Agenda Item - 2001-08-07 - Number 4.4.4 - 4.4.4
08/07/01
MINUTES OF JULY 10, 2001
SPECIAL MEETING
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CITY COUNCIL MORNING MEETING MINUTES
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Mayor Judie Hammerstad called the special City Council meeting to order at 7:31 a.m. on July
10, 2001, in the City Council Chambers.
Present: Mayor Hammerstad, Councilors Rohde, Schoen(left at 8:30 a.m.), Turchi,
Graham and McPeak. Councilor Hoffman was excused.
Staff Present: Doug Schmitz, City Manager; David Powell, City Attorney; Jane McGarvin,
Deputy City Recorder; Ron Bunch, Government Affairs Liaison; Bob Kincaid,
Chief of Staff
3. STUDY SESSION
• The Council considered Agenda Item 3.3, Rivergrove Sewer extension, at this time.
3.1 Sustainable Development
Ron Bunch, Government Affairs Liaison, introduced Bob Doppelt from the Center for
Urban Watershed Environment in the Mark Hatfield School of Government at Portland
State University. He mentioned that there was a lot of work being done on sustainable
development at the state and national levels, as they began to address the issues of local climate
changes, energy renewability, social equity and urban systems and urban sprawl.
Mr. Bunch presented a PowerPoint presentation relating to sustainability. He mentioned the two
things most important for cities like Lake Oswego, which sustainable development addressed:
quality of life and economics. He indicated that they had to do things differently because of the
increasing costs and underfunded urban infrastructure that they all faced.
Mr. Bunch said that today staff was asking the Council to consider entering into an
intergovernmental agreement with the Mark Hatfield School of Government, Executive
Leadership Institute, to work with the City, at a reasonable cost,to assemble a sustainability
program from the City of Lake Oswego. He emphasized that sustainability meant making a
transition towards principles and practices that worked for Lake Oswego and allowed staff to
begin to examine the City's processes and procedures to find ways of doing things that would
ensure that the City enhanced both the natural and the social capital of the community.
Mr. Bunch reviewed what was meant by `sustainable development' and `sustainable
community.' (pages 2 and 3). He commented that people were driven by the principles of self-
interest, which required maintaining a vital economy, but at the same time they had to maintain
nature's ability to function in order to absorb the wastes, recycle them and provide the renewable
resources that were necessary for life.
Mr. Bunch reviewed some unsustainable practices and conditions (page 4) in contrast to the
principles of sustainability (page 5). He noted that there was no template for sustainability; each
community had to develop its own methods for sustainability in meeting its own needs.
Mr. Bunch presented the two principles underlying the concept of sustainability: natural capital
and social capital (pages 6 and 7). He noted that people existed in a social context; without a
quality functioning social environment, man's interactions devolved into chaos. He cited Lake
Oswego's Boards and Commissions as examples of social capital growing stronger through use.
He emphasized that social capital came from the people themselves; neither governments nor
private interests could create it.
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Mr. Bunch indicated that the sixth bullet "People Being Instrumentalized (Manipulated)" should
read"People Resist Being Instrumentalized (Manipulated)." He argued that people came
together in a natural way based on the principles of self-interest; governing groups could not
form groups of people to do their bidding.
Mr. Bunch spoke to social capital as fragile because of the competing interests people had for
their emotional commitments and time. He held that for people like himself to invest their social
capital in something to benefit the civic life, it had to be worth it. He pointed out that social
capital decayed in the presence of institutional duplicity or direct assault. He emphasized that
social capital was essential for a sustainable community.
Mr. Bunch reviewed the nine elements of the architecture of sustainability (page 8). He noted
that `green the city' did not necessarily involve beautification.
Mr. Bunch reviewed the elements of quality governance (page 9). He mentioned that he
preferred the term `governance' because `government' sometimes meant `doing things right' as
opposed to `doing the right thing.'
