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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON NORTH CAMPUS CONDITIONAL USE & WILLAMETTE GREENWAY PERMIT APPLICATION Plan results in 31acres of 77 acres being dedicated to riparian restoration in addition to other open space that would be provided within development sites (north of the tracks, this amounts to 25 of 42 acres being dedicated to riparian restoration). It carefully balances the long-term needs of the university and desires of the community as a whole, addressing key interests in connectivity, river access, riparian restoration, safety, and active uses. The Master Site Plan is a set of drawings that establishes a regulatory framework well beyond code requirements that the university chooses to impose on itself. It contains a regulatory plan, a conceptual site plan showing a scenario of potential development over the course of decades, and conceptual plans for pedestrian and bicycle, vehicle, and service vehicle primary circulation. It is based on the Framework Vision Project (an 18-month-long planning study that was landscape- focused and explored how the university could accommodate growth on campus, further described in Section 3), a Conceptual Study of the universityÈs land between the railroad tracks and the Willamette River (further described in Section 3), and the land use code requirements for the Conditional Use Permit. It has been informed by feedback from university and community stakeholders gathered through public outreach (further described in Section 4). 2.3 Purpose (Why the University Needs a Conditional Use Permit) Unlike the majority of campus, which is in the Public Land Zone, the entire North Campus (delineated by the S-RP zone) needs a Conditional Use Permit in order for any development to occur. This is not a typical Conditional Use Permit application. It is not for a site-specific known development; rather, it is for a vast area of land for most of which the university has no definitive plans and/or funding to improve yet. However, a Conditional Use Permit is required for this area because of its unique and special location along the Willamette River. The university knows that it needs some of the land in North Campus for future buildings and year- round recreation fields, as found in the Framework Vision Project. It has limited land holdings and limited development opportunities and, as the university grows, it wants to do it in a way that preserves and improves upon the quality of campus that people enjoy today, with its beautiful interconnected open spaces, thoughtfully-designed buildings, and high-quality pedestrian environment. The university would be able to achieve this if it can accommodate growth and change in this part of campus. This Conditional Use Permit would be a first step in allowing the University of Oregon to plan for the future and improve the area. If the university does not receive a new Conditional Use Permit for North Campus, its ability to accommodate growth and change will be extremely limited, forcing the university to be unable to respond effectively to needs and opportunities. Consequences include but are not limited to: Locating new buildings in places that are inappropriate for those building types (such as an administrative building in areas of campus that are reserved for classrooms or student services); Building in designated open spaces; Having to purchase adjacent land and build in neighboring areas with potential negative impacts to neighbors; Further spreading university uses off-campus; Having limited or no options for surge or replacement space, which will become all the more necessary as the university builds and improves research facilities and offices for current and new tenure-track faculty; Cameron McCarthy INITIAL SUBMITTAL | February 21, 2018 13