Item A: Envision Eugene Update - Social Equity

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Community Resource Group December 10, 2010 Page Two The theme and the implementation actions are consistent with Metro Plan Policies and Growth Management Policies, including the following: Metro Plan Policy A.25 Conserve the metropolitan area’s supply of existing affordable housing and increase the stability and quality of older residential neighborhoods, through measures such as revitalization; code enforcement; appropriate zoning; rehabilitation programs; relocation of existing structures; traffic calming; parking requirements; or public safety considerations. These actions should support planned densities in these areas. Growth Management Policy 6: Increase the density of new housing development while maintaining the character and livability of individual neighborhoods. Growth Management Policy 9: Mitigate the impacts of new and/or higher density housing, in-fill, and redevelopment on neighborhoodsthrough design standards, open space and housing maintenance programs, and continuing historic preservation and neighborhood planning programs. We recognize the community must collaborate further to produce finer-grained descriptionsof “livability” and specific implementation mechanisms, such as development standards and incentives. We believe this work should occur through revitalized ICS and OS processes. What is critical at this juncture is that a clear statement supporting neighborhood livability be one of the central pillars of the unfolding “vision” for Eugene. Without such a statement, there can be noclaim to community consensus on a vision. Thank you for your consideration. The neighborhood leaders listed on the following pagesare submitting this letter on their own behalf, not on behalf of their neighborhood associations.The organization names and titles are for identification purposes only and do not imply the organization has taken a position on the letter’s contents.