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. Joyce lorenzt 1509 Cottonwood Street, Springfield, discussed the citizen involvement program for the Natural Resources Study and said she was con- cerned about its effectiveness. Ms. lorenz suggested that the program met the letter of the law but did not work. She asked why affected property owners were not in attendance at the hearing. Ms. lorenz questioned why property owners were to be notified after the the zoning changes were passed. She suggested that well-organized special interest groups wer~ well-informed because they had the greatest to gain from study adoption. '. : Ms. lorenz said that the proposed zoning changes in the study, such as waterside protection and development zones, had broad restrictive implica- tions for current owners. She questioned whether the owners of such property were aware of the zoning proposals. Ms. lorenz said that citizen involvement programs are required to be meaningful, and said that the Natural Resources Special Study citizen involvement program was ineffective. Ms. Dumdi closed the public hearing. Responding to a question from Mr. Cornacchia regarding notice to specific property owners affected by the designations in the study, Mr. Gordon said that none had been notified as part of the legislative process due to the number of properties affected. The property owners would be notified as zoning ordinances are developed. Ms. Bascom proposed the addition of language to Policy 14 and related por- . tions of the study as follows (underlined text added, bracketed text delet- ed): "The study recommends that tree removal in uplands be only for streets {and}~ bUildingSi and urban forest management." She said that forest manage- ment could be re ated to fire control and removal of trees threatening adja- cent property owners. The elected officials accepted Ms. Bascom's proposal. Mr. Berg asked that the reference in Policy 14 to timber harvest be changed to "timber harvest/tree removal." Mr. Rust proposed that specific language be drafted in response to Mr. Berg's and Ms. Bascom's proposals for circulation among the jurisdictions. Those present agreed with Mr. Rust's proposal. Mr. Berg said that it was important to the City of Springfield that Policy 3 on page 10 not preclude the development of the proposed Oregon Rivers Museum. Mr. Cornacchia suggested that Springfield prepare language for the other jurisdictions to circulate and review. Responding to a question from Ms. Frazer, Ms. Wiederhold said that the per- centage of sites in the study recommended for natural resources protection were about 50 percent in private ownership and 50 percent in public owner- ship. She added that staff is working with legal counsel on text changes to . MINUTES--Joint Elected Officials July 1, 1992 Page 15