Oak Grove Community Council 
Regular Meeting
DRAFT Minutes
February 23, 2022 7:00-9:00pm; Zoom Virtual Meeting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYNoaNQ9nNU 

Board Members in Attendance: Joseph Edge, Valerie Chapman, Jane Civiletti, Rich Nepon, Mark Elliot, Danielle Lohmann

Attendees:
Voting Members: Blackmarr, Anatta; Conachan, Sue; Dobak, Dave; Fifield, Gene; Hogan, Tom; Janger, Chips; Miller, Gwion; Seals, Linda; Van der Bijl, Baldwin; Wenneson, Greg; Wolf, Suzanne; Zimmer, Robert; Savas, Paul

Non-Voting Members: Civiletti, Tom; Hammond, Tom; Quay, Sarah; Smith, Jenna; Talayman, Melody; Talayman, Serdar; Toutain, Ashley; Zimmer, Kathleen

Guests: Forde, Libra

Agenda Item	Action	
Welcome
7:00	Joseph Edge Welcomed people and started the Introductions of the Board and the community. We took attendance using a roll call.
	
Officer Reports
7:10	Secretary’s Report: 1/26 meeting minutes are approved with minor changes as sent by Jane Civiletti. 

Treasurer’s Report: Jane Civiletti reported that there are no changes to the balance, which remains at $1526.18 (no change since October)	

Neighborhood Creamery
7:15	Melody and Serdar Talayman joined us to share their re-branding to Neighborhood Creamery (formerly Baskin Robbins), located on Rt 99 near the Elks Lodge. This allowed them to keep the same staff and go with a local diary that improves the quality of their ingredients. Their chocolate is award winning! Melody recommends the black licorice, peppermint, and peach & blueberry swirl sorbet.

Visit neighborhoodcreamery.com to see the selection and order online.

Concord Property Project Update
7:25	Mark Elliott shared the three options to address the budget overages for the Concord property project. Mark focused the discussion on Option 3, which separates the library from community center, with reduced footage to 15k square feet (70k volumes). This is achieved by reducing the amount of circulation space (to accommodate foot traffic within the library). 

For the community center, the gymnasium and locker rooms were removed for future development. Timelines for all options are 33 months.

Funding gaps ($x.xm) still exist for the library project; the county & task force are exploring various options to fill the funding gap. 

Still no decision on this, please consider joining upcoming meetings to share your thoughts: NCPRD DAC March 9, Oak Lodge Concord Task Force March 3, Library Board meeting is TBD. Mark also reviewed general comments from previous meetings. 

During the general comments, Paul Savas noted that the funding gap was smaller than what has previous been shared. 

Chips then presented the perspective from the Library Board, which is that the library wants to be separate from the Concord School project (both in funding and a physically separate building). Chips requested support from the CPO in backing Option 3. 

Annatta made a motion @ 8:10: The OGCC in response to the desires of the library community, strongly recommends that the Oak Lodge Library be a separate free-standing library built to work in conjunction with the park at the Concord site.

Rich Nepon seconded. After a short discussion, a roll call vote was taken and passed with 17 Y and 2 Abstain. Details can be found below the meeting minutes. 

If you’d like to share feedback, but aren’t able to attend a meeting, here are some options: 
-	Connect with the county commissioners at bcc@clackamas.us
-	Email: dac@NCPRD.com
	
HB2001 Update
8:15	Joseph provided an update on the Clackamas County Housing Strategies Phase 2 (HB2001). The presentation focused on what the development/design standards include. These are generally minimum required for state compliance. The lot minimum size of 3k sqft will be removed. Joseph expects to see some impact to landowners in older subdivisions.  

Joseph will be preparing a more extensive presentation for 
Planning Commission Meeting is 6:30PM on 3/28/22

Written testimony may be submitted to Martha Fritzie at mfritzie@clackamas.us (due by 4pm on 3/23/33)

There will also be a hearing to the Board of County Commissioners on 10AM on 4/17. Valerie commented that she’d like us to consider that triplexes and quads can actually be separate units. The county went with the connected standard.	
Land Use Application Review Team

8:25	
Skipped for this month d/t limited updates and time constraints	
Committee (ABC) Updates
8:25	CERT: Helped with some traffic control for the recent fallen firefighter memorial event. The fire dept liaison was laid off earlier this year, and Greg is concerned that the fire dept may be ending support for CERT. Currently engaging Clackamas fire for discussion and may ask for CPO support if we don’t see progress.

Concord Community Center & Oak Lodge Library: Anatta shared that the landscape architects were pleased with the public feedback on the plans.

Economic Development Committee (EDC): Valerie reported that EDC is in a reorganization phase. Employment is on the rise, with lots of churning. 

Emergency Preparedness Council: Rich Nepon has been appointed to this council, and he will be helping the county prepare for various emergencies. Please share your comments and concerns with Rich via contact@oakgrovecpo.org.

HDOG: Suzanne Wolf shared that their efforts are centered around preparation for the Trolley Trail festival on July 16. Reaching out to current and past vendors for festival participation. Mark Elliott shared that they are hoping to close the road to traffic on Oak Grove Blvd from the Methodist church to New Urban High School.

Oak Lodge Water Services: Susan Keil (read by Joseph). Presented an update to the BCC on 2/16 policy session. Ongoing outreach and proceedings request for official formation proceedings. The board put this on the agenda for 3/10. 

Oak Lodge Governance Project: Noon on March 12, local historian Kenneth Coleman will be sharing a presentation on the history on our area of Oregon through the Civil War.

County Parks Dept: Mark Elliott shared that the Trolley Trail Festival is looking for sponsorship. Mark Elliott made a motion asking the OGCC to sponsor the 2022 Trolley Trail festival in the amount of $500.
Second: Valerie Chapman 
Vote taken: 17 Y 1 Abstain

During the vote, some shared that they would like to donate to the OGCC to replace the funds that would be debited. You can do this by going to any OnPoint location and asking to donate to the Oak Grove Community Council (the teller will be able to look up the account).

Clackamas County Road Fund: Danielle Lohmann shared that the removal of trailer registration fees has moved forward. Assuming things progress to plan, the fees will be removed for 2023 registrations.

Committee recruitments closing soon: Will be sent in a follow up meeting. See https://web3.clackamas.us/abc/ for details and additional openings. 	
Announcements	Jenna Smith provided an update on the invasive plant overgrowth at her property near the railroad. Jenna also shared that she’s having issues with traffic speeding and blocking her own parking access and has exhausted her options with the county. 

Next general meeting March 23 at 7pm on Zoom

Meeting was adjourned at 8:55 PM.