Northeast Neighbors

Northeast Neighbors, c/o Kevin Reed, NeN Chair
Eugene, OR 97408
Chair@neneugene.org

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Northeast Neighbors (NeN) is the City-chartered neighborhood for the area that includes all lands within the urban growth boundary north of Randy Pape Beltline between the Willamette River and North Game Farm Road. Northeast Neighbors was created in 2011 when the Cal Young Neighborhood Association was subdivided into three neighborhoods. (See map of NeN area.)

We are committed to helping our neighbors increase their sense of community, to creating events that offer opportunities to meet one another, and to helping inform neighbors of issues that affect them.

There are openings on the Board. Join us!

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NeN’s Food Drive Saturday, Feb. 13, noon-4pm

AN ASTOUNDING SUCCESS!

Northeast Neighbors held a food drive on Saturday, February 13, at Harvest Community Church. Nine of our neighbors staffed the site and received the donations from 140 of our neighbors. We easily filled the four barrels we were allotted by Food for Lane County and filled the hallways of the church's school with the donations.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, millions of Americans worry about nearly empty refrigerators and barren cupboards for their children and themselves. In Lane County, the need for food security has greatly increased and those people without jobs and folks affected by the Holiday Farm Fire depend more on food pantries. Our drive was part of a larger effort with neighborhoods all across the city gathering canned food for Food For Lane County.

If you would like to make a credit card donation, click here: https://fundraise.foodforlanecounty.org/NeighborsHelpingNeighbors21

Neighborhood volunteers ran the event. We are very grateful to Jackie Booth, Steve Robinson, Nancy Johnson, Rick Alderson, Mary Hogan, Nancy Scott, NeN Board members Kirstin London and Anne Millhollen, Board Chairman Kevin Reed, and Julie Ulm at the Harvest Community Church for making the day possible. And

Thank you to all

our neighbors who donated!

Middle Housing - survey and project page

Many are interested in House Bill 2001. We’ve linked to the project page below and want to make sure you’re aware of the Middle Housing survey that is live now (and open through March 5).

On the project page you can link to previous meetings where HB2001 implementation is discussed, learn about future meetings, find supporting documents, and learn more about the project objectives and public engagement process.

The Middle Housing Survey is now live on Engage Eugene! The survey will be open on Engage Eugene through March 5, 2021, and participants will be entered to win one of two $50 grocery gift cards. Please spread the word and share this survey with your networks, friends, and neighbors.

Ways you can help

Be a Blood Donor

Bloodworks NW provides 100% of the blood to Lane County. Due to COVID-19, we have had to suspend all of our mobile drives (which means of 60% of our blood collections).

While we have established Pop-Up Donor Centers, we are not seeing the recovery of the 60% loss in blood collection. Additionally, hospital usage has increased by 20%!!

Click here to find a pop-up donor site:

https://www.bloodworksnw.org/donate/find-mobile-blood-drive?utm_source=Degree37&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Pop-Up_Donor_Centers&dsid=50e77fdee21e48059b65bffdae027f3b&ds_campaign=Pop-Up_Donor_Centers

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Egan Warming Centers need volunteers

The Egan Warming Center operates during cold weather months, November 15 to March 31 to ensure that people who have lost their housing have emergency shelter access during extreme cold weather. The Egan Warming Center is a coalition of community members representing service providers, nonprofits, faith and social activists communities and local government.

Anyone interested is encouraged to join us in one of our upcoming Zoom or in-person orientations.

You'll hear about the program, how it works, what volunteers do, what our COVID safety protocols are, and what it's like helping in an emergency winter shelter. There are no obligations or long term commitments. Come see what Egan is all about!

Egan Warming Center Orientations Please email us at eganwarmingcenter@svdp.us to RSVP and get a link to a training.

Official information sources for wildfires

Sign up for AlertSense, Lane County's emergency alert system. It allows fire, police, and other emergency response agencies to issue alerts to residents in the event of severe weather, fire, flooding, hazardous materials, need for immediate evacuation, civil danger, local area emergencies, and missing persons.

For information

on protecting your home, go to

The National Fire Prevention Association, https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education

Lane County Public Health Information on COVID-19

https://lanecounty.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=3585881&pageId=16503774

NeN has gathered a list of help available here in our area for getting through this time of crisis. You may know someone who needs assistance or need it yourself. Here are numbers to call and places to go:

For all questions. Lane County Public Health has a non-emergency Covid-19 call center that will be open daily from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. They will field all types of calls, helping you find the answers and resources you need. Reach them at 541-682-1380.

Meals for children.

Kids Eat Free This Summer

Food for Lane County's Summer Food Program fills an important meal gap for families, providing free breakfasts and lunches for children through the summer when school meals are not available.

