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Voluntary Campaign Finance Program The City Recorder's Office is receiving a growing number of inquiries about the deadline and process for filing as a council or mayoral candidate in the May 2004 Primary Election. Several citizens recently picked up election packets and indicated interest in running. A new feature being added to the information packets is a pledge form to be signed by candidates wishing to participate in the voluntary campaign finance program enacted by Council Resolution No. 4709 in May 2002. A fact sheet about the program as well as the pledge form will soon be available on the City Recorder's web page at http://www.ci.eugene.or.us/cityreco/Elections/ For more information, contact Mary Feldman at 682-8353. Workshop Opens Dialog on Stewardship, Ecosystem Repair and Education Educators, policy makers, restoration practitioners, natural resource managers, r,,E urban and park planners, students, community organizers, and others interested in •000°.1 4. 111) building a stronger community and protecting the natural environment in urban _ areas, especially in the Willamette Valley, are invited to participate in "Mending Natural Systems in our Cities." Sponsored by the Friends of Hendricks Park and fo: 1 City of Eugene Parks and Open Space Division, the workshop will take place Mending October 9-10 at Northwest Youth Corps, 2621 Augusta Street in Eugene. Natural The workshop features three keynote speakers: Dr. Robin Kimmerer, author of Systems -' Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses; Bruce Newhouse, cram ilinpcCmmun,tr in our stornmIli p,acoarstnm president of the Native Plant Society of Oregon; and Jan Vandertuin, president and aDa yen U.nuimmcntei co-founder of the Network Charter School. The speakers will provide the Cities oaumticn nurMn arse, springboard for a series of dialogues about community stewardship, ecosystem repair and environmental education. The workshop also includes poster sessions, networking opportunities, and display areas for commercial vendors and non-profit organizations. The cost of the workshop is $50 and includes an opening reception and lunch featuring locally grown, organic foods prepared by Ibrahim Hamide, owner of Cafe Soriah. Parking is limited; alternative transportation is encouraged. To register, send check payable to"Friends of Hendricks Park" to: P.O. Box 3784, Eugene, OR 97403-0784. For more information, call Friends of Hendricks Park at 607-4066 or Hendricks Parks Head Gardener Michael Robert at 682-5324 or visit www.ci.eugene.or.us/pw/parks/hendricks. Cooperative Effort Improves Safety by Relocating EWEB Water Station A cooperative effort with the City of Eugene and EWEB will help improve safety for users of the Amazon Park Path in southeast Eugene. On Friday, September 26, EWEB will relocate a water service station that has been in place for a number of years at 31st Avenue and Hilyard Street. Large tank trucks and personal vehicles with tanks in trailers have been purchasing water at this station. Some of the vehicles that park at the water service station are large enough to block the path's intersection with 31st Avenue. At other times, the vehicles block the"vision clear zone" for path users and motorists approaching the intersection of the path and street. When the Public Works Department brought these concerns to EWEB it was learned that the water station was aging and EWEB had plans to replace it. The two agencies worked out an agreement for EWEB to construct a replacement facility on 1st Avenue near Bertelsen Road. Signs have been posted informing patrons that the facility in southeast Eugene will close Friday and directing users to new facility at 1st and Bertelsen. For more information, contact Alternative Modes Coordinator Diane Bishop at 682-5471. THIS WEEK NEXT WEEK 09/29 M 5:30pm All Special Council Meeting Council Chamber *` 09/30 T 4:00pm JT Mayor's One-on-One Council Chamber EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 September 26,2003