Mr. Bunch reviewed the government problem (page 10). He explained that 'a reductionist
institutional culture' meant taking a complex problem, cutting it up finely and parceling the parts
out to each segment of an institutional culture for problem-solving but never reassembling the
parts into the whole in order to look at the problem in a holistic manner. He discussed the
solution to the government problem using sustainability (page 11).
Mr. Bunch commented that Lake Oswego has done a great deal in the past in terms of
transitional actions towards sustainability. However, they did these actions individually, and not
in the context of a holistic program. He observed that, based on his research of the
Comprehensive Plan from 1975, Lake Oswego citizens had an almost intuitive feeling about
sustainable actions. He described the Plan over the last 30 years as the community's efforts to do
sustainable actions in both natural and social capital (page 12).
Mr. Bunch stated that if Lake Oswego was serious about a sustainable program, then they
needed to undertake these initiatives in a holistic and comprehensive program. Mayor
Hammerstad commented that this was timely, given the Council's upcoming mid-year review.
Mr. Doppelt thanked Councilor Rohde for inviting him and Mr. Bunch for working with him.
He said that over the past five years he has been involved in developing policies, programs and
governance systems for sustainability. He concurred with Mr. Bunch that the issue around
sustainability was governance, and not government per se. He indicated that they started at the
state level;the Governor issued an Executive Order on sustainability.
Mr. Doppelt described a project he worked on through the League of Oregon Cities in which
representatives from 10 communities worked with the Institute to develop a possible template for
a sustainable development program, and the steps to get there for local governments. He
presented the two-part report from that study: Context and Background, and the template itself.
He mentioned that, at this point in time, four of the communities involved in developing the
template were moving towards developing sustainable development programs.
Mr. Doppelt indicated that the Institute's goal was to provide new information and assistance to
local governments with respect to sustainable development programs, as well as to train its
graduate students in sustainability. He reviewed the services offered by the Institute: facilitating
discussions, providing direct technical assistance and providing research.
Mr. Doppelt noted that cost savings was one of the key outcomes of a sustainable development
program, beginning with the low hanging fruit' of the easy steps and gradually working towards
the harder steps. He mentioned a sustainability program called"The Natural Step,"which he
pointed out was not called "The Natural Leap." He emphasized that local governments should
take their time in systematically working through the steps that would lead to sustainability.
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Mr. Doppelt said that another key outcome was the improvement of livability. He noted that the
communities that took the lead on these programs tended to end up as regional leaders with other
communities looking to them for leadership. He observed that, consequently, sustainable
development tended to provide a positive affirmation within the community for both the citizens
and the City government employees. He commented that it had the same effect in the private
sector.
Mr. Doppelt presented a series of overheads. He explained that sustainable development was
important because pollution and waste were growing in Oregon at or above the rate of population
growth and of economic growth(Oregon State of the Environment Report). He reviewed the
statistics illustrating that Oregonians were generating more waste and faster than the economy
was growing. He stated that they could not keep up with that level of generation.
Mr. Doppelt explained that waste was a surrogate indicator of the economic impacts throughout
the entire economic value chain,which meant that there was more material moving through the
state's economic system. He defined waste as 'a sign of inefficiency in the economy or in the
government or in the private firm.' He argued that waste was the resources and capital that
someone has already acquired and purchased but did not receive any benefit from.
Mr. Doppelt held that waste and inefficiency were a sign of a design failure. He argued that the
point at which people squeezed out waste and inefficiency was the point at which they also found
the cost savings.
Mr. Doppelt presented the first definition of`sustainability' devised by the Bruntland
Commission in 1987 as a compromise between a number of countries: meeting the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs. He
said that what that meant was that each generation was now responsible for the next generation.
He discussed the conclusion by some countries that if this generation was responsible for the
next one, then this generation had to solve its environmental problem in order to pass on a
healthy environment to the next generation; if the next generation messed it up again,then it was
their job to clean it up before passing it on to the next generation.
