COOS HEAD AREA MASTER PLAN August 2018 For the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians with funding provided by the Oregon Department of Transportation and the Department of Land Conservation and Development Transportation and Growth Management Program. This project is partially funded by a grant from the Transportation and Growth Management (“TGM”) Program, a joint program of the Oregon Department of Transportation and the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (“DLCD”). This TGM grant is financed, in part, by federal Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act), local government, and the State of Oregon funds. 1 The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect views or policies of the State of Oregon. Acknowledgements Project Management Team Community Advisory Committee Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Kathy Hornstuen, Charleston Community Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians Enhancement Corporation Chief Warren Brainard Tim Hyatt, Charleston Merchants Alexis Barry, Tribal Administrator Association Jeffrey, A. Stump, Planning Director Dave Lacey, South Coast Tours Naoki Tsurata, Associate Planner Miles Philips, OSU Sea Grant Oregon Department of Transportation Hanna Schrager, South Slough National John McDonald, Planner Estuarine Reserve Consulting Team Technical Advisory Committee Kevin Chewuk, PTP and Reah Flisakowski, Larry Becker, Oregon Parks and PE DKS Associates Recreation Department Kirstin Greene, AICP, EnviroIssues John Buckley, Port of Coos ay Saumya Kini, Walker Macy John Harper, Tom Sill, Bureau of Land Anais Mathez, 3J Consulting Management Ken Pirie, Walker Macy Scott Perkins, Charleston Sanitary District James Rapp, Parametrix Dave Perry, Department of Land Crystal Shoji, AICP, Shoji Planning Conservation and Development Mari Valencia, EnviroIssues Jill Rolfe, Coos County Planning Bonnie Gee Yosik, Bonnie Gee Craig Young, PhD, Oregon Institute of Yosik, LLC Marine Biology …and the many participants in the many years of visioning for Coos Head! Project Management Team and View from Coos Head, Coos Technical Advisory Committee County, Oregon 2 Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Chapter 1: Vision, Goals and Objectives ................................................................................................................................. 9 1.1 Introduction and Problem Statement ........................................................................................................................... 9 1.2 Project Purpose ............................................................................................................................................................. 9 1.3 Study and Project Areas .............................................................................................................................................. 10 Table 1: Study Area Parcels and Ownership ................................................................................................................. 10 Map A: Coos Head Project Area and Study Area .......................................................................................................... 11 1.4 CTCLUSI Vision for Coos Head ..................................................................................................................................... 12 Chapter 2: Existing Policies and Plans ................................................................................................................................... 14 2.1 Existing Policies and Plans ........................................................................................................................................... 14 Table 2: Inventory of Existing Policies and Plans .......................................................................................................... 14 Chapter 3: Existing Conditions .............................................................................................................................................. 15 3.1 Land Use ...................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Map B: Existing and Built Conditions ............................................................................................................................ 16 Map C: Site Analysis ...................................................................................................................................................... 17 3.2 Transportation ............................................................................................................................................................ 18 Table 3: Study Area Roadway Characteristics ............................................................................................................... 18 Map D: Existing 2016 and Forecasted Baseline 2036 Traffic Volumes ......................................................................... 19 Table 4: ODOT Rural Non-Freeway Standards .............................................................................................................. 21 Table 5: Existing Pedestrian and Bicycle Characteristics .............................................................................................. 22 3.3 Utilities ........................................................................................................................................................................ 23 Map E: Natural and Existing Conditions ........................................................................................................................ 27 Map F: Topography and Slopes ..................................................................................................................................... 28 Chapter 4: Market and Demographic Conditions ................................................................................................................. 29 4.1 Market Conditions Assessment .................................................................................................................................. 29 4.2 Demographics ............................................................................................................................................................. 31 Table 6: Demographic Summary, City of Coos Bay, Coos County and State of Oregon, 2014 ..................................... 31 Table 7: Median Household Income, 2014 ................................................................................................................... 33 Chapter 5: Existing Transportation System Performance ..................................................................................................... 34 5.1 Vehicular Roadway System ......................................................................................................................................... 34 Table 8: Study Intersection Traffic Operational Analysis (Saturday Afternoon Peak Hour) ......................................... 35 Table 9: Study Intersection Collision Analysis ............................................................................................................... 36 Table 10: Highway Segment Collision Analysis .............................................................................................................. 37 3 5.2 Pedestrian and Bicycle System .................................................................................................................................... 37 Table 11: Pedestrian and Bicycle Network Evaluation .................................................................................................. 38 Chapter 6: Opportunities and Constraints ............................................................................................................................ 39 6.1 Potential Coos Head Development ............................................................................................................................. 39 6.2 Opportunities .............................................................................................................................................................. 40 Table 12: Baldiya k’a Interpretive Center Annual Attendance Forecast ....................................................................... 40 Map G: CHAMP Regional Assets ................................................................................................................................... 41 6.3 Constraints .................................................................................................................................................................. 44 Chapter 7: Land Use Alternatives ......................................................................................................................................... 47 7.1 Alternatives Evaluation Criteria .................................................................................................................................. 47 Figure 2. Land Use Alternatives Evaluation .................................................................................................................. 48 7.2 Land Use Alternatives Evaluation Summary ..............................................................................................................