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March 28, 2018
Colin McArthur, AICP
Cameron McCarthy Landscape Architecture & Planning
160 East Broadway
Eugene, OR 97401
RE: UO North Campus (CU 18-1)
Atrium Building
99 west 10`h Avenue
Eugene, Oregon 97401
Phone: 541-682-5453
Fax: 541-682-5572
www.eugene-or.gov/planning
Thank you for your application for a Conditional Use Permit. Our completeness review process
provides an opportunity to collaboratively address any items that are unclear, incomplete, or
missing before your application is evaluated for consistency with our land use code. We also use
this as an opportunity to identify other issues which may be raised during the public process.
Based on our review, your application is deemed incomplete at this time. Below is a list of items
that need to be addressed:
• The written statement needs to address the Riparian Corridors, Wetlands, and
Wildlife Habitat (Goal 5) of the Metro Plan, specifically policies C.12, C.13, C.16 and
C.17. Staff notes that in reviewing the referenced map in policy C.16 (Goal 5
Significant Wildlife Habitat for the area inside the UGB), it appears that a wildlife
habitat corridor and possibly riparian corridor runs adjacent to and through the site.
• Please provide a map that shows all parcel boundaries and includes Map and Tax Lot
numbers.
• Please show the location and width of all public and private easements. It appears
that a significant EWEB easement is located on the property but is not shown.
• Public Works has indicated that it appears that the wastewater system shown located
in the 8th Avenue cul-de-sac does not exist and will need to be shown in the proper
location.
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The following completeness comments are from Scott Gillespie, PE Public Works, in response to
the information provided within the written narrative regarding the following approval criteria:
9.3725 S- Riverfront Park Special Area Zone Review Procedures. The master
site plan for developments proposed within the S- zone shall be reviewed
throe the conditional use permit process provided in this land use code.
For the purpose of this review, the following criteria shall be applied in lieu
of the criteria provided in EC 9.3090 Conditional Use Permit Approval
Criteria - General:
(1) Criteria for all Development.
(a) The proposed development shall be consistent with the
Metropolitan Area General Plan, Riverfront Park Study, and other
applicable policy documents or functional plans.
Based on technical analysis (particularly with respect to
transportation facilities), planned public facilities shall be shown
to accommodate the requirements of the proposed development.
(c) The proposed development shall protect visual access from main
entry points from Franklin Boulevard to the river/riparian
vegetation.
The applicant has provided a trip generation report that uses ITE code 550. The
University of Oregon has long been opposed to using enrollment of students as the
independent variable for estimating vehicular trip impacts. The University has been
insistent that trip generation impacts should use the ITE land use code that describes the
characteristics of the proposed development. That should be the practice used to
estimate trip generation impacts from proposed land uses in this CUP. The parking
garages for the Knight Center Campus are also located in this CUP. All vehicular trips
from the Knight Campus are planned to use the parking garages so the planned public
facilities should also include trip generation from that project. Will there be any special
events at the sports fields?
Also, the written statement and trip generation report provide no technical engineering
analyses of the existing or proposed transportation system. The analyses in Exhibit D
should be stamped since it is prepared by a licensed engineer. The engineer should also
provide analyses, discussion and affirming statements regarding safety and operations of
the existing transportation system's adequacy and ability to accommodate all modes.
The density projections in the written statement are also inconsistent with ITE practice.
The written statement provides a bulleted list of projects but no information or analyses
to determine if those improvements solely provide the adequate planned facilities and
capacity to accommodate the requirements of the proposed development. A number of
the listed improvements are not within the project boundary or close proximity to the
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project. I would question their direct accommodation of impacts from the CUP. The
current refinement plan (Riverfront Park Study) went through a fairly exhaustive analysis
of the transportation system to verify there were planned facilities to accommodate the
additional traffic. The policy document also noted a number of alternate access points
and circulation paths. A large portion of the plan does not include multiple points of
access and severely limited paths of vehicular circulation. The proposed plan varies from
the assumptions made in the original policy documents. The policy addressed variables
identified in the study including:
® Types of Land use
® Intensity of Land Use
® Traffic levels using the Franklin Blvd Corridor
® The use of alternative modes of travel
I believe the applicant has addresses 3 of the 4 bullets. Traffic on Franklin and the
adequacy of the existing street system to accommodate the development are the areas
lacking analyses affirming engineering opinions/recommendations. There were 7 polices
that came forward from the original study. The analyses and written statement should
show how the modified proposal is still consistent with those policies as required by
subsection (a).
Also attached is a document titled, "Incomplete Land Use Application -180 Day Completeness
Review Process." To help City staff proceed with your application, please sign and return this form
when resubmitting this application.
I look forward to working with you and the community through the next steps of this process.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
I can be reached at (541) 682-5453 or via e-mail: nick.r.gioello@ci.eugene.or.us
Sincerely,
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