February 21, 2024 Work Session – Item 1 <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br />Work Session: River Road-Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan Adoption Package Meeting Date: February 21, 2024 Agenda Item Number: 1 Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Terri Harding <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5635 <br />ISSUE STATEMENT The purpose of this work session is to provide an overview of the River Road-Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan Adoption Package, which is scheduled for a Joint Public Hearing of the Eugene City Council and the Lane County Board of Commissioners on March 12, 2024. The adoption package includes adoption of the new Neighborhood Plan, Metro Plan text amendments, and neighborhood-specific land use code amendments that implement high priority components of the neighborhood vision. Only the Eugene City Council will act on the proposed code amendments because they will only apply to properties within Eugene’s city limits. A summary of the adoption package components is provided in Attachment A. <br />BACKGROUND The City of Eugene and Lane County have been working with the River Road Community Organization (RRCO) and Santa Clara Community Organization (SCCO) to create a new Neighborhood Plan since 2017. For over 30 years, land use and development within the River Road and Santa Clara communities have been governed by the River Road-Santa Clara Urban Facilities Plan (1987). A plan with a forward-looking vision was needed for this large part of the community. Over the years, members of RRCO and SSCO have dedicated innumerable volunteer hours to developing a foundation of community input on which to build the neighborhood planning process. This work included past community and planning efforts, such as the Santa Clara-River Road Outreach and Learning (SCRROL) and Santa Clara-River Road Implementation Planning Team (SCRRIPT) projects. Launched in fall 2017, the neighborhood planning process was a collaborative effort among RRCO, SCCO, the City of Eugene, Lane County, and other stakeholders throughout both neighborhoods. The process had six phases: Reaching Out, Neighborhood Visioning, Neighborhood Priorities, Policy Development, Action Planning, and Adoption, with opportunities for community and stakeholder feedback throughout every phase. The Community Advisory Committee (CAC), comprised of volunteers nominated by the community organization boards and approved by the Eugene Planning Commission, played a key role in all phases of the project, and continues to advocate for neighborhood priorities as the project goes through the adoption phase. <br />CC Agenda Page 1