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R.-C.►-, 1/z / o3 ,— <br /> / 2, <br /> EUGENE <br /> _UGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br /> December 12, 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 /> IN THIS WEEK'S EDITION <br /> LAUREL HILL VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT <br /> TALKING STONES IN ALTON BAKER PARK BEAR WORDS FROM THE EARLY INHABITANTS OF THE REGION <br /> STATE RELEASES LATEST TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT FOR EUGENE AREA STREETS <br /> CITY RECEIVES FUNDING AUTHORIZATION FOR PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS <br /> VOLUNTEERS WILL "GAIN GROUND"IN HENDRICKS PARK FOREST THIS SATURDAY <br /> ROAD CLOSURE ALLOWS INVASIVE VEGETATION TO BE REMOVED FROM HENDRICKS PARK <br /> !AROUND THE CITY<M11111111111•16- .°xPaR40. ,W4 ,/mq5,47INNII=IMMIINIMMOgg, <br /> Laurel Hill Valley Neighborhood Beautification Project <br /> On Saturday, December 7, Laurel Hill Valley neighbors and AmeriCorps <br /> iembers from Northwest Youth Corps worked to complete phase two of the it <br /> .eighborhood beautification project. Volunteers landscaped the area <br /> surrounding the neighborhood's reader board and entryway on Riverview <br /> Street. t <br /> 4 t <br /> The Riverview Street reader board project is one of three components of the _ <br /> Laurel Hill Valley Neighborhood Beautification Project. The first part was _- <br /> replanting the planter boxes at Laurel Hill Park. The third component, <br /> replacing noxious weeds on Laurel Hill Drive with native vegetation, will be <br /> completed in early Spring 2003. <br /> The reader board project received a little over$1,100 from the City of Eugene's Neighborhood Matching Grants <br /> Program. Volunteers have pledged almost 200 hours to work on the three beautification projects. Business supporters <br /> include Rexius Forest Products and Gray's Garden Center. For more information about the Laurel Hill Valley <br /> Neighborhood Beautification project, please contact Kathleen Colson, Project Coordinator, at 349-5055 or via e-mail <br /> kathleenc@nwyouthcorps.org. For more information on the Neighborhood Matching Grants program, please contact <br /> Beth Bridges in the Planning and Development Department at 682-5272 or by email beth.b.bridges@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> Talking Stones in Alton Baker Park Bear Words from the Early Inhabitants of the Region <br /> Through a collaborative effort between the City of Eugene Parks and Open Space Division, Willamalane Parks and <br /> Recreation District, and the Whilamut Natural Area of Alton Baker Park Citizen Planning Committee, eleven Talking <br /> Stones were installed in both the Eugene and Springfield portions of the natural area last week. The basalt boulders are <br /> carved with a Kalapuya word and the English translation, i.e. Illio, or joyful, and Whilamut, or"where the river ripples and <br /> -uns fast." Kalapuya Elder Esther Stutzman consulted on the project to determine names and appropriate stone <br /> EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br /> December 12,2002 cc1212020.wpd <br />