Mr. Doppelt presented a more specific definition that worked better for policy development: to
systematically eliminate inefficiencies, design flaws and toxicity. He said that toxicity generated
the waste emissions yet nature had no waste. He explained that the Institute's goal for a
community was to focus towards zero waste and zero emissions, although they might never
completely reach it.
Mr. Doppelt used the example of designing and manufacturing a chair to illustrate that 80% to
90% of the environmental impacts of production were generated or determined during the
research and development stage, and not during the manufacturing stage, which was where most
people saw the impacts. He contended that most environmental programs today focused on the
downstream end of manufacturing stage, instead of on the design stage.
Mr. Doppelt described sustainable development as trying to move upstream to the design phase,
and to design products correctly the first time or to redesign slowly but surely the established
products in order to design out the inefficiency problems. He said that the same example worked
for community design; they needed to design out the problems at the beginning because the
choices made during the design phase determined the impacts downstream.
Mr. Doppelt spoke to people no longer looking at the environment as an add-on issue; once the
product, program, or neighborhood has been constructed, the only way to mitigate the
environmental impacts was to add on something. He pointed out that a clean up or mitigation
technology was costly but it was the traditional way the United States has focused on
environmental issues. He emphasized that they wanted to transition away from `add-on' to
integrating environmental considerations into every type of decision made in an organization.
Mr. Doppelt observed that every decision the Council made today it put through a screen of
financial consideration; the idea was to add an environmental screen to the process with
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consideration of the environmental impacts of the decision. He reiterated that the addition of this
criterion did lead to significant cost savings.
Mr. Doppelt described the process as looking for opportunities to 1) reduce the flow of materials
and resources the government used, 2)use those materials more efficiently (get more from the
flow), and 3) find a way to reuse the end of life products (recirculate the flow). He suggested a
starting step for a Lake Oswego program as listing the policies, procedures and practices
currently used by the City that fit under the three categories. He indicated that Lake Oswego
would likely find that it was doing many positive things. He emphasized that the City should
promote the good things that it has already done and then look at filling the gaps.
Mr. Doppelt said that the two roles for government in taking the lead in sustainability were to
lead by example by applying sustainability practices to government operations, and to establish a
framework to help the private sector and non-profits do the same thing. He spoke of focusing on
the human built infrastructure as well as the natural infrastructure, looking for greater efficiency
and ways to shift to renewable sources of energy, water and raw materials. He mentioned greater
efficiency in land transportation issues, sustainable neighborhood and building design and
sustainable economic development.
Mr. Doppelt stated that the answer to the question of whether a government could save money
on this was yes. He recounted the example of the sustainability program that North Carolina
initiated on the state level that was saving them significant dollars in a variety of programs from
fleet vehicles to highway construction to correctional facilities to the paint plant. He emphasized
that there were practical steps that governments could take in a sustainable development program
that saved money.
Mr. Doppelt referenced the graduate student research that found 160 examples of Oregon
businesses and government organizations, in which the agencies saved money through
sustainable development practices, even though none of them had a comprehensive program. He
argued that an agency with a comprehensive program could have substantially higher cost
savings. He mentioned a report on green building practices that could save $90 million annually
in the region in energy, water and construction related costs, if it was adopted widely.
Mr. Doppelt reviewed the five questions the City should try to answer within a sustainability
program:
• What was the City's commitment to sustainability? What was it trying to achieve?
• How sustainable was the City now? (Baseline data assessment)
• How sustainable did the City want to be in the future? (Development of targets and goals)
• How did the City intend to achieve its goals? (development of a strategy and implementation
plan)
• How did the City measure sustainability? (development of indicators for documentation)
Mr. Doppelt pointed out that the Council did not need to start with its final policy; giving Mr.
Bunch the authority to move forward was enough policy to start with, as it established the
program as a priority.
Mr. Doppelt reviewed the benefits of a sustainability program: economic, environmental, and
social. He noted that it could also help improve governance.
