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City Council eager to approve library plans ■ Mayor Jim Torrey, however, feels the council might be overzealous and ignoring parking issues By Sara Lieberth Oregon Daily Emerald In a 5-2 vote Wednesday evening the Eugene City Council accepted the proposed project and financing plans for the city’s new library, for which construction bids are expected to commence early this summer and completion is slated for early 2002. Planners boasted of their suc cess in creating a design space largely from citizen input gleaned from four community workshops Student Parents! Meet the candidates for next year’s ASUO government! Thursday, February 1 / • 6 pm • 202 Chapman Hall Join the RSUO non-traditional student affairs coordinator ana members of the UO Student Parent Association in a special forum for student parents. • flsk questions • Share your issues, concerns, ideas LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD! -children are welcome 500Additional Minutes! Now get more talk time, without paying more. 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Several present on Wednesday referenced a Feb. 16 Register Guard article in which the new li brary was reported to be much larger and more expensive than what was called for in the pro posed tax levy voters passed in the 1 November 1998 general election. “I think from studying the proj ect it is on budget, but it has been pushed to the ends of its budget,” councilman Gary Rayor said. “There’s a certain amount of trust the public has that we’re building them a better library, and it’s im portant we do what we told them we’d do.” But the added costs have come from a number of sources, includ ing cleaning contaminated groundwater at the new site and an expanded design that includes 33,000 square feet of fourth-floor office space approved by the council last March. The new 127,000-square-foot building will be about 3 1/2 times larger than the current 37,000 square-foot library built in 1959. Proponents of the expansion first submitted a report to the City Council in August of 1987 re questing a new, larger facility. Excited about the progress made to date, Council President Bobby Lee said the draft design will be an enticing spot for city residents, himself included. “I know exactly where I’ll be sit ting, next to the coffee station, reading my newspaper on Sunday mornings,” he said. The issue of parking availability dominated much of the discussion during council’s work session, with concerns raised over the ex pense and logistics of the planned underground space for 70 vehicles. As the existing library has 110 parking spots, Gary Pape called the proposed plan “woefully in sufficient” considering future use. Mayor James Torrey also cau tioned the council from acting hastily in approving the plan be cause of similar concerns he said he had over inadequate parking. “I am very concerned that we are too anxious to move forward,” he said. “I hope before we put this to bed somebody can assure me we can do this.” But Lee answered by motioning to approve the plan as it stood say ing that any additional spaces can easily be negotiated at Monday’s council session, where the issue will be readdressed. “I really think we are almost there,” he said. Robberies continued from page 1A years of age, six-feet tall, weighing 150 pounds with shoulder-length black hair. He was last seen wear ing a three-quarter length leather jacket over a green collarless shirt, black pants and a green stocking cap. Just a few hours later, a second robbery occurred at the Little Y Mar ket, 603 W. 19th Ave. at 8:54 p.m. The suspect in this case, still at large, displayed a handgun and demand ed money from the store’s clerk. He fled on foot after the robbery. The second suspect was described as a white-male adult, approximately 25 years old, six-feet-four-inches tall, with a heavy build and blonde hair. He was last seen wearing a dark-col ored baseball cap and a long-sleeved sweater with blue pinstripes. Jan Power, public information Media critic continued from page 1A bers to look at the language in mag azine and newspaper coverage and fairness in viewpoints presented. He offered Time magazine as an example of a major publication that presented lop-sided coverage of the protest. To Solomon, the magazine’s pro-WTO coverage would have been fine had there also been another side presented in the Dec. 13,1999, issue. Traditional journalists operate within constraints, which is why they present narrow viewpoints, Solomon said. This constricted and assistant for the Eugene Police De partment, said the two robberies were considered unrelated be cause the suspects did not resem ble each other. Both store’s man agers did not wish to comment. Power said it is not that uncom mon for two seemingly unrelated robberies to occur so close togeth er in Eugene. “This wouldn’t happen on a monthly basis, but I do see it from time to time,” Power said. Nevertheless, reports from the EPD’s West University police sub station say overall crime is down. Officer Randy Ellis, who patrols 13 th Avenue and works out of the West University Station, said cam pus-area safety is a lot better than it used to be. “It may not seem like that be cause crime still happens in the area, but overall crime is down,” he said. narrow coverage results in inaccu rate reporting of events, he said. Solomon will urge audience members to support alternative me dia, which have fewer constraints. There are journalists doing good work, but it is an “island swamped by an ocean of dreck,” he said. The Register-Guard carries Solomon’s weekly syndicated col umn “Media Beat,” in which he criticizes different aspects of the media. “As a progressive media analyst, my voice is almost the only one [in mainstream media] taking a strong progressive view point,” Solomon said. Carl Bybee, associate professor in Despite these incidents, Univer sity Bookstore General Manager Jim Williams said 13th Avenue is a relatively safe place to do business. “I’ve been here for 30 years, and the amount of armed robbery in the area has been fairly small,” Williams said. Although crime is down, Ellis said crime is still a problem in the West University area. “There are people I know for a fact who are heroine addicts who prey on students’ backpacks at Knight Library and go sell their books at Smith Family [Book store],” Ellis said. “Personally, people are much safer than they have been. Property wise, stu dents need to be more careful with their personal belongings.” Anyone with information re garding either of these robberies is encouraged to contact the EPD’s Violent Crimes Unit at 682-5111. journalism and communications, said he appreciates Solomon’s work. Solomon will visit Bybee’s communication and democracy class Thursday to discuss the cover age of the WTO protest. Bybee, who also teaches media criticism, said it is important for students to understand the impor tant role politics plays in mass media coverage because the me dia is critically involved in politi cal and social change. Solomon said all people, not just journalists, can make a differ ence. It is important to challenge complacency because that is how things will change, he said. 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