2026-09-22 - Public Works Committee

05:15>> CARE. CLARK, THIS IS

05:17COUNCILOR SMITH. I'M ON LINE.

07:39CLARK. I'M ONLINE. OKAY.

07:44>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I

07:46CALL THE MEETING OF THE PUBLIC

07:47WORKS COMMITTEE TO ORDER. IT IS

07:49TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 22ND AT

07:529:30 A.M. DIANA, CAN YOU PLEASE

07:54CALL THE ROLL?

07:56>> CERTAINLY. KOYAMA LANE HERE.

08:00GREEN IS ABSENT.

08:01>> SMITH HERE.

08:04>> KANAL. ABSENT.

08:07>> CLARK HERE. THANK YOU.

08:14THAT'S IT. OKAY, HERE WE ARE.

08:17DID I HEAR COUNCILOR SMITH OR

08:18DID I MISS THAT? SHE'S A YES.

08:20OKAY. COUNCILOR SMITH DO YOU

08:22MIND MAYBE OCCASIONALLY TURNING

08:24ON YOUR CAMERA FOR US? THANK

08:25YOU. CLAIRE, CAN YOU PLEASE

08:27READ THE STATEMENT OF CONDUCT?

08:29>> THANK YOU CHAIR. GOOD

08:30MORNING, AND WELCOME TO THE

08:32MEETING OF THE PUBLIC WORKS

08:33COMMITTEE. TO TESTIFY BEFORE

08:34THIS COMMITTEE IN PERSON OR

08:35VIRTUALLY. YOU MUST SIGN UP IN

08:37ADVANCE ON THE COMMITTEE AGENDA

08:41AT

08:41PORTLAND.GOV/COUNCIL/AGENDA/PUBC

08:42WORKS COMMITTEE OR BY CALLING

08:43311. REGISTRATION FOR VIRTUAL

08:45TESTIMONY CLOSES ONE HOUR PRIOR

08:47TO THE MEETING IN PERSON.

08:48TESTIFIERS MUST SIGN UP BEFORE

08:49THE AGENDA ITEM IS HEARD. IF

08:51PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN

08:52ON AN ITEM, INDIVIDUALS MAY

08:54TESTIFY FOR THREE MINUTES

08:55UNLESS THE CHAIR STATES

08:56OTHERWISE, YOUR MICROPHONE WILL

08:57BE MUTED. WHEN YOUR TIME IS

08:59OVER, THE CHAIR PRESERVES ORDER

09:01DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT SUCH AS

09:02SHOUTING, REFUSING TO CONCLUDE

09:03YOUR TESTIMONY WHEN YOUR TIME

09:04IS UP, OR INTERRUPTING OTHERS

09:06TESTIMONY OR COMMITTEE

09:07DELIBERATIONS WILL NOT BE

09:08ALLOWED. IF YOU CAUSE A

09:09DISRUPTION, A WARNING WILL BE

09:10GIVEN. FURTHER DISRUPTION WILL

09:12RESULT IN EJECTION FROM THE

09:13MEETING. ANYONE WHO FAILS TO

09:14LEAVE ONCE EJECTED IS SUBJECT

09:15TO ARREST FOR TRESPASS.

09:17ADDITIONALLY, THE COMMITTEE MAY

09:18TAKE A SHORT RECESS AND

09:19RECONVENE VIRTUALLY. YOUR

09:21TESTIMONY SHOULD ADDRESS THE

09:22MATTER BEING CONSIDERED

09:23CONSIDERED WHEN TESTIFYING,

09:24STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

09:26IF YOU ARE A LOBBYIST, IDENTIFY

09:27THE ORGANIZATION YOU REPRESENT.

09:29AND FINALLY, VIRTUAL TESTIFIERS

09:31SHOULD UNMUTE THEMSELVES WHEN

09:32THE CLERK CALLS YOUR NAME.

09:33THANK YOU.

09:35>> THANK YOU. CLAIRE WOULD HELP

09:37IF I TURN THE MIC ON. SO FOR

09:40TODAY'S MEETING, FORTUNATELY,

09:41WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. MAY NOT

09:42LOOK LIKE IT, BUT WE HAVE

09:43PEOPLE ONLINE. THAT'S GREAT. SO

09:45WE CAN CONDUCT BUSINESS TODAY.

09:47SO FIRST WE'RE GOING TO

09:49CONSIDER AN ALTERNATIVE

09:50CONTRACTING METHOD FOR THE

09:51MONTGOMERY PARK STREETCAR

09:53EXTENSION PROJECT AKM-GSI,

09:54WHICH IS TERRIFIC. AND THEN

09:56WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO

09:57ORDINANCES TO SECURE TEMPORARY

09:58PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR PEDESTRIAN

10:01IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN WE'LL

10:02PROBABLY TAKE A BREAK. THE

10:03SECOND HALF OF THE MEETING.

10:05WE'RE GOING TO RETURN TO THE

10:07IMPLEMENTATION OF THE

10:08TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FEE AND

10:11THE STREET DAMAGE RESTORATION

10:12FEE. WE'RE GOING TO DIG IN A

10:13LITTLE BIT TO THAT, GET A

10:15PROGRESS REPORT. REALLY

10:16IMPORTANT. BUT BEFORE WE GET TO

10:18OUR MAIN ITEMS, WE NEED TO

10:19APPROVE THE COMMITTEE MINUTES

10:21FOR THE MEETINGS OF JULY 28TH

10:23AND AUGUST 11TH. DO I HAVE A

10:27CONSENSUS ON THAT? I THINK

10:29EVERYBODY NODDING THERE'S A YES,

10:31YES, YES. OKAY, GREAT. THE

10:34MINUTES ARE APPROVED BY

10:34UNANIMOUS CONSENT. I DON'T SEE

10:36ANY OBJECTIONS. SO, DIANA, CAN

10:42YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM?

10:44>> ITEM NUMBER TWO, DOCUMENT

10:46NUMBER 2026-333. APPROVE THE

10:51FINDINGS TO AUTHORIZE EXEMPTION

10:53TO THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING

10:55REQUIREMENTS AND AUTHORIZE

10:57COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION FOR

10:59THE USE OF THE ALTERNATIVE

11:01CONTRACT METHOD OF A

11:03CONSTRUCTION MANAGER. GENERAL

11:05CONTRACTOR FOR THE MONTGOMERY.

11:08FOR THE MONTGOMERY PARK STREET

11:10EXTENSION PROJECT.

11:12>> THANK YOU. THIS ORDINANCE

11:14THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY

11:15APPROVES AN ALTERNATIVE

11:17CONTRACTING METHOD FOR THE

11:18CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE

11:20MONTGOMERY PARK STREETCAR

11:21EXTENSION PROJECT. IT'S CALLED

11:24AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN CMGCI

11:26WORKED ON IT AT TRIMET. IT'S A

11:27GREAT WAY TO DO BUSINESS. IT IS

11:29THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER,

11:32GENERAL CONTRACTOR. SO WE'VE

11:34GOT OUR PBOT AND PROCUREMENT

11:36FOLKS UP HERE TO EXPLAIN AWAY.

11:40>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR CLARK

11:42AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I'M

11:43PLEASED TO BE HERE THIS MORNING

11:44IN MY NEW ROLE AS INTERIM

11:46DEPUTY CITY ADMINISTRATOR FOR

11:48PUBLIC WORKS AND FOR ONE MORE

11:50DAY ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE

11:51PORTLAND BUREAU OF

11:52TRANSPORTATION. THANK YOU FOR

11:54GIVING PBOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO

11:56SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT A

11:58SERIES OF ITEMS, THE FULL THREE

12:00HOURS TO DISCUSS THE FOUR ITEMS

12:01ON THE AGENDA, AS YOU'VE

12:03ALREADY MENTIONED. FIRST, WE'LL

12:04ASK YOU TO CONSIDER APPROVING

12:06AN ALTERNATIVE CONTRACTING

12:08METHOD FOR OUR UPCOMING

12:09STREETCAR EXPANSION TO THE

12:10MONTGOMERY PARK OFFICE BUILDING.

12:12AND FUN FACT IN. IN CASE FOLKS

12:14DIDN'T KNOW, MONTGOMERY WARD

12:15BUILDINGS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY

12:17ARE ON THE SAME MODEL. SO IF

12:19YOU LOOK AT THE ONES ACROSS THE

12:21COUNTRY, ABOUT EIGHT OF THEM,

12:22THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME DESIGN

12:24ELEMENTS. SO THAT'S KIND OF

12:25COOL. ANYWAY, STAFF WILL BRING

12:26FORWARD TWO SMALL TEMPORARY

12:28PROPERTY RIGHTS AS WELL FOR

12:30SAFETY PROJECTS FOR YOUR

12:31CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL. AND

12:32THEN FINALLY, THE PBOT TEAM

12:34WILL BRING FORWARD AN UPDATE ON

12:35THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE

12:37TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FEE AND

12:39STREET DAMAGE RESTORATION FEE.

12:40THE FIRST ITEM BEFORE YOU IS AN

12:42ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE

12:44FINDINGS TO AUTHORIZE EXEMPTION

12:45TO THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING

12:46REQUIREMENTS AND AUTHORIZE A

12:48COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION FOR

12:49THE USE OF AN ALTERNATIVE

12:51CONTRACTING METHOD. AS YOU'VE

12:52ALREADY MENTIONED, CMG

12:54CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AND

12:56GENERAL CONTRACTOR OR SLASH

12:57GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR THE

12:59MONTGOMERY PARK STREETCAR

13:00EXTENSION PROJECT. OUR PARTNERS

13:02IN CENTRAL PROCUREMENT ARE

13:04REPRESENTED TODAY BY CHIEF

13:06PROCUREMENT OFFICER SYLVESTER

13:07DONALDSON, AS WELL AS THE

13:08PROJECT TEAM, INCLUDING PROJECT

13:10MANAGER DAVID BACCUS. THEY'RE

13:12HERE TO PRESENT THE PROJECT

13:13DETAILS, BUT I'D LIKE TO START

13:15BY PROVIDING BRIEF CONTEXT

13:17RELATED TO HOW IMPACTFUL THE

13:19PORTLAND STREETCAR HAS BEEN TO

13:20MOBILITY AND HOUSING IN THE

13:22CENTRAL CITY, AND SECONDLY, HOW

13:24IMPORTANT IT IS TO ADVANCE THIS

13:25EXTENSION PROJECT ON SCHEDULE

13:27TODAY. SO THE FIRST POINT THAT

13:29I'D LIKE TO SHARE IS THAT

13:31OPENING IN 2001, THE PORTLAND

13:33STREETCAR HAS BEEN A MODEL FOR

13:34MODERN, MODERN STREETCAR

13:36SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES.

13:38THE SYSTEM IS OWNED BY THE CITY

13:40OF PORTLAND, BUILDING THE

13:41STREETCAR ALIGNMENT, ALONGSIDE

13:42COMMUNITY AND HOUSING

13:43DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, HAS

13:45SIGNIFICANTLY SHAPED THE

13:46CHARACTER OF OUR CENTRAL CITY.

13:48SINCE 2001, THE NUMBER OF

13:50HOUSING UNITS BUILT MATCHES

13:51DAILY RIDERSHIP GROWTH ON A 1

13:53TO 1 BASIS. WE HAVE DENSE,

13:55WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE

13:56SERVED BY STREETCAR. OUR

13:58STREETCAR TRANSIT SYSTEM HAS

13:59HELPED CREATE CLIMATE FRIENDLY

14:01COMMUNITIES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL

14:02AGES AND ABILITIES. PORTLANDERS

14:05HAVE SEEN WHAT INVESTING IN

14:06STREETCAR CAN DO TO CREATE

14:08THRIVING NEIGHBORHOODS, WITH

14:09THE PEARL DISTRICT AND SOUTH

14:11WATERFRONT BEING EXAMPLES OF

14:12DENSE COMMUNITIES, ACTIVE OPEN

14:14SPACES, AND THRIVING BUSINESS

14:16CORRIDORS. THE MONTGOMERY PARK

14:18AREA SERVED BY THIS EXTENSION

14:20REFLECTS A NEW PUBLIC PRIVATE

14:22PARTNERSHIP AIMED AT PROVIDING

14:23MIDDLE WAGE JOBS, AFFORDABLE

14:25HOUSING AND A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.

14:27THE SECOND POINT IS THAT THE

14:29EXTENSION PROJECT ENTERED INTO

14:31THE FEDERAL TRANSIT

14:33ADMINISTRATION CAPITAL

14:34INVESTMENT GRANT, OR SIG

14:36FUNDING PROCESS, AT THE END OF

14:392024. THE PROJECT HAS ADVANCED

14:41SEVERAL CRITICAL MILESTONES IN

14:42THE PAST TWO YEARS AND IS NOW

14:43APPROACHING 30%. DESIGN WITH

14:46ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW UNDERWAY,

14:48MAINTAINING THE PROJECT

14:49DELIVERY, MAINTAINING THE

14:52PROJECT DELIVERY SCHEDULE IS

14:53CRITICAL TO DEMONSTRATING

14:54FEDERAL PROJECT READINESS, AS

14:56THE TEAM WILL PRESENT TODAY.

14:58USE OF A CMG CONTRACT WOULD BE

15:01ABLE TO BEST SUPPORT SUCCESSFUL

15:03COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT IN AN

15:05EFFICIENT MANNER TO REDUCE AND

15:07MANAGE RISK AND DELIVER

15:08COMMUNITY OUTCOMES. AND NOW I'D

15:10LIKE TO HAND IT OFF TO PBOT

15:11PROJECT MANAGER. DAVID. SOLVE A

15:13PROBLEM, BACCHUS, TAKE IT AWAY.

15:17>> HI. THANK YOU. DAVID BACCHUS,

15:19PBOT CAPITAL PROJECT MANAGER.

15:21ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO GO

15:23THROUGH JUST A FEW BACKGROUND

15:26SLIDES HERE AND REALLY GET INTO

15:29THE PROJECT AND WHY CMG IS THE

15:32RIGHT FIT. WE HAVE TEN SLIDES

15:35TOTAL. I LIKE TO KNOW WHAT I'M

15:37GETTING INTO AHEAD OF TIME. SO

15:39WE'RE ALREADY DONE WITH TWO.

15:41AND HERE'S THE THIRD. ALL RIGHT.

15:43SO AS DCA WILLIAMS MENTIONED

15:45PORTLAND STREETCAR IS AN

15:48IMPORTANT SYSTEM. AND IT'S

15:49REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT

15:50THIS IS PBOT TRANSIT SYSTEM.

15:52THE CITY OF PORTLAND OWNS THIS

15:54AND OPERATES IT IN PARTNERSHIP

15:56WITH TRIMET. WE HAVE THREE

15:59LINES TODAY. AND WHAT WE'RE

16:01LOOKING AT HERE IS THIS LITTLE

16:03GREEN PART RIGHT NOW. IT GOES

16:05UP. NORTHRUP DOWN 23RD. BUT

16:07WE'RE GOING TO SWING RIGHT AND

16:09HEAD UP INTO WHAT IS GOING TO

16:12BE A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD UP IN

16:14NORTHWEST PORTLAND. THIS IS

16:18ALSO THE LARGEST MODERN

16:20STREETCAR SYSTEM IN THE US. SO

16:22FROM MONTGOMERY PARK STREETCAR

16:24EXTENSION, MORE SPECIFICALLY,

16:26THIS IS A STREETCAR PROJECT,

16:27BUT IT HAS MANY ELEMENTS THAT

16:30ARE GOING TO BRING A LOT OF

16:31BENEFITS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS

16:33A WHOLE. NORTHWEST 23RD AVENUE

16:35WAS RECENTLY REPAVED AS KIND OF

16:37A STOPGAP MEASURE.

16:38>> YAY!

16:41>> AND THAT IS GREAT. IT LOOKS

16:42GOOD NOW. WHAT THE STREETCAR

16:44PROJECT WILL DO IS RECONSTRUCT

16:48THE STREET AS A CONCRETE STREET,

16:49WITH THE TRACK BED ON IT, TO

16:52EXTEND THE LIFESPAN. THAT

16:53STREET IS GOING TO LOOK GREAT

16:56FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AFTER.

16:59IT'LL ADD STREET LIGHTING, ADA

17:02UPGRADES TO ALL OF THE CORNER

17:04RAMPS, IN ADDITION TO THE

17:06STATION PLATFORM PAIRS THAT WE

17:08HAVE ON 23RD, AND ALSO

17:10CONSTRUCTS NEW STREETS IN WHAT

17:12IS NOW A FORMER INDUSTRIAL SITE

17:14UP IN NORTHWEST IN THIS PURPLE

17:17AREA. SO IT UNLOCKS DEVELOPMENT

17:19POTENTIAL UP IN NORTHWEST,

17:23SUPPORTS JOBS, HOUSING MANY

17:25OTHER BENEFITS, AND EXTENDS THE

17:28STREETCAR LINE ABOUT 1.3 MILES

17:30TOTAL IN THIS LOOP. THE PROJECT

17:33HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS REALLY

17:35SINCE ABOUT 2009. THROUGH

17:37VARIOUS PLANNING EFFORTS. MORE

17:39RECENTLY, THE MONTGOMERY PARK

17:40AREA PLAN AND THE LOCALLY

17:42PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE WERE

17:44ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN LATE

17:472024. THESE KIND OF SET THE

17:50DIRECTION FOR THE CAPITAL

17:52PROJECT, WHICH IS IN THE WORKS

17:53RIGHT NOW. I CAME ON BOARD A

17:55COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. ONCE THE

17:57PLANNING PHASE WAS REALLY SET,

17:59THE ALIGNMENT WAS SET IN. MY

18:02JOB IS TO BRING THE PROJECT

18:04THROUGH THE DESIGN AND

18:05CONSTRUCTION PHASE, GET IT

18:07BUILT SO WE CAN HAVE RIDERS ON

18:08THE LINE LOOKING LIKE 2030 FOR

18:12OUR SCHEDULE. HERE YOU CAN SEE

18:15DRAW A LITTLE LINE WHERE RIGHT

18:18AROUND THIS POINT HERE, WORKING

18:20ON OUR PRELIMINARY DESIGN,

18:23ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCES ARE

18:25UNDERWAY. AND WHAT WE'RE

18:26LOOKING TO DO IS GET OUR CMGC

18:29CONTRACTOR ON BOARD IN EARLY

18:312027. YOU CAN SEE THIS OVERLAPS

18:33WITH OUR DESIGN PHASE. SO WHAT

18:35THIS MEANS IS WE HAVE THE

18:37CONTRACTOR WHO'S GOING TO BUILD

18:38THE PROJECT, REVIEWING THE

18:39PLANS AS THEY GO THROUGH THAT

18:41PROCESS. A TYPICAL LOW BID

18:43PROJECT WOULDN'T BRING A

18:45CONTRACTOR ON BOARD UNTIL HERE.

18:46SO THE FIRST TIME THEY'RE

18:47SEEING THE PLANS IS WHEN

18:48THEY'RE BIDDING ON THEM. A LOW

18:50BID PROJECT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR

18:51THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A

18:54CONTRACTOR SAY, YOU KNOW, WE

18:55COULD SEQUENCE THE WORK IN THIS

18:57WAY. WE GET THAT MESSAGE OUT TO

18:58THE PUBLIC EARLY. AND A CMG

19:03REALLY HELPS US MITIGATE RISKS

19:07THROUGHOUT. THEY CAN HELP

19:08IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL

19:10CHALLENGES THAT THEY MIGHT

19:12ENCOUNTER DURING CONSTRUCTION

19:13SO THAT THE DESIGN CAN BE

19:15RESPONSIVE TO THOSE CHALLENGES

19:16AND MAKE CHANGES WHILE WE'RE

19:17STILL IN THE DESIGN PHASE,

19:20WE'VE COMPLETED THE TOPO SURVEY

19:24OF 23RD AND THE NEW

19:27NEIGHBORHOOD AREA FURTHER UP IN

19:28NORTHWEST. SO OUR SURVEY CREWS

19:31HAVE BEEN OUT. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE

19:33HAVE BEEN SEEING THINGS

19:35HAPPENING. THERE'S BEEN A LOT

19:36OF SPRAY PAINT ON THE GROUND.

19:38WE'VE COMPLETED ABOUT A 10%

19:40CONCEPT DESIGN AND OUR

19:42ADVANCING TO 30% DESIGN HERE

19:44RIGHT NOW. PROJECT BUDGET FOR

19:49THIS. SINCE THE FUNDING IS

19:51COMING THROUGH THE FEDERAL

19:52TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, THE FTA

19:55BEING PASSED THROUGH TO TRIMET

19:57PBOT IS A SUBRECIPIENT. THE

19:59TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET IS KIND OF

20:02THE CONTAINER FOR THIS ENTIRE

20:04NEW EXTENSION, WHICH INCLUDES

20:06VEHICLE REPLACEMENT. ABOUT HALF

20:08THE COST IS VEHICLE REPLACEMENT.

20:10THE PORTION THAT WE'RE TALKING

20:12ABOUT TODAY IS WHAT THE

20:14EVENTUAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT

20:16WOULD BE. OH NO, WE DISAPPEARED.

20:18LET'S TRY TO GET BACK HERE

20:19REALLY QUICK. AND WE'RE GOING

20:23TO TRY THIS WAY. SLIDE SHOW

20:29FROM CURRENT SLIDE. AND WE'RE

20:30BACK. OKAY, SO OUR CONSTRUCTION

20:34COST IS LIKELY IN THE 60 TO $70

20:37MILLION RANGE. THIS ORDINANCE

20:39DOESN'T REQUIRE PBOT TO ADVANCE

20:42WITH THAT CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT

20:43ITSELF. WHAT IT ALLOWS IS FOR

20:45PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE WITH THE

20:47CMG, IT'S A MUCH SMALLER

20:49PORTION OF THE BUDGET, USUALLY

20:510.5 TO 1% OF THE CONSTRUCTION

20:53COST, AND GIVES THE CONTRACTOR

20:55BUDGET TO REVIEW THE PLANS,

20:57PROVIDE VALUE, ENGINEERING

20:59ASSISTANCE AND THAT KIND OF

21:00THING. ONCE WE GET CLOSER TO

21:02THE END OF THE DESIGN PHASE,

21:04THE CONTRACTOR AND THE CITY

21:06WILL WORK TOGETHER ON THE

21:08GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.

21:09THAT'S THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION

21:10COST. IT'S MUCH FURTHER DOWN

21:12THE LINE, AND WE HAVE

21:14OPPORTUNITIES TO KIND OF WORK

21:15WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON, ON THE

21:18BUDGET ITSELF. SO WHEN WE HAVE

21:25A PROJECT THAT IS LARGE LIKE

21:26THIS, WE WORK WITH PROCUREMENT

21:29ON A SCORING SHEET AND KIND OF

21:33LOOK AT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT

21:35FACTORS, SOME OF WHICH ARE

21:36REQUIRED BY OREGON REVISED

21:38STATUTE. WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO

21:40EXEMPT A PROJECT FROM THE LOW

21:42BID METHOD OF PROJECT DELIVERY.

21:44AND FOR THIS ONE, COUNCIL

21:45APPROVAL IS REQUIRED TO ALLOW

21:47THAT CMGC METHOD. THE SCORING

21:50SHEET HAS A MAXIMUM SCORE OF 32

21:54POINTS. THIS IS KIND OF LIKE

21:56THOSE QUIZZES AT THE END OF A

21:58MAGAZINE. YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET

21:59A CERTAIN SCORE, IT TELLS YOU

22:01WHICH AREA YOU'RE SLOTTED INTO.

22:02I HAVEN'T SEEN A PROJECT SCORE

22:04THIS HIGH. THIS GOT 30 OUT OF

22:0632 POINTS, WHICH REALLY

22:07STRONGLY POINTS IT TO AN

22:08ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY METHOD.

22:11AND I MENTIONED SOME OF THE

22:12BENEFITS EARLIER, BUT IT REALLY

22:14ALLOWS THE CITY AND THE

22:16CONTRACTOR AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD

22:18AT LARGE TO BEGIN WORKING ON

22:19THE RELATIONSHIP. YOU KNOW,

22:21WHAT IS CONSTRUCTION GOING TO

22:22LOOK LIKE? WELL AHEAD OF

22:24CONSTRUCTION. IT OFFERS A LOT

22:25MORE FLEXIBILITY AROUND

22:26CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCING AND

22:28MITIGATES IMPACTS IN A WAY YOU

22:30CAN'T DO THROUGH LOW BID

22:32CONTRACTING. ONE EXAMPLE IS YOU

22:33CAN GET OUT AHEAD OF CERTAIN

22:36WORK SCOPES AND BEGIN

22:38CONSTRUCTION ON SOME ITEMS

22:39WHILE YOU'RE STILL DOING DESIGN

22:41OF OTHERS, SO IT CAN ALSO HELP

22:43SHORTEN THE OVERALL SCHEDULE,

22:44REDUCE THE PAIN FOR THE

22:46TRAVELING PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY

22:47THE BUSINESSES ALONG 23RD, WE

22:49WANT TO BE REALLY SENSITIVE TO

22:50KEEPING, YOU KNOW, FOOT TRAFFIC

22:52HIGH ANY WAY WE CAN, MAKING

22:55SURE WE'RE SUPPORTING THAT

22:56COMMUNITY TO. AND CMMC ISN'T

23:02THE TYPICAL METHOD THAT PBOT

23:04DOES FOR MOST OF OUR PROJECTS.

23:06THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE LOW

23:07BID, BUT WE DO HAVE REALLY GOOD

23:09EXAMPLES OF USING CMMC FOR

23:11LARGER SCALE PROJECTS. 82ND

23:14AVENUE IS PROBABLY OUR MOST

23:17RECENT KIND OF SUCCESS STORY.

23:18ON THE CMG FRONT, WE HAD A

23:21CONTRACTOR, RAMER CAME IN AT

23:23ABOUT 60% DESIGN AND WERE IN

23:25THE ROOM FOR RIGHT OF WAY

23:27CONVERSATIONS, CONSTRUCTABILITY

23:29VEGETATION CHANGES. THEY'RE

23:31ALSO REALLY HELPFUL ON WORKING

23:34WITH BUSINESSES ALONG 82ND ON

23:36HOW, HOW DO WE KEEP BUSINESSES

23:38GOING DURING CONSTRUCTION?

23:41FUBON IS OUT THERE. THEY HAVE

23:43REALLY HEAVY TRAFFIC IN AND OUT

23:45OF THEIR PARKING LOT. THAT'S

23:47DIRECTLY ACCESSED THROUGH 82ND.

23:49SO THE CMG WAS ABLE TO WORK

23:51WITH US IN FUBON ON MAKING A

23:53SECONDARY NEW DRIVEWAY, ACCESS

23:54OF A SIDE STREET, SO THAT

23:56TRAFFIC WAS COMING IN AND OUT

23:58OF THEIR PARKING LOT

23:59UNINTERRUPTED DURING THE MAIN

24:01CONSTRUCTION PUSH. AND WHAT IT

24:04REALLY DOES IS HELP LIMIT LAST

24:06MINUTE SCRAMBLES WHEN YOU'RE IN

24:07CONSTRUCTION AND CONFUSION TO

24:09THE PUBLIC. WHEN WE HAVE A LOW

24:11BID PROJECT, THE PROJECT

24:13MANAGER AND DESIGN ENGINEERING

24:15TEAM WORK TOGETHER ON KIND OF

24:17ANTICIPATING WHAT A FUTURE

24:18CONTRACTOR MIGHT DO, AND WE

24:20CONVEY THAT MESSAGE TO THE

24:21PUBLIC THE BEST WE CAN. YOU

24:23KNOW, WE EXPECT THIS PART OF

24:25THE WORK TO TAKE FOUR MONTHS.

24:27AND, YOU KNOW, BASED ON PAST

24:29PROJECTS, WE CAN GET PRETTY

24:30GOOD ESTIMATES FOR THAT KIND OF

24:32THING. BUT WE MAY END UP WITH A

24:34CONTRACTOR WHO HAS A DIFFERENT

24:35IDEA ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO

24:36DELIVER THE PROJECT FOR A LOW

24:38BID. AND THE THING THAT WE'VE

24:40BEEN TELLING THE PUBLIC FOR,

24:41YOU KNOW, A YEAR OR TWO

24:42SOMETIMES LOOKS PRETTY

24:43DIFFERENT FROM THEIR EXPERIENCE

24:44ON THE GROUND. SO WITH CMG, WE

24:47CAN, YOU KNOW, GET AHEAD OF

24:49THOSE KIND OF ISSUES AND GET A

24:51MESSAGE THAT WE'RE DELIVERING

24:52TO THE PUBLIC FOR WHAT THEY'RE

24:54ACTUALLY GOING TO SEE DURING

24:55CONSTRUCTION. AND THAT'S IT.

24:58THIS IS SLIDE NUMBER TEN. THANK

24:59YOU FOR HEARING US OUT, AND I'M

25:02HAPPY TO STICK AROUND FOR ANY

25:04QUESTIONS.

25:06>> GREAT. DO WE HAVE ANY

25:08COMMENTS FROM SYLVESTER, FROM

25:11ANY ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO

25:12THAT?

25:13>> NO, I THINK I THINK PRETTY

25:14MUCH THAT IT'S BEEN COVERED. I

25:16DO WANT TO JUST TO GIVE COUNCIL,

25:18THE COMMITTEE A, A BRIEF UPDATE

25:22IN REGARDS TO ENGAGEMENT WITH

25:24DBS AND SO FORTH, THAT WE WILL

25:26BE WORKING WITH TRIMET THIS

25:28WEEK TO KIND OF KIND OF BUTTON

25:29THAT UP AND SEE WHERE WE CAN

25:31ACTUALLY DO AS MUCH ENGAGEMENT

25:33WITH OUR WE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN,

25:35ALTHOUGH THIS IS A FEDERAL

25:36PROJECT.

25:37>> RIGHT. TERRIFIC. I'M GLAD TO

25:38HEAR THAT. I REALLY THINK THAT

25:41COLLEAGUES, THIS IS A GREAT

25:42LEAP FORWARD FOR PBOT. I DON'T

25:45KNOW WHAT TOOK US SO LONG TO

25:46GET TO CMG, BUT HAVING WORKED

25:48ON IT AT TRIMET, I UNDERSTAND

25:51ALL THE ADVANTAGES OF HAVING A

25:53CMG. I THINK THAT GOING TO LOW

25:55BID IS REALLY KIND OF A

25:57MISNOMER WITH THESE KIND OF

25:59PROJECTS. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE

26:01CHANGE ORDERS, THERE'S A LOT OF

26:03COMPLICATIONS. THEY DON'T

26:04NECESSARILY LOW BID, DOESN'T

26:05NECESSARILY WORK WITH THE

26:06NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION VERY

26:07WELL. AND I'VE SEEN THE

26:09CONSTRUCTION OF LIGHT RAIL

26:10UNDER CMG AND JUST KNOW HOW

26:12MUCH MORE OF A BENEFIT IT IS.

26:13AND I THINK YOU'VE DEMONSTRATED

26:14THAT ON 82ND STREET. DAVID. SO,

26:19COLLEAGUES, DO YOU I SEE THAT

26:21COUNCILOR SMITH HAS HER HAND UP,

26:23AND I'M OPEN TO ENTERTAINING.

26:25ANY QUESTIONS HERE, COUNCILOR

26:26SMITH OR COMMENTS?

26:28>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I

26:30WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE DBS. SO

26:33WILL THAT DBE CONTRACTING COME

26:35THROUGH PROCUREMENT AT THE CITY

26:37OR THROUGH TRIMET?

26:40>> IT WILL BE IN A COORDINATION

26:42WITH TRIMET, THE CITY, AS WELL

26:44AS COORDINATION WITH TRIMET. IN

26:45ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO

26:47MAXIMIZE THE REGIONAL WORKFORCE

26:50EQUITY AGREEMENT. SO WE WILL BE

26:52WORKING TOGETHER WITH THEM AND

26:53WE MEETING WITH THEM. THE

26:54MEETINGS START THIS WEEK.

26:56HOPEFULLY WE CAN GIVE IF

26:57NECESSARY. WE CAN DEFINITELY

26:58GIVE YOU AN UPDATE LATER ON.

27:01>> OKAY. THANK YOU. SO JUST

27:03GIVE ME SOME KIND OF IDEA. I'M

27:05TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THE RFP

27:07ARE GOING TO COME THROUGH OUR

27:09SHOP OR IF IT'S GOING TO COME

27:10THROUGH TRIMET, OR YOU JUST

27:11DON'T KNOW.

27:12>> WE WILL BE WE WILL BE

27:14REVIEWING THE THE PROPOSALS.

