SEN Board Meeting Agenda, January 10, 2022, 7pm
Hilyard Community Center, 2580 Hilyard St. & zoom (link at bottom)

Call to order;

Presentations by: Arjorie Arberry-Baribeault, Beyond Toxics
Public comment
Report from Co-Chairs
Approve Past Meeting Minutes– Lynne
Treasurer’s report – Christina (Dennis)
Matt Keating, City Councilor Ward 2
Committee Reports if needed:
Disaster Preparedness – David Monk
Transportation Committee – Jess
Communications Committee/Website/FB—Jess
Land Use Committee—Dennis
Tugman Park Volunteers—John Ostrom
Environmental Stewardship Committee—Devon
By-Law Committee Lucy Bambrey

Old business:
SEN Advisory Committee (table for the present time)
New Business:
 Ask for board approval to request bookshelves for Nightingale in mailchimp
 Ask for board approval to send out survey about gas-powered leaf blowers
 Communications Committee approval from board for the Meet and Greet
Event and produce a flyer
Other items for discussion March 14 general meeting Presenters
…..crime analyst Iversons EPD (confirmed) and Assistant General Manager
Rod Price Eweb (has confirmed)
 Adjourn

 

 

Topic: SEN Board Meeting
Time: Jan 10, 2023 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Friends of Tugman – December 2022 Report

Friends of Tugman – December 2022 Report

 

  • We held several volunteer work events in early December to complete our planting initiative of approximately 200 native trees, shrubs, forbs, and grasses in the park’s north end near E. 36th Ave. We hope to plant numerous camas and buttercup seeds in this area as well, once received from the City P&OS Native Plant Nursery.
  • We did not meet up for volunteer work events on 12/14 and 12/28 due to a well needed rest from Tugger activities and holiday conflicts. Our next bi-weekly volunteer work event is scheduled for Wednesday, January 11th 10:00 am – 12 noon (weather dependent)
  • Our submitted planting plan to P&OS for additional trees in the central lawn near the creek side pathway as well as a plan to remediate an overgrown invasive grassy area just south of the plaque circle in the north end are still under scrutiny by various P&OS stakeholders.
  • Likewise, we have yet to receive confirmation from P&OS regarding the remaining funds from the 2018 Bond/Levy to be used at Tugman Park. We would like to initiate public outreach activities once we receive confirmation of the amount of remaining funds and the timeline for their use.
  • We plan to discuss with P&OS the removal of a large unhealthy Douglas Fir tree in the park’s north end near the drinking fountain.
  • We continue to post notifications to Park Watch regarding unauthorized camping and trash dumping. We continue to request a replacement trash receptacle for the park’s north end (along 36th Ave.) where trash is often dumped near the location of the former garbage can that was removed several weeks ago.
  • We plan to have a large Tugger contingent of volunteers at the upcoming Amazon Creek Tree Planting events on 1/21 & 2/25 sponsored by City P&OS, SEN ESC and the Obsidians.

December 2022 Transportation Committee Report

The Transportation Committee met once in December due to the holiday schedule. In January it will resume meeting on the first and third Wednesdays at 1:00 and the 4th Thursday at 7:00pm.

Streets

We heard back from the City of Eugene Transportation Planning Department regarding the results of the October speed studies that we requested be run in our neighborhood. These results were as follows:

“Speed studies were conducted at three locations along Fox Hollow because the street is rather long, results for each section are listed below. As a reminder, to qualify for traffic calming a street must meet all three of the listed criteria.

 

Section A: Dillard – W Amazon

  1. More than 50% of vehicles are traveling at or above the speed limit (35 mph)
    1. Criteria not met: The 50th percentile speed was 27.5 mph
  2. The 85th percentile speed is at least 5 miles per hour over the speed limits (35 mph)
    1. Criteria not met: The 85th percentile speed was 33.2 mph
  3. Average daily traffic (ADT) volume is at least 600
    1. Criteria met: ADT was 4497

Section B: 46th-Larkwood St

  1. More than 50% of vehicles are traveling at or above the speed limit (35 mph)
    1. Criteria not met: The 50th percentile speed was 34.6 mph
  2. The 85th percentile speed is at least 5 miles per hour over the speed limits (35 mph)
    1. Criteria not met: The 85th percentile speed was 39.4 mph
  3. Average daily traffic (ADT) volume is at least 600
    1. Criteria met: ADT was 2681

Section C: Princess-Saratoga

  1. More than 50% of vehicles are traveling at or above the speed limit (35 mph)
    1. Criteria met: The 50th percentile speed was 37.2 mph
  2. The 85th percentile speed is at least 5 miles per hour over the speed limits (35 mph)
    1. Criteria met: The 85th percentile speed was 42.4 mph
  3. Average daily traffic (ADT) volume is at least 600
    1. Criteria met: ADT was 1665

 

Based on the speed studies, Fox Hollow between Princess and Saratoga qualifies for traffic calming and has been added to our list of qualified streets. This list is reviewed annually as we program our limited traffic calming funds. We consider speed study results, closeness to community destinations (parks and schools), as well as other factors when programming funds. I unfortunately do not have an estimate of when Fox Hollow between Princess and Saratoga will receive traffic calming. Traffic calming funds are currently programmed out through 2024.”

Member Leo Folsom is following up with the City of Eugene planning department staff Catherine Rohan regarding the “Not Met” speed study results of the 33rd Avenue corridor. Leo has pointed out that 33rd Avenue is a city-designated Greenway, which the city has recommended a speed limit of 20 mph and has designated as an important throughway for bikes, pedestrians, and cars. Leo also points out a possible flaw in the way that speed study results are analyzed, arguing that it should be legitimately the number of speeding cars in the study that proves a need for speed calming, not the percentage of total vehicles that are speeding.

Member Lucy Bambrey submitted three new requests for Spring 2023 speed studies, which were portions of East Amazon, West Amazon, and Potter St.

LTD

Our incoming LTD subdistrict director is Heather Murphy from Cottage Grove. She steps in to fill Don Nordin’s director role. SEN thanks Don Nordin for his years of volunteer service to LTD and his dedication to public transportation.

This month, January 2023, marks the beginning of LTD’s year long service analysis where the ridership on all routes will be collected and analyzed in order to determine future needs and service. SEN highly encourages all members of the neighborhood to use public transportation for any and all trips possible in order to reduce traffic and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as ensure that the area keeps its transit routes running in the future. Students and seniors ride free — and SEN has a higher than city average percentage of both seniors and students living in the neighborhood. If you need help understanding how to ride or need more information, please reach out to our committee via the “Contact” form on the SEN webpage.

LTD has announced this week the need to pare back service on several bus routes due to the ongoing severe bus driver shortage. The committee hopes and trusts that these changes are temporary and not part of a larger effort to reduce useful service and thereby slowly “kill” routes in SEN so service can be shifted to high frequency lines. We stand with the bus drivers, who have made great sacrifices during COVID and need relief from mandatory overtime and consecutive shifts. We will be asking LTD to reinstate these trips when staffing has reached fuller levels.  In South Eugene, this will affect the following trips:

Route 24 – Donald – Weekday

12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. trips were removed.

Route 28 – Hilyard – Weekday

9:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., and 1:00 p.m. trips were removed.

Sidewalks 

Reed Dunbar from the Transportation Planning Department notified property owners and tenants in December about the sidewalk infill project on the east side of Hilyard Street across from Tugman Park. Construction will take place in 2023. The road project will come later when the reservoir’s heavy machinery has ceased. Project funding comes from a grant. Previously, the committee expressed concerns over how far out the sidewalk bump-outs will go into Hilyard, which could lead to drivers hitting the curb or risk hitting oncoming traffic from the opposite lane when turning right. Bump outs are one method that the city has been using to make pedestrian crossings more safe.

Spring Sidewalk cleanup is anticipated for around May.

Respectfully submitted,

Jess Roshak

Watch out for nearby neighbors during the Dec. 22-23 ice storm

Watch out for nearby neighbors during the Dec. 22-23 ice storm

from David Monk, Ready SE
Given the possibility that the weather system moving in on Dec. 22 may make travel difficult and dangerous, bringing down tree branches and power lines, we want to encourage everyone to be mindful of what’s happening in your part of the neighborhood.
If you know of elders or others living alone, you might check on them. If you and your nearby neighbors lose power, this will be even more important.
The worst of the weather is predicted to arrive around 4 p.m. and continue through tomorrow morning.
If there is widespread loss of power in the neighborhood, Ready SE preparedness volunteers will activate our radio communications network. Starting at 5 p.m. and on the top of each hour until midnight, we can turn on our FRS radios to share information and request help. You should start with your area’s channel.
If any one of us turns on our radio and doesn’t hear any broadcasts and has information to convey, switch to an adjoining area channel. If you still can’t connect with any other volunteers and there is cell service, you can call me at my cell number (sent to all radio volunteers in email today).
If you’re an Area Coordinator, please initiate the radio call asking whether anyone has important information to share. If you receive information relevant to others in the neighborhood or a request you cannot help with, use your Kenwood radio to connect with other ACs.
Stay safe!

Update from EWEB

Dec. 9, 2022
Dear East 40th Neighbors,
Concrete work continues, with crews preparing to begin pouring the roof of tank #1. The project is on schedule and on budget.
What to expect
Both of the 7.5 MG tanks are being constructed concurrently, beginning with the floors, then walls and columns, and eventually roof slabs.
Roof construct to begin next week
Wall pours are almost complete, and scaffolding is installed to prepare for the first roof section pour which will be on Monday, Dec. 12.
The roof slabs will be poured in quarters, just like the floors. However, the roof pours are almost twice as big as the floors because the roof is twice as thick. To accomplish the roof pours, workers will begin arriving to the site before 7 a.m. We have asked that they keep noise to an absolute minimum as they arrive and prepare for the work day.
The pump trucks will arrive on site around 7 a.m. and concrete will arrive shortly after. We are anticipating each roof quadrant will require around 45 concrete trucks. There will be increased cars parked on E. 40th on roof pour days.
On some days, finishers and laborers may be on site until 7 p.m. We anticipate that the concrete will be placed and the pump truck will be offsite prior to 7 p.m.
Holiday work schedule
Construction crews will be off and there will be no planned work at the site Monday, Dec. 26 and Monday,

Ready Southeast Committee November 2022 Report

Ready Southeast Committee report 12/7/22

Exercise and Evaluation

We completed the second of two city-wide communications exercises. Our two person disaster assessment teams combed their part of the neighborhood looking for potentially hazardous conditions like leaning trees near homes and power lines. They located envelopes containing pictures that were left by other volunteers. They then crafted messages based on the pictures and radioed that to their Area Coordinator. In total seven teams participated with another five volunteers collecting and passing along the radio messages to the City’s Emergency Operations Center.

We identified a need for more practice in crafting concise messages that adequately describe the severity of the situation.

We’re back on schedule with our Second Sunday radio check-ins. In November we practiced changing channels to continue communicating as we would when others are already using the channel we typically use.   Forty two volunteers participated in the November 13 check-in

We reconfigured our neighborhood area map, altering the boundaries of #10 to better align it with Eugene-Springfield Fire Dept.’s evacuation zone 31

Volunteers

We’ve struggled to recruit new volunteers the last two years. Several roles in our organizational structure remain unfilled. Our Incident Commander, Don Metheny, is stepping down from his leadership role with Ready Southeast.  We’re having a get together in the Chapel at the Good Samaritan on the 10th at 1pm to thank Don for all his time and energy. SEN Board members are welcome to join us.

We’re reaching out to our volunteers in hopes of identifying a new IC as well as someone to serve as our Safety Officer,  head of Logistics, and liaison to the SEN Board.

We lost our good friend and volunteer, Tony Cooley,  to cancer in September.  Tony was a much beloved individual as was evidenced by the many friends and family who attended his memorial at The Shedd.  Tony provided us with his professional level map making skills for a number of years. He and John Murray worked together developing all kinds of maps, some that identify where our volunteers are located,  which of them can communicate solely with their FRS radios, and the topographical impediments to that communication.

We will miss him.

