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Scappoose EDC adopts 2025 priorities, agrees to move June meeting
Summary
The Scappoose Economic Development Committee voted to adopt four 2025 committee goals aligned with council priorities and rescheduled its June meeting to June 26; members also approved the meeting agenda and minutes at the start of the session.
At its February meeting, the Scappoose Economic Development Committee approved a slate of committee goals tied to council priorities and agreed to move the regularly scheduled June meeting because it falls on Juneteenth.
The committee approved four goals presented to the group: actively support hotel development activities, perform a downtown overlay review and report out, increase local business outreach, and close out the committee’s economic development strategic plan. MJ summarized the background: “These, I took just the thriving economy subset goals from the council retreat,” and said the council had voted to approve those priorities earlier in the week.
Why it matters: The goals set the EDC’s focus for staff time and volunteer effort in 2025 and align the committee’s work with the City Council’s priorities, including a downtown strategic plan and continued use of urban renewal tools.
Votes and motions
- Approval of the meeting agenda and minutes: The committee opened by approving the meeting agenda and then the minutes from the prior meeting; both were approved by voice vote with no recorded opposition.
- Committee goals (motion to approve): The committee voted to adopt the four goals listed above. The motion passed; members called “Aye” and the record shows two committee members voiced “no.” No individual vote-by-name was recorded in the transcript.
- Meeting date change (June): Members voted to move the June 19 meeting because it falls on the Juneteenth holiday; the committee approved moving the meeting to June 26 by voice vote.
Discussion and context
Committee members and staff discussed how the goals would intersect with ongoing work: the downtown strategic plan, urban renewal grant review, and ongoing development proposals such as a hotel application that staff said is actively progressing toward planning commission review. Members asked staff to circulate the downtown overlay map and suggested more tactical agendas for upcoming meetings to detail deliverables and responsibilities.
Next steps
Staff said the EDC would serve as a technical advisory committee on the downtown strategic plan should the city receive a grant to fund it; members asked to be notified when the hotel application reaches planning commission so the EDC could consider a letter of support. The committee also rescheduled its June meeting from June 19 to June 26 to avoid the Juneteenth holiday.
Ending
The committee concluded the meeting with announcements and with plans to return at the next scheduled meeting, and members asked staff to circulate materials (the downtown overlay map and council priorities) ahead of the next session.
