UNIVERSITY OF OREGON <br />NORTH CAMPUS <br />CONDITIONAL USE & WILLAMETTE GREENWAY PERMIT APPLICATION <br />Transportation Element <br />Land Use <br />F.3. Provide for transit-supportive land use patterns and development, <br />including higher intensity, transit-oriented development along major <br />transit corridors and near transit stations; medium- and high-density <br />residential development within mile of transit stations, major transit <br />corridors, employment centers, and downtown areas; and development <br />and redevelopment in designated areas that are or could be well served <br />by existing or planned transit. <br />F.4. Require improvements that encourage transit, bicycles, and <br />pedestrians in new commercial, public, mixed use, and multi-unit <br />residential development. <br />The subject site is located in proximity to the downtown core and major transit corridors along <br />Franklin Boulevard. The proposal involves improved connection to the Ruth Bascom Riverbank <br />Path and development standards proposed through the S-RP Zone that encourage transit, bicycle, <br />and pedestrian use within the development. Therefore, the proposal is consistent with Policies F.3 <br />and F.4. <br /> <br />Transportation System Improvements: Bicycle <br />F.22. Construct and improve the regionÈs bikeway system and provide bicycle <br />system support facilities for both new development and <br />redevelopment/expansion. <br />F.24. Require bikeways to connect new development with nearby <br />neighborhood activity centers and major destinations. <br />As noted, existing public access along the Willamette River is provided by the Ruth Bascom <br />Riverbank Path, a paved multi-use path that spans the extent of the subject site. More explicitly, <br />the proposal includes two options for realigning the Ruth Bascom Riverbank Path, which runs <br />east-west through the subject site. The proposal provides options for locating the path along the <br />river, spanning the Millrace Slough, extending under Frohnmayer Bridge, and enabling a future <br />east extension; or, along the northern extents of the proposed development sites, utilizing the <br />existing crossing over the Millrace Slough, and connecting to Riverfront Parkway, Millrace Drive, <br />and Garden Avenue. Either option provides for improved public access to the riverfront, and <br />enhanced outdoor recreation opportunities, as illustrated on Sheets L02 and L05 Site Plan and <br />Service Vehicle Primary Circulation Plan (Exhibit G Plan Set). <br />Provisions of the S-RP Zone ensure high-quality public amenities along the riverfront including <br />bike parking, ample setbacks to preserve the riverbank and natural areas, adequate lighting, and <br />controlled building mass and scale to preserve viewsheds. The proposal also provides several <br />potential crossings to improve circulation to and within the site, as shown on Sheet L03 Pedestrian <br />and Bicycle Primary Circulation Plan (Exhibit A). These crossings serve to provide better access <br />from Franklin Boulevard into the site, and across the railroad tracks to the northern portion of the <br />site. While the exact locations of these crossings are to be determined, additional crossings will <br />Cameron McCarthy FINAL SUBMITTAL | June 22, 2018 63 <br /> <br />