Item B: Downtown Outcomes - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Effective, Accountable Municipal Government – A government that works openly, collaboratively, o and fairly with the community to achieve measurable and positive outcomes and provide effective, efficient services. Fair, Stable, and Adequate Financial Resources – A government whose ongoing financial resources o are based on a fair and equitable system of revenues and are adequate to maintain and deliver municipal services. 18.Growth Management Policies Date: 1998 Context: In the Fall of 1995, the City of Eugene began the Growth Management Study. The purpose of the study was to conduct a comprehensive review of existing growth management policies shaping our city and propose options for future growth strategies in the Eugene. Public Involvement: Since its beginning, the study involved the community in every stage of the process from "Setting the Agenda" for the study to community-wide discussion on growth management actions that can be enacted in the future. A series of community forums, city-wide circulated tabloids and surveys were used at each phase of the project to ensure widespread citizen involvement. The adopted policies result from extensive public involvement that included a series of workshops, city-wide distributed tabloids, and random sample surveys. At the last phase of study, Making Decisions, the community was asked its preferences of four scenarios and a series of actions that could be taken to manage growth in the future. The preferences of the community are shown in the Scenario Results, Future Actions, and Demographic Data. These documents can be accessed from the links in the right-hand column. Council Involvement: On February 2, 1998, the Eugene City Council unanimously adopted 19 Growth Management Policies to guide how we manage growth in the coming years. Outcome: The adopted policies are to be used to guide City work programs, the Budget and Capital Improvement Program (CIP). Though not adopted, a set of Example Actions were included that show potential means of implementing the adopted policies. Policy 1 – Support the existing Eugene Urban Growth Boundary by taking actions to increase density and use existing vacant land and under-used land within the boundary more efficiently. Policy 2 – Encourage in-fill, mixed-use, redevelopment, and higher density development. Policy 3 – Encourage a mix of businesses and residential uses downtown using incentives and zoning. Policy 4 – Improve the appearance of buildings and landscapes. Policy 5 – Work cooperatively with Metro area partners (Springfield and Lane County) and other nearby cities to avoid urban sprawl and preserve the rural character in areas outside the urban growth boundaries. Policy 6 – Increase density of new housing development while maintaining the character and livability of individual neighborhoods. Policy 7 – Provide for a greater variety of housing types. Policy 8 – Promote construction of affordable housing. Policy 9 – Mitigate the impacts of new and/or higher density housing, in-fill, and redevelopment on neighborhoods through design standards, open space and housing maintenance programs, and continuing historic preservation and neighborhood planning programs. Policy 10 – Encourage the creation of transportation-efficient land use patterns and implementation of nodal development concepts. Policy 11 – Increase the use of alternative modes of transportation by improving the capacity, design, safety, and convenience of the transit, bicycle, and pedestrian transportation systems. Policy 12 – Encourage alternatives to the use of single-occupant vehicles through demand management techniques.