Mayor Hammerstad pointed out that any new program had a lot of start up activity. She asked
what Mr. Doppelt's experience has been with the additional staff responsibility resulting from the
program. Mr. Doppelt said that most jurisdictions started lightly, often bringing in graduate
students to gather data or asking departments for a 'back of the envelope' assessment of their use
of energy and water resources. He recommended taking one small step at a time.
Mr. Doppelt indicated to Mayor Hammerstad that initially it was not necessary to have
someone in charge; Mr. Bunch serving as coordinator was sufficient. He pointed out that these
programs tended to take on a life of their own; people would get to the point where they might
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want a full-time person running the program. He observed that the cost savings of the program
would pay for the employee.
Councilor McPeak asked if there was a rule of thumb to assess the upfront cost increase of
using green building practices in building a new building versus the more traditional
construction. Mr. Doppelt commented that they have found that, although there could be higher
construction costs, that was not always the case. He explained that the higher construction costs
tended to focus on educating the architect in green building practices; once the firm and the
architect understood the practices, then the price came down.
Councilor McPeak asked if this worked as efficiently in remodeling a building. Mr. Doppelt
observed that remodeling was a different game, depending on how old the building was. He
indicated that they could design in renewable and sustainable building practices into a redesign.
He mentioned the issue of toxics, which were expensive to manage throughout their life cycle.
Mr. Doppelt concurred with Mayor Hammerstad that much of this was a matter of awareness
and thinking of what the environmental impact would be of the paint or glue or whatever one
was buying.
Councilor McPeak commented that this was an economic question for all of society; what they
have been doing is externalizing many of the costs, and now they needed to bring those costs
back to the user. Mr. Doppelt concurred. He cited a report that demonstrated that they have
been wasting money by externalizing the cost; with sustainability, they were trying to recapture
the money they have been throwing away.
Mr. Bunch discussed three things that he wanted to emphasize from his perspective. He said
that they had to think about the environmental and social consequences of everything they did.
He argued that, as public administrators,they had a responsibility of preserving, building and
enhancing social capital as well as building and preserving the natural capital. He held that
creating the sense of community, which resulted from this new way of doing business, was very
important in terms of the public relationship with governance.
Mr. Bunch said that the program required leadership and vision internally, and a broad level of
communication across departments. He spoke to holding the departmental leaders accountable
for ascertaining costs, and to asking them to evaluate budgeting from the different sense of
sustainability.
Mr. Bunch observed that, from a planning and community development perspective, some parts
of their community were in the mid-life cycle; they needed to ask what would happen to the
community at its end of life cycle. He spoke of two challenges facing the City: they had a
mature and developed community, which meant looking at recycling and redevelopment, while
they also had the opportunity of using sustainable concepts and designs in the new growth that
would come with the expansion of the urban growth boundary.
Mr. Doppelt emphasized that leadership and good governance were the two dominant issues that
made the most difference in a successful sustainability program.
Mayor Hammerstad observed that the Council and the City administration were committed to
the many of the components of sustainability. She mentioned the sense of community and vision
expressed by the staff and the Council.
Mr. Doppelt indicated to Councilor Graham that he has not been involved in any sustainability
programs with the local governments in the Klamath Falls area.
Mayor Hammerstad asked Doug, Schmitz, City Manager, what he saw as the major
challenges or barriers to moving forward with a sustainability program. Mr. Schmitz said that
the major challenge was keeping the focus on the program, giving the number of things that
came up during a year. He indicated that the barriers included changing the attitudes and
practices that they had as individuals at this time.
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Councilor McPeak spoke to the Council considering a policy about how to proceed with new
construction in the city.
Mayor Hammerstad suggested that, at its mid-year review,the Council discuss its goals in
terms of these sustainability components and then allow some of the base work in the six months
leading up to the next year. She mentioned her reluctance to add a new work program that was
unrelated to the Council's adopted goals, which she thought that they had an obligation to the
community to complete. She spoke to laying the groundwork for a goal next year.
