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Santa Clara Community Park March, 2001 <br /> Smart Growth Development Proposal <br /> Design Charette Summary <br /> Common Themes <br /> • Open the oxbow <br /> • Place high activity at rodeo <br /> • Street/water /residential corridor <br /> • Commercial area @ Irvington/Prairie abutting MDR <br /> • Lots of recreation - active <br /> • Restored drainage ways <br /> • Organized around drainage <br /> • Parkway concept <br /> • Connection to rodeo (circulation) <br /> • Residential at SE comer <br /> • Extend existing land use "backyards to backyards" <br /> • 2/3 concentrate intensive uses <br /> • Remnant agriculture <br /> • Open space "fused" with stormwater <br /> • Provide parking near park features to discourage parking in neighborhoods <br /> Unique Ideas <br /> A) Expanding to oxbow <br /> Assisted living <br /> Remnant agriculture <br /> Mixed use <br /> Grown -ups sports <br /> B) Linear park <br /> Power parkway <br /> Neighborhood park components <br /> C) Community garden <br /> "Butterfly" concept <br /> Issues and Questions <br /> • Use drainage ways as amenity - define open space and residential network <br /> • Create or re- create connections - include existing residential development <br /> • Provide larger open space context <br /> • How might development be phased <br /> Road construction <br />