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Bethel Residents Celebrate New and Improved Irwin Park on July 18
<br /> The Parks and Open Space Division and the Active Bethel Citizens neighborhood association invite the members of the
<br /> City Council to join them in a grand opening celebration of the newly renovated Irwin Park. The event begins at 6:30 p.m.
<br /> on Thursday, July 18, on West Irwin Way, off Barger Drive. Immediately following the celebration, the Active Bethel
<br /> 'itizens will hold a neighborhood meeting in the park to discuss ways residents can get involved in Irwin Park and other
<br /> Bethel-area parks. The celebration will start with a park dedication and will include remarks from City Councilor Pat Farr
<br /> and Betsy Wolfston, the local artist who designed the park's Twister game. Following the dedication, there will be games,
<br /> prizes, pizza, and other refreshments.
<br /> Based on input from neighborhood residents and City parks planners, Irwin Park's new design features expanses of grass,
<br /> many new trees, new play equipment, a fully equipped shelter, an artfully designed Twister game, decorative lighting, new
<br /> soccer and softball fields with bleachers, walking paths, and improved parking. The park improvements were funded by
<br /> the 1998 parks and open space bond measure. For more information, call Parks and Open Space Division Director
<br /> Johnny Medlin at 682-4930.
<br /> Neighborhood Bicycle Rides Introduce Residents to Relaxed Use of Alternative Modes
<br /> A partnership between the Eugene Bicycle Coalition and the City's a,, `
<br /> bicycle program has resulted in "Enter Eugene through the Bike
<br /> Door," a series of relaxed, slow-paced bicycle rides designed to
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<br /> introduce residents to neighborhood services using quiet streets ..' ��r
<br /> and short cuts. Tips for riding in traffic and for using the bicycle for
<br /> quick shopping trips, running errands, or just for fun will be offered. ,:�+ �
<br /> Participants are promised there will be no huffing and puffing and " to''`e M t y 1�
<br /> no lycra tights on these rides!
<br /> The rides are offered at 6 p.m. on alternate Tuesdays during the
<br /> warm summer. Despite the hot weather, a dozen cyclists showed '1'imt '
<br /> p for the first ride on Tuesday, July 9. For more information,
<br /> contact Diane Bishop, PW Transportation, at 682-5471 or
<br /> www.ci.eugene.or.us/PW/bike. ,.
<br /> City Receives Record Job Applications
<br /> The City has just completed a record-breaking year for job applications received. Over the past 12 months, in FY02, the
<br /> City received 8,505 job applications. In the last 10 years that Human Resources have been keeping count, this is the
<br /> highest year ever. The closest previous year was FY95 with 7,751 applications. 160 jobs were posted this fiscal year
<br /> which is not unusually high. The average number of postings for the last 10 years is 157. The average number of job
<br /> applications for 10 years is 5,867. Unfortunately, application intake is inversely proportional to the health of the economy.
<br /> At this time, all application data is entered by Human Resources staff into an applicant tracking system before being
<br /> reviewed by the hiring supervisor. Paula Akin and Marcia Campbell, as well as other support staff in HRRS, put in a lot of
<br /> effort to keep on top of the entry so that departments are not be delayed in their hirings. A goal of the e-government
<br /> committee, in addition to having the capability of having applications submitted on-line, is to have the applicant information
<br /> go directly into our applicant tracking system link and, eventually, the payroll system so the information will be entered only
<br /> once and by the applicant! For more information contact Melissa Pearson, 683-5783.
<br /> Transportation Experiments with Greater Use of'Thermaplastic'Road Marking Material
<br /> The Public Works Transportation Division is experimenting with "thermaplastic" road marking material to see if its use can
<br /> be expanded to reduce the use of toxic paint materials. The City has used thermaplastic for several years to mark
<br /> pedestrian crosswalks and stop bars. Now, crews are marking pavement legends such as"stop" and turn arrows with
<br /> ermaplastic to see how well it holds up under different conditions. In particular, the tests will determine if the plastic paint
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