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CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION
AGENDA
Monday, November 1, 2010 at 5:30 p.m.
Siskiyou Room, 51 Winburn Way
5:30 p.m. Study Session
1. Look Ahead Review
2. Does Council have direction about the projects and work priorities of the
Community Development Department? [60 Minutes]
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Council Communication
Meeting Date:
Department:
Secondary Dept.:
Approva]:
Study Session to Review Community Development Department
Projects and Priorities
November ],2010 Primary Staff Contact:
Community Deve]opment E-Mai]:
None Secondary Contact:
Martha Benne Estimated Time:
Bill Mo]nar
molnarb(al,ashland.or.us
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60 minutes
Question:
Does the Council have direction about the projects and work priorities of the Community Development
Department?
Staff Recommendation:
This is presented to the Council as a discussion item.
Background:
During deliberation on the Croman Mill Master Plan members of the Council asked about the status of
other Community Deve]opment Projects. In addition to the mandatory work related to development,
the department has several projects that relate to City Council goals. The department also has several
projects that relate to State and Federal mandates and to Regiona] Problem Solving. Lastly, there are
several long-range Planning projects that staff could take on as time is available.
Staff is seeking Council concurrence with the project priorities and timelines. Staff also seeks Council
direction on the priority that should be given to the other projects.
Existine: Proiects Related to Council Goa]s
1. Develop a Strategy for Funding Public Facilities and Infrastructure for Economic
Development Projects.
As a poten1ia] too] to help advance the objectives of the Council's Economic Development
Strategy, the Community Deve]opment Department will evaluate the feasibility of forming one
or more urban renewal districts, and financing projects with Tax Increment Financing (TIP).
At the September 2] st meeting, Council authorized Community Development staff to move
ahead with an Infrastructure Financing Plan and Urban Renewal Feasibi]ity Study. The initial
feasibility study will be conducted by a consultant with expertise in the area of urban renewal
and the results presented to the Council consideration of next steps. Which would include
determination of district boundaries, types of projects, maximum amount of indebtedness, and
urban renewal board governance.
2. Integrated Land Use and Transportation System Plan (TSP)
This comprehensive update will integrate future land use and transportation system elements
thereby including innovative ways to increase multi-modal trips and to make walking,
bicycling and transit real options for a wider variety of people. A concise list of project steps
include: establishment of advisory committees, review of existing plans and policies, conduct
system inventory, evaluate existing and future conditions, pedestrian node (places) evaluation,
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alternative analysis and funding programs, sustainability, preferred alternatives and drafting of
implementing ordinances.
3. Pedestrian Places Project
This project was folded into the larger project of updating Ashland's citywide Transportation
System Plan (TSP). The Community Development Department will study three locations as
Pedestrian Places - Tolman Creek Rd. IAshland St., Walker Ave. IAshland St., and N.
Mountain Ave. IE. Main St. Pedestrian Places are intended to provide attractive and functional
places for the people living and working within walking distance of the intersections, while
promoting a variety of housing and transportation choices, including public transit.
The sites selected for the Pedestrian Places proj ect have future development potential because
of the vacant or under developed properties surrounding the intersections. The project is an
opportunity to plan for these areas ahead of time, so that the community's vision and needs for
the area are incorporated into city guidelines and standards. This hopefully will give greater
certainty to property owners who are interested in developing or redeveloping their land. The
Pedestrian Places project will ultimately culminate with the adoption of illustrated plan
amendments and development standards.
4. Convene Stakeholders Working on Issues Related to Homelessness to Develop a Plan for:
~ Replacing services previously provided by ICCA.
~ Developing an emergency shelter for minors.
~ Improving connections to services available in Jackson County to Ashland's homeless.
--+ Ensuring Jackson County's 10 Year Plan addresses the specific issues faced in
Ashland.
Staff have has completed the initial first step of identifying the services previously provided by
ICCA, and have reconciled those services with those services currently being provided locally
by church groups and non-profit organizations, as well identifying services which are no longer
available. Staff is in the process of meeting with providers of social services throughout
Jackson County to evaluate the level of services provided to Ashland residents outside of the
Ashland area and better identify service gaps locally.
To ensure that Jackson County's IO-Year Plan to address homelessness addresses issues
specific to Ashland, City Staff continues to be an active member ofthe Homeless Task Force,
to advocate for the needs of Ashland's homeless and at-risk populations and to work to create
and maintain partnerships with providers of homeless services throughout the County. The
City's Housing Program Specialist is currently the chair of the Homeless Task Force, which
allows the City to have more involvement in the Department of Housing and Urban
DeveloplI!ent, McKinney-Vento funding process and puts the city in a better position to
connect the City's homeless and at-risk populations with services that are available throughout
Jackson County.
