HOUSE COMMITTEE ON LAND USE AND REGULATORY FAIRNESS

May 03, 2001 Hearing Room 357

3:30 P.M. Tapes 11 – 12

MEMBERS PRESENT: Rep. Max Williams, Chair

Rep. Kurt Schrader, Vice-Chair

Rep. Chris Beck

Rep. Kathy Lowe

Rep. Karen Minnis

Rep. Susan Morgan

MEMBER EXCUSED: Rep. Betsy Close

STAFF PRESENT: Virginia Gustafson Lucker, Counsel

Jane Bodenweiser, Committee Assistant

MEASURE/ISSUES HEARD: LC Draft 4258

These minutes are in compliance with Senate and House Rules. Only text enclosed in quotation marks reports a speaker’s exact words. For complete contents, please refer to the tapes.

TAPE/#	Speaker	Comments
TAPE 11, A
004	Chair Williams	Calls the meeting to order at 3:42 p.m. and introduces LC 4258. Explains that this is a rough draft of the concept paper that was presented at the April 26 meeting.
044	Hector Macpherson	Chief sponsor of SB 100 and SB 101 in the 1973 legislative session. Submits testimony and testifies with regard to fairness issues (EXHIBIT A). Says that given the history of land use and the fairness issue there is one direction for this committee to take the program, and that is to make compensation prospective where it relates to Effective Farm Use (EFU) land.
194	Rep. Beck	Asks about how to look at the non-EFU landholders.
206	Macpherson	Replies that he believes that the non-EFU landowners have what they want.
219	Vice Chair Schrader	Asks who might be the person to talk to about the forest lands issue.
225	Macpherson	Believes that James Brown, State Forester would probably be the one to talk to.
252	Chair Williams	Recesses the meeting until 4:15 p.m.
262	Chair Williams	Reconvenes the meeting at 4:35 p.m.

297	Randy Tucker	1000 Friends of Oregon Submits testimony and testifies on the fairness issue of land use (EXHIBIT B). Says that the highest priority for a response to Measure 7 should be creating a dedicated fund for payment to deserving individual landowners for past regulations.
480	Chair Williams	Stresses that he would strongly encourage anyone, who would like to speak to the LC draft, do so next week.
TAPE 12, A
036	Vice Chair Schrader	Asks anyone interested in testifying submit written testimony or comments prior to next week’s meeting.
046	Rep. Morgan	Asks where one might find the “lot of record” data.
050	Chair Williams	Says that a presentation will be made next week by Metro regarding the data asked for.
069	Vice Chair Schrader	Explains that the presentation will include a compilation of all properties that might be affected.
085	Chair Williams	Clarifies further that the presentation will show some snapshots of people who have been in continuous ownership of their property pre-dating 1975 through 1993 and the change in the lot of record law.
100	Rep. Lowe	Says it would also be helpful to know what benefit has been accrued on the properties affected by SB 101.
121	Rep. Beck	Asks if there is a work group focusing on the funding component.
131	Chair Williams	Replies that he anticipates something in two weeks.
159	Don Schellenberg	Oregon Farm Bureau Testifies that farm use assessment is not compensation. Says that it is nothing more than using the income approach to determine the value of the property.
174	Chair Williams	Adjourns the meeting at 5:00 p.m.

Submitted By, Reviewed By,

Jane Bodenweiser, Virginia Gustafson Lucker,

Committee Assistant Counsel

EXHIBIT SUMMARY

A – Written testimony submitted by Hector Macpherson, dated 4/3/01, 2 pp

B – Written testimony submitted by Randy Tucker, dated 5/3/01, 2 pp