HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/04/2013 Regular (2)MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF
THE SPRINGFIELD CITY COUNCIL HELD
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2013
The City of Springfield Council met in regular session in the Library Meeting Room, 225 Fifth Street,
Springfield, Oregon, on Monday, November 4, 2013 at 7:15 p.m., with Mayor Lundberg presiding.
ATTENDANCE
Present were Mayor Lundberg and Councilors VanGordon, Wylie, Moore, Ralston, Woodrow and
Brew. Also present were City Manager Gino Grimaldi, Assistant City Manager Jeff Towery, City
Attorneys Mary Bridget Smith and Lauren King, City Recorder Amy Spwa and members of the staff.
7:15 pm. Mayor Lundberg reconvened the Springfield City Council's regular meeting from the joint
elected officials meeting.
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ORDINANCES
1. 2012 Willamalane Park and Recreation Comprehensive Plan.
ORDINANCE NO. 6303 – AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2012 WILLAMALANE PARK
AND RECREATION COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS A REFINEMENT PLAN OF THE
EUGENE - SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA GENERAL PLAN (METRO PLAN) FOR
APPLICATION WITHIN THE AREA OF PLANNING JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF
SPRINGFIELD AND ADOPTING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
City Planner Mark Metzger presented the staff report on this item. The City of Springfield relied on
Willamalane Park and Recreation District for park and recreation planning under Statewide Planning
Goal 8— Recreational Needs. The 2004 Willamalane Comprehensive Plan was a refinement plan of
the Metro Plan. The 2012 Plan was intended to update and replace the 2004 Willamalane
Comprehensive Plan. This proposal was being processed as a refinement plan amendment.
The Council conducted a public hearing on October 17, 2013. No testimony was received in
opposition to the proposed plan.
The Planning Commission reviewed the proposed 2012 Willamalane Comprehensive Plan on July 16,
2013, voting unanimously to recommend Council approval of the plan.
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Staff had evaluated the proposed 2012 Plan against the approval criteria for refinement plan
amendments found in Section 5.6 -115 of the Springfield Development Code. The staff report
contained findings which provided the Planning Commission a substantive base for recommending
Council approval of the Plan.
IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILOR WYLIE WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILOR
WOODROW TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NO. 6303. THE MOTION PASSED WITH A VOTE
OF 6 FOR AND 0 AGAINST.
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PUBLIC HEARINGS_- Please limit comments to 3 minutes. Request to speak cards are available at
both entrances. Please present cards to City Recorder. Speakers may not
yield their time to others.
1. Parking of Recreational Vehicles.
STREETS
Development and Public Works Director Len Goodwin presented the staff report on this item.
Currently, Municipal Codes Section 6.050(2) limited parking of an RV to no more than 2 hours
between midnight and 7 a.m. This limitation prevented residents from moving their RV out of storage
the night before a trip so that they may prepare for a trip to begin the next morning (unless they had
sufficient space on their property for off - street parking). There were safety reasons to restrict RV on-
street parking, including reduced visibility. However, as Springfield attempted to increase urban
residential density this limit would increasingly present challenges to RV owners. Staff recommended
that the limit be changed to a maximum of 12 hours within any 72 hour period. This would permit RV
owners whose lot size did not permit off - street parking to park the vehicles on -street once before a trip
and once at the end of a trip without violating the code. Both Transportation staff and the Police
Department believed this was a more reasonable limit and recommended that the Council adopt this
ordinance following the second reading.
Councilor Woodrow asked how the determination of hours was made. She noted that the hours were
listed differently in two places and asked for clarification.
Mr. Goodwin said the proposal was 12 of 72 hours. It was determined by calculating time needed for
someone going away in their RV over the weekend. He explained.
Councilor Woodrow said with a 12 hour limit, if someone got off work on Thursday evening and
brought their RV home at that time, they would need to be out by 5 a.m. the next morning. She would
like that period of time extended to 24 hours, but would settle for 16 hours.
Councilor Ralston said 16 hours made more sense if they moved forward with the amendment. He
asked what kept people from living in their RV and just moving it around. He had seen that happen.
Mr. Goodwin said if someone repeatedly did that, the City could use other parts of Chapter 5 that were
nuisance codes.
Councilor Ralston said it would be difficult to catch them.
Councilor Moore said a way to deal with that could be to stipulate that the RV had to belong to the
residence, or connected somehow with the residence.
Councilor Ralston said he could support that additional language and the change to 16 hours.
Councilor Brew asked if this was complaint driven. Yes. He didn't realize there was a restriction on
parking of RVs and noted that it was often done in his neighborhood when relatives visited.
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Mr. Goodwin said the current code allowed parking for 2 hours between 12:OOam- 7:30am
Councilor Woodrow said this was generated by several complaints. In looking at the code, it seemed
they needed more leeway for people packing up their RV to go away for a long weekend. There wasn't
always room in the driveway. It gave people an opportunity to do something without going against an
ordinance.
Mayor Lundberg opened the public hearing.
No one appeared to speak.
Mayor Lundberg closed the public hearing.
Councilor Ralston suggested staff bring this back with language to address their concerns.
Mr. Goodwin said language would be added that limited this to RVs parked adjacent to the applicable
residence, and to change the hours from 12 to 16.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned 7:25 p.m.
Minutes Recorder Amy Sowa
Christine L. Lundberg
Mayor
Attest:
City Recorder