Staff has met with the only youth shelter provider in Jackson County, Hearts with a Mission
(HW AM), to gain a better understanding of the funding needs of that organization, the
demographic trends in homeless youth populations that they serve and what state and federal
requirements they are subject to. HW AM reports that of the 65 homeless youth that they have
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provided 2,110 nights of shelter for since they opened in December of2009, none have
identified as coming from/residing in Ashland. The majority of the population that they serve
is female. The youth that utilize the shelter report leaving home due to issues of physical,
sexual, and drug abuse in the home. HW AM received $200K CDBG funding from the City of
Medford to acquire the building and the site then received monetary and in-kind donations of
approx 250K to complete repairs, upgrade, furnish and supply the shelter. HW AM spends
approx $300K annually to pay for staff and run the mission. Currently they receive no state or
federal funding.
s. Complete the Sale of the Clay Street Property to the Parks Department and Propose
Development Scenarios for the Remaining Land.
The majority of housing units are nearing completion and the Housing Authority of Jackson
County is advertising their availability for qualified tenants. The entire 60 unit project remains
on schedule to be completed before the end of the year.
Prior to the end of the year, Community Development and Parks Department staff will present
a proposal where by an approximately 4-acre portion of the parent 10-acre parcel will be
partitioned off for a park. A memorandum of understanding between the City Council and
Parks Commission will clearly outline the obligations for each party. Lastly, Community
Development staff will present options to the Council for the remaining one-acre ofland. This
could include retaining the land in public ownership, selling the land for market value or
soliciting proposal for an affordable or mixed-income project.
6. Improve Clarity, Responsiveness and Certainty of the Development Process
The Community Development Department will build upon the work completed in the 2007
Organizational Audit, by Zucker Systems. A number ofthe audit's recommendations are being
re-examined and fine-tuned to improve the effectiveness of permit processing procedures.
Improvements to the existing pre-application process will continue to be evaluated. By
providing meaningful comments up front, staff saves time and the applicant saves money when
formal applications are filed. Additionally, the city's permit tracking program is being assessed
to determine if internal coordination among city departments can be improved. For example, if
a permit is electronically put on hold by a department, what tracking parameters are in place to
notify the applicant in a timely matter as to the deficiencies of the application?
During the last City Budget adoption process, the Community Development Department set
benchmarks for evaluating the effectiveness of the development review process. The
Department is putting in place systems to more accurately collect information on identified
targets, such as the percentage of applications complete at filing, turnaround time for building
permit review and issuance as well as average response time to inspection requests.
Lastly, a customer questionnaire will be sent applicants, contractors, design professionals, etc.
that have been involved with a development review permit (i.e. building permit or land use
application) over the past 5-years. The questionnaire is similar to the one sent out in 2007 as
part of the Community Development Organizational Audit. It is intended to provide an
assessment of the effectiveness of the development review process in a variety of areas and
identify specific areas for potential improvement.
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7. Adopt Land Use, Building Codes, and Fee Structures that Create Strong Incentives that
Promote Green Development (energy, water, and land efficient and supports a multi-
modal transportation system)
The project will evaluate ways to adjust the City's planning application and building permit
process to support new development that saves energy and water, uses land efficiently and
promotes non-automotive travel. Existing regulations that create disincentives to energy,
water, land efficiency and transportation savings will be identified and repealed if necessary,
while changes to the development process that offer incentives for green building methods will
be analyzed and recommended for implementation. Community benefits from instituting
changes to fee structures that reward green building practices will be assessed. Staff will track
the current effort to adopt an optional statewide green building code (i.e. "Reach" code) and,
upon adoption by the State, will make these alternate methods readily available to the local
building community.
Other Proiects
1. Historic District Rehabilitation and Remodel Standards
The Community Development Department's historic preservation program receives periodic
grants to complete related planning and public education efforts. A recent grant was awarded
from the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) allowing the Department to seek proposals
from qualified professionals to revise and expand our existing Historic District Design
Standards to provide greater internal consistency, bring the standards in line with the Secretary
of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and create greater certainty for property owners
contemplating develop within the district.
In 2008, the City of Ashland adopted a Historic Preservation Plan for the period of 2009-201 8
to provide a strategic roadmap for implementing preservation related projects in Ashland.
Included within that Plan is an identification and prioritization of upcoming projects. One of
the first priority projects identified is the establishment of more detailed rehabilitation and
remodel standards for residential projects within historic districts. These current standards are
most useful for the review of residential projects within the historic districts. However, it has
been noted that some of these standards conflict with the standards for commercial
development within Section VI, the Downtown Ashland section of the Site Design and Use
Standards, and that some of the Standards in Section IV-B conflict with or contradict the
Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation.
