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EUGEN CITY COUNCIL WEEKLY NEW LETTER January 12. 1995 Earlier th~s month, councilors received individual invitations to the January meeting o the Oregon Transportation Commission, which will be held next Tuesday an Wednesday, January 17-18, at the Valley River Inn in Eugene. The ~ agenda includes a presentation on, "Transportion and Growth Management: ~ Design Pri ciples for Mixing Uses and Increasing Densities," based on the work of a University of Oregon design studio. It was done as part of the ~ TransPlan Update, which applied preliminary land use strategies and urban design principles to test saes within the Metropolitan area. The presentation will be held Tuesday evening at 5:00 p.m. in the Umpqua Room. followed a no-host social hour at 6:00 pm and dinner at 7:00 pm. The Commissio 's formal meeting will be held on Wednesday morning. January 18 at the Valle River Inn. For more information, contact Dave Reinhard, Public Works Tra sportation at 687-5218. T i T P i On Januar 3. Bob Noble, formerly traffic operations supervisor for the Public Wo ks Transportation Division, started in a new position as airport maintenan e manager. In his new role, Noble will oversee maintenance operation at the Eugene Airport, including the terminal and airfield. In his previ us assignment, he was a primary public contact for a variety of traffic i sues. Councilors with constituent traffic issues are encouraged to contact T ansportation Engineer Dave Reinhard at 687-5218. Scott Pla ondon is the City's new urban forester. Scott joined the staff of the Publi Works Department in December to manage the City's urban forestry services, including the NeighborWoods program. He can be reached at 465- 2818. Sc tt comes to Eugene from Beaverton, where he served for 23 years, most rece tly as manager of Beaverton's landscape and urban forestry ~I programs. He has an interdisciplinary degree in management and science (arboricu ture and horticulture) from Marylhurst College and has completed advanced tudies through several professional organizations. For more informati n, please contact Bob Hammitt at 687-5220. - f On Wednes ay, January 25, 1995, from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 pm., there will be an open hous at the Bureau of Land Management Offices, 751 South Danebo Street. The open ouse will present to interested property owners and citizens the !I proposed nhancements to the Fern Ridge Bike Path and Amazon Creek. The X2.25 mil ion dollar project is funded by a federal Intermodal Surface Transport tion Act (ISTEA) grant. The project will include an extension of the Fern idge Bike path along the north side of Amazon Creek from Bailey Hill Road to Terry Street. The project will also include enhancement to Amazon Cr ek by widening and planting native wetland plants. The goal of the enhanceme t will be to provide water quality benefits and improved habitat.