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NEWS BRIEF
Council directs upgrades
for West University area
The Eugene City Council on Mon
day ordered plans aimed at improv
ing alleys in the West University
neighborhood and approved funding
to install more lighting in the area.
The Council told the city engineer
to begin designing upgrades to West
University area alleys, which is an esti
mated $1.6 million project. The im
provements will be paid for largely
with property taxes.
Ward 2 Councilor Betty Taylor was
the only one to vote no, saying she
could not approve mandatory assess
ments on property owners who might
not want the improvements.
Ward 3 Councilor David Kelly, who
represents the University area, said in re
sponse that city staff plans to involve the
community thoroughly in planning.
"All this does is initiate a design
process," he said.
The Council also unanimously ap
proved funding to install additional
pedestrian-level lighting in the West
University neighborhood. The funding
was approved in spring 2003, but the
leftover $17,779 from the original
$42,250 project needed to be re-ap
proved for use in 2004. The money
came from the Federal Department of
Housing and Urban Development.
Both improvements were among the
major goals set by the West University
Task Force to improve the safety and
livability of the area.
The task force, comprised of neigh
borhood residents, business owners,
students and University staff, was cre
ated by the city and the University in
response to the September 2002 riots
in the area.
— Nika Carlson
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She added that while the Universi
ty has no projects planned for the
area right now, it wants to pre-plan
for expansion to make the design
process smooth.
The University estimates that it will
need up to 600,000 square feet of new
space in the next 20 years, according to
the University's East Campus Develop
ment Policy.
The policy, which the University be
gan revising in January 2002, sparked
the negotiations among the University"
Fairmount residents and the city.
University officials attended 20 pub
lic meetings and events to get commu
nity input during the 18-month revi
sion, hearing concerns about the impact
of increased traffic, the effect University
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buildings would have on the neighbor
hood's character and the possibility of
eliminating student family housing.
"We want to maintain the neighbor
hood we love while allowing for densi
ty, " said Fairmount Neighbors Associa
tion Co-Chairwoman Kristen Taylor.
These concerns resulted in city-led
mediations between the University and
the Fairmount Neighbors. TTiis process
was a first for the city, which normally
holds a public meeting for land use ap
plications that gives the public limited
input into the process, Eugene Senior
Planner Allen Lowe said.
The mediation, however, gave
equal weight to the concerns of all
three parties.
"We thought there was .an opportu
nity to avoid a fair amount of contro
versy and nastiness, so we decided to sit
down and talk it out," Lowe said.
He added that there were 45 areas of
disagreement going into the media
tions and only three coming out of it.
Lowe said the neighborhood
association requested most of the final
policies, including a plan for improv
ing Agate Street and for studying how
to reduce traffic problems in the area.
"From the point of the city, it went
great," he said.
Taylor agreed that it has been a pos
itive process overall, though she said
she would have liked more interac
tion with planning commission
members and a neutral mediator to
lead the negotiations.
While City Council approval for
most of the policy changes is expected,
Taylor and Lowe each questioned
whether the city would be able to fund
the projects.
"We really have to make a plea to
City Council to make this a priority,"
Taylor said.
The Eugene City Council is scheduled
to hold a public meeting about the East
Campus plan on January 26 at 7 p.m. at
City Hall, located at 777 Pearl Street.
Contact the city/state politics reporter
at nikacarlson@dailyemerald.com.
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PROTEST
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outrage over the provision they said is
a violation oftheU.S. Bill of Rights.
"I was astounded and astonished by
the ordinance; which in effect denies the
constitutional right of freedom of as
sembly," Karl Soig, 81, told the council.
"The ordinance is unconstitutional, I
have no doubt.
Ward 5 City Councilor Gary Pape,
who voted for the ordinance, said he
based his decision in part on the ad
vice of local business leaders, who
he said feel that it is important to
have a provision limiting large gath
erings downtown.
Only Ward 2 Councilor Betty Taylor
and Ward 3 Councilor David Kelly, who
represents the University area, voted
against the ordinance
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