27:16>> THE CMG CONTRACT ITSELF WILL

27:20BE HELD BY THE CITY. BUT TRIMET

27:22IS THE REVIEWER OF THAT.

27:24>> OH, OKAY.

27:25>> YEAH.

27:25>> OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I

27:27NEEDED TO.

27:27>> YEAH, YEAH.

27:28>> TO FIND OUT. THANK YOU,

27:30THANK YOU.

27:31>> GOOD QUESTION. COUNCILOR

27:32SMITH AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM

27:34THE TRIMET EXPERIENCE AND

27:35TRIMET HAS A GREAT DB TRACK

27:37RECORD. AND I THINK WE HAVE WE

27:38CAN BENEFIT FROM THAT. ANY

27:41OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK WE

27:43HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO

27:44SPEAK TO THIS. IS THAT CORRECT?

27:46>> CORRECT. ONE PERSON.

27:47>> SHALL WE CALL THAT PERSON UP

27:48NOW?

27:49>> SURE. JORDAN LEWIS.

27:52>> ARE THEY ONLINE?

27:55>> IF THEY ARE ONLINE, THEY

27:58CAN'T BE ONLINE BECAUSE THEY

27:59SIGNED UP TOO LATE TO DO ONLINE

28:02TESTIMONY.

28:03>> OKAY, WE HAVE A JORDAN LEWIS

28:06IN THE HOUSE.

28:08>> IF NOT, THEN THAT COMPLETES

28:10TESTIMONY.

28:11>> OKAY. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.

28:13ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT CMC

28:14AND WHETHER WE SHOULD MOVE

28:16FORWARD? WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE

28:17HERE TO SEND TO THE FULL

28:18COUNCIL. IF THERE'S NOT ANY

28:22OTHER QUESTIONS, I WOULD

28:23ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MOVE

28:26ORDINANCE DOCUMENT NUMBER

28:282026-333 TO THE FULL COUNCIL

28:30WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO PASS.

28:31>> SO MOVED.

28:32>> SECOND.

28:33>> GREAT. OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED

28:35BY COUNCILOR SMITH AND SECONDED

28:37BY COUNCILOR KOYAMA LANE. IF

28:39THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION

28:41WITH THE CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE

28:43ROLL.

28:44>> CERTAINLY. KOYAMA LANE AYE,

28:46MORILLO SMITH,

28:48>> AYE, MORILLO.

28:50>> KANAL AYE, MORILLO CLARK.

28:51AYE, MORILLO WITH FOUR EYES AND

28:54ONE ABSENT THE MOTION TO REFER

28:56THE ORDINANCE DOCUMENT NUMBER

28:592026-333 TO THE CITY COUNCIL

29:01WITH A RECOMMENDATION IT BE

29:02PASSED, HAS BEEN APPROVED.

29:04>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR

29:06BEING HERE TODAY. APPRECIATE

29:08YOUR WORK. AND LET'S SEE. DIANA,

29:11WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE NEXT

29:13ITEM?

29:14>> ITEM NUMBER THREE. DOCUMENT

29:16NUMBER 2026-334. AUTHORIZE

29:20BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION TO

29:22ACQUIRE CERTAIN TEMPORARY

29:23PROPERTY RIGHTS NECESSARY FOR

29:26CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTHEAST

29:28DIVISION STREET TO SOUTHEAST

29:32148TH STREET TO SOUTHEAST 174TH

29:36STREET. PROJECT. THROUGH THE

29:39EXERCISE OF THE CITY'S EMINENT

29:40DOMAIN AUTHORITY.

29:42>> THANK YOU. I DON'T THINK I

29:43NEED TO REPEAT THAT, BUT I

29:45WOULD SAY THAT THIS INCLUDES A

29:47NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN AND ADA

29:51IMPROVEMENTS. I BELIEVE AT

29:52LEAST ONE OF THESE DOES. AND I

29:54REMIND THE COMMITTEE THAT

29:55SOUTHEAST 148TH AND DIVISION IS

29:57THE SAME INTERSECTION WE HEARD

29:59ABOUT FROM THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER

30:02AND THE THEN AND NOW, I GUESS

30:04INTERIM PBOT DIRECTOR WENDY

30:07CULLY. EARLIER THIS SUMMER,

30:08WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT

30:09VISION ZERO, WE DID TALK A

30:11LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. SO I

30:12HAND IT OFF TO THE PBOT STAFF

30:15TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM FOR US.

30:19>> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING,

30:20MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE

30:22COMMITTEE. FOR THE RECORD, MY

30:24NAME IS ELIZABETH TILLSTRÖM. I

30:25SERVE AS A CAPITAL PROJECT

30:27MANAGER FOR PBOT, AND I AM

30:29JOINED TODAY BY MY COLLEAGUE

30:30CARLY RUGGLES, RIGHT OF WAY

30:31AGENT FOR PBOT. WE ARE HERE

30:33TODAY TO BRING FORWARD A RIGHT

30:35OF WAY ORDINANCE FOR A

30:36TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT

30:37TO THE SOUTHEAST DIVISION

30:39STREET, SOUTHEAST 148TH TO

30:42174TH AVENUE. PROJECT. AND CAN

30:45YOU ALL SEE MY SCREEN HERE IN

30:46THE PRESENTATION? OKAY, LET ME

30:50PRESS THAT AGAIN. THERE WE GO.

30:55SO FOR BACKGROUND, WE'VE BEEN

30:57WORKING FOR OVER A DECADE TO

30:58ADDRESS THE SERIOUS SAFETY

30:59ISSUES ON SOUTHEAST DIVISION

31:01STREET, A DESIGNATED HIGH CRASH

31:02CORRIDOR. THROUGH NUMEROUS

31:04CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE'VE BEEN

31:06USING A MULTI-PRONGED SAFE

31:07SYSTEM APPROACH TO HELP REDUCE

31:09THE HIGH INCIDENCE OF CRASHES

31:11THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY OCCURRED

31:12ALONG THIS CORRIDOR. THIS

31:14INCLUDES A REDUCED SPEED LIMIT

31:15SPEED, SAFETY CAMERAS,

31:17ADDITIONAL STREET LIGHTING,

31:19GREATER FREQUENCY OF ENHANCED

31:20PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, PROTECTED

31:22BIKE LANES, AND RAISED CENTER

31:24MEDIANS. THE PROJECT BEFORE YOU

31:26TODAY WILL ADDRESS THE TWO

31:27REMAINING SEGMENTS ON SOUTHEAST

31:29DIVISION, WHERE WE DO NOT

31:30CURRENTLY HAVE RAISED CENTER

31:32MEDIAN. AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK

31:35ON AND STUDY THE SOUTHEAST

31:36DIVISION STREET CORRIDOR, WE

31:38HAVE FOUND THAT AREAS ON

31:39SOUTHEAST DIVISION WHERE WE'VE

31:41APPLIED ALL OF THESE SAFETY

31:42COUNTERMEASURES, INCLUDING RACE

31:44CENTER MEDIANS IN THOSE AREAS,

31:46WE'VE SEEN CRASHES REDUCED BY

31:4955% COMPARED TO ONLY SEVEN 7%

31:52REDUCTION, WHERE WE HAVEN'T

31:53ADDED MEDIANS IN THESE SAME

31:55AREAS, PEDESTRIAN CRASHES HAVE

31:57GONE DOWN 38% COMPARED WITH 18%

32:00WHERE WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE

32:02MEDIANS. MEDIANS HELP TO

32:04IMPROVE SAFETY BY REDUCING THE

32:06NUMBER OF CONFLICT POINTS

32:08RELATED TO VEHICLE TURNING

32:09MOVEMENTS THAT LEAD TO CRASHES.

32:11THEY PROVIDE PEOPLE WALKING

32:12WITH A SAFE REFUGE AT CROSSINGS.

32:15THEY ENHANCE CROSSING

32:16VISIBILITY AND SUPPORT SAFE

32:18DRIVING SPEEDS. THE TWO

32:22REMAINING GAPS IN RACE CENTER

32:24MEDIAN ARE ON SOUTHEAST

32:25DIVISION BETWEEN 1/52 AND 1/60

32:28AND 1/66 AND 1/74. THESE SETS

32:32OF MEDIANS WILL INCLUDE BREAKS

32:33FOR LEFT TURNS, U-TURNS AND

32:36PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS. WE WILL

32:38ALSO BE ALLOWING LEFT TURNS

32:40DIRECTLY INTO CERTAIN

32:41PROPERTIES WHERE WE HAVE HIGH

32:42TURNING DEMAND, SUCH AS

32:44MULTIFAMILY RESIDENCES, OR FOR

32:46BUSINESSES THAT HAVE LARGE

32:47VEHICLES NEEDING DIRECT ACCESS

32:49THAT CAN'T U-TURN, SUCH AS AN

32:51RV BUSINESS. IN THE EASTERNMOST

32:53SEGMENT OF OUR PROJECT AREA.

32:55THIS PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES

32:57MODIFYING AN EXISTING SIGNAL AT

32:59157TH IN DIVISION, CONVERTING

33:01IT FROM A PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL TO

33:02A FULL SIGNAL TO BETTER SUPPORT

33:05NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS. SO WE ARE

33:10CURRENTLY IN THE DESIGN PHASE

33:11FOR THIS PROJECT AND WILL

33:13CONTINUE AND DESIGN WILL

33:14CONTINUE THROUGH SUMMER OF 27.

33:17WE ANTICIPATE ADVERTISING THE

33:18PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION IN

33:19FALL OF 27 AND THEN BEGINNING

33:21CONSTRUCTION IN SPRING OF 2028.

33:24THIS IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED

33:25PROJECT THROUGH ODOT'S ALL

33:27ROADS TRANSPORTATION SAFETY

33:29PROGRAM. THE LOCAL MATCH IS

33:30BEING FUNDED THROUGH GAS TAX

33:32REVENUE AND FIXING OUR STREETS

33:34FUNDS. WE'VE HAD EXTENSIVE

33:39ENGAGEMENT EFFORT RELATED TO

33:40THE DEVELOPMENT AND SAFETY

33:42ACTION PLAN ON SOUTHEAST

33:43DIVISION OVER THE YEARS. EARLY

33:45ON, WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING THE

33:46SAFETY ACTION PLAN, WHICH

33:48INTRODUCED THE CONCEPT OF RACE

33:49CENTER MEDIANS, DIRECT

33:51COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND

33:52THESE NEXT TWO SEGMENTS IS

33:54ONGOING AND WILL CONTINUE

33:56THROUGH DESIGN, AND THEN WE'LL

33:58CONTINUE COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY

33:59WITH ADJACENT BUSINESSES AND

34:01PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE

34:02SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD

34:03THROUGH CONSTRUCTION. AND NOW I

34:05WILL TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER

34:07TO MY COLLEAGUE CARLY TO

34:08DISCUSS THE SPECIFICS OF THIS

34:10ONE RIGHT OF WAY FILE ON THE

34:11PROJECT.

34:12>> YES, HI, GREAT BACKGROUND

34:14THERE, BUT WE ACTUALLY ONLY

34:15NEED ONE RIGHT OF WAY FILE, AND

34:18THAT IS FOR A TEMPORARY

34:20CONSTRUCTION.

34:20>> WOULD YOU PUT YOUR NAME ON

34:21THE RECORD?

34:22>> OH YEAH. CARLY RUGGLES, PBOT

34:23RIGHT OF WAY AGENT. SO WE, LIKE

34:27I SAID, WE NEED ONE TEMPORARY

34:29CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT THAT IS

34:31TECHNICALLY A SLOPE

34:32MODIFICATION, TEMPORARY

34:33CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT, AND THAT

34:35IS NEEDED FROM AN OWNER ON THE

34:37CORNER OF 166TH PLACE AND

34:41DIVISION STREET. SO WE ARE HERE

34:45TODAY TO GET AUTHORITY TO

34:47INITIATE THOSE NEGOTIATIONS

34:49WITH THE OWNER AND EXTEND AN

34:51OFFER OF JUST COMPENSATION FOR

34:53THE ACQUISITION OF THE EASEMENT.

34:56AND IF NEGOTIATIONS ARE

34:57UNSUCCESSFUL, THE CITY MAY

34:59PROCEED WITH CONDEMNATION TO

35:00OBTAIN THE EASEMENT IF

35:02NECESSARY. THE AFFECTED

35:04PROPERTY OWNER HAS BEEN

35:05NOTIFIED OF THE PROJECT AND THE

35:07IMPACTS VIA CERTIFIED MAIL, AND

35:09THEY HAVE BEEN INVITED TO THIS

35:11MEETING AND THE COUNCIL HEARING,

35:13AND I ALSO HAVE SPOKE WITH THEM

35:14ON THE PHONE.

35:17>> WELL, THANK YOU, GREAT

35:19PRESENTATION. APPRECIATE IT. I

35:20KNOW THIS IS YOU ANSWERED MY

35:22QUESTIONS ABOUT COMMUNITY

35:23OUTREACH, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE

35:24IT'S ONGOING. I'M GOING TO ASK

35:27COUNCILOR SMITH, SINCE THIS IS

35:28IN D-1, IF YOU HAVE ANY

35:29QUESTIONS OR WANT TO MAKE ANY

35:31COMMENTS HERE.

35:32>> YES. THANK YOU FOR GIVING

35:33THE PRESENTATION. JUST CURIOUS

35:36TO KNOW, ARE THERE ANY OTHER

35:38RESIDENTIAL FOLKS WHO ARE

35:40EXPERIENCING OR OR HAVING SOME

35:43DIFFICULTIES WITH OUR NEW

35:45CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OTHER THAN

35:47THE, THE ONE THAT YOU'RE YOU

35:49JUST TALKED ABOUT, RIGHT?

35:52>> I THINK INITIALLY FOR THE

35:54COMMUNITY ADAPTING TO THE NEW

35:57TRAVEL PATTERNS, LIKE WHEN WE

35:59FIRST IMPLEMENTED THE MEDIANS,

36:00WE RECEIVED A LOT OF FEEDBACK

36:02IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS THAT

36:03HAVE ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED.

36:05WE'RE GOING BACK TO MODIFY

36:07AGAIN FOR THOSE AREAS THAT

36:09REALLY HAVE HIGH TURNING DEMAND

36:10AND NEED INCREASED ACCESS. YEAH.

36:13AND THEN WE ARE CONTINUING TO

36:16HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE

36:17COMMUNITY ON THIS PROJECT AND,

36:18AND BRIEFING THE NEIGHBORHOOD

36:20AND, AND BUSINESSES AND

36:22NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, EAST

36:24PORTLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

36:25AND SO. WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY

36:32DIRECT PUSHBACK OR FEEDBACK. I

36:35THINK EVERYONE'S JUST KIND OF

36:36GETTING READY FOR THIS NEXT

36:37ROUND.

36:38>> YEAH. OR THEY'RE JUST NOT

36:39PAYING ATTENTION. QUESTION WHAT

36:44IS THE IMPACT ON PEDESTRIANS

36:47AND FOLKS WHO ARE ROLLING DOWN

36:50DIVISION OR BETWEEN THE 148TH

36:53AND 157TH? WHAT IN TERMS OF

36:56ACCESS, ARE THEY STILL ABLE TO

36:59TO USE THE ROAD AT ALL?

37:02>> ARE PEDESTRIANS ABLE TO USE

37:04THE ROAD?

37:05>> YEAH. WELL, THE, THE STREET,

37:06YOU KNOW, ADJACENT TO IT.

37:09>> ABSOLUTELY. YES. YEAH.

37:11>> OKAY. OKAY. I JUST I WOULD

37:15JUST LIKE TO ADD ONE QUICK

37:16THING. IF, IF WE CAN'T COME TO

37:18AN AGREEMENT WITH THE RESIDENT

37:21WHO HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE

37:22EASEMENT, THAT IF YOU PLAN TO

37:25GO INTO EMINENT DOMAIN, COULD

37:28YOU PLEASE SCHEDULE AN

37:30EXECUTIVE SESSION? BECAUSE

37:31THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS THAT I'D

37:32LIKE TO TO ASK YOU BEFORE IT,

37:34BEFORE YOU PUT THAT ON THE

37:36AGENDA, IF IT IF IT ACTUALLY

37:37COMES TO THAT POINT.

37:40>> ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. AND

37:42JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE

37:44BACKGROUND ON THIS SPECIFIC

37:46RIGHT OF WAY FILE. SO MAYBE NO,

37:50YEAH, I'LL START WITH THIS

37:51IMAGE. SO THE REASON WE ARE. SO

37:53THIS RIGHT OF WAY FILE WILL

37:55ESTABLISH A NEW DRIVEWAY

37:57CONNECTION TO THAT CORNER

37:59CORNER PARCEL OFF OF SOUTHEAST

38:01166TH PLACE. AND SO IT WILL NOT

38:04ONLY SERVE AS ADDITIONAL ACCESS

38:06FOR THAT CORNER PROPERTY, BUT

38:09FOR THE 175 MOBILE HOME UNITS

38:13TO THE NORTH, WHICH IS

38:15HIGHLIGHTED WITH THAT RED

38:17BOUNDARY. THEY CURRENTLY HAVE

38:20AN EASEMENT ACROSS THE PROPERTY

38:22AND ACCESS A DRIVEWAY THAT

38:24EXITS OUT DIRECTLY ONTO

38:26DIVISION. AND SO IN ORDER TO,

38:28YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WANTING TO

38:30PROVIDE AS MUCH ACCESS AS

38:32POSSIBLE, THOSE RESIDENTS AND

38:35THE PROPERTY OWNER AND ANY

38:36PATRONS GOING TO THAT

38:38COMMERCIAL SITE WILL BE ABLE TO

38:40USE THE NEW DRIVEWAY ACCESS OF

38:43166, WHICH HAS A SIGNALIZED IS

38:46A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION. SO

38:47THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE SAFER

38:48LEFT TURNS TO HEAD EAST. YEAH.

38:51SO WE'RE HOPING, I MEAN, THE

38:55RESIDENTS AT THE MOBILE HOME

38:56PARK, THIS IS A CONCERN THEY

38:57RAISED WHEN WE FIRST STARTED

38:59TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT OF

39:01RESTRICTED ACCESS FOR THEM WITH

39:02THE THIS NEXT SET OF MEDIANS.

39:04AND SO THIS IS RESPONSIVE TO

39:06THAT. AND WE'RE ALSO HOPEFUL

39:07THAT THIS PROPERTY OWNER WILL

39:09SEE THIS AS, AS A BETTERMENT TO

39:12THEIR PROPERTY AS WELL.

39:14>> AND SINCE THIS HAS BEEN

39:15GOING ON FOR TEN YEARS, WHEN

39:17WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WE

39:18CONNECTED WITH THE COMMUNITY IN

39:20TERMS OF OUTREACH, JUST TO

39:22UPDATE THEM ON, ON, ON WHAT THE

39:24LATEST MOVEMENT IS ON THIS

39:27PROJECT?

39:28>> AS, AS RECENT AS THIS SUMMER

39:30WE WERE LAST AT. SO THIS ENTIRE

39:32PROJECT IS WITHIN THE

39:33CENTENNIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'VE

39:34PRESENTED TO THEM THREE TIMES

39:36ON THIS PROJECT AND WENT TO

39:38THEIR MOST RECENT MEETING THIS

39:39SUMMER. WE'VE ALSO BEEN OUT AT

39:42COMMUNITY EVENTS, TABLING, AND

39:45HAVE INFORMATION FOR THIS

39:46PROJECT OUT WHENEVER WE'RE

39:47TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY AS

39:49WELL.

39:50>> OKAY. PERFECT. PERFECT.

39:51THANK YOU.

39:52>> YEAH. THANK YOU. GREAT

39:53QUESTIONS.

39:54>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SMITH.

39:54CAN I JUST CLARIFY, ELIZABETH,

39:56THAT THIS IS A TEMPORARY

39:58EASEMENT OR CORRECT?

40:00>> YEAH. SO THE TEMPORARY

40:02EASEMENT I'LL GO BACK TO CALI

40:03SLIDE ALLOWS US TO CONSTRUCT

40:08THE DRIVEWAY CONNECTION. THE

40:09THE PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT. THE

40:11NEW DRIVEWAY WILL BE ENTIRELY

40:12IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. BUT

40:14SINCE WILL BE STEPPING ONTO THE

40:16PROPERTY TO CONSTRUCT. AND

40:17THERE COULD BE SOME GRADING

40:18WORK IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT

40:20DRIVEWAY CONNECTION FEASIBLE,

40:23NOT HAVE VEHICLES BOTTOMING OUT.

40:24WE'LL BE DOING SOME SLOPE

40:25ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE

40:26CONSTRUCTION OF THAT DRIVEWAY,

40:27BUT IT'S ALL IT'S ALL TEMPORARY.

40:29AND THE IMPROVEMENT ITSELF

40:31AGAIN, WILL BE IN THE PUBLIC

40:32RIGHT OF WAY.

40:33>> SO WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY

40:34PURCHASING ANYTHING?

40:35>> NO.

40:35>> WE'RE JUST WE'RE JUST

40:37PURCHASING THE ABILITY TO

40:39ACCESS FOR NOW FOR CONSTRUCTION.

40:41>> YES. YEAH.

40:42>> CLARIFY THAT.

40:42>> SO BUT PROPERTY OWNERS STILL

40:44NEED TO AUTHORIZE THAT

40:45TEMPORARY.

40:46>> GOTCHA. WELL, FORTUNATELY WE

40:47WON'T. I'M HOPEFULLY WE WON'T

40:48GET TO EMINENT DOMAIN.

40:50FORTUNATELY, THEY'LL UNDERSTAND

40:51THAT AND BE JUSTLY COMPENSATED.

40:53YES. COLLEAGUES, DO WE HAVE ANY

40:55OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THESE TWO?

41:00COUNCILOR KANAL.

41:01>> YEAH, I GUESS TWO QUESTIONS.

41:03FIRST, ARE THEY HERE? BECAUSE I

41:04UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE INVITED

41:06FOR.

41:08>> THEY ARE THEY ARE REMOTE

41:10OWNER. THE ADDRESS WE HAVE IS

41:11IN SEATTLE.

41:13>> AND SO ARE THEY HERE ONLINE

41:14THEN?

41:16>> NO, WE INVITED THEM TO COME,

41:18BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO.

41:19>> AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE

41:20PROCESS BY WHICH WE DO THAT IS

41:22A MAILING. HOW FAR IN ADVANCE

41:25ARE THOSE SENT? HOW DOES THAT

41:26PROCESS WORK?

41:28>> WE SEND THEM AT LEAST TWO

41:30WEEKS BEFORE.

41:32>> BUT I, I CALLED THEM OVER A

41:34MONTH AGO TO DISCUSS THE

41:36PROJECT AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT

41:38THIS UPCOMING PROCESS AND THE

41:41TCE THAT'S NEEDED. AND WE

41:42HADN'T HEARD BACK FROM THEM ON

41:43THE PHONE, BUT I'M GLAD TO HEAR

41:45YOU DID.

41:46>> I DID, YEAH, I SPOKE WITH

41:47THEM AND. OKAY. YEAH.

41:49>> GREAT. THANKS.

41:49>> GREAT.

41:50>> THANK YOU. GOOD. GOOD

41:51QUESTION. COUNCILOR. KOYAMA

41:52LANE.

41:52>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING

41:53HERE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY HOW

41:56ENCOURAGING IT IS TO SEE THIS

41:58SAFETY PROJECT AND SEE THE

42:00SCOPE OF IT, AND SEE HOW THE

42:01SAFE SYSTEM APPROACH IS AT THE

42:04CENTER OF THIS, AND HAVE THESE

42:06EXAMPLES OF BUFFERED BIKE LANES

42:07AND SIDEWALKS, AND HAVING THE

42:10RAISED CENTER MEDIAN AND SAFER

42:12CROSSWALKS, MORE STREET LIGHTS.

42:13THIS IS VERY EXCITING. THANK

42:15YOU.

42:16>> THANK YOU.

42:17>> TERRIFIC. SINCE THERE'S NO

42:19ONE HERE TO TESTIFY AND WE

42:22DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS,

42:24I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A

42:27MOTION TO MOVE THE ORDINANCE

42:29DOCUMENT NUMBER 2026-334 TO THE

42:32FULL COUNCIL WITH A

42:34RECOMMENDATION TO PASS.

42:35>> SO MOVED.

42:36>> SECOND.

42:37>> GREAT. SO WE'VE THE MOTION

42:39HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILOR

42:40KANAL SECONDED BY COUNCILOR

42:42KOYAMA LANE. IF THERE'S NO MORE

42:44DISCUSSION, WOULD THE CLERK

42:45PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

42:49>> KOYAMA LANE. I SMITH.

42:54>> I I.

42:56>> KANAL CLARK. I WITH FOUR

43:00EYES AND ONE ABSENT THE MOTION

43:02TO REFER THE ORDINANCE DOCUMENT

43:04NUMBER 2026-334 TO THE CITY

43:06COUNCIL WITH A RECOMMENDATION.

43:08IT BE PASSED, HAS BEEN APPROVED.

43:10>> GREAT. THANK YOU BOTH FOR

43:11BEING HERE TODAY. APPRECIATE IT.

43:14I NOW I ASSUME YOU'RE ON THE

43:15NEXT ONE AS WELL. DIANA, CAN

43:17YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM?

43:19SOUNDS FAMILIAR.

43:21>> ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DOCUMENT

43:22NUMBER 2026-335. AUTHORIZE

43:27BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION TO

43:29ACQUIRE CERTAIN TEMPORARY

43:30PROPERTY RIGHTS NECESSARY FOR

43:33CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTHEAST

43:34STARK STREET, 100 AND 111TH TO

43:40151ST STREET AVENUE. PROJECT.

43:43THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF THE

43:44CITY'S EMINENT DOMAIN AUTHORITY.

43:48>> THANK YOU. DIANA, I'M NOT

43:50GOING TO REPEAT ALL THAT, BUT

43:51THIS IS OUR SECOND PROPERTY

43:53RIGHTS ORDINANCE TO SUPPORT

43:55INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY

43:56IMPROVEMENTS. I'M GOING TO HAND

43:57IT OFF TO ELIZABETH AGAIN AND

43:59WELCOME HEATHER.

44:00>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND

44:02THANK YOU AGAIN. FOR THE RECORD.

44:04MY NAME IS ELIZABETH TILLSTROM,

44:05CAPITAL PROJECT MANAGER FOR

44:06PBOT. AND I AM NOW JOINED BY MY

44:08COLLEAGUE HEATHER BYERS, RIGHT

44:10OF WAY AGENT FOR PBOT. AND WE

44:12ARE HERE TO BRING FORWARD A

44:14RIGHT OF WAY ORDINANCE FOR

44:15TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT

44:17TO THE SOUTHEAST STARK STREET,

44:18SOUTHEAST 111TH, 251ST AVENUE

44:22PROJECT. SOME BACKGROUND ON

44:24THIS PROJECT. SO OUTER

44:25SOUTHEAST STARK IS ANOTHER

44:27DESIGNATED HIGH CRASH CORRIDOR

44:28IN EAST PORTLAND, WHERE WE'VE

44:29BEEN WORKING TO ADDRESS SAFETY

44:30FOR ALL MODES SINCE 2018. AND

44:33AS PART OF THIS WORK, PBOT

44:35APPLIED FOR AND WAS AWARDED A

44:36GRANT THROUGH ODOT'S ALL ROADS

44:38TRANSPORTATION SAFETY PROGRAM

44:40TO CONSTRUCT ENHANCED

44:41PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AT SIX KEY

44:44INTERSECTIONS ON THIS CORRIDOR

44:45THAT INCLUDES 111, 119TH, 137TH,

44:50141ST AND 151ST IN STARK. AND

44:54THOSE CROSSINGS ARE DESIGNATED

44:56WITH THE BLUE PEDESTRIAN

44:58CIRCLES IN THE MAP BELOW FOR

44:59REFERENCE. SO FOR THESE

45:04CROSSINGS WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT

45:06DESIGN CONCEPTS THAT WILL BE

45:07APPLYING. THE CONCEPT ON THE

45:10LEFT WILL STILL ALLOW LEFT

45:12TURNS INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD,

45:13WHILE RESTRICTING LEFT TURNS

45:15OUT TO AVOID THE LEFT TURN

45:17MOVEMENT CONFLICT ACROSS THAT

45:19PEDESTRIAN CROSSING. WE

45:21SELECTED THIS DESIGN WHERE WE

45:22WANTED TO MAINTAIN AND SUPPORT

45:24ACCESS INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT

45:25THE INTERSECTION. DUE TO THE

45:28SURROUNDING GRID STREET NETWORK

45:30EITHER NOT BEING FULLY

45:32CONNECTED OR WOULD INVOLVE

45:34ROUTES ON UNIMPROVED STREETS.

45:36SO WE'LL STILL BE ALLOWING LEFT

45:38TURNS IN AT THE INTERSECTION

45:40UNDER CONCEPT ONE, BUT WILL BE

45:42RESTRICTING LEFT. TURNS OUT THE

45:44SECOND DESIGN ON THE RIGHT IS A

45:47FULL MEDIAN CONCEPT THAT

45:49RESTRICTS LEFT TURNS IN AND OUT.

45:51AND SO OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS

45:52RECOMMENDED THIS VERSION WHERE

45:54WE HAVE GOOD STREET

45:56CONNECTIVITY AND WHERE

45:57ALTERNATIVE ROUTES INTO AND OUT

45:59OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE ON

46:01PAVED STREETS. WE ARE ALSO

46:06CURRENTLY IN THE DESIGN FOR

46:07THIS PROJECT. IT'S VERY SIMILAR

46:09SCHEDULE TO DIVISION. WE'LL

46:11CONTINUE DESIGN THROUGH THIS

46:12SUMMER, AND THEN WE ANTICIPATE

46:15ADVERTISING THE PROJECT FOR

46:16CONSTRUCTION IN FALL OF 2027

46:18AND BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION IN

46:20SPRING 2028. THIS IS A

46:23FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECT

46:24THROUGH ODOT'S ARTS PROGRAM.

46:25THE LOCAL MATCH IS BEING FUNDED

46:27THROUGH GAS TAX REVENUE AND

46:29FIXING OUR STREETS FUNDS. AND

46:34FINALLY, THERE'S ALSO BEEN

46:35EXTENSIVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

46:36RELATED TO THE SAFETY ACTION

46:37PLAN ON STARK. PBOT CONDUCTED

46:40AN 18 MONTH ENGAGEMENT PROCESS

46:42WHEN DEVELOPING THE SAFETY

46:43ACTION PLAN FOR STARK THROUGH A

46:45FUNDED PLANNING PROCESS AND

46:47CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS WERE

46:48CONTINUALLY IDENTIFIED AS ONE

46:50OF THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR THE

46:52COMMUNITY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

46:54AROUND THIS PROJECT AND THE SIX

46:56PLAN CROSSINGS AND OTHER SAFETY

46:58IMPROVEMENTS ALONG STARK. JUST

46:59AS AN ASIDE, WE HAVE A LARGER

47:01CAPITAL PROJECT BRINGING

47:02ADDITIONAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS

47:04TO THE CORRIDOR ALSO IN DESIGN.

47:06SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL

47:08OF THIS COMPREHENSIVELY IN THE

47:09COMMUNITY AND THEN DIRECT

47:12OUTREACH TO THE ADJACENT

47:13BUSINESSES AND PROPERTIES WHERE

47:15WE ARE PLANNING. THESE

47:17CROSSINGS WILL ALSO CONTINUE

47:18THROUGH DESIGN. AND THEN, OH, I

47:23WILL NOW TURN THIS OVER TO

47:25HEATHER TO TALK SPECIFICALLY

47:26ABOUT THE TWO RIGHT OF WAY

47:27FILES. WE NEED, AGAIN,

47:28TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION

47:30EASEMENTS RELATED TO OUR

47:31CROSSING AT 119TH AYE, MORILLO

47:34HEATHER BYERS PBOT RIGHT OF WAY.

47:37>> SO AS LIZ SAID, WE'RE

47:38SEEKING TWO TEMPORARY

47:39CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS FOR THIS

47:41PROJECT. NO PERMANENT EASEMENTS

47:43ARE BEING SOUGHT. SO TODAY

47:45WE'RE SEEKING THE AUTHORITY TO

47:47INITIATE NEGOTIATIONS AND

47:48EXTEND OFFERS OF JUST

47:49COMPENSATION TO OWNERS FOR THE

47:51NECESSARY EASEMENTS. AND AGAIN,

47:53IF NEGOTIATIONS ARE

47:54UNSUCCESSFUL, WE MAY PROCEED

47:55WITH CONDEMNATION TO OBTAIN

47:58EASEMENTS. AFFECTED PROPERTY

47:59OWNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED VIA

48:01CERTIFIED MAIL OF THE CITY'S

48:03INTENT TO ACQUIRE THE EASEMENTS.

