HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 22 Glenwood Refinement Plan Amendment, Franklin Boulevard AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: 6/16/2014
Meeting Type: Regular Meeting
Staff Contact/Dept.: Tom Boyatt Molly Markarian/DPW
Staff Phone No: 541-744-3373
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: GLENWOOD REFINEMENT PLAN AMENDMENT, FRANKLIN BLVD.
ACTION REQUESTED:
Request Council initiate amendments to the Glenwood Refinement Plan by
approving the following motion:
Initiate amendments to the Transportation Chapter of the Glenwood Refinement
Plan (Plan), as amended, to adjust the project concept currently in the Plan to reflect the proposed Franklin Blvd. Project (Project) draft design; to align the proposed draft design such that its alignment generally centers along the existing Franklin
Blvd. centerline to avoid any disproportionate impacts to fronting properties; to amend the project envelope to extend five feet to the north and five feet to the south
of the proposed draft design; to reflect those changes on Figures 1 and 3, pages 57
and 58; and, to make the same changes to the text descriptions for the Project and Project envelope on pages 56, 60, 61 and 62.
ISSUE STATEMENT: Several iterations of the design for Franklin Blvd. improvements have been reviewed and refined through the NEPA process to minimize Project impacts. These design changes have resulted in a project footprint and project envelope that
differ from those contained in the Glenwood Refinement Plan.
ATTACHMENTS: None
DISCUSSION/
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
At the time Council reviewed and adopted the 2012 Glenwood Refinement Plan
amendments to implement the Glenwood Riverfront District, the Franklin Blvd. project concept had not been refined through the NEPA process. Since that time
staff and the consultant team have been through several design iterations to avoid impacts as practical, while maintaining the integrity and purpose of the planned improvements. At the February 24, 2014 work session, Council reviewed the final
proposed Franklin Blvd. design and directed staff to develop and deliver a Franklin Blvd improvement project based on that refined design. As a normal and necessary part of developing and delivering the Franklin Blvd. Project, staff recommends
amending the Glenwood Refinement Plan to reflect more accurately the Project that the City plans to deliver. These amendments will provide transparency to citizens,
businesses and agency partners regarding planned improvements, while assisting all
parties in the coordinated development of the Glenwood Riverfront District.