UO Next Generation Housing Development Plan February 10, 2026 <br />Land Use Applications <br />Refinement Plan Amendments <br /> <br /> <br /> Page 18 <br /> <br />E. The University of Oregon Lands Findings and Policies <br /> <br /> <br />Description and Statement of the Problem <br /> <br />University ownership extends into a substantial portion of the Core Residential Area. The University <br />owns most (but not all) of the properties between Agate and Villard streets and between where 14th <br />Avenue would be to within two to three house lots of 19th Avenue on the south (see Map 6). <br />Purchase of remaining private properties within that zone continues, in accord with the University’s <br />formally adopted plans for future development. <br /> <br />When the purchasing of properties east of Agate Street began, it was with the Expectation of <br />continuous expansion. Certain areas were cleared of the houses on them with that immediate need <br />in view. However, short-range conditions changed, expansion of the campus-proper in that direction <br />came to a halt, and the need for growing space was seen as lying somewhat farther in the future. <br />Thus, the University has become a landlord of several blocks of single-family type houses and the <br />owner of a parking lot which had been formed on the cleared lands. Years of uncertainty about <br />University intentions with regard to this large tract of property directly with in the neighborhood has <br />had an effect upon owners of adjacent and nearby properties, and to a lesser degree, upon the <br />Fairmount neighborhood as a whole. Compounding the effect was the steady erosion of the <br />appearance of the University-owned houses. Growth of the campus also brought increased traffic <br />and many automobile-related problems, such as storage of cars on neighborhood streets and <br />daytime parking by commuting University students who have not purchased University parking <br />permits. <br /> <br />Through efforts made by the Fairmount Neighbors Planning Committee and by representatives of <br />the University Planning Office, uncertainty about the University's immediate plans has at last been <br />resolved, and those results are embodied fully in the University of Oregon Plan for Development: <br />East Campus Area, which is included as part of this section. Pertinent policies contained in that <br />Update 4: Updates the University of Oregon Lands Findings and Polices within Section II. Land <br />Use – General Policies: <br />• Describe the purpose of updating the East Campus Development Policy, <br />• Detail the process used to create the East Campus Area Plan, <br />• Summarize the text and diagram refinement plan amendments proposed in this application, <br />• Describe the submittal of this application.