COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | JANUARY 21, 2021 | 7A
Gateway from A1
oped or integral to the
use of Gateway Boulevard
will be sold to the appli-
cant, JDL Construction,
for a mutually agreed
upon sum of money for
the surplus land.
Once the surplus land is
acquired from the city, the
applicant will complete a
lot consolidation to cre-
ate the final development
site, coming to about two
acres.
The Cottage Grove
Housing Needs Analysis
prompted the city in Jan-
uary 2019 to aim for the
creation of 69 dwelling
units per year in order
to reach the city’s goal of
1,379 more units by 2038.
The addition of this
complex
to
Cottage
Grove’s housing stock
would by itself satisfy
nearly 60 percent of the
city’s stated annual hous-
ing development goal.
In planning the current
development, however,
the peculiar S-shaped
curves on Gateway Boule-
an area for outdoor recre-
ation and gatherings.
Individual units are ap-
proximately 900 square
feet with two bedrooms
and one bath.
The ground floor of
each building is proposed
to incorporate accessible
design features with four
of the units having roll-in
showers.
In terms of its spatial
presence, the highest
ridge on the three-story
buildings will top out at
about 31 feet and, while
abutting Row River Trail,
is not to have any impact
on the neighboring path-
way.
The proposed site is in
a Residential Commercial
Zone, consisting of three
undeveloped lots and
one lot that is currently
encumbered by Gateway
Boulevard.
It is intended that the
portion that is not devel-
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The proposed project will have a single entry and exit point along the southerly
Gateway Boulevard right-of-way margin, prompting safety questions.
vard around the site have
drawn attention.
“Gateway is one of the
strangest roads in the city
in some ways because it’s
never been formally plot-
ted,” said City Planner
Amanda Ferguson during
a Planning Commission
work session on Jan. 13.
“It actually cuts in a num-
ber of locations within its
path across private prop-
erty … with easements
rather than being a for-
mally plotted road. So one
of the things we’re fixing
here is the dedication of
that road.”
The development site
will also have a single en-
try and exit point along
the southerly Gateway
Boulevard right-of-way
margin, providing the
only means for vehicles
to pass in and out of the
complex.
The posted speed lim-
it through the uniquely
curvy area is 35 mph.
A memo from city staff
this month stated concern
about the proposed en-
trance and exit location,
questioning if there is
enough sight distance for
maneuvering all the traf-
fic movements.
A technical memoran-
dum from Branch En-
gineering addressed the
issue, acknowledging that
there are “near 90-degree
bends” to the east and
west of the site as well as
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other possible obstruc-
tions to line of sight.
In particular, exiting the
site onto the boulevard
poses challenges.
The memo goes on to
point out that, based on
methodology set by the
American Association of
State Highway and Trans-
portation Officials (AAS-
HTO), the line-of-sight
conditions do not meet
required minimum rec-
ommended intersection
sight distance for looking
in either direction while
performing turning ma-
neuvers.
It is proposed, howev-
er, that the street’s medi-
an lane would allow for a
“two-stage left-turn ma-
neuver” from the site onto
Gateway Boulevard and
meet AASHTO standards.
“While not an ideal
condition, storing a ve-
hicle in the median for a
two-stage left-turn will
allow refuge for the de-
parting vehicle, should an
approaching vehicle from
the right come into view
after a left-turning move-
ment has been initiated
…” stated the memo.
However, it was also
stated that conditions that
do not meet the AASH-
TO recommendations can
be acceptable if there are
adequate conditions avail-
able for a vehicle in the
associated travel lane to
come to a complete stop.
Citing another AASH-
TO methodology for stop-
ping sight distance, the
memo makes the case that
there is adequate room
for oncoming vehicles to
come to a safe stop, espe-
cially if the median lane is
used.
Recommendations to
improve safety included
limited landscaping grass
in order to maintain line
of sight and that curve
advisory signs at 25 or 30
mph be installed on each
approach to the curves to
reduce vehicle speeds.
The Planning Com-
mission was scheduled to
deliberate on this project
during its regular session
on Wednesday, Jan. 20 at
7 p.m.
As the Planning Com-
mission’s session will have
occurred after The Senti-
nel’s press deadline for this
issue, please check the on-
line version of this article
for further details on this
project’s development.
The public is invited to
attend future Planning
Commission
meetings
virtually by checking cal-
endar dates on the city’s
website at www.cottage-
grove.org/calendar.
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