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<br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br /> <br />October 11, 2012 <br /> <br /> <br />City of Eugene <br />thnd <br /> 125 East 8 Avenue, 2 Floor <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> (541) 682-5010 <br /> (541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br /> <br /> www.eugene-or.gov <br /> <br />IN THIS EDITION <br /> <br />TH <br />EUGENE PARK STEWARDS JOIN 4 ANNUAL GREAT WILLAMETTE CLEANUP <br />CITY OF EUGENE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ANTICIPATED WARD 6 CITY COUNCIL VACANCY <br />NEW POLICE HEADQUARTERS FROM CUSTODIANS’ PERSPECTIVE <br />KIM MCMANUS RECOGNIZED FOR FITNESS LEADERSHIP <br />TH <br />CELEBRATE THE HULT’S 30 BIRTHDAY AT BALLET AND BREW <br /> <br />“FRUIT OF THE SIXTIES: THE FOUNDING OF THE OREGON COUNTRY FAIR” AT EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY <br />CITY SPORTS LEAGUES OFFER FUN AND EXERCISE <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br /> <br />th <br />Eugene Park Stewards Join 4 Annual Great Willamette Cleanup <br /> <br />More than 200 volunteers took time last Saturday, Oct. 6,to “Get Dirty for Good” by helping to clean up the urban <br /> <br />stretch of the Willamette River from Island Park to Beltline Road. <br /> <br />Eugene Park Stewards partnered with Willamette <br />Riverkeeper, REI, the City of Eugene Outdoor <br />Program, University of Oregon (UO) Outdoor <br />Program and Willamalane Parks and Recreation to <br />organize this successful event. Volunteers from the <br />community, HIV Alliance, Willamette Kayak and <br />Canoe Club and UO Holden Center participated in <br />this regional project as part of a 187-mile effort <br />stretching through the entire Willamette Valley from <br />Eugene-Springfield to Portland. <br /> <br />Local volunteer teams picked up more than 22 <br />cubic-yards of trash including tires, sleeping bags, a <br />swimming pool, shopping carts and other debris <br />from along the Ruth Bascom Riverbank Trail and <br />Willamette River in an effort to restore the urban <br />riverfront from Island Park in Springfield to the <br />Beltline Bridge in Eugene. Volunteers completed their day at Maurie Jacobs Park in Eugene with a free lunch provided <br />by Oakway Catering and celebration with Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy. For more information, contact Eugene Park <br />Stewards South Region Volunteer Coordinator Carrie Karl at carrie.l.karl@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br />City of Eugene Accepting Applications for Anticipated Ward 6 City Council Vacancy <br />With an anticipated vacancy on the Eugene City Council caused by the pending resignation of Ward 6 City Councilor <br />Pat Farr, applications are now being accepted for his interim replacement. If elected in November, Farr will begin <br />serving on the Lane County Board of Commissioners in January 2013. <br /> <br />The interim appointment will be made in January 2013, when Councilor Farr’s resignation becomes official. The interim <br />councilor will serve January – June 2013. A special election will be held in May 2013, for a Ward 6 representative to <br />complete the remainder of Councilor Farr’s term. The person who receives more than 50 percent of the vote at this <br />special election will be sworn in on July 1, 2013, and serve until January 2015. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />October 11, 2012 <br />