12/13/12 - City Council Newsletter

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Residents Can “Get in the Swing” with New Recreation Guide The new Winter/Spring Recreation Guide offers healthy, entertaining activities from January through May. The cover of the new guide features a young couple dancing and calls on readers to “get in the swing” of all the fun things to do which are listed inside. Recreation provides dozens of social activities such as dances, meals, family activities, and more, all year- round. In addition to social opportunities, the Winter/Spring Recreation Guide contains hundreds of events, classes, activities, health and wellness programs, and sports for all ages and abilities. It’s not too early to enroll a child in one of the spring break camps offered by the City for children and youth in kindergarten through age 17. Check out the 72-page virtual Recreation Guide at www.eugene-or.gov/recenroll or pick up a paper guide at any City community center, pool, library, and many other public locations. Those on the mailing list should receive a guide this week. Registration is underway for most activities. For more information, call Kathy Madison at 541-682-6342. Recreation Offers Winter Break Fun for All Eugene Recreation has lined up several activities to help beat the dark days of winter. For the kids, there’s swimming, breakfast with Santa, or Winter Break Camp. The whole family can try indoor rock climbing or have fun at the First Friday Family Fun Night. For the kid in the grown-ups, there’s a trip around town viewing holiday lights. Echo Hollow and Sheldon pools will be on a holiday schedule from Dec. 23 -Jan. 6, with afternoon recreation swims at Echo Hollow held 1:30 – 3:00 p.m., weekdays and Sundays, and at Sheldon from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m., weekdays and 12 -2 p.m., on Saturdays. There is still space available for the Breakfast with Santa at Amazon Center on Dec. 15 at 9:30 a.m. Call 541-682-5373 for more information. The Sheldon Winter Break camp, Dec. 26 - Jan. 7, for youth ages 6 – 11, also has space. Call 541-682-5312 for more information or to register for one or all days. Do something unusual with the whole family ages four and older at the Community Climb Time at the Arts and Technology Academy on Dec. 17, or meet new friends at the First Friday Family Fun Night at Petersen Barn Center on Jan. 4. The indoor climbs are from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. and cost $5. Call 541-682-5329 for more information. The Friday Fun night, from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m., is free and includes games, crafts and dinner! Call 541-682-5521 for details. Both events are drop-in; registration is not required. Adults age 18 and up will feel like kids again as they tour the town viewing the best holiday light displays on Dec. 19. The trip costs $10. Registration has begun at Petersen Barn Center at 541-682-5521. For more information, call Kathy Madison at 541-682-6342. City Hall Council Meeting Rooms - Recording Electronics Repurposed On Dec. 11, the Eugene Planning Commission held its first live cable-broadcast from the Sloat Room in the Atrium. Steve Loges, Facilities staff, and Robert Lewis, Metro TV staff, oversaw the removal of cameras, audio equipment, and associated electronics from the McNutt Room prior to the closure of City Hall in August, and repurposed it for the Sloat Room. Funding for the project and ongoing cable-casting of public meetings is made available through a provision in the City’s public rights-of-way use agreement with Comcast. For more information, please contact Telecommunications Manager Pam Berrian at 541-682-5590 or pam.c.berrian@ci.eugene.or.us. EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 December 13, 2012