Metro Councilor District 3
The Metro Council is responsible for regional planning and management, including management and amendment of the Urban Growth Boundary, many parks and regional attractions like the zoo, and regional transportation as well as mass transit. Metro Councilors must be a qualified Oregon elector when term of office begins, and must have resided within the Metro district from which elected for at least a year before their term begins.Term: 4 years Metro Councilors are elected by district. The position is nonpartisan. Salary: $52,847
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Gerritt Rosenthal
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What will be your policy priorities if (re-)elected, and why?
What is your reaction to Metro’s 2023 Regional Transportation Plan?
What role would you support for Metro to play in addressing the supply of housing in the region?
Town Where You Live
rural Washington County
Your Experience/Qualifications
3+ years on Metro Council, formerly worked for regional government in Eugene-Springfield, 40+ years as environmental consultant, experience in land use planning, natural areas & habitat protection, solid waste management and investigations, hydrologist and water resources chemist, long term activist in social ill justice issues,
County
Washington
Term
4-years
Term Expires
Jan 5, 20
First priority will be continued progress in providing housing and supportive services regionawide; 2nd priority is to improve transit in the region (create a transit vision) and reduce GHG emissions; 3rd is to continue work to expand our open space and trails
Fully inadequate...Metro cannot leave the process to a simple project list and must take more A MORE ACTIVE leadership role
to guide ODOT and the OTC - in particular Metro needs to do the technical evaluation of potential ways to fund transportation improvements for the region. - we need a long term transport/transit and transportation funding vision.
Metro has two roles: one is to continue to assist in developing affordable housing below 0.6 AMI) and the other is to assist cities in providing the infrastructure needed for , especially, "middle" housing...we have little role in developing market rate single family housing. Some of the policies to spur middle housing will come as part of the UGB update, currently underway.. Policy guidance is expected later in 2024.
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