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EUGENE <br /> _UGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br /> November 21, 2002 <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 777 Pearl Street, Room 105 <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793 <br /> (541)682-5010 <br /> (541)682-5414 FAX <br /> www.ci.eugene.or.us <br /> IIN THIS WEEK'S EDITION <br /> WILLHI STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENT <br /> DELTA ROTARIANS AND CITY PREPARE A PLACE FOR A GAZEBO IN OWEN ROSE GARDEN <br /> MWMC HAS GOOD NEWS FOR METRO AREA PROPERTY TAX PAYERS <br /> BOAT LAUNCH WEIGHS ANCHOR <br /> WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT GENERATES 30,000 MEGAWATT HOURS OF ELECTRICITY <br /> !AROUND THE CITY <br /> Willhi Streetscape Improvement <br /> Cascade Middle School students pitched in to help build a seating area between <br /> the newly improved Willhi Street and the school athletic fields. The site amenities A <br /> include two benches, four planters, and three trash bins in and around a bark-filled <br /> 'Iating area. <br /> The Neighborhood Matching Grant program contributed half of the $1957 project <br /> costs. <br /> For more information on the Neighborhood Matching Grants program, contact <br /> Beth Bridges, Planning and Development Department, at 682-5272 or via e-mail (beth.b.bridges(cD_ci.eugene.or.us). <br /> Delta Rotarians and City Prepare a Place for a Gazebo in Owen Rose Garden <br /> For the past three weekends, the Delta Rotarians have invested a <br /> labor of love at Owen Rose Garden. Volunteers from the service _ <br /> organization worked alongside Parks and Open Space staff grouting <br /> ti <br /> the bases of the pergola, pressure-washing the trellis entryway, • <br /> weeding the future site of the garden's community center, pruning <br /> " <br /> roses, and helping to install a new gazebo in the heart of the garden. , <br /> The Delta Rotarians adopted Owen Rose Garden in 1999 as a . - i <br /> community service project. In partnership with the City, the group <br /> I 11 <br /> has accomplished several projects, including decorating the garden J <br /> with trellises, creating rose bed borders and building a large pergola . <br /> to adorn the walkway with climbing roses. The gazebo is the �= = _ •,r <br /> group's latest project. Funded through the group's spring <br /> fundraising campaign and a matching grant from the City, the <br /> azebo has been purchased and its foundation laid. It is scheduled <br /> EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br /> November 25,2002 cc112102.wpd <br />