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Committee approves transfer path for Rose Quarter surplus property to Albina Vision Trust, lawmakers press for third-party valuation
Summary
The joint committee on transportation advanced Senate Bill 1182 in a party-line vote after adopting an amendment that limits transfers of surplus Rose Quarter property to sale or lease and extends the bill's sunset; several lawmakers pressed ODOT and the Oregon Transportation Commission for independent appraisals and public valuation postings.
The joint committee on transportation voted to advance Senate Bill 1182 as amended, a measure that would let the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) sell or lease surplus property created by the Interstate 5 Rose Quarter Project to Albina Vision Trust Inc., and extends a statutory sunset to Jan. 2, 2040.
The bill's dash-4 amendment narrows permissible transfers to sale or lease for consideration, removes a specific reference to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Reconnecting Communities pilot program and lengthens the sunset from Jan. 2, 2030, to Jan. 2, 2040. The committee adopted the amendment and then moved the bill, as amended, to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
Why it matters: The Rose Quarter Project integrates highway work and a proposed cap ("the cap") intended to reconnect neighborhoods long divided by freeway construction. Giving a named community partner a statutory right to acquire surplus project property raises questions about transparency, fair market value and precedent for other projects.
ODOT Director Chris Strickler told the committee the bill would create, in…
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