HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 09 Proposed Amendments to the City's Engineering Design Standards and Procedures ManualAGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: 11/5/2012
Meeting Type: Regular Meeting
Staff Contact/Dept.: Ken Vogeney/
Development and
Public Works
Staff Phone No: 541-736-1026
Estimated Time: 5 Minutes
S P R I N G F I E L D
C I T Y C O U N C I L
Council Goals: Maintain and Improve
Infrastructure and
Facilities
ITEM TITLE: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY’S ENGINEERING DESIGN STANDARDS
AND PROCEDURES MANUAL
ACTION
REQUESTED:
Conduct a public hearing and adopt/not adopt the following resolution:
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE ENGINEERING DESIGN
STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC
INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
ISSUE
STATEMENT:
Staff has developed several new design standards for public infrastructure to incorporate
into Springfield’s Engineering Design Standards and Procedures Manual for use with
implementing the updated Glenwood Refinement Plan. In addition, staff proposes
numerous other updates that address current practice and other needs.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Resolution
DISCUSSION/
FINANCIAL
IMPACT:
Updates are proposed in the following Chapters of the Manual:
Chapter 1 – Streets and Sidewalks
Chapter 3 – Stormwater Quality
Chapter 4 – Stormwater Capacity
Chapter 5 – Traffic Standards
Chapter 6 – Landscape Vegetation
Chapter 8 – Erosion and Sediment Control Plan Design
Chapter 13 – City Contract Projects
Staff has prepared a summary of the proposed updates by chapter and has posted the
summary and the proposed changes on the City’s website at http://www.springfield-
or.gov/Engineering_Design_Standards_Manual_Summary_Table.htm.
Staff presented the proposed updates to the Council during their work session on
October 15, 2012. Per Council’s requests at that meeting, staff changed Section
1.02.11 Sidewalks, to allow more options for using curbside or setback sidewalk.
Staff also added references to Chapter 6 where someone could see the various plant
species in the Street Tree and Vegetation Lists.
On October 17, staff sent an email invitation to 50 members of the engineering and
development community, including the members of the Joint Work Team and the
Development Advisory Committee, asking for their comments on the proposed
updates. In addition, links were added on other pages of the City’s website to direct
interested members of the public to the page with the proposed updates. To date, we
have received no responses or requests to modify the proposed updates.
Council is asked to conduct a public hearing and then adopt the proposed resolution.
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, OREGON
RESOLUTION NO. ___________
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TO THE ENGINEERING DESIGN
STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC
INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
WHEREAS, Chapter 3, “Public Improvements,” of the City of Springfield Municipal
Code vests the Public Works Director of the City of Springfield with the authority to approve
plans and grant permits for public works infrastructure construction within the City of
Springfield; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Springfield did, at its regular meeting
on October 7, 2002, approve Resolution 02-46 thereby adopting the Engineering Design
Standards and Procedures Manual as the guide for design standards and procedures for
development of public infrastructure within the City of Springfield; and
WHEREAS, the Development and Public Works Director has caused certain
amendments to the below listed Chapters of the Engineering Design Standards and Procedures
Manual to be prepared and presented to the Common Council of the City of Springfield:
Chapter 1 – Streets and Sidewalks
Chapter 3 – Stormwater Quality
Chapter 4 – Stormwater Capacity
Chapter 5 – Traffic Standards
Chapter 6 – Landscape Vegetation
Chapter 8 – Erosion and Sediment Control Plan Design
Chapter 13 – City Contract Projects; and
WHEREAS, the Development and Public Works Department has provided opportunities
for review of the proposed amendments by the development and engineering community;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of
Springfield as follows:
1. The proposed amendments to Engineering Design Standards and Procedures Manual
developed by the City of Springfield Development and Public Works Department are
hereby adopted and incorporated into the Engineering Design Standards and Procedures
Manual adopted pursuant to Resolution 02-46 of the Common Council of the City of
Springfield.
2. The Engineering Design Standards and Procedures Manual shall be used to guide plan
development and approval and permitting of public works infrastructure and as a
reference for land development requirements as referenced in the Springfield
Development Code.
3. The Development and Public Works Director is authorized to interpret the provisions of
the Engineering Design Standards and Procedures Manual in a manner that: gives effect
to the sound, responsible and safe development of public infrastructure; provides internal
consistency; and, interrelates sensibly with the requirements for land development within
the City. In order to fulfill these requirements, the Development and Public Works
Director is authorized to make clarifying amendments, corrections or interpretations, or
update the technical appendices, provided however, such amendments, corrections,
interpretations, or updates which require textual change to the Manual must be approved
and ratified by the City of Springfield not later than 45 days after such textual change.
4. In the event that unique or special circumstances arise which are not addressed by the
requirements of the Engineering Design Standards and Procedures Manual, the
Development and Public Works Director may impose, on a case-by-case basis,
requirements which address those special circumstances and which provide for sound,
responsible, and safe development of public infrastructure.
5. This Engineering Design Standards and Procedures Manual adopted herein shall not
affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings and
development applications, which were begun prior to the applicable effective date,
specified in Section 7.
6. The sections, subsections, paragraphs, provisions, clauses, phrases, and words of the
Engineering Design Standards and Procedures Manual are severable. If a section,
subsection, paragraph, provision, clause, phrase, or word of this Engineering Design
Standards and Procedures Manual is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
unconstitutional or invalid, the judgment shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of the Manual. Every other section, subsection, paragraph, provision, clause,
phrase, or word of the Manual as approved, irrespective of the enactment or validity of
the portion declared unconstitutional or invalid, is valid.
7. The provisions and requirements of the Engineering Design Standards and Procedures
Manual shall become effective immediately upon adoption of this resolution and
approval by the Mayor.
Adopted by the Common Council and approved by the Mayor of the City of Springfield,
Oregon, this 5th day of November, 2012. Adopted by a vote of ____ for and ____ against.
______________________
Christine Lundberg, Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________
Amy Sowa, City Recorder