Strategic Neighborhood Assessment and Planning (SNAP)
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Northeast Neighbors Work Plan / 2014 Strategic Neighborhood Assessment and Planning (SNAP) City of Eugene City Manager’s Office - Atrium Neighborhood Services 99 West 10th Avenue / Eugene OR 97401 www.eugene-or.gov/neighborhoods in Northeast Eugene As neighborhoods grow and develop, they get to the places they want to go they change. Northeast Neighbors wants and if the places they want to go exist to understand this growth in order to in the neighborhood. We’re also asking plan for the future. We’re exploring how people to help us identify opportunities future growth will impact what currently for and barriers to walking, biking and exists, the way we move about safely taking the bus to these places within the and efficiently, and what kinds of new neighborhood. services residents need as development The results of the project will assist the occurs. neighborhood and the City with efforts We’re surveying a wide variety of to improve safety and access to vital neighborhood residents and businesses neighborhood and commercial areas in in Northeast Eugene to understand how Northeast Eugene. Table of Contents Acknowledgements ..................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 2 Northeast Neighbors SNAP Leadership Team Executive Summary ......................... 3 Mission Statement ..................................................................................................... 5 Scope of Work ..................................................................................................... 6 What is a 20-Minute Neighborhood? ......................................................................... 8 Leadership Team General Strategies .......................................................................... 9 SNAP Work Plan ..................................................................................................... 11 Goal 1: Provide a unified vision for achieving the desired character of the neighborhood Goal 2: Build the capacity of Northeast Neighbors Goal 3: Improve public infrastructure for pedestrian and bicycle safety and access Goal 4: Increase access to bus services in the Northeast neighborhood Northeast Neighbors Actions for Future Consideration ........................................... 35 Appendices ............................................................................................................... 37 Appendix A: 2012 Northeast Neighbors SNAP Application Appendix B: Working Agreement between Leadership Team Members Appendix C1-C3: Planning Analysis C1: 20-Minute Neighborhood Indicators C2: Plan Assessment Matrix C3.1-C3.3: Planning Assessments C3.1: Tier 1 Plans Willakenzie Area Plan Eugene City Land Use Code: Agricultural Zone Eugene City Land Use Code: Commercial Zones Eugene City Land Use Code: Industrial Zones Eugene City Land Use Code: Public Land Zone Eugene City Land Use Code: Residential Zones Eugene City Land Use Code: Overlay Zones Metro Plan Eugene 20-Minute Neighborhoods Assessment Summary Report City of Eugene Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan Parks, Recreation, & Open Space Proposed Projects and Priorities 4-J Long Range Facilities Plan Beltline Improvement-ODOT LTD Plan(s) C3.2: Tier 2 Plans Envision Eugene Regional Prosperity Economic Development Plan Summary Report Eugene-Springfield Consolidated Plan 4-J Current Census and Projections Summary Report City of Eugene Transportation System Plan C3.3: Tier 3 Plans Lane County Land Use Code: Chapter 10-Zoning Lane County Land Use Code: Chapter 16-Land Use and Development Appendix D1-D3: Outreach D1: Neighborhood Walking Tour D2.1-D2.4: Neighborhood Walking Survey D2.1: Outreach Efforts D2.2: Connecting People to Places in Northeast Eugene: A Summary of Survey Results D2.3: Connecting People to Places in Northeast Eugene: A Survey for Residents D2.4: Connecting People to Places in Northeast Eugene: A Survey for Businesses Appendix E: Northeast Neighbors 20-Minute Neighborhood Issues Summary Appendix F: Neighborhood Issues Matrix Appendix G: Map – Approximate Walking Distance to Major Shopping Centers Acknowledgements SNAP Leadership Team City of Eugene John Jaworski, Northeast Neighbors - Chair Staff Team Kevin Reed, Northeast Neighbors - Vice-Chair Mike Sullivan, Community Development Todd Torrey, Northeast Neighbors - Board Member Rob Inerfeld, Public Works - Transportation Planning Elaine Replogle, Northeast Neighbors - Resident Steven Nystrom, Planning Deborah P. Jeffries, Northeast Neighborhood - Resident Babe O’Sullivan, City Manager’s Office - Sustainability and Business Owner Jason Dedrick, City Manager’s Office John Faville, Northeast Neighbors - Board Member Reed Dunbar, Public Works - Transportation Planning Dave Hauser, Northeast Neighbors - Resident Matt McRae, City Manager’s Office - Sustainability Alan Eliason, Northeast Neighbors - Board Member Sarah Zaleski, Community Development Colleen McCaffrey, Northeast Neighbors - Resident Kristen Karle, St. Vincent de Paul City of Eugene Consulting Julie Fischer, Cogito Partners Neighborhood Services Lorna Flormoe, Neighborhood Planner Rene Kane, Neighborhood Planner Noray-Ann Spradling, Intern Jason Shender, Intern Conor Teal, Intern NeN SNAP Work Plan 2013 Page 1 Introduction The Northeast Neighbors neighborhood association and City of Eugene Neighborhood Services staff worked on a Strategic Neighborhood Assessment and Planning (SNAP) project that was designed to identify ways the neighborhood association could encourage the development of 20-Minute Neighborhoods centered on two main commercial areas within the Northeast Neighborhood (NeN). The leadership team and Neighborhood Services staff worked with a team of City staff members and Cogito Partners to assess the opportunities and barriers existing in local and regional planning documents that would promote the 20-Minute Neighborhood concept. The teams also designed a neighborhood transportation survey the leadership team administered with assistance from Neighborhood Services staff and Cogito. This survey provided the leadership team and staff with information on the current transportation choices of residents and businesses and what changes they would like to see. This document contains a set of goals and actions developed by the leadership team that will support Northeast Neighbors in guiding future development and redevelopment projects in their neighborhood. NeN SNAP Work Plan 2013 Page 2 Northeast Neighbors SNAP Leadership Team Executive Summary Northeast Neighbors (NeN) has been working with the City of Eugene for over a year completing the Strategic Neighborhood Assessment Program (SNAP). We started with two goals: 1. Getting a better understanding of emerging development patterns in our area 2. Applying the 20-minute neighborhood concept to improve livability and walk-ability here Our work included extensive analysis and outreach to understand neighborhood needs: • conducting an assessment of the current city and county planning efforts that affect NeN, • fielding a survey that was completed by over 640 residents and businesses, • attending neighborhood functions like park openings, • holding meetings with groups of local residents and with businesses, • surveying students at local schools, and • going on multiple walkabouts to observe problems and possibilities firsthand. First, the possibilities: NeN has the most vacant developable land within the city of Eugene, which presents an opportunity to plan for growth in a way that supports the 20-minute neighborhood concept and has the least negative impact on the character and livability of where we live. Therefore our highest priority is an updated Refinement Plan for our area. The Willakenzie Area Plan was created in 1992, and the updates don’t adequately NeN SNAP Work Plan 2013 Page 3 address growth in the NeN area. We need a document that has legal standing, is based on policies that are current and specific, and identifies long-term needs and challenges. We need a unified vision of the desired character of our neighborhood to provide guidelines for future development here. But, in the survey and the meetings and discussions with residents, we also heard about many currently needed improvements to the roads and sidewalks and bike lanes and amenities in our neighborhood. In the Work Plan below, you’ll see these improvements spelled out in detail, along with steps towards trying to accomplish them. The list of specific actions ranges in scope from new crosswalks and pedestrian access paths where residents have asked for them, to a bold new multi-use route that would make it easier to walk, bike, or drive to Crescent Village from west of Coburg. The Work Plan also suggests tools for increasing the effectiveness of NeN at influencing land use procedures, transportation planning, and investment in public infrastructure in our area. We want to work with the City on flexible solutions to land use concerns and to influence policy as it is created. We are concerned about the transportation infrastructure’s ability to cope with current and future use patterns. And we believe that the allocation of public resources, like a public park at the Striker Field site, needs to keep pace with population growth. This document also lists the strategies for our work, including ones that set our objectives, guide our advocacy efforts, and propose means to try to attract the City resources we need.