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HomeMy WebLinkAboutApplication APPLICANT 4/7/2023City of Springfield Development & Public Works 225 Fifth Street Springfield, OR 97477 Development Initiation Meeting (DIM) Prospective Applicant Name: Laura Farthing, P.E. SPRINGFIELD �I Phone: 541-685-7000 Company: Eugene Water & Electric Board E-mail: Laura.Farthing@EWEB.org Address: 4200 Roosevelt Blvd., Eugene OR, 97402 Prospective Applicant's Rep.: Colin McArthur, AICP Phone: 541-485-7385 Company: Cameron McCarthy E-mail: cmmrthur@mmeronmccerthy.com Address: 160 E Broadway, Eugene OR, 97401 Property Owner: Eugene Water & Electric Board Phone: 541-485-7000 Company: Eugene Water & Electric Board E-mail: Address: 4200 Roosevelt Blvd., Eugene OR, 97402 ASSESSOR'S MAP NO: Multiple TAX LOT NOS : See DIM Application Statement Property Address: McVay Highway and Interstate 5 Size of Pro ert : 28.64 Acres ® Square Feet ❑ Description of If you are filling in this form by hand, please attach your proposal description to this application. Proposal: See DIM Application Statement Existing Use:Vacant # of Lots/Pa els: 5 Avg. Lot Parcel Size: N/A sf Densit : N/A du/acre Prospective Applicant: Date: Signature I aura Farthing Digitally sigi Print Date.1023. Required Project Information (City Intake Case No.: I Date: ed by Laura Farthing .0713:59:10-07'00' Staff. complete this section) Reviewed by: Application Fee: $ Technical Fee: $0 Posta a Fee: $0 TOTAL FEES: PROJECT NUMBER: Revised 07/20/22 sm1 of 4 Development Initiation Meeting Process The purpose of a Development Initiation Meeting is to give an applicant the opportunity to discuss a development proposal with the development review staff of the City. The discussion can be general or specific, depending on the details provided with the application. A Development Initiation Meeting provides information to an applicant related to the current development conditions and standards of the City. The Development Initiation Meeting is not a land use decision and does not confer any development rights, establish any conditions, or bind the applicant or the City to any course of action. The meeting conveys the status of known development opportunities and constraints. The status may change over time as development conditions or standards change. 1. Applicant Submits a Development Initiation Meeting Application • The application must conform to the Development Initiation Meeting Submittal Requirements Checklist on page 3 of this application packet. • Development Initiation Meetings are typically scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The Tuesday time slot is 11:00 am and the Thursday time slot is 1:30 pm. • We strive to conduct the Development Initiation Meetings between three to four weeks of receiving the application. • The applicant's proposal is circulated to the relevant staff and referral agencies in preparation for the meeting. 2. Applicant and the City Conduct the Development Initiation Meeting • The applicant and any design team should attend the Development Initiation Meeting. • The meeting is scheduled for one hour. • Staff attending the meeting will be prepared to discuss the issues raised in the submittal by the applicant. Other issues raised during the meeting may also be discussed. • The meeting is informal and the City will issue no staff report. Revised 07/20/22 sm2 of 4 Development Initiation Meeting Submittal Requirements Checklist ® Application Fee - Refer to the Development Code Fee Schedule for the appropriate fee calculation formula. A copy of the fee schedule is available at the Development & Public Works Department. The applicable application fees are collected at the time of complete application submittal. ® Development Initiation Meeting Application Form ® Five (5) Questions - List specific questions the applicant would like staff to answer during the meeting. So that each question may be fully evaluated, the list is limited to five questions. If more than five questions are asked or multiple part questions are presented staff may not be able to address all relevant concerns. Prioritizing the five questions is recommended. One (1) Copy and one (1) digital copy of the Proposed Plan - Suggested information valuable for staff to review the proposal is listed below. review the proposal is listed below. It is not necessary to include all these items on the site or plot plan. However, applicants are encouraged to address as many as possible given that the level of information that will be derived from the meeting is commensurate with the level of detail provided in the application. Applicants are also encouraged to include additional information on the plan as listed in the Springfield Development Code (SDC) 5.12.120, Land Divisions - Partitions & Subdivisions - Tentative Plan Submittal Requirements or 5.17.120, Site Plan Review Submittal Requirements. ® Drawn in ink on quality paper no smaller than 11"x 17" ® Scale appropriate to the area involved and sufficient to show detail of the plan and related data, such as 1" = 30', 1" = 50' or 1" = 100' ® North arrow ® Date of preparation X❑ Street address and assessor's map and tax lot number © Dimensions (in feet) and size (either square feet or acres) of the development