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Council Meeting
May 20, 2019
Sandy Watershed Learning Center
Council Development
Review/adopt minutes
Office Lease Status
Biennial Self-Assessment
Board Nomination
Board Committees
Funding Update
MHCC Office Lease Non-renewal
Notice of non-renewal
4/15, requiring us to
depart by 7/1, displaced
by Small Business
Development Center that
lost lease in Rockwood
MHCC indicates potential
alternate space on
campus not available
Limited commercial
lease-ready options,
without significant (20-
60% monthly cost
increase from current)
Biennial Self-Assessment OWEB Council
Support
Requirement
Select 1-3 areas for
improvement focus
in next two years
Building from Strength:
Community Connection
Room for Improvement
JEDI – EQUITY and…
Board Committees Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (= JEDI)
Fundraising
Board recruitment
Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
(JEDI) update
Assessment > Vision > Plan
Accountability
JEDI committee
Common vocabulary -- readings, online,
media
Intertwine cohort completion early fall
Discussion at September SRWC, toward
Fall/Winter ‘Equity and…’ strategy retreat
Meyer Memorial Trust DEI training 5/22
2019 Funding Updates Submiitted:
OWEB Sandy-Salmon Ph II (2020)
OWEB Technical Assistance – Sandy Partners
Landscape Conservation Fund LOI (Sandy Partners)
Meyer Memorial Trust / National Forest Foundation
Diverse Outdoors Engagement (renewal)
Received/Contracted
Resources Legacy Fund Ph II Kelly Dam
Rejected
ODFW Restoration + Enhancement (but invited to tour
before Ph II)
YTD Income$1,362.69, 1%
$53,967.00, 25%
$109,603.00, 51%
$29,978.00, 14%
$20,358.88, 9%
Through 03.31
Private Foundations & Trusts Local Govt State Federal
YTD Total Income: $215, 257; Bank Balance $113,040
YTD Expenses
$105,420.84, 39%
$153,570.52, 57%
$11,816.17, 4%
By Category
Personnel Project Admin
4%
19%
3%
3%
12%
4%3%
31%
8%
8%5%
Personnel By Project
MHCC Sandy-Salmon Delta R
Delta E EcoBlitz Weed Smackdown
Kelly Creek General Development
Beaver Creek Equity
YTD Total Expense:
$270,819
Fundraising CommitteeShort term goals:
Big fundraising event/celebration
Thursday, Oct 17th at Migration Brewing in Gresham
Requesting help from Board members – auction items,
sponsors, possible keynote speaker, raffle items…
Mini fundraising event night –
possibly in July
Fundraising long term? General membership proposal –
needs Board approval to proceed
3 other Oregon Watershed Councils
have general members
with annual dues
Fundraising long term? Merchandise:
T-shirts, hats, car decals, drinkware…
Need seed money (not currently funded by our restricted
grant sources)
$25/ board member?
Board Nomination Matt Stine – Forestry business representative
Native Ecosystems NW – Forester/Owner
Former Ash Creek Forest Management 2006-10
City of Tigard Forester 2000-06
MHCC Retrofit Updates
MHCC Presidents’ and
Infrastructure Councils
approved Phase 1b
parking lot swales
construction
Permits revised, approved
Construction to begin
August 5
MHCC recognition that
SRWC is bringing
investment
Sandy-Salmon Floodplain
Reconnection County Permit
approved; others
under review
Contractor
(BioHabitats)
selected
Monitoring baseline
to Coastal Resilience
Fund protocols
Construction start
early June
Kelly Dam Removal
Feasibility Study Pond sediment sampled
5/7/19
Report anticipated by 6/15
MHCC will evaluate as part of revised capital plan beginning ~ July
SRWC funded for Phase II to cultivate public awareness, inclusion in MHCC Capital Plan and Metro capital bond
4th Annual Eco Blitz
• 94 participants
• 18 from Urban Nature Partners
• Thanks to Board members who
attended
• Partners: USFS, NPS, Friends of
Sandy River Delta, Extracto Coffee,
Voodoo Donut
2019 Delta Stewardship
Education
• 700 participants
• 366 students
• 56,000 native trees and shrubs planted
T2T Cleanups /
Stash the Trash Replicating
Clackamas River Basin Council program
Recreators bring mesh bags to 5 Park partners for collection
Potential start by July 4s weekend (!)
Outreach Activities to Date
2019 2018
Volunteers 1093 2446
Events 29 55
Timberline Cleanup
Beaver Creek Brunch at
Skyland Pub
Keen Earth Day Cleanup
at MHCC
Sandy City Wastewater
Treatment Facilities Plan October Green
Infrastructure workshop
by Earth Economics in
planning
Facility tours in Sandy
5/23; alternative
treatment in Dundee,
Forest Grove 5/29
Sandy River float with
city council, staff under
consideration
Other Business
Public Comment
Upcoming Council Meetings/Events
Summer Picnic – TBD
September
Upcoming Events
SRWC Summer PicnicTBD – July?
Timberline to Troutdale CleanupsSeptember 14 (Floating Cleanup); September 21 (Salmon River Heatwaters)
SRWC Bi-monthly meetingSeptember 23, 6:30-8:30 (location TBD pending office lease)