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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER
August 7, 2014
IN THIS EDITION
NEW SUSTAINABLE STREET REPAIR PROCESS ELIMINATES CEMENT DUST
WRITING WORKSHOPS AT LIBRARY
RECREATION OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE! EUGENE
VOLUNTEERS FROM OPPORTUNITY VILLAGE SIGN UP TO HELP MAINTAIN LOCAL PARK
AROUND THE CITY
New Sustainable Street Repair Process Eliminates Cement Dust
Eugene’s award-winning, sustainable road-repair practices have become even more healthful, thanks to a new technique
for constructing cement-treated road bases.
Eugene Public Works helped pioneer a process for recycling
streets in place. In this process, the asphalt pavement is mixed
with the road-base gravel and a few inches of soil using a 70,000-
pound rototiller. A cement slurry is then applied over the blended
material, rototilled a second time and compacted, creating a
cement-treated base. In the past, the cement was added in a
powder form, which was then watered, tilled and compacted to
form the reinforced base. However, the use of cement powder
often created “fugitive dust” that got on construction workers,
equipment, and even on residents and their vehicles if they drove
through the work zone before the cement was thoroughly worked
into the base.
The new process, which is being used on repairs to Shasta Loop,
Firland Boulevard and 43 Avenue, eliminates the cement dust
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factor. The contractor, Knife River, mixes cement powder, sand
Contractor’s crew applies thick slurry of cement and sand to
form road base on Firland Boulevard
and water, offsite, to create a thick cement slurry, which is
transported in a cement-mixer truck and spread over the prepared subgrade. The slurry is then tilled in and compacted to
form a cement-treated base as strong, or stronger, than the base formed using powdered mix.
City Public Works Engineering staff required the cement slurry process after researching road-building advancements in
other states. Other sustainable road-repair practices in Eugene include the use of reclaimed asphalt paving and reclaimed
asphalt shingles in asphalt mixes and the use of warm-mix asphalt, which saves on the energy needed to heat the asphalt
and also reduces off-gassing of volatile organic compounds.
For more on this year’s in-place road recycling projects, contact project manager Kerry Werner at 541-682-5477.
Writing Workshops at Library
In connection with Create! Eugene, the Downtown Eugene Public Library will host three, free writing workshops in August.
At the first workshop, on Thursday, Aug. 7, at 6 p.m., Melissa Hart will lead a fun, lively discussion, entitled “Writing About
Animals.” Hart’s work has been widely published, including her latest book "Wild Within: How Rescuing Owls Brought One
Family Together." Monday, Aug. 18, at 6 p.m., Oregon Book Award finalist Toni Hanner will teach “Jump-Start! A Poetry
Writing Workshop.” Finally, on Saturday, Aug. 30, at 1 p.m., learn how to “Write the Perfect 10-Minute Play” at a three-hour
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workshop with Paul Calandrino and Connie Bennett, playwrights and producers of the annual Northwest Ten Festival at
Oregon Contemporary Theatre.
Create! Eugene is a project featuring 100+ creative workshops in the local area during the month of August. For more
information, visit www.eugene-or.gov/library or call the Eugene Public Library at 541-682-5450.
Recreation Offers Opportunities to Create! Eugene
Eugene Recreation Division joins the Art and Business Alliance of Eugene in celebrating the arts in August through “Create!
Eugene.” Recreation offers arts to tap the creativity of adults, teens and kids year-around.
Adults can create a bird house at a Craft Workshop on Friday, Aug. 15, from 2 -
4 p.m., at Petersen Barn Center. On Wednesday, Aug. 20, adults interested in
woodworking can attend a free orientation of the City’s woodshop located at
Campbell Community Center.
Arts camps in August include Express Yourself, at Petersen Barn Center which
encourages three- to five-year-olds to express themselves through art, dancing,
telling stories, and dress-up. Idolized, held Aug 18 - 22, is part of the Art on the
Amazon series held every summer at Amazon Center. In this camp, six- to 11-
year-olds share their singing, acting, dancing and other artistic abilities in a
talent show.
Camp Messy, for six- to eight-year-olds, and Camp Mess, for nine- to 11-year-
olds, are both held Aug. 18 - 22, as part of the Art on the Amazon series.
Campers play, experiment, create, and, not surprisingly, get messy in these
camps.
Tweens and teens 12- to 18-years-old will learn to play African music at the African Marimba Song Camp, held Aug. 18 – 22,
at Petersen Barn Center. Art on the Amazon offers Hip Hop dance classes, from Aug. 25 – 29, for three- to five-year-olds and
six- to eight-year-olds.
For more information about Recreation’s art classes and camps, please contact Recreation Division Manager Craig Smith at
541-682-5334.
Volunteers from Opportunity Village Sign Up to Help Maintain Local Park
On Sunday, Aug. 3, several volunteers from Opportunity Village in Eugene reported for duty, donned gloves, grabbed
cleaning supplies and took on responsibility for the day-to-day upkeep of the restroom at Sladden Park. This new pilot
program is aimed at keeping the restroom open and safe for the public.
When Opportunity Village board members heard about the restroom being
closed at Sladden Park due to City budget cuts, they contacted the City of
Eugene Parks and Open Space Division to see if they could help. A pilot
program was born and today volunteer duties include general custodial
work, cleaning, re-stocking and closing the restroom every night at dusk
through the end of October. In addition, they are checking for any damage or
vandalism and reporting their findings to park maintenance staff.
Prior to the program’s launch, volunteers participated in a training led by
park maintenance staff on how restrooms in Eugene’ s parks system are
cleaned and maintained and how to use gloves and other protective
equipment supplied by the City to stay safe while doing their work. Parks
and Open Space Volunteer Coordinator Lorna Baldwin oversees the work of
the volunteers and will help evaluate the program on an ongoing basis.
For more information, contact Parks and Open Space Division Manager Craig
Carnagey at 541-682-4930 or craig.t.carnagey@ci.eugene.or.us or Volunteer Coordinator Lorna Baldwin at 541-682-4845
or lorna.j.baldwin@ci.eugene.or.us.
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