COMMUNITY
Council hears plans for new office building
Rutan elected council president, Bowles vice president
By Brian Bloch
Emerald Reporter
Representatives from both a
building firm and U S. Hank of
Oregon told the Eugene City
Council Wednesday that they
are very interested in working
with the city to construct and
occupy a large office building
in downtown Eugene
A representative of the Seat
tle firm Uirig and Associates
said his company is ready to
proceed with construction
plans for an 80.000 to 100.000
sc|uare-fool office Iniilding on
tile corner of Eighth Ave and
Willamette St., if its construc
tion proposal is approved by
(lie city.
He also said his company is
o|>en to ideas for a public plaza
or some type of parking struc
ture on the remaining portion
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of the development site be
tween Willamette and Olive
Streets.
long's proposal, submitted
|an 3. is lieing reviewed by a
citizen committee that will re
lease its recommendations to
the council and the Eugene
Downtown Commission )an
14.
If the proposal passes the ini
tial review process, the down
town commission will then
hold a public hearing (an 29.
followed by a city council pub
lic hearing Feb II.
liased on public input and
design progress, the city coun
cil is si heduled to take action
on the project Feb. 13. If the
project goes according to the
city's initial time line, ground
breaking would take place in
July. 1992 and the building
would be occupied by Inly,
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A representative of l' S. Hank
told the council his company is
committed to making a long
term presence in downtown
Kugene by occupying 40.000
square feet of the proposed
building
The representative said l' S.
Hank would vacate its existing
location in downtown in favor
of a more cenlralizcrd loc ation
In addition, he said the pro
posed building would provide
needed office space for major
business expansion in down
town Kugene
“This is certainly a statement
about the support for down
town Kugene." city councilor
Debra Khrman said
In other business, the council
voted unanimously to appoint
councilor Roger Kutan to coun
cil president and councilor
Shawn Howies to vice presi
Photo by l.rk Kvan»
If the Eugene City Council approves, this parking lot at Eighth
A venue and Willamette Street could become the newest down
town office building.
dent.
Newly elected councilor Kan
dy MacDonald, who is filling
the Ward 1 position for retiring
councilor Kmily Schue. said he
will have a tough job replacing
the former councilor.
Schue stepped down this
year after twelve years on the
Eugene City Council.
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breakfast programs, and two
other federal child nutrition
programs — the Child and
Adult Can- Food Program and
the Summer Food Service Pro
gram — are underused.
"The breakfast program is
federally funded, so it doesn't
cost the schools anything to
participate," NtcCoid said
"But few of the schools are
running the program. And chil
dren are not going to learn if
they're going to school hun
gry."
The task force also recom
mended that the state tx- re
quired to appropriate $4.95
million to the Health Division
to support the Special Supple
mental Program for Women. In
fants and Children. This appro
priation. McCoid said, would
allow all at-risk children
through two years of age to par
ticipate in the W1C program.
Currently, the funding short
ages allow only 50 percent of
those eligible to participate
Caroline Frengle. executive
director o! hood lor Lane Coun
ly. said the ta.sk force recom
mendations are very conserva
tive in asking for WIC funding
for only the first 24 months of
the child's life.
“ The WIC program is writ
ten to be a five year program.''
Frengle said. "1 think the task
force thought they would be
conservative and just do it dur
ing the first two years. And
proper nutrition for the first
two years is so important... 1
think it's criminal that most
schools don't offer the breakfast
program."
The proceeds of the recom
mended one cent tax on car
bonated beverages produced
within the state are estimated at
$t> to SB million. The revenue
would be distributed to groups
in the state dealing directly
with hunger relief.
"The thought was to tax
something not nutritionally
valuable and turn it into some
thing positive." said Kachel
Little, executive director of Or
egon Food Hank and a task
force member. "The money has
to come from somewhere I
know the soda pop industry
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