Item B: Parks, Recreation and Open Space Comprehensive Plan

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Exhibit A to Ordinance No. ___ Adoption of New Refinement Plan The following criteria are applicable to the adoption of a new refinement plan. (1) The refinement plan amendment is consistent with the Statewide planning goals. Goal 1 Citizen Involvement: To develop a citizen involvement program that insures the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process. The City has acknowledged provisions for citizen involvement that ensure the opportunity for citizens to be involved in all phases of the planning process and sets out requirements for such 1 involvement. The action taken to adopt this ordinance did not amend the citizen involvement program. Throughout the PROS Comprehensive Plan drafting process, the City provided numerous opportunities for citizen involvement. The City initiated the planning process in the summer of 2002. The City engaged in significant outreach to community members to identify their key issues, priorities and perceived needs. A Community Needs Assessment was conducted to solicit feedback from a broad spectrum of City residents and staff regarding their needs and preferences for parks and recreation services. The Community Needs Assessment included, among other things, a survey of 437 households, questionnaires completed by 647 high school and middle school students, focus groups, a speakers bureau with 44 presentations to community groups and organizations, twelve stakeholder interviews with identified community leaders, and meetings with the Mayor’s Advisory Committee and Steering Committee. The Community Needs Assessment incorporated the findings from a variety of public involvement activities, along with a community profile, a demographic profile, and a technical analysis of programs, parks and facilities, and finances. City staff, through the PROS Comprehensive Plan drafting process, provided the Eugene Planning Commission and the Eugene City Council with periodic updates on the draft Plan. For example, in December 8, 2004, City staff provided the City Council with a draft of the PROS Comprehensive Plan and gave an informational presentation the Council. Additionally, on January 24, 2005, City staff provided the Planning Commission with a draft of PROS Comprehensive Plan and gave an informational presentation to the Commission. The City of Eugene land use code implements Statewide Planning Goal 1 by requiring that notice of the proposed PROS Comprehensive Plan be given and public hearings be held prior to adoption. Consideration of this ordinance began with a Eugene Planning Commission works session held on October 10, 2005. On October 11, 2005, a public hearing was held before the Eugene Planning Commission on the proposed PROS Comprehensive Plan. Department of Land Conservation and Development notice, notice to interested parties and newspaper publication 1 The term “this ordinance” refers to the ordinance that adopts the PROS Comprehensive Plan and makes two amendments to the City’s acknowledged land use regulations that are necessary to update the land use regulations to reflect the adoption of the PROS Comprehensive Plan in place of the 1989 Eugene Parks and Recreation Plan. Exhibit A to Ordinance No. ___ 1 of 10