Sounds good, Marah,
You should see a zoom for the City and ODOT tomorrow sent shortly. As I mentioned to Daisy and Zach, this upcoming pre-app would probably be a good time to think about access more generally for the east side of Cascade Center so staff anticipates preparing for that tomorrow (and save some lead time discussion in coming weeks). In addition to the gas station there is a pre-app for a bank on the adjacent parcel and a proposed apartment complex on the southern parcels off of Leroy.
Best,
Dan Zinder
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Subject: RE: Private Access Drive On North Side of Cascade Place
Hi Dan,
Thanks for keeping us all in the loop. ODOT also received an inquiry from Daisy which I just responded to directing her team to the City’s pre-application process.
Members of our Development Review Team will be attending the pre-app on Thursday.
Marah Danielson, Senior Planner
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Thanks Zach,
I’ve attached the relevant sheet from Cascade Center’s record drawings. The access is already built and completing the private drive is proposed part of the bank’s proposal for an upcoming pre-app.
To answer Daisy’s question – yes, ODOT is planning to be on the call on Thursday. Do you anticipate that I&E will be on the call as well?
We were thinking this morning it might make sense to have a more general discussion about access for Phase II of the Cascade Center development since this hasn’t come through as master plan. If everyone is on the call on Thursday it might be a good time. Otherwise, we can plan another one.
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Dan Zinder
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Subject: RE: Private Access Drive On North Side of Cascade Place
Dan,
Thanks for the follow-up. Regarding the approved Dollar General access easement, we are currenting revising the site plan to reflect this. We are also revising the site plan to include enhanced pedestrian connectivity to abutting properties.
You markup below shows a N/S access to Hwy 213 along the boundary of TL 4900 and 5000. Can you please forward any documents you have showing approval for such an accessway?
Thanks again,
Zach Pelz, AICP - Associate
AKS ENGINEERING & FORESTRY, LLC
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Subject: Private Access Drive On North Side of Cascade Place
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Zach and Daisy,
I was taking a look at the site plan you sent for this week’s pre-app and it opened up some additional questions regarding Cascade Place Access.
The circled easement has already been approved for the Dollar General driveway access and they will be bringing their waterline through it so portions of the proposed development cannot be located over it. Additionally Gerald (City Engineer) is going to require that the access drive extend across lot 4900 and the subject parcel at the same width and connect with the access drive between lots 4900 and 5000 to OR-211.
D5 (MMC 17-3.3.030 Vehicular Access and Circulation) Where the spacing standards of the roadway authority limit the number or location of connections to a street or highway, the City Engineer may require a driveway extend to one or more edges of a parcel and be designed to allow for future extension and inter-parcel circulation as adjacent properties develop. The City Engineer may also require the owner(s) of the subject site to record an access easement for future joint use of the approach and driveway as the adjacent property(ies) develop(s).
Beyond that, it’s the developer’s call whether to continue the access to Lot 390 to connect the gas station with Cascade Center. We will not require that.
Second point of clarification – In the letter, I commented specifically about pedestrian access between the gas station and apartment complex and about connecting the apartment phases, but generally there ought to be pedestrian access between the apartments and other lots that aren’t currently directly connected with pedestrian access.
Thank you,
Dan Zinder
Associate Planner, City of Molalla
117 N Molalla Ave | PO Box 248
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