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Wednesday, June 13, I9S8
Planning Consultant Discusses
Harold F. Wise, Palo Alto,
Calif., a planning consultant said
last night that "continuity" is
one of the most important fac
tors in a long range, comprehen
sive plan for an urbanized area.
Wise, principal associate for
Harold F. Wise associates, dis
cussed initiating a general or
"master" plan for the valley
metropolitan area with members
of the city and county planning
commissions, the Medford city
council and representatives of
Medford School District 49.
Starting Point
Such a plan. Wise pointed out,
is a starting point, not an end,
and once started it should be
continuous, "not turned on and
off from crisis to crisis."
A planning program, he noted,
puts down in words, maps,
tables and chart general recom
mendations as to how land may
be economically and efficiently
developed and used. The pro
gram, he added, should reflect
the interests of the community
as a whole.
A general guide for develop
ment should be representative
In terms of what the people de
fire, imaginative in projecting
growth of the area, and realis
tic in emphasizing what is pos
sible and financially feasible.
The basic element of the plan
ning program," Wise said, "is a
sound general plan for land use.
The ways in which land is to be
used, the distribution and den
sity of population, the intensity
of industrial and commercial
uses, are the basis of planning
for streets and highways, public
facilities and utilities, and other
community needs."
Concern of People
Wise said planning procedures
are not the exclusive concern of
planners, engineers, city offic
ials or other technicians. "They
are the concern of all the people
of the community." He said for
that reason it is desirable to
have the public participate in
each step of the planning pro
gram. The first step is research,
Wise said, including land use,
zoning and topography; social
and economic factors including
a population survey, economic
base of the city, and the tax base
of the community; public facili
ties and utilities, and transporta
tion. An analysis research data, the
second step, involves discussing
the findings with city and
county officials, civic organiza
tions and other interested groups
to clarify development trends,
and standards of development
which might b applied to guide
future growth.
Beasonabla Standards
Reasonable standards, he said,
must apply to land use, trans
portation and public facilities.
"The key to anything in
planning," Wise said, "is a deci
sion or a series of decisions,"
and a definition of objectives is
necessary.
The third phase would be act-
tual planning, including residen
tial areas, industrial tracts or
other major employment areas,
commercial facilities, utility re
quirements, schools and other
public facilities, such as parks
and playgrounds, and streets,
highways and other forms of
transportation.
Wise suggested that a general
plan might include what should
be accomplished in a five-year
period, during an "intermedi
ate" period, and the long range
plan.
Ultimate Test
"The ultimate test of a plan,
he said, "lies in the manner in
which it is carried out and ex
ecuted." Zoning ordinances, sub
division ordinances and a capital
improvement program are the
three primary tools available,
he said.
Wise pointed out that once a
plan is standard, it is necessary
to use forethought as it is car-
I ried out. The long range plan
I may be changed as new tech
' niques, new developments and
other factors might influence
the community's growth.
An important part of any pro-
gram is fiscal capacity. Wise
said. Some communities include
a time element in the general
program, and if possible the pro
gram should be geared to the
budget of the area. He noted
that in many cases communities
found it necessary to have a
bond issue to initiate an over
all program.
Financing Development
Wise discussed two means of
financing development . of s
plan. One is through state assist
ance for cities under 25,000
population, and the other
through federal participation in
developing plans for metropoli
tan urban areas. ,
Wise estimated the cost of a
planning survey in the Rogue
valley about $27,000 on
"thumbnail' basis. Research, dis
cussions and preparing recom
mendations Drobablv would take
between 12 and 18 months. He
said the cost might be consider
ably lower depending on how
much work already has been
done regarding arterial streets,
zoning regulations, aerial map
ping and other factors in devel
oping a plan.
Half the total cost under the
federal metropolitan urban plan
would be financed by the fed
eral government, with the re
mainder of the cost financed by
the governing bodies concerned
Wise said.
In the Rogue valley. Wise
Harvard Professor
Freed of Contempt
Boston flJ.R) The federal
government today dropped con
tempt of Congress charges
against Harvard Professor Wen
dell H. Furry, an admitted form
er Communist who refused i to
disclose to Sen. Joseph R. Mc
Carthy the names of his asso
ciates in a Red cell.
The action by U. S. Attorney
Anthony Julian came about six
months after a federal judge ac
quitted a former Harvard psy
chologist, Leon J. Kamin, of
similar charges.
Julian said evidence in the
Furry case was "essentially the
same" as in the Kamin case and
"it deemed insufficient to war
rant further prosecution."
Dismissal of the charge was
approved by Federal Judge
Baily Aldnch, who had acquit
ted Kamin on grounds the Mc
Carthy Senate Investigating
Committee exceeded its author
ity.
Furry and Kamin refused to
tell McCarthy the name of party
associates at a hearing here in
January, 1954.
While Fir Sawmill
Closes Near Ashland
Ashland The owners have
closed down and are attempting
to sell the White Fir Lumber
company's sawmill on Dead In
dian, according to E. E. Mc-
Loughlin, manager of the com
pany. White Fir is carrying on log
ging operations as usual but is
hauling all timber into the Ash
land mill.
McLoughlin said that the own
ers have two or three interested
buyers looking at the Dead In
dian mill with the idea of oper
ating it at the present location.
He said, however, that it is pos
sible the mill will be taken down
and moved to a new location.
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i said, the joint planning commis
Isions of the county and the cities
would have to determine
whether or not the area needs a
long range, comprehensive plan.
Once that is decided, . planning
consultants may be retained to
develop a plan and recommen
dations. Any plan developed, he
said, would necessarily be flex
ible for unexpected develop-
Initiating Program for Valley
ments in the economy which
might affect growth.
Wise said an urbanized area
should, when financially feas
ible, have available a trained
planner, especially in a grow
ing area. . ,
The purpose of the planning
consultant, Wise said, is assist
ing planning commissions and
local staffs in an initial effort to
bring all factors into one over
all program.
Wise pointed out that a con
sultant can "say what is good
and what plans have worked
elsewhere," but any particular
plan would have to be amended
to the community involved.
Wise discussed problems which
arose in other areas where he
and his associates have devel
oped general plans, including
Tulsa, Okla., Palo Alto, Calif.,
Hayward, Calif., and in Santa
Clara county, Calif. Generally,
the problems are all similar, he
said, but each community is dif;
ferent because of economic fac
tors, type of soil which influ
ences agricultural develop
ment, and topography as it af
fects drainage.
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