Attachment B <br />planning process since 2017. The proposed path forward also recognized the challenges and changes <br />faced between 2020 and 2022, including the COVID-19 pandemic, state mandates for other planning <br />priorities, staff changes, and resource constraints. The project management team worked to refine a <br />final adoption package, including a refined set of neighborhood -specific land use code amendments to <br />achieve many of the land use goals outlined in the Plan. The River Road -Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan <br />adoption package is comprised of the Neighborhood Plan document and neighborhood -specific code <br />amendments addressing important topics like commercial development standards and transitions <br />between commercial mixed-use and lower density residential areas. While not a part of the adoption <br />package, the Action Plan, which acts as a non -regulatory guidance document, remains an important part <br />of the planning effort. <br />In March 2023, the Community Advisory Committee approved bringing the neighborhood -specific code <br />amendments out for community feedback, kicking -off the broader engagement process for the <br />Adoption Phase. This engagement process included mailing postcards to all owners and residents of the <br />River Road and Santa Clara neighborhoods which featured ways to engage during the adoption phase, <br />including virtual information sessions, an in-person community event, a meeting toolkit, and an online <br />feedback form. This community feedback helped inform recommendations from the CAC, RRCO, and <br />SCCO and helped compile the adoption package before it went through the formal adoption process <br />with City and County decision -makers. <br />River Road Corridor Study <br />One desired outcome of the Neighborhood Plan is to improve conditions along River Road, which is <br />identified as a key transit corridor in Envision Eugene. The River Road Corridor Study was a concurrent <br />planning process that integrated the Neighborhood Plan vision for active mixed-use neighborhood <br />centers along the River Road corridor and a transportation system that is safe, accessible, affordable, <br />environmentally responsible and transitions to zero carbon. <br />The River Road Corridor Study included an in-depth analysis of the River Road corridor, from Northwest <br />Expressway to Hunsaker Lane, funded by a Federal Transit Administration grant awarded to Lane Transit <br />District and the City of Eugene. The Corridor Study included stakeholder interviews, public workshops, <br />economic and demographic research, and conceptual design work, which resulted in land use and <br />multimodal recommendations to encourage mixed-use neighborhood centers and a variety of housing <br />types; integrating how people get around, where they shop and live, and how the corridor looks and <br />feels to support implementation of the community vision along River Road. <br />Recommendations from the River Road Corridor Study were incorporated into the Neighborhood Plan <br />vision, goals, and policies, as well as the neighborhood -specific land use code amendments and the <br />Action Plan. The string of pearls concept along River Road (illustrated in Figure 1: River Road -Santa Clara <br />Neighborhood Plan Map) originated from this study. <br />Exhibit A <br />CC Agenda Page 33 March 12, 2024 JEO Public Hearing- Item 1 <br />