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Boards and Commissions Recruitment Continues Recruitment for positions on city boards, committees and commissions continues through September 24. Currently the City is seeking applicants for positions on the Budget Committee, Planning Commission, Toxics Board, Police Commission, Historic Review Board and the Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority. During the Eugene Celebration, information and application materials will be available at the Human Rights Commission booth. Staff from the various groups will be on hand to answer questions. Applications and supplemental materials are due on by 5:00 p.m., Friday, September 24. Information on the application process and requirements is available online at www.ci.eugene.or, us or at the City Manager's Office. For more information, please contact Mary Walston at 682-5406. Stream Team Proqram Coordinator Receives Award On Wednesday, August 18, the Eugene Downtown Lions Club presented Eugene Stream Team Program Coordinator Lorna Baldwin with the club's Environmental Award, a hand-crafted walking stick. Though the special award is usually awarded to a club member, : Baldwin received the award in recognition of her efforts working with the club for the past five years on its Delta Ponds improvement project. "She doesn't just stand around and supervise but she gets right in there and works as hard as anyone," says retired judge and Lion Frank Alderson. "She can add Eugene Downtown Lions Club to the many colleagues and volunteers who love and respect her." The club "adopted" the Delta Ponds nature trail in 1997 and has organized a major work party every spring and fall since. A diverse Loma Baldwin, Iowerleft, earns Lions Club award group of people attend these biannual work parties and spend the day maintaining and restoring the trails through the ponds on the east side of Goodpasture Island Road. Through the Stream Team program, Baldwin facilitates this and other groups and individuals in hands-on environmental work, restoring and caring for the city's waterways and natural areas by providing environmental education, tools and other logistical and project support. For more information about Stream Team, call Lorna Baldwin in Parks and Open Space at 682-4850. For more information about the Lions service group, call 484-0452. Neighborhood Parks at Several Locations in Euqene are Under Construction Thanks to the 1998 parks and open space bond measure, improvements are underway at three neighborhood parks, and construction bids are currently being reviewed for a fourth park. In the northernmost part of the city, the renovation of Awbrey and Arrowhead parks is underway. In the plans for Awbrey Park, located at River Road and Spring Creek Drive are two new play areas, one designed for children ages 2-5 and the other designed for children ages 5-12; accessible parking and walkways; a covered seasonal restroom; and new picnic tables and park seating. One of the innovative features of the improved parking lot is stormwater drainage through a bio-filtration swale, where runoff travels through a vegetated area to filter impurities such as heavy metals, oils and other pollutants. The northern portion of the park consists of a wooded natural area with Spring Creek winding through it. This area will remain natural habitat, and, if funds are available after construction, a new pedestrian footbridge will be constructed across the creek, as well as a path that travels through the area to the residential neighborhood north of the park. In the first week of construction, the old parking lot was removed and reconfigured, the site was cleared and graded, the new play areas and paths were excavated, and the new concrete paths have been formed. Local contractor Aspen Springs anticipates completing the job by the end of October. EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 September 1,2004