HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009 02 18 Willamette Wellfield ZON2009-00002MEMORANDUM CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
DATE : February 18, 2009
TO: Springfield Planning Commission TRANSMITTAL
MEMORANDUM
FROM: Mark Metzger, Planner
SUBJECT: WILLAMETTE WELLFIELD DELINEATION AMENDMENT
ISSUE: The Planning Commission is requested to conduct a public hearing before the Planning
Commission to consider a proposed amendment to the delineation of the time of travel zones
within the Willamette Wellfield in southwest Springfield. Such amendments are processed like
zone changes and require a public hearing before the Commission. The Commission will issue a
decision on the matter as opposed to making a recommendation to the City Council.
DISCUSSION: In March of 2007, the Springfield Utility Board (SUB) and the City began the re-
certification process for Springfield’s Drinking Water Protection Plan (Plan) at the request of the
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). The DEQ and the Oregon Public Health
Division Drinking Water Program (DWP) share responsibility for oversight of the drinking water
protection programs in the state. As part of the re-certification process, SUB was required to
provide information on “any conditions that could potentially modify the boundaries of the
wellhead protection area.”
In the process of constructing the Willamette Slow Sand Filtration Plant in 2002, SUB developed
a perimeter drain well in the Willamette Wellfield with a production capacity of 1200 gallons
per minute. This improvement to the production capacity has significantly changed the
boundaries of the wellhead time of travel zones within the Willamette Wellfield. This change
has precipitated the need to update the Willamette Wellfield time of travel zones (TOTZs) on
the Drinking Water Protection Area Map as part of state re-certification of the Plan.
The Willamette Wellfield is located south of the millrace and east of the Springfield Quarry and
Dorris Ranch. This proposal is to amend the TOTZ boundaries for the Willamette Wellfield only.
No other wellfield TOTZ boundaries are affected.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment 1: Staff Report
Attachment 2: Planning Commission Order
Attachment 3: Former Time of Travel Zones
Attachment 4: Revised Time of Travel Zones
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City Of Springfield
Development Services Department
February 18, 2009
Springfield Drinking Water Protection Area Map Amendment
Staff Report
Applicant:
City of Springfield and Springfield Utility Board
Journal No.
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Request:
To amend the Springfield Drinking Water Protection Area Map to include a
new delineation of the Willamette Wellfield in southwest Springfield. This
proposal changes the “time of travel zones” (TOTZ) for certain properties.
Changes in the TOTZ may impact the allowed uses of the affected properties
by increasing regulatory controls on the use and storage of certain
chemicals.
ProcedureType:
Type IV—Quasi-Judicial
Attachments:
Attachment 1: Current Drinking Water Protection Area Map
Attachment 2: Map of the Willamette Wellfield with current TOTZ
Attachment 3: Map of the Willamette Wellfield with proposed amendments to the TOTZ
I. Executive Summary
In March of 2007, the Springfield Utility Board (SUB) and the City began the re-certification process for
Springfield’s Drinking Water Protection Plan (Plan) at the request of the Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality (DEQ). The DEQ and the Oregon Public Health Division Drinking Water Program
(DWP) share responsibility for oversight of the drinking water protection programs in the state. As part
of the re-certification process, SUB was required to provide information on “any conditions that could
potentially modify the boundaries of the wellhead protection area.”
In the process of constructing the Willamette Slow Sand Filtration Plant in 2002, SUB developed a
perimeter drain well in the Willamette Wellfield with a production capacity of 1200 gallons per minute.
This improvement to the production capacity has significantly changed the boundaries of the wellhead
time of travel zones within the Willamette Wellfield. This change has precipitated the need to update
the Willamette Wellfield time of travel zones (TOTZs) on the Drinking Water Protection Area Map as
part of state re-certification of the Plan.
Amending the Drinking Water Protection Area Map is an overlay district amendment; similar to making
a zone change. The City Attorney and officials from the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and
Development (DLCD) have each indicated that processing the Drinking Water Protection Area Map as a
zone change is the appropriate procedure to follow. The Willamette Wellfield is located south of the
millrace and east of the Springfield Quarry and Dorris Ranch. This proposal is to amend the TOTZ
boundaries for the Willamette Wellfield only. No other wellfield TOTZ boundaries are affected.
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Based on the analysis that staff has completed in this report, the proposed amendments to the
Willamette Wellfield TOTZ boundaries on the Drinking Water Protection Area Map are recommended
for approval by the Planning Commission.
II. Background
Springfield Drinking Water Protection Plan
The Safe Drinking Water Act is the principal federal law regulating groundwater quality.
Various parts of it are managed by the following state and federal departments: the Oregon Health
Division, Department of Environmental Quality, the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and
Development (DLCD) and the Water Quality division of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Regulations implementing this act are aimed at protecting the quality of water provided by drinking
water systems.
In May 1999, the Springfield Drinking Water Protection Plan (Plan) was adopted by the City of
Springfield. The Plan contains the city’s strategy for protecting groundwater which is the principle
source of Springfield’s drinking water supply. Part of this strategy focuses on the management of
hazardous chemicals and materials which can pollute the groundwater sources on which we depend.
The Plan was implemented through the addition of the Drinking Water Protection Overlay District to the
Springfield Development Code (Section 3.3-200). The Overlay District describes the policies that apply
to site development and operations of businesses and industry whose properties are hydrologically
connected to wells supplying city water. The Plan and the wellhead delineations contained in it were
certified by the Oregon Public Health Division Drinking Water Program in March 1999.
In March of 2007, the Springfield Utility Board (SUB) and the City began the re-certification process for
Springfield’s Drinking Water Protection Plan (Plan) at the request of the Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality (DEQ). The DEQ and the Oregon Public Health Division Drinking Water Program
(DWP) share responsibility for oversight of the drinking water protection programs in the state. As part
of the re-certification process, SUB was required to provide information on “any conditions that could
potentially modify the boundaries of the wellhead protection area.”
In the process of constructing the Willamette Slow Sand Filtration Plant in 2002, SUB developed a
perimeter drain well with a production capacity of 1200 gallons per minute. Hydrologic data showed
that the added pumping capacity in the Willamette Wellfield created a significant change in the
delineation of the wellfield. This change precipitated the need to update the Willamette Wellfield time
of travel zones as part of state re-certification of the Plan.
Springfield draws its water from several wellfields scattered throughout the city. Each wellfield has a
zone of contribution; that is an area from which water is drawn to a particular wellhead. This zone of
contribution is determined by hydrologic studies and modeling based on the hydrologic data. These
same hydrologic studies are used to identify “time of travel zones” (TOTZ) or areas within the zone of
contribution where water may take one year, two years, five years, 10 years or 20 years to reach a
wellhead. Attachment 1 shows the location of the various wellfields and their TOTZs across the city.
Springfield’s wellheads, zones of contribution, and time of travel zones (TOTZs) are graphically
represented on the Drinking Water Protection Area Map. This action proposes to amend the zone of
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contribution and TOTZs on the Drinking Water Protection Area Map for the Willamette Wellfield only.
No other wellfield data are changed.
Policies found in the Plan and in the Springfield Development Code use the TOTZs to regulate protection
of the wellheads. Properties that are distant from a wellhead in terms of the mapped time of travel
have less regulation than properties that are close to wellheads in terms of the time of travel to the well
head. For this reason, amending the TOTZ boundaries on the Drinking Water Protection Area Map can
change the regulations that apply to a particular property. This potential change in regulation is what
triggers the need to go through a public process with mailed notice to affected property owners and a
public hearing, much like a change in zoning.
