HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 12 Acceptance of Transportation and Growth Management (TGM) Grant to Support Main Street Corridor Community Visioning AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: 11/5/2012
Meeting Type:Regular Meeting
Staff Contact/Dept.: Linda Pauly/ DPW
Staff Phone No: (541) 726-4608
Estimated Time: 05 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: Encourage Economic
Development and
Revitalization through
Community Partnerships
ITEM TITLE: ACCEPTANCE OF TRANSPORTATION AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT
(TGM) GRANT TO SUPPORT MAIN STREET CORRIDOR COMMUNITY
VISIONING
ACTION
REQUESTED:
Accept the Transportation and Growth Management (TGM) Grant.
ISSUE
STATEMENT:
Springfield was awarded a TGM grant that enables the City to engage the
community in a robust visioning process to produce a Preferred Land Use Vision
Plan for Springfield’s Main Street Corridor, including potential station locations for
future transit improvements.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Grant award letter
2. Grant application/description of planning activity to be funded
3. Letters of support
DISCUSSION/
FINANCIAL
IMPACT:
As the City’s primary mid-town east-west access and circulation spine and its longest
commercial strip, the 7-mile Main Street/ Oregon Highway 126B corridor provides
access to many Springfield neighborhoods and destinations. A significant amount of
Springfield’s planned and zoned commercial and industrial lands are located along the
Main Street/Highway 126B corridor. “All roads lead to Main Street” is true in more
than just a geographic sense. In one way or another, the corridor influences, is
influenced by, or directly intersects major land use and transportation planning projects
currently being conducted and implemented by the City of Springfield. The work
funded by the grant will support and build on the Springfield 2030 Plan, the Main
Street Safety Study, Downtown planning, the Downtown Main Street Program, and
LTD’s study of potential future transit improvements.
The purpose of this project is to engage the Springfield community in a planning
process to envision a preferred future for the corridor that capitalizes on strengths
already in place, makes sense to stakeholders and facilitates streamlining of future
public and private investments. The grant will pay for $200,000 in consultant services
to facilitate interactive workshops, stakeholder interviews, and other citizen
participation opportunities. The Visioning process will initiate a broad community
discussion about what works and doesn’t work right now and what makes the most
sense for the future. What kinds of land use and physical changes does the community
aspire to see in this important thoroughfare? Where are the best opportunities for
redevelopment? How does bus transit fit into the redevelopment picture and where are
the best places for possible transit station improvements? By engaging affected
stakeholders at the very beginning of the planning-for-change process, the community
can help identify, articulate, visualize and choose incremental steps that will move
towards an overall vision for the Main Street corridor. This project will be closely
coordinated with the LTD Main Street transit concepts evaluation.
Staff has requested and received agreement from ODOT for a fast-tracking of the TGM
process to allow a more “quick response approach” to conducting this work. At this
time staff expects that consultant selection and negotiations with ODOT will be
completed by January 2013, and that initial community outreach communications can
begin as early as March 2013.
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2011 TGM Grant Application Form 1 of 10
TRANSPORTATION GROWTH MANAGEMENT (TGM)
2012 GRANT APPLICATION FORM
ORGANIZATION NAME
City of Springfield
PHONE
541 726-4608
CONTACT PERSON NAME AND TITLE
Linda Pauly, Planning Supervisor
CONTACT PERSON E-MAIL
lpauly@springfield-or.gov
PROJECT TITLE
“MY MAIN STREET”
IDENTIFYING VISIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING SPRINGFIELD’S MAIN STREET
TRANSIT CORRIDOR
Section 1: Project description and background
1. The City of Springfield (City) in partnership with Lane Transit District (LTD) requests a TGM grant for consultant
technical assistance to engage citizens and stakeholders in a community visioning process (e.g. “My Main Street”) that
will prepare and galvanize support for:
a Preferred Land Use Vision Plan for land abutting Main Street/Oregon Highway 126B; and
designation of EmX Bus Rapid Transit station locations for Lane Transit District’s concept design engineering on
the Main Street EmX Extension Alternatives Analysis.
