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County Beat: Not busy Saturday?Try joining a planting party -The Register-Guard, Euge:... Page 2 of 2 <br /> McKenzie River Valley. <br /> The remaining communities will receive their funds if they <br /> submit proposals that meet the guidelines of the program. <br /> Dunes City will use its $8,752 grant to help co-sponsor the <br /> Rhododendron Festival in nearby Florence, erect new signs at <br /> both ends of the city on Highway 101, do some general <br /> cleanup in open-space areas, install cabinets in its community <br /> center to display tourism brochures and refurbish its <br /> information kiosk. <br /> The grant amounts received by the other cities include: <br /> Westfir, $6,200; Veneta, $5,915; Creswell, $9,258; Cottage <br /> Grove, $18,962; Florence, $54,956; and $15,749 for the <br /> McKenzie River Chamber of Commerce. <br /> Funding for road repairs <br /> up for discussion again <br /> After failing to agree on just how much of Lane County's road <br /> fund should be turned over to cities to keep potholes filled, <br /> county and city officials will try again next week to come to a <br /> meeting of the minds. <br /> But how many fingers should be in the county's coffers is just <br /> one of the items on the agenda. <br /> The group also will talk about two other options for raising <br /> money for road maintenance - levying a countywide local <br /> option tax on both fuel and vehicle registrations. <br /> During the last go-round, most of the smaller cities and Lane <br /> County didn't want to go that route. Soon after, Eugene and <br /> Springfield both started their own campaigns to impose fuel <br /> taxes. They - and Cottage Grove - imposed 3-cent-per-gallon <br /> taxes that went into effect in August. <br /> The Eugene council adopted a "transportation system <br /> maintenance fee" but repealed it after opponents launched a <br /> petition drive to repeal it. <br /> The meeting will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Room 102 of Building <br /> 19 on the Lane Community College Campus at 4000 E. 30th <br /> Ave., near its intersection with the Interstate 5 freeway. For <br /> more information, call 682-4203. <br /> Randi Bjornstad can be reached at 338-2321 or <br /> rbjornstad @guardnet.corn. <br /> 0 <br /> http://www.registerguard.com/cgi-bin/printStory.py?name=c 1.cr.countybeat.1121&date=20f... 11/24/03 <br />