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Sustainability Advisory Board
16 June 2025
6:30 – 8:30 pm
Willow A Room, Lake Oswego Maintenance Center, 17601 Pilkington Rd
Staff Contact: Amanda Watson, awatson@lakeoswego.city
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Buzz Chandler, Co-Chair ∙ Whitney Street, Co-Chair ∙ Kara Orvieto Ashley ∙ Robin Palao Bastardes Jay Hamachek ∙ Lisa Helfer ∙ Mark Puhlman ∙ Luna Flores ∙ Mason Klein
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
May 19, 2025 meeting minutes
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
Public comments related to an item on the agenda will be held until after that agenda item.
The purpose of Public Comment is to allow community members to present information or raise an
issue regarding items not on the agenda or regarding agenda items that do not include a public hearing.
A time limit of three minutes per individual shall apply. Public Comment will not exceed thirty minutes
in total. If you are unable to attend the meeting and prefer to provide public comment in writing, please
email the comment to the staff contact listed above at least 24 hours before the meeting.
5. ELECTRIFICATION COACHING PROGRAM (15 min, Information)
Update from Linda Ganzini, Lake Oswego Sustainability Network.
6. CITY COUNCIL UPDATE (10 min, Information)
7. YOUTH MEMBER UPDATES (10 min, Information)
8. CITY SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS POLICY (15 min, Information, Discussion)
9. RECYCLING MODERNIZATION ACT UPDATE (15 min, Information)
10. CLACKAMAS COUNTY LEADERS IN SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM (30 min, Information)
Presentation by Alex Mihm, Senior Sustainability Analyst, Clackamas County
11. BOARD & STAFF UPDATES (10 min, Information)
12. ADJOURNMENT
Next Meeting: Monday, August 18, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
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CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO
Sustainability Advisory Board Minutes
May 19, 2025
DRAFT
Call to Order / Roll Call
Whitney Street called the May meeting of the Sustainability Advisory Board to order at 6:34 pm.
Members Present: Buzz Chandler, Lisa Helfer, Kara Orvieto, Mark Puhlman,
Whitney Street, Luna Flores, Mason Klein, Izzy Hollingshead
(Alternate)
Members Excused/Absent: Jay Hamachek, Robin Palao
Council & Staff: Amanda Watson
Public: None
Approval of Minutes
Whitney made a motion to approve the April 21, 2025 meeting minutes, Buzz seconded. Kara excused
herself as she was not at the April meeting. Minutes approved unanimously.
Public Comment
None.
Regular Business
A. City Council Update
None; Councilor Mboup was absent.
B. 2025 Goals Check-In
The Board reviewed their 2025 goals and discussed progress so far and next steps. SAB is focused on
implementing initiatives under the 2025 City Council goal to combat climate change and strengthen the
community’s resilience to climate impacts:
• Adopting a sustainable buildings policy. Amanda explained this is an internal policy and primarily
will be an internal process to develop the policy, but she is planning to bring a draft to the Board
to review and provide input on. May not have a draft by the June SAB meeting, but can have an
initial discussion then.
• Implement actions in the 2024 Urban and Community Forest Plan, including an update to the
City’s tree regulations. This project is being led by the Community Development Department
and they are currently recruiting for a community task force for the project, which will have one
representative from SAB, and selecting a consultant for the project. The project team will also
be briefing SAB at a future meeting.
• Developing an operational plan, potential code options, and communications strategy to phase
out use of gas-powered yard and lawn care equipment in Lake Oswego after the City of
Portland’s ban goes into effect. SAB has done a lot of work on this so far, including hearing from
Doug Gannon from STIHL about commercial landscaping equipment at the last meeting, and
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heard from LOSN about what that group has been doing for outreach on the topic. Amanda has
been researching landscape equipment policies in other jurisdictions, and will bring a summary
to the Board at a future meeting. She noted that most of the policies she has reviewed so far are
specific to leaf blowers, so Lake Oswego’s work looking at landscaping equipment more broadly
may traverse some new ground. Amanda is also starting some community outreach, meeting
with community stakeholders, and updated the surveys for residents and landscapers based on
SAB’s feedback which are now live on the City’s website.
Buzz noted that he was asked by his HOA to share an update at their annual meeting on what the City is
doing on gas-powered landscaping equipment (GPLE). He encouraged other members to do the same if
they have the opportunity. Mark noted that LOSN would be happy to give a ~15 minute presentation to
any neighborhood groups about sustainable landscaping.
Buzz was on the task force for the South Shore Fire Station project, and he noted that the sustainable
buildings policy was part of the task force discussions. The next Mayor’s Roundtable in June will be
happening at the South Shore Fire Station and discussing why a new facility is needed.
Amanda noted that right now they are waiting for some more information on what happens with the
City of Portland’s policy and Multnomah County funding—the County’s proposed budget would cut their
staff person for the leaf blower program—but asked if there were other major questions or external
speakers the Board would like to hear from in the near future on the GPLE topic. Whitney said the
school district; they don’t have to come to an SAB meeting, but would be good to get their input on how
they would be impacted, especially in light of budget comments. Amanda said she will also bring a
summary of what she has been hearing from outreach so far when she gives the update on policy
landscape research.