This grant will support Phase One (Tasks 1A, 1B and 1C) of the City’s multi‐phase Main Street Corridor Plan project by
enabling the City response to a once‐in‐a‐lifetime opportunity to coordinate City land use and transit system planning
“from the ground up” in the corridor. LTD has received funding to begin planning for the Main Street extension of the
“EmX” Bus Rapid Transit system this calendar year. The City recognizes the timing of the EmX project as a critical
opportunity for the community to engage in a visioning process to collectively decide on a preferred future for the
corridor. A TGM grant will support a timely and rigorous citizen/stakeholder participation process to ensure that
significant transportation system planning and land use decisions for the corridor are made in a comprehensive and
timely process that addresses their complex interrelationship.
The significant public investment in EmX transit creates opportunities for community building with potential to increase
property values, generate jobs and increase tax revenues. A significant amount of Springfield’s planned and zoned
commercial and industrial lands are located along the Main Street/Highway 126B corridor, a 7‐mile strip of land that
provides access to many Springfield neighborhoods and destinations. Springfield’s redevelopment strategy, as
articulated and mapped in the 2009 Draft Commercial and Industrial Buildable Lands Inventory, Economic Development
Objectives and Strategies, and Economic Opportunities Analysis assumes that many of these parcels will redevelop over
the next 20 years, so planning for transit in the corridor should be linked with economic development and land use
implementation Thoughtfully planned station locations can create opportunities for private sector investment and
support growth and enhancement of existing commerce and other land uses in the corridor. Creating a new
development project around planned or existing transit lines is one of the best ways to increase ridership. 1 Careful
coordination of transit and development increases opportunities for each investment to enhance the other, to benefit
the entire community.
Transit can help to create the kind of place in which residents want to live, work, play and raise their families. Extension
of EmX will support Springfield’s and the region’s overall goal of using land efficiently and achieving a more livable,
sustainable community and economic growth. Adoption of a Preferred Land Use Vision Plan for the corridor is an
essential first step in updating the comprehensive plan designations and zoning to support successful and mutually
beneficial integration of development and transit along Main Street. The Eugene‐Springfield Metro Area General Plan
1 Dunphy, Myerson and Pawlukiewicz, Successful Development Around Transit, Urban Land Institute, 2003.
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and TransPlan policies define nodal development as a “mixed use, pedestrian‐friendly land use pattern that seeks to
increase concentrations of population and employment in well‐defined areas with good transit service, a mix of diverse
and compatible land uses, and public and private improvement designed to be pedestrian and transit oriented.”
This third EmX extension in Springfield is supported by the City Council. While Springfield has an excellent track record
of EmX system implementation — having achieved successful construction of the first two legs of the EmX system,
implementing the line in West Eugene has been met with resistance from business owners and there may also be
opposition to the next line by Main Street property owners. The City’s visioning project will involve affected
stakeholders at the very beginning of the planning‐for‐change process so the community can help identify, articulate
and visualize incremental steps that will move towards an overall vision, including identification and designation of key
station areas and redevelopment opportunity sites in the corridor. A series of interactive workshops, stakeholder
interviews, and other citizen participation opportunities will be conducted to assess local conditions, problems and
opportunities and to help the community envision the successful integration of transit and land use and to build
strategies for successful implementation.
The work product of Phase One is a Preferred Land Use Vision Plan to be adopted by the City. The planning process and
adopted plan will provide the foundation for subsequent legislative actions in Phases Two and Three. Phase One will
also inform and support LTD’s Main Street EmX Extension Alternatives Analysis. While the robust citizen participation
process to be enabled by this grant is intended to generate ideas that will contribute to and support LTD’s transit system
planning for the corridor, adoption of the Preferred Land Use Vision Plan is completely independent of LTD’s planning
work.
City of Springfield Main Street Corridor Planning Project
Project Phase Work Products
Phase One Tasks:
1A Visioning/Citizen Participation
1B Existing Conditions Inventory
1C Adopt Preferred Land Use Vision Plan
1. Preferred Land Use Vision Plan
2. Station Selection for concept design
engineering on the Main Street EmX
Extension Alternatives Analysis
Phase Two Tasks:
Prepare Metro Plan and refinement plan diagram
and policy amendments for lands abutting Main
Street/OR Highway 126; determine potential
designations of multi‐modal mixed‐use areas
(MMA as defined in OAR660‐012‐060(10)in the
corridor; identify context‐sensitive and
economically feasible station area redevelopment
strategies and/or an innovative form‐based
development code for the corridor.
