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33 °F Forecast | Road Cams Sunday, March 13, 2005 Today's News | Classifieds | Autos | Homes | Jobs | Tempo | Health | Community | Home Delivery SECTIONS Home Page Local News Sports Business Obituaries Life Opinion Tempo AP News Weather Classified Archives Site Map SPECIAL SECTIONS Since We Asked Outdoor Journal Menu Guide How To Guide Health Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Real Estate Guide Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Wedding Guide Passport to the Rogue Valley SHOP OUR VALLEY AutoFinder HomeFinder JobFinder Classified Place an ad TOP JOBS EXTRA NIE Personals Movie Times TV Times E The People Volunteer Moving here? eSouthernOregon CUSTOMER SERVICE FAQ's Advertise with us Home Delivery Employment Contact Us Media Kit Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend March 7, 2005 Environmental concerns postpone subdivision ASHLAND — Wetlands and a "pretty incredible" 70-inch cottonwood tree have forced a proposed 130-unit subdivision on Clay Street back to the drawing board. Developer Andy Cochrane said he will redesign the project because of concern about environmental issues. "... There are wetlands, and we have to work around that. And that tree ... we’re going to try to work around that, too," he said. Before last month’s planning commission meeting, Cochrane’s Pacific Northwest Building and Design insisted there were no wetlands on the land at 380 Clay St. Since then, however, six-tenths of an acre of wetlands have been identified on the property. "We’re really starting over after six months of work down the drain because our wetlands biologist missed this wetlands," Cochrane said. "We’re very seriously looking at the possibility of saving the trees." Advertisement Because he will still need to meet the same density requirements the city requires for annexations, he will have to scale down his original plans. "The appearance will change," he said. "But it will still be along the same lines. It will be the same concept, but the ratio (of single family, duplex and quadplex structures) will be different." Upper Limb-It Tree Service studied the cottonwood tree for Cochrane and concluded that the mature tree "will continue to thrive barring an act of God." A new design for the site is expected within two to three weeks. Consideration of the proposal has been delayed in the planning and tree commissions, said John McLaughlin, Ashland’s community development director. "If it’s deemed healthy," he said, "we hope to be able to accommodate the tree." McLaughlin said the proposed development has been rescheduled to April’s planning commission meeting. Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2005 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website Feedback Student Loan Consolidation Conference Calls - $50/Month Home Security Systems Trunks, Footlocker, Trunk, Footlockers home equity loans helzberg Slippers Student Loans afsa teleconferencing Memory Foam Mattress Advertisement s