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.
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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
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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. After duty at
the University, I’ll go back to
negotiating contracts with com
panies like Rockwell and Boeing.'
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