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Police Commission to Host Public Forum on Downtown Public Safety Zone On Wednesday, Dec. 14, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., the Police Commission will host a public forum on the Downtown Public Safety Zone in the McNutt Room at City Hall. The zone will sunset in April 2012, unless the City Council takes action to extend the deadline. The Downtown Public Safety Zone (DPSZ) was created in 2008, and created a 20-block area in downtown Eugene where officers could request a 90-day or one-year civil exclusion for persons arrested for certain offenses. The ordinance establishing the safety zone was amended and extended in December 2010. Information on the use of the DPSZ and a copy of the ordinance will be available Friday, Dec. 9, or at http://Eugene-or.gov/policecommission, and will be available at the forum. The forum will begin with a brief presentation, and the remaining time will be used to provide up to three minutes per person for participants who wish to speak. The length of time for comments may be shortened, depending upon the number of people who wish to speak. All comments received on December 14, and received in writing by January 10, 2012, will be compiled and presented to the City Council for their consideration in late January. A City Council public hearing on this topic is scheduled for February 21, 2012. Community members who would like to provide written comments or who have questions can send them via email to Police Commission Analyst Carter Hawley at Carter.R.Hawley@ci.eugene.or.us or call 541-682-5852. Special Town Hall to Be Held on Budget State Senator Floyd Prozanski and Representative Paul Holvey will hold a special Eugene Town Hall on the budget situation with special guest, Representative Peter Buckley. The meeting will be hosted by City Councilor George Brown and will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 6:30 p.m., at Washington Park Community Center, 2025 Washington Street. For more information, contact Intergovernmental Relations Manager Brenda Wilson at 541-682-8441 or brenda.s.wilson@ci.eugene.or.us. ‘Working City’ Has New Look, New Host, New Episodes It has a new format and a new host, but “Working City” continues to tell stories about the many services provided by the City of Eugene and present those stories to the community through television and online video. “Working City” is produced by Lane Council of Governments’ (LCOG) Metro TV working under contract to the City of Eugene. The monthly series debuted in October 2004, and over the years it has aired more than 160 stories ranging from “Holiday Fire Safety,” to “Summer in the City.” Recently, the program was revamped to offer a more modern look and shorter segments that are easier to watch on YouTube, Facebook and other online services. The latest “Working City” piece, titled “Get There Safely,” explains some of the newest traffic safety features such as green bicycle lanes, shared bike-auto lanes, and stutter-flash pedestrian crossing signals. This segment is narrated by Mandy Rose, the new host featured in the updated format. Mandy Rose narrates a new “Working City” episode about traffic safety features. Metro TV cable channel 21 is one of the dedicated channels provided to the City under Comcast’s public rights-of-way use agreements. The “Working City” series is funded by the City’s Telecommunications Fund, dedicated to communications technology projects of community benefit. In addition to being available online, the episodes continue to be broadcast on Comcast cable channel 21 on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings and before the start of each regular Eugene City Council meeting on Monday evenings. To view the episodes online, go to the City home page, www.eugene-or.gov, and click on the YouTube link to go to the City’s YouTube channel. Episodes can also be seen via the City’s Facebook site, or online at www.metrotv.org. For more information, contact Jan Bohman, the City’s community relations director, at 541-682-5587. EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 4 December 8, 2011