Agenda Packet 2-19-19 Work Session

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MovingAhead 2018 Outreach Summary 4 • Letters to property owners and residents. Letters were mailed to 7,076 property owners, businesses and residents located directly on each of the five corridors providing them with general project information and inviting them to attend an open house or contact a project team member for a one-on-one meeting. • Letters to potentially impacted property owners. Letters were sent to 241 potentially impacted property owners inviting them to meet with MovingAhead staff to discuss potential impacts and concerns they had. The project team hosted meetings or phone conversations with 21 people in response to these letters. • Social Media. The project team leveraged Facebook and Twitter accounts from LTD and the City of Eugene to promote the MovingAhead activities. • Postcard. A postcard was used to promote the open house events. It was sent to all addresses within a half-mile radius of each of the corridors. The project team mailed out 45,304 postcards. • Posters. The project team developed a poster that provided basic information about the project and directed people to the website. It was placed at key locations throughout the community. • Direct Outreach. The project team directly contacted neighborhood leaders to ensure they were engaged in the project. • Tabling and community briefings. To generate project awareness and to promote the project, the project team hosted information tables at a variety of community events throughout the summer. The project team also gave briefings and hosted discussions about the project with community groups. Members from the project team attended 17 events and briefings during the summer 2018 period. See Appendix 1 for examples of communications materials. Engagement Activities After the publication of the Alternatives Analysis Report, the project team developed a suite of engagement opportunities, aimed at gathering input about each of the corridor alternatives and to better understand what criteria was most important for evaluating the investment packages. Open House Events Four in-person open house events were held: • Sept. 24: 30th Ave to LCC Corridor Open House at the Eugene Public Library • Sept. 25: River Road Corridor Open House at Kelly Middle School • Sept. 26: Coburg Road and MLK Blvd. Corridors Open House at Monroe Middle School • Sept. 27: Highway 99 Corridor Open House at Willamette High School Participants explore content at the 30th Avenue to LCC open house at the Downtown Eugene Public Library. February 19, 2019, Work Session - Item 1