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Natural Resources Projects —
Policy Analysis
Tualatin
Basin Goal 5 ESEE and Existing Environmental Health Report
APG is working with eleven jurisdictions in the Tualatin Basin to create
an innovative environmental analysis. This group of local governments
pooled their resources to create a coordinated Goal 5 analysis and program
within the context of a regional Goal 5 process led by Metro. APG developed
an innovative approach to analyze the consequences of allowing, limiting
or prohibiting development within natural resource areas in the Economic,
Social, Environmental and Energy (ESEE) analysis. APG staff applied
their methodology to the whole study area, documented their analysis
(the urban portion of the Tualatin Basin) and created a template for
local governments to apply to the 80 local sites (watersheds) within
the study area. AEA staff created presentation materials to explain
the complex subject to technical staff and elected officials.
In addition to the ESEE, APG and subconsultant, Fishman Environmental
Services, created a unique approach to integrate disparate data sources
and inventories to document the “existing environmental health”
of the study area. The Existing Environmental Health Report summarizes
and presents extensive environmental information for 11 study areas
(sub-basins). The information creates a baseline from which improvements
can be measured to determine the success of implementation programs.
This innovative approach goes well beyond the existing state requirements
for natural resource inventory and evaluation.[back]
City
of Hillsboro Goal 5 ESEE Analysis
The city of Hillsboro selected a team led by Angelo Planning Group
to conduct an “ESEE Analysis”. The Economic, Social, Environmental
and Energy (ESEE) analysis is the crucial step in weighing the relative
importance of these four factors against each other to derive a recommendation
to allow, limit, or prohibit activities in the city’s significant
natural resource sites. The ESEE is the second step in the city’s
“Goal 5” program, which includes an inventory of significant
wet lands, riparian corridors and wildlife habitat areas. APG’s
team includes Fishman Environmental Services and Johnson Gardner &
Associates. The team used a “hands on” approach to the project
to coordinate the various disciplines of the team and to actively involve
city staff and Planning Commissioners.[back]
West Hayden Island ESEE
APG principal, Frank Angelo and former principal, Chris Eaton, worked with the Port
of Portland to develop a land use plan, a Plan District, and Natural
Resource Element, for West Hayden Island in preparation for the future
annexation of an 827-acre undeveloped site into the city of Portland.
The land use plan was developed to establish the requirements for future
marine-related development on the Island. The Plan District (a special
zoning district in Portland’s Zoning Code) balanced protection
and restoration of natural resources while allowing future marine terminal
development [back]