HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 13 grant application for BLI AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Meeting Date: 6/21/2021
Meeting Type:Regular Meeting
Staff Contact/Dept.:Sandy Belson/DPW
Staff Phone No:541-736-7135
Estimated Time: 5 minutes
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ITEM TITLE: GRANT APPLICATION FOR A BUILDABLE LANDS INVENTORY
ACTION
REQUESTED:
Approve/Not Approve the following resolution:
A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF A GRANT APPLICATION SEEKING
PLANNING ASSISTANCE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND
CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT A
RESIDENTIAL BUILDABLE LANDS INVENTORY
ISSUE
STATEMENT:
In 2019, the Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 2003 which requires cities over
10,000 population to study the future housing needs of their residents and to
develop strategies that encourage the production of housing their residents need. In
anticipation of funding from this year’s legislature, the Department of Land
Conservation and Development (DLCD) is accepting grant applications for
planning assistance to help communities meet the housing needs.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Resolution
DISCUSSION/
FINANCIAL
IMPACT:
On April 5, 2021, the City Council held a work session on the comprehensive
planning work program. Creating a parcel-specific comprehensive plan map on
which to base a buildable lands inventory is part of the comprehensive planning
work program but has not yet been resources to undertake this work.
The Planning Assistance Grant offered by DLCD would provide the financial boost
needed to undertake this effort and stay on track to adopt a Housing Needs Analysis
by the end of 2025. These funds could either pay for additional staffing or be used
to support work by Lane Council of Governments through an Intergovernmental
Agreement. The city would also provide match through city staff time.
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CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, OREGON
RESOLUTION NO. ___________
A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF A GRANT APPLICATION SEEKING PLANNING ASSISTANCE
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT A
RESIDENTIAL BUILDABLE LANDS INVENTORY
WHEREAS, in 2019, the legislature passed House Bill 2003 which required the Department of Land
Conservation (DLCD) to set a schedule for cities to adopt updated Housing Capacity Analysis, more
commonly known as a Housing Needs Analysis;
WHEREAS, DLCD’s update schedule (OAR 660 Division 8, Exhibit A) requires the City of Springfield to
adopt an updated Housing Needs Analysis by December of 2025;
WHEREAS, one component of a Housing Needs Analysis conducted under ORS 197.296 requires
an inventory of the supply of buildable lands within the urban growth boundary and a determination of
the housing capacity of the buildable land;
WHEREAS, the statute requires that this buildable lands inventory be based on lands planned or
zoned for residential use;
WHEREAS, the City of Springfield currently relies on the Metro Plan Diagram to establish planned land
uses,
WHEREAS, in response to ORS 197.304 which required the cities of Springfield and Eugene to
establish separate urban growth boundaries, the City of Springfield has been developing its own
Comprehensive Plan,
WHEREAS, the City of Springfield has not yet developed a Comprehensive Plan Map,
WHEREAS, the Metro Plan Diagram is a generalized map drawn at the metropolitan scale which is
intended to graphically reflect planned land uses. Since its initial adoption in 1982, the Metro Plan
Diagram designations have been transitioning to a parcel-specific diagram. As stated on p. II-G-3 of
the Metro Plan, “There is a need for continued evaluation and evolution to a parcel-specific diagram.”
WHEREAS, to provide the best information on which to base the buildable lands inventory, the City
should first create a parcel-specific Comprehensive Plan Map,
WHEREAS, the City has had the creation of a parcel-specific Comprehensive Plan map on its work
program for a decade but has not had the resources to accomplish that work,
WHEREAS, in anticipate of funding from the legislature for implementation of HB 2003, DLCD is
accepting applications from cities required to update their Housing Needs Analysis, and
WHEREAS, planning assistance from DLCD could provide funding necessary for the City to begin the
Housing Needs Analysis by first creating a parcel-specific Comprehensive Plan Map and then to conduct
a buildable lands inventory based on the plan designations shown on that Map.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD:
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Section 1: The City Council supports taking the first steps toward an updated Housing
Needs Analysis by undertaking a Project to create a parcel-specific Comprehensive Plan Map and
update the City’s residential land inventory and supports the application to DLCD for Planning
Assistance to assist with this Project.
Section 2: The Development and Public Works Community Development Division Director or
designee is authorized to apply to DLCD for Planning Assistance for the project of creating a parcel-
specific Comprehensive Plan Map and updating the residential buildable lands inventory.
Section 3: This Resolution will take effect upon adoption by the Council.
ADOPTED by the Common Council of the City of Springfield this 21st day of June, 2021, by a
vote of _____ for and ____ against.
ATTEST:
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City Recorder
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