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University of Oregon Indoor Football Practice Facility Willamette Greenway Permit Application September 23, 2021 Policy 5.• New development that locates along river corridors and waterways shall be limited to uses that are compatible with the natural, scenic, and environmental qualities of those water features. The Hearings Official in the Autzen Stadium Expansion decision (WG 01-1) found that Policy 5 specifically applies to "New development that locates along river corridors and waterways..." While the proposed site is within the Willamette River Greenway boundaries, it is located 2,200 feet from the river. The subject site is not located along the river corridor or waterway. The prior Greenway application for the Autzen Stadium Expansion (WG 01-1) provides evidence that the Autzen Stadium Complex is not considered part of the Willamette River corridor and describes the circumstances surrounding the inclusion of the complex within the Greenway Boundary. "Evidence that the Autzen Stadium Complex is not considered part of the Willamette River corridor can be found in the 1985 Willamette Greenway Management Proposal. As an implementation tool for the 1983 Eugene Parks Master Plan, the proposal was developed by a Willamette Greenway Study Committee that "took as its primary task to determine what'access' and 'natural vegetation and wildlife habitat' should be along Eugene's Willamette River corridor." (Willamette Greenway Management Proposal, Page 1). The Proposal's analysis, however, did not include the Autzen Stadium Complex, northern portion of Alton Baker Park, or the canoe canal as part of the river corridor. Because the Willamette Greenway Management Proposal did not include the Autzen Stadium Complex within the boundaries of its analysis of the river corridor, then the above Metro Plan policy is not applicable to this project or to the "specific land use action" (this Greenway permit application) referenced above. The fact that Autzen Stadium (built in 1967) is located within the Greenway boundary is a circumstance of the stadium area being in public ownership at the time the Greenway was established, rather than any physical characteristics of the area that would otherwise warrant its inclusion within the Greenway. The official Greenway boundary map - an aerial photograph depicting the stadium within an expansive parking area prior to development of either the canoe canal or Leo Harris Parkway - supports this observation. The canoe canal is a man- made waterway constructed in 1974 as part of a series of improvements to Alton Baker Park." The Indoor Football Practice Facility is located adjacent to two massive structures within the Autzen Stadium Complex, Autzen Stadium itself and the Moshofsky Center. The Moshofsky center is approximately 108,000 square feet in size and 72 feet tall at its CAMERON MCCARTHY 23