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Neighborhood Livability Working Group <br />onto campus. The event helps students find housing options and become more knowledgeable, responsible and <br />engaged neighbors and tenants. Neighborhood, city and nonprofit partners will provide resources and workshops <br />to support students as they transition into off-campus community living. City of Eugene Neighborhood Services, <br />Rental Housing Program, Transportation Options, EPD and Fire and EMS are all partners in this effort. Student <br />attendance has been much higher than predicted at the first two events, with estimates around 1,500 2,000. <br /> <br />Move Out Event (A Green Goodbye): CommUniversity Assistants coordinate an event at the end of the school <br />year as part of an effort to reduce landfill waste from abandoned household items and furniture as students <br />vacate their school-year residences in neighborhoods surrounding the community. The program promotes the safe, <br />sustainable and accessible exchange of used furniture and household items in campus neighborhoods while <br />educating students about redusing, reusing, and recyling waste. The objectives of the program are to improve <br />community relations with the neighborhoods surrounding the university by reducing negative student move-out <br />impacts within the neighborhoods; reduce landfill waste from students moving out; encourage ecologically <br />responsible behavior among University of Oregon students; and promote student /community volunteerism. This <br />small scale event has been moderately successful. Plans are underway to re-envision this event and partner with <br />UO recycling and city sustainability colleagues for a more effective program. <br /> <br />Neighbor Led <br />Neighborhood Livability Summit: On March 17, 2010, a group of about 45 people met in the Long House at the <br />University of Oregon to discuss the growing problems of student behavior in the near campus neighborhoods. The <br />meeting was organized by the South University Neighbors Association and included participants from the West <br />University and Fairmount neighborhoods, as well as officials from the City of Eugene, Eugene Police Department, <br />University of Oregon and various property management companies. The participants discussed the problems and <br />possible general solutions and recommended further work. The meeting gave rise to the Neighborhood Livability <br />Working Group, which has been meeting regularly and has prepared this Progress Report. <br /> <br />South University Neighbors Association (SUNA) Livability Committee: For the past two years, SUNA Livability <br />Committee has met to formulate strategies for dealing with student behavioral disruptions. The committee runs an <br />e-mail list which informs residents of behavioral incidents and disseminates information to students regarding fines <br />for various behavior offenses. <br /> <br />Amazon Neighbors initiatives: On an informal basis, neighbors organize litter pick up and graffiti removal and <br />ce <br />enforcement program. Groups of neighbors also have formal and informal neighborhood watch groups. <br /> <br />West University Neighbors (WUN) initiatives: Neighbors reach out to invite students and representatives from <br />White Bird and EPD to monthly meetings to discuss issues of mutual interest. Multiple Unit Property Tax Exemption <br />(MUPTE) applications are discussed and voted on by WUN participants on a regular basis. Students have served <br />on the WUN board for at least the last three years, and student Jackson Hite chaired the association for a year. <br />The neighbors were instrumental in the development of West University Park, a frequent gathering place for <br />neighborhood association activities that promote neighborhood cohesiveness. <br /> <br />Fairmount Neighbors Association (FNA) initiatives: The impacts of increased multi-unit housing development in <br />the Walnut Mixed Use area, proposed residential zoning changes and increased student occupation of single <br />family homes has caused the Fairmount Neighbors Board to identify neighborhood livability as a priority for the <br />coming year. Neighbors also continue to be active participants in the monitoring of impacts related to the <br /> <br />16 <br />Page <br /> <br />
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