COMMUNITY FORUM #2:
EVALUATE THE OPTIONS

Tuesday, January 24th, 6-8 p.m.
Elmira High School Cafeteria
(24936 Fir Grove Lane in Elmira)

Please RSVP to info@highway126.org
For more info: 541-345-5091
Refreshments will be provided.

The Highway 126: Fern Ridge Corridor Plan is ready to take the next step toward
identifying workable solutions to improve the safety and function of Highway 126
between the cities of Veneta and Eugene. The Oregon Department of Transportation
appreciates all the good ideas brought forward by the people who attended our
October public forum. At the upcoming meeting, we will share what we have learned
about the alternatives, and the project team will ask for your help to evaluate and
narrow the options.

We are committed to access for all participants and assisted listening devices will
be available at the meeting. This event will be held in a wheelchair accessible
area. For individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, an interpreter or note taker
can be provided with one-week notice prior to the event. Materials can be made
available in alternate formats if requested in advance. To arrange for these
services, please RSVP for the event at least 1 week in advance.
Contact Us

To ask questions or share your opinion: email Julie Fischer at: info@highway126.org

To speak with the Oregon Department of Transportation: Savannah Crawford, Senior
Region Planner, (541) 747-1354

For media inquiries: Richard Little, ODOT Public Information Officer, (541) 726-2442

Visit us online at http://highway126.org for more information.

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Dear Watch captains and neighborhood leaders,

We saw a lot of car thefts last week, especially along W.11th between Pearl Street and Danebo. As usual, there were an inordinate number of 1980s-1990s Hondas and Toyotas stolen. Your best protection against this is a steering wheel club.

We sell these at cost at our substations (6th and Monroe, or 13th and Alder) for $11. If you don't drive your car in the wee hours, also consider our CAT program. That involves putting a sticker on your car window that allows officers to stop the car if they spot it moving about in the middle of the night. Alarms are an option as well.

If you leave anything valuable in the car, that's one more reason it may be stolen, so remember to remove all valuables from your vehicles.

If you have questions, give me a call.

Tod Schneider
Crime Prevention Specialist
Crime Prevention Unit
Eugene Police Department
541-682-8186 Office
541-484-7904 Fax

PROTECT.SERVE.CARE

 

Help the 5th grade students from McCornack Elementary School earn their way
to Washington D.C this summer!

Pick Up: To schedule your pickup, simply fill out our simple on‐line form,
send us an email to: jlnichols93@comcast.net or give us a quick call at
541‐554‐6578 or 541‐232‐4661.

Online: Go to the McCornack Elementary website and click on the DC or BUST
Tree pick up icon to fill out an online form:
http://schools.4j.lane.edu/mccornack/

Phone: 541‐554‐6578 or 541‐232‐4661

Leave your tree by the curb on the pickup day (ornament free) and McCornack
D.C. or Bust parents will pick it up and take it to Rexius to be recycled.
Flocked trees are not recyclable. They will be ground and taken to the
landfill.

Dates: December 26th & January 2nd, January 8th & 9th, January 15th & 16th
and January 22nd & 23rd

Donations: $5 for green trees; $11 for flocked trees. Larger donations are
always appreciated for our hard working students!

Leave your donation taped to your door or under the mat.
Please make your check payable to: DC or Bust. Please, no cash.

Pick Up: To schedule your pickup, simply fill out our simple on‐line form,
send us an email to: dctreepickup@gmail.com or give us a quick call at
541‐554‐6578 or 541‐232‐4661.

Online: Go to the McCornack Elementary website and click on the DC or BUST
Tree
pick up icon to fill out an online form:
http://schools.4j.lane.edu/mccornack/

Phone: 541‐554‐6578 or 541‐232‐4661

 

Wednesday, March 10, 6:30-8:00pm at the Churchill High School
Library, the Bailey Hill Road Safety Committee will hosting the first
of 3 meetings to determine the message at the long-planned Safety Education Plaza.

The Plaza will be built near the skate park in May and June of this year. The
message signs will be based on the regional “Eye to Eye” safety campaign
www.seeingeyetoeye.org .
Students, faculty and members of the community can
contribute their ideas.

Other planned dates for the ‘Message Team’ meetings are April 7 & 21

Volunteer opportunities for site preparation, and the concrete plaza
placement will occur on Saturday May 8th, 9-2 and Thursday May 13th , 9-2.

Contact Marina Hajek at 338-3124 or Tom Schneider at 729-1263”

The Churchill Area Neighbors 2009 Fall newsletter has been delivered. If you would like to view it online, please click here.
 
Feel free to visit our newsletter archive page for past newsletters.

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.

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

Because of the Holiday season, we will not be holding meetings in November or December.
Join us again in January 2009!

Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan Update Starts in Eugene’s South Hills Area
The City of Eugene Public Works will conduct three open houses to gather public input on needed improvements for the pedestrian and bicycle system. The first phase of the pedestrian and bicycle master plan will focus on five neighborhoods in the south hills area of Eugene: Laurel Hill Valley Citizens Association, Fairmount Neighbors, Southeast Neighbors, Crest Drive Citizens Association, and the Churchill Area Neighbors. Here’s the schedule for the three meetings:

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  • Tuesday, Nov. 18, 5 to 7 p.m. at University of Oregon Agate Hall, 1787 Agate St.
  • Wednesday, Nov. 19, 5 to 7:30 p.m. at 4J Arts and Technology Academy Cafeteria at Jefferson, 1650 West 22nd Ave.
  • Thursday, Nov. 20, 5 to 7:30 p.m., 4J Churchill High School Library, 1850 Bailey Hill Road

All three open houses will have stations with information on the existing pedestrian and bicycle system, planned improvements, and innovative walking and biking design treatments. Participants will be asked to identify existing problems and needed improvements to make Eugene more walkable and bikeable.  City staff and members of the Master Plan Advisory Committee will be on hand to guide the public through the stations and collect public comments. Three separate meetings are scheduled at different locations in the south hills area for the convenience of the public. Interested members of the public can attend any one of the three scheduled meetings.
For more information about Pedestrian-Bicycle Master, visit the master plan website at www.eugene-or.gov/pwprojects.

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.

The City of Eugene is sponsoring three public design workshops for the Bailey Hill Rd. redesign project.

They will be on Wednesdays for the next 3 months. Dates are April 9, May 7 and June 4.
Meetings are held at the Churchill High School library, 6pm to 8pm.
Detailed calendar entry

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.

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.