Parks Advisory Board - Nov. 18, 2025

Agenda

1. 6:00 Call Regular Meeting to Order
2. 6:05 Meeting Minutes
   1. Review/Approval of the October 21, 2025 PAB Minutes
3. 6:10 Citizen Input & Correspondence
4. 6:15 Stone Creek Update – Mike Turley
5. 6:25 Parks Staffing Update – Tom Riggs
6. 6:30 Park System Plan Update – Tom Riggs / Ellen Rogalin
7. 6:40 Parks FY 26/27 Budget Discussion
   1. Local Share funded projects
   2. Tourism funded projects
   3. Operational and Capital expenses
   4. Other
8. 7:05 December Meeting
9. 7:10 Administrative Updates – Tom Riggs
   1. BCC Liaison
   2. Other
10. 7:15 Park Updates – Mark Shaw
11. 7:25 Good of the Order
12. 7:30 Adjournment

Next Regular Scheduled Meeting: [likely] Tuesday, January 20, 2025
Hybrid meeting, online via Zoom webinar, or in person in Room 118,
Development Services Building, 150 Beavercreek Rd, Oregon City, OR

Minutes

Members Present at DSB 118: Mike Ferrell, Louise Lopes, Chad Parker, Walter Hull, Dana Hindman-Allen

Attending on Zoom: Justin Ostrander, Rob Smoot, Sarah Furber,

Members Not Present: Don Morgan, Tom Hester, Angela Pederson

Staff Present at DSB 118: Tom Riggs, Mark Shaw, Barb Guthrie, Sarah Eckman, Kea’erra King, Ellen Rogalin, Tim Farrell

1. Call To Order 
   Justin called the meeting to order at 6:02 pm
2. Meeting Minutes 
   Justin asked for the approval of the October 21, 2025 minutes; Walter called for the motion, Louise second the motion; it was approved by the PAB.
3. Citizen Input & Correspondence 
   Tom noted that all Google reviews for Metzler Park for the last two months were 5 stars.
4. Stone Creek Update – Mike Turley 
   This past summer was very busy, we held 95 charity events. That is up 4 or 5 from last year. Year to date, we did 54,000 rounds of golf, and that is also up from last year. Earlier this summer, we upgraded our online application. It makes it a little bit more convenient for customers to pay online. Last year was a good year financially, we netted $971,000. Compared to last year, we netted $1 million. After further review, we learned that we earned 3.8 million in the last four years. Work on the course will take place during this off season, on the drainage, bunker repair and the irrigation system. All repairs to be done this off season has been budget.
5. Parks Staffing Update – Tom Riggs 
   Tom introduced our new Management Analyst, Kea’erra King. Kea’erra if originally from Georgia and came here from Atlanta. She is looking forward to working with the PAB. She has an educational background in government administration and some experience in grant administration at the state and federal level. The other update is that after 30 years of service with the Parks Department, Thomas Gray has decided to move on to other opportunities. That means the North Ranger Coordinator position is now vacant. We are considering how to move forward on the replacement of that position. We wish Thomas well in his next chapter.
6. Park System Plan Update-Tom Riggs / Ellen Rogalin
   1. We had the kickoff meeting with our consultants about 3 weeks ago; we are meeting with them in a formal project management team meeting every 2 weeks. The next meeting will be tomorrow.
   2. Have been contacting and recruiting people for the Policy Advisory Committee and the Technical Advisory Committee for the project. Clackamas County Parks Advisory Board Meeting Minutes, Tuesday November 18, 2025 Hybrid online or at Development Services Building, Room 118, Oregon City, OR 97045 @6:00pm
   3. PAB selected Justin and Rob will serve on the committee for PAB. We are still working on adding other experts from the community. The next meeting will be on December 2 at 3:00 pm and you can watch online or attend.
   4. There will be BCC briefings that will update on December 2 for the Board concerning this project.
   5. Meeting scheduled for January will concern the community engagement plan.
   6. Working on development of a website for the system plan, as well as a project flyer. Further developing and refining the timeline.
7. Parks FY 26/27 Budget Discussion
   1. We have 13 local share projects that are part of our intergovernmental agreement with Metro. We have mapped out the local share funded projects. Have assigned timelines and the best order to tackle them, and what we think is realistic to achieve them in any given fiscal year. Of the projects listed, (not the quarry pound restoration), we have $5,000 worth of Parks money to the projects – all the rest is outside money. We asked the Tourism Development Council for additional money, and we discussed the idea of expanding our trail systems in our parks. Walter had a concern relating to ensuring that ADA rules were applied to our existing trails and the projected new ones. We do have an approved ADA transition plan on file, and it indicates that when we are building new facilities, we will factor in ADA compliance. This plan is an ongoing transition plan. Justin suggested that this summer we include in one of our park visits, a time for you to walk the PAB through the county’s ADA compliance process with examples. In the Barton Master Plan, we have plans for an ADA Kayak Launch and ADA Viewing Platform.
   2. Next is Tourism funded projects, and then those we only have partial funding for and will need to seek out grants, like the State Parks grants, Local Government Grant Program and the County Opportunity Grant. Some of those projects will be the cabin village located near/at the Overlook Property. This kind of project can be completed in stages or grant cycles and done over serval years. The Tourism dollars amount to appropriately 1 Million. They looked at funding things at Wilhoit, Madrone Wall, Eagle Fern, and Hebb.
   3. Tom reviewed the fees collected numbers for 25/26 to the proposed one for next fiscal year. Justin requested that Tom send that information out to the PAB members. Next, the parking fees were reviewed- Knight’s bridge was down due to the closure by the road Department- but we received a payment from DTD of $14 for the use of the park During the closure period.
8. December Meeting 
   Justin called for a vote to cancel the December PAB meeting; Rob called for the motion, Chad seconded the motion; PAB voted to cancel the December meeting.
9. Administrative Updates-Tom Riggs 
   BCC Liaison: We will not be assigned a liaison from the Board of County Commissioners. They are only assigning liaisons to the advisory boards they are legally mandated to have liaisons. We did request a BCC liaison for our system planning efforts. 
   PAB officer Nominations: Nominations were collected by the committee within the PAB to collect these nominations for the Chair and Vice Chair for next year. Chad and Sarah collected the information; the nominations are for Chair: Rob Smoot, Justin, and Chad. Rob declined from serving as Chair, Chad said he would rather be Vice Chair- Justin agreed to serve as chair for next year. Nominations for Vice Chair: Mike and Sarah were nominated. Sarah declined, Mike agreed to serve as Vice Chair next year. We will formalize the positions at the January meeting.
10. Park Updates- Mark Shaw 
    There are no park updates for this month, we are in the process of filing paperwork for permits, contracts and procurement purchases for the projects we are hoping to get at the beginning of the new year.
11. Good of the Order 
    Mike asked about the 47% turnout for the Portland Parks Bond. Is that a good turnout for a Bond measure? -Did you think that number was within the normal range? Justin thought it was a good turnout for an election that had no candidates for office on the ballot. Riggs agreed that number voting for a bond was a good number. They also talked about the story at Milo Mclver Park of a situation that occurred when a person was dropped off at the park during the night. We will not have that problem at our parks, because we have gates at each park that are shut and locked this time of year at 6:00 pm.
12. Adjournment Justin called for adjournment at 7:38 pm— Chad motioned, Rob second the motion, the motion passed.