HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 10 Initiate Amendments to the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area PFSP for EWEB Water Intake &Treatment Facilities in GlenwoodAGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: 6/6/2016
Meeting Type: Work Session/Reg. Mtg
Staff Contact/Dept.: Greg Mott, Phil
Farrington/DPW Staff Phone No: 541-726-3774
Estimated Time: 15 Minutes/10 Minutes
S P R I N G F I E L D CITY COUNCIL Council Goals: Provide Financially
Responsible and Innovative Government Services ITEM TITLE: INITIATE AMENDMENTS TO THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA
PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES PLAN (PFSP), CONCURRENT AMENDMENT OF THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA GENERAL PLAN (METRO PLAN),
AND AMENDMENTS TO THE GLENWOOD REFINEMENT PLAN AND SPRINGFIELD DEVELOPMENT CODE (SDC), FOR EWEB WATER INTAKE AND TREATMENT
FACILITIES IN GLENWOOD.
ACTION REQUESTED:
Work session: Receive a presentation from staff on the proposed project.
Regular session: Adopt/not adopt the following resolution: A RESOLUTION INITIATING AMENDMENTS TO THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES PLAN, CONCURRENT AMENDMENT OF THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA GENERAL PLAN, AND AMENDMENTS TO
THE GLENWOOD REFINEMENT PLAN AND SPRINGFIELD DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR AN EWEB WATER INTAKE, TREATMENT FACILITY AND RELATED
INFRASTRUCTURE IN GLENWOOD
ISSUE STATEMENT:
Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) plans to construct a water intake, treatment facility
and associated improvements in Glenwood that requires amendments to the PFSP Project list and Map, as adopted into the Metro Plan, and corresponding changes to the Glenwood
Refinement Plan and Springfield Development Code to allow the proposed water facilities at the locations selected by EWEB.
ATTACHMENTS: Attachment #1: Council Briefing Memorandum
Attachment #2: Resolution Attachment #3: Eugene, Lane County support of Plan amendment Initiation
Attachment #4: Illustrative Map
DISCUSSION:
EWEB’s planned water intake and treatment facility requires several land use applications
including annexation, Site Plan Review, and zoning overlay development approvals, in addition to all of the various amendments described above under Item Title and Issue
Statement. The PFSP amendments will add the new facilities to the project list and map as required by state law. Statewide Planning Goal 11 requires that local governments have a
“public facilities plan” for areas within the UGB describing the water, wastewater, and stormwater facilities necessary to support the land uses designated in their comprehensive
plan. Public Facilities and Services Plan amendments must meet participation provisions of PFSP Chapter VI, as well as the approval criteria for Metro Plan and refinement plan
amendments in SDC 5.14-100 and 5.6-100, respectively.
Initiation of a PFSP and Metro Plan amendment is solely by formal action of one of the governing bodies subject to the Metro Plan. As the property is located within Springfield’s
urban growth boundary and the other associated land use applications, including annexation, will be processed by the City of Springfield, it is appropriate for the Springfield City Council
to initiate these amendments.
Initiation is undertaken without bias or commitment to a specific outcome, including any subsequent appeals. EWEB will produce the required land use applications and supporting
materials and has already conferred with the City of Eugene and Lane County about the proposed water intake and treatment facility. After initiating and once the applications for
Plan and Code amendments are submitted, review packages will be forwarded to the planning commissions of the respective agencies for recommendations to Springfield, Eugene and Lane
County elected officials for a final decision on the PFSP and Metro Plan amendments. Springfield and Lane County elected officials are responsible for final decision on proposed
Glenwood Refinement Plan and SDC amendments.
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M E M O R A N D U M City of Springfield
Date: May 23, 2016
To: Gino Grimaldi, City Manager COUNCIL
From: Anette Spickard, Development & Public Works Director
Greg Mott, Planning Manager
Philip Farrington, AICP, Senior Planner
BRIEFING
MEMORANDUM
Subject: Proposed Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan), Public Facilities and Services Plan (PFSP), Glenwood
Refinement Plan (GRP), and Springfield Development Code amendments for a Eugene Water & Electric Board
water intake and treatment facilities project
ISSUE:
Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) plans to construct a water intake, treatment facility and associated improvements in Glenwood that requires amendments to the PFSP Project list and Map,
as adopted into the Metro Plan, and corresponding changes to the Glenwood Refinement Plan and
Springfield Development Code to allow the proposed water facilities at the locations selected by EWEB.
