J.D. White Company and the Port chose 25 “stakeholders” to evaluate the East Industrial Park Rezoning Assessment in December and January. “The stakeholders selected were intended to represent a diverse cross-section of informed and involved groups and individuals with a stake or interest in the outcome of the rezone assessment. Stakeholder interests included business and economic development, private citizens, environmental groups, municipalities, neighboring tenants, and the Washington departments of Transportation (WSDOT) and Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)”. According to the recently published Technial Memorandum prepared by the Port and jd White company.
Below is a list of “stakeholders” 25% are CCIA members, the remaining are council representatives and Port related or environmental groups.
• Doug Anderson, President, Camas Washougal Chamber of Commerce
• Wilson Cady, Board Member, Audubon Society and Columbia Gorge Refuge Stewards
• Jim Clapp, Refuge Manager, Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge
• Roger Daniels, Board Member, Concerned Citizens in Action
• Paul Dennis, Mayor, City of Camas
• Brent Erickson, Executive Director, Camas Washougal Chamber of Commerce
• Bart Gernhart, Southwest Region Engineer,WSDOT
• Paul Greenlee, Council Member and Council Port Liaison, City of Washougal
• Jeff Guard, Board Member, Concerned Citizens in Action
• Rich Gunderson, Outgoing Commissioner, Port of Camas/Washougal
• Lloyd Halverson, City Administrator, City of Camas
• Richard Hamby, Board Member, Concerned Citizens in Action
• Byron Hanke, Consultant, Port of Camas/Washougal
• Alan Hargrave, Commission President, Port of Camas/Washougal
• Mitch Kneipp, Planning Manager, City of Washougal
• Martha Martin, President, Concerned Citizens in Action
• Catherine Morton, Chair, Regional Sierra Club
• Bart Phillips, President, Columbia River Economic Development Council
• Stacee Sellers, Mayor, City of Washougal
• Nabiel Shawa, City Administrator, City of Washougal
• Melissa Smith, Council Member and Port Liaison, City of Camas
• Susan Stauffer, Board Member, Concerned Citizens in Action
• Scot Walstra, Director of Planning and Development, Port of Camas/Washougal
• Bill Ward, Commissioner-Elect, Port of Camas/Washougal and CCIA member
PORT TENANT STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWEES:
• John Anderson, Foods in Season
• Doug Calvert, Calvert Co. Inc.
• John Ebeling, Saint-Gobain Crystals & Detectors
• Terry Glenn, Corrosion Companies, Inc.
• Brad Stephens, Operations Manager, Kemira Chemicals
Notice there are no developers or WAC members or area business leaders. Why not?
Missing names:
Any of the 12 WAC members
Killian
Hickey
McKibbin
Hendrickson
Oliva
Read the report attached. east-industrial-park-study.pdf
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18 Comments
January 26, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Gershon, the stakeholder list was developed by the Port. Talk to them if you are unhappy with the list . You work too hard to complain about the CCIA, which was identified by the Port as an ‘informed and involved group with an interest in the outcome of the rezone assessment’. CCIA’s “bias” and primary input during the interview was that all members of the Port district should be considered stakeholders.
You say ‘below is a list of “stakeholders” 25% are CCIA members, the remaining are council representatives and Port related or environmental groups’. It does not help your cause or credibility to misrepresent or alter the information you quote.
Here are some corrections to your comments about the 25 stakeholders.
CCIA MEMBERS REPRESENT 20% OF THE LIST AND WERE INTERVIEWED TOGETHER. THEY WERE THERE TO REPRESENT YOU.
• Doug Anderson, President, Camas Washougal Chamber of Commerce – NOT A COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, PORT RELATED OR ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP.
• Jim Clapp, Refuge Manager, Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge – NOT A COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, PORT RELATED OR ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP.
• Brent Erickson, Executive Director, Camas Washougal Chamber of Commerce – NOT A COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, PORT RELATED OR ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP.
• Bart Gernhart, Southwest Region Engineer,WSDOT – NOT A COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, PORT RELATED OR ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP.
• Bart Phillips, President, Columbia River Economic Development Council – NOT A COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, PORT RELATED OR ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP.