48:04AGAIN, SIMILAR TO CULLY. THOSE

48:06ARE SENT OUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS

48:07AGO AND BOTH RECEIVED, AND

48:10THEY'RE NOTIFIED OF THIS

48:12COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL

48:13MEETING. SO THESE ARE THE

48:16LOCATIONS OF THE EASEMENTS

48:17WE'RE SEEKING. ONE OF THEM IS

48:2065FT. THE OTHER IS 6363FT.

48:24JUST THAT THOSE TWO PROPERTIES

48:26IN GREEN.

48:29>> WELL THANK YOU. THAT

48:30CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND

48:32AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

48:33>> GREAT. THAT'S NOT A LOT OF

48:35PROPERTY. IT'S JUST A LITTLE

48:38SLIVER, ISN'T IT? YEAH. LET'S

48:41SEE. COUNCILOR SMITH, IS THIS

48:42IN YOUR DISTRICT?

48:44>> YES, MA'AM.

48:45>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO

48:46IT?

48:47>> YES, I WOULD, A COUPLE OF

48:50THINGS. AND I'VE BEEN LISTENING

48:51TO BOTH OF THESE EASEMENT

48:54REQUESTS. AND YOU ALL SAY VERY

48:58CONFIDENTLY THAT YOU'VE SENT

49:02LETTERS, I THINK, IN THESE KIND

49:05OF SITUATIONS, IN ADDITION TO

49:06SENDING LETTERS, I THINK YOU

49:07ALL NEED TO GET FOLKS ON THE

49:09PHONE BECAUSE SENDING A LETTER,

49:11YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY

49:13NOT GOING TO WORK. AND IF YOU

49:15HAVEN'T HEARD A RESPONSE, IF

49:17YOU I KNOW IN THAT AREA, THERE

49:19ARE A LOT OF OLDER RESIDENTS

49:23AND THEY MAY NOT BE READING

49:24THIS, BUT IT WOULD BE BETTER IF

49:26YOU COULD TALK TO THEM AND NOT

49:28JUST DEPEND ON SENDING A LETTER

49:30AND THINKING THAT YOU'VE DONE

49:31YOUR DUE DILIGENCE, BECAUSE I

49:32THINK THAT'S KIND OF. NOT

49:36REALLY HITTING THE MARK FOR ME.

49:39AND PARTICULARLY SINCE YOU'RE

49:41TALKING ABOUT EMINENT DOMAIN,

49:43SO THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR WHAT IT

49:46IS, IF IT'S TEMPORARY, IF IT'S

49:48PERMANENT, AND I I'M NOT

49:52FEELING TOO COMFORTABLE WITH

49:54OUR, WITH OUR METHOD OF

49:56OUTREACH. SO COULD YOU TELL ME

49:59WHAT, WHAT YOU DO IF YOU DON'T

50:00HEAR FROM THEM, DO YOU SEND OUT

50:02ANOTHER LETTER OR.

50:06>> GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING,

50:08COUNCILOR SMITH. THIS IS

50:09MILLICENT WILLIAMS, INTERIM DCA

50:11FOR PUBLIC WORKS. I'VE ASKED

50:13THAT DAVID MCELDOWNEY, OUR

50:14RIGHT OF WAY MANAGER, COME

50:16FORWARD TO SPEAK TO THE OVERALL

50:18PROCESS. WHILE WE DO ENGAGE

50:20THROUGH USPS AS A MATTER OF

50:23MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THINGS

50:25ON RECORD AND THAT PEOPLE ARE

50:26SIGNING OFF, THAT THEY'VE

50:27RECEIVED THE INFORMATION, WE DO

50:28HEAR YOU IN SUGGESTING THAT

50:30FOLKS MAY NOT ALWAYS UNDERSTAND

50:31WHAT THE ASK IS. AND SO I'D

50:33LIKE FOR HIM TO SHARE WHAT OUR

50:35OVERALL PROCESS LOOKS LIKE,

50:36THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT RUSHED TO

50:37MAKE DECISIONS, THAT THERE ARE

50:38PERIODS OF NEGOTIATION THAT

50:41FOLKS ARE ENGAGING IN. AND

50:44GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE ARE

50:45PRETTY SUCCESSFUL WITH MOVING

50:46FORWARD ITEMS LIKE THIS. BUT I

50:47JUST WANTED YOU TO HEAR FROM

50:50DAVE MCELDOWNEY, WHO RUNS THE

50:52PROGRAM AND IS ABLE TO SPEAK

50:53WITH A GREAT DEAL OF EXPERIENCE,

50:57BOTH FROM THE CITY'S

50:59PERSPECTIVE AS WELL AS THE

51:00STATE'S PERSPECTIVE ABOUT THESE

51:02TYPES OF TRANSACTIONS.

51:04>> WELL, I.

51:04>> APPRECIATE THAT, DCA

51:06WILLIAMS, BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND

51:08THAT THERE'S PROCESS AND THEN

51:10THERE'S ACTUAL WHAT WE ACTUALLY

51:12DO. YES. SO THAT THAT'S WHAT'S

51:16CONCERNING TO ME. I KNOW WE

51:17HAVE A PROCESS.

51:18>> AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED

51:19DAVE TO SPEAK TO. COUNCILOR IS

51:21NOT JUST THE PROCESS, BUT SOME

51:23OF THE EXTRA THINGS THAT HIS

51:24RIGHT OF WAY AGENTS DO TO

51:26ENSURE THAT WE'RE CONNECTING

51:27WITH COMMUNITY APPROPRIATELY.

51:29>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

51:30>> YES.

51:31>> GOOD MORNING, COUNSELORS

51:32DAVID MCELDOWNEY, PROPERTY

51:36SERVICES DIVISION MANAGER. I DO

51:40WANT TO SAY THAT THIS PROCESS

51:42IS A LONG PROCESS. I MEAN,

51:44WE'RE TALKING NINE MONTHS OR

51:46MORE FROM START TO FINISH. SO

51:50WE DO TYPICALLY, THE PROJECT

51:52MANAGERS HAVE THE INITIAL

51:54CONTACT WITH WITH THE PROPERTY

51:56OWNERS OR TENANTS SO THAT THEY

51:58KNOW THE PROJECT'S HAPPENING.

52:01BUT MORE TO YOUR POINT, FOR

52:03THESE MEETINGS HERE, WE DO

52:05REACH OUT BY MAIL. I KNOW CARLY

52:08WAS TALKING WITH THE PROPERTY

52:11OWNER EITHER THIS MORNING OR

52:14YESTERDAY. AGAIN, WE DO REACH

52:17OUT. WE WILL. I WILL TAKE A

52:21FINER LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE

52:23ARE CALLING EVERYBODY UP

52:27BEFOREHAND. TO YOUR POINT, TO

52:29ENSURE THAT THAT HAPPENS. SO WE

52:30WILL DO THAT. BUT THAT'S JUST

52:34FOR THIS MEETING TOO. I DO WANT

52:35TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE EITHER

52:38HAND DELIVER AND, YOU KNOW, IN

52:40PERSON, OR WE CERTIFIED MAIL.

52:44AND PLUS ALL THESE LETTERS THAT

52:45ARE SENT OUT ARE CERTIFIED MAIL

52:47TO THEY HAVE TO BE SIGNED FOR

52:48THEY'RE NOT GOING OUT, JUST

52:50REGULAR MAIL. AND, BUT WE, WHEN

52:56WE GO INTO THE OFFER PHASE, WE,

52:58WE MAKE OFFERS TO THE PEOPLE,

53:01WE MEET WITH THEM. NOTHING ENDS

53:03UP, YOU KNOW, GOING TO IMMINENT

53:07THROUGH THE EMINENT DOMAIN

53:08ROUTE WITHOUT SEVERAL MEETINGS

53:10THAT TAKE PLACE OVER MONTHS AND

53:12MONTHS, THE MINIMUM FEDERAL

53:16LAWS, YOU KNOW, 30 DAYS IN

53:19OREGON, WE'RE AT 40. WE WE

53:21STICK TO THE THE LONGER. BUT AT

53:24THE CITY, IT'S MORE LIKE, YOU

53:27KNOW, 90, 120 LONGER THAN THAT

53:32EVEN BEFORE, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS

53:33TRY TO REACH RESOLUTION. WE

53:35HAVE NOT HAD A TRIAL. I CANNOT

53:37REMEMBER THE LAST TIME,

53:39PROBABLY WHEN I CAME ON BOARD

53:41THE CITY, I THINK THEY HAD A

53:43TRIAL FOR THE BIG PIPE PROJECT

53:44LIKE 20 YEARS AGO, BUT WE HAVE

53:46NOT HAD ANY, ANY TRIALS. WE WE

53:48TYPICALLY RESOLVE EVERYTHING

53:50THROUGH THROUGH NEGOTIATION.

53:55>> THANK YOU.

53:56>> OKAY. THAT KIND OF MAKES ME

53:57FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER. I'M

54:00JUST CONCERNED THAT, I MEAN, WE

54:02USE A LOT OF THESE WORDS AND

54:03WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH THEM

54:05BECAUSE WE WORK WITH WITH, YOU

54:09KNOW, EASEMENTS EVERY DAY. AND

54:11I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT

54:13THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING TO

54:14TAKE PLACE AND THAT THEY'RE

54:16COMFORTABLE WITH KNOWING WHAT

54:20IS EXACTLY HAPPENING. I

54:23APPRECIATE YOU ALL TAKING CARE

54:26OF SOME OF THESE SAFETY ISSUES,

54:28PARTICULARLY IN DISTRICT ONE,

54:29BECAUSE WE ARE WE HAVE MANY OF

54:32THE HIGH CRASH CORRIDOR,

54:34HIGHEST LOCATIONS IN THE CITY.

54:38AND SO TO BE ABLE TO MAKE

54:40THINGS A LITTLE BIT SIMPLER, TO

54:44STOP ALL THE CRASHES, AND I

54:46THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT, BUT I

54:49ALSO THINK THAT WE ALSO NEED TO,

54:51YOU KNOW, WE COULD SPEED UP THE

54:53PROCESS BY, BY AT THE SAME TIME

54:57THAT WE'RE CALLING THAT WE'RE

54:58SENDING SOMETHING OUT THAT WE

55:00SHOULD BE CALLING TO JUST

55:01LETTING THEM KNOW WE'RE SENDING

55:02YOU OUT A LETTER, AND THAT

55:04LETTER IS GOING TO EXPLAIN WHAT

55:05THIS IS. AND PLEASE DON'T

55:07HESITATE TO CALL ME AT THAT

55:08NUMBER THAT'S IN THAT LETTER.

55:10YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THIS

55:12PROCESS COULD KIND OF BE

55:15STREAMLINED TOO. AND THE REASON

55:16WHY IT'S TAKING LONG IS BECAUSE

55:18PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T

55:19UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.

55:22>> NOW. I'LL JUST FOLLOW UP

55:23WITH THAT. YOU KNOW, WE SHARE

55:25THE SAME CONCERN. WE WANT TO

55:26MAKE SURE THAT EVERY PROPERTY

55:28OWNER IS COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT

55:31WE'RE DOING. THEY UNDERSTAND

55:32THE PLANS. THEY UNDERSTAND, YOU

55:34KNOW, WHERE OUR DRIVEWAY IS

55:35GOING TO GO, THE TIMING OF IT.

55:39WE DON'T WANT SURPRISES FROM

55:41THEM. WE WE DON'T WANT THEM

55:42CALLING YOU SAYING THAT, YOU

55:44KNOW, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS

55:45GOING ON. SO WE WANT TO BE VERY

55:48CERTAIN THAT THEY ARE

55:49COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT THE

55:50PROJECT IS.

55:52>> THANK YOU COUNSELOR.

55:53>> THANK YOU.

55:54>> THANK YOU DAVID. THANK YOU.

55:56COUNSELOR SMITH COUNCILOR KANAL.

56:01OKAY. COUNCILOR. KOYAMA LANE.

56:03DID YOU HAVE THAT? WAS IT

56:04LEGACY? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL,

56:06THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

56:08IF THERE IS NO ONE HERE TO

56:10TESTIFY ON THIS AND WE DON'T

56:12HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR

56:14COMMENTS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

56:18LET'S SEE. I THINK WE CAN

56:20PROCEED WITH ENTERTAINING A

56:22MOTION TO MOVE ORDINANCE

56:24DOCUMENT NUMBER 2026335 TO THE

56:28FULL COUNCIL WITH A

56:29RECOMMENDATION TO PASS.

56:30>> SO MOVED.

56:32>> SECOND.

56:33>> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILOR

56:36KOYAMA LANE AND SECONDED BY

56:37COUNCILOR SMITH. I DON'T SEE

56:39ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. SO THE

56:41CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE

56:43ROLE FOR US?

56:45>> KOYAMA LANE. WE'RE REALLY

56:47CRUISING TODAY. I.

56:50>> SMITH.

56:51>> AYE, MORILLO KANAL. AYE,

56:53MORILLO CLERK. AYE, MORILLO

56:56WITH FOUR EYES AND ONE ABSENT

56:58THE MOTION TO REFER THE

56:59ORDINANCE DOCUMENT NUMBER

57:022026-335 TO THE CITY COUNCIL

57:03WITH A RECOMMENDATION BE PASSED,

57:05HAS BEEN APPROVED.

57:06>> TERRIFIC. THANK YOU ALL FOR

57:07YOUR GOOD WORK. WE REALLY

57:09APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE AND

57:11PRESENTING SUCH A CLEAR

57:13OVERVIEW. WE REALLY APPRECIATE

57:14IT. WE ARE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE,

57:17BUT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND

57:18THAT WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE A

57:20BREAK NOW, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING

57:22TO HAVE A LONG SESSION UPDATING

57:23THE THE TOUGH AND THE STREET

57:25DAMAGE RISK RATIO. DO YOU FEEL

57:26OKAY, COUNSELOR SMITH, ARE YOU

57:27OKAY WITH THE BREAK RIGHT NOW?

57:32WHY DON'T WE COME BACK AT I

57:33WANT TO SAY 1035. THAT'S A LONG

57:37BREAK. 1035 THANK YOU.

1:13:38ALL

1:13:38RIGHT. WELCOME.

1:13:42>> YOUR PHONE IS ON. DO YOU

1:13:46KNOW HOW TO TURN THAT ON? YOU

1:13:49CAN.

1:13:52>> HER PHONE WAS ON.

1:13:55>> SHE MIGHT NEED HELP GETTING

1:13:56CONNECTED WHEN SHE COMES BACK

1:13:58IN NOW. OKAY.

1:13:58>> SORRY. JUST A SLIGHT SLIGHT

1:14:02DELAY. TECHNICAL. I THINK WE

1:14:05TURNED IT OFF.

1:14:08>> OCEAN.

1:14:09>> SHE'S OUTSIDE. ALL RIGHT.

1:14:13WELL, I THINK WE CAN GO AHEAD

1:14:15AND PROCEED. DIANA, WOULD YOU

1:14:16PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM?

1:14:19>> ITEM NUMBER FIVE, DOCUMENT

1:14:232026-336. UPDATE ON LOCAL

1:14:25TRANSPORTATION FUNDING.

1:14:27INVESTMENT STRATEGY.

1:14:29NONRESIDENTIAL METHODOLOGY AND

1:14:31FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

1:14:34>> THANK YOU. DIANA COLLEAGUES.

1:14:36THIS IS OUR SECOND UPDATE FROM

1:14:38PBOT ON ITS WORK TO IMPLEMENT

1:14:41ALL THE DIRECTIVES FROM OUR

1:14:43WORK ON THE TRANSPORTATION

1:14:44UTILITY FEE AND THE STREET

1:14:46DAMAGE FEE THAT WE PASSED THIS

1:14:48SPRING. WE SPECIFICALLY ASKED

1:14:50THEM TODAY TO REALLY FOCUS ON

1:14:52THE METHODOLOGY THAT WILL BE

1:14:53ROLLED OUT FOR COMMERCIAL

1:14:55PAYERS, AS WELL AS LOW INCOME

1:14:57RESIDENTS. SO WITH THAT, I'M

1:14:59GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO DCA

1:15:01WILLIAMS AND PBOT TEAM.

1:15:03>> GOOD MORNING AGAIN, COUNCIL

1:15:05VICE PRESIDENT CLARK AND

1:15:06MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. FOR

1:15:08THE RECORD, MY NAME IS

1:15:09MILLICENT WILLIAMS, AND I'M THE

1:15:10INTERIM DEPUTY CITY

1:15:11ADMINISTRATOR FOR PUBLIC WORKS.

1:15:12AND I'M ALSO TEMPORARILY ACTING

1:15:15AS DIRECTOR OF THE PORTLAND

1:15:16BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION UNTIL

1:15:17WENDY CULLY RETURNS LATER THIS

1:15:19WEEK. SO 37 MORE HOURS, AND

1:15:23THEN I WILL BE DOING JUST ONE

1:15:25JOB. WHAT FILLS ME WITH PRIDE

1:15:26AS I STEP INTO THIS ROLE IS

1:15:28HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO

1:15:29SEE FIRSTHAND THE COLLABORATION

1:15:31HAPPENING ACROSS OUR PUBLIC

1:15:32WORKS BUREAUS AS WE WORK IN

1:15:34TANDEM TO LAUNCH THE

1:15:36TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FEE AND

1:15:37STREET DAMAGE RESTORATION FEE

1:15:39PROGRAMS. I'M GLAD TO BE HERE

1:15:40TODAY IN BOTH OF THESE ROLES,

1:15:42BECAUSE THIS WORK IS TRULY A

1:15:43SERVICE AREA WIDE EFFORT. IT

1:15:46INVOLVES TEAMS FROM MAINTENANCE,

1:15:47ENGINEERING, PROJECT MANAGEMENT,

1:15:49PLANNING, VISION ZERO FINANCE,

1:15:52UTILITY BILLING PARTNERS, AND

1:15:53OTHERS. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT

1:15:55TO PARTICULARLY THANK THE WATER

1:15:56BUREAU AND THE BUREAU OF

1:15:57ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TEAMS

1:15:59WHO'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS

1:16:00WORK. YOU'LL NOT HEAR A LOT

1:16:02ABOUT THIS BEHIND THE SCENES

1:16:04WORK, BUT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO

1:16:05THE SUCCESS OF THIS ENTIRE

1:16:07PROGRAM. I ALSO WANT TO THANK

1:16:09THE PBOT STAFF YOU'LL HEAR FROM

1:16:11TODAY, AS WELL AS SO MANY

1:16:12OTHERS. I ESPECIALLY WANT TO

1:16:13THANK GABE GRAF, WHO HAS

1:16:15STEPPED IN AS THE PROJECT

1:16:16MANAGER FOR THIS EFFORT,

1:16:18WORKING TO ENSURE THAT THE MANY

1:16:19DIFFERENT PIECES ARE

1:16:21>> ARE ALL KEPT IN MOTION AT

1:16:22ONCE. WE HAVE MANY UPDATES FOR

1:16:24YOU TODAY, SO I WILL VERY

1:16:25QUICKLY HAND THIS END MY

1:16:27COMMENTS AND HAND THIS OVER TO

1:16:29SHOSHANNA COHEN TO START THE

1:16:31PRESENTATION.

1:16:32>> THANK YOU. AND GOOD MORNING,

1:16:34COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT CLARK

1:16:35AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

1:16:37FOR THE RECORD, I'M SHOSHANNA

1:16:38COHEN, CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE

1:16:39BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION. HERE

1:16:42IS OUR AGENDA FOR THE

1:16:43PRESENTATION TODAY. WE'LL START

1:16:45BY QUICKLY CHECKING IN ON THE

1:16:47IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE. WE'LL

1:16:49GO OVER THE UPDATED INVESTMENT

1:16:51STRATEGY. WE'LL UPDATE YOU ON

1:16:52THE WORK ON FINANCIAL

1:16:53ASSISTANCE AND NONRESIDENTIAL

1:16:55RATE METHODOLOGY. AND WE'LL

1:16:56WRAP THINGS UP WITH A QUICK

1:16:58UPDATE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF

1:16:59THE STREET DAMAGE RESTORATION

1:17:00FEE. AND THEN OF COURSE LEAVE

1:17:02TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND

1:17:03DISCUSSION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

1:17:06THIS IS THE TIMELINE FOR OUR

1:17:07WORK. WE SHARED THIS WITH YOU

1:17:09BEFORE FOR JULY AND AUGUST. NOW

1:17:11AS YOU'LL SEE THERE SHADED OUT

1:17:14AND OUR SEPTEMBER MILESTONE IS

1:17:16THIS MORNING'S PRESENTATION.

1:17:18NEXT YOU'LL SEE THAT THOUGH

1:17:19THERE WILL BE A NOTIFICATION

1:17:21ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION

1:17:22UTILITY FEE IN THE FALL UTILITY

1:17:23BILL MAILER. THIS IS JUST ONE

1:17:25OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'VE BEEN

1:17:27COLLABORATING WITH THE WATER

1:17:28BUREAU ON. WE ALSO EXPECT TO BE

1:17:30BACK BEFORE COUNCIL WITH A

1:17:31FINAL CLEANUP ORDINANCE AS WE

1:17:33GET READY FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

1:17:34YOU'LL SEE THAT IN NOVEMBER,

1:17:37WE'LL BE DOING ANOTHER UPDATE

1:17:38FOR UTILITIES IN THE FALL

1:17:40RELATED TO THE STREET DAMAGE

1:17:41RESTORATION FEE ALSO. AND YOU

1:17:42CAN SEE ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE

1:17:45TIMELINE THAT WE'VE BEEN

1:17:46WORKING ON, THE ADMINISTRATIVE

1:17:47RULES AND OTHER BEHIND THE

1:17:48SCENES WORK TO GET READY FOR

1:17:49THE STREET DAMAGE RESTORATION

1:17:50FEE OVER THE SUMMER. AND THAT

1:17:52WORK WILL BE CONTINUING ALL

1:17:53FALL. OF COURSE, JANUARY 1ST IS

1:17:56THE IMPLEMENTATION DATE FOR

1:17:57BOTH OF THE NEW REVENUE SOURCES.

1:18:00IN FEBRUARY, WE WILL HOLD A

1:18:02HEARING FOR THE NONRESIDENTIAL

1:18:04METHODOLOGY, AND ALSO IN

1:18:06FEBRUARY WILL BE HOSTING AN

1:18:07OPEN HOUSE IN EACH DISTRICT TO

1:18:08SHARE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT

1:18:10HOW THE REVENUE IS BEING

1:18:11INVESTED WITH THE PUBLIC. IN A

1:18:15MOMENT, GABE GRAF, OUR NEW

1:18:16PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS

1:18:17PROGRAM, WILL GO OVER THE

1:18:19INVESTMENT STRATEGY. HOWEVER,

1:18:21BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO GABE,

1:18:22WE HAVE STEPHANIE LANDRY HERE

1:18:24TO SAY A FEW WORDS. I BELIEVE

1:18:25STEFAN IS ONLINE AND STEFAN IS

1:18:29THE CHAIR OF THE FIXING OUR

1:18:30STREETS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

1:18:32THIS COMMITTEE PREVIOUSLY

1:18:34OVERSAW OUR WORK RELATED TO THE

1:18:35TEN CENT LOCAL GAS TAX AND THE

1:18:37HEAVY VEHICLE USE TAX. AND

1:18:38WHILE THEY'RE CONTINUING WITH

1:18:39THAT WORK, THEY'RE ALSO NOW

1:18:40TAKING ON THE OVERSIGHT OF

1:18:42THESE TWO LOCAL FUNDING SOURCES

1:18:44AS WELL. WE ARE INCREDIBLY

1:18:46GRATEFUL FOR STEFAN AND THE

1:18:47OTHER COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS WHO

1:18:49DEDICATE THEIR TIME AND ENERGY

1:18:50TO WORKING WITH US, ASKING US

1:18:52CRITICAL QUESTIONS, AND

1:18:53PROVIDING DIRECT COMMUNITY

1:18:55FEEDBACK. AND SO AGAIN, I

1:18:56BELIEVE STEFAN IS ONLINE AND I

1:18:58WILL PAUSE. OH, THERE HE IS.

1:19:00OKAY.

1:19:01>> WELCOME, STEFAN. HI.

1:19:02>> THANK YOU. SHOSHANA. I'M

1:19:05STEFAN. I AM ONE OF THE

1:19:08CO-CHAIRS OF THE FIXING OUR

1:19:09STREETS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

1:19:11I'M JUST GOING TO TOUCH QUICKLY

1:19:12ON OUR STRUCTURE, OUR MEMBERS,

1:19:13AND OUR PROCESS. SO WE HAVE

1:19:16ABOUT 15 FOLKS. MYSELF AND

1:19:20WAYNE BAUER ARE THE CO-CHAIRS.

1:19:22AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE SIX

1:19:24MEETINGS A YEAR TO DISCUSS

1:19:26UPDATES ON PROJECT SELECTION

1:19:28PROCESS AND PROJECT SELECTION

1:19:30PLAN, PROJECT SCOPES AND

1:19:32BUDGETS AND PROJECT SCOPE AND

1:19:34BUDGET CHANGES. AND AS

1:19:37CO-CHAIRS, WAYNE AND I MAKE

1:19:39RECOMMENDATIONS ON OUR

1:19:40MEETING'S AGENDA TO ENSURE THE

1:19:42COMMITTEE IS GIVEN A CLEAR

1:19:45UNDERSTANDING OF OUR

1:19:45COMMITTEE'S SCOPE AND THAT OUR

1:19:47COMMITTEE HAS TIME TO ASK

1:19:50QUESTIONS AND GIVE FEEDBACK

1:19:51DURING OUR MEETINGS. THE

1:19:54COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE CHOSEN BY

1:19:57PBOT, AND OUR MEMBERSHIP HAS

1:20:00DIVERSE EXPERIENCE AND COVERING

1:20:03A LOT OF DIFFERENT ROLES IN AND

1:20:05OUTSIDE OF THE TRANSPORTATION

1:20:08COMMUNITY. I MYSELF A CIVIL

1:20:10ENGINEER, MEMBERS OBTAIN THE

1:20:15MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE HAVE A

1:20:19GENUINE SUPPORT OF PBOT AND

1:20:21THEIR GOALS, BUT ALSO POSSESS A

1:20:23HEALTHY DOSE OF SKEPTICISM,

1:20:26WHICH. AND WE ARE NOT SHY TO

1:20:28RESPECTFULLY PUSH BACK ON ON

1:20:30CERTAIN DIRECTIONS. OUR MEMBERS

1:20:33ARE INVITED. WERE RECENTLY

1:20:35INVITED TO STEP DOWN IN ADVANCE

1:20:37OF THIS EXPANDED ROLE, WHICH IS

1:20:40NOW GOING TO COVER THE TWO NEW

1:20:43FEES. AND SO FAR, I DON'T

1:20:45BELIEVE ANYBODY HAS DONE THAT.

1:20:48AND THE MEMBERS ARE LOOKING

1:20:50FORWARD TO THE EXPANDED

1:20:53SERVICES AND PROJECTS THAT ARE

1:20:55GOING TO COME FROM THE NEW

1:20:57FUNDING SOURCES, AND THAT THE

1:21:00BYLAWS ARE. I'M NOT SURE

1:21:02THEY'RE EITHER IN THE PROCESS

1:21:03OF BEING UPDATED OR HAVE

1:21:04ALREADY OFFICIALLY BEEN UPDATED.

1:21:07LASTLY, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT

1:21:08OUR OUR PROCESS. OUR OVERSIGHT

1:21:11FOCUS IS CENTERED AROUND PBOT

1:21:14PROCESS IN TRANSLATING THE

1:21:15FUNDING INCREASE INTO

1:21:17MAINTAINING AND EXPANDING THE

1:21:19EXISTING SERVICE AND CAPITAL

1:21:21IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE

1:21:22RECEIVING FUNDING FROM THESE

1:21:25AFOREMENTIONED SERVICES. AND

1:21:27THE COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE

1:21:29CHANGES TO PREVIOUSLY AGREED ON

1:21:31PROJECTS AND PROJECT SCOPES.

1:21:35AND LASTLY, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE,

1:21:37HAVING PBOT PREPARE FOR AND

1:21:39PRESENT THEIR WORK TO OUR

1:21:42COMMITTEE ON THIS REGULAR BASIS

1:21:45IS BRINGING US CITIZENS, BOTH

1:21:47TAXPAYERS AND TRANSPORTATION

1:21:48SYSTEM USERS ALIKE, A GREAT

1:21:51VALUE BEFORE ANYONE ON THE

1:21:52COMMITTEE EVEN STARTS TO ASK

1:21:54THE FIRST QUESTION. SO THAT

1:21:56THAT IS HOW OUR COMMITTEE

1:21:58OPERATES. AND AND I'M HERE IF

1:21:59FOLKS HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON

1:22:01THAT. AND NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER

1:22:04TO GABE GRAF, WHO'S GOING TO

1:22:07DISCUSS THE PROGRAMING.

1:22:10>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOR THE

1:22:13RECORD, MY NAME IS GABE GRAF.

1:22:14I'M A CAPITAL PROJECT MANAGER

1:22:15AT THE PORTLAND BUREAU OF

1:22:17TRANSPORTATION, AND I'M THE

1:22:18PROJECT MANAGER. STANDING UP

1:22:19THIS TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FEE

1:22:20AND STREET DAMAGE RESTORATION

1:22:22FEE. I APPRECIATE THE

1:22:24OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH

1:22:25AN UPDATE ON OUR WORK ON THE

1:22:27NEW LOCAL FUNDING PROGRAMS. AS

1:22:30DC WILLIAMS AND SHOSHANAH

1:22:31MENTIONED, WHEN WE LAST UPDATED

1:22:32THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, WE

1:22:34SHARED HOW THE TRANSPORTATION

1:22:36UTILITY FUND WAS BEING INVESTED

1:22:37IN OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR

1:22:39BUDGET AND PROMISED TO RETURN

1:22:40WITH AN INVESTMENT STRATEGY

1:22:42PROVIDING MORE DETAILS ON HOW

1:22:43PBOT WILL INVEST FUNDS FROM

1:22:44BOTH THE TRANSPORTATION UTILITY

1:22:46FEE AND THE STREET DAMAGE

1:22:47RESTORATION FEE. LOOKING

1:22:48FORWARD TO NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

1:22:50OUR FIRST FULL YEAR OF REVENUE

1:22:52COLLECTION, AND THANKS TO THE

1:22:54HARD WORK OF MANY TEAMS, I'M

1:22:55PLEASED TO SHARE THAT WE HAVE

1:22:57COMPLETED THIS INVESTMENT

1:22:58STRATEGY THAT WAS GUIDED BY

1:23:00COUNCIL DIRECTIVES WHEN

1:23:01ENACTING THESE REVENUES. OVER

1:23:03THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I'LL WALK

1:23:04YOU THROUGH THE STRATEGY AND

1:23:05THE SIX PROGRAMMATIC FUNDING

1:23:07AREAS AND OUR PROJECTED

1:23:08INVESTMENTS IN EACH FOR THE

1:23:09NEXT FISCAL YEAR. WE'VE ALSO

1:23:11INCLUDED THE FULL STRATEGY AS

1:23:12AN EXHIBIT. SHOULD YOU WISH TO

1:23:14DELVE FURTHER. NEXT SLIDE.

1:23:16THANK YOU. THE INVESTMENT

1:23:19STRATEGY SPEAKS TO THE

1:23:20INVESTMENT REVENUES FROM BOTH

1:23:21THE TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FEE

1:23:23AND THE STREET DAMAGE

1:23:24RESTORATION FEE. IN ALL CASES,

1:23:26WE GROUNDED OUR WORK IN COUNCIL

1:23:27DIRECTION PROVIDED IN APRIL. BY

1:23:29THIS DIRECTION, 100% OF THE

1:23:31REVENUES FROM THE STREET DAMAGE

1:23:33RESTORATION FEE ARE TO BE

1:23:34INVESTED IN PAVEMENT

1:23:35MAINTENANCE AND COORDINATION.

1:23:37TO THIS END, WE HAVE

1:23:38ESTABLISHED A DEDICATED STREET

1:23:39DAMAGE RESTORATION FUND THAT

1:23:41WILL HOUSE THESE REVENUES AND

1:23:43INVEST IN THIS MUCH NEEDED WORK.

