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Assault Services seeks more space, privacy
Neighbors debate bow the
change would affect traffic
and parking nea rby
By Felicity Ayles
Oregon Daily Emerald
Some Eugene residents are
worried that if Sexual Assault
Support Services moves to a resi
dential neighborhood, its clients
will take up too many parking
spaces.
At a public hearing at City Hall
on Sept. 23, SASS members and
Eugene residents debated the or
ganization’s plans to move.
Through a conditional use per
mit, SASS members are request
ing to operate their organization at
591 West 19th Avenue.
SASS, a Eugene organization
that aids survivors of sexual abuse
or assault through support groups
and crisis lines, wants to move to
a larger residence at the corner of
19th Avenue and Jefferson Street,
in the heart of a residential neigh
borhood. The organization has
meetings Thursday nights, as well
as Monday night drop-in groups.
Nearby residents are concerned
about heavy parking and traffic.
About 15 people usually attend
the meetings each week, SASS ex
ecutive director Phyllis Barkhurst
said.
Clients need a safe place and a
sense of confidentiality, which
SASS can provide better through
a residence than an office,
Barkhurst said. The organization
is currently located in a smaller
building on Lincoln Street.
One requirement of the condi
tional use permit is that the orga
nization provides off-street park
ing to its clients and employees,
and it must construct a parking lot
on the property.
After filing the original applica
tion, SASS amended the applica
tion, asking to have the parking
lot requirement waived.
"We feel that the parking lot is
basically unnecessary,” Barkhurst
said.
A staff report compiled by the
City of Eugene states that because
other available parking is nearby,
the construction of a parking lot is
“an unnecessary physical hard
ship.”
SASS does not support the con
struction of a parking lot because
it will be obvious that the house is
no longer a residence, Barkhurst
said.
The organization has put a lot
of time and energy into finding
other parking near the proposed
residence, Barkhurst said. Mem
bers have found available parking
in a nearby Park and Ride at 18th
Avenue and Lincoln Street near
the house.
SASS has reserved four parking
spaces at the Park and Ride, and
with the two spaces already on
the property and surrounding
street parking, the clients and staff
have ample places to park,
Barkhurst said.
Throughout the hearing, citi
zens of Eugene and the neighbor
hood in question were able to
voice their opinions about the or
ganization’s planned move.
Dorothy Dunn, who lives near
the proposed site, was one of sev
eral neighbors opposed to the
change in her neighborhood. She
has written two letters to the Eu
gene Planning Division express
ing her opinion.
“This is a residential area, and 1
do not understand why commer
cial enterprises have to creep into
residential areas,” Dunn wrote.
But many people supported the
organization at the hearing, par
ticularly those who had friends or
family who were survivors of sex
ual abuse.
"I think the neighborhood
would profit by having such peo
ple nearby,” said Cynthia Kokis, a
supporter of SASS and the permit
request.'
The City of Eugene will make a
decision on SASS’s request with
in 15 days of the hearing.
Felicity Ayles covers city develop
ment, the West University neigh
borhood and thisfall's ballot mea
sures for the Emerald. She can be
reached via e-mail at fizzer@glad
stone. uoregon.edu.
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