2026-09-24 - Council

06:50>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. I

06:52AM CALLING BACK TO ORDER THIS

06:54MEETING. THIS RECESSED MEETING

06:55OF THE PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL.

06:57IT IS 201 KEELAN. CAN WE PLEASE

07:00CALL THE ROLL?

07:01>> GOOD AFTERNOON. KOYAMA LANE.

07:03HERE. MORILLO HERE. NOVICK.

07:06HERE. CLERK. HERE. GREEN HERE.

07:10ZIMMERMAN HERE. AVALOS. PRESENT.

07:13SMITH HERE. KANAL. HERE.

07:15PIRTLE-GUINEY. HERE. LION. HERE.

07:20DUNPHY.

07:21>> HERE. AND CAN WE PLEASE READ

07:23THE RULES OF DECORUM FOR THE

07:24CHAMBER?

07:26>> GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME TO

07:27THE PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL. TO

07:29TESTIFY BEFORE COUNCIL IN

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07:32SIGN UP IN ADVANCE ON THE

07:33COUNCIL AGENDA AT

07:37WWW.PORTLAND.GOV/AGENDA.

07:37INFORMATION ON ENGAGING WITH

07:38THE COUNCIL CAN BE FOUND ON THE

07:40COUNCIL CLERK'S WEB PAGE.

07:41INDIVIDUALS MAY TESTIFY FOR

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07:44OTHERWISE, YOUR MICROPHONE WILL

07:45BE MUTED. WHEN YOUR TIME IS

07:46OVER, THE PRESIDING OFFICER

07:48PRESERVES ORDER DISRUPTIVE

07:49CONDUCT SUCH AS SHOUTING,

07:50REFUSING TO CONCLUDE YOUR

07:52TESTIMONY WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP,

07:53OR INTERRUPTING OTHERS

07:54TESTIMONY OR COUNCIL

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07:56ALLOWED. IF YOU CAUSE A

07:58DISRUPTION, A WARNING WILL BE

07:59GIVEN. FURTHER DISRUPTION WILL

08:00RESULT IN EJECTION FROM THE

08:01MEETING. ANYONE WHO FAILS TO

08:02LEAVE ONCE EJECTED IS SUBJECT

08:04TO ARREST FOR TRESPASS.

08:05ADDITIONALLY, COUNCIL MAY TAKE

08:06A SHORT RECESS AND RECONVENE

08:07VIRTUALLY YOUR TESTIMONY TO

08:09ADDRESS THE MATTER BEING

08:10CONSIDERED. WHEN TESTIFYING,

08:12STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

08:13YOUR ADDRESS IS NOT NECESSARY.

08:14IF YOU ARE A LOBBYIST, IDENTIFY

08:16THE ORGANIZATION YOU REPRESENT.

08:17VIRTUAL TESTIFIERS SHOULD

08:18UNMUTE THEMSELVES WHEN THE

08:19COUNCIL CLERK CALLS YOUR NAME.

08:21THANK YOU.

08:21>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

08:22COLLEAGUES. WE ONLY HAVE TWO

08:24ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY. WE

08:25ARE GOING TO READ THEM AT THE

08:27SAME TIME. SO KEELAN, CAN WE

08:28PLEASE CALL ITEMS 12 AND 13

08:30TOGETHER?

08:32>> DOCUMENT 20, ITEM 12.

08:33DOCUMENT 2026-311. ADOPT THE

08:36CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE

08:38HUB POLICY PROJECT TO SUPPORT

08:40PUBLIC HEALTH AND NATURAL

08:41HAZARDS RISK REDUCTION. AMEND

08:43CODE TITLE 33 AND 24, ITEM 13

08:46DOCUMENT 2026, DASH THREE, 12

08:50AND BULK FUEL TERMINAL CAPACITY

08:52REDUCTION REGULATIONS CODE TO

08:53REDUCE CRITICAL ENERGY

08:55INFRASTRUCTURE HUB FUEL STORAGE

08:57BY 2036 IN SUPPORT OF HAZARD

08:59MITIGATION AD CODE. CHAPTER

09:0217.112.

09:02>> THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. THIS

09:04IS THE FIRST READING AND

09:05HEARING FOR ITEM 2026-311311.

