Neighborhood
Alan Yordy, a spokesman for Sacred Heart, says he
believes Sturt/, and Chrisman are sincere in their efforts
and takes them very seriously, but lie believes the
hospital has good reasons for its expansion plans and
doits try to work with the neighborhood on matters such
as these.
"We are trying to maintain a viable health care in
stitution and remain sensitive to neighborhood con
cerns at the same time,” Yordy says.
He adds that the areas designated for new parking
areas are part of a plan that was accepted by the city of
Eugene in 1982.
Sturtz, a senior majoring in journalism and
American Studies, says he became involved with stop
ping Sacred Heart’s plans to tear down the courtyard
buildings in the summer of 1984. In May of that year,
the hospital ordered several of its business tenants on
13th Avenue to vacate their spaces by the end of
August.
"The more I heard (about the plan), the more in
credible I thought it sounded that Sacred Heart was ac
tually going to be knocking down all those courtyard
buildings in a matter of a month or so." Sturt/, says.
Subsequently Sturtz. who was working for a
biweekly newspaper named Big Talk at the time, began
digging into the story and alerted other news media in
the area,
Public pressure forced Sacred Heart to give most of
its 13th Avenue tenants lease extensions, which expire
this March. Only Sahalie Natural Poods, then located
next to the Eugene Trading Go., was moved. It now
operates across the street at 595 E. 13th Ave. The store’s
former location is now a paved parking lot.
“People are going to realize that we're tearing
down everything that’s made this city special," Sturtz
says.
“People that walk down on the corner where
Sahalie’s was do not remember what was there. We’re
just going to forget, as time goes on. what was in this
area.”
Chrisman and Sturtz were presented with an op
portunity to present their opinions to the city several
weeks ago at a public hearing held to gather local reac
tions to a proposed metropolitan-area transportation
plan called Transplan.
The pair say they support the basic ideas of the
plan, designed to revamp the Eugene-Springfield area’s
transportation system by the time the population of the
area soars to almost 300,000 people.
The plan recommends promoting car pools and
mass transit by limiting construction of new parking
spaces and by encouraging employer-sponsored pro
grams to reward car pool and transit users.
“We liked the ideas of the Transplant’ Chrisman
says. “The basis of the plan is working with alternative
forms of transportation, and 1 think that makes a lot of
sense."
The two created a 10-page document to present at
the hearing that outlined their concerns about Sacred
Heart's expansion plans and gave their proposals for
alternatives to the hospital’s planned parking places.
They call the packet a “working paper.” which is
meant to serve as the catalyst for a future citizen’s ad
visory team that will work with Sacred Heart to develop
more desirable long-term solutions to the parking shor
tage problem, Chrisman says.
“It seems as though people are always pointing
their finger after something happens,” Sturtz says. “I
believe in direct action.”
This method of “direct action” has gained Sturtz
and Chrisman both the attention and respect of city of
ficials, who also support the ideas presented in
Transplan.
"We need more people like Paul and Steve to
represent different points of view,” says John Repl
inger, transportation program manager for the Lane
Council of Governments.
Peter DeFazio, chairman of the Lane County Board
of Commissioners, agrees with Replinger. He says he
believes that individual citizens have the ability
change the system if they work at it.
"They made a very credible presentation at the
(Transplan) hearing,” DeFazio says, stressing that he
does not want to see buildings destroyed to create new
parking lots either.
Sturtz admits that at times this matter has become a
bit of an obsession for him, but he says he is committed
to following it through to the end, "whatever that end
may be.”
Sacred Heart is scheduled to release a revised
master plan of building and parking extension plans
sometime between January and March of next year.
OIC
"This case in no way suggests
that the state is supporting apar
theid." he said,
' tie also said that although the
prudent investment' rule does
not allow complete divestiture,
it does permit the Sullivan Prin
ciples to bo considered in in
vestment decisions.
The Sullivan Principles are a
set of voluntary guidelines pro
tecting the rights of blacks who
work for American businesses
operating in South Africa.
. Campbell said the ASUO and
its supporters will make the
next move, filing a reply brief
by Dec. 30.
The ASIJO will argue that
divestment will not have
adverse financial effects and
that students do have a legally
recognized interest in the en
dowments. he said.
Et al.
MEETINGS
All campus Christian groups
are holding a “Concert of
Prayer" Saturday from 7 to .9
p.m. in the EMU Forum Room.
Everyone welcome. <
LECTURES
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Lane County" project, a long
term study on nesting successes i
in this area, is the topic of a lec
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Science I. World class birder
° Steve Gordon is guest speaker.
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EMU from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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