Citizens call new parkin a a ‘bliaht’
By CHRIS NORMAN
Of the Emerald
The proposed Sacred Heart
general Hospital six-story parking
structure violates Eugene zoning
codes and adds to the
“neighborhood’s blight," charges
a letter drafted by the West Uni
versity Neighbors (WUN).
The letter, sent to the Emerald
Monday, will be part of WUN’s
presentation opposing the parking
structure at the Eugene City
Council’s 11:30 a.m. luncheon
Wednesday at King’s Table in the
Oakway Mall.
Gordon Rennie, director of Sa
cred Heart’s public relations, de
clined to comment on the letter
without having first read it. As
sociate Administrator Dick Wil
liams, a planner for the structure,
was also unavailable for com
ment.
The letter alleges the hospital’s
parking structure, planned for the
southwest corner of 13th Avenue
and Hilyard Street, must be an
“entirely closed building” under
the current city code. An “entirely
closed building” means the struc
ture must be sealed, much like a
regular office building which is
sealed in glass.
The city code exempts "parking
areas” from the "entirely closed
building" rule, but the letter claims
the hospital’s structure is a park
ing garage, not a parking area.
The letter also charges the
proposed six-story structure is
out-of-scale with the private resi
dences south of the building. The
city code says structures have
height limitations if they abut resi
dences, which means if the resi
dences and the parking structure
share the same boundary, the
parking structure’s height is li
mited.
But Brad Perkins, spokesper
son for WUN, says there is a
15-foot alley between the resi
dences and the parking structure,
which the hospital claims avoids
the question of abutment. Perkins
claims the code is vague about the
meaning of “abut” and hopes the
city council will clarify the code’s
language.
Besides “neighborhood blight,”
the letter claims the proposed
parking structure will:
• Increase traffic congestion
because the structure has one
planned exit onto 13th Avenue.
“No one has been able to imag
ine the chaos that may ensue as a
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30od portion of the total 481 hospi
al employee users of the garage
all try to leave at once when the
Hospital shift changes — through
jne exit,” the letter states.
• Increase auto air pollution be
cause of the greater traffic flow.
• Present a safety hazard to
nighttime users because of great
er crime potential.
WUN recommends the parking
structure be built on the northeast
corner of 13th Avenue and Hilyard
Street, the current site of hospital
parking.
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Scholarship Service, tuition may
increase as much as 6 percent
next year.
So it may pay to take a look into
the financial aid opportunities a
vailable to all undergraduates. The
deadline for “prime" considera
tion is May 1. However, students
can still submit applications until
the financial aid fund runs out of
jnoney.
The Office of Student Financial
Aid reports that approximately
40 percent of the students attend
ing the University are collectively
receiving more than $10 million in
financial assistance.
In applying for grants, loans or
awards offered through financial
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lish "independent” status.
To qualify for independent
status, the student must not have
lived with his parents for more
than two consecutive weeks in
1977,1978 or 1979. Also, the stu
dent can’t be listed as an exemp
tion on his or her parent’s tax re
turns for 1977 through '79. Finally,
the student must also have not re
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Issues Day focuses
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A full slate of topics will be dis
cussed all day Wednesday as part
of an ASUO-sponsored “issues
Day.”
Six forums are scheduled on
various topics ranging from regis
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Most forums will have representa
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Beginning at 10:30 a.m. in the
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Robert Liberty of the Oregon Stu
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Gary Kim, of the Council on
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minority student recruitment.
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sistant provost for student affairs
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ASUO vice-president for state and
University affairs.
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there, but a discussion of “Publish
or Perish" will take place at 3:30 to
4:30 p.m., EMU room to be
posted. Participants will probably
include OSL's Liberty and Sanford
Tepferd, University biology pro
fessor.
"Issues Day” coordinators Keli
Osborn, ASUO vice-president,
and John Barlow, ASUO adminis
trative aid hope the sessions will
be educational for students and
allow them to give some input.
Barlow says he hopes there will
be enough students to “get a good
dialogue going.”
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