The regulatory provisions of the Plan and the Drinking Water Protection Overlay District apply to
commercial and industrial land uses. For this reason, the primary impact of the proposed map
amendments will fall on the small number of businesses and industrial developments within the
Willamette well head zone of contribution.
III. Impacts of the Amendment to the Drinking Water Protection Area Map
This action is a map amendment. The proposal does not change the policies found in SDC Section 3.3-
200—Drinking Water Protection Overlay District that regulate land uses for the protection of
Springfield’s groundwater resources.
The proposed amendment to the Drinking Water Protection Area Map is restricted to the Willamette
Wellfield. No other wellfield delineations are affected. The improvements to the Willamette Wellfield
have caused many properties to fall within new a TOTZ. Table 1 summarizes the impact of the new
TOTZ delineations on properties within the Willamette Wellfield.
Table 1 shows that the hydrology of the Willamette Wellfield has changed dramatically with the
improved production capacity achieved by the 2002 improvements. The new TOTZ delineations show
that the combined acreage within the 1-year, 2-year and 5-year TOTZs has increased to 2440 acres. This
compares to just 488 acres prior to 2002. The land that is outside of a 5-year time of travel (within the
10-year, 20-year and 99-year TOTZs) has decreased from 2093 to just 43 acres. This is evidence that
water now flows far more quickly across the wellfield to the wellhead than it did prior to the 2002
improvements.
Attachments 2 and 3 show the old and new delineations of the Willamette Wellfield. When comparing
the two maps, note that the boundary lines for the 10-year, 20-year and 99-year TOTZs are almost one
in the same on the new delineation. The wellfield TOTZs prior to the 2002 improvements are widely
separated in some areas. The proposed amendment to the Drinking Water Protection Area Map reflects
this change in hydrology within the Willamette Wellfield and the redistribution acreage within the
TOTZs.
Table 1. Change in “Time of Travel Zone” (TOTZ) Acreage
Time of Travel Zones
(TOTZ)
Old Delineation
TOTZ Acres
New Delineation
TOTZ Acres
Change in Acres
1-year 228 658 430
2-year 61 341 280
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5-year 199 1441 1242
10-year 350 30 -320
20-year/
99-year Combined 1744 13 -1731
Total Acres
2582 2483 -99
Since the TOTZ regulations found in SDC Section 3.3-200 affect commercial and industrial users, it is
important to understand how many areas within these zoning districts have been impacted by the new
delineation. Figure 1 shows the zoning of properties that will be affected by changes in regulation
because of the new wellfield TOTZ delineations.
Figure 1. Willamette Wellfield TOTZ Amendments
Affected Properties
No commercially zoned properties are located within the area affected by the new delineation.
Residentially zoned properties are not affected by this action.
Figure 1 above and Table 2 below both show that five industrially zoned properties will be affected by
the proposed wellfield delineation amendments. These properties were not within the Willamette
Knife River (Metro Rock)
John & Nancy Ash
Hamilton Construction
Charles Harrad
JDL Investment
Ann-Marr LLC S. 28th StreetMi llra c e
S. F Street
Bo
oth K
elly R
d.
200 0 200 400 Feet
ZONINGMedium Density ResidentialLow Density ResidentialHeavy IndustrialPublic Land & Open SpaceQuarry & Mine Operations
20 Year Time of Travel10 Year Time of Travel5 Year Time of Travel2 Year Time of Travel1 Year Time of Travel#Y WellUrban Growth Boundary City Limits
Willamette Wellfield TOTZ AmendmentsAffected Properties
Outside of the Urban Growth BoundaryLane County Agricultural and Residential ZoningNot Affected by the TOTZ Amendment
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Wellfield zone of contribution prior to the 2002 improvements and were not regulated as part of the
Willamette Wellfield. The Hamilton Construction and Charles Harrell properties were already within 20-
year TOTZ for the 16th and Q Street wellfield. The new delineation shows they are now within the
Willamette Wellfield zone of contribution as well.
