SEN Board Meeting Agenda, December 6, 2022, 7pm
Hilyard Community Center, 2580 Hilyard St. & Zoom:
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Call to order; Presentations by:
Will Iverson, Crime Analyst, Eugene Police Dept.
Jasmine Darmadi founder of Hygge Tutoring
Public comment
Report from Co-Chairs
Approve Past Meeting Minutes – Lynne, Emily
Treasurer’s report – Christina
Interview and vote on Gerry Meenaghan for filling SEN At-Large position
Old business:
 SEN Advisory committee
 Meet and Greet for New Neighbors
New Business:
 Nightingale event Dec. 17
 Meet Jan 3 or Jan 10, 2023?
Matt Keating, City Councilor Ward 2
Committee Reports if needed:
 By-Law Committee
 Disaster Preparedness –
 Transportation Committee – Jess
 Communications Committee/Website/FB—Jess
 Land Use Committee—Dennis
 Tugman Park Volunteers—John Ostrom
 Environmental Stewardship Committee—Devon
Other items for discussion
Adjourn

New online survey offers choices for future library services

EUGENE — A new survey by Eugene Public Library is live, and staff are asking community members to share their thoughts to help the library plan for its future. The “Craft Our Next Chapter” survey is available in English and Spanish at the library website eugene-or.gov/library. Printed copies are available at all library locations as well.

Earlier this year, the library conducted a campaign to collect ideas and opinions about future services. Community members shared their views onsite at the Downtown, Bethel and Sheldon buildings, at local festivals and other outreach opportunities and online. The new survey follows up on that input to ask more in-depth questions in a multiple choice format that should also be relatively quick to fill out. The responses will provide the library with a closer read on the community’s priorities, needs and wishes to inform strategic planning.

For more information, contact Eugene Public Library at 541-682-5450 or eugene-or.gov/library.

SEHS Senior & SEN Resident Starts Non-Profit Free Tutoring Service called Hygge

Jasmine Darmadi, South Eugene High School student and SEN resident, created a free tutoring service called Hygge (pronounced ‘hyoo-guh’) in response to her own experiences with pandemic-driven online school. Her service pairs volunteer tutors in 9th-12th grades with K-12 BIPOC and/or low income students. Her non-profit business has grown to over seven branches across the United States and one in India!

Check out a recent profile article about Jasmine in the Eugene Weekly: https://eugeneweekly.com/2022/11/03/jasmine-darmadi/

And/or visit the Hygge website: https://hyggetutoring.wixsite.com/website

The SEN Land Use Committee will continue with regular scheduled meetings in January, 2023. The day and time will be announced on the SEN Committee site. If you wish to participate in the SEN Land Use Committee, please contact info@southeastneighbors.org

Environmental Stewardship Committee (ESC) Report October 2022

The ESC meets at 10am the third Tuesday of each month at Hideaway Bakery, 3377 E. Amazon Drive (unless otherwise noted). Please email Devon Mann manndevonsen@gmail.com to confirm meeting dates and times or if you are interested in joining!

Amazon Creek Tree Planting Event Update

In response to the post card, thus far I have received 13 individual responses!

• When: January 21st & February 25th 2023 (weather dependent)
• What: 200 bare root trees provided by the city include: alder, choke cherry, bitter cherry, and cascara. All of these are suited to that part of Amazon Creek, and all are shorter stature so would be less likely to impact nearby powerlines in the future.
• Where: The 200 trees will be spread out throughout the reach from Snell to 30th, with approximately 65 between Snell and Fox Hollow, 125 or so between Fox Hollow and 30th. Another 10-20 will be planted on the East side. They will be planted linearly but there will be gaps where there are already mature trees.
• We are looking for about 20 volunteers for each event; if you are interested please send an email to Devon Mann manndevonsen@gmail.com.

Leaf Blowers Take Two

The committee decided to revisit the topic of gas powered two-cycle motor leaf blower use within the City of Eugene UGB (Urban Growth Boundary). Committee members are reviewing current state legislation and general information.

Composting

The committee is researching information regarding the current yard and kitchen waste pick-up options and would like to see weekly (rather than biweekly) pick-up available from haulers. Not only would this increase composting, it would also reduce vermin and odors. The committee is researching the type and magnitude of kitchen waste composting sites receiving compostable wastes from the City of Eugene to best understand what is required for intentionally compostable materials such as kitchen waste bags, single use utensils & containers, and pizza boxes to be accepted into commercially collected yard waste bins.

Ready Southeast October 2022

by Don Metheny

The committee met in person October 8 to discuss issues, progress, and plans.  

Activities this month include:

Exercises and Evaluations 

• More than 10 SEN neighbors participated in the EmComm citywide annual practice & field exercise on 10/29.  Teams conducted damage assessments and reported findings up the chain to the city EOC. 
• SEN committee leaders assisted neighboring Friendly Neighborhood in designing and conducting a tabletop discussion exercise on 10/20 related to dam failure, inundation flooding, and evacuation routes.
• More than 35 neighbors participated in the SEN monthly radio exercises 
• We reached out to a few University of Oregon group to participate in the Oct. 29 nearby neighbors portion of the drill.  We also offered to facilitate any nearby neighbor “tabletop” exercises they wish to organize on campus. 
• SEN continues to support weekly EmComm ham radio nets that include all city neighborhoods.

Planning

We are discussing further use of the space offered by Good Sam.  Discussion included radio antenna installations, further security enhancements, and posting Lane County wall maps into new space.

ICS for Neighborhoods

We have shared some FEMA resources with other neighborhoods:

FEMA offers an incredible number of Independent Study (IS) courses, including these three relating to the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) :

• FEMA IS-120C: An Introduction to Exercises   Downloaded course PDF: 120C
• FEMA IS-130A – How to be an Exercise Evaluator  Downloaded course PDF: 130A
• FEMA IS-139A – Exercise Design and Development  Downloaded course PDF: 139A

Transportation Committee Report October 2022

The Transportation Committee continues to meet the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month at 1:15-2:00 via zoom and the 4th Thursday evening at 7:00-8:00pm to accommodate different schedules. As we get new members, we need to reassess whether this schedule is preferred by the majority.

Actions taken by the committee this month:

1) Letter to LTD regarding route changes on the 24 around Safeway and accessibility concerns

2) Request sent to EPD for radar trailers on East and West Amazon

3) Sidewalk Vegetation cleanup – received 2 requests, was rained out, pending reschedule. The two properties that requested sidewalk work did not have any visible impediments to using the sidewalk.

4) Compiled and sent a spreadsheet of streets/areas of most neighborhood concern to the City of Eugene.

5) Fox Hollow Donald  to West Amazon Speed study was completed, we await to hear results

6) Social media postings regarding: an article questioning what the best charging set up will be as many renters in the neighborhood transition to electric cars, LTD’s community survey results and community report

7) Linda Duggan attended LTD Board meeting and Accessible Transportation meeting.

Other notes:

-The City of Eugene is currently recruiting for new members to the Active Transportation Committee. Applications are due by the end of November for a start in January.

-Neighbor John Q Murray wrote a piece on LTD driver working conditions as safety concerns rise.

-City Street Repair Bond on your ballots will equal a slight rise in property taxes due to rise in assessed values. In SEN, road repair funds would be spent mostly in hills area. We have no way to tell where the active transportation funding would be spent, which would be pending the city’s further public engagement on the topic.

-Neighbors are advised to ride the bus whenever you can so that we can keep service to the neighborhood in the future! LTD will be conducting a comprehensive service review starting in January, which will look at route ridership to inform a future decision about service.

-Amazon Neighbors raised concerns at their meeting about sidewalks in their neighborhood. According to current city operations,street repair bonds will not be used on privately owned sidewalks, which is the majority of the sidewalk network.

Tugman Tuggers October 2022 Committee Report

By John Ostrom

• We held only one formal volunteer work event in October on Wed. October 5^th. We cancelled the event on Wed. October 19^th due to unhealthy air quality. However, we did receive a bark mulch delivery in mid-October. This mulch has now been spread following weeding and prep around several trees and shrubs in the park’s north end and central lawn.
• Two new trash cans have been added to the park near the playground and shelter areas. The trash can near the restrooms and in the north end have been removed. Discussion has been initiated with the City P&OS and initial support has been given for at least a replacement trash receptacle in the north end.
• Our planting initiative of approx. 200 native trees, shrubs, forbs and grasses in the park’s north end is scheduled for Wed. 11/30, Thurs. 12/1 and Fri. 12/2.
• The restrooms at Tugman Park have now been closed for this upcoming winter season (2022-2023). A port-o-potty has been brought in and sits at the SE corner of the park near 38^th Ave.
• We have submitted a new 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. We’ve received initial feedback from P&OS and these endeavors will need to be vetted further by several P&OS team members.
• I’ve initiated dialog with P&OS personnel about renewing our Park Adoption agreement. Our current two-year agreement expires in February 2023. I plan on signing it as Co-Lead in February.
• Orders have been placed with P&OS for sun hats and T-shirts for Tugger volunteers.

Join the Great Oregon ShakeOut 10-20 at 10:20

Join members of the Southeast Neighbors disaster preparedness committee, Ready Southeast, in participating in the annual earthquake preparedness drill this Thursday, Oct. 20, at 10:20 a.m.

See the Great Oregon ShakeOut website to join people across Oregon practicing earthquake safety.

If Thursday morning isn’t convenient for you, register your ShakeOut drill for any day of the year at any time of your choice. You can also include people in multiple locations through video conferencing.

You can also participate through your neighborhood association in the Second Annual city-wide preparedness drill, Oct. 29.  Nearby neighbors will participate from about 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. to practice sending messages from your block of your neighborhood to the city’s Emergency Operations Center. Southeast Neighbors, contact David Monk or your local block captain for details.