[0:06] in clerk anna niola thank you for
[0:09] joining us today and helping us through
[0:11] this meeting
[0:12] welcome everyone to the tuesday july 26
[0:16] 2022 washington county board of
[0:18] commissioners meeting
[0:20] board clerk if you could do us the
[0:22] honors please
[0:23] the board of county commissioners also
[0:25] serving as the governing body of clean
[0:27] water services and all other county
[0:29] service districts is now meeting in
[0:31] regular session
[0:33] tuesday july 26 2022
[0:36] commissioner fi
[0:38] here
[0:41] commissioner
[0:42] rogers vice chair willie
[0:45] here
[0:46] chair harrington here
[0:48] thank you
[0:49] commissioner therese is excused he's on
[0:52] vacation
[0:55] we have no updates to this evening's
[0:58] agenda to report this evening so we'll
[1:00] move right into our public comment
[1:02] period this is an opportunity for
[1:05] members of our community to speak with
[1:07] us
[1:08] on any subject matter they would care to
[1:12] for up to two minutes
[1:14] please note that we do have two public
[1:16] hearings later in the evening as well
[1:19] ms niola do we have anyone who wishes to
[1:22] address us now
[1:24] no one signed up for this period but if
[1:26] anybody attending would like to speak
[1:28] now please raise your hand
[1:35] i see the people that are raising their
[1:37] hands their topic is regarding one of
[1:40] the public hearings um let's see
[1:46] sherry can you unleash yourself please
[1:51] okay
[1:52] so i'm allowed to talk about it now and
[1:54] not wait till seven it's okay
[1:56] oh no if this is concerning a public
[1:58] hearing i didn't see you signed up oh i
[1:59] didn't know what you meant okay so wait
[2:01] till seven yes correct well we may get
[2:04] to it before then
[2:09] and that's it so no one for this period
[2:13] all right thank you ms niola
[2:15] next we'll move to adopt our consent
[2:18] agenda this evening's consent agenda
[2:20] consists of six items two items from
[2:24] clean water services
[2:26] three items from land use and
[2:28] transportation and one from county
[2:31] administration
[2:33] we have a motion from commissioner
[2:34] rogers we have a second from
[2:36] commissioner phi all those in favor of
[2:39] adopting today's consent agenda please
[2:41] raise your hand thank you commissioners
[2:43] and he opposed the motion carries
[2:46] unanimously four to zero
[2:48] next we have a presentation
[2:51] of
[2:52] regarding the office of equity inclusion
[2:55] and community engagement the quarterly
[2:57] report for the quarter
[2:59] of april 2022 through the end of june
[3:03] 2022
[3:04] so i'd like to turn over turn it over to
[3:07] ms latricia tillman
[3:09] our chief equity officer thank you
[3:12] okay good evening chair harrington and
[3:15] board of commissioners
[3:17] it's nice to see you tonight and i will
[3:19] be joined this evening by amanda garcia
[3:22] snell brianna jackson and matt criggy
[3:27] all right
[3:31] and i'm looking for the slides to come
[3:33] up great thank you so we are presenting
[3:36] on uh quarter 2
[3:39] 2022 which is april through june
[3:43] and if we go to the next slide
[3:47] i can add a couple of contextual
[3:50] comments
[3:52] so uh
[3:54] well change is constant over the course
[3:56] of human history certain watershed
[3:59] moments or eras have pulled us as humans
[4:02] globally and as a nation either toward
[4:05] or away from the oppression of others or
[4:07] toward or away
[4:09] from the recognition of our shared
[4:11] humanity and equality
[4:13] in the months since we presented last
[4:15] many of us found ourselves in another
[4:17] watershed moment
[4:18] as it relates to equality as defined by
[4:21] gender identity racial identity and
[4:23] class
[4:27] none of the branches of government our
[4:29] governmental institutions nor our
[4:31] nation's constitution is infallible and
[4:34] at every level of government we're
[4:35] called to
[4:36] continuous improvement
[4:38] to create a more perfect union and our
[4:40] country's commitment to equity requires
[4:43] us to always ask continuous improvement
[4:45] for whom
[4:48] the 4th of july weekend
[4:51] in which we saw
[4:55] murder
[4:56] mass murder
[4:58] and also the death of an unknown black
[5:01] man we saw that juxtaposition between
[5:04] the value of the life
[5:06] of a mass murderer and an unarmed
[5:08] individual and as we continue to
[5:11] consider how we can advance equity
[5:13] within our spheres of influence we at
[5:15] oei ce the office of equity inclusion
[5:18] and community engagement are also
[5:20] encouraging a consideration of
[5:23] intersectionality of identities
[5:26] for example while washington county
[5:28] strives to address present day
[5:30] inequities such as birth outcomes
[5:33] we are focusing in on poor outcomes
[5:36] borne by black women related to infant
[5:39] and maternal mortality
[5:41] as we do that we have to recognize that
[5:43] the experience of pregnancy for black
[5:45] women during slavery was coerced and
[5:48] without consent
[5:49] in fact the very field of gynecology
[5:52] has its roots in white men's use of
[5:55] black women's bodies for research again
[5:58] without consent
[6:00] the professionalization of nurses
[6:02] marginalized black midwives and doulas
[6:05] whose knowledge had roots far more
[6:07] historical than western medicine
[6:09] and in many of our lifetimes white
[6:12] healthcare institutions subjected black
[6:14] women latinos and indigenous women
[6:17] to for sterilization in the name of
[6:19] public health again without black latina
[6:22] and indigenous women's knowledge or
[6:23] consent
[6:24] our equity work whether local or on a
[6:27] larger scale has to recognize the
[6:29] intersection of gender race and class
[6:31] in order to dismantle the structures
[6:33] that make it possible to undermine
[6:36] fundamental rights to women's health
[6:38] infant health and bodily autonomy
[6:41] similarly as our workforce was once
[6:43] again reeling from the mass murders in
[6:46] buffalo new york and uvalde texas
[6:49] we've also spent time reflecting on the
[6:51] causes of gun violence in our
[6:53] communities including the toxic
[6:55] combination of hyper masculinity
[6:58] racism the violence of poverty and the
[7:01] legal
[7:02] legacy of physical violence
[7:04] and the lack of value placed on black
[7:07] indigenous brown latino rotten eggs and
[7:10] immigrant lives throughout our nation's
[7:12] history
[7:13] both of these examples are a reflection
[7:16] of how we in the office of equity
[7:18] inclusion and community engagement
[7:20] approach our equity work
[7:22] we lead with race but we don't stop
[7:24] there we consider the ways our society
[7:27] and our county policies and practices
[7:29] marginalized people across race and age
[7:32] race and geography race and class
[7:35] race and gender identity race and sexual
[7:38] orientation
[7:39] disability and veteran status
[7:43] we cannot ignore the fact that in all of
[7:45] the various ways people have experienced
[7:47] marginalization
[7:49] racism compounds that marginalization
[7:52] even further
[7:53] to move forward we have to consider both
[7:55] our universal goals for equity
[7:57] and how people in our washington county
[7:59] community experience barriers to the
[8:01] best possible outcomes
[8:04] next slide please
[8:07] so what do we do to advance equity
[8:10] so equity as you all know is focused on
[8:13] outcomes
[8:14] we will have achieved equity
[8:16] when we can no longer predict outcomes
[8:19] by race gender sexual orientation
[8:21] ability veteran status geography etc
[8:25] we will know we are on the way to equity
[8:27] when we can no longer predict leadership
[8:30] access to power and participation in
[8:32] shaping policy and programs by race and
[8:35] other social factors
[8:37] in order to do that we need robust
[8:39] community engagement to develop pathways
[8:42] to dismantle barriers to participation
[8:44] to decision making
[8:46] and build processes that engage more
[8:48] voices wisdom and experience that
[8:50] engagement will help inform not just our
[8:52] desired outcomes from our investments
[8:55] but tailored strategies that recognize
[8:58] we don't all have the same starting
[9:00] point in life or in our family's lives
[9:03] my experiences challenges and
[9:05] opportunities are not the same as yours
[9:07] and vice versa
[9:09] equitable policy making equitable
[9:11] program design requires identifying
[9:14] understanding and addressing structural
[9:17] barriers to optimal outcomes
[9:20] it is a never-ending journey of
[9:22] listening and learning
[9:24] next slide
[9:28] at some point in our quarterly
[9:30] presentations i identified that we will
[9:33] be in the initial stages of change
[9:35] through 2022 that was so optimistic
[9:38] here we are halfway through 2022 and
[9:41] what i'm recognizing as i am sure you
[9:43] are as well
[9:45] that this is a cyclical rather than a
[9:47] linear process we are definitely seeing
[9:50] initial results as you will hear that
[9:52] each initiative oeice and others takes
[9:55] on to advance equity
[9:58] puts us back at point two change
[10:01] introduced
[10:02] of introducing change 0.3 resistance in
[10:06] point 4 and learning until we see more
[10:09] initial results
[10:10] in the context of transitioning to one
[10:13] washington county design the future in
[10:16] the upcoming community strategic plan
[10:18] for washington county
[10:20] while still leathering the coven
[10:23] pandemic this organization continues to
[10:26] adapt to change on multiple fronts
[10:29] the graciousness of staff towards each
[10:31] other as we move forward with
[10:33] exceptionally full plates has been
[10:36] something that continues to impress me
[10:40] next slide
[10:44] as our work evolves one thing that we're
[10:47] learning in oeice is that there is less
[10:49] and less separation or distinction
[10:51] between community engagement and equity
[10:54] diversity and inclusion work community
[10:56] engagement is a central pillar of
[10:59] effective equity work
[11:01] so as we move forward in our quarterly
[11:03] reports to your board we will separate
[11:06] out the work for reporting purposes and
[11:09] in our team structure however we are
[11:11] noticing that it is becoming
[11:12] increasingly challenging
[11:14] to separate out uh
[11:17] the um
[11:19] that community engagement from the
[11:20] equity diversity and inclusion work as
[11:22] we move forward
[11:25] um so just a touch base on two points uh
[11:29] that are new within this uh timeline we
[11:32] just continued to add to it um april
[11:35] 2022 you all
[11:38] established the advisory council on
[11:40] racial equity
[11:41] and we'll talk a little bit more about
[11:43] that and then
[11:44] uh this past june
[11:46] you adopted a budget that was informed
[11:49] for the first time by the budget equity
[11:51] tool so we thank you for your continued
[11:53] commitment to our equity journey and at
[11:56] this point i will turn it over to amanda
[11:58] to talk about initiatives and
[12:00] accomplishments of the community
[12:02] engagement team over the past quarter
[12:06] thanks latricia uh good evening chair
[12:08] and commissioners as latricia mentioned
[12:10] i'm amanda garcia snell
[12:12] and i'm here to share a bit of the
[12:13] latest work happening in community
[12:15] engagement sorry amanda
[12:18] vice chair willie
[12:20] has an urgent need sure well it isn't an
[12:23] urgent need i just want to respond back
[12:25] to
[12:26] ask for clarification from latricia when
[12:28] she said
[12:29] it's becoming more increasingly
[12:31] difficult to separate out equity from
[12:34] community engagement
[12:36] did i did i re hear that correctly
[12:39] latricia and could you give me a little
[12:42] bit more
[12:44] um information behind that because that
[12:47] seems
[12:49] um
[12:50] that that doesn't seem to jive for me so
[12:53] can you give me more information on that
[12:55] sure and it was really just more in how
[12:57] we structure this quarterly report in
[13:00] the past we've had
[13:01] a community engagement section and then
[13:03] we've had an equity section and now we
[13:06] see more community engagement around
[13:08] some of our critical equity work and we
[13:11] also see our equity work involving more
[13:14] community engagement so for it's more
[13:16] that for us the lines are blurring and
[13:18] how we've structured our reporting
[13:20] process
[13:21] and the lines
[13:23] blur
[13:24] somewhat in terms of how we
[13:28] do our work within our office so that
[13:30] the community engagement team is often
[13:31] leading on equity work and our equity
[13:34] team is often doing community engagement
[13:37] okay that makes perfect sense to me i i
[13:39] just misunderstood what you said there
[13:42] so thank you very much for that
[13:43] clarification and sorry amanda i didn't
[13:46] mean to get in front of you there oh
[13:47] that's all right
[13:49] next slide please
[13:54] and next slide
[13:57] so um this slide is not new it's one
[13:59] that we put into the presentation but it
[14:02] does it is a representation of the
[14:04] various ways in which community can
[14:06] engage with you all and staff throughout
[14:08] the county um and so we just keep adding
[14:11] it or continue to show it because i
[14:13] think it um it really highlights that so
[14:16] much more than any one specific event
[14:18] there are all these opportunities that
[14:20] people have to engage and we're really
[14:22] working to as literature mentioned make
[14:24] those equitable
[14:26] uh next slide please
[14:29] so beginning with some of our externally
[14:31] uh facing projects we have um
[14:34] reapportionment which as you know um now
[14:37] we are conducting the engage the
[14:38] community engagement in three phases
[14:40] we're currently in phase two and
[14:42] planning uh face and the planning stage
[14:44] for phase three uh to accomplish this
[14:46] work which includes in-person and
[14:48] virtual events as well as digital
[14:50] engagement and an online survey uh
[14:53] and some of those things are focused
[14:54] specifically on culturally specific
[14:56] participation um
[14:58] we are working with espousal strategies
[15:01] to help us
[15:02] carry the water on that work and really
[15:05] ensure that we're kind of and
[15:06] community-based organizations to ensure
[15:08] that we're connecting with the community
[15:10] and then as you heard earlier today we
[15:11] um we had a last-minute opportunity to
[15:14] be at the fair on saturday and with the
[15:16] proposed
[15:17] uh
[15:18] map option the proposed district maps to
[15:21] share with with the public and we had
[15:24] about 47 people
[15:25] identify their preferred option over the
[15:28] course of the day so um that was pretty
[15:30] uh that was pretty great because we
[15:32] weren't that was sort of a last minute
[15:34] pull together and we were happy that we
[15:35] were able to do that
[15:37] and uh thank you tom and sylvia for
[15:39] representing us as well as oei ce staff
[15:42] and cpo revisioning so this is a
[15:44] long-term project um that will start by
[15:47] looking at cpo boundaries to potentially
[15:49] align with the new commissioner
[15:51] districts so it's really
[15:52] you know we won't fully kick this work
[15:54] off until we have a better sense of what
[15:56] the districts will be until those are
[15:58] approved
[15:59] by you all and later this year um but
[16:02] until that work is in full swing we have
[16:03] contracted with linda haramio to
[16:06] facilitate uh conversations and help us
[16:09] develop service agreements in the
[16:11] interim period that we can have with
[16:14] cpos and cci so that we can have really
[16:17] clear roles
[16:18] about the work that we're doing together
[16:21] this um
[16:22] this service agreement process has
[16:24] already begun with a survey to cpo
[16:26] leaders and cci representatives and then
[16:29] she will be having more in-depth
[16:30] conversations with them
[16:33] for civic leadership training we
[16:35] received some really great proposals
[16:37] from a variety of culturally specific
[16:39] community-based organizations uh and
[16:43] so much so that the the requests are
[16:45] over twice as much money as we have set
[16:47] aside to um to uh provide for this
[16:51] project and so we're really um as we
[16:54] review those proposals we're really
[16:55] starting to think creatively about how
[16:58] can we fund
[16:59] uh
[17:00] how can we you know how can we fund
[17:02] these things or what can we do to
[17:03] provide comprehensive civic leadership
[17:05] training opportunities to the community
[17:07] um and so we're i'm super excited about
[17:10] the response that we got and um and
[17:12] we'll keep you posted on
[17:14] how that goes
[17:15] uh in terms of the board the quarterly
[17:18] town hall so um we held this quarter two
[17:21] town hall on june 23rd um it was focused
[17:24] on resources and programs for older
[17:25] adults there were 20 people on zoom that
[17:28] were not staff and at the time 22 views
[17:30] on youtube i just checked this morning
[17:32] and we were up to 79 views on youtube
[17:35] and so we have started planning the
[17:37] quarter three town hall which is
[17:39] scheduled for september 28th
[17:42] next slide please
[17:46] in regard to regional partnerships and
[17:48] this is one of the examples that
[17:49] latricio is referring to we're working
[17:52] with the cities of hillsborough and
[17:53] beaverton to conduct arpa-related
[17:55] community engagement and the three of us
[17:57] jurisdictions will be contracting um
[17:59] with a team led by espousal strategies
[18:02] and uh included on their team a variety
[18:04] of culturally specific and responsive
[18:07] organizations to help carry that to help
[18:09] conduct that work um really the goal
[18:12] here is to have some shared community
[18:13] engagement practices and build capacity
[18:16] within cbo's for community engagement
[18:19] there's been a fair amount of
[18:21] administrative work to get to this point
[18:23] when you have three jurisdictions
[18:25] involved in that type of process but a
[18:28] spousal is officially on board and this
[18:30] week we will introduce them to the covid
[18:32] racial advisory group who had a
[18:35] significant role in helping us with the
[18:37] rfp and selecting
[18:39] the
[18:40] contractor and next slide please
[18:45] so for our internal um projects that
[18:48] we're working on the equitable community
[18:50] engagement policy which i brought to you
[18:52] a couple of weeks ago and we'll bring
[18:54] back after more fiscal and legal
[18:56] analysis as well as more stakeholder
[18:58] input
[18:59] and i'll be coming back to you in
[19:00] september with that i think tentatively
[19:02] scheduled for september um and as a
[19:05] reminder this is really this policy is
[19:07] really about ensuring best practices
[19:08] across the organization for equity
[19:10] centered engagement it's also related to
[19:13] the arpa work in the sense that the
[19:14] jurisdictions have committed to
[19:17] alignment of best practices and
[19:19] engagement strategies in an effort to
[19:21] reduce burden to community-based
[19:22] organizations and the community as a
[19:24] whole and so
[19:26] um we'll be working closely with the
[19:27] jurisdictions on that too
[19:31] um
[19:32] sorry not specifically on the policy but
[19:33] on those strategies
[19:36] and
[19:37] um boards and commissions so we continue
[19:39] to use the data that we collect in the
[19:41] application prop um process to inform
[19:44] our recruitment work um in addition to
[19:46] that the equity leadership council
[19:49] committee that's focused on diversity
[19:51] and inclusion best practices for boards
[19:53] and commissions
[19:55] has been working for over a year on
[19:57] standards and shared practices related
[19:59] to
[20:00] recruitment onboarding training bylaws
[20:03] all things boards and commissions in the
[20:05] county they're really it's a great
[20:07] committee they've been really motivated
[20:09] they've taken on some big pieces of work
[20:11] um
[20:12] in that process their work has also
[20:14] really highlighted the need for us to
[20:17] to think about the overall role of
[20:19] boards and commissions in the county
[20:21] which is a big question and so i think
[20:24] we're just kind of recognizing the the
[20:26] need to start thinking about that and um
[20:28] and where do they fit in the community
[20:29] engagement spectrum and um you know what
[20:31] are we
[20:33] asking of them etc and so lots of big
[20:36] questions related to that and it and
[20:38] we'll be we'll start looking at this in
[20:39] the coming months and
[20:41] and figure out what we need to do
[20:44] the land acknowledgement implementation
[20:46] group had their kickoff meeting at the
[20:48] end of june
[20:49] and is really ready to hit the ground
[20:50] running with looking at the
[20:52] recommendations from our indigenous
[20:53] partners in relation to county practice
[20:56] and so they're going to start with
[20:57] looking at the various types of meetings
[20:59] that are held
[21:01] throughout the county
[21:02] organization and held by the county
[21:04] organization and really start to dive
[21:06] into
[21:07] you know how are we
[21:09] what are those meetings what is you know
[21:11] how are they how could they be
[21:12] categorized in a sense of
[21:14] how does the um
[21:16] how does the land acknowledgement
[21:19] you know how would it be most relevant
[21:20] and meaningful uh to
[21:22] to recognize in those processes
[21:26] next slide please
[21:30] bridging between internal and external
[21:32] engagement um are our cultural heritage
[21:35] month celebrations and so these uh
[21:38] as you may know these started out as a
[21:40] small way to raise awareness and
[21:42] celebrate with staff and they really
[21:44] have become
[21:45] pretty popular
[21:47] opportunities to build relationship and
[21:49] community connection internally and
[21:52] externally and in some instances have
