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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)