When: 7:30 p.m. Monday
To watch or listen: Go to eugene-or.gov/3360/Webcasts-and-Meeting-Materials, turn on Comcast Local Channel 21, or call 971-247-1195 or 888-475-4499 and use Webinar ID 982 7267 5306.
To join: Go to eugene-or-gov.zoom.us/j/98272675306 and use passcode council9.
What: Councilors will vote on a consent agenda that includes a resolution to approve a low-income rental housing property tax exemption for Garfield Park and an appointment to the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission.
They ll then hear public comment and make an appointment to the Toxics Board.
WORK SESSION
When: Noon Wednesday
To watch or listen: Go to eugene-or.gov/3360/Webcasts-and-Meeting-Materials, turn on Comcast Local Channel 21, or call 971-247-1195 or 888-475-4499 and use Webinar ID 967 1080 8207.
US Forest Service
Lake County restoration initiative receives nearly $2 million
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Friday that over $5.2 million in federal resources from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership are headed to Oregon’s Lake County All Lands Restoration Initiative and the Buttes to Basins All Lands Forest Resiliency Project in Jefferson and Deschutes counties to support critical forest restoration and maintenance efforts.
“Last year’s catastrophic wildfire season is a powerful example of why forest management projects are vital to the health and well-being of our communities,” said Merkley, who serves on both Senate Appropriations subcommittees that fund this program. “I’m pleased that Lake, Jefferson and Deschutes counties are receiving these critical federal resources to boost resiliency in some of Oregon’s most wildfire-prone areas. I will continue to do everythi