For example, on the Development Direction map on page 31, the objectives of identifying opportunities for localized hospital expansion/consolidation and providing neighborhood-friendly, appropriate 'edges' to the hospital campus are intended to be applicable north of Murdock and east of Broadway. As more detailed planning occurs within all groups, these boundaries may be a point of negotiation. There are opportunities and reasons for the western boundary of the hospital campus to stretch toward Broadway. The hospital would realize greater visibility along this well-traveled corridor and the area south of Murdock could be redeveloped with more housing and commercial uses (than surface parking). On the other hand, there are reasons- most notably ownership- that the hospital might want to retain its presence south of Murdock. If so, a negotiated set of principles might focus more on the development of design standards for the use of that land so that neighborhood redevelopment efforts are not compromised.

Regardless, for a successful and inviting new urban neighborhood to be created south of Murdock, the current predominance of surface parking will have to diminish. In the long term, replacement of surface parking with buildings and the provision of parking in structured facilities should be the goal. In the short term, the screening of surface parking lots should be improved through the use of landscaping and fencing. A clear timeline for redevelopment of the parking lots and provision for the parking elsewhere should be established so that investors and buyers in the new neighborhood are convinced that future conditions south of Murdock will be sensitive to and compatible with the new residential development.