GIOELLO Nick R <br />From:mgallowa@uoregon.edu <br />Sent:Friday, October 05, 2018 8:20 AM <br />To:GIOELLO Nick R <br />Subject:Win-Win for the Willamette <br />IWANTAWINWINOUTCOMEFORTHEUORIVERFRONT! <br />MynameisMariGalloway.I'macurrentstudentatUniversityofOregonstudyingenvironmentallaw.Ispendalotof <br />timerunning,biking,andtubingalongthatareaoftheriverfront.Iurgeyoutoconsiderthethreeoptionsweighedinthe <br />UORiverfrontRestorationandEducationGroup.TheoptionsarenotmeanttoprohibitdevelopmentRather,theyare <br />meanttoprovidemoreinformedproposalstothepublicandthecity. <br />ThefactthattheUniversityhaspreviouslyfailedtocomplywithitsownrestorationstipulationsinpastproposalsis <br />deeplyconcerning.TheoptionssetforthallowtheUniversitytocontinuewithitsmostneededdevelopmentwhile <br />pumpingthebreaksonotherdevelopmentplansthathavebeencrammedintothispermit.Theplansnorthofthetracks <br />areseverelylackingdetail,havenoidentifieddevelopers,andareoccurringoveravague30yeartimeframe.Forthe <br />aforementionedreasons,IaskthecitytoseriouslyconsidertheoptionssupportedbytheUORiverfrontGroup,which <br />aimtoavoidtheproblematicaspectsofthe <br />ƓźǝĻƩƭźƷǤ͸ƭplan. <br />AmasterplanisrequiredfortheUniversityofOregontoreceiveaConditionalUsePermitfortheNorthCampus.The <br />document,however,doesn'tprovideenoughdetailoraccountabilityintheareanorthoftherailroadtracksto <br />constituteatenableplan. <br />Yetthereisagreementthat: <br />Θ!longterm200footsetbackfromtheriverwillhelpprotecttheriparianecology <br />ȁŷĻUniversityhasgoodintentionstorestoretheriparianzone(evenifithasnoplantodoso) <br />ȁŷĻUniversityhasnoimmediateneedordesiretodeveloplandnorthoftherailroadtracks <br />TheUORiverfrontRestorationandEducationGroupsubmittedtestimonywiththreeoptionsthatprotecttheriverfront, <br />allowfordevelopmentsouthoftherailroadtracks,andareconsistentwiththecode. <br />IsupporttheUORiverfrontRestorationandEducationGroup'sthreeoptionsforachievingawinwinoutcome! <br />Thankyou! <br />MariGalloway <br />1 <br /> <br />