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site after construction. Stream Team will supply gloves, tools, mulch, and bags. At 12:30 p.m., all volunteers are invited to Amazon Park at 27th Avenue and Hilyard Street for lunch donated by Track Town Pizza. Volunteers are welcome to participate in any of ie following projects: • Salvage native plants from the path of the future Amazon Headwaters Tie Trail. Carpool from Amazon Park at 8:45 a.m. or meet at the Ridgeline Trail trailhead on Fox Hollow Road. • Clean up Amazon Creek with the Jefferson Westside Neighbors, Far West Neighbors, and Lane Council of Governments. Meet at 9 a.m. at the Patterson School site behind Albertson's at 18th and Chambers. • Mulch and weed native plants and clean up the creek with the Miracle on 33`d Street neighbors. This project begins at 10 a.m. at 33rd and East Amazon. The purpose of Amazon Appreciation Day, which began in the early 1990s, is to raise awareness of Amazon Creek, one of the most prominent waterways in Eugene, and solicit community participation in its clean-up and care. For more information, contact Stream Team Coordinator Loma Baldwin at 682-4850 or loma.j.baldwincci.eugene.or.us. Bids for Depot Project Scheduled to Be Opened on June 26 Bids for the initial construction phase of Eugene's multimodal depot project are scheduled to be opened June 26, with work expected to begin around Labor Day. The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), which is funding the bulk of the project using Federal Highway Administration funds, advertised May 29 for bids to renovate the historic depot at the south end of Willamette Street. City of Eugene staff will manage the construction contract once notice-to-proceed has been given by ODOT. The construction project follows more than two years of site planning. WBGS Architecture and Planning of Eugene developed a 20-year master plan that incorporates the vision of the City Council, the North End Scoping Group and numerous citizens who participated in the master planning process. WBGS also produced detailed engineering plans for the initial phase of the depot project, which focuses primarily on the 1908 depot structure and its immediate surroundings. The first step in the project will be to develop temporary facilities for Amtrak to continue to serve rail passengers while the depot is being renovated. The current schedule anticipates that interior work will begin in the depot building in November. Site-related drainage improvements will also be done this year under a separate City contract. The depot „...renovation is scheduled to be completed by September 2004. Meanwhile, negotiations continue on another key, short-term project goal: public ownership of the depot and surrounding area. Significant progress has been made in the past several weeks, and Public Works Director Kurt Corey is optimistic that a final agreement can be reached in the next month. The most recent discussions have focused on the City acquiring the depot building and the area immediately to the west of the depot. The master plan concept of extending Oak Street to the north will not be included in the first phase of the project. Approximately $4.6 million has been budgeted for site acquisition, master plan development, and the first phase of construction, with about $3.6 million coming from state and federal sources and $1 million pledged by Amtrak. Discussions are under way with community groups and service clubs about possible volunteer projects to augment the renovation work being done under contract. For more information, contact Russ Mecredy, Project Manager, at 682-6024. (THIS WEEK NEXT WEEK 06/09 M 5:30pm All Council Dinner Work Session McNutt Room 06/09 M 7:30pm All Council Meeting Council Chamber 06/11 W Noon All Council Lunch Work Session McNutt Room 06/11 W 1:30pm SM,DK,Pape IGR Committee HRRS Conference Room, #101 06/12 Th 5:30pm BB, JS Police Commission McNutt Room `UPCOMING EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3