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. • • <br /> The study's first public outreach event was held in January 2005 with two three-hour public workshops. <br /> The first workshop was held on January 19 at the Thurston Middle School in Springfield with a Cedar Creek <br /> planning corridor focus and was attended by a total of 37 people. The second workshop was held on <br /> January 20 at the Eugene Public Library with an Amazon Creek focus. A total of 85 people attended this <br /> workshop. <br /> Workshop Advertisement <br /> The two public workshops were publicized in a number of ways. A direct mailing went out to a total of <br /> 5,500 interested parties and potentially affected property owners and residents in early January. A large <br /> format color newspaper display advertisement announcing the workshops went into the Eugene Weekly <br /> (January. 13), the Springfield News (January 15), and the Register Guard (January 13). In addition, a news <br /> release was distributed on January 12 and an article about the workshops appeared in the Register Guard <br /> City-Region section on January 20. . <br /> News Release <br /> h/1ETRC~ ~ ~ " <br /> ru <br /> News Release <br /> January 12, 2005 <br /> Contact: Eric Bluhm, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 503-808-4759 <br /> Scott Duckett, City of Eugene, 541-682-4842 <br /> Ed Black, City of Springfield, 541-726-3616 <br /> Stephanie Schulz, Lane County, 541-682-3958 <br /> For Immediate Release <br /> WORKSHOPS INTRODUCE METRO WATERWAYS STUDY TO COMMUNITY <br /> Community workshops will be held January 19 and January 20 on a major new study to <br /> examine local creeks and rivers in the metropolitan area. <br /> Two waterways have been selected for immediate study: Cedar Creek in the Springfield <br /> area, and Amazon Creek in the Eugene area. The community workshops run from 4:30 to 7:30 <br /> p.m. with scheduled presentations at 5:30 p.m. Each workshop focuses on a specific priority <br /> planning corridor: <br /> • Wednesday, January 19, Cedar Creek planning corridor focus, Thurston Middle School, <br /> 6300 Thurston Road, Springfield. <br /> • Thursday, January 20, Amazon Creek planning corridor focus, Eugene Public Library, <br /> 100 West 10'h Avenue, Eugene. <br /> The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the cities of Eugene and Springfield, and Lane County <br /> are participating in the metro waterways study, amulti-year effort to look at the function and <br /> health of waterways in the greater metropolitan area. Cost of the study is estimated at $3.4 <br /> million, with half coming from the Corps of Engineers and the other half from local partners <br /> using existing funds and in-kind services. <br /> The study will help provide a better understanding of existing problems while identifying <br /> potential projects and other opportunities to improve local waterways. The study area <br /> encompasses approximately 240,000 acres and includes portions of the watersheds that drain <br /> to the Long Tom River, Coast Fork of the Willamette River, Middle Fork of the Willamette River, <br /> and the McKenzie River. Eight local communities are within the study area: Coburg, Creswell, <br /> Eugene, Goshen, Junction City, Marcola-Mohawk, Springfieltl, and Veneta. <br /> The outreach effort includes a survey, which can be accessed on the metro waterways <br /> study web site at www.metrowaterways.org. The web site also includes maps, detailed <br /> information on the priority planning corridors, and contacts for more information. <br /> q## <br /> Metro Waterways Study -Citizen Involvement Summary Report -March 2005 5 <br /> <br /> I <br /> <br />