BACKGROUND:
Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) proposes developing a new water source below the
confluence of the Middle and Coast Forks of the Willamette River with an intake, treatment facility and associated water infrastructure located in Glenwood, within the Springfield Urban Growth Boundary.
This project necessitates a Type III Metro Plan amendment to amend the Public Facilities and
Services Plan (PFSP) and approval by all three local governing bodies. Certain aspects of this project
also require amendments to the Glenwood Refinement Plan (GRP) and Springfield Development
Code (SDC), both of which require approval by the Springfield City Council and Lane County Board of Commissioners.
The Resolution enclosed with this packet, which will be presented for Council review and action at the
June 6, 2016 regular session, will initiate the Plan amendment process as required by the Metro Plan, and will enable EWEB to file the required applications. Since Springfield has land use planning
jurisdiction over the entire Glenwood area, the Springfield City Council is the appropriate governing body to initiate the required Metro Plan and PFSP amendments. However, the Springfield City
Council is the only governing body that may initiate amendments to the Glenwood Refinement Plan and Springfield Development Code. Council work session(s) and public hearing(s) before planning
commissions and elected officials of other participating jurisdictions will be scheduled for later this year to review each of the proposed amendments.
Currently, EWEB’s only source of drinking water is an intake off the McKenzie River with a treatment
facility near Hayden Bridge in Springfield. Having a single water source presents significant risks to EWEB residential, business, and institutional water consumers from potential service disruptions due
to equipment failure, hazardous spills within the river, and natural disasters. EWEB acquired a water right to surface water on the Willamette River below the confluence of the Middle and Coast Forks in
an effort to diversify its water supply. EWEB has also acquired property for a river intake, and is proceeding to acquire additional property needed for the water treatment filtration plant and
associated facilities (e.g., pumps, lab, transmission lines, etc).
The facilities proposed are required to be included in the project lists and maps in the PFSP, which
are adopted as part of the Metro Plan, but are physically located in the PFSP. Modifications to the GRP and to the Code are required to accommodate “high impact public utility facilities,” which are not
currently allowed within the GRP’s Subarea D or the Employment Mixed Use zoning district.
Subsequent to the Plan and Code amendments, the City will process applications by EWEB for
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Eugene Water & Electric Board Water Intake/Treatment Facilities Project Page 2 of 2
Annexation, Site Plan Review, and several associated land use applications (i.e., Willamette Greenway Overlay District, Floodplain Development Overlay, Hillside Development Overlay District,
and Tree Felling Permit).
EWEB hopes to complete preliminary design and secure required plan amendments in 2016, with further permitting and final design extending between 2017-2019, construction between 2019-2021,
and having the plant operational by 2021-2022.
DISCUSSION:
Policy 6.b.iii of the Metro Plan (p.IV-3) establishes that amendments to a “regional public facilities
plan” is a Type III amendment to the Metro Plan. The Metro Plan’s Public Faciliites and Services Element states: “The project lists and maps in the Public Facilities and Services Plan are adopted as
part of the Metro Plan.” (p. III-G-2). When the PFSP was in development, the cities and the two principal water providers agreed that the information contained on the project lists and maps would
include source, reservoirs, pump stations, and primary distribution systems, consistent with requirements in applicable Oregon Administrative Rules. Primary distribution systems are
transmission lines 12 inches or larger for Springfield Utility Board (SUB) and 24 inches or larger for EWEB. (Chapter V, Glossary, at 37(a), page V-4, Metro Plan)
Since the proposed EWEB project is not included among the PFSP’s table and map of proposed
water projects, as required by the Metro Plan and state law, the PFSP amendment and allied Metro Plan amendment is warranted and necessary.
SDC 5.14-125 refers to initiation of Metro Plan amendments. Subection C. allows Type III Metro Plan
amendments to be “initiated at any time by Springfield, Eugene or Lane County.”
The proposed location of the water intake and treatment facilities is within Subarea D of the GRP, adopted by the City and Lane County as a neighborhood refinement to the Metro Plan in 2012.
