<br /> <br />June 2025 Findings & Decision of the Planning Director Page 1 of 10 <br />Headwaters Trail Electric Upgrade (SDR 25-1) <br />The Atrium Building <br />99 West 10th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br />Phone: 541.682.5377 | Fax: 541.682.5572 <br />www.eugene-or.gov/planning <br /> <br />FINDINGS AND DECISION OF THE PLANNING DIRECTOR <br />/WR Standards Review Approval <br /> <br /> <br />Name (File Number): <br /> <br /> <br />Headwaters Trail Electric Upgrade (SDR 25-1) <br />Applicant: Eugene Water & Electric Board <br />Applicant’s Representative: Andrew Janos, Eugene Water & Electric Board <br />Lead City Staff: Jeff Gepper, Principal Planner <br />Relevant Dates: <br /> <br />Application Submitted: April 24, 2025 <br />Deemed Complete: June 4, 2025 <br />Decision Issued: July 11, 2025 <br />Map No. / Tax Lot(s): <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Zoning: <br /> <br /> <br />Development Area: <br />18-03-17-40 / 00077 <br />18-03-17-43 / 12700, 12800 <br />18-03-20-00 / 04500 <br />18-03-2021 / 00302 <br /> <br />R-1/WR Low Density Residential with the Water Resource <br />Conservation Overlay Zone, as well as Right-of-Way <br /> <br />Approximately 0.84 Acres <br />Location: The southern terminus of West Amazon Drive, including <br />northern portion of the Erin Noble Headwaters Park and <br />Frank Kinney Park. <br /> <br /> <br />Application Details <br />The applicant is requesting approval of a Standards Review application for utility upgrade <br />project at the northern end of the Erin Noble Headwaters near the southern terminus of West <br />Amazon Drive. The project will include the replacement and relocation of existing electric utility <br />infrastructure to improve public safety and improve resilience t o wildfires in this area. The <br />project’s focus is to underground approximately 1,000 feet of electric distribution lines and <br />replace ageing wooden poles with metal, insulated poles. The project area spans a large section <br />of the Erin Noble Headwaters and the Ridgeline Trail System. However, only a small portion of <br />the project is actually located within the Conservation Area of protected riparian and upland <br />resources.