Click here for more information:

https://foodforlanecounty.org/get-help/programs-for-children/#summer

For many local services. United Way suggests dialing 211, Monday-Friday 8am-6pm. Specialists will connect you with nonprofit, government, and faith-based services throughout Lane County. Child services, food, health, etc. (Or go to 211info.org.)

Food delivered for homebound seniors. Food for Lane County will continue Meals on Wheels service. For information about eligibility call Amber at 541-607-5065.

Food pantry for low-income community. Daily Bread @ Mannahouse Eugene, 89780 N Game Farm Rd. Every 2nd and 4th Thursday, 2pm to 6pm. Call FOOD for Lane County (541-343-2822) to learn how to show eligibility.

For suicide interventions and overdoses. CAHOOTS is dispatched in Eugene through the police-fire-ambulance communications center, 541-682-5111.

Local volunteers online. NextDoor.com has a “Help map” where individuals offer help like running errands or checking in on neighbors. (You have to create a free account.)

LaneKids.Org. Many suggestions of Covid-19 resources and activities for families.

If you know of another local resource that needs to be on this list, please let us know about it by replying to this email.

Eugene Public Library is giving away books!

The library will bo to a different meal site each day to give out free Summer Reading books for kids and teens!

This week, we'll see you from 11am-12pm at:

- Malabon Elementary School on Mon. 7/13

- Danebo Elementary School on Tues. 7/14

- Maplewood Meadows Complex on Wed. 7/15

- Fourteen Pines Complex on Thurs. 7/16

- Abbie Lane Courts on Fri. 7/17

FOOD For Lane County summer meals for youth are Mon.-Fri.,11am-12pm through August. See all locations and more info: https://foodforlanecounty.org/get-help/programs-for-children/

Join the Fun in the Eugene

Carbon Free Challenge!

https://werenew.net/westernor/eugene

Free Online Driver Training

A new and free online driver training program offered through the Lane Regional Council of Governments (LCOG) and the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). The Oregon Friendly Driver Program covers a diversity of safe driving techniques, including some great material that often isn’t covered in traditional driver education programs, such as safety training related to sharing the road with bicyclists and pedestrians.

Letter from Chief Chris Skinner (6/19):

We are aware a recent announcement by the federal government of increased immigration enforcement to begin across the country next week may cause fear and uncertainty in our Eugene community.

Eugene’s vision is a welcoming, safe, and inclusive city for people from all walks of life. It is important to respect and embrace other cultures and wisdom as it makes us collectively richer .

As I commented in the past, just about everyone you meet here is descended from someone who bravely left their country to become part of ours, and then provide amazing contributions to our communities. Some have arrived more recently than others and there are some important things to know about how the City of Eugene has worked and is still working to preserve your safety and make Eugene a comfortable place for you and your family.

The City of Eugene has protection for every individual. Here is our promise:

• Resolution 5174 that we, as a City, are committed to being a welcoming, inclusive and safe community for everyone

• Resolution 5073 that we have a supportive Statement of Principles for Immigrant Integration

On March 13, 2017 the Eugene City Council unanimously passed the Protection for Individuals Ordinance (Council Ordinance Number 20579). This ordinance provides certain protections for all Eugene residents, including immigrants. This action puts provisions into City Code preventing the use of City resources (money, equipment or personnel, including from Eugene Police) to detect or apprehend individuals whose only violation of the law is that they are present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws.

Furthermore, Eugene also abides by Oregon law, not federal law, on immigration matters. Specifically, ORS 181A.820 prohibits our involvement in any administrative or civil immigration matter. The statute does give some limited latitude for local police to: exchange information about immigration matters with federal authorities when a crime is involved, or arrest a subject wanted on a federal arrest warrant for an immigration crime signed by a federal judge.

The Eugene Police Department has had and will continue to have a prohibition on using its resources, whether personnel or other, for immigration and customs enforcement efforts.

My commitment as chief is to these resolutions, ordinance, and law, and to making sure that regardless of documentation status, you feel safe to report crime, be a witness, and engage with the community, without fears of immigration enforcement. All of my employees have this same commitment to you, reflecting the same values as I and the City hold regarding this matter.

I want our police force to be culturally responsive so that every officer, dispatcher, records specialist or other employee understands the cultures and concerns of Eugene immigrant communities and interacts with them in a respectful and empathetic manner. Eugene Police recruitment and training is aimed at cultivating a workforce that is reflective of everyone in our community, and we have committed to providing field-based language access for individuals who are more monolingual by providing incentives for Spanish-speaking employees to undergo competency testing prior to being listed for response.

Thank you for being a part of our community and please don’t hesitate to reach out to us if you have questions.

Land Use Notices

Legalizing Gilham Road - Click here and here .

The Nines Park - Click here .

3J Consulting - Click here.

