COMMUNITY
Debate continues over closing streets on mall
After arguing over misspellings, title changes, council
approves measure about closure to go before voters
By Don Peters
Emerald Associate Editor
The saga of the downtown
mall continued Wednesday as
the Eugene City Council
amended a proposed ballot
measure that would close off
parts of Willamette and Broad
located
way streets.
The measure, which does not
yet have a number, is another
in a series of charter amend
ments trying to fix the vehicle
overcrowding problem in the
downtown area. Proposed by
Donald Zadoff of the Save Wil
lamette Street/Broadway Mall
Committee, the measure has
raised much confusion and
controversy during its short
life.
Zadoff submitted the petition
Sept. 18, said Eugene city attor
ney William Gray. There was a
typographical error in the
measure, which Zadoff correct
ed a week later.
After the error was fixed,
Gene Swan and Mike Schwartz,
two opponents of the petition.
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important,’* Willi*®* said
"(But) that is an expensive pro
cess. and so we have tp be able
to pay for the inqiK^ainents
that we do make.”
Williams said the bookstore
gave about $039,000 in dis
counts to students last year
That amount will drop by about
$120,000 this year, giving the
bookstore more capital to pay
for installation of the new
equipment.
The board of directors voted
in January to purchase the new
system, and later voted to drop
the discount rate to help offset
installation costs. Williams
said.
Me said the discount will
probably increase again once
the new system is completely
on-line in July.
"We’re incurring a kind of
special cost associated with the
transition from old to new."
Williams said. "(The reduc
tion) is really a management
decision. We cannot operate at
a loss,"
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would close the bank's drive
through window, devalue its
property and close access to its
underground parking structure
Supporters of the measure ar
gued the title was not mislead
ing and that the measure would
not interfere with traffic flow.
"(Opponents) are attempting
to find a problem where there
is none.” said Doug DuPriest.
speaking on behalf of Xadoff
"It's our position that they
have misread the ballot. The
language is not misleading.
This measure would keep
closed what is closed and not
close any more."
Gray said the ambiguity in
the petition could lead to con
fusion on the part of voters.
"I've read the measure, and
credible arguments can be
made on both sides." he said
"The voters will have to de
ride My obligation is to make
a title that reflects the ambigui
ty of the measure itself. "
Council member Roger Hut.in
motioned to reword the ballot
explanation to try and clean up
some of the confusion That
was passed t‘>-() Council mem
ber Freeman llolmer then mo
tioned to change to ballot title
to "Requires public vote for ad
ditional vehicle access on
downtown mall."
The vote ended in a 3-3 lie.
but Mayor Jeff Miller broke the
deadlock by voting in favor of
the motion. The two amend
ments were then combined and
adopted on a 4-2 vote
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The most recent ballot measure concerning Eugene's down
town mall would close parts of Willamette and Broadway.
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