SENATE COMMITTEE ON

TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

January 27, 2003 Hearing Room C

8:00 AM Tapes 7 - 9

MEMBERS PRESENT: Sen. Rick Metsger, Chair

Sen. Bruce Starr, Vice-Chair

Sen. Ryan Deckert

Sen. David Nelson

STAFF PRESENT: Amy Joyce, Committee Administrator

Annastasia Suess, Committee Assistant

MEASURE/ISSUES HEARD: Informational Meeting

Duncan Wyse & Joe Cortright, Re: The Oregon Business Plan

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 7, A
050	Chair Metsger	Calls the committee to order at 8:00 a.m. Opens an informational meeting.
INFORMATIONAL MEETING
010	Duncan Wyse	The Oregon Business Plan. Begins presentation on ‘A Plan for Growing Quality Jobs’ and provides slide material (EXHIBIT A).
060	Wyse	Discusses jobs and the economy.
110	Joe Cortright	Impresa, Inc. Begins presentation on Oregon’s statewide economic performance.
150	Cortright	Discusses economic issues: · Employment percentages in the 1990’s · Clustering of traded sectors · Ecology of Silicon Forest · Oregon Success Stories · Four Ps for Prosperity (Pioneering Innovation, People, Places and Productivity.) Five trends in Oregon economy
Tape 7, B (Tape 8A faulty, not used.)
020	Cortright	Continues presentation on economic issues: · Strategy of the Four Ps · Oregon Plan’s vision for the economy · Oregon Business Plan Initiatives · Coordination with Legislative support
320	Wyse	Concludes.
330	Chair Metsger	Comments on the legislative process and the vision of the economy.
350	Sen. Nelson	Comments on the food processing cluster in rural areas with limitations on water usage.
390	Sen. Nelson	Inquires about the future of bio-technology industries.
420	Wyse	Responds.
Tape 8, B
020	Wyse	Continues responses.
040	Cortright	Comments on the bio-technology industry in Oregon.
060	Wyse	Provides suggestion on stimulation of economy.
100	Sen. Deckert	Asks about future clusters.
105	Cortright	Provides comments.
130	Sen. Deckert	Inquires about central clusters versus merging clusters.
140	Cortright	Responds.
180	Wyse	Comments on merging clusters.
190	Sen. Starr	Offers concerns regarding how the legislature is addressing economic development.
230	Chair Metsger	Comments.
255	Chair Metsger	Asks about consideration of economic cluster zones of individual sectors.
270	Wyse	Explains.
310	Chair Metsger	Comments.
315	Wyse	Responds.
320	Chair Metsger	Asks about the link between transportation and the clusters.
350	Wyse	Discusses.
390	Cortright	Comments on transportation forecasting.
415	Wyse	Comments on joint legislature future meetings.
Tape 9, A
020	Sen. Nelson	Comments on the twelve initiatives mentioned in the presentation.
030	Wyse	Responds to the comments.
045	Chair Metsger	Agrees.
050	Wyse	Offers to break down initiatives by legislative committees.
060	Chair Metsger	Agrees and asks that the suggestions be provided to the administrator. Closes informational meeting and adjourns committee at 10:01 a.m.

EXHIBIT SUMMARY

A – Informational, slide material, Duncan Wyse, 14 pp