Corcoran General Plan Update

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Corcoran General Plan Update

• Planning Commission
• City Council
• General Plan Advisory Committee
• Workshop
• October 26, 2005

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Meeting Objectives and Agenda

• Review work to date
• Website
• Newspaper notice
• Community Workshop
• Background Report almost finished
• Review future work to complete
• Finish Background Report
• GPAC meetings to go through each element
• 3 Land Use Alternatives
• Draft General Plan
• Special newspaper notice
• General Plan elements
• Community input and exercise
• Planning Principles
• Next Steps

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Work Program

• Website (http//www.quadknopf.com/Current_Projects
  /Corcoran) and Newspaper Notice
• Joint PC/CC Meeting to Identify Issues
• Community Visioning Workshop
• Existing Conditions Report
• GPAC meetings for each element of General Plan
• Development of Alternatives by Consultant and
  GPAC
• Draft General Plan
• Community Review (Newsletter) of Draft General
  Plan
• PC/CC Joint Meeting to Review
• Revised Draft General Plan
• Environmental Impact Report
• Final Adoption by PC and CC

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General Plan Elements

• Noise Element
• Housing Element (previously adopted)
• Safety Element
• Open Space/Conservation/Recreation Element
• Air Quality Element
• Circulation Element
• Land Use Element
• Community Design Element (landscaping,
  streetscape, vistas, etc)
• Public Services and Facilities Element
• Land Use Plan (location of future res., com.,
  ind., public facilities, parks)
• Circulation Plan (Location of Arterials,
  Collectors and Minor Collectors and the future
  connectivity)
• State Required Elements Others Optional

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Community Input and Workshop

• Likes and Dislikes/Changes
• Group Map Exercises
• Planning Principles

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Likes

• Small town atmosphere (5)
• Good traffic flow (3)
• New Hospital (3)
• New downtown beautification, walkable (3)
• Great YMCA facility (3)
• Opportunity for growth (retail, restaurants,
  schools) (2)
• Good public services
• Corcorans affordable
• Low Crime Rate
• Good schools
• Great stadium (high school)
• Boswell Center for Seniors

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Dislikes/Changes

• Need more retail (shopping opportunities) (4)
• Downtown area underutilized (3)
• New Hospital (2)
• Railroad tracks problematic (2)
• Too much low-income housing (2)
• Entrances to town are unattractive (2)
• Need new grocery store (2)
• Need move-up housing
• Need more bike lanes
• Traffic jams around schools
• Preservation of farmland
• Need educational learning center/youth center

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Corcoran 2025 Exercise

• Groups Designed Corcoran with future Commercial,
  Industrial, Residential areas, parks and other
  amenities.
• Spokesperson from Each Group Identified Important
  Features and Direction of Development for each
  map.

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Group 1-Design Features

• Residential north, both sides of Hwy. 43
• Commercial north, 2 locations
• Industrial along 43
• Residential in the sw
• Water treatment/golf

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Group 2-Design Features

• Commercial and residential in the north
• Most of the residential in the sw
• Industrial near airport and existing industrial
  area

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Group 3-Design Features

• Residential north, both sides of Hwy. 43
• Commercial around hospital
• Additional residential in sw with commercial
• Shooting Range in east
• Recreation in south, golf course
• School in south
• Industrial in the south

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Group 4-Design Features

• Residential north, both sides of 43
• Industrial surrounding airport
• Commercial along Whitley
• Residential in sw
• Sale yard
• Wastewater Treatment

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Group 5-Design Features

• Residential north, both sides of 43
• Commercial along 43
• Golf course north of airport
• Residential in sw
• Commercial in sw
• Industrial near prison along railroad

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Group 6-Design Features

• Residential north, both sides of 43
• Commercial near new hospital and 43
• Industrial near prison

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Common Design Themes

• Residential in the northern part of town with
  some commercial mixed in
• Industrial in the south or near prison
• Additional residential in the west south of
  Sherman
• Golf course in the south or near airport
• More retail in the downtown area

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Apparent Planning Principles

• Corcorans friendly, small town atmosphere should
  be preserved by ensuring diverse, appropriate
  scale retail services citizen participation in
  decision making quality of public schools and
  adequacy of public services.
• Additional services and facilities should be
  planned so that Corcoran provides a full range of
  medical, office, retail, convenience and
  entertainment services that are needed by
  residents.
• The role of the downtown as a focal point for the
  community should be preserved. Adequate
  expansion area should be planned so that it will
  grow in proportion to the rest of the community.
  Sites for more retail, entertainment, specialty
  stores and medical services should be identified.
• The commercial opportunities afforded by Highways
  43 and 137 should be capitalized on.

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Apparent Planning Principles

• Development in the community should be compact
  and contiguous to existing developed areas. New
  development should square off existing
  developed areas.
• The Citys Sphere of Influence and growth
  policies should ensure that the community is
  physically distinct from others and contains an
  agricultural buffer area.
• Traffic conflicts should be resolved, including
  connectivity between neighborhoods, access to
  industrial areas, critical intersections and
  railroad crossings. Growth should be allocated
  with accessibility constraints in mind.
• Local streets and minor collector streets should
  be used to provide connectivity between
  neighborhoods while limiting cross-town trips
  through neighborhoods. Collector and local roads
  should be designed to provide good, safe
  connectivity between neighborhoods, services and
  facilities.
• The major gateways into Corcoran should be
  aesthetic and inviting to both travelers and
  residents. This shall be accomplished with
  appropriate signage, landscaping and general
  clean-up of the area.

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Next Steps

• Finish the Background Report
• Finish the Housing Strategy and Community
  Facilities reports
• 1st GPAC meeting is on November 28, 2005
• Review Noise, Safety, Open Space, Conservation
  and Recreation, and Air Quality elements
• Review Housing Strategy and Community Facilities
  reports
• 2nd GPAC meeting on December 12, 2005
• Review Land Use, Circulation, Community Design,
  Public Services and land use alternatives