• Bill Ward, Commissioner-Elect, Port of Camas/Washougal and CCIA member – NOT A CURRENT CCIA MEMBER, WHY DID YOU ADD THIS TO THE J. D. WHITE INFORMATION?
This rezone assessment is in the early stages. The process the commissioners have begun should be seen as a positive move. It is up to everyone interested to make their thoughts known to the Port commissioners.They may not be reading this blog.
January 26, 2008 at 3:51 pm
thank you for your corrections (25 divided by 6 = 24%) good diversionary comment, but since you are in the know, how about addressing the point of the posting?
Here’s the point:
Notice there are no developers or WAC members or area business leaders. Why not?
Missing names:
Any of the 12 WAC members
Killian
Hickey
McKibbin
Hendrickson
Oliva
January 26, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Billy Ward resigned from the CCIA, that’s hard to believe. He is such a proponent and co-founder of the group. I wonder if he will resign from the Rotary
since that group is made up of a lot of influential business owners that are very pro-RiverWalk. If he wants to refrain from being biased, maybe he should.
The CCI was there to represent ME? who elected them to represent me? I don’t recall that election and I don’t recall them EVER asking me for my opinions of the East re-zoning area either. They are ONLY representing themselves, pretending to represent “the public”.
January 26, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Gershon, to correct your math, 25 divided by 5 is 20%. As I mentioned, Bill Ward is not a current CCIA member. It appears that the point of your posting is to bend the truth. Again, as for the make-up of the stakeholder list, you must ask the ones who made the list. But why include John McKibbin? He is not a Port district resident, and has shown no interest in the industrial park.
Mike, Bill Ward has resigned his membership in CCIA. And you are misinformed. He was not a co-founder of the group. I will allow Rotary members to address the idea that it is a pro-RiverWalk group.
Let me clarify. CCIA represented you in the interview only to the extent that our primary comment was that every resident of the Port district should be a stakeholder. I assume that includes you. You need to make your own thoughts known to the commissioners.
January 26, 2008 at 8:08 pm
For more info and ways to keep up with Port’s East Industrial rezoning project see this link:
http://www.portcw.com/pdf/indust/portcw_rezone_fs_01-24-08web.pdf
-King144 ‘..’
January 27, 2008 at 1:43 am
Thank you for sharing JDWhite’s report regarding feedback from the stakeholders. I think it was very well written and very representative of the perceptions and values of the general public who fund the port. I only have one correction: Camas residents contribute 62% of tax revenue funded from property tax toward the port — washougal residents contributes 38% — not 48% as reported. Also, I see a large number of business leaders’ names included on the stakeholder list. I think this IS a very representative group. And to discount someone for being associated with CCIA is ridiculous. A prior blog listing the wide array of past and present public service and employment backgrounds of this organization (attorney, marine services owner, former teacher, college administrator, psychologist, municipal safety manager, builder, broker, former mayor, former fire district commissioner, Skamania County planning commission, Lewis & Clark Bicentennial planning, current C-W Chamber Members, Two Rivers Historical Society, habitat protection & preservation groups, founders of the Washougal Schools Foundation, and two people who were selected “Citizens of the Year” by our local C-W chamber). And, what is their vested interest in all of this? They just want the Port to operate with more transparency, and to award contracts and leases through an open, competitive process. They also want to protect the Parkers Landing National Historic Site and to keep the marina solely in public hands. And they have NEVER opposed thoughtful, collaborative and feasible development on the waterfront that honors private property rights and preserves public access to the river. Lastly, if you included John McKibbin’s name on the Stakeholder list — then I think it would fall under the category of “opportunist.”
January 27, 2008 at 1:48 am
Gershon,
Have you read the recent post on the CCIA website? Sounds to me like they’re doing their part to let officials know the need to involve more of the public and more importantly each individual who wants to be heard. Aren’t these the kind of Advocates we apparently need in efforts to keep goverment and officials transparent???
January 27, 2008 at 9:28 am
“CCIA dominates its bias in East Industrial Park Study”. What does that mean? You guys sure weren’t English majors.
January 27, 2008 at 10:54 am
Why would someone expect random developers, who do not live in the district or aren’t port tenants, to automatically be part of the “stakeholder” group?
January 27, 2008 at 11:30 am
Well stated Washougal Tax Payer. You echo my exact feelings.
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