NeN Development Summary

Creekside Park Picnic Shelter Progress Report

November 17, 2020 Written by David Martin

I want to sincerely thank everyone who has participated in fundraising to build a picnic shelter in Creekside Park! The Northeast Neighbors joined the Eugene Cascade Lions Club on this project in May, 2015. Over the last five and half years we have collected and returned hundreds of thousands of cans and bottles. We have also received thousands of dollars in cash donations from generous folks in our neighborhood.

Thankfully, we are now moving into the construction phase. Although I have invested in this project for many years, my role is now coming to an end. Therefore, Gilham Community Church is no longer collecting cans and bottles. In January I plan to move to Yamhill for a new job, but I look forward to visiting Eugene and seeing this picnic shelter when it is complete. Thank you for investing in our wonderful community!

Striker Park

There's a summary of the workshops and the results of the surveys at:

https://www.eugene-or.gov/4158/Striker-Field-Park-Development

For more information contact Mark Kosmos, Landscape Architect, City of Eugene, at 541-682-4902 or mkosmos@eugene-or.gov

SCORE

Free energy efficiency assessments

SCORE is a collaboration between the UO, EWEB, and the City of Eugene that provides free assessments of energy efficiency for single-family homes (houses, duplexes, townhouses) that are either rental properties or that qualify for limited income bill assistance from EWEB. The assessors are UO architecture students who are professionally certified.

For info: http://www.eweb.org/residential-customers/rebates-loans-and-conservation/rental-property-resources

Northeast Neighbors Connecting People to Places

20 Minute Neighborhood

A link to the Strategic Neighborhood Assessment and Planning (SNAP) project final report can be found in our Demographic section. Click on the bar above.

City of Eugene adjusts urban camping response

In January, the city announced new rules for the people who are unhoused and attemptin to shelter themselves in Eugene. Click here to see the new guidelines.

Transit Tomorrow - LTD

Check out the proposed bus route changes here:

https://transittomorrow.org/

Find and share a ride!

Get There Oregon is an easy-to-use carpool matching tool and trip planner that will get you where you need to go.

Plug in where you want to go and we’ll show you how to Get There with carpool, vanpool, walk, bike, and transit options.

LTD’s Point2Point and ODOT are teamingup to get people to sign up for a great tool.You’ll find a network focused especially on NeN at:

Tinyurl.com/GetThereNEN

If you sign upduring this year’s construction season,you get a free customizable packet with transit passes, bike lights, safety gear, and more.

2020 Census Information

For more information:

https://2020census.gov/

Reporting Driving Violations

The City has a tool for reporting driving infractions and other transportation issues.

Check it out: NAB 'EM!

This web application can be used by the general public to identify transportation hazards and dangerous traffic behaviors that could lead to fatalities or serious injuries on our transportation system. This application complements a comprehensive Vision Zero strategy adopted by our community to reduce fatalities or life changing injuries on our roadways. This information will be used by City of Eugene Public Works staff to identify problems and help prioritize work.

Failure To Stop For Bus Safety Lights

(Click on Link Here)

Rescheduled General Meeting

Thursday, March 11, 7:00 to 8:30

(Yes. Glitch identified and fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience.)

Everyone is welcome. Bring your questions and comments.

1. Getting help for our two biggest congestion problems:

Coburg from Crescent to Beltline
North Delta from Ayres to Beltline

Speakers:

Rob Inerfeld and Chris Henry from Eugene Public Works
Bill Johnston from ODOT

2. Wildfire dangers and readiness

Speaker from Eugene Springfield Fire: Merrill Harrison, Deputy Fire Marshal

How to sign in for the Zoom meeting:

Please sign in a bit early so we can start on time.
Just click on this link: https://zoom.us/my/northeastneighbors
Or join by calling this phone number: 301-715-8592
For the Meeting ID, enter: 541 700 3700

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The prior NeN General Meeting was

Dec. 8, 2020, 7-9pm.

The minutes of the meeting are available here.

For minutes of the Annual Meeting click here: Sept. 29, 2020

NeN Board Meetings

Next Board Meeting:

Date: April 5, 2021, 6:30 p.m.

This will be a virtual meeting using Zoom.

Here is the link to both our board meeting and general meetings:

https://zoom.us/my/northeastneighbors

number: 301-715-8592
For the Meeting ID, enter: 541 700 3700

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Prior Board meeting: Click here for January 4, 2021 NeN Board Meeting Minutes

Let's Get a Great Name

for Our New Park

Next summer, work begins turning Striker Field, just north of Crescent Village, into an 8 acre neighborhood park. This would not be happening without a lot of you neighbors asking for it, designing it, and meeting about it.

Now we get to name it.

The process is simple:

1. You submitted your ideas. Go to engage.eugene-or.gov/striker

2. Parks narrows the list to follow City guidelines.

3. We voted beginning Nov. 30 to pick our top three options. This phase ended December 11.

4. Councillor Jennifer Yeh will pick one of those three and announce the winner on December 18.

Let's make sure we end up with a name that we're all proud of.

