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there was no reason front a le< fi
nical point of view to tear down
the family housing site, espe
cially the one-story units Gib
Irons said any good c.ontrac tor or
HUD inspector would reach
similar conclusions if allowed to
inspect Amazon
"If the Oregon legislature can
| float a frond to level the plot e,"
Gihlrons saici, "why c an't they
float a bond to remodel it?"
Jim Fisher, graduate in an hi
toc.ture, told I lostic ka and
Edmunson that the c ost over
runs at the 18th and Agate pro
jec t and the proposed plans for
Amazon indic ated that the total
building c osts were double the
market rale for housing con
struction in the area
Fisher also said that as a com
munity. Amazon was already
the ideal architectural model
inexpensive, self-supporting and
an environment that built a spir
ited sense of community Fisher
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said that for reasons he is just
beginning to understand as an
an intis t. "the plate |ust works."
Ai t ording to the Aug 18 cal
culations from architect Christo
pher Alexander, a new
two-bed room Amazon apart
ment will rent for $464 per
month and a three-bedroom will
rent for $564 per month. Cur
rently. Amazon families pay
lietween $175 and $340.
The original contractual agree
ment between the University
and Christopher Alexander set
the construction costs for 18th
and Agate and the Amazon mas
ter plan at $39 per square foot.
Il l’ Barnhart, who was hous
ing director at the University
from 1949 to 1981). gave testimo
ny at the Aug 16 housing board
hearing that the actual total
costs, iru hiding design and con
struction. will be from $100 to
$120 per square foot
Federal and local govern
ments do set price ceilings for
low-income housing construc
tion costs.
Kelly Madding, a recent Uni
versity graduate in planning,
public policy and management,
works for the city of Eugene in
community development.
Madding said the city of
Eugene's standard for low
income housing averages $54
per stpiare foot, including
design and < onstruction
One low-income housing
developer, John Hubhard of the
Neighborhood Economic Devel
opment corporation, kept his
i osts to S tH per square foot by
getting low bids and even some
donated labor.
Dwyer did not attond the
meeting, but in a phone inter
view he said the intent of the
bond was not to tear down Ama
zon, but to build additional
affordable student housing.
"The University and higher ed
have never acted in good faith
about building student hous
ing." Dwyer said. "The bond
was issued to build new hous
ing. not tear down old housing."
It was Dwyer's impression
from reading the engineer's
report that Amazon had serious
problems, was a fire trap and
had asbestos problems. He said
the only reason for Amazon to
come down was for health rea
sons.
Additionally. Dwyer said he
had received a memo that morn
ing that indicated the rents at
18th and Agate would be only
$350 per month.
Of the proposer! Amazon
rents, Dwyer said, "there is no
excuse for charging $450 to $500
per month — the private sector
can do that."
Dwyer then speculated that
the University might lx> in collu
sion with local private sector
landlords to keep rental prices
high.
"Supply and demand, supply
and demand,” Dwyer said.
Whichever way the family
student housing controversy
g(x»s, Amazon students and their
families are frightened and emo
tional al>out losing their homes
Jean Hanna, 42, a recent grad
uate of the art education pro
gram, told representatives that
she had been pressured by
administration officials to vacate
her apartment, which is sched
uled for phase one demolition.
Hanna said she had been told
that if she didn't move soon, her
apartment could be condemned
Hanna said she was already ter
rified at the prospect of finding a
teaching job to support herself
and her eight-year-old son in the
post-Ballot Measure 5 school
system.
Moved by the outpouring of
emotion and ideas, Edmunson
said the students had better
questions than he had answers
for, and promised to help.
Hosticka suggested placing a
moratorium on evictions, new
construction and rent increases
until the matter could bo inves
tigated.
The legislators believed that
some political pressure was
being leveled against the Uni
versity and that the housing fias
co yvas part of it. But the
students wanted more than
removed, abstract ideas.
"It's really clear what we
want. We want to preserve Ama
zon," Fisher said. Currently,
family student tenants am mov
ing out of Amazon in anticipa
tion of Amazon's demolition.
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