Environmentalists slow one city’s growth
1969: An off-shore oil derrick
near Santa Barbara, Calif., blew
up, coating the beaches of that
southern university town with oil.
1972: Repercussions of the oil
slick were still showing up. In a
surprising election, four progres
sive environmentalists were
elected to the city council, gaining
control of the traditionally conser
vative local government.
1976: City planning in Santa
Barbara has changed directions
with emphasis on environmental
planning and citizen participation.
As a speaker Monday night in
the University's “Livability for
Oregon's Future" series, Santa
Barbara City Planner Rich Ap
plebaum said the new council
temporarily discouraged further
population growth until a new
urban planning study could be de
veloped The city sought planning
proposals from several sources,
including numerous consulting
firms from outside of the Santa
Barbara area
Any consulting group was
suspect — we didn t trust them,"
Applebaum said of the city's plight
to find urban planners. Finally, he
and other members of the Santa
Barbara community gave up and
decided to do the job themselves
They didn't want outside "ex
perts” controlling the future of
their community
"We decided to draw up our
own proposal," Applebaum ex
plained. Our aim was to conduct a
study that was inexpensive and
imaginative.”
The five-member planning
group was made up of two doctors
of sociology, a mathematician, an
unemployed teacher and what
Applebaum called "a notorious
local ego freak.” Together, that
unlikely group of planners put to
gether a proposal for Santa
Barbara s future growth.
Much to their surprise, the
proposal was accepted. They
were funded with $50,000 — a
small fraction of the other bids.
"We felt most city planning was
too technical and confusing," said
Applebaum. "Our plan was to
keep things as simple as possible
We wanted to de-mystify the role
of experts. We tried to be collec
tive in our decisions, yet demo
cratic.'’
The amateur city planners grew
more confident and effective as
time passed And they were suc
cessful in enlisting volunteer help
from the city's residents.
"We laid this guilt trip on people,
telling them they had a moral ob
ligation to work for their commun
ity," Applebaum said
The planners rejected the stan
dard method of predicting popula
tion growth by economic analysis.
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Growth, they concluded, results
from political decisions. “You
can't predict growth. Growth de
pends on what people decide to
do with the city, ” Applebaum said.
“We considered the impact of
population growth in areas such
as housing, traffic patterns, crime,
health and pollution.”
The planners concluded that
Santa Barbara, a city about the
size of Eugene, could sustain a
growth rate of less than one per
cent annually through the year
2000 without lowering the quality
of life there
Mushrooms grow in popularity
Spring is finally here, bringing
with it all the joys of the season —
footballs, frisbees, flowers...and
mushrooms. The shrooming'
season has unofficially started,
and that could mean trouble for
the novice shroomer,' unless he
knows what he's picking and eat
ing.
After a six-month wait, the Drug
Information Center has received a
shipment of guides which they
term "the absolute best" on the
subject of identifying mushrooms.
The guide, by Richard and Karen
Haard entitled "Poisonous and
Hallucinogenic Mushrooms is
now available for $3.95 at the DIC.
"This year we re going to have
an extreme danger because of the
popularity of mushrooms," said
DIC member Mark Miller. “I hon
estly have to say that the most
commonly used guide on mus
hrooms, the one that we used to
use, is no longer adequate. The
illustrations were in black and
white, and I don't think anyone
could identify a species of mus
hrooms by it easily
“The authors traveled around
the northwest and included infor
mation and illustrations of mus
hrooms found in this area. Like
any drug, people should under
stand psilocybin (the active drug
found in mushrooms) before they
take it.”
Accordinq to the authors, the
new paperback contains almost
everything about mushrooms, in
cluding:
•an illustrated mini-course on
mushroom terms
•instructions on making mus
hroom keys for fool-proof identifi
cation
•a quick reference chart for
proper diagnosis and treatment of
toxins
•the most complete and up-to
date information on poisonous
and hallucinogenic fungi.
“We also have a very extensive
mushroom reference section at
the DIC, Miller added. “If anyone
wants mushrooms identified, they
should call us, not bnng them in,
and we will arrange to have them
checked ”
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ARCHIE WEINSTEIN SPEAKS
I am a candidate for Lane County Commissioner on the Democratic ticket for Position #1, primary
election May 25, 1976.
I appeared with a number of other county commissioner candidates on Wednesday, April 7, at a
forum held in the ERB Memorial Building.
I came to Eugene in August 1942 and have lived in Eugene since that date-over 33 years. During my
residence in Eugene, and several years prior to that, I have been in the retail merchandising and had stores
all over the state of Oregon and have also engaged in developing commercial buildings.
Most of the issues in the Lane County commissioners race do not hold a great amount of personal
interest for the majority of the students who come to Lane County in order to attend the University and
leave when they have completed their education. However, most of you reside in Eugene during your
enrollment and naturally have a great deal of interest in areas of city government that have a direct effect on
you while you are here.
You have some problems here at your campus and it appears that you students could solve several
issues that concern yourselves. You have the ability to do so, in my opinion, and what better education
experience could you ask for than to participate in the government process while attempting to solve your
own problems
If you students do not act to solve your own problems, then the odds are that they won t be corrected,
and if, by chance, someone else does do something about them, it may very well not be to your liking.
Three areas of student concern that could be solved or changed by student action are:
PARKING
I think one of your main concerns is the parking problem around and/or near your campus. I was up
to your campus and drove around the block several times and couldn't find a place to park. I finally had to
park in the Sacred Heart Hospital parking lot. I do not complain about the 2501 had to pay for parking and
even in the Sacred Heart Hospital parking lot I had to park the car in a space marked ‘lor compact cars
only” as there wasn't any room in there to properly park.
In my opinion this parking is one of your main concerns and something should be done about it and
done immediately. You need several parking structures with capacity from 200 to 400 cars. There are a
number of avenues open for the construction of these parking structures. If unable to get state funded
parking or legislative action, or tfirough^our Board of Higher Education, you can by an asserted drive,
secure contributions and donations and by paying off bonds derived from revenue similar to the ERB
Memorial Building which was built on this plan. I will be happy to cooperate with you on such a program.
TUITION
As to tuition, (you just had another raise) I believe that a plan could be worked out that tuition should
be on a graduated scale according to the ability to pay. I am a member of a minority that feels that
education is a priceless possession. No student who has an honest desire to further his or her education,
particularly college, should not be barred because of their inability to pay the high rising cost of tuition. If
you like, I'll work with you students to formulate a plan along these lines.
AUTONOMOUS
If you students (and professors) have in mind having more self-government on your campus and
functioning more independently or developing independently along the lines of self campus government, I
would like to cooperate with you in dealing with this activity.
I wish to assure you at this time that you shall have my 100% rapport in the above stated matters or
others of a practical nature that you might desire to promote.
I would like to appear at meetings or any forums that you may have on your campus and if you would
request your professors to invite me to speak in any of your classrooms, please advise me at my office at
1315 Willamette Street or telephone 343-7411 or 343-6815.
Paiu political adv lot Atctue Weinstein toi
Lane County Contmissionet. Linda Wills Tteas
1315 Willamette St. Euge-’e Oregon 9M01
Archie Weinstein