[21:54] led to policy change as we saw with the
[21:57] juneteenth holiday
[21:58] and the creation of the asian asian
[22:00] american native hawaiian and pacific
[22:02] islander business council
[22:04] by washing by the washington county
[22:06] chamber of commerce
[22:07] and i just noticed we're missing an age
[22:10] so we can get that we're an n we're
[22:12] missing a letter there so we can get
[22:13] that corrected um
[22:16] but these
[22:17] staff there's some pictures there staff
[22:19] marching in um pride parade and the
[22:21] juneteenth celebration and so
[22:23] there's been a lot of interest and
[22:25] excitement from staff to participate in
[22:27] events and a lot of creativity around
[22:30] you know what are the ways in which we
[22:31] can celebrate
[22:34] next slide
[22:38] and then uh finally our e-update so it
[22:40] continues to grow with increased
[22:42] subscribership and it seems to be
[22:44] well-received um it's a way for us to
[22:47] share engagement opportunities we do
[22:49] this on a weekly basis and we have been
[22:51] sharing other information as well
[22:53] sometimes
[22:54] you know
[22:55] health alert information covered testing
[22:57] opportunities or heat advisory stuff so
[23:01] opportunities to share that information
[23:02] because we do put it out weekly and it
[23:05] is intended for cbo's and other
[23:07] community stakeholders
[23:08] and so we're up to about 620
[23:11] contacts on that list
[23:14] and with that i will pass it back to
[23:16] latricia
[23:21] i think you're one more amanda
[23:29] oh yeah
[23:30] anchor most exciting
[23:33] or certainly very exciting i don't want
[23:35] to say the most exciting but um
[23:38] so the uh
[23:40] as you know the advisory council on
[23:42] racial equity we just had the um the
[23:44] launch last
[23:46] last week
[23:47] if i'm getting my weeks my weeks are
[23:49] starting to blur together um so this is
[23:52] uh
[23:53] the you all adopted the charter earlier
[23:56] this year and then um appointed members
[23:58] in um
[23:59] june we had a lot of
[24:02] folks interested in this and of course
[24:03] this has been a long time coming one of
[24:06] the um
[24:08] one of the components of the equity um
[24:11] resolution and so
[24:13] uh very exciting to officially be
[24:15] launching in this group it's a great
[24:17] group of community participants and the
[24:20] chair and commissioner trees are also
[24:22] on
[24:23] acre as we affectionately call it
[24:27] and with that i will pass it back
[24:31] thanks amanda
[24:33] and thank you to all your team that's
[24:35] doing just an amazing amount of work
[24:37] especially with the one current vacancy
[24:40] that we're filling so
[24:42] they've uh definitely they're definitely
[24:44] shouldering quite a load
[24:47] on behalf of the county so next slide
[24:49] please
[24:52] all right so we're going to pivot to
[24:54] focus on the work related to equity
[24:56] diversity and inclusion
[24:58] and then next slide please
[25:02] so as you know um we've been
[25:05] continuing to
[25:07] um
[25:08] live into the equity resolution
[25:11] internally in washington county with the
[25:14] development of our equity leadership
[25:16] council committees and you can see the
[25:18] six that are listed there on the right
[25:21] there they've been focused on
[25:23] development and implementation of equity
[25:26] diversity and inclusion strategies
[25:28] standards policies and tools based on
[25:31] best and emerging best practices
[25:34] next slide
[25:37] they're currently
[25:39] in the late stages of
[25:42] membership recruitment to fill vacancies
[25:44] either that have been created because
[25:47] people left the county or change jobs or
[25:50] have you know work life balance that
[25:52] they're trying to maintain
[25:54] they've done quite a bit of work around
[25:57] um
[25:59] all the charges within the six
[26:01] committees um we had a separate
[26:03] committee focused on limited english
[26:06] assistance policy implementation that we
[26:08] recently sunseted and moved under the
[26:11] civil rights compliance committee i'll
[26:13] talk a little bit more about that in a
[26:15] minute
[26:16] um
[26:17] and then as you know
[26:20] they developed the budget equity tool
[26:22] under the leadership of ashley horn our
[26:24] equity policy manager
[26:28] work in progress now is
[26:31] co-creating a legislative equity tool
[26:34] with government relations and
[26:36] the equity leadership council equity
[26:39] policy committee
[26:41] and they're hard at work on the
[26:43] bilingual pay policy update this is
[26:46] something that has been a high priority
[26:48] for our office since its inception and i
[26:51] know a priority for many others within
[26:54] the county
[26:55] and we're using equity best practices
[26:58] and engagement staff engagement
[27:00] empowerment practices to help inform a
[27:03] thorough update of that policy
[27:06] and then um
[27:08] we will
[27:09] pivot from that policy
[27:12] back to
[27:13] develop uh policy and procedures for our
[27:16] employee resource groups to get those
[27:19] launched
[27:20] next slide please
[27:27] okay so
[27:28] the
[27:29] limited english assistance policy was a
[27:32] policy that you adopted in late 2020
[27:37] and we have been working really hard
[27:38] with our departmental partners to
[27:41] understand what currently is happening
[27:44] in terms of how departments are assuring
[27:47] interpretation support for our
[27:51] community members with limited english
[27:53] proficiency
[27:55] but we have also
[27:57] uh we also built into the budget equity
[27:59] tool
[28:00] uh explicit ask for how much we are
[28:05] investing in interpretation translation
[28:08] and accommodations for people with
[28:10] disabilities so when we think about
[28:12] language access or
[28:15] language access support we think about
[28:17] multiple languages including asl
[28:21] but also
[28:22] like large font or braille for people
[28:24] with disabilities
[28:27] as i mentioned the leap committee
[28:28] sunsetted and will be moving under our
[28:31] civil rights compliance committee as
[28:32] this is a pillar of title vi of the
[28:36] civil rights act
[28:38] which is focused on client civil rights
[28:41] and
[28:42] we are continuing to work with
[28:44] departments to identify their vital
[28:46] documents for proactive translation
[28:50] what
[28:50] you see on your screen as part of the
[28:52] work that we're doing countywide we will
[28:55] be installing large i speak posters with
[28:59] multiple languages in public facing
[29:02] lobbies to make it easy for individuals
[29:05] to identify
[29:07] the language that they speak and
[29:09] what language they need interpretation
[29:11] in and to communicate very clearly that
[29:14] interpretation services are free
[29:17] to the public
[29:18] and then we have also printed an array
[29:21] of i speak cards and these are like
[29:24] wallet
[29:25] cards that on one side in english say
[29:29] the language that they made
[29:30] interpretations supported and on the
[29:32] other side in the person's preferred
[29:35] language explains that they have a right
[29:38] to competent interpreter free of charge
[29:44] these will be available for order um
[29:48] from our
[29:50] for our community partners so we will
[29:52] make those available to community
[29:54] partners to distribute to the
[29:56] communities that they serve who need
[29:59] language assistance
[30:01] next slide so we're really excited about
[30:04] that
[30:06] next slide i just wanted to close the
[30:08] loop on the budget equity tool this is
[30:10] information you've already seen several
[30:12] times but i wanted to
[30:13] put it here for posterity and just to
[30:16] reflect that the budget equity tool was
[30:19] developed
[30:21] less than a year ago was piloted briefly
[30:25] in 2021 and then was
[30:27] adopted and applied in our budget season
[30:29] in 2022 with the results
[30:33] that you see in front of you
[30:35] codifying our investments that will help
[30:38] advance washington county towards equity
[30:43] next slide please
[30:47] and i tried to connect all the dollar
[30:50] slides together so um pivoting slightly
[30:53] um
[30:54] focusing on an update we've been kind of
[30:56] making our way through a year of
[30:58] reporting
[31:00] on
[31:00] our spending for
[31:02] um
[31:04] minority women emerging small businesses
[31:08] there's a number of other
[31:11] designations as well but they all fall
[31:14] under the cobid
[31:16] acronym
[31:18] um which is the certification office for
[31:21] business inclusion and diversity
[31:24] um
[31:25] so as you can see about uh
[31:28] the beginning of
[31:30] the 21 22 fiscal year
[31:34] very small spend rate but fast forward
[31:37] to the end
[31:38] of this fiscal year our total coven
[31:41] spend was about 3.74
[31:45] um this is uh based on 36 contracts with
[31:50] currently certified cobit suppliers and
[31:54] some suppliers go in and out of cobid
[31:56] certification
[31:59] and so this is based on which suppliers
[32:01] were certified at the time that this
[32:04] report was put together
[32:06] next slide please
[32:09] to break that down a little bit further
[32:12] you can see all the various designations
[32:14] that include that are included under
[32:16] that coven
[32:18] umbrella so native american lgbt
[32:20] disabled veteran
[32:22] veteran
[32:23] um
[32:24] dbe which is disadvantaged business
[32:26] enterprise women business enterprise
[32:28] minority business enterprise etc
[32:31] and so as of uh july 1st
[32:36] 2021
[32:38] 37 of total vendors registered um were
[32:43] um
[32:44] [Music]
[32:48] uh
[32:49] i don't know what that's connected to i
[32:50] apologize
[32:52] i'm looking in my notes for that
[32:56] 444 vendors have registered since july
[33:00] 1st 2021. so that's 37 of our total
[33:03] vendors have registered since july
[33:06] uh 20 or 1 in 5 are certified mwesb
[33:10] suppliers
[33:11] and
[33:12] uh greater than 50 percent are oregon or
[33:15] local
[33:16] uh suppliers and then we are seeing some
[33:19] registrations from non-profits in the
[33:22] area
[33:23] so this chart
[33:25] kind of points to the need to update our
[33:28] data systems
[33:30] because
[33:32] as i mentioned before
[33:33] certification and self-identification
[33:36] are two different things and this is
[33:39] self-identified entities
[33:41] self-identified as
[33:44] minority women emerging small business
[33:46] or other designations
[33:53] okay
[33:56] so
[33:57] what i want to do in the next slide is
[33:59] pass the mic over to matt craig to talk
[34:02] a little bit more about our
[34:04] partnerships and well you'll be hearing
[34:07] from matt craig our economic development
[34:09] manager as well as brianna jackson our
[34:11] learning and development manager
[34:14] because the work that we do in
[34:16] the offices of equity inclusion and
[34:19] community engagement
[34:20] really relies on partnerships across the
[34:24] organization so as we go forward we'll
[34:26] continue to build in
[34:28] updates from our partners within
[34:30] washington county who can share a little
[34:31] bit about our work and so with that
[34:35] we'll turn it over to matt craig
[34:37] great thank you uh latricia i hope my
[34:40] fan isn't too loud here it's a little
[34:41] warm in the home office
[34:43] yeah so
[34:44] um literally thank you for giving the
[34:46] opportunity to say a few words here in
[34:48] oei ice uh update um as your board will
[34:52] recall washington county's economic
[34:53] development program is closely linked
[34:56] to oei ce's external engagement work uh
[34:59] in fact we've been looking for more and
[35:00] more opportunities to sink and align our
[35:03] efforts in doing so we aim to provide
[35:06] community partners with clearer and more
[35:08] transparent ways to connect with the
[35:10] county build trust and relationships by
[35:13] making what is important to them
[35:15] important to us
[35:16] and to help to focus investment in
[35:18] response to community needs so here are
[35:21] just a few examples on this slide of the
[35:23] work that oei ce and economic
[35:25] development are addressing together so
[35:27] in that first bullet point about
[35:29] sponsorships the county has uh for a
[35:32] long time provided sponsorships for a
[35:34] variety of community organizations we're
[35:36] now looking for opportunities to provide
[35:38] sponsorships to local organizations that
[35:40] further the goals of equitable economic
[35:43] development including for organizations
[35:45] that support entrepreneurs and small
[35:47] businesses
[35:48] small business development trained
[35:50] workers and provide career exposure
[35:52] apprenticeships and learning
[35:53] opportunities for youth provide
[35:55] technical assistance and businesses uh
[35:58] for businesses at all stages of the
[35:59] business cycle and also importantly and
[36:01] as highlighted in uh literature's past
[36:03] couple slides increase supplier
[36:05] diversity here at the county so these
[36:08] two examples that we have um
[36:11] on this slide are owami's youth
[36:14] conference that's oregon association of
[36:16] minority entrepreneurs youth conference
[36:18] we're sponsoring them and a couple of
[36:20] business diversity institute programs so
[36:23] bdi's programs
[36:25] owami's youth conference focuses on
[36:28] minority youth providing them with
[36:30] opportunities to connect and learn from
[36:32] experienced mentors
[36:34] the conference provides youth training
[36:35] on topics such as business development
[36:38] and entrepreneurship basics and personal
[36:40] and business financing and basic say
[36:43] basics and marketing and sales
[36:45] uh business diversity institute is an
[36:47] organization that provides training it
[36:49] to minority owned and women-owned local
[36:51] businesses
[36:52] bdi's leadership recharge
[36:55] sponsorship
[36:56] helps to fund businesses to attend uh
[36:59] this event where they can build their
[37:01] network and gain access to curriculum
[37:04] such as
[37:05] business planning business transitioning
[37:07] leadership marketing and financials
[37:09] bdi's minority enterprise development
[37:12] week
[37:13] med provides workshops for industry
[37:16] relevant education to small business
[37:18] owners
[37:19] and their
[37:21] the second example that we have on the
[37:23] slide here
[37:25] for you this evening is a collaboration
[37:27] between oeice economic development and
[37:30] this is uh demonstrated in the kaiadiyas
[37:33] partnership
[37:34] so community discussions about the
[37:36] bridge shelter which sits on 10th avenue
[37:38] in hillsborough also known as caesareas
[37:41] in spanish led to deeper discussion
[37:43] within community about what the
[37:45] primarily latino latina-owned businesses
[37:48] along the street want to see and need to
[37:50] thrive in their area so oeice and
[37:54] economic development helped to support
[37:56] the latino policy council the city of
[37:58] hillsboro and other partners to identify
[38:00] collaborative solutions to issues with
[38:03] safety security and waste cleanup
[38:06] so with a grant from the county and
[38:08] substantial investment from the city of
[38:09] hillsboro this important uh this will
[38:12] this benefits uh to the counties is
[38:15] underway right now and we'll be coming
[38:16] back at a later point to report back on
[38:19] on more of that work so these are just a
[38:21] couple of examples of how oeice and
[38:24] economic development staff are working
[38:25] together we see a lot of opportunity for
[38:28] continued alignment and staff from both
[38:30] groups keep in close contact regarding
[38:33] ongoing efforts and potential future
[38:35] collaborations
[38:37] so thank you and i think i'm turning it
[38:39] back to you latricia is that right you
[38:41] could turn it to me and then i'll pass
[38:43] the ball to brianna and we can go to the
[38:46] next slide
[38:48] thank you so much um i'm brianna jackson
[38:51] the learning and development program
[38:52] manager and really excited to share a
[38:54] few updates regarding learning and
[38:56] partnership with the office of equity
[38:57] inclusion and community engagement so
[39:00] the leadership or the equity leadership
[39:02] council training committee started this
[39:04] calendar year in support of the 21 day
[39:07] racial equity habit building challenge
[39:09] led by oeice this challenge laid the
[39:12] foundation for additional challenges to
[39:14] follow including the pride month
[39:16] challenge led by the lgbtq celebration
[39:19] committee last month and the trauma
[39:21] informed care challenge hosted by
[39:23] behavioral health and developmental
[39:25] disabilities divisions happening right
[39:27] now
[39:28] the training committee is continuing to
[39:30] research additional learning topics such
[39:32] as microaggressions environmental and
[39:35] social justice and active allyship in
[39:37] the workplace just to name a few so
[39:40] we're really excited about being able to
[39:41] move forward with additional
[39:43] opportunities of learning for our staff
[39:45] in a way that is um
[39:47] accessible at many many different forms
[39:51] additional learning opportunities that
[39:52] we've hosted are as follows the
[39:54] trauma-informed return to work learning
[39:56] opportunities one was um how to focus on
[40:00] people leaders and the other a focus for
[40:02] individual contributors both of those
[40:05] opportunities were led by aaron
[40:06] fairchild of collective action
[40:08] consulting additionally basic rights
[40:11] organs
[40:12] lgbtqia 2s plus workplace affirmation
[40:16] and inclusion training
[40:18] which was filled to capacity in june and
[40:21] will now have a second session to
[40:23] support the demand of our employees and
[40:25] most recently the mainstreaming of
[40:27] anti-semitism in america lunch and learn
[40:30] workshop by bob hornstein director of
[40:32] community relations and public affairs
[40:34] of the jewish federation of greater
[40:36] portland this opportunity was in
[40:39] response to a community request and we
[40:41] are grateful for uh commissioner navy
[40:43] safai and her staff brenda lynn bartlett
[40:45] for making the connection between oeice
[40:48] and mr hornstein it was an incredible
[40:51] event and we have the video so we're
[40:52] really excited to continue offering that
[40:54] as an opportunity for our employees to
[40:56] learn
[40:57] something that i want to note about a
[40:59] couple of our opportunities that is that
[41:00] we've also been able to partner with our
[41:02] benefits department to be able to offer
[41:06] wellness points as incentive for
[41:07] employees to be able to attend these
[41:09] learning opportunities which is really
[41:11] helping us to bridge the gap between not
[41:13] only um like health and well-being but
[41:17] actual career wellbeing and learning as
[41:19] well next slide please
[41:25] next slide please
[41:29] thank you um so i want to lift up the
[41:31] discrimination harassment and
[41:33] retaliation-free workplace uh policy
[41:35] training with great enthusiasm so
[41:37] between mid-april and mid-june learning
[41:40] and development and partnership with
[41:41] oeice launched a campaign to bring our
[41:44] employees compliant with washington
[41:45] county administrative policy 301 titled
[41:48] workplace discrimination harassment
[41:50] sexual assault and retaliation
[41:52] prevention and a related procedural
[41:54] policy 301 a i'm happy to report that 98
[41:59] of our people leaders 80
[42:01] of our individual contributors in each
[42:03] one of our board members were trained in
[42:05] roughly seven weeks and this was a live
[42:08] two-hour training that took people away
[42:10] from their standard work to be able to
[42:13] learn this particular information
[42:15] this training will be an annual
[42:16] requirement for all employees and we are
[42:19] currently finalizing a contract with the
[42:21] trainer to continue to support employees
[42:23] who are outstanding and new staff as
[42:25] they are hired we also look forward to
[42:28] expanding the focus of this training to
[42:30] include the american with americans with
[42:33] disabilities act and client um civil
[42:36] civil rights and i just want to say that
[42:38] we also did a survey with this
[42:40] particular um this particular training
[42:43] and received incredible feedback from
[42:45] many people who thought that the
[42:47] training was um well executed that the
[42:50] communication was helpful to them to be
[42:51] able to get into the training and the
[42:53] support that they received to ensure
[42:55] that they were able to
[42:57] have the time away from their desks to
[42:58] be able to do this training um was was
[43:01] adequate so i'm really excited about the
[43:03] things that we're doing in partnership
[43:05] with oei ce and look forward to
[43:06] continuing that partnership and i will
[43:09] turn the floor back over to latricia
[43:11] thank you for having me
[43:14] great thank you brianna and
[43:16] matt for your updates on our
[43:19] partnerships together in those areas and
[43:21] as i move towards closure i'll just
[43:23] highlight a couple of other
[43:25] partnerships
[43:27] next slide please
[43:32] thank you so one of the areas of
[43:35] partnership that is really essential to
[43:38] equity diversity and inclusion work is
[43:41] our partnership with human resources and
[43:43] the entire human resources team but i
[43:47] really want to call out and appreciate
[43:50] the leadership of our chief hr officer
[43:53] and our talent acquisition team
[43:56] so one of the items that
[43:58] has happened as a result of our
[44:00] partnership is that
[44:03] hr is eliminating pre-employment
[44:06] screening tests
[44:09] unless validated or required for certain
[44:11] public safety jobs this practice was
[44:15] eliminated because it was determined to
[44:17] be a barrier to a large number of
[44:20] applicants who dropped out of the
[44:21] recruitment process at this step
[44:24] and we found that some tests also