Table 2, below shows how the new delineation will impact the five affected properties. About 22.7
acres of land will be regulated by the Springfield Drinking Water Protection Plan policies that were not
regulated prior to the new delineation. The new delineation shows that the Willamette Wellfield is
about 2483 acres in size. The regulatory change will affect about 22.7 or less than 1% of the wellfield
acreage.
Table 2. Willamette Wellfield TOTZ Amendments
Affected Properties and Acreage
Property Owner Assessor’s Map No. In City
Limits?
Acres Old
Delineation
Regulated
Acreage
New
Delineation
Regulated
Acreage
(approximate)
Ann-Marr LLC 18-03-01-00 TL 206 Yes 1.07 None 1-yr TOZ: .6 acres
2-yr TOTZ: .4 acres
JDL Investment 18-03-01-00 TL 205 Yes 2.95 None 2-yr TOTZ: 2.2 acres
20-yr TOTZ: .5 acre
Charles Harral 18-03-01-00 TL 100 Yes 10.5 None 2-yr TOTZ: .5 acre
Hamilton
Construction
18-03-01-00 TL 300 Yes 18.21 None 2-yr TOTZ: 2 acres
5-yr TOTZ: 4 acres
Knife River (Metro
Rock)
18-03-01-00 TL 701 No 21.20 None 5-yr TOTZ: 13 acres
Jasper Junction LLC 19-02-05-23 TL 100 Yes 5.2 10-Yr. TOTZ 5-Yr TOTZ: .5 acre
IV. Procedural Requirements for Zoning Map Amendments
The City of Springfield and the Springfield Utility Board are jointly initiating the proposed Drinking Water
Protection Map amendment. SDC Section 3.3-220 (4) states that “a property owner may request that a
TOTZ may be modified by submitting a Zone Change application to the City. Any request for
modification of the TOTZ must be accompanied by certification of the TOTZ as proposed to be the
modified by the Oregon Health Division, under the Administrative Rules that apply to Oregon’s EPA-
approved Drinking Water Protection Program.” While this section applies to property owners, the zone
change process shall be followed by this city-initiated modification of the TOTZ for the Willamette
Wellfield. No other process is specified for municipal agencies or for the City.
Staff consulted with Ed Moore, the local field representative of the Oregon Department of Land
Development and Conservation (DLCD) about using the zone change process to amend the Dinking
Water Protection Area Map. DLCD staff concurred with Springfield staff indicating that the zone change
process is appropriate for amending the TOTZs on the map.
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SDC Section 5.22-100—Zoning Map Amendments contains the policies and criteria for approving map
amendments. Zoning map amendments involving broad public policy decisions and affect a large area
or require a Metro Plan amendment are generally considered legislative zoning map amendments (See
SDC Section 5.22-110 (A).
This proposal is being processed as a quasi-judicial zoning map amendment. Section 5.22-110 (B) states
that quasi-judicial zoning map amendments are those which involve the application of existing policy to
a specific factual setting, generally affecting a single or limited group of properties. The proposed
amendments cover a large geographic area, but the regulatory impact of the map changes will fall on a
relatively small group of commercial and industrially zoned properties. For this reason this proposal is
being processed as a quasi-judicial action.
SDC Section 5.22-115 (A) indicates that quasi-judicial map changes are to be processed as a Type III
procedure. Type III procedures involve a hearing before the Planning Commission (or a Hearings Official
for matters outside of the city limits but inside the Springfield UGB). The Planning Commission may
approve, approve with conditions, or deny quasi-judicial decisions using the review criteria listed in
Section 5.22-115 (C). These review criteria are analyzed later in this report.
Type III processing procedures require specific public notice requirements which are identified in SDC
Section 5.1-135.
All zoning map amendments that are outside of the city limits, but within the Springfield Urban Growth
Boundary must be referred to Lane County for their approval as well. Portions of the Willamette
Wellfield are outside of the city limits but within the Springfield UGB. For this reason, Lane County must
approve the proposed Drinking Water Protection Area Map for these amendments to take affect outside
of the city limits.
