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■ ELECTIONS Voters say ‘yes' to reopening of Willamette Street Marcelene Edwards Daify fmmaid Voters approved a plan that supporters say will bring m o noniii growth to the downtown mall area in a mail-in ballot election Tuesday Measure 20-4;i asked voters to reopen Willamette Street to t ars between 8th and llth Avenues and remove the fountain on the mall. Preliminary results from the Lane County Elections Office showed that 6J percent. or IB.988 people, voted vos and 1 l.Hitt people volod no on the measure Kuss Brink, executive director of Downtown Eugene, Inc said the out* mtio is fantastic “I'm elated." ho said It has been a long hard struggle " Eugeni’ Mayor Ruth Bastom was happy with the results ot the vote "This will give us a c hain i> to continue in the positive direc tion Kugena downtown has t*wn going," Has< ont said Many of the businesses in til*' downtown mail area supported the strut's reopening because they have experienced an eco* nonni dis line in the last several years The opponents of the mea sure, who say the plan wilt i ause traffit problem down town, were not surprised hy the outcome "It's pretty much what we expected." said Neale Hyatt, front the Committee for Down town Planning Wo spent ‘Hi cents and they spent $40,000 " The cost of the projet t at Willamette Street is projet ted at St t million The Uttvtn Renew al Fund w ill pay* $450,000 and the lane County Road Fund would pay $750,000 Downtown property owners will contribute $100,000 to the projcK t front funds mixed hv the Downtown Kugeno, tin Construt lion is scheduled to begin in tht* fall and should bo completed hi>fort' thu 1'>')(> Eugene Celebration The plan will add .1 two Inno street through thu mull, raised t rosswiilks outlined with lint k paver* it thu intersections of ltroadwas and thu alloys, side walks for pedestrians and t7 short-term parallel parking havs and about 4U short-term tiii vein parking spin us Voters approve bond for new juvenile detention center Ben Moebius Oegoo Qs&y f 'momfc1 Eugene voters approved a $ to million bond measure to build a new juvenile detention t enter in a mail-in ballot elrt - lion last night. Preliminary results from the Lane County Elections Office show that the measure passed by more than 5,000 votes, with 38,671 votes for and 33,559 votes against. A total of 72,230 votes were tal lied. Eugene voters set a prta edent for t ivit responsibility, said kip Leonard. Lane County Circuit Court Judge "It is important to look how we are compared to other communities in the area." Leonard said. "We are way ahead "I have always told people that Eugene is the plat e to he to get help Our youth services workers are very helpful and i apabie. there just weren't the resources," he said "Now we have the fac ilitv we need to provide early intervention." Creg Vik, chairman of Citizens for Juve nile Justice, said Eugene voters have made it« l»»*»r th.it thev t an- about juvenile justn e and prevention rhtji an Hu! iust concerned with warehousing offenders and dealing with adult convictsVik said “Fugeno voters should lie very proud about this l or the past two years juvenile . uses involving $750 or less have not been pros ik uteri, said Steve Darmii hael. the direr tor of the huge tie Department of Youth Servii es Notifii etlon letters are sent to the parents and the charges are dropped The bond measure will !«• repaid over a 20 year period .Youth Mrvli h ittatistir •. estimate the tost for an owner of a $100,000 home to he $25 70 pr>r year, or about $2 a month The proposed detention renter will have 9f» beds each with its own sink and toilet The i enter w ill house juvenile courts, youth parole and probation offii.es and the Department of Youth Servic es Other features of the 30-acre site north of Aut/en Stadium will im lude a work training center and a 20 bed residential youth ( enter Measure will give $42.8 million to Lane Community College Samantha Martin Results of Tuesdav's mail in tilts turn prove i ommunity i o liege has not boon neglected by taxpayers. Ballot Measure 20 44, which will allot ale $42 H million to l ane Com munilv College passed hy more than lo.ooo votes The bond measure will cost home owners about 2‘i t tints per each $1,000 of assessed value of the home, and will lie repaid over a period of 15 years l.a»e Community College President jerry Moskus saiti he was "w,statu." the measure passed. ' It's diffit ult fur people to give up their tax dollars anil it’s gratifying to know that they believe in edut at ion tins much,'1 Moskus sud I'd like to thank everyone who supports the i ollege and the people at the college who worker! so hard to get this passed Work on the final art hitls tural plans will Itegtn right away. Moskus said. Funds will lie usetl to upgrade fatal ities and equipment related to gib-train :n>: retraining and other mstrm tional programs; replai <« obsolete tnstnii tional equipment With newer Iim llHologV. improve community access through ditiriMt h i enters. meet health nml safe tv mandates. build additional i lass rooms nml do major renovations and upgrades both on the in i ampus and its l oimnunitv outreai h i enter; I he it) year old i orninunitV < allege enrolls about .Mi.000 students a year and provides college credit i lasses, retraining for dislocated workers and training programs for Ux al businesses and other employers I urollment at !.(!( has increased more than 10 pel i ent in the last five years 1 he student ImmIv at lt( ranges from the tradition al twenty something< allege student to disks ated workers seeking |oh training in other fields I.( ( originallv developed a list ol possible projects that totaled .$0-1 It mil lion. In IMtM. a i iti/en advisory com niitlee advised l,C!C! to streamline the list, resulting m the $-1H million wish list \0C o1 & Join n s fur the I 'I1' 5 Johnston Let turn Sfiitnsomt t>\ iht St hoot of Joiirmilism tout Communutitton "Opinion Magazines: 18th Century Relic or Agent for Change/" victor iNavasKy Publisher and editorial director. The Nation Thursday. May IK, IWS The Soreng Theater at the Hull Center V M) p in ftii* tecturc i\ mode* poiilbk nnth 411 fmithMWhl jjilt from the Rktho/d W Jotkft%ton l‘i« »*<*<, t The Oregon Daily Emerald IS NOW AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE http: / / darkwing.uoregon.edu/-ode Summer Duck Call Is Here 1 Roister now tor L C) Summer classes. Rick up a tree summer bulletin with schedule ot classes in TO Oregon Hall.