1. Plan diagram and text amendments:
Metro Plan, Springfield 2030 Plan,
(incorporating Mid‐Main and East Main
Refinement Plans)
2. Zoning Map Amendment
3. Zoning Code Amendment
Phase Three: Ordinance Adoption
Subject property is in the City of Springfield’s
planning jurisdiction
Ordinance
2. This project is focused on achieving the following TGM Objective in a substantial way: Transportation system or
development pattern that results in a balanced, multimodal transportation system that increases and enhances
opportunities for walking, bicycling, or using public transportation. The primary objective of the project is to conduct a
citizen participation process that will inform and support the expected outcomes:
Adopted land use visions and strategies (and updated plan designations and zoning in Phase Two) that support
and are supported by high frequency bus rapid transit and provide enhanced opportunities for successful
commerce and corridor redevelopment.
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734-2753 (12/10) TGM Grant Application 3 of 10
Successful implementation of EmX bus rapid transit in the 7+ mile Main Street Corridor to increase opportunities
for using public transportation.
Objectives
Engage the community in a robust planning process to receive community input, develop a problem statement and
build consent for a Preferred Land Use Vision Plan for the Corridor that capitalizes on strengths already in place,
makes sense to stakeholders and facilitates streamlining of future public and private investments.
The City’s Visioning project will be conducted in partnership with LTD to coordinate station selection into an overall
community vision for the future of the corridor in synch with LTD’s Alternatives Analysis.
Envision Success. Use effective, user‐friendly and accessible communication tools and visioning processes
(drawings, sketch plans, computer simulations, videos, website and applications) to conduct broad outreach and
help participants envision success.
Identify EmX station locations between the Downtown Station and the east end of Main/OR 126B (city limits) based
on existing land uses and ridership and future growth and redevelopment opportunities discovered through the
visioning process.
Coordinate station locations with safe pedestrian crossings of Main/OR 126B to address issues identified in the OR
Hwy 126 Main Street Safety Study.
Build understanding and support for land use plan update project. Establish project goals and evaluation criteria for
land use plan/zoning update. Articulate the null alternative (retaining “as is” zoning, plan‐zone conflicts,
impediments to redevelopment) and create a communication tool kit to help the community and potential affected
interests better understand the consequences of a “No‐Plan” alternative.
Leverage LTD’s concurrent federally funded alternatives analysis to establish two‐way communications with the
public regarding improved mobility and safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists; the role of the Main Street
corridor in overall EmX system; operating efficiency and overall system performance; improvements in customer
convenience by reducing travel time, increasing service reliability; ridership increase; advantages of exclusive and
shared transit lanes; increased corridor accessibility to jobs, workforce, education, services; ability to accommodate
future growth in travel by increasing public transportation’s share of trips; and improved fiscal stability of public
transportation system.
Communicate the fundamental connection between transportation system efficiency and regional economic
competitiveness, e.g. how improvements to the transit system's convenience, speed, and reliability in the corridor
are investments that can contribute to increasing the efficiency of the overall transportation system.
Provide visualization communication tools to help the community and potential affected interests better understand
the consequences of a “No‐Build” alternative.
Examine and consider applicability of Multi Modal Area (MMA) designation for portions of corridor.
Examine and consider the effects of different Oregon Highway Plan designation and ODOT mobility standards.
Identify areas where new commercial development design standards may be warranted.
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Identify and understand problems and opportunities that can be addressed through coordinated land use and
transit planning in the corridor.
Learn how the corridor is currently perceived. See the corridor through the eyes of corridor users, business owners,
property owners, residents of Main Street neighborhoods.
Get to know a broad spectrum of the potential affected interests.
Receive and understand the information that various interests need to communicate to City/LTD.
Have all the information that the City and LTD need to communicate to the various interests, received by them and
understood by them.
Articulate and clarify key issues.
Get community input to identify factors/evaluation criteria for station selection and selection of specific sites.
Identify potential redevelopment sites and interested partners. Identify highest and best future uses to inform
land/business owners about options.
Conduct market feasibility analysis to determine/validate short, medium and long‐term economic feasibility of
emerging visions.
