Intergovernmental Relations Committee

Eugene Intergovernmental Relations Committee AGENDA May 19, 2021 1:30 p.m. Intergovernmental Relations Committee MEETING Virtual Meeting Eugene, Oregon 97401 Committee Members Greg Evans Claire Syrett, Chair Matt Keating Lucy Vinis, Mayor (Ex-Officio) 1. Call Meeting to Order-Chair Syrett 2. Agenda Review and amendment. 3. Update on ARPA Funding Requests and Federal Projects 4. Priority 1 Bill Update 5. Future IGR Meeting Topics Preparation for City Council IGR Meeting, League of Oregon Cities, and 6. Items for Good of Order 7. Adjourn For more information, contact the IGR Manager at 541-682-5242, or visit us online at www.eugene-or.gov. Memorandum Date: May 19, 2021 To: IGR Committee From: Ethan Nelson, IGR Manager Subject: 2021 State Priority 1 Bills Notes: PH=public hearing. WS=work session. Highlighted in yellow is change from 4/21 version. Local Financial Sustainability • HB 2015: Local Marijuana Tax Increase. Support. o Update: In House Revenue, likely not moving. SB 864 is the Senate side bill with a PH set for 5/20 and a -1 amendment that would require a city to pay at least 20% payment to counties of any increase passed at the local level. Recommendation: Support base bill, Oppose the -1 amendment. • HB 3040: System Development Charges. Oppose. o Amended to a study bill and ‘transparency’ mandates for local governments. Passed out of committee unanimously, move to Ways and Means (W+M). Will work on amending and opposition in W+M. Housing/Land Use/Homelessness • HB 2006: Shelter Siting and HB 2004: Shelter Funding Bill. Support. o HB2006-Governor signed into law on 5/12. City staff working on implementation. HB2004-out of committee and into W+M, where it will stay. Funding from HB2004 was placed into HB5042-budget reconciliation bill that the Gov signed on 4/15 and now state law. Lane County and City of Eugene negotiating the use of these funds. • HB 2100: Modernizing Oregon’s Housing Stabilization Funding System. Support. o Bill was amended to create a Housing Stability Council with local gov representation and role in funding recommendations to OHCS. Also created a task force to come back with recommendations by Jan 15, 2022 for implementation by July 1, 2022. Passed out of committee unanimously and sent to Ways+Means. • HB 2283 /SB 458: Middle Housing Land Division. Neutral with Amendments o SB458 became the vehicle. Passed Senate 24-4-2, Passed House 54-2-4 with no amendments, President signed and headed to Speaker for signature. • HB 2558: Housing Density Near Transit. Oppose. Dead for Session. • HB 2583: Occupancy Limits. Neutral. o Governor Signed into Law on 5/12 • HB 3115: Boise v Martin and HB 2367: Right to Rest. Neutral. HB 2367 Dead for Session o Passed House 35-23. Assigned to Senate Judiciary with a PH on 5/4 and WS on 5/24. • HB 3124: Camping Notices. Neutral with Amendments o 4/19 Passed House 39-16-5. Amended to 30 day holding time and 72-hour notice. In Senate Housing. PH on 5/6. Rep Lively has put forth a -2 amendment that addresses  May 19, 2021 the issue of drug paraphernalia that we identified and a -3 amendment related to our request for additional 24 hour notice options. WS is on 5/20. • SB 8: Affordable Housing Siting Bill. Neutral with Amendments o Passed Senate and now in House Committee on Housing. PH on 5/18. Potentially additional amendments past the current -4 that has both the advocates and Sen President’s support. Watching. Public Safety • HB 2426: Urban Search and Rescue funding. Support o Passed out of Committee and moved to Ways and Means. • SB 295: Aid and Assist. Support o Passed Senate, in House Judiciary waiting for WS on 5/4 and one scheduled for 5/24. • SB 554: Firearm Possession Restriction-Local Control. Support o Passed Senate. Passed House- after stripping the local government authority out of the bill as a Democratic compromise. To the Governor awaiting signature. • SB 398: Creates crime of intimidation by display of a noose. Support o Passed Senate, in House Judiciary with PH on 5/4, Councilor Evans provided testimony. WS