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Springfield launches yearlong plan to coordinate sewer, annexation and redevelopment
Summary
City staff proposed a yearlong program of workshops with Greene County and City Utilities to align urban service area boundaries, update annexation policy, prioritize infrastructure investments and prepare internal redevelopment tools; staff will issue a joint memo and return with policy options in about a year.
Aaron Kemper, director of the Department of Environmental Services, told the committee that city staff will lead a yearlong, regional planning effort to align urban service area growth with internal redevelopment and infrastructure priorities. Kemper said the effort will include facilitated workshops with Greene County and City Utilities and aims to return to the council in roughly 12 months with vetted policy recommendations.
"Without sewer, you can't get urbanized densities," Kemper said, arguing that sewer capacity is a primary constraint on where the city can…
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