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<br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br /> <br />October 13, 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 EDITION <br /> <br />EUGENE AND LANE COUNTY INCREASE RECYCLING <br />CALL FOR ARTISTS – PUBLIC ART FOR POLICE BUILDING <br />BESTSELLING WRITER AND NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER AT EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br /> <br />Eugene and Lane County Increase Recycling <br />Eugene residents have a lot to be happy about when it comes to recycling this year. For the first time ever, Eugene <br />and Lane County’s recycling rate has exceeded statewide targets set in the 1995 and 2001 Oregon Recycling Act. <br /> <br />In the 2010 Recovery Rate Report released last week, the Oregon <br />Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) confirms that the Lane County <br />wasteshed reached a 57.4 percent recycling rate – easily passing the 54 <br />percent goal set for 2009. Eugene produces over 52 percent of all the waste <br />generated and recycled in the Lane County wasteshed. <br /> <br />In addition to an increased recycling rate, the area’s per capita waste <br />generation remains lower than the statewide average. A number of factors <br />support this success in reduce, reuse, recycle efforts. <br /> <br /> <br /> Eugene and Lane County have a strong recycling infrastructure that is <br />served by many reuse and recycling private businesses and non-profits. <br /> <br /> Organic recycling is strongly valued in the community, as evidenced in a <br />recent solid waste hauler customer survey that revealed over 50 percent of <br />respondents compost in their backyard. <br /> <br />The DEQ report is great news for the community. It confirms the trajectory of the community’s Climate and Energy <br />Action Plan and new initiatives of the City of Eugene including a new Commercial Food Waste Program, a <br />Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling Initiative, and the internal Waste Reduction Project. New programs in <br />the community such as the University of Oregon Athletics Department’s move toward zero waste in the Moshofsky <br />Center and Matt Knight Arena in 2011, will also help meet future goals to reduce waste throughout the area. <br /> <br />For more information, please contact Ethan Nelson in Planning and Development at 541-682-5224 or <br />ethan.a.nelson@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br />Call for Artists – Public Art for Police Building <br />The Police Art Committee is placing a call for artists interested in creating art for the future police headquarters at <br />300 Country Club Road. Over the last two months, a Police Art Committee has been developing goals and a <br />selection process for new art to be commissioned for the future police headquarters. This committee is responsible <br />for the development, selection and implementation of an art project triggered by the City’s 1% for Art Ordinance. The <br />overall art process is expected to take between nine months to a year; the initial project budget is $75,000. The focus <br />of the public art is within the public areas of the building only. <br /> <br />The Police Art Committee is seeking applicants with the ability to generate outstanding artistic concepts that are <br />relevant to the department. The new art will strive to create a memorable and welcoming building and be a timeless, <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />October 13, 2011 <br />