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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1978)
Unhappy 1 Qth Avenue motorists complain to bicycle committee ay LORRAINE NELSON Of the Emerakj A new bike path on West 18th Avenue is perhaps the “most con troversiar action taken by the city in a long time, according to Sgt. Bob Laws of the Eugene Police Department. At a bicycle committee meeting Tuesday morning, Laws said he had received a number of com plaints from motorists about the three-week-oid path, which stretches along 18th Avenue from Chambers Street to Bertelsen Street. Motorists complain that bicy clists should use the bike pedestrian path located about three blocks north of 18th, Laws sad. The path, used exclusively by pedestrians and bicyclists, stretches from Jefferson Street to a point west of the Westmoreland student housing complex. Additionally motorists complain of special privileges, funded by tax doiars, given to bicycle riders, Laws said. "I want you to be aware that there may be a substantial back lash by some people, who may take this to the Legislature, Laws said. Laws added that some people may appeal to the Legislature to have them ‘legislate bicyclists off the street. Apparently the traffic lanes are narrower in some places on 18th Avenue than was originally in tended. Dave Spradlin, bicycle coordinator for the city, reported that he measured 9-feet-wide lanes at 18th Avenue and Pierce Street. The lanes were supposed to be 10-feet wide, according to Mike Weishar, assistant traffic engrteer for the city. In other business. Laws said tie Eugene pcfice are exploring the possibility of a bicycle patrol. The patrol would focus on the Wil lamette River Bank bike path and would involve placing an officer on a bicycle to patrol tie path. Scott Lieu alien, a city council man and an employee of the Col lins Cycle Shop, told the commit tee that he and other employees of the shop would be witting to as sist such a patrol. Technical improvements cotfld be made on bicycles, Lieu alien sad, that would enable officers to cany aradio and other equipment. Laws sad the largest argument against the bicycle patrol was the restricted mobility of an officer. He said the department did not have enough officers now to place a person on the bike path. He said that paths are very infrequently paroled on foot now because of the mobility problem of an officer on foot In other business, the bicyde committee: • Decided to submit information to the Downtown Development Board concerning downtown bike racks. The committee will propose possible bike racks that may be funded by the city in conjunction with downtown businesses. • Accepted for review a ques tionnaire from Regional Consul tants Inc, which is intended to ob tain information on what policies the city might adopt to increase bicycle riding. The questionnaire is an attempt to move toward the Bikeway Mas ter Plan goal, which calls for 5 per cent of the trips in Eugene to be made via bicycle by the year 2000. Planners OK mine district A quiet public hearing on strip mining fax* place in the shadow of ejection results returns Tuesday night in the Lane County Public Service Budding A combined county quarry and mining operation zoning district proposal was unanimously adopted by the Lane County Planning Commission at the meet ing. The district subject to approval by the county commissioners, would apply only to operations of at least 10 years duration and to those having an average annua] production of 30,000 cubic yards or more The operations would in clude strip, shaft and open pit min ing. Local environmentalists are opposed to the new dtetrict, say ing provisions of the plan do not require reclamation of mined areas, removal of structures and buildings or appropriate refitting. "Why have a quarry and a mining zone?' asked Janet Gillaspte. former Survival Center director. We don't need both. The plan Evaluation forum open i he Ad Hoc Committee on Stu dent Evaluation of Courses will have an open forum meeting today at 330 in the EMU. room to be posted Student access to course evaluation information and evaluation format will be the topic of discussion Helmut Plant. German profes sor and ccmmrttee member, says that he has called this special meeting so that the committee can gain student input on the evalua tion controversy The meeting is to discuss the impfccaoons of different motions concerning student course evalu ations mat will be presented to the University Assembly in De cember," says Plant. Com promise legislation writ be worked out in the Senate in the last week of November. The Committee s recommenda tion would allow student access to statistical course evaluation in formation, while other motions would eliminate the possibility of student access Rant says ail in terested persons are invited to at tend Socialist to speak tonight Jack Clark, national secretary of the Democratic Socialist s Or ganizing Committee, will be speaking at the University tonight at 8 in 16! EMU. H* tope wM be “Socialism s Answer to Unem ployment The Democratic Socialists Or ganizing Committee comprises individuals active in the Democra tic Party who are working to change the direction of the U S economy toward a socialist pers pective They see the Democratic VOTE TODAY DUSTY I RHODES Oregon Daily Emerald Party as she best available, ap propriate vehicle for such changes Among its members, the com mittee boasts feminist Qloria Stetfiem and Georgia State Sen. Johan Bond. The speech, sponsored by the EMU Cultural Forum, wifi be held in Room 161 of the EMU begin ning at 8 p.m. ‘‘Join us in the woods. 2165 W. 11th Ave. woodside ^brewery • rmtm • omeo rung commission ts not using ade quate foresight with regard to is sues as serious as open pit min ing." The adopted proposal reads. Reclamation of land subjected to quarry and mine extraction opera tions is an ongoing process which should occur as phases of the quarry and mne extraction opera tions are complete." The new district. QM would be applied to areas now classified Exclusive Farm Use, Farm Forestry-20, Forestry Manage ment and General-10. if requests for zone charges are approved Areas within the county having substantial mineral deposits include Fall Creek and the Bohemia Mountains outside Cot tage Grove There have been rumors concerning inquiries from national mining interests. STUDENT DISCOUNT at Fredrick’s Fashion Centre, Eugene’s Finest Jr. Fashion store. 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