Item 5: Cal Young Neighborhood Association Boundary Revision

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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Action: Cal Young Neighborhood Association Boundary Revision Meeting Date: October 24, 2011 Agenda Item Number: 5 Department: Central Services Staff Contact: Michael Kinnison www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5009 ISSUE STATEMENT The current size and configuration of the Cal Young Neighborhood Association (CYNA) presents significant challenges to organize, keep informed and sustain the participation of residents and property owners. Neighbors are recommending boundaries be reconfigured, resulting in three associations: a smaller Cal Young Neighborhood Association and two new neighborhood associations, Northeast Neighbors (NEN) and Goodpasture Island Neighbors (GIN). The City Council is asked to formally recognize the two new associations through adoption of their charter documents. A revised charter for the smaller Cal Young association would come to the council in early 2012. BACKGROUND In February 2000, the City Council adopted guidelines for the size and configuration of neighborhood association boundaries. Neighborhood Services uses the guidelines as part of the annual neighborhood association reporting. In 2010, the CYNA boundary was found inconsistent with the configuration and size criteria. For example, the guidelines state that boundaries should not be divided by major natural or artificial barriers (highways, for ex.) and the neighborhood is crossed by Delta Highway and Randy Papé Beltline. The guidelines also cap the size of a neighborhood association at no more than eight percent of total residential addresses within Eugene. There are currently over 14 percent of the City’s residential addresses (11,053) within the CYNA boundary. In January 2011, a CYNA Boundary Revision Committee formed to develop scenarios that would subdivide the neighborhood into more manageable areas and achieve compliance with the boundary guidelines. The committee ultimately recommended an approach that would result in the fewest number of divisions while still complying with the guidelines, resulting in the creation of two new neighborhood associations. Northeast Neighbors (NEN) would comprise all lands within the urban growth boundary (UGB) north of Beltline and Goodpasture Island Neighbors (GIN) would encompass all lands west of Delta Highway. The CYNA would continue to exist within a smaller area that includes those lands south of Randy Papé Beltline and between Delta Highway and Coburg Road. This configuration also met the committee’s desire to avoid creating new neighborhood associations without leadership to fill active boards. Through their outreach, the committee successfully recruited full slates of board candidates for the two new associations. On September 22, the CYNA general membership unanimously voted to support the boundary realignment. Subsequently, NEN and GIN held their first organizational meetings, elected full boards S:\CMO\2011 Council Agendas\M111024\S1110245.doc