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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1978)
Housing West University area plans for park; hopes to put city funds to better use By LORRAINE NELSON Of the Emerald The highest density, lowest average income per household area in the city of Eugene will un dergo some changes during the next three years. The West University Neighbors should have no problems spend ing the more than $50,000 they have been given for the 1979-80 fiscal year. The funds mark the beginning of the area’s three-year Neigh borhood Improvement Program. From July 1979 through July 1982, a major portion of Eugene Community Development Committee Block Grant funds will be channeled into the West Uni versity Neighborhood to improve the liveability between Kincaid and Willamette Streets and 19th and 11th Avenues. The Neighborhood Advisory Group and the Neighborhood Im provement team have the task of submitting a proposal to the Community Development Com mittee for the division of Block Grant funds among improvement projects. CDC funds, under the direction of the 1974 Community Develop ment Act, are to be used primarily to develop urban communities for low- and mid-income people. In 1975, only 79 units were owner-occupied out of a total of 2,672 units, tax assessor’s re cords show. Lannom says neighbors will ex pect the worker to assess the needs of the neighborhood, and to organize block meetings and a blockwatch program. The worker will be paid $10,000. The worker will also establish programs to try to find other sources of funding, perhaps money from the residents them selves, Lannon says. In addition, the worker will ad dress the transiency problem of the area, a major obstacle to the success of many projects. Approximately 50 percent of the area is zoned medium- and high density (RP, R-3, R-4 zoning) and figures from the city show that in 1975, students made up 64 per cent of the neighborhood popula tion. Lannom says the problem is to make a stable community out of a transient neighborhood. (IKUliKllfiiKUfillllPlilP woodside brewery ReSTAUftAWT • TAVERN • DISCO Join us in the woods. 2165 W. 11th Ave. OREGON DAI Oregon Dally Emerald /,>, v/J.v*vvK .y*hhs The neighbors will address that problem and others in the three years of the Neighborhood Im provement Program. They will as sess the needs of the business and educational institutions within the area, and the density of hous ing. taled more than $1 million. Just how much this money will change the face of the neighbor hood is not known. The neighbors may face a prob lem there as only about three per cent of the residences in the £S& CWO UtHT in 1976, the lowest in the city. The median-family income, based on the 1970 census, was $5,279 and a median income for the students and the elderly in the area was listed at $1,776. Harold Lannom, a member of the Neighborhood Advisory Group, says the area is a prime target for CDC funds. To improve the area, NAG will recommend to the CDC that the city allocate $24,000 to continue the develop ment of the neighborhood’s first park; $2,500 for a pedestrian light ing study; $14,000 for an Out reach Worker; $7,500 for house moving and $3,500 for Crime Pre vention. Construction on the neighbor hood park, located on 14th Av enue between Hilyard and Patter son Streets, began this fall. Soter landscaping Co. of Port land is in charge of the basic con tracting work. Park architect, Jerome Diethelm, who heads the landscape architecture depart ment at the University, has one of his classes working on developing the park. The Neighbors would like to have much of the park built by the area's residents and neighbor hood volunteers will get their chance to pitch in next spring. The site for the park was ac quired by the city at a cost of $60,000. Development of the park is expected to cost $50,000. CDC money cannot be used to fund projects that increase the city's budget or put an additional burden on the city’s maintenance crew. However, Lannom says, the neighborhood residents feel addi tional lighting is required in the area for safety. Lannom says a pedestrian light ing study could explore the possi bility of the city working with resi dents to install small “sidewalk” lights on private land. He says the city could pay for the installment and work out some compensation for residents who would pay maintenance and electric bills. woodslde brewery HESTAUKAffT . TWERI . DISCO If you’re under 21, now’s your chance to Dine and Dance at Eugene’s finest Disco. $1.50 single $2.50 couple presents an UNDER 21 er Every Sunday Night from 6:00-12:00 midnite. Disco Starts at 7:00 pm 2165 West 11th me west university area win receive about 70 percent of the available CDC funds between July 1979 and July 1982. 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