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City of Rockaway Beach
Forest Stewardship Plan
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Advisory Committee (FSPAC) Meeting Minutes
Date: Friday, October 17, 2025
Time: 12:00 P.M.
1. CALL TO ORDER - Jason Maxfield, Chair
Maxfield called the meeting to order at 12:00 p.m.
2. ROLLC ALL
Committee Members Present: Sandra Johnson, Jason Maxfield, Lydia Hess, DarleneJohnson, Nancy
Lanyon
Council Members Present: Charles McNeilly, Mayor; Mary McGinnis, Councilor (guest)
Staff Present: Luke Shepard, City Manager; and Melissa Thompson, City Recorder
Consultants Present: Ben Hayes, Springboard Forestry; and Brandy Saffell, Springboard Forestry
(remote)
3. APPROVALO F MINUTES- August 21, 2025 Meeting Minutes
Start time: 12:01 p.m.
Motion by Hess, seconded by S. Johnson,t o approve the August 21, 2025 meeting minutes as
presented.
Motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 5 (S. Johnson, Maxfield, Hess, D. Johnson, Lanyon)
No:0
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
. None
5. NEW BUSINESS
Start time: 12:02 p.m.
a. Introductions - Ben Hayes, Springboard Forestry Staff
. Ben Hayes, Springboard Forestry, introduced himself and explainedt hat the notes from
the August committee meeting which outlined vision, goals, and objectives were aligned
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with Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) and other planning requirements
to create the proposed language being presented for review.
b. Springboard Forestry Presentation:
. Hayes shared a presentation and led participants in discussion of the following:
i. Discuss terminology for referring to the proposed acquisition "City of Rockaway
Beach's fee simple ownership in the Jetty Creek Watershed"
. Consensus to refer to property as "in and around" the Jetty Creek Watershed.
ii. Review Draft Purpose and Goals - From FPSAC Meeting #1 (Attachment 1 in
meeting agenda packet)
. 52% figure in draft goal 1 will be updated to reflect a recent delineation of the
watershed using LiDAR data
. Discussion about expanding and adjusting specific language to better align
with goals
. Discussion regarding priorities related to water quality, recreation, and use of
transient lodging tax funds toward the acquisition of the watershed
. Discussion about importance of considering water quality first when making
any habitat enhancements
. Discussion about options to protect from future harvesting and noted that
such policies would be discussed at the next meeting
. Discussion that potential timber sales revenue would be associated with
stewardship activities, such as thinning
iii. Review Proposed Policy Categories - (Attachment 2 in meeting agenda packet)
. Committee reviewed slide of proposed policy categories.
. Draft policies for each category will be reviewed at the next meeting
iv. Review Management Zones - (Attachment 3 in meeting agenda packet)
. Three management zones: Zone 1 - preserve; Zone 2 - protect and steward;
Zone 3 - steward and recreate
. Reviewed maps identifying the zones, noting that proposed purchase line
follows the road at the south end of the map
. Hayes identified an active rock quarry in the watershed
. Discussion about areas for potential recreation, including use of existing roads
. Suggestion to add to the map 300 acres that could potentially be purchased
outside of watershed to Zone 3
. Suggestion to have future discussion about bikes
c. Next Steps
. Next meeting on November 13, 2025 will include policy discussion.
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6. COMMITTEE COMMENTS
. None
7. ADJOURNMENT
Motion by S. Johnson, seconded by D. Johnson, to adjourn the meeting at 1:13 p.m.
Motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 5 (S. Johnson, Maxfield, Hess, D. Johnson, Lanyon)
No: 0
MINUTES APPROVED THE
13TH DAY OF NOVEMBER2 025
J on Maxfield, Chair
ATTEST
Melissa Thompson, City Recorder
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