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()regcm Volume >11 Numbei ’i Barrel riders Kir in Hurkr.i horxrs tm ull\ •ind slull I’lioto In I ni l\\ 11 "Wo |iisl luivo m.mv i|iioslions lli.it still have to bo answered I'nivorsilv oltn mis luivo proposed building tbo slim lino on tin* i urroiit silo ol tho Aliloi Slroot 1 onitis t ourts vvhoio llioro .ilro.ulv is sp.ii o lor .mniiiil lull 1 ins tho problem is tluit vv o luivo to Imtl .1 vv.iv to 10 liii.ito what is i 1111011 (Iv on tho loi.ilion tho proposed slim tu 10 is snpposoil to no.” Williams said I II.’ proposed stun luro is tho third part ol a tlrroo part plan tho I'nivorsilv has tm solving tho parking problom, Williams said I nsl llio I'nivorsilv raisod tho pin os ol parking |iorinils lor tho I'nivorsilv to St tu a vo.11 lor stand.ml poi mils and S t .() a voat 101 rosoi v o pormits I bis itiado pooplo think Ivv 11 o about vv hothor 01 not tliov roally had to drive to school. W illianis said l lio tin reused rates also raisod rovonuo that tho I'nivorsilv was alilo to uso when working out a con trai l with I am- I ransit Ihslrii t that subsidizes travel loi all I'nivorsilv t.n ultv and students 011 tin- oils ■ buses him to Parking, Pago I i Rust says millrace needs cleaning Emerald Canal issue needing immediate attention By Hon Walker I merald Assik iute I ditor Restoration and beautifii at ion of the I ugene millrai e should lie a i hief issue of focus during c oustrut tion of tin’ Riverfront Kesean fi Park said Cine County (UHiimissioner |err\ Rust during a meeting of the park i ouunission Wednesday \ ( leanei millrai e also i ould he tin: lust step toward i (instruction of the long envisioned Miner aid Canal pro|ei t "Water is going to In- the issue ol the "His Rust said This is not a new idea f ile idea ol getting the millrai e < leaned up ( a me out of the litis lie said With ( onstrui tion ol the Riverfront Kesean h I’,irk Site Si heduled to begin this spring iniprov mg the millrai e and building the Kmerald Canal are issues that need attention now . he said "We shelved (millruce revitalization and ca nal plansl in l‘IH2 when the eciimmii was bad and nobody wanted to talk about new projects Rust said "I think the time has i ome Rust said the millrai e i an be improved In in i leasing the amount of water flow ing through it " The millrai e is one of Kugene's most pollut ed. sluggish bodies of water.' he said I he waterway has a narrow intake near )ud kins point along the Willamette River and when Franklin Boulevard was paved during the Fiatis the outflow area was constricted as well Rust said the pollution will not clear until the narrow intake and outflow .ire i orrei ted Currently', the water in the millrai e is stag nanl and murky Irccause it flows at .1 mavitliuni rate of about 20 c ubic leet pel second according to a 1087 study Part of the research park's master plan calls for enhaiu ement of the outflow area I his would allow a grentei volume of water to flow through the millrai e. flushing out much of the existing pollution The Fmernld Canal plan. Rust said, would divert 20(1 ( ubii feet per second from the Wiliam ette River through the millrai e The millrai e would be connected to the Amazon Channel v ia an 11-block route through downtown and past the fairgrounds Walet levels nt tin' I cm Ridge Kcmtvoii and the Long loin River ill so would he enh. lined i nmpletlilg .1 i m lilt bill k to tile \\ lll.llllette River A lttH2 sludv estimated the i .ui.il Would i usl SJ.t million to i onslnu I rile r S Army Corps ol Lngllieers is ion dm ting a livei hiisin sludv to determine how the i iitiid would help with loi id flood control. iinoth er benefit ot the |iroposid Rust said Runotf from a flood in South Kugene in tlownlown could he diverted with sin h a i anal he said Halt ot the water in the Hood would go down the Amazon, and halt ot the water would reverse the Mow on the lower in ill race and push out underneath the l errv Street bridge and go into the \\ illamette." Rust said. The millrnie runs through the future site nt the researi h park roughh paralleling I rankliu Hlvd then it passes through the residential area along Hilvard and Patterson streets Negotiations on researi h park development are proceeding, hut the Riverfront Research Park t ommission is awaiting a dei ision trom Salem's Land I'se Hoard ot Appeals (l.t' It A | whii h could slow progress on the project I.CHA was scheduled to issue a decision Sept Jti regarding an appeal tiled by the Coali lion for l air Allocation ot <'ity Taxes hut post poned doing so until next week "It could have a huge impai t on our el forts said R A (his Keller chairman ol the Riverfront Researi h Park Commission The research park projei I is a joint effort ot the 1 hnversity the city of Kugene. the state of ()r egon and a private i apital group the I tab-based Institutional Development Associates The Riverfront Research Park Commission named IDA as developer of the park in June The commission's previous choice. Carlev Capital Croup. In< of Washington. D( withdrew last November Photo I*\ Mill lliii. lane Counts Commissioner lorry Kust helioses < leaning the mill rate should hr undertaken during ' onstrui tion id the re seart.h park..