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JOINT ELECTED OFFICIALS WORK SESSION OF
THE SPRINGFIELD CITY COUNCIL,
AND LANE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
A joint elected officials' work session with the City of Springfield and Lane County was held in the
Library Meeting Room, Springfield City Hall, 225 5th Street, Springfield, Oregon, on Monday
September 12,2016 at 6:35 p.m. with Mayor Christine Lundberg presiding.
ATTENDANCE
Mayor Lundberg opened the meeting of the Springfield City Council.
Board Chair Stewart opened the meeting of the Lane County Board of Commissioners.
Planning Commission Chair Charlie Conrad opened the meeting of the Lane County Planning
Commission.
Present from Springfield were Mayor Christine Lundberg and Councilors Wylie,Moore, Ralston,
Woodrow and Pishioneri. Development and Public Works Director Anette Spickard(as AIC City
Manager)and other Springfield staff were also present. Councilor VanGordon was absent(excused).
Present from Lane County were Board Chair Stewart and Commissioners Leiken,Bozievich,Farr, and
Sorenson. Also present were County Administrator Steve Mokrohisky and Senior Planner Keir
Miller.
Present from Lane County Planning Commission were Chair Conrad and Commissioners Hledik,
Sisson,Coon, Thorp, Rose,Thiesfeld, and Kaylor.
WORK SESSION
1. Springfield 2030 Comprehensive Plan:Adoption of Amendments to the Springfield Urban Growth
Boundary(UGB)and Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan, Designating Land to
Meet Employment Land Needs for 2010-2030 Planning Period and Designating Land for Natural
Resources; Public Facilities; Parks and Open Space. (Metro Plan Amendment File No. LRP 2009-
00014).
Anette Spickard,Development and Public Works Director(and AIC City Manager) introduced this
item. This is a very exciting time for the City of Springfield. The City has been working on this plan
for many years to establish a Comprehensive Plan for Springfield. Tonight, staff will be discussing
key elements related to the economic aspect of our Comprehensive Plan. Testimony will be received
regarding the amendment to our urban growth boundary(UGB)based on our economic needs, she
reminded them they were also looking at the City's economic policies that would be put into place that
would affect all of the City of Springfield. Those are critical to the City. The memo included in the
agenda packet highlighted that our analysis showed that 77% of the new jobs in Springfield are going
to be accommodated within the existing UGB, and 23% in the proposed expansion area. This action is
very important to the City in terms of the future for our residents having jobs. Staff will provide an
overview of the ordinances proposed for adoption, followed by the public hearing.
Linda Pauly, Principal Planner, presented the staff report on this item. She introduced Keir Miller,
Principal Planner from Lane County. She noted the printed maps provided to the elected officials at
their places.
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Staff's goals in the work session are to assist the elected officials in navigating through all of the
materials and provide an opportunity for them to ask questions about the proposal.After the public
hearing is opened, staff will provide more of the staff report. Included in that portion of the staff
report,they will be identifying criteria of approval and the law for the subject plan amendments, and
address public testimony received. She noted that Exhibit F in the agenda packet was the extensive
staff report which included the legal criteria and how the City's proposal meets that criteria.
This is about the City of Springfield's employment land base over the twenty year planning period of
2010-2030. The ordinance includes assessment of how much land the City needs to provide the types
of jobs that are going to be appropriate for the City of Springfield for that planning period. The focus
is what type of site plan and infrastructure is needed so we can plan and zone and provide public
facilities planning appropriate to provide job growth for Springfield. The proposal addresses Statewide
Planning Goal 9: Economic Development. Current language in the Metro Plan was done prior to
adoption of the Goal 9 rule. The ordinance includes the Comprehensive Plan for economic
development in Springfield. This is Springfield's first unique land local plan. We are still Metro Plan
partners,but now will have our own policies that will be adopted by Lane County.Any amendments
to this policy can be done by the Springfield City Council and Lane County Board,and will no longer
need to go through the City of Eugene.