area ® Location and size of existing and proposed utilities, including connection points © On-site drainage collection system and flow patterns, the size and location of drain lines and catch basins, dry wells, and natural drainageways to be retained © Area and dimensions of all property to be conveyed, dedicated, or reserved for common open spaces DIMs Related to Land Divisions I[41/ Approximate location, number, and dimensions of proposed lots a/ How streets in the proposal area connect with existing streets DIMs Related to Site Plan Review I[�1/ Proposed and existing buildings: location, dimensions, size (gross floor area), setbacks from property lines, distance between buildings, and height Revised 07/20/22 sm3 of 4 I[/ Area and percentage of the site proposed for buildings, structures, driveways, sidewalks, patios, and other impervious surfaces Imo/ Parking and circulation plan Revised 8/4/22 MEM CAMERON MCCARTHY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING MEMORANDUM To: City of Springfield From: Colin McArthur, ACP Date: March 20, 2023 Subject: EWES Glenwood Second Source Glenwood Refinement Plan and Springfield Development Code Amendments DIM Statement OVERVIEW The Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) is exploring the feasibility of constructing a second drinking water intake and treatment plant in Glenwood (Springfield, OR). Currently, EWEB's only source of drinking water is the McKenzie River, with an intake and treatment facility near Hayden Bridge in Springfield. Having a single potable water source presents significant risks to EWEB residential, business, and institutional water consumers from potential service disruptions due to equipment failure, hazardous spills within the river, or natural disasters. To improve resiliency, EWEB is proposing to utilize its existing water right to surface water on the Willamette River below the confluence of the Middle and Coast Forks to diversify its water supply. The proposed second source site is between McVay Highway and Interstate 5 (1-5). The proposed project includes a river intake facility, water treatment facility, and associated infrastructure. The subject site is belowthe confluence of the Middle and Coast Forks of the Willamette River in Glenwood, within the Springfield Urban Growth Boundary. The subject site comprises the following tax lots (Assessor's Map No., Tax Lot No.): 18030220,03300 18030232,03800 18030233,05100 in 18030340,00300 in 18030340,00700 The subject site is within Subarea D ofthe Glenwood Refinement Plan (GRP), adopted by the City and Lane County as a neighborhood refinement to the Metro Plan in 2012. Subsequently, the Glenwood Riverfront Mixed -Use Plan District was incorporated into the Springfield Development Code (code) as SDC 3.4-200. While the GRP and code allowcertain "low impact public utility facilities," there is no Eugene I P�rdaineeni tl cameronmccartM1y.com i,.. EWEB Glenwood Second Source Plan and Code Amendments DIM Statement March 20, 2023 provision for "high impact public utility facilities" within the subject site's Employment Mixed Use zoning district. SDC 6.1.110 includes the following definitions for low and high impact public utility facilities: "Public Utility Facility. Structures, facilities, and equipment necessary to serve development by a government, public utility, utility cooperative, or private company. (1) Lav Impact. Telephone and cable telephone lines, poles, junction boxes, exchanges and repeater stations, electric paver distribution lines (less than 69 KV) and poles sanitary sewer pipe lines, pumps or lift stations, storm sewer pipe lines, ditches and other storm -water management or water quality ponds, wetland, or swales, gas distribution pipe lines, water pipe lines, valves, well fields, pump stations and attendant facilities, water reservoirs and water storage tanks less than 300, 000 gallons or 30 feet in height, and water treatment facilities, including filtration plants, less than 2.5 million gallon capectyperday. (2) High Impact. Electric paver transmission lines (greater than 69 KV), poles and substations, gas pipe line valve stations, sanitary sewer treatment plants or effluent ponds, water reservoirs and water storage tanks greater than 300,000 gallons or 30 feet in height, water treatment facilities, including filtration plants greater than 2.5 million gallon capacity per day, fins/ambulance stations." As noted above, the proposed project includes an intake facility and water treatment and filtration facility. In accordance with SDC 3.4.250, low impact public utility facilities are permitted in the Employment Mixed Use zoning district. The definition of low impact facilities included in Table SDC 3.4.250 is different from SDC 6.1.110 above but generally consistent with the types of facilities described: "Lav impact facilities are any public or semi-public facility that is permitted subject to the design standards of this code, including, but not limited to, wastewater, stormwater management, electricity and water to serve individual homes and businesses, other utilities that have minimal olfactory, visual or auditory impacts, street lights, and fire hydrants." The proposed intake facility located on TL 3100, TL 3800, and TL 5100 is