1:23:46CAN I GET THE NEXT SLIDE? THANK

1:23:47YOU. SIMILARLY, FOR THE

1:23:49TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FEE, WE

1:23:50HAVE ESTABLISHED A

1:23:51TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FUND

1:23:53WHICH WILL HOUSE THE REVENUES

1:23:54FOR THIS FEE BRINGS IN AND WILL

1:23:56INVEST IN CATEGORIES OF WORK

1:23:57PER COUNCIL DIRECTION AND THE

1:23:59ORDINANCE THAT ESTABLISHED THE

1:24:00FEE. YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT OUR

1:24:02DIRECTION WAS TO DEDICATE THREE

1:24:04QUARTERS OF ALL THE REVENUES IN

1:24:05THE TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FUND

1:24:08TO MAINTAINING AND PRESERVING

1:24:09OUR TRANSPORTATION

1:24:10INFRASTRUCTURE. AS SHARED

1:24:12PREVIOUSLY, THIS FUNDING HAS

1:24:12BEEN CRITICAL IN AVOIDING

1:24:13SEVERE CUTS IN OUR FIVE YEAR

1:24:16FORECAST AND STABILIZING OUR

1:24:17MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS

1:24:18PROGRAM. ONE QUARTER OF THE

1:24:21REVENUE IS DEDICATED TO SAFETY,

1:24:22WITH AN EVEN SPLIT BETWEEN

1:24:23VISION ZERO SAFETY WORK 12.5%

1:24:26AND ON OBJECTIVES OUTLINED BY

1:24:28COUNCIL FOR THE SIDEWALK

1:24:29IMPROVEMENT AND PAVING PROGRAM,

1:24:31OR CIP. ALSO AT 12.5%. THE

1:24:34PROGRAMING OF THIS SAFETY

1:24:35FUNDING BUILDS OFF PRIOR GOOD

1:24:37WORK IN BOTH THESE PROGRAM

1:24:38AREAS. NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU.

1:24:43THIS TABLE OUTLINES THE FULL

1:24:44INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK FOR FISCAL

1:24:46YEAR 2027 AND 2028 ACROSS THE

1:24:48STREET DAMAGE RESTORATION FUND

1:24:50AND THE TRANSPORTATION UTILITY

1:24:52FUND. BEGINNING WITH THE STREET

1:24:53DAMAGE RESTORATION FUND, YOU'LL

1:24:54SEE THAT PROJECTED REVENUES ARE

1:24:56ENTIRELY DEDICATED TO PAVEMENT

1:24:58MAINTENANCE AND COORDINATION.

1:25:01WE ARE PROGRAMING THIS $10.7

1:25:03MILLION FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR AS

1:25:05CONTINGENCY IN OUR BUDGET DUE

1:25:07TO FORECAST UNCERTAINTY

1:25:08SPECIFIC TO THIS FUND. WORKING

1:25:10DOWN THE TABLE FOR THE

1:25:11TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FUND,

1:25:13THREE FOURTHS OF THE REVENUE

1:25:14AGAIN IS DEDICATED TO

1:25:15MAINTENANCE WORK WITH 15.7

1:25:17MILLION FOR PAVEMENT

1:25:19MAINTENANCE, 3.2 MILLION FOR

1:25:20PAVEMENT STRIPING MAINTENANCE,

1:25:238.1 MILLION FOR SIGNAL AND

1:25:24STREET LIGHT MAINTENANCE, AND

1:25:265.1 MILLION FOR LOCAL STREET

1:25:28CLEANING. ON THE SAFETY SIDE,

1:25:3025% DEDICATION WORKS OUT TO 5.3

1:25:33MILLION FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO

1:25:35BE INVESTED IN VISION ZERO WORK,

1:25:36AND ANOTHER 5.3 MILLION TO BE

1:25:39INVESTED IN SIDEWALKS AND

1:25:40ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS CONSISTENT

1:25:42WITH CIP. FINALLY, WE ARE

1:25:43BUDGETING $4 MILLION FOR NEXT

1:25:45FISCAL YEAR AND THE

1:25:46TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FUND

1:25:47PROGRAM CONTINGENCY TO ALLOW

1:25:49FOR REVENUE IMPACTS FROM

1:25:50PROPOSED METHODOLOGY CHANGES

1:25:52THAT MARK WILL TALK ABOUT

1:25:54EXTENDING LOW INCOME DISCOUNT

1:25:55TENANT TO TENANTS IN

1:25:56MULTIFAMILY UNITS NOT ELIGIBLE

1:25:58FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER

1:25:59THE CITY'S EXISTING FINANCIAL

1:26:01ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, WHICH

1:26:02CYNTHIA WILL DISCUSS AND

1:26:04FORECAST UNCERTAINTY WITH THE

1:26:05FUND. ALL TOLD, THE INVESTMENT

1:26:07STRATEGY DETAILS 57.4 MILLION

1:26:10IN INVESTMENT IN THE NEXT

1:26:11FISCAL YEAR. CAN I GET THE NEXT

1:26:15SLIDE? THANK YOU. NOW I'LL

1:26:17PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF EACH OF

1:26:18THE SIX PROGRAMMATIC INVESTMENT

1:26:20AREAS, STARTING WITH THE

1:26:21LARGEST CATEGORY WHICH IS

1:26:22PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE. HERE

1:26:24YOU'LL SEE WE'RE PROGRAMING UP

1:26:26TO $26.4 MILLION IN THIS

1:26:27CATEGORY FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR,

1:26:29INCLUDING THE $10.7 MILLION OF

1:26:31FUNDING FROM THE STREET DAMAGE

1:26:32RESTORATION FUND, WHICH WE ARE

1:26:33SHOWING AS CONTINGENCY. THIS

1:26:36CATEGORY OF WORK IS FOCUSED ON

1:26:37PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE, INCLUDING

1:26:39GRIND AND PAVES SEALS,

1:26:41INCLUDING CRACK SEALS AND

1:26:42SLURRY SEALS, WHICH PROLONG THE

1:26:44LIFE OF EXISTING PAVEMENT BY

1:26:45PREVENTING WATER FROM GETTING

1:26:47THROUGH BASE REPAIR. WHERE WE

1:26:49TACKLE SEGMENTS OF ROAD WHERE

1:26:50WATER HAS GOTTEN THROUGH, AND

1:26:52DAMAGE TO THE SUPPORTING

1:26:53STRUCTURE UNDERNEATH THE

1:26:53ROADWAY SURFACE FILLING

1:26:56POTHOLES. AND WE ALSO WILL BE

1:26:58EVALUATING CONTRACTING OUT MORE

1:26:59COMPLEX AND CHALLENGING PAVING

1:27:01PROJECTS TO LOCAL CONTRACTORS

1:27:03UTILIZING THAT STREET DAMAGE

1:27:05RESTORATION FUND. AND ALL THE

1:27:09CATEGORIES WILL BE DISCUSSING

1:27:10TODAY. THE TEAM HAS PUT TIME

1:27:12INTO THINKING ABOUT HOW TO

1:27:13PRIORITIZE PROJECTS AND

1:27:15MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES ACROSS

1:27:15THE CITY. YOU'LL SEE THESE

1:27:18CRITERIA IN EACH OF THESE

1:27:19SLIDES FOR EACH OF THESE SIX

1:27:21PROGRAMMATIC AREAS FOR PAVING,

1:27:23WORK WILL BE SPREAD ACROSS ALL

1:27:24FOUR DISTRICTS IN THE CATEGORY,

1:27:26WITH A FOCUS ON STREETS OF

1:27:28CITYWIDE SIGNIFICANCE. THESE

1:27:29ARE STREETS THAT PLAY CRITICAL

1:27:30ROLES IN MOVING PEOPLE AND

1:27:31GOODS ACROSS PORTLAND. THESE

1:27:33STREETS SUPPORT TRANSIT, HIGH

1:27:34VOLUME TRAVEL, FREIGHT MOVEMENT,

1:27:36EMERGENCY RESPONSE, AND

1:27:38NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS, WHICH

1:27:39ARE OUR PRIORITY PEDESTRIAN AND

1:27:40BICYCLE ROUTES. WE ALSO LOOK

1:27:43FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO FURTHER

1:27:44OUR SAFETY WORK AND LEVERAGE

1:27:45OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR SISTER

1:27:47BUREAUS ACROSS PUBLIC WORKS AND

1:27:48OTHER PARTNERS. OUR POTHOLE

1:27:50WORK IS RESPONSIVE BASED ON

1:27:52COMMUNITY REPORTS AND REGULAR

1:27:53STAFF ASSESSMENTS, AND I'LL

1:27:55NOTE THAT OUR LONG TERM GOAL IS

1:27:56TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM TIMELY

1:27:58PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE,

1:27:58PREVENTING THE POTHOLES FROM

1:28:00DEVELOPING IN THE FIRST PLACE.

1:28:02ON ALL CATEGORIES OF WORK WE'LL

1:28:03BE DISCUSSING TODAY, WE ARE

1:28:05COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENT

1:28:06REPORTING, AND YOU'LL SEE HERE

1:28:08OUR REPORTING METRICS IN THIS

1:28:10CATEGORY ARE LANE MILES PAVED

1:28:11AND THE NUMBER OF POTHOLES

1:28:13FILLED. MOVING ON TO SIGNALS

1:28:18AND STREET LIGHTS. THIS WORK IS

1:28:20ALSO IN THE MAINTENANCE

1:28:21CATEGORY, ALSO FUNDED BY THE

1:28:23TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FEE,

1:28:24WITH $8.1 MILLION PROGRAMED IN

1:28:26NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THE WORK WILL

1:28:28BE FOCUSED ON A FEW AREAS

1:28:30REPAIRING STREETLIGHT,

1:28:31KNOCKDOWNS AND VANDALISM,

1:28:33APPLYING PROTECTIVE COATINGS TO

1:28:34STREET LIGHTS AND SIGNAL AND

1:28:36RAPID FLASHING BEACON

1:28:38MAINTENANCE AND RECONSTRUCTION.

1:28:40LIKE ALL OF MAINTENANCE WORK,

1:28:41WHILE THIS IS MAINTENANCE IN

1:28:43THE MAINTENANCE CATEGORY, THERE

1:28:44ARE CLEAR SAFETY BENEFITS TO

1:28:45THESE INVESTMENTS AS WELL. THE

1:28:48SIGNALS AND STREET LIGHTING

1:28:49LIGHTING MAINTENANCE TEAM IS

1:28:51COORDINATING CLOSELY WITH OUR

1:28:52VISION ZERO TEAM TO LEVERAGE

1:28:54OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE SAFETY

1:28:55ALONGSIDE MAINTENANCE WORK.

1:28:58WORK IN THIS CATEGORY WILL ALSO

1:28:59BE SPREAD ACROSS ALL FOUR

1:29:00DISTRICTS, WITH WORK

1:29:02PRIORITIZED BASED ON THE ASSET

1:29:03CONDITION, HOW LONG THE

1:29:04DISREPAIR HAS LASTED, AND

1:29:05WHETHER THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN

1:29:07QUESTION IS ON OUR HIGH CRASH

1:29:08NETWORK FOR PERFORMANCE METRICS

1:29:10IN THIS INVESTMENT CATEGORY, WE

1:29:12WILL TRACK THE NUMBER OF

1:29:13SIGNALS REBUILT AND STREET

1:29:14LIGHTS REPAIRED OR REPAINTED.

1:29:21STARTING NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THE

1:29:22TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FUND

1:29:23WILL ENSURE OUR LONG LINE

1:29:25PAVEMENT MARKINGS ARE WELL

1:29:26MAINTAINED ACROSS THE CITY. THE

1:29:30$3.2 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR

1:29:31FISCAL YEAR 2027 AND 2028 WILL

1:29:34ALLOW THE BUREAU TO PERFORM

1:29:35TWICE YEARLY STRIPING

1:29:36MAINTENANCE ON THE LONG YELLOW

1:29:38AND WHITE LANES ACROSS PORTLAND,

1:29:41ROUGHLY 4100 MILES OF THEM.

1:29:43THIS REFRESHED STRIPING WILL BE

1:29:45RETROREFLECTIVE, IMPROVING

1:29:46VISIBILITY AT NIGHT AND IN THE

1:29:48RAIN. CREWS WILL PERFORM A

1:29:49THIRD RESTRIPING REFRESH ON

1:29:51PRIORITY HIGH CRASH CORRIDORS

1:29:53LIKE MARINE DRIVE FOR THESE

1:29:55INVESTMENT AREAS. FOR THIS

1:29:56INVESTMENT AREA, WE WILL REPORT

1:29:57ON THE TOTAL LANE MILES STRIPED.

1:29:59AND I'LL JUST NOTE THAT PBOT

1:30:00HAS SEPARATELY FUNDED PROGRAMS

1:30:02FOR OTHER PAVEMENT MARKING

1:30:03MAINTENANCE, LIKE THE

1:30:05REFRESHING OF CROSSWALK

1:30:06MARKINGS AND OF SHARROWS AND

1:30:08THAT KIND OF THING. NEXT SLIDE.

1:30:12NOW ON TO LOCAL STREET CLEANING.

1:30:14OUR LOCAL STREET SWEEPING

1:30:16PROGRAM WAS ELIMINATED IN

1:30:17FISCAL YEAR 2020 324 DUE TO

1:30:20SEVERE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, AND

1:30:22WE'RE PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO

1:30:23RESTORE AND EXPAND THE PROGRAM

1:30:24THANKS TO THE TRANSPORTATION

1:30:26UTILITY FUND, WHICH WILL FULLY

1:30:27FUND THE PROGRAM IN FISCAL YEAR

1:30:292020 728 WITH $5.1 MILLION.

1:30:32WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN GEARING UP

1:30:34FOR THIS WORK, WHICH WILL CLEAN

1:30:35LOCAL STREETS MULTIPLE TIMES

1:30:36PER YEAR STARTING NEXT FISCAL

1:30:38YEAR. STREET SWEEPING EQUIPMENT

1:30:40IS SPECIALIZED AND HAS LONG

1:30:41LEAD TIMES, AND WE HAVE ALREADY

1:30:43ORDERED FOUR NEW STREET

1:30:43SWEEPERS TO GET READY, WITH ONE

1:30:46ALREADY IN THE LOT. OUR

1:30:47PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR THIS

1:30:48WORK ARE THE NUMBER OF LOCAL

1:30:50STREET LANE MILES SWEPT. AND

1:30:56I'LL NOTE, SIMILAR TO THE

1:30:57STRIPING THAT WE HAVE

1:30:58SEPARATELY FUNDED STREET

1:30:59CLEANING PROGRAMS FOR MAJOR

1:31:01ARTERIAL STREETS AND FOR THE

1:31:02DOWNTOWN CORE. AND OUR BIKE

1:31:04LANE SWEEP SWEEPING PROGRAM IS

1:31:05ALSO SEPARATELY FUNDED AND

1:31:07SUPPORTED BY PCEF. NEXT SLIDE.

1:31:11AND NOW WE MOVE TO THE SAFETY

1:31:12CATEGORY AND THE SIDEWALKS AND

1:31:15ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS INVESTMENT

1:31:16AREA. HERE WE HAVE $5.3 MILLION

1:31:19PROGRAMED IN NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

1:31:20THIS WORK IS INFORMED BY THE

1:31:22PRIOR WORK ON THE SIDEWALK

1:31:23IMPROVEMENT AND PAVING PROGRAM,

1:31:24OR CIP. OUR PROJECT SELECTION

1:31:27HERE BUILDS OFF EXISTING PLANS

1:31:28SUCH AS PED PDX, WITH A CAREFUL

1:31:30LOOK TO PROJECT READINESS SO WE

1:31:32CAN STRETCH OUR LIMITED DOLLARS

1:31:33AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. INITIALLY,

1:31:35THESE FUNDS WILL BE FOCUSED ON

1:31:37A FEW SIDEWALK INFILL PROJECTS

1:31:38LIKE THE ONE YOU SEE ON

1:31:39SOUTHEAST FLAVEL, PICTURED HERE

1:31:41FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE

1:31:43PROGRAM. WE'VE IDENTIFIED

1:31:44SHOVEL READY SMALL PROJECTS IN

1:31:46DISTRICTS ONE AND FOUR THAT WE

1:31:47ARE ABLE TO COMPLETE EASILY.

1:31:50LOOKING FORWARD, WE ARE

1:31:51DRAFTING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE

1:31:52LIST OF POTENTIAL SIDEWALK AND

1:31:54ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY PROJECTS,

1:31:56BUILDING OFF PREVIOUSLY

1:31:58PREVIOUS PLANNING AND

1:31:59ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS, AND WE'LL

1:32:00BE SHARING THIS LONGER LIST AND

1:32:02GATHERING FEEDBACK ON IT

1:32:03THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY

1:32:04ENGAGEMENT AT OUR FEBRUARY OPEN

1:32:06HOUSES PLAN FOR EACH DISTRICT.

1:32:08OUR PERFORMANCE METRICS IN THIS

1:32:09CATEGORY ARE THE NUMBER OF

1:32:10SIDEWALK AND ALTERNATIVE

1:32:11PATHWAY PROJECTS BUILT. AND

1:32:14LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR FINAL

1:32:16INVESTMENT AREAS IN VISION ZERO.

1:32:18WITH $5.3 MILLION PROGRAMED IN

1:32:20NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WITH FUNDS

1:32:22SUPPORTING BOTH PROGRAMMATIC

1:32:23AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS. ON THE

1:32:25PROGRAMMATIC SIDE, WE ARE

1:32:25INVESTING IN SAFETY ANALYSIS,

1:32:27PROJECT IDENTIFICATION AND

1:32:28DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY

1:32:30ENGAGEMENT, AND SAFETY

1:32:31EVALUATIONS THAT ENSURE OUR

1:32:32CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN SAFETY

1:32:34ARE HAVING THE DESIRED RESULTS.

1:32:39THE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN

1:32:40VISION ZERO CATEGORY FOR THIS

1:32:41FISCAL YEAR ARE FOCUSED ON HIGH

1:32:43CRASH INTERSECTIONS AND

1:32:44SEGMENTS, WHERE WE CAN MAKE THE

1:32:45MOST COST EFFECTIVE

1:32:46IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL MAKE OUR

1:32:48STREETS SAFER. WE WILL HAVE

1:32:50ADDITIONAL CANDIDATE SMALL

1:32:51SCALE VISION ZERO PROJECTS TO

1:32:52SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC. ALSO

1:32:54THIS FEBRUARY DURING OUR ROUND

1:32:55OF PUBLIC OPEN HOUSES. LIKE ALL

1:32:57OUR VISION ZERO WORK, THESE

1:32:58PROJECTS WILL BE DATA DRIVEN

1:33:00AND FOCUSED ON THE HIGH CRASH

1:33:01NETWORK. OUR. LIKE I SAID, OUR

1:33:04VISION ZERO WORK IS DATA DRIVEN

1:33:05AT EVERY LEVEL, INCLUDING

1:33:07PROJECT PRIORITIZATION,

1:33:08PRIORITIZATION, AND WILL BE

1:33:09FOCUSED IN THIS CATEGORY ON OUR

1:33:11HIGH INJURY ROAD SEGMENTS. OUR

1:33:13PERFORMANCE METRICS WILL BE THE

1:33:14NUMBER OF HIGH CRASH

1:33:16INTERSECTIONS AND HIGH CRASH

1:33:17ROADWAY SEGMENTS IMPROVED. AND

1:33:20I'LL HAND IT OVER TO CYNTHIA.

1:33:22>> THANK YOU GABE. FOR THE

1:33:24RECORD, MY NAME IS CYNTHIA

1:33:25CASTRO AND I'M PBOT POLICY AND

1:33:27SPECIAL PROJECTS ANALYST. IT IS

1:33:29A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY TO

1:33:30UPDATE YOU ON THE PROGRESS OF

1:33:32OUR WORK TO FULFILL COUNCIL'S

1:33:33DIRECTION RELATED TO

1:33:34TRANSPORTATION, UTILITY FEE.

1:33:35FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. NEXT

1:33:37SLIDE. THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES

1:33:39DIRECTIVES FROM THE

1:33:40TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FEE

1:33:41ADOPTION ORDINANCE THAT HAVE

1:33:42BEEN GUIDING OUR WORK. THE CITY

1:33:44HAS EXISTING UTILITY FINANCIAL

1:33:45ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE

1:33:47TO INCOME, QUALIFIED SINGLE

1:33:48FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS, AND

1:33:50REGULATED, AFFORDABLE

1:33:51MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL

1:33:52PROPERTIES THAT WILL EXTEND TO

1:33:53THE TOUGH. WE ARE TASKED WITH

1:33:55ENSURING THAT INCOME QUALIFIED

1:33:57MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTS WHO DO

1:33:58NOT. WHO ARE NOT DIRECTLY

1:33:59BILLED FOR WATER, SEWER AND

1:34:01STORMWATER SERVICES AND ARE

1:34:02THEREFORE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE

1:34:04EXISTING CITY UTILITY.

1:34:05FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

1:34:06RECEIVE AN EQUIVALENT DISCOUNT

1:34:07PROVIDED TO SINGLE FAMILY

1:34:08RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNTS. PROVIDING

1:34:11FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE DIRECTLY

1:34:13TO MULTIFAMILY TENANTS IS A

1:34:14CHALLENGE THAT OUR UTILITY

1:34:15BUREAU AND WATER UTILITIES

1:34:16NATIONALLY, NATIONALLY HAVE

1:34:17GRAPPLED WITH FOR YEARS. THIS

1:34:19IS BECAUSE WATER, SEWER AND

1:34:21STORMWATER CHARGES ARE

1:34:22FREQUENTLY MASTER METERED AND

1:34:23EMBEDDED IN RENT, WHICH MEANS

1:34:27MOST TRADITIONAL BILL DISCOUNT

1:34:29PROGRAMS MISS INDIVIDUAL

1:34:30TENANTS ENTIRELY. TO INFORM OUR

1:34:32WORK TO DEVELOP APPROACHES FOR

1:34:34PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION

1:34:35UTILITY FEE FINANCIAL

1:34:36ASSISTANCE DIRECTLY TO

1:34:38MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTS, WE WERE

1:34:39DIRECTED TO CONSULT WITH THE

1:34:40CITY'S DATA AND PRIVACY OFFICE

1:34:42AND TO ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY

1:34:43BASED ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFITS,

1:34:46NONPROFITS, RENTERS RIGHTS

1:34:48ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE PORTLAND

1:34:49UTILITY BOARD. FINALLY, WE ARE

1:34:51TO PROVIDE A REPORT AND

1:34:52RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL ON

1:34:53OPTIONS FOR ASSISTANCE,

1:34:55DISCOUNT AMOUNTS, AND DELIVERY

1:34:56METHODS BY DECEMBER 31ST OF

1:34:57THIS YEAR. OUR GOAL TODAY IS TO

1:35:00PROVIDE YOU UPDATES ON OUR ON

1:35:01OUR PROGRESS. NEXT SLIDE. HERE

1:35:04ARE ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION

1:35:06UTILITY FEE FINANCIAL

1:35:07ASSISTANCE DIRECTIVES FROM THE

1:35:08ORDINANCE THAT ARE RELATED TO

1:35:10IMPLEMENTATION. WE ARE TO

1:35:11PROVIDE A SIMPLE AND ACCESSIBLE

1:35:12APPLICATION PROCESS WITH

1:35:13OPTIONS FOR ONLINE, IN-PERSON

1:35:15AND COMMUNITY BASED ASSISTANCE.

1:35:17RESIDENTS APPROVED FOR THE

1:35:18RELIEF SHALL REMAIN ELIGIBLE

1:35:19FOR A PERIOD OF NO LESS THAN

1:35:21TWO YEARS BEFORE THEY ARE

1:35:22REQUIRED TO RECERTIFY, AND

1:35:24WHATEVER PROGRAM WE ESTABLISH

1:35:25WILL NOT BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS

1:35:27RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF IT AND

1:35:28CAN ACCESS IT. TO HELP ACHIEVE

1:35:30THIS, WE ARE TO CONDUCT

1:35:32OUTREACH AND PARTNER WITH

1:35:33COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS

1:35:34TO SPREAD THE WORD. NEXT SLIDE.

1:35:38THIS IS A SLIDE TO REMIND YOU

1:35:40OF THE CITY'S EXISTING UTILITY

1:35:41FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS,

1:35:43AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT OF

1:35:44DISCOUNTS PROVIDED TO RESIDENTS

1:35:45THROUGH EACH INDIVIDUAL PROGRAM.

1:35:47THE FIGURES YOU SEE ON THIS

1:35:48SLIDE ARE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.

1:35:51I WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THE TWO

1:35:52PROGRAMS ON THE FAR LEFT LINKE

1:35:54AND RAMP, AS THEY ARE THE MOST

1:35:56RELEVANT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION

1:35:57UTILITY FEE. I WILL TAKE A

1:35:58MOMENT, THOUGH, TO MENTION THAT

1:35:59THE UTILITY BUREAU ALSO OFFERS

1:36:01THE CRISIS PROGRAM, WHICH

1:36:02PROVIDES ONE TIME VOUCHERS FOR

1:36:04CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE HAD A

1:36:05PERSONAL CRISIS THAT AFFECTED

1:36:06THEIR ABILITY TO PAY THEIR BILL,

1:36:08AND THE CLEAN RIVER REWARDS

1:36:09PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES A

1:36:10DISCOUNT TO RATEPAYERS WHO

1:36:12SAFELY MANAGE STORMWATER ON

1:36:13THEIR PROPERTY. YOU'LL SEE THE

1:36:16BUREAU OF PLANNING

1:36:17SUSTAINABILITY LOGO ON THE

1:36:18SLIDE, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE

1:36:19BUREAU'S NEW GARBAGE BILLING

1:36:20FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS

1:36:22ALSO PARTNERING WITH THE

1:36:23UTILITY BILL TO PROVIDE

1:36:24DISCOUNTS TO SINGLE FAMILY

1:36:26GARBAGE CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS. NEXT

1:36:28SLIDE. LINK IS THE SINGLE

1:36:31FAMILY, LOW INCOME DISCOUNT

1:36:32PROGRAM OFFERED BY THE UTILITY

1:36:34BILL BY THE UTILITY BUREAU. THE

1:36:36LINK DISCOUNT IS AVAILABLE TO

1:36:37LOW INCOME, QUALIFIED SINGLE

1:36:39FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UTILITY

1:36:41CUSTOMERS. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE

1:36:43APPROXIMATELY 12000 ACTIVE LINK

1:36:45PARTICIPANTS. WHAT THIS MEANS

1:36:46FOR THE TRANSPORTATION UTILITY

1:36:48FEE IS LINK PARTICIPANTS WILL

1:36:50AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE THE

1:36:51DISCOUNT, SO NO ADDITIONAL

1:36:53APPLICATION OR STEPS ARE

1:36:54REQUIRED OF LINK PARTICIPANTS.

1:36:56TO RECEIVE THE DISCOUNT.

1:36:58PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE A 50%

1:37:00DISCOUNT, WHICH IS $6 PER MONTH.

1:37:02LINK ALREADY OFFERS ONLINE AND

1:37:04PAPER APPLICATIONS AND

1:37:06COMMUNITY BASED ASSISTANCE

1:37:07OPTIONS, WHICH ALIGNS WITH

1:37:08COUNCIL'S DIRECTIONS FOR

1:37:10FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. LINK ALSO

1:37:12REQUIRES PARTICIPANTS TO

1:37:14RECERTIFY EVERY TWO YEARS. THIS

1:37:15WILL BE THE SAME FOR THE

1:37:17TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FEE

1:37:18DISCOUNT APPLIED THROUGH THE

1:37:19LINK PROGRAM. NEXT SLIDE. THE

1:37:23UTILITY BUREAU ALSO MANAGES THE

1:37:25REGULATED AFFORDABLE

1:37:26MULTIFAMILY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM,

1:37:27ALSO KNOWN AS RAMP. RAMP

1:37:30PROVIDES UTILITY BILL DISCOUNTS

1:37:31FOR MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES

1:37:33APPROVED THROUGH THE HOUSING

1:37:34BUREAU'S NONPROFIT LOW INCOME

1:37:35HOUSING LIMITED EXEMPTION

1:37:38PROGRAM, WITH THE EXPECTATION

1:37:39THAT THEY WILL PASS THE

1:37:40DISCOUNT SAVINGS TO THEIR

1:37:41TENANTS. THERE ARE 194

1:37:43PROPERTIES PARTICIPATING IN

1:37:45RAMP, REACHING OVER 11,500

1:37:47UNITS. THOSE PROPERTIES

1:37:49PARTICIPATING IN RAMP WILL

1:37:50AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE THE

1:37:51TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FEE

1:37:53DISCOUNT. SO AGAIN, THEY DO NOT

1:37:54NEED THEY DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE

1:37:56ANY ADDITIONAL STEPS. THEY WILL

1:37:58RECEIVE A 50% DISCOUNT, WHICH

1:38:00AMOUNTS TO $4.20 PER MONTH PER

1:38:02DWELLING UNIT. RAMP HAS THEIR

1:38:04OWN PROGRAM GUIDELINES THAT WE

1:38:05WILL FOLLOW, INCLUDING THEIR

1:38:06ANNUAL RECERTIFICATION

1:38:08RECERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.

1:38:09NEXT SLIDE. NOW I WILL TALK

1:38:12ABOUT OUR WORK TO DEVELOP

1:38:13APPROACHES TO PROVIDE

1:38:14TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FEE,

1:38:15FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INCOME

1:38:17QUALIFIED MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTS

1:38:18WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE

1:38:20FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

1:38:21I'VE JUST MENTIONED, BECAUSE

1:38:22THEY ARE NOT DIRECTLY CHARGED

1:38:24FOR WATER, SEWER, AND

1:38:25STORMWATER SERVICES. I WANT TO

1:38:27ACKNOWLEDGE THE TEAM BEHIND

1:38:28THIS WORK, INCLUDING MY PBOT

1:38:30COLLEAGUES, ADRIANA AGUILAR AND

1:38:32ANGEL ORTIZ. OUR TEAM ALSO

1:38:34CONSULTED KENNY SCOTT, THE

1:38:35WATER BUREAU'S FINANCIAL

1:38:37ASSISTANCE PROGRAM MANAGER,

1:38:38THROUGHOUT OUR PROCESS. KENNY

1:38:39HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS RESOURCE

1:38:41AND SOUNDING BOARD, AND WE

1:38:42GREATLY APPRECIATE HIS ONGOING

1:38:44PARTNERSHIP. BEGINNING IN JUNE,

1:38:48WE REVIEWED ONLINE RESEARCH OF

1:38:49EXISTING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

1:38:50AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE PROGRAMS.

1:38:52WE LOOKED AT TRANSPORTATION,

1:38:54UTILITY FEES, SPECIFIC DISCOUNT

1:38:55PROGRAMS, UTILITY BILL DISCOUNT

1:38:57SPECIFIC SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, AND

1:38:59OTHER LOW INCOME DISCOUNT AND

1:39:01COMMUNITY RESOURCE PROGRAMS.

1:39:03MORE BROADLY, IN THE EARLY

1:39:05STAGES OF OUR WORK, OUR TEAM

1:39:06MET WITH STAFF FROM THE CITY

1:39:08DATA AND PRIVACY OFFICE WHO

1:39:09SHARED RESOURCES RELATED TO

1:39:10DATA PROTECTION, BEST PRACTICES,

1:39:12AND PROVIDED DIRECTION ABOUT

1:39:13THE KINDS OF PROGRAM

1:39:14INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO

1:39:16CONTEMPLATE. AND IT HAS HELPED,

1:39:17AND THAT IS HELPFUL FOR THEM TO

1:39:19ADVISE US. WE ALSO MET WITH

1:39:21REPRESENTATIVES OF SEVERAL

1:39:22ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS TO

1:39:24LEARN ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES

1:39:25WITH PROVIDING FINANCIAL

1:39:27ASSISTANCE AND OTHER COMMUNITY

1:39:28RESOURCES. THIS INCLUDED SOME

1:39:30INTERNAL PROGRAMS LIKE THE

1:39:31BUREAU OF PLANNING AND

1:39:32SUSTAINABILITY, GARBAGE BILLING,

1:39:34FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM,

1:39:35AND PBOT TRANSPORTATION WALLET

1:39:37ACCESS FOR ALL PROGRAM, AS WELL

1:39:39AS OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE

1:39:40THE CITY OF HILLSBORO, THE CITY

1:39:42OF AUSTIN AND SUMA. THERE WERE

1:39:44SOME THEMES THAT STOOD OUT TO

1:39:46US THROUGH OUR RESEARCH FOR

1:39:47TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FEE

1:39:49DISCOUNTS, WE SAW A RELIANCE ON

1:39:50BILLS TO APPLY THE DISCOUNT,

1:39:52WHICH STILL EXCLUDES TENANTS

1:39:53NOT DIRECTLY BILLED. WE SAW

1:39:55APPROACHES BASED ON INCOME,

1:39:57QUALIFICATION AND OTHER

1:39:58APPROACHES THAT ARE BASED ON

1:39:59INCENTIVIZING BEHAVIOR CHANGE.

