Community
Tower fuels debate
on city development
B\ Hon Walker
f merald Assert iale I (litor
I he debate over the proposed
I’ankovs otfic e Inuer has
brought suggestions that down
town development could he
better <u:complished it the puh
lit w.is more involved in dec id
ing where the money should
go.
In particular some sa\ the
c 11\ ma\ he belter off pursuing
•ilternative forms of loc al transit
than c renting more parking
space dovvntou n.
The I’ankow Development
( In. will build an 1 I story off it e
tower at the cermet of highlit
Avenue and Willamette Street
and the c 11\ of huigene w ill pav
for a $ti million ■)frO-spac e
parking garage
A loc al group (audition for
the lair Alloc at ion of t at\ I as
es. plans to submit a referen
dum for the Mas l‘t‘H) . its bal
lot th.it would prevent cits
count il-approved expenditures
sue It as this one ss ithout ap
proval of the public
Paul Nicholson, c hair ol the
c () I At I public its c omnuttec
said the i its should not c ommit
to ''irrevoc able misguided
long-term projects before the
public c an have a i banc e to
look at those1 projec Is and see d
thes are ssorlhv ol their tax dol
lars
rhe (‘its ( T in lit il last month
.ipproved a JO sear plan to t on
tirme rising money from .1
downtown taxing district tor
public improvements
I le said the group's platform
c alls tier public input on the use
of mones lor major expencli
turns in the downtown urban
renews al area
Beyond that he said, group
members hold different points
ot s iess on boss the urban re
ness al money e nuhl be1 used
Hands I’rinc r. a member of
(1)1 \( I I lull ges that 11111
intir’h nmiii'v o ill lir used lo a<
( nmmodate automobile orient
I'd ili'vi'lupnii'nt Willi public
input hi' said mini- funds
euulil liu list'd lu i untinue ex
ploring other urban tnnisporta
I urn upl inns
I’riin i- said thi' I’anknvv pm
ini I illuslr.ilrs ,i pi,iniii'il usd ut
monev lli.il muv liu ditli'ri'iil
u ilh pulilu input
l iu' objec lion is lliiii tins
lukus avvav ion mm li I.is iiiimi'i
ini ,m undemocratic process
III' S.lill
Must ul the expenditures tur
this program are fur downtown
pai kill'.: I’ri IK e said I he
monev is nut duing anything to
help the Dniversitv c oinmunitv
and the i ommunilv ut people
\vliu ride hikes and buses
I he l im ersit v is using al
ternatives lu building more
parking. u bile the i 11\ ul I u
gene peri elves tile problem bill
is not (pursuing) any of the al
lernatives.'' he said
( il\ imini ilor Shaw n Itules
\\ liu in I ebruarv prupused in
stidling a i able i ar line in the
i 11\ said the attitudes of the
i mini il and dim nhm n de\ el
opers are shitting
Holes said a numlier of op
tiuns exist besides autumohile
oriented transportation How
ever, "up until a year and a
hall ago vou had a i itv i outu d
that thought that was the wav
to go he said
The ( d\ now is in at live pur
suit of moving toward a Iransi
turn to alternative transporta
lion modes in the downtown
area Holes said
Two possibilities are park
and rule lots at the lame t .mill
tv fairgrounds and Aut/en Sta
dium
A year ago. I hliversilv plan
mug. pulilu polii v .mil man
agement prolessor David I’uvev
drafted a proposal of possible
i iiniK'i 1 ions bi'tvveen the Aut
lorn to Planning, Page It)
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