1.2 The Shaping of the Plan: A Review of Public Involvement <br />The Lower River Road Concept Plan's vision and subsequent recommendations and <br />implementation strategies have been shaped by over two years of community input beginning <br />in early 2007. Hundreds of people have attended public meetings-and the community <br />workshops. The public's involvement over the course of concept plan development can be <br />broken into three phases: <br />Phase 1: Introducing the Community to Mixed Use Planning <br />Phase 2: Articulating the Community Vision <br />Phase 3: Developing Strategies to Make the Vision a Reality <br />Phase 1: Introducing the Community to Mixed Use Planning (2007) <br />Public Meetings <br />Initial public meetings introduced the concept of mixed use center planning and gathered input <br />on the community's values for mixed use in their neighborhood. A series of three public <br />meetings provided the basis for developing a community vision. During this phase, the River <br />Road Community Organization (RRCO) organized a community charrette led by a professor at <br />the University of Oregon on initial ideas surrounding a mixed use center that included a multi- <br />way boulevard. <br />Technical and Citizen Advisory Committee <br />A series of meetings with a hybrid committee of community and city staff reviewed preliminary <br />conceptual ideas around an initial focus area. The focus area concept later expanded into an <br />overall corridor approach for study. <br />Additional Community Outreach <br />City of Eugene project web page development <br />RRCO project web page development <br />Presentations to RCCO and Whiteaker Community Council (WCC) <br />Mailings, emails and RRCO newsletter articles <br />Neighborhood walking tours with the Historic Review Board and Planning Commission <br />Phase 2: Articulating the Community Vision (2008) <br />Citizen Advisory Committee: <br />After a planning break, a new Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) formed with representation <br />from the RRCO, WCC, Fir/Lombard neighbors, residents and property owners. The newly <br />formed CAC was charged with: <br />To serve as a representative community team of stakeholders to discuss and recommend <br />a common conceptual vision to the Eugene Planning Commission for the future <br />development of the Rasor Park Mixed Use Center area that reflect and integrate public <br />input and are further refined by review of the study's technical analysis. [CAC Charter, <br />September 2007] <br />