1:40:01MANY CITIES HAVE SPENT YEARS,

1:40:03IF NOT DECADES, LOOKING INTO

1:40:04SOLUTIONS TO PROVIDE

1:40:05MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTS WHO ARE

1:40:07NOT DIRECTLY BILLED FOR WATER

1:40:08SERVICES WITH FINANCIAL

1:40:09ASSISTANCE. WE'VE SEEN CASES

1:40:11WHERE PROGRAMS WERE IMPLEMENTED

1:40:12WITH A PHASED APPROACH TO FINE

1:40:14TUNE AS THEY LEARN AND ADAPT

1:40:16OVER TIME. WE ALSO LOOKED AT

1:40:18HOW FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

1:40:19PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED, AND FOUND

1:40:20THAT MANY PROGRAMS MAY SET

1:40:22STANDARD RATES HIGHER TO FUND

1:40:23FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

1:40:24AND OR ADD SURCHARGES. NEXT

1:40:27SLIDE. THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT

1:40:30DISCOUNT APPROACHES THAT EMERGE

1:40:31IN OUR PROCESS. THE FIRST IS A

1:40:33PROPERTY BASED DISCOUNT PASS

1:40:34THROUGH MODEL. IN THIS MODEL,

1:40:36THE UTILITY DISCOUNTS THE

1:40:37MASTER METERED PROPERTY ACCOUNT

1:40:39WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THE

1:40:40OWNER WILL PASS THE DISCOUNT

1:40:41THROUGH TO THE TENANTS THROUGH

1:40:43DIFFERENT FORMS LIKE RENT

1:40:44REDUCTIONS, CREDITS, OR SERVICE

1:40:46ENHANCEMENTS. ANOTHER UTILITY

1:40:48DISCOUNT APPROACH WE LOOKED AT

1:40:49IS ACROSS UTILITY CREDITING

1:40:51MODEL. FOR THIS MODEL, ANOTHER

1:40:52BILL THAT THE TENANT DOES

1:40:54RECEIVE, SUCH AS AN ELECTRIC

1:40:55BILL, IS USED AS THE VEHICLE OF

1:40:57DELIVERING THE DISCOUNT. THE

1:40:59THIRD MODEL IS A DIRECT TENANT

1:41:01REBATE OR CREDIT MODEL. TENANTS

1:41:02APPLY TO RECEIVE THE DISCOUNT

1:41:04AND THEY ARE SENT A REBATE VIA

1:41:06A MAILED CHECK, LOADED DEBIT OR

1:41:08GIFT CARD, A DIGITAL APP OR

1:41:10POTENTIALLY ANOTHER DELIVERY

1:41:11METHOD. THE LAST MODEL WOULD

1:41:13TAKE A SIMILAR APPROACH AT PBOT

1:41:15TRANSPORTATION WALLET ACCESS

1:41:16FOR ALL PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES

1:41:18PREPAID CARDS TO PORTLANDERS

1:41:19LIVING ON LOW INCOMES TO HELP

1:41:21THEM PAY FOR TRANSPORTATION

1:41:22RELATED SERVICES SUCH AS

1:41:24TRANSIT, RIDESHARE OR E-BIKE

1:41:26AND E-SCOOTER SHARE. NEXT SLIDE.

1:41:30FOR EACH OF THESE MODELS, THERE

1:41:31ARE THINGS WE MUST CONSIDER AND

1:41:33THAT ARE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING

1:41:34TO EXAMINE. THE PROPERTY BASED

1:41:36MODEL RELIES ON THE PROPERTY

1:41:37OWNER OR MANAGER TO COMPLY AND

1:41:39PASS THE DISCOUNT TO THEIR

1:41:40TENANTS. IT CAN BE HARD TO KNOW

1:41:42IF THE DISCOUNT EVER REACHES

1:41:43THE TENANT. THE UTILITY

1:41:44BUREAU'S RENT PROGRAM IS AN

1:41:46EXAMPLE OF THIS PROPERTY BASED

1:41:47MODEL AND IS. ONE MEANS IN

1:41:49WHICH WE ARE PROVIDING

1:41:50TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FEE

1:41:51FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. WE KNOW

1:41:53THAT THE UTILITY BUREAU IS

1:41:54CONTINUING TO EVALUATE RAMP,

1:41:55AND WE WILL STAY IN CLOSE

1:41:57COORDINATION WITH THEM. WE ARE

1:41:59ALSO AWARE THAT THERE ARE OTHER

1:42:01AFFORDABLE HOUSING MODELS OUT

1:42:02THERE THAT HAVE NOT FIT INTO

1:42:03OUR UTILITY FINANCIAL SYSTEM

1:42:05PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE INTERESTED

1:42:06IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT. OUR

1:42:08TEAM MET WITH THE CITY THIS.

1:42:10SORRY. OUR TEAM MET WITH STAFF

1:42:11FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO

1:42:12LEARN MORE ABOUT THE UTILITY

1:42:14MODEL. IN PRACTICE, IT HAS

1:42:16PROVEN EFFECTIVE. THERE.

1:42:18HOWEVER, AUSTIN'S UTILITY

1:42:19ENVIRONMENT IS DIFFERENT THAN

1:42:20PORTLAND BECAUSE THE CITY

1:42:21CONTROLS MULTIPLE UTILITY

1:42:23SERVICES, INCLUDING INCLUDING

1:42:25ELECTRIC. IN PORTLAND, THE CITY

1:42:26MANAGES WATER, SEWER,

1:42:28STORMWATER AND GARBAGE SERVICES,

1:42:30BUT ELECTRIC SERVICES ARE

1:42:31PROVIDED BY PG AND PACIFIC

1:42:33POWER. ADOPTING A CROSS UTILITY

1:42:35APPROACH FOR THE TOUGH WOULD

1:42:36REQUIRE OUR UTILITY PARTNERS

1:42:38WILLINGNESS TO PARTNER WITH US,

1:42:39AS WELL AS AGREEMENTS AND

1:42:41ONGOING COORDINATION BETWEEN

1:42:42OUR AGENCIES. WE ARE STILL

1:42:44EVALUATING THE FEASIBILITY OF

1:42:45THE CROSS UTILITY APPROACH WITH

1:42:46OUR UTILITY PARTNERS. THE

1:42:49REBATE OR CREDIT MODEL WOULD

1:42:50ALLOW US TO REACH TENANTS

1:42:52DIRECTLY, AND IT DOES WORK IN

1:42:53OUR UTILITY ENVIRONMENT. THIS

1:42:55APPROACH WOULD ALSO PROVIDE

1:42:56PARTICIPANTS WITH AGENCY TO

1:42:57CHOOSE HOW THEY SPEND THE FUNDS.

1:42:59THIS OPTION WOULD REQUIRE

1:43:01SIGNIFICANT ADMINISTRATIVE

1:43:02SETUP. HOWEVER, WE ARE ALSO

1:43:04STILL EVALUATING THE

1:43:06FEASIBILITY OF THIS OPTION

1:43:08USING AN APPROACH LIKE THE

1:43:10TRANSPORTATION WALLET. ACCESS

1:43:11FOR ALL MODEL WOULD ALSO REACH

1:43:12TENANTS DIRECTLY. THERE WOULD

1:43:14BE A NEXUS WITH TRANSPORTATION,

1:43:15AND WE COULD LEVERAGE AN

1:43:16ESTABLISHED PROGRAM. HOWEVER,

1:43:18THIS. THIS APPROACH WOULD LIMIT

1:43:19FUNDS TO BEING USED ON

1:43:21TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND

1:43:22WOULD REQUIRE ADMINISTRATIVE

1:43:24CAPACITY AND OR EFFICIENCIES TO

1:43:25SCALE UP. WE ARE CONTINUING TO

1:43:27EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF

1:43:29THIS OPTION AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE.

1:43:34OVER THE PAST SEVEN WEEKS, WE

1:43:35MET WITH 17 ORGANIZATIONS OR

1:43:37GROUPS REPRESENTING HOUSING

1:43:39PROVIDERS, TENANTS, UTILITIES,

1:43:40AND COMMUNITY BASED

1:43:42ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS.

1:43:43WE ALSO ATTENDED A PORTLAND

1:43:44UTILITY BOARD MEETING TO

1:43:45PRESENT TO THEM ABOUT OUR WORK

1:43:47AND ELICIT THEIR FEEDBACK.

1:43:49DURING THIS PERIOD, WE EXPANDED

1:43:51OUR INTERNAL ENGAGEMENT BY

1:43:52MEETING WITH ADDITIONAL CITY

1:43:53OFFICES AND PROGRAMS, INCLUDING

1:43:55SF'S E-BIKE REBATE PROGRAM AND

1:43:57ACCOUNTING SERVICES. SOME

1:43:59THEMES THAT STOOD OUT, SOME

1:44:00THEMES THAT STOOD OUT TO US

1:44:02THROUGH THESE VERY RICH

1:44:03CONVERSATIONS INCLUDED A STRONG

1:44:05EMPHASIS ON COMMUNICATION AND

1:44:06EDUCATION TO PROSPECTIVE

1:44:08PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING BEING

1:44:09PRESENT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO

1:44:11SHARE INFORMATION. WE HEARD HOW

1:44:13IMPORTANT IT IS TO KEEP THE

1:44:14PROGRAM LOW BARRIER AND

1:44:15ACCESSIBLE FOR PARTICIPANTS.

1:44:17FOR EXAMPLE, TECHNOLOGY,

1:44:19LANGUAGE ACCESS AND APPLICATION

1:44:20REQUIREMENTS WERE SHARED

1:44:22CONSISTENTLY AS BARRIERS FOR

1:44:23PARTICIPATION. WE ALSO RECEIVED

1:44:25FEEDBACK TO DESIGN A RELIEF

1:44:26PROGRAM THAT MINIMIZES THE

1:44:28ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN FOR BOTH

1:44:29CITY STAFF AND COMMUNITY

1:44:31ORGANIZATIONS. WE RECEIVED

1:44:33VARYING FEEDBACK ABOUT THE

1:44:34DIFFERENT DISCOUNT DELIVERY

1:44:36METHODS. WE HEARD A SENTIMENT

1:44:37THAT PROPERTY OWNERS OR

1:44:38LANDLORDS PAY THE BILL, SO THEY

1:44:40SHOULD RECEIVE THE DISCOUNT.

1:44:41BUT MORE OFTEN WE HEARD

1:44:43CONCERNS ABOUT RELYING ON

1:44:44PROPERTY OWNERS OR LANDLORDS TO

1:44:46PROVIDE THE BENEFIT TO TENANTS

1:44:48PROVIDING A DISCOUNT ON ANOTHER

1:44:49BILL, SUCH AS AN ELECTRIC BILL,

1:44:51WAS THE MOST POPULAR OPTION

1:44:53BECAUSE IT IS PROVIDED DIRECTLY

1:44:54TO THE TENANT AND IS EFFICIENT.

1:44:57THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY PREPAID

1:44:58CARDS, WHICH WOULD AGAIN BE

1:44:59PROVIDED DIRECTLY TO THE TENANT,

1:45:00AND GIVES PARTICIPANTS

1:45:02FLEXIBILITY IN HOW THEY SPEND

1:45:03THE FUNDS. MANY ORGANIZATIONS

1:45:05THAT WE SPOKE WITH HAD DIRECT

1:45:07EXPERIENCE WITH PROVIDING

1:45:08PREPAID CARDS TO COMMUNITY

1:45:10MEMBERS, SUCH AS. DURING COVID,

1:45:11WE HEARD ABOUT SOME CHALLENGES

1:45:13LIKE UTILIZATION, HACKING,

1:45:15ADDED COSTS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE

1:45:16LOAD TO MINIMIZE ADMINISTRATIVE

1:45:19BURDEN AND TO MAKE THE DISCOUNT

1:45:20MORE ATTRACTIVE. THERE WAS

1:45:21AGREEMENT THAT PROVIDING THE

1:45:22FULL YEAR'S VALUE OF THE

1:45:23DISCOUNT, WHICH IS $50 PER YEAR

1:45:26UPFRONT AND IN ONE INSTALLMENT,

1:45:27WOULD BE PREFERABLE. THE

1:45:30TRANSPORTATION WALLET ACCESS

1:45:31FOR ALL PROGRAM WAS ALSO ONE

1:45:32THAT ONE ORGANIZATION SHARED

1:45:34WAS WELL RECEIVED BY RESIDENTS

1:45:35THEY WORKED WITH, BECAUSE IT

1:45:37HELPED THEM COVER THE COST OF

1:45:38TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO PLACES

1:45:39LIKE DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS. WE

1:45:41GREATLY APPRECIATE THE TIME

1:45:43THAT STAFF FROM THESE

1:45:44ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR CITY

1:45:45COLLEAGUES SPENT WITH US TO

1:45:46SHARE THEIR VAST EXPERIENCES

1:45:47AND FEEDBACK. NEXT SLIDE.

1:45:51THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO

1:45:53DO TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY

1:45:54OF THE DIFFERENT DISCOUNT

1:45:56OPTIONS. WE PLAN TO FURTHER

1:45:57ENGAGE WITH OUR UTILITY

1:45:58PARTNERS ABOUT THE FEASIBILITY

1:46:00FOR ACROSS UTILITY CREDITING

1:46:02PARTNERSHIP. WE WILL CONTINUE

1:46:03TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF

1:46:04THE DIFFERENT FINANCIAL

1:46:06ASSISTANCE APPROACHES OVERALL,

1:46:08AND WE ARE AIMING TO RETURN IN

1:46:10NOVEMBER WITH A RECOMMENDATION

1:46:11FOR TRANSPORTATION, UTILITY FEE

1:46:13MULTIFAMILY FINANCIAL

1:46:15ASSISTANCE APPROACHES. THANK

1:46:16YOU. AND NOW I'LL PASS IT OVER

1:46:18TO MARK LEAR.

1:46:21>> THANKS, CYNTHIA. I'M MARK

1:46:23LEAR. I SERVE AS PBOT RESOURCE

1:46:24PARTNERSHIP AND POLICY MANAGER.

1:46:26TODAY I'M GOING TO PROVIDE AN

1:46:27UPDATE ON THE WORK WE ARE DOING

1:46:29RELATED TO THE TRANSPORTATION

1:46:30UTILITY FEE, COMMERCIAL

1:46:32NONRESIDENTIAL RATE METHODOLOGY

1:46:34AND APPEALS PROCESS. NEXT SLIDE.

1:46:37AS THIS SLIDE INDICATES, THE

1:46:38FIRST YEAR OF THE. IN THE FIRST

1:46:40YEAR OF THE PROGRAM, THE

1:46:41COMMERCIAL RATE IS 4.3% OF A

1:46:44BUSINESSES WATER, SEWER AND

1:46:45STORMWATER CHARGE. THIS PHASE

1:46:47ONE APPROACH ENSURES THAT

1:46:48BUSINESSES PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.

1:46:50WHILE WE DEVELOP A PHASE TWO

1:46:52METHODOLOGY AND A BILLING

1:46:53SYSTEM DATABASE. IN PHASE ONE,

1:46:55COUNCIL DIRECTED PBOT TO

1:46:57PROVIDE RELIEF FOR

1:46:59NONRESIDENTIAL USERS WHERE THE

1:47:01WATER, SEWER AND STORMWATER

1:47:02BILL IS DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE

1:47:04TRANSPORTATION IMPACT. COUNCIL

1:47:06ALSO DIRECTED PBOT TO WORK WITH

1:47:08THE REVENUE DIVISION IN

1:47:09COORDINATION WITH THIS PUBLIC

1:47:10WORKS COMMITTEE FOR A PHASE TWO

1:47:12IMPACT BASED TRANSPORTATION

1:47:14UTILITY FEE FOR COMMERCIAL

1:47:15PROPERTIES THAT COULD BEGIN

1:47:17JANUARY 1ST, 2028. NEXT SLIDE.

1:47:20WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS

1:47:22OF DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVE

1:47:24METHODOLOGIES FOR FEBRUARY RATE

1:47:27HEARING. THE TRANSPORTATION

1:47:28UTILITY FEE ORDINANCE REQUIRES

1:47:30THAT, AT A MINIMUM, WE PRESENT

1:47:31TWO POTENTIAL METHODOLOGIES.

1:47:35FIRST, A TRIP BASED

1:47:37TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FEE

1:47:38SIMILAR TO 31 OTHER CITIES THAT

1:47:41CURRENTLY HAVE TRANSPORTATION

1:47:42UTILITY FEES AND A SECOND A

1:47:45LAND USE BASED METHODOLOGY WITH

1:47:46A COMBINED PER UNIT AND PARCEL

1:47:48SQUARE FOOTAGE RATE MODEL. IN

1:47:50ORDER TO DEVELOP THESE

1:47:52ALTERNATIVE METHODOLOGIES, WE

1:47:53ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE

1:47:54STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF

1:47:55OTHER TOUGH PROGRAMS IN OREGON

1:47:57AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY,

1:47:59DEVELOPING A DATABASE THAT WILL

1:48:00ALLOW US TO ESTABLISH A RATE

1:48:02STRUCTURE, ANALYZING REVENUE

1:48:04AND BILLING SYSTEM IMPLICATIONS,

1:48:06AND ANALYZING IMPACTS ON SMALL

1:48:08BUSINESSES. AFTER HOLDING THE

1:48:09RATE HEARING, PBOT WILL REPORT

1:48:11BACK IN APRIL WITH A

1:48:13RECOMMENDATION THAT COULD BE

1:48:14IMPLEMENTED JANUARY 1ST, 2028.

1:48:16NEXT SLIDE. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE

1:48:19A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND ON

1:48:20THIS WORK, I HAVE INCLUDED A

1:48:21COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT HIGHLIGHT

1:48:23HOW THE NONRESIDENTIAL PORTION

1:48:25OF TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FEE

1:48:27IS COLLECTED IN HILLSBORO. THIS

1:48:29SLIDE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE

1:48:31BASIC PRINCIPLE BEHIND

1:48:32HILLSBORO'S TRANSPORTATION

1:48:33UTILITY FEE. DIFFERENT LAND

1:48:35USES GENERATE VERY DIFFERENT

1:48:38AMOUNTS OF TRAFFIC, SO THEY

1:48:40SHOULDN'T BE CHARGED IN THE

1:48:41SAME WAY. ON THE RESIDENTIAL

1:48:43SIDE, HILLSBORO DISTINGUISHES

1:48:44BETWEEN A HOUSE AND AN

1:48:45APARTMENT, AS WE DO IN PORTLAND.

1:48:47BASED ON THE AVERAGE TRIPS PER

1:48:48PROPERTY TYPE. THE DIFFERENCE

1:48:51BETWEEN TYPES OF PROPERTIES AND

1:48:52TRIPS GENERATED PER 1000FT OF

1:48:54IMPROVEMENT IS MUCH LARGER FOR

1:48:56COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. AS THIS

1:48:58SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS, 1000 SQUARE

1:48:59FOOT OFFICE GENERATES ABOUT 11

1:49:01TRIPS PER DAY PER 1000FT,

1:49:03WHILE 1000 SQUARE FOOT DRIVE

1:49:05THRU RESTAURANT GENERATES ABOUT

1:49:0767 TRIPS PER DAY, ROUGHLY SIX

1:49:09TIMES AS MANY, SIX TIMES AS

1:49:11MANY. SO THE IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY

1:49:13IS THAT HILLSBORO'S EXACT RATES.

1:49:14IT'S THE METHODOLOGY. THE. THE

1:49:17FEE IS MEANT TO REFLECT THE

1:49:18TRANSPORTATION DEMAND

1:49:20ASSOCIATED WITH THE TYPE AND

1:49:21SIZE AND INTENSITY OF THE LAND

1:49:23USE. THAT'S PARTICULARLY

1:49:24RELEVANT TO OUR PHASE TWO WORK

1:49:26IN PORTLAND. SOME GOOD NEWS IS

1:49:28WE CAN USE THE SAME GENERAL

1:49:30CONCEPT. WE'RE RELYING ON

1:49:32PORTLAND SPECIFIC TRIP

1:49:34GENERATION INFORMATION AND LAND

1:49:35USE CATEGORIES INCLUDED,

1:49:38INCLUDING THE WORK ALREADY

1:49:39EMBEDDED IN OUR DEVELOPMENT

1:49:41REVIEW SYSTEM. HOPEFULLY THIS

1:49:44WILL GIVE US A PATH FORWARD OR

1:49:46PATH TOWARD A COMMERCIAL RATE

1:49:48STRUCTURE THAT IS MORE

1:49:49PROPORTIONAL TO THE

1:49:50TRANSPORTATION IMPACT, MORE

1:49:52DEFENSIBLE, AND EASIER TO

1:49:53EXPLAIN. NEXT SLIDE. THESE NEXT

1:49:56SLIDES SHOW HOW THE PRINCIPLES

1:49:58TRANSLATED ACTUAL MONTHLY

1:49:59CHARGES MEAN HILLSBORO

1:50:01RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS PAY FIXED

1:50:02AMOUNTS BASED ON AVERAGE TRIP

1:50:05GENERATION BY PROPERTY TYPE,

1:50:06HOUSE OR APARTMENT, NOT

1:50:08RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES PAY A

1:50:09RATE PER 1000FT BASED ON THE

1:50:12TYPE OF BUSINESS AND EXPECTED

1:50:13TRIP GENERATION. SO AN OFFICE

1:50:16OR A MANUFACTURING FACILITY MAY

1:50:17PAY LESS THAN A MUCH SMALLER

1:50:19FAST FOOD OR DRIVE THRU

1:50:20BUSINESS BECAUSE OF BECAUSE THE

1:50:23SMALLER USE CAN GENERATE MORE

1:50:25TRIPS. NEXT SLIDE. THIS SLIDE

1:50:28PROVIDES A LITTLE MORE DETAIL

1:50:29ON HOW HILLSBORO SETS ITS

1:50:30COMMERCIAL RATE, RATHER THAN

1:50:32CREATING A DIFFERENT RATE FOR

1:50:33EVERY INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS TYPE.

1:50:36HILLSBORO GROUPS BUSINESSES

1:50:37INTO SEVEN CATEGORIES OR BINS

1:50:39BASED ON SIMILAR TRIP

1:50:41GENERATION PER 1000FT, EACH

1:50:43BIN HAS ITS OWN RATE PER

1:50:451000FT, SO BUSINESSES THAT

1:50:46TEND TO GENERATE MORE TRIPS PAY

1:50:48A HIGHER RATE FOR THE SAME

1:50:50AMOUNT OF FLOOR AREA. HILLSBORO

1:50:52ALSO INCLUDES A BASE CHARGE,

1:50:53WHICH HELPS ENSURE THAT EVERY

1:50:55COMMERCIAL ACCOUNT CONTRIBUTES

1:50:56AT LEAST A MINIMUM TOWARD THE

1:50:58TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. THIS

1:51:00GENERAL APPROACH IS PRETTY

1:51:01CONSISTENT WITH HOW

1:51:03TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FEES ARE

1:51:04STRUCTURED ACROSS OREGON.

1:51:06CITIES VARY IN THE DETAILS,

1:51:08PARTICULARLY IN HOW MANY

1:51:09CATEGORIES OR BINS THEY HAVE

1:51:10AND HOW THEY SET THE RATES

1:51:12WITHIN EACH OF THOSE BINS. FOR

1:51:15PORTLAND, WE PLAN TO DEVELOP

1:51:16ONE PHASE TWO SCENARIO USING

1:51:18THE TRIP GENERATION APPROACH

1:51:20BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE OF

1:51:22IMPROVEMENTS SIMILAR TO OTHER

1:51:23OREGON CITIES, AND ALSO TO

1:51:26CREATE A SECOND SCENARIO BASED

1:51:28ON PARCEL SIZE. SO AT THIS

1:51:30POINT, WE ARE NOT SELECTING A

1:51:31SPECIFIC METHODOLOGY. WE ARE

1:51:33DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVES THAT WE

1:51:34CAN EVALUATE AND COMPARE. NEXT

1:51:36SLIDE. THE LAST PIECE I WANT TO

1:51:41COVER IS HOW WE ARE THINKING

1:51:43ABOUT THE TRANSITION FROM PHASE

1:51:44ONE TO PHASE TWO, AND HOW WE

1:51:46ARE PROPOSING TO HANDLE THE

1:51:48PHASE ONE APPEALS PROCESS. ONCE

1:51:50WE FINALIZE THE PHASE TWO

1:51:52METHODOLOGY AND DEVELOP THE

1:51:53BILLING DATABASE, WE WILL BE

1:51:55ABLE TO CALCULATE WHAT EVERY

1:51:57COMMERCIAL ACCOUNT WOULD HAVE

1:51:57PAID UNDER PHASE TWO AND

1:51:59COMPARE THAT WITH THEY ACTUALLY

1:52:01PAID IN PHASE ONE. IF AN

1:52:02ACCOUNT PAID MORE UNDER PHASE

1:52:05ONE, THE BILLING SYSTEM WILL

1:52:06AUTOMATICALLY CREDIT THE FULL

1:52:07DIFFERENCE. AT THE BEGINNING OF

1:52:08PHASE TWO, BUSINESSES WOULD NOT.

1:52:10UNDER THIS PROPOSAL, BUSINESSES

1:52:12WOULD NOT NEED TO FILE AN

1:52:13APPEAL OR PROVIDE SUPPORTING

1:52:15DOCUMENTATION, AND WE WILL NOT

1:52:16GO BACK AND CHARGE BUSINESSES

1:52:18THAT PAID LESS IN PHASE ONE.

1:52:19NEXT SLIDE. WE THINK THAT THERE

1:52:22ARE SEVERAL ADVANTAGES TO DOING

1:52:24THIS AUTOMATICALLY. FIRST, IT'S

1:52:26FAIR. SECOND, IT'S EFFICIENT

1:52:28AND TRANSPARENT. WE CAN RUN THE

1:52:30SAME CALCULATION FOR EVERY

1:52:31COMMERCIAL ACCOUNT INSTEAD OF

1:52:33REQUIRING HUNDREDS OF

1:52:34INDIVIDUAL APPEALS. WE'RE

1:52:36HOPEFUL THAT THIS IS

1:52:38PARTICULARLY HELPFUL FOR SMALL

1:52:40BUSINESSES THAT MAY NOT HAVE

1:52:41THE TIME OR INFORMATION TO

1:52:43CHALLENGE THE INITIAL BILL IN

1:52:45IN A TRADITIONAL PROCESS, AND

1:52:47MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS PROCESS

1:52:49ENSURES THAT NO COMMERCIAL

1:52:50COMMERCIAL ACCOUNT WOULD END UP

1:52:52PAYING MORE IN PHASE ONE THAN

1:52:53IT WOULD HAVE PAID UNDER THE

1:52:55FINAL PHASE TWO METHODOLOGY.

1:52:57NEXT SLIDE. THIS LAST SLIDE

1:52:59HIGHLIGHTS THE REMAINING WORK

1:53:00AND SCHEDULE. OVER THE NEXT

1:53:02COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE WILL

1:53:03CONTINUE DEVELOPING THE

1:53:04ALTERNATIVE RATE METHODOLOGIES,

1:53:06INCLUDING THE TRIP GENERATION

1:53:07APPROACH. WE DISCUSSED,

1:53:09APPROACHES WE DISCUSSED TODAY,

1:53:10AND AN ALTERNATIVE BASED ON

1:53:12PARCEL SIZE. WE WILL ALSO BE

1:53:14DEVELOPING MATERIALS AND DOING

1:53:15OUTREACH SO BUSINESSES CAN

1:53:16UNDERSTAND THE APPROACHES

1:53:18BEFORE RATE HEARINGS AND INFORM

1:53:21THOSE DECISIONS. AND WE WILL

1:53:24CONTINUE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY

1:53:26AT HOW DIFFERENT APPROACHES

1:53:27AFFECT SMALL BUSINESSES. OUR

1:53:29CURRENT SCHEDULE IS TO HOLD A

1:53:31RATE RATE DESIGN HEARING IN

1:53:34FEBRUARY 2027, FOLLOWED BY CITY

1:53:35COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF A

1:53:37PHASE TWO RATE DESIGN IN APRIL.

1:53:40NOW, I'LL HAND IT BACK OVER TO

1:53:41SHOSHANA. THANK YOU.

1:53:43>> THANK YOU. MARK, I WILL JUST

1:53:45PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE ON THE

1:53:46WORK UNDERWAY ON THE STREET

1:53:47DAMAGE RESTORATION FEE. NEXT

1:53:48SLIDE PLEASE. SO JUST AS

1:53:50PORTLAND RESIDENTS ARE

1:53:52SUPPORTING STREET MAINTENANCE

1:53:53WITH THE TRANSPORTATION UTILITY

1:53:54FEE, THE STREET DAMAGE

1:53:56RESTORATION FEE ENSURES THAT

1:53:57UTILITIES AND OTHERS WHO DIG

1:53:59TRENCHES IN OUR STREETS

1:54:00CONTRIBUTE THEIR FAIR SHARE

1:54:01TOWARD LONG TERM PAVEMENT

1:54:03PRESERVATION. SINCE WE LAST

1:54:04PRESENTED TO YOU, OUR TEAM HAS

1:54:06MADE SIGNIFICANT HEADWAY ON THE

1:54:08STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH AND CROSS

1:54:09BUREAU ENGAGEMENT FRONT, WE'VE

1:54:11ANALYZED FEEDBACK FROM OUR

1:54:13COMPREHENSIVE UTILITY SURVEY

1:54:14SENT TO BOTH PRIVATE UTILITY

1:54:16PARTNERS, INCLUDING ELECTRIC,

1:54:17GAS AND TELECOM, AND OUR PUBLIC

1:54:20UTILITY BUREAUS. ADDITIONALLY,

1:54:22WE'VE MET DIRECTLY WITH

1:54:23LEADERSHIP FROM THE BUREAU OF

1:54:24ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES,

1:54:25PORTLAND WATER BUREAU, PORTLAND

1:54:27PARKS AND RECREATION, OUR

1:54:28UNIFIED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT

1:54:30TEAM, AND PORTLAND PERMITTING

1:54:32AND DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVE

1:54:34COORDINATION BETWEEN OUR PUBLIC

1:54:35WORKS BUREAUS AND WITH BOTH

1:54:37EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL UTILITY

1:54:39PARTNERS REALLY IS GOING TO

1:54:41REQUIRE DEDICATED CAPACITY, AND

1:54:42WE'RE COMMITTING A PROGRAM

1:54:44COORDINATOR EXCLUSIVELY TO THIS

1:54:45ONGOING WORK. FINALLY, ON THE

1:54:48ADMINISTRATIVE FRONT, PBOT

1:54:49STAFF ARE CURRENTLY FINALIZING

1:54:50UPDATES TO THE DRAFT

1:54:52ADMINISTRATIVE RULES GOVERNING

1:54:53STREET OPENINGS AND UTILITY

1:54:55PERMITTING, AND THIS WILL

1:54:57INCLUDE GOING THROUGH A PUBLIC

1:54:59COMMENT PROCESS, WHICH WILL

1:55:00BEGIN IN A FEW WEEKS. THESE

1:55:03UPDATED RULES WILL ESTABLISH

1:55:04CLEAR, CONSISTENT FEE

1:55:06CALCULATION STANDARDS OUTLINED

1:55:07PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, DEFINE

1:55:09EXCEPTIONS FOR EMERGENCY

1:55:11REPAIRS, AND INTEGRATE OUR

1:55:12PERMITTING SOFTWARE TO TRACK

1:55:13UTILITY CUTS AND ASSESSMENT

1:55:15DATA. AND THESE STRUCTURAL

1:55:17PREPARATIONS ARE REALLY HOPING

1:55:19TO ENSURE THAT WHEN THE FEE

1:55:20TAKES EFFECT IN JANUARY, THE

1:55:22RULES WILL PROTECT OUR PAVEMENT

1:55:24INVESTMENTS AND INCENTIVIZE

1:55:26SMARTER PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT OF

1:55:27OUR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. NEXT

1:55:29SLIDE. WRAPPING THIS UP. NOW, I

1:55:32KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING FOR A

1:55:33LONG TIME, JUST QUICKLY WITH

1:55:35SOME NEXT STEPS. SO AS

1:55:38MENTIONED, WE EXPECT TO BE BACK

1:55:39IN NOVEMBER WITH A CLEAN UP

1:55:41ORDINANCE TO ENSURE THAT THE

1:55:42CODE REFLECTS THE FINAL

1:55:44AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PART OF

1:55:44THE APRIL ORDINANCE WILL ALSO

1:55:47BRING RECOMMENDATIONS. WE

1:55:49EXPECT AT THAT TIME AROUND THE

1:55:50FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. THEN THE

1:55:52NEXT. OF COURSE, EVERYTHING

1:55:55WILL GO INTO EFFECT IN JANUARY,

1:55:56AND THEN IN FEBRUARY WE'LL BE

1:55:58HOLDING A RATE HEARING, AND IN

1:55:59APRIL WE'LL THEN COME BACK FOR

1:56:02ACTION ON THE PHASE TWO

1:56:03METHODOLOGY AFTER THAT RATE

1:56:04HEARING. AND I THINK IN

1:56:07FEBRUARY, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO

1:56:08DO THE OPEN HOUSES WHICH ARE ON

1:56:10THERE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR

1:56:11THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT. AND

1:56:13THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

1:56:16>> THANK YOU. THIS IS AN

1:56:19AMAZING LIFT. THIS IS A LOT OF

1:56:22WORK. I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERY

1:56:25MEMBER OF THE TEAM AND YOU ARE

1:56:26A TEAM. I SEE THAT REALLY

1:56:28PULLING TOGETHER. THESE ARE

1:56:29VERY SOME VERY COMPLEX ISSUES.

