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IssuesandFindingsSummaryReport <br />SummaryofStakeholderInterviews <br />Overview <br />Theoutlinestheissues,findingsand <br />SummaryofStakeholderInterviewsReport <br />conclusionsthathaveemergedfrominterviewswithRiverRoadandSantaClara <br />stakeholders,serviceprovidersandafewelectedofficialsaswellasinformationgathered <br />fromourresearchandreviewofagencyreports,publicdocumentsandothersources. <br />Theseinterviewsandsummaryreportwillprovidethecontextforpreparingascopeof <br />workforatransitionplanaspartofacontractbetweentheCityofEugeneandDavid <br />ReedandAssociates,Inc. <br />Over35stakeholders,serviceproviders,andotherinterestedpartieswereinterviewedin <br />latespringandsummer.Emphasiswasplacedoninterviewingasrepresentativeagroup <br />ofpeopleaspossible,andnotesfromtheseinterviewsarestrictlyconfidential. <br />Purpose <br />ChangesinthedemographicprofileofRiverRoad/SantaClaraareaareprofoundÐinpart <br />afunctionofrapidurbandevelopmentoverthepastdecade,andinpartduetoagreater <br />Strategy <br />diversityofpeoplewhohavemovedintothearea.Thesechangesareadrivingforce <br />Confidentiality <br />behindtheneedforimprovingdeliveryofservices,andunderstandinghowthisshouldbe <br />accomplished.Residentswhoneedservicestodayaremorediversethanthoseserved20 <br />yearsagowhenannexationandservicedeliveryissuesfirstgainedprominentattention. <br />KeythemesassociatedwiththecurrentdemographicsandpatchworkofCityandCounty <br />propertiesunderscoretherationaleforacceleratedtransitionplanning. <br />OverallThemes: <br />ThecontentiousenvironmentintheRR/SCareaisalegacyofpastinteractions <br />betweentheCityandRR/SCresidentsÑparticularlywithrespecttomandatorysewer <br />OverallTheme <br />linehook-upsandactiveannexationinthe1980s. <br />Fertilegroundexistsforinnovationandcreativethinking. <br />Along-termvisionwithshort-termresultsandopportunitiesisneededtoaddressthe <br />complexissuesandchallenges. <br />Quidproquowillbeanessentialcornerstoneforassuringbuy-intoanysolutions. <br />Communitylivabilityishighlyvaluedbyresidentsinthearea. <br />InterviewThemes: <br />Themesfromthisinterviewprocesswereoftensimilartothoseidentifiedinthe <br />River <br />September2002. <br />RoadandSantaClaraUrbanServicesCommitteesFinalReport, <br />Theseincluded: <br />ÒNoonehasmadeany <br />senseofthisandhowto <br />On-goinglackoftrustthatarearesidentsfeeltowardtheCityofEugeneandits <br />bringallofthepieces <br />agendafortheRR/SCareas <br />together.Ó <br />Lackofarealvoiceindecisionswithrespecttoplanning,development/street <br />standards,andpermitting;countyresidentsfeelÒabandonedÓbycountygovernment <br />ResidentsfeeldisenfranchisedbothwithintheCityandintheCounty <br />CityresidentsintheRR/SCareashaveaperceptionthaturbanservicesarenot <br />providedinanequitablefashionwhencomparedtootherneighborhoodsintheCity <br />PreservingthespecialcharacterofRR/SCneighborhoodsisamajorconcern, <br />particularlyinthefaceofrapiddevelopmentinthearea. <br />Inaddition,lackofinformationaboutsuchissuesaswhenpermitsandannexationare <br />requiredforresidentialimprovementsordevelopment,orwhichentityprovidesservicesin <br />thecomplicatedpatchworkofCityandCountyresidences,exacerbatesdistrustand <br />providesopportunitiesforrumorsandexploitationofresidentsÕfears. <br />RIVERROAD/SANTACLARA <br />1 <br />TRANSITIONPLAN <br /> <br />