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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Work Session: Overview of Approaches to Neighborhood Groups Meeting Date: November 10, 2004 Agenda Item Number: B Department: Planning and Development Staff Contact: Beth Bridges www. cl. eugene, or. us Contact Telephone Number: 682-5272 ISSUE STATEMENT Neighborhood groups have been an important part of the City of Eugene's citizen involvement efforts since their inception in 1973. Staff will discuss the past, present, and future possibilities of neighborhood groups. The agenda item is for information and council discussion. BACKGROUND There are 21 neighborhood associations/community organizations in Eugene's Urban Growth Boundary. Two of these are primarily composed of businesses (Industrial Corridor and West Eugene Community Organization). These organizations do not participate regularly in the City's neighborhood program. The seventeen "residential" neighborhood associations were recognized through the Neighborhood Organization Recognition Policy (Resolution #2554). This resolution was updated in 1983 to include guidelines prepared by the Citizen Involvement Committee (Resolution #3746). Resolution #3746 is included as Attachment A. The Santa Clara Community Organization and River Road Community Organization operate under the Limited Recognition Policy (Resolution # 4705). The key differences are that their public information funding is calculated using only City address counts (therefore insufficient for neighborhood-wide mailings) and they are not eligible for Neighborhood Services-supported organizing or outreach efforts. The Limited Recognition Policy is included as Attachment B. City Council last reviewed neighborhood associations in depth in 1999 and 2000, as part of the Neighborhood Redesign project. The council adopted a number of policies about neighborhood associations at that time, which are summarized in Attachment C. As part of its work supporting Neighborhood Services and the Citizen Involvement Committee, staff has been involved with the International Association of Public Participation. Some concepts from that group will be included in the staff presentation on neighborhood groups for City Council consideration. One of these concepts, the Spectrum of Public Participation, is included in the packet as Attachment D. RELATED CITY POLICIES Citizen involvement in general, and neighborhood associations specifically, are implicit in the following Council Goal: L:\CMO\2004 Council Agendas\M041110\S041117B.doc