventilations is <br />now 30-to-two for a single rescuer; compressions should continue at a rate of about 100 compressions per minute <br />until an Automated External Defibrillator can be activated or until emergency medical technicians arrive. <br /> <br />Even compression-only CPR has been proven effective. The Fire & EMS Department is just one link in the chain of <br />survival. One of the other important links is the layperson becoming involved in another person’s emergency and <br />performing CPR. The Fire & EMS Department encourages everyone to become trained in CPR according to the <br />latest AHA standards. For more information, please contact EMS Chief JoAnna Kamppi at 541-682-7104. <br /> <br />Outside Reviewers Give High Marks to Street Repair Bond Measure Projects <br />With one year of projects in the rearview mirror and another busy season coming up, a bond measure to fix city <br />streets has received high marks from a citizen review panel and an independent auditing firm. Eugene voters in <br />November 2008, approved a $35.9 million bond <br />measure to repair 32 streets and fix local bikes paths. <br />To promote accountability, City Manager Jon Ruiz <br />pledged to the council and the voters that he would <br />create a citizen street repair review panel and have <br />an outside auditor issue reports on the use of the <br />bond proceeds. Copies of those first-year reports are included in the February 25 council packet. <br /> <br />The 12-member Street Repair Review Panel reviewed the four bond measure projects completed in 2009 – Bailey <br />Hill Road, Goodpasture Island Road, Railroad Boulevard, and Amazon Path – and concluded that “the bond <br />proceeds were used for the authorized purposes and in compliance with the limitations and restrictions” outlined in <br />the bond measure. The panel also found that the City was able to complete its 2009 bond measure projects with <br />significant cost savings due to favorable bids from contractors and, as a result, encouraged the City and the Public <br />Works Department to accelerate the street repair schedule as much as is reasonable to take advantage of <br />anticipated continued favorable bidding conditions in the future. The panel also agreed that giving the public <br />accurate information about why some streets get repaired while roads in worse shape do not get repaired is an <br />ongoing educational issue. <br /> <br />Meanwhile, the accounting firm of Isler CPA studied the 2009 bond expenditures and found them in full compliance <br />with the provisions of the bond measure. <br /> <br />The Public Works Department’s busy road repair schedule for 2010 includes seven bond measure projects: the <br />th <br />intersection of 29 Avenue and Willamette Street, and portions of Goodpasture Island Road, South Willamette <br />th <br />Street, East 18 Avenue, Harlow Road, Patterson Street, and the Fern Ridge Path. <br /> <br />For more information about the reports related to the bond measure to fix streets, contact Eric Jones, Public Works <br />public affairs manager at 541-682-5523, eric.r.jones@ci.eugene.or.us or visit the bond measure web site at <br />www.eugene-or.gov/gobonds. <br /> <br />EPA Grant Allows SmartTrips Eugene Program to Expand Into More <br />Neighborhoods <br />A new project that will promote environmentally friendly commutes in Eugene will <br />receive financial support from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). <br />SmartTrips Eugene is designed to reduce drive-alone trips and increase biking, <br />walking, and public transit in targeted geographic areas of the city. A pilot project <br />will start in the Harlow neighborhood this summer. The EPA Climate Showcase <br />Communities Grant will provide the City of Eugene $104,126 to continue this <br />program into 2011, making it possible to offer it to the Trainsong, <br />Jefferson/Westside and Whiteaker neighborhoods. The 2011 SmartTrips program will provide customized outreach <br />to approximately 12,000 residents. <br /> <br />The Climate Showcase Communities Grant Program is administered by the EPA’s State and Local Climate and <br />Energy Program, which provides technical assistance, tools, and guidance to help state, local, and tribal <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 <br />February 25, 2010 <br />