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Vice President of Administration Dan
Williams said. Williams, incidentally,
has no relation to the bakery.
"Williams' Bakery has a lot of char
acteristics that are attractive from our
point of view," Williams said. "At
some point, it looked like it might be
possible, yet we came to the conclu
sion based upon conversations that
they weren't interested."
Acquisition of the land is among the
challenges, Williams said, adding that
"The price tag was pretty big." The re
port states it would cost $500,000 just
to demolish the site, and that doesn't
include underground utilities and en
vironmental remediation.
And although Autzen Stadium and
Howe Field are on University land,
they possess their own difficulties.
Autzen Stadium has a large, under
ground water main of shallow depth
that would have to be relocated, along
with utilities that require upgrades.
If the I Iowe Field site is chosen, it
would require relocation of the soft
ball field, and traffic congestion
would be a challenge as it is with the
current McArthur Court.
"Now that we know what's prefer
able among the several sites, what really
is possible?" Williams said. "For exam
ple, with Howe Field, do we really have
a place for softball? What's preferred
and what's possible are two different
things. Sites that are in tier two or tier
three aren't entirely out of the picture"
Among the other sites, the new
federal courthouse site in downtown
and the East Glenwood site fell into
the second tier, whereas the north
campus location and Glenwood West
were placed in tier three.
"The closer to campus, the better it
is, yet the University and architects
know the logistics better" said Bev
Smith, Oregon women's basketball
head coach. "We have been involved
and had some say, and now (we're)
leaving it up to them."
The reason that tire courthouse site
is in tier two its distance from campus
and because the University would
need to buy land from 10 to 12
businesses, Williams said, although
the site is still under consideration.
"We'll do some more follow-up
work on the federal courthouse site,"
he said. "There's considerable interest
among some of the elected leader
ship and business community in us
using that site."
Williams, among others, feels that
if the site is chosen it would bridge
the gap between the community and
the University. Yet others feel the new
arena should focus on student needs.
"That's important because the Uni
versity and Athletic Department are
tied to the business community,"
Smith said. "But at the same time,
University athletics is about students
and the accessibility to students."
The University still has plenty of
"homework" to do, Williams said, be
fore a decision will be made. Nonethe
less, Williams is confident that the Uni
versity can make a decision soon.
"My hope is that it will happen in a
few weeks," he said. "It depends on
how quickly we can get answers to
our questions. Once we have the an
swers, I'm sure the President is pre
pared to make a decision right away."
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which in the University's case in
cludes properties on the coast, in cen
tral Oregon and in the Portland area.
OUS lost on its proposal to restrict
bumping to within administrative
units only, which would have greatly
reduced the practice.
Also, if the University wants to hire
contractors, it must accept bids from
both outside contractors and the
union, Saunders said. If a contractor's
bid is lower, the University will take
80 percent of the amount the union
proposes and consider that bid, effec
tively giving the union an advantage
over outside contractors.
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OUS didn't give cost-of-living in
creases, but instead agreed to disperse
a $350 lump payment for all eligible
employees in November 2004, ac
cording to a press release.
As far as employment perks, both
sides agreed to take it on a case-by
case basis, entering into negotiations
as modifications or eliminations are
proposed. There are a few stipula
tions attached, however. First, bus
passes for classified employees must
be maintained, and secondly, the
University must give classified em
ployees the same treatment as facul
ty in respect to perks, Saunders said.
Anderes said an agreement was
reached this year earlier than it has
been settled in the past.
"Ihis was due in part, to the gover
nor's settlements," he said. "But also be
cause both sides wanted to move on."
I lolmberg also said that she was
generally satisfied a contract had
been readied.
"1 think it's as good as we can get in
hard economic times," she said. "You
might say better late than never. It's a
change in attitude that could have
happened a lot earlier, of course.
Every bargaining cycle since (1995),
we've been pushed to the wire. This
time it's still earlier that a tentative
agreement has been reached than any
of the other bargaining cycles."
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