on 5/11 passed with unanimous vote in Committee, headed to House floor for reading. • HB 2002: Expansive Criminal Justice sentencing and policing bill. -4 amendment is problematic due to the lack of process and engagement involved and the nature of the police reforms being proposed. IGR Committee supported an Oppose position on 5/7 meeting. In House Rules with PH on 4/30. The next eight bills are part of a package that was negotiated heavily in the House side, many were passed from Committee to Ways and Means, others were passed from Committee. • HB 2162: Police Training Study. Support. In Ways and Means • HB 2513: Police Training – Airway Management. Support Passed House 58-2, moved to Sen Judiciary PH on 5/11, WS on 5/24 • HB 2928: Use of Chemicals by Law Enforcement. Support. In Ways and Means • HB 2929: Duty to Report. Support Passed House 58-2, moved to Sen Judiciary PH on 5/11, WS on 5/24 • HB 2930: Limitation on Arbitrators Decision Making. This legislation includes LOC supported arbitration reform. Support. In Ways and Means • HB 2932: Database of Physical Force. Support. In Ways and Means • HB 2936: Pre-Certification Prior to Training. Support Passed House 54-4, moved to Sen Judiciary PH on 5/11, WS on 5/24 • HB 3059: Repeal of State Statute. Support o Note: Chief Skinner provided testimony in opposition to this bill in his role with Oregon Association Chiefs of Police, and the bill was amended taking into account his testimony and the on-going positive use of the declaring unlawful assemblies. Passed House 58-2, moved to Sen Judiciary PH on 5/11, WS on 5/17 Passed Committee • HB 3355: Law Enforcement Identification. Support Passed House 58-2, moved to Sen Judiciary PH on 5/11, WS on 5/20 General Government • HB 2478: maintains exemption for public agency attorney/client records. Support. o In House Rules, PH held on 4/1 seeking work session. Page 2 of 3  May 19, 2021 Transportation • HB 2530: Photo radar for high speed corridors. Support. Dead for Session. Bill was brought back to life, with a -7 amendment that would just repeal the sunset on the law and allow City of Portland to keep operating its program. Strategy is to work with Sen Beyer to bring a bill back next year that will expand the authority to other cities. • HB 3055: Transportation Omnibus with local control for speed setting. Support o Still in Joint Transportation-subject to second chamber deadlines-bill is being amended. Committee continues to work the bill in WS, with another one scheduled for 5/25. Climate Recovery/Environment • HB 2180: EV parking requirement for new construction. Support o Passed out of House, in Senate Energy and Environment-WS on 5/11 with -6 amendment that would require any changes to the state minimum to be done through a local land use code amendment. Passed Committee and full Senate vote. Back to House for concurrence. • HB 2398: Reach Code. Support o Amended to address ‘mandate’ concerns and process through Building Codes Advisory Councils. Passed out of Committee and sent to Ways and Means. • HB 2488: Climate Justice Land Use. Support with amendments o Passed out of committee with -7 amendments, sent to Ways and Means. • SB 570: Product Stewardship for Mattresses. Support. o Passed out of committee and sent to Ways and Means. • SB 582: Updating State Recycling System. Support. o Passed out of committee and sent to Ways and Means. • SB784: Authorizes public utility to seek rate recovery for resiliency measures. Watch o Passed out of committee and assigned to Ways and Means. Budget Requests • Riverfront Park and Plaza-$5M gap funding request from Capitol Construction Committee- Ways and Means. PH on 5/7-Mayor Vinis signed up for testimony. • ARPA Requests-nine projects that were submitted for consideration on April 2. Each Senate District receives $8M ($4M for Sen and $2M for each House Member), to distribute on projects within the district, for a total of four projects each member. City’s request for shelter support is being prioritized. Project requests are due to Ways and Means by May 10th. Page 3 of 3