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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPacket, DRC PLANNER 8/17/2021AGENDA DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT 225 FIFTH STREET Conference Room 616/ MS Teams StaffReview.' Tuesday, August 31, 2021 &15— 9;OO a m, 1. Site Plan Mod Major 811-21-000168-TYP2 Springfield Public Schools Assessor's Map: 17-03-26-34 TL: 6200 Address: 326 Centennial Blvd. Existing Use: Hamlin MS baseball fields Applicant submitted plans to rebuild existing baseball field with artificial turf. Planner: Andy Limbird Meeting: Tuesday, August 31, 2021 8:15-9:00 virtual meeting via Microsoft Teams 2. Discretionary Use 811-21-000169-TYP3 Springfield Public Schools Assessor's Map: 17-03-26-34 TL: 6200 Address: 326 Centennial Blvd. Existing Use: Hamlin MS baseball fields Applicant submitted plans to rebuild existing baseball field with artificial turf. Planner: Andy Limbird Meeting: Tuesday, August 31, 2021 8:15-9:00 virtual meeting via Microsoft Teams The Complete DRC Packet for this meeting is available online for you to review or print out from the laserfiche website: htto://www.si)ringfield-or.gov/weblink8/browse.asi)x 'City of Springfield Development & Public Works 225 Fifth Street Springfield, OR 97477 Site Plan Review ISPRINGFI� Application Type (Applicant: check Site Plan Review Pre -Submittal: ] Major Site Plan Modification Pre -Submittal • ❑ Site Plan Review Submittal: ❑X Major Site Plan Modification Submittal: Required Project Information (Applicant., complete this section) Applicant Name: Brett Yancey Phone: ❑ Company: Springfield School District Ema1l:bdtLyanwy@spnngfiek1.kl2.onu Address: 640 A Street, Springfield, OR 97477 Applicant's Re .:Anthony J. Favreau Phone: 541-683-7048 Com n :The Favreau Group, LLC Email: fav*eaugroup@msn.wm Address -3750 Norwich Ave., Eugene, OR 97408 Property Owner: Same as applicant Phone: Company; Email: Address: ASSESSOR'S MAP NO:17-03-26-34 TAX LOT NOS :6200 Property Address: _ Size of Property: 3.8 Acres Elsquare Feet [I, Proposed No. of r acre: 0 Proposed Name of Project: Hamlin School Baseball Field Description of If you arc filling in this form by hand, please attach your propesal description to this application. Proposal; Rebuild existing baseball field with artifcal turf Existing Use: Hamlin School Baseball Field New Impervious Surface Coverage (Including Bldg. Gross Floor Area): 14,000 sf Si natures: Please si n and printyour name and date in the approUriate Required Project Information (City Intake Staff., Associated Applications: box on the next complete this section) Signs: a e. Pre -Sub Case No.: Date: Reviewed by: Case No.: Date: Reviewed by: Application Fee: $ Technical Fee: $ Posta a Fee: $ TOTAL FEES: $ PROJECT NUMBER: Revised 1/7/14 KL 1 of 11 June 10, 2021 Assessor's Map: 17-03-26-34 Tax Lot 6200 NARRATIVE Applicant: Springfield School District 640 A Street Springfield, OR Brett Yancey Applicant's Representative: The Favreau Group 3750 Norwich Ave. Eugene, OR 97408 541-683-7048 Atm: Anthony Favreau LAND USE REQUEST The applicant is seeking approval of the reconstruction of the existing baseball field and adjacent walks on the subject site. SITE AND SURROUNDING CHARACTERISTICS The subject site currently is a natural turf baseball field with dugouts and concrete walks. This proposal is to replace the existing natural turf on the baseball field with artificial turf, along with adding bleachers, new dugouts and concrete picnic areas adjacent to the baseball field. No increase in stormwater runoff is anticipated. In fact, the open rock under the artificial turf will add about 46,000 cubic feet of additional stormwater storage in the event the current drainage system backs up. SITE PLAN APPROVAL The applicant is seeking an approval of this baseball field and adjacent walks reconstruction. The total area of disturbance is about 140,000 square feet. The site will be landscaped with natural lawn in the disturbed areas outside of the baseball field. The proposed development is compatible with the surrounding developments because the site will remain a baseball field. There will be no hazardous materials stored on site as a part of this reconstruction SANDOWENGINEERING 160 MADISON STREET, SUITE A - EUGENE, OREGON 97402 - 541.513.3376 TECH MEMO DATE: July 12, 2021 TO: Michael Springfield ld _ /�/ 77 s— City of Springfield IIC�Lh FO— !Sr - C FROM: Kelly Sandow P. E. Sandow Engineering RENEWAL 06/30/22 RE: Springfield Baseball Project at Hamlin Middle School Parking Plan The existing west baseball field at Hamlin Middle School is undergoing a renovation to upgrade the facilities for use by the newly formed Bushnell University and Springfield Drifters baseball teams. As part of the stadium upgrade, there will be an expansion of the seating capacity to 1,900 spectators. In general, the regular season athletic events will operate at significantly lower spectator levels than the fixed seating capacity, events with higher attendance levels will occur infrequently, and at -capacity attendance events will seldomly occur. The following provides a parking demand management plan for regular -season games and higher attendance games at the new stadium. Use Characteristics The stadium will be the home field forthe Bushnell University baseball team, the Springfield Drifters, the Springfield Timbers, Springfield High School baseball team and will be used by other community baseball teams. Bushnell University's regular season will be played from February to May. Games are played on both weekdays and weekends, with start times typically in the afternoon on the weekdays and mornings on the weekends. These games could have overlap with parking demand from other school events. However, the attendance at these events is not anticipated to use all available parking on-site. The Springfield Drifters regular season will be played from June through August. Games are played