1:56:33I THINK PARTICULARLY FOR THE

1:56:34LOW INCOME SIDE. THANK YOU

1:56:35CYNTHIA. THAT WAS A GREAT

1:56:37PRESENTATION. I CAN SEE YOU'VE

1:56:38DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THAT. AND

1:56:41WE COULD BE PLOWING REALLY NEW

1:56:42GROUND. I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT

1:56:44YOU REACHED OUT TO OTHER

1:56:45ENTITIES. I'M REALLY GLAD TO

1:56:48SEE, MARK, THAT YOU PROVIDED US

1:56:51WITH ANOTHER EXAMPLE FROM

1:56:52HILLSBORO. I THINK IT WAS

1:56:53HELPFUL TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

1:56:56THIS IS THIS IS WHAT THIS IS SO

1:56:58IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S WHAT

1:56:59PEOPLE TOUCH EVERY SINGLE DAY,

1:57:01YOU KNOW, TOP TO BOTTOM. I HAVE

1:57:03LOTS OF QUESTIONS. I'M SURE MY

1:57:06COLLEAGUES DO TOO. I'M NOT EVEN

1:57:08SURE WHERE TO START. I THIS IS

1:57:11SO MUCH MATERIAL, BUT LET ME IF

1:57:14YOU DON'T MIND, COLLEAGUES,

1:57:15I'LL JUST KICK IT OFF WITH A

1:57:16FEW QUESTIONS. IT REALLY RANGES

1:57:20THE THE GAMUT HERE. THERE'S

1:57:22JUST SO MUCH TO IT. BACK TO THE

1:57:24VERY BEGINNING ON THE POTHOLE

1:57:28REPAIR. THIS IS WHAT EVERYBODY,

1:57:31YOU KNOW IN PORTLAND IS

1:57:32CONCERNED ABOUT. I'M JUST

1:57:36WONDERING, AND WE CAN DO THIS

1:57:37OFFLINE TOO, BUT I WOULD LIKE

1:57:39TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THE

1:57:41POTHOLE REPAIR WILL BE

1:57:44PRIORITIZED. YOU KNOW, I HEAR

1:57:46ABOUT THIS FROM MY CONSTITUENTS

1:57:48ALL THE TIME. THEY ALL HAVE

1:57:50THEIR OWN IDEAS OF WHAT

1:57:52PRIORITIES ARE. SO I WANT TO

1:57:53TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT THAT. WE

1:57:54CAN DO THAT OFFLINE. AND I'M

1:57:58WONDERING, WHERE DO STOP SIGNS

1:58:01FALL IN THESE CATEGORIES? YOU

1:58:03KNOW, I HEAR A LOT ABOUT, OH,

1:58:04WE WANT A STOP SIGN. WE WANT A

1:58:06FOUR WAY STOP. I GET A LOT OF

1:58:08THAT. WHERE, WHERE DOES THAT

1:58:09FALL IN, IN THIS OVERALL.

1:58:14>> COUNCILOR, IF I MAY,

1:58:16REGARDING THE POTHOLE

1:58:17PRIORITIZATION, AND I KNOW

1:58:17WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT, WE

1:58:20WILL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THE

1:58:22BUREAU HAS DONE IN TERMS OF

1:58:23WHEN WE RECEIVE A REPORT WHICH

1:58:26ANY RESIDENT CAN CALL IN A

1:58:28POTHOLE, WE WITHIN 30 DAYS GO

1:58:30OUT AND MAKE REPAIRS. SO I

1:58:33THINK THAT WE WILL NEED TO

1:58:35CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT

1:58:36PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY CAN HELP

1:58:37US TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS THAT

1:58:39THEY SEE, BY HELPING US TO KNOW

1:58:41THAT THE NEED EXISTS. IN

1:58:42ADDITION, HOWEVER, AS WE'RE OUT

1:58:44PREPARING, SAY, ONE POTHOLE, IF

1:58:45WE SEE AN AREA THAT IS

1:58:47PARTICULARLY RIDDLED WITH

1:58:50PLACES THAT NEED ATTENTION,

1:58:52WE'LL DO MORE THAN JUST THAT

1:58:54SINGULAR LOCATION. THE GOAL IS

1:58:56REALLY SMOOTHER STREETS. AS

1:58:57WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED, IT'S NOT

1:58:59JUST ABOUT FILLING THE HOLE,

1:59:00IT'S ABOUT CREATING THE

1:59:02OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO NOT HAVE

1:59:03TO FILL POTHOLES. AND SO SOME

1:59:06OF THOSE INSTANCES WILL REQUIRE

1:59:09OR GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO

1:59:11DO A LITTLE BASS REPAIR OR A

1:59:14HALF BLOCK, QUICK GRIND AND

1:59:17PAVE WHERE THAT'S ALLOWABLE. SO,

1:59:19BUT PEOPLE CAN HELP US TO

1:59:21PRIORITIZE THAT. THERE ARE ALSO

1:59:22AREAS THAT WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE

1:59:24DON'T REPORT. AND SO WE'VE

1:59:25DISCUSSED HOW WE'VE DONE A

1:59:27POTHOLE PALOOZA OR EXCUSE ME, A

1:59:29MARCH MADNESS WHERE WE KNEW

1:59:31THAT PEOPLE WERE UNDERREPORTING

1:59:33IN DISTRICT ONE, AND WE WENT TO

1:59:35LOCATIONS EAST OF 82ND AVENUE

1:59:38AND DID A FULL ASSESSMENT AND

1:59:41CREATED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE

1:59:42TEAMS TO RESPOND IN THAT WAY.

1:59:44SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT A

1:59:45DIFFERENT A SERIES OF DIFFERENT

1:59:47WAYS TO ADDRESS THAT REALLY

1:59:50PRONOUNCED NEED TO FILL

1:59:52POTHOLES. AND I KNOW THE TEAM

1:59:53CAN PROVIDE GREATER CONTEXT AND

1:59:55INSIGHT THERE. BUT AND THANK

1:59:58YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US

2:00:00TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT WITH

2:00:01REGARD TO STOP SIGNS. AND I DO

2:00:03WISH THAT WENDY WAS HERE AS THE

2:00:05CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER WHO HELPS

2:00:08TO INFORM THE TECHNICAL

2:00:12EXPERTISE ON THE PLACEMENT OF

2:00:13STOP SIGNS. I KNOW THAT A LOT

2:00:15OF COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS COME

2:00:17IN TO THE BUREAU ABOUT, OH, WE

2:00:19SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT A STOP

2:00:20SIGN HERE. IT LOOKS LIKE WE

2:00:21SHOULD MARK A CROSSING HERE.

2:00:23THERE ARE REASONS FOR THE

2:00:25PLACEMENT OF THE DIRECTION, OF

2:00:27THE FREQUENCY OF STOP SIGNS AND

2:00:29OTHER TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

2:00:32CONCEPTS AND TOOLS, AND SO

2:00:34ALLOW US TO PROVIDE THAT

2:00:36INSIGHT TO YOU. I KNOW THAT

2:00:38SHOSHANA CAN PROBABLY ALSO

2:00:39SHARE SOME THINGS, BUT AS WE

2:00:41TALK ABOUT SAFETY, WE WOULD NOT

2:00:45FAIL TO LOOK COMPREHENSIVELY AT

2:00:47A PROBLEM IF WE'RE SOLVING FOR

2:00:48ONE THING. THE HOPE IS THAT WE

2:00:50WOULD BE ABLE TO SOLVE FOR

2:00:51OTHERS. AND THIS IS NOT VISION

2:00:53ZERO. THIS IS BASIC MAINTENANCE.

2:00:54THIS IS BASIC SAFETY AND

2:00:55SOMETHING THAT IS ON THE

2:00:56FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS ALL THE

2:00:58TIME AS WE'RE WORKING TO DO OUR

2:01:00BASIC WORK. SO ONE OF THE

2:01:02THINGS THAT WE WILL SHARE IS

2:01:04THAT OFTEN WHEN COMMUNITY COMES

2:01:06TO US TO SUGGEST A TREATMENT,

2:01:08THE TEAM DOES GO OUT. A TWO

2:01:09THREE STAFF TEAM DOES GO OUT.

2:01:11THEY DO THE ASSESSMENT, THEY

2:01:12DETERMINE WHAT IS APPROPRIATE

2:01:14AND WHAT'S WARRANTED. SOMETIMES

2:01:16THE TREATMENTS THAT PEOPLE

2:01:17WOULD LIKE ARE NOT THE TOOL

2:01:19THAT IS MOST APPROPRIATE. AND

2:01:21THERE ARE ANY NUMBER OF REASONS

2:01:22FOR THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO

2:01:25HAVE TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP

2:01:27WITH COMMUNITY TO HELP THEM TO

2:01:28UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE SAY, NO,

2:01:31IT'S NOT NO, PERIOD, IT'S NO

2:01:34BUT OR YES. AND BECAUSE

2:01:37SOMETIMES THE SOLUTIONS THAT

2:01:39PEOPLE THINK WOULD BE THE MOST

2:01:40EXPEDIENT AND HELPFUL ARE NOT

2:01:42THE ONES THAT ALIGN WITH THE

2:01:43BROADER SYSTEM NEED. SO MORE TO

2:01:45COME ON THAT.

2:01:46>> AND IF I MAY JUST ADD ONE

2:01:49PIECE, IN ADDITION, THE 83 SAFE

2:01:52PROGRAM, WHICH WAS JUST

2:01:53REFERENCED, ACTUALLY ONE OF THE

2:01:54REASONS WE DIDN'T TALK TOO MUCH

2:01:56ABOUT THAT IS IT'S NOT

2:01:57CURRENTLY BEING COVERED BY THE

2:01:58TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FEE. SO

2:01:59THIS IS HELPING STABILIZE MANY

2:02:01OF OUR PROGRAMS. BUT WE ALSO

2:02:03STILL HAVE OTHER, YOU KNOW,

2:02:05OTHER SMALL SAFETY PROGRAMS AND

2:02:07VARIOUS OTHER THINGS. SO THAT'S

2:02:08ONE OF THE REASONS WE DIDN'T

2:02:10GET INTO IT TOO MUCH HERE.

2:02:11>> I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

2:02:13>> FOR ME AND POTENTIALLY MY

2:02:14COLLEAGUES, IF YOU WOULD SEND

2:02:16US SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PUT

2:02:17IN OUR NEWSLETTERS. JUST TO

2:02:19REMIND PEOPLE, IF YOU HAVE A

2:02:21POTHOLE OR SOME OTHER REQUEST,

2:02:24HERE'S WHAT YOU DO, AND WE CAN

2:02:26PUSH THAT OUT SO THAT PEOPLE

2:02:28HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. I

2:02:29DON'T THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS

2:02:30WHAT TO DO. MAYBE THEY CALL,

2:02:32YOU KNOW, THE 3311311. YES. BUT

2:02:36I.

2:02:36>> THINK IT'S ALSO A TOOL.

2:02:38>> YEAH. BUT AND OTHER CITIES

2:02:40HAVE THINGS LIKE THAT CALLED

2:02:41FIX IT. I THINK SEATTLE HAS A

2:02:42FIX IT LINE WHERE YOU CAN

2:02:44ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED FIXED

2:02:46AND THERE'S SOME SORT OF TRIAGE.

2:02:48BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE

2:02:49HELPFUL FOR ME ANYWAY, IF YOU

2:02:51COULD SEND ME A PARAGRAPH OR

2:02:52SOMETHING THAT I CAN PUT IN MY

2:02:54NEWSLETTER TO LET PEOPLE KNOW,

2:02:55THIS IS THIS IS WHAT YOU DO,

2:02:57HOW YOU PROCESS IT, SHIFT GEARS.

2:03:00I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT

2:03:03ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL SIDE WITH

2:03:07MARK. I'M I'M REALLY THIS IS

2:03:10ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES ME

2:03:11THE MOST NERVOUS ABOUT THE

2:03:13IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TOUGH AND

2:03:15THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO

2:03:17AHEAD AND USE THE 4.3% IN THE

2:03:20FIRST YEAR AND THEN COME BACK

2:03:23AND, AND REEVALUATE. I'M REALLY

2:03:27NERVOUS ABOUT THAT. I GUESS I

2:03:29JUST WANT TO SAY, AND I DON'T

2:03:31KNOW, THIS MAY BE BLASPHEMY,

2:03:34BUT IF WE WERE TO DELAY THAT

2:03:37IMPLEMENTATION, WHAT THAT WOULD

2:03:38COST US, AND I'M CURIOUS TO

2:03:40KNOW WHICH BUSINESS

2:03:42ORGANIZATIONS YOU'VE REACHED

2:03:43OUT TO, IF ANY, SO FAR. AND I'M

2:03:48I NOTICE IN THE HILLSBORO

2:03:50EXAMPLE, I'M GLAD THEY'VE

2:03:52CARVED OUT RESTAURANTS BECAUSE

2:03:53WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE WATER

2:03:56USE OF RESTAURANTS MAY BE

2:03:58ARTIFICIALLY HIGH OR VERY HIGH,

2:04:00HIGHER. SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE

2:04:02PAYING EVEN MORE IN THE FIRST

2:04:04YEAR AND THEN GET A REBATE THE

2:04:06SECOND YEAR. JUST I'M CONCERNED

2:04:10ABOUT THAT, HOW THAT'S GOING TO

2:04:12WORK, HOW WE'RE, YOU KNOW,

2:04:14BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO GET

2:04:15THIS 4.3% AND LATER WE'LL WE'LL

2:04:19HELP YOU OUT ON THAT. IT JUST

2:04:21IT'S JUST AWKWARD. ANYWAY, I

2:04:25JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT

2:04:26THERE. I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE

2:04:27ABOUT YOUR OUTREACH EFFORTS TO

2:04:29THE ALL THOSE CONSTITUENCIES

2:04:31AND THE COMMERCIAL AREA. AND

2:04:35YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK

2:04:37ABOUT THAT NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF

2:04:39YOU'RE IF YOU'RE ALL INTERESTED

2:04:40IN THAT AND HEARING FROM MARK A

2:04:42LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

2:04:43>> SURE. I CAN SAY A COUPLE OF

2:04:45THINGS ABOUT IT. FIRST, JUST

2:04:46THE REVENUE IMPACT OF DELAYING

2:04:49THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF THE

2:04:51TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FEE

2:04:53WOULD BE ABOUT 30% OF THE TOTAL

2:04:55REVENUE. AND WE DID THE

2:04:57CALCULATIONS AT A HIGH LEVEL

2:04:59BASED ON THE NUMBER OF TRIPS

2:05:00THAT ARE GENERATED BY

2:05:01RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL

2:05:02PROPERTIES. THE BASIC MATH WAS

2:05:04ABOUT 30% OF THE TRIPS, AND THE

2:05:06WAY THEY DID THAT MODEL WAS ON

2:05:07THE COMMERCIAL SIDE. SO THAT

2:05:08WOULD BE THE IMPACT, THE

2:05:10OUTREACH THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR.

2:05:12THE FIRST STEPS THAT WE TOOK ON

2:05:13OUR OUTREACH TO BUSINESSES WAS

2:05:15TO REACH OUT TO A TEAM OF

2:05:17PEOPLE IN PROSPER AT PROSPER,

2:05:21ESPECIALLY IN THEIR SMALL

2:05:22BUSINESSES GROUP, BECAUSE WE

2:05:24WANT TO BE AS PROACTIVE AS WE

2:05:26CAN IN GETTING THAT INFORMATION

2:05:28OUT. WE ALSO ARE GOING TO BE

2:05:30INCLUDING SOME INFORMATION IN

2:05:31THE UTILITY BILL THAT GOES OUT

2:05:34THAT GIVES, YOU KNOW, WHEN

2:05:35PEOPLE GET THAT INFORMATION ON

2:05:36THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, WILL BE

2:05:38ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS

2:05:40WILL INCLUDE INFORMATION

2:05:42RELATED TO THE APPEALS AS A

2:05:43PIECE OF THAT. SO I THINK

2:05:45THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY

2:05:46HELPFUL. THE ONE THING THAT IS

2:05:48JUST A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING

2:05:49IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BE

2:05:51REALLY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT'S

2:05:53HAPPENING IN PHASE ONE IN THAT

2:05:54FIRST YEAR OF THE PROGRAM, BUT

2:05:56BECAUSE WE'RE, YOU KNOW,

2:05:57COMMITTED TO HAVING A REAL

2:06:01PROCESS WHERE WE BRING TWO

2:06:02SCENARIOS TO THOSE FEBRUARY

2:06:03RATE HEARINGS. IT'S, YOU KNOW,

2:06:06WE CAN'T REALLY DESCRIBE THE

2:06:08OUTCOME OF THOSE RATE HEARINGS

2:06:10OR COUNCIL'S DELIBERATION ON

2:06:12THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR

2:06:13VERY BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT

2:06:15WE'RE REALLY ENGAGED AND REALLY

2:06:17WORKING CLOSELY WITH PROSPER'S

2:06:19SMALL BUSINESS TEAM. MITCH OVER

2:06:21THERE HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL

2:06:23TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING

2:06:24INFORMATION OUT. WE'RE MEETING

2:06:25WITH THE DIFFERENT GROUPS.

2:06:26AGAIN, I DO THINK THE APPEALS

2:06:28PROCESS IS MUCH BETTER THAN IT

2:06:29COULD HAVE BEEN IF WE HAD THAT

2:06:31PROCESS OF TRYING TO HAVE

2:06:32PEOPLE DO THE PAPERWORK IN THAT

2:06:34FIRST YEAR PERIOD. BUT WE ARE,

2:06:37YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE A

2:06:39LITTLE BIT OF A STEP BY STEP

2:06:41PROCESS WHERE WE'RE DESCRIBING

2:06:42PHASE ONE, WE'RE DESCRIBING THE

2:06:45OPTIONS IN THAT DELIBERATION

2:06:46RELATED TO PHASE TWO. I MEAN,

2:06:47THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN PRETTY

2:06:49QUICKLY BETWEEN NOW AND

2:06:50FEBRUARY WITH COUNCIL MAKING

2:06:52DECISIONS IN APRIL. BUT IT'S A

2:06:53LITTLE BIT HARD TO DESCRIBE

2:06:56WHAT HAPPENS IN PHASE TWO UNTIL

2:06:58WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT

2:06:59DELIBERATION.

2:06:59>> I APPRECIATE THAT. I'M

2:07:00REALLY GLAD TO HEAR YOU'RE

2:07:02REACHING OUT TO THE SMALL

2:07:03BUSINESSES THROUGH PROSPER. I

2:07:04THINK MITCH DOES A GREAT JOB.

2:07:06CAN YOU JUST REMIND ME HOW WE

2:07:07GOT TO THE 4.3%? HOW DID WE

2:07:09CALCULATE THAT?

2:07:10>> YEAH, THE WE THE BECAUSE WE

2:07:15REACHED RECENTLY HAD DONE THE

2:07:17WORK RELATED TO THE FLOOD

2:07:18SAFETY BENEFIT FEE, WHICH THEY

2:07:20THEY GENERATED THAT REVENUE AS

2:07:22A PERCENTAGE OF THE COMMERCIAL

2:07:25NONRESIDENTIAL ACCOUNTS. IT WAS

2:07:27ONCE WE KNEW WHAT THE 30% OF

2:07:29THE REVENUE NEEDED TO BE BASED

2:07:31ON, YOU KNOW, DOING THE MATH OF

2:07:33HOW MUCH REVENUE WAS GENERATED

2:07:34BY THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE AT THE

2:07:37AT THE RESIDENTIAL RATES. THEN

2:07:39WE COULD THE MATH WAS PRETTY

2:07:40SIMPLE BECAUSE WE KNEW KIND OF

2:07:42HOW TO PRORATE THAT BASED ON

2:07:44THE REVENUE THAT WAS COMING IN

2:07:45FROM THE FLOOD SAFETY BENEFIT

2:07:47FEE.

2:07:47>> I THINK, MARK, TO SAY

2:07:49THERE'S IN ALL 31 CITIES, THERE

2:07:52IS THIS BALANCE BETWEEN WHAT

2:07:53THE RESIDENTIAL AND AND THE

2:07:56NONRESIDENTIAL ARE PAYING. AND

2:07:57SO THAT'S THE RIGHT STARTING

2:07:59WITH WHAT WOULD WHAT IS THE

2:08:00OVERALL BALANCE THAT MAKES

2:08:01SENSE BASED ON TRIP GENERATION

2:08:03IN PORTLAND? THAT'S HOW WE GOT

2:08:04TO THE 70%, 30%. AND THEN THE

2:08:064.3% FOLLOWED FROM THAT.

2:08:08>> YEAH. THANKS FOR THE REAL

2:08:11REMINDER OF THAT. THAT WAS A

2:08:12WHILE BACK THAT. WE DISCUSSED

2:08:14THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT. I'M

2:08:16GOING TO ASK COUNCILOR KOYAMA

2:08:20LANE TO SPEAK NEXT. THANK YOU

2:08:22SO MUCH.

2:08:23>> THANK YOU.

2:08:25>> THANK YOU. CHAIR. I FIRST

2:08:27WANTED TO START WITH, I

2:08:28REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO, I WAS

2:08:30MEETING WITH DIFFERENT

2:08:31ADVOCATES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT

2:08:33THEIR HOPES ARE FOR THIS NEW

2:08:35COUNCIL AND, AND HOW WE CAN FIX

2:08:37OUR STREETS. AND I WAS LIKE,

2:08:39WHAT ARE SOME OF THEM WORKED IN

2:08:40PBOT AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, WHAT

2:08:42DO YOU THINK WE NEED TO DO? AND

2:08:44THEY DESCRIBED THE TOUGH. AND

2:08:45THEY WERE LIKE, IT'S, IT'S

2:08:47GOING TO BE HARD TO PASS. AND

2:08:48I'M JUST, I WAS JUST THINKING

2:08:50ABOUT LIKE HOW WE'RE HERE. AND

2:08:52WE REALLY LED ON THAT. AND YOU

2:08:53WERE AN AMAZING LEADER. AND I

2:08:55THINK LEADERSHIP IS LIKE WHEN

2:08:56YOU'RE WILLING TO DO SOMETHING

2:08:57THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET

2:08:59PUSHBACK ON, EVEN LIKE PEOPLE

2:09:00THAT ARE YOUR SUPPORTERS

2:09:02DISAPPOINTING THEM. AND SO I

2:09:03JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO

2:09:05THAT. THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE GOT

2:09:06HERE. I WANTED TO ASK A LITTLE

2:09:09BIT. I MEAN, I'M REALLY

2:09:10INTERESTED IN THE FINANCIAL

2:09:12ASSISTANCE PIECE. I'M WONDERING

2:09:14IF SOMEONE CAN TALK A LITTLE

2:09:15BIT MORE ABOUT IT'S CALLED MY

2:09:18SUMA. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'VE LIKE

2:09:20BTS HAS CONTRACTED WITH THEM.

2:09:24AND I'M WONDERING IF SOMEONE

2:09:25CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE

2:09:27ABOUT THE BENEFIT OF THAT,

2:09:28COMPARING IT TO KIND OF THE

2:09:30PREPAID DEBIT CARDS AND THE

2:09:33CHECKS. I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES

2:09:34THOSE COME WITH FEES. I KNOW WE

2:09:37MY HUSBAND AND I JUST TOOK MY

2:09:38FOR MY KIDS BIRTHDAY. WE WENT

2:09:40TO A HOPS GAME AND WE'RE LIKE,

2:09:41OH, WE'LL GET VISA CARDS SO THE

2:09:43KIDS CAN GO GET THEIR OWN

2:09:45LUNCHES. AND IT'S LIKE $5 TO

2:09:46ACTIVATE EACH ONE. SO WE DIDN'T

2:09:48EVEN DO THAT. WE JUST WERE LIKE,

2:09:49WE'LL USE JUST EVERYONE COME

2:09:51WITH ME IN ORDER AT THE SAME

2:09:52TIME, BUT WONDERING, WHAT ARE

2:09:54SOME OF THE BENEFITS? CAN WE

2:09:55HEAR MORE ABOUT SUMA? IS THAT A

2:09:57REAL THING THAT WE CAN REALLY

2:09:58CONSIDER? WHAT ARE SOME PROS?

2:10:00>> YEAH, SURE. I'M HAPPY TO

2:10:01JUMP IN. SO YEAH, WE DID ENGAGE

2:10:03WITH ALAN AND LEARNED ABOUT

2:10:04SUMA THROUGH THE DURING THE

2:10:05DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOUGH PHASE.

2:10:07AND SO WE WERE INTRODUCED TO

2:10:09THAT COMMUNITY RESOURCE APP

2:10:12DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE.

2:10:14DURING MY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, I

2:10:15DID ASK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY THIS

2:10:20CONCEPT OF, YOU KNOW, RESOURCES

2:10:21BEING ADDED TO LIKE A PHONE APP

2:10:23OR THEN PEOPLE CAN USE IT TO

2:10:25ACCESS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER

2:10:27VENDORS ARE AVAILABLE ON THAT

2:10:28APP TO, YOU KNOW, ACCESS THOSE

2:10:31DIFFERENT RESOURCES. LIKE I

2:10:34MENTIONED WITH IN THE

2:10:36ENGAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY WAS

2:10:37BROUGHT UP AS A BARRIER THAT

2:10:39MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS STILL

2:10:41FACE. WE DID RECEIVE FEEDBACK

2:10:45SPECIFICALLY FROM AN

2:10:47ORGANIZATION WHO HAD EXPERIENCE

2:10:48WITH SUMA. AND IT, I MENTIONED

2:10:51IN MY, MY NOTES THAT, YOU KNOW,

2:10:54CONSIDERING THE ADMINISTRATIVE

2:10:57LOAD FOR NOT JUST CITY STAFF,

2:10:58BUT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AS

2:11:00WELL. AND SO BECAUSE OF THOSE

2:11:02CONTINUED TECHNOLOGY BARRIERS,

2:11:04IT REQUIRED A LOT OF CAPACITY

2:11:06FROM STAFF IN ORDER TO HELP

2:11:07INDIVIDUALS NAVIGATE THAT. SO

2:11:11CERTAINLY WE ARE STILL, YOU

2:11:13KNOW, EXPLORING AND IN THE

2:11:15PROCESS OF EVALUATING DIFFERENT

2:11:17APPROACHES. AS I MENTIONED,

2:11:19PREPAID CARD WAS SOMETHING THAT

2:11:20MANY ORGANIZATIONS HAD MORE

2:11:23FAMILIARITY AND EXPERIENCE WITH,

2:11:25INCLUDING OUR OWN UTILITY

2:11:26BUREAU, WHO SAID THAT IT WAS

2:11:27VERY POPULAR WHEN THEY WERE

2:11:29PROVIDING THAT DURING COVID.

2:11:31YOU MENTIONED TRANSACTION FEES.

2:11:33THAT IS SOMETHING WE ALSO HEARD

2:11:35AS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. AND

2:11:39BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THROUGH

2:11:40POTENTIAL LIKE PROGRAM DESIGN,

2:11:42THERE ARE MANY ELEMENTS THAT WE

2:11:43COULD ADDRESS AS WELL.

2:11:45>> CAN I ADD? I THINK IT IS

2:11:47STILL SORT OF IN CONSIDERATION

2:11:49AS ONE OF THE OPTIONS IN THAT

2:11:52DIRECT, YOU KNOW, DIRECT

2:11:54FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE CATEGORY.

2:11:55AND IF WE WERE TO WANT TO IF,

2:11:57YOU KNOW, IN THE CONTINUED

2:11:59OUTREACH AND EVALUATION, IT

2:12:00SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING LIKE AN

2:12:01APP BASED MECHANISM IS THE WAY

2:12:04TO GO. I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO

2:12:06DO AN RFP AND SEE WHO COULD,

2:12:08YOU KNOW, EVEN IF EVEN IF ALL,

2:12:10ALL DIRECTIONS POINT TO THAT,

2:12:12WE CAN'T SAY HERE, WE'RE JUST

2:12:14GOING TO CONTRACT. WE ASSUME IT

2:12:15WOULD BE AN RFP, RFP PROCESS AT

2:12:17THAT POINT TO FIND A VENDOR.

2:12:19>> AND I WANTED TO UNDERSCORE

2:12:20THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO ENGAGE

2:12:22ANY VENDOR, ANY CONTRACT

2:12:26SUPPORT, WE WOULD NEED TO GO

2:12:27THROUGH A COMPETITIVE, FAIR,

2:12:29CONSISTENT PROCESS THAT ALIGNS

2:12:31WITH PROCUREMENT EXPECTATIONS.

2:12:33AND SO WHILE I THINK THERE ARE

2:12:35ANY NUMBER OF BENEFITS WITH THE

2:12:37TOOL THAT YOU'VE RAISED, AND

2:12:39OUR TEAM HAS MET WITH ALAN AND

2:12:43UNDERSTAND THE APP IN WAYS THAT

2:12:46WE COULD ALIGN IT WITH THIS

2:12:47WORK. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR

2:12:49US TO, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE

2:12:50SCRUTINY OF THE PROGRAM OVERALL,

2:12:53THAT WE CROSS EVERY T AND DOT

2:12:55EVERY I REGARDING WHO WE ENGAGE

2:12:59AS PARTNERS IN SUPPORT OF

2:13:02IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS WORK.

2:13:03>> YEAH.

2:13:04>> THAT MAKES SENSE. AND

2:13:05BRINGING UP THE POINT OF YOU

2:13:06ALSO NEED TO HAVE RESOURCES TO

2:13:08HELP PEOPLE FIGURE OUT HOW TO

2:13:10NAVIGATE THIS. YOU KNOW, EVERY

2:13:11TIME I GET A NEW APP, I'M LIKE,

2:13:13OH, I AM GETTING OLDER.

2:13:16TECHNOLOGY ISN'T ALWAYS AS EASY

2:13:17AS IT USED TO BE. WELL, THANK

2:13:20YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS

2:13:21FORWARD. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO

2:13:23SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD. AND AS

2:13:25ALWAYS, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO

2:13:27TALK ABOUT VISION ZERO AND HOW

2:13:29THAT INTERSECTS WITH ALSO AGE

2:13:31FRIENDLY PORTLAND PRIORITIES.

2:13:34LOOKING AT SLIDE 13, I'M

2:13:37EXCITED TO SEE THE PROGRAM

2:13:41PROGRAMMATIC BULLET POINTS AND

2:13:42SOME OF THOSE CAPITAL

2:13:44IMPROVEMENTS. I LOVE SEEING

2:13:44THAT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT'S

2:13:46IMPORTANT IS WE'RE REALLY

2:13:48LOOKING AT THESE LIMITED FUNDS

2:13:50AND THINKING ABOUT HOW ARE WE

2:13:52USING THE DATA TO MAKE SURE

2:13:53THAT WE'RE USING THAT MONEY IN

2:13:55THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. AND I'M

2:13:57JUST WONDERING IF, YOU KNOW,

2:14:00WHILE I KNOW I SEE SOME PEOPLE

2:14:02WHO FOCUS ON VISION ZERO, I

2:14:03ALSO KNOW DC A, YOU ALSO KNOW A

2:14:07LOT ABOUT VISION ZERO AND THAT

2:14:09THERE'S A LOT OF COMMITMENT.

