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Thursday, March 13, 1986
Eugene, Oregon
Volume 87, Number 117
With contractors’ bid deadline two days away
Advisory group tours research park site
By Paul Sturtz
t M iKr Kmomld
With only two days loft for
companies to submit bids on the
Riverfront Research Park, and
with only one proposal in hand,
the project's advisory group
toured the proposed site
Wednesday in preparation for
interviews with the applicants
Unless mow applicants sur
face before Friday’s deadline.
the Oarley Capital Group of
Washington, D.C., will be the
sole interviewee.
l-ast summer, Carley had been
working exclusively With local
ufficials on the project, - but
public concern about the
closed-door negotiations forced
the negotiation process to be
opened to other companies.- .'
"Wo tried to let (the
developers) know that there was
no inside track,” .said city
representative Cathy Briner.
"But it‘s,possible they were still
scared off.”"
On Wednesday/ the’ seven* „
member Riverfront Research
Park Commission took a brisk
'•‘once-over” of .the site, touring,
in two vans•that paused in.
various ideations to allow quick",
perusals of t he area *. .
The commission 'was-able to
• City planning head Susan Brody, Eugene Mayor Gus Keller and other advisory-group members :
toured the research park's designated site Wednesday, preparing for the. upcoming interview
process. ’• '> vf •
' get glimpses of. some of the
lan.d,’ which is hordered by.
‘ -University-owned- land.- leased
to the Eugene W^ter and Elea
tric Board im the -west‘and the
." bio.-social colony-” area.,-for ,
animal -research .on the east -
> The .development site, cone -.
mojjly said ft).He.up to 71-acres,
- includes- .wildland?.; -a'.'soccer
. field; Art abandoned filboiTor
' chard and -.various" buildings'
riow used .{of-fine arts” studios
and’^sc'ience labs:“>. j- .
: , .'Afterviewing-the area',, com-’
: mission'Pres jde-nt and;Eugene
i Mayor CIus'lKe.jle'f 'wondered'o.ut •
’. -loud*-Voi-*a£res and ypu:wonder •
how .mucfi iV developable*. ”
‘ Indeed,-much'of'thfl'targeted
area w.ould' appear ‘to be on the
; ba(:^».burin*r; for several,, years ’.
; *K(Vr ihsja'nde. to fully-exploit the
•-'site* would require’ 'relocating
.- the University’? Phy'sical.'Plant,-.
• University. V-ice .President-'Dan
. Williams said: • ■,'■■■ ■_ . .
Also, before •• the-University
• can-acquire property now oc:.
. copied by a Coca (lola-Bottling •
•<'omparVy .warehouse, they first
wilj need to -track down • the
^own.er..,,.-.'Williams. s,aid the
... Un-iveriity, .has' written -.the'
• oyvner .vyho is .reportedly .a doc
•-tor in-San Jose, (^alif... but no
response has been received.
’ Discussion .during the guided
tour bv .cjty. representatives and
'■* the University also focused on
the'most effective access pioints
from Franklin'.Boulevard and
the number of feet to. be
specified . as- a buffer between
the nyer and the development-. ; '
' City planning .head; Susan
Brody, with . map . in., hand;.
.y pointed', out are^s that should
have35-fo6t buffers and-others
- that:peaked.at -IjO'feet., -. .. •„ .*. ■*
A}sd‘, .Wiriiems dismissed , as •'
insubstantial A4.:l)rquhart*s 4p-V *
pteal/of ;the prdject.; tJrquhart’s . •
' appeal .claims the research park
:vibiates ..'the . state’s''gre'enway
: piah.v. .,; v":;:'•'; v./.