Mailed notice of the proposed Drinking Water Protection Area Map amendment must be sent to the
Department of Land Conservation and Development as specified in ORS 197.610 and OAR 660-18-0020.
This notice must be filed no less than 45 days before the first evidentiary hearing.
Finding #1. The Planning Director initiated this amendment of the Drinking Water Protection Area
Map to update the zone of contribution and time of travel zones shown for the Willamette Wellfield on
December 12, 2008.
Finding #2. Public hearings were scheduled before the Planning Commission on February 18, 2008.
Hearings before the Lane County Hearings Official concerning the amendments affecting properties
outside of the city limits but inside of the Springfield UGB shall be scheduled at a later date.
Finding #3. OAR 660-023-0140 defines groundwater resources that are “significant” and subject to
the protection of Statewide Planning Goal 5. Springfield’s groundwater resources that are protected by
the Drinking Water Protection Plan are “significant” under the rule.
Finding #4. OAR 660-023-250(3)(a) states: “Local governments are not required to apply Goal 5 in
consideration of a PAPA unless the PAPA affects a Goal 5 resource…” The proposed amendment of the
Drinking Water Protection Area Map includes changes to the time of travel zone delineations within the
Willamette Wellfield. Under the provisions of OAR 660-023-250 (3) (a), Statewide Planning Goal 5
applies to this proposal.
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Finding #5. Application of Goal 5 requires that significant groundwater resources be protected. The
Springfield Drinking Water Protection Plan (Plan) was adopted in May 1999. The Plan delineated
Springfield’s wellfields and the time of travel zones within each wellfield. In addition, a program for
protection of the City’s groundwater resources was prepared and adopted as part of the Plan.
Finding #6. The proposed wellfield time of travel zone amendments do not change the protections
found in the Drinking Water Protection Plan for groundwater resources. The amendments simply
update and apply the appropriate groundwater protections already found in the Plan. No groundwater
resources are removed from the protection of the Plan.
Finding #7. A “DLCD Notice Proposed Amendment” was mailed to the Department of Land
Conservation and Development on December 12, 2008, alerting the agency to the City’s intent to amend
the Zoning Map. The notice was mailed more than 45 days in advance of the first evidentiary hearing as
required by ORS 197.610.
Finding #8. The proposed Drinking Water Protection Area Map amendment is property specific,
affecting a limited number of commercial and industrial businesses and industrial developments. It is
being processed as a quasi-judicial action. As such, mailed property owner and resident notifications
have been made as required for quasi-judicial land use actions.
Finding #9. Mailed notice of public hearings concerning the proposed Drinking Water Protection Area
Amendments was sent out on January 23, 2009 to affected property owners and residents. The mailing
allowed more than 20 days notice before the first public hearing as required by Section 5.2-115 A of the
SDC. A second mailing was sent out on January 29, 2009 to provide additional information about the
proposal and to provide a map that was inadvertently left out of the first mailing.
Finding #10. Notice of the public hearing concerning this matter was published on January 27, 2009 in
the Register Guard, advertising the hearing before the Planning Commission on February 18, 2008. The
content of the notice followed the direction given in Section 5.2-115 B of the SDC for quasi-judicial
actions.
Conclusion:
Procedural requirements described in Sections 5.2-115 and 5.22-110 of the SDC have been followed.
The notice to DLCD, as required by ORS 197.610 and OAR 660-18-0020 for amendments to the zoning
map have been also been followed.
IV. Decision Criteria and Findings
Section 5.22-115 of the SDC describes the criteria to be used in approving a quasi-judicial zoning map
amendment. It states that in reaching a decision, the Planning Commission must adopt findings which
demonstrate that the proposed amendment show:
“1) Consistency with applicable Metro Plan policies and the Metro Plan diagram;
2) Consistency with applicable Refinement Plans, Plan District maps, Conceptual Development Plans and
functional plans; and
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3) The property is presently provided with adequate public facilities, services and transportation
networks to support the use, or these facilities, services and transportation networks are planned to be
provided concurrently with the development of the property.”
