04/15/10 - City Council Newsletter

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– 9 p.m. at the University of Oregon’s Downtown Baker Center at 975 High Street. This event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The forum will open with a distinguished panel to build awareness and understanding of hate crimes and the impacts of hate and bias in communities. Diane Sykes, who heads the Oregon Department of Justice Civil Rights Program, will be joined by David Fidanque of the American Civil Liberties Union, Chicora Martin of the University of Oregon LGBTQ Educational Support Services and Dr. Randy Blazak of the Coalition Against Hate Crimes. Following the panel, break-out groups will be facilitated by Human Rights and Police commissioners, and will include local and regional leaders from the field. These sessions will encourage discussion about preventing and responding to hate activity. Themes of the break-out groups include: Action in Schools; Public Safety and Hate Crimes Law; Neighborhoods and Community Action; and a proposal for an Anti-Hate Resolution and other possible government leadership actions. Following the event, information and resources from the forum will be posted to the Police Commission and Human Rights Commission websites, and will be presented to the Eugene City Council in mid-May. For more information, contact Human Rights Analyst Holly LeMasurier at 541-682-5619. Envision Eugene: A Community Plan for 2030 Envision Eugene in the year 2030. Envision your neighborhood, home, job, school, and favorite parks and shops – and how you will get there. The Planning Division has started a community conversation about how the city will grow and change over the next 20 years, as 35,000 more people call Eugene home. The Envision Eugene project will plan for how and where Eugene may choose to grow in the future. Over the next several months, Envision Eugene will seek community input through workshops, websites, and surveys to help inform the creation of the plan, including ways to grow inside the existing urban growth boundary (UGB), and if necessary, where and how the boundary might expand. Envision Eugene will ask community members to help build a preferred growth scenario that meets the city’s land needs and promotes the most sustainable, livable, prosperous city possible. Last week, the Envision Eugene website at www.EnvisionEugene.org was launched as a key tool for sharing information th May 4 with the public and collecting input. The first community workshop kicking off Envision Eugene will be held on at th the Eugene Hilton, 66 East 6 Avenue, with sessions from 4 - 6 p.m. and 7 - 9 p.m. For more information on Envision Eugene, please see the project website at www.envisioneugene.org or contact Terri Harding at 541-682-5635 or terri.l.harding@ci.eugene.or.us. Newsletter Includes Tips to Slow the Flow, Tackle Weeds and Create Practical Landscapes Long-term solutions for keeping weeds at bay require more than a quick fix in the herbicide aisle at the garden store. Readers of the latest issue of Stormwater Connections will find tips about using healthier solutions for weed management and learn how one homeowner and her husband have taken a practical approach to transforming their landscape to minimize watering demands and more. A new demonstration garden in the works in Alton Baker Park will be open to people who want to see and learn more about low-maintenance plants, smart use of water and other landscape efficiencies, later this spring. Other highlights include the annual Earth Day celebration event on April 24, eco-friendly car wash kits, how to sign up for Canines for Clean Water, and much more. The focus of the Stormwater Connections newsletter is educating and informing community members about stormwater pollution and ways to protect local waterways. Articles in Stormwater Connections typically address seasonal or current issues and include one page of interest for our younger residents. EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 4 April 15, 2010