HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/09/1995 Work Session (2)
City of Springfield
Joint Work Session Meeting
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MINUTES OF THE JOINT WORK SESSION
BETWEEN THE SPRINGFIELD CITY COUNCIL,
PLANNING COMMISSION AND
MAYOR'S HOUSING TASK FORCE
HELD MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1995
The Springfield City Council met in a joint Work Session with the Planning Commission
and Mayor's Housing Task Force at Springfield City Hall, Library Meeting Room, 225
Fifth Street, Springfield, Oregon, on Monday, October 9, 1995, at 7:20 p.m. with Mayor
Morrisette presiding.
Present were Mayor Morrisette and Councilors Beyer, Dahlquist, Maine, and Shaver.
Councilor Burge was absent (excused).
Prese~t from the Planning Commission were Randy Harvey, Lynda Raybould and Anne
Ballew. Commission members Jeff Cole and Don Lutes were absent (excused) and
Shari Hiatt was absent (unexcused).
Present from the Mayor's Housing Task Force were Gary Cornelius, Blake Hastings,
Terry McDonald, Thomas Miller, Artemio Paz, AI Pierce, Terry Travess and John .
VanLandingham. Task Force members Mark Biel, Dawn Russell and Jonathan Siegle
were absent (excused). Ainslie Krans was absent (unexcused).
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City staff present included City Manager Mike Kelly, Assistant City Manager Gino
Grimaldi, City Attorney Tim Harold, City Recorder Eileen Stein, Development Services
Director Susan Daluddung, Management Analyst Lynn Nakamura, Housing Planner
Robin Johnson and members of staff.
1. Joint Work Session Concerning Housing Density Issues of the City Council.
Planning Commission and Mayor's Housing Task Force
Development Services Director Susan Daluddung presented the staff report. She
stated the purpose of the Work Session is to enable the City Council, Planning
Commission and Mayor's Housing Task Force to jointly discuss the critical issues
regarding housing density.
Ms. Daluddung explained the planned brainstorming process and rules, and
introduced the facilitators from her staff who would lead the small discussion groups.
She indicated that there would be four discussion groups that would meet for
approximately 40 minutes to brainstorm issues related to developing standards for
high density residential developments.
After the brainstorming and presentation of group issues, Ms. Daluddung indicated
that the City Council would reconvene in a work session and provide direction to
staff regarding specific direction to continue developing and responding to the issues.
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Open Space Discussion Groups
Group A: The issues presented in this group included private versus public open
space, parking requirements, zero lot lines, parking lot design, construction
material standards, building height limits, open space exterior lighting, the
relationship of park systems development charges (SDCs) to open space
construction within an apartment complex construction.
Group B: The issues presented in this group included streetscape designs and
design issues, nodal development, evaluating the value of open space, parking
circulation patterns and parking lot landscaping, planning for pedestrian walkways
and linkages to off-site open space or employment opportunities, gated barriers,
emergency access, vehicular access to and from the complex, and alternative
transportation.
Built Space Discussion Groups
Group A: The issues presented by this group included height restrictions versus
compliance with the solar ordinance, graduated heights, storage space
requirements, lot size requirements.
Group B: The issues presented by this group included unit type, orientation, height
limitations, lot coverage requirements, setback requirements, storage space
requirements and convenience, recreational considerations and density credits.
Ms. Daluddung indicated the next part of the process would be for the Council to sort
all of the issues according the following categories:
1) Make a development code change
2) Incorporate into the residential lands study
3) For task force to study
4) Drop topic, do not address
5) Cost assesment (to be determined in the future)
The meeting was recessed at 8:58 p.m.
The meeting was reconvened at 9:06 p.m.
By consensus, it was agreed that the issues presented by the small groups would be
compiled and consolidated by staff, and then be distributed to the Council for their
review, to independently make selections as to what category each issue would fall
into.
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ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 9:10 p.m.
Minutes Recorder - Eileen Stein
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