[44:26] resulted in a disparate impact for
[44:29] applicants who were black indigenous
[44:33] and latino or latinx
[44:36] so really excited
[44:38] to
[44:39] take the time with hr to understand the
[44:42] dynamic and the impact of a practice
[44:46] that was long-standing within the county
[44:48] and to understand its impact
[44:51] while it seemed neutral
[44:53] in its practice
[44:54] understanding that it had a disparate
[44:57] impact
[44:59] second we're really excited to be
[45:01] contracting with an organization called
[45:04] workplace change a culturally
[45:07] progressive full service human resources
[45:09] consultancy
[45:11] they are working with the talent
[45:13] acquisition team to identify and
[45:15] implement equitable best practices in
[45:18] recruitment hiring and retention of
[45:21] people of color
[45:22] so that's really exciting they're
[45:24] engaging on their own assessment and
[45:26] change process
[45:28] and then as i mentioned earlier oeice is
[45:32] currently updating our bilingual pay
[45:34] policy we're centering the experiences
[45:37] of bilingual staff to identify immediate
[45:40] and long-term solutions to the
[45:42] shortcomings of the existing
[45:44] policy which falls short in supporting
[45:47] those who are providing language final
[45:50] language services to our community
[45:53] one update that happened
[45:56] in the fall of 2020 is that we the
[45:59] talent acquisition team again changed
[46:01] the bilingual proficiency testing
[46:03] company to uh language testing
[46:06] international
[46:07] due to the disparate impact the past
[46:10] tests had on native spanish speakers
[46:13] the switch to lti has proven to be both
[46:15] more efficient and a better testing
[46:18] process
[46:20] next slide please
[46:25] we continue to partner with the housing
[46:28] department as you know two of our staff
[46:31] people within oeice are dedicated 100 of
[46:35] the time to support the work of
[46:37] supportive housing services
[46:39] and a few highlights of their work is uh
[46:43] one that was a three-day event in april
[46:46] um that was a housing access fair that
[46:49] had approximately 160 attendees the goal
[46:53] of that fair was to remove barriers that
[46:55] homeless people faced when trying to
[46:57] access housing
[46:59] they provided language support and
[47:00] accommodations for individuals with
[47:02] disabilities and as a result all of the
[47:05] available housing slots were filled
[47:08] and um there were additional supports
[47:12] such as meals being provided and
[47:13] clothing items such as shoes being
[47:16] purchased in support of our houseless
[47:18] neighbors
[47:20] um
[47:21] there was also
[47:23] some shelter fighting engagements in
[47:25] partnership with hillsborough and
[47:27] beaverton again
[47:29] working across our jurisdictions to
[47:31] build equity into our housing decisions
[47:35] as it relates to siting and you all
[47:37] received an update about our equitable
[47:39] sighting policy
[47:41] and then lastly
[47:42] through a partnership with sunrise
[47:45] church which was established as a hub
[47:47] for community donations there's a
[47:50] partnership now with faith-based
[47:52] communities launching a donation drive
[47:55] in support of future supportive housing
[47:57] services placement
[48:00] and so far 54 welcome home kids have
[48:03] been
[48:04] provided for the alola inn which is
[48:06] opening in this fall or winter
[48:10] next slide please
[48:13] this is my final slide
[48:16] as i mentioned our equity work is about
[48:18] outcomes and so we need
[48:21] data to understand uh where we have gaps
[48:24] in our outcomes and
[48:26] in order to have data
[48:29] to understand our gaps we need data
[48:30] systems and infrastructure as well as
[48:33] supportive policies that support the
[48:35] standardized collection and analysis
[48:38] particularly of demographic data
[48:40] so our equity leadership
[48:43] committee equity leadership council
[48:46] equity data committee has
[48:48] conducted an initial analysis of
[48:50] washington county's data infrastructure
[48:53] and systems
[48:54] and found gaps in inconsistencies as
[48:57] well as areas needing improvement in the
[48:59] types of demographic data collected how
[49:02] it's collected whether it's shareable
[49:04] etc as an example
[49:07] some data systems collect hispanic
[49:10] latino as a race and some data systems
[49:13] collect hispanic latito as an ethnicity
[49:16] separate from race and that makes it
[49:18] challenging to do any kind of cross
[49:20] comparison between those data systems
[49:24] so the equity data committee identified
[49:27] a need for a more comprehensive analysis
[49:29] and the office of equity inclusion and
[49:32] community engagement has been working
[49:34] with
[49:36] our arpa team to design a county-wide
[49:38] equity data assessment
[49:41] and
[49:42] we launched that rfp in may
[49:45] and received five uh successful
[49:49] proposals uh in june and we have since
[49:53] reviewed those proposals and have
[49:54] identified
[49:56] um the opportunity to move forward
[49:59] um with interviews with proposers before
[50:02] we move into the final contractor
[50:04] selection but we anticipate that that
[50:07] will
[50:09] help to launch a very thorough
[50:11] comprehensive
[50:13] equity data assessment which will put us
[50:15] on a road to being able to develop our
[50:18] ability to collect and report out equity
[50:22] data
[50:23] in addition to that equity data
[50:25] assessment through our our funding we
[50:28] will be
[50:29] hiring a civil rights compliance trainer
[50:32] that person will be training
[50:35] organizations who are receiving federal
[50:37] opera dollars in their responsibility
[50:40] for
[50:41] compliance with
[50:42] civil rights both employee civil rights
[50:45] as well as clients civil rights and
[50:46] we'll also be training our contract
[50:48] managers so that they can help
[50:52] coach our funded organizations as needed
[50:55] to come into compliance
[50:58] and we're also
[50:59] um building out an equity coach kind of
[51:03] position to help
[51:05] our funded projects think about how to
[51:08] more robustly build equity into their
[51:10] projects and then as amanda mentioned
[51:14] during her section and back to my
[51:16] comment about what fits in our equity
[51:18] benefit and what fits in our community
[51:20] engagement bucket and we are using our
[51:23] arpa dollars to support the
[51:25] multi-jurisdictional community
[51:27] engagement project so it all comes full
[51:30] circle
[51:31] um
[51:32] in the connection between equity
[51:34] diversity and inclusion work and our
[51:36] community engagement work
[51:38] so
[51:39] um as we transition to the next slide i
[51:42] just want to again thank the board for
[51:44] your support for our work
[51:48] for the commitments you've made in uh
[51:51] arca investments in equity and again
[51:54] with just deep gratitude for all of our
[51:56] partners across washington county and um
[52:00] our beloved office of equity inclusion
[52:03] and community engagement tv
[52:05] so thank you very much and i'll turn it
[52:07] back over to you madam chair for any
[52:09] questions the board might have
[52:14] thank you ms tillman ms garcia snell ms
[52:17] jackson and mr craigie
[52:20] commissioners do you have any questions
[52:22] or thoughts for our team
[52:26] go ahead commissioner rogers
[52:30] whoops you're on mute sir
[52:34] am i no i think i'm off
[52:36] thank you for telling me though
[52:38] buttons clicking and unclicking don't
[52:40] always work as well as we
[52:42] would like them to uh just some general
[52:44] comment and question of you tanya um
[52:48] one pleased to see the work being done
[52:51] in particularly matt craig's area
[52:55] my work on wsi we're always looking to
[52:58] see
[52:59] if we can't engage communities
[53:02] just don't have access to the services
[53:04] so i i like that matt a bunch i'm
[53:07] talking tonya but i see you know and i
[53:09] agree
[53:10] the body of work is pretty stunning what
[53:11] we've done
[53:13] so i
[53:14] that that's all interesting
[53:16] one of the questions i have to be kind
[53:18] of the grinch of it uh and i did that
[53:20] early on so this isn't anything new is
[53:23] what was this going to cost and
[53:24] originally
[53:27] we all supported the work i still
[53:28] support the work
[53:29] uh but i always like to wrap i think
[53:32] it's an occupational hazard being an
[53:33] accountant like to wrap my head around
[53:35] costs so i know what what's going on
[53:37] i've heard of a couple new positions
[53:39] tonight i've heard
[53:40] several new contracts
[53:43] originally we were going to have
[53:45] one
[53:46] person
[53:47] at the board
[53:48] a majority vote said no we're going to
[53:50] have five that was great we are where
[53:52] we're at
[53:53] and i certainly can't take exception to
[53:55] any of the great work that's been done
[53:56] but
[53:57] i'm trying to understand what this is
[53:59] all costing including benefits so that
[54:02] i get asked that if you can't imagine
[54:04] the number of times in the community
[54:05] what what is the program costing
[54:08] and so nobody else may need to know but
[54:10] i have an information need
[54:11] as a chair i like what she says that all
[54:14] the time she said she has an information
[54:15] need i have one
[54:17] that i would like to be able to take out
[54:19] to groups and say this is what our cost
[54:21] is and this is a benefit so
[54:23] anyway that's
[54:24] my point i compliment you tanya it
[54:27] always comes from the top
[54:29] people don't think that but it's true
[54:31] the tone's at the top and
[54:32] you've been able to accomplish this
[54:34] through folks and so i i congratulate
[54:36] you on that
[54:39] thank you commissioner rogers and so um
[54:42] we can provide that in a written update
[54:44] because i do think that question has
[54:45] been
[54:46] raised as far as what does this cost
[54:48] through this budget process and so for
[54:51] example ms tillman had referred to
[54:55] the two positions
[54:57] that were supporting
[54:59] shs which is our supportive housing
[55:01] services program those positions are
[55:04] funded by the supportive housing
[55:06] services measure so as we think about
[55:09] equity at washington county it is about
[55:12] embedding equity practice in each of our
[55:14] departments and so
[55:17] i would think of this as a
[55:19] centralized but decentralized effort and
[55:22] that is in service to all of our
[55:24] community members
[55:26] as we move forward so let me work with
[55:29] ms tillman and providing that in writing
[55:32] because this is a reoccurring question
[55:33] that comes up
[55:35] it came up through the budget process
[55:37] and we can provide that clarity of how
[55:39] we're structuring our work
[55:42] and
[55:43] ms tillman had referred to
[55:45] some of the costs and some of the
[55:47] outcomes and we can make sure that we do
[55:49] include that into kind of a dashboard
[55:52] report to your board and also the
[55:53] community as we move forward because we
[55:55] know our community and our community
[55:57] partners are also
[55:59] interested in this work
[56:06] any other commissioner questions or
[56:08] comments
[56:16] seeing none i'll finish up i want to
[56:19] thank you as always for
[56:22] these quarterly updates
[56:24] uh it helps us be mindful
[56:27] of how we are doing a better job of
[56:31] serving our community and addressing
[56:34] their needs
[56:36] and it also
[56:38] helps us take stock and recognize our
[56:41] progress on this journey so thank you so
[56:45] much team for being with us this evening
[56:48] and matt i hope the temperature will
[56:51] cool this evening in ways that i'm not
[56:54] sure it did last night so everyone
[56:56] please stay safe
[56:59] drink lots of fluids take good care of
[57:01] yourself it's going to be hot here for a
[57:04] while in the pacific northwest
[57:09] sarah harrington can we do an agenda
[57:11] check-in and i apologize my mic wasn't
[57:13] working at the beginning of the meeting
[57:15] but i do have an update on cooling
[57:18] shelter
[57:19] and given the number of individuals that
[57:21] are on the attendee list it may be
[57:23] beneficial to spread that word at this
[57:25] time if the board is okay with an agenda
[57:27] change
[57:28] sounds like a great idea go ahead miss
[57:31] angie okay thank you chair harrington
[57:33] and board and
[57:35] um team if they are on it pre uh
[57:38] displaying um a few slides um so i do
[57:42] want to provide the board and the
[57:44] communion update
[57:46] given that we are in this extreme heat
[57:48] environment our daytime
[57:50] and evening cooling resources and
[57:53] services so much of what i will say i am
[57:55] reading from the slide deck but i do
[57:57] want to make sure that this information
[57:59] is available to our public both from a
[58:01] verbal and also a written format
[58:04] because i know um i and all of us can
[58:07] talk quickly right now uh or at any
[58:10] point in time
[58:11] so in washington county we have close to
[58:14] 20 libraries and recreational facilities
[58:17] that are serving as daytime cooling
[58:19] shelters
[58:20] some with extended hours into our
[58:23] evenings
[58:24] an additional 14 other locations are
[58:26] serving as daytime splash pads or
[58:29] hydration
[58:30] stations these location the cooling
[58:33] resources are all listed on the county's
[58:36] web page and can be accessed by visiting
[58:39] www.staycoolwashingtoncounty.com
[58:44] and that web extension is
[58:47] on the slide deck that you see displayed
[58:49] on your screen at this time
[58:51] trimet is providing free transportation
[58:53] to any cooling center in the three
[58:56] county region
[58:58] our encampment outreach staff are
[59:01] equipped with water
[59:02] cooling towels and other resources for
[59:06] those experiencing healthlessness
[59:08] this is the same resources that we are
[59:11] being made available to migrant farm
[59:13] workers
[59:14] next slide
[59:20] so now we're transitioning into
[59:22] overnight shelters and this is really
[59:24] timely information
[59:26] because our first overnight shelter for
[59:27] this extreme event did open at 7 00 pm
[59:30] tonight due to severe weather conditions
[59:34] washington county has activated
[59:36] inclement weather shelters that will
[59:38] provide emergency shelter capacity to
[59:40] ensure no one seeking shelter is turned
[59:43] away
[59:44] these shelters will provide relief from
[59:46] extreme heat and access to air
[59:48] conditioning
[59:50] to access these shelter beds interested
[59:52] individuals can walk up to one of the
[59:54] locations listed below
[59:56] so for this evening that includes the
[59:59] salvation army building and the address
[1:00:01] is listed
[1:00:03] as on the slot as the slide displayed
[1:00:06] and this shelter is open
[1:00:08] as of 7 pm this evening
[1:00:11] and it is accessible
[1:00:12] via trimet route number 57
[1:00:16] starting tomorrow
[1:00:18] this shelter along with beaverton
[1:00:21] community center will be open and the
[1:00:24] beaverton community center is accessible
[1:00:26] via trimet route numbers 52 76 and 78
[1:00:33] shelters remain open 24 hours throughout
[1:00:37] the severe weather event
[1:00:39] meals are provided for guests
[1:00:41] no one will be turned away and pets are
[1:00:44] okay
[1:00:45] for our guests please prepare be
[1:00:47] prepared to work with shelter staff and
[1:00:49] how to accommodate your pets at these
[1:00:51] shelter locations
[1:00:53] i do want to extend significant
[1:00:55] appreciation to our washington county
[1:00:57] staff
[1:00:58] and our partners
[1:01:00] to not only ensuring that these shelter
[1:01:02] locations are available during this
[1:01:05] event but that we are looking at our
[1:01:07] year-round inclement weather events and
[1:01:10] ensuring that their shelter
[1:01:12] available for our community members next
[1:01:14] slide please
[1:01:18] and so i do want to leave with just a
[1:01:20] general community message from our
[1:01:22] public health division our public health
[1:01:24] division continues to ask
[1:01:26] that we do a neighbor check-in with one
[1:01:29] another especially older adults and
[1:01:31] anyone who might have a health condition
[1:01:33] that could put them at a higher risk for
[1:01:35] heat-related illness
[1:01:37] members of the public worried about a
[1:01:39] friend
[1:01:40] family member or neighbor who they can't
[1:01:43] get in touch with are asked to call
[1:01:45] non-emergency dispatch at five zero
[1:01:48] three
[1:01:49] six two nine
[1:01:51] zero one
[1:01:52] one one to request a welfare check
[1:01:56] and so that number if you're interested
[1:01:58] is displayed on the screen at this time
[1:02:00] and currently our staff are pushing out
[1:02:03] these messages through our social media
[1:02:05] networks and also
[1:02:07] public
[1:02:09] information
[1:02:11] and that concludes my update thank you
[1:02:13] chair and board for allowing me this
[1:02:15] opportunity prior to
[1:02:17] resuming the rest of the evening's
[1:02:18] business
[1:02:20] thank you ms angie appreciate all the
[1:02:23] work that's gone into this
[1:02:26] next on our agenda this evening we have
[1:02:29] two public hearings
[1:02:31] the first one
[1:02:32] is related to a transportation matter
[1:02:36] so first i would like to
[1:02:39] ask
[1:02:40] for a motion to read ordinance number
[1:02:44] 882
[1:02:46] engrossment a buy title only
[1:02:50] we have a motion from commissioner
[1:02:51] rogers a second from vice chair willie
[1:02:54] all those in favor please vote by
[1:02:56] raising your hand thank you
[1:02:57] commissioners any opposed the motion
[1:03:00] carries unanimously four to zero mr carr
[1:03:03] if you could do us the honors please
[1:03:06] thank you chair harrington and gross
[1:03:07] ordinance number 882 an ordinance
[1:03:09] amending the transportation
[1:03:11] transportation system plan element of
[1:03:12] the comprehensive plan relating to an
[1:03:14] extension of tile flat road this is
[1:03:16] engrossment hearing number one
[1:03:20] thank you sir
[1:03:21] and i'd like to turn it over to mr
[1:03:24] stephen roberts our director of land use
[1:03:27] and transportation here at washington
[1:03:29] county to see if there is a staff report
[1:03:32] first
[1:03:34] thank you madam chair yes there is a
[1:03:36] staff report uh erin wardell is our
[1:03:38] principal planner for transportation
[1:03:40] planning she's going to walk through the
[1:03:41] staff report
[1:03:43] i'll be here as well along with andy
[1:03:45] back our planning and development
[1:03:46] services manager for questions or
[1:03:48] discussion after the presentation thank
[1:03:50] you
[1:03:52] thank you stephen can we go to the next
[1:03:54] slide
[1:03:57] this slide shows an overview of the
[1:03:58] presentation we have planned for today
[1:04:01] um first of all i should mention that
[1:04:03] the board directed engross meant at the
[1:04:05] hearing on march 1st so it's been about
[1:04:07] five months since we talked about this
[1:04:08] ordinance and so we're going to start
[1:04:10] with a review of the tile flat extension
[1:04:12] planning we will then review public
[1:04:15] outreach and some of the recent
[1:04:16] community comments that we've heard
[1:04:17] through some engagement and then we'll
[1:04:19] be reviewing prior public hearings and
[1:04:21] the engrossment amendments before we get
[1:04:23] to our staff recommendation at the end
[1:04:26] next slide please
[1:04:30] the tile flat road extension was
[1:04:32] initially identified as a part of the
[1:04:34] planning work that the city of beaverton
[1:04:36] conducted for cooper mountain they were
[1:04:38] specifically evaluating the south cooper
[1:04:40] mountain area as a part of it coming
[1:04:41] into the urban growth boundary but they
[1:04:43] expanded their planning to include
[1:04:45] middle north cooper and some of the
[1:04:47] adjacent areas so you can see in the
[1:04:49] graphic shown which is from beaverton's
[1:04:51] planning documents this extension down
[1:04:53] in the the southern part of that map
[1:04:56] shortly after beaverton completed that
[1:04:58] planning effort washington county
[1:05:00] conducted the transportation future
[1:05:02] study which was an opportunity to take a
[1:05:04] very long-range 50-year look at our
[1:05:07] transportation system and as a part of
[1:05:09] that work we engaged extensively with a
[1:05:11] number of residents who live on cooper
[1:05:13] mountain part of the save 175th
[1:05:16] neighborhood group and those neighbors
[1:05:18] brought up the need for an all-weather
[1:05:20] redundant network around the cooper
[1:05:22] mountain area that they call the around
[1:05:24] the mountain solution and they had
[1:05:26] identified through their own work the
[1:05:28] need for the tile flat road extension as
[1:05:31] well as the cornelius pass road
[1:05:32] extension which you'll be reviewing in
[1:05:34] ordinance 883 at an october hearing
[1:05:38] so as a result of that community's
[1:05:41] involvement the board added to the long
[1:05:43] range planning work program the cooper
[1:05:45] mountain transportation study and that
[1:05:47] was an opportunity for us to do a
[1:05:49] detailed technical analysis of
[1:05:52] transportation solutions for the cooper
[1:05:54] mountain area
[1:05:55] we then moved into the urban reserves
[1:05:57] transportation study which took a
[1:05:59] broader look at the growth that we
[1:06:01] expect to happen within our urban
[1:06:03] reserves areas over about the next 40
[1:06:05] years and our transportation system
[1:06:07] needs that will result from that
[1:06:10] the tile flat road extension has since
[1:06:13] been included in the river terrace 2.0
[1:06:15] plan that the city of tiger prepared as
[1:06:18] a part of requesting metro to add
[1:06:21] the river terrace 2.0 area to the urban
[1:06:23] growth boundary and it is referenced in
