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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1978)
LCDC rule may undermine land use appeal By LARRY MAGDER Of the Emerald The fate of the citizen appeal on Eugene’s zoning of the Cone Breeden tract for non-agricultural use may well be determined Fri day when the State Land Conser vation and Development Com mission (LCDC) considers adop tion of a new administrative rule. The commission is holding a special two-day meeting today and Friday at 4J’s Seafood and Pancake House in Newport. On the agenda for Friday morning is a public hearing concerning a pro posed administrative rule that, if adopted, would render the Cone-Breeden appeal moot, ac cording to an LCDC news release. A group of nine local citizens claim that the zoning of the Cone-Breeden tract should be declared invalid because Eugene did not properly consider LCDC land use goals when zoning the prime agricultural land for urban uses. At a preliminary hearing, an LCDC hearings officer agreed with the Eugene citizens. But the full commission decided to delay ruling on the appeal until consider ing the proposed rule change. The new rule would automati cally designate any land within the corporate boundaries of a city as urban land. In addition, it would clarify the procedures for a city to follow in annexing land. Doug duPriest, attorney for the citizen group, disagrees that adoption of the rule would totally undermine his case. He says there are good arguments against applying it retroactively to the Cone-Breeden zoning. But his focus right now is on preventing the passage of the rule as drafted. DuPriest plans to submit a brief to the commission Friday urging a modification of the rule in two re spects. He says all lands within the city should not be automati cally designated "urban.” He also says that while under the pro posed rule the annexing jurisdic tion is responsible for determining whether an annexation is in com pliance with LCDC goals, duPriest contends that the county should have that responsibility. The City of Eugene will send representatives to the hearing to comment on the proposed rule. A paper in support of the rule pre pared by the city’s planning staff University Assembly disbands committees The University Assembly carried motions to abolish two faculty committees and revise part of the grading system at Wednesday's meeting. The Academic Distinction and the Educational Opportunity Com mittees were both disbanded without debate from the Assembly, al though CSPA prof. Norman Sundberg commented, “I’m sorry to see these committees go because I am positive there are people who like to serve on committees that don’t have‘anything to do.” Catherine Jones, presenting the motions on behalf of the Commit tee on Committees, said the proposals to abolish the two committees were "housekeeping motions” because the work of the committees has been taken over by other channels. A motion to revise the grading system from the Academic Re quirements Committee also passed. The revision will allow students to take the work required for their major that is offered only pass/no-pass and have it count toward the graded hour residence requirement. IFC okays shift of funds The Incidental Fee Committee (IFC) voted unanimously Wed nesday night to reallocate funds within both the MEChA (Chicano Student Union) and Survival Center programs. Citing questionable past use of his office’s phone, MEChA direc tor Ramon Herrara explained the need to have the IFC reallocate MEChA funds to cover a $193.13 phone fund deficit. The IFC ap proved the request to transfer funds from MEChA's Multi cultural Historical Symposium fund to cover the deficit. The IFC also approved a re quest to allow the transfer of funds within the Survival Center’s prog ram. Three hundred dollars were taken from the Survival Center’s press secretary fund, a position no longer needed, and placed in staff payroll and special projects funds. Committee member Jeff Warren was chosen as tagperson to look into a request for funds by the Women's Symposium Commit tee. Michael Connelly spoke for the women’s program, explain ing that funds needed for this year’s Women’s Symposium may run in excess of $5,500. Warren is to report back to the IFC at its next meeting. The IFC post-poned its vote on the Switchboard Office’s request for telephone funding of a possible new on-campus office. The delay will last until the exact cost of the phone is known. Discussion was also enter tained concerning advertising of the committee members pres ence in the grievance booth lo cated in the lobby of the EMU. The meeting ended after dis cussion on the format of a new card to be placed in registration packets to explain the use of IFC funds. Nothing ever priced over $15.00! Shang’s Special: "No-Fault” Wranglers reg. $14.00 # now $9.96 % 539 E. 13th SHANC DRAPER’S DISCOUNT CLOTHING and approved by the city council has already been sent to the commission, says Charles Henry, city manager. "We feel that the rule would be most helpful in clarifying the pro cedure to be followed in future an nexations, not only for agricultural lands but for all land,” says Henry. ROTC (Continued from Page 1) Ptioto by Steven Setter With stomachs sucked in, chests stuck out and smiles wiped from their faces, Air Force cadets snap to attention. According to Lt. Gary Lueb bers, the ROTC program, is sensitive to anti-ROTC sentiments and he believes military people are often stereotyped. While Luebbers agrees that the business school could probably teach the management class, he explains “There are many differ ent kinds of management and this is leadership in a military envi ronment, not the private sector. There’s no question that the milit ary is not a democracy...it’s another kind of leadership situa tion." But Luebbers’ detachment didn't conform completely to the traditional militaristic image. Thursday’s briefing session found two cadets equipped with car toons of commanders, fighter planes and fellow cadets for a playful description of base visits. Luebbers explains that the un derclassmen have much the same rank within ROTC as en listed men, while juniors and seniors are officers. The cadets run almost everything them selves, following the organization of a regular Air Force base. This March, the Arnold Air Soc iety, a community service group, will have a baton run from Eugene to Seattle to raise money for mus cular distrophy. Angel Flight, a sis ter organization for the wives and girlfriends of ROTC cadets also does community service work and ROTC promotion. Luebbers says the most fre quent complaint he hears about the military is “Why can’t we have long hair?” He says it is a matter of neatness. “If you go to just about any professional organization, you’ll find they have grooming standards. There are a lot of things that people tend to identify only with the military that are also found in the business commun ity.” ROTC training takes either two or four years, depending on which program the cadet opts for. The service obligation following graduation is four years for everyone except pilots, who must serve five years. Luebbers says that flying is the most popular and the most com petitive career. ROTC decides between the sophomore and junior year which cadets will be pilots. Qualification for a two, three or four-year federal scholarship is based on Standard Achievement Test scores, grade point average, the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test, the academic major and the commander's recommendation. After ROTC, the cadets go on to a specific job school and receive complete training for their career within the air force. Each cadet will automatically have officer rank. As for the instructors, Luebbers emphasizes that they are not paid by the University or the state. “We must have a Masters degree. Being an instructor is a special duty assignment for 3-4 years and is very competitive. 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