The City's analysis shows that Springfield can meet all of our site needs for employment uses that
require sites smaller than 5 acres within our existing UGB through redevelopment and employment on
non-employment land. The Council directed staff to focus redevelopment in the Glenwood area,
downtown and other parts of Springfield within the existing UGB to meet those needs.
Ms. Pauly referred to the Commercial and Industrial Buildable Land(CIBL)Economic Opportunities
Analysis(EOA)which was included in the agenda packet. She described the analysis showing the jobs
needed and the resources needed in the City to accommodate those needs. This work is required under
Statewide Planning Goal 9, and gives local communities opportunities to aspire to new uses. The focus
on the CIBL EOA is to identify a list of target industries,many already in the area, and to identify sites
for those industries. This is critical in looking at sites and determining if a particular site or parcel is
suitable or potentially suitable to meet Springfield's land needs. There is a need to expand the UGB to
accommodate the need for larger sites larger than 5 acres, 20 acres and 50 acres.
Ms. Pauly said through the process,the City identified a need of 223 acres, a reduction from the
original estimate of over 600 acres. That reduction was based on public involvement, case law
evolving, and precedent case studies. Before the City can expand the UGB,they must demonstrate to
the Department of Land Conservation and Development(DLCD)that we have tried to meet our needs
as much as possible in land that is already inside our boundary. She referred to a map with many of the
key redevelopment areas in Springfield,and a graph showing that the lands needed in an expansion
would be to address about 23% of the proposed job growth.
Ms. Pauly referred to a map showing the UGB Alternatives Analysis based on ORS 197.298, Goal 14.
The statute provides a set of priorities of land categories the City must look to in specific order to
determine which sites will be included in the UGB. She described the process and noted that every
single parcel surrounding our current UGB was analyzed. Two parcels were found suitable in the
exception land,but were not feasible for the expansion area.No suitable parcels were found in the
marginal lands. Following extensive analysis of all sites,the City has evidence to support the
following two sites for consideration:North Gateway and South 28th Street. Staff believes these two
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sites are the most suitable for expansion and consistent with the law. These sites make up
approximately 257 acres of suitable employment land, slightly more than the 223 needed. They are
also looking at adding approximately 455 acres of public land,parks and open space. Through this
process,Willamalane and Springfield Utility Board(SUB)asked the City to include land they
currently manage into our UGB. Staff also heard from the elected officials not to leave strips of
County administered land between the new boundary and the river. She noted the proposed UGB
boundary.
Ms. Pauly said staff identified four absolute constraints making them not suitable for development:
floodway, wetlands, slopes greater than 15%, and riparian resource areas. Some of the proposed sites
have those constraints and are not being counted as suitable acres. She noted the Urbanization Element
which talks about how public facilities are provided to lands in the UGB and how lands are regulated
as they transition from rural use to urban use. The city has created a new plan designation called the
"Urban Holding Area—Employment"and a new zoning district in the Development Code called the
"AG-Urban Holding Area zoning". These are interim plan designations and zoning. Once land is
brought into the UGB,they must be plan designated and zoned. This provides zoning until more
planning and work with developers in each area is done. She further explained the process and steps
taken, including zoning. She referred to North Gateway and South 28th Street and the employment
portion and public lands and open space in each area. The staff report provides the legal justification
for the changes being proposed. The final will be prepared after the public hearing. All of the work
will be submitted to DLCD after a local decision is made by the City of Springfield and Lane County
Board of Directors.
Mr.Miller said from the County perspective,there are a few housekeeping updates. The City is
proposing initiating a Metro Plan amendment to modify the policies in the urbanization section and
economic development section in which the County has role in co-adopting. There are three
ordinances before the County,two require action by the Planning Commission for are a
recommendation to the Board. He reviewed each ordinance. Two are specific to the Rural
Comprehensive Plan, and amend the official County Rural Comprehensive Plan to reflect the loss of
territory from the County to Springfield. There is a small housekeeping item in one ordinance..
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Lundberg adjourned the work session at 7:03 p.m.
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