Sustainable City Year Reports 2019-20 (Silverton)
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Item Open Access Catalyzing Community Feedback and Engagement in Silverton(University of Oregon, 2020) Ruff, Josie; Mundy, DeanThe Campaign Planning class (J453) at the University of Oregon worked with the City of Silverton to develop the following public relations (PR) plan to address the City’s communication needs. The class broke into groups to come up with separate plans. The following document takes parts of each plan and combines them into one large PR plan. The PR plan’s timeline is six months and costs around $4,500, representing between 140 to 255 staff hours. For the best evaluation measures, the last month of the plan should host a community event that could appeal to most citizens. Students completed their work in early March 2020, prior to knowledge about the significant impacts of COVID-19 on daily life. Engagement during and beyond the pandemic are not explicitly addressed as part of this plan but the City may choose to adapt the work to meet future outreach needs.Item Open Access Climate Action Recommendations for the City of Silverton, Oregon(University of Oregon, 2020) Lynn, Deanna; Ko, YekangThis report compiles student work to identify strategies for the city of Silverton to mitigate their climate impact and increase their climate change resiliency. Student recommendations for mitigation and resiliency are grouped based on their topic areas: Land Use and Transportation, Buildings and Energy, Food and Agriculture, Urban Natural Resources, and Consumption and Waste. Each topic area includes specific background information; an action framework with visions, goals, strategies, and actions; a priority strategy for implementation; and a specific design recommendation. Student work on resilience, adaptation and equity is edited into one section: Adaptation and Community Resilience. The Land Use and Transportation section identifies the top goals for climate change mitigation and resiliency as: decrease single-occupancy vehicle trips, diversify housing types and implement mixed-use zoning, and electrification of city fleet and private vehicles. The priority strategy is to increase use of vanpooling and carpooling. Shifting single-occupancy commuter trips to vanpooling and carpooling can achieve significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions without a large investment in infrastructure or bus transit. The design recommendations include temporary “tactical urbanism” installations implementing wide multi-modal sidewalks to improve streets for pedestrians and bikes. The Buildings and Energy section identifies the top goals for climate change mitigation and resiliency as: increase energy efficiency in existing buildings and reduce community reliance on high-carbon energy from outside sources. Their top priority strategy is to increase energy efficiency within existing buildings in Silverton through outreach and training sessions. The Food and Agriculture section identifies the top goals for climate change mitigation and resiliency as: support sustainable and local food purchasing, increase awareness of food and climate issues, and improve the local food system with community gardening. The priority strategy is to improve food in schools by serving locally-sourced, low-carbon food. The students’ design recommendation is the design of a community garden near the senior center in Silverton. The garden will have space for community garden plots, a pavilion for community events, a demonstration garden, and a public food forest. The Urban Natural Resources section identifies the top goals for climate change mitigation and resiliency as: restore and implement ecological landscapes and protect water resources. The students’ priority strategy for implementation is to modify the water utility rate system to encourage water conservation to reduce energy and water use. Their design recommendation is a green infrastructure network of green streets and stormwater filtration interventions. Silverton asked the class to provide recommendations that support the creation of a new climate action plan. Silverton’s current energy plan is somewhat broad. It lacks specific information on Silverton’s priorities and how to implement its goals. Silverton asked students to address both climate mitigation and adaptation. The Consumption and Waste section identifies the top goals for climate change mitigation and resiliency as: reduce the amount of consumption, reduce the amount of waste, and increase composting while reducing food waste. Their priority strategy for implementation is to revise the franchise agreement with Republic Services to send waste to the landfill instead of the incinerator, and to collect food waste for composting from businesses. Their design recommendation is to create an annual recycling festival to encourage recycling while building community.Item Open Access Design Report: Stormwater Improvements(University of Oregon, 2020) Reyes, Gary; Roehrig, Gunter; Ellston, Jacob; Thomass, Eric; Salazar, Abraham; Kristof, EvanThe City of Silverton is a small rural community in Marion County approximately 12 miles northeast of Salem. The City is named after Silver Creek, which runs through town and is the primary feature of the project site radiating from YMCA’s Silverton Community Swimming Pool. The City utilizes indigenous water supply to serve community needs, with two intakes in Abiqua Creek and as well as an intake at Silver Creek adjacent to the YMCA Pool. Downtime at this intake must be minimized so as to not compromise the City’s water supply if the other intake goes down or if it is needed to fill excess demand. Silver Creek is also critical habitat for steelhead, a native migratory fish, so water quality control must be addressed and National Marine Fisheries guidelines must be considered. The main purpose of intake improvement is to increase pipe capacity 150% from two cubic feet per second (cfs) to five cfs. As the initial leg of pipe from the intake goes under the YMCA Pool parking lot, the City is taking the opportunity to update the pool parking lot up to code for pool use. The scope of the 2020.SILV.01 team’s work includes the expansion of this parking lot.Item Open Access Passive Heating Strategies for Silverton, Oregon(University of Oregon, 2020) Palmer, Sydney; Rempel, AlexandraThe city of Silverton partnered with the University of Oregon’s Sustainable City Year Program to analyze the proposed site for a new police station and city hall and propose passive heating strategies. Eight student teams analyzed the site, calculated optimal tilts for solar energy-collecting glass, determined thermal mass goals and sizes, proposed building masses and orientations, and investigated movable insulation solutions. This report explains the specific passive heating strategies that can be applied to the Silverton project and gives background on how students arrived at their recommendations. Each student group provided unique recommendations and designs for the building’s passive heating system. Recommendations include optimal siting locations, optimal glazing tilts, thermal mass considerations, and ideal moveable insulation options, among others. Incorporating passive heating into Silverton’s new police station and city hall can help the City move towards more sustainable and efficient construction modes while remaining economically feasible and people friendly.Item Open Access Pettit Lake: A New Treasure for Silverton(University of Oregon, 2020) Koonce, Elizabeth; Ribe, RobertThis report includes student work from the LA 489/589 Advanced Design Studio in fall term of 2019. This work was executed by landscape architecture students in collaboration with the city of Silverton with the goal of presenting cohesive designs for the Pettit Lake property as a public park and possible income-generating resource for the City. Site analyses of geology, hydrology, landslide risk assessment, existing park assets, soils, sunlight, acoustics, and historical vegetation are included, as well as background research on the city of Silverton; The Oregon Garden, which abuts the site; and Don Pettit, the former resident of the site. Students working in small groups developed three combined plans as well as eight individual designs. Student final projects, focusing on design goals and objectives for the site, include passive day-use parks, naturalistic campgrounds, hiking trails, funiculars, and wildlife interpretation centers. Various potential design layouts and programmatic combinations are included in this report in response to the city of Silverton’s program matrix elements. Eight distinct designs were produced, which were combined into three plans. Of key importance for Silverton community members were the retention of the site’s natural character and calm, secluded quality, while still allowing public enjoyment of the landscape. Students incorporated these objectives into their final designs.