 CPO 1 meets Tuesday April 3
By Bruce Bartlett, Chair of CPO 1
For citizens of Cedar Mill and Cedar Hills, CPO 1 is our primary vehicle
for Washington County representation on land use, service provider
and other county-wide issues. Our monthly meeting and newsletter
is a great way to find out about truly local issues.
The April meeting will begin at 7 pm in the Souther Auditorium
of St. Vincent’s Hospital with a Washington County Sheriff’s
briefing, followed by announcements of neighborhood meetings and
development status. Next is a segment we call “It’s Your CPO”—an “open
mic” period where you can announce news, voice your opinions, gather
like-minded people together or ask questions of the group.
Before the main program, THPRD staff will give a brief presentation
on the proposed fee increases to Park District programs, answer questions
and get CPO 1 feedback that will go back to the THPRD board.
Our featured speakers for the April meeting will be two of our major
elected representatives—Kathryn Harrington, Metro Councilor District
#4 (CPO 1) and Mitch Greenlick, Oregon House of Representatives District
33 (CPO 1).
Kathryn Harrington, elected to the Metro Council last year as our
representative will make her first official visit this month. She
will discuss:
Metro’s New Look project: Kathryn
will explain what this means for our community and wants to gain insight
into how the community members would like to be included and informed during
this multi-year process. Three main aspects of the program to be discussed
are:
- Investing in our communities
- The shape of the region
- The Regional Transportation Plan (RTP)
Harrington will also discuss:
Natural Areas Bond Measure: An overview of the program and summary
of next steps in this program. This includes summarizing the three
parts of the bond measure program (Local Share, Regional Targets
for Acquisition, Capital Grants Program.)
State Legislature and Metro: The Oregon
legislature is in session Kathryn
will give us an overview from Metro’s perspective of legislation that
will help Metro better serve us (land use, transportation, solid
waste.)
Mitch Greenlick (www.leg.state.or.us/greenlick) was re-elected as
our state representative last year. He will also make his first visit
this year to discuss:
Annexation Bills: changing the way that
annexation is allowed and promoted.
State Legislature and Metro: The view from the state perspective
on legislation that will help Metro and the county better serve us.
Oregon’s Rainy Day Fund: What it
looks like, how to fund and when to spend it.
CPO meetings are free and open to everyone. Voting members of the
CPO are residents, and property and business owners who have signed
up to receive the CPO 1 Newsletter. You can find information about
CPO 1 and a link for newsletter signup on our website: cpo1friends.org.
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