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Speed Limit Lowered on Bailey Hill Road

Posted August 13th, 2008 by Craig Topham

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.”

City Submits Grant Application to Improve Bailey Hill Road Safety

Posted July 29th, 2008 by SuePalsbo

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.

Bailey Hill Road Safety Coalition Proposes Two-Phase Solution Package

Posted February 5th, 2008 by SuePalsbo
At the CAN meeting on January 23, the BHRSC proposed a 2-phase solution package that would begin to implement the Road Diet option in 2008. This would consist of restriping Bailey Hill Road to three lanes and installing one or more temporary "pedestrian refuges." The Solution Package proposes retaining 4 lanes at the intersection of Westleigh and Bailey Hill Road, which would allow cars to continue to access the Churchill High School south parking lot as they do now. The second phase would take place in 2009 or later.

The attached Powerpoint Presentation describes the proposed package. The attached pdf file is a drawing (not to scale) of how the road might look after it is restriped.

Eric Jones, from Eugene Public Works Department, attended the CAN presentation and announced that the City has decided to convene a public design workshop to start analyzing the cost and safety of the various short- and long-term improvements. The workshop will probably be scheduled in March.

If you are interested in participating in the Workshop, please join the Bailey Hill Road Safety Coalition electronic mailing list.

No December Meeting

Posted December 23rd, 2007 by Alan Buck

As a reminder to all of our neighbors, CAN will not be having a December meeting due to the holiday.

Please watch your mailbox for an exciting January newsletter and meeting news.

Acorn Park Street Traffic Calming

Posted October 14th, 2007 by Craig Topham

Acorn Park Street Traffic Calming Project Information and Details

The City of Eugene has received several requests for traffic calming on Acorn Park Street in recent years. Residents cited speeding, an absence of sidewalks, and the nearby location of a neighborhood park as concerns that may be addressed through the use of traffic calming devices.

Funding for the development and implementation of this project is being made available through a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for the second phase of the Acorn Park renovation. Phase 2 of the Acorn Park renovation project allocates $12,000 in CDBG funds to develop a traffic calming project on Acorn Park Street. Other elements of this phase include the construction of a basketball court, tree planting, and sidewalk construction between the Fern Ridge shared-use path and 13th Place.

Acorn Park Street is an unimproved local street that connects 11th Avenue to the north with 17th Avenue to the south. Data from the most recent traffic studies conducted on September 17th, 2007 is shown in the table below:

Location

Average Daily Volume

85th Percentile Speed

Bailey Hill Safeway to Close

Posted August 2nd, 2007 by Alan Buck

 

Safeway Inc. said Wednesday it plans to close two Eugene stores next month while moving ahead with plans to renovate other stores in this market.

The two "underperforming" stores - one at 2060 River Road, near Belt Line Road, and one at 945 Bailey Hill Road, at West 11th Avenue - will close Sept. 8, company spokesman Dan Floyd said.

Floyd said the 99 employees of the two stores will have an opportunity to work at other Safeways in the area but added that the company could not guarantee them jobs at other stores.

"Ideally, most of them will stay within that market," he said. "Some may choose not to work for Safeway and some may choose to work outside the market."

The 54,000-square-foot Bailey Hill Road store opened in 1989, but never performed up to expectations, Floyd said.

"It was underperforming at a very low level," he said. "We tried everything and it was not working."

The company owns the Bailey Hill Road property, but Floyd said he didn't know if Safeway would seek to lease it or put it on the market.

The River Road store opened in 1968 and is just 24,000 square feet - about half the size of modern grocery stores. Floyd said Safeway leases the River Road store and will be seeking tenants for the space.

The closures will allow Safeway to renovate its other stores in the area, he said. Work on a renovation of the East 18th Safeway began in June, the Cottage Grove Safeway at 1500 E. Main St. is next, with work set to begin there late in the year, he said.

Three other stores - two in Springfield and one in south Eugene - will be renovated by the end of 2008, Floyd said, but no firm dates have been set for those projects.

West Eugene Teen Court – Youth Volunteer Opportunity

Posted July 9th, 2007 by Craig Topham

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Library, Recreation, & Cultural Services

NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

May 30, 2007

Contact: Bruce Steinmetz, 682-6376

West Eugene Teen Court – Youth Volunteer Opportunity


The West Eugene Teen Court is a City of Eugene Recreation Services program in which youth peers are authorized to conduct hearings for first-juvenile offenders. Youths admitting guilt to non-violent misdemeanors and violations may choose to have their consequences determined by other West Eugene youth and earn a recommendation for record expunction.

