Far West: Association defers
sale decision to next meeting
of the site for students is important.
“The student housing element
needs to be saved,” she said. “The
reality of that is the economics.”
Williams said it will be difficult
for St. Vincent to come up with the
required money, which may affect
the final structure of the apartments.
“We may have to work with a de
veloper so a portion of the site is
market-rate housing,” she said.
Some Westmoreland residents at
tended the meeting, and all made it
clear they wanted the property to re
main affordable student housing.
Williams’ presence shifted the
conversation to what would happen
if St. Vincent acquired the property,
but some students are still fighting
the sale itself.
“As students, we’re looking for sup
port from homeowners and the com
munity to fight against the sale,”
Westmoreland resident and Universi
ty^tudent Phyllis Haynes said.
John Dobbin, a neighborhood
home owner, said he was afraid of
what would happen to his property
value if “shabby housing” was put in.
“We don’t want to move,” Dobbin
said. “We’ve lived here for 47 years.”
Williams told Dobbin that in her
experience, St. Vincent projects
have improved property values,
and she invited him to tour St.
Vincent’s buildings.
Shane Kavanaugh, chairman of
the association, said the association
needs to take action on the sale at its
December meeting if members want
their voices to be heard.
“If we want to be effective as a
neighborhood association, we have
to say where we sit on this,”
Kavanaugh said after the meeting.
“Nobody’s going to want to see
private development,” Kavanaugh
said, “but we have to decide if we
outright oppose the sale. Or do we
see it as inevitable and (focus on)
who we want to see as stewards?”
Kavanaugh said he thought some
people would be concerned that the
association brought Williams, a
ASUO: Attendee points out parallels
to Amazon housing controversy
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focusing on what specific actions
should be taken to expose what she
said were the wrong things the Uni
versity is doing with its plans to sell
the apartments.
Community activist Zachary Vis
hanoff said it’s crucial that everyone
opposed to the sale take action im
mediately rather than waiting for a
set game plan.
“No one wants to come together
on some softball campaign when
they wanted to play hardball,” Vis
hanoff said. “I think we’re wasting
time every moment we don’t contact
NPR (National Public Radio) and The
New York Times.”
David Zupan of Oregonians for Af
fordable Housing said the group
needs to keep in mind what hap
pened with Amazon Family Housing
in the mid-1990s and examine what
kept those opposed to the demolition
of that housing complex from stop
ping the University.
“We couldn’t counter their (pub
lic relations campaign) enough,”
Zupan said.
Amazon housing was demolished
because of what University official:
said were serious safety and structura
problems. Opponents of the demoli
tion formed the Save Amazon Coali
tion and battled the University all th<
way to the state Land Use Board of Ap
peals in an attempt to save the Work
War II-era housing units.
The University has formed tw(
task groups to address the needs o
students who may be displaced i
Westmoreland is sold, and som<
students expressed concern tha
group membership was handpickec
by the University.
Stephanie McLaughlin, ASUO’:
nontraditional student advocate, is <
member of the group charged witl
addressing child care issues. Th<
Westmoreland property includes <
child-care center that likely woulc
close should the property be sold.
McLaughlin also serves on Uni
versity Housing’s Family Housing
Board, as does Li. The board meet:
today at 11 a.m. in the Bean Wes
Conference Room to discuss tht
Westmoreland sale.
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Amy Murschall, secretary of the Far West
Neighborhood Association, takes names
for questions to be directed to Anne
Williams, housing coordinator for St. Vin
cent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc.
Several groups met Thursday night to dis
cuss the sale of Westmoreland Apart
ments and other neighborhood concerns.
representative one of the organiza
tions trying to acquire the property,
to speak at the meeting.
But Kavanaugh was confident
students would be able to hold their
own during the discussion.
“Outraged students know how to
sell their point, too,” Kavanaugh said.
“We need to hear everyone’s opinions
before we make our decision.”
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Gleason also touched on this point,
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