Councilor McPeak concurred. She argued that the building piece she mentioned was very clear
and easy to start an educational process on. She stated that she thought this piece was very
important. Mayor Hammerstad mentioned the School District going green on their new
buildings. She commented that the District did look at the upfront costs. Councilor McPeak
recalled that Mr. Doppelt said that the upfront costs were not always higher. She said that she
thought it was regrettable if the schools did not use these practices.
Mr. Bunch said that staff would like to re-animate the quality of life indicators process by
having Mr. Doppelt's group help the staff begin developing them into a work program and
framework for Council review. He explained that if they could get direction to do so, then they
could `prime the pump' for future projects. Mayor Hammerstad said that she was talking about
the same thing of`priming the pump' for the next six months and then looking at it for next year.
Councilor Rohde commented that he became interested in this after his first year on the Council
when they dealt with many capital replacement issues. He said that it seemed like they were
constantly spending money on necessary infrastructure and he had wondered when they would be
done. He remarked that they might never be done but they could reduce the amount of
rebuilding by eliminating the inefficiencies and looking to the long term in the construction.
Councilor Rohde asked about the success incentives for the private sector and how the
government provided leadership. He asked if they provided tax breaks for green building
practices or for business owners who contributed to social capital, such as a bowling alley. He
commented that he had not thought much about social capital until he attended the Livable
Oregon conference two weeks ago.
Mr. Doppelt said that they had a number of examples of how communities have addressed those
issues, which they would be happy to provide. He pointed out that, in the end, the Council had to
develop the incentives based on what was going on in Lake Oswego. Mayor Hammerstad
spoke to considering the question of incentives, as they did want to stimulate private dollars
through redeveloping with public dollars.
Mr. Doppelt discussed the issue of social capital. He said that if the City asked community
members for their ideas on how to address these issues, laid out in a framework of what the City
was trying to achieve, then the City would hear many creative suggestions on what to do. He
explained that this was one way to enhance community involvement. He pointed out that the
same principle applied to department heads asking the employees for their suggestions.
Mr. Doppelt mentioned that a common theme he has seen in government was, rather than
providing tax incentives, the government simply laid out the principles and standards that the
private sector had to meet in order to receive government assistance. He said that the
governments tended to see people coming forward in response.
Councilor Turchi mentioned the interesting problems created by development. He recalled that
the District built Lakeridge High School 30 years ago as a model of energy efficiency. He
indicated that, while Lakeridge was the most efficient building in the district, it achieved that
efficiency by using a heat exchange system that required pumping tens of thousands of gallons of
water every day, which went into the waste water system. He pointed out that now the question
was should the District stop pumping water or increase its energy usage.
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Mayor Hammerstad commented that one of the problems with looking at alternative energy
sources was how much energy did it take to develop the alternative energy sources. She agreed
that these were tough questions.
Councilor Graham moved to direct staff to continue to develop the framework of the
program for future consideration, and also work with Portland State University's Mark
Hatfield School of Government to complete the quality of life program in the interim.
Councilor Rohde seconded the motion. A voice vote was taken and the motion passed with
Mayor Hammerstad, Councilors Rohde,Turchi, Graham and McPeak voting in favor.
[5-0]
3.2 Foothills Study
Mr. Bunch gave a PowerPoint presentation. He reviewed the requested council actions (page 2),
including the composition of the stakeholder committee. He mentioned their contract with
Crandall Arambula to work on this project. He noted that staff has proposed candidates for each
position on the committee with the exception of LORA.
Mr. Bunch reviewed the site location of the Foothills Road area(page 4), the site characteristics
(page 5), the geographic context(page 6), and the opportunities and constraints to redevelopment
(page 7-11). He pointed out that the area was not visible because of the grade change at
Highway 43. He reported that the Mayor, Mr. Schmitz, Ms. Heisler and himself met with Metro
staff to discuss these issues. He said that they felt that they had a cooperative relationship with
Metro, in that Metro has committed to work with the City on developing this valuable addition to
the East End town center. He held that the issues were surmountable through a well-conceived
development plan.
