1 <br />Findings in Support of the Adoption of the <br />River Road-Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan <br />Metro Plan Amendments <br />City of Eugene and Lane County <br />(City File MA 23-5 and County File: 509-PA23-05532) <br />Overview <br />The City of Eugene and Lane County, in collaboration with the River Road and Santa Clara Community <br />Organizations and neighborhood volunteers, have been working together on an updated neighborhood <br />plan that creates a vision for growth and development in a manner that respects the River Road-Santa <br />Clara area’s unique characteristics and opportunities. <br />The purpose of the amendments to the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan <br />Amendments)is to adopt an updated neighborhood plan that: <br />•provides policy direction for City and County decision-makers as they consider future legislative <br />actions <br />•guides City and County staff in: <br />o formulating proposed changes to local land use regulations and other regulatory <br />documents <br />o developing other work programs and long-range planning projects <br />o preparing budgets and capital improvement programs <br />•calls for collaboration as well as continued or additional efforts from the River Road and Santa <br />Clara Community Organizations and other community partners <br />Metro Plan Amendments <br />The proposal involves a Type II Metro Plan Amendment pursuant to EC 9.7705(2)(b) to: <br />•adopt the new River Road- Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan as a refinement of the Eugene- <br />Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan); <br />•remove Chapter II Section F from the Metro Plan as well as references to the section in the Table <br />of Contents and Chapter II Introduction of the Metro Plan; <br />•Amend Appendix B to the Metro Plan to add a reference to the new River Road- Santa Clara <br />Neighborhood Plan. <br />The proposed River Road-Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan (Neighborhood Plan) creates a vision for <br />growth and development in a manner that respects the area’s unique characteristics and opportunities <br />and includes vision statements, goals, and policies that reflect community values, aspirations, and <br />priorities expressed during outreach. The Neighborhood Plan provides policy direction for City and <br />County decision-makers as they consider future legislative actions, and guides City and County staff in <br />formulating proposed changes to local land use regulations and other regulatory documents, developing <br />other work programs and long-range planning projects, and preparing budgets and capital improvement <br />programs. The Neighborhood Plan also calls for collaboration and continued or additional efforts and <br />advocacy from the River Road and Santa Clara Community Organizations and other community partners. <br />In addition to the Neighborhood Plan, a non-regulatory Action Plan was developed with input from the <br />community; however, the Action Plan is not a land use plan, is not regulatory in nature, and will not be <br />Attachment C Exhibit A