Thursday, June 1 7:00 PM 3280 River Road (Messiah Lutheran Church)
The June SCCO meeting will feature a presentation by Glenn Porter, the director of the Lane County Navigation Center on River Avenue being run by Equitable Social Solutions.
As a reminder, the Navigation Center is a shelter with comprehensive services to help the chronically unhoused get into permanent housing. It has been up and running for about a year and now is an excellent opportunity to hear how it’s going.
There is also a Zoom option to participate in the meeting:
There’s still time to engage and share your input on the Draft River Road-Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan! We are looking for your feedback on how well the Neighborhood Plan captures your community vision and priorities. The documents proposed for adoption or approval by the City Council and Board of Commissioners include:
Draft Neighborhood-specific Code Amendments (Summary or Full Text)
Community Meeting this Thursday, May 25
Learn about and discuss the Neighborhood Plan at the upcoming Community Meeting on May 25 from 5:30-7:30 at the North Eugene High School cafeteria.
Join neighbors, as well as project staff and Community Advisory Committee members to talk about the plan, ask questions, and share feedback. Let us know you’re coming by RSVPing here. We’re excited to see you there!
How well does the Neighborhood Plan capture your priorities for Economic Development, Transportation, Land Use, Parks and Natural Resources, and Community Action?
What can be improved before the plan goes to City and County decision makers later this year?
Please share your thoughts, questions, and ideas for improvement using the online tool.
Info Sessions
If you missed one of the Virtual Info Sessions held last week, you can watch one of the recorded sessions here or read through the presentation slides. You’ll learn about where we’ve been, where we are now, and where we’re going with the neighborhood planning process.
Meeting Toolkit
Bring together a group of friends, family, and neighbors to talk about the neighborhood vision and priorities! You can use our meeting toolkit to guide a discussion and provide your feedback on the final draft plan and next steps for project implementation. Request a Community Advisory Committee member to come to your meeting!
Community input will help inform recommendations from the River Road and Santa Clara Community Organizations and the Community Advisory Committee, which will be shared with the Eugene and Lane County Planning Commissions. Theformal adoption process will include work sessions and public hearings with both Planning Commissions, who will each form recommendations to Eugene City Council and the Lane County Board of Commissioners. The Council and Board will then hold their own public hearings, deliberate, and take action on the plan.
With countless volunteer and staff hours, neighborhood planning has entered the final phase – Adoption! After years of gathering community input for the visions, goals, and policies in the Neighborhood Plan, the Community Advisory Committee is ready to present the draft Neighborhood Plan back to the neighbors who inspired it.
We are looking for your feedback on how well the Neighborhood Plan captures your community vision and priorities. The documents proposed for adoption or approval by the City Council and Board of Commissioners include:
In person – an excellent opportunity to ask questions and interact with your neighbors to discuss the plan. North Eugene High School 200 Silver Lane Thursday, May 25 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Please let us know if you are coming by using this link.
For Immediate Release and for Memorial Day Calendars
SUBJECT: Luper Cemetery Gate will be Open Memorial Day Weekend – May 27, 28, 29
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: WWW.LuperCemetery.com
CONTACT: Peter Thurston, President, Luper Cemetery Inc. 541-321-0798
Luper Pioneer Cemetery will open the vehicle gate at 30391 Beacon Drive West (north of Eugene’s Santa Clara neighborhood) from 9 AM to 4 PM May 27, 28, 29 (Saturday, Sunday, and Monday) so people can walk the grounds and take a self-guided tour of this historic site.
In November of 1853 about 1000 pioneers arrived in the Willamette Valley by way of the Oregon Trail cutoff across central Oregon “to farm the fertile soil of the Willamette Valley, between the Cascade Mountains and the Coast Range” according to the McClure wagon train by-laws.
On Monday, Memorial Day, the following activities will take place between 10 AM and 2 PM:
> Musical entertainment by the Poodle Creek Pickers.
> Historical presentations by ‘Mountain Man’ Ken Beagle and his wife Marmie Beagle (great-great granddaughter of wagon train leader James McClure).
> Informational tours by local historian Daniel Owen.
> Members of the Luper board of directors will be in attendance to answer questions, and a self guided I spy activity in the cemetery will also be available.
> Authors Kathy Box and Daniel Owen will each be present with copies of their respective books for sale about Oregon Pioneers. Each book purchased comes with a free copy of “They Came, They Went,” a local history book by John Harn, while supplies last.
On Saturday and Sunday, information for completing a self-guided tour of the cemetery will be available, including interpretive signs describing the 18 people interred at the cemetery who arrived on the 1853 wagon train. There are over 160 people interred at Luper Cemetery.
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DIRECTIONS to Luper Pioneer Cemetery: From Eugene, follow River Rd. north to Beacon Drive, on the north boundary of Santa Clara, and follow signs west. From Junction City, take River Rd. south, turn west onto Beacon Drive and travel about a ½ mile to a white metal gate, on the north side of Beacon Drive. Proceed through the gate approximately 1/2 mile to the parking lot and cemetery entrance. The cemetery may be accessed every day from dawn to dusk by walking the half-mile gravel road from West Beacon Drive to the cemetery. Please check www.lupercemetery.com for more information about the cemetery, and other resources.
Here’s a reminder about this week’s opportunities to provide input into the River Road – Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan. There is also a Community Meeting at North Eugene High on the 25th.
River Road-Santa Clara neighborhood planning is in its final stage. After years of gathering community input on goals and policies for the five topic areas, the Community Advisory Committee is ready to gather community feedback on the draft Neighborhood Plan.
How well does the Neighborhood Plan capture your priorities for Economic Development, Transportation, Land Use, Parks and Natural Resources, and Community Action?
What can be improved before the plan goes to City and County decision-makers later this year?
May Opportunities for input
LEARN about the plan and ask questions at the Virtual Info Sessions. Register using the links below.
Thursday, May 25 from 5:30 – 7:30 PM. DISCUSS the plan with neighbors at a Community Meeting at North Eugene High School. Let us know if you’re coming using this link.
Please visit this page to learn more about these input options as well as find links to the current draft Neighborhood Plan. After visiting the page, we highly encourage you to use the Community Feedback Form towards the bottom of the page.
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