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
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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
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