Oregon daily emerald., July 21, 1987, Page 8, Image 7

Sports
Bird droppings may delay track resurfacing
By Aaron Knox
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When the planners and con
tractors laid out the new
400-meter oval at Hayward
Field, they forgot to check with
the avaian residents of the Fast
grandstand.
Now it appears the timetable
for Hayward Field’s renovation
may be for the birds, but not if
Herb Yamanaka, Athletic
Department senior special assis
tant. has anything to do with it.
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After pushing the east grands
tand some 20-feet closer to
Agate Street in order to make
room for the new. wider oval to
replace the pre-metric 440-yard
surface, the roof of the grands
land still extends over what will
he the last five lanes of the
track.
That was not expected to be a
problem, but someone forgot to
check with the dozens of
pigeons and sparrows that oc
cupy the prime nesting areas
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The results have not been
pretty. Bird droppings fall on
the blacktop foundation almost
as quickly as they can be swept
away, and threaten to delay in
stallers from laying the Proturf
polyurethane surface on
schedule.
Workers will lay the infield
portions first, ami that, along
with a one-week cushion built
into the construction timetable,
should prevent the birds from
delaying construction,
Yamanaka said.
University officials tried a
variety of preventive measures
to clear out the birds, from
hanging facsimile predators in
the rafters, piping in sounds of
alarm, and even simply trying
to shoo the birds away.
But the birds have shown per
sistence and refuse to be driven
away. The latest ploy, which in
volves stringing up yards of
heavy guage netting, has shown
promise but has not yet been at
tempted. The Athletic Depart
ment needs to bring in a higher
lift to reach the ends of the
rafters, he said.
“We like birds and would
never think of harming them."
Yamanaka said. “They can con
tinue to roost there this year
We're just asking them to move
about 15 feet to the east." he
said.
Should the netting fail to
dissuade the pigeons.
Yamanaka has a backup plan.
He said workers would run
sheets of Visquine all the way
across the front of the rafters,
but that would lie a last-ditch
alternative. "Trying to keep big
pieces of plastic attached to the
rafters would be just about im
possible. especially in the
wind," he said.
University officials aren't get
ting desperate yet.The first meet
scheduled on the new track, the
U S. Masters Track Meet on
August 14-16. is nearly a month
away. Yamanaka said the
polyurethane surface would dry
in one day and be painted the
next, then given a day to seal.
The University’s long-term
solution to the birds is to screen
off the rafters of both grand
stands completely, in addition
to the portion that extends over
the track, he said.
"Next year," Yamanaka add
ed optimistically, "maybe they
will find nesting places under
the footbridges."
Building
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when the school faces accredita
tion requirements.
George Hodge, associate dean
for the AAA school, said the
school officials were “pretty
tickled" about the new con
struction One of the advantages
of a new building for the school
will be to get architecture
students out of Condon. Hodge
said. The AAA school has been
renting Condon school from
school district 4-J to satisfy
classroom space needs.
The plans for the new AAA
building call for 30.000 square
feet of floor space A likely site
would be in the north campus
area, across Franklin Boulevard
Related to the plans for the
new building will be the
renovation of Lawrence Hall.
Plana for Lawrence include ad
ding a fifth floor to the building
Another option would add a
floor to Science I to allieviate
the lack-of-space problem in the
AAA school
“There's a whole number of
different alternatives that need
to be explored." Rowe said.
Both projects are still in the
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planning stages The University
will select the architects for the
new building and I.awrence
renovation by the mid
September. Construction for the
new building should begin by
December 1988. and Rowe ex
pects that it will be completed
by fall 1990.
The third project, the main
library expansion, is still in the
early planning stages, and the
State Board of Higher Education
has not yet approvod any steps
to be taken beyond planning.
Rowe expects the planning pro
cess to last 18 months
"The library is just bursting."
said Paul Holbo. University
vice-provost of academic af
fairs. Holbo serves on a library
expansion committee The
library needs to be brought up
to date to make it a more com
fortable place to work and
study. Holbo said. To do this
the library will have to expand
to twice its present size, he said.
However. Holbo stressed that
plans are still in the early
stages. The library expansion
committee will issue a report on
its plans in two weeks.
Rowe regards new library
facilities as "desperately need
ed." By 1990, there will be no
unassigned seating in the
library, and the library is defi
cient by any standard in
available space for processing
and storing books, according to
a report Rowe provided.
Options for the library are
either adding a fourth floor to
the south side of the building,
or an expansion onto the play
ing field behind the library.
In the fall there will be public
meetings held at the University
to discuss all three projects.
Beyond the currently planned
projects, the University hopes
to solve the on-going parking
crises with parking garages.
One plan would scoop a park
ing garage from beneath the ten
nis courts, while another plan
envisions a similar
underground structure under
the grass of Hayward and Howe
fields behind MacArthur Court
The University may also build
on some lots in the center of
campus in the distant future.
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