GIOELLO Nick R <br />From:Henry D Hakanson <hhakanso@uoregon.edu> <br />Sent:Friday, September 07, 2018 1:49 PM <br />To:GIOELLO Nick R <br />Subject:North Campus Conditional Use Permit Concerns <br />DearMr.Gioello, <br />IamHenryH,aUOstudentand6thgenerationOregonian.Iamconcernedabouttheupcominghearingregardingthe <br />UO'sambitiontodeveloptheriverfrontareaintheir"NorthCampus"plan. <br />TheUniversityofOregonhasn'tjustifiedtheirrequestfora30yearConditionalUsePermitfortheNorthCampus.If <br />granted,thepermitwouldlockinaplanthat's20timeslongerthanistypicallyallowed. <br />Overthenext30years,thepotentialforchangesinriverprotectionstandards,highereducation,andglobalwarming <br />cannotbepredictedandmaybesubstantial. <br />IrequestthattheCityinsteadrequireanincrementalapproachtodevelopmentusingthenormal18monthduration,so <br />thattheUO'sriverfrontplanscanrespondtoevolvingneedsinachangingworld. <br />Furthermore,playingfieldsnorthoftherailroadtracksshouldnotbeallowed.Inalllikelihood,thesewillbeheavily <br />illuminated,syntheticplayingfields.Evidenceismountingthatthematerialsusedinartificialplayingfieldsare <br />carcinogenic,whichtogetherwithintenseillumination,willbeharmfultoourcommunityandtheriverecosystem. <br />Andeveniftheyarenotsynthetic,abrieflookattheUO'sdraftplanmapsshowsthatmanynaturalhabitats,suchasthe <br />pondswhereplantsgrowandgeeseeat,willbedisrupted. <br />Finally,IrequestathreeweektimelineextensionfromthetheUniversityofOregonsoanadditionalhearingmaybe <br />scheduledduringthetimewhentheUniversityisinsessionandsomeofthemostimpactedcommunitymembers <br />(facultyandstudents)areavailabletocomment.IftheUniversitywantsa30yearpermititoughttobeabletoableto <br />waitamerethreeweekssothatstudentsandfacultycanreadilyparticipateinthepublicprocess. <br />Sincerely, <br />HenryHakanson <br />1 <br /> <br />