Churchill Area Neighbors

Recently flyers have been taped to doors in several neighborhoods in the
Churchill Area regarding painted curb numbers.

Typically, these notes include a suggested "donation" and and request
that you tape the flyer to your curb in order to opt out.

The most recent ones are from "Community Sign Painting".

These groups are not related to the City of Eugene, Public Works, the Fire or Police Departments.
They may use high-pressure tactics to obtain the "donation". In some
cases where a check was used for payment, the account number was
subsequently used fraudulently.

Please note that not all curb painters operate in this fashion. Curb
painting is a popular way for students and groups to earn money.
However, a legitimate painter will establish a price or donation prior
to performing the work.
The curb painting scammer, on the other hand, performs the work and then
attempts to coerce you into a payment.

Caution is advised when dealing with any door to door solicitation.

Reputable businesses and non-profit organizations will have a verifiable
point of contact and paperwork to substantiate what they are selling.
They will not act aggressively or attempt to make you feel guilty for
refusing to pay, not will they ask for Social Security or bank account
numbers.

Summertime is high season for these types of activities, following this advice from the Eugene Police will help you weed out scams from legitimate activities:

Tips to Prevent Falling Prey to Scam Artists
*    You have a right to say 'no,' and have the person leave if you don't wish to participate.

Eugene, OR (April 30, 2009) — The West Eugene Collaborative has
developed a set of short-, medium-, and long-term recommendations to
address transportation, land use and environmental issues in and
around west Eugene and will discuss its report at a public presentation:

Tuesday May 12th
Eugene Public Library
Downtown Eugene
6:30 – 8:00 PM

Representatives of the group will discuss the recommendations and
answer questions. The report is available electronically on the
group’s website:
http://www.odrc.state.or.us/WestEugeneForum.php

The 27-member West Eugene Collaborative includes west Eugene business
owners, community business leaders, leaders of neighborhood groups,
and leaders within the environmental community. The group includes a
doctor who practices in Veneta, as well as residents of Elmira,
Pleasant Hill, and Cottage Grove. The group has experts in
transportation and land use planning, development, real estate,
construction, and wetlands. The WEC also incorporates elected
officials and staff from Eugene, Veneta, Lane County, Lane Transit
District, Lane Council of Governments, Oregon Department of Land
Conservation and Development, and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

The purpose of the West Eugene Collaborative has been to “develop an
integrated land use and transportation solution, supported by
stakeholders, that will facilitate movement of people and commerce
from/through/to west Eugene and west of Eugene while enhancing
community, business and the environment.”
 

On Thursday evening, Dr. John Garlinghouse will be holding a discussion with interested Churchill and Kennedy families, staff and students. Dr. Garlinghouse is a respected authority on the subject of teen suicide and has helped many people in our area to understand and cope with this difficult topic. The presentation starts at 7:00 p.m. in the Churchill High School Library, and it is free. Please help us to pass this information on to interested parties.
Click here to visit the Churchill High School web site.

Meet the Mayor:
 
Kitty Piercy will be attending the Churchill Area Neighbors May meeting.
We encourage all of our neighbors to take this opportunity to speak directly with your City's elected officials.

Neighbors,
This month City Manager Jon Ruiz will be attending our monthly meeting.
It will be an excellent opportunity to interact directly with your City government and share any thoughts or concerns you may have.
We encourage all neighbors to attend this important meeting.
Our meetings are held at:
Churchill Estates, 1919 Bailey Hill Rd.
April 22, 7pm.

To whom it may concern:
Please be aware that the Churchill ARea Neighbors meeting scheduled to meet this week is to being cancelled due to Spring break and lack of expected attendance. We will resume meeting next month at our normally scheduled time.
Wayne Taubenfeld,
Chair, CAN

Agenda
1) Quick review of action items from last meeting
2) brainstorm with City Planning personnel regarding alignment of building damage assessment and disaster preparedness objectives of neighborhood CERT teams.
If you are not yet on the CAN DO team but wish to attend, call Charlie Fernandez at 520-3465.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Speed Limit Lowered on Bailey Hill Road

The speed limit on Bailey Hill Road between 18th Avenue and Warren Street has been lowered to 30 mph, effective immediately.

The State Speed Board lowered the speed limit from 35 mph in response to requests from the City of Eugene for a lower speed limit on the busy four-lane street that abuts Churchill High School, the Churchill Youth Sports Park and Kennedy Middle School and also serves as a major transportation corridor for much of southwest Eugene.

The reduced speed limit on Bailey Hill Road is one of several steps taken following the death of 10-year-old Vaclav Hajek, who was killed crossing Bailey Hill Road on August 27, 2007. Other strategies developed by a local citizen safety group and City staff include a proposed redesign of the roadway to reduce the number of lanes pedestrians must cross and educational efforts aimed at encouraging safe sharing of the roadway by all users, including motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists.

To help reach that goal, the City in late July applied for an Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvement Program grant for approximately $360,000 to provide safer crosswalks, landscaped medians and wider bike lanes on Bailey Hill Road.

“No single action, including the lowering of the speed limit, will solve the safety issues on Bailey Hill Road,” said Tom Larsen, the City’s traffic engineer. “Resolving a complex set of issues like this requires a combination of education, enforcement and engineering.”

On July 25, the City of Eugene applied to the Oregon Department of Transportation for $359,100 to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety on Bailey Hill Road.  4-J schools has commited to relocating the driveways to allow the changes to Bailey Hill Road, which will cost another estimated $250,000-$300,000.  If the everything falls into place, including passage by the voters of the road improvement bond issue this fall that would pay for the reconstruction of Bailey Hill Road between 18th and Bertelson, the reconfiguration will take place at the same time as the reconstruction in 2010.   A copy of the City's application and two possible reconfigurations is available on the Public Works Website at www.eugene-or.gov/pwprojects.  Look for the link to "Bailey Hill Road."     Thanks to everyone in CAN who supported this effort to improve the safety of this major transportation link.

Neighbors,

The City of Eugene Neighborhood Matching Grant program is in full swing.

Details and applications can be found on the City's website:

http://www.eugene-or.gov/matchinggrants

Please note that proposals must be endorsed by the Churchill Area Neighbors before being submitted to the City. Since we only have one regularly scheduled meeting before the CIty's scheduled deadline, you may bring your proposal to the January meeting, or alternately contact us through the website and we will make arrangements to view your proposal before the deadline.