07/14/11 - City Council Newsletter

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The sister cities session is part of the Eugene Public Library’s summer series, with recommended books, free events, activities for all ages, and public lectures. Eugene’s four sister cities are Jinju, South Korea; Kakegawa, Japan; Kathmandu, Nepal; and Irkutsk, Russia. For more information, please contact Keli Osborn, City Manager’s Office, at keli.m.osborn@ci.eugene.or.us or call 541-682-5406. Enhanced Street Repair Program Includes Maintenance Paving on Unimproved Streets Public Works Maintenance crews are hard at work improving the surface and ride quality on several of Eugene’s th older unimproved streets. Streets that recently have received a new top lift of asphalt include segments of 13 Place, Sunshine Acres Drive, Randall Street, Van Duyn Street, and Sandy Drive. These streets make up about 25 percent of the projects planned for this season. Additional projects are planned in the university and west Eugene areas. Although a temporary solution for unimproved streets, maintenance overlays are popular with area residents. A maintenance overlay consists of adding a thin lift of asphalt to the top of the existing street surface. Depending on the condition of the existing street, asphalt thickness varies from 1.5 to two inches of compacted material. This treatment is a relatively inexpensive option for temporarily improving the ride quality and Crew from Public Works Maintenance applies useful life of a street. maintenance overlay on Sandy Drive. Projects completed last year included segments of Inglewood Avenue, Malabar Drive, Prall Lane, Bethel Drive and others. The list of maintenance overlays continues to grow along with the popularity of this program with Eugene residents. For more information, contact Surface Maintenance Supervisor Damon Joyner at 541-682-4835. Whiteaker Neighborhood River Festival is July 22 Recreation Services’ Outdoor Program invites everyone to the Whiteaker Neighborhood River Festival on Friday, July 22, from 4 – 7 p.m. in Maurie Jacobs Park, behind the River House at 301 North Adams Street. The festival is for all ages. At this free, annual event, attendees can try kayaking, play on the “ginormous” slip-n-slide, participate in circus arts, and enjoy music. In nearby Sladden Park, tree climbing will be offered for $5 to those 10- years-old-and-older, from 4 - 8 p.m. The River Festivities will be followed a bike parade, Eugene style. For more information, call Roger Bailey at 541-682-5329. Oregon Facilities Authority to Meet in Eugene The Oregon Facilities Authority (OFA) is the state agency that helps 501(c)(3) organizations access low-cost financing for the purchase, construction and renovation of facilities. Eugene’s Finance Director Sue Cutsogeorge has served on the board of the authority for the past several years. On Aug. 3, from 10:00 to 11:45 a.m. in the Bascom/Tykeson Room of the Eugene Public Library, OFA will be holding an informational session in Eugene to help nonprofits and bankers learn more about its program. OFA has several programs for nonprofits. The recently created SNAP Bond program is of special interest to both nonprofits and bankers. This is a low-cost, streamlined way for nonprofits to access bank real estate loans at low interest rates, and for banks to serve their nonprofit customers with attractive rates. The average SNAP Bond amount is about $2 million. OFA has other financing programs that can help nonprofits save on interest costs for other kinds of projects. OFA financing has been used to assist in several important nonprofit projects in the Eugene area, including several for PeaceHealth, Looking Glass and Pearl Buck Center. Nonprofits, bankers, and others interested in attending the program to learn more, should contact Tillie Hasson of OFA at 503-802-2137 to reserve seats for the presentation. For more information about the OFA, contact Sue Cutsogeorge, at 541-682-5589. EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 July 14, 2011