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<br /> <br />th <br />City Receives Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for 27 Consecutive Year <br />The City of Eugene has once again been awarded the Government Finance Officers Association's (GFOA) <br />Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the FY10 proposed budget document. Out of more than 1,100 <br />participants in the program, Eugene is one of only five jurisdictions in the U.S. and Canada to receive this award for <br />27 consecutive years since the program's inception in 1984. <br /> <br />The GFOA Distinguished Budget Presentation Award Program is designed to encourage state and local <br />governments to prepare and issue budget documents of the highest quality. Documents submitted to the Budget <br />Award Program are reviewed by selected members of the GFOA professional staff and by outside reviewers with <br />experience in public sector budgeting. High quality budget documents are essential in ensuring that citizens, <br />elected officials, and other stakeholders, become fully engaged and informed participants in the budget process. <br />Better budget documents contribute to better decision making and enhanced accountability and transparency of <br />local government finances. <br /> <br />City of Eugene finance staff continue their efforts in streamlining and simplifying the City’s budget document to <br />make it more user-friendly to the citizens and other parties with an interest in the City’s finances. Visit the GFOA <br /> <br />web site for more information about the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award Program, and the City of <br />Eugene web site for more information about the City’s budget. For more information, contact Central Services <br />Director Kristie Hammitt at Kristie.A.Hammitt@ci.eugene.or.us or 541-682-5524. <br /> <br />New Affordable Housing Development on Willakenzie Road Ready to Proceed <br />Metropolitan Affordable Housing Corporation (Metro) has received low-income housing tax credits and other state <br />funds necessary to proceed with the development of Willakenzie Crossing. Willakenzie Crossing will provide <br />affordable, new rental housing to people earning below 60 percent of the <br />area median income. The City of Eugene selected Metro to develop <br />Willakenzie Crossing on a landbank site through a competitive request <br />for proposals process in 2009. The City of Eugene has committed land, <br />federal HOME funds, and Eugene systems development charge waivers <br />to support the project. The site for Willakenzie Crossing is located on <br />Willakenzie Road just east of Coburg Road, next to the historic <br />Willakenzie Grange Hall. Willakenzie Crossing includes 56 units <br />serving families, individuals, seniors, and persons with developmental <br />disabilities. It also includes a large community center, garden plot, <br />children’s play area and ample bike parking. Construction will begin in <br />spring 2011 and will be completed in 2012. <br /> <br />For more information, contact Becky L. Wheeler, Planning and Development Department, at 541-682-5532 or <br />becky.l.wheeler@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br />Save the Date for the Eugene Solar and Green Homes Tour <br />As part of the largest grassroots solar event, Eugene’s annual Solar and Green Homes <br />Tour offers an opportunity to visit nine local homes, both new construction and remodels, <br />that showcase the latest in energy efficiency, renewable energy and green building <br />techniques. Participants can speak with designers, builders, contractors and homeowners <br />to learn first-hand about strategies to lower their utility bills and live more sustainably. This <br />year’s tour, co-sponsored by the City of Eugene and the Eugene Water & Electric Board <br />(EWEB), will feature super energy efficient homes, solar energy systems, ductless heat <br />pumps, rain water harvesting, a green roof, sustainable landscaping and other exciting green building approaches. <br />Workshops on solar hot water and ductless heat pump installations will also be available. <br /> <br />This event is part of the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) National Solar Tour, where more than 160,000 <br />participants will visit innovative buildings in 3,200 communities across the U.S. The tour will be held on Sunday, <br />October 3. Participants will meet at EWEB at 10:30 a.m. for welcoming remarks by ASES Past Chair John <br />Reynolds, Mayor Kitty Piercy and EWEB General Manager Roger Gray. Instructions and tour guides will be <br />provided at this time, and self-guided tours will be held from noon until 4 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 <br />September 16, 2010 <br />