Identify 1‐3 priority station areas or corridor segments with highest redevelopment potential to be studied further in
Phase Two.
Identify problems/barriers to change and corridor revitalization solutions/ incentives/leveraging opportunities.
Outcomes
Achieve community agreements on ways to integrate transit facilities into the local fabric though coordinated land
use and transit system planning.
Select the most optimal locations for EmX stations in the corridor and ensure that station areas can function in ways
that enhance the corridor.
Identify segments of the corridor and/or sites that may be ripe for change and new investment in the planning
period (e.g. “Opportunity Sites”) to increase employment opportunities/# of jobs within 1/4 mile of a transit station
and create opportunities for increasing # of housing units within ½ mile of a transit station.
Adopt visions and strategies to establish a Main Street Mixed Use land use pattern that acknowledges, supports and
enhances Main Street commerce through growth and redevelopment through short, medium and long‐term land
use transitions (e.g . zoning, form‐based code development standards) while maintaining stable development where
existing economic activity is strong.
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734-2753 (12/10) TGM Grant Application 5 of 10
3.
Deliverables Acting Government Agency
Phase One (to be funded by this grant)
Preferred Land Use Vision Plan
EmX Station locations integrated into Plan
Springfield City Council
Phase Two
Plan diagram and text amendments: Metro Plan,
Springfield 2030 Plan, (incorporating Mid‐Main
and East Main Refinement Plans)
Zoning Map Amendment
Zoning Code Amendment
Springfield City Council
DLCD
Ordinance Springfield City Council
4. Readiness and urgency. LTD’s BRT system funding and planning cycle timing puts this project into the immediate and
urgent category. The City’s need to conduct community visioning to coordinate land use and planning with LTD’s
aggressive timeline for the EmX Alternatives Analysis work creates an immediate need for assistance, thus Springfield
staff submitted an inquiry to TGM staff to determine whether this project would be eligible for funding through the
Quick Response program. The City appreciates TGM’s willingness to consider the special needs of this effort and
requests that TGM staff review this application’s merits together with the applicant’s need for a more aggressive
timeframe for grant project start up and funding. City would begin the visioning process as soon as Fall‐Winter 2012
and complete initial visioning work in 6 months. The City and LTD both acknowledge that without an early, “ground‐ up”
public participation effort it will be difficult to achieve successful outcomes in implementing EmX in the corridor.
This grant will support the strong, cooperating partnership between Springfield and LTD. While the robust citizen
participation process to be enabled by this grant is intended to generate ideas that will contribute to and support LTD’s
transit system planning for the corridor, Springfield’s adoption of the Preferred Land Use Vision Plan is independent of
LTD’s project.
5. Background & Context: Regional Transit System Implementation. Through the regional transportation planning
process, the Eugene/Springfield region has identified BRT as the preferred transit mode for the community. This future
system is made up of 61 miles of BRT corridors running along the major arterial network of the region, and connecting
the region's major activity centers.
Role of Main Street Corridor and Transit Corridors in City’s 2030 Comprehensive Plan /Growth Strategy. The City is in
the process of preparing city‐wide land use and zoning amendments that will update plan designations, policies and
zoning to establish a 20‐year land supply for commercial, industrial and residential land uses (Springfield 2030
Refinement Plan). The City’s 2030 Growth Strategy is reliant upon successful implementation of Land Use Efficiency
Measures to further its Economic Development Objectives and its 2030 Residential Land and Housing Element policies.
Springfield’s Economic Opportunity Analysis assumes that more than half of all needed employment growth will occur
through expansion of employment opportunities within the existing UGB. The Springfield 2030 Refinement Plan
assumes that all needed residential growth will occur on lands within the existing UGB.
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The Main Street/ Oregon Highway 126B corridor is the City’s primary mid‐town east‐west access and circulation spine
and its longest commercial strip. A significant amount of Springfield’s planned and zoned commercial and industrial
lands are located along the Main Street/Highway 126B corridor, a 7‐mile strip of land that provides access to many
Springfield neighborhoods and destinations. The majority of lands that abut the Main Street Corridor are small
commercial lots. Springfield’s 2030 Growth Strategy assumes that many of these parcels will redevelop over the next 20
years, so it is assumed that the corridor will continue to provide sites for businesses that require lots smaller than 5
acres with frontage on a busy arterial street. Some of these lands are subject to refinement plan designations and
policies that have not been updated since their adoption in the mid 1980’s. A substantial number of plan‐zone conflicts
exist that need to be addressed through a comprehensive plan update process to remove uncertainty and thus
impediments to redevelopment.
