ASUO STUDENT SENATE RESOLUTION 2022-003

Title: Knight Campus Phase II Impact on the Future Operations of

the Urban Farm

Authors: ASUO Senator Madison Sanders, Kaleb Beavers

Sponsors: UO ASLA, Former UO ASLA President Stephen Lorber, Former UO ASLA

President Taylor Bowden, Grace Youngblood, Sabina Hagen-Botol, Jenna
Witzleben, UO ASLA President Peter Olson, ASUO Executive Director Michael
Yoo, ASUO Executive Secretary Bradley Morin, ASUO Executive Secretary Luda
Isakharov, Aidan Clark, Sam Galyen, ASUO Executive Secretary Kyle Trefny,
ASUO Academic Senator Codi Farmer, ASUO EMUB Budget Chair Kavi Shrestha,
ASUO Senate Vice President and EMUB Vice Chair Irisa Mehta, ASUO Senator
Qualman, ASUO First-Year Representative Dante’ James, ASUO Academic
Senator Aspen Csaszar, ASUO Academic Senator Kayla Krueger, ASUO
Academic Senator Natalie Fisher, Isabella Albin, ASUO Academic Senator
Heather Barclay, ASUO Academic Senator Paige Dunckley, ASUO Vice President
Vanessa Taylor, ASUO Finance Senator and ACFC Vice Chair Jenna Travers,
ASUO Senator Maxwell Ely, ASUO Finance Senator and ACFC Chair Annika
Mayne, ASUO EMU Board Senator Raul Patel, Dr. Stephen Wooten - Associate
Professor of Global Studies & Director of Food Studies, Dr. Michael Fakhri -
Professor (Law) & Co-Director of the Food Resiliency Project at the Environmental
and Natural Resource Law Center, Dr. Derrick Hindery Associate Professor of
Global Studies, Cash Robinson, ASLA DEI Liaison Cameron Coronado, McClean
Gonzalez, UO ASLA Treasurer Jenna Simpson, Ted Meyer, ASLA Secretary
Sarah Goldstein, Tressa Cummings, Jake Brotsis, Katie Sinclair, UO ASLA
Student Faculty Liaison Janet Damian Vasquez, Quinn Randall, Mikayla Ngo,
Mary Jaeger - Professor (Classics), ASLA BLA Outreach Coordinator Minh
Nguyen, Hannah Chapin, Justine Kruse (VP UO Net Impact Graduate Chapter),
UO ASLA Communications Manager Emmett McCarthy, Kady Shiro, Mckenna
O’Neill, Lara Fernandez Executive Director for SAIL Program, Kathryn Lynch Co-
Director Environmental Leadership Program, Sophie Bybee (ENVS
Undergraduate Coordinator), Isabella Lee, Megan Hayes, Jay Port, Christine
Pearson, Daniel Buck - Associate Professor (Geography), Blake Schouten,
Stephanie LeMenager (English), Rachael Lee, OSPIRG Chapter Chair Christie
Clark, Pollinator Outreach Chair Claire Warner, Danielle Pomeroy, Amber Due,
Rachel Hess, Claire Coughran, Lyric Rosa-O’Hayer, Sara Worl (MS Environmental
Studies 2022), Hannah White, Jess Gladis (ROAR Center), Frida Graumann, Dr.
Sarah Wald - Associate Professor (Environmental Studies & English), Arushi

