<br /> <br />University of Oregon February 10, 2026 <br />RA 25-01, CA 25-02, Z 25-03 <br />Final Open Record Submission <br /> <br /> 2 <br /> <br />These topics include: <br /> <br /> Location, Clear and Objective Standards for Housing, and Special Development Standards; <br /> Terminology; <br /> Transportation; and <br /> Compliance with the Approval Criteria, specifically EC 9.8424(1)(b) and (c). <br /> <br />Additionally, during the open record periods following the City Council hearing, FNA introduced new <br />testimony directed at: <br /> <br /> Proposed Refinement Plan Amendments; and <br /> Proposed Code Amendments. <br /> <br />Each topic is addressed in the following sections: <br /> <br />A. Location, Clear and Objective Standards for Housing, and Special Development <br />Standards <br /> <br />Location <br />The applicant’s proposal amends the code to allow residence halls within the /EC East Campus overlay <br />zone. The /EC overlay zone applies to the Limited High Density Residential/Limited Institutional <br />(renamed Limited Institutional by the proposal) area on the Fairmount/University of Oregon Special <br />Area Study (FSAS) Land Use Diagram. FNA asserts that residence halls are prohibited in the /EC <br />overlay zone “because of the negative impacts such a development would have on the immediate <br />residential neighborhood.” This assertion is unsubstantiated by any evidence that this housing type <br />results in negative impacts on the surrounding residential neighborhood. <br /> <br />The applicant has long identified the East Campus Area as a future site for student housing. Beginning <br />in the 1960s, the applicant began purchasing land in East Campus for institutional expansion. In 2004, <br />having maximized the area's development potential, the applicant amended the 1982 development <br />policy in the FSAS to allow institutional development and to implement the 2003 East Campus <br />Development Policy. Residence halls were allowed in the Institutional area and restricted in the Limited <br />Institutional area to prevent “leapfrogging,” or development on the periphery of the campus boundary <br />rather than nearer the campus core, and to reserve developable land in East Campus for future <br />housing sites. This approach has supported the development of six new residence hall communities, <br />including Living Learning Center, Global Scholars Hall, Unthank Hall, Kalapuya-Illihi, Yasui Hall, and <br />Next Gen Housing Phase I (under construction), as well as the renovation of Justice Bean Hall. With <br />the exception of the Living Learning Center and Yasui Hall, all construction has occurred within the <br />East Campus Area. <br /> <br />FNA asserts that the applicant has “identified other suitable properties in the East Campus Plan area <br />where high-rise residence halls are already allowed and where they are more suitable for high-intensity <br />student housing.” This assertion is unsupported by evidence. The application materials and evidence in <br />the record demonstrate that the proposal follows a 2+ year planning process in which the applicant <br />prepared a long-range housing plan (UO Next Generation Housing Development Plan) and updated its