As these older commercial strips redevelop, developers increasingly are seeking approval for a mix of land uses on a site
to maximize and diversify their investments. Enhanced transit access will support intensification of development along
Main Street. Some land owners may pursue Transit‐Oriented Development (TOD) projects to take advantage of this
improved access and connectivity, especially at station areas. East of 10th Street in Downtown, Mixed Use Transit‐
Oriented Development (TOD) is not a permitted land use pattern in the corridor due to the existing out‐of‐date
comprehensive plan policies, zoning and land use regulations. The existing single use zoning, parking and setback
requirements, and caps on residential density are prohibitive for these types of mixed use projects.
“All roads lead to Main Street” is true in more than just a geographic sense. In one way or another, the corridor
influences, is influenced by, or directly intersects major land use and transportation planning projects currently being
conducted and implemented by the City of Springfield:
Springfield’s Commercial and Industrial Buildable Lands Inventory and Economic Opportunities Analysis. (Supports
redevelopment of the Main Street Corridor, reducing the need for a UGB expansion for commercial lands.)
Downtown Circulation Study (Downtown Main Street/South A couplet, Kittelson 2012)
The recent OR 126 Main Street Safety Study conducted by ODOT
Builds on the recent visioning and comprehensive planning updates for Glenwood (which included the Franklin and McVay EmX
corridors) and Downtown.
Supports Downtown Springfield’s designation as an Oregon Main Street Community and City’s ongoing Downtown
revitalization initiatives, including implementation of the adopted Downtown District Urban Design Plan
and Downtown Urban Renewal Plan.
Supports the implementation of Land Use Efficiency Measures #6, 8, 9 and 10, identified and prioritized
through the City’s Buildable Lands studies and 2030 Refinement Plan planning process, including:
increasing density of development along transit corridors, a Transit Corridor Overlay District, and zoning
additional areas for Mixed Use Nodal and Transit‐oriented Development.
Builds on the citizen involvement, policies and project lists being developed for the Springfield
Transportation System Plan.
Informs and integrates other transportation enhancement projects that have interface with the corridor.
Builds on the citizen involvement conducted for City‐wide Wayfinding Plan (University of Oregon Sustainable Cities Year
program project).
Builds on the citizen involvement conducted for Willamalane’s Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan.
Project Readiness: Planning Coordination and Fund Leveraging
LTD EmX System planning funding
Springfield Main Street (OR 126) Safety Study by ODOT and future implementation of pedestrian crossings
Downtown Circulation Study (See #5) and future implementation of plan recommendations for pedestrian improvements to
Main Street/South A and adjacent neighborhoods.
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Section 2: Project specifics
1. A consultant would do most of the project work. City staff (Principle Planner or Senior Planner) will manage project,
refine and finalize scope of work, establish and coordinate project teams and consultant tasks, organize project team
and public meetings. City and LTD staff will provide data, analyze existing conditions, participate in design of citizen
involvement plan and visioning process, perform local project support logistics, participate in visioning sessions, review
work products. City will lead on vision plan adoption proceedings with consultant in supporting role.