[1:06:25] ordinance number 879 the tigard urban
[1:06:28] planning area agreement
[1:06:31] next slide
[1:06:35] the proposed transportation system plan
[1:06:37] amendment before you would extend tile
[1:06:39] flat road as a collector facility south
[1:06:41] from shulls ferry road from its existing
[1:06:44] intersection with tile flat road to with
[1:06:46] the intersection of roy rogers road and
[1:06:48] bull mountain road
[1:06:50] it would also add what's called a
[1:06:51] refinement area south of bull mountain
[1:06:54] road to the intersection of roy rogers
[1:06:56] and beef bend road
[1:06:57] the purpose of a refinement area is that
[1:07:00] we have an identified transportation
[1:07:01] system need but there are some unique
[1:07:03] constraints in the area and some
[1:07:06] planning work being done by tigard in
[1:07:07] king city over on the east side of the
[1:07:09] road that needs to be advanced further
[1:07:12] before we're ready to officially draw a
[1:07:14] line on the map and so that's why we
[1:07:16] have both an alignment for a part of
[1:07:18] this area and then a refinement area for
[1:07:21] another part of it
[1:07:23] this is envisioned as a very long range
[1:07:25] improvement
[1:07:26] and quite frankly this is one of the
[1:07:27] hardest things we do as transportation
[1:07:29] planners is try to take a 20-year look
[1:07:31] at what our system needs and why we need
[1:07:34] that it's based on growth projections
[1:07:36] and it's based on compliance with state
[1:07:38] rules and laws guiding how we do
[1:07:40] long-range transportation planning so we
[1:07:43] don't envision that we will have funding
[1:07:44] for this improvement in the near future
[1:07:46] but adding it to our plan provides
[1:07:49] certainty and transparency to the
[1:07:51] community and it informs other planning
[1:07:53] efforts that will be conducted over the
[1:07:55] next 20 years
[1:07:57] it is unlikely that this facility would
[1:07:59] be built before the areas broadened the
[1:08:01] urban growth boundary and i want to
[1:08:03] explain that a little bit because it's
[1:08:04] important and the next slide we'll talk
[1:08:05] a little bit more about the urban growth
[1:08:07] boundary potential expansion the reason
[1:08:10] we think it's unlikely to be built has
[1:08:11] to do with transportation funding we
[1:08:13] have a number of existing needs already
[1:08:15] identified in our transportation system
[1:08:17] that have been in line for a really long
[1:08:19] time so it's somewhat unlikely that
[1:08:21] there will be funding available for this
[1:08:24] before it comes into the urban growth
[1:08:26] boundary i think all of us expect that
[1:08:28] this will come into the urban growth
[1:08:29] boundary within probably our 20-year
[1:08:31] planning horizon if not sooner than that
[1:08:34] um
[1:08:36] so while we could build it once the line
[1:08:38] is drawn on the map it's unlikely that
[1:08:40] funding will be identified the other
[1:08:42] benefit of waiting until the land is
[1:08:44] brought into the urban growth boundary
[1:08:46] is that portions of the road could then
[1:08:48] be built by development or through
[1:08:49] development and it would not be an
[1:08:51] entirely publicly funded improvement at
[1:08:53] that time so this last point really has
[1:08:55] to do with transportation funding and
[1:08:57] the availability of it for this
[1:08:59] particular project
[1:09:01] next slide
[1:09:04] now this slide talks about that
[1:09:05] potential urban growth boundary
[1:09:07] expansion
[1:09:08] what you see in this graphic on the
[1:09:10] slide is an identification of the types
[1:09:13] of rural land that we have in washington
[1:09:15] county we have rural land designated as
[1:09:18] urban reserve
[1:09:19] rural land designated as rural reserve
[1:09:22] and then rural land that has no reserve
[1:09:24] designation
[1:09:26] so when we talk about urban growth
[1:09:27] boundary expansions in washington county
[1:09:30] land that is blue is eligible to be
[1:09:32] added to the urban growth foundry once a
[1:09:35] city prepares a concept plan and
[1:09:36] requests portland metro to add it to the
[1:09:38] urban growth boundary then portland
[1:09:40] metro goes through the process of making
[1:09:42] the decision to expand the urban growth
[1:09:44] boundary it's not a decision that can be
[1:09:46] made by washington county were somewhat
[1:09:48] reactionary when it comes to urban
[1:09:50] growth boundary expansions because the
[1:09:52] county board is not the decision maker
[1:09:54] on this
[1:09:56] additionally the land that is rural no
[1:09:59] reserve
[1:10:00] can be added to the urban growth
[1:10:01] boundary
[1:10:02] at some point in the future
[1:10:04] 175 of our original reserves have been
[1:10:08] added to the urban growth boundary we're
[1:10:10] only at about 40 right now a little bit
[1:10:12] under 40 percent so we still have a ways
[1:10:14] to go before these rural no reserve or
[1:10:17] undesignated areas can be included
[1:10:20] so in 2021 the city of tigard requested
[1:10:24] metro to add the urban reserve area
[1:10:27] identified in blue on this map to our
[1:10:29] regional urban growth boundary
[1:10:31] metro's chief operating officer
[1:10:33] recommended to metro council that the
[1:10:36] expansion take place not through a
[1:10:38] regular urban growth boundary expansion
[1:10:41] but through a land exchange process
[1:10:43] which is not a process that the portland
[1:10:45] metro area
[1:10:46] has done previously but is allowed
[1:10:48] through state statute
[1:10:51] metro council has not yet made that
[1:10:52] decision we believe they will make that
[1:10:54] decision later this year or consider
[1:10:56] making it later this year but we don't
[1:10:58] have a definitive timeline
[1:11:00] it's important to note that our planning
[1:11:01] work and identification of the need for
[1:11:03] this collector facility happened before
[1:11:06] the urban growth boundary expansion
[1:11:08] request was made it's somewhat difficult
[1:11:10] at this point to have a conversation
[1:11:12] with the community explaining that
[1:11:13] because a lot of the community concerns
[1:11:15] we're hearing have more to do with the
[1:11:16] urban growth boundary expansion which is
[1:11:18] again a different decision-making
[1:11:20] process happening at the same time
[1:11:24] next slide please
[1:11:28] so this slide summarizes the public
[1:11:30] outreach that we have done as
[1:11:32] a part of all of these various planning
[1:11:34] studies and the staff reports prepared
[1:11:36] for the planning commission and the
[1:11:38] previous board hearings had detailed
[1:11:39] explanations of some of the engagement
[1:11:42] that we had done as a part of this so
[1:11:44] through all these planning studies the
[1:11:45] south carolina mountain planning effort
[1:11:47] river terrace and river terrace 2.0
[1:11:49] planning with the city of tigard as well
[1:11:51] as our own cooper mountain
[1:11:52] transportation study and urban reserve
[1:11:54] transportation study we had engagement
[1:11:57] with community members living in this
[1:11:58] area as well as through our
[1:12:00] organizations such as our cpos and the
[1:12:03] beaverton neighborhood associations
[1:12:06] as a part of filing the ordinance we
[1:12:08] went through our statutory required
[1:12:10] notification process
[1:12:12] additionally we provided supplemental
[1:12:15] notification to potentially affected
[1:12:17] property owners and offered virtual
[1:12:19] question and answer sessions
[1:12:21] the first of those took place in the
[1:12:23] fall shortly after we had filed the
[1:12:24] ordinance the second one took place just
[1:12:26] a few weeks ago and as a part of that
[1:12:29] second
[1:12:30] q a session we expanded the number of
[1:12:34] property owners who we mailed the
[1:12:35] notification to
[1:12:36] we expanded it into the rural reserve
[1:12:39] area to property owners who take access
[1:12:41] off of some of the rural roads that
[1:12:43] could potentially have a future
[1:12:45] intersection with the tile flat road
[1:12:47] extension while the rural reserve area
[1:12:50] itself will not be brought into the
[1:12:51] urban growth boundary or directly
[1:12:53] impacted by this road alignment given
[1:12:56] their proximity to it we thought it made
[1:12:58] sense to invite them to that
[1:13:00] so we had about 16 community members
[1:13:03] join us for that second listening
[1:13:05] session i should say we had 16 unique
[1:13:07] logins in zoom it's hard to say how many
[1:13:09] people were actually there for that
[1:13:10] meeting
[1:13:11] and we had a very good conversation a
[1:13:13] lot of the points that were brought up
[1:13:15] at that meeting echoed the concerns that
[1:13:17] we had heard at the previous hearings as
[1:13:19] well as through outreach that we've done
[1:13:22] for this ordinance through time
[1:13:24] those can be summarized as concerns over
[1:13:26] the environmental impact of the new road
[1:13:29] our determination of the fact that we
[1:13:31] need the road for connectivity questions
[1:13:33] about the technical analysis that led us
[1:13:35] to determine that
[1:13:37] questions about the timing and the
[1:13:39] funding that would be available for this
[1:13:41] road and when they can expect to see it
[1:13:43] done
[1:13:44] questions about the process of taking an
[1:13:46] exception to statewide rules and why
[1:13:48] it's allowed in these unique
[1:13:49] circumstances in urban reserve and rural
[1:13:52] undesignated areas
[1:13:54] and then finally we probably heard the
[1:13:56] most questions about the process of
[1:13:58] adding this area to the urban growth
[1:14:00] boundary
[1:14:01] fortunately for that listening session
[1:14:02] we were joined by one of metro's
[1:14:04] principal planners and so he was able to
[1:14:07] speak for metro and explain more about
[1:14:09] the technical process that metro will be
[1:14:11] going through as a part of evaluating
[1:14:13] this land swap
[1:14:14] so that was really the bulk of the
[1:14:16] feedback that we heard at that meeting
[1:14:19] next slide please
[1:14:23] this slide reviews your prior actions
[1:14:25] the planning commission held their
[1:14:26] hearing on december 15th of 2021
[1:14:29] the board held their first hearing on
[1:14:31] january 18th and then continued
[1:14:33] deliberations to march first
[1:14:36] at the march first hearing your board
[1:14:38] directed staff to engross the ordinance
[1:14:40] based on interpretation of case law that
[1:14:43] arose after we had filed the original
[1:14:46] ordinance
[1:14:47] when we filed the original ordinance we
[1:14:50] simply added the line to the map in our
[1:14:52] transportation system plan
[1:14:54] based on our review of case law we
[1:14:56] determined that we also needed to add
[1:14:59] some text references within our
[1:15:01] transportation system plan referring to
[1:15:03] why we added that to the map
[1:15:05] so our engrossment adds a specific text
[1:15:08] reference describing what we're seeing
[1:15:10] in the map
[1:15:11] it also adds a strategy to our
[1:15:13] connectivity goal which describes how
[1:15:16] adding this collector facility to our
[1:15:18] transportation system plan helps us to
[1:15:20] meet our connectivity goal
[1:15:22] and finally we adopted the we are
[1:15:24] recommending the engrossment include the
[1:15:27] exceptions technical analysis as a
[1:15:30] technical appendix to our transportation
[1:15:32] system plan
[1:15:33] that is not new information that arose
[1:15:36] since then that information was included
[1:15:38] along with our original staff report
[1:15:40] we're simply elevating it to become a
[1:15:42] part of our transportation system plan
[1:15:44] through this engrossment
[1:15:47] next slide please
[1:15:50] and i went through the engrossment
[1:15:52] changes now um so again we do think that
[1:15:55] these
[1:15:56] respond effectively to case law and are
[1:15:59] what we need to do in order to be
[1:16:01] consistent with state rules and with
[1:16:03] that case law precedent
[1:16:05] next slide
[1:16:08] so our staff recommendation tonight is
[1:16:10] to conduct the public hearing and then
[1:16:12] as a part of the rules with engrossed
[1:16:14] land use ordinances the board is
[1:16:16] required to hold two engrossment
[1:16:17] hearings so this is the first of those
[1:16:19] it's our evening hearing next week we
[1:16:22] will have the august 2nd day meeting and
[1:16:24] at that time the board will have the
[1:16:26] opportunity to adopt the ordinance
[1:16:29] and i think that is our last slide
[1:16:34] thank you
[1:16:36] commissioners do you have any questions
[1:16:39] on this staff report
[1:16:41] at this time
[1:16:47] commissioner 5 that includes you you're
[1:16:49] off camera so no questions at this time
[1:16:55] okay i have a question though
[1:16:59] didn't want to step in front of any of
[1:17:01] my colleagues
[1:17:03] i'm confused about one thing if we could
[1:17:06] go back to slide eight please
[1:17:09] so
[1:17:11] this
[1:17:14] summary no no
[1:17:16] so this
[1:17:17] thank you for
[1:17:19] summarizing in general the
[1:17:22] engrossment changes
[1:17:24] um
[1:17:26] what i struggle with
[1:17:28] is
[1:17:30] that and i let me start with i did not
[1:17:34] re-review the presentation from
[1:17:38] uh when
[1:17:39] we did the engrossment five months ago
[1:17:43] i didn't do that at all
[1:17:45] so i may just not remember something
[1:17:50] uh
[1:17:52] back on slide four if i could
[1:17:58] i remembered
[1:18:00] you know the
[1:18:01] the
[1:18:03] slide you know really focusing on the
[1:18:05] tile flat road
[1:18:07] uh
[1:18:10] thank you this is the slide i was hoping
[1:18:12] for
[1:18:13] um
[1:18:14] my problem is this bullet about adding a
[1:18:18] refinement area
[1:18:21] south of bull mountain oh
[1:18:24] oh
[1:18:25] right
[1:18:26] never mind i do this all the time
[1:18:30] i
[1:18:31] uh confuse beef bend road with bull
[1:18:35] mountain road
[1:18:36] and earlier i was thinking bull mountain
[1:18:40] even though i was seeing the label beef
[1:18:42] bun
[1:18:43] beef ben like why are we taking
[1:18:46] this
[1:18:47] whole big refinement area when the road
[1:18:51] uh
[1:18:52] general road alignment is way up there
[1:18:55] you are not the only person who confuses
[1:18:57] those two roads
[1:18:59] thank you
[1:19:00] i
[1:19:01] answered my own question i'm sorry i
[1:19:03] took up everyone's time
[1:19:07] all righty
[1:19:08] seeing no further questions from
[1:19:11] commissioners including myself
[1:19:13] i'd like to open a public hearing and
[1:19:16] this is where i need to turn to our
[1:19:19] board clerk
[1:19:20] and see
[1:19:21] who we have signed up and who else might
[1:19:24] wish to speak so ms niola if you could
[1:19:27] please
[1:19:28] we have several people
[1:19:30] aligned so the first one is andy haagen
[1:19:33] andy could you unmute please
[1:19:37] can you hear me
[1:19:38] yes
[1:19:40] thank you for uh hosting us and allowing
[1:19:43] us to speak today i appreciate it and
[1:19:44] for all your time from everybody
[1:19:47] my name is andy haugen i'm also the cpo
[1:19:50] 10 chair
[1:19:52] uh and i just am kind of representing a
[1:19:54] lot of people that live in the area as
[1:19:56] well as uh myself that have a few
[1:20:00] comments
[1:20:01] um
[1:20:02] i i sent written testimony in earlier so
[1:20:05] maybe you had a chance to review that
[1:20:07] already but i'm just going to kind of
[1:20:08] highlight a few of the main points that
[1:20:10] i also submitted by
[1:20:11] written testimony um i believe this
[1:20:15] ordinance is not a great idea for
[1:20:16] washington county because i think it
[1:20:18] creates more issues than it resolves by
[1:20:20] seeking statewide land use planning
[1:20:22] exemptions in rural and forest lands it
[1:20:25] promotes a dangerous precedent
[1:20:27] to land use laws which are in place for
[1:20:29] a variety of reasons if adopted soon
[1:20:32] more exemptions and rezoning will follow
[1:20:34] until the land use laws and regulations
[1:20:37] could be rendered useless
[1:20:39] uh i was looking in the ec report for
[1:20:42] the board of commissioner staff report
[1:20:43] and attachment a for all three possible
[1:20:47] routes of a b and c for the proposed
[1:20:49] extension
[1:20:50] um
[1:20:51] where almost all the categories for
[1:20:54] economic social environmental and energy
[1:20:56] were slightly negative or neutral
[1:20:59] when not a lot of positive aspects for
[1:21:01] that
[1:21:02] this alone would show the road would
[1:21:04] have very positive little positive
[1:21:06] impact
[1:21:08] many citizens of washington county do
[1:21:10] not want this extension
[1:21:12] not one person that gave testimony at
[1:21:14] the planning commission was in favor of
[1:21:17] it and that also originally failed back
[1:21:19] in december
[1:21:20] and there's no transit opportunities
[1:21:22] it's expensive
[1:21:25] it doesn't correlate i believe what the
[1:21:26] county climate goals
[1:21:28] and more desired improvements were on
[1:21:31] tile flat road that were rejected last
[1:21:33] year by the beard and city council
[1:21:35] and i don't i think roads that already
[1:21:37] exist should be improved upon rather
[1:21:39] than adding new roads thank you
[1:21:44] thank you next is tanya
[1:21:46] steele
[1:21:49] tanya can you please on you
[1:21:52] yes hello good evening can you hear me
[1:21:54] yes hello good evening uh it's very nice
[1:21:58] to meet all of you
[1:22:00] this is my first um
[1:22:02] chance to attend one of these i
[1:22:04] unfortunately did not receive
[1:22:05] notification of some of the earlier
[1:22:07] meetings
[1:22:08] the july 13th or the october 25th
[1:22:11] meetings um
[1:22:12] i'm the owner of lone owl farm at 18 900
[1:22:16] southwest schultz ferry road
[1:22:18] my property is the 26 acres that tile
[1:22:21] flat road would
[1:22:22] bisect in order to connect
[1:22:26] um
[1:22:27] when we purchased this farm in 2011 it
[1:22:30] showed on the map as rural reserve
[1:22:33] a few years ago it suddenly with no
[1:22:36] notification to me
[1:22:38] uh showed up as undesignated which in
[1:22:40] the newest document now says rural no
[1:22:42] reserve
[1:22:44] very recently a dedicated turn lane and
[1:22:46] a turn signal into my property has also
[1:22:49] appeared so
[1:22:50] sort of to a lay person it's very
[1:22:52] confusing how this process is working
[1:22:55] what's happening
[1:22:57] my children and i have been working for
[1:22:59] the last 11 years to rehab this farm
[1:23:02] it's a christmas tree farm
[1:23:04] it's coming up on 100 years as a farm
[1:23:09] we sell christmas trees every year we
[1:23:11] have thousands of customers that come we
[1:23:13] sell pre-cut you cut
[1:23:15] we love to engage with the community and
[1:23:17] we're very afraid that this road is
[1:23:19] going to
[1:23:20] again probably destroy or severely
[1:23:23] impact most of our business
[1:23:26] and drastically change
[1:23:28] our farm my farm is 40 acres this again
[1:23:31] will bisect 26 of those will make a very
[1:23:34] large portion
[1:23:35] inaccessible for farming
[1:23:38] and
[1:23:40] you know there's a lot of growth around
[1:23:42] us and in some ways it's very sad to see
[1:23:44] this happen it's a very beautiful place
[1:23:46] a beautiful area and
[1:23:49] we very much would like to i think see
[1:23:51] the road not go through and destroy this
[1:23:54] farm so thank you for your time if you
[1:23:56] have any questions i'm very open to
[1:23:58] taking those thank you
[1:24:01] thank you next is lily stone
[1:24:04] lily can you please unmute
[1:24:13] lily we can't hear you
[1:24:20] it looks like your mic's a muted can you
[1:24:22] hear me yes thank you
[1:24:25] commissioners thank you for taking the
[1:24:26] time to hear comments this evening from
[1:24:30] what i understand the proposed changes
[1:24:33] to the tsp are largely to accommodate
[1:24:36] the river terrace 2.0 plan
[1:24:39] and that is why washington county is
[1:24:40] looking to include the road and
[1:24:42] potential intersection in this tsp
[1:24:46] the river terrace 2.0 plan involves
[1:24:48] swapping land outside of the urban
[1:24:50] growth boundary that connects forests
[1:24:53] streams
[1:24:54] and farms with property that has been
[1:24:56] already flagged for development for some
[1:24:58] time
[1:25:00] this plan has not been approved by metro
[1:25:03] if this new roadway is to service river
[1:25:05] terrace 2.0 it doesn't make sense to
[1:25:07] include it in the tsp at this time
[1:25:10] especially when shoals ferry has already
[1:25:12] seen significant expansion
[1:25:14] and these projects will impact signific
[1:25:16] sensitive ecosystems
[1:25:18] if the tsp is used to help identify
[1:25:21] projects of fund
[1:25:22] i'd argue that the developers of the
[1:25:24] river terrace 2.0 project
[1:25:26] should be paying for this change and not
[1:25:28] necessarily taxpayers
[1:25:30] also it is important to consider current
[1:25:32] economic conditions
[1:25:34] according to the bureau of labor
[1:25:35] statistics
[1:25:36] in june inflation was up 9.1
[1:25:39] which is the largest rate increase we've
[1:25:41] seen in 40 years
[1:25:43] consumer spending which is a key
[1:25:44] indicator of a looming recession
[1:25:47] is also predicted to decrease as well as
[1:25:50] fargo is expecting that more people will
[1:25:52] be digging into their savings to cover
[1:25:54] the cost of goods
[1:25:56] to my knowledge the impacts of this
[1:25:58] level of inflation and a potential
[1:26:00] looming recession have not been
[1:26:02] considered when examining the population
[1:26:04] growth that would be used for these
[1:26:06] projects
[1:26:09] given that the tsp identifies projects
[1:26:11] for funding
[1:26:12] i'd like to see washington county be
[1:26:14] more conservative with the budget and
[1:26:15] only look at funding critical projects
[1:26:18] not ones that could potentially happen
[1:26:20] or be funded by developers
[1:26:22] due to the uncertainty around this
[1:26:23] proposal and the environmental and
