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<br />Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation <br />Jenifer Willer PWE 01/19/2011 Pri 2 Oppose <br /> <br />Comments: I agree with the comments made by the other responders. <br /> <br />Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation <br />Paul Klope PWE 01/19/2011 Pri 2 Oppose <br /> <br />Comments: Requires the use of domestic iron, steel and wood products and manufactured goods and <br />equipment for public improvements unless the product is not made in the US and <br />reasonably available or unless purchasing the US made product will increase the cost of <br />the entire public improvement project 25% or more. <br /> <br />Although the goal of saving US jobs is laudable, the potential to increase the cost of <br />public works projects as much as 25% is unreasonable given the extensive budget cuts <br />public agencies are experiencing. It also will be expensive and difficult for the City to <br />administer, because it will be difficult and time consuming to determine whether the <br />thousands of individual manufactured products that go into building public <br />improvements, such as a building, are entirely produced in the US or not. <br /> <br />I recommend the City oppose this bill unless the percentage of increase is lowered to a <br />more reasonable number like 5%, or the materials list is narrowed to iron, steel, and wood <br />products. <br /> <br /> <br />HB 2370 <br /> <br />Relating Clause: Relating to public real property near rail infrastructure. <br /> <br />Title: Requires political subdivision to give Department of Transportation at least 30 days’ <br />notice of intent to sell or transfer real property near rail infrastructure. <br /> <br />Sponsored by: By Representative NATHANSON; Representatives BARKER, DEMBROW, <br />DOHERTY, GELSER, HOYLE, HUNT, KOTEK, J SMITH (Presession filed.) <br /> <br />URL: http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/hb2300.dir/hb2370.intro.pdf <br /> <br />Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Recommendation <br />Eric Jones PW-ADM 01/21/2011 -- Monitor <br /> <br />Comments: Per Lloyd Williams in PWE real estate section, the definition of "near" is at the very <br />limits of our tolerance, and we probably would oppose any efforts to increase the <br />distances from 100/500 feet. Also, we have no objection to ODOT have the right of first <br />notice/first purchase but would oppose extending that to the railroads or any other private <br />entity. If we're comfortable that these provisions won't be amended, we could support a <br />drop position. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br /> <br />