Southeast Neighbors Outreach Meeting

In these times of economic uncertainty, community participation is needed more than ever. The Outreach Committee works to help encourage more involvement in the neighborhood. There are many ways to get involved. Each one of us has skills, passions and interests we bring to the neighborhood. We are part of other organizations and there are opportunities to collaborate.

Our next outreach meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 21st at 2:30pm at Hideaway Bakery at 3377 E Amazon Dr. Join us for an informal discussion to explore ways to positively encourage participation in our neighborhood association. Tell your neighbors. Come if you can. It’s a great time to get involved and help make a difference in our neighborhood.

• Click here to RSVP on facebook.

30th Avenue Crossing Improvement Project Public Meeting

A meeting to discuss pedestrian crossings of 30^th Avenue from Harris Street to University Street in south Eugene is scheduled for Thursday, May 23^rd at 6:00 pm in the Cafeteria at Camas Ridge Elementary School located at 1150 East 29^thAvenue in Eugene.  The purpose of the meeting will be to share existing conditions information such as traffic volume and speed data and to solicit community opinions about current crossing conditions.  Based on the outcome of this meeting and the evaluation of traffic data a second meeting to discuss infrastructure changes may be scheduled. 

• Please visit www.eugene-or.gov/30thcrossing for more information.
• Click here to RSVP on facebook.

City of Eugene Budget Committee Meetings

The City of Eugene and Eugene Urban Renewal Agency Budget Committee is preparing to review the proposed budget for fiscal year 2013-2014 (FY14) and to provide its recommendations on the budget to the City Council.  The Budget Committee wants your help in setting funding priorities for our community.  Please join the Budget Committee at its upcoming meetings to learn more and to speak about your priorities.

Presentation of the FY14 Proposed Budget
- Thursday, May 23, 2013 • 6:00 pm

Discussions on the FY14 Proposed Budget

- Tuesday, May 28, 2013 • 5:30 pm
- Thursday, May 30, 2013 • 5:30 pm
- Tuesday, June 4, 2013 • 5:30 pm

Public Hearing and Recommendation to City Council

- Wednesday, June 5, 2013 • 5:30 pm

All meetings will be held in the Bascom-Tykeson Room, Downtown Public Library, 100 W 10th Avenue, Eugene OR 97401.

How You Can Get Involved

Members of the public are encouraged to express their views on the FY14 proposed budget. Public testimony will be taken at 5:30 pm at the May 28, May 30, June 4 and June 5 Budget Committee meetings. Public testimony can also be submitted via the Budget Committee contact Form online.

How to Get More Information
The FY14 proposed budget will be available on the City of Eugene web site at eugene-or.gov/budget starting on Friday, May 10, 2013. Hard copies of the FY14 proposed budget will be available for public review at the City of Eugene Finance Division (100 W 10th Avenue, Suite 400, Eugene, Oregon 97401), Downtown Public Library reference desk (100 W 10th Avenue, 2nd floor, Eugene, Oregon 97401), and at the City Manager’s Office (Lane County Public Service Building, 125 E 8th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon 97401), starting on Friday, May 10, 2013.

Budget Committee meeting materials and webcasts are available at eugene-or.gov/budgetcommittee. Please contact the City of Eugene Finance Division at (541) 682-5512 if you have any questions or need additional information.

DRAFT Meeting Minutes: Southeast Neighbors General Meeting with Annual Elections

Date/Time: Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: Spencer Butte Middle School Cafeteria, Eugene, OR

