[OMS_MANAGERS] Legislature Advocacy

[Heidi Bell]

?I would like to echo Kevin's three suggestions! Yes!

Heidi Bell
City Manager
City of Donald
10710 Main Street NE
PO Box 388
Donald, OR 97020
503-678-5543
donaldoregon.gov
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From: OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> on behalf of Kendall Bell <kendallbell945 at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2020 1:11 PM
To: Oregon Main Street program managers
Subject: Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Legislature Advocacy

Hi Kelly,  Great work on getting a site visit.  I will contact you off line and set up a time to chat about some important talking points.
Thank you, Kendall


On Dec 1, 2020, at 12:33 PM, Kelly Haverkate <kellyjhaverkate at gmail.com<mailto:kellyjhaverkate at gmail.com>> wrote:

Hi Kevin,
My representative actually took me up on a meeting.  SO, I'm meeting with him on Friday morning, downtown.
I'm happy to talk about all these things....  If there are more talking points, let me know.

Kelly
Downtown Dayton

On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 12:02 PM Kevin Teater <kevin at downtownbeaverton.org<mailto:kevin at downtownbeaverton.org>> wrote:
Hey everyone,

We talked a lot about advocating for the Main Street Revitalization Grant with our state legislators. How would you all feel about advocating your legislators to return for a special session to implement some commercial relief strategies? It sounds like they are thinking about it<https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/489405-393623-restaurants-ask-legislators-to-help-in-time-of-need#>.

What are some of the strategies you feel would be most helpful in your communities? These three are on the top of my mind:

  1.  Commercial eviction freeze extension.
  2.  To-go cocktail approval.
  3.  Financial relief for restaurants (at a minimum. Businesses of all types could use it though).
     *   I'd want to see some equitable unrolling of financial relief though. Organizations like ours can help people apply if there is enough time in the process. First-come, first-serve hasn't worked well here.

Kevin Teater (he/him)
Executive Director
Beaverton Downtown Association
www.downtownbeaverton.org<http://www.downtownbeaverton.org/>
PO Box 311
Beaverton, OR 97005
(503) 332-5419

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