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"0" <br /> EUGENE <br /> EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br /> February 20, 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.ci.eugene.or.us <br /> IN THIS WEEK'S EDITION , <br /> FRANK KINNEY PARK NEIGHBORS PREVIEW NEW PARK DESIGN AT PUBLIC MEETING NEXT THURSDAY <br /> VOLUNTEERS HAVE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE NEIGHBORHOODS, PARKS, NATURAL AREAS <br /> LED TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONVERSION PAYS OFF <br /> FIRST ANNUAL AMERICAN-RUSSIAN YOUTH ART AWARDS <br /> AROUND THE CITY <br /> Frank Kinney Park Neighbors Preview New Park Design at Public Meeting Next Thursday <br /> Frank Kinney Park neighbors can offer feedback on the new, low-impact design for their neighborhood park at a meeting <br /> with City parks planners next Thursday, February 27, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Parker Elementary School, 3875 Kincaid. The <br /> meeting is the second public workshop designed to gather input from area residents about this currently undeveloped <br /> neighborhood park located at the south end of the Amazon Parkway between West Amazon Drive and Alpine Loop. <br /> he low-impact concept plan to be discussed at the meeting is based on a desire for minimal improvements as expressed <br /> by neighbors gathered at the first public workshop in November. Meeting participants will also be able to discuss the <br /> results of a survey recently sent to nearly 850 park neighbors to help gather input about the proposed improvements. The <br /> draft park plan, as well as a report on the results of the first workshop, are available online at <br /> www.cieugene.or.us/pw/parks/Kinney/fkp_index.htm. <br /> Park improvements are funded by the Parks and Open Space bond measure approved by voters in 1998. For more <br /> information or to give input into this park planning process, contact Robin Hostick at City of Eugene Parks and Open <br /> Space Planning, 682-4915. <br /> Volunteers Have Lots of Opportunities to Enhance Neighborhoods, Parks, Natural Areas <br /> Parks and Open Space Division's Stream Team and the NeighborWoods programs have planned a full weekend of <br /> volunteer events. On Friday, February 21, at 1 p.m., volunteers will gather to weed and collect cuttings for propagation at <br /> the Native Plant Nursery, a nursery managed by Stream Team and dedicated to propagating and preserving native plant <br /> species. On Saturday, February 22, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Amazon neighbors can join NeighborWoods and the Eugene <br /> Tree Foundation in planting 40 trees of various species in the fifth annual tree planting along East 25th through 27th <br /> avenues between Hilyard and University. Also on Saturday, February 22, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., The Flip Side, Living <br /> Hope Church's youth group, will pull ivy between the Mill Race and the Willamette River as part of a Steam Team project. <br /> On the same day, along the riverfront at 1 p.m. in another Stream Team activity, community members are invited to join <br /> OSPIRG (Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group) students from the University of Oregon and Lane Community <br /> College in digging up blackberries, an invasive plant species, and possibly planting native plants near Autzen Footbridge. <br /> Tools, gloves and snacks will be provided. For more information, contact Stream Team Coordinator Lorna Baldwin at <br /> -82-4850, or NeighborWoods Coordinator Troy Kreger at 682-4831. <br /> EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br /> February 21,2003 cc022003.wpd <br />