Mr. Bunch reviewed the assets and opportunities available with the Foothills Road area(page
12-13). He presented the proposed six-month schedule, beginning in July, and the resultant
products (page 14). He indicated that once staff completed the products, LORA, the Council and
the Planning Commission could proceed with amending the redevelopment district boundaries.
Councilor McPeak asked if staff had a better idea now of how much of the available land they
could build on without using stilts. Mr. Bunch said that Title 3 required that they build the base
habitable floor one-foot above the base flood elevation. He explained that staff would do cross-
sections, using the surveys they did in the 1996 flood, and model how much cut and fill would be
needed. He indicated that almost all of the area would require some elevation of the first floor
area but staff would bring back a finding on how much of the area could be built without stilts.
Mr. Bunch pointed out that 200 to 300 feet from the Willamette River would be off limits to
development because of the Willamette Greenway. He mentioned restoration of certain portions
of Tryon Creek. He said that Metro asked Lake Oswego to look at the Willamette River inside
the City of Lake Oswego as a system, similar to the approach that Portland was taking in its
River Renaissance project, as a means of making river-oriented sites developable and
contributing to the town center.
Mr. Bunch indicated to Councilor McPeak that the Foothills Road area did have comparable
problems to the River Place development in Portland, although Portland built River Place before
the Endangered Species Act requirements came in. He confirmed to Mayor Hammerstad that it
was more like a mini-North Macadam.
Councilor Rohde asked what the likelihood was of getting rid of the chip plant, given that James
River called the shots. Mr. Bunch indicated that he thought it was possible to see some
relocation as part of the redevelopment, but he could not give a probability within a particular
time frame.
Councilor Rohde mentioned a question that he heard all the time: "You're going to put
development right down there by the sewer treatment plant? It stinks." Mayor Hammerstad
spoke of the mitigation measures available through the new technology, which could help.
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Mayor Hammerstad pointed out that the region and the City of Portland have committed to the
reclamation of the riverfront. She argued that Lake Oswego's riverfront was an area for which
they should be able to get help for redevelopment, as it fit in with the River Renaissance project.
She spoke to considering carefully the small businesses in the area that have invested but
reiterated that, for the future, this did seem to be a possibility.
Councilor Rohde said that he brought these questions up because he saw the chip plant and the
treatment plant as fatal flaws that they needed to address before moving forward. Mayor
Hammerstad described them as `obstacles.'.
Councilor Graham pointed out that Portland might have retrofitted the Kellogg Creek treatment
plant but it still stank, which she saw as an issue. She asked if Tri-Met was receptive to a park
and ride bus facility in addition to a commuter rail. Mr. Bunch said that Tri-Met's approach was
multi-modal. Tri-Met saw effective transportation services in this corridor as consisting of three
legs: commuter rail, extension of another rail from Lake Oswego and bus transit. He mentioned
that both ODOT and Metro were receptive because they agreed that they could not build
additional capacity into Highway 43 because of the topographic and geological constraints.
Councilor McPeak noted the federal government's interest in development in floodplains, since
what happened in a floodplain affected the next flood. Mayor Hammerstad said that there were
things that they could not do if it made the water someone else's problem, such as building a
floodwall, but as long as they let the water flow freely, they should be in good shape.
Mayor Hammerstad directed the discussion to the composition of the steering committee.
Councilor McPeak asked about the defining characteristics for the citizen-at-large position. Mr.
Schmitz said that Mr. Bunch proposed Bill Beebe, the retired Planning Commission chair, for
the position.