Approval of the Springfield Drinking Water Protection Plan and the wellhead delineations that are part
of the plan, are certified by the state. As such, certification represents another criterion that should be
considered when evaluating the proposed amendment to the Drinking Water Protection Area Map.
OAR 333-061-0157 (2) requires the delineation of time of travel zones as part of a state certified
drinking water protection program. In addition, the groundwater delineations which serve as a basis for
the time of travel zones must be certified by the Oregon Public Health Division in order for the Drinking
Water Protection Plan to be certified by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (OAR 340-
040-0180).
The section below analyzes the proposed Drinking Water Protection Area Map amendments against the
applicable decision criteria.
Criterion #1: “Consistency with applicable Metro Plan policies and the Metro Plan diagram;”
Finding #11. Statewide Planning Goal 5 (OAR 660-023-0140) requires cities with a population
exceeding 10,000 people that rely on groundwater as the primary source of drinking water, to inventory
and protect significant groundwater resources. In response to this mandate, and to fulfill the
Metro Plan Periodic Review Work Program, the City prepared and adopted the Springfield Drinking
Water Protection Plan in May 1999. The plan was prepared in collaboration with the Springfield Utility
Board which manages wellfield production and the distribution of clean water throughout the city.
Finding #12. Policy G.10 (pg. III-G-6) of the Metro Plan states “Continue to take positive steps to
protect groundwater supplies. The cities, county and other service providers shall manage land use and
public facilities for groundwater related benefits through the implementation of the Springfield Drinking
Water Protection Plan and other wellhead protection plans. Management practices instituted to protect
groundwater shall be coordinated among the City of Springfield, City of Eugene, and Lane County.”
Finding #13. The proposed map amendment to the Drinking Water Protection Area Map updates the
Springfield Drinking Water Protection Plan to include new data regarding the hydrology of the
Willamette Wellfield. The proposed map update better implements the Plan by more accurately
delineating the time of travel zones within the wellfield.
Finding #14. The presentation of the proposed map amendment for approval by the Hearings Official
and by Lane County will assure that the protections of the Springfield Drinking Water Protection Plan are
evenly applied in a coordinated fashion both inside and outside of the Springfield’s regulatory
jurisdiction.
Finding #15. The proposed Drinking Water Protection Map amendment does not change the
protection policies found in the Plan.
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Conclusion
The proposed amendment to the Drinking Water Protection Area Map supports the policy intent of the
Metro Plan policies as they relate to groundwater protection and is therefore meets the stated criterion.
Criterion # 2: “Consistency with applicable Refinement Plans, Plan District maps, Conceptual
Development Plans and functional plans; and”
Finding #16. The Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Public Facilities and Services Plan (PFSP) is a
refinement plan of the Metro Plan that was adopted in December 2001. The plan provides an
assessment of Eugene and Springfield’s infrastructure capacity and lists short term and long term
projects that are needed to meet future service demands. The PFSP includes an analysis of Springfield’s
water supply and distribution system but does not contain policies or map information that is relevant
to the proposed amendment of the Drinking Water Protection Area Map.
Finding #17. The zone of contribution and the time of travel zones for the Willamette Wellfield are
outside the boundaries of Springfield’s adopted refinement plans.
Conclusion
The proposed amendment to the Drinking Water Protection Area Map is consistent with the general
planning purposes of the Eugene-Springfield Public Facilities and Services Plan, and does not affect the
facility analysis or the project lists shown in the plan. The proposed action meets the stated criterion.
Criterion #3: “The property is presently provided with adequate public facilities, services and
transportation networks to support the use, or these facilities, services and transportation networks
are planned to be provided concurrently with the development of the property.”
