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<br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br /> <br />August 11, 2011 <br /> <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 /> <br /> www.eugene-or.gov <br /> <br />IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION <br /> <br />NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD RECOGNIZES ACHIEVEMENTS IN DELTA PONDS BRIDGE PROJECT <br />ARTS AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY IV <br />CEREMONY ON AUGUST 18 COMMEMORATES OPENING OF I-5 SOUTHBOUND BRIDGE <br />KIDS AND TEENS SHOW “EUGENE’S GOT TALENT!” AT EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY <br />YOUTH SETS NATIONAL RECORD AT AMAZON POOL <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br />National Environmental Award Recognizes Achievements in Delta Ponds Bridge Project <br />The Delta Ponds Bridge Project has received a 2011 Environmental Excellence Award from the Federal Highway <br />Administration (FHWA). Bridge Project Manager Patrick Cox from the Public Works Engineering Division will accept <br />the award on behalf of the City on Aug. 22, at the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation in Seattle. <br /> <br />The award recognizes Eugene’s exemplary achievement <br />in non-motorized transportation and access for the Delta <br />Ponds Bridge Project. The bridge, which was dedicated in <br />September 2010, removed a physical barrier between the <br />Willakenzie neighborhood and the Delta Ponds parkland <br />and wildlife habitat that had been in place since the Delta <br />Highway was constructed in 1966. The bridge is also fully <br />compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act and <br />provides access for all citizens. <br /> <br />“Elegantly designed with two soaring pylons and triangular <br />elements that evoke the Greek letter delta, the Delta <br />Ponds Bridge is Eugene’s latest monument to livability,” <br />said FHWA Administrator Victor Mendez in announcing the <br />award. “The Delta Ponds Bridge provides safe and <br />attractive bicycle and pedestrian access where none existed previously, and encourages residents to consider <br />healthy and active transportation alternatives. This project demonstrates that dedicated bicycle and pedestrian <br />infrastructure is an important component of the transportation network.” <br /> <br />Funded primarily by federal grants, the $5.6 million bridge project also included constructing sidewalks along Robin <br />Hood Avenue, a raised-median island on Willagillespie Road at Robin Hood, the largest raised-median island in the <br />City at the bridge’s west terminus on Goodpasture Island Road, 11 wayfaring signs, LED lighting, and a public art <br />piece titled “Bountiful.” <br /> <br />For more information about the award, contact Patrick Cox at 541-682-6854. <br /> <br />Arts and Economic Prosperity IV <br />Arts and Economic Prosperity IV is a nationwide study being conducted by Americans for the Arts throughout 2011 to <br />evaluate the impact that spending by nonprofit arts organizations and their audiences has on the national and local <br />economies. Volunteers are busy collecting surveys at arts and culture events around town as a part of the study. <br /> <br />In 2007, the third and most recent time that Americans for the Arts conducted this study, the report showed that on a <br />national level the nonprofit arts and culture industry annually generates $166.2 billion in economic activity. That’s an <br />incredible number and something that the entire arts community should celebrate. <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />August 11, 2011 <br />