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REGISTER-GUARD CITY/REGION SUNDAY,FEBRUARY 16,2003 CS City Beat: Clean carpets and clean rivers Continued from Page Cl carpet-cleaning companies and Nine carpet care companies targeted after city Parks and endangered salmon have in have enrolled in the program to Open Space Division staff changing the criteria to common. date,and another workshop is members met with participants accommodate the ORI proposal. All right,the quick answer scheduled for March 13 from 4 in the community garden And guess what happened? is something called the Clean p.m.to 5 p.m.,at 858 Pear St. program last fall. ORI was one of four firms Water Business Program. For more information,contact Eugene residents have been that responded with It's a voluntary partnership Kathy Eva of the city's storm able to plant their own garden development proposals.The between the city's storm water water management staff at plots in city-owned community other three—submitted by two management staff and local 682-2739 or gardens since the program was local companies and one from carpet cleaners to determine kathy.a.eva@ci.eugene.or.us. begun in 1978.A total of 250 Portland—are all mixed-use, and follow the best practices for plots are located in the Amazon retail-and-residential disposing of suds and other Green thumb alert garden at 27th Avenue and High propositions. carpet-cleaning waste.The idea Street,the Mathews garden at "Everybody came forward is to protect the Willamette The city's five community 15th and Hayes,the Whiteaker with some exciting proposals," River and its tributaries from gardens are getting brush-ups garden at the end of North Polk, city Planning Director Tom pollution that may otherwise in advance of the coming the River House garden at 301 Coyle says."Now we have to go, harm migrating salmon and do gardening season. N.Adams and the Alton Baker `b• 'OK,which one of these things other environmental damage. Parks crews and volunteers Garden east of the parking lot is going to be able to be built?'" It's modeled after a similar have been mowing garden at Alton Baker Park. Which has led to a bit of a program in Sacramento,and walkways and clearing grass, A whole plot can be rented delay in the city's was started locally after the weeds and blackberry brambles for$52 per year and a half plot decision-making process. city's storm water staff met from fence lines surrounding for$42.Registration for the 2003 The City Council was with several carpet care experts the gardens.Gardening debris growing season begins March scheduled to choose from for input. and trash are being removed 17 at 1820 Roosevelt Blvd. among the four proposals The Eugene program is from the sites,and plans are in earlier this month,but the item educational and voluntary,and place for increased mowing and was put on hold until city staff does not impose regulations. maintenance during the spring Joe Mosley can be reached at has a chance to weigh the Rather,it urges the owners and and summer months. 338-2384 or jmosley@ financial feasibility of each. employees of carpet-cleaning The cleanup efforts were guardnet.com. "We need a reality check and janitorial businesses to from our business guys,and attend a one-hour,educational that's what we're going through workshop on storm water now,"Coyle says. pollution issues,and then to The topic is expected to follow program guidelines and make it back to the council provide customers with within the next few months. information on pollution prevention. This suds for you On the other end of the bargain,the city has agreed to Chances are slim,but you recognize participating may ask what the city of businesses in its promotional Eugene,professional advertising for the program.