considered a low impact public facility, is consistent with the above definitions, and is permitted in the Employment Mixed Use Zoning District. The proposed water treatment facility is considered a high impact public utility facility as listed in subsection (2) above. The GRP text does not anticipate the size and type ofwater facilities proposed by EWEB. Therefore, amendments to certain GRP text and to the table for allowed uses in the code for the Glenwood Plan District are required for the project. The GRP and code amendments require approval by Springfield City Council. Plan and code amendments may be initiated by the Development and Public Works Director, the Planning Commission, the City Council, or a citizen. Following initiation and approval of the plan and code amendments, Annexation, Site Plan Review and other associated site-specific land use applications (i.e., Willamette Greenway Overlay District, Floodplain Development Overlay, and Hillside Development Overlay District) are required for the project. The applicant is proceeding with Annexation approval on a separate path. CAMERON McCARTHY Page 2 EWEB Glenwood Second Source Plan and Code Amendments DIM Statement March 20, 2023 EWEB hopes to complete preliminary design and secure approval of the required Plan and code amendments in 2023-2024; with site-specific permit approvals and completion of final design between 2024-2025, construction in 2026-2028, and having the plant operational by 2028-2029. The primary purpose of this development initiation meeting (DIM) is to discuss initiation of the plan and code amendments and to confirm the scope of those amendments. A draft of the proposed plan and code amendments in included as Attachment 1, for reference. QUESTIONS 1. SDC 5.6.105.B. states that amendment of adopted refinement plans, refinement plan diagrams and this code's text may be initiated by the Director, the Planning Commission, the City Council or a citizen. Please confirm that the applicant, EWEB, is considered a citizen for the purpose of compliance with this provision and may initiate the proposed plan and code amendments.. 2. SDC 5.6.105.0 states that citizen initiated amendments are allowed only twice each calendar year; on or before January 5^ or July S^. Are the proposed plan and code amendments subject to this provision and, if so, can they be submitted any time before July 5, 2023? 3. SDC5.6.120 states that requests for amendment to implementing documents (GRP and code) may be initiated by an individual, corporation, or public agency upon submittal of an application, supporting documentation and payment of required fees. Please confirm that the applicant, EWEB, a public agency may initiate the plan and code amendments through submittal of an application, supporting documentation, and payment of review fees. 4. Please confirm that Director, Planning Commission, or City Council initiation of the proposed plan and code amendments is not required. ATTACHMENTS Al. Proposed Amendments DRAFT A2. Conceptual Site Plan CAMERON McCARTHY Page 3 CAMERON City of Springfield From: MCCARTHY ATTACHMENT LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING MEMORANDUM To: City of Springfield From: Colin McArthur, ACP Date: March 20, 2023 Subject: EWEB Glenwood Second Source Glenwood Refinement Plan and Springfield Development Proposed Amendments DRAFT OVERVIEW The memorandum includes proposed amendments to the Glenwood Refinement Plan and the Springfield Development Code to enable the Glenwood Second Source project. The following shows existing textwith changes proposed in legislative format: Existing text = Text that exists and will remain unchanged. Underlined Text = Text proposed for addition. SErikeEpreugh-Text = Text proposed for removal. Moved Text = Text that is proposed to remain but moved to a different location. Glenwood Refinement Plan in Glenwood Refinement Plan (pg. 33— Land Use and Built Form chapter; referring to Plan/land use designations) "Employment Mixed -Use is established where office employment, educational uses and light manufacturing employment uses are intended as the primary uses with external impacts less than or equal to office uses. Limited small scale retail and service uses are also permitted if developed as an integral part of the primary employment development to provide commercial services needed by employees in close proximity to their workplace (employment -generating educational uses may be considered primary uses). Public facilities included in the adopted Eugene-Sprincrield Metropolitan Area Public Facilities and Services Plan are permitted as primary uses. Warehousing is permitted as a secondary use" • Glenwood Refinement Plan (pg. 36— Land Use and Built Form chapter; referring to Zoning classifications) Eugene I P�rdneeantl Pend o cameronumccartM1y.cm EWEB Glenwood Second Source March 20, 2023 GRP and SDC Proposed Amendments DRAFT "Employment 'Office Employment: Office Employment uses are businesses that are typically housed in office buildings where there is limited interaction between the public and the proprietor. The principal activity of these uses is associated with the performance of a range of administrative, medical, high tech, nanotechnology, green technology, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, information technology, information management, and research and development functions. Examples include, but are not limited to: call centers; corporate or regional headquarters; physicians' clinics; software development; media production; data processing services; and technical support centers. 