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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1982)
Improvement plan gains approval Eight years of discussion have finally yielded a transportation plan for down town Eugene The Lane Transit District, the Eugene Renewal Agency and the Downtown Development Board unanimously approved a proposal allocating an es timated $350,000 for improvements to the south side of 10th Avenue between Charnelton and Oak streets The plan outlines the elimination of one east-bound lane of traffic to allow a 10-foot sidewalk expansion between Oak and Olive streets, the opening of a new LTD customer service center and provides for lighting, landscaping, street furniture and passenger shelters. Disagreement and agency member turnover hampered the completion of the proposal, says Ed Bergeron, LTD marketing administrator Securing elu sive funding sources also delayed the agreement, says Elaine Stewart, Eugene Renewal Agency supervisor The three agencies and the Eugene Since August the renewal agency and LTD have worked to come to an agreement on a locally funded proposal, Stewart says The groups could no longer look for a "utopian" solution, she The L TD, Eugene Renewal Agency and the Downtown Development Board could no longer look for a utopian solution. City Council agreed in 1980 to a “contra-flow" plan, a broad, federally funded, downtown development plan, Bergeron says But the federal govern ment disapproved of the plan, he says says “The time had come to make a deci sion," Stewart says "They 'd had enough time to study the options ” A new transit facility is also included in the approved proposal When the pre sent downtown facility was constructed, it was intended only as a temporary site and it is inadequate to handle the current passenger flow, Bergeron says A separate proposal for improving the north side of 10th Avenue was not approved The proposal included eliminating two traffic lanes — one to expand the north sidewalk into and the other to establish a west-bound bus lane — opening an LTD customer service center and providing pedestrian con veniences, such as shelters The three committees will meet March 30 to discuss a potential customer ser vice center location, the downtown transit facility design and arrangements for improvement funds I OUNTAIN « JUICE Matural food Restaurant Featuring for Lunch: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches Whole Wheat Pizza Slices Frozen Yogurt & Ice Cream Fresh Juices & Smoothies Great Prices • Wholesome Food Mon -Fri 8 a m.-8 p.m Sal, Sun 10 a m -6 p m 10% off with this ad 744 E. 24th St. 343-8713 L J IFC gives itself a $650 raise Granting itself nearly S500 more than the ASUO recommendation, the Incidental Fee Committee Monday approved its own budget while it also approved funding for two other University groups The committee approved about $10,400 for itself in a 6-1 vote, about $650 more than this year's allocation So far the IFC has approved totals more than $3,600 above ASUO recom mendations. leaving about $1.400 in a $5,000 reserve discovered about two weeks ago The addition of a telephone, which the IFC was not funded for this year, is partly respon sible for the increase over the 1981-82 budget level, said IFC chairer Karsten Rasmussen Most of the increase over the ASUO recommendation level was alloted for summer membership meetings, which committee members are required to attend The meetings have not been funded in the past, Rasmussen said Despite an initial recommendation by Rasmussen to cut the Student Bar Association slightly below the ASUO recommendation, the IFC approved about $250 above the ASUO recommendation The SBA received $12,500. about $2,500 less than this year s allocation and about $1,350 less than the association s request The committee unanimously approved cuts tor items that conflicted with IFC policy, such as a career planning workshop and subsidies for food and lodging expenses But disa greement centered around allocations for SBA subgroup reference materials The Psychology Club received an increase of about $160 for a 1982-83 budget of about $360 The club had requested $2,415 FOR ALL THAT YOU DO THIS RIM NEWS IS FOR YOU r— rv RECREATION & INTRAMURALS Softball Intramurals - Spring Term - get your team entry in early Entry deadline April 2 at 5:00 p.m Sport Photography Contest - Entry deadline is March 5 Photographs will be judged in two divisions: Sports Action and Sports Portrait Details available at the RIM office Winning and honorable mention photos will be on display March 29 through April 9 at the Jon Bruinier Photo Exhibit in the Educational Media Center of the Library Sports Night - March 5, starting at 6:30 p.m., for one dollar you can get into one or more tournaments or enjoy open play in Basketball. 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