UNIVERSITY OF OREGON <br />NORTH CAMPUS <br />CONDITIONAL USE & WILLAMETTE GREENWAY PERMIT APPLICATION <br />Facilitating recreation, resource, and wildlife protection is at the forefront of this proposal. In <br />addition to findings presented in C.21 and D.2, incorporated by reference herein, the Applicant <br />takes considerable care to expand recreational opportunities for the general public, and increase <br />support for wildlife habitat. More explicitly, the proposal includes two options for realigning the <br />Ruth Bascom Riverbank Path, which runs east-west through the subject site. In order to enable <br />realignment of the path, the proposal provides options for locating the path along the river, <br />spanning the Millrace Slough, extending under Frohnmayer Bridge, and enabling a future east <br />extension; or, along the northern extents of the proposed development sites, utilizing the existing <br />crossing over the Millrace Slough, and connecting to Riverfront Parkway, Millrace Drive, and <br />Garden Avenue. Either option provides for improved public access to the riverfront, and enhanced <br />outdoor recreation opportunities. <br />Also, the proposal will increase the amount of recreation capacity within downtown and the <br />riverfront area by providing recreational fields, and expanded access to the river for passive <br />recreation, fishing, swimming, and launching personal paddle crafts. While the current proposal <br />does not include specific plans for residential development, this does not preclude residential <br />development for student housing from being included on the site at a future time. <br />In order to support wildlife, the proposal draws from the findings of the <br />Riparian Assessment and <br />(Exhibit B), which found several key sensitive aquatic species, and rare <br />Management Report <br />species historically documented within one mile of the site: <br />Sensitive Aquatic Species <br />Chinook salmon () Ã federally threatened (Federal ESA) <br />Oncorhynchus tshawytscha <br />Chinook salmon () Ã federally threatened (Federal ESA) <br />Oncorhynchus tshawytscha <br />Steelhead () <br />Oncorhynchus mykiss <br />Steelhead () <br />Oncorhynchus mykiss <br />White sturgeon () <br />Acipenser transmontanus <br />Western brook lamprey () <br />Lampetra richardsoni <br />Pacific lamprey () Ã species of concern (Federal ESA) <br />Lampetra tridentate <br />Rare Species (ORBIC) <br /> <br />Western pond turtle () Ã sensitive critical (State ESA) <br />Actinemys marmorata <br />Retrorse sedge () <br />Carex retrorsa <br />Painted turtle () Ã sensitive critical (State ESA) <br />Chrysemys picta <br />Townsend's big-eared bat () Ã sensitive critical (State ESA) <br />Corynorhinus townsendii <br />Bald eagle () Ã sensitive vulnerable (State ESA) <br />Haliaeetus leucocephalus <br />Bradshaw's lomatium () Ãendangered (State ESA) <br />Lomatium bradshawii <br />Oregon chub () Ã sensitive critical (State ESA) <br />Oregonichthys crameri <br />Bull trout (Coastal population) () Ã sensitive critical/vulnerable (State ESA) <br />Salvelinus confluentus <br />There are no other documented occurrences of sensitive or rare wildlife species within the subject <br />site. Per the report findings, the site contains the appropriate aquatic, upland, and riparian habitat <br />to support all eight of the rare species listed above. However, significant on-site habitat for <br />riverbank species is limited to the riparian corridor and is shown on Sheets L02 and S01 Site Plan <br />and Existing Conditions (Exhibit A). Additional measures that can improve the habitat and <br />subsequent proliferation of historically-present species, as well as generally improve the river <br />Cameron McCarthy FINAL SUBMITTAL | June 22, 2018 59 <br /> <br />