Two videos from our May 5th SCCO meeting have been posted.
The first is a video about the Navigation Center and Good Neighbor Agreement. The Navigation Center is a low barrier facility that will be housed at 100 River Avenue. The center is part of a shared plan between the City of Eugene and Lane County to make homelessness rare, brief and non reoccurring. The center should open in August of this year. The presentation lasts about 16 minutes and is followed by a half an hour of questions and answers. For further information contact Sarai at sarai.johnson@lanecountyor.gov . Here is the link to the video.
The second video consists of committee reports, a social justice committee report following up on the hate crime in our community from last summer (starts at 9:31), and a further discussion of the Navigation Center (starts at 33:12). Her is a link to the video.
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Celebrate wildflowers and the Santa Clara Community with the Friends of Awbrey Park! Take a self guided tour and discover the native flowers, shrubs and trees that can be found in the park. The Friends of Awbrey Park will be stationed throughout the park to help you find trillium, lupine, red Columbine, bleeding heart, violets, fairy bells, starry false Solomon Seal, Oregon myrtle and much, much more. Other items to look forward to:
Live Music – Santa Clara’s own Tim and Jerry and an appearance by Connecterine.
Free Cookies
Horseshoes
Treasure Hunt – Search for native plants and earn a native plant while supplies last. Plants provided by the Buford Park Native Plant Nursery.
Dave the Bee – Did you know that Eugene is an official Bee City USA? Dave the Bee from GloryBee will be joining us at our pollinator garden and just might bring a little honey.
Rock Painting – Rocks and paint provided. You make up your own design.
You might also be interested in learning more about our Santa Clara Community Organization and the recently formed non-profit, the Santa Clara Community Foundation. Drop by their tables and see what is happening in our community including the effort to restore an old schoolhouse (built in 1901) into a small community centered event and meeting space.
Ever wonder what to do in the event of The Big One – that earthquake that is due? Meet the experts in Emergency Preparedness. Ready NW (Northwest) and other preparedness experts will be on hand.
Children are more than welcome. The park features two playground areas (one for 2-5 years old and one for 6-12 years), a large playfield, a pollinator garden, Spring Creek and a small forest where you will find woodpeckers, mallards, newts and salamanders.
If you or your children don’t find the newts, drop by the River Road – Santa Clara Volunteer Library table and find a good book.
For more information, please contact Kelsey Irvine, Native Plant/ Waterways Volunteer Coordinator, at 541-682-4845 or KIrvine@eugene-or.gov .
The SCCO hosted a candidate forum last Thursday, April 7th. Four candidates participated. The topic categories were:
Land Use
Financial
Transportation
Public Health
Unhoused
Social Justice
Climate Change
River Road-Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan
The candidates who participated were:
Ryan Ceniga
Terry Duham
Misty Fox
Dawn Lesley
If you are interested in specific topics, go to the YouTube video, then click on ‘SHOW MORE’ to open the tab links. The tab links will take you to specific topics. Here is the link to the forum video.
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