2:14:11AND I'M JUST WONDERING, IS

2:14:13THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU OR

2:14:15OTHERS WOULD WANT TO ADD TO

2:14:17THIS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS LIST

2:14:18OR HAVE ON OUR RADAR? NOT THAT

2:14:20LIKE IT'S SET IN STONE, BUT

2:14:22WHAT ARE ARE THERE ANY THINGS

2:14:23THAT YOU WANT US TO BE FOCUSING

2:14:25ON A LITTLE BIT MORE? I KNOW

2:14:26THAT MY TEAM JUST GOT TO TOUR

2:14:29THE TRAFFIC CENTER. THANK YOU

2:14:31SO MUCH, DC WILLIAMS FOR THAT

2:14:33AND GOT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT

2:14:35LIDAR AND THAT NEW TOOL, WHICH

2:14:38ARE BEING BEING INSTALLED ALONG

2:14:41POWELL. AND THEY, THEY SENSE

2:14:42WHEN PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES ARE

2:14:44IN CROSSWALKS. AND IF WE WANT

2:14:46TO DO THIS OFFLINE ALSO. BUT,

2:14:47YOU KNOW, I HEAR LIKE DIFFERENT

2:14:49THINGS LIKE DO REST AND READ,

2:14:51DO LIKE, ARE THERE ANY THINGS

2:14:52THAT YOU, YOU WANT US TO BE

2:14:55THINKING ABOUT AND MAKING OUR

2:14:58ONE OF OUR NEXT THINGS THAT WE

2:15:00HIGHLIGHT?

2:15:01>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR, FOR

2:15:02THE QUESTION AND FOR THE

2:15:05OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME

2:15:06FEEDBACK. I THINK WHAT WOULD BE

2:15:08MOST HELPFUL FOR THE BUREAU IS

2:15:10THE CONTINUATION OF THE BROADER

2:15:13THEMES VERSUS THE VERY SPECIFIC

2:15:15PRESCRIPTION FOR WHAT WE WILL

2:15:17DO. AS WE KNOW, EVERY CORRIDOR

2:15:20HAS DIFFERENT NEEDS.

2:15:21>> EVERY PART OF TOWN HAS

2:15:22DIFFERENT CONCERNS, AND WE'D

2:15:23LIKE TO BE ABLE TO COME FORWARD

2:15:25WITH ANY NUMBER OF SOLUTIONS

2:15:27THAT COME OUT OF A TOOLBOX THAT

2:15:29WE'RE ABLE TO DEVELOP IN ORDER

2:15:31TO BE ABLE TO BE RESPONSIVE.

2:15:33THE REST ON READ THAT WE'RE

2:15:35DOING ON POWELL, WHICH ACTUALLY

2:15:36ISN'T EVEN OUR FACILITY,

2:15:37ALTHOUGH THE LIGHTS ARE TO

2:15:38MAINTAIN, IS SOMETHING THAT WE

2:15:39ARE FINDING SUCCESS WITH. AND

2:15:43THAT'S POTENTIAL POTENTIAL TOOL.

2:15:45THERE ARE ANY NUMBER OF TOOLS,

2:15:47BUT I THINK THE BROADER ASK IS

2:15:49THAT WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE IN

2:15:52THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SOME OF

2:15:54THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE SEEING,

2:15:55AND ALLOW THE TEAM TO BRING

2:15:57FORWARD A SERIES OF OPTIONS FOR

2:16:00CONSIDERATION VERSUS US, EVEN

2:16:02IN THIS SETTING, SAYING, WELL,

2:16:03THIS AND THAT AND THAT, BECAUSE

2:16:08OFTEN OUT OF THE NEED TO

2:16:11SATISFY ONE PROBLEM, IT'S KIND

2:16:16OF THE BALLOON SQUISHING. WE WE

2:16:18MAKE SOMETHING BIGGER AND

2:16:20HARDER IN ANOTHER PLACE. SO THE

2:16:22STRATEGY AROUND HOW WE CAN BEST

2:16:25BE MOST EFFECTIVE, I THINK, IS

2:16:27SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE

2:16:28TO DEVELOP ITERATIVELY. AND MY

2:16:30ASK AND HOPE IS THAT WE COULD

2:16:32HAVE THE BLANKETS VERSUS THE

2:16:36VERY SPECIFIC FITTED SHEETS, SO

2:16:38THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE MOST

2:16:41COMPREHENSIVE AND MEANINGFUL

2:16:42RESPONSE.

2:16:43>> I HEAR THAT, AND THAT MAKES

2:16:44A LOT OF SENSE. I'M EVEN

2:16:46LOOKING AT A LETTER FROM THE

2:16:49PACK, THE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY

2:16:51COMMITTEE, AND THERE ARE THINGS

2:16:53THAT THEY'RE CALLING FOR IN

2:16:54HERE THAT I KNOW THAT THE

2:16:56BUREAU IS WORKING ON. AND SO

2:16:58SOME OF MY WONDERING IS HOW HOW

2:17:00CAN WE BE HOW CAN I BE HELPING

2:17:02TO SHARE THAT OR EXPLAIN THAT

2:17:04WE MIGHT NOT NEED TO WRITE A

2:17:06RESOLUTION TO DIRECT THAT IF

2:17:07IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING? AND

2:17:10WOULD YOU SAY SOME OF THOSE BIG

2:17:12BLANKETS ARE WHAT'S ON SLIDE 13?

2:17:14>> I WOULD SAY THAT THOSE BIG

2:17:16BLANKETS ARE WHAT'S ON SLIDE 13.

2:17:17I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US

2:17:19TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHILE

2:17:22THE TOUGH IS GOING TO BE

2:17:23COVERING MOSTLY MAINTENANCE AND

2:17:25PRESERVATION ACTIVITIES, THAT

2:17:26THAT DOES NOT SUGGEST THAT

2:17:28THERE WON'T BE OTHER ACTUAL

2:17:30TRUE CIP PROJECTS THAT ARE

2:17:31HAPPENING. WE HAVE A LIST OF

2:17:33ABOUT 250 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT

2:17:35PROJECTS THAT WILL DO SOME OF

2:17:36THAT MORE TRANSFORMATIONAL WORK,

2:17:38THAT CORRIDOR TRANSFORMATION

2:17:40WORK THAT I THINK PEOPLE ARE

2:17:43DESIROUS OF. THIS AGAIN, IS

2:17:45THIS TOOL AGAIN, AND THIS

2:17:47FUNDING SOURCE WILL HELP US TO

2:17:49DO THE THINGS THAT PORTLANDERS

2:17:51HAVE EXPRESSED TO US TIME AND

2:17:53TIME AGAIN THAT THEY'D LIKE TO

2:17:54CONTINUE TO SEE OR START TO SEE

2:17:57US DO IN, IN THE SPIRIT OF

2:18:00MAINTAINING OUR STREETS AT THE

2:18:02MOST BASIC LEVELS, THAT DOES

2:18:04NOT, AGAIN, DISCOUNT FROM OUR

2:18:05OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT MORE

2:18:07COMPREHENSIVE WORK. BUT THERE

2:18:08ARE THE DISCRETE BUCKETS WITHIN

2:18:10WHICH THAT TYPE OF WORK WILL

2:18:12HAPPEN. I KNOW THAT YOU OFTEN

2:18:13WILL HEAR, ESPECIALLY FROM THE

2:18:16CONSTITUENCIES THAT YOU ENGAGE.

2:18:17WE AREN'T DOING ENOUGH OF X ON

2:18:20Y, Z. THERE ARE REASONS FOR

2:18:22THAT, AND IT'S, AS WE KNOW,

2:18:24TOUGH TO DESCRIBE. WELL, WE CAN

2:18:25DO THIS HERE. WE CAN'T DO THAT

2:18:27THERE. I KNOW THAT WE GET ANY

2:18:29NUMBER OF EMAILS SAYING, WHY

2:18:30ARE YOU ADDING ANOTHER BIKE

2:18:31LANE HERE WHEN MY STREET IS

2:18:33RIDDLED WITH POTHOLES? BECAUSE

2:18:34WE HAVE FUNDING TO DO THAT VERY

2:18:35DISCREET THING IN THAT VERY

2:18:37SPECIFIC LOCATION. THE FUNDING

2:18:38WAS AVAILABLE. WE WROTE FOR IT,

2:18:39WE WERE AWARDED IT. WE WERE

2:18:41ABLE TO DO THAT WORK. THIS

2:18:42PROVIDES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO

2:18:44DO WHAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE

2:18:45TO DO IN THE HISTORY OF THE

2:18:47BUREAU, WHICH IS TO BE

2:18:48THOUGHTFUL AND STRATEGIC ABOUT

2:18:49PLANNING FOR THE BASIC

2:18:50MAINTENANCE OF THOSE STREETS

2:18:51AND CORRIDORS AND SIDEWALKS

2:18:52THAT OUR FOLKS ARE DEPENDING ON

2:18:54USING. SO WE ENCOURAGE THE

2:18:58CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT. PART OF

2:19:01WHY WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE

2:19:02OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THEIR

2:19:05LENS IN TERMS OF BRINGING

2:19:07FORWARD THE ADVOCATE VOICE AS

2:19:08WELL AS THE PRACTICAL. NOT THAT

2:19:11ADVOCATES VOICES AREN'T

2:19:11PRACTICAL, BUT THE LESS

2:19:14CONNECTED VOICES OF COMMUNITY

2:19:16AS WELL AS THEIR PARTICULAR

2:19:17EXPERTISE IN THE FIELDS OF WORK

2:19:19THAT THEY'VE BEEN IDENTIFIED TO

2:19:22REPRESENT. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT

2:19:23THAT BECAUSE, AS STEFAN

2:19:26ACKNOWLEDGED, THEY PUSH ON THE

2:19:28BUREAU TO THINK MORE BROADLY,

2:19:30TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE BEING

2:19:32COMPREHENSIVE AND ENSURE THAT

2:19:33WE'RE BEING THOUGHTFUL IN OUR

2:19:35APPROACHES SO WE CAN CONTINUE

2:19:38TO HEAR, AGAIN, THOSE VOICES.

2:19:41BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THERE TO

2:19:43BE, I DON'T WANT TO SAY, A

2:19:45SEGREGATION OR DISTINCTION

2:19:46BETWEEN AS MUCH AS CLARITY

2:19:48AROUND WHAT MAINTENANCE AND

2:19:51PRESERVATION DOLLARS CAN DO

2:19:52VERSUS WHAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT

2:19:53DOLLARS CAN DO. SO IF THERE'S

2:19:55IF THERE'S SUPPORT THAT THE

2:19:56BUREAU NEEDS, IT'S IN YOUR

2:19:59CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY TO

2:20:00SAY, I HEAR YOU, YES, THIS CAN

2:20:02DO THAT. THIS IS IS THIS IS FOR

2:20:04THAT. THESE ARE RESTRICTED

2:20:05COMPLETELY. I MEAN, THE AMOUNT

2:20:07OF OUR BUDGET THAT WE CAN'T

2:20:08SPEND ON EITHER OF THE THINGS

2:20:10THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS

2:20:12UNFORTUNATE. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE

2:20:14CONTINUE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

2:20:16BUT THIS THIS IS A THE

2:20:18BEGINNING OF WHAT I ANTICIPATE

2:20:19WILL BE A REALLY MEANINGFUL

2:20:23DEMONSTRATION OF THE CITY DOING

2:20:25WHAT RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING

2:20:27FOR FOR A LONG TIME.

2:20:28>> THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THIS.

2:20:30AND FULL DISCLOSURE, COUNCILOR

2:20:31SMITH AND I DO LOVE TO THROW

2:20:34OUT IDEAS. SO WE DO HAVE SOME

2:20:36FITTED SHEETS THAT WE'VE BEEN

2:20:39PLAYING WITH, BUT WE WILL NOT

2:20:40JUST PUSH IT FORWARD WITHOUT A

2:20:42CONVERSATION.

2:20:42>> WE KNOW HOW TO FOLD FITTED

2:20:44SHEETS AND SO WE CAN WE CAN

2:20:46MAKE IT ALL WORK. WE DON'T JUST

2:20:48BALL THEM UP AND THROW THEM IN

2:20:49THE CORNER. OKAY.

2:20:50>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR

2:20:51PARTNERSHIP.

2:20:52>> ABSOLUTELY.

2:20:52>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR KOYAMA

2:20:53LANE. I WOULD JUST INCLUDE WE

2:20:55NEED SILK PILLOWCASES FOR THE

2:20:57CURLY HAIR.

2:20:57>> WE DO NEED PILLOWCASES.

2:20:59>> PILLOWCASES.

2:20:59>> OKAY.

2:21:01>> COUNCILOR KANAL.

2:21:03>> THANK YOU CHAIR CLARK.

2:21:04THANKS EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE.

2:21:05AND FOR THE PRESENTATION. FIRST,

2:21:07I JUST WANTED TO SAY I

2:21:09APPRECIATE HOW MUCH WORK HAS

2:21:09BEEN DONE SINCE THE LAST TIME.

2:21:11AND PRETTY MUCH EVERY AREA OF

2:21:13THIS, IT'S BEEN NOTICEABLE. IN

2:21:16PARTICULAR THE OUTREACH PIECE.

2:21:18I REALLY APPRECIATED SEEING

2:21:19THAT SLIDE. I PARTICULARLY ALSO

2:21:23APPRECIATE THAT THAT THE

2:21:25FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE DELIVERY,

2:21:26THAT THERE WASN'T A

2:21:27PREDETERMINED OUTCOME TO THAT.

2:21:28THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.

2:21:29AND I APPRECIATE THAT THAT'S

2:21:30BEEN BROADENED. SPEAKING ON THE

2:21:33FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PIECE, ONE

2:21:34OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE

2:21:36FACING IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S

2:21:37COST ASSOCIATED WITH HOW THE

2:21:40DISCOUNT IS DELIVERED. THERE'S

2:21:41OVERHEAD, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE

2:21:42DIFFERENT THINGS. AND WITHOUT

2:21:46KNOWING THE RELATIVE COST OF

2:21:49THAT COMPARED TO THE REVENUE

2:21:50RECEIVED BY THAT PARTICULAR

2:21:51SUBSET OF FOLKS WHO ARE NOT

2:21:53BILLED DIRECTLY, IT'S HARD TO

2:21:54EVEN KNOW IF IT'S, YOU KNOW,

2:21:56VIABLE AND WHETHER IT MAKES

2:21:57MORE SENSE TO JUST SKIP THAT

2:21:59CHARGE ALTOGETHER THAN TO TRY

2:22:00TO COME UP WITH A DISCOUNT THAT

2:22:02COSTS MORE TO ADMINISTER THAN

2:22:03IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, GET. AND IT

2:22:05SEEMS LIKE WE'RE AVOIDING THAT

2:22:06OR AT LEAST MOVING IN THAT

2:22:07DIRECTION. SO THAT'S GREAT. I

2:22:09WANT TO JUST KIND OF OBSERVE

2:22:10THAT BEFORE PROBABLY ANY OF US

2:22:12WERE HERE, WE STARTED THIS

2:22:13CONVERSATION WHERE WE WERE

2:22:16COMFORTABLE LEAVING A SUBSET OF

2:22:17PEOPLE BEHIND ON THIS SIDE OF

2:22:19THE DAIS. WE WERE COMFORTABLE

2:22:20WITH THAT GOING BACK YEARS, AND

2:22:22SO NOT OFFERING FINANCIAL

2:22:24ASSISTANCE TO FOLKS WHO ARE IN

2:22:25THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION. I'M

2:22:28REALLY GRATEFUL THAT WE'VE ALL

2:22:29ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THAT'S NO

2:22:30LONGER AN OPTION. AND SO I JUST

2:22:32WANTED TO TO KIND OF REALLY

2:22:33START THERE. GENERALLY SPEAKING,

2:22:35I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE

2:22:37TRANSPORTATION WALLET PIECE BE

2:22:39IMPLEMENTED. THAT'S SOMETHING

2:22:40THAT HAS HAPPENED, HAS BEEN

2:22:42INTERESTING EXPRESSING THAT FOR

2:22:45A WHILE. AND WE SEE FOLKS HAVE

2:22:46USED IT FOR OTHER THINGS. THE

2:22:48ABILITY TO SEND A SINGLE CHECK

2:22:50AT THE BEGINNING OR END OF THE

2:22:51YEAR. I KNOW THAT THEY'RE BOTH

2:22:53OPTIONS THERE. WHEN WE I USED

2:22:55TO STAFF ADVISORY BODIES OVER

2:22:57ACROSS THE STREET, AND WE

2:23:00SWITCHING THE STIPEND FROM A

2:23:01MONTHLY PAYMENT TO TWICE A YEAR

2:23:04WAS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT IN TERMS

2:23:06OF OVERHEAD TIME SPENT ON IT,

2:23:07THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THE

2:23:09RECIPIENTS APPRECIATED IT MORE

2:23:10AS WELL. SO ANYTHING THAT WE

2:23:13CAN DO ON THAT. THE OTHER THING

2:23:16I REALLY WANTED TO, TO EXPLORE,

2:23:17I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE HARDER,

2:23:19BUT UNLESS THEY GET BACK TO US,

2:23:20BUT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE

2:23:22ELECTRICAL COMPANIES, WHERE

2:23:24THERE IS USUALLY A BILL THERE,

2:23:27AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO

2:23:29OBSERVE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE

2:23:30TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT

2:23:32DISCOUNT OPPORTUNITIES,

2:23:34FEASIBILITY IS A SUBJECTIVE

2:23:36TERM, RIGHT? IT'S IT'S BASED ON

2:23:37WHO'S ANALYZING IT AND WHO'S

2:23:39ANALYSIS IS USED ON IT. I THINK

2:23:42THAT IF IT'S INFEASIBLE TO

2:23:45DELIVER A DISCOUNT TO COST

2:23:46BURDEN PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR

2:23:47RENTERS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT

2:23:49HAS TO BE A PART OF IT IN THE

2:23:51FIRST PLACE. AND THAT'S WHY I

2:23:52RAISED THE SKIPPING PROCESS. AT

2:23:54THE SAME TIME, I KNOW THAT IT'S

2:23:55NOT GOING TO BE EASY TO GET

2:23:57THIS DONE QUICKLY, AND IT'S NOT

2:23:59GOING TO BE A FLIP OF THE

2:24:00SWITCH. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE

2:24:02SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR,

2:24:03CLARIFYING OVER TIME WHAT THE

2:24:04EXPECTATION IS FROM COUNCIL IN

2:24:06TERMS OF WHEN EACH OF THESE

2:24:07DISCOUNTS ARE AVAILABLE. AND I

2:24:08THINK THAT THE COMMERCIAL SIDE

2:24:10WHERE YOU HAVE A PHASE ONE AND

2:24:11PHASE TWO IS SORT OF A MODEL OF

2:24:14WE DON'T HAVE TO GET IT ALL

2:24:15RIGHT ON DAY ONE, BUT WE HAVE

2:24:17TO GET IT RIGHT RELATIVELY

2:24:18QUICKLY. I GUESS I'LL STICK ON

2:24:20THE TOUGH FOR A MINUTE. AND

2:24:21THEN I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS

2:24:23ON OTHER THINGS OR COMMENTS ON

2:24:24OTHER THINGS. I'VE ALWAYS FELT

2:24:25SINCE THE BEGINNING THAT I

2:24:27APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION OF

2:24:28WHERE THE 3070 CAME FROM. I

2:24:29DON'T REALLY KNOW WHY THE FLOOD

2:24:31PIECE IS IS RELEVANT. IT ALWAYS

2:24:33SEEMED PRETTY PUNITIVE TO

2:24:35RESIDENTIAL SIDE USERS TO HAVE

2:24:37IT BE 70%. AND SO AS WE SHIFT

2:24:40TO A LESS BLANKET STRUCTURE FOR

2:24:41THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, THAT MIGHT

2:24:42BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO

2:24:45IN PARALLEL TO THAT TO INCREASE

2:24:47THAT, THAT SHARE, SO THAT SMALL

2:24:50BUSINESSES THAT AREN'T MAJOR

2:24:51TRANSPORTATION USE DRIVERS

2:24:53AREN'T SEEING THEIR RATES GO UP

2:24:54HIGHER BECAUSE THAT'S, IT'S

2:24:55PAIRED WITH THE ADJUSTMENT OF

2:24:57HOW COMMERCIAL IS CALCULATED.

2:25:01BUT THAT LARGER IMPACT

2:25:02BUSINESSES LIKE DRIVE THRUS, OR

2:25:03THERE'S A GIANT NEW FACILITY

2:25:04GOING IN FOR TRUCKING IN

2:25:06NORTHEAST PORTLAND THAT SHOULD

2:25:07BE PAYING EVEN MORE THAN DRIVE

2:25:09THRUS, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK

2:25:10THAT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO,

2:25:11TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. AND

2:25:15ON THE RESIDENTIAL USE SIDE, IS

2:25:18THERE A CONVERSATION YET AROUND

2:25:20A PHASE THREE TO SHIFT THAT

2:25:22CONVERSATION? BECAUSE WE'RE

2:25:23USING AVERAGES OF TRIP IMPACT

2:25:26OR TRIP COUNTS BASED ON, YOU

2:25:29KNOW, APARTMENTS VERSUS HOUSES.

2:25:31YOU HAVE A SLIDE WITH THE

2:25:32LITTLE TWO GRAPHICS THERE ON IT.

2:25:34AND I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY

2:25:35THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS

2:25:37WHO IN BOTH CATEGORIES THAT,

2:25:39YOU KNOW, USE TRIMET WHEN IT'S

2:25:43AVAILABLE, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY

2:25:44DECREASING. BUT TO HELP ENSURE

2:25:48THAT SOMEONE WHO IS WRITING

2:25:50TRIMET EVERY DAY IS, IS CHARGED

2:25:52DIFFERENTLY THAN SOMEONE WHO'S

2:25:52DRIVING EVERY DAY. AND SO WE,

2:25:54I'VE BEEN HEARING CONVERSATION

2:25:56ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE SHIFTING

2:25:57IN THAT WAY. I THINK THAT'S THE

2:25:59RIGHT CALCULATION. THE RIGHT

2:26:01DIRECTION TO BE GOING IS SAYING

2:26:04NOT JUST 4.3%, BUT WHAT'S YOUR

2:26:06ACTUAL IMPACT AS AN INDIVIDUAL

2:26:08BUSINESS? AND SO WHERE'S THE

2:26:10CONVERSATION AT? IS THERE A

2:26:11CONVERSATION YET ABOUT A

2:26:13FURTHER IN THE FUTURE SHIFT TO

2:26:14THE RESIDENTIAL CALCULATION

2:26:17FRAMEWORK?

2:26:18>> SURE. MAYBE JUST A QUICK

2:26:20COUPLE QUICK COMMENTS ON THAT.

2:26:22THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST. AND,

2:26:24YOU KNOW, SUPPORT FOR THIS

2:26:26PHASED APPROACH TO CONTINUE TO

2:26:27REFINE THE PROCESS. ONE THING

2:26:30THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE AN

2:26:32ADVANTAGE GOING FORWARD IS WE

2:26:33HAD AN AMENDMENT, I THINK IT

2:26:35CAME FROM COUNCILOR GREEN WHEN

2:26:36WE WERE WHEN THE ORDINANCE WAS

2:26:37BEING DEVELOPED. THAT HAS US ON

2:26:39AN ANNUAL BASIS, CHECKING IN

2:26:41WITH COUNCIL REGARDING THE

2:26:44METHODOLOGY. SO I THINK THAT'S

2:26:45GOING TO REALLY REQUIRE THAT

2:26:47PHASE TWO WON'T BE THE END,

2:26:48THAT THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL

2:26:50CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE AS WE GO

2:26:51FORWARD RELATED TO THE SAME

2:26:53THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING

2:26:54ABOUT. SO AGAIN, I THINK IT'S

2:26:56REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE MOVE

2:26:59FROM PHASE ONE TO PHASE TWO AS

2:27:02EFFICIENTLY AS WE CAN, AND THAT

2:27:03WE'RE REALLY THOUGHTFUL TO THE

2:27:04COMMENTS THAT COUNCILOR CLARK

2:27:05WAS BRINGING UP AS WELL ABOUT

2:27:07THE IMPACTS TO BUSINESSES. I

2:27:08THINK THE STRUCTURE WE HAVE IN

2:27:10PLACE WILL ALLOW US TO DO THAT.

2:27:12BUT IT'S NOT THE END OF THE,

2:27:13YOU KNOW, THE THE PRODUCTIVE

2:27:16SORT OF CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM

2:27:18THAT I THINK WILL WORK BEST FOR

2:27:20PORTLAND AND BE REALLY

2:27:21THOUGHTFUL TO THE NEEDS THAT

2:27:22ARE ON RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.

2:27:26>> OKAY. SO I GUESS HOW I HEARD

2:27:28THAT IS NOTHING'S IN THE WORKS

2:27:30YET, BUT AS WE DO THE ANNUAL

2:27:32REVIEW, THAT'S WHERE THAT WOULD

2:27:33COME UP.

2:27:34>> YEAH. I MEAN, MAYBE JUST

2:27:35TWEAK IT A LITTLE BIT IS LIKE,

2:27:36WE'RE DEFINITELY WORKING REALLY

2:27:39AGGRESSIVELY TO PRESENT TO THE

2:27:41BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND ALL

2:27:43PORTLANDERS A PHASE TWO

2:27:45APPROACH, AND THAT'S GOING TO

2:27:46HAPPEN IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN

2:27:47COUNCIL IS GOING TO GET A

2:27:49CHANCE TO GIVE US THAT

2:27:50DIRECTION IN APRIL. SO WE'RE

2:27:51WORKING. AND THE FEEDBACK THAT

2:27:53WE GOT TODAY IS REALLY HELPFUL.

2:27:54AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE ONE ON

2:27:56ONE MEETINGS TO TALK MORE ABOUT

2:27:57THAT. SO WE'RE REALLY THAT'S A,

2:27:59I THINK, A SUPER IMPORTANT TIME

2:28:00FOR US TO TRY TO GET IT AS

2:28:02RIGHT AS POSSIBLE, BUT THAT

2:28:03THEN WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO

2:28:05EVALUATE THAT GOING FORWARD.

2:28:06AND WE CAN SHARE INFORMATION. I

2:28:07MEAN, SHOSHANA MADE A GOOD

2:28:08POINT EARLIER THAT ALL THE

2:28:10TUFTS IN THE STATE HAVE SOME

2:28:12BALANCE BETWEEN THE AMOUNT OF

2:28:14THE FEE THAT'S PAID BY

2:28:15COMMERCIAL VERSUS RESIDENTIAL

2:28:17PROPERTIES, AND THAT'S

2:28:18INFORMATION THAT WE CAN SHARE.

2:28:20AGAIN, WE USE THE OUR MATH FOR

2:28:22MODELERS TO COME UP WITH THAT

2:28:23INITIAL 70/30 PERCENTAGE

2:28:26DISTRIBUTION BASED ON TRIPS WE

2:28:28ONLY USE, THE ONLY THING WE USE

2:28:30FROM THE FLOOD SAFETY BENEFIT

2:28:31FEE WAS JUST HOW MUCH REVENUE

2:28:33DO YOU GENERATE PER, YOU KNOW,

2:28:3510TH OF A PERCENT OR SOMETHING

2:28:36LIKE THAT. WHEN YOU CHARGE

2:28:38COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS JUST FOR

2:28:39THAT ONE YEAR, WHEN WE WERE

2:28:41USING THAT AS A WAY OF

2:28:43GENERATING REVENUE, YOU KNOW,

2:28:44THAT WILL BE AS WE MOVE INTO

2:28:45PHASE TWO, THAT WILL NO LONGER

2:28:47BE AN ISSUE. SO THAT'LL BE GOOD,

2:28:49I THINK. BUT I MEAN, THIS IS

2:28:50PERFECT TIME TO ENGAGE ON THESE

2:28:52CONVERSATIONS.

2:28:52>> OKAY. THANKS FOR THAT. AND

2:28:54JUST TO KIND OF FOLLOW UP, YOU

2:28:55SAID THE MATH FOR MODELERS WAS

2:28:57BASED ON TRIPS. IS THAT JUST

2:28:59RAW COUNT OF TRIPS?

2:29:02>> YEAH, IT WAS BASED AT A

2:29:04MACRO LEVEL, RIGHT? THEY WERE

2:29:05LOOKING AT TRIP ENDS FROM LIKE

2:29:09RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL

2:29:10PROPERTIES AND THEN SAYING FOR

2:29:11THE WHOLE CITY, WHAT SHOULD

2:29:13THAT DISTRIBUTION BE IN TOTAL?

2:29:15AND SO ONCE WE, ONCE WE KNEW

2:29:17THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, 70% OF

2:29:18TRIPS BEING CREDITED TO

2:29:20RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, 30% TO

2:29:23COMMERCIAL, THAT ALLOWED US TO

2:29:24DO THE HIGH LEVEL MATH OF HOW

2:29:26MUCH SHOULD EACH OF THOSE

2:29:29PARTIES BE PAYING INTO THE

2:29:31OVERALL. AND THAT'S WHAT WE USE

2:29:32TO ESTABLISH THE RATES.

2:29:33>> OKAY, SO JUST ONE THING TO

2:29:34FLAG IS I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE

2:29:36FACILITY I MENTIONED, THERE'S

2:29:38SEVERAL OF THESE, OBVIOUSLY

2:29:40AROUND DISTRICT TWO AND AROUND

2:29:41THE WHOLE CITY ARE THEY'RE

2:29:43SEMIS.

2:29:44>> YEAH.

2:29:45>> RIGHT. THAT'S GOING TO HAVE

2:29:46A SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT

2:29:47IMPACT ON THE ROADS THAN, YOU

2:29:49KNOW, A PASSENGER VEHICLE. SO

2:29:51FOR SURE, YOU KNOW, FINDING A

2:29:52WAY TO INCORPORATE THAT PIECE

2:29:55OVER TIME IS JUST AN INTEREST

2:29:57OF MINE.

2:29:58>> CAN I JUST ADD ONE QUICK

2:30:00THING ON THAT PORTLAND. I FEEL

2:30:01KIND OF PROUD OF THIS BECAUSE I

2:30:03THINK IT WAS GOOD WORK BY PBOT

2:30:05AS WELL AS OUR FREIGHT

2:30:06COMMITTEE WHEN WE ESTABLISHED

2:30:07OUR LOCAL GAS TAX, YOU KNOW, WE

2:30:09WERE REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT

2:30:11THE FACT THAT OREGONIANS HAVE

2:30:13FOR A LONG TIME IT WAS ACTUALLY

2:30:15DONE THROUGH AN INITIATIVE

2:30:16PROCESS, SAID THAT THEY THINK

2:30:17HEAVY VEHICLES SHOULD PAY THEIR

2:30:19FAIR SHARE. IT'S A REQUIREMENT

2:30:20AT THE STATE LEVEL. IT'S NOT

2:30:21ACTUALLY A CONSTITUTIONAL

2:30:22REQUIREMENT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL,

2:30:23BUT WE THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY

2:30:25IMPORTANT. AND WE SET UP A

2:30:26PROGRAM CALLED THE HEAVY

2:30:27VEHICLE USE TAX, SOMETIMES

2:30:29REFERRED TO AS HEAVY. AND WHAT

2:30:31IT DOES IS WITH OUR BUSINESS

2:30:32LICENSE TAX, ANYBODY WHO

2:30:34DELIVERS INTO THE CITY PAYS THE

2:30:37BUSINESS LICENSE TAX. AND WE

2:30:40ASKED ECO NORTHWEST, HELP US

2:30:41FIGURE OUT LIKE, WHAT SHOULD

2:30:42THEY BE PAYING. AND WE USE THE

2:30:44HEAVY. AND THEN WE USE A

2:30:46PERCENTAGE OF THEIR STATEWIDE

2:30:47WEIGHT MILE TAX TO ACTUALLY

2:30:48COLLECT REVENUE FROM TRUCKING

2:30:50COMPANIES. AND IT'S BEEN REALLY

2:30:51I MEAN, IT'S BEEN THE FREIGHT

2:30:53COMMUNITY WAS VERY HELPFUL WHEN

2:30:55WE ESTABLISHED THAT FEE. WE

2:30:56WORKED WITH THEM AND HOW WE

2:30:57SPEND THOSE RESOURCES. AND IT'S

2:30:59ACTUALLY A PART OF WHEN WE TALK

2:31:01ABOUT FIXING OUR STREETS NOW,

2:31:02HAVING THESE FOUR DIFFERENT

2:31:03REVENUE SOURCES IN IT, THE

2:31:05HEAVY VEHICLE USE TAX IS A PART

2:31:06OF THAT. SO WE SHOULD CONTINUE

2:31:08TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE'RE

2:31:09HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE

2:31:10COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC THAT WE

2:31:11THAT WE TALK ABOUT THAT AND

2:31:13IT'S INCLUDED IN THESE

2:31:14CONVERSATIONS. SO THANKS FOR

2:31:15BRINGING THAT UP.

