Santa Clara Newsletter in Your Mailbox Soon

Posted on December 31, 2022 by Gary Haliski
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Santa Clara residents should be finding an SCCO newsletter in their mail soon. Key topics include:

  • Board Elections on February 2, 2023
  • Peace Village Update
  • Santa Clara Transportation Projects
  • The 10th year Anniversary of the Santa Clara Community Garden
  • Social Justice Report
  • How to Adopt a Park and the Annual Wildflower Celebration at Awbrey Park

The election information covers who is eligible to vote and run for a board position at the February 2 SCCO meeting. Here is a sneak preview of the newsletter. Please forward this post to your Santa Clara neighbors.

Have a Happy New Year!

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Interim Ward 7 Councilor selected

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Gary Haliski

From the City of Eugene’s website:

The City Council has appointed Lyndsie Leech [link goes to Leech’s application] to fill the Ward 7 Interim City Councilor position. Leech was appointed during a Work Session conducted Wednesday, December 14, 2022. 

Leech will serve until a successor, duly elected in May 2023, takes office in July 2023. The successor, elected in May 2023, will serve out the remainder of the current City Council, Ward 7 term (01/2021-01/2025).

The City of Eugene received 10 applications for the Ward 7 Interim City Councilor position and selected five of the applicants to interview during a Special Meeting on Monday, December 5, 2022.  

Note that Santa Clara is served by two City Councilors, with River Road roughly the dividing line between Ward 5 and Ward 7. There are several businesses east of River Road that are in Ward 7, while the rest of the area east of River Road is in Ward 5. See the specifics here.

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Volunteer for the Egan Warming Center

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Gary Haliski

New Volunteer Orientations This Week, on Tuesday the 13th and Saturday the 17th.

The Egan Warming Center was established after Major Tom Egan was found dead at 60 years of age, partly covered in snow. The Center’s goal is to help people with nowhere to go to survive cold nights. The Warming Centers open when temperatures are expected to reach 30 degrees or below. Typically, about 15 nights a year are cold enough to activate the warming centers.

Volunteers needed. Cold weather is projected this week!!

  • On nights when the centers are activated, volunteers work an approximately four-hour shift:
    – evening set-up,
    – the first half of the night,
    – the second half of the night
    – or clean-up in the morning.
  • Volunteers work in pairs
  • Every site has a lead and every shift has a lead

If you would like to volunteer for shifts please register on the St. Vincent DePaul website. The next orientations are on December 13 and December 17. These are online orientations.

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Video of transportation improvements in Santa Clara posted

Posted on December 4, 2022 by Gary Haliski

If you missed the December 1st SCCO meeting and want to learn more about transportation improvements in Santa Clara, you can review that portion of the meeting here.

Reed Dunbar, senior transportation planner from the City of Eugene, reviews several of the upcoming projects in Santa Clara, including

  • River Road/Hunsaker intersection
  • River Road – Santa Clara pedestrian and bicycle bridge
  • West Bank Path Extension
  • Irvington Drive and Hyacinth street enhanced pedestrian crossing

The images below were used in the video. If you click on the images, you will get a full size version. You might want to print them for use as you follow along with the video.

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Get an ‘Everyone Welcome’ Lawn Sign

Posted on December 4, 2022 by Gary Haliski

The holidays are a wonderful and heartwarming time of year to reconnect to what truly matters – love, togetherness, friends, family, community and giving. In the true spirit of the holidays, the Santa Clara Community Organization is giving away ‘Everyone Welcome’ lawn signs. We feel that having these signs sprinkled throughout our Santa Clara community will foster and sustain a neighborhood environment that is diverse, inclusive, safe, and welcoming.

If you would like to get a sign and visibly welcome all, please email the Social Justice Committee at sjc@santaclaracommunity.org .

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