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Natural Areas Program Performance Oversight Committee
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Meet the committee charged by the Metro Council with independent oversight of the voter-approved natural areas bond measure
2008 annual report
Read the committee's first report about the performance of the Natural Area Program implementation.
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The Natural Areas Program Performance Oversight Committee is preparing their second report evaluating Metro's progress implementing the strategies, goals and objectives of the voter-approved bond measure. The report will be presented to the Metro Council and citizens in early 2010.
Composed of representatives from throughout the region, the committee includes members from the finance, auditing, accounting, real estate, banking, grant making and law fields. Chaired by Peter Krainock, CEO of American International Supply Inc., the 20-member committee is charged with providing the Metro Council and the people of the region with an independent, outside review of the program in order to help Metro achieve the best results for clean water, fish and wildlife, and future generations.
Members have been asked to share their professional expertise to ensure that bond measure expenditures are effective and efficient. Specifically, the committee has been reviewing the program's overall performance for natural area acquisitions, the administration of the local park projects the measure funded and the process for reviewing requests for funding from the Nature in Neighborhoods capital grants program.
Meetings
The Natural Areas Program Performance Oversight Committee does not hold regularly scheduled meetings. See Metro's online calendar for the next meeting.
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Membership
Members of the committee are drawn from all areas of the region and from a variety of technical and professional disciplines, including finance, auditing, accounting, real estate, banking and law. Committee members share their technical and professional expertise to ensure that expenditure of the bond measure satisfies the requirements of the program.
Download the committee roster
Committee activity
The Natural Areas Program Performance Oversight Committee has met several times since the Metro Council appointed the members in 2007. The committee divided the program among the members so that they may immerse in specific program areas to develop meaningful recommendations. Thus far, they have led staff in the development of a new regional acquisition performance measurement system and have advised on the development of the capital grants program.
Find out more
For upcoming or past meeting agendas or meeting minutes, send e-mail to naturalareas@oregonmetro.gov or call Carrie Belding at 503-797-1545.
Files and related materials
Related Documents
Files that are downloadable from this page
- Natural Areas Program Performance Oversight Committee 2008 report 128K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published October 23, 2008
- Natural Areas Oversight Committee roster October 2009 118K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published October 6, 2009
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Related Links
2006 natural areas bond measure
In November 2006 voters directed the Metro Council to safeguard water quality, protect fish and wildlife habitat and ensure access to nature for future generations.
Acquiring natural areas
Find out more about the 27 target areas where Metro is acquiring natural areas and trails to safeguard water quality, protect fish and wildlife habitat, and ensure access to nature for future generations.