EUGENE <br /> _UGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br /> January 16, 2003 <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.a.eugene.or.us <br /> IIN THIS WEEK'S EDITION <br /> EUGENE AIRPORT ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT UNITED SERVICE <br /> PARKS CREWS CLEAN UP ISLAND ON WILLAMETTE RIVER <br /> ALTON BAKER PARK RESTROOM UNDER RENOVATION STARTING MONDAY <br /> AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PLAN UPDATE <br /> FIRE SPRINKLERS PROTECT UNIVERSITY'S GREEK HOUSES <br /> CITY ACQUIRES 123 ACRES FOR THE RIDGELINE TRAIL <br /> TRANSPORTATION STUDY UNDERWAY WITH NEIGHBORS IN CREST DRIVE AREA <br /> (AROUND THE CITY <br /> glimmommor <br /> Eugene Airport Answers Questions about United Service <br /> Recent news coverage about United Airlines and the company's transition to a United Express station in Eugene has <br /> generated calls from travelers with questions about the status of their United reservations, frequent flyer miles, and other <br /> rvice questions. The following information addresses the most frequently asked questions: <br /> • SkyWest is operating the Eugene-San Francisco service for United Express. <br /> • The San Francisco schedule has changed from three daily United 737 flights to five United Express/SkyWest <br /> regional jets. <br /> • United Express flights between Eugene and Portland have been operated by SkyWest since 1998. <br /> • <br /> United frequent flyer miles are valid on all United Express flights. <br /> Previously purchased tickets are valid on the United Express flights depending on flight schedules and <br /> • <br /> availability. Please check with United or your travel agent. <br /> • Eugene's United Express flights operated by SkyWest and Air Wisconsin are part of the United system connecting <br /> through Portland, San Francisco, and Denver. <br /> For more information, please contact Airport Manager Bob Noble at <br /> } ..: <br /> 682-5430. „.4., 4. <br /> kir <br /> Parks Crews Clean Up Island on Willamette River �, f . . <br /> Parks Maintenance staff recently removed almost 900 pounds of <br /> garbage from the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) island,just <br /> upstream from the I-5 bridge, the site of extensive illegal camping. The . w "► ' -7,44 <br /> Park Amenities crew launched the crew's boat at the D Street boat ramp 411. -__— <br /> in Springfield and spent about two hours collecting abandoned clothing, <br /> sleeping bags, blankets, tarps, a mattress, empty food containers, a <br /> bicycle frame, and other refuse. Much of this material was placed in ° •:. <br /> 1gs, and everything was carried over driftwood and wet, moss-covered , ..< •-': <br /> EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTERPAGE 1 <br /> January 17,2003 cc011603.wpd <br />