Volunteers age 12-17 are needed to serve on juries and act as members of the court. Participants must live or attend school in the Churchill High enrollment area. Teen Court service provides real-life experience in decision-making, law and helping fellow youths. For information please contact Program Supervisor Bruce Steinmetz at 682-6376 or bruce.h.steinmetz@ci.eugene.or.us

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Alternate contact: Kathy Madison, Public Information Manager, LRCS, 682-6342 �

Ridgeline Park Acquisition

Posted May 21st, 2007 by Craig Topham

The first open space acquisition of the 2006 Parks and Open Space bond measure was just completed. A set of three parcels totalling about 49 acres were added to the Ridgeline Park system on April 20th. The parcels are directly south of Wild Iris Ridge, the 123 acre natural area purchased in 2003, located just outside the UGB southwest of Summit Sky Blvd, and adjacent to the Churchill Area Neighborhood. The new parcels are located along the preferred ridgline trail route, and have a nicel view of Spencer Butte. The mix of habitat types include endangered upland prairie, oak savanna and oak woodland. Additionally, the landowners made a charitable donation towards the cost of acquisition resulting in a very cost-effective transaction. The acquisition is one more step towards implementing the Ridgeline Trail vision, a 20 mile long recreational and habitat corridor through the hills south of Eugene which will eventually connect Fern Ridge Reservoir in the west to Mt. Pisgah in the east.

Eugene Parks and Open Space Division
1820 Roosevelt Blvd.
Eugene, OR 97402-4199


 

South Ridgeline Habitat Study

Posted May 21st, 2007 by Craig Topham
What is the South Ridgeline Habitat Study?

The Eugene City Council has asked City staff to begin work on a study of potentially important plant and wildlife habitat areas along Eugene's South Ridgeline. The study, called the South Ridgeline Habitat Study (SRHS), will evaluate approximately 2,700 acres near the ridgeline of the South Hills to determine where important upland habitat (versus stream and wetland habitat) areas exist. The inventory phase of the SRHS will involve collection of field data by wildlife scientists and botanists. Their work will result in an inventory and map of native plant communities, such as oak savanna, potential habitats for rare plants, such as the threatened wayside aster, and potential habitat for state-designated sensitive wildlife species, such as the red-legged frog. This inventory will be the basis of future recommendations on possible protection measures or conservation incentive programs for important south ridgeline habitats.

Click here to visit the Eugene Planning and Department Web site for the SRHS

Churchill Area Neighbors past newsletters

Posted May 14th, 2007 by Craig Topham

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Posted April 8th, 2007 by Craig Topham

This page was set up to provide help for accessing and using the Churchill Area Neighbors web site.

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Improvements to the City of Eugene's Web site

Posted April 2nd, 2007 by Craig Topham

Dear Neighborhood Leaders, an alternative version of the Eugene City Code is now available online at http://www.eugene-or.gov/citycode . Upon consultation with the public, including the Neighborhood Leaders who met with us in January, we've developed a procedure for providing Code chapters in Word format at the URL noted above. (The official Eugene Code will still be maintained in the Weblink document management system.)

Our objectives, based upon the feedback you provided, were to:

Downloadable: Provide a lightweight downloadable file copy of Code chapters;
Search: Enable Code search using the Word application "find" command;
Copy/Paste: Provide a vehicle to more easily copy/paste text;
Quick Link: Provide a short web address to access both versions of Code;
Maintenance: Ensure that the Word version of Code could be maintained without undue burden on the City Recorder.

We will continue working on ways to improve access to all City materials on our website, including the City Code. Thank you for your input, it is much appreciated. We look forward to working with you in the future.

Randy Kolb, Information Services Director

Hynix and HYDROGEN FLUORIDE

Posted March 2nd, 2007 by drupal_admin

Hynix is asking L.R.A.P.A. (Lane regional air protection agency ) to modify their air release permit. This modification would allow Hynix to increase their release of HYDROGEN FLUORIDE from 1.8 tons/yr ( .41 # /hr. ) to 5 tons /yr (1.14 # /hr ).

This material is very harmful to flora, fauna, and humans (eyes, nose, and severe respiratory tract irritant). This material would accumulate in the area at an undetermined rate due to wide changes in climactic conditions.

I would ask that people get involved before it is too late.

Information on HF (hydrogen fluoride) is on the Internet.

More information can be found and comments can be sent to:

http://www.lrapa.org

LRAPA
1010 Main St.
Springfield, Or 97477

Contact:

Kim Metzler, 736-1056, ext 218
Sally Marcos, ext 217

 

Public comment will be accepted till 5:00 PM March 31, 2007

Thank you for your interest in this matter.

Rich Branchik

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