[1:26:26] economic impacts it would have
[1:26:28] i encourage you not to approve a
[1:26:30] engrossed ordinance number 882
[1:26:33] thank you again for your time
[1:26:35] thank you lily next is andrea damico
[1:26:40] andrea can you please on me
[1:26:53] andrea are you there
[1:26:58] can you hear me now
[1:26:59] yes
[1:27:00] hi
[1:27:02] i would like to address the creeks that
[1:27:04] feed into the tultan river that will be
[1:27:06] affected if the tile flat road extension
[1:27:09] is approved
[1:27:10] organizations have been cleaning up the
[1:27:12] tabalton river for years
[1:27:14] and the runoff of roads and bridges will
[1:27:16] contribute to sediment and silt
[1:27:19] that affect our waterways causing
[1:27:21] erosion and pollutants which deteriorate
[1:27:24] the water quality and the effect of
[1:27:26] wildlife in the area
[1:27:28] along the creek we have beavers nutria
[1:27:31] deer and elk now
[1:27:33] and many others
[1:27:35] we need to protect our waterways from
[1:27:37] being polluted
[1:27:40] for the natural wildlife
[1:27:42] changing the water the waterway doesn't
[1:27:44] only impact us environmentally it also
[1:27:47] impacts
[1:27:49] our water table
[1:27:50] in the past two years our water table
[1:27:52] has risen
[1:27:54] in which we have had to have our pumps
[1:27:56] of our wells raised and this has never
[1:27:58] happened before in
[1:28:00] 100 years plus
[1:28:02] i'm not opposed to change but scholes
[1:28:05] ferry and roy rogers have already added
[1:28:08] lanes i really don't see the advantage
[1:28:10] to extending tile flat
[1:28:12] roy rogers and shoals ferry have as many
[1:28:14] lanes as tv highway
[1:28:17] and lastly if this was proposed in
[1:28:20] december of 2021 and was turned down why
[1:28:23] are we revisiting the expansion
[1:28:26] and in 2014 beaverton had their plan for
[1:28:29] south cooper and there was never a
[1:28:31] mention of extending tile flat
[1:28:34] what's changed since then the houses
[1:28:37] have just started to be built on south
[1:28:39] cooper
[1:28:41] i urge the commission commission
[1:28:44] to not approve the a and gross ordinance
[1:28:47] number 882 due to the impact
[1:28:50] that it will have on our waterways and
[1:28:52] the wells of the remaining farms in the
[1:28:54] area and lack of clear need for this
[1:28:57] expansion
[1:28:59] [Music]
[1:29:00] thank you
[1:29:01] next is carrie
[1:29:03] parmentier
[1:29:06] carrie can you on mute please
[1:29:09] it should be fine good evening chair and
[1:29:11] commissioners and thank you for your
[1:29:13] time this evening
[1:29:14] yes i'm actually speaking on ordnance
[1:29:16] 882 because i believe it's directly
[1:29:19] connected with ordnance 883
[1:29:22] i'm asking you to please
[1:29:24] excuse me i've got covert at the moment
[1:29:26] so i'm slightly struggling
[1:29:28] to
[1:29:30] stop and think about this
[1:29:32] the planning commission voted against
[1:29:34] this four to two
[1:29:36] yet it as the last speaker said it's
[1:29:38] back on the table and the question is
[1:29:40] why
[1:29:41] if we're looking at the proposal of
[1:29:44] round the mountain
[1:29:45] then there's a gap between where
[1:29:47] ordinance 882 stops at tile flat and
[1:29:50] where the proposed 883 stops at clark
[1:29:53] hill road the reason being the rest is
[1:29:56] rural reserves this is not good planning
[1:29:58] it feels it's being done by still
[1:30:01] and in fact is not actually opening up
[1:30:04] for public consultation the way it
[1:30:06] should be and connection with everybody
[1:30:08] that will be involved
[1:30:10] i agree with what cpo 10 andy hagan said
[1:30:14] at the start of this with the first
[1:30:16] public hearing
[1:30:17] we've got existing roads let's focus on
[1:30:20] those
[1:30:21] stop taking rural lands for roadways
[1:30:24] i was actually reading the metro's coos
[1:30:27] report
[1:30:29] and they said that metro is growing at
[1:30:31] half the pace it was five years ago
[1:30:35] that is a real clear indicator along
[1:30:38] with this upcoming recession or just
[1:30:41] slow down that we all know is happening
[1:30:43] let's actually look and see what is
[1:30:46] needed and properly assessed and planned
[1:30:48] to there
[1:30:49] rather than long-term planning that
[1:30:51] could be extremely wasteful
[1:30:53] and not a good use of our funds that you
[1:30:56] manage on our behalf
[1:30:58] thank you for allowing me the time to
[1:30:59] speak
[1:31:02] thank you
[1:31:03] next is john
[1:31:06] stone
[1:31:08] john kenyon
[1:31:10] yes sam thank you commissioner um i am
[1:31:12] concerned with this
[1:31:14] uh proposed inclusion of the tile fat
[1:31:16] road extension and the additional beef
[1:31:18] bend road intersection in the tsp
[1:31:22] specifically
[1:31:23] engrossed ordinance number 882 the
[1:31:26] inclusion of these projects in the tsp
[1:31:28] seems to largely be based on the
[1:31:31] uh
[1:31:33] terrace 2 project
[1:31:35] which requires an urban growth boundary
[1:31:37] swap that my knowledge has never been
[1:31:39] done before and requires
[1:31:41] approval by the metro that aside it's
[1:31:44] important to consider future anticipated
[1:31:47] growth when making these investments
[1:31:49] especially when our community is facing
[1:31:51] an economic challenge associated with
[1:31:53] high inflation and increased interest
[1:31:55] rates
[1:31:56] even before the current inflation that
[1:31:59] we are seeing today and doubling of
[1:32:01] those interest rates we actually had a
[1:32:03] population drop of 0.2 in the portland
[1:32:06] metro area
[1:32:10] and from 2020 to 2021 that data comes
[1:32:14] from the u.s census bureau we are not
[1:32:17] just seeing a decline
[1:32:18] in population growth we are actually
[1:32:21] seeing a decrease in population in our
[1:32:24] area
[1:32:25] i'm not sure what population forecasts
[1:32:27] are included when justifying funding in
[1:32:30] the tsp but when i look at the 2040 and
[1:32:34] 2045 distributed forecast
[1:32:36] of population put out by metro these
[1:32:39] studies do not include the impacts of
[1:32:41] covenant 19 or the impacts of very high
[1:32:44] inflation in the near term along with a
[1:32:46] near-term recession those should be key
[1:32:49] considerations when thinking about
[1:32:51] including projects that are only needed
[1:32:53] in the instance of continued expansion
[1:32:56] in the area
[1:32:57] i encourage you all to not approve the a
[1:33:00] and gross ordinance number 882 and to
[1:33:03] dedicate that funding towards something
[1:33:05] that will be more beneficial for our
[1:33:07] community thank you
[1:33:09] thank you
[1:33:10] next is marilyn silver
[1:33:13] maryland communion
[1:33:16] hi can you hear me
[1:33:17] yes great
[1:33:19] um
[1:33:20] thank you very much for the opportunity
[1:33:22] to voice my objections to this ordinance
[1:33:25] i've also submitted written
[1:33:27] uh testimony which goes into more detail
[1:33:30] but i would like to just make a couple
[1:33:33] of points
[1:33:34] i fail to see the urgency or need to
[1:33:37] pass this ordinance
[1:33:39] your own planning commission as others
[1:33:41] have said voted it down by a vote of
[1:33:43] four to two
[1:33:45] they acknowledged public objections and
[1:33:47] their staff report failed to persuade
[1:33:49] them of the need for this ordinance
[1:33:52] the area impacted this by this ordinance
[1:33:54] is outside the ugb and metro has yet to
[1:33:57] schedule public hearings
[1:33:59] on bringing the area into the ugb as a
[1:34:02] mid-cycle exception
[1:34:04] metro apparently is proceeding at the
[1:34:06] request of the city of tiger and
[1:34:08] apparently tiger doesn't want to wait
[1:34:10] until 2024
[1:34:12] which is the normal cycle for ugb
[1:34:14] expansion i wonder
[1:34:16] why metro is proposing a land exchange
[1:34:19] apparently the first time this has been
[1:34:21] done
[1:34:22] what is the urgency for metro to act and
[1:34:25] for washington county to act your staff
[1:34:27] have acknowledged that this ordinance
[1:34:29] requires exceptions to the statewide
[1:34:31] planning goals
[1:34:32] what is the urgency to build this road
[1:34:34] in contravention to these goals which
[1:34:37] prevent roads from being built on rural
[1:34:39] reserve areas
[1:34:40] population growth is slowing we all
[1:34:42] agree
[1:34:43] the pandemic has changed the way we work
[1:34:46] and resulting patterned traffic patterns
[1:34:49] and there are still areas in washington
[1:34:50] county which are being developed
[1:34:53] so what is the urgency for city of tiger
[1:34:55] to implement river terrace 2.0
[1:34:58] their representatives did not attend
[1:35:00] your staff's question and answer session
[1:35:02] so we don't know their motivation
[1:35:06] the proposed extension will greatly
[1:35:08] impact vital forest and wetland areas
[1:35:10] and wildlife habitat
[1:35:12] and in a time when climate change is
[1:35:14] making its effects apparent
[1:35:16] why do we want to trade forest canopy
[1:35:18] and water resources for more concrete
[1:35:21] and asphalt
[1:35:22] thank you very much for the opportunity
[1:35:24] to address the book
[1:35:26] thank you marilyn honest
[1:35:28] yes i'm sorry to have to interrupt you
[1:35:31] and i apologize to everyone who is
[1:35:34] waiting to testify
[1:35:37] i have been informed that our youtube
[1:35:40] broadcast of this meeting
[1:35:43] is
[1:35:44] not
[1:35:45] working properly
[1:35:47] so i have been counseled by county
[1:35:49] council to pause the meeting
[1:35:52] for a moment
[1:35:54] so we can assess what is happening
[1:35:56] while i know completely
[1:35:59] that our video recording
[1:36:02] uh
[1:36:03] is
[1:36:04] for streaming video continues to work
[1:36:08] i just need us to pause for a moment so
[1:36:11] that our team has the opportunity to
[1:36:13] investigate
[1:36:16] yes commissioner rogers yeah man i'm
[1:36:18] sure i completely agree with you could
[1:36:20] we also just take a five minute break
[1:36:21] we've been going at it and i need to uh
[1:36:24] kind of go off camera for me
[1:36:26] yes
[1:36:27] um i would suggest we uh take a break
[1:36:31] until 8 15
[1:36:33] if possible that gives you a little bit
[1:36:35] longer than five good yeah okay
[1:36:46] in the process of the public hearing
[1:36:49] for
[1:36:51] our
[1:36:52] ordinance a engrossed ordinance 882
[1:36:55] agenda item e1
[1:36:58] so i'd like to turn it back to our board
[1:37:01] clerk ms niola to see where we're at
[1:37:04] with folks who wish to testify during
[1:37:07] this evening's public hearing the public
[1:37:09] hearing is still open
[1:37:12] thank you next we have anna maria ponzi
[1:37:15] anna
[1:37:16] thank you good evening commissioners
[1:37:18] thank you for this opportunity um i want
[1:37:20] to first agree
[1:37:21] with everyone who's already testified
[1:37:23] this evening with their concerns and i
[1:37:25] too oppose this ordinance
[1:37:28] i also want to note that despite my
[1:37:30] repeated requests i have yet to receive
[1:37:32] any information directly from the county
[1:37:35] on this initiative including the recent
[1:37:37] july 13th q a meeting
[1:37:40] and like chair harrington i also find
[1:37:42] the maps and this information very big
[1:37:45] confusing and unclear over my 50 years
[1:37:49] i've witnessed the the encroachment of
[1:37:51] the never ending development near our
[1:37:52] property off of vandermost road
[1:37:54] decades ago when our family established
[1:37:57] one of the state's first wineries we
[1:37:59] helped to protect our region's
[1:38:00] agricultural industry
[1:38:02] through state land use laws including
[1:38:04] and most importantly the adoption of the
[1:38:06] ugb
[1:38:07] it's therefore incredibly disappointing
[1:38:10] to see how this once precious boundary
[1:38:12] seems to be so easily adjusted devaluing
[1:38:15] its original intent
[1:38:17] had it been respected in coordination
[1:38:19] with responsible planning any
[1:38:20] infrastructure should have come prior or
[1:38:23] at minimum hand in hand with the
[1:38:25] proposed housing
[1:38:26] instead now we seek a band-aid approach
[1:38:29] to support the overwhelming development
[1:38:31] somehow now realizing
[1:38:33] that housing means more cars
[1:38:35] we got it wrong and that being said i
[1:38:38] struggle to now see how extending a road
[1:38:40] along another road will avoid congestion
[1:38:43] this proposal only offers a temporary
[1:38:45] solution as i believe the only real way
[1:38:47] to alleviate congestion is
[1:38:50] looking at the development and that
[1:38:51] creates it
[1:38:53] we've already seen the result of
[1:38:54] increased traffic on current connecting
[1:38:56] roadways from urban areas through
[1:38:58] farmland accidents have increased human
[1:39:00] life has been sacrificed with fast-paced
[1:39:02] commuters likewise the roads have become
[1:39:04] increasingly dangerous for the local
[1:39:06] farmers there's also the continued
[1:39:08] concern of not having adequate bike
[1:39:10] lanes which will provide security to
[1:39:12] urban cyclists who misjudge the volume
[1:39:14] and the speed of the vehicles
[1:39:16] so i'd like to know what the master plan
[1:39:18] is i'd like to know how it ends and if
[1:39:20] we don't respect boundaries how can
[1:39:22] property owners like tanya ever feel
[1:39:24] confident in making future decisions
[1:39:26] this ordinance demonstrates how
[1:39:28] boundaries may change again and again at
[1:39:30] any moment
[1:39:32] i hope that the commission will
[1:39:33] reconsider to push this
[1:39:36] just pushing out the urban footprint and
[1:39:38] instead urge them to look at more
[1:39:40] progressive longer-range planning and
[1:39:43] seek a more responsible approach to
[1:39:44] meeting both future future housing and
[1:39:46] agricultural needs thank you
[1:39:49] thank you anna
[1:39:51] next i'm going to call on brett he is
[1:39:54] representing 1 000 friends of oregon and
[1:39:56] should receive five minutes to speak
[1:39:59] hi can you hear me
[1:40:00] yes
[1:40:01] oh my gosh i did not realize i was gonna
[1:40:03] get five minutes um thank you border
[1:40:05] commission for the opportunity to speak
[1:40:06] before you today for the record my name
[1:40:08] is brett morgan and i work for 1 000
[1:40:10] friends of oregon as our transportation
[1:40:13] and great communities advocate
[1:40:15] um as you all might be aware too a
[1:40:17] thousand friends has been tracking and
[1:40:18] working on issues like ordinance 882 for
[1:40:21] over 50 years through the urban growth
[1:40:22] boundary system and the land use system
[1:40:24] be pioneered here in oregon and i think
[1:40:27] many of the comments we have heard today
[1:40:28] speak true to some of the conversations
[1:40:30] and the way that the land use system is
[1:40:32] supposed to allow for conversations to
[1:40:34] be facilitated between urban or those
[1:40:36] folks within the urban growth boundary
[1:40:38] and those outside and what the
[1:40:39] trade-offs we make when we make
[1:40:40] decisions
[1:40:42] if you haven't had the opportunity to
[1:40:44] i'd like to direct you to the written
[1:40:46] comments that we provided to the board i
[1:40:48] believe yesterday which detail in more
[1:40:50] detail than i can uh and with a legal
[1:40:52] framework uh as well
[1:40:54] uh specifically to ordinance 882 and i
[1:40:57] want to call out two things that are in
[1:40:58] the testimony itself one um as other
[1:41:02] folks have hinted that is an exception
[1:41:03] being made for this land use goal
[1:41:06] there's a goal land use exception being
[1:41:07] made
[1:41:08] but we find that in the appendix and
[1:41:10] when it is further explained why we're
[1:41:12] pursuing a unique and limited
[1:41:13] circumstance for why we would
[1:41:16] make this land useful exception uh the
[1:41:18] point is conductivity throughout the
[1:41:20] roads and uh desire to limit congestion
[1:41:23] on the roads but these are pretty
[1:41:25] generic and somewhat dubious grounds we
[1:41:27] consider to basically land use exception
[1:41:30] and place a goal exception and we
[1:41:32] continue to have concerns that if this
[1:41:34] is the logic that we're using to justify
[1:41:36] for this specific project uh it could be
[1:41:38] used in multiple other instances and
[1:41:40] used to degrade and break up farmland
[1:41:43] and expand outside of farmland
[1:41:46] i'd also like to make uh light of the
[1:41:48] second thing mentioned in our letter and
[1:41:49] other folks have made light as well this
[1:41:52] uh tsp amendment is largely dependent on
[1:41:54] a ugb land swap that has not happened
[1:41:56] before and is a new process
[1:41:58] um and i would also like to argue the
[1:42:00] point that we're making reliance and
[1:42:01] assumptions on who will pay for this
[1:42:03] road potentially in the future without
[1:42:05] the certainty of the current land use
[1:42:07] system in the in the ugb swap nor the
[1:42:10] understanding of who might those payers
[1:42:11] be in the
[1:42:12] future the next point i'd like to make
[1:42:14] is really a framing of how i look at
[1:42:16] this issue and it really is around
[1:42:18] burdens and benefits and who those are
[1:42:20] being placed upon and it's pretty clear
[1:42:22] that ordinance 882 is largely for the
[1:42:25] benefits of folks living within the
[1:42:26] urban growth boundaries to the detriment
[1:42:28] of those living outside the urban growth
[1:42:30] boundaries you've heard multiple pieces
[1:42:32] of testimony today from farmers
[1:42:33] concerned citizens people who own land
[1:42:36] uh all variety of folks who all all
[1:42:38] pointed out the fact that this road and
[1:42:39] this connection to ordinance 883 i would
[1:42:42] again stipulate that these two
[1:42:43] ordinances are very much connected and
[1:42:45] one is dependent on the other for the to
[1:42:47] really be effective and to reach the
[1:42:48] goals that you are
[1:42:50] moving towards but um the the
[1:42:52] construction of the movement towards 882
[1:42:54] and the construction of the road
[1:42:55] eventually will degrade farmland split
[1:42:57] up farmland and really limit their
[1:42:59] ability of our uh region and our county
[1:43:01] moving forward uh to
[1:43:04] keep working lands in working option
[1:43:07] um i'd like to close out that i caught i
[1:43:09] constantly hear in in meetings around
[1:43:11] the region and clackamas county
[1:43:13] multnomah county benton county that uh
[1:43:15] policymakers often feel constrained by
[1:43:18] decision maker by the decisions of past
[1:43:20] decision makers and that things like a
[1:43:22] tsp amendment while seeming innocuous
[1:43:24] now will greatly affect then shape the
[1:43:27] decision making of future policy makers
[1:43:29] that will come after you and for the
[1:43:31] many reasons you've heard today if
[1:43:33] you're feeling uncertain about this
[1:43:34] measure and feel like maybe you don't
[1:43:36] have all the facts or we don't maybe
[1:43:38] need at this time you can certainly add
[1:43:39] this to the tsb at any moment going
[1:43:41] forward or work towards that goal but if
[1:43:43] you don't feel like you have sufficient
[1:43:45] grounds right now to do that you don't
[1:43:47] have to pass this ordinance there's no
[1:43:48] requirement pushing that forward
[1:43:52] closing out too i would also like to
[1:43:53] make light that we're in a heat dome and
[1:43:55] that automotive transportation and the
[1:43:57] road and infrastructure that we're
[1:43:58] describing and talking about in ordnance
[1:44:00] 882 and an 883 really are automotive
[1:44:03] road infrastructure that will have a
[1:44:05] climate impact and will contribute to
[1:44:07] heat domes and other uh extreme weather
[1:44:09] phenomenon like we're currently
[1:44:10] experiencing so with that in light and
[1:44:12] kind of taking into the context of this
[1:44:14] entire meeting uh we 1 thousand friends
[1:44:16] of oregon strongly urges you to oppose
[1:44:18] ordinance 882 and it's connected to
[1:44:20] measure 883 thank you
[1:44:23] thank you brett those are all the people
[1:44:25] that i have listed that signed up for
[1:44:28] the public hearing is there anyone else
[1:44:31] that would like to speak that has not
[1:44:32] been called
[1:44:35] please raise your hand
[1:44:39] i see no one else chair
[1:44:43] thank you ms niola and with that i will
[1:44:46] close the public hearing for a engrossed
[1:44:49] ordinance 882
[1:44:53] mr carr i have a couple of questions
[1:44:57] should
[1:44:58] is it appropriate for me to ask them now
[1:45:00] or should i hold them until
[1:45:03] we have another public hearing on august
[1:45:06] 2nd
[1:45:07] once we
[1:45:08] record that you are required to have
[1:45:10] another public hearing so
[1:45:12] it's your preference we're happy to
[1:45:13] answer any questions that chair or any
[1:45:15] of the other commissioners have
[1:45:17] but we will have another hearing on
[1:45:19] august 2nd
[1:45:20] commissioners i would i would like to uh
[1:45:24] ask the courtesy of asking a couple of
[1:45:26] questions tonight
[1:45:28] uh if that's okay with you okay and but
[1:45:31] first do any of you have questions you
[1:45:33] can certainly go first i have no problem
[1:45:36] with that
[1:45:38] go ahead commissioner rogers just just a
[1:45:40] couple of comments uh and questions uh
[1:45:43] the
[1:45:44] comments are that uh
[1:45:47] if the staff presentations are correct
[1:45:50] in regard and i suspect that they are
[1:45:52] aaron and what you've done
[1:45:53] in terms of
[1:45:55] timing
[1:45:56] uh frankly this road may not ever be
[1:45:58] built
[1:45:59] uh
[1:46:00] in time for anybody who's viewing this
[1:46:02] tonight or anyone on this call to ever
[1:46:04] see it
[1:46:05] if you're talking out
[1:46:06] 40 50 60 years and so
[1:46:09] one of the dilemmas that i have and
[1:46:12] being one board member is that uh
[1:46:15] you know you're you're looking at the
[1:46:16] future you're trying to say what's it
[1:46:18] going to look at like and that's very
[1:46:20] difficult
[1:46:21] so that's my comment my questions are
