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University of Oregon Indoor Football Practice Facility Willamette Greenway Permit Application September 23, 2021 On the east side of the Autzen Stadium Complex, the Patterson Slough area contains existing vegetation and protected Goal 5 resources. Approximately 200 trees line both the east and west banks of the slough, within the existing east parking lot. The vegetation establishes a buffer between the complex site and developed residential areas to the west. The proposal will not impact vegetation associated with Patterson Slough. Regardless, and without minimizing the importance or integrity of existing vegetation along Patterson Slough, this vegetation has minimal, if any relevance to this criterion. This criterion is intended to maintain the scenic qualities of the Willamette River, and to ensure that intensification of development minimizes the impacts on the river's scenic qualities, as affirmed by the Hearings Official in WG 01-1. The proposed project will not adversely impact the existing significant landscape area, open space and vegetation between the stadium and the Willamette River. This criterion is satisfied. (2) To the greatest possible degree, necessary and adequate public access will be provided along the Willamette River by appropriate legal means. The proposal will have no impact on public access to and along the river. The development site itself has no physical frontage on the river and is separated from the river by Alton Baker Park. The Autzen Stadium Complex is removed from the Willamette River and intensification, change of use, or development within the Complex will not impact the public river access provided by Alton Baker Park. Necessary and adequate access from the Autzen Stadium Complex, and the Indoor Football Practice Facility site, to the Willamette River, and along the river, is provided by a series of multi- use paths in Alton Baker Park. The project is located north of Leo Harris Parkway, approximately 2,200 feet from the river, and will not alter the existing multi-use riverside path system to, along, and across the river. This criterion is satisfied. (3) The intensification, change of use, or development will conform with applicable Willamette Greenway policies as set forth in the Metro Plan. Willamette Greenway polices are established on pages III-D-4 and III-D-5 of the Metro Plan. Of these, several policies apply specifically to local government agency services, rather than individual property owners and land use proposals. Several other policies refer to situations or conditions that do not apply to the proposed Indoor Football Practice Facility project. To the extent that the proposed development constitutes "new development" that is located along a river corridor or waterway, the following policy is relevant: CAMERON MCCARTHY 22