METRO POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING RECORD

March 12, 2003 – 5:00 p.m.

Metro Regional Center, Council Chambers

Committee Members Present: Charles Becker, Larry Cooper, Paul Curcio, Nathalie Darcy, Rob Drake, Andy Duyck, Eugene Grant, Dave Fuller, Bernie Giusto, Ed Gronke, John Hartsock, Tom Hughes, Lisa Naito, Doug Neeley, Cheryl Perrin

Alternates Present: Jim Griffith, Jack Hoffman, Karen McKinney

Also Present: Michael Babbitt, West Linn Planning Commission; Hal Bergsma, City of Beaverton; Beverly Bookin, Columbia Corridor Assoc.; Al Burns, Portland Planning; Brian Campbell, Port of Portland; Cindy Catto, AGC; Brent Curtis, Washington County; Kay Durtschi, MCCI; Elissa Gertler, PDC; Stacy Hopkins, City of Tualatin; Holly Iburg, Newland Communities; Gil Kelly, City of Portland; Norm King, City of West Linn; Jim Labbe, Audubon Society of Portland; Rebecca Ocken, City of Gresham; Pat Ribellia, City of Hillsboro; Julie Reilly, Tualatin Hills Park & Rec.; Amy Scheckla-Cox, Cornelius Councilor; Terry Vanderkooy, City of Gresham;

Metro Elected Officials Present: Liaisons – David Bragdon, Council President; Brian Newman, Council District 2; Rod Park, Council District 1. Other: Carl Hosticka, Council District 3; Susan McLain, Council District 4.

Metro Staff Present: Kim Bardes, Dick Benner, Dan Cooper, Andy Cotugno, Lydia Neill, Mark Turpel, and Mary Weber.

1.  INTRODUCTIONS

Tom Hughes, Mayor of Hillsboro and MPAC Chair, called the meeting to order at 5:05.m. Those present introduced themselves.

2.  ANNOUNCEMENTS

There were no announcements.

3.  CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONS

There was none.

4.  CONSENT AGENDA

Meeting Summary for February 26, 2003.

5.  COUNCIL UPDATE

Council President Bragdon said that the Council had had a lot of discussion on Task 3 and the Goal 5/Regional Fish & Wildlife information, which was already on the MPAC agenda for the evening.

6.  PERIODIC REVIEW – TASK 3

Andy Cotugno gave an introduction of where Task 3 Periodic Review currently stood. He asked the MPAC members to reach a resolution to pass along to Council by the end of the March 26^th meeting.

Lydia Neill went over the materials from the packet that are attached and form a part of this record.

Lisa Naito suggested that Lydia Neill contact Susan Muir as she had done work on agricultural land.

Lydia Neill said that they had been talking about setting up a subcommittee for the event and that Ms. Muir would be a good person to invite. She said that two groups were working on the third task of Regional Economic Development Strategy: Regional Economic Development Partners and the Metropolitan Economic Policy Task Force.

Chair Hughes said that Dr. Ethan Seltzer would be invited to review for the members what the Metropolitan Economic Policy Task Force had accomplished thus far at the March 26^th meeting.

Jack Hoffman asked for the time frame on that work.

Ms. Neill said that the Metropolitan group was scheduled to have a product by June, otherwise the work would continue into next year.

Jack Hoffman asked how that related to the conflicts with agriculture.

Ms. Neill said that they were two separate issues that needed to be dealt with in a cohesive manner. The Economic group was focused toward traditional industry rather than agricultural industry. These components needed to be addressed together so that both interests would be represented.

Ed Gronke wanted to know when Subtask 6 would begin.

Lydia Neill said that there was a formal Public Involvement Program that would not go into effect until next March. She said she expected outreach throughout the process, but the formal version of public rollout would start next spring.

Chair Hughes said that it should now go to MTAC and then come back to MPAC at next meeting and then on to Council on March 27^th.

7.  REGIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE, FLOWCHART AND MILESTONES

Councilor Hosticka and Andy Cotugno reviewed materials presented in the packet, which are attached and form a part of this record.

Rob Drake wanted to make sure there was an adequate and understandable notice for the public and that they would have an opportunity to provide input.

Andy Cotugno said that there would be another mass mailing when step 14 and 15 on the Metro ESEE Analysis Flowchart was reached. That was an optional notice.

Councilor Hosticka said they hoped to have a formal decision on the ESEE analysis sometime in the spring of 2004.

Larry Cooper asked about corrections to the maps.

Andy Cotugno said staff had been making factual technical corrections on the maps on a continuous basis. The items that remained were value judgments that would be resolved after additional information about the economic, social, environmetal, and energy consequences were estimated and discussed.

Councilor Hosticka passed out two sheets, Alternative Futures for Setting Performance Standards for Environmental and Economic Values, which are attached and forms a part of this record. He continued his presentation.

Lisa Naito said that the economic values would not necessarily be touched by what MPAC decided to do about the environmental values. Many people seemed to feel that there was no connection between the two.

Councilor Hosticka said that they were forced to look at connections, and that was also true for the social consequences.

Lisa Naito said that the chart suggested that there was a larger, cumulative impact.

Councilor Hosticka said that there was another question that had come up often – do different sites have different standards applied to them?

Andy Cotugno said that the conditions might require a higher goal to be set in some areas.

Eugene Grant said that the cost of infrastructure to support development for some of the land that was recently brought into the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) was daunting.

8.  TUALATIN BASIN GOAL 5 APPROACH

Brent Curtis reviewed the materials in the packet pertaining to the Tualatin Basin Goal 5 Approach, which is attached and forms a part of this record. He said that there was a National Wildlife refuge north of Sherwood, but outside the UGB. There had been a lot of work by local communities, the county, Metro, the state, and the federal government to protect this land and increase the refuge. There was a lot of property under control of the refuge right now, and there was more that could be added to it. The basin study covered both inside and outside the boundary.

There being no further business, Chair Hughes adjourned the meeting at 6:40 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Kim Bardes

MPAC Coordinator

ATTACHMENTS TO THE RECORD FOR MARCH 12, 2003

The following have been included as part of the official public record: