1995_01 The Daily Collegian January 1995

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town than a UC campus. This is
something that is a serious pro¬
posal," Lung said.
Mayor Jim Patterson warned
that getting into the game this late
could hurt Fresno's chances.
"We may be serenading the
UC regents to find out that Juliet
iswaitingundemeaththebUcony.
We should be aware of other play¬
ers in this project, since the UC
may not be listening. The Univer¬
sity of California must be a will¬
ing partner in this project^" he
said.
Mark Aydelotte, director of
public affairs for the Fresno UC
office, said that while the EIR re¬
sults were positive, the proposed
160-acre site would be very small
for a UC campus.
"The only way to do it would
be to classify it as an urban cam¬
pus. The regents have asked us to
look at sites of at least 2,(
the existingUC sites are very]
since they require more acreage
' for students to live on campus
and more areas for research," he
said. The University of California
has riot-received a formal pro¬
posed frorrKihe city of Fresno,
Aydelotte said.
A good presentation will win
p6ints for a downtown UC,
Patterson said. Unlike the other
three sites, where major transpor¬
tation and construction adjust¬
ments would have to be made,
many projects are currently un¬
derway tiiat will change down¬
town in the coming century.
"I think we have a very good
story to tell, and I think we can
make a good commitment to
downtown tocreate a ve^yattrac-
tive campus. I also thihk we have
a very good story to tell about the
trianglebeingcreatedby freeways
168, 41 and 180. The fact of the
matter is, in Central California,
the place that is going to be easily
accessi>lebyfreeway,bybusand
by Amtrak, to going to be that
triangle.     •   •    . ■ t
"We need to clearly let the
UC know that there are assets
here and that there is a willing¬
ness to cooperate. What is impor¬
tant to me, and I think it should be
important to the council, is that
the promise is backed up by per¬
formance," he said.
There are proposals to extend
Freeway 41 into Madera County,
piSns for Highway 168 in FreSho
arid Clovis, as well as for 180 are
currently being implemented.
Dan Ronquillo, the new Dis¬
trict 3 council member, supported
the measure wholeheartedly. "I
would sign on to this right now
and support it 100 percent." The
proposed site for the Fresno UC
campus is in Ronquillo's district.
Lung, often at odds with the
mayor, agreed. "There is nothing
better that can revitalize down¬
town. This is not a fairy tale. It is
a serious proposal."
"We need to let the UC ;
know that there are as¬
sets here and that there
is a willingness to co-
operate.
—Jim Patterson
Fresno Msyor
 N, '
District 2 council member
Linda Calandlfl, a former execu-.
tive difector of the Fresnte Dpwn-
town Association, wasconcerfted
about the cost of the campus, be-
cause, as she said, it will be die.
taxpayers' responsibility to shoul¬
der the burden of paying for the
campus. Nick Yo vino, Fresno city
planner, told die council that in
a 1990cost analysis, the price tag :
for a UC campus in downtown
Fresno "is comparable to other
sites."
Newly elected District 1
council member Mike Briggs
said th a t the city should be aware
that the city isprimedfor a long-
term investment should it de¬
cide to go with the project. "We
have to realize this project is 10,
possibly 20 years away, but I
think with this project we can »
come a long way from solving
the problems of downtown."
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