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2) Paul was a familiar face, generating 15 complaints for living in his small travel trailer on the streets of Eugene between January and June of 2002. His small trailer was even more crowded when he took in Robert, a sick friend. Paul worked off and on but was continually plagued with having to find a new place to park his trailer. Since he had no Chicle of his own, he looked to volunteer help to keep one step ahead of the complaints. In talking with him, his "°Trustration was evident. In the camping program, spaces are allocated based on the likelihood that the camper will find more stable housing within the next 90 days. Paul seemed like a long shot but William gave him a chance to improve his situation anyway. He was given one of the spaces at Alton Baker Park in July. As a camper, his space was always clean and neat. He found stable employment near the end of his 90 days and his stay was extended until he could gain a bit more stability. By the end of the year, he had found a permanent place to park his trailer on a business site where he was acting as a night watchman. The business is providing for all his camping expenses so there is no longer any cost to the city. He continues to save toward further improvement of his housing situation. For more information, please contact Richie Weinman, Planning and Development Department, at 682-5533 or via e-mail at Richie.d.weinmanaci.eugene.or.us. More Trees for Concrete on East 18"'Avenue j On Saturday, April 5, the City of Eugene's NeighborWoods Program and the Eugene Tree Foundation (ETF)teamed up y f. again, in cooperation with the Public Works Maintenance Concrete , iiiCrew, area businesses, property owners and residents, to , transform a drab, concrete sidewalk along the north side of East t 18"'Avenue into a large planting bed with 11 trees and what will `ir— i .. soon be a colorful array of wildflowers. ETF, the local community a ' `° ^ ,,„;It‘ w- - organization that initiated the Trees for Concrete program, made liImig i t this project possible by recruiting several volunteers for the project " and also paying for the concrete to be removed. . 4 -More than 30 volunteers planted 11 trees and sowed wildflower '° A' seed along the heavily-trafficked street. To prepare for the People&trees transform gray sidewalk to living greenscape planting, 240 linear feet of concrete was removed on 18th Avenue from Oak to Pearl streets, and the excavated space was filled with 48 cubic yards of soil and seven yards of compost. The purpose of the Trees for Concrete program is to create a more livable and green downtown environment by excavating planting spaces and planting trees and flowers in portions of concrete sidewalks in Eugene's urban core. For more information about this and other NeighborWoods projects, call Coordinator Troy Kreger, Parks and Open Space Division, at 682-4831. Rhododendron and Native Plant Garden/Forest Tours Offered at Hendricks Park Hendricks Park is bursting with color, and every Sunday through May 18, park gardeners will identify those spring wonders, talk about the history of the park and recent restoration projects, and answer questions on guided tours of the Rhododendron Garden and Native Plant Garden/Hendricks Park Forest. The tour of the Native Plant Garden/Hendricks Park ,* Forest, "Wildflower Walk," begins at 11 a.m., followed by the tour of the Rhododendron ,.. Garden at 1 p.m. Tours begin at the F. M. Wilkins Shelter at 2200 Summit Avenue and last about an hour. Head Gardener Michael Robert invites visitors to partake in the visual feast. "The canopy of magnolias, crowning over the rhododendrons, appears as a cloud of pastels, and the early rhododendrons add to a circus of color, in conjunction with the many bulbs and perennials on the ground," says Robert. "The Native Plant Garden is also in full bloom with Columbine in bloom PAGE 3 EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER cc041003.E 3 April 11,2003