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Dec. 4, 2020
Contact: Hannah Williams, 503-894-4173
The Equity and Mobility Advisory Committee for the I-205 and I-5 Toll Projects will meet Thursday, Dec. 10, 3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
At this meeting, the committee will:
- Adopt the draft I-205 and I-5 Toll Projects’ Equity Framework and Equity and Mobility Advisory Committee Charter.
- Discuss findings from the I-205 Toll Project engagement and assess the results.
- Discuss in breakout groups the tools we use to evaluate how we reach our audiences and engage different communities in project planning (process equity).
Committee members are a key link between the project and communities around the Portland metro area, including Southwest Washington. They help solicit feedback and participation from youth, older adults, Black, Indigenous, people of color, and multi-racial people, people who may speak a language other than English, and people living with a disability.
View the meeting materials (with instructions for joining the meeting) here.
We welcome public comment at each meeting. Facilitators will reserve 10 minutes to hear verbal comments and will allot up to two minutes to each speaker.
We also welcome written or verbal comments outside of meetings and will provide the comments to the committee. Please submit comments by email to oregontolling@odot.state.or.us with “Committee Public Comment” in the subject line; or, call 503-837-3536 and state “Committee Public Comment” in your message.
If we receive your comment by 11:00 a.m. two business days before a meeting, we will send them to the committee in advance. All comments received after 11:00 a.m. two business days before the meeting will be provided to the committee at the next meeting. We will ensure that all written and verbal comments we receive prior to or at the meeting are included in the meeting summary.
About the committee: The Equity and Mobility Advisory Committee works to prioritize equity and mobility in designing the I-205 and I-5 Toll Projects. This committee is a group of individuals with professional or lived experience in equity and mobility coming together to advise the Oregon Transportation Commission and ODOT on how tolls on I-205 and I-5 freeways, in combination with other traffic demand management strategies, can include benefits for populations that have historically and currently been underrepresented or underserved by transportation projects.
For more information about the I-205 and I-5 Toll Projects, please go to www.oregontolling.org.
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