Item A: Comprehensive Plan for Bringing Properties into City

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Ee RECOMMENDATIONS The future of Santa Clara and River Road is dependent upon continued open communication and collaboration between service providers, neighborhood leaders and elected officials to solve problems and promote community services in our neighborhoods. The following recommendations facilitate and support these partnerships: 1. Protect and strengthen neighborhood assets and solve key problems through pro -active and creative collaboration between SCCO and RRCO. See #9 below for specific ideas. 2. Prioritize common goals of River Road and Santa Clara, including the service district providers, to develop an implementation plan. Collaboration maximizes volunteer time and energy, brings many voices to the table, builds a strong base for advocacy and improves communication. 3. Communicate with elected officials about SCRROL results and implementation plans. 4. Host summits with service providers and neighborhood leaders to share common goals, gather ideas for implementation, and identify next steps. 5. Initiate follow -up conversations with City of Eugene staff on the following topics: area Refinement Plan pre -work; financial options, both pro and con for annexation; street standards options; increased policing; expansion of parks and recreation services especially in Santa Clara; increased access to Willamette River; protection for agricultural land; and so on. 6. Engage neighbors in conversations about potential next steps and continue to build public support for collaborative and realistic solutions. 7. Continue to gather opinions of community members who are not well represented at public events. Work toward balanced geographic and socio- economic representation in SCCO and RCCO. 8. In the future, consider a statistically valid survey to identify community support for specific implementation measures. 9. Form a new advocacy group named "The Santa Clara -River Road Implementation Planning Team" ( SCRRIPT). This task force would be composed of River Road and Santa Clara representatives to work on common goals. SCRRIPT would function similar to SCRROL, but would be more pro -active in advocating for specific solutions and implementing the goals identified by SCRROL. 10. SCRROL recommends that the SCCO and RRCO develop action plans to strengthen neighborhood assets and solve key problems through pro -active and creative collaboration. "More businesses and services so we don't have to drive to Eugene: 1. Quality grocery store — organics; 2. Community social gatherings where we can bike or walk." Public Forum Comment "Spring Creek has been driven underground and should be restored to its natural state." Public Forum Comment