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Campbell Center Celebrates 50 Years <br />Share Campbell Community Center’s past, present and future at a celebration of the <br />th <br />facility’s 50 anniversary on Monday, July 23, from 2 - 4 p.m. Hear about the <br />center’s namesake, Celeste Campbell, and learn about the center’s place in history <br />as the first senior recreation center on the West Coast. Watch demonstrations of folk <br />and line dancing, art and many of the other activities that make Campbell Center so <br />popular with folks of all ages, and enjoy a bowl of yummy ice cream. <br /> <br />For more information, contact Diane Sconce at 541-682-5318. <br /> <br />Summer Reading for Kids is Hot <br />Midway through the summer, more than 5,000 children have signed up for Summer Reading at the Eugene Public <br />Library. Each child can choose a free book, courtesy of the Friends of Eugene Public Library. Free, fun activities to <br />encourage kids to read and learn will continue through August. <br /> <br />Coming soon at all Library locations: Duck Detectives! <br />Kids are invited to solve <br />the “Mystery of the Wetlands” and learn about local wildlife with WREN (Willamette <br />Resources and Educational Network) on Tuesday, July 24, at 2 p.m., at the Bethel <br /> <br />Branch; Wednesday, July 25, at 2 p.m., at the Sheldon Branch; andThursday, July <br /> <br />26, at 1 or 3 p.m., at the Downtown Library. <br /> <br />On Saturday, July 28, at 11 a.m., the Eugene Public Library invites young children <br />and their families to the annual Teddy Bear Picnic in the park at Amazon Community <br />Center, featuring live music by McCornack’s Garden Variety Band. Bring snacks and <br />a teddy bear or favorite stuffed friend. For more information, contact the Eugene <br />Public Library at 541-682-8316 or www.eugene-or.gov/library. <br /> <br />Environmental Assessment of West Eugene EmX Extension Now Available <br />The environmental assessment of the West Eugene EmX Extension is available for public review. The Federal Transit <br />Administration found the document to be a complete, objective, and technically sufficient analysis of the human, <br />economic, and social environment affected by the proposed project. Federal rules require a public review period as <br />part of the final environmental documentation. Printed copies of the environmental assessment are available at the <br />Eugene and Springfield <br />libraries and Lane Transit <br />District offices, and the <br />document is available online at <br />www.weemx.ltd.org. The <br />public review period ends <br />August 29, 2012. Lane Transit <br />District will address all <br />comments regarding the <br />content or conclusions of the <br />document. These comments <br />and responses will become <br />part of the federal findings for <br />the project. <br /> <br />The proposed West Eugene <br />Extension of the EmX bus <br />rapid transit system is the next <br />step in achieving the vision <br />outlined in TransPlan for a <br />reliable, higher-frequency, <br />regional transit system that emulates light rail and supports mixed-use development in key corridors - a vision carried <br />forward in Eugene’s growth management policies and Envision Eugene. The West Eugene segment of the system will <br />add 8.8 round-trip miles of service to the network that already connects downtown Eugene to the University area, <br />downtown Springfield, and Gateway/RiverBend areas. This project will extend EmX service from downtown to West <br />ththth <br />6 and 7 avenues, Blair Boulevard, Garfield Street, and West 11 Avenue to Commerce Street. The route was <br />selected as the locally preferred alternative by the City Council and Lane Transit District Board of Directors in March <br />2011 and by the Metropolitan Policy Committee in April 2011. <br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 <br />July 19, 2012 <br />