Santa Clara Community Organization – Eugene

Santa Clarians. Now is the time to act on improving our area streets for safety as well as bicycling and pedestrian improvements. If you have ever wanted to add features to slow down traffic, add bicycle lanes or sidewalks in dangerous areas now is the time to respond.

The quickest way to give input is by dropping a ‘pin’ on an interactive map and mentioning what you what like to see improved. For example, drop a pin on Spring Creek and mention the need for sidewalks before some child gets hurt walking to the park from the school. Or drop a pin on a street with frequent speeders and mention the need for ‘traffic calming’.

Why give input now? Eugenean’s passed a bond measure in 2022 that dedicates $15 million for walking, biking, and safety improvement projects to include bike lanes, crosswalks, off-street paths, pedestrian bridges, and street tree projects. The city is taking input now and will prioritize the input in order to begin construction in 2025. (It is okay to give input even if you are a county, but not city resident)

Here’s a link to the interactive map where you can give input. You will quickly see that Santa Clara is way behind in dropping ‘pins’.

If you need a little help with placing pins, watch this short video from our April SCCO meeting.

Here’s another way to give input and learn a lot more about the bond. You’ll get a lot of one on one if you grab one of the many planning team members.

You’re Invited to the Move EUG Open House!
Drop-in on Thursday, April 20th from 4:30pm – 7:00pm
Farmer’s Market Pavilion (85 E 8th Ave)

Join the Transportation Planning Team on April 20th at the Farmer’s Market Pavilion for the Move EUG Open House, where you can share your ideas for walking, biking and safety projects with transportation planners, explore different types of infrastructure, offer ideas for programs to increase walking and biking, and weigh in on the current list of walk and bike projects.

In anticipation of a school board decision on the fate of the old North Eugene High
School in mid-April, the River Road, and Santa Clara Community Organizations
requested that the 4J School Administration hold an Information/Feedback Session on
the future of the building and the Yugin Gakeun Japanese Immersion Elementary School
and Kelly Middle School programs.

Here is their response:

Dear North Eugene neighbors, 
 
With the new North Eugene High School set to open this fall, the Eugene School Board is
reviewing options for what to do with the existing building once it’s vacated. Join us for an information session on April 12 to learn more.

 Info Session: North Eugene Building Update
Wednesday, April 12
6:30–7:30 p.m.
4J Education Center, 200 N. Monroe St.

The decision to retrofit or tear down the existing building is not made in isolation, as either option carries impacts for the new high school, other school buildings in the North Eugene region and the need for field space for both the district and community at large.
The existing North Eugene High School has been an important landmark and community
gathering space in the North region for more than a half-century. The district is not taking this decision lightly. 

 Additional information can be found on the district website here, as well as an opportunity to share questions and thoughts on the decision. 

We hope to see you on April 12. 
 Jenna McCulley, Director of Communications, and
Intergovernmental Relations
Eugene School District 4J
 
The School Board will make their determination on the future of the High School
building at their April 19th meeting, so we recommend that you attend the 4/12 meeting if
possible and/or check out the website listed above for more information.  If you would
like to send your feedback to the District and School Board before their decision, here
are their emails:
4J Superintendent
Andy Dey: dey_a@4j.lane.edu
School Board Members:
Maya Rabasa  rabasa_m@4j.lane.edu
Gordon Lafer lafer_g@4j.lane.edu
Keerti Hasija Kauffman hasijakauffman_k@4j.lane.edu
Alicia Hayes hays_a@4j.lane.edu
Michelle Hsu hsu_mi@4j.lane.edu
Judy Newman newman_j@4j.lane.edu
Laural O’Rourke orourke_l@4j.lane.edu