2. TGM funded consultant work tasks in BOLD font:
Task & Methods Work Product(s)
Project Start‐up City + TGM staff Project Agreements:
Final Scope of Work
Budget
Project Timeline
Management Structure and Communication
Protocols
Appoint Project Team City
Appoint Technical Advisory Committee
(TAC)
City/LTD
Appoint Consultant TGM staff
Data collection City + LTD +
Consultant
Base Maps for Visioning
Timeline: Months 1‐2
Design Citizen Involvement Plan City + Consultant
Citizen Involvement Plan
Identify stakeholder /potentially affected
interests
City
Finalize Citizen Involvement Plan City + Consultant
CCI Approval of Citizen Involvement Plan City
Vision Committee
Recruitment/Appointment
City
Planning Commission & City Council Work
Sessions (Kickoff)
City + Consultant
Timeline: Months 2‐3
Inventory existing conditions. City + LTD +
Consultant
Existing Conditions Report
Brownfields Inventory Report Consultant
Phase 1 HAZMAT LTD
Historic resources survey LTD
Economic Analysis / Market Study Consultant Preliminary Economic Analysis / Market
Study Memorandum
Timeline: Months 1‐5
Design Initial Community Outreach and
Media Kit Consultant Media Kit/Web Tools
Problem Statement and Project Objectives
Opportunities and Constraints Analysis
Conduct Stakeholder Interviews Consultant
Conduct Initial Community Outreach and
Web‐based Survey Consultant
Execute Citizen Involvement Program Consultant
Visioning Committee & TAC
Meetings/Outreach/Workshops City + LTD + Consultant
Timeline: Months 3‐6
Develop Vision Plan and Strategies Consultant Draft Vision Plan and Strategies
Economic Analysis / Market Study Report
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Visioning Committee & TAC
Meetings/Outreach/Workshops
City + LTD +
Consultant
Draft Vision Plan and Strategies
Economic Analysis / Market Study Report
Economic Analysis / Market Study Consultant
Infrastructure Analysis City/LTD
PC/City Council Work Sessions City + LTD +
Consultant
Timeline: Months 6‐10
Open House/Web‐based Outreach City/ Consultant Presentation Materials
Prepare Final Plan Consultant Preferred Land Use Vision Plan
Plan Adoption (City Ordinance)
Station Selection
City/ Consultant Adopted Preferred Land Use Vision Plan
EmX Bus Rapid Transit station locations
integrated into Preferred Land Use Vision
Plan
Timeline: Months 11‐12
3. The City has sufficient current data and analysis to begin the Visioning process. If this application is selected for
funding, the City can provide maps, plans and data to the consultant immediately. The City recently completed its
buildable lands inventory and has traffic counts from the recent OR 126B Main Street Safety Study conducted by ODOT.
Stormwater and wastewater plans are up to date, current Transportation System Plan data and draft project lists are
available. LTD staff will serve on the project team and will be providing maps and data from to support the transit
component of the visioning process.
4. BUDGET
TASK
LOCAL
COSTS
CONSULTANT
COSTS
1. Project /Grant Management, Project Team and TAC Meetings $64,000$26,000
2. Citizen Involvement / Visioning $30,000$102,000
3. Existing Conditions Analysis /Mapping/Market Study/Development Scenarios $25,000$28,000
4. Prepare Draft Vision Plan $7,000$20,000
5. Prepare Final Vision Plan $3,000$20,000
6. Vision Plan Adoption $5,000$4,000
Local Match Total $134,000
Total: Grant Requested $200,000
5. Principal Planner Pauly will manage this project. Pauly has 4.5 years experience managing City comprehensive
planning projects: Buildable Lands Inventories, UGB Alternatives Analysis, Springfield 2030 Refinement Plan and
Downtown Plan, and supervising the Glenwood Refinement Plan Phase One project.
6. X Map attached. Project /LTD study area: lands abutting Main Street/OR Highway 126B from LTD's Thurston Station
through downtown Springfield to the Springfield Station. Main Street is on the National Highway System and serves as a
principle arterial. It averages between 21,400 and 26,500 vehicles per day (2009 counts).
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7. Letters of support to be submitted electronically
SOURCE ATTACHEDEXPECTED
1. City Manager X
2. Springfield Mayor/City Council Leadership X
3. Lane Transit District Board Chair X
4. Lane Transit District Director X
5. Springfield Chamber of Commerce X
6. Downtown Springfield Main Street Program Coordinator/NEDCO Executive
Director X
7. Downtown Springfield Main Street Program Committee Chairs X
8. Downtown Citizen Advisory Committee Chair X
APPENDIX:
TransPlan and Springfield’s Draft Transportation System Plan Policies:
EmX Bus Rapid Transit and transit‐supportive land use patterns and development
Draft Springfield TSP BRT / Transit supportive Policies & Action Items:
http://www.centrallanertsp.org/sites/default/files/Springfield%20TSP%20draft%20Goals%20and%20Policies_March_
2_2011.pdf
Policy 3.8, 3rd Action Item: Partner with LTD to provide BRT connection along major corridors and connecting with local
neighborhood bus service and with major activity centers.
