Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, November 17, 1993, Page 4, Image 4

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COMMUNITY
Election on library possible
By Rebocca Merritt
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Eugene voIdr may decide next May whether they
want to fund construc tion of n new library with a
SI 5 million general obligation bond, city and library
officials said.
The probable election comes more than three
years after voters overwhelmingly approved the
purc hase of the old Sears budding for a new library
If the 10-vear library bond passes, property taxes
will im rease bv about $.!U for the average-value
house m Eugene. said Carol Hildebrand, city librar
ian.
"Both the staff and library patrons have expressed
a lot of frustration over the delay ' Hildebrand said
Hildebrand said the wait has mostly !**eii Uxause
of i ttv financial diffic ulties Voters approved 1900's
Ballot Measure fi just before the c ity <ie< ided to relo
cate the* library, cutting possible funds for the move
Also, the City Council and the building's owner
bad troubles assessing the property value and reach
ing a satisfac tory selling pric e
The i ity exert ised its option to pure base the
building Inst April and now needs altout StH 7 mil
lion for c onstrui lion i osts If a iwciicl passes, the City
( otinc i! hopes to have the library opened by Sep
lemtxcr of 1*195
The City (Council has also agreed to add an addi
tional floor to the building lore ity offices Currently
leased offices will move to the building to save the
c ity lease c osts The library also would have the
option to expand to the additional floor if need
ed.
"I find that a really exciting proposal," said Phil
Weiler. a Kugene public: relations analyst. "This
is a heavily used library We want to make sure we
have the ability to expand it if we need to "
In addition to the library bond, Kugene voters
nun also Im- asked to approve $15 million for rite
building maintenance. This bond would free up
general fund tax dollars that go directly to main
tenance The city could use the money instead to
pay for library operating costs and an expanded
community polic ing program
Members of the Eugene Public Library Founda
tion are organizing a massive campaign to help raise
private money for the library Sheila Seitz, presi
dent of the foundation, said a number of donors
have already expressed interest in the- library The
MOOMAN MFSMANAot
The old Sears building will house a new city library
by 199511a library bond passes next spring.
foundation in looking for community volunteers to
help with money-raising efforts.
"We're real excited about the City Council's sup
port of the library," Seitz said.
A political action committee is also being orga
nized to support the possible bond measure and
help raise funds
Hildebrand said a new library in the 100,000
square-foot Sears building could increase library
usage b\ r»0 percent The current library building
is 17.000 square feet and is not able to meet the
demands of Eugene’s growing population, she
said. Circulation has increased from 211,000 in
1959 when the library was built to 14 million in
1993.
Most of the additional space would be used for
study and reading areas Hildebrand said many
Eugene residents have stopped using the current
library Irecausu they say it is too noisy and crowd
ed The library last year had to close a public meet
ing room, whic h previously held about 1,200 meet
ings per year, to accommodate its 65.000 registered
users. Hildebrand said.
The new library could also be a place for users
to gain access to city documents ori an electronic
system, Weiler said
"There's a whole range of what we can do." he
said
Weiler said the Citv Council will meet next
week to dis< uss the possible bond measures.
Book Browse presents quest authors
By Ben Moebius
for the Ot0Q<Y) (Xi'ty f rrteteM
The Lane County Medical
Alliance's 25th annual Honk
lirou m* vy ill take plates Thursday
between 10 a m and t> p.m. off
Coburg Hoad and Willakenzie
Drive at nm Hailey Dine
The Hook Browse is a fund
raising event that provides an
opportunity to meet regional
authors and view a wide assort
ment of hooks
(.uest authors will be ay ailahle
to autograph and dismiss their
hooks throughout the day
(iharles Dutu an. a former Uni
versiu journalism school dean,
will present his book of articles
and stories about Orison called
An Orange for Christmas Dou
glas Hates, an Oakridge native
and veteran Register-Guard edi
tor. will endorse Ins book about
interrat ml relations called Gift
Children A Story of Race, ham
ilv and Adoption in a Divided
America.
Other featured authors include
Tom and Virginia Hooth, with a
book of travel stories titled
Adventure guide to Micronesia,
Linda drew with a novel about
a couple s struggle with infertil
its titled Ordinary Miracles: Man
Cross, with an extensive histor
ical study of quilting titled Trva
Mines in the Trunk. William Sul
livan. with a new hiking guide
titled 100 Hikes in Northwest
Oregon; and Sharon Von Loan
and Particia I ate, with a cixikliook
titled Thyme and the Itiver.
Tickets are $0 at the door. All
proceeds from ticket sales, ns
well as 20 percent of hook pur
chases, will he distributed to
community organizations and
scholarships.
For more information, contact
Frevu Tripp at 345-3975.
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