[SEN-D] Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - Southeast Neighbors General Meeting - 7-9pm at Hilyard Center

[Kevin Matthews]

Hello!

Our speaker tonight, Matt McRae, has given us a digital version of a summary handout for his presentation.  You can click and view or download this document, "Eugene Climate Issues and Options", from our meeting agenda page:

http://www.eugeneneighbors.org/wiki/Southeast_Neighbors/Meeting_2009.0714

Or directly at this link:

http://www.eugeneneighbors.org/w/images/7/7b/EugeneClimateIssuesAndOptions.pdf

with best wishes,

Kevin


On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:17:51 -0700, Kevin Matthews wrote:
> Dear Friends and Neighbors,
> 
> We're having a Southeast Neighbors General Meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, 
> as previously announced in our April postcard and in the recent 
> summer 2009 Southeast Neighbors News...
> 
> 	Southeast Neighbors General Meeting
> 	Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 7:00-9:00pm
> 	Hilyard Community Center
> 	2580 Hilyard Street
> 
> This meeting will include our annual neighborhood elections for 
> president, vice-president, and board members.  
> 
> We'll also have an important local climate change presentation from 
> Matt McRae, Climate and Energy Action Coordinator for the City of 
> Eugene. Matt is leading the Eugene Climate and Energy Action Plan 
> (CEAP) process. 
> 
> This CEAP (I pronounce it "keep") process is a one year committee 
> sprint to build on existing local greenhouse gas inventory and 
> sustainability work and draft a real plan for how Eugene, Oregon will 
> reduce emissions as a community.   If you're interested in how our 
> city is planning right now for climate change adaptation and 
> mitigation, Matt is the guy to hear from!
> 
> The Summer 2009 Southeast Neighbors News, a jumbo eight-page issue, 
> is available as a PDF download at:
> http://www.designcommunity.com/sen/files/SEN_Newsletter_20090702-01.pdf
> 
> Frankly, we laid relatively low politically last fall, so as to avoid 
> adding any fuel to the fires in that hotly-contested mayoral 
> election. (Remember last September and October?)
> 
> But we also reaped one fantastic reward for nine or more 
> years-to-date of headwaters preservation organizing, with the 
> historic City acquisition of the East Fork Amazon Headwaters Forest - 
> perhaps one of the great victories in the history of Eugene 
> neighborhood associations.  Congratulations again, Southeast Eugene!
> 
> In the quiet of a down economy, without major and threatening 
> development applications, or other rallying controversies, your 
> volunteer neighborhood board has still found a few ways to stay 
> pretty busy over the last year!
> 
> - East Fork Amazon Headwaters Forest purchased by City of Eugene
> - Continuing work for protection of Amazon Headwaters Keystone
> - Annual picnic with live music, attended by our new neighbor and 
> City Manager
> - Helped with a collaborative process that prevented construction of 
> a new EWEB reservoir on Mount Baldy in Skyline Park
> - Neighborhood Matching Grant for trail and conservation improvements 
> near the top of Spencer Butte
> - Sent a solid and influential delegation to the 2009 Neighborhood Summit
> - Coordinated with a group of neighborhood volunteers involved with 
> the NLC Committee on Sustainability
> - Coordinated with other neighborhoods around land use code 
> amendments and joined in defending a LUBA appeal led by 
> Jefferson-Westside.
> - Participated in detail with dozens of meetings including the 
> Neighborhood Leaders Council and in major ongoing city planning 
> efforts, including the lands inventory, bicycle and pedestrian 
> planning, and infill compatibility standards
> - Led and participated in several public meetings and online postings 
> for two-way communication around the Oregon Department of Agriculture 
> gypsy moth spraying this April and May
> 
> I can easily speak sincerely for everyone on the Southeast Neighbors 
> Board in saying we truly welcome the participation of everyone in the 
> neighborhood in all our meetings and projects.  
> 
> If you have interest and energy, please come to a meeting, drop us an 
> email, and join any and all of the ongoing efforts to protect and  
> this place we love!
> 
> With best wishes,
> 
> Kevin Matthews
> President, Southeast Neighbors
> 541-345-7421 office
> 541-514-4766 direct mobile
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Southeast Neighbors
> 
> Working together to preserve the livability of our most
> immediate surroundings, for all the people and creatures 
> therein, and for generations to come.
> 
> Please help save Eugene's threatened Pileated Woodpeckers
> and Amazon Creek Otters!  Support headwaters stewardship
> and upland wildlife habitat protection.
> 
> Please help stop destructive infill development.  Support
> the South Hills Study, design standards, and design review.  
> 
> SEN home page...
> http://www.SoutheastNeighbors.org
> 
> Commnity wiki page...
> http://www.eugeneneighbors.org/wiki/Southeast_Neighbors
> 
> Think globally - Act neighborly!   (tm)
> 
> 
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