SENATE COMMITTEE ON

TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

April 16, 2003 Hearing Room C

8:00 AM Tapes 89 - 90

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: HB 2219 - Public Hearing and Work Session

HB 2252A – Public Hearing and Work Session

HB 2691A - 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 89, A
002	Chair Metsger	Calls the committee to order at 8:04 a.m. and opens a public hearing on HB 2219.
HB 2219 - PUBLIC HEARING
010	Claudia Howells	Rail Division, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). Provides written testimony in support of HB 2219 and reads the testimony (EXHIBIT A).
071	Everett Cutter	Manager, Oregon Railroad Association. Provides testimony in support of HB 2219 (EXHIBIT B).
085	Jon Oshel	Association of Oregon Counties (AOC). Provides testimony in support of HB 2219.
095	Chair Metsger	Closes the public hearing on HB 2219 and opens the work session on HB 2219.
HB 2219 – WORK SESSION
100	Vice Chair B. Starr	MOTION: Moves HB 2219 to the floor with a DO PASS recommendation.
		VOTE: 4-0
102	Chair Metsger	Hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. NELSON will lead discussion on the floor.
105	Chair Metsger	Closes the work session on HB 2219 and opens a public hearing on HB 2252A.
HB 2252A – PUBLIC HEARING
107	Mike Doyle	Director, Oregon Economic and Community Development. Provides written testimony in support of HB 2252A (EXHIBITS C, D).
165	Sen. Nelson	Comments on the governor’s preference to the amount of members on a commission.
172	Doyle	States that in the private sector there are such a variety of industries to represent, there needs to be a wide variety of representation.
187	Keith Leavitt	Port of Portland. Provides testimony in support of HB 2252A.
200	Dalton Hobbs	Administrator, Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA). Provides testimony in support of HB 2252A.
221	Walt Evans	Chair of the Trade Policy Committee, Pacific Northwest International Trade Association. Provides written testimony in support of HB 2252A and summarizes the intent of the bill (EXHIBIT E).
285	Chair Metsger	Closes the public hearing on HB 2252A and opens the work session on HB 2252A.
HB 2252A – WORK SESSION
288	Vice Chair B. Starr	MOTION: Moves HB 2252A to the floor with a DO PASS recommendation.
		VOTE: 4-0
295	Chair Metsger	Hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. B. STARR will lead discussion on the floor.
300	Chair Metsger	Closes the work session on HB 2252A and opens a public hearing on HB 2691A.
HB 2691A – PUBLIC HEARING
310	Rep. Patti Smith	District 52. Begins discussion on HB 2691A.
225	Chris Kramer	Legislative Counsel. Outlines the dash nine and dash ten amendments to HB 2691A (EXHIBITS F, G).
TAPE 90, A
030	Kramer	Continues to outline the dash nine and dash ten amendments.
090	Sen. Nelson	Asks how Oregon defines the extended sewer facilities.
095	Kramer	Answers and elaborates.
130	Michael Benedict	Planning Director, Hood River County. Provides testimony in support of HB 2691A in its initial form. States some of the amendments are a cause for concern.
161	Art Schlock	AOC. Provides testimony in support of the dash nine amendments and states AOC does not support the dash ten amendments to HB 2691A.
196	Doris Penwell	Oregon Economic and Community Development Department (OECDD). Provides testimony in support of the dash nine amendments. States opposition to the dash ten amendments.
240	Carrie McClaren	1000 Friends of Oregon. Provides testimony in support of both the dash nine and dash ten amendments to HB 2691A.
325	Bob Rindy	Department of Land Conservation and Development (LCDD). Provides written testimony in support of HB 2691A (EXHIBIT H).
390	Chair Metsger	Asks if the containment issue should be clarified further.
395	Rindy	Agrees that it should be clarified.
400	Vice Chair B. Starr	Asks for the interpretation of the use of industrial sites in effect today.
415	Rindy	Answers and elaborates on the language.
430	Vice Chair B. Starr	Asks if the amendments further clarify the bill since it came from the House or has it become more complex.
435	Rindy	States the bill has improved with the addition of the amendments.
450	Steven Kafoury	Oregon Chapter of the National Planning Association. Provides testimony in support of HB 2691A and begins discussion on the sunset clause.
TAPE 89, B
040	Kafoury	Continues discussion on the additional clause.
055	Chair Metsger	Clarifies the sunset portion of the dash ten amendments for HB 2691A.
060	Chair Metsger	Asks if there is a possibility of a land rush of re-zoning for industrial lands.
067	Kafoury	Answers and elaborates on the concept.
082	Sen. Deckert	Asks if there could be a limit on actual sites rather than having an unknown amount of industrial lands.
100	Chair Metsger	Clarifies the amount of current industrial sites in Oregon.
102	Bill Clooney	Western Council of Industrial Members. Provides testimony on HB 2691A. Urges the committee to find a process to continue the work of the currently operating mill sites in Oregon.
160	Chair Metsger	Closes the public hearing on HB 2691A and adjourns the committee at 9:15 a.m.

EXHIBIT SUMMARY

A – HB 2219, written testimony, Claudia Howells, 1 p

B – HB 2219, written testimony, Everett Cutter, 1 p

C – HB 2252A, written testimony, Mike Doyle, 5 pp

D – HB 2252A, written testimony, Mike Doyle, 27 pp

E – HB 2252A, written testimony, Walt Evans, 3 pp

F – HB 2691A, dash nine amendments, Chris Kramer, 3 pp

G – HB 2691A, dash ten amendments, Chris Kramer, 6 pp

H – HB 2691A, written testimony, Bob Rindy, 1 p