HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2021-31 09/07/2021 CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, OREGON
RESOLUTION NO. 2021-31
A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF A GRANT APPLICATION SEEKING PLANNING ASSISTANCE
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT TO AMEND THE
PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES PLAN (PFSP), A REFINEMENT PLAN OF THE EUGENE-
SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA GENERAL PLAN (METRO PLAN).
WHEREAS, the 2021 Oregon legislature appropriated funds to the Department of Land Conservation
(DLCD) for the purpose of providing planning assistance to local governments for housing-related
planning projects, referred to as"housing implementation plans";
WHEREAS, capacity-improving infrastructure planning qualifies as a "housing implementation plan";
WHEREAS, ORS 197.712 (2)(e) requires cities to"develop and adopt public facilityplan for areas
within an urban growth boundary containing a population greater than 2,500 persons The public
fadlity plan shall include rough cost estimates for public projects needed to,pro vide sewer, water and
transportation for the land uses contemplated in the comprehensive plan and land use regulations";
WHEREAS, the City of Springfield currently relies on the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Public
Facilities and Services (PFSP) to provide guidance for planned water, wastewater, stormwater, and
electrical facilities to serve planned land uses within the Metro Plan boundary;
WHEREAS, the PFSP is a refinement plan of the Metro Plan that contains the project lists, maps,
estimated costs and timing for significant water, stormwater, sewer, and electric infrastructure. As
significant new infrastructure projects are identified, the PFSP must be amended to show these
projects;
WHEREAS, the City of Springfield completed a Glenwood Stormwater Conceptual Design that
identifies the need for an additional stormwater outfall to the Willamette River to handle the
stormwater from development in the Riverfront area north of Franklin Boulevard in Glenwood;
WHEREAS, the Springfield Utility Board and Rainbow Water District plan to adopt an updated Water
Master Plan this fall that identifies new projects needed to serve planned land uses within the urban
growth boundary;
WHEREAS, the PFSP maps and project lists must be updated to include the stormwater outfall, water
system projects and to provide the legal basis to rely on those projects to support planned
development, including 34 acres of Residential Mixed Use (Glenwood) and 14 acres of Commercial
Mixed Use (Glenwood) both of which allow high density residential development critical to meeting
Springfield's housing demand;
WHEREAS, the PFSP maps and project lists should also be updated to remove completed projects;
WHEREAS, the amendments to the PFSP need to be coordinated with Eugene and Lane County and
LCOG is well positioned to coordinate all the amendments needed and then maintain the document
over time as it does for the Metro Plan through an intergovernmental agreement with the Cities of
Eugene and Springfield and Lane County; and
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WHEREAS, the City does not have sufficient staff resources to prepare and process the PFSP
amendments on our own and planning assistance from DLCD would provide the funding for Lane
Council of Governments (LCOG) to manage and complete this necessary project,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD:
Section 1: The City Council supports undertaking a Project to amend the PFSP and supports
LCOG's application to DLCD for Planning Assistance (Housing) to help fund this Project.
Section 2: The Development and Public Works Department staff will provide in-kind match
support for this project.
Section 3: This Resolution will take effect upon adoption by the Council.
ADOPTED by the Common Council of the City of Springfield this 7t" day of September, 2021, by
a vote of 4 for and 0 against. (2 absent - Stoehr/Pitts)
ATTEST:
City Recorder
REVIEV*ED&APPROVED
AS TO FORM
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DATE:
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Resolution No.2021-31