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Agenda
- 6:30 p.m. – Welcome and Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes
- 6:35 p.m. – Public Comment
- 6:40 p.m. – Travel Options Action Plan – Streer Group
- 7:25 p.m. – Oregon State Park E-Bike Rules and Legislative Updates – Scott Hoelscher, Clackamas County
- 7:34 p.m. – Cazadero Trail – Mya Ganzer, Clackamas County
- 7:40 p.m. – Online Bicycle Map – Scott Hoelscher, Clackamas County
- 8:00 p.m. – Adjourn
Staff Liaisons
Scott Hoelscher Senior Transportation Planner Dept. of Transportation & Development Phone: (503) 742-4533 Email: scotthoe@clackamas.us
Mya Ganzer Planner 1 Dept. of Transportation & Development Phone: (503) 742-4520 Email: mganzer@clackamas.us
Minutes
Attendance: Steve Adams, Joseph Edge, Emma Lugo, Dave Weber, Dick Weber, Lonnie Morse, Del Scharffenberg, Kelli Grover, Dale Guenther, Mindy Montecucco Mya Ganzer, Rob Sadowsky, Scott Hoelscher, Nicole Perry
6:30 p.m. – Welcome and Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes
7:28 p.m.
Kelli: I motion Dick: I second
Motion passes
6:35 p.m. – Travel Options and Action Plan
I started working on this project in March of 2024, grant funded project, using a consultant team.
Oregon’s Transportation Planning Rule, Statewide Planning Goal 12. Transportation Planning Rule updated in 2024, required to include Transportation Options
Project outcomes: ClackCo Travel Options (TO) Action Plane. In the plan it will have a TDM strategy toolbox, recommendations and strategies for TDM (Transportation Demand Management), and a framework to establish partnerships. Implement one or two near-term TDM activities
Key strengths: intergovernmental coordination and existing regional programs Key challenges: data gaps and diversity in community type (urban, suburban, rural) Roughly half of Clackamas County has commutes under 10 miles
TDM examples: education around alternative modes, transit pass programs, last mile shuttles, vanpool programs, parking policies
Dave: Efficacy comes to mind here, a lot of these are great for urban areas, my company gives transit passes, but only 10% use. Could you speak to the actual use in areas with the geographic diversity and dispersion of Clackamas County?
Destree: we need to build diverse options so it comes together, we can also pilot a program to figure out what works in what areas, and what will work, and what wont.
Geoff: We don’t have that answer now, but we need community input to determine what is needed and what works. We need programs like this to be promoted and educated so that they can use alternative options.
Dave: when I lived in LA they used disincentives to encourage people to carpool/bus. I don’t know the answer to if there are any disincentives or incentives. The last mile is the most important.
What challenges or barriers do you face as a bicyclist or pedestrian?
Dave: Safe Routes, connections are hard, and I live far away from transit, 213 has wide shoulders but not all are good or safe
Emma: As a pedestrian there are some barriers to access such as a lack of sidewalks, narrow and blind curves with no sidewalks and lack of crosswalks
Bruce: Safety, most of the County is rural and lacks sidewalks or bike lanes.
Dave: bike lanes by Oregon City high school because the students use it because there’s no sidewalks. Rural areas are a major barrier. Cars take up the lane.
Bruce: no sidewalks, bike lanes, or shoulders. The urban area is built up but doesn’t have these facilities either. No sidewalks in Canby, fighting history or urbanization and poor planning
Joseph: Truth to what Dave and Bruce are saying, I live in the unincorporated area, there’s not a lot of rights-of-way to create separate and safe facilities. The city of Milwaukie has created multi-way paths. We need a comprehensive network of neighborhood greenways (aka shared streets) low stress shared streets, diverting car traffic and encouraging low traffic volumes. The key to this working is being a comprehensive network, which is challenging with a fracture’s street grid. Right now, you have to go out of the way to create connections, we need to create low stress connections, and it is hard to navigate if you are staying off of high street facilities. We need to focus our investments on creating separate connections at high stress connections, and then wayfinding to low stress streets. We need to make key investments on high street connections and then invest in diversions to low stress streets.
