Agenda Packet - 2021-11-08 (02)Paul Soper, Chair Buzz Chandler Steph Glazer Jay Hamachek Susan Mead Mark Puhlman Matt Schaeffer
Kathleen Wiens Benjamin Connor, Youth Kelsey Yutan, Youth Rachel Verdick, Council Liaison
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AGENDA SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD Monday, November 8, 2021 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Zoom Conference:
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Contact: Amanda Watson, Sustainability Program Manager, awatson@ci.oswego.or.us, 503-635-0291
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Members of the public are permitted to speak for up to 3 minutes during Public Comment only. Host will
mute non-Board members during remainder of meeting.
I. AGENDA
6:30 Call to Order and Roll Call
Announcements from Board and Staff
Approve Minutes
Public Comment (comment on agenda items may be deferred to discussion of that item)
6:45 Regular Business (I-Information, C-Conversation/Discussion, D-Decision, R-Recommend to Council)
II. ADJOURNMENT
ATTACHMENTS
Please note that all materials are sent electronically. Please review before meeting.
• October 18, 2021 Meeting Minutes
NEXT MEETING: DECEMBER 20, 2021. Zoom Conference, 6:30 to 8:30pm
A. Review Agenda Amanda Watson 1 min. I
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C.
City Council Update
2022 Goal Setting
Councilor Verdick
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90 min.
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SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD
Vision of a Sustainable Lake Oswego
A sustainable Lake Oswego is a community that meets the vital human needs of the present without
compromising our ability to meet future needs. This requires consideration of both long-term and short-
term effects on ecological, economic, and community systems. Operating sustainably means that we are
leaving a legacy for the community of Lake Oswego and the planet.
A sustainable Lake Oswego is a place recognized nationally as a model of livability—a unified city with a
vital downtown, a strong sense of neighborhoods, and a harmonious relationship with the natural
environment. The lives of everyone who lives, works, and conducts business in Lake Oswego are
enriched by a wide range of choices in transportation, housing, recreation, and culture. Our
infrastructure is sound, our finances stable, and our citizens and employees healthy and engaged.
SAB Mission & Duties
The mission of the Sustainability Advisory Board is to promote the economic, ecological, and quality-of-
life sustainability of our community.
The Sustainability Advisory Board shall:
a. Advise and assist the City Council in efforts to make City operations more sustainable. The
Sustainability Advisory Board is guided by the Sustainable City Principles embodied in the City’s
Sustainability Plan.
b. Assist in the development of plans and policies to enhance the sustainability of the City as a
whole.
c. Educate and engage the public in efforts to make the community of Lake Oswego, including
residents, businesses, and institutions, more sustainable.
SAB Meeting Ground Rules
We have agreed to abide by these ground rules to increase our meeting effectiveness.
1. Participate – everyone share “airtime”
2. Speak for yourself – use “I” language
3. Seek clarity:
– ask clarifying questions
– paraphrase what you hear others say
– check out your hunches
4. Be respectful:
– be on time
– come prepared
– turn off phones, pagers, and other devices
– avoid interrupting others
– don’t use inflammatory labels & judgments
5. Have fun
CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO
Sustainability Advisory Board Minutes
October 18, 2021
Call to Order / Roll Call
Kathleen Wiens called the October 18, 2021 meeting of the Sustainability Advisory Board (SAB) to order
at 6:30 p.m. over Zoom.
Members Present: Buzz Chandler, Stephanie Glazer, Jay Hamachek, Susan Mead,
Mark Puhlman, Matt Schaeffer, Anna Wallin, Kathleen Wiens,
Councilor Verdick, Kara Orvieto, Kim Roeland
Members Excused/Absent: Olivia Reinhart
Staff: Amanda Watson, Sustainability Program Manager
Public: Duke Castle, Rick Cook, Andrea Platt
Announcements from Board and Staff
Kathleen: LOSN and Oswego Lake Watershed Council’s 3rd annual tree summit is on October 30 via
Zoom, will focus on climate impacts to LO’s urban forest.
Jay is part of a group of LOSN members providing sustainability input on the Wastewater Treatment
Facility Project and shared updates. The project is at the 15% design stage. City staff project leads
presented to City Council and held a public outreach meeting last week. Sustainability related questions
are focusing on potential for capturing methane emissions, biosolids processing, and water reclamation.
