Eugene Mall makeover project a step closer
By Michele Matassa
Of the Emerald
New mall development for downtown
Eugene came one step closer to reality
Wednesday, as the Eugene City Council
unanimously approved a proposal giving
two out-of-state developing firms exclusive
negotiating rights for the project.
The firms have six months to survey ma
jor stores and produce a feasibilty study for
development at the West end of the ex
isting downtown mall, according to Elaine
Stewart, community development director
at the Eugene Development Department.
If the firms conclude that a retail project
for the nearly four blocks of city property is
financially feasible, the city would then
negotiate a land development and disposi
tion agreement.
The city chose the West end because it is
near the major retail outlet of Sears,
Roebuck and Co., and also because it
receives heavy traffic, she says.
The Development Department is
"cautiously optimistic about a development
and I think it's important for the communi
ty to be cautiously optimistic about the
development," Stewart says.
Rumors have circulated that the develop
ment will be an enclosed mall, but Eugene
Public Information Director Barb Bellamy
says the project's "design stage is still down
the road."
The agreement with Sonoma Financial
Corp., of Santa Rosa, Calif., and the Price
Development Co., of Salt Lake City, will not
be the first time Eugene has approved an
exclusive agreement for downtown retail
development.
The city entered into exclusive
agreements with firms in 1978 and 1979, but
neither agreement resulted in develop
ment, Stewart says.
The plan proposed at that time, however
— for "retail intensification at the West end
of the mall" — still will be used, she says.
This time, the firms must deposit $100,000
in case of non-performance, Stewart says.
Sonoma Financial Corp. is a subsidiary of
Centennial Savings and Loan and currently
is involved in several major commercial, in
dustrial and residential developments in
California.
Price Development Co. has instigated
more than 6Q0 projects in the Western
states and is recognized as one of the na
tion's foremost development firms, accor
ding to the Development Department.
Eugene development plan
Five women arrested
at cruise missile plant
KENT, Wash. (AP) — Five women opposed to cruise missiles
were arrested Tuesday after they made their way inside the Voeinl
plant were the weapons are manufactured and started handing
out peace literature, officials said.
The five were booked for investigation of criminal trespass
and criminal impersonation, both gross misdemeanors, then
released without bail, said a Kent police clerk who declined to
give her name.
The five who gained unauthorized entrace to the Boeing
Space Center are all members of the Puget Sound Women's
Peace Camp, a group of anti-cruise missile opponents who
camped out near the plant most of the summer, said Missa Mar
malstein, peace camp spokeswoman.
The women recently moved into a nearby house and con
tinued demonstrating and contacting workers as they entered
and left the plant in Kent, a south Seattle suburb.
Marmalstein identified the five as Susan James, Kris Delaney,
Cynthia Nelson, Tammy Jo Dunakin and Leslie Redtree, ages and
hometowns not available.
Unidentified supporters who remained outside the Boeing
gates, indicated the women had fabricated their own identifica
tion cards to get past security guards.
Once inside the cruise missile manufacturing area, they sat
down and started chanting and handing out literature to workers.
Boeing spokesman Jim Grafton said he assumed the literature
"dealt with the peace issue," but he had not read it.
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IFC picks chair, committees
By Jim Moore
Of the Emerald
The 1983-84 Incidental Fee Com
mittee named its chair and vice
chair, chose its members to
various committees and voted on
money matters at its first meeting
Wednesday.
IFC members elected second
year law student Julie Davis to the
chair position and third-year IFC
member Sheila Schain as vice
chair.
"I think it’s going to be a great
committee this year,” Davis says.
"We have a great combination of
people working on the ASUO
budgets."
Other positions determined
were: Mary Shrauger and Marc
Spence as IFC representatives to
the EMU Board, Lois Day to the
Associated Students President's
Advisory Council and Leslie
Dewson as member of the Credit
Committee. The other member of
the seven person committee is
Laurie Abraham.
Also, Schain and Spence, with
input from Day, were asked by
Davis to write a brief to present to
the Constitution Court on the
IFC's stance on the upcoming
OSPIRC/Burr case. Their position
in the brief has not been deter
mined yet.
They also voted to transfer $5974
within ASUO executive funds to
pay the salary of Bill Kittredge,
who has worked without salary for
two months. Kittredge's position
was formed from another ASUO
existing fund and there has been
no line number in ASUO accoun
ting to pay his wages. The transfer
doesn't affect the total ASUO
budget.
In other money matters, the
committee voted to advance
monies in the following existing
budgets: $971.77 to the Interfrater
nity Council, $772.43 to the
Recreation Folk Dancers and
$130.66 to the Minority Law
Students Association.
All votes were unanimous.