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EUGENE/ <br /> ,...UGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br /> March 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 /> IIN THIS WEEK'S EDITION <br /> UNITED EXPRESS TO BEGIN ADDITIONAL SERVICE BETWEEN EUGENE AND SAN FRANCISCO <br /> PARKS CREWS EXPERIMENTING WITH CHEMICAL-FREE WEED CONTROL SYSTEM <br /> AROUND THE CITY <br /> United Express To Begin Additional Service Between Eugene and San Francisco <br /> United Express is adding a sixth daily non-stop flight between the Eugene Airport and San Francisco starting May 5. The <br /> new flight will depart from Eugene at 5:49 a.m. An additional flight back from San Francisco will arrive in Eugene at <br /> 11:39 p.m. Both flights will use regional jets with a capacity of 50 passengers, adding a total of 100 seats a day to the <br /> Eugene Airport flight schedule. <br /> The Eugene Airport and the local business community had requested an additional early morning flight to accommodate <br /> '-rsiness meetings with same day travel, and desirable connecting schedules. According to Airport Manager Bob Noble, <br /> ent United Express flights to San Francisco and Denver are flying with an average passenger load of 85% of <br /> capacity, a good indicator there is strong demand and need for expanded air service. <br /> The addition of these new United Express flights in May will bring the total number of daily departures and arrivals at the <br /> Eugene Airport to 58, a 16% increase since last year. In March, America West added new non-stop service to Las <br /> Vegas; in April, Horizon is adding additional service to Los Angeles with a stop in Medford. For more information, please <br /> contact Bob Noble at the Eugene Airport, 682-5430. <br /> Parks Crews Experimenting with Chemical-Free Weed Control System <br /> Landscape and Turf and Grounds crews are getting favorable <br /> results with an "eco-weeder," an environmentally friendly, <br /> chemical-free weed control system. The system, which kills Xz * <br /> weeds with radiant, infra-red energy, can be applied specifically ' � - , , <br /> to weeds without causing damage to other, non-weed plants 'I~ <br /> nearby. The targeted application superheats the weed, searing <br /> \e24 <br /> the vascular system of the plant. In short, the plant dries up <br /> and dies. The new system appears to work particularly well on <br /> young, annual weeds by disrupting the weeds' life cycle and ,mss <br /> preventing the weeds from reaching seed stage and spreading. , <br /> Because of its specificity, the system can also be used in <br /> sensitive natural areas, such as along rivers and streams. It <br /> can also be used during the rainy season when other weed <br /> ontrol methods, such as spraying, are not very effective. <br /> EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br /> March 21,2033 cc032003_wpd <br />