Attending: Kevin Matthews, President/Board Member; Lindsay Selser, Vice President; Deborah Noble, Board Member at Large; Pavel Gubanikhin, Treasurer; Heather Sielicki; Secretary; Kent Anderson, Board Member at Large; Alicia McGraw, Board Member at Large; Jan Bohman; Louis Nosce; Pat Spicer; Lisa Warnes; Mark Turner; Dan Reynolds; Judy Ness; Shelia Stigall; Sara Roadman; Debbie Hebert; David Saul; Rene Minz; Nancy Crawford; PJ Crawford; Lynne McDonald; Scott Altenhoff; Anneka McMillen; Carole Bennett; Kathleen Leonard; Lealan Swanson; Samoy Bond; Bob Brasted; Paul Gordon; Jason Nuckols; Elaine Weiss; Emily Steel; Dorothy Soper; Kelly Walters; Gerry Berch; Eric Kelly; J.B. Thomas; Karen Giese; Jimmy Murphy; Gayle Sawyer; Cezanne Bauer; Tom Bauer; Cindy Bauer; Ken Standhardt; Madronna Holden; David Monk; Bob Siegmund; Ryan Turner; Tom Halferty; Julie Beck; Diane Drost; Karen Covino; Toña Aguilar; Lily Lietermann; Kristen Liberty; Emily Fox. Total signed in for meeting: 57.

I.  Arrivals/Greetings: The meeting started shortly after 7:10 PM.

II.  Agenda Items:

• Announcements:

  • Laura Illig, the campaign coordinator for the 4J Bond measure, Measure 20-210, spoke briefly about the bond measure that will repair and replace outdated schools; provide for technology improvements in every school in the district; allow 4J to spend more of its budget in the classroom instead of building repairs; and update curriculum materials like textbooks and science equipment. She left handouts and referred us to the web site http://yesfor4jschools.com for more detailed information. Ballots are due on 5/21.

  • Carrie Karl, Eugene Park Stewards South Region Volunteer Coordinator for the City of Eugene, Parks and Open Space Division, spoke about two park volunteer projects in need of neighborhood support. For details or to volunteer your time or the time of your neighborhood organization, please contact Carrie at 541-682-4850 or at carrie.l.karl@ci.eugene.or.us. Additional information about parks and rec volunteer needs in the Southeast Neighborhood can be found on our neighborhood web site Parks and Recreation page at http://southeastneighbors.wordpress.com/about/parks-and-recreation/.

    • Volunteers are needed at Frank Kinney Park to help maintain the wood chip path surrounding the playground by removing weeds then adding wood chips, cleaning the park play structures and weeding landscape beds. Volunteers would work to help natural resources by weeding and mulching plantings along the creek and removing invasive species like blackberry from the Amazon Creek corridor.

    • Volunteers are needed at Tugman Park to help with landscape bed maintenance, cleaning play structures, painting over graffiti, play sand maintenance and removal of non-native species along the Tugman creek corridor to benefit native species.

  • Lindsay Selser, SEN Vice-President and City of Eugene Transportation Planner, talked about an upcoming meeting to discuss pedestrian crossings of 30th Avenue from Harris Street to University Street in south Eugene scheduled for Thursday, May 23rd at 6:00 pm in the Cafeteria at Camas Ridge Elementary School located at 1150 East 29th Avenue in Eugene. The purpose of the meeting will be to share existing conditions information such as traffic volume and speed data and to solicit community opinions about current crossing conditions.  Based on the outcome of this meeting and the evaluation of traffic data a second meeting to discuss infrastructure changes may be scheduled. See the 30th Avenue Crossing Improvement Project web page for more details.

• Elections:

  • By request of neighbors with small children and conflicting time commitments, the neighborhood elections were moved up on the agenda to follow the announcements. Kevin Matthews announced that he would not be seeking a 14th term of office in order to pursue the the District 5 East Lane seat on the Board of County Commissioners and nominated Lisa Warnes for president. Pavel Gubanikhin nominated Heather Sielicki for president. Kevin Matthews nominated Lindsay Selser for Vice-President. For the four 2 -year board positions, nominations were made for Shelia Stigall, Emily Fox, Deborah Noble, David Saul, Gayle Sawyer, and Tom Halferty. Nominees were given the opportunity to speak briefly and then the membership cast votes, which were counted by Lindsay Selser and Pat Spicer.

  • Election results are as follows: Heather Sielicki, President; Lindsay Selser, Vice President; Deborah Noble, At-Large; David Saul, At-Large; Emily Fox, At-Large; and  Tom Halferty, At-Large.

