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Senate Committee on Business and Transportation SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND TRANSPORTATION February 18, 2015 Hearing Room B 01:00 PM MEMBERS PRESENT: Sen. Lee Beyer, Chair Sen. Fred Girod, Vice-Chair Sen. Rod Monroe Sen. Chuck Thomsen Sen. Chuck Riley STAFF PRESENT: James LaBar, Committee Administrator Jessica Wangler, Committee Assistant EXHIBITS: Exhibits from this meeting are available here MEASURES/ISSUES: SB 131 – Public Hearing and Work Session SB 120 – Public Hearing SB 133 – Public Hearing and Work Session SB 35 – Public Hearing SB 139 – Public Hearing and Work Session Introduction of Committee Measures – Work Session Recording Log – Recording started 12:50:36 PM 00:00:12 Meeting Called to Order 00:00:14 Chair Beyer 00:00:26 SB 131 - Public Hearing 00:00:32 James LaBar, Committee Administrator 00:01:04 Sen. Richard Devlin, Senate District 19 00:05:00 Chair Beyer 00:05:04 Vice-Chair Girod 00:06:27 EXHIBIT 1: Lisa Natio, National Trust for Historic Preservation EXHIBIT 2: Lisa Natio testimony of Peggy Sigler, Oregon Field Officer, National Trust for Historic Preservation 00:09:23 EXHIBIT 3-6: Sandy Carter, Project Coordinator, One Willamette River Coalition 00:14:22 EXHIBIT 7: Andy Cotugno, Senior Policy Advisor, Oregon Metro 00:16:53 Rich Angstrom, Construction Materials President, Oregon Concrete and Aggregate Producers Association 00:19:31 Varner Seamen, Portland General Electric 00:22:02 EXHIBIT 8: Witness Registration 00:22:03 The following is submitted for the recording without public testimony: EXHIBIT 9: Verne Duncan, resident, Oregon EXHIBIT 10: Tim Knapp, Mayor, City of Wilsonville This recording log is in compliance with Senate and House Rules. For complete contents, refer to the digital audio recording. SBT 02/18/2015 Page 2 of 3 EXHIBIT 11: Dwayne Foley, resident, Oregon EXHIBIT 12: James Mattis, President, Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation EXHIBIT 13: Mary Stern, Association of Oregon Counties EXHIBIT 14: Chris Lyons, Clackamas County Board of Commissioners 00:22:09 SB 131 - Work session 00:22:10 Chair Beyer 00:22:14 MOTION: CHAIR BEYER MOVES SB 131 DO PASS AND BE REFERRED TO JOINT COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS 00:22:28 VOTE: 5-0-0 AYES: RILEY, THOMSON, MONROE, GIROD, BEYER 00:22:51 SB 120 - Public Hearing 00:22:53 James LaBar, Committee Administrator 00:24:13 EXHIBIT 15: George Endicott, Mayor, City of Redmond 00:26:39 EXHIBIT 16: Doug Riggs, Central Oregon Cities Organization 00:33:49 Chair Beyer 00:34:57 Vice-Chair Girod 00:35:33 Sen. Thomsen 00:38:05 Sen. Riley 00:38:23 Sen. Tim Knopp, Senate District 27 00:39:42 Sen. Monroe 00:40:31 EXHIBIT 17: Gerik Kransky, Advocacy Director, Bicycle Transportation Alliance 00:43:12 Bob Rindy, Senior Policy Analyst, Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development 00:48:34 Jeri Bohard, Oregon Department of Transportation 00:53:10 EXHIBIT 18: Witness Registration 00:53:11 The following is submitted for the recording without public testimony: EXHIBIT 19: Matthew Crall, Planning Services Division Manager, Department of Land Conservation and Development 00:53:21 SB 133 - Public Hearing 00:53:25 EXHIBIT 20: James LaBar, Committee Administrator 00:54:25 Mark Long, Administrator, State Building Codes 00:55:17 Chair Beyer 00:58:31 Sen. Riley 01:02:48 Inga Decker, Oregon Building Officials Association 01:04:32 Erin Doyle, League of Oregon Cities 01:05:38 EXHIBIT 21: Elizabeth Edwards, City of Portland testimony of Paul Scarlett, Director, Bureau of Development Services, City of Portland 01:07:12 SB 133 - Work session 01:07:14 Chair Beyer 01:07:15 MOTION: CHAIR BEYER MOVES TO ADOPT THE -3 AMENDMENTS This recording log is in compliance with Senate and House Rules. For complete contents, refer to the digital audio recording. SBT 02/18/2015 Page 3 of 3 01:07:25 Sen. Thomsen 01:07:42 VOTE: 5-0-0 AYES: RILEY, THOMSON, MONROE, GIROD, BEYER 01:07:47 MOTION: CHAIR BEYER MOVES SB 133 DO PASS AS AMENDED 01:07:56 VOTE: 5-0-0 AYES: RILEY, THOMSON, MONROE, GIROD, BEYER CARRIER: SEN. RILEY WILL LEAD DISCUSSION ON THE FLOOR 01:08:26 SB 35 - Public Hearing 01:08:32 James LaBar, Committee Administrator 01:09:24 EXHIBIT 22: Brant Wolf, Oregon Telecommunications Association 01:11:18 Jennifer Niegel, Oregon Telecommunications Association 01:12:43 Vice-Chair Girod 01:13:15 EXHIBIT 23: Witness Registration 01:13:22 SB 139 - Public Hearing 01:13:26 James LaBar, Committee Administrator 01:13:53 Chair Beyer 01:14:45 Nancy DaSouza, Executive Director, Oregon Travel Experience 01:17:28 Sen. Thomsen 01:19:01 EXHIBIT 24: Witness Registration 01:19:06 SB 139 - Work session 01:19:08 Chair Beyer 01:19:11 MOTION: CHAIR BEYER MOVES SB 139 DO PASS 01:19:26 VOTE: 5-0-0 AYES: RILEY, THOMSON, MONROE, GIROD, BEYER CARRIER: SEN. THOMPSON WILL LEAD DISCUSSION ON THE FLOOR 01:19:54 Introduction of Committee Measures - Work Session 01:19:56 EXHIBIT 25-26: Chair Beyer 01:20:14 MOTION: CHAIR BEYER MOVES LC 2451 AND LC 3451 BE INTRODUCED AS COMMITTEE MEASURES 01:20:25 VOTE: 5-0-0 AYES: RILEY, THOMSON, MONROE, GIROD, BEYER 01:20:40 Meeting Adjourned This recording log is in compliance with Senate and House Rules. For complete contents, refer to the digital audio recording. .
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