'Light Manufacturing: Light manufacturing employment uses are businesses engaged in small scale manufacturing (predominantly from previously prepared materials) of finished products or parts, including processing, fabrication, assembly, treatment, testing, or packaging of these products. Emphasis is placed on uses that are not potentially dangerous or environmentally incompatible with office employment uses, i.e., not generating air pollution, hazardous waste, or excessive noise. These uses typically generate limited/light freight traffic, and all manufacturing and storage of materials and company vehicles are obscured from public view. Examples include, but are not limited to: manufacture of electronic instruments; specialty food processing; pharmaceutical manufacturing; research and scientific laboratories; and businesses that recycle manufactured materials for sale to the public. 'Public Facilities: Also permitted are public facilities included in the Eugene-Sprirmfeld Metropolitan Area Public Facilities and Services Plan." • Glenwood Refinement Plan (pg. 43— Land Use and Built Form chapter; referring to Sub -areas) "Subarea D thus allows, as primary uses: office employment uses; professional, technical, and scientific commercial service uses; and employment -generating education facilities. However, what predominantly distinguishes Subarea D from Subarea C (the Office Mixed -Use designated subarea described above) is the additional allowance, as a primary use, of the production, assembly, testing, and packaging functions associated with light manufacturing or technology uses that typically generate limited/light freight traffic. Another distinction from Subarea C is that Subarea D is considered appropriate for a hospital as a primary employment use (supporting medical office buildings area already considered a primary office employment use. Notwithstanding more specific discussion of public facilities in this Plan. Subarea D is the appropriate subarea to permit certain high impact public utility facilities as primary uses in the Phase 1 Glenwood Refinement Plan area. Subarea D is the most suitable area to locate such facilities due to the existence of pre-existing hiah impact Public utility facilities within Portions of Subarea D and Proximity to other industrial uses. High impact Public utility facilities located in Subarea D must be included in the Eugene- Sprino(eld Metropolitan Area Public Facilities and Services Plan." • Glenwood Refinement Plan (pg. 140— Public Facilities and Services chapter; Electric Facilities and Services section, near the end of the policy and implementation strategies subsection) 'Consider views and visual pollution in locating the any future electric substations. 'Given the unique attributes of electric substations. '' � locate any future electric substations in an industrial or employment -designated parcel outside the boundary of the Phase 1 Glenwood Riverfront. CAMERON McCARTHY Page 2 EWES Glenwood Second Source GRP and SDC Proposed Amendments DRAFT March 20, 2023 • Glenwood Refinement Plan (pg. 141 — Public Facilities and Services chapter; Water Facilities and Services section, before System Capacity subsection) "In 2014 EWEB transferred location of a water riaht on the Willamette River from its headquarters area to an area belowthe confluence of the Middle and Coast Forks of the WIlamette River, abutting Subarea D within the Phase 1 refinement plan. To provide redundancy, safety and resiliency for its water customers. EWEB seeks to develop in Subarea D a second water source from the Willamette River, with an intake, water treatment facilities and associated improvements. Existing and/or newly developed water transmission mains would extend from the treatment facilities to EWEB's existing 45" transmission line west of Interstate 5" • Glenwood Refinement Plan (pg. 143— Public Facilities and Services chapter; after Utility Placement & Adverse Visual and Walkability Impacts' "Similar to electric services, water services infrastructure is an essential part of development, but it can be a source of adverse visual impact and its placement can affect the walkability of the neighborhood in which it is located. Water mains and water service laterals are placed underground. However, SUB requires the placement ofwater apparatus, such as water meters and backflow prevention devices, above -ground due to Oregon Health Division rules regarding flooding and draining. Thus, the placement ofwater utilities in the Glenwood Riverfront, both in the public right-of-way and on private property, should be coordinated with SUB to ensure that the character of the neighborhoods and streetscape envisioned for the Glenwood Rivertront are achieved as development or redevelopment occur. EWEB's planned water intake and treatment facilities should also be sited and developed to minimize visual impact and allow for extension of the planned riverfront Pathway system. Objective: Minimize the impact ofwater facilities on the visual environment and pedestrian paths of travel as new development or redevelopment occur in the Glenwood Rivertront. Policies & Implementation Strategies: 'Coordinate with SUB and EWEB to develop criteria for locating and obscuring water facilities that consider visual, auditory, health and environmental impacts; pedestrian mobility; operational ease; and initial costs and maintenance costs in association with proposed development in the Glenwood Rivertront. 