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]]> This report documents the ideas, methodologies, and proposals
produced by students of the Bicycle Transportation class for the City of
Redmond, Oregon. Project members visualized a family-friendly bicycle network
that included both connections to and from schools, as well as the redesign
of several auto-centric corridors. The scope of the projects were open-ended,
but students were expected to make recommendations that could be used in
future city transportation projects. The City of Redmond is consistently making
efforts to improve the safety of their bike network and to increase the number of
residents who bike.

]]> The Redmond Area Park and Recreation District (RAPRD) is a special taxing
district, first incorporated in 1975, that supports parks and open space, an
indoor aquatic center, community centers, and programming in most Redmond
area parks. The mission of RAPRD is to “develop and enhance recreation
facilities and opportunities for the communities [they] serve” (About Us, 2012).
RAPRD serves the communities of Redmond, Terrebonne, and Tumalo

]]> The City of Redmond has experienced rapid growth in its Latino population
since 2000, and the city is working to improve communication with and services
for the Latino community. Realizing the need to better reach out to the Latino
community, Redmond sought the assistance of Dr. Gerardo Sandoval’s Public
Participation in Diverse Communities class. Graduate and undergraduate
students reached out to the Latino community with tools and strategies
developed via the University of Oregon Latino Civic Participation Project in
collaboration with Dr. Sandoval and James Rojas.
Students performed background research prior to conducting outreach.
This research looked into the history of Latinos in Redmond and their socioeconomic
realities. This research helped students understand the context of
issues within Redmond. Graduate students interviewed Latino community
stakeholders in order to gain a deeper insight into the lives of Latino residents.
Students also participated in a city staff training led by James Rojas and Dr.
Sandoval. During this training, staff learned an interactive outreach method
called “Participation by Play.” City staff attended the training, including staff from
Redmond’s Police Department.

]]> The City of Redmond worked with public relation students at the University
of Oregon to find solutions for increasing civic engagement. The following
pages include recommendations culled from eight different plans developed by
student teams during the academic term, with each team taking on the same
challenge of heightening citizen involvement in the City of Redmond. Separated
by target audience, this report includes strategies and tactics for social media
enhancement, improving media relations, establishing city committees, and
planning special events.
By targeting varying audiences, such as working class families, parents, high
school students, and the Hispanic/Latino(a) communities, the City of Redmond
has the opportunity to improve citizen awareness and involvement in city
planning and initiatives.

]]> The Affordable Housing Plan included
an assessment of the existing housing options in Redmond, as well as goals,
objectives, and strategies that could be used to encourage the preservation and
creation of affordable housing.
Although Redmond’s Affordable Housing Plan is comprehensive and fairly
detailed, it was drafted before the housing market crash and resulting 2008-
2010 recession, and is now relatively out of date. To serve as an update to
the Affordable Housing Plan and to identify affordable housing policies, the
City of Redmond collaborated with students and faculty of the University of
Oregon’s Housing Policy class to research the city’s housing climate as part
of the Sustainable City Year Program. The class, taught by Dr. Ren Thomas,
was tasked with identifying barriers to affordable housing within Redmond and
the surrounding area, as well as suggesting policy changes to address these
barriers. Students in this class split into two groups to approach this project:
Group 1 conducted outreach to stakeholders in the form of interviews to gain
a qualitative understanding of affordable housing within Redmond and Group
2 performed an analysis of current and potential best practice housing related
policies.

]]> Sustainable development is development that enables the economic,
environmental, and equitable health of the current population without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet these needs. To
accommodate new growth in the coming years, the City of Redmond can
implement its own type of sustainable development to ensure a healthy future
for all residents.
Through partnership with the Sustainable Cities Initiative, students in the
Sustainability and the Law class at the University of Oregon in spring 2016
term identified several key sustainable development principles that the City of
Redmond can consider, and performed an analysis of current legal provisions
around these topics to determine how the legal structure serves as a barrier or
support to addressing these topics. Student work also included an investigation
into best practices and case studies of how other cities across the country have
addressed these topics. Student research ultimately culminated in proposals for
ordinance development or revision to further the advancement of their topic in
Redmond. Topics include:
Group 1: Sustainable Procurement
Group 2: Food Proofing
Group 3: Xeriscaping
Group 4: Tiered Water Pricing
Group 5: Infill Development
Group 6: Redmond Reduces
By considering how these elements can be further incorporated into Redmond’s
legal framework, the proposed ordinances can help shape Redmond as the
sustainable Hub of Oregon

]]> Students in professor Margy Parker journalism class developed a short-term, mid-term, and long-term recommendations to promote biking, walking, and rolling in Redmond.

]]> Over 10 weeks, a team of students in J454, the Public Relations Campaigns
class at the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication,
conducted primary and secondary research to enhance their understanding of
the Redmond Wastewater Division, how it operates, and its position in the City
of Redmond and the larger realm of public utilities. This research led the team
to better advise the City of Redmond on raising awareness of best wastewater
practices.

]]> Over the course of 10 weeks, students in Public Relations Campaigns (J454)
at the University of Oregon collaborated with City of Redmond officials and staff
to identify goals, objectives, target audiences, strategies, and tactics that would
help to increase civic engagement among the residents of Redmond.
The ultimate goal of the project was to create community engagement between
the public and city hall. In hopes of reaching this goal, students identified the
target audience as citizens between the ages of 25 and 45 and developed two
objectives:
• Increase awareness of city events among the target audience
• Create civic engagement online among the target audience

]]> In the spring 2016 term, an Advanced GIS class at UO conducted an analysis
of three existing neighborhoods within the City of Redmond to identify how well
they have implemented the Great Neighborhood Principles. The goal is to apply
this research and incorporate the principles into future neighborhoods as the
city grows.
This report first identifies the context and methods of the conducted analysis,
which uses a set of walkability and urban design GIS indicators. Many of these
same indicators are used in popular spatial analysis websites and provide an
in-depth understanding of how the study areas are built. In addition to analyzing
these indicators, students also participated in a City of Redmond site visit
to collect real-time on-the-ground walkability and urban design data through
the smartphone application called Device Magic.

Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.

Sustainable City Year Program Contact Info
Megan Banks
Sustainable City Year Program Manager
mbanks@uoregon.edu
(541) 346-6395

University Faculty Contact
Yizhao Yang
Planning, Public Policy and Management

yizhao@uoregon.edu

Local Government / Community Contact
Keith Witcosky

City Manager

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