HimalayanblackberriesandEnglishivy.Asusedherein,theriparianstrip <br />meanstheareabetweenthetopoftheriverbankandtheǞğƷĻƩ͸ƭedge. <br />Theapplicanthasproposedriparianrestorationofthenaturalvegetativefringealongthe <br />WillametteRiver.TheapplicanthassubmittedaRiparianAssessmentandManagementReport <br />thatindicatesvegetatedriparianareaswithinthedevelopmentsitewerehistoricallyreducedto <br />narrowstripsalongtheriver.Inordertoenhancethenaturalvegetativefringe,theğƦƦƌźĭğƓƷ͸ƭ <br />writtenstatementstatesthattheywillincorporateͻğƭmanyapplicablerestorationtechniques <br />aspossibleasfundingbecomesğǝğźƌğĬƌĻ͵ͼTechniquesproposedwillincludelargescale <br />invasiveplantremoval,andremovalofconcreteriprapalongtheshoreline.Additionally,the <br />200footriparianbufferproposedwillhelptopreserveandenhancetheriparianfringe. <br />Basedontheabovefindings,thiscriterionismet. <br />(e)Tothegreatestpossibledegree,necessaryandadequatepublicaccesswill <br />beprovidedtoandalongtheriverbyappropriatelegalmeans.Asusedin <br />thissection,thewordsͻŭƩĻğƷĻƭƷpossibleķĻŭƩĻĻͼaredrawnfrom <br />StatewidePlanningGoal15(F.3.b.)andareintendedtorequireabalancing <br />offactorssothateachoftheidentifiedGreenwaycriteriaisprotectedto <br />extentpossiblewithoutprecludingtherequesteduse.Goal15 <br />thegreatest <br />(C.3.j.)providesthatͻƌğƓķƭcommittedtourbanuseswithintheGreenway <br />shallbepermittedtocontinueasurbanǒƭĻƭ͵ͼ <br />Thispolicyrecognizesthatdevelopmentshouldoccurinconcertwithcontinuedpublicaccessto <br />improvephysicalaccessbythepublicto <br />theriveranddevelopmentplansshouldmaintainand <br />therivertothegreatestpossibledegree.Physicalaccessincludespedestrianandbicycleaccess <br />alongtheriver,andpedestrianaccesstotheriverbankforactivitiessuchasswimming,fishing, <br />andlaunchingsmallpaddlecraft.Enhancementandprotectionoftheriparianareaalongthe <br />riverwillbebalancedwiththeneedforpublicaccesstotheriver.Theapplicanthasproposed <br />improvementandpossiblerealignmentoftheexistingbicyclepathalongtheriver.The <br />applicantalsoproposesariparianarearestorationalongtheriverandtheestablishmentof <br />threepedestrianviewpointsandonepaddlecraftlaunchingpointalongtheƩźǝĻƩ͸ƭedge.The <br />proposalwillenhancetheƦǒĬƌźĭ͸ƭphysicalaccesstotheriver,improvetheecologicalqualityof <br />thesite,enhancepublicsafety,andimproveaccessofpublicfacilities. <br />Basedonthesefindings,thiscriterionismet. <br />(3)Interpretation.IntheeventanyofthetermsusedintheseSRPzoneprovisions <br />requireinterpretation,theplanninganddevelopmentdirectorshallberesponsible <br />forsuchinterpretation. <br />Nointerpretationswererequired;however,theğƦƦƌźĭğƓƷ͸ƭwrittennarrativeacknowledgedthis <br />criterionandacceptstheplanninganddevelopmentķźƩĻĭƷƚƩ͸ƭinterpretationsasrequired, <br />thereforethiscriterionismet. <br />UONorthCampus(CU181andWG182)September2018Page15 <br /> <br />