Policy 2.1, 5th Action Item: Coordinate with LTD to provide auto, pedestrian and bicycle connections to the transit
network.
Policy 2.3: Expand existing TDM programs related to carpooling, alternate work schedules, walking, bicycling and transit
use in order to reduce peak hour congestion and reliance on single‐occupancy vehicles.
Policy 2.5: Coordinate with LTD to increase the transit system’s accessibility and convenience for all users, including the
transportation disadvantaged population.
Policy 2.5, 1st Action Item: When possible, manage traffic control systems to reduce travel time for transit and other
High Occupancy Vehicles (HOVs) along key corridors.
Policy 3.1: Implement planned vehicular, pedestrian, bicycle and transit routes consistent with Springfield’s Local
Conceptual Street Map.
Policy 3.5: Address the mobility and safety needs of motorists, transit users, bicyclists, pedestrians, freight and the
needs of emergency vehicles when planning and constructing roadway system improvements.
Policy 3.8, 1st Action Item: Work with Oregon Department of Transportation, Lane County and Lane Transit District to
improve pedestrian and bicycle facilities along state highways and major transit routes where appropriate.
Policy 3.8, 2nd Action item: Coordinate with Springfield Public Schools to provide key bicycle, pedestrian and transit
facilities and near schools to ensure safe and convenient routes to schools.
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Policy 3.8, 4th Action Item: Coordinate existing and planned transportation system and land uses with Lane Transit
District to expand the Park‐and‐Ride system when possible within Springfield.
Policy 3.8, 4th Action Item: Coordinate with Springfield Public Schools to provide key bicycle, pedestrian and transit
facilities and near schools to ensure safe and convenient routes to schools.
TransPlan BRT / Transit supportive Goals, Objectives & Policies:
http://www.lcog.org/documents/TransPlan/Jul‐02/Chap%202.pdf
Land Use Policy #3: Transit‐Supportive Land Use Patterns
Provide for transit‐supportive land use patterns and development, including higher intensity, transit‐oriented
development along major transit corridors and near transit stations; medium‐ and high‐density residential development
within ¼ mile of transit stations, major transit corridors, employment centers, and downtown areas; and development
and redevelopment in designated areas that are or could be well served by existing or planned transit.
Land Use Policy #4: Multi‐Modal Improvements in New Development
Require improvements that encourage transit, bicycles, and pedestrians in new commercial, public, mixed‐use, and
multi‐unit residential development.
Land Use Policy #3: Transit‐Supportive Land Use Patterns
Develop or promote intermodal linkages for connectivity and ease of transfer among all transportation modes.
TSI Transit Policy #2: Bus Rapid Transit
Establish a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system composed of frequent, fast transit service along major corridors and
neighborhood feeder service that connects with the corridor service and with activity centers, if the system is shown to
increase transit mode split along BRT corridors, if local governments demonstrate support, and if financing for the
system is feasible.
TSI Transit Policy #3: Transit/High‐Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Priority
Implement traffic management strategies and other actions, where appropriate and practical, that give priority to transit
and other HOVs.
TSI Transit Policy #4: Park‐and‐Ride Facilities
Expand the Park‐and‐Ride system within the metropolitan area and nearby communities.
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June 22, 2012
SENT VIA EMAIL TO: lpauly@springfield-or.gov
Transportation and Growth Management Program
ODOT Mill Creek Building
555 13th Street NE, Suite 2
Salem, OR 97301
Subject: Support for the TGM Grant: My Main Street: Identifying Visions and Strategies for
Enhancing Springfield’s Main Street Transit Corridor
Dear Transportation and Growth Management Grant Review Committee:
Lane Transit District (LTD) strongly supports Springfield’s Transportation and Growth Management
(TGM) grant application. This grant will enable the City to conduct a rigorous citizen involvement
process to help identify the best ways to integrate LTD’s planned fourth extension of Bus Rapid
Transit (named “EmX”) into the local fabric though coordinated land use and transit system
planning.