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 Singhal, Ciera Sanders, Avery Jantzer, Kailey Kreienbrink, Finn Horan, Hannah
Salbador, SSC Food Security Leadership Team Policy, Advocacy and Outreach
Chair Kira Jacobson, SSC Food Security Coordinator Ella Meloy, Sequoia Shand,
Hannah McLaughlin, Courtney Garcia - CAS Advisor, Jackie LaPlante, Carson
Butler, Mia Yerton, Maddie Campbell, Grace Emily Samath, Satori Savoi, Jane
Olivia Boggs, Sarah Weber, Mia Hanson, Sarah Mack (Environmental Studies
2022), Lena Karam, Ana Mueller, Mary Karam (Psychology and Sociology), Dana
Karam, Loreen Karam, Rose Karam, Natalie Weaver, Josiah Basaldua, Alicia
Sparks, Nat Waldman, Ethan Wu, Sheila Trnjanin, Mariah Botkin, Jenna Burns,
Nawal Karam, Ellie Orr, Andrea Mejia, Skylar Volz, Maya Hosaka, Hailee More,
Molly Carney, Olivia Waldron, Alex Johnson, Macy Patel, Brooke Ridgway, Jaemie
Bynum, Julia Odenthal, Kelly Stuhldreher, Georgie Watts (ENVS/ANTH), Saher
Alladin (Food security leader), Isabelle Cullen (Lead Coordinator for ASURE), Ben
Johnson, Camille Walsh, Lindsay Villano, Megan Rangel-Lynch, Nico Gouveia,
SSC Food Security Coordinator Lindsey Nguyen, Hunger and Houselessness
Campaign Coordinator for OSPIRG Hibah Hammad, Secretary Elect for PPPM
Student Community Organization Katelyn Wells, Panhellenic President Megan
Kindle, Maria G. Moreno, OSPIRG,Josie Sparks, Shelley Bowerman (Class of
2009), Ash Connell-Gonzalez (ENG), Libby Mackin (SSC Waste Reduction and
Reusables Coordinator, undergrad in ENVS), Jesse Brodrick, Nicholas
Romasanta, Olivia Lambdin, Sophie Johnsen, Marlea Goulet, Jorge Narcio, Joey
LoRocco, Grace Garrett (ENVS Undergraduate), Grace Young, Mikaela Byers,
Gracia Dodds (UO alum ‘21), Christian Jordan, Heidi Osaki, Yasmeen Karam,
Madeleine Richter, Sonya Calendar, Anabelle Huffman, Willow Cope, Rylee Linn,
Stacy Alaimo (English and ENVS), Hannah Felt, Jessica Ludwig, Jazlynn Ludwig,
Rosa Inocencio Smith (GE, English Dept.), Alex Staben, Karina Alcaraz, Sydney
Gastman (BLA), Kai Schrosk, Alison Beaulieu (PPPM 2022),Charlotte Chapman,
Bryce Cumpston (MUS 22), Jim Wynne (GEOG/ENVS 22),Caleigh Byrne, Bella
Dressel, Conner Gordon, Maxwell Spiegel, Chloe Deckwar, Leland Dodds, Kaelyn
Polick Kirkpatrick (ENVS MA alum ‘19), Sophia Weir, Taylor Paone (Global Studies
Graduate Candidate), Marielle Fehrenbacher, Camille Best, EMUB at Large 02
Sydnee Warren, Olivia Zajac (Undergrad ENVS), Catherine Connolly (Undergrad
ENVS/ART), Gabrielle Pearse (Undergrad ENVS), Amanda Bell, Grace Petraglia
(Undergrad ENVS/GEOG), EMUB Chair Anna Pearl Johnson, Elle Coleman
(Undergrad ENG), Eloise Navarro (Undergrad INTL/RL), Elsa Wetten (Undergrad
ENVS), Yanling Joslin, Emily Carroll, Whitney Donielson (BA English '11), Molly
Honea (BS, Biology, 2010) Jaden Fields, Kenzie Joly, Isabelle Rice, Nicole
Zavoshy (BS Biology/ENVS ‘17 / MS Biology ‘18), Eitan Davis, Nikoline Porse
(BS/SOJC ‘22), Samuel Schroeder, Peyton Carl (ENVS and GEOG ‘23), Shan
Peterson (BS Arch’23), Brandi Hoffman SAIL Program Manager, Brinna
Mawhinney (BS Psychology ‘22), Nancy Serrano (Climate Justice League), Zoë
Kleiner (ENVS & GEOG ‘24), Ryder Hooff (EC & SPAN ‘22),, Noah Pettinari (BS
Physics '22), Aaron O’Gara (BA Journalism ‘22), Leo Phillips (BS Music ‘22),
Masayo Simon(MLA ‘22), Molly Engelke, Alexis Han (BS Global Studies ‘22),

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 ASUO Administrative Support Clerk Haley Koski, Hannah Vedder, Kyle Martini
(ENVS, PPPM ‘22) Mandi Taylor (B.IARC ‘22), Claire Seiler (BS Public Relations
‘22), Collin Bell (BS, Journalism & Advertising’22), Brendan Adamczyk (BS
Environmental Studies '20), Emily Good, Lily Brammer, Jenna Alcorn, Rebecca
Ramos (SDS academic advisor) Nicole Plumb (BA Environmental Studies ‘22),
Matthew Proteau, Teresa Crumly, Hanna Vargas, Lucy Stout, Megan Faulkner
(SAIL Program Manager 2020-2021), Gabe Armattoe, Molly Ellenbogen, Lily
Gilmore, Seth Eddy (BLA undergrad), Caroline DeBtuine (Undergrad ENVS), Abby
Gisler (PPPM Undergrad), Rachel Hamid (ENVS Undergrad), Clare Haley (MRCP
‘21), Antonia Beil (current Urban Farm student), Raine Padawer (ENVS
Undergrad), Zoë Brown (Psych undergrad), Lisa Fink (ENVS GE, 2021–22 Food
Studies program coordinator), Sarah McVeety, Alicia Molin (BS Environmental
Studies ‘13), Olivia Cobb (undergrad ESCI), Sophia Powell, Yvanna Bijelic, Emily
Thomas, Mila Fagan, Megan Tuck (PPPM undergrad ‘23), Siona Maestretti
(Advertising and Sustainable Buisness undergrad), Sofia Bajenaru (BS
Environmental Studies Undergrad), Kate Thomson (BA Advertising ‘22), Katie
Kwan (Undergrad CHN ’23), Sophie Tawa (ARCH/LA ‘22), Lorine Moellentine
(ARCH/LA ‘22), Kelsie Lee (BS Accounting ‘22), Kendall Porter, Selena Blick
(ENVS ‘18), Roslyn Braun (ENVS ‘16), Abigail Blank (ART undergrad), Karsen
Tindall (GSS, ‘22), Anni Hengesbach-Gomes, Kelsie Greer (MA Art History, ‘14),
Lindsay Oswald (BS ENVS ‘21), Sharon Sherpa (BA BA’23), Amelia Remington
(ENVS ‘15), Peyton Kniffen (PPPM Undergrad), Matilda Henehan (Environmental
Studies Undergrad), Caroline Young, Jennifer McKeen (BA '15, MEd '16), Miah
Solis (BS BA ‘24), Jamie Valentine (SOJC/ENVS alum '19) Yasmine Cida Guzman
(BS Accounting ’23), Bella Castellanos (CDS Undergrad), Natalie Sato
(Psychology Undergrad), Ian Colgan (BA AD ‘23), Emily Deng (BS Accounting
‘23), Gloria Ballesteros (BS BA ‘23), Jordyn Toscano (Humanities and Global
Studies ‘23), Eva Morris (Art and Geography 23’), Filip Slezak (ENVS/ART '22),
Thomas Hesser (Economics BS, ‘22), Annalise San Juan, Kiara Kashuba (PPPM
& Food Studies, class of 2017, Director of the Gorge Farmer Collective: a farmer-
owned Cooperative), Megan Kellner-Rode (French) alumni 2012 owner Boundless
Farmstead, Ethan Moser alumni 2019, Samantha Backen (BA Architecture 24’),
Isabelle Pierre (BA Political Science ‘23), Jillian Romero, Misha Syrov (BS, '23),
Alyssa Ignacio, Kennedy Starns, Jimena Castaneda Ramirez, Mija Andrade

WHEREAS, The executive and legislative branches of the Associated Students of the
University of Oregon (ASUO) both advocate for issues and concerns shared by
students at the University of Oregon;

WHEREAS, The current publicly available plans for Phase II of the Knight Campus
Center for Accelerating Scientific Impact includes a 175,000-square-foot, multi-story
bioengineering and applied science research building with an estimated budget of $225
million, slated for two acres along Riverfront Research Parkway;

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WHEREAS, The plans outlined for Phase II of the Knight Campus Center for
Accelerating Scientific Impact is projected to significantly disturb the operations of the
Urban Farm in its current location both during and after the building’s construction
process;

WHEREAS, Potential disturbances to the operations of the Urban Farm include the use
of the ‘Back 40’ as a construction staging area, Urban Farm classroom disruption from
adjacent construction noise, and a potential footprint and acreage reduction to the
farm’s eastern boundaries;

WHEREAS, The ‘Back 40’ refers to nearly half of the Urban Farm’s usable garden
space that houses over thirty orchard trees, over a dozen Port Orford cedar trees,
established composting sites, native species and bee habitat, and numerous perennial
plant beds;

WHEREAS, The “area of impact” outlined in the April 2021 Knight Campus Laboratory
Building Site Campus Planning Requirements, encompasses the entirety of the Urban
Farm;

WHEREAS, The Campus Tree Plan states that “The UO campus is an arboretum and a
tree identification Classroom.” The Urban Farm maintains over fifty trees that fall outside
of the officially designated Urban Farm Outdoor Classroom;

WHEREAS, The University of Oregon Campus Plan states that “All development,
redevelopment, and remodeling on the University of Oregon campus shall incorporate
sustainable design principles including existing and future land use, landscaping,
building, and transportation plans” in Principle Ten: Sustainable Development;

WHEREAS, The University of Oregon Campus Plan states that “All university uses are
important to the university. A new use must not benefit at the expense of an existing
use” in Principle Five: Replacement of Displaced Uses;

WHEREAS, The Urban Farm plays an integral role in academic programs beyond of the
School Architecture and Environment, including Environmental Science, Environmental
Studies, Food Studies, Global Studies, School of Planning, Public Policy and
Management, the SAIL Program, First Year Interest Groups, and more;

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WHEREAS, Students from over ninety degree programs enroll in the Urban Farm class,
and students from approximately forty degree programs are currently enrolled in the
2022 Spring term Urban Farm class alone;

WHEREAS, “We value our shared charge to steward resources sustainably and
responsibly” is among the values listed in the Mission Statement of the University of
Oregon;

THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED that the ASUO Student Senate,

(1) Supports the efforts of Save the Urban Farm, a cross-departmental coalition of
UO students aiming to prevent the Knight Campus development from harming
the Urban Farm;

(2) Stands in opposition to any future development of the Knight Campus that
jeopardizes the Urban Farm’s ability to continue its current operations as usual,
in its current location;

(3) Calls upon the University to ensure that any proposed plan displacing the Urban
Farm or its activities to be accompanied with a contingency plan offering equal
function and ecological benefit of that of the Urban Farm’s current operations;
and

(4) Demands that students as well as relevant faculty and departments shall be
involved in conversations revolving any relocation or future operation of the
Urban Farm.

Signed,

April 6, 2022

ASUO Senate President Effective Date

2021-2022

Associated Students of the University of Oregon

1395 University Street, EMU 004
Eugene, OR 97403

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