After months of appeals, the proposal for the East Campus Children’s Center has cleared its final roadblocks and construction is under way.
Nov. 12, the Eugene Planning Commission approved the University’s conditional use permit for the proposed center. Area residents had 21 days to appeal the decision to the Land Use Board of Appeals. No appeal was filed, and the plan received final clearance in mid-December.
Child care center proposals went through several drafts before being accepted by the community. Changes to the plan revolved around the University’s desire to work with area neighbors in the creation of the center.
The construction of the center is the first step of the University’s 20-year plan for the East Campus neighborhood. The long term plan concerns the area east of campus, bordering East 19th Avenue and Villard Street. No immediate construction plans have been made for the area. Instead the plan seeks to outline future development goals and guiding principles for future land use.
The University Planning Committee has been working with neighborhood groups and University personnel in the formation of the long-term plan. Two open houses were held in early December to gather input and comments from community members.
The Campus Planning Committee will meet in the EMU Fir Room at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 17, to discuss revisions to the long-term development policy of the East Campus area

— Aimee Rudin