1974 Plan Preface

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 eleva- tion 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 Five.

The Valley is a 660 acre neighborhood located in the southeastern hills of Euqene. It is an area in transition from semi-rural to increasingly urban. Its residents are concerned that the inevitable infilling of the valley with additional structures, streets and other public services for the growing population be done in the most beneficial way, consistent with the 1990 Plan, for those who now live in the Valley and those who will live here in the years to come.

For that reason this Neighborhood Plan has been developed. The City Planning Staff and Planning Commission have been increasingly helpful in its formulation and review, and the Plan owes its current form to their continuing interest.

The Plan includes general statements of aspirations stated as specific "goals". These are based on "Assumptions" about physical and community conditions existing in the Valley that will be affected by the Valley's development.

Residents of the neighborhood feel the plan can only be a successful planning document if certain conditions considered fundamental to the Valley's long range welfare are adopted by the City. These are expressed as "policies". The policies form the base upon which supplemental conditions find their value. These conditions are expressed as "proposals" to extend and refine the policies. They are presented for acknowledgment by the City.

The format, then, expressed Assumptions upon which Goals are set, insured by Policies adopted by the city, and Proposals which refine and extend the Policies and in time may become Policies.