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<br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br /> <br />April 22, 2010 <br /> <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 777 Pearl Street, Room 105 <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 />EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDING <br />TH <br />19 ANNUAL ACT-SO COMPETITION AT HULT CENTER ON APRIL 24 <br />EARTH DAY CELEBRATED AROUND TOWN <br />ART CONTEST WILL PROMOTE “SUMMER IN THE CITY” EVENTS <br />ANNUAL GLITTERARY WORD FESTIVAL IS APRIL 24 <br />PREPARING FOR THE LOCAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br />Emergency Management Program Receives Federal Funding <br />The City of Eugene’s Emergency Management Program has been awarded an Emergency Management Performance <br />Grant (EMPG) for federal fiscal years FY10 and FY11. The purpose of the EMPG is to assist state and local <br />governments in enhancing and sustaining all-hazards emergency management capabilities. The City is now eligible to <br />have up to 50 percent <br />of its eligible program <br />costs reimbursed by <br />the Department of <br />Homeland Security. <br /> <br />The Emergency <br />Management <br />Performance Grant funds up to 50 percent of most of the counties’ Emergency Management Programs throughout the <br />state of Oregon, along with a few cities. Beginning in FY10, the cities of Eugene and Salem were added to the program <br />by the State of Oregon Emergency Management, which administers the grant. <br /> <br />The City of Eugene Emergency Management Program will submit a yearly work plan, budget and quarterly reports to <br />Oregon Emergency Management for approval and submission to the Department of Homeland Security. <br /> <br />For more information, contact Emergency Program Manager Joe Rizzi at 541-682-5664. <br /> <br />th <br />19 Annual ACT-SO Competition at Hult Center on April 24 <br />The local Eugene/Springfield branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) <br />th <br />presents its 19 Annual ACT-SO competition, in partnership with the City of Eugene, at 7 p.m., April 24, at the Hult <br />Center. ACT-SO is an acronym for Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics. Admission to the event is <br />free. <br /> <br />The ACT-SO program centers on the dedication and commitment of community volunteers and business leaders who <br />serve as mentors and coaches to promote academic and artistic excellence among African-American students. This <br />year, ACT-SO students from local school districts will compete in oratory, music vocal contemporary, music vocal <br />classical, music instrumental classical, music instrumental contemporary, filmmaking, poetry, essay-writing, drawing, <br />painting, photography, music composition and dramatics. <br /> <br />Special guests include “Rezonate” and “Forest Waters.” “Rezonate” is the award-winning, premiere a cappella group in <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />April 22, 2010 <br /> <br />