2. Buildable Lands Inventory Update
The Community Development department is currently undertaking a full update of the City's
Buildable Lands Inventory (BLI) which will be completed this fiscal year. The BLI was most
recently updated in 2005, and this current effort will evaluate all development that has occurred
since that time as well as any changes in development potential due to recent ordinance or zone
changes. This update of the BLI will quantify all available land suitable for development
within the City's Urban Growth Boundary.
The City of Ashland maintains the BLI to assess long range planning needs and to assist in
evaluating economic development opportunities. IThe update of the BLI in conjunction with
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wage (QCEW) databases will permit the city to closely
monitor where employment locates, what rate vacant employment land is being absorbed and
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how much new employment is occurring. Under statewide planning goals a land component of
a BLI is utilized to assess whether the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) contains enough land to
satisfy the community's 20 year housing and employment land needs.
3. Regional Problem Solving (RPS) - Plan Amendments
Mayor Stromberg and city staff presented Ashland's recommendations relating to adoption of
the Greater Bear Creek Regional Problem Solving Plan to the County Planning Commission on.
August 12th. County staff has begun crafting some revisions to the plan in response to issues
raised to date, and a draft of these revisions will be forwarded to Council in the near future.
The County Planning Commission will continue to meet regularly into February 2011 to
consider the remaining chapters of the plan and any outstanding issues as they prepare a
recommendation to the Board of Commissioners, who will ultimately consider adopting the
RPS Plan in 2011. The Jackson County Planning Commissioners will meet to discuss any
remaining issues relating to Talent, Ashland and Phoenix at a special night meeting tentatively
scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 18th, 2010. Should the Jackson County Board
of Commission choose to adopt the RPS Plan, participating cities would need to draft plan and
code amendments which acknowledge the regional plan, as well that implement relevant
sections of the plan.
Potential Other Proiects
1. Adoption of Railroad Master Plan
As a result of the past public involvement process that lead to the draft 2001 Ashland Railroad
Property Master Plan, a local street network plan for the railroad plan was adopted for the
property to guide future development of the site. A work plan would be developed that
identifies the significant elements from the 2001 draft Plan to consider for adoption and
implementation. Plan amendments, standards and code incentives would be presented to
encourage the future physical development of a District Core that incorporates key elements of
the draft Plan, such as a civic roundhouse building and centrally located transit center.
Additionally, the project would analyze the feasibility of integrating an urban park corridor
adjacent to Mountain Creek, as the easterly bookend of this railroad area employment center.
Lastly, a transportation study would be completed to understand benefits and costs (i.e.
impacts) associated with the proposed Fourth Street railroad crossing.
2. East Ashland St. Redevelopment Plan
This would likely involve the adoption of a planning overlay for the employment corridor along
Ashland Street, which extends west of the Tolman Creek intersection and east of the railroad
overpass. The planning effort would focus on the land area with redevelopment potential that
has been the spotlight ofrecent development interest. This includes but is not limited to the
Goodwill, Bi-Mart, Shop n Kart, Handyman, Richard's Sheet Metal and Ray's Nursery sites.
The planning project would focus on ways to provide incentives and certainty to property
owners through illustrative codes and standards intended to overtime allow for the orderly
replacement of existing low-intensity, auto-oriented land uses with mixed-use development,
consisting of pedestrian and bicycle friendly land use patterns that support transit-use.
3. Normal Neighborhood Master Plan
As a whole, this project will guide future development to provide for a compact neighborhood
form which better accommodates needed housing types, considers existing natural resources
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ASHLAND
(i.e. wetlands), and enhances overall mobility while reducing existing levels of reliance on the
automobile in the plan area. Given the project area's central location it presents an opportunity
for medium to higher density housing in support of a transit-oriented development.
This project entails completion of a land use and transportation plan for what is locally referred
to as the Normal Avenue area. Currently the area has a mix of comprehensive plan
designations including single family residential and suburban residential, and is presently
outside of Ashland's City Limits yet within the Urban Growth boundary. The development of
an integrated land use and transportation plan will identify new local streets, bike and
pedestrian paths, evaluate transit route opportunities, and consider the location of future, major
access points onto East Main Street.
Residential development in the area has historically been low density consistent with County
zoning standards, which unfortunately did not anticipate future growth. In recent years, the City
has received pre-applications for annexation and development of housing on individual
properties within the plan area. The piecemeal conceptual plans provided by applicants address
each individual parcel in isolation, and thus do not present a coordinated approach to planning
the entire area.
Potential Motions:
None
Attachments:
Estimated Project Timelines
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