New point I hope someone will make on Wednesday

[patricia...@aol.com]

I can't make it to the Wednesday meeting because of a prior commitment.  I hope I can convey this clearly to some of you and that someone will make the point at the meeting.  

Southtown has absolutely no need for additional feeder roads because there are NO bottlenecks anywhere that need to  be corrected.  The only bottleneck in the entire area is at the bridge over the Marys River.  That spot would not be corrected by making Crystal Lake Drive a feeder.  Even that doesn't clog up often.  But if it did, given additional traffic from further development in the area, there would be no purpose to re-routing traffic through our neighborhoods, because it will all collect at the bridge anyway.  It is better and safer to keep our neighborhood roads narrow and slow and safe.  

Thanks to all of you (and my wife) who are attending the meeting.  

Patricia Parcells

[Molly Monroe]

Hello,

I've been trying to keep up with emails (my apologies if this has already been shared), but I think it's important for everyone to be look through and be familiar with the different scenarios being proposed for different sections of South Corvallis in preparation for Wednesday's meeting, please scroll through the plans and look closely at the various options (and subscribe to the mailing list for updates):

South Corvallis Area Plan Project Page

The proposals to update Crystal Lake as a 'feeder' tie directly to the scenarios that could change the zoning and use of residential areas to mixed/high density. Somewhere in there I even heard talk about a coffee shop/cafe at the end of Park/Goodnight after Crystal Lake is continued all the way to Goodnight.

As always, there are pros and cons for all of the options and I'm so glad to see everyone engaged and ready to chime in with ideas on how to preserve and improve upon our favorite aspects of South town.

M-

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[Keenan Bloom]

Hello Molly and All, 

You are speaking to two different areas they are proposing changes to in the South Corvallis Area plan. Area 10 (Crystal Lake Drive) and Area 11 (the rectangular area between Goodnight and Park, Midvale and Herron View/Willamette park) 

Because many vocal people are concerned about area 10, and rightfully so, area 11 often gets forgotten. Area 10 and 11 are deeply connected and what happens to one area will affect the other area. Area 11 would make it possible to have shops on the bottom and multi storied apartments on top right next to the community gardens at willamette park and where crystal lake and park make a T-junction 

Does anyone know the format for the meeting on Wednesday?

Keenan

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[Ann]

All,

Keenan, thanks for bringing this up. I strongly disagree with several assumptions in the City’s “desired outcomes” for this area. The City describes this location as having “good connectivity,” but that does not reflect reality.  We all know this is a quiet, low-density area with limited roadway access, and lack of heavy traffic is what makes it so valued and well-used by the community.

The suggestion that this neighborhood needs “better connections” or “small-scale retail” overlooks how the area is actually used. There is no steady flow of cars- there is however, a steady flow of people walking, bird-watching, and enjoying the natural surroundings. The character of the neighborhood is shaped by its abundant wildlife, riparian woodland, and peaceful open space, not by a need for increased commercial activity.

My home is nearly adjacent to the proposed Crystal Lake Drive extension in the TSP, and the idea of routing more traffic through this natural corridor feels out of step with the way residents currently experience and value the area. Introducing new roads, higher-density housing, or retail would fundamentally alter the quiet, ecological character that makes this part of town unique. 

I hope that together we can urge the City to take a closer look at how this area actually functions today, and recognize that its existing low-impact, nature-focused use is a community asset worth preserving—not something that needs to be “activated” through additional growth. 

Is the city going to use eminent domain to commandeer properties at the end of Park Ave, and is starting that process with this "connectivity" plan? Oh boy. 

-Ann Bradshaw

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[Dan Crall]

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[Molly Monroe]

Here's a link to an email from Jim Moorefield on Dec 6 with mention of a loose format for tomorrow's meeting:

Ward 3 Meeting Wednesday December 10

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[Sue Hirsch]

There was square block designated for retail/coffee shops, (where Willamette Landing intersects with the very large Mountain View Apartment complex) on Midvale.  It sat vacant for the entire life span of Willamette Landing, until recently.  Now it is apartments.  It was said that  no retailer ever became interested.  That area was already pretty darn dense and the excuse was that there was no customer base big enough for a coffee shop. 

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[luna singer]

Hello All!
I have spent hours reading the City of Corvallis and the Benton County
website re: the Southtown Area Plan and SouthTown Renewal Plan.
Here is what I have found.
This plan is actually part of a much, much, much bigger picture, and
the forces behind it are quite formidable.
Players include:
Pierre Omidyar (eBay billionaire) via his Sunrise Movement's Corvallis
branch organization. Sunrise is giving orders to the local and
regional governments re: all Climate Action Plan. (I used to have the
links for this, but my laptop was lost in a move, and I haven't had
the time to recover all the info I had on my drive--if anyone wants me
to provide info about this, I will try to find the links, hopefully
they are not broken or have not been taken down).
Bill Gates, via Republic Services (which is owned by Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation's Cascade Asset Management)
https://cascadeassetmanagement.com/. Republic Services just gave a
huge sum of money to the Southtown Renewal Project last year.
The Federal Reserve Bank (see the attachment below and note that JIM
MOOREFIELD, in the capacity of a land DEVELOPER, is working with many
people, INCLUDING a Federal Reserve Bank Rep on housing)
Also, it is important for everyone to know the details of the
Corvallis Sustainability Plan because that is the core of the
Southtown Area Plan, and it will change every single aspect of your,
and my, and every other Corvallis resident's life, for the WORSE. It
covers land use, energy use, water use, food, transportation, the
economy (no longer a consumer economy but will be a circular economy,
etc., no more single person owned vehicles, no more natural gas, etc.)
file:///C:/Users/LBCADULT/Downloads/2018_Action_Framework_251207_152703.pdf
DevNW is also a player in this, they will run the food hub (no more
grocery stores for us!), etc.
https://www.devnw.org/
The Southtown Area Plan, Southtown Renewal Plan and the Climate
Friendly Area plan all overlap. I have attended meetings re: Climate
Friendly Areas, too.
Here is a video of Rosa Koire, the world's authority on land use and
sustainable development speaking at the New Hampshire Legislature
about what Sustainability really means in terms of land, water,
energy, transportation, etc. This lecture contains info that pertains
DIRECTLY to what is going on in Southtown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8-bcAwc28s
Her lecture in Denmark is excellent, and gives a really brilliant
overview of this stuff:
I HIGHLY recommend that you watch it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ykELwj1Ta8&t=766s

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