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Amazon units moving in May Lort Betlineski Oregon Da*)/1 Preparations to move four Amazon buildings finally got underway Thursday afternoon after more than two months of detwite and appeals Contractors under the direr • tion of I errv Me Donald, execu tive director of St Vincent dt> Paul, began preparing the build ings Thursday for their eventu al "road trip ' to a city-owned site at 200 K 19th Ave Internal chimneys on the four, two story buildings were dis mantled Thursday as the first step in preparing the buildings for their eventual move McDonald said control tors are hoping to begin cutting the buildings in half and converting thorn into eight next week to make the move possible by early Mav The building* will bo moved to the new Mto by May 15 and renovated a* low income hous ing M< Donald said that the buildings will l*i transported on May 13 or 14 al around 5 .10 a m when traffic is lightest McDonald estimates the costs of moving the buildings includes $88,000 to move the units. $700,000 to renovate and St20.000 to do foundation and site preparation, which is rough ly 75 percent of what it would have cost had the buildings been constructed on the site as now Monthly rents for the trans ported units are expected to be $250 a month a two bedroom unit Mi Donald said he hopes the building* will be ready for ch i.upam v by Det timber 'We're furiously working out (hurt* at the situ and art’ looking forward to a December open ing. M( Donald said “There Mwms to lie a great dt»al of good faith here with at) parties involved for a change, and it * a nice *wit< h " Mike Eysler. diret tor of Uni versity Housing, was at the Amazon site Thursday survey ing the beginning of the prepant tion work and said he agreed with Mi Donald's sentiment* “I'm happy because 1 thought we would have to demolish them. " Kysler said "By moving the buildings, it still accom plishes our goal of clearing the site, plus it provides low income housing for others Architecture conference planned Natasha Shepard Oregon Oa</> Cmernki When students from the School of An:hite< lure and Allied Arts formed the Holistic Options for Planet Earth's Sustainability (HOPES) group spring, their goal was to put on a conferen< e alxiut integrating design and sustainable living This weekend the group will host the EC.O ifctsign Arts Conferetu e. which will begin tonight and include 40 speakers, panelists, workshops and displays. The HOPE'S group is staffed by students, all vol unteers. in the architecture and allied arts pro grams. The group would like to become a "clearing house" of information about sustainability, said co-coordinator Carina Pastor. After the < onferem e this weekend, they will begin organizing other activities and servit es, sui h as a newsletter and ,i library of information about sustainability Currently, the conference is taking up most of their time it lias taken 40 people to organize it. and the co-coordinators and others have been spending somewhere between 40 and 50 hours a week for the last few weeks on the conference. Pas tor said. "Our primo event is this conference," she said The group would like to see the conference become an annual event. Students from all over the U S are registered to attend, including people from Montana. Massa chusetts. Arizona, Minnesota and Georgia. More than 150 people are expected to attend, with almost half of them traveling to Lawrence Hall from out of town. Pastor said Eugene Mayor Ruth Bascom will be the first speaker of the conference F riday evening and will he followed by Jim Bell, the founder and diret tor of the Ecological Life System* Institute in San Diego Steve Badane*. u design/bui 1<! instruc tor <it the University of Washington and Yestermorrow School, will he the keynote speaker Saturday morning His address will demonstrate examples of project* that have incorporated sustainability into their designs “We want to show that it is possible to design a city where you don't need to hop in vour car to get anywhere, or a building where you don't need to crank your heat up all the time, " Pastor said Displays at the conference range from photo* of war-torn Africa to drawings showing how rain c an 1>« drained off a building while also luting purified These drawings will include both artistic and tec hnic al representations of designs One display will illustrate a multi-use building with tubes that roach (it) feet into the ground, help mg cool the building in the summer and beat it in the winter. The average monthly utility bill of the building is only .$<). Pastor said Design is an important tool in increasing overall sustainability, she said. "Design certainly can give form to a i banging world and offer opportunities and t hob rs." she said “Through design we i an help to achieve a sustainable society." There is no deadline to register for the c onfer mice The c ost is $10 for students, St.'S for non pro fessional community members and SM) lor pro fessionals in the fields of arc 'Inter turn and the arts A buffet dinner and continental breakfast are inc hided with the admission fee. and the registra tion cost for this coiifenmc e is good for admission to the Public Interest Sc ienc e Conference, which is also this weekend and will also address various environmental topics ASUO fights for annual budget Patrick Minford Oregon CXttiy Fmet Ok) The ASlJO Kxih utive received ii $2,000 increase in its quarter million dollar budget after hours of emotional, sometimes bitter, debate at Thursday's Programs Finance Committee meeting Next year the ASl 'l) Exet utive. the huh of student government at the University, will receive $263,549 in student fees The rigorous wrangling cen tered around committee recom mendations to cut tin; stipend for ASUO Executive positions, reduce student Oregon Student l-obbv funding, terminate two key ASUO positions, and remove ASUO newsletter funds. The proposed budget cuts were met with strong displeasure from each of the nearly 20 University student government leaders on hand for the budget hearing "You have to think about what you want the ASUO to provide students." said Robert Nosse. executive director of the OSL, after hearing the committee’s original budget recommendation. "You're cheating students and the quality of service they receive," The ASUO Executive's budget request was for a 5 percent increase. amounting to $273,705 Se vernI members of the commit* tee f«?It thi> executive's high bud get request was hypocritical sunn the ASUO's budget analysts have consistently recommended decreases, or small ini reuses in student group budgets "What I’ve heard all sear is dif ferent tonight." committee chair man Joey Lyons said. "This is a large dollar increase." Committee members refuted arguments that the request would i atisu a small pur-student increase in incidental fees “All year long groups have said exactly what you just said, and all year long the executive has said 'nope.'" committee member Mary Plalh said After hearing arguments against the proposed cuts, the committee agreed to keep the ASUO’s Federal Affairs Coordi nator position, and to fund the OSl. at the requested amount. The committee also kept ASUO Reflections, the executive newsletter that keeps students abreast of University student gov ernment happenings, but gave only enough funding for two issues. The ASUO's newcommunity rotations position was t ut from next year's budget. us wort’ tho reductions in ASIJO stipends Cutting the newsletter and stipend line items will perpetu ate stereotypes that the ASUO is an elitist organization, a mis Homer that the current ASt!() representatives are working hard to dispel, students said ASt'() President Ixedie Warren was disappointed with the ext* Utive's budget, but understood that the budget committee is iKitind by a zero percent budget increase benchmark, "We're trying to do what's best for students," Warren said "They're trying to stay within that benchmark.” The committee is stili under the benchmark, and members expect to meet it The committee also heard a budget request from Mediation, a service for University students who need a professional arbiter to settle a dispute. 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