Woodstock Site Planning

Description

An “Adapting Woodstock” site planning charrette was sponsored by the City
of Bellingham Parks & Recreation Department and the Woodstock Farm
Conservancy.  On July 25 & 26, 2008, charrette participants met to
define preferred visions for opening and adapting the Farm for public use as
part of the City’s greenway system.  Findings of the charrette will be
considered in future public meetings and used to develop an officially
adopted site plan.

Charrette participants considered a wide range of information including
the reference articles listed below.

Charrette Proceedings & Findings

Summary Documents

• “Adapting Woodstock” Guiding Principles (PDF)
• Charrette Thanks and Observations (PDF)

Program & Agenda

• Charrette Program (PDF)
• Charrette Agenda (PDF)

Minutes

• Charrette Minutes – Day 1 (PDF)
• Charrette Minutes – Day 2 (PDF)

Conceptual Sketches

• North Barn sketch (PDF)
• Outdoor Amphitheatre sketch (PDF)
• View Shelters sketch (PDF)

Next Steps following the Charrette

Site Planning Topics & Reference Items

• 0.  Development Constraints, Baseline Records & Givens
  • 0.1 Soil Report & Chart (PDF)
  • 0.7  Woodstock Place and Feature Names (PDF)
  • 0.8  Development Constraints and Workarounds (PDF)
  • 0.9  Notes from Fire Department meeting on Woodstock building
    adaptations (PDF)
  • 0.10  Map of Woodstock Inholding (PDF)
  • 0.11  Conceptual Driveway Access Plan (PDF)
  • 0.12  Slope Study (PDF)
  • 0.13  Guidelines for Short-Term Building Uses (PDF)
• 1.  Best Potential Uses & Programming
  • 1.1  The Woodstock Challenge (PDF)
  • 1.2  Facilities like Woodstock (PDF)
  • 1.3  A Staff Site Vision (PDF)
  • 1.4  Challenge for WSU Extension Discussion (PDF)
• 2A.  On-site Motorized Access & Parking
  • 2A.1  Conceptual Driveway Realignment (PDF)
• 2B.  On-site Pedestrian Elements, Off-site Parking and
  Transit, Shuttle Van and Bike Access
  • 2B.1  Conceptual Trails,
    Walks and Plazas Plan (PDF)
• 3.  Wildlife/Wildland Features
  • 3.1  Site & Area Bird List (PDF)
  • 3.2  Master Plant List (PDF)
  • 3.3  NE Chuckanut Bay Bird Zones Poster (PDF)
  • 3.4  T​he Snake Oak (PDF)
• 4.  Working with Water – Wetlands, Bay Dynamics, the Creek &
  Maintenance Issues
  • 4.0  Working with Water (PDF)
  • 4.1  Concept Plan for Daylighting Creek (PDF)
  • 4.2  BNSF Railway Causeway & Potential Modifications (PDF)
  • 4.3  California Street Trail Wetland Report (PDF)
  • 4.4  NE Bay Shore Processes (PDF)
• 5.  Architecture & Historic Preservation
  • 5.2  Notes from meeting with Michael Sullivan, “Artifacts” (PDF)
  • 5.3  Woodstock Building Sizes (PDF)
  • 5.4  Notes from meeting with Michael Houser, National Registry
    Consultant (PDF)
  • 5.5  Opportunities for National Historic Register (PDF)
  • 5.6  Successful Historic Barn Registry
    Application Packet, 2009 (PDF)
  • 5.7  Barn Structure Assessments (PDF)
  • 5.8  2010 Barn Grant Application and Easement Forms (PDF)
  • 5.9  Inspiration Points Study, In Search of Inspiration,
    Erickson (PDF)
• 6.  Ancient Woodstock & Traditional Cultural Properties
  • 6.4  Notes from meeting with Lummi Cultural Department (PDF)
  • 6.5  Intertidal Archeology Site Poster (PDF)
  • 6.6  Intertidal Archeology Site Report (PDF)
  • 6.7  Upper Bluff Archeology Report (PDF)
  • 6.8  The Bay with the Burn Poster (PDF)
  • 6.9  2005 Archeological Field Investigation Report, Campbell et
    al, WWU (PDF)
• 7.  Today’s Landscape Features, Values and Adaptations
  • 7.1  Chuckanut Bay Burn History Poster (PDF)
  • 7.2  Garry Oak Meadow Species Poster (PDF)
• 8.  Site Themes & Recent History
• 9.  Boathouse & Midden Beach
• 10.  A Workable Sewer System
• 11.  Short-term Operations and Improvements
  • 11.1 Short-term Projects List after Charrette (PDF)
  • 11.2  Clean Water Grant Fencing Project 2009 (PDF)

Contacts

​Parks and​ Recreation Department