• Board Reports:

  • Secretary Report: Heather Sielicki shared some of the board’s updated digital communication abilities, highlighting an updated neighborhood web site at southeastneighbors.org that includes news around the neighborhood, information about local schools, parks and recreation opportunities, an event calendar, and details about our neighborhood Community Emergency Response Team. SEN is also communicates through facebook and a neighborhood listserv. She talked about the board’s goal to expanding our efforts to improve our community to a wider range of issues and invited all neighbors to attend the next Outreach Committee Meeting on Tuesday, May 21st at 2:30pm at Hideaway Bakery.

  • Treasurer’s Report: Pavel Gubanikhin reviewed the financial report for the year. The SEN Treasurer Report was shared with meeting attendees.

• City Service Fee Ballot Measure 20-211 Discussion:

  • Chris Wig, representing Eugene Cares, a group advocating the city service fee and David Monk, representing Citizens for Truth, Justice and the American Way, a group opposed to the city service fee shared their opinions and took questions from the audience. Ballots are due on 5/21.

III.   Adjourn: The meeting adjourned shortly before 9:00 PM.

Southeast Neighbors Election Results

There were 57 neighbors who attended the annual General Elections meeting held last night. They elected the following people to serve on the 2014 neighborhood Board of Directors.

• Heather Sielicki, President
• Lindsay Selser, Vice President
• Deborah Noble, At-Large
• David Saul, At-Large
• Emily Fox, At-Large
• Tom Halferty, At-Large

The president and vice president are elected annually and the at-large board members are elected to serve 2-year terms. Pavel Gubanikhin, Alicia McGraw, and Kent Anderson will continue their roles on the board. The secretary and newsletter editor roles will be appointed by the board at the next meeting.

Detailed meeting minutes are coming soon. A big thank you to all who participated. Please contact us to share your feedback and ideas with the newly elected board.

General Meeting with Annual Elections on May 14, 2013

Our General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 from 7pm to 9pm in the Spencer Butte Middle School Cafeteria on 500 East 43rd Avenue. The meeting program will include our annual Southeast Neighbors board and officer elections, a debate on the City of Eugene service fee measure, and reports from members of our board. Brief announcements on topics of general interest are encouraged during the announcements period that begins the meeting.

Volunteering to serve on the neighborhood board is a great way to get to know the people in your community and to help build an inclusive, safe, livable and connected neighborhood. Your help is needed. Elections are being held for Neighborhood President, Vice-President, and four 2 -year board positions. Please contact us if you’re interested in serving on the Southeast Neighbors Board.

The agenda for this General Meeting includes:

• Arrivals and Greetings
• Neighborhood Announcements
• Board Secretary Report
• Board Treasurer Report
• Deerbrook PUD Update
• Southeast Neighbors Retrospective
• Annual Southeast Neighbors Elections
• Debate on the City Services Fee Measure 20-211

Download Meeting Flyer to post in your neighborhood.

Information on Ballot Measures

Come to the Southeast Neighbors General meeting on May 14, 2013 at 7:00pm to learn more and ask questions to proponents and opponents of the measures. We’ll be meeting in the Spencer Butte Middle School cafeteria. RSVP online.

Measure 20-210
Information about a Eugene School District Bond Measure$170 million bond measure would replace four aging school buildings, improve technology, update instructional materials, upgrade security, and repair schools.
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Measure 20-211
On February 13, 2013, the City Council passed a resolution placing a measure on the May 21 ballot to ask voters to consider a City Service Fee. The measure is titled “Ballot Measure 20-211: Monthly fee for City fire, police, homelessness and other services.”
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Measure 20-213
The passage of this measure will allow Lane County to increase jail bed capacity to maintain a minimum of 255 local jail beds for a five-year period.
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The voter registration deadline for the May 21, 2013 Special Election is Tuesday, April 30, 2013. People who are not registered to vote in any Oregon county may register online at www.oregonvotes.org no later than 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, April 30. The online option is available only to those with a valid Oregon driver’s license, DMV-issued identification card, or learner’s permit. Ballots are due no later than May 21, 2013. See List of Ballot Box Sites for locations.