Matt: LOSN’s 4th annual EV Fair at the beginning of October was very successful. Over 400 people
attended, 50 EVs, and 7 dealers, all of whom want to participate again next year.
Stephanie is a member of the City’s Middle Housing Code Advisory Committee, which has met 4 times to
discuss HB 2001 and how to implement it via City Code. Discussions incorporated diverse perspectives
and representatives from multiple City advisory boards and commissions. Councilor Verdick noted there
will be more opportunities for community members to offer their input over the next few months, and
encouraged SAB members to get to know what is being proposed and share their feedback with Council
and the Planning Commission.
Approval of Minutes
May meeting minutes were approved.
Public Comment
Duke Castle shared that LOSN will be holding a forum on Living Buildings on Nov. 17 where the
engineering firm PAE will share about the design of their new HQ in Portland. PAE designed the new
Lakeridge Middle School in LO.
Rick Cook spoke about the Rassekh Park development project, which is in the design phase. He has
concerns about the current design of the park, which is adjacent to sensitive natural areas including an
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active beaver habitat and a wildlife corridor that goes through Pecan Creek. Would prefer the parking lot
and entrance to be on the east side opening to Stafford Road rather than on the west side of the park
opening onto Atherton Drive, to reduce impacts to sensitive lands and from traffic noise and congestion.
LO Watershed Council will be partnering with Lakeridge High School students on stewardship projects at
Pecan Creek. A group he is working with in the Stafford Hamlet is inviting the four cities to come
together and discuss how the Hamlet could serve as a regional carbon sequestration zone.
Regular Business
A. Review Agenda
Stephanie Glazer reviewed the meeting agenda.
B. Introductions / Meet and Greet
SAB members introduced themselves, sharing how long they had been on the Board as members or
alternates, their areas of expertise and interests related to sustainability, and what projects and topics
they have been focusing on during their time on the SAB. Amanda Watson, the City’s Sustainability
Program Manager who started at the end of September and will serve as staff liaison to the SAB,
introduced herself.
C. City Council Update
Councilor Verdick shared that three major areas of focus for Council currently are the new Wastewater
Treatment Facility Project, middle housing implementation (HB 2001 and 2003), and community
policing. On Wednesday, Council will have a Special Meeting wrapping up the initial phase of the
community policing project, sharing learnings from the process. This will be an ongoing process and City
Council is very committed to continued evaluation of not only police but all city services to ensure the
city is addressing everyone in the community’s needs. She noted Council is also looking for public input
on Rassekh Park and how the park can work for all of the community, as well as on the new Recreation
and Aquatics Center which is also in early design stage.
D. Overview of SAB Priorities for 2021
Acknowledging that SAB meetings had been on pause since May and several new members had joined
since then, Stephanie and Kathleen led the group through a review of the SAB’s 2021 priorities and
discussion of potential new and continued areas of focus for the coming year. SAB will need to go
through a formal goal setting process for 2022 and should start that at the next meeting in November.
Stephanie walked through the SAB’s December 2020 memo to City Council that outlined the SAB’s 2021
goals:
• Advance Climate Action Planning – We are almost there on the solar goal, which originally had a
5-year time horizon.
• Promote Cleaner Air – Relating to landscaping equipment, SAB decided not to focus on a ban or
mandate, but on voluntary measures that can support and enable a transition away from gas-
powered landscaping equipment toward electric (e.g., demonstrations and/or vouchers for
electric equipment, educational engagement with homeowners and landscaping companies).
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• Advocate for EV adoption – Members of SAB and LOSN have been great champions for the EV
goal and a lot of progress has been made on outreach. Duke provided an update that EV
registration grew by over 50% last year during the pandemic; more than 1500 EVs are now
registered in LO, which is close to 5% of all EVs registered statewide. Duke and a group of SAB
and LOSN members were looking into what it would take to support EV charging at multifamily
buildings, but had a lot of difficulty accessing property managers to get their input. Property
managers were also not hearing from their tenants that they wanted charging, with the
exception of some condos. They are proposing pole -mounted EV charging in the right-of-way as
an alternative approach to increase access to charging for multifamily residents. PGE ran a pilot
in SE Portland, and the City of Melrose, MA installed a number of chargers through a
partnership with National Grid. Duke and the group would like to pilot the technology in LO.