" We . feel . that this .clearly' -
•'doesn’t.violate the'spirii of the
greenyvay,-", he'shid? TJhe* hand. %
l/se. Bo.Sifd jofrAppeaIs' Will rule ••
.on/lilrqu hart's challenge to the
■ city's plans on'. Monday '
Salem. - • . - '.
in
Before the tour, commission :
: ,Vice.-President- Sally .-Weston
called for University President *
Paul. Ol'um to .appoint* an ad- •' ..
t./viadry.' research group that
-would-meet with-any finalists.
. Her’ motion that, the research
- community be entered into the
selectiomprocfess wa§ passed by
the', commission. Keller em
phasraed the committee- should
reflect th*f. ’ diversity of the
• University." .
.Weston also expressed con
cern that the commission's
meetings, which change loca
tions Weekly. would be seen as
Wol being as open sis possible:..
Some thought- Wednesday's
meeting, held at the University
president's home near Hen
dricks. Park, was seen as being
sequestered.
s
Seoul Olympics to be best ever, official says
By Kirsten Bolin
Of the Kmeraltl
The .1988 Summer Olympics id.Seinil. Korea, will
be the most successful Olympics ever, Yung Lee said
Wednesday afternoon Lfee is the former Minister of
• Sports for. South Korea and was president of the ex
ecutive board of the Seoul Olympic Organizing Com
mittee frem 1982 imtil 1986.
- Vye think we can put on the greatest games ever.”
Ia»e said? '‘I’m sure we will give a damn good Olympics
. •. to.the'world when the time comes around."
•• • Lee.the so-called "Peter Ueberroth" of Korea,
' spoke to approximately 60 people during a lecture in
Gerlinger Lounge. . .
•..‘‘The SepurOlympics will'be an interesting case
because'.they.are the.first.Olympics to be held on the
Asian continent.. .and the second Olympics held in a
developing country," I.oe said. The 1968 Olympics in
.. .Mexico were the first held in a developing country.
Organizers also expect the Seoul Olympics to be
free of the political boycotts that have plagued recent
games;.- * .....
"We will have a united Olympics for the first time
in. 18 yegrs,■" Lee said. "We will have the largest
number of countries coming." More than 160 countries
are expected to attend the games, he said.
"We’re expecting all of the socialist countries to
come..,. they say they are preparing to come," he said,
Among those expected are the Soviet Union. Poland,
Hungary, East Germany, Yugoslavia and
Czechoslovakia.
While avoiding incidents of international terrorism
will he a major concern for game organizers, Seoul will
not be an easy target for that kind of terrorist activity,
Lee said.
"We will have to be very watchful and very alert of
this problem," he said. "But in Korea, illegal infiltra
tion is very difficult;" . . ° . .
The International Olympic Committee’s decision
to pick Seoul as the site of the 1988 games gives South
Korea the opportunity to show its advancement and
promise, 1-ee said, .;!• ;
’it is very important for us to do a good thing with
the Olympics, we have a-lot to prove,” he said. "We
have to prove we are a country capable of doing
something like the Olympics successfully."
South Koreans have endured many hard times in
the last 40 years, including Japanese occupation during
World War II and hardships during the Korean War,
I^ee said. •. ; ■ ? /v:'
"We worked hard and now we have built a,decent
country," he said; “But'this gives us a reason to go on
and work even harder.” The per capita income in South
Korea has increased from $80 to $2,000 during the last
20 years. .
The 1988 Olympics probably could lx; held in
Seoul this fall because preparations for the games are
almost complete. Lee said. The Asian games, which in
volve even more participants than the Olympic.games,
will be held in Seoul at the end of the year, he said.
New accommodations include hotels, three gym
nasiums, a swimming pool and two separate villages
for athletes and journalists^.' •
Facilities for the Seoul Olympics will be centrally
located, unlike the Los Angeles games where events
were scattered across the city and up and down the
coastline, Lee said.
"Most facilities will be within 30 minutes (of each
other),” he said.
Uot even mom important than the buildings is the
preparedness of the people who will be working. Lee
said.
"Each has to be trained for the role they will play.”
he said.
Yung I.ee