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<br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br /> <br />February 2, 2012 <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 />SCHOOL GARDENS AND COMPOST MAKES NEWS <br />EUGENE POLICE PROVIDE LIVE BREAKING NEWS TO PUBLIC AND MEDIA <br />TRAFFIC CONTROL CHANGES ON FIFTH AVENUE IMPROVE SERVICE, MAINTAIN SAFETY <br />RECREATION SERVICES TEAMS WITH WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT <br />BETHEL PARK MASTER PLAN UPDATE PROCESS COMPLETE <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br />School Gardens and Compost Makes News <br />Reporters from The Register-Guard, KEZI, KLCC and MyEugene.org eagerly shot pictures and took audio of teachers, <br />administrators, students, and educators on Jan. 27, as they learned the fine art of school cafeteria composting. <br /> <br />The City of Eugene partnered with The School Garden Project of <br />Lane County to build and implement five new school gardens <br />and cafeteria composting programs in the 2011/2012 school <br />year. The support provides funding for a full-time Northwest <br />Youth Corps AmeriCorps staff person to create school gardens <br />and implement compost programs. Cafeteria composting <br />reduces the amount of waste schools send to the landfill and <br />provides valuable compost for school gardens. <br /> <br />The training in January paired Oregon State University <br />Extension Service compost specialist mentors with each school <br />receiving a new garden and compost system. The School <br />Garden Project educator showed 10 participating schools the <br />process of setting up a sort system in the cafeteria, and how to <br />create buy-in with school staff, teachers, students and parents. <br /> <br />School Garden Project educator oversees students as they <br />“dump and cover” food scraps in the school compost bin. <br /> Parent volunteers demonstrated how easy it is to maintain a <br />school compost system and how much can be composted on a <br />weekly basis. The City anticipates that each school will be composting 300 to 600 pounds of food scraps a month, <br />resulting in six tons of food scraps composted by all five schools throughout the school year. <br /> <br />For more information, contact Compost and Urban Agriculture Coordinator Anne Donahue at 541-682-5542 or <br />Anne.c.donahue@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br />Eugene Police Provide Live Breaking News to Public and Media <br />On Thursday, Jan. 26, Eugene Police Special Investigation and Department of Homeland Security Federal Protective <br />Services officers conducted an investigation involving a man impersonating a police officer that eventually required <br />SWAT and Crisis Negotiation Response to go to the man’s residence in an apartment complex. Media heard the <br />scanner traffic about the call and quickly arrived on-scene. This incident was cleared with an arrest at a secondary <br />location. <br /> <br />Traditionally, one of the concluding actions of the department with calls that draw media interest is to provide an <br />interview about the incident’s outcome. Now, in addition to that interview, using a smart phone application and Internet <br />site, the Eugene Police Department (EPD) was also able to stream the interview, provided on-scene to media, and live <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />February 2, 2012 <br />