Next step would be to do a study to understand cost and scope the relationship with PGE, then
develop a proposal to present to City Council. Amanda will connect with Duke and PGE to learn
more about their pilot. Stephanie was in favor of supporting the initiative; SAB will need to talk
about how they would want to support (e.g. a memo to Council). Stephanie also noted that a
pilot would not fully solve equity challenges related to access to EV charging; there will need to
be a critical mass of options for people to reliably access overnight charging. Amanda flagged
that the Planning Commission had as a goal for 2021 to review opportunities for policy or code
changes to support expansion of EV charging infrastructure in partnership with SAB and
Transportation Advisory Board members; she and Planning & Building Services staff will be
tracking the rulemaking process for the State’s new EV Ready Parking Standards and related
policy changes and opportunities for the advisory boards to collaborate on implementation.
• Advisory and outreach role – SAB has done a lot of public education around EVs, GPLE, and
deconstruction. Would like to hear more from the new youth members about how SAB can
assist LOSD green teams. LOSD has a new Teacher on Special Assignment for sustainability and
SAB could offer their support. Would also like to do more outreach to other Boards and
Commissions, Neighborhood Associations, etc. on areas of crossover. Still would like to update
and make better use of SAB’s website for engagement; Amanda would be the one to manage
this and will look into what content and pages can be added.
• Priority actions in SCAP – SAB had provided input to City Council on SCAP actions that should be
prioritized for the near term. There’s a lot going on for the EV adoption goal. Additional work on
addressing GPLE has been paused since earlier this year City Council awarded a multi-site right
of way landscaping contract for electric-only equipment. Improving resiliency and enhancing
climate adaptation was a big priority; SAB had lots of ideas that can be unpacked in future
meetings. Including an assessment of sustainability and climate impacts alongside financial
impacts in city decision making was another; Moody’s and other credit rating bureaus have
started looking at cities’ climate preparedness in their bond ratings so there is also a direct
financial impact if we don’t prepare. SAB would like to support EcoHome LO as needed. Amanda
said the interns did a great job of developing the program, a little more work to be done on the
website but it’s nearly there.
SAB members each shared which priorities they are currently working on and what they might like to
carry forward or add. Common areas of interest were EVs, multifamily recycling, resiliency and
preparedness for climate impacts, electric lawn equipment, reducing building demolitions (promoting
deconstruction), engagement with LOSD on sustainability in schools, protecting the urban tree canopy,
and improving connectivity and safety for walking and biking, including safe routes to school. Susan
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suggested organizing a big event around Earth Day to engage the community -- enthusiasm for this idea
and suggestions to include a repair fair, EV and electric landscape equipment demo, advertising Certified
Backyard Habitat program.
• Buzz – EVs; recycling (esp. implementation of SB 582); resiliency; exploring zoning code changes
to facilitate solar deployment
• Matt – electrification; EVs; sustainability at schools; updating SAB website
• Susan – multifamily recycling and changes to the recycling system with EPR; tree canopy;
resiliency, esp. equity aspects; Earth Day event
• Mark – implementing air quality actions in SCAP around lawn equipment electrification and
wildfire smoke; tree canopy
• Jay – Wastewater Treatment Plant project; stormwater quality and green infrastructure; lawn
equipment electrification
• Kathleen – transition away from GPLE; trees and environmental protection; reducing
demolitions
• Stephanie – tree preservation and planning for climate impacts on tree canopy; GPLE;
connectivity for walking and biking, incl. safe routes to school
• Kim – resiliency and adaptation, esp. nature-based solutions; connectivity for walking and biking
• Kara – sustainability at schools; community outreach; Earth Day event
• Anna – safe routes to school; sustainability at schools and opportunities at the intersection of
the environment and equity
Wrap Up & Adjournment
Next meeting in November will focus on goal setting for 2022. Stephanie is not available at the usual
meeting time on 11/12. All members present agreed to reschedule the November meeting to 11/8 to
ensure both co-chairs can be there.
Stephanie Glazer adjourned the meeting at 8:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Amanda Watson
Sustainability Program Manager