23_10_24_1559 River Road-Santa Clara Draft Code Amendment Findings

River Road-Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan Engagement Summary Page 7 of 11 Reflecting the Neighborhood Vision and Priorities,” the second “Developing Concepts: Exploring the Ways the Vision Can Take Shape Along the Corridor,” and the third open house concluded with “Establishing Criteria: Refining Ideas and Creating Evaluation Criteria.” These workshops were followed by an email survey to participants asking about additional ideas, concerns, and areas of excitement. For those that couldn’t attend, we developed an online survey to give people an opportunity to weigh in on both high-level principles for the project and some of the early concepts. As part of the initial workshops, the Corridor Study project staff hosted a Business Round Table, inviting businesses and commercial properties along River Road to talk about design concepts along the corridor and provide input. Planning in Action Open House In April 2019, another community event, the ‘Planning in Action Open House’ at North Eugene High School provided community members an opportunity to review the draft policies as well as draft actions. The Open House took place on both a Sunday afternoon and a Wednesday evening to accommodate as many community members and businesses as possible. Food and activities for children were provided at these meetings. More than 200 neighbors attended in total and there were great, in- depth conversations at each of the tables. There were many new faces joining the neighborhood planning process at these open houses. These conversations were a chance for neighbors to see how their concerns and aspirations were represented in the draft policies and started the transition from policy development into action planning. On May 15, 2019, City Council officially approved the draft goals and policies as a platform for moving into the Action Planning Phase. Photos from the Corridor Study Workshop #1