PurposeofStaffReport <br />Staffreportsprovidecommunitymembersanopportunitytolearnmoreaboutthelanduse <br />requestandtoreviewstaffanalysisoftheapplication.Staffreportsareavailablesevendays <br />priortothepublichearing(seeEC9.7320).Thestaffreportprovidesonlypreliminary <br />recommendationsandinformation.TheHearingsOfficialwillalsoconsideradditionalpublic <br />testimonyandothermaterialspresentedatthepublichearingbeforemakingadecisiononthe <br />application. <br />EugeneHearingshŅŅźĭźğƌ͸ƭRole <br />TheEugeneHearingsOfficialservesourcommunityinaͻƨǒğƭźƆǒķźĭźğƌͼ(judgelike)roleto <br />makedecisionsonindividuallanduseapplicationsinthecontextof9ǒŭĻƓĻ͸ƭLandUseCode. <br />Thefirststepisapublichearing,duringwhichtheHearingsOfficialwillhaveanopportunityto <br />hearfromanyinterestedpartieswhowishtoprovidetestimony,includingnewevidence. <br />Followingthehearing,theHearingsOfficialwillconsiderthetestimonyandevidencebefore <br />makingadecision.TheHearingshŅŅźĭźğƌ͸ƭwrittendecisionontheapplicationisgenerallymade <br />within15daysfollowingcloseofthepublicrecord,followingthepublichearing(seeEC <br />9.7330).Forreference,thequasijudicialhearingproceduresapplicabletothisrequestare <br />describedatEC9.7065throughEC9.7095. <br />StaffRole <br />CityofEugenePlanningstaffwillbepresentatthepublichearingtoassisttheHearingsOfficial. <br />Staffmayprovideadviceandrecommendationsbasedontheirprofessionalexpertiseand <br />familiaritywiththeapplicationandrecordofmaterialstodate;theHearingsOfficialmay <br />recommendationsathisorherdiscretion. <br />choosewhetherornottofollowƭƷğŅŅ͸ƭ <br />Staffalsoservesasacontactforapplicants,neighbors,andotherinterestedparties.Inthis <br />role,staffoftenhearsfromthepeoplewhomaybedirectlyimpactedbyaparticularprojector <br />decision.Whenconcernsareraised,staffworkstohelppeoplebetterunderstandhowto <br />frameaconcernintermsoftheapprovalcriteria.Stafflistenscarefullytoallconcerns,seekto <br />fullyunderstandtheissuesandimpactsoflanduseapplications,andattempttoprovidethe <br />bestservicepossibletoeveryoneinvolved.Whileallissuesareimportant,staffalsomakes <br />everyefforttohelpourcommunityunderstandthatalllandusedecisionsmustbemadebased <br />ontheapprovalcriterialocatedintheEugeneCodeandourĭƚƒƒǒƓźƷǤ͸ƭadoptedplansand <br />policies. <br />BackgroundandPresentRequest <br />Thesubjectpropertyiscomprisedof17taxlotswithatotalofapproximately77.4acresofland. <br />ThisareaiscommonlyreferredtoastheNorthCampusorRiverfrontResearchParkandis <br />ownedbytheUniversityofOregon(UO),makingupapproximately25percentofthe <br />h͸ƭ <br />nearly300acrecampus.TheareaisnorthoftheremainderoftheUOcampus,andisbordered <br />byFranklinBoulevardtothesouth,betweenMossStreetandKincaidStreet,andthe <br />WillametteRivertothenorth. <br />UONorthCampus(CU181andWG182)September2018Page2 <br /> <br />