ADDENDUM <br />List of some specific objections to the proposed North Campus Conditional Use Permit and Willamette <br />Greenway Permit: <br />First, City Code Section 9.3700 Purpose of S-RP Riverfront Park Special Area Zone, states as objective 4: <br />To recognize the natural amenities of the site, balancing the opportunity for development to use <br /> <br />The Special Area Zone is located between the Willamette River and Franklin Boulevard. Under the <br />proposed CUP the part of the Special Area Zone lying between Franklin Boulevard and the railroad tracks <br />will receive concentrated building development. For the balance envisaged in objective 4, the area <br />between the railroad tracks and the Willamette should be reserved for a natural area and compatible <br />related educational and research uses. As I have argued at length, the use of this area for artificialturf <br />fields and/or flood-lit fields is inconsistent with recognizing the unique natural amenities of the site. <br />Second, City Code Section 9.8800 concerning Willamette Greenway Permits states: <br /> Planning Goal 15, Willamette River <br />Greenway which is designed to protect, conserve, enhance, and maintain the natural, scenic, historical, <br /> <br />For the reasons earlier given at length, the construction of artificial turf fields in proximity to the river is <br />inconsistent with the objectives given in Goal 15. It is also inconsistent with <br />City Code Section 9.8815 criteria (1): <br /> <br />reatest possible degree, the intensification, change of use, or development will provide the <br /> <br /> <br />Given the intensified development planned south of the tracks, construction of artificial turf fields <br />between that development and the river is inconsistent with criteria (1). <br /> <br />Third, most students, many faculty members, and some staff of the University of Oregon, as well as some <br />City residents, will be away on summer break or vacation on September 12. A second hearing should be <br />scheduled in October, after the first week of the Fall quarter, so that testimony can be taken after the <br />start of the UO academic year. <br /> <br />Fourth, 30 years is much too long a period for a permit, particularly for the north-of-tracks area. For Type <br />III applications, City Code Section 9.7340 Expiration envisages a default expiration date of 18 months. <br />Much will change over the next 5, 10 or 20 years, including, for example, our understanding of local <br />riparian ecology and more detailed knowledge about potentially harmful effects of leachates from <br />artificial turf fields. And the demand for natural areas is likely to grow over time as the local population <br />increases and development intensifies. <br /> <br />George W. Evans <br />September 10, 2018 <br />7 <br /> <br /> <br />