SENATE COMMITTEE ON

TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

March 24, 2003 Hearing Room C

8:00 AM Tapes 66-67

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: SB 467 – Public Hearing

SB 762 - Public Hearing

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 66, A
002	Chair Metsger	Calls the committee to order at 8:04 a.m. and opens a public hearing on SB 467.
SB 467 - PUBLIC HEARING
008	Jon Chandler	Legislative Advocates, Inc., Airmen Coalition Developers. Provides summary of the dash one amendments to SB 467 (EXHIBIT A).
050	Tom Gallagher	Legislative Advocates, Inc., Airmen Coalition Developers. Provides testimony in support of SB 467.
158	Chandler	Provides a summary of the dash two amendments to SB 467.
300	Gallagher	Asks for set direction on the time line for amendments.
310	Chair Metsger	Inquires about the desire to include timed objectives in the bill.
325	Gallagher	States that at this point there is no desire to include deadlines in the bill due to staffing and workload.
375	Chandler	Emphasizes the need to focus on the outcome of the work rather than the timeframe.
405	Chair Metsger	States that it is imperative that Ways and Means track the ongoing progress of the bill.
TAPE 67, A
030	Vice Chair B. Starr	Inquires about the location of the twenty-five states.
040	Gallagher	States that a great number of the sites will be in the Willamette Valley corridor.
060	Chandler	States that at least three of the sites are focused on rural industrial sites. States that there are a package of bills that are floating to pass this session which will benefit each other.
085	Sen. Deckert	Comments on the jurisdiction between the governor and the legislature. Asks if the executive branch is capable to address these issues, why is there a need for legislative statute.
104	Gallagher	States the differences in the bill for workload. States there are several levels to the bill and the concept.
120	Sen. Nelson	Comments on the barriers that might appear, citing the community solutions team for example and comments on the availability of water to these sites.
140	Randy Tucker	1000 Friends of Oregon. Provides testimony on SB 467 and summarizes the dash one amendments.
185	Chair Metsger	Recognizes the work of 1000 Friends of Oregon this session.
190	Bob Rindy	Oregon Department of Land Conservation (LCDC). Provides background information on the work group concepts for industrial land.
220	Lauri Aunan	Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). Provides written testimony in support of SB 467 (EXHIBIT B).
265	Chair Metsger	Closes the public hearing on SB 467 and opens a public hearing on SB 762.
SB 762 – PUBLIC HEARING
275	Vice Chair B. Starr	Provides a summary of SB 762.
315	Jim Nass	Legal counsel for State Appellate Courts. Begins discussion on concerns for SB 762.
325	Nass	Concerns: · Decision making process of SB 762 · Party adversary concerns · Substantial evidence · Concludes testimony
TAPE 66, B
005	Rindy	LCDC. Provides testimony of concerns for SB 762.
060	Chair Metsger	Closes the public hearing and adjourns the committee at 9:05 a.m.

EXHIBIT SUMMARY

A – SB 467, written testimony, Jon Chandler, 1 p

B – SB 467, written testimony, Lauri Aunan, 1 p