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heritagethatperhapsstartedwithpriorannexations.Infact,eveninfrastructureimprovementssuchas <br />urban-levelroadupgradesmaybeperceivedasreducinglivability. <br />InreviewingtheSeptember2002ReportoftheUrbanServicesCommittee,thislatterformofreaction, <br />perhapsengenderedbyperceivedpoorexperienceswithpriorannexationsinthesetwocommunities, <br />andwhilenotubiquitousoruniversallyheld,appearstoholdswaywithmanyresidentsandstakeholders <br />inRiverRoadandSantaClara.Additionally,manyparticipantsintheUrbanServicesCommitteeÕswork, <br />whootherwiseevidencedsomesupportfortheCity,recognizedthatpriorannexationsandinfrastructure <br />improvements(e.g.:therequiredseweringofthetwocommunitiesinthe1980Õs)maynothave <br />necessarilybeenundertakeninthemosteffectiveorsensitivemanner.Balancingthis,mostresidents <br />whoparticipatedinthe2002effortappearedtounderstandthatultimatelyRiverRoadandSantaClara <br />willfullyurbanizeandbecomepartoftheCityofEugenethroughannexation.Thecriticalissuesarehow <br />thisoccursandwithinwhattimeframe. <br />AstheCityofEugene,otherserviceproviders,andthetwocommunitiescontemplatethefuture <br />incorporationanddevelopmentoftheremainingterritorywithinRiverRoadandSantaClaraintotheCity, <br />ancommunitytransitionandheritagestrategythatcanbesupportedby,andthataddressestheparticular <br />needsof,RiverRoadandSantaClaraisanimportantinitiative.Asuiteofstrategiesandactionsthat <br />addresstheconcernsofarearesidents,businessesandlandownerswithrespecttotheirsenseof <br />communityheritage,preservationoflocalinstitutions,lossofcontrolandgovernance,andretentionof <br />someoftheÒlookandfeelÓofthepresentdaycommunity,isappropriate.Suchstrategiesandactionswill <br />helptobetterassurethatwhenandifthesecommunitiesjointheCitythattheydosowiththeleast <br />dislocationanddiscontentpossible.ThisWhitePaperoutlinessucharangeofpossibleoptionsandideas <br />thatmightforthebasisofasetofcommunitytransitionandheritagestrategiesandactions. <br />RiverRoad/SantaClaraCommunityTransitionProject2 <br />TransitionandHeritageWhitePaperMay2006 <br /> <br />