0The Croman Mill (CM) site is the only remaining large industrial track in the city. If the CM site is designated as a CFA, the city will foreclose the potential to site a large employer within the city absent designating other lands, outside the current UGB, as industrial. Such a choice would likely mean designating the Billings Ranch as industrial. That would be an unfortunate outcome. The city should identify, as a part of the CFA designation process, where the replacement industrial land will be located. Goal 9, Economy, shouldn’t be ignored. The Transit Triangle should be a primary CFA but expanded to include lands owned and controlled by SOU. SOU, as a public agency, has the potential to leverage its ownership as a part of a private/public partnership to 1) add substantial workforce housing 2) stimulate new development in an area that already has significant employment and 3) create a vital University District at the intersection of the two most important streets in Ashland. 0See previous page regarding the Transit Triangle. The Downtown CFA is too small and should be expanded to include all land along Pioneer between Lithia and A Street and extend along A Street to 5th. There is ample opportunity to redevelop lands in this area to add needed residential density to the city’s most vital commercial district. The temptation of exploit the “green fields” of Croman Mill site shouldn’t undermine future investment and redevelopment in the Downtown. Sorry, to be so contrary. But your initial proposal reflects “the path of least resistance.” Instead, the CFA process should be focused on strengthening existing developed areas to make them more vital. You should switch the “priority CFA’s” with the “secondary CFA’s, and the area bound by Hersey and the railroad tracks should be dropped. It is too isolated from the rest of the city to function in the manner intended for a CFA. A traditional gridded street network is essential to promote walking and biking. The railroad tracks preclude that. I’m on the list [email protected] 0 0 5Downtown is already pretty pedestrian and biking friendly. I think the secondary areas should be prioritized. We also need small independent businesses in order to make the areas appealing to people 9 Existing infrastructure 5the City has other pressing issues, the college is financial dissaray, OSF on the verge of collapse, reduced inflow of tourisim, downtown businesses collapse, limits and safety concerns for our electric grid, 50 ft buildings sound terrible, changes the fabric of our beautiful town. Need analysis of the unintended consequences0more negative on the secondary choicesI beleive in doing whats right, but I also feel that some green policies are being pushed so hard and fast that they are not taking into consideration the potential negative consequences and the potential to not be financially sustainable. This last part risks exits from many of the people that support Ashland 7Living near one of these areas, I see many unhoused people. Will creating these designated areas cause them to become even more of a magnet for this population? I know this is a separate issue, but it is related.8They are not as accessible as the other choices, but may help to develop those areas as a result of this development.As always in Ashland, traffic is a concern. The area on Clear Creek, off Oak and Hersey Sts., is of particular concern. I know the intention is to minimize the impact of driving, but it will still be impacted.

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