Councilor Graham asked if they should have a steering committee member from an
environmental group. Mr. Bunch said that the Portland Bureau of Services recommended
candidate, Roberta Jartner, was Portland's Willamette River Watershed Coordinator. He
observed that any time one got within 100 miles of the Willamette River, they had to coordinate
with a long list of people from the Army Corps of Engineers to Oregon State Parks to DSL. He
spoke to bringing the Natural Resources Advisory Board into the process.
Mr. Bunch reviewed the candidates that staff recommended for the positions: Rick Marine,
Foothill property owners; Bill Beebe, citizen at large; Mary Beth Coffee, Oswego Pointe
Condominium Owners Association, Roberta Jartner, Portland Bureau of Environmental Services;
Julie Morales, Development Review Commission; and Chris Hoffmann, Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director. He mentioned that Dan Vizzini from the Planning Commission asked if
anyone else on the Commission was interested and that Frank Groznick and David Waring
expressed interest. Mr. Waring would serve as the alternate.
Mr. Bunch indicated to Councilor McPeak that Ms. Coffee was on the Board of the Oswego
Pointe Condominium Owners Association and appointed by the Board at a regular meeting.
Mr. Bunch informed Councilor Turchi that they planned the first meeting in August to discuss
opportunities and constraints. Following that, they would develop a charge statement for
Council review and an official schedule in conjunction with Crandall Arambula.
Councilor Rohde moved to approve the composition of the committee. Councilor Turchi
seconded the motion. A voice vote was taken and the motion passed with Mayor
Hammerstad, Councilors Rohde,Turchi, Graham and McPeak voting in favor. 15-0]
Mayor Hammerstad volunteered to serve as the LORA representative. Councilor Turchi
agreed to serve as the alternate.
Councilor Rohde asked if staff could do a quick assessment about the changes in property
values, resulting from the rezone. Mr. Bunch said that Crandall Arambula could pull that
information out of the baseline economic analysis it was doing.
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Councilor Rohde asked at what point during the process did they need to expand the
redevelopment district. He discussed his concern that property values might increase once the
City started working on this draft redevelopment plan, and thus reduce the tax increment.
Mayor Hammerstad explained that normally Clackamas County did not reassess property
values when the zoning changed; it reassessed the value when the use changed.
Mr. Bunch confirmed to Councilor Rohde that the Council could run the plan development and
the amendment of the redevelopment district concurrently. Mayor Hammerstad suggested
checking with the County staff on the specifics of timing, as the County has done a number of
renewal districts.
Mayor Hammerstad left the meeting, after appointing Councilor Turchi as Presiding Officer.
• The Council considered Agenda Item 3.4, Livable Oregon, at this time.
3.3 Rivergrove Sewer
Mayor Hammerstad concurred with Mr. Schmitz that the City was on hold with respect to the
Rivergrove Sewer extension until staff heard back from the County. She commented that she got
the impression that the Board had not realized what a bind they had put the City in, and that
asking for either support for the LID or participating in the zone of benefit put them in the right
place. She observed that they had some strenuous follow-up on the issues discussed at last
night's meeting.
3.4 Livable Oregon
The Council discussed when to listen to Councilor Rohde's report and view the video. The
Council agreed by consensus to wait until the entire Council was present.
Councilor Rohde asked if anyone wanted to attend 'An Evening with Allen Durning' in
Corvallis; Mr. Durning authored several books on sustainability and other issues.
3.5 Other Matters
Councilor Rohde mentioned a potential situation with the trolley operators who did not support
a rail bike operation sharing the line with them. He suggested that Mr. Powell visit with the
trolley operators and inform them that the City has signed an agreement with the rail bike
operators and that it was looking forward to how the trolley operators worked cooperatively with
the rail bike operator.
David Powell, City Attorney, mentioned receiving a voice mail from Michael Rohde yesterday
about the possibility of someone with no franchise using the line.
4. ADJOURNMENT
Councilor Turchi adjourned the meeting at 9:15 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Deputy City Recorder
APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
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Judie Hammerstad, Mayor
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