The Charbonneau Villager April 2018 Page 21
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Rules up, a program on pace of play and Charbonneau etiquette was offered to Charbonneau residents by the Men ' s Club. There were 48 attendees from women ' s and men ' s golf groups, and the program was very well received. There were many good questions which led to a very active group participation session.
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Civic Affairs
By Tony holt
The 2018 Oregon legislative short session ended on March 3. We faced two challenges this year: House Bill 4092- Aurora Airport
Freshman Representative Rick Lewis proposed a bill that stated a state airport with at least 350 based aircraft( which limited it to the Aurora State Airport) may extend a state airport runway on land zoned for exclusive farm use( EFU) without going through the usual state land-use requirements.
We understand Representative Lewis told legislators that there was no opposition to the bill, receiving as a result the co-sponsorship of 20 Representatives and six Senators. That was despite the fact we had met with him last November and said we- the City of Wilsonville, Friends of French Prairie and others- were opposed to this attempt to circumvent Oregon’ s land-use laws. The bill did not specify how much EFU land was to be taken now for a proposed extension that has not yet been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Many Charbonneau residents wrote emails to the House Committee on Transportation opposing the bill. Some 20 attended the hearing; and former Oregon Supreme Court Justice Bill Riggs, Eric Hoem and I testified in opposition, along with Clackamas County Commission Chair Jim Bernard, Wilsonville Mayor Tim Knapp, Ben Williams of Friends of French Prairie and others.
Testimony by the Aurora Airport proponents seemed to suggest that the runway extension had
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been approved, though it has not. They all stressed the importance of an extension for safety and the Airport’ s contribution to jobs, the large tax base of Airport businesses, etc. It was stated it was needed to“ save time and money.” Testimony by those in opposition centered primarily on defeating a bill that ignored the established land-use process and excluded stakeholder involvement in the decision making. Faced with a diversified opposition group, apparently unexpected by many of the sponsors, and with no indication of urgency, the bill was passed to the Rules Committee, where it eventually died.
House Bill 4031- Attempted Red Barn Amendment
Late in the session, at a time when the notice period requirement is dramatically reduced to one hour, HB 4031, a bill to provide land-use control of“ guest ranches” in Eastern Oregon, came before the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. In a typical, so-called“ gut and stuff” maneuver, Bob Lanphere’ s lobbyist attempted to add an amendment to the bill that would have rezoned the Red Barn property at our I-5 Exit from EFU to Rural Commercial.
At short notice, several residents attended the hearing in Salem. Bill Riggs, Larry Walker and Wayne Richards testified in opposition to the amendment, as did other organizations. Our Senator, Alan Olsen, a member of the Committee, successfully led the opposition to that amendment being given a vote. So, the attempt failed.