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Improvements." he said
Gaddim said some systems
such ns water and sewer service
need improvements, and there
nre some structural problems
such as walls separating from
ceilings and failing foundations.
"We are the stewards respon
sible for the safety and well
being of residents" in Amazon.
Gaddini said
Residents nre proposing a
plan to repair and preserve the
current Amazon complex with
out demolition. The plan.
Zupan said, would ho cheaper
than demolition and repairs
could l* completed within three
years.
A demolition permit for some
Amazon indoor fixtures was
issued late last week, said Mike
Eystor. director of University
Mousing. The permit will
enable University Mousing to
remove reusable fixtures such as
toilets and water heaters for use
in a new huilding.
However, a demolition permit
cannot lie issued until Nov. 2 —
90 days after the building was
put on the market. The delay is
required before the building can
be destroyed. Eyster said.
Me said that a demolition per
mit would he sought soon after
the Nov. 2 deadline.
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Money offered to offset moving costs
i many oumu
Oregon O&ty t
hi an effort to i reate a larger buffer /one
between a proposed demolition /one and resi
dem es within the Amazon Housing complex.
University Housing has offered several resi
dents S250 to relocate to another apartment and
will waive the space change fee of 52S
According to a letter from Ron Tendick,
direc tor of business affairs and familv housing,
to residents of building 22t)0. residents have
until Oct. .10 to accept the offer.
Of the fifteen OCCUpM units, .til but four
have accepted the offer. a< cording to Tendii k
Keiko Tabata. a graduate student, has opted
not to move.
"I don't like moving in the middle of the term
and if 1 accept the offer 1 have to move out
immediately." she said
She said that she looked at an apartment on
Hast Campus, hut wasn't impressed
"So I don't think I'll move out 1 think I'll stav
here one more veer," she said
Tabata said she doesn't foresee a big problem
with the noise because she spends her days on
campus and doesn't think that demolition wdl
occur on the weekends
Residents are laung given the option to move,
utMwvvu iiuw iinu »iu. miu npannutnis m
Westmoreland, Fast Campus or further within
tin* m i upied area of Amazon The S250 is to
help with moving expenses. according to Ton
tin k
Quinta Sauerwein, who lias lived in her
apartment for four years, has decided to take
the offer and is moving her family of four to an
Hast Campus apartment next week
"They could have said you have to days to
get out. hut they've been very helpful in finding
a plat e." she said “We thought the offer was
quite reasonable
A driveway separates the inhabited apart
ments and the replat emunl zone where the pro
posed demolition is set to occur Tentlit k
stressed (tint the offer is not meant to forcibly
remove people from their apartments, but to
give them options, understanding that they
could potentially be living 25 feet away from a
demolition zone
On Sept 2. University President Dave Frohn
miner announced that he would like to see
Amazon Housing rebuilt Phase one includes
demolishing and rebuilding buildings current
ly vacant, according to a letter to family hous
ing residents from Mike Fyster. director of
family housing
Zupati said the Save Amazon
Coalition would nc.tividv oppose
thti demolition of Amazon and
would use the application
process for the demolition per
mit as a "leverage point" to stop
the efforts of the University
"l! makes good sense to pre
serve Amazon,' said Michelle
Sommers-Thompson, an Ama
zon Community Tenants mem
ber and resident of Amazon
These 2-t-t units i an he pri
se rved."
Sommers-Thompson said
Amazon residents wanted their
proposal to repair and preserve
Amazon lo be s< rut im zed by the
put)li< "We hope for an honest
dismission on the proposal." she
said.
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