(For some added incentive, if the person who first submits that winning name is also on the NeN email list, they'll get a little extra attention!)

The park design includes a large playground, walking paths, court games (basketball, pickleball, petanque), restrooms, a picnic shelter, and an informal ampitheater for community gatherings. And, yes, a parking lot.

Cottages at Delta Ridge Development Application: up to 646 additional rental units

Evergreen Housing has filed an application to add to the initial multi-family development at Delta Ridge, located west of N Delta Hwy and north of Ayres Rd. The initial development totalled 360 rental units. The new development, called Cottages at Delta Ridge, will add up to another 646 market rate units.

The submission is a combined Tentative Planned Unit Development, Adjustment Review, and Willamette Greenway Permit application. Next the City Planning Department reviews the application, asks for additional information, and eventually deems it “complete.” Then a hearing will be scheduled, likely in the spring, and anyone interested can submit written and oral comments.

Some specifics of the application:

The application is filed as "needed housing," which streamlines the process. Accordingly, Evergreen will not be required to submit a Traffic Impact Analysis.

The total site is 69 acres. 56 acres will be developed, leaving a strip along the Willamette that's in the Floodway Boundary and outside of the Urban Growth Boundary of the City.

It will be a two-phased, multi-year project.

It will eventually include 23 apartment flat buildings with 16 to 24 units each, 79 standalone or duplex single story cottage buildings, and 8 two-story duplex townhome buildings.

There will be 12.06 units per acre, below the R-1 limit of 14.

The trees within the Floodway Boundary will be retained.

They are requesting a number of adjustments, meaning minor relaxations of City code. They include adjustments to: required setbacks, street frontage, building orientation, maximum building dimensions, window percentage, block structure, maximum size of parking courts, and pedestrian circulation.

Here's a link to the full application.

Questions? Email them to Rodney Bohner, Associate Planner, RBohner@eugene-or.gov

Gilham School Expansion Update

Click here for more information.

Gilham Road Sidewalks

The improvement plan for north Gilham Rd. includes sidewalks on both sides between Ayres and Ashbury and on the west side from Ashbury to Sterling Park Place.

Click here for the Design Concept for the project.

Click here for drawings of the project.

Building a Better Transportation Future Together

A well-planned transportation system supports a thriving community. The City of Eugene and Lane Transit District received public input in April on transportation investment packages for five of our major streets: River Road, Highway 99, Coburg Road, MLK, Jr. Blvd., and 30th Avenue to Lane Community College.

To see current analyses, click here

MovingAhead.org.

This program is currently on hold.

Eugene area construction update

https://www.oregon.gov/odot/Regions/Pages/R2-Construction-Projects.aspx

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For more information, go to:
https://www.oregon.gov/odot/projects/pages/project-details.aspx?project=18577

Renter's Advisory Group

Are you a renter? NeN is forming a Renter Advisory Group. No meetings required! You just have to share your opinion about neighborhood issues. Let us know if you're willing to participate:

chair@neneugene.org

Evictions and Covid-19

The Springfield Eugene Tenant Association has information and recommendations for handling the current economic crisis.

Click here: https://www.springfieldeugenetenantassociation.com/

https://www.streetroots.org/news/2020/07/23/faq-what-you-need-know-if-you-cannot-pay-your-rent-or-mortgage

Homeowners can help

people displaced by fires.

An estimated 40,000 Oregonians have been displaced by the fires to date. At the same time, there are more than a million spare bedrooms in Oregon’s owner-occupied homes—enough to house every fire-impacted Oregon family.

Home Share Oregon, a program from the nonprofit organization Oregon Harbor of Hope, is here to help match homeowners who have space to share with renters who need an affordable place to live—including those displaced by the fires.

They use Silvernest, an online homesharing platform, to enable compatibility-based homeowner/renter matching at scale and protect the relationship with a lease, insurance and more. Home Share Oregon is a nonprofit program offering all services free to members who are victims of the Oregon fires.

Visit https://www.homeshareoregon.org to learn more.

The ToolBox Project: tool-lending

The ToolBox Project is a volunteer-driven tool-lending library open to residents of Lane County, Oregon.

ToolBox Project is your community tool library. We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit serving all of Lane County. We share home repair and garden tools with members at affordable rates so we can all build and grow together. Our tool inventory includes nearly 2,000 tools - everything from electric lawnmowers to chop saws and hand tools. Membership is by suggested donation, and our rental rates range from $0-$10 for a week loan, depending on the tool. We also offer a membership scholarship program providing free membership and unlimited free borrowing to new members with low income.

Library Hours:
Sundays, 3-6 PM

Location: 2235 Adams Street, Eugene, OR

Phone: 541-838-0125

Website: https://www.eugenetoolboxproject.org/

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