| Background: |
The proposed Billings Ranch Golf Course is located on the northern end
of town in the vicinity of Jackson Road. The land for the proposed golf course
is outside of the city limits of Ashland and outside of the Urban Growth
Boundary. The proposed golf course borders a portion of the Bear Creek Greenway
and is adjacent to the city limits. Developers of the golf course were seeking
land use approval in the form of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) from Jackson
County. The developers recently withdrew their land use application and the
project is no longer being considered by Jackson County.
The Parks Commission discussed the proposed golf course at their meeting
of January 26, 2004 and passed the attached motion (Attachment I). The Bear
Creek Greenway Committee reviewed Billings Ranch Golf Course request for
a CUP at their meeting of December 10, 2003 and submitted comments regarding
the request in a letter dated December 11, 2003 (Attachment II). |