SENATE COMMITTEE ON

TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

April 14, 2003 Hearing Room C

8:00 AM Tapes 86 - 87

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 772 - Public Hearing and Work Session

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 86, A
002	Chair Metsger	Calls the committee to order at 8:05 a.m. and opens a public hearing on SB 467.
SB 467 - PUBLIC HEARING
005	Jon Chandler	Legislative Advocates. Summarizes the dash five amendments to SB 467 (EXHIBIT A).
100	Chandler	Continues to summarize the dash five amendments.
200	Vice Chair B. Starr	Asks how SB 467 will allow local cities the ability of citing for industrial lands.
210	Chandler	States the bill is attempting to insert doors of accessibility for cross agencies to work out issues.
250	Chandler	Continues to summarize the changes that the dash five amendments proposed to SB 467.
325	Vice Chair B. Starr	Comments on the Metro local government in Portland and asks if Metro will pose an additional block layer to the bill.
350	Chandler	States that local government laws would apply to Metro.
375	Chandler	Continues to summarize the dash five amendments.
TAPE 87, A
020	Vice Chair B. Starr	Comments on the dash two amendment which allows the Governor to cite industrial lands.
050	Chandler	Responds.
092	Sen. Deckert	Notes a concern with adding more task forces and special commissions this session than previous sessions. States that the current Economic Development Commission could take on the issues suggested by SB 467 dash five amendments.
108	Chandler	States that the intent of the bill was to create an advisory board to assist the Commission.
165	Sen. Deckert	Asks for a definition of the ‘trade sector’ that is addressed in the language of the bill.
170	Chandler	States that the current definition of trade sector is termigoric for Oregon only.
235	Sen. Deckert	Asks the work group to narrow the definition of ‘trade sector’.
237	Laurie Aunum	Department of Environmental Quality, (DEQ). Provides testimony in support of SB 467 dash five amendments.
265	John Lilly	Executive Director, Division of State Lands, (DSL). Provides testimony in support of the dash five amendments.
270	Doug Riggs	Portland Metro. Comments on the ‘trade sector’ definition.
	Sen. Deckert	Asks for assurance that the definition has been looked into a great length.
280	Riggs	Confirms.
305	Chris Warner	Governor’s Office. States the dash five amendments are supported by the Governor’s office.
320	Ron Fox	Economic Community Department. Provides testimony in support of the dash five amendments to SB 467. Offers additional changes to the bill that the department would like to see.
TAPE 86, B
020	Bob Rindy	Department of Land Conservation and Development (LCDC). Provides testimony in support of the dash five amendments.
051	Randy Tucker	1000 Friends of Oregon. Provides testimony in support of the dash five amendments.
065	Vice Chair B. Starr	Asks why there are no references to time lines in the bill. Asks how long it will take to identify 25 sites.
075	Chandler	States that currently there are not large enough parcels to identify the sites. Elaborates on the need to have an advisory committee to assist the commission on selecting appropriate sites.
130	Vice Chair B. Starr	Asks why there is not a specific timeframe to outline the work line.
135	Chandler	Defers the question.
145	Tom Gallagher	Urban Development Coalition. States that timelines will hurt the bill if technical difficulties arise or appeals take longer to resolve than the deadline.
205	Fox	Economic Community Department. Describes the work that is currently underway.
250	Chair Metsger	Asks the work group to work on additional consensus before the bill is sent on to Ways and Means. Gives a 48 hour deadline to get the amendments to Legislative Council.
260	Chair Metsger	Closes the public hearing on SB 467 and opens a public hearing on SB 772.
SB 772 – PUBLIC HEARING
275	Jim Whitty	Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). Provides a summary of the dash four amendments to SB 772 (EXHIBIT B).
340	Chair Metsger	Asks about the limitations on the public/private records exceptions.
350	Whitty	Responds and continues to detail the changes to SB 772 in the dash four amendments.
TAPE 87, B
070	Whitty	Continues to outline changes the dash four amendments have brought to SB 772.
112	Tucker	1000 Friends of Oregon. States there is support for the concept of SB 772 and provides two concerns with SB 772. Suggests the legislature set a limit on the number of projects this bill can move.
160	Riggs	Metro. Provides testimony in support of the dash four amendments to SB 772.
170	Andrea Fogue	League of Oregon Cities. Provides testimony in support of the dash four amendments to SB 772.
190	Chair Metsger	Closes the public hearing on SB 772 and opens a work session on SB 772.
SB 772 – WORK SESSION
200	Vice Chair B. Starr	MOTION: Moves to ADOPT SB 772-4 amendments dated 4/11/03.
		VOTE: 3-0 EXCUSED: 1 - Nelson
205	Chair Metsger	Hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED.
207	Vice Chair B. Starr	MOTION: Moves SB 772 to the floor with a DO PASS AS AMENDED recommendation and BE REFERRED to the committee on Ways and Means by prior reference.
		VOTE: 3-0 EXCUSED: 1 - Nelson
210	Chair Metsger	Hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED.
230	Chair Metsger	Closes the work session on SB 772 and adjourns the committee at 9:45 a.m.

EXHIBIT SUMMARY

A – SB 467, dash five amendments, Jon Chandler, 16 pp

B – SB 772, dash four amendments, Jim Whitty, 14 pp