[1:46:23] these is one the
[1:46:25] the urgency i i don't know i do know
[1:46:27] that river terrace
[1:46:30] if they only have one outlet that's
[1:46:31] under roy rogers road that's not the
[1:46:33] best alternative they need some way out
[1:46:36] i i guess i don't have a firm grasp on
[1:46:38] what it would look like as you go to
[1:46:40] tile flat and all of that but
[1:46:42] to me getting out of that area over to
[1:46:44] shoals ferry is pretty important so
[1:46:47] i i regret that's going to affect some
[1:46:50] really
[1:46:52] fine businesses like ponzi and other
[1:46:55] groups but maybe there's some way to
[1:46:57] engineer it so that doesn't happen i
[1:46:58] mean i don't i don't know that
[1:47:00] but i would like
[1:47:02] you to recover
[1:47:04] your ground aaron at some points and
[1:47:05] explain how this is done that
[1:47:08] this board
[1:47:10] is not the decision maker in regard to
[1:47:12] the ugba expansion
[1:47:14] we're not uh it's uh city of tiger has
[1:47:17] requested certain things we
[1:47:19] have a network of streets or ours or
[1:47:21] roads and we're trying to
[1:47:23] make a circulation
[1:47:25] pattern that makes some sense not only
[1:47:27] for
[1:47:28] 2022 but for
[1:47:30] 2072
[1:47:32] and so
[1:47:34] that's a hard thing to do but at some
[1:47:36] point you may want to revisit that and
[1:47:38] you also may want to
[1:47:39] revisit the urgency
[1:47:41] and the urgency isn't when you need
[1:47:43] something it's in the planning because
[1:47:44] things happen and we get that this is
[1:47:46] this is the hard stuff i mean it's never
[1:47:47] fun it's the hard stuff so
[1:47:50] my questions are can you recover that
[1:47:52] maybe not tonight but at least at the
[1:47:54] next meeting and have prepared for those
[1:47:57] kinds of questions that's my comments
[1:47:59] and my question
[1:48:03] we can certainly do that for the next
[1:48:04] hearing um i can also address it now if
[1:48:07] you'd prefer to hear
[1:48:08] a little bit more about that at this
[1:48:10] time
[1:48:12] go ahead okay
[1:48:13] so the um the decision to expand the
[1:48:16] urban growth boundary as you said did
[1:48:19] come from the city of tigard the way
[1:48:20] that portland metro has laid out the
[1:48:22] process in order to do an urban growth
[1:48:23] boundary expansion a city has to meet
[1:48:26] the concept plan requirements that are
[1:48:28] established by metro's rules
[1:48:31] city of tiger did that and they made
[1:48:32] that request to metro as a part of the
[1:48:35] 2021
[1:48:37] mid-cycle ugb adjustment and that's also
[1:48:40] a new process
[1:48:42] metro established the mid-cycle i want
[1:48:44] to say as a part of the 2018 urban
[1:48:46] growth boundary expansion i'm looking at
[1:48:48] chair harrington i know she'll remember
[1:48:50] this i believe as a part of the 2018
[1:48:52] cycle they established the mid-cycle and
[1:48:54] that allowed them to revisit the urban
[1:48:56] growth boundary within a three-year time
[1:48:58] period rather than waiting the usual six
[1:49:00] years so 2021 would have been the first
[1:49:04] mid-year opportunity
[1:49:06] when metro looked at tigard's
[1:49:09] application
[1:49:11] they determined that due to or metro co
[1:49:14] looked at it's a still staff review not
[1:49:15] metro council review so staff looked at
[1:49:17] it evaluated it technically and
[1:49:20] determined that it was a concept plan
[1:49:22] that met the requirements but they
[1:49:24] determined that rather than do the
[1:49:26] mid-cycle adjustment which required a
[1:49:29] statement of need for expanding it it
[1:49:31] made more sense at this time to do the
[1:49:34] land swap approach and this has not been
[1:49:36] done in metro yet but it is a set of
[1:49:39] rules that are established by state
[1:49:41] statute and other mpos within the state
[1:49:43] can follow this process as well it's
[1:49:45] just the first time that metro is doing
[1:49:46] it
[1:49:47] and so as a part of that they need to do
[1:49:49] a technical analysis to find where the
[1:49:51] land can come from and that's the piece
[1:49:53] that they haven't finished yet so metro
[1:49:55] staff are currently doing the technical
[1:49:57] work that will lead them to identify
[1:50:00] what land could be identified
[1:50:02] already within the urban growth boundary
[1:50:05] my understanding from metro staff is
[1:50:07] that that land would then become urban
[1:50:09] reserve and would replace this land
[1:50:11] which would then come into the urban
[1:50:13] growth boundary
[1:50:14] so i believe this is all still being
[1:50:17] determined
[1:50:18] right now and so we'll see how this
[1:50:20] plays out
[1:50:21] metro council has not yet weighed in and
[1:50:23] shown their preference for if they would
[1:50:25] like to do this
[1:50:26] i do think that it's important to keep
[1:50:28] two things in mind first of all that the
[1:50:30] county doesn't get to make this decision
[1:50:32] at all we're a part of it we have
[1:50:34] conversations our city partners and with
[1:50:35] metro but they're the ones who make
[1:50:37] these decisions
[1:50:38] we end up in a a bit of a reactionary
[1:50:41] position when these happen and as the
[1:50:43] transportation provider we find it's
[1:50:46] important for us to consider what we
[1:50:48] need out of our transportation system so
[1:50:50] that we can continue to provide a
[1:50:52] connected multimodal system
[1:50:54] and then the second thing i think is
[1:50:56] important to keep in mind is that we
[1:50:57] identified the need for this collector
[1:51:00] facility before we knew that tigrid was
[1:51:02] going to ask to add it to the urban
[1:51:04] growth boundary so while it is more
[1:51:06] likely to be built if this land does
[1:51:09] come into the urban growth boundary and
[1:51:10] start developing and needing a
[1:51:12] transportation network at which time
[1:51:14] development would probably build part
[1:51:16] most of it may be
[1:51:18] we identified the need before we knew
[1:51:20] that part of it so there's a couple of
[1:51:21] different moving technical analysis
[1:51:24] pieces happening and when we come back
[1:51:26] next week we can be prepared to address
[1:51:28] this again
[1:51:34] thank you uh commissioner rogers and ms
[1:51:37] wardell commissioner vice chair willie
[1:51:39] how about you
[1:51:41] yeah thank you very much aaron that um
[1:51:44] i was
[1:51:45] anticipating that i'm gonna need to have
[1:51:47] just a little bit more conversation with
[1:51:49] you but that was a great explanation
[1:51:52] and i think
[1:51:53] from my standpoint
[1:51:55] i'd love to hear a little bit more about
[1:51:58] this whole process
[1:52:00] i heard the testimonies tonight
[1:52:03] and i understand that i
[1:52:06] travel that area a lot because my
[1:52:10] family lives in sherwood
[1:52:12] so i i go there um but i yeah i wanted
[1:52:15] to have a better understanding of this
[1:52:17] and i certainly understand the concerns
[1:52:20] that we heard tonight uh from the
[1:52:22] testimony so i will reach out aaron just
[1:52:24] ask for maybe 15 minutes to understand
[1:52:27] the land swap part of it because i don't
[1:52:30] get that so anyway thank you for that
[1:52:36] to use your phraseology vice chair
[1:52:39] willie i don't get it either it's
[1:52:42] it's new for all of us
[1:52:44] uh you know as as ms wardell uh
[1:52:47] mentioned it is an aspect of land use
[1:52:51] that the state allows
[1:52:53] but metro uh has never utilized it
[1:52:58] so we have no basis of explanation
[1:53:02] and i know i haven't invested any time
[1:53:05] in looking
[1:53:06] at any
[1:53:08] recent past information for the metro
[1:53:12] council that describes it either so uh
[1:53:16] we're all on the same learning
[1:53:18] journey you're not alone
[1:53:21] believe me
[1:53:23] commissioner fine do you have any
[1:53:24] questions at this juncture
[1:53:27] no okay
[1:53:28] um
[1:53:29] so um
[1:53:32] uh thank you ms wardell for speaking
[1:53:35] about the
[1:53:37] mid-cycle ugb expansion request that the
[1:53:41] city of tigard
[1:53:44] submitted and
[1:53:45] since they submitted that
[1:53:48] came this
[1:53:50] new idea of the ugb land swap
[1:53:54] and thank you for your comments on that
[1:53:57] so that uh i understand how there is the
[1:54:01] potential
[1:54:03] for
[1:54:03] such a thing to swap out
[1:54:07] urban reserve existing urban reserve
[1:54:10] land
[1:54:12] with
[1:54:12] land already in the urban growth
[1:54:15] boundary elsewhere and as a former metro
[1:54:18] councillor
[1:54:19] and
[1:54:21] before me
[1:54:23] uh
[1:54:24] lived with the decision back to
[1:54:27] the 2002 ugb expansion that was
[1:54:31] still which was done using the soil
[1:54:35] classification
[1:54:36] hierarchy where there is land out in the
[1:54:39] damascus area that is in the urban
[1:54:42] growth boundary
[1:54:44] but doesn't seem to be in any rush for
[1:54:47] urbanization so that could be some of
[1:54:49] the land that they're looking at but
[1:54:52] there may be others as well
[1:54:55] so thank you for
[1:54:56] clarifying that uh for me um i just have
[1:55:00] a couple of questions and i don't need
[1:55:02] the answer now laters just later such as
[1:55:05] with the august 2nd
[1:55:08] public hearing if you could
[1:55:10] once again provide
[1:55:12] a presentation for us because i think
[1:55:15] that helps all of us
[1:55:17] um
[1:55:19] so uh
[1:55:21] i remember
[1:55:22] the history of adopting er
[1:55:25] urban and rural reserves right and all
[1:55:28] the remands that were involved with that
[1:55:30] and court of appeals
[1:55:32] the uh what i don't remember is the time
[1:55:35] frame by which
[1:55:37] the area
[1:55:38] and if i look at um
[1:55:42] slide number
[1:55:43] oops
[1:55:45] two three four five slide number five oh
[1:55:47] there it is
[1:55:49] um
[1:55:50] there was a time
[1:55:52] i think
[1:55:54] when the land
[1:55:57] south of shoals ferry road but west
[1:56:00] of that
[1:56:02] uh upper blue urban reserve
[1:56:05] might have been in rural reserve
[1:56:08] and uh
[1:56:11] i don't know when
[1:56:13] that little brown area
[1:56:15] right at the top of
[1:56:18] shoals ferry road and tile flat road was
[1:56:22] made
[1:56:23] rural no reserve to use your
[1:56:25] nomenclature what i used to call
[1:56:28] undesignated rural undesignated
[1:56:31] so if you could clarify for me
[1:56:34] now if you know it but certainly august
[1:56:36] 2nd that would be awesome
[1:56:40] when that uh had that status
[1:56:44] then uh the other questions that i have
[1:56:48] is is
[1:56:50] if we
[1:56:51] go through this process
[1:56:53] uh with this ordinance and the county
[1:56:56] tsp is adopted
[1:57:01] it's my understanding
[1:57:04] that
[1:57:07] for the urban reserve areas so the areas
[1:57:10] in blue
[1:57:11] there can be
[1:57:13] through the planning process
[1:57:15] right with development
[1:57:18] that
[1:57:20] right-of-way purchases could be
[1:57:22] made for that or there could be
[1:57:26] conditions on the development as
[1:57:29] you talked about in the packet material
[1:57:35] so it sounds like i got that part right
[1:57:37] so far
[1:57:38] okay
[1:57:39] um
[1:57:40] but my question is for
[1:57:43] that area that is
[1:57:46] rural
[1:57:47] no reserve
[1:57:49] if if
[1:57:53] if the
[1:57:56] if we don't
[1:57:58] adopt the ordinance now
[1:58:01] or in current time
[1:58:04] uh
[1:58:06] well what am i trying to get at
[1:58:09] what i'm really trying to understand is
[1:58:12] that
[1:58:14] uh
[1:58:15] for
[1:58:16] that hatched area in the
[1:58:18] brown part
[1:58:22] we can't just
[1:58:24] purchase
[1:58:26] that property or purchase the
[1:58:28] right-of-way needs to put that road in
[1:58:32] such an area without
[1:58:35] further public process and property
[1:58:38] owner engagement and willingness and all
[1:58:41] that right adding the line to our plan
[1:58:44] allows us to acquire right-of-way and
[1:58:46] construct the road so adding it to our
[1:58:49] plan at this time would allow us to do
[1:58:50] that
[1:58:52] it would be unlikely to be done as a
[1:58:54] part of development not not impossible
[1:58:56] but unlikely because it is rural
[1:58:58] undesignated or rural no reserve um but
[1:59:01] it would be possible for that to happen
[1:59:04] we could have some development within
[1:59:06] the what's now the urban reserve area
[1:59:08] even contribute towards that
[1:59:10] extra territorial kind of improvement
[1:59:13] because it'll be in our plan we'll know
[1:59:15] it's an improvement that we're trying to
[1:59:16] achieve and we'll have the ability to do
[1:59:18] that
[1:59:20] okay thank you
[1:59:21] um then the the last question i have is
[1:59:26] so
[1:59:28] i'm
[1:59:28] a frankly i'll just i am
[1:59:30] a little bit bothered by the fact that
[1:59:34] some people seem to think that
[1:59:36] this tsp is being done in response
[1:59:40] to the city of
[1:59:42] tigards mid-cycle ugb expansion request
[1:59:47] when
[1:59:48] this is
[1:59:49] a
[1:59:50] tsp
[1:59:52] amendment idea that has been around for
[1:59:56] quite well since the
[1:59:58] the development of an adoption of those
[2:00:01] urban reserves
[2:00:03] um so my question the question i'm
[2:00:06] trying to get at is
[2:00:08] uh i understand that we have another
[2:00:11] public hearing on
[2:00:13] april 2nd
[2:00:15] but could we just as easily delay
[2:00:19] action on
[2:00:22] a decision on that until
[2:00:24] after
[2:00:26] the metro council has had the
[2:00:28] opportunity to to decide if they want to
[2:00:31] entertain a land swap
[2:00:33] and or after they decide if they even
[2:00:37] want to
[2:00:38] grant a mid-cycle ugb expansion request
[2:00:42] as made by the city of tigard
[2:00:46] that would be something the board could
[2:00:48] consider and we would want to consult
[2:00:50] with county council to probably bring
[2:00:52] forward an option for what that could
[2:00:53] look like for the board and how we would
[2:00:55] continue to a date certain
[2:00:57] what that would mean from a technical
[2:00:59] standpoint is that
[2:01:01] if we wait until the land comes into the
[2:01:03] urban growth boundary we no longer need
[2:01:05] the exception analysis for the part that
[2:01:08] is in blue
[2:01:09] and as you said we've been working on
[2:01:11] developing this ordinance and associated
[2:01:13] cooper mountain area ordinances since
[2:01:16] 2015 probably going back to the
[2:01:18] beaverton work that was done
[2:01:20] way before we knew that city of tiger
[2:01:22] would be making this request or even
[2:01:23] that it would be possible for them to
[2:01:24] make a request in the year 2021 so most
[2:01:28] of our technical work predated that we
[2:01:30] worked with city of tigard as they were
[2:01:32] developing their river terrace 2.0
[2:01:34] concept plan and explained our intent
[2:01:36] behind this ordinance and what we would
[2:01:37] like to see we do want to make sure that
[2:01:40] their development has this internal
[2:01:42] collector circulation
[2:01:44] if it is brought into the urban growth
[2:01:46] boundary and if it starts to develop so
[2:01:49] deferring a decision until after we know
[2:01:52] the decision on the urban growth
[2:01:53] boundary is something that the board
[2:01:55] could consider doing
[2:01:57] now the piece that's in undesignated
[2:01:59] just south of tile flat road would still
[2:02:01] need that exceptions analysis and so we
[2:02:03] would likely still need the tsp
[2:02:05] amendment um as we have framed it today
[2:02:08] although with the line work and the text
[2:02:10] reference updated to explain that it's
[2:02:12] now only that that piece of the segment
[2:02:15] um that's outside the urban growth
[2:02:17] boundary so there would be some
[2:02:18] restructuring to the ordinance at that
[2:02:20] time but if the exceptions analysis
[2:02:22] technical work would still need to be
[2:02:24] included in rtsp
[2:02:26] okay okay
[2:02:28] uh i also uh understand that that
[2:02:32] listening session that you had
[2:02:35] on recently on july 13th
[2:02:39] was uh
[2:02:40] regarding
[2:02:41] property owners
[2:02:44] was it for property owners as notified
[2:02:46] just in the blue area or was it for
[2:02:49] property owners in
[2:02:52] that brown area as well up by shoals
[2:02:55] ferry road it was both so we looked at
[2:02:58] the uh corridor the roadway corridor
[2:03:00] which is wide it's 375 feet and then we
[2:03:03] applied a buffer to that additionally
[2:03:05] for the july 13th session we noticed
[2:03:09] everyone who's in the rural reserve area
[2:03:12] who takes access off of van der most
[2:03:14] road because that road would have a
[2:03:16] future intersection with this alignment
[2:03:18] even though the alignment does not go
[2:03:20] into the rural reserve area i believe
[2:03:22] the ponzi vineyard is in the rural
[2:03:24] reserve area for example so not directly
[2:03:26] impacted but included in our invitation
[2:03:29] to that listening session
[2:03:31] and i will say i know we've heard
[2:03:32] testimony tonight from some people
[2:03:34] saying that they didn't know about that
[2:03:35] listening session i did verify that they
[2:03:38] were included in our notice for that and
[2:03:40] we have interacted with those property
[2:03:42] owners in other fashions with other
[2:03:43] meetings and phone calls as well
[2:03:45] and that notification was done through a
[2:03:48] letter it was okay thank you
[2:03:51] okay
[2:03:52] um
[2:03:54] thank you very much i appreciate having
[2:03:56] the opportunity to share my questions
[2:03:58] and even to get uh some answers to that
[2:04:02] this evening thank you very much
[2:04:05] so with that commissioners uh
[2:04:08] where we're at is we
[2:04:10] um
[2:04:11] held our public hearing this evening our
[2:04:15] first public hearing on a engrossed
[2:04:18] ordinance 882 we've also had the
[2:04:21] opportunity for
[2:04:23] some um
[2:04:24] q a with our staff and sharing comments
[2:04:28] with one another
[2:04:29] and at this juncture uh
[2:04:32] i'm looking for a motion to continue the
[2:04:35] public hearing for our second oh excuse
[2:04:38] me tonight was our second public hearing
[2:04:41] but we need to
[2:04:43] continue and have a public hearing next
[2:04:45] tuesday august 2nd
[2:04:49] on this a engrossed ordinance do we have
[2:04:52] such a motion we have a motion from
[2:04:54] commissioner rogers a second from
[2:04:56] commissioner phi all those in favor
[2:04:58] please vote by raising your hand thank
[2:05:00] you commissioners any opposed the motion
[2:05:03] carries unanimously four to zero
[2:05:07] next
[2:05:08] slight slight change of plans
[2:05:12] we had a
[2:05:14] a
[2:05:15] hiccup with regard to accepting
[2:05:19] testimony during our initial public
[2:05:22] comment period someone who was signed up
[2:05:25] was missed so before we move on to our
[2:05:28] second topic for public hearings
[2:05:32] given the passage of the evening i would
[2:05:34] like to ask our board clerk if she could
[2:05:37] please call on that person
[2:05:39] uh and that we would pick back up from
[2:05:42] there
[2:05:43] yes dale are you unmuted
[2:05:46] yes can you hear me anna yes thank you
[2:05:52] hi i'm dale feek forest grove
[2:05:54] district four
[2:05:56] uh
[2:05:58] resident
[2:06:00] chair harrington and and county
[2:06:02] commissioners
[2:06:03] and i i'm
[2:06:04] on i realized that kevin his grandmother
[2:06:07] passed away and there were some problems
[2:06:09] with
[2:06:10] how this all worked for me to not
[2:06:13] to make public comment now instead of at
[2:06:15] the beginning of the meeting
[2:06:16] personally i want to thank you
[2:06:18] commissioner pam trees even though she's
[2:06:20] on vacation
[2:06:21] for writing the attached document that i
[2:06:24] sent to an email titled statement on
[2:06:26] overturning of roe versus wade at the
[2:06:30] waiting county board of commission
[2:06:31] meeting july 12th
[2:06:33] i also want to thank you madam chair
[2:06:35] harrington and commissioner nafisa phi
[2:06:38] for also signing it
[2:06:40] i appreciate the honoring of each
[2:06:43] person's personal belief systems when
[2:06:45] you commissioner roy rogers and
[2:06:47] commissioner jerry willey decided not to
[2:06:49] sign it
[2:06:51] as commissioner tree said
[2:06:53] this is not a letter but a statement
[2:06:56] the beginning sentence reads we are
[2:06:58] dismayed and frustrated by our u.s
[2:07:00] supreme court
[2:07:02] has chosen disregard nearly 50 years of
[2:07:04] legal precedent protecting the right to
[2:07:06] abortion in this country
[2:07:08] then she goes on and i'm asking you and
[2:07:11] writing to please review what she
[2:07:13] wrote to you
[2:07:14] and i copied it and pasted the email
[2:07:16] that i sent to you
[2:07:18] and i also sent my email i doubt that
[2:07:20] the attached document titled women die
[2:07:23] and that's pro-life
[2:07:25] by nick kristoff will change your minds
[2:07:28] commissioners rogers and willie but
[2:07:30] please consider reading it
[2:07:33] so that
[2:07:34] that's statement one and statement two
[2:07:37] is has to do with an email i sent to to
[2:07:40] the environment equality commissioners
[2:07:42] about
[2:07:43] director richard whitman uh retiring at
[2:07:46] the end of december as the director of
[2:07:48] deq
[2:07:49] i'm so impressed with what he's done and
[2:07:51] changing the culture and how he's really
[2:07:55] helped fulfill the mission of deq
[2:07:57] thank you for letting me uh make my
[2:07:59] comment now instead of wait at the end
[2:08:01] of the meeting thank you
[2:08:02] thank you dale
[2:08:05] thank you ms knight i appreciate that
[2:08:08] next we'll move on to our second public
[2:08:12] hearing topic of the
[2:08:14] evening and this is regarding ordinance
[2:08:16] 888 and i would ask mr carr if he could
[2:08:21] well first i would ask the commission if
[2:08:23] we could have
[2:08:24] a motion to read ordinance 888 by title
[2:08:28] only
[2:08:29] we have a motion from commissioner phi a
[2:08:31] second from commissioner rogers all
