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WHAT IS COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY OBJECTIVE SETTING? <br />"Collaborative Community Objective Setting" (CCOS) is a community process that <br />provides a bridge between the broad Envision Eugene Pillars and goals, and the <br />specific, on-the-ground strategies that will be developed in localized planning efforts, <br />such as refinement plans or area plans. It would provide a common understanding of <br />terms and concepts across neighborhoods and other interested parties, and would <br />provide enough specific information to ensure that the benefits and burdens of growth <br />are distributed among different areas fairly. It would also help different areas are able <br />to work collaboratively towards city-wide and cross-neighborhood goals, while also <br />providing flexibility for them to develop specific, localized solutions and policies that <br />meet their neighborhood needs. <br />WHY IS THIS BEING SUGGESTED? <br />For some time now, our city has struggled with how to conduct constructive, positive <br />discussions that lead to plans that achieve broad support within our community, and <br />lead to tangible actions to achieve the widely-supported goals. This difficulty has <br />become most obvious recently with the controversy surrounding the South Willamette <br />Special Area Zone. A key lesson learned from the proposed SWSAZ and associated <br />process is that the City of Eugene needs to back up and develop a bridge between <br />Envision Eugene’s broad goals and objectives, and the more specific plans and <br />complex zoning needed to achieve those goals. Without such a community-supported <br />bridging process, and without clarity regarding common goals, concepts and <br />terminology, neighborhood residents living in affected areas will feel left out and <br />threatened, will lack information needed for productive informed engagement, and <br />will likely strongly oppose proposed changes. The result, as we have seen, will be <br />continued stalemate and a loss of public trust. Through Collaborative Community <br />Objective Setting, we hop to ensure neighborhood livability and economic vibrancy <br />while also accomplishing broader city-wide goals, thus maintaining the integrity of <br />Envision Eugene’s seven pillars. <br />WHAT WOULD THE OUTCOMES BE? <br />The outcome of the Collaborative Community Objective Setting process would be a <br />specific recommendation to City Council, for City Council to vote on, from the <br />community Team that answers the following two questions: <br /> <br />