GIOELLO Nick R <br />From:Michaela Hammer <michaela.hammer@gmail.com> <br />Sent:Wednesday, September 12, 2018 7:11 AM <br />To:GIOELLO Nick R <br />Subject:UO Riverfront CUP comment <br />Good morning, <br />I'm a resident of Eugene and would like to submit a comment about the North Campus CUP in anticipation of tonight's hearing. <br />not <br />I believe that the city should grant a 30-year permit to the university to develop the area between the river and campus. I will be 62 years <br />old when the permit would expire in 2048, nearing the completion of my career and likely living in a very different social and ecological <br />world than we find ourselves in today. Please consider granting a normal 18 month permit with the possibility of a 3 year extension, so that <br />their use of the riverfront may be reconsidered and revised as circumstances change over the next three decades. <br />I would also like to see more transparency and public involvement in the process of any development of that property. The city and <br />university should wait to hold another hearing until school is in session, when many of the students and faculty that would be directly <br />affected by the decision will be in town and can have time to be more informed on the issue. I'm disappointed that this hearing is happening <br />so quietly during the summer. <br />I'd also like to add that sports fields seem to be inappropriate for an area so close to the river. Riparian ecosystems are remarkably fragile and <br />unique, and the impacts of synthetic fields and buildings wouldn't be well understood until they've already taken effect. So, I urge you to <br />reconsider the use of the area and require the university to protect the riverfront habitat for educational, recreational, and ecological purposes. <br />Thank you, <br />Michaela Hammer <br />1194 Adams St. <br />Eugene, OR 97402 <br />-- <br />Read my farm-based nonfiction at www.hammerandsoil.com <br />1 <br />