[2:08:33] those in favor please vote by raising
[2:08:35] your hand
[2:08:36] thank you commissioners and he opposed
[2:08:39] the motion carries unanimously four to
[2:08:41] zero mr carr could you please read the
[2:08:44] ordinance by title only
[2:08:46] of course chair harrington ordinance 888
[2:08:48] an ordinance declaring a temporary ban
[2:08:50] on certain psilocybin businesses and
[2:08:51] declaring an emergency
[2:08:54] and i will uh be the lead presenter on
[2:08:56] this so if it's okay with you chair
[2:08:58] harrington i will proceed
[2:08:59] uh good evening commissioners
[2:09:02] good evening commissioners we have an
[2:09:03] all-star team here to help you uh work
[2:09:05] through this tonight we have stephen
[2:09:07] roberts uh and teresa cherniak and todd
[2:09:10] woods from uh lut and we have
[2:09:12] mira samantha from hhs and rob bovet
[2:09:16] from my office
[2:09:17] to walk us through but i will uh lead
[2:09:20] off the presentation now if we could go
[2:09:23] to the next slide please
[2:09:27] so this is a background on measure 109
[2:09:29] as you know it was passed in november
[2:09:31] 2020 it legalized license and regulated
[2:09:34] manufacturing transportation delivery
[2:09:36] sale and purchase of psilocybin products
[2:09:38] and the provision of psilocybin services
[2:09:40] in oregon it is similar to but different
[2:09:43] than the marijuana legalization measures
[2:09:45] it was approved by 59 of the voters in
[2:09:47] washington county uh with only 56
[2:09:50] percent statewide
[2:09:51] uh oh the off the oregon health
[2:09:54] authority has completed some rules we're
[2:09:56] making however rules for citing an
[2:09:58] operation of psilocybin businesses have
[2:10:00] not been drafted we expect completion by
[2:10:02] the end of the year
[2:10:04] on january 2nd 2023 the oha will be
[2:10:08] required to begin accepting license
[2:10:10] applications including for businesses to
[2:10:11] manufacture tests in the minister's
[2:10:13] assignment
[2:10:15] the ordinance the measure does allow for
[2:10:18] local jurisdictions
[2:10:19] to pass an ordinance
[2:10:21] banning uh the psilocybin activities in
[2:10:24] their jurisdiction
[2:10:26] if you pass that ordinance then uh oha
[2:10:29] is notified that uh they are not to
[2:10:31] issue any licenses in that jurisdiction
[2:10:34] the
[2:10:35] measure also requires that any such
[2:10:36] ordinance must be referred to the voters
[2:10:39] at the next general election which in
[2:10:41] this case would be the november 2022
[2:10:44] election next slide please
[2:10:48] so this is a background you're very
[2:10:50] familiar with on july 12th we had a work
[2:10:52] session where the board provided some
[2:10:54] direction to us to go ahead and pass
[2:10:56] prepare an ordinance the board had first
[2:10:58] reading of that ordinance on july 19th
[2:11:02] uh next slide please
[2:11:07] so i want to turn it over to ms samantha
[2:11:09] who can talk a little bit about the
[2:11:10] health policy impacts
[2:11:13] all right uh thank you mr carr uh for
[2:11:15] the record again my name is marissa
[2:11:17] mantle i'm the interim director of
[2:11:18] health and human services here with
[2:11:20] washington county
[2:11:21] um so as tom did a great job reviewing
[2:11:24] measure 109 and noting the prior board
[2:11:27] consideration of the work session on
[2:11:28] july 12 and the first reading of
[2:11:30] ordinance 888 on july 19th so just a
[2:11:34] brief high-level review of the policy
[2:11:36] context for psilocybin services as
[2:11:38] stated in measure 109 a key purpose to
[2:11:41] legalize psilocybin services in oregon
[2:11:44] is to expand therapeutic options for
[2:11:46] mental illness among adults and improve
[2:11:49] the physical mental and social
[2:11:51] well-being of all oregonians
[2:11:53] psilocybin is a psychedelic substance
[2:11:55] that has been used for medicinal and
[2:11:57] religious purposes throughout history
[2:11:59] and preliminary evidence from small
[2:12:01] clinical studies indicates that
[2:12:03] psilocybin may be effective and safe for
[2:12:06] the treatment of some mental health
[2:12:07] conditions in controlled settings and
[2:12:09] among select participants
[2:12:11] measure 109 created the oregon
[2:12:13] psilocybin advisory board which was
[2:12:15] charged with advisory in the organ
[2:12:17] advising the oregon health authority
[2:12:19] regarding the safety and efficacy of
[2:12:21] psilocybin in treating mental health
[2:12:23] conditions a research subcommittee of
[2:12:26] the oregon psilocybin advisory board was
[2:12:29] tasked with a literature review for this
[2:12:30] purpose and provided recommendations
[2:12:33] the evidence review by the subcommittee
[2:12:35] cited that psilocybin may be effective
[2:12:38] in reducing sub some substance use
[2:12:40] disorders including problematic alcohol
[2:12:43] and tobacco use and addiction was not
[2:12:45] listed as one of the risks cited in the
[2:12:48] rapid evidence review by the org and by
[2:12:51] the opab
[2:12:53] all right next slide please
[2:12:56] i think teresa cherniak is going to take
[2:12:58] this one from that mistake
[2:13:00] thank you tom
[2:13:01] um
[2:13:02] so after january of this year the oregon
[2:13:05] health authority will begin accepting
[2:13:07] applications for licenses that will
[2:13:09] allow new types of land uses
[2:13:12] including psilocybin manufacturing which
[2:13:15] will need to
[2:13:16] happen indoors where the mushrooms to
[2:13:19] make psilocybin will be grown and
[2:13:21] processed
[2:13:22] the psilocybin service centers which are
[2:13:24] the establishments where psilocybin will
[2:13:26] be administered to clients and then the
[2:13:29] testing facilities
[2:13:32] where there's a new unique type of a
[2:13:34] land use like these usually land use and
[2:13:36] transportation staff first determine
[2:13:39] whether it's like another use
[2:13:41] and if not we undertake process to amend
[2:13:45] the community development code
[2:13:47] considering where the new uses might be
[2:13:49] most appropriate and where they might
[2:13:51] not be appropriate
[2:13:53] for instance with psilocybin service
[2:13:55] centers
[2:13:56] we would consider whether they should be
[2:13:57] allowed in residential areas and some
[2:14:00] rural districts
[2:14:02] we'd also then consider whether there
[2:14:04] might be some appropriate standards to
[2:14:06] address any possible impacts from the
[2:14:08] use
[2:14:09] these might include things like distance
[2:14:11] from sensitive schools or sensitive uses
[2:14:14] like schools or other psilocybin
[2:14:16] businesses
[2:14:18] requirements say for fencing of any
[2:14:20] outdoor areas
[2:14:22] security requirements or hours of
[2:14:24] operation and then we'd consider what
[2:14:27] type of land use review is appropriate
[2:14:30] for instance whether the uses were
[2:14:31] allowed outright
[2:14:33] or needed a land use permit
[2:14:36] this is the approach that we took on
[2:14:38] marijuana business regulations
[2:14:40] which are included in our community
[2:14:42] development code now and it would be the
[2:14:44] clearest and most transparent approach
[2:14:46] on the land use side of psilocybin
[2:14:48] businesses
[2:14:50] typically we don't develop our
[2:14:52] regulations until state rule making is
[2:14:54] complete
[2:14:55] since the rulemaking often will address
[2:14:58] the various items we might include in
[2:15:00] our regulations
[2:15:01] so we take our cues from the rules and
[2:15:04] we we don't want to be inconsistent with
[2:15:06] what the rules end up being because the
[2:15:08] state hasn't yet started their
[2:15:10] rulemaking for the service centers in
[2:15:12] particular we haven't started developing
[2:15:14] any local regulations
[2:15:17] and that actually was not yet included
[2:15:19] in our work program
[2:15:21] next slide please
[2:15:24] a few of the things that we do know now
[2:15:26] that have land use implications
[2:15:28] one is that the measure was unclear
[2:15:30] about whether psilocybin businesses are
[2:15:32] allowed in residential districts in the
[2:15:35] unincorporated area it is clear about
[2:15:37] cities
[2:15:39] and the measure does say they aren't
[2:15:40] allowed in a primary residence
[2:15:42] but this would be likely one of those
[2:15:44] items in our regulations to make clear
[2:15:47] whether the businesses would be allowed
[2:15:49] in residential districts
[2:15:51] another is that the measure is that the
[2:15:53] measure does allow reasonable time place
[2:15:55] and manner regulations so again things
[2:15:58] like where the uses are allowed and any
[2:16:00] standards for operation
[2:16:02] some of these are included in the
[2:16:04] measure but others are likely to be
[2:16:06] developed through the rule making
[2:16:09] and in a similar way when the
[2:16:11] recreational marijuana measure passed
[2:16:13] some years ago the county did determine
[2:16:15] that some time place and mana
[2:16:17] regulations were needed
[2:16:19] and implemented a temporary ban while
[2:16:22] the organ sorry
[2:16:24] while the regulations were developed and
[2:16:26] adopted
[2:16:27] also similar to the marijuana uses the
[2:16:29] measure requires us to provide a land
[2:16:31] use compatibility statement or lux
[2:16:34] for all of the psilocybin-related
[2:16:37] license applications
[2:16:39] when we fill out a lux we're certifying
[2:16:41] whether the use is allowed in the
[2:16:43] proposed location and whether there's a
[2:16:45] required permit process
[2:16:48] without local definitions and time place
[2:16:50] and mana regulations there could be
[2:16:52] confusion over whether the uses are
[2:16:54] allowed in different areas and potential
[2:16:56] litigation over the code interpretations
[2:16:59] that staff would end up making
[2:17:01] these implications support the idea of a
[2:17:03] temporary delay until state rules are
[2:17:06] known and there's time to develop any
[2:17:07] appropriate regulations
[2:17:10] with that
[2:17:11] i will turn it back to mr carr
[2:17:15] thank you mr next slide please
[2:17:20] so the staff recommendation is to refer
[2:17:22] a ballot measure to washington county
[2:17:23] voters in november of this year to
[2:17:26] temporarily opt out for a maximum of two
[2:17:28] years
[2:17:29] uh we don't recommend uh permanently
[2:17:32] banning psilocybin business of course
[2:17:33] when i say we i mean hhs and and uh lut
[2:17:37] the county council has no recommendation
[2:17:38] on this uh
[2:17:42] this is a similar approach that the
[2:17:43] board took for marijuana um
[2:17:45] the if the temporary opt-out is approved
[2:17:47] the lut division department will begin
[2:17:50] legislative process to develop time
[2:17:51] placement matter regulations next slide
[2:17:53] please
[2:17:59] next slide please oh there you go so
[2:18:01] this is the timeline you introduced it
[2:18:03] on july 19th today we're having a second
[2:18:05] public reading uh
[2:18:06] second reading and public hearing this
[2:18:08] is an opportunity for the board to
[2:18:10] direct any amendment or engrossment of
[2:18:12] the ordinance
[2:18:13] um on august 2nd if the board engrosses
[2:18:16] the ordinance this evening then there'll
[2:18:18] be a public hearing on the occult
[2:18:20] ordinance
[2:18:21] if not if there are no engrossments then
[2:18:23] there will be a vote on the final
[2:18:24] approval of the ordinance and a
[2:18:26] resolution order uh if the ordinance is
[2:18:28] approved resolution or
[2:18:30] putting it on the ballot for the
[2:18:31] november 8th 2022 election
[2:18:34] uh next slide
[2:18:36] please so these are the options we've
[2:18:39] talked and you may have seen we've added
[2:18:40] one
[2:18:41] uh option one is reject the ordinance on
[2:18:44] august 2nd no temporary opt-out
[2:18:47] option two is take no action for now
[2:18:50] and defer action on the ordinance to
[2:18:51] november or december at that point we
[2:18:53] may have a better idea about what the
[2:18:55] state's doing and then you could pass an
[2:18:56] ordinance
[2:18:58] uh if you pass an ordinance uh on in
[2:19:00] november or december that ordinance
[2:19:02] would effectively ban psilocybin
[2:19:04] businesses from being licensed effective
[2:19:06] to august uh january 1st 2023
[2:19:10] that ordinance would be referred to the
[2:19:12] ballot at the next general election
[2:19:14] which would be november 2024.
[2:19:17] um
[2:19:18] we are the staff is not recommending
[2:19:20] this but we thought we'd tell you that
[2:19:22] this is an option uh we expect that this
[2:19:25] is untested although similar things were
[2:19:27] done with marijuana um
[2:19:30] the the language of the the measure
[2:19:32] appears to allow for this uh it
[2:19:35] it could be contested
[2:19:37] uh the recommendation is to approve the
[2:19:39] ordinance on august seconds implement
[2:19:41] this the temporary
[2:19:42] two-year opt-out
[2:19:44] uh option four is to engross the
[2:19:46] ordinance today with either a shorter
[2:19:48] longer period
[2:19:50] or no sunset at all
[2:19:52] so those are the four options next slide
[2:19:54] please
[2:19:57] that's it any questions
[2:20:02] uh
[2:20:03] i realized that
[2:20:07] the packet
[2:20:08] was not updated with this presentation
[2:20:12] so commissioners i hope that
[2:20:15] you have taken note of the definitions
[2:20:18] of opt-out option one two three and four
[2:20:25] i just downloaded the packet and checked
[2:20:27] the packet again
[2:20:29] once i noticed that it was different
[2:20:31] from the prior version so
[2:20:34] if you need just a moment to
[2:20:38] write out what those options are for
[2:20:40] yourself prior to the public hearing in
[2:20:42] case folks mention the options
[2:20:47] take a photo now
[2:20:48] [Laughter]
[2:20:50] it began
[2:20:53] do you have any questions before we open
[2:20:56] a public hearing go ahead vice chair
[2:20:58] willie
[2:21:02] well yeah this um
[2:21:06] this frustrates me a little bit that i
[2:21:08] just get this information at
[2:21:11] nine o'clock
[2:21:13] at night
[2:21:15] uh with no advance notice
[2:21:19] our last meeting
[2:21:22] was
[2:21:24] an ordinance that was written
[2:21:26] to go to the voters for a two-year delay
[2:21:31] and now we have option one two three and
[2:21:35] four
[2:21:38] and
[2:21:41] i don't understand
[2:21:44] why
[2:21:46] this is now coming to us
[2:21:49] at this particular point in time
[2:21:53] so
[2:21:54] i realize
[2:21:56] chair that you and
[2:21:58] commissioner trees
[2:22:00] were opposed to this you wanted to adopt
[2:22:05] um
[2:22:07] the implementation of this on january 1
[2:22:10] except the oha's
[2:22:15] recommendations
[2:22:18] i think there was
[2:22:20] conversation by three of the
[2:22:22] commissioners that had some concerns
[2:22:25] about that and now we have four options
[2:22:30] so
[2:22:31] yeah this frustrates me
[2:22:35] and again it's kind of a
[2:22:37] blind side
[2:22:38] proposal and um
[2:22:42] i'd like to i'd like to hear more
[2:22:44] conversation about
[2:22:46] where this came from
[2:22:48] i think if i might commissioner willie
[2:22:51] um
[2:22:52] i understand
[2:22:53] the difference between the three options
[2:22:57] that i believe we had
[2:23:00] uh from our last meeting and today is
[2:23:03] that
[2:23:04] mr carr
[2:23:06] has been clear
[2:23:08] clear with us
[2:23:12] about
[2:23:13] what
[2:23:16] option four is
[2:23:18] uh
[2:23:19] that with having an election
[2:23:23] with no sunset
[2:23:25] um
[2:23:26] so i don't believe that options
[2:23:31] oh
[2:23:33] well maybe option two is new uh
[2:23:36] maybe i have it wrong
[2:23:38] let me stop there before i make the
[2:23:40] situation worse
[2:23:42] and mr carr if you could address
[2:23:44] commissioner willie's question that
[2:23:46] would be most helpful i should have
[2:23:48] started you there and commissioner
[2:23:49] william i do want to apologize this is
[2:23:52] something that uh we discussed on friday
[2:23:55] and uh
[2:23:56] as i said it's an option that if you
[2:23:59] read the the technical language of the
[2:24:02] measure it's allowable but it's never
[2:24:05] been tested so it's not clear what a
[2:24:07] court would do with this
[2:24:08] um
[2:24:10] so we it actually is in the packet and
[2:24:12] chair i just checked um it this this
[2:24:16] version got uploaded yesterday uh and so
[2:24:20] we we worked on it on friday and
[2:24:22] it was uploaded so and i apologize if we
[2:24:25] should have done more to note that and
[2:24:28] that's on us
[2:24:29] uh okay so my question my question to
[2:24:32] you tom is who is we
[2:24:35] are you say we worked this on friday i
[2:24:37] was at naco
[2:24:40] so
[2:24:40] mr roberts mr bovet
[2:24:43] uh ms cherniak and i worked on this
[2:24:46] friday and over the weekend
[2:24:49] yeah okay so
[2:24:50] so
[2:24:56] my frustration is this that
[2:24:59] first of all
[2:25:01] there was that kind of conversation over
[2:25:03] that period of time it is now tuesday
[2:25:08] this is the first time i've seen this
[2:25:12] there's
[2:25:13] number four
[2:25:15] okay
[2:25:16] uh there's number two
[2:25:19] and i'm thinking i'm going to go into
[2:25:21] this conversation tonight
[2:25:23] with what we agreed upon
[2:25:27] last week
[2:25:28] in a three to two vote
[2:25:31] that we would approve
[2:25:33] number
[2:25:34] three option number three and that's
[2:25:38] where we were going
[2:25:40] now we have
[2:25:42] four options
[2:25:44] back on the table again
[2:25:47] so commissioner willie
[2:25:49] you all you did last week was was was
[2:25:52] introduced on first reading that wasn't
[2:25:53] an approval the approval can't come
[2:25:55] until tuesday this is
[2:25:58] another legal option that we're laying
[2:25:59] out for you you don't need to vote on
[2:26:01] this tonight unless you want to amend
[2:26:03] the ordinance the vote would come next
[2:26:06] tuesday so you have time to consider
[2:26:08] this and i apologize and we're happy to
[2:26:09] sit down and meet with you and discuss
[2:26:11] this um it's this is just your staff
[2:26:13] trying to make sure you have every
[2:26:14] option in front of you before you have
[2:26:16] to make a determination
[2:26:18] i get that that's when i get that i get
[2:26:20] that tom
[2:26:21] i i understand that but not at nine
[2:26:24] o'clock at night
[2:26:27] in the public hearing okay
[2:26:29] if you wanted to communicate with me
[2:26:32] then you should have done it yesterday
[2:26:35] okay
[2:26:36] i don't like surprises no more than the
[2:26:38] chair likes surprises
[2:26:41] this is a surprise it's a significant
[2:26:44] modification to what we talked about a
[2:26:46] week ago and it doesn't bode well with
[2:26:50] me
[2:26:57] commissioner willie
[2:26:59] um
[2:27:05] there is only one change
[2:27:09] in
[2:27:10] the
[2:27:11] options
[2:27:14] between last week's meeting and
[2:27:17] what
[2:27:18] we've seen display
[2:27:21] so only one change but a significant
[2:27:23] chair and quite frankly you opposed last
[2:27:27] week's
[2:27:28] ordinance
[2:27:29] of a three to two vote you oppose that
[2:27:31] and now we have
[2:27:33] a modification
[2:27:36] seems to me like there's some bait and
[2:27:39] switch going on here and there's some
[2:27:41] conversations going on behind the scenes
[2:27:44] and then all of a sudden
[2:27:45] tuesday night
[2:27:47] we have
[2:27:48] options
[2:27:50] just doesn't feel very right to me
[2:27:53] i'm sorry commissioner willie i think we
[2:27:55] have a
[2:27:56] misunderstanding what the position that
[2:28:00] commissioner therese and i took
[2:28:02] in the minority last week
[2:28:05] was
[2:28:06] with regard to continuing
[2:28:10] through
[2:28:11] the process the ordinance process
[2:28:14] okay but on a vote of three to two
[2:28:18] the board chose to continue with the
[2:28:20] process
[2:28:21] so now this is the process having
[2:28:25] the
[2:28:27] uh ordinance read
[2:28:30] and having
[2:28:31] a public hearing tonight with the next
[2:28:34] step of the process being
[2:28:38] the decision next tuesday
[2:28:41] whether or not
[2:28:42] to adopt
[2:28:44] an ordinance
[2:28:46] the only variation on that is
[2:28:49] we have an ordinance on the table right
[2:28:52] ordinance 888
[2:28:54] and if the board wishes to make those
[2:28:57] changes in addition to having the public
[2:29:00] hearing tonight we would also have to
[2:29:02] make a decision on any possible
[2:29:04] engrossments
[2:29:06] so
[2:29:07] um
[2:29:11] there's still another option
[2:29:14] okay oh there's there's still another
[2:29:16] option that has not been
[2:29:18] discussed
[2:29:20] at the commission level
[2:29:22] prior to tonight and so
[2:29:24] we're supposed to evaluate
[2:29:29] um option four
[2:29:32] with no sunset
[2:29:34] we didn't talk about no sunset we talked
[2:29:36] about a two-year sunset
[2:29:38] option two
[2:29:40] no action now
[2:29:41] defer action on the ordnance till
[2:29:43] november december that wasn't even on
[2:29:46] the docket
[2:29:47] so no i'm sorry chair okay there's a lot
[2:29:51] of variety in what our decision making
[2:29:53] is supposed to be
[2:29:55] tonight and next week
[2:29:57] okay i i understand
[2:30:00] more clearly what you're saying okay and
[2:30:02] i don't disagree with you at all
[2:30:05] okay
[2:30:07] um
[2:30:08] commissioner uh commissioner mr carr i'm
[2:30:12] sorry
[2:30:13] i gave you the wrong title
[2:30:15] i i i want to object to the bait and
[2:30:18] switch
[2:30:18] that's not fair
[2:30:21] we provided this to you at six o'clock
[2:30:22] last night and i know it was late we're
[2:30:24] just trying to do our jobs
[2:30:26] seriously six o'clock last night tom
[2:30:28] that that counts
[2:30:30] okay
[2:30:31] yeah okay so it won't be it's not a bait
[2:30:33] and switch i don't mean to offend you by
[2:30:36] the terminology
[2:30:37] i will okay i apologize for that
[2:30:40] but this defends me
[2:30:42] okay
[2:30:43] the fact that at nine o'clock at night
[2:30:45] we're having this conversation
[2:30:47] offends me
[2:30:49] so i guess we're both equally offended i
[2:30:52] apologize if i offended you with my