SAB also had several other priority areas of focus for 2025:
• Improving availability of data and metrics on energy use and emissions to drive action. City
Council did not decide to move forward with the Home Energy Score disclosure requirement this
year, but there may be some limited funding in the new fiscal year budget to update the City’s
GHG emissions inventory. Based on how much funding is available, it might need to be scaled
down to either a community-wide or a city operations inventory; Amanda will provide more
information to SAB when available.
Kara asked if there could be a way to pivot the GHG inventory project to tie it in to the sustainable
buildings policy project, such as doing an energy or emissions evaluation of City-owned properties,
working with the energy provider and building engineers. Could get baseline data, and then update
every 5 years and as new buildings are retrofitted or replaced could see emissions improve. This might
be more achievable with City staff time and data that is already accessible to the City.
• Sustainable transportation
Amanda will circle back with staff about the timing for the next Transportation System Plan update, and
ask for a briefing for SAB at a future meeting. She is not sure if there are any concrete projects for SAB
on sustainable transportation at the moment but will arrange for an update from staff. There has been a
transition to the Transportation Advisory Board, which did not recruit for new members this year;
Amanda will find out more to update the Board on the status. Buzz asked if the Board could get a
projection from Engineering staff on what pathways projects are planned over the next 5 years, so that
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SAB can help communicate with the public on how the city is moving forward on improving safety for
biking and walking.
Noting the Board’s previous work on the EV Charging Strategy, Amanda shared that she is currently
participating in the Charging Smart Program to work towards certification for the City which would
indicate the City has adopted best practices for promoting EV charging. Kara observed this work ties into
SAB’s goal around improving availability of data to drive climate action.
Kara asked for clarification on the timeline for SAB’s goals – are those calendar or fiscal year? Amanda
said that they are calendar year goals. Board members are appointed for terms based on the fiscal year
calendar. Looking at the draft calendar for SAB meetings, Amanda said she would have more updates for
the Board on the goals in the second half of the year. In June, Clackamas County will be briefing SAB on
the Leaders in Sustainability business sustainability program. In the second half of the year, SAB will
have 1 – 2 work sessions on the sustainable buildings policy and a briefing on the tree code updates
project. Amanda will also work to schedule the update on sustainable transportation projects and
provide more information on the GHG emissions inventory update project when available.
Kara expressed that it is great to be able to review progress on SAB’s goals from the previous year ahead
of the Boards & Commissions summit in January, makes it feel that the Board is producing something
and it’s good for Council and the other Boards to see what is possible.
Lisa asked about the sustainability business event; will that be part of the goals? Amanda explained that
was not a City Council goal, but an idea the Board was interested in doing more on. SAB could scope
what that looks like, if business engagement is something they would like to move forward with, in
terms of a deliverable they would like to achieve this year. Kara suggested the Board could consider
making business sustainability engagement an official goal for next year. Izzy shared that there will be a
sustainability networking event on Wednesday at Hop N Cork from 5 – 7 pm, it would be a good
opportunity for SAB to connect with community members.
Board members discussed how to better communicate about SAB’s work with the public, adding on to
the more targeted community engagement SAB does at the Sustainability Resource Fair and Farmer’s
Market. Buzz wondered if SAB could provide regular updates on what the Board is doing through a
quarterly article in the LO Review or something in Hello LO; one of their goals could be better
communication with the community. Izzy added that having parent or student ambassadors to monthly
PTO meetings could be another way to share updates on SAB’s work with parents. The Adult Community
Center could be another venue for SAB to engage with older community members, and LORAC might
also be a good place to share information, maybe have a table? Peer to peer communications can be
more effective than broad channels like social media or newsletters. Kara suggested SAB could develop
a simple template for bi-monthly or quarterly updates on what they are working on and push that out to
the PTOs and other groups; it could also be shared with the staff liaison to other City advisory boards.
Amanda said she would be happy to share those updates. Lisa mentioned the communications plan she
and Izzy worked on includes strategies to reach audiences of different ages.
C. Youth Member Updates
Mason had no updates; he will be graduating before the June meeting. Luna had a meeting with Catlin
Gabel’s Green Team which includes admin staff, and discussed a new stewardship program they want to
start focused on removing invasive species and restoring impacted forest land on the school’s property.
Her term as Sustainability Coordinator has ended, but she was elected as the Student Body Vice
President.
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E. Board & Staff Updates
Kara shared that the Parks 2040 plan was approved by the Parks, Recreation, and Natural Resources
Advisory Board and will be going to the City Council for approval at the next meeting.
Amanda will send out details on the June Mayor’s Roundtable Meeting to the Board by email.
Meeting adjourned at 7:36 pm.
Submitted,
Amanda Watson
Sustainability Program Manager