At the last study session on this item (September 22, 2004), the Council
directed the Staff to prepare a list of items that would be the basis for
an issue paper on the future development of the Croman Mill site. The Planning
Commission also reviewed background information on this topic at their study
session (September 28, 2004) and provided comments. The following represents
the major topics that would be used as the basis for an issue paper:
| Transportation |
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Mistletoe Road Improvements |
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Tolman Creek Road/Mistletoe Road Intersection |
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Mistletoe Road/Siskiyou Boulevard intersection re-design |
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Interconnected Street Pattern - traditional design |
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Capacity Issues and Improvements to South I-5 interchange |
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Overall traffic analysis and access patterns |
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Parking - on-street, structure parking, credits, diagonal head-in, ratios |
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Bike Path along Railroad Tracks - Tolman Creek Road to Crowson Road |
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Pedestrian access throughout development and connection to existing routes |
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Railroad - integration to project |
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| Land Use Mix |
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Ratio of employment-related lands to residential lands |
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Optimum mix for long-term community benefit |
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Recognition of this as last large parcel of industrial zoned land |
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Competition of this area with existing commercial zoned lands - Downtown
& Ashland St./Tolman Cr. Rd. |
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Long-term job creation opportunities - industrial, employment, and commercial |
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Industrial/Employment/Commercial |
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Relationship of new development to long-term economic goals |
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Realistic understanding of "industrial" in Ashland |
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Encouragement for specific types of uses - "living wage jobs" |
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Need for intense commercial space? |
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Opportunity for a "smaller" big box retailer |
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Competition with Downtown? |
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Maintain opportunities for industrial users even though not immediate |
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Housing |
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Housing types - single family detached vs. attached multi-family |
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Housing above commercial uses - how much? |
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Multi-story buildings - encourage "hi-rise" for housing |
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Affordable Housing - percentage of project and target incomes |
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Conflicts between housing and industrial/commercial uses |
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| Infrastructure |
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Water Service - capacity and lines |
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Sewer Service - capacity and lines |
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Storm Water management - bio-swales, detention systems |
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Electrical Service |
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AFN |
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| Project Design |
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Ultimate project layout
• Town Center model
• Suburban Office Park model
• Traditional Neighborhood model
• Industrial Park model
• Sustainable model
• Combination of the above? |
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Layout on property
• Relationship to Entry
• Relationship to railroad tracks
• Relationship to Siskiyou Blvd. |
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Relationship to surrounding area
• Tolman Creek Road Neighborhood
• Ashland St./Tolman Creek Road Commercial area |
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Architecture
• Traditional design
• Current Period design |
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| Parks and Open Spaces |
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Park opportunities |
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Need? Based up projected uses |
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Open space and landscaping |
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Bio-swales |
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Parkrows and street trees |
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| Adjoining Areas |
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Incorporation of surrounding areas in masterplanning efforts |
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Former LTM property |
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Tolman Creek Road neighborhood |
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Siskiyou/Crowson area (manufactured dwelling park) |
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Across tracks - industrial area |
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| Annexation |
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Portion of the property outside city limits |
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Benefits to annexation |
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Annexing surrounding properties |
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| Timing |
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Incentives for development |
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Market-rate of development |
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Encouragement for meeting current needs |
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Discouragement - growth inducing |
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| Public Process |
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Charrette model? |
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Development model? |
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City as lead |
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Developer as lead |
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Nature of public involvement |
