<br />GIOELLO Nick R <br />From:Selena Blick <sblick18@gmail.com> <br />Sent:Wednesday, September 12, 2018 3:57 PM <br />To:GIOELLO Nick R <br />Subject:UO North Campus CUP <br />DearNickGioello, <br />MynameisSelenaBlickandIjustgraduatedthisspringfromtheUniversityofOregon.DuringmytimeatUofO,I <br />directedtheClimateJusticeLeague,ledtheStudentSustainabilityNetwork,workedintheStudentSustainabilityCenter, <br />hadseveralmeetingswithSustainabilityDirectorSteveMitalandPresidentSchill,andwasevenawardedtheStudent <br />LeadershipinSustainabilityAwardlastspring.ThisisjusttosaythatIwasprettyinvolvedinenvironmentalissueson <br />campus,andyetIwasstillcompletelyunawareoftheUofh͸ƭplanstodeveloptheriverfrontuntilafteritwasvotedon <br />bytheCampusPlanningCommitteelastfall,almostayearandahalfaftertheprojectwasinitiallystarted. <br />Theuniversitywilltellyouthattheydidathoroughinvestigationofissuesregardingtheriverfrontandevenhostedtwo <br />openhousesabouttheplan,resultinginover80comments.Over80commentssoundslikealotuntilyoucompareitto <br />the23,000studentsatUofO,the2,000facultymembers,andtheother140,000Eugenecommunitymembersthat <br />wouldbeaffectedbythisproject,mostofwhomdonotevenknowthatźƷ͸ƭhappening.IftheUofOdidsuchagoodjob <br />planningthisproject,whydidtheUniversitySenatefeeltheneedtopassaresolutionagainstitlastspring?AndiftheU <br />ofOissodedicatedtohearingĻǝĻƩǤƚƓĻ͸ƭopinionsonthisproject,whyisthishearingbeingheldtwoweeksbefore <br />studentsandfacultycomebacktocampus? <br />IunderstandthattheuniversityneedsthispermittoconstructbuildingsfortheKnightcampus,butthereisnoneedfor <br />themtoincludetheareanorthoftherailroadtracksinthisrushedproposal.Furthermore,thereisnoneedforthis <br />permittolastfor30years.EvenaperfectplanforƷƚķğǤ͸ƭriverfrontwilllikelynotbeperfect30yearsfromnowdueto <br />changesintheecosystem,theuniversity,andevenourglobalclimate.Attheveryleast,thispermitshouldberestricted <br />to10yearsorlesssothattheuniversitycanreevaluatetheirplanatthispoint. <br />Twentyfiveyearsago,AltonBakerParkwasalmostturnedintoagiantgolfcourse.NowźƷ͸ƭoneofthetopplacestogo <br />inEugene.ŷĻƩĻ͸ƭawaytomakethisriverfrontpropertynotonlyenvironmentallysustainable,butagemoftheEugene <br />community,justlikeitsneighboracrosstheriverΑandbuildinggiantturffieldsonitisnotit.TheWillametteriver <br />ecosystem,thefuturestudentsofUofO,andtheentireEugenecommunitydeservebetterthanthis. <br />Sincerely, <br />SelenaBlick <br />1 <br /> <br />