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F. River Road and Santa Clara Goals, Findings, Objectives, and <br /> Policies <br /> <br /> The River Road and Santa Clara portions of the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area are <br /> important components of the metropolitan community. Both River Road and Santa Clara have: <br /> <br /> · Unique and distinctive neighborhood identities <br /> · Experienced considerable private investment in the past years <br /> · Experienced considerable public investments; e.g., transmission facilities by the <br /> Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) and educational facilities by public school <br /> systems <br /> · A sound housing stock <br /> <br /> In Santa Clara, relatively large parcels of vacant land exist which, with adequate urban services, <br /> can be developed at increased densities; in River Road, relatively large developed lots exist <br /> which could be further developed by their owners. <br /> <br /> The future of both the River Road and Santa Clara areas will play a critical role in the growth of <br /> the metropolitan area. For some years, officials of Lane County and Eugene have cooperatively <br /> discussed methods of delivering services to these neighborhoods. <br /> <br /> These discussions have continually focused on two sides of a single, critical issue: <br /> <br /> How can the short-range costs and benefits to the residents and other service providers be <br /> balanced against, and what are the long-range costs and benefits to the residents and the <br /> entire metropolitan area of logical growth and increased densities? <br /> <br /> Inflation has drastically increased the need to balance these two potentially divergent objectives. <br /> The effects of continued inflation can be mitigated by identifying and implementing a solution to <br /> the servicing issue. (For instance, since 1976, the average construction cost for sewer lines has <br /> risen by approximately 90 percent.) <br /> <br /> A unique set of circumstances has occurred which lends direction to resolution of the service <br /> delivery questions for both River Road and Santa Clara. <br /> <br /> 1. As part of the acknowledgement process for the Metro Plan, the Land Conservation and <br />[ Development Commission (LCDC) has directed that a servicing plan be developed for <br /> both River Road and Santa Clara and that Eugene provide those services. <br /> <br /> 2. Discussions between Eugene officials and state and county representatives of the River <br /> Road and Santa Clara area have led to reconsideration of Eugene's policy to provide <br /> services to these neighborhoods only after annexation to the City of Eugene of both areas <br /> has occurred. <br /> <br /> II-F-1 <br /> <br /> <br />