The Springfield City Council heard from multiple attorneys at its Monday, June 1, meeting, about an annexation request intended to facilitate development of a crisis stabilization center and behavioral health hospital.
The behavioral health campus is a joint project of Lane County and PeaceHealth, which purchased adjoining lots on International Way east of Gateway Street, about a mile from PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend.
The hiccup: The land is zoned for light industrial uses, not emergency medical facilities or hospitals…