Eugene earns top grades
■ Economic opportunity is
flourishing and the city
feels safer from crime,
according to citizen survey
By Darren Freeman
Oregon Daily Emerald
Most Eugene residents are en
tering this year’s election cycle
feeling that the city is on the right
track, according to the annual Eu
gene community survey, the city’s
equivalent to a report card.
More than two-thirds of the 401
participating Eugene residents,
chosen to represent each ward, re
sponded that they were satisfied
with the direction the city is tak
ing. That figure is up from the pre
vious 19 community surveys.
“The citizens of Eugene are not
at all hesitant to tell us what they
think, and this survey shows that,
for the most part, we’ve been lis
tening to them, ” Mayor Jim Torrey
said. “Can we do better? Yes. Next
year our goal should be to reach 80
percent” in satisfaction ratings.
About 85 percent of the respon
dents said they are happy with the
city’s general services, 73 percent
said they are satisfied with city
governance and the majority said
they felt economic opportunity
had stayed the same or improved.
This year, more Eugene residents
said they feel safer from crime
than they had in previous surveys.
About one-third of residents,
however, said crime was the
biggest problem facing the city.
Other repeated concerns includ
ed rapidly increasing population,
lagging development in down
town and lacking recreation serv
ices for children.
Eugene Communications Di
rector Phil Weiler said there is a
trade off between increasing eco
nomic opportunities and popula
tion growth.
“Oregon and Lane County for
many years have lagged behind
the nation in median income,”
Weiler said. “Now, we’re closing
that gap and catching up with the
rest of the country. There’s a
downside: We have a lot more
people now.”
“People like to live in a commu
nity that’s about the size Eugene is
now,” Eugene senior analyst Jan
ice Bohman said. Nonetheless,
she said, the population is in
creasing and will likely continue
to increase.
Eugene Police Department Cap
tain Roy Brown said community
policing techniques have added to
Eugene residents’ sense of securi
ty, but news coverage of drug
busts and car thefts have made
people more sensitive to crime.
Nonetheless, Brown said police
are considering new strategies to
combat the spread of illegal drugs
in Eugene.
CRIME
WATCH
(Reported Feb. 21 to Feb. 27,2000)
Feb. 21: Shoplift II, 800 block East
13th Avenue, items stolen.
Feb. 22: Harassment, 1800 block
Kincaid Street, argument between
apartment residents.
Feb. 23: Theft II, 500 block East 13th
Avenue, items stolen from car.
Feb. 23: Theft 1,1300 block Kincaid
Street, laptop stolen from bus stop,
Feb. 23: Shoplift II, 800 block East
13th Avenue, items stolen.
Feb. 23: Theft II, 1000 block Patter
son Street, University Inn, mountain
bike stolen,
Feb. 24: Theft Ml, III, 800 block East
13th Avenue, University Bookstore,
books stolen.
Feb. 25: Burglary 1,2600 block
Adams Street, cash stolen from
apartment.
Feb. 25: Theft III, 1900 block Onyx
Street, items stolen from car.
Feb. 27: Theft I, Criminal Mischief I,
1700 block East 15th Avenue, 11 ve
hides broken into, vandalized.
Crime tips of the week from
OPS Officer Gtise:
1. Get to know your neighbors. The
best way to prevent the University
from getting a good rep to the
thieves is to get the word out that a
crime against one is a crime against
ail.
2. Get a map from the Office of Pub
lic Safety detailing the locations of
the emergency phones on campus.
There are approximately 26 exterior
emergency phones set around cam
pus to get you help when you need it
fast.
Advertise in the ODE Classifieds today!
ASUO General Ele
Beginning Wednesday, students
at the University will have the op
portunity to vote on eight pro
posed ballot measures in the
ASUO general elections.
#5 International
Resource Center
This ballot measure involves
adding a new library facility to
the International Lounge in the
EMU.
The facility would be equipped
with worldwide newspapers and
periodicals, computer links and
information vital for traveling,
studying and living abroad.
The proposed measure would in
crease student incidental fees by
approximately $1 per student per
term.
With this increase, the Office of
International Education and Ex
change would be able to pur
chase books, periodicals, supplies
and equipment to support the in
ternational Resource Center.
About 10 percent of students at
the University are from other
countries while about 14 percent
of students study abroad and
travel overseas.
This International Resource Cen
ter would be available to the en
tire campus community.
#6 ASUO Constitution
Changes
The measure pertains to the
ASUO Incidental Fee. The appro
priate branch of the ASUO would
need to review initiative lan
guage before It could be present
ed to the student body for direct
vote.
The proposed constitutional
amendment would allow the
ASUO Constitution to be in line
with revisions to the Clark Docu
ment.
The Clark Document, named af
ter former University president
Robert Clark, was revised in July
of 1999. It allows the ASUO to
participate in the process of as
sessingand allocating the inci
dental fee.
Currently, the ASUO Constitution
Court reviews all proposed ballot
measures for clarity, objectivity
and tack of influential language.
This measure would add to the
Clark Document’s requirements
ctions measures
for ballot measure review to the
court’s current review.
In addition, the measure would
specify and clarify the Constitu
tion Court’s current standards of
review for clarity and objectivity.
#7 Designated Driver
Shuttle Funding
This ballot measure deals with
providing more funding to the
Designated Driver Shuttle so that
it is able to operate more fre
quently during peak hours.
DOS provides transportation for
University students to their places
of residence. Currently, DDS oper
ates seven days a week, 350 days
a year, with as many as 250 riders
on weekend evenings. To accom
modate the heavy passenger
load, DDS is asking for an addi
tional $16,843.
The proposed measure would in
crease student incidental fees by
about $.35 per term in order to
raise the DDS budget to $80,000
for the 2000-2001 school year. As
of now, DOS is allotted $63,157
through the student fee.
Without an increase in fees, DDS
will be forced to cut operation to
only five days a week with only
one eight-passenger vehicle each
night.
#8 LTD Unlimited
Bus Service
This ballot measure addresses
continued allocation of student
fees to provide unlimited bus
service for all University students
on Lane Transit District buses.
Currently, student fees fund the
unlimited bus service to any
where in LTD’s service area.
The measure asks whether a stu
dent incidental fee should be es
tablished at $7.29 per term for
the 2000-2001 school year and
$7.52 per term for the 2001-2002
school year to continue this un
limited access.
The service goes out to all cur
rently registered University stu
dents.
Law students would pay $10.94
per semester for the 2000-2001
school year and $11.28 per se
mester for the 2001-2002 school
year.
The elections will be held March 1
and 2.
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