The following resolution is listed as it was originally presented to the UO Senate rules committee.
It may have been subsequently amended or changed. Please consult the Senate Minutes
for further legislative history and the final version.
Resolution US98/99-3 --
Recommendations Concerning the Riverfront Research Park
RESOLVED, that the University Senate hereby urges the president to
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1. recognize the critical importance of the following four courses of action,
all of which are recommended in or suggested by the Final Report of the
Riverfront Research Park (RRP) Review Committee, dated October 15, 1998
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a. to site no building in the River View Sector prior to (i) the
completion of the other sectors and (ii) a subsequent public review of
the RRP by a committee, broadly representative of the university community,
convened for that purpose;
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b. to increase the building density of in sectors other than the River
View Sector, in order to leave as open space a large area of the River
View Sector;
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c. to require building setbacks from the river of 100 feet, rather than
the current 35 feet;
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d. to seriously investigate trading land with the City of Eugene, exchanging
land in the River View Sector for the former Coke plant and/or other city-owned
property in the vicinity of or useful to the university for RRP purposes,
with the effect of preserving the land in the River View Sector as park
land in the Willamette Greenway; and
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2. request the appropriate committees, groups, and individuals charged
with future development of the RRP to adhere to the foregoing four courses
of action in a manner that assigns highest priority to the permanent protection
of University land in the River View Sector as open space, recreation fields,
and natural areas.
The University Senate joins the University of Oregon RRP Review Committee
in desiring that the foregoing considerations "will result in permanently
protected open spaces along the river front and in the River View Sector"
of the RRP.
Senate Webmaster
Peter
Gilkey email: gilkey@math.uoregon.edu
Senate Secretary Gwen Steigelman email:
gwens@oregon.uoregon.edu
Senate President Jeff Hurwit email: jhurwit@darkwing.uoregon.edu
Last changed 01 December 1998