2:31:16>> YEAH, THANKS. THREE NOT

2:31:19RELATED TO THAT PARTICULAR LINE

2:31:20OF, OF, OF CONVERSATION, GOING

2:31:22BACK TO THE TO THE CIP SIDE ON

2:31:27SLIDE 12, IT SAYS A

2:31:29COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT LIST IS

2:31:29BEING CREATED. IS THAT A CITY

2:31:31WIDE LIST? OKAY. I'M SEEING

2:31:33NODS THERE.

2:31:36>> YES.

2:31:37>> FOR THOSE WHO ARE MAYBE NOT

2:31:38HEARING THIS ON VIDEO, THERE'S

2:31:40JUST REVVING ENGINES, SEVERAL

2:31:42OF THEM IN THE BACKGROUND THAT

2:31:43ARE VERY LOUD.

2:31:44>> ON THE PAVEMENT.

2:31:45>> YEAH. STEPHEN SAID THAT

2:31:49MEMBERS WERE INVITED TO STEP

2:31:51DOWN. CAN YOU CAN I GET A

2:31:54LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT? THAT

2:31:55THAT WAS AN ALARMING TURN OF

2:31:57PHRASE.

2:31:57>> THEY WERE.

2:31:58>> THANK YOU.

2:31:59>> OH, SORRY.

2:32:00>> SORRY. I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU

2:32:02WERE STILL ON. GO AHEAD.

2:32:03>> YEAH. JUST TO PUT THAT IN

2:32:04CONTEXT. SO BASICALLY THE OUR

2:32:06CHARGE ORIGINALLY WAS TO

2:32:10OVERSEE THE. GAS TAX THROUGH

2:32:15THE FIXING OUR STREET BALLOT

2:32:17MEASURE. AND THAT ONCE THE ROLE

2:32:20GOT EXPANDED, WE ACTUALLY

2:32:22INCREASED OUR MEETING FREQUENCY,

2:32:24ADDING TWO ADDITIONAL MEETINGS

2:32:25A YEAR. AND THE GOAL IS TO SORT

2:32:29OF GET EVERYBODY TO VOLUNTEER

2:32:31TO LIKE, KEEP GOING WITH THIS

2:32:33EXPANDED ROLE AND EXPANDED TIME

2:32:37COMMITMENT. AND SO IT WAS

2:32:39COUCHED IN A WAY LIKE, WE'RE

2:32:40NOT ASKING PEOPLE TO STEP DOWN.

2:32:42WE'RE ASKING YOU TO VOLUNTEER

2:32:43MORE HOURS, BUT PUT IT THROUGH

2:32:45A WAY THAT, THAT FOLKS DON'T

2:32:47ACTUALLY HAVE TO AFFIRMATIVELY

2:32:49SAY, I'M, I'M DOWN FOR MORE.

2:32:52>> OKAY.

2:32:52>> SO THAT WAS THE CONTEXT OF

2:32:54THAT.

2:32:54>> OKAY. THANK, THANK YOU FOR

2:32:56CLARIFYING THAT. THE LAST THING

2:32:57I WANTED TO SAY, THIS

2:32:58CONVERSATION AROUND POTHOLES IS

2:32:59REALLY INTERESTING TO ME

2:33:01BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT FROM

2:33:02AN ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE,

2:33:04IT'S OFTEN BETTER TO WAIT AND

2:33:06REDO THE WHOLE STREET. I THINK

2:33:08THERE'S A SEPARATE ELEMENT OF

2:33:09IT, WHICH IS THE GOVERNMENT

2:33:11TRUST PIECE. AND I'M WATCHING.

2:33:14I DON'T LIKE BEING BEHIND OTHER

2:33:17CITIES. I, WHEN I ESPECIALLY

2:33:19CITIES I'VE LIVED IN THAT I

2:33:20KNOW ARE NOT BETTER THAN

2:33:22PORTLAND BECAUSE I'VE LIVED

2:33:23THERE AND MY EXPERIENCE HERE IS

2:33:24A LOT BETTER. AND SO WHEN I SEE

2:33:27200, I DON'T EVEN KNOW, 200,000

2:33:29POTHOLES BEING REPAIRED THIS

2:33:30YEAR IN NEW YORK. AND I GET

2:33:31THAT THE SCALE IS DIFFERENT. I

2:33:33THINK THAT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE

2:33:36THE ACTUAL IMPACT ON THE ROADS.

2:33:38IT'S THE IDEA THAT IF YOU ASK

2:33:40FOR IT, YOU MIGHT GET IT BACK

2:33:42AND YOU MIGHT GET SOMETHING

2:33:43DONE THAT YOU ASKED FOR. AND SO

2:33:46I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE

2:33:46PEOPLE WHO STUDIED TRAFFIC AND

2:33:48ACTUALLY DO KNOW BETTER THAN

2:33:49THE AVERAGE PERSON, AND I

2:33:51APPRECIATE THAT POINT. BUT

2:33:52THERE'S ALSO I WANT MY POTHOLE

2:33:54FIXED. CAN YOU JUST FIX THAT?

2:33:55>> AND YES, WE CAN. WE DO. YEAH.

2:33:57AND SO I WAS I'M SORRY.

2:33:59>> I'M YEAH, I THINK IT'S A

2:34:01SCALE CONCERN. LIKE I'VE SAID

2:34:05FOR YEARS, I THINK THE

2:34:06EXISTENCE OF THE 823 BUMP

2:34:08NUMBER IS A, IS A

2:34:10ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF A SYSTEMIC

2:34:11FAILURE. THE IDEA THAT YOU HAVE

2:34:14TO GO AND BE THE SQUEAKY WHEEL.

2:34:16AND I UNDERSTAND WE DID A LOT

2:34:17FOR PEOPLE IN D1 TO NOT MAKE

2:34:19THEM HAVE TO BE THE SQUEAKY

2:34:21WHEEL, BUT THE IDEA THAT WE'RE

2:34:22JUST NOT GOING TO GET TO THEM

2:34:24UNLESS WE GET PRIORITIZATION

2:34:25BASED OFF OF SOMETHING. AND SO

2:34:27I, I WANT TO JUST BRING THAT UP

2:34:29IN THE. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK

2:34:30THE MARCH MADNESS THING WAS SO

2:34:32GREAT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT WAS

2:34:33A VERY CLEAR HUMAN BEING

2:34:35PUTTING INPUT TO GOVERNMENT,

2:34:36SEEING A RESULT PIECE OF IT.

2:34:38AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE

2:34:39THERE'S THERE'S BEEN A

2:34:42DISCONNECT. AND ONE OF THE

2:34:43REASONS FOR THE DISCONNECT IS

2:34:44WANTING TO DO THINGS MORE

2:34:46COMPREHENSIVELY THAN THEY

2:34:48NECESSARILY NEED TO BE. ON

2:34:50DAYLIGHTING, I'VE ASKED THE

2:34:52QUOTE, I ALWAYS GET BACK IS,

2:34:53WELL, WE HAVE TO PAVE THIS. WE

2:34:55HAVE TO DO ALL THIS STUFF. THE

2:34:57BASIC BLUE BOLTED INTO THE

2:34:58GROUND BIKE RACK COULD DAYLIGHT

2:35:00A CORNER OF OF AN INTERSECTION

2:35:02FOR MUCH, MUCH CHEAPER. I DON'T

2:35:04HAVE THE NUMBERS OFF THE TOP OF

2:35:05MY HEAD, BUT I ASKED FOR THEM

2:35:07AND I THINK IT WAS 5 TO 1, IF I

2:35:09RECALL CORRECTLY. SO, YOU KNOW,

2:35:12IF THAT MEANT THAT WE'RE KIND

2:35:13OF, I DON'T WANT TO SAY, YOU

2:35:15KNOW, DOING IT HALF AS WELL,

2:35:17BECAUSE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY

2:35:18HALF. IT'S MAYBE NOT QUITE AS

2:35:19ESTHETICALLY PLEASING, BUT IT,

2:35:22IT A, IT CAN BE DONE FASTER AND

2:35:23CHEAPER. AND B WE ALSO ACTUALLY

2:35:24NEED BIKE PARKING. SO THERE'S

2:35:26THAT TOO. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S

2:35:28WHERE I THINK LIKE THE POTHOLES

2:35:30QUESTION TO ME IS BROADER THAN

2:35:32JUST THAT THEY GOT 100,000 DONE

2:35:34IN 100 DAYS IN NEW YORK. AND IF

2:35:36EVEN IF YOU SCALE THAT DOWN TO

2:35:37THE SIZE OF THE POPULATION AND

2:35:39THE SIZE OF THE BUDGET, THAT'S

2:35:42SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN WHAT

2:35:43WE DO NUMERICALLY. BUT IT'S

2:35:45ALSO THAT THEY ACTUALLY TAKE

2:35:46THE TIME TO TELL THE STORY. AND

2:35:48I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT WE, I

2:35:49WOULD LOVE TO SEE US TALK ABOUT

2:35:51HOW MANY WE'VE DONE AND NOT WHY

2:35:53WE COULDN'T DO MORE OFTEN,

2:35:55EXCEPT IN ROOMS LIKE THIS,

2:35:56WHERE THAT'S OUR JOB TO TALK

2:35:57ABOUT IT. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT

2:35:59THERE'S A LOT OF WHY IT'S NOT

2:36:01AS GOOD TO FILL POTHOLES

2:36:02NARRATIVE. AND I GOT TO SAY IT,

2:36:04THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT

2:36:05THAT REALLY APPRECIATE THAT

2:36:06CLARITY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE,

2:36:07THE THOUGHTFULNESS THAT GOES

2:36:09INTO THAT. AND ALSO, THERE ARE

2:36:10A LOT OF FOLKS, AND I IMAGINE

2:36:12MY COLLEAGUES ARE HEARING THIS

2:36:13TOO, WHERE THAT MESSAGE GOES

2:36:14OVER LIKE A LEAD BALLOON.

2:36:16>> SURE. AND THANK YOU FOR

2:36:17RAISING THAT. AND ALLOW ME TO

2:36:19EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE OR

2:36:20PROVIDE GREATER CONTEXT. WHEN I

2:36:22SAID THAT WE WE DON'T WAIT TO

2:36:25FILL IT. WE LOOK AROUND TO SEE

2:36:27IF THERE ARE MORE TO FILL. SO

2:36:29THERE ARE OFTENTIMES THAT THE

2:36:30MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS TEAM

2:36:31WILL RECEIVE A INFORMATION

2:36:33ABOUT A POTHOLE THAT NEEDS TO

2:36:35BE FILLED. THEY WILL GO TO FILL

2:36:36THE POTHOLE, AND THEY WILL SEE

2:36:38THAT THERE ARE 20 OTHERS THAT

2:36:39NEED TO BE DONE. AND SO IT

2:36:41LOOKS LIKE, ACCORDING TO THE

2:36:43TRIPTYCH, THAT THEY'VE DONE ONE,

2:36:44BUT THEY'VE ACTUALLY DONE 20.

2:36:45AND SO WE DO RECORD THAT MUCH

2:36:48LIKE THE CITY OF NEW YORK. WHEN

2:36:49WE DID POTHOLE PALOOZA IN 30

2:36:51DAYS, WE DID 30,000 POTHOLES.

2:36:53SO WE'RE ON TRACK FOR THAT TYPE

2:36:56OF EFFORT. THE CHALLENGES WE

2:36:57HAD TO, IN THAT INSTANCE,

2:36:59REDIRECT THE TEAM THAT WAS

2:37:02DEDICATED TO POTHOLE.

2:37:05ADDRESSING POTHOLES ACROSS THE

2:37:06CITY A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE SURE

2:37:07THAT WE COULD DO THAT FOCUSED

2:37:09OUTREACH. THAT SAID, EVEN WITH

2:37:11US DOING THOSE COMPREHENSIVE,

2:37:14INTENTIONAL EFFORTS FOR THAT 30

2:37:15DAYS, WE STILL KEPT ON TRACK

2:37:18WITH GETTING POTHOLES FILLED

2:37:19WITHIN 30 DAYS THAT WERE

2:37:21OUTSIDE OF THE ZONE THAT WE HAD

2:37:22SELECTED. SO IF AGAIN, IF

2:37:26REPORTED, IF WE KNOW ABOUT THE

2:37:27PROBLEM, BECAUSE WE CAN'T SEE

2:37:28ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD

2:37:30LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE, AT

2:37:32LEAST WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO

2:37:33FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. WE

2:37:35CAN BE RESPONSIVE. WE DON'T

2:37:36EVEN HAVE TO BE. WE CAN BE

2:37:38PROACTIVE. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE

2:37:39TO BE REACTIVE. WE CAN BE

2:37:41PROACTIVE. AND SO I ALSO KNOW

2:37:43THAT IN PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS

2:37:44THAT WE'VE HAD BEFORE THIS BODY,

2:37:47THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT,

2:37:48WELL, WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT

2:37:49WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT?

2:37:50SOMETIMES IT DOES REQUIRE A

2:37:51DIFFERENT CREW. BUT WHAT WE DID

2:37:53NOT SAY, OR I DID NOT SAY IN

2:37:55THAT CONVENING WAS THAT OFTEN

2:37:57WHEN A TEAM IS OUT DOING A

2:37:59REPAIR OR PREPARING A SYSTEM

2:38:02FOR SOMETHING, THEY WILL REPORT

2:38:03THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE

2:38:04AND THE APPROPRIATE CREW WILL

2:38:06GO OUT AND DO THAT WORK. AND

2:38:07AGAIN, LOOK AROUND TO SEE WHAT

2:38:09ELSE NEEDS TO HAPPEN. WE GOT A

2:38:11REQUEST FOR SOME RESTRIPING

2:38:13JUST IN A FEW BLOCKS AWAY. THE

2:38:15TEAM DID COME OUT RESTRIPED,

2:38:17BUT THEY ALSO LOOKED AROUND TO

2:38:18SEE WHAT ELSE NEEDED TO BE DONE.

2:38:20SO THAT IS HAPPENING. SO IF

2:38:21IT'S IF IT SOUNDED LIKE I WAS

2:38:23SUGGESTING WE JUST WAIT FOR

2:38:24EVERYTHING TO GO TO SEED, WE

2:38:26AREN'T. WE AREN'T WAITING TO

2:38:28SEE THROUGH TO ANOTHER COUNTRY

2:38:31WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE

2:38:32DEPTH OF A POTHOLE. BUT WE ARE

2:38:35TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE

2:38:35GETTING THE BIGGEST BANG FOR

2:38:37OUR BUCK WHEN WE'RE GOING OUT.

2:38:38AND SOMETIMES THAT DOES REQUIRE

2:38:41A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA EFFORT.

2:38:42BUT THE GOAL IS, AND WE'VE BEEN

2:38:44MEETING THAT CONSISTENTLY FOR

2:38:45THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TO GO

2:38:47OUT. WHEN WE KNOW ABOUT

2:38:48SOMETHING, TO DO SOMETHING

2:38:49ABOUT IT. THE GENERAL

2:38:51EXPECTATION IS IF WE SEE A

2:38:52PROBLEM, WE CAN SOLVE A PROBLEM.

2:38:54AND WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE

2:38:56SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT IN

2:38:57WAYS THAT MAKE THE MOST SENSE.

2:38:59AGAIN, WE NEED THE COMMUNITY'S

2:39:02PARTNERSHIP IN THAT, AND I KNOW

2:39:03THAT OFTEN WE'LL RECEIVE

2:39:04MESSAGES FROM COUNCILORS ABOUT

2:39:05SPECIFIC LOCATIONS THAT PEOPLE

2:39:07WOULD LIKE FOR US TO GO TO.

2:39:10SOMETIMES WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN

2:39:11THE REPORT THROUGH 311 THROUGH

2:39:13A TWO THREE SAFE. IT'S ALREADY

2:39:15ON OUR LIST. SO WE KEEP THE

2:39:17LIST. WE CAN REPORT OUT ON THAT.

2:39:18WE CAN LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE'VE

2:39:20BEEN FROM A DISTRICT

2:39:22PERSPECTIVE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE

2:39:23EXCITED ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE

2:39:24TOUGH AND CRF WE'LL BE ABLE TO

2:39:27TRACK IN REAL TIME. EVERYONE

2:39:28CAN BE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IN

2:39:30REAL TIME WHERE WE ARE, WHAT

2:39:31WE'RE DOING AND HOW WE'RE

2:39:34ADDRESSING THOSE REALLY VERY

2:39:35BASIC, FUNDAMENTAL NEEDS. BUT I

2:39:39WOULD LOVE FOR OUR STORYTELLING

2:39:41TO CATCH UP WITH THE WAY THAT

2:39:43WE ARE ACTUALLY OUT THERE. WE

2:39:44DO A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH

2:39:46COMMUNITY IN WAYS THAT ARE

2:39:48MAKING IMPACTS ON A DAILY BASIS.

2:39:51THE OPPORTUNITY IS OURS TO

2:39:53IDENTIFY THE CAPACITY TO BE

2:39:54ABLE TO HELP WITH THAT

2:39:55STORYTELLING.

2:39:55>> YEAH. SO THE, I WILL SAY I

2:39:59THAT ALL MAKES SENSE TO ME. I'M

2:40:01ALSO AWARE THAT IN TERMS OF THE,

2:40:03LIKE THE PUBLIC TRUST PIECE OF

2:40:05IT. JANUARY 15TH, THE LAST YEAR

2:40:10WHEN WE VOTED ON COMMITTEES, I

2:40:11BROUGHT UP PAINTING A CROSSWALK,

2:40:13WHICH I WAS TOLD COST ABOUT

2:40:14$300 TO DO AT THE TIME ON THE

2:40:18SOUTH SIDE. WELL, ACTUALLY LIKE

2:40:19NEAR MCCOY PARK ON TRENTON,

2:40:21WHERE THERE ARE CUTS FOR

2:40:24WHEELCHAIR USERS TO GO

2:40:25MID-BLOCK. BUT THERE'S NO

2:40:27DAYLIGHTING. SO THE THE PARKING

2:40:28SPOTS ARE THERE. THERE'S NO

2:40:29PAINTED CROSSWALK. AND I WAS

2:40:31TOLD DAYLIGHTING IS TOO HARD.

2:40:32GOT A CROSSWALK, STILL HASN'T

2:40:33BEEN PAINTED. AND IF I'M A CITY

2:40:36COUNCILOR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT

2:40:37TELLS MY MY CONSTITUENTS. WHY

2:40:40WOULD THEY CALL? RIGHT. SO, YOU

2:40:44KNOW, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN

2:40:44BRINGING IT UP PUBLICLY. I'VE

2:40:46TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE AT LEAST

2:40:47EIGHT TIMES ON THIS DAIS, AND

2:40:49IT'S STILL NOT DONE. SO I GET

2:40:51LIKE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M

2:40:53TALKING ABOUT THERE. I'M GOING

2:40:54TO MOVE ON TO THE LAST THING I

2:40:56WANTED TO FLAG, WHICH WAS THAT

2:40:59THE SDR PIECE IS RELATED TO

2:41:01THIS AS WELL, WHICH IS THE IDEA

2:41:02THAT YOU DO THINGS TOGETHER.

2:41:03AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT A

2:41:05GREAT DEAL. ONE OF THE THINGS

2:41:07THAT I THINK RELATES TO THE

2:41:09ANOTHER THING THAT'S RELATED TO

2:41:10IT, NOT IN THE SAME DIRECTION

2:41:12AS SDR, BUT IN THE SECTION OF

2:41:13LIKE HOW PRIORITIZATION WORKS

2:41:14IS IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO JUST

2:41:17DO EVERYTHING OF A TYPE. I KNOW

2:41:18THAT'S LESS EFFICIENT, BUT IT

2:41:20FEELS LIKE A FLUKE WHEN YOU SEE

2:41:22POTHOLES FIXED IN ONE AREA AND

2:41:24THEN YOU GO TO ANOTHER PLACE

2:41:26AND THEY'RE STILL ON THE SAME

2:41:27DRIVE AND THEN THEY'RE NOT

2:41:28FIXED. WHEREAS IF AND I KNOW

2:41:31THAT THAT'S BECAUSE PBOT HAS,

2:41:33YOU KNOW, PROBABLY 100 PEOPLE

2:41:34SCORING, WHAT THE MOST

2:41:35IMPORTANT THING IS TO DO. BUT I.

2:41:39>> THINK IN TERMS OF THE

2:41:41POTHOLES, IT'S TRUE.

2:41:42>> FOR POTHOLES. BUT I'M SAYING

2:41:43IN TERMS OF LIKE WE DO A COUPLE

2:41:45POTHOLES HERE, THERE EVERYWHERE

2:41:46WE DO CROSSWALKS HERE, THEY'RE

2:41:47EVERYWHERE. WE DO DAYLIGHTING

2:41:48HERE. LIKE I IT WOULD BE AND

2:41:51THIS IS MAYBE NOT FOR THE FIVE

2:41:53PEOPLE HERE. AND I'M MAYBE MORE

2:41:55FRUSTRATED WITH THE EMPTY BOX

2:41:56OVER HERE. JUST DO ONE OF THEM

2:41:59FOR A YEAR BECAUSE THEN NEXT

2:42:01YEAR WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY

2:42:03POTHOLES. AND THEN IN TWO YEARS

2:42:04WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY CROSSWALK

2:42:05ISSUES. AND LIKE, AND I'M

2:42:07OVERSIMPLIFYING AND I GET THAT

2:42:08TOTALLY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, BUT

2:42:09I THINK THERE'S BEEN A, A IDEA

2:42:12OF, OF SORT OF A LOT OF

2:42:15PRIORITIZATION AND SCORING AND

2:42:16ALL THAT, AND NOT A LOT OF JUST

2:42:18DOING THE THING THAT'S VISIBLE.

2:42:20BECAUSE I HEAR MORE ABOUT PBOT

2:42:22THAN ANY OTHER BUREAU. AND AS

2:42:23I'M SURE YOU CAN GUESS, PEOPLE

2:42:25COME TO ME FOR, FOR LIKE POLICE

2:42:27ALL THE TIME, BUT I STILL HEAR

2:42:28ABOUT PBOT MORE.

2:42:29>> SURE.

2:42:30>> THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE A

2:42:31RESPONSE. I THINK THAT YOUR

2:42:32POINT IS WELL TAKEN, AND I

2:42:34THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ON. WE ALL

2:42:36WE ALL GET THOSE CALLS. AND

2:42:38LIKE I SAID EARLIER, PBOT IS

2:42:40THE ONE BUREAU THAT EVERYBODY

2:42:42TOUCHES EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND,

2:42:45YOU KNOW.

2:42:46>> AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE

2:42:47WE'VE SYSTEMATICALLY

2:42:48UNDERFUNDED YOU FOREVER. AND

2:42:49ALL THIS IS A MOOT POINT UNTIL

2:42:51YOU GET THE MONEY THAT'S COMING

2:42:53FROM THESE TWO FEES THAT I.

2:42:54>> AND WE THANK YOU FOR

2:42:56AGREEING TO THAT.

2:42:57>> AND WE ARE WE ARE CHANGING

2:42:58THE TRAJECTORY RIGHT HERE,

2:42:59FOLKS. COUNCILOR. KOYAMA LANE,

2:43:00DID YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP?

2:43:02>> YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO

2:43:03FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF THAT.

2:43:05APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION.

2:43:07AND IT DID REMIND ME OF THIS

2:43:09CONVERSATION ABOUT THERE'S

2:43:11OVERARCHING WORK, LONG GOALS.

2:43:13AND THEN THERE'S THE, THE, THE

2:43:15FITTED SHEETS. WHAT WAS THE

2:43:16BIGGER? WAS THERE ANOTHER

2:43:17METAPHOR FOR THAT?

2:43:18>> THE BLANKET, THE.

2:43:19>> BLANKET BLANKET, THE BLANKET.

2:43:20OKAY. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AS I'VE

2:43:23LEARNED MORE, I'VE LEARNED THAT

2:43:24POTHOLES REALLY ARE A SYMPTOM

2:43:27OF NOT HAVING PAVED. AND SO

2:43:29YEAH, YOU CAN GO IN AND, AND

2:43:31FIX THOSE. AND THAT'S GOING TO

2:43:33BE KIND OF FLASHY AND EXCITING

2:43:34AND QUICK, BUT IT'S A SYMPTOM

2:43:36OF A BIGGER PROBLEM. AND I ALSO

2:43:39HEAR THAT WHEN PEOPLE SEE SOME,

2:43:42SOME, SOME VISIBLY THINGS NOT

2:43:44GETTING FIXED, YOU LOSE PUBLIC

2:43:46TRUST. AND YOU ALSO HAVE TO BE

2:43:48THINKING ABOUT THAT BLANKET.

2:43:49AND SO I, I JUST WANT TO

2:43:51ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COMPLEXITY AND

2:43:52I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT RIGHT

2:43:54RATIO IS, BUT I MEAN, USUALLY I

2:43:57FEEL LIKE MOST THINGS ARE SOME

2:43:59MIX OF THE TWO. AND SO I DO

2:44:02APPRECIATE THAT THERE ARE THERE

2:44:03HAVE BEEN SOME BLITZ FILLING IN,

2:44:05BUT THAT WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF

2:44:07THE BLANKET TWO AND JUST WANT

2:44:11TO SAY IT'S COMPLICATED. AND I

2:44:12APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE ALL

2:44:13WILLING TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION.

2:44:15>> THANK YOU.

2:44:16>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. JUST A

2:44:17COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS. AND

2:44:18THEN I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET US

2:44:20OUT OF HERE EVEN A FEW MINUTES

2:44:22EARLY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY

2:44:24SOMETHING TO STEPHEN. IF HE'S

2:44:25STILL THERE, JUST HOW MUCH I

2:44:29APPRECIATE YOUR, I GUESS,

2:44:31TENACITY AND ENTHUSIASM, YOUR

2:44:33WILLINGNESS TO SERVE. REALLY

2:44:34APPRECIATE THAT. JUST THANK YOU

2:44:36FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND

2:44:39SHARING YOUR COMMITTEE'S WORK

2:44:40AND, AND THE CHANGE THAT YOU

2:44:42ALL ARE GOING THROUGH AND

2:44:43ADDITIONAL COMMITMENT. BUT JUST

2:44:44THANK YOU SO MUCH, STEPHEN. I

2:44:46REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

2:44:47>> ALL RIGHT. HEY, THANK YOU

2:44:48FOR HAVING ME.

2:44:49>> APPRECIATE IT.

2:44:51>> SECOND REAL QUICK. YOU WERE

2:44:54COMING BACK IN NOVEMBER WITH

2:44:56CLEANUP PIECES. CAN WE START TO

2:44:59GENERATE THAT LIST RIGHT AWAY?

2:45:01BECAUSE OUR AGENDA IS GETTING

2:45:02VERY CROWDED AND WE NEED TO

2:45:04KNOW WHAT YOU NEED, WHAT YOU

2:45:06ABSOLUTELY NEED BEFORE THE END

2:45:07OF THE YEAR, IF POSSIBLE. BUT

2:45:10I'D LIKE TO GET THAT LIST AS

2:45:12SOON AS POSSIBLE,

2:45:14>> SIR, AND I CAN. IT'S THE

2:45:16THREE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.

2:45:17WE'RE REALLY JUST LIKE PURE

2:45:19CLEANUP, MAKING SURE THAT THE

2:45:20LAST THREE AMENDMENTS THAT

2:45:22HAPPENED IN APRIL, THEY MADE IT

2:45:24INTO THE ORDINANCE AND THEY

2:45:25DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE CODE.

2:45:26AND SO IT'S JUST SORT OF

2:45:28CLEANING UP THE CODE BEFORE WE

2:45:29HIT GO IN JANUARY. WE'RE NOT

2:45:31DOING ANYTHING NEW MEANINGFULLY.

2:45:33>> GOOD TO KNOW, GOOD TO KNOW.

2:45:34I WASN'T SURE, JUST REALLY

2:45:35TECHNICAL, NOT ANYTHING

2:45:37SUBSTANTIVE. OKAY, GREAT. AND

2:45:38YOU MENTIONED, SHOSHANA, THAT

2:45:41YOU ARE GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC

2:45:43IN FEBRUARY. IS THAT BECAUSE OF

2:45:45THE BUSINESS SIDE OR WHAT? WHAT

2:45:47ARE YOU LOOKING FOR WHEN YOU GO

2:45:49OUT?

2:45:49>> THE IDEA IN FEBRUARY IS JUST,

2:45:51YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WILL START

2:45:52TO PAY THE BILL IN, IN THE IN

2:45:55JANUARY, FEBRUARY, DEPENDING ON

2:45:57THEIR WATER BILL SCHEDULE. AND

2:45:58WE'RE REALLY JUST GOING TO BE

2:46:00OUT TRYING TO SHOW WHAT THE

2:46:01WORK IS DOING SOME OF THAT

2:46:03STORYTELLING. AND SO WE WANT TO

2:46:04HAVE A OPEN HOUSE IN EVERY

2:46:06DISTRICT. AND AT THAT POINT, I

2:46:07THINK IN MULTIPLE WAYS, JUST

2:46:08REALLY START TO SAY, HEY, THIS

2:46:10IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE

2:46:11THE POTHOLES WE'RE FILLING.

2:46:12HERE'S THE LIST OF SIDEWALK

2:46:14PROJECTS. HERE'S THE LIST OF

2:46:15VISION ZERO PROJECTS THAT WE'VE

2:46:16COLLABORATED WITH OUR TEAM ON.

2:46:17AND, YOU KNOW, JUST WHAT IS THE

2:46:19ACTUAL WORK AT THAT POINT? IT'S

2:46:21REALLY JUST TRYING TO ENGAGE

2:46:22FOLKS.

2:46:22>> IN THAT. THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

2:46:24I KNOW SOME REALLY, REALLY

2:46:25APPRECIATED THE ONES THAT YOU

2:46:26DID PRETTY TOUGH WHEN WE

2:46:27DECIDED TO PURSUE THIS WAS

2:46:29REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL. I KNOW

2:46:30THAT I THINK THE MAYOR WENT TO

2:46:32EVERY SINGLE ONE, BUT AND SOME

2:46:33OF US WENT TO, I THINK I WENT

2:46:35TO THREE, I SAW YOU AT A COUPLE

2:46:37OF THEM, I THINK. YEAH. RIGHT.

2:46:39OKAY, GREAT. SUPER. THANK YOU

2:46:40AGAIN. SO MUCH MATERIAL, SO

2:46:43MUCH WORK. CYNTHIA. SO MUCH

2:46:45WORK. MARK. JUST REALLY

2:46:46APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT

2:46:47YOU'RE DOING. YOU'RE REALLY

2:46:50TRAILBLAZERS FOR THE CITY. WE

2:46:52APPRECIATE THAT. AND IT WAS A

2:46:53GREAT PRESENTATION. I THINK WE

2:46:55ALL AGREE. VERY, VERY HELPFUL.

2:46:58THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WE LOOK

2:47:00FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN

2:47:01NOVEMBER.

2:47:02>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK

2:47:03YOU.

2:47:04>> OKAY, COLLEAGUES, OUR NEXT

2:47:05MEETING IS OCTOBER THE 13TH.

2:47:08WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FINALLY

2:47:10ABOUT THE ASSET MANAGEMENT

2:47:12STRATEGY REPORT. YEAH. AND

2:47:15WE'RE GOING AND EVEN MORE

2:47:18EXCITING, WE'RE GOING TO TALK

2:47:19ABOUT AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES. AND

2:47:21I'M REALLY HOPING AT THAT

2:47:23MEETING TO HAVE ALL OF US

2:47:26CONTRIBUTED IN ADVANCE TO

2:47:29POTENTIAL POLICY PIECE. SO

2:47:32THAT'S EXCITING. AND THEN PBOT

2:47:34IS GOING TO BE BRINGING FORTH

2:47:36AN ORDINANCE ON THE NORTHEAST

2:47:38PARKING EVENT DISTRICT TO

2:47:40ADDRESS NEIGHBORHOOD PARKING

2:47:42CHALLENGES NEAR THE MOTOR

2:47:43CENTER. SO THAT WILL BE AN

2:47:44ACTION PACKED MEETING ON

2:47:48OCTOBER 13TH. SO I'M ALSO GOING

2:47:50TO SHARE FOR COUNCILOR KOYAMA

2:47:52LANE THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO

2:47:53HAVE THE UTILITY RATE SETTING

2:47:56INITIAL CONVERSATION IN OCTOBER

2:47:58IF WE CAN. SO THAT'S DEFINITELY

2:48:01ON THE RADAR SCREEN. SO WITH

2:48:02ALL THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS, I WILL

2:48:04ADJOURN THE MEETING OF THE

2:48:05PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE.