I wanted to touch base with you all about some upcoming events related to our emergency preparedness efforts.

Firstly, don’t forget about our regular Second Sunday Check-In, followed by a Ready SE Committee meeting this Sunday, March 10th. It’s a great opportunity for us to test this part of our neighborhood disaster plan. Radio practice begins at 7 PM. The face-to-face part of our check-in takes place virtually at 7:30 PM over Google Meet to discuss updates or plans. This month we will be reviewing a draft of our neighborhood committee’s work plan for 2024.

Here are some other events that may be of interest to you:

Wednesday, March 6 · 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM:  Prepare-A-Palooza. Hosted by Full Access. Join community partners, first responders and other local resources for a day of fun and inclusive emergency preparedness! Stop by the 211info table and say hi! I’ll be there with whistles. 252 Lawrence Street Eugene, OR 97401

Thursday, March 7 · 10:00 AM: FEMA and the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers (RCI) have released a new first-of-its-kind guide for caregivers to help them prepare for disasters and protect their loved ones, called Take Control in 1, 2, 3: Disaster Preparedness Guide for Caregivers. The guide was developed with a deep understanding of the role of caregivers and the challenges they face and provides an easy-to-use and clear tool, along with actionable steps to increase disaster resilience. FEMA will host a webinar with national partners, click here to register.

Thursday, March 7 · 6:00 PM  – 7:00 PM: Head to Toe Triage, Eugene-Springfield CERT, Fire Training Facility – 1705 W 2nd Ave. The SEN Neighborhood Carpool leaves between 5:30 PM and 5:45 PM, email me if you want to attend with us! You do not have to be a CERT to attend.

Sunday, March 10: Ready SE Second Sunday Check-in (details above)

Tuesday, March 12, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM: The SEN General Meeting, coordinated by David Monk, will focus solely on wildfire, featuring U of O Professor Bart Johnson sharing research on fire behavior in the south hills of Eugene, and Kate Johns discussing fuels reduction efforts funded for this year and future plans, with time for questions after each presentation. Hilyard Community Center, 2580 Hilyard St. Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88574713250

Thursday, March 14, 2:30 PM: The Lane Preparedness Coalition will meet virtually at the Springfield Justice Center at 230 4th St, Springfield to review community lessons learned from the Ice Storm.

Last, if you want to take your readiness training a step further, the Trauma Intervention Program of Lane County is offering training April 4-7, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM for their crisis responder program. For more information, download their flyer here.

Heather Sielicki

We held a committee meeting on Feb 7 via Zoom.

1) Continued work on the Transportation Committee 2024 work plan.

Lucy Bambrey, at the request of Devon Mann, fielded a call from Jodi Hisey, a public health student at Bushnell University. Jodi intends to identify an area in the neighborhood that she can address in any way, big or small, to improve the health or safety of the neighborhood. One topic we discussed was transportation, including speeding as a safety issue plus the conditions of sidewalks in SEN.

Lucy Bambrey volunteered to make up a bullet list of Qs & As for potential SEN Board members.  A draft bullet list will be submitted to the Board prior to the Mar 5 Board meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

Lucy Bambrey

SEN Hybrid Board Meeting Agenda, 7pm March 5, 2024

Hilyard Community Center, 2580 Hilyard St. & Zoom

Zoom Link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88574713250

Call to Order

• The Board is no longer recording meetings until the City of Eugene transitions the online meeting platform to Google Meets in early 2024.
• Personal video and audio recordings may not be reproduced in any form without informed consent of the individuals represented ie: non-board members of the audience.
• If a member of the online audience wishes to make public comment, please raise a hand.

Public Comment (3 mins/comment)

Message from Co-Chairs: (<2 mins) NOTE: April meeting date has changed to Tuesday April 9^th, 2024

Ward 2 Update: Councilor Matt Keating (5 mins)

Consent Agenda (see additional documents) (<3 mins)

1. Approve Past Meeting Minutes
2. Approve March General Meeting Agenda (see attached)
3. Approve request from Tugman Tuggers to apply to OECE for materials reimbursement; request follows:

“I (John Ostrom) hereby request that The Friends of Tugman, an active SEN Committee, initiate a funding request from OECE (Office of Equity and Community Engagement) for the purpose of reimbursement of a committee member who recently purchased a 12.5’ x 432’ (600 sq. yards.) roll of woven stabilization fabric from H.D. Fowler Company in Eugene. The cost of this roll is $400. If full reimbursement is not possible, then partial reimbursement will be pursued. This roll of fabric will be used in the Friends of Tugman’s ongoing wet prairie restoration project in the north end of Tugman Park. The fabric is used to tarp over prepared ground that will eventually be planted back with native plant species appropriate to a wet prairie habitat. The fabric tarping helps to kill off the existing vegetation, mainly composed of non-native and invasive grasses and forbs, thereby allowing a more suitable environment for newly planted native species to better survive and spread. These plots may need to be tarped over for 1-2 yrs.”

Treasurer’s Report: Dennis (see email report)

Committee Reports (see email reports unless otherwise noted below)

• Disaster Preparedness – John Q
• Transportation Committee – Jess
• Communications Committee/Website/FB – Dennis, Ela
• Tugman Park Volunteers – John
• Environmental Stewardship Committee – Devon
• NLC – Dennis

May Election Update: (15-20 mins) mailchimp; paper flyers; neighbor canvasing; post card

• Reaching out to community members follow-up:
• • Liz -Lucy
  • Colin -Devon
  • School Newsletter Flyers -Jessica/Gerry
  • Neighbor canvasing -Lucy
  • Mailchimp/Postcard -Dennis/Ela/Lynne

• Social Event Update?
  • Communications Committee: create a proposal for Cindy Kohler for the social event portion. There are funds available. This should be completed and emailed to Cindy as soon as possible.
• Board/Committee Member Roles:
  • Front sign-in table
  • Online Voting
  • Zoom/Google Meets
  • In-person Voting
  • Social Event Roles?
  • Other?

Old Business:

• General Meeting Update:(15 mins)
• March General Meeting
  • Ready Southeast Speakers (Dennis)
  • Board/Committee Member Roles:
    • Plug for joining the board/call for getting the word out?
    • Front sign-in table
    • Introduction of Speakers
    • Zoom
    • Other?
  • Picnic Committee? (5 mins)
    • Call out to neighborhood from the PC for picnic recruiting
  • New General Meeting/Annual Retreat Schedule for 2025 Summary (10 mins)
    • Potentially vote at the April Meeting?
    • February: Election Meeting
    • March: Retreat
    • May: General Meeting
    • September: Picnic
    • November: General Meeting
  • Neighborhood Meet-Ups (5 mins)
    • Thursday, March 21, 5:00pm at Provisions South
    • Next?
    • Ways to generate Board engagement/recruitment?

 New Business:

• SEN Mailchimp (5 mins)
• 2024: June 04, Retreat (5-10 mins)
  • Orientation for recently elected and existing Board Members
  • Committee Planning
  • And?

Adjourn

Friends of Tugman – February 2024 Report

The Friends of Tugman (aka The Tuggers) typically meet every other Wednesday from 10:00 am – 12 noon somewhere in Tugman Park. Exact time and park location is dependent on weather conditions and current project(s).

• We held two regularly scheduled bi-weekly volunteer work events in February:  2/7 & 2/21
• February 7^th highlights:  ice storm debris (fallen trees and limbs) was removed from the basketball court native plant bed; (12) native plants (Geum and wild strawberry) were planted in the restroom area bed; damaged limbs were pruned in multiple park locations; the plaque circle bed in the north end was weeded; debris was removed from Tugman Creek including from the grate in the far north end; trash pick-up park-wide was accomplished
• February 21^st highlights:  numerous snowberries from a large clump in the central park area were transplanted to the north end to infill the native plants there; a few native sedges were planted in the wet prairie section of the north end; weeding occurred in the north end; significant storm debris (trees and limbs) was pruned and removed from the wet prairie area in the north end and piled in a central debris pile near the north bridge; a major debris removal endeavor occurred in the entire stretch of Tugman Creek; trash pick-up park-wide was accomplished
• The initial observations were taken in the Upper Prairie Restoration Plot on Fawn Lily Rise in the afternoon of 2/21 by Tuggers and one member of the EG 350 Club from SEHS; the Plectritis and lupine species are off to the fastest start of the (11) planted species of grasses and forbs planted by seed in November 2023; future monitoring is planned
• The tree planting event in the former spray play area scheduled for Saturday, January 27^th with P&OS, Tuggers and the SEHS EG 350 Club was postponed due to the ice storm and its aftermath. A make-up date for this event is yet to be determined.
• Our regularly scheduled bi-weekly Wednesday volunteer work events for March 2024 are:  3/6 & 3/20 (10:00 am – 12 noon).
• Two Saturday volunteer work events are planned for March 2^nd and March 9^th, along with the EG 350 Club at SEHS, to prepare the ground and lay the fabric tarping in the next phase of our wet prairie restoration plot in the north end

EWEB UPDATE ON HILYARD STREET PIPELINE PROJECT 

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Construction is underway on a 36-inch water transmission pipeline and 24-inch storm drain replacement on Hilyard Street between E. 33rd Ave. and Patterson Street. The project will connect the new E. 40th water storage tanks to the water transmission system near 33rd Ave. and will upgrade nearly one mile of existing drinking water pipe.

The transmission main is constructed out of welded steel, which is one of the most seismically robust materials available and can have a lifespan of over 100 years. The project will also replace and improve stormwater piping along Hilyard Street.

This phase of construction is expected to take approximately 2-3 months to complete.

What to expect:

* Local residents and businesses will have access during construction, but travelers should expect traffic delays and detours, including sidewalk and bike lane closures on the stretch of Hilyard between Dillard Road and East 36th Avenue.

* There will be intermittent, temporary loud noises, road closures, truck traffic, heavy equipment, and other impacts that are part and parcel with digging up the road to install new water pipes.

* If work is occurring in front of your driveway, there may be temporary delays in getting in or out. Please plan accordingly.

* Some limited water outages are anticipated during work hours and you will be notified in advance before water service is interrupted.

This project started in September 2023 and is expected to take about a year, including construction of new pipelines, manholes and hydrants, inspection and flushing of the new water mains, backfilling, and restoration. Work is being done in coordination with planned City of Eugene road reconstruction of Hilyard Street scheduled for summer 2024. Our commitment to you is to complete the work as quickly and safely as possible. We very much appreciate your patience and understanding as we complete this critical work!

Jen Connors (she/her)

Communications Supervisor

Eugene Water & Electric Board

541-685-7342

Ready SE posted 17 preparedness-related stories in January.  They appear on Whole Community News and the two Facebook groups, Ready Eugene and Eugene Neighborhoods Preparedness Network

We attended the Ready NW “Seismic Safety” event Jan. 30 (the story came out on Feb. 1).  We also supported Ready NW as part of ENPN by creating a meeting evaluation form. We took screenshots of attendees during the event to assemble an email list and hope to report the evaluation results next month.

ENPN gave a presentation during the NLC meeting in January, allowing neighborhoods to rate the performance of various community lifelines during the ice storm. Neighborhoods gave the highest ratings to mobile phone communications and electricity lifelines.  Alerts were rated the lowest. We will be following up with questions about why the alerts were rated so low.

ENPN will ask the county’s new emergency manager to participate in a future ENPN webinar.  We will suggest introducing herself to the community, discussing the after-action reports on Lane County’s response to the ice storm, and the alert system (given its low ratings).

The Transportation Committee met once in January via Zoom, with two members attending.

Eugene Parks and Open Space – February 2024 Newsletter

https://us10.campaign-archive.com/?u=6e8bb448f5dab8671ba5aedce&id=3cb590767a

Friends of Tugman – January 2024 Report

The Friends of Tugman (aka The Tuggers) typically meet every other Wednesday from 10:00 am – 12 noon somewhere in Tugman Park. Exact time and park location is dependent on weather conditions and current project(s).

• We held one regularly scheduled bi-weekly volunteer work event in January:  1/10; the other bi-weekly event scheduled for 1/24 was cancelled due to the aftermath of the ice storm which closed neighborhood parks
• January 10^th highlights:  we planted numerous native plants provided by the Parks and Open Space – Native Plant Nursery in one of the shelter area beds and the basketball court bed; trash pick-up park-wide was accomplished
• The tree planting event in the spray play area scheduled for Saturday, January 27^th with P&OS, Tuggers and the SEHS EG 350 Club was cancelled due to the ice storm and the re-allocation of P&OS resources to areas of concern dealing with storm damage mitigation. This event is postponed indefinitely but will most likely occur sometime in Spring.
• Prior to the cancellation of the 1/27 event, a few Tuggers met with three P&OS folks on 1/4 to further discuss the plot plan and tree species to be planted in the former spray play area. Whereas most decisions were made, the Tuggers will propose some new amendments to the location and species of trees now that this project has been delayed.
• On 1/26, four Tuggers and a nearby neighbor cut, removed, and piled a large amount of fallen tree/limb debris from the ice storm. The main locations were the native plant beds in the central and north sections of the park. We also removed debris from Tugman Creek and pruned vegetation over the north bridge to allow safe passage.
• Our regularly scheduled bi-weekly Wednesday volunteer work events for February 2024 are:  2/7 & 2/21 (10:00 am – 12 noon).