INTRODUCTION

In March 1981, a citizens' group composed of residents and property owners in the Laurel Hill area began work on a threefold project. The group's goals were to update the Laurel Hill Neighborhood Plan to comply with the Metropolitan Area General Plan (formerly 1990 Plan), to locate the Glenwood collector road, and to provide guidelines for development of a commercial/residential node' noted in the Metropolitan General Plan adopted in March 1982.

These considerations were to occur within an overall planning area that includes land east of Floral Hill Drive, south of Interstate 5, and northwest and north of the ridgeline (urban growth boundary), continuing from the 898-foot elevation through the 9.47-foot knoll, the 983-foot knoll, and the 757-foot knoll to Interstate 5 (see Topographical Map).

Laurel Hill Valley and East Laurel Hill are two distinct geographic areas within the plan. The Laurel Hill Valley boundaries are defined as the watershed bounded by a ridgeline around the valley that starts at Hendricks Park at the west, to 30th Avenue to the south, and continues along knolls of 870 feet and 897 feet elevation at the southeast, and northward to a knoll of 898 elevation, continuing northwest and north along Laurel Hill Drive to the Glenwood interchange and Interstate 5. The East Laurel Hill area is that area east of Laurel Hill Drive and south of Interstate 5, extending southeasterly to the ridgeline.

For the purposes of this plan, assumptions, goals, policies, and proposals are defined as follows:

1. Assumptions--Findings or statements of fact that provide background data for the policies and proposals.

2. Neighborhood Goals--The hopes of the people of the Laurel Hill Plan Area for their neighborhood. Neighborhood goals are not adopted by the City Council and are distinguished from community goals adopted by the City Council and statewide goals which are land-use guidelines.

3. Policies--Are adopted by the City Council as guidance for decision- making related to the plan area. City programs, actions, and decisions such as zone changes, traffic pattern changes, and capital improvements, will be evaluated on the basis of their ability to implement these policies, as well as other adopted City goals and policies.

4. Proposals--Are suggestions for implementing the policies of this plan. In general, they will be further reviewed and studied and may or may not be implemented in the form in which they appear in the plan. They are recognized as ideas which have been suggested, after some public discussion, as possible ways to implement the plan.

It is the intention of the planning team that the revised plan represents the integrity of the original 1974 neighborhood plan and is a resourceful document that will aid planning decisions in the future. The purpose of the plan update is to maintain the intent of the 1974 Laurel Hill Plan and to provide direction for the future development of the East Laurel Hill area. The plan is a product of citizens' work with City Planning Department assistance and continues to owe its form to their cooperative efforts. A series of monthly meetings was held from March 1981 to May 1982 to accomplish this work. The review and assistance of the Laurel Hill Valley Neighborhood Association, the City of Eugene Planning Commission, and the Eugene City Council is appreciated.