'Consider views, visual pollution, and pedestrian mobility in locating and obscuring water meters, backflow prevention devices, and other above -grade water apparatus. 'Locate or relocate water lines in coordination with proposed streets, driveways, accessways, and paths. 'Coordinate the routing or re-routing of service lines and above -grade water apparatus with private developers to minimize potential detrimental effects on the layout of new development/redevelopment. 'Locate above -grade water apparatus including, but not limited to water meters and backflow prevention devices, outside of pedestrian routes, such as sidewalks, crosswalks, and building entrances; and utilize landscaping and public art to make these facilities as unobtrusive as possible on the public realm/streetscape. 'Consider views. design features, landscaoina. screenina. and routing/access for a future multi -use riverfront oath in locating, designing and developing EWEB water intake and transmission facilities below grade, and associated above -grade water pump and treatment facilities identified in the Eugene -Springfield Metropolitan Area Public Facilities and Services Plan in Subarea D." Springfield Development Code CAMERON McCARTHY Page 3 EWES Glenwood Second Source GRP and SDC Proposed Amendments DRAFT March 20, 2023 • Springfield Development Code (SDC 3.4-245.B. Establishment of Base Zoning Districts; pg. 211) A. Employment Mixed -Use. Subarea D provides for office employment and light manufacturing employment uses with limited external impacts; that have riverfront views and points of access to the Willamette River; and that helps meet an identified need for employment land in Springfield. In Subarea D: a. Primary uses are permitted either as stand-alone uses or within a mixed-use building: office employment uses; professional, technical and scientific commercial service uses; educational facilities; production, assembly, testing, and packaging functions associated with light manufacturing or technology uses; high impact Public utility facilities identified in the Eugene- Sodno(eld Metr000litan Area Public Facilities and Services Plan; and a hospital" • Springfield Development Code (SDC 3.4-250 Schedule of Use Categories; pg. 215) "3.4-250 Schedule of Use Categories Categories/Uses RMU CMU OMU EMU Public Utilities and Other Public Uses Maximum Number of Required Spaces Employment Low impact facilities that are any public or semi-public facility that is permitted subject to the design standards of this Code, including, but not limited to, wastewater; stormwater management; electricity and water to serve individual homes and businesses; other utilities that have minimal olfactory, visual or auditory impacts; street lights; and fire hydrants. P P P P High impact public utility facilities identified in the Eugene-Springfeld N N N P Metr000litan Area Public Facilities and Services Plan (1) 1 per 350 sr gra Public uses, including, but not limited to, fire and police stations. N N P N Wireless Telecommunications Systems Facilities.... I P P P P Note: (1) Water source intake, pumping, treatment and transmission facilities are permitted in Subarea D as high impact public utility facilities. Electric transmission facilities are permitted, but electric substations are prohibited in Subarea D as high impact public utility facilities. • Springfield Development Code (SDC 3.4-270 Public and Private Development Standards, subsection G. Vehicle/Bicycle Parking and Loading Standards; pg. 222-17) Vehicle Parking Standards Table 3.4-1 Use Category Use Sub -Category Maximum Number of Required Spaces Employment Hospital 1 per each 200 sf gfa or 1.5/bed Light Manufacturing (2) 1 per 550 sr gfa plus 1/company owned vehicle Light Manufacturing Storage (2) 1 per 1650 sr gfa plus 1/company owned vehicle Office Employment 1 per 350 sr gra CAMERON McCARTHY Page EWEB Glenwood Second Source GRP and SDC Proposed Amendments DRAFT March 20, 2023 Notes: (3) Public Facilities identified in the Eugene-Sprirmfeld Metropolitan Area Public Facilities and Services Plan. Surface parkins for must be located behind buildinas or otherwise screened. CAMERON McCARTHY Pages Educational Facilities To be determined by a parking study that considers number of employees, students, and hours of operation Warehousing (2) 1 per FTE on largest shift plus 11company owned vehicle Public Facilities (3) To be determined by a parking study that considers the number of employees, visitors, and operational needs Notes: (3) Public Facilities identified in the Eugene-Sprirmfeld Metropolitan Area Public Facilities and Services Plan. Surface parkins for must be located behind buildinas or otherwise screened. CAMERON McCARTHY Pages