MetroPlan <br />WillametteRiverGreenway,RiverCorridors,andWaterwaysElement <br />D.5.Newdevelopmentthatlocatesalongrivercorridorsandwaterwaysshallbe <br />limitedtousesthatarecompatiblewiththenatural,scenic,andenvironmental <br />qualitiesofthosewaterfeatures. <br />Theapplicanthasproposeddedicating23acrestoconservationandanadditional7acresto <br />theWillametteRiver,whileexpanding <br />allowforexpandedriparianrestorationadjacentto <br />educationalandrecreationalaccesstotheriver.Theapplicantproposestoconcentratethe <br />developmentsouthoftherailroadtracksandawayfromtheriver.Byproposinga200foot <br /> <br />setbackfromtheriverbankforbuildingsandrecreationalfields,scenicviewshedstotheriver <br />willbepreserved. <br />Byproposingapossiblerealignmentofthebikepath,undertakingriparianrestorationas <br />applicanthas <br />feasible,andprovidingmoresafeandclearmeansofaccesstotheriver,the <br />demonstratedacommitmenttoimprovingthenaturalandscenicqualitiesoftheriver,while <br />respectingtheenvironmentalqualityofthesite. <br />Basedonthesefindings,andtotheextenttheapplicationcomplieswiththeWillamette <br />the <br />GreenwayPermitstandardsasdiscussedlaterinthisreportandincorporatedbyreference, <br />proposalisconsistentwithPolicyD.5. <br />E.2.Naturalvegetation,naturalwaterfeatures,anddrainagewaysshallbe <br />protectedandretainedtothemaximumextentpractical.Landscapingshallbe <br />utilizedtoenhancethosenaturalfeatures.Thispolicydoesnotpreclude <br />increasingtheirconveyancecapacityinanenvironmentallyresponsible <br />manner. <br />E.4.Publicandprivatefacilitiesshallbedesignedandlocatedinamannerthat <br />preservesandenhancesdesirablefeaturesoflocalandneighborhoodareasand <br />promotestheirsenseofidentity. <br />E.5.Carefullydevelopsitesthatprovidevisualdiversitytotheurbanareaand <br />optimizetheirvisualandpersonalaccessibilitytoresidents. <br />Theapplicanthasindicatedthattheareanorthoftherailroadtracksandadjacenttothe <br />WillametteRiverwaspreviouslyusedforindustrialpurposespriortothe <br />h͸ƭownership.This <br />areacontainsupto20feetoffillwhichcausestheriverbanktobesteep.Theapplicantis <br />proposingenhancementoftheWillametteRiverbankwithrestorationoftheriparianarea <br />adjacenttotheriver,byremovingthefillandgradingthebankbacktoamorenaturalslope, <br />providingriparianrestorationareasatawidthofatleast200feetfromthetopofbankinmany <br />locations. <br />UONorthCampus(CU181andWG182)September2018Page6 <br /> <br />