Springfield has partnered with LTD to successfully implement the first two legs of EmX through
Glenwood to the Springfield Downtown Station and out to Gateway and RiverBend areas. These
transit improvements have increased ridership and have added new connections and vitality to the
neighborhoods and corridors they serve. The assistance provided by this grant will be critical to
support the City’s and LTD’s efforts to ensure that the planned fourth extension of EmX in the Main
Street Corridor will be successful by closely coordinating with the City’s land use planning as part
of its 20-year plan for transit supportive growth and revitalization.
This proposed effort will identify segments of the transit corridor and opportunity sites that are most
ripe for transit supportive investment, and select the optimal locations for EmX stations to serve as
the center of future higher density development to enhance and vitalize the corridor. Importantly,
this effort also includes the zoning and/or plan policy changes needed to support redevelopment.
This project will help implement and leverage local, state, and federal efforts to build a more
sustainable, balanced, and transit-friendly community. Thank you for your consideration to fund
this important project
Sincerely,
Ronald J. Kilcoyne
General Manager
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Springfield, OR 97118
June 26.2012
Linda Pauly
Plar-rning Supervisor
City of Springfield
225 Fifth Street
Springfield. OR 97477
Re: Grunl Appliccrliort to ODOT /br TGL,( /imds /rtr Muin Slrael Trun,sit ('orritlor
Planning
Dear Linda"
Thank you for the opportunity to provide sLlpport fbr Springlield's grant application to
Oregon Department of Transportation's Transportation Growlh Management Progranr lbr
funding to undertake initial planning and strategy development of the Main Street transit
corridor.
From my perspective. the Main Street corridor is far and away the most important
element of Springfield's economic and reclevelopment future. As a stakeholder in
Springfield's C)ontmerciul und Induslriul Builclable Luntls' Committee.l was able to see
the importance of- the corridor to Springf lelcl's achievement of'several of its economic
and housing goals. As a resident of 'I-hurston. at tlre east end o1-the corridor, I can see on
a daily basis the problems and potential lhat necd to be addressccl along this critical
arterial. As a Board Member o1- I-ane County Fann Rureau, lvhich underrvrote Plunning
Ectst Main Slreel, a study perfbrmed by the lJniversity of Ore-gon's Landscape
Architecture Department. I was able to evaluate the tremendous opportunities that transit-
oriented development could bring to the area. Presently, as a mentber of the Lane Area
Comrnittee on Transportatiot-t ([-aneACT), tr can see that as the conrpetition fbr f-er,r'er and
fbwer transportation dollars increases. mass transit ancl transit-orientcd development rvill
play a pivotal role in the fr-rture ol-our coltlrnunity.
The University of Oregon analysis indicated redevelopment o{'Main Street with transit
and form-based projects could trigger a signil-rcant economic revitalization through cost-
effective investment in public inl'rastructure. Such redevelopment could help Springfield
maintain a ntore compact urban footprint. reclucc the need fbr public investment in
expensive infrastructure at the urban fi inge. and reduce the need fbr urban cortversion of
regional farmland.
Springfield^s Contmerciul und Indu,slriul Builduhle Luncl,s Study examined the potential
for redevelopment of commercial properties tl,ror-rghout the cit,v. The Main Street corridor
is one of the most importatrt areas lbr this t.ype of growlh. l'he accolltpanying Rasiclentiul
Lond,s Study underscored the need lbr Springfield to increase the amount of high density
residential development. Main Street rvas also identified as playing a key role in firlfllling
this need.
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While it is clear that the Main Street corridor has the potential to play a v,ital role ip
Springfield's future that cannot happen rvithout a significant inyestntent in community
dialogue and planning. Presently, the corridor is overlaid with outclatecl zoning that limits
some of the opportunities for redevelopment. The City ancl the commllnity neecl to
consider what changes are needed and be,uin to irnplement them. Area business ow.ners
need an opportunity to envision and participate in how their futtrre rnight unfolcl and
better understand what this rneaus to them and their commul-lity. T'hese inrportant things
cannot happen without some thoughtf-ul comntunication and plar11ing.
I commend Springfield fbr applying for the ODOT Transportatiop Growtl-r Management
grant that would allow them to underlake the critical first steps in plalping and
envisioning the future of the Main Street corricior. I woulcl urge ODO1 tohrnd this
important request.
Sincerely,
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GCorge Grier
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