SCCO monthly meeting this Thursday, the 4th

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Gary Haliski

Our monthly meeting will be held on:
Thursday, January 4th
7 PM until 8:30
3280 River Road (Messiah Luthern Church)

Zoom option is available

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The main topic is the Social Justice Committee’s quarterly presentation. Their guest is Megan Patrignelli, a program specialist from Mobility International USA. Her presentation will include a short explanation about MIUSA and what they do (including some ways the Santa Clara community can be involved in MIUSA work), and then she will focus mostly on potential barriers that people with mobility-related disabilities may face, as well as solutions you can take as a community to reduce those barriers.

Other meeting topics include:

  • The annual appreciation fest for volunteers of all kinds in our community.  Come feel the gratitude and share our enthusiasm for all the good work done by countless volunteers in our community.
  • Art in the Park grant for 2024!
  • January 30th 6:30-8 Ready NW zoom only presentation on the seismic safety of bridges and overpasses in our neighborhood
  • January 25, 5:30 pm. Neighborhood Summit in person please RSVP or hybrid option.  Overview of revised NORP and Neighborhood Work/Action plans to solicit support from OECE
  • Recruitment to MWMC board for 3 year position or to Toxics Review Board as one of three positions; industry representative, advocacy representative or neutral representative. Applications to serve are due by January 30th
  • SCCO board openings coming in February
  • Strategy to introduce SCCO to Peace Village residents
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January 30th Presentation on ‘Seismic Safety of NW Eugene’s Bridges and Overpasses’

Posted on December 24, 2023 by Gary Haliski

Please plan on attending this Zoom presentation and discussion on a topic that could affect all of us, especially in the Eugene NW Region.

Seismic Safety of NW Eugene’s Bridges and Overpasses
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
6:30 – 8:00 PM

https://tinyurl.com/SeismicSafety

Earthquakes can cause bridges and overpasses to fail, especially if they are not seismically engineered to withstand those risks. In an earthquake disaster, damage to our NW Region bridges and overpasses would affect our ability to evacuate and to receive aid and supplies.

This presentation will be open to anyone to attend, but should be of particular interest to residents and businesses in NW Eugene region neighborhoods, such as Bethel, River Road, and Santa Clara.

  • Learn about the current seismic resilience of our NW Eugene bridges and overpasses as well as any plans to seismically retrofit our nearby bridges and overpasses.
  • This will be a great opportunity to ask emergency preparedness/readiness questions related to this topic.

We are pleased to welcome presenters: Trish Sharma (Eugene Transportation Planner) and Sierra Anderson (Eugene’s Emergency Manager). There will be time for questions and answers. The meeting will be recorded and posted on the Ready NW Eugene — Emergency Preparedness Team channel on YouTube.com.

For more information, email: ReadyNWEugene@gmail.com

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SCCO Meeting Presentation from Dec 7 – Santa Clara Water District

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Gary Haliski

Eric Carlson, chair of the Santa Clara Water Board, reviewed when the district was formed and why, its governance structure, how it is funded, what its purpose has been over time, and how it has evolved.

Eric also went over how the district dovetails with other service providers such as EWEB. Eric also covers what he sees as the future of the district – its purpose, financial viability, and whether there is an eventual plan for its retirement or if it is essential moving forward.

Here is a link to the presentation. There is also a video of Committee Reports from the December Meeting.

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SCCO monthly meeting this Thursday, December 7

Posted on December 4, 2023 by Gary Haliski

Our monthly meeting will take place on:
Thursday, December 7
7:00 until 8:30 pm
3280 River Road (Messiah Luthern Church)
Zoom option is available

Our main presentation will be by Eric Carlson, president of the Santa Clara Water Board. He will be going over when the district was formed and why, its governance structure, how it is funded, what its purpose has been over time, and how it has evolved.

Eric will also go over how the district dovetails with other service providers such as EWEB. He will also cover what he sees as the future of the district – its purpose, financial viability, and whether there is an eventual plan for its retirement or if it is essential moving forward.  

Monthly Meeting

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Saturday, Dec. 2, Earthquake Response Exercise, 10 AM—Noon, Fire Station 2, Eugene.

Posted on December 1, 2023 by Tim Foelker

Hello Ready NW Eugene neighbors,

This Saturday morning several Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTS) will be conducting an earthquake response exercise in Eugene across the street from Fire Station 2 on 1705 West 2nd Avenue.

Non-CERTS will be allowed to attend, observe the exercise, and ask questions!

A November 30, 2023 KLCC article states:

“A regional earthquake response exercise will be held Saturday morning in downtown Eugene. 

Sierra Anderson is the emergency manager for the City of Eugene. She told KLCC that several Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTS) will be across the street from Fire Station 2 on 1705 West 2nd Avenue.

It’ll be a search and rescue scenario for a commercial building following a Cascadian event, which Anderson said is important training.

“It’s a good place for folks to start when they’re looking at this big preparedness pie and how to start eating it, right?” said Anderson. “It gives folks kind of the basic skills for emergency response. CERT is also neighborhood based.

“So what it does is it helps to connect folks within the neighborhood that they live in and kind of assess how they can help each other during major disasters.”

Other community emergency response teams will be present including from Benton and Linn counties, and Cottage Grove.

People can also observe and ask questions during the exercise from 10am to noon.

Amateur radio to play big part in post-quake communications

When a major earthquake hits the Pacific Northwest, officials say ham radio operators will be part of their response.

Anderson said their CERT has a group that works with amateur radio, to assist in keeping communications going with the Emergency Operations Center once an anticipated Cascadian event occurs.

“It’s a very robust, very well put together team and they assist us in times of emergency with our ham radios if needed,” added Anderson. “They work in our City Emergency Operation Center, doing ham radio call outs.

“We had an exercise last month and it was really interesting to see how well the neighborhood’s work together and their processes for radio communication through times of emergency.”

With an anticipated intensity of 9.0 on the Richter scale, a Cascadian quake is expected to disrupt transportation, power, and supply chains for weeks, if not longer.

Communication is seen as a vital way to keep people and responders connected in times of disaster.”

Hope to see you there!

–Charlsey Cartwright / Joel Robe / Ed Farren, CoordinatorsReady NW EugeneReady NW Eugene YouTube Channel
ReadyNWEugene@gmail.com

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