Kelli: I think Joseph makes an excellent point - this can also apply to rural areas - Cazadero Trail
What would encourage you or others to use a bicycle, walk, or try other options? Dave: We already have a great incentive at our office. We have a locker room, showers and secure bike parking. Emma: Better public transportation, light rail extending into Clackamas county, more sidewalks and walking options Joseph: safe/high quality bicycle facilities with direct access to businesses and other key destinations
7:28 p.m. – Oregon State Park E-Bike Rules and Legislative Updates– Scott Hoelscher, Clackamas County
SB471 has been dropped that was supposed to ban Class 3 e-bikes. OPRD is updating rules, e-bikes allowed currently on path of 8-feet wide and beaches that allow motor vehicle access. New rules for e-bikes are open for public comment, e-bikes are now allowed in more places then the past, done away with the 8-foot rules, e-bikes given the same rules as regular bikes when it comes to what trails they can go on. Would allow e-bikes outside of where cars are allowed, only allowed on wet sound and paths, restricted in snowy plover areas (where no bikes are allowed anyways).
Bruce: another key rule, if the e-bike does not fit one of the 3 classes of e-bike then it is considered a motor vehicle.
Del: Here is the bikeportland link to what is being discussed: https://bikeportland.org/2025/03/03/proposed-rules-would-expand-e-bike-access-on-oregon- state-park-roads-trails-and-beaches-393035
Scott: I will share the public comment link and link to the rules in the next-day email.
Deadline: April 1st
Bruce: I personally support these rules, but I do not believe that the committee has time to draft a letter and vote on it.
Dave: I think we could individually respond, since this is what we support, and we don’t necessarily need to respond.
Bruce: I agree
7:35 p.m. – Cazadero Trail – Mya Ganzer, Clackamas County.
The meeting was organized by OPRD and attended by City of Estacada, Clackamas County Planning, Clackamas County Parks, OPRD, Metro, PGE Metro has recently acquired old Salvation Army property, potential connection by deep creek.
Cazadero in City of Estacada Parks Plan, which they will be updating soon. Potential to connect the Cazadero to the city’s Lakeshore Trail.
Clackamas Parks does not have funding for taking on the trail at this time, however currently drafting the Scope of Work for the County’s Park System Plan, could lead to conversation about Public Funding for Parks.
The most difficult connection is over Eagle Creek (Dick Weber echoed this). Connecting to Barton or Estacada also worthwhile, PGE will be pulling in gravel for some sections for tower replacement.
Biggest issue is funding, capital funds are easier to get then operational funds. OPRD will pull together examples of Joint Management Agreements, showing how the burden can be shared jurisdictionally.
ODOT is repaving Hwy 224 (on short list) which may be able to fold in Cazadero paving. General consensus the trail should be paved, not gravel.
This group will reconvene in October.
Kelli: is the trail currently all public access?
Mya: the land is public, but some parts can only be accessed through private property.
7:45 p.m. – Online Bicycle Map – Scott Hoelscher, Clackamas County
Tech issues on the bike map, so this is getting moved to April. The tool is a public comment portion of the map, and you can leave comments on where and what improvements are needed. Where there are gaps in the system, this can help create an important database for future funding. I’ll share this in April.
7:50 p.m. – Hot Spots | Project Updates | Open Discussion | Recruitment Update | I-205 MUP Alternatives Analysis
Scott: with the walk bike plan, going through the adoption process, going before the Planning Commission and BCC. There will be hearing dates, to provide testimony Planning Commission Hearing Date: 4/14/25 6:30 pm Board of County Commissioners’ Hearing Date: 5/13/25 11:00 am Will give an overview at the April meeting.