| Ms. Beebe pointed out that the area south of the freeway which has been identified as |
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| freeway accessible is fairly similar north and south of Auburn Road. Because Auburn |
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| Road south to South Boulevard is all residential and new types of zoning is creeping |
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| up in the area, the area south of the boulevard could be strengthened over the long run |
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| as a residential community. When you look at the area north of Auburn, areas like this |
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| are very confused about where they are going because you have lots that are oriented |
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| more to the Auburn frontage in single family use and there is a gray area where you |
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| have single family and industrial wandering into each other. What the marketplace is |
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| currently doing is assembling some properties and not assembling others. Some of the |
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| homes that are in the worst condition are actually in the buffer areas between the |
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| industrial and residential use. This area should be looked at and the city should |
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| entertain doing some master planning that orients to the freeway and to Auburn Road. |
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| In reference to the corners of Auburn and Crooks, the area is planned and zoned for |
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| commercial and also has some mixed use. All three corners in this area need to be |
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| looked at in terms of planning for the future and then the plan must make sure that the |
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| parcels work for that. Immediately looking south are the long narrow lots where there |
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| will be pressures for change. In all of these cases there are options to leaving them |
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| alone as single family or future candidates for senior housing because they lend |
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| themselves to the same kind of parceling located in other areas of the community. |
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| This area could also be designed for multiple family use. It is unlikely you would look |
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| at office use but it could be a possibility. These are the areas which lend themselves to |
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| multiple family or senior housing. |
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