Subsequently, the Glenwood Riverfront Mixed-Use Plan District was incorporated into the Code as SDC 3.4-200. While the GRP and Code allow certain “low impact public utility facilities,” there is no
provision for “high impact public utility facilities” within the subject site’s Employment Mixed Use zoning district. SDC 6.1-110 defines “high impact public utility facilities” as including the size and type
of water facilities proposed by EWEB. Therefore, amendments to certain GRP text and to the table for allowed uses in the SDC for the Glenwood Plan District are warranted and necessary.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adoption of the attached Resolution at the Springfield City Council’s June 6, 2016 regular session is
recommended based on the explanations provided under the Issue and Discussion sections of this memorandum. However, in the event the Council chooses not to initiate the Metro Plan and PFSP
amendments, the City of Eugene or Lane County may proceed with this action as specified in the Metro Plan.
Initation of the amendments to the Glenwood Refinement Plan and Springfield Development Code is included in the Resolution and recommended based on the explanations provided under the Issue
and Discussion sections of this memorandum.
Attachment 1, Page 2 of 2
RESOLUTION NO. 2016-__
Page 1
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
RESOLUTION NO. 2016-__
A RESOLUTION INITIATING AMENDMENTS TO THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA
PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES PLAN, CONCURRENT AMENDMENT OF THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD
METROPOLITAN AREA GENERAL PLAN, AND AMENDMENTS TO THE GLENWOOD REFINEMENT PLAN
AND SPRINGFIELD DEVELOPMENT CODE FOR AN EWEB WATER INTAKE, TREATMENT FACILITY AND
RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE IN GLENWOOD
WHEREAS: the Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) intends to develop a water intake, pump
station, storage facility, treatment facility with a source of supply from the Willamette River,
transmission lines, and associated infrastructure facilities, in order to build redundancy into its water
system; and
WHEREAS: EWEB plans to locate these facilities in Glenwood, within the Springfield Urban Growth
Boundary, and with the intake downstream of the confluence of the Middle and Coast Forks of the
Willamette River; and
WHEREAS: EWEB has met with planning staff of the City to understand: what development standards
will apply; what land uses regulations will apply; what changes may be needed to land use plans and
regulations; the relevant procedures and standards for annexation; and other matters; and
WHEREAS: a facility of this magnitude should be shown in the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area
Public Facilities and Services Plan (Public Facilities and Services Plan) tables and maps as required by
applicable Oregon Administrative Rules; and
WHEREAS: an amendment to the Public Facilities and Services Plan is a “Type III” amendment to the
Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan), as described in Chapter IV of the
Metro Plan, requiring approval by all three governing bodies; and
WHEREAS: Chapter IV of the Metro Plan also provides a Type III amendment to the Public Facilities and
Services Plan may be amended by any one of the governing bodies subject to the Metro Plan; and
WHEREAS: Aspects of the project also require amendments to the Glenwood Refinement Plan (GRP) and
Springfield Development Code (SDC) to accommodate high impact public utility facilities; and
WHEREAS: SDC 5.6-105.B allows amendments to the GRP and the SDC text to also be initiated by the
City Council;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
1. The City Council consents to EWEB filing with the City a Type III post-acknowledgment plan
amendment application to amend the Metro Plan and the Public Facilities and Services Plan
to include its proposed intake and treatment facilities; and
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RESOLUTION NO. 2016-__
Page 2
2. The City Council consents to EWEB filing with the City applications to amend the Glenwood
Refinement Plan and Springfield Development Code to accommodate high impact public
utility facilities; and
3. The City Council understands that EWEB will be responsible, as the applicant, for preparing
application materials supporting these amendments; any associated land use applications
as may be required; all accompanying fees; and
4. The City Council hereby initiates processes allowing amendments to the Metro Plan and the
Public Facilities and Services Plan, and to the Glenwood Refinement Plan and Springfield
Development Code; however, by authorizing the initiation of these amendments, the City is
not hereby making a decision with respect to the merits of the applications.
Adopted by the Council of the City Springfield, Oregon, by a vote of ___ for and ___ against, this __ day
of ________, 2016.
ATTEST:
_____________________________ _______________________________
Amy Sowa Mayor
City Recorder
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Attachment 3, Page 1 of 2
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I-5FRANKLIN BLVDProposed EWEBTreatment Plant Site
Proposed EWEB PipelineIntake to Treatment Plant
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Proposed EWEB Transmission Main toKnickerbocker Bridge
EWEB Intake Site
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