RR River Road Community Organization <br />coo. <br />The River and Garden District <br />Date: March 12, 2024 <br />From: River Road Community Organization Executive Board <br />To: RRSCPlan@eugene-or.gov. <br />Re: Testimony for River Road /Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan and Code Amendments Hearing before <br />Eugene City Council and Lane County Commission <br />Dear elected officials, <br />We, the members of the River Road Community Organization Board, are writing in unanimous <br />support of the Draft River Road/Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan being submitted by the Eugene <br />Planning staff, the RR/SC Community Advisory Committee, and the River Road and Santa <br />Clara community organizations. <br />For the past seven years, our community and board members have engaged in this effort with <br />enthusiasm and with the needs of our unique and fast-growing neighborhood in mind. The plan <br />does not address all of the requirements outlined as part of the Envision Eugene initiative. <br />However, we believe that the current draft should proceed through the adoption process, <br />moving us forward from the refinement plan of 1986 that currently guides the development for <br />our area. We are ready to partner with the City and County and are willing to accept some of <br />the shortcomings of the document in order to proceed. <br />While the new plan will define much of the direction for the neighborhood, the River Road <br />Community Organization Board has identified three core areas of opportunity that were <br />eliminated from the plan. As these are central to the desires of our community, we are <br />committed as a board to continue to advocate for them to meet the needs of River Road <br />residents. <br />1. No Parking Resolution for County Streets: Lane County controls 76% of River Road Local <br />Streets (58% of Santa Clara's) and they have little capacity to enforce on -street parking <br />standards. The reduction in on-site parking requirements through the middle housing code <br />amendments and other State standards means that our experience with parking overflow near <br />ECCO housing will become more intense. Many of the county streets in our neighborhoods are <br />not developed to urban standards and have limited capacity to accommodate the overflow <br />parking almost certain to occur. Without some way to regulate on -street parking, further <br />densification will lead to more unsafe streets in our neighborhoods. <br />20 <br />