Author Archives: Tim Foelker

Planning: Urban Reserves Update, Sept. 2020

Dear Urban Reserves Interested Parties, Thank you to the 1,300+ people that attended our month-long Virtual Open House! Two hundred and ten community members completed the survey. Out of the four Urban Reserves options, the 27-Year Option that removes from consideration Class … Continue reading

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Santa Clara Community Park Virtual Office Hours

If you missed our Santa Clara Community Park workshop last week, you can catch up with this 6-minute video of Mark Kosmos, landscape architect and project manager, explaining the elements of the park design. Then weigh in on the design with our short … Continue reading

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Saturday (July 24, 2020), casual meeting to discuss possible Awbrey Park timber projects, 11:30 at the Park.

If anyone is interested in discussing a possible project utilizing our urban-logged timber at Awbrey Park, I will be hanging out at the park from 11:30 to 12:30, Saturday July 24, 2020 with a lawn chair and a distancing stick. … Continue reading

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Urban Reserves Options Survey Closes This Sunday July 26th

The Urban Reserves Technical Group reached out at the beginning of July for feedback regarding reserving land outside the UGB for future UGB expansion. Please take the survey linked below. SCCO recommends both the 10-year and 27-year options as they … Continue reading

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Santa Clara Douglas-firs Urban Logging Project

In 2019, Lane County decided to remove some old-growth Douglas-fir trees from along River Road in north Santa Clara. SCCO negotiated with the county to preserve the logs and deliver them to a local small sawmill to be turned into … Continue reading

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