Item C:Adoption of Resolution 5018 Authorizing Exception to the Limited Neighborhood Recognition Policy for the River Road and Santa Clara Community Organizations and att A

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ATTACHMENT A RESOLUTION NO. ____ A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXCEPTIONS TO THE LIMITED NEIGHBORHOOD RECOGNITION POLICY FOR ORGANIZATIONS IN THE RIVER ROAD AND SANTA CLARA AREAS ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION NO. 4705. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. On February 25, 2002, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 4705, establishing a Limited Neighborhood Organization Recognition Policy for Organizations in the River Road and Santa Clara Areas (the “Policy”). The River Road Community Organization (“RRCO”) and the Santa Clara Community Organization (“SCCO”) fulfill the role of neighborhood associations for these areas. City Council has granted limited recognition to these groups in acknowledgement that a significant portion of neighbors within the boundaries of these community organizations are City residents. B. The City of Eugene’s Neighborhood Services department has created a Strategic Neighborhood Assessment and Planning (“SNAP”) process which offers staff assistance to neighborhood associations and other neighborhood-based groups for purposes of assessing needs and developing a plan that outlines goals, strategies and actions to address those needs. City-recognized neighborhood associations are all eligible to participate in a SNAP process. C. The City’s Neighborhood Services’ staff is interested in supporting RRCO and SCCO in a joint SNAP process, however, Section 1, paragraph (4) of the Policy requires that the City not provide staff support for neighborhood organizing or outreach efforts to organizations with limited recognition. D. The SNAP process could be a valuable resource in helping the neighborhoods conduct outreach and education essential to implementing key recommendations of the River Road and Santa Clara Transition Project Final Report, 2006. Therefore, the Council finds that it would be in the public interest to authorize an exception to Section 1, paragraph (4) of the Policy in order to permit City staff to make the SNAP process available to RRCO and SCCO. E. In addition to the issues addressed in the above findings, on June 13, 2005, Resolution No. 4839 was adopted granting an exception to the public funding limitations of Section 1, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Policy, thereby permitting public information to be provided to non-City addresses within the River Road/Santa Clara area during the fiscal year 2005/06, contingent upon, and limited to, the funds being allocated from the River Road/Santa Clara Sewer Assessment Bond Fund under the City’s adopted budget for the 2005/06 fiscal year. The City Council finds that the exception to the public information funding limitations granted by Resolution No. 4839 should be reestablished until such time as that funding source is exhausted. Z:\CMO\2010 Council Agendas\M101213\S101213C and att A.doc