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PR E G or: February 12, 2018
Call to Order/Roll Call
Co-Chair Eliot Metzger called the February 12, 2018 meeting of the Sustainability Advisory Board (SAB)
to order at 6:30 p.m. in the Conference Room of the Main Fire Station, 300 B Avenue, Lake Oswego,
Oregon.
Members Present: Eliot Metzger, Stephanie Glazer, Bob Sack, Richard Canaday, Karl
Friesen, Sarah Hussion, Paul Soper, Councilor Jeff Gudman
Members Excused/Absent Karthik Sreedhar,Jonathan Payne
Staff: Jenny Slepian, Sustainability and Management Analyst
Public: Duke Castle, Olga Liao
Announcements from Board and Staff
Karl shared some observations from his trip to Australia. Australia made him feel like the United States is
far behind in comparison to the rest of the world-a lot of rainwater capture, solar, etc. Richard shared
an article about the solar cycle and how it can result in short periods of cooling. Bob signed up for an all
day program with the Street Trust on active transportation. Sarah pointed out that in Canada, every
trash can has a recycling can too. Stephanie met with FAN about the tree code.Also learned that Lake
Oswego does not require lead and asbestos testing prior to demolition.Jenny shared that she met with
Friends of Trees about the possibility of doing tree planting events in Lake Oswego. Republic Services
will also be undergoing their midterm review soon and have asked for a 10 year extension to their
franchise agreement.
Approval of Minutes
The Board unanimously approved the January 8, 2018 meeting minutes.
Public Comment
Olga asked why so many items here that have a recycle symbol on them are not actually recyclable.
Jenny explained how recycling in Lake Oswego is setup.
Regular Business
A. Review Agenda
Chair Eliot Metzger reviewed the meeting agenda.
B. City Council Update
Councilor LaMotte shared items from the latest City Council meetings:
• Flag lots approved
• Civic center design moving along
• Still looking at Parks and Rec. No decision on pool yet
• Boones Ferry-95%done on construction documents
• Short term rentals coming back for Council input
• Looking at sensitive lands in HOAs
• Karl asked if there will be renewable energy on the 3rd and B project. Not sure if that will
happen.
C. CAP Open House and Study Session
Jenny reviewed details about how the Open House on February 20 and Council Study Session on
February 27 will work.The Open House will be a free flowing event, with members of the public able to
move between sections of the plan and comment.The individuals who wrote each section will provide
input and answer questions.
The study session will not include a resolution or a vote.Jenny and Eliot will go over key parts of the
staff report and then answer questions from Councilors.
D. Plastic Bag Ban
Jenny went through the various aspects to consider for a plastic bag ban in Lake Oswego. After looking
through other city ordinances, she summarized the:
• Rationale for a ban-environmental considerations, pollution, burden on recycling and solid
waste systems
• Potential Scope of a ban-weight of bags, whether to include foam, whether to include takeout
restaurant bags, exempting SNAP or WIC customers from any charge for paper bags, retail only
or retail, restaurant, and events
• Timing- phased system- large retailers within 6 months, all retailers within 1 year
• Potential impact on businesses- most large retailers (supermarkets, drug stores) already compile
with ban in Portland. Many others already do not offer plastic (New Seasons,Trader Joes, 365).
Small retailers, particularly restaurants,would like be most impacted
• Avenues of Assistance- partner with Chamber to sell more "Shop in LO" reusable bags, setup bag
swap in city facilities and supermarkets, provide additional funding to Farmers Market for more
reusable bags
• Outreach-Consider: public forum, online polling, city council hearing. Focus on barriers and the
"guilt" factor
E. Bike Sharing
Bob Sack gave a presentation on the potential for bike sharing in Lake Oswego. Bob explained what bike
sharing is and how it works, and why it would or wouldn't work in LO. Potential challenges include low
density, older population, bike infrastructure not developed, hills, and easy parking and driving. Reasons
why bike sharing would work includes, recreational biking is popular, decent bike facilities, might
alleviate first and last mile connectivity issues.
Bike sharing can promote bike culture and the Lake Grove/Kruse Way area most promising for bike
sharing. Kruse Way area is basically a corporate campus-20 buildings owned by Shorenstein. Employees
in these buildings could ride to Kruse Village and Boones Ferry. Shorenstein has info about bike sharing
on their sustainability page.
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Looking forward, Bob suggesting doing a Feasibility Study along with surveys of employees and
businesses in the Kruse Way area.The program would likely be paid for by the City, but sponsorship
agreements can be looked into. Would likely need to setup a non-profit to contract with a bike share
vendor.The project might need to wait until after Boones Ferry project.Would need buy-in from Kruse
Way and Lake Grove businesses
Adjournment
Chair Eliot Metzger adjourned the meeting at 8:40 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Jenny Slepian
Sustainability and Management
Analyst
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