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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER
August 12, 2010
City of Eugene
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Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793
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www.eugene-or.gov
IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION
“BOOKED FOR THE EVENING” LIBRARY FUNDRAISER
EUGENE FLYING DISC FESTIVAL
FLEET AND RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES NAMED ONE OF TOP 100 PUBLIC FLEETS
FISH FROM ICONIC DOWNTOWN FOUNTAIN BEING REPAIRED
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TECHNIQUES USED TO REPAIR WEST 18 AVENUE SAVE TIME, MONEY AND ENVIRONMENT
CITY ACTIVATES PAY-BY-PHONE PARKING SERVICE
AROUND THE CITY
“Booked for the Evening” Library Fundraiser
On Saturday, September 11, the Eugene Public Library
Foundation will hold its third annual fundraising benefit. This
year’s theme is “Booked for the Evening” and the event will
be held after-hours at the Downtown Library.
Along with wonderful company and conversation, the
evening will feature refreshments and entertainment,
including a strolling dinner catered by Marché, wine tasting in
the Library’s garden courtyard, and performances of scenes
from plays based on modern classics, including “To Kill a
Mockingbird,” “A Murder in the Vicarage,” and “Sometimes a
Great Notion.”
The mission of the Eugene Public Library Foundation is to raise funds, develop advocates, and provide other
resources to enhance and perpetuate the quality of the Eugene Public Library. The foundation successfully
mobilized more than 2,500 donors to contribute $5 million toward building the Downtown Library, and has since
raised funds to support wireless Internet access at all Library locations, expanded online subscription resources,
including homework help, and increased collections of books, movies, and music for borrowing.
For more information or to make reservations for “Booked for the Evening 2010,” contact the Eugene Public
Library Foundation at info@eplfoundation.org or 541-338-7018.
Eugene Flying Disc Festival
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Come on over to Westmoreland Community Park at 22 and Polk Street, on Saturday, August 14, from 10 a.m. - 4
p.m., to watch and/or compete in the first Eugene Flying Disc Festival. Presented by the City’s Athletics Program,
the festival provides opportunities for youth, adults and canines to compete in an all-
around competition.
There will be four all-around events - distance, accuracy, disc golf and maximum time
aloft - in three divisions: boys/girls; men/women, and seniors (age 55+). Canine
competitors will be judged on distance/accuracy (toss and fetch).The cost for early
registration is $10 for youth, $15 for adults, and $10 for canines. Add $5 if registering after
August 6.
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Competitors in the all-around events must checkin at 9 a.m. with events starting at 10 a.m. At about 1 p.m., there
will be demonstrations, skill clinics and lunch provided to registered competitors. Check-in for canines is at 2 p.m.
with competition beginning at 3 p.m.
For more information or to register, go to www.eugene-or.gov/recathletics or call Dave Battaglia at 541-682-5409.
Fleet and Radio Communications Services Named One of Top 100 Public Fleets
For a second consecutive year, the Public Works Department’s Fleet and Radio Communications section has been
recognized as being one of the top 100 best managed public fleets in North America. This year, Fleet and Radio
Services was ranked 29th out of the 100 top public fleets receiving this industry award. The judging was done by
the top public fleet administrators in the U.S. as recognized by
the National Association of Fleet Administrators and the
American Public Works Association.
There are more than 38,000 public fleets in the United States
with 165 fleets being considered for the 2010 award. This
award, coordinated through Government Fleet Magazine,
recognizes those public fleets that excel in multiple areas of
fleet management and service delivery. Fleets are graded on
the following performance criteria: accountability, technology
implementation, evidence of a high-trust culture, performance
recognition, collaboration, creativity, celebration, doing it right
the first time, quick/efficient turnaround, staff development,
resource stewardship and competitive pricing.
Fleet Service Master Technician Doug Gunderson inspects the
The award is given to public fleets demonstrating leadership,
undercarriage of a City Fleet vehicle.
efficiency, positive customer service and cost-effective
operations within their agency. Selected fleets must also show their efforts to improve ongoing performance in
these selected categories throughout the year.
Fleet and Radio Communications will continue striving to improve upon its current service delivery, recognizing
that its performance impacts customer/co-workers and provides crucial services to the citizens of Eugene. For
more information, contact Fleet Manager Tony Jobanek at 541-682-4808.
Fish from Iconic Downtown Fountain Being Repaired
The fish in sculptor Tom Hardy’s “1952 Fish Fountain” in the
downtown Park Blocks have been removed for much-needed
repair. Vandalism and natural wear and tear have taken a toll on
the iconic Eugene sculpture that was installed 58 years ago.
However, whenever public art is repaired, it must be done with
the integrity of the artist in mind.
Since Tom Hardy is deceased, Public Art Program Manager
Isaac Marquez networked with Eugene’s art community to make
sure the work is done properly and as the artist wouldhave liked.
The work will be done by local artist, Steve Reinmuth, who
founded Reinmuth Bronze Studio, Inc. The repairs are expected
to be completed and the fish returned in late fall.
To see an interview with Tom Hardy, go to http://www.opb.org/programs/artbeat/segments/view/570. For more
information, contact Isaac Marquez at 541-682-2057.
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Techniques Used to Repair West 18 Avenue Save Time, Money and Environment
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The City of Eugene is reconstructing West 18 Avenue from City View to the Westmoreland Park bike bridge, just
east of Chambers, using four different construction techniques to match the existing pavement, save money, and
reduce traffic impacts and environmental impacts during construction.
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The three-lane section of 18 Avenue from City View to Pierce (one block west of Chambers) will be reconstructed
using two construction methods that allow complete recycling and reuse of the existing road materials. First, a
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milling machine will grind up and remove the old existing pavement, which will be returned to the contractor’s plant
and reused in new pavement material for future projects. Reusing the ground-up pavement is a significant
advantage to the contractor because it reduces the amount of virgin crushed rock that would need to be mined to
use in the new pavement material. Also, because the ground-up material is coated with asphalt cement, reuse of
the grindings reduces the amount of new asphalt cement the contractor needs to add to make the new paving
material. Besides saving the contractor time and money, the reduction of mining and use of asphalt cement also
reduces environmental impacts and saves the City money in reduced prices.
Next, a reclamation process that blends the existing aggregate base and soil with cement will be used to create an
in-place cement-treated base for the reconstructed roadway. This reclamation process also has significant
environmental benefits because it allows reuse of existing road materials. Because the existing road base material
is mixed in place with cement, it saves a significant amount of natural resource by not mining the virgin rock, and
reduces traffic and environmental impacts that would normally occur from trucking. Reclamation will save over
5,000 cubic yards of existing material from being excavated and hauled away, and 9,500 tons of base rock from
being hauled to the site. This saves well over 500 truck trips, an estimated cost savings of more than $120,000,
and two weeks of construction time. It also eliminates land-filling the old materials that would have been dug out
and disposed of with a traditional reconstruction project.
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The five-lane section of West 18 from Pierce through the Chambers intersection will have just the existing
pavement surface milled off and replaced with new asphalt pavement. This is a common process for rehabilitation
of worn pavement that is structurally sound. The old ground-up pavement will be returned to the asphalt plant
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where it will be reused in future paving projects. The section of West 18 from the east side of Chambers, east
about 200 feet to the Westmoreland bike bridge, will be reconstructed with concrete pavement to match the
existing street east of the project.
Warm mix asphalt concrete (WMAC) will be used for all the asphalt concrete paving on the project. WMAC uses a
water-foaming process to mix the asphalt concrete, which allows the asphalt paving to be mixed and placed at
lower temperatures than traditional hot mix asphalt concrete, saving a significant amount of energy and reducing
the volatile organic chemicals released in the atmosphere.
The project started in July and will be completed in September. It is funded by a pavement bond measure and
being constructed by Knife River. For more information, contact Project Manager Doug Singer at 541-682-8460.
City Activates Pay-by-Phone Parking Service
Epark, the City of Eugene’s Parking Services program, is launching a new pay-
by-mobile-phone service at a number of popular downtown parking locations. The
new service will help save time and money by allowing customers to use their
mobile phones to pay for parking at several City-managed parking lots and
garages.
Developed by the company Parkmobile USA, the service allows registered users
to pay for parking with a mobile phone application, the Internet, or a toll-free
phone call to 877-PARK-832 or 1-877-727-5832. The system even sends text
message reminders of the time left on a space. Customers can register for the
service at www.parkmobile.com.
The program works with electronic payment stations at seven off-street parking
areas, including the downtown Library garage and surface lot, the Broadway
North and South garages, the Hult Center garage, the City Hall surface lot, and
the train depot parking lot. Creating easier payment options is part of Epark’s
recent five-point strategy to draw more people downtown. For more information,
contact Parking Services Manager Jeff Petry at 541-682-5079 or Jeff.T.Petry@ci.eugene.or.us.
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