UNIVERSITY OF OREGON <br />NORTH CAMPUS <br />CONDITIONAL USE & WILLAMETTE GREENWAY PERMIT APPLICATION <br />4.0 PUBLIC OUTREACH <br />In addition to the public outreach efforts included in the development of the Framework Vision <br />Project, the North Conditional Use Permit project and concurrent Conceptual Study (of the land <br />between the railroad tracks and the Willamette River) involved extensive outreach with a wide <br />range of stakeholders in order to inform the Conceptual Study and Master Site Plan. Stakeholder <br />engagement included both internal and external groups, with internal efforts focused on the <br />university community (faculty, staff, students, and administrators) and external efforts focused on <br />community leaders, business leaders, city and agency representatives, neighboring property <br />owners, river and ecology advocates, neighborhood associations, and other interested parties. <br />This section summarizes the outreach that occurred in formally scheduled meetings. Many <br />conversations, one-on-one meetings, information-sharing and phone calls also took place that <br />were not formally scheduled. <br />The public process started in July 2017. Outreach to-date included: <br />Eight focus group meetings (five internal, two external, and one combined internal/external); <br /> <br />Two public open houses; <br /> <br />Two neighborhood meetings; <br /> <br />Information-sharing meetings with internal and external stakeholders and interested parties; <br /> <br />Individual interviews with community members representing key interests; <br /> <br />Three Campus Planning Committee meetings; <br /> <br />Five e-updates to an e-mail list of interested parties; <br /> <br />Five e-updates to the community stakeholder focus group; <br /> <br />Three updates in Around-the-O; and <br /> <br />Sharing information on the project web page, including open house materials and providing a <br /> <br />function for public comment. <br />It should be noted that the university also conducted outreach one year prior to the project, from <br />May 2016 through October 2016, to understand areas of concern and interest. This effort included <br />meetings with the Campus Planning Committee, faculty in the College of Design and Biology, <br />PE&REC, Club Sports, Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, and <br />representatives of neighborhood associations, adjacent community organizations, and local <br />government (planning, transportation, parks and recreation). <br />Below is a more detailed description of the outreach meetings to-date: <br />Internal Outreach <br />Ecology Focus Group <br />The Ecology focus group was comprised of representatives from the departments of Biology, <br />Geography, Environmental Studies, Landscape Architecture, and the Urban Farm Program and the <br />Institute for Ecology and Evolution. The Ecology focus groupÈs expertise in ecology and landscape <br />design delivered important feedback regarding the current use of the area, areas of ecological <br />significance, design considerations, and recommendations for conservation, restoration, and <br />enhancement. The Ecology group met on July 12 and July 26, 2017 and in a combined meeting <br />with the PE & REC Focus Group and Outdoor Program Group on August 29, 2017, and in a <br />combined meeting with PE & Rec Focus Group and members from the Community Focus Group <br />on October 18, 2017. <br />Cameron McCarthy INITIAL SUBMITTAL | February 21, 2018 21 <br /> <br />