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Following complaints, Olum agrees
to reschedule research park forum
By Laurie Schwartz
Of the Emerald
University President Paul
Olum responded to pressure
from critics and agreed on
Wednesday to reschedule a
public forum to air the con
troversy surrounding the pro
posed Riverfront Research Park.
About 50 people, far fewer
than expected, showed up at the
originally scheduled forum
Wednesday afternoon on
campus.
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At that hour-long meeting,
several people complained of
short notice and poor publicity
for the meeting.
“I think there’s a feeling
somehow or other we have slip
ped one over on you.” Olum
told the group. “I honestly did
not know that people would
regard the notification for this
meeting as inadequate because I
did not know what the notifica
tion was myself.” he said.
At a site-planning meeting
March 5. Olum promised to
hold a public hearing with an
open agenda. The site-planning
meetings have specific agendas
and do not allow' open discus
sion from the public about more
general concerns such as site
selection.
Concerned citizens who at
tended the March 5 meeting
said they did not receive notice
of Wednesday’s meeting until
Tuesday.
Cathy Briner, a City of Eugene
development official, said
meeting announcements were
not mailed earlier because a
University planning office staff
member was ill.
Olum promised to schedule
another forum, probably during
the week of April 20. “My
reputation is at stake,” he said.
Me also agreed to schedule the
session in the evening and to
provide newspaper advertising
to publicize the event.
The public forum is meant to
allow discussion of several con
troversial issues surrounding
the Riverfront Research Park, a
proposed $100 million project
intended to join University and
private-industry research.
The issues include opposition
to classified research, concern
about building on the
Willamette Greenway and ques
tions about the process for
public input into the plans.
Katherine Swinehart. a
Eugene citizen, said she was
concerned that the public hear
ing was being held only to
fulfill a requirement for public
input. "There’s a difference bet
ween being placated and pro
viding meaningful input." she
said.
Olum responded that the
history of the University show
ed that "we have changed a lot
of things on the basis of peo
ple’s opinion.
"We want to give people a
chance to be heard." he added.
"The most difficult (decision)
to change is the riverfront loca
tion." Olum said. "That was a
decision formally made and
testified to before a very large
number of people in hear
ings. ... I tell you honestly, one
will need some kind of an utter
ly convincing demonstration
that the park won't work for that
to change.
“The other (issues) are up for
discussion and modification
and are probably easier to
change." Olum said. He also
said he supported the Universi
ty Senate resolution of March 11
that would allow classified
research only if the researchers
could prove it was not weapons
related.
"We won’t permit classified
research that is weapons
directed,” Olum said.
After the meeting, biology
Professor Frank Stahl, a staunch
opponent of classified research
at the park, said he is satisfied
that classified research at the
park will be effectively
curtailed.
Stahl said only a very small
percentage of classified
research is not weapons related.
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