SEN Transportation Committee November 2022 Report

The Transportation Committee met twice in November due to the holiday schedule. We will meet only one time in December to accommodate holiday schedules as well. Our next committee meeting is Wednesday December 14th at 1:00-2:00 via zoom.
New SEN board member Gerry Meenaghan is interested in participating with the Transportation Committee, especially on active transportation, which he said is a big passion of his. Gerry walks his children to and from school every day, is a regular user of the city’s active transportation corridors, and (with encouragement from the neighborhood association) has applied for the city’s Active Transportation Committee.
LTD and Public Transit
– Committee Member John Q Murray published the following articles regarding safety on LTD buses:
-12/14 is LTD’s next Board Meeting, neighbors are encouraged to attend (in person or virtually or watch on public access) and make public comment.
– The November LTD  Board Meeting: Committee members Leo and Linda attended the November LTD meeting and took notes. Member Leo Folsom spoke on SEN’s behalf during public comment to welcome Mr. Auten and emphasize our support for drivers. Directors Michelle & Susan both stressed concerns for outreach w/the public. CEO Auten stated an External Committee will be formed w/stakeholders, & outside consultation. Then an External Steering Committee to address “Moving Ahead. New decisions regarding adding service, frequency, route changes, will be based on a comprehensive analysis in 2023. Regarding their Strategic Business Plan, their areas of focus now are: employee engagement, engage with community, comprehensive operations analysis, maintain financial health and customer satisfaction. “There is an organizational metrics scorecard that is aligned with the above goals.Community satisfaction dipped during Covid, but is improving again.”
 
Streets and Safety

– Committee Member Leo heard back from COE Transportation Department that 33rd Avenue speed study did not meet the requirements for further action. To qualify for traffic calming a street must meet all three of the criteria:

  1. More than 50% of vehicles are traveling at or above the speed limit (25mph on 33rd)
    1. Criteria not met: The 50% percentile speed on E. 33rd was 24.1 mph
  2. The 85th percentile speed is at least 5 miles per hour over the speed limits (25mph on 33rd)
    1. Criteria not met: The 50% percentile speed on E. 33rd was 28.8 mph
  3. Average daily traffic (ADT) volume is at least 600
    1. Criteria met: ADT was 3,274
– New Board member Kristin Allen hosted an Amazon walk to call attention to speeding and safety on 12/6:
– Ridgeline Montessori had contacted us in October expressing concern over speeders and safety of students on West Amazon;  SEN Chair Dennis Hebert submitted the committee’s requests for speed trailers to be placed on E/W Amazon, and the EPD replied that those roads don’t lend themselves to the speed trailers because of the school zones. Sarah Mazze reports that “There were sign-mounted speed readers that were being deployed around town a few years ago that LCOG and the County were managing. I’ll look into that and see if they could be placed on East and West Amazon.” Jess sent a request to the principal at Charlemagne that he include messaging to parents regarding speed limits in the neighborhood.
– City of Eugene Street bond passed. The Committee will look out for ways that the City of Eugene plans to involve citizens on the active transportation funds ($3 million per year)
– When the Committee convenes next on December 14th, we will determine the top 3 streets to nominate for Spring speed studies that are conducted by the county.
– No new updates yet on the seismic inspections on the 30th Ave/Spring Blvd. Bridge.
-From Lane County regarding 30th Ave: “Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved the East 30th Avenue design concept. The next step is to refine the design to address details such as: warning systems alerting drivers to yield to people walking and biking at the Spring Boulevard and Goneya Road on-ramps and off-ramps; pedestrian safety next to faster-moving bicycles; and wildlife crossings – or gaps in the concrete barriers. It’s looking promising that we will be able to begin that design refinement process in 2025 with the next round of federal funding from the Central Lane Metropolitan Planning Organization.”
– Leaf Collection for SE is Dec 5-16th, depending on your location. Roads are very slippery with leaves at the moment and hazardous for bikers.
– Eugene’s Vision Zero plan will be updated this year. In the first plan, E/W Amazon were not identified as locations of the most fatal or life changing injuries and was left off the plan. Crash Data from a few years ago is here https://www.lcog.org/thempo/page/crash-data, but last two years of accidents are not there yet. We hear from EPD that traffic accidents are up in the neighborhood in 2022 compared to 2021 data.
 
Sidewalks
 
The next Sidewalk Vegetation volunteer clearing day will occur in the Spring. Fall cleanup day was suspended due to rain, and did not have sufficient vegetation amounts to warrant a rescheduled day.
– Councilor Matt Keating has set up a meeting with BEST to discuss sidewalks and pedestrian safety, and representatives from the SEN Transportation Committee has asked to be included in that meeting.
Respectfully Submitted,
Jess Roshak
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