on both weekdays and weekends, with start times typically at 7:00 PM. The Springfield Drifters has an agreement with the Springfield School district that during game days, there will be no other events on-site, and the parking lots, both baseball fields, and the track will be exclusively used by the Drifters. There will be no other events on-site that will compete with the available on-site parking. From: Kelly Sandow PE RE: TDM -Hamlin Baseball Date: 7.12.21 Page 2 The Springfield Timbers regular season is played in June and July. Games are played on weekends and weekdays, with typical games times at 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM. Attendance Levels The Springfield Drifters, in general, have the highest attendance levels for regular -season games than the other users. As there is no historical attendance data for the Springfield Drifters and Bushnell University, the attendance to the regular season games is estimated using average attendance levels for nearby baseball teams with similar attendance areas and league characteristics. Springfield Timbers are currently using the adjacent facility and have a history of use at the site. Therefore, the attendance levels for Timbers games have been provided via actual attendance data. Table 1 illustrates the average attendance levels for the teams of the Eugene Challengers, Springfield Timbers, and West Coast League teams similar to the Springfield Drifters. TABLE 1: SIMILAR TEAM ATHLETIC EVENTS ATTENDANCE Average Team Location Attendance Eugene Challengers _ Eugene, Or 100-300 Springfield Timbers Springfield, Or 50-200 West Coast League Similar Size Cities 200-700 The estimated attendance levels for regular -season games for the Drifters, Bushnell University, and the Timbers are shown in Table 2. TABLE 2: HAMLIN BASEBALL STADIUM REGULAR -SEASON GAME ATTENDANCE Average Team Attendance Springfield Timbers 50-200 Bushnell University Ll100-200 Springfield Drifters 200-600 Parking Management Plan Hamlin Middle School has 238 parking spaces available on-site for games (see Figure 1). It is estimated that, on average, there will be 3 spectators per vehicle for games at this site. Therefore, 714 spectators can be accommodated within the on-site parking. Spectator levels above 700 will need additional accommodations to facilitate the parking demand. Table 3 provides the estimated parking demand. From: Kelly Sandow PE RE: TDM -Hamlin Baseball Date: 7.12.21 Page 3 TABLE 3: HAMLIN BASEBALL STADIUM REGULAR -SEASON PARKING DEMAND Team Springfield Timbers Bushnell University Springfield Drifters II *players are typically bussed in for these teams Average Parking Parking Attendance Demand Demand Total Spectators Staff/Players Demand 50-200 20-70 25 45-95 100-200 35-70 10* 45-80 200-800 70-270 10* 80-280 The parking demand will typically be the highest for the Springfield Drifters. The following parking plan has been developed to facilitate the parking demand during events at the stadium based on estimated spectator levels. 0-700 Spectators Regular season games will generally have spectator levels below 700. At this level, the parking can be accommodated on-site. There are no special accommodations needed. It is recommended that the stadium manager encourage the use of the adjacent LTD/EMX transit routes. The parking demand plan is assuming that the parking lots will be exclusively used for the baseball games. As stated previously, the Springfield Drifters will have exclusive use of the parking lots during games and will have the highest parking demand. The Springfield Timbers typically have a demand for up to 92 vehicles. There are generally no parking demand conflicts on-site during the Timbers games as the games are held outside of the school year. Bushnell University is anticipated to have a parking demand of 45-80 vehicles. It is recommended that on game days that occur during weekdays during the school year that the parking lot directly to the south of the stadium be reserved to ensure available parking for spectators. 700-900 Spectators Events at this spectator level will occur infrequently. The total parking demand at this spectator level is 230-300 vehicles. There will be the need to find parking for 62 additional vehicles at this spectator level. There is parking at an adjacent lot that could be leased and used for parking that exceeds the on-site capacity. Across the street on N 511 St, there are 67 spaces (201 spectators) at the Community of Faith Church. There is relatively direct walking access from the church to the ballpark. The walking distance from this lot to the field is approximately 975 feet, with a high visibility crossing across 5`^ St and sidewalks the entire walkway (Figure 2). 900-1900 Spectators At levels over 900 spectators, there is the need to park 300-635 vehicles. Options for additional parking are the grass lot at the SE corner of the site and Springfield High School (SHS). Springfield High School is located within a half -mile walking distance. There are sidewalks and signalized street crossings between the ballpark and the parking lots at SHS From: Kelly Sandow PE RE: TDM -Hamlin Baseball Date: 7.12.21 Page 4 (Figure 3). The 350 parking spaces are sufficient parking to facilitate the parking needed at this spectator level. The following provides TDM measures for events with more than 900 spectators. o Use Community of Faith Church or other lots (67 spaces) o Open up overflow parking at the grass lot on the southeast corner of the site (180 estimated spaces) o Use parking at Springfield High School (350 spaces) o Promote the use of EMX and the station located adjacent to the site o Promote bicycling and walking At capacity events will occur very infrequently and have the possibility of unique characteristics (Le, lots of out-of-town guests staying at hotels) that should be managed specifically for the event type. 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