Oregon Arena Joint Authority IGA

At a glance

Based on uploaded (human-made) captions; individual votes partly hedged because the roll calls are garbled.

What: document 2026-362, an ordinance authorizing an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) among the City, the State of Oregon and Multnomah County to establish the Oregon Arena Joint Authority, plus document 2026-363, a report appointing the three city representatives to it. The authority is a step toward the proposed renovation of the Rose Quarter arena (an "up to" $573 million figure appears in the term sheet).
Where it stands: on October 21, 2026 the ordinance passed second reading 8-4 and the appointments report was accepted 12-0. An amendment to the ordinance's impact statement failed 5-7.
Next: Council President Dunphy said definitive documents (a transparent final budget, lease terms, strong labor standards and a community benefits agreement) must come before any final funding action; several councilors expect them in December. Updates were due in executive session on October 22.

Councilor Green proposed ("Green 1") to add "up to" before the $573 million renovation figure, strike speculative economic analysis, remove the line crediting a 2023 study and add that a robust, independently verifiable economic analysis has not been performed. Councilor Koyama Lane seconded and Councilor Morillo made her yes vote contingent on it.
Staff (Donnie Oliveira and venue manager Carl Lyall, who drafted the statement with the city attorney's office) said it would not change the ordinance or term sheet. Because it was the second reading, any change to the ordinance would have needed an emergency clause and nine votes that night.
Councilor Novick liked striking the economic-activity paragraph but would not accept the "not performed" wording; Councilor Smith and Councilor Ryan did not want to hold the IGA over it; Dunphy and Councilor Pirtle-Guiney called for a more rigorous, trusted process for impact statements. Failed 5-7.

Ordinance 2026-362: 8-4. Voting no (hedged): Green, Kanal, Koyama Lane and Morillo. Kanal objected that the council has no appointment authority or seat on the authority; Councilor Avalos voted yes to move forward but had opposed the term sheet and set high expectations for December.
Report 2026-363: accepted 12-0.

About 36 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).

Meeting	Minutes
2026-10-21 - Council	36

2026-10-21 - Council - Second reading debate: Green's impact statement amendment failed 5-7; ordinance passed 8-4; appointments report accepted 12-0.
2026-10-22 - Page created from a posted agenda; no meeting transcript processed yet.