[2:30:54] terminology but this
[2:30:57] doesn't work
[2:30:58] to be clear the only thing that was
[2:31:01] added was option two we had three
[2:31:03] options last week we added another
[2:31:04] option which i think is legally
[2:31:07] questionable but i included it at out of
[2:31:10] an excess of caution if you want us to
[2:31:13] take it out we can do that
[2:31:14] uh but there's really very little reason
[2:31:17] to insult your staff
[2:31:18] and that's what you're doing
[2:31:20] these are people who work really hard to
[2:31:22] get this in front of you
[2:31:23] and i think it's it's inappropriate
[2:31:26] let's try and let's try and be clear
[2:31:27] about this tom
[2:31:29] there was no
[2:31:30] implication that i was insulting the
[2:31:32] staff
[2:31:34] if you took offense to it i apologize to
[2:31:36] it
[2:31:37] okay
[2:31:38] but it's not about staff
[2:31:40] this is about communication
[2:31:44] eyes wide open when i go into a public
[2:31:47] hearing that i know what the hell we're
[2:31:50] talking about
[2:31:52] okay and i didn't
[2:31:55] now you can say you said at six o'clock
[2:31:57] last night well i was at a wea event
[2:32:00] till nine o'clock last night okay so i'm
[2:32:02] sorry i didn't pull it up and i didn't
[2:32:04] look at it
[2:32:06] i guess that's on me
[2:32:09] but
[2:32:11] this doesn't work
[2:32:15] so we can move on
[2:32:24] commissioner rogers
[2:32:27] um
[2:32:28] just for clarification
[2:32:30] in adding option two have the options
[2:32:33] been renumbered from what we approved
[2:32:35] the last time so
[2:32:38] so we're clear if we went with
[2:32:40] it was we went with three is that two
[2:32:42] last time
[2:32:45] i just i'm sorry i don't have last two
[2:32:47] was added between one and three
[2:32:49] for me
[2:32:51] two was added between one and three
[2:32:53] it's really not nobody if we saw him
[2:32:55] last last time
[2:32:57] what would three have been numbered so
[2:32:58] that we're consistent i i don't have
[2:33:00] that from tom from three would have been
[2:33:02] two okay that's what i want to know
[2:33:05] but to be clear the ordinance hasn't
[2:33:07] changed at all the ordinance still
[2:33:09] incorporates option three
[2:33:11] all we're doing is going over things
[2:33:13] that ways you could change the ordinance
[2:33:17] well madam chair i'm still in favor of
[2:33:20] what now is option three i guess it was
[2:33:22] two last time so i was for the records
[2:33:24] right trying to be clear so that we
[2:33:26] don't sit there and say we're still in
[2:33:27] favor of two two now has changed and two
[2:33:29] or three and all that but
[2:33:31] i i i'm still with the staff
[2:33:33] recommendation yeah
[2:33:35] and for the record what threw me is we
[2:33:38] didn't get any indication that the
[2:33:40] presentation changed
[2:33:43] and it was done after
[2:33:45] the ordinary 3 p.m on monday deadline
[2:33:49] so that the commission knew
[2:33:53] to be prepared for the
[2:33:55] presentation change
[2:33:57] thank you mr carr for
[2:34:01] making it clear that the ordinance
[2:34:03] hasn't changed
[2:34:05] uh
[2:34:06] but we do know that we have an
[2:34:09] additional option that had not been
[2:34:11] previously covered so thank you for that
[2:34:16] and i join commissioner willie uh in
[2:34:19] apologizing if any staff feels in any
[2:34:23] way
[2:34:24] uh
[2:34:25] offended or slighted
[2:34:27] in any way this evening as we try to
[2:34:31] make sure we know
[2:34:32] we understand what we've had the benefit
[2:34:35] of understanding through tonight's
[2:34:37] presentation
[2:34:41] so we
[2:34:42] uh have a presentation
[2:34:46] staff report do we have any remaining
[2:34:49] commissioner questions before we move on
[2:34:52] to the public hearing
[2:34:56] okay
[2:34:57] uh ms niola
[2:34:59] uh we've read the ordinance fight title
[2:35:01] only we've had the staff report could uh
[2:35:04] we you please or i'd like to open the
[2:35:07] public hearing
[2:35:08] uh could you please uh bring in the
[2:35:12] folks who wish to testify thank you
[2:35:15] yes first to speak is jesse ewing jesse
[2:35:19] good evening can you hear me couldn't
[2:35:21] hear you anna sorry
[2:35:23] can you hear me
[2:35:24] yes we can hear you
[2:35:26] good evening i'm jesse ewling a
[2:35:28] mycologist and a professor at oregon
[2:35:30] state university with over 15 years
[2:35:32] experience including many high-profile
[2:35:34] peer-reviewed publications i'm also the
[2:35:36] mycologist and the co-chair of the
[2:35:38] oregon psilocybin advisory board but
[2:35:40] today i'm speaking to you as an
[2:35:42] oregonian
[2:35:43] psilocybin is non-addictive safe it's a
[2:35:46] naturally occurring medicine and
[2:35:47] mushrooms with proven efficacy in
[2:35:49] treating mental health conditions like
[2:35:50] depression addiction
[2:35:52] ptsd and anxiety
[2:35:54] as evidenced by the recent fda
[2:35:56] designation as a breakthrough therapy
[2:35:58] this is not marijuana the production
[2:36:00] process and biology of these organisms
[2:36:03] is different than marijuana
[2:36:05] however psilocybin is not a silver
[2:36:07] bullet it won't work for everyone and we
[2:36:09] take that reality very seriously
[2:36:11] we summarize evidence for both the
[2:36:13] efficacy and the potential negative
[2:36:15] outcomes in a document that was
[2:36:17] previously referred to as the rapid
[2:36:18] evidence review it's available on the
[2:36:20] psilocybin services website
[2:36:22] i also personally summarize all the
[2:36:24] biochemical mycological and
[2:36:26] ethnomycological history of psilocybin
[2:36:28] production and usage and open access
[2:36:30] peer-reviewed publication in the journal
[2:36:32] fungal biology which i can share with
[2:36:34] you
[2:36:35] we as a board have put forward very
[2:36:37] reasonable recommendations to the oha
[2:36:39] and they've already put some of those
[2:36:41] into rules through their expedited
[2:36:42] rulemaking for training programs
[2:36:44] products and testing licenses for
[2:36:47] example of the over 200 species of fungi
[2:36:49] that produce psilocybin we're going with
[2:36:51] just one cylosophy cubensis we're not
[2:36:54] doing synthetic psilocybin because we
[2:36:56] don't have the oversight to meaningfully
[2:36:58] regulate that process safely
[2:37:00] all clients will be over 21 and will
[2:37:02] undergo extensive screen and preparation
[2:37:05] sessions this is not a dispensary model
[2:37:08] and i recommended these guidelines
[2:37:09] because i like you want to live work and
[2:37:12] raise my family in a peaceful and safe
[2:37:14] community that is free from illicit
[2:37:15] activity
[2:37:16] it's okay to have questions about this
[2:37:18] approach because it's new and
[2:37:19] transdisciplinary but as community
[2:37:21] leaders we have a responsibility to help
[2:37:23] address this mental health crisis so i
[2:37:26] encourage you to think of the people who
[2:37:27] might not make it those two years and i
[2:37:29] encourage you not to opt out of of
[2:37:31] psilocybin licenses for businesses thank
[2:37:34] you for the opportunity to speak with
[2:37:37] thank you
[2:37:38] next is barbara hansen barbara can you
[2:37:40] please unmute
[2:37:43] hi again can you hear me okay yes
[2:37:47] thank you uh i am an rn with over 35
[2:37:50] years of experience working in hospice
[2:37:53] in oregon i currently serve as the ceo
[2:37:55] of the oregon hospice and palliative
[2:37:57] care association which is a statewide
[2:38:00] public benefit organization helping to
[2:38:02] ensure oregonians have access to high
[2:38:05] quality hospice and palliative care as
[2:38:07] they near the end of life
[2:38:10] and although i serve on the oregon
[2:38:11] psilocybin advisory board i am
[2:38:14] testifying today in my role with the
[2:38:16] oregon hospice and palliative care
[2:38:18] association there are 15 hospice and
[2:38:21] palliative care programs that serve
[2:38:23] washington county
[2:38:25] and 11 of them are members of our
[2:38:27] association these programs provide
[2:38:30] excellent care for many hundreds of
[2:38:32] washington county residents each year so
[2:38:35] my purpose in testifying today is to
[2:38:38] respectfully ask the county
[2:38:39] commissioners to consider the needs of
[2:38:42] seriously and terminally ill residents
[2:38:44] when you discuss ordinance 888
[2:38:47] i have never personally taken psilocybin
[2:38:50] but i know there have been studies done
[2:38:52] at johns hopkins and nyu showing very
[2:38:56] promising results about the benefits of
[2:38:58] psilocybin and improving symptoms of
[2:39:00] depression and anxiety
[2:39:03] among others the the improvements are
[2:39:05] even after one single treatment and they
[2:39:08] can last for many months more studies
[2:39:10] will be done and need to be done but
[2:39:12] these results already show the possible
[2:39:14] benefits for persons who will need
[2:39:17] palliative or hospice care please allow
[2:39:20] them to have access to this promising
[2:39:22] treatment thank you for this opportunity
[2:39:24] to testify today
[2:39:26] thank you
[2:39:28] and next we have sherry
[2:39:32] sherry can you please on me yeah can you
[2:39:34] hear me
[2:39:34] yes
[2:39:36] hi my name is sherry savoit and terry i
[2:39:38] am from forest grove
[2:39:41] um i've been a depressive my whole life
[2:39:45] i suffer from
[2:39:47] depression and anxiety
[2:39:50] um in 2020 i had a lung cancer
[2:39:54] surgery and um they took out half of my
[2:39:57] left lung
[2:39:58] and i got severely depressed
[2:40:00] over that period of time for a year
[2:40:03] and um
[2:40:04] i just kept thinking
[2:40:06] i wish i can't wait till 2023
[2:40:09] for the psilocybin to be legal
[2:40:12] here so
[2:40:14] i just want all of you that need to know
[2:40:16] more about
[2:40:17] psilocybin to watch
[2:40:19] the movie that's on netflix how to
[2:40:21] change your mind
[2:40:23] and look up paul's statements
[2:40:25] and see his research
[2:40:27] um
[2:40:29] my
[2:40:30] one of my friends i told about this
[2:40:32] delay
[2:40:34] she said people are gonna die
[2:40:36] so
[2:40:37] that's i know that sounds dramatic but
[2:40:39] this can seriously help a lot of people
[2:40:42] so i really urge you
[2:40:45] to have no delay and do option one if i
[2:40:48] read that correctly
[2:40:49] and um
[2:40:52] i wanted to add
[2:40:54] that the ripple effect of psilocybin
[2:40:57] could mean less people in the fancy
[2:41:00] new
[2:41:01] facility that they're building in
[2:41:02] beaverton so
[2:41:04] please um
[2:41:07] don't take this decision lightly
[2:41:11] um
[2:41:12] i don't know it's really hard to talk
[2:41:14] about
[2:41:15] mental health stuff and i'm short of
[2:41:16] breath because of my lung issue but
[2:41:19] i just want you all to tune in and
[2:41:21] open your hearts
[2:41:29] anyways i better stop talking
[2:41:31] but thank you harrington and um therese
[2:41:35] for
[2:41:36] being on board
[2:41:40] thank you sherry
[2:41:42] chair that's all the people i have that
[2:41:44] signed up is there anyone else that
[2:41:46] would like to speak on this ordinance
[2:41:48] please raise your hand
[2:41:51] i see no hands
[2:41:55] thank you ms niola
[2:41:57] and with that we'll close tonight's
[2:42:00] public hearing
[2:42:02] uh
[2:42:03] board members i
[2:42:05] would refer us um
[2:42:09] back to
[2:42:11] the
[2:42:13] presentation
[2:42:15] um
[2:42:16] the
[2:42:16] options
[2:42:18] on the presentation are
[2:42:21] i think
[2:42:22] um
[2:42:25] a little
[2:42:26] out of sync with the requested action
[2:42:29] perhaps on the
[2:42:31] packet table that i'm seeing before me
[2:42:35] but
[2:42:36] that could entirely be
[2:42:40] my problem let me go back to
[2:42:47] well i can't i have to clear
[2:42:49] do an unusual clearing of the cache
[2:42:52] which is ridiculously arduous so
[2:42:55] anyway
[2:42:56] um
[2:42:57] what we
[2:42:59] um
[2:43:00] we've closed the public hearing i want
[2:43:02] to make sure i'm doing these procedures
[2:43:04] right
[2:43:06] uh
[2:43:08] what we need to decide tonight
[2:43:11] is if we want to proceed next week with
[2:43:15] ordinance 888 as it stands or do we wish
[2:43:20] to entertain any changes to the
[2:43:24] ordinance that would require us
[2:43:26] to consider those and engross the
[2:43:29] ordinance tonight
[2:43:31] otherwise we will delay further decision
[2:43:34] making
[2:43:35] on the ordinance to next tuesday
[2:43:39] uh
[2:43:40] mr carr
[2:43:42] uh i saw you raise your hand and then
[2:43:44] not
[2:43:45] but you're unmuted did i capture that
[2:43:47] correctly yes that which is why i load
[2:43:50] my hand sure okay that's correct
[2:43:52] thank you sir uh vice chair willie
[2:43:58] yes thank you chair i i just want to
[2:44:00] make a couple of comments and then ask
[2:44:02] uh for
[2:44:04] a procedural
[2:44:07] perspective so
[2:44:10] we have heard from the voters that this
[2:44:15] product needs to be available that is
[2:44:18] not in question from my standpoint there
[2:44:22] there isn't an option
[2:44:23] to ban
[2:44:25] this completely and we're not even
[2:44:27] considering that
[2:44:29] in regards to our
[2:44:33] two-year
[2:44:35] [Music]
[2:44:37] deferral i really strongly believe it
[2:44:40] will not be two years i think we need to
[2:44:43] give our staff opportunity to evaluate
[2:44:46] what the oha rules that come out we
[2:44:49] haven't even seen them that and then an
[2:44:52] opportunity for our lut department to
[2:44:56] determine where we have siding available
[2:45:00] so there's a lot of work that needs to
[2:45:03] be done on this before we can implement
[2:45:05] this and i'm just i think that's the
[2:45:08] reason why i'm going with option three
[2:45:10] because we need to take those things
[2:45:12] into consideration
[2:45:14] i heard
[2:45:16] the
[2:45:17] com i have compassion
[2:45:19] for those who are testifying that they
[2:45:22] need this
[2:45:23] i understand that i am not opposing that
[2:45:26] i'm just advocating that
[2:45:30] as a county commissioner i believe we
[2:45:33] need to make sure that we understand the
[2:45:35] rules and that we are complying with the
[2:45:39] guidelines that will be provided by the
[2:45:42] state
[2:45:45] so with all of that
[2:45:48] chair i am concerned a little bit
[2:45:51] that
[2:45:53] commissioner therese is not here tonight
[2:45:56] and she was
[2:45:57] obviously um
[2:46:00] in opposition to option three
[2:46:03] uh i don't want this to be a
[2:46:06] i don't know possibly a two to two
[2:46:08] tonight so how do we go about making
[2:46:11] sure that commissioner therese is heard
[2:46:14] in her vote next let me let me ally your
[2:46:17] fears
[2:46:19] okay
[2:46:20] you're correct that there are four of us
[2:46:22] here tonight i vote last
[2:46:26] and
[2:46:27] i am in agreement
[2:46:29] that
[2:46:31] a decision
[2:46:32] should be made
[2:46:34] next week
[2:46:35] okay
[2:46:36] so i am in no way
[2:46:39] uh
[2:46:40] i don't have a need
[2:46:42] to
[2:46:43] exercise
[2:46:44] my political power and influence through
[2:46:47] my vote of one
[2:46:50] okay
[2:46:51] uh i
[2:46:53] and i've made accommodations to attend
[2:46:56] next week's meeting even though i'm on
[2:46:58] vacation
[2:47:00] so
[2:47:00] um
[2:47:01] let me allay your fears okay okay yeah
[2:47:05] thank you i just wanted to make sure
[2:47:06] tonight was to have the public hearing
[2:47:10] and to decide if
[2:47:12] the board thinks there is a need to make
[2:47:15] changes to ordinance 888 and do an
[2:47:18] engrossment okay
[2:47:21] i
[2:47:21] am choosing to not exercise
[2:47:25] the option as you recognize to toward
[2:47:29] having a decision opportunity next
[2:47:32] tuesday okay all right yes thank you for
[2:47:35] that and again i was mostly
[2:47:38] um
[2:47:39] considerate of trying to be considerate
[2:47:41] of commissioner therese she's not here
[2:47:43] tonight but i wanted to make sure we
[2:47:46] heard her vote as well so thank you for
[2:47:48] that
[2:47:52] okay commissioners
[2:47:55] do any of you have a need to consider
[2:47:58] any
[2:47:59] changes to ordinance 888 that would
[2:48:02] require us to have
[2:48:04] consideration of those and engrossment
[2:48:09] i'm not seeing anyone have any
[2:48:12] indication
[2:48:13] all right
[2:48:14] so
[2:48:15] um
[2:48:17] mr carr
[2:48:18] just to make sure i do this right
[2:48:22] especially since
[2:48:23] uh
[2:48:24] some of these options uh involve time is
[2:48:27] of the essence if i could use that
[2:48:29] phrase
[2:48:34] the ordinance
[2:48:35] that is in our current packet
[2:48:38] i believe
[2:48:39] that is reflective of the staff
[2:48:42] recommendation
[2:48:44] uh
[2:48:45] to
[2:48:48] implement and opt out an election with a
[2:48:50] two-year sunset
[2:48:53] am i correct on that
[2:48:55] that is correct yes okay thank you
[2:48:58] um so we don't need to take any
[2:49:02] let me double check my sheet of paper do
[2:49:05] we need to uh take an action
[2:49:08] uh
[2:49:09] to move the draft ordinance forward for
[2:49:12] next tuesday
[2:49:13] no you could move to continue
[2:49:15] consideration but it's already scheduled
[2:49:17] so
[2:49:17] i'll move to continue would probably be
[2:49:19] the appropriate motion okay let's do
[2:49:21] that then
[2:49:22] uh
[2:49:23] board
[2:49:24] members uh do we have a motion to
[2:49:28] consider moving forward with ordinance
[2:49:30] 888 for next tuesday we have a motion
[2:49:33] from commissioner rogers do we have a
[2:49:35] second we have a second from
[2:49:37] commissioner willie
[2:49:38] all those in favor of moving forward
[2:49:41] with consideration of the ordinance for
[2:49:44] next tuesday's meeting please vote by
[2:49:46] raising your hand
[2:49:48] uh the motion is unanimous well anyone
[2:49:51] opposed
[2:49:53] there are none uh the motion is
[2:49:55] unanimous four to zero so next week we
[2:49:58] will
[2:49:59] next tuesday august 2nd vice chair
[2:50:02] willie will be running the meeting and
[2:50:05] on the agenda will be the consideration
[2:50:08] of adopting ordinance 888
[2:50:13] which is the option
[2:50:15] uh for
[2:50:17] a
[2:50:18] opt-out
[2:50:20] of to
[2:50:22] uh with a two-year sunset
[2:50:27] okay go ahead vice chair willie
[2:50:31] you were supposed to give me an easy
[2:50:32] agenda for next week what what happened
[2:50:34] with that i blew it sorry
[2:50:39] all right
[2:50:40] thank you
[2:50:43] all righty then
[2:50:45] so
[2:50:46] the next item on our agenda for this
[2:50:48] evening is our second public comment
[2:50:51] period this is an opportunity for
[2:50:53] community members to come and share
[2:50:55] their thoughts with us for up to five
[2:50:57] minutes a person
[2:50:59] uh ms niola do we have anyone who wishes
[2:51:02] to speak with us at this time
[2:51:05] i had no one signed up but if there's
[2:51:07] anyone please raise your hands
[2:51:11] no hands
[2:51:14] alrighty thank you
[2:51:16] next on the agenda is board
[2:51:18] announcements i'll start the process off
[2:51:21] as mentioned we will have board meetings
[2:51:24] next week we have a work session
[2:51:26] starting at 9 00 a.m then it will pause
[2:51:29] so that
[2:51:31] vice chair willie can run the business
[2:51:34] meeting starting at 10 a.m with the
[2:51:37] housing authority board of directors
[2:51:39] meeting at 10 followed by the board
[2:51:42] meeting at 10 30 and then reconvening
[2:51:45] the work session
[2:51:47] uh
[2:51:48] at
[2:51:49] probably 1 p.m
[2:51:52] i'll see you all in eastern standard
[2:51:54] time
[2:51:55] uh then there is a work session on
[2:51:58] tuesday august 9th
[2:52:01] not sure that i left you a simple agenda
[2:52:04] that day either commission vice chair
[2:52:06] willie
[2:52:07] on tuesday august 16th as there are
[2:52:11] three of us on the commission who will
[2:52:13] be away on vacation
[2:52:15] the meetings are cancelled no quorum so
[2:52:19] that means we will have had one meeting
[2:52:21] in august with the full board
[2:52:24] yeah us for
[2:52:26] modeling taking vacations
[2:52:29] uh then we're into the month of
[2:52:31] september
[2:52:32] ta-da folks we are reconvening in person
[2:52:36] on thursday september 1st we'll have our
[2:52:40] round table so the board will be meeting
[2:52:42] in person which means
[2:52:45] we'll be moving to hybrid mode so our
[2:52:48] public can can
[2:52:51] attend in person or you can continue to
[2:52:54] tune in through zoom and youtube uh
[2:52:57] because we will be hybrid versus 100
[2:53:01] virtual
[2:53:03] still the same people
[2:53:05] uh then on tuesday september 6 that's
[2:53:09] the monday after the labor day holiday
[2:53:11] we'll have the joint pair of meetings
[2:53:14] work sessions starting at 9 00 am board
[2:53:17] meeting at 10
[2:53:18] and the following tuesday september 13th
[2:53:23] vice chair willie's going to have to
[2:53:24] preside over that meeting again as
[2:53:27] commissioner phi excuse me commissioner
[2:53:30] therese and i will be away on a clean
[2:53:32] water services trip
[2:53:34] and um that's it for now on september
[2:53:37] meetings we will have another
[2:53:41] set of meetings in september so in the
[2:53:43] month of september we'll have two
[2:53:45] meetings with the full board in
[2:53:47] attendance so
[2:53:50] that's it for board announcements from
[2:53:52] me this evening uh any from the rest of
[2:53:55] the commission
[2:54:00] all righty well with that do we have a
[2:54:02] motion to adjourn today's
[2:54:05] we have a motion from commissioner phi
[2:54:08] in a second from vice chair willie all
[2:54:10] those in favor please vote by raising
[2:54:11] your hand thank you commissioners and he
[2:54:14] opposed the motion carries unanimously
[2:54:16] 4-2-0 our meeting this evening is hereby
[2:54:20] adjourned everyone please take good care
[2:54:23] of yourself in this heat wave that we
[2:54:25] have i just saw the
[2:54:28] email from our emergency manager that
[2:54:32] the forecast has been extended into
[2:54:35] possibly saturday so do take care
[2:54:39] and be very safe
[2:54:41] watch out for one another bye now
[2:54:54] you