Finding #18. The proposed map amendments to the Drinking Water Protection Area Map will not
affect the adequacy of public facilities serving the Willamette Wellfield.
Conclusion
This criterion does not apply to the proposed Drinking Water Protection Area Map amendment.
Criterion #4: The Oregon Department of Health requires the delineation of time of travel zones as part
of a state certified drinking water protection program (OAR 333-061-0157 (2)). In addition, the
groundwater delineations which serve as a basis for the time of travel zones must be certified by the
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (OAR 340-040-0180).
Finding #19. The proposed amendment to the Drinking Water Protection Area Map is an update of the
delineations required under OAR 333-061-0157. The updated delineations which form the basis for the
amendments to the map were certified by the state as evidenced in a letter sent to the Springfield
Utility Board, dated July 25, 2008 from the Oregon Department of Human Services, Public Health
Division, Drinking Water Program. The certification number referenced in the letter is #0002R, Version
2.
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Finding #20. The Springfield Utility Board and the Rainbow Water District, acting separately, passed
resolutions requesting that the City of Springfield amend the Drinking Water Protection Area map by
amending the Willamette Wellfield delineations to reflect the new delineation that was certified by the
state.
V. Conclusion and Recommendation of Staff
Based on the findings of staff with respect to the criteria defined in Section 5.22-115 of the Springfield
Development Code for approving a quasi-judicial zoning map amendment, staff finds that the proposed
amendment to the Drinking Water Protection Area Map is consistent with the applicable criteria and
recommend approval of the amendment. The wellhead delineations represented in the amendment
have been reviewed and certified by the appropriate state agencies.
VI. Attachments
Attachment 1: Current Drinking Water Protection Area Map
Attachment 2: Willamette Wellfield with current TOTZ
Attachment 3: Willamette Wellfield with proposed amendments to the TOTZ
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Attachment 1
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Attachment 2
Current Willamette Wellfield Delineation
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Attachment 3
Proposed Willamette Wellfield Delineation
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BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
AN AMENDMENT TO THE SPRINGFIELD (
DRINKING WATER PROTECTION AREA MAP (
Case Number: ZON2009-00002 (
FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND ORDER (
NATURE OF THE APPLICATION
To amend the Springfield Drinking Water Protection Area Map to include a new delineation of the
Willamette Wellfield in southwest Springfield. This proposal changes the “time of travel zones” (TOTZ)
for certain properties. Changes in the TOTZ may impact the allowed uses of the affected properties by
increasing regulatory controls on the use and storage of certain chemicals.
CONCLUSION
The proposed amendment to the Springfield Drinking Water Protection Area Map is presented for
approval under SDC Section 5.22-115 of the SDC describes the criteria to be used in approving a quasi-
judicial zoning map amendment.
On the basis of this record, the requested amendment to the Springfield Drinking water Protection Area
Map is found by staff to be consistent with the criteria of approval found in Section 5.22-115 the
Springfield Development Code and is recommended to the Planning Commission for approval. This
general finding is supported by the specific findings of fact and conclusion in the Staff Report that is
attached hereto.
DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
On February 18, 2008, the Springfield Planning Commission conducted a public hearing to accept
testimony and hear comments on this proposal. The Planning Commission is now ready to take action
on this proposal based upon the above recommendation and the evidence and testimony already in the
record as well as the evidence and testimony presented at this public hearing held in the matter of
amending the Springfield Drinking Water Protection Area Map.
It is the DECISION of the Planning Commission of Springfield that Journal Number ZON2009-00002, (be
approved) (be approved with conditions) (be denied) (no action be taken at this time).
This DECISION was presented to and approved by the Planning Commission on February 18, 2009.
__________________________________
Planning Commission Chairperson
ATTEST:
AYES: _____
NOES: _____
ABSENT: _____
ABSTAIN: _____