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Mobile Application Allows Cyclists to Directly Report Bike System Maintenance Issues <br />A new mobile application developed jointly by the City of Eugene and the University of Oregon (UO) will allow local <br />cyclists to directly notify Public Works staff of maintenance-related issues on the bike path system. <br /> <br />Designed and written collaboratively by staff from the Public Works Maintenance Division and the UO Department of <br />Computer and Information Science, the mobile “app” will be available for both iPhone and Android “smart phone” <br />operating systems. The application provides users with a direct delivery route for requests for service into the <br />maintenance management system used by Public Works Maintenance to assign and track work orders. Direct routing <br />makes it quicker and easier for users to notify Public Works of potential maintenance needs and increases the <br />efficiency and effectiveness for Public Works to respond to service requests. <br /> <br />The location of requests will be provided by utilizing the GPS location function of mobile devices. The application <br />allows the end user to include a name, phone number and e-mail, if a response or additional information is sought. It <br />also allows the user to include a photograph to add detail when reporting an issue. <br /> <br />The new mobile application is in addition to several other current web-based citizen request forms that tie into the <br />maintenance management system, including reporting potholes, requesting leaf deliveries, and being notified when <br />street sweeping is scheduled in a particular area. Information on how to install the new, free mobile application will be <br />publicized as soon as the app is ready for download from the iTunes and Android stores. <br /> <br />For more information, contact Public Works Maintenance Operations Manager Jim McLaughlin at 541-682-4912. <br /> <br />Play in the Rain Day Means Free Family Fun <br />The Youth in Nature Partnership presents the fourth annual Play in the Rain Day on Saturday, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. - <br />3 p.m. at Mount Pisgah Arboretum, 34901 Frank Parrish Road, in Eugene. <br /> <br />Play in the Rain Day is a free, family event for all ages. The day's activities will <br />include tree-climbing, horses, nature crafts, hikes, hay rides, campfire cookery, <br />a visit from Smokey Bear, native plants, fire by friction, archery and more. <br />Parking and all activities, including campfire food, are FREE! <br /> <br />Attendees will discover how fun, easy, and rewarding it is to spend time <br />outdoors in nature - in all kinds of weather. More than 1,000 people attended <br />last year. Play in the Rain Day will happen rain or shine, so dress for the <br />weather. <br /> <br />For more information, call Liz Karas at 541-349-5055, ext. 201, Peg Douthit-Jackson at 541-747-1504, or Chris <br />Orsinger at 541-344-8350, or visit www.youthinnature.org. <br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 4 <br />November 10, 2011 <br />