09:08THE ORDINANCE FOR THE

09:09RECOMMENDED DRAFT OF THE CEI

09:10HUB POLICY PROJECT AND A

09:12HEARING FOR ITEM NUMBER 2026

09:15312. THE ORDINANCE FOR THE BULK

09:16FUEL TERMINAL CAPACITY

09:18REDUCTION REGULATIONS. THE

09:20LEGISLATIVE RECORDS FOR THESE

09:21ORDINANCES WILL INCLUDE

09:22PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS

09:23AT THE SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2026

09:25COUNCIL WORK SESSION. WE WILL

09:27TAKE JOINT TESTIMONY ON BOTH

09:28ITEMS. TODAY. WE HAD A FULL

09:30DISCUSSION OF THIS ITEM IN WORK

09:32SESSION LAST WEEK. WE'RE GOING

09:33TO HAVE A BRIEF REFRESHER FROM

09:35STAFF FOR THE SAKE OF THE

09:36PUBLIC RECORD. WE WILL THEN

09:38MOVE TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY. BUT

09:39BEFORE WE MOVE TO PUBLIC

09:40TESTIMONY, I'LL GIVE COUNCILORS

09:42AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE

09:43AMENDMENTS. BUT COLLEAGUES,

09:44I'LL ASK YOU TO INTRODUCE THEM,

09:45BUT NOT FORMALLY MOVE THEM SO

09:46THAT PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE ARE

09:48ABLE TO TESTIFY ABOUT THEM, AND

09:50THEN WE WILL MOVE TO THEM

09:52ALMOST CERTAINLY NEXT WEEK FOR

09:54DISCUSSION. SO FIRST THINGS

09:57FIRST, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME UP

09:59STAFF FOR A BRIEF PRESENTATION.

10:01I BELIEVE WE HAVE DIRECTOR ERIC

10:03ENGSTROM. WE HAVE TOM ARMSTRONG

10:04AND PATRICIA DIFFENDERFER FROM

10:08PLANNING AND SUSTAINABILITY.

10:11WELCOME.

10:17>> FOR THE SAKE OF BREVITY, I'M

10:18GOING TO TURN IT DIRECTLY OVER

10:20TO STAFF TO GIVE YOU THE

10:21REFRESHER.

10:22>> THANK YOU.

10:41>> ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON,

10:43COUNCIL. I AM TOM ARMSTRONG.

10:44I'M A SUPERVISING PLANNER WITH

10:46THE BUREAU OF PLANNING AND

10:48SUSTAINABILITY. BEFORE YOU

10:50TODAY, AS YOU JUST HEARD, OUR

10:52TWO ORDINANCES. THE FIRST ONE

10:55INCLUDES COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

10:57POLICY AMENDMENTS, CHANGES TO

10:59THE TITLE 33 ZONING CODE TO

11:03PLACE LIMITS ON STORAGE TANK

11:05CAPACITY AND TRANSLOADING

11:07INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS

11:08CHANGES TO TITLE 24, WHICH ARE

11:12REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDING

11:13PERMITS RELATED TO THE

11:15STRUCTURAL SUPPORT. WITH THE

11:17PIPING OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.

11:19THE SECOND ORDINANCE IS TITLE

11:2217, THE CAPACITY REDUCTION

11:24PROGRAM THAT WILL PLACE

11:26REQUIREMENTS ON THE BULK FUEL

11:28TERMINALS IN THE CI HUB IN

11:30TERMS OF INVENTORY AND FUEL

11:33VOLUME REPORTING REQUIREMENTS,

11:35AS WELL AS REDUCING STORAGE

11:37TANK CAPACITY OUT TO THE YEAR

11:412036, WE HAVE LEGISLATIVE

11:46RECORDS ESTABLISHED FOR BOTH OF

11:48THESE ORDINANCES THAT CAN BE

11:49FOUND IN FILES. THIS IS WHERE

11:51ALL OF THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION,

11:54THE PREVIOUS REPORTS AND

11:57STUDIES THAT PROVIDE THE

12:00INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE THAT

12:01SUPPORTS YOUR DECISION, AND

12:04THOSE CAN ALL BE FOUND IN THESE

12:06TWO FILE LOCATIONS. BRIEFLY,

12:11THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

12:13AMENDMENTS. THERE ARE

12:14AMENDMENTS TO TWO OF THE

12:16EXISTING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

12:18POLICIES, PRIMARILY TO REFLECT

12:22THE. EXPANDED LIMITS GOING FROM

12:27JUST FOSSIL FUELS TO INCLUDE

12:30RENEWABLE FUELS, AS WELL AS A

12:35SUITE OF NEW POLICIES THAT

12:38SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS ACTIVITIES,

12:40DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE

12:41CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE

12:43HUB. AND IN ADDITION TO

12:46ESTABLISHING THIS GEOGRAPHY AND

12:48PROVIDING DIRECTION, THERE IS A

12:50SUITE OF SUB POLICIES THAT GET

12:52INTO SPECIFIC ISSUES SUCH AS

12:55SEISMIC UPGRADES, ENVIRONMENTAL

12:58PROTECTION, INTERAGENCY

13:00COORDINATION, COMMUNITY

13:02RESILIENCE, AND A THE FUTURE

13:08ISSUE OF CONSIDERING LIMITS ON

13:11THE STORAGE OF NON-FUEL

13:13NON-FUEL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.

13:16BRIEFLY, THE TITLE 33 AND TITLE

13:1924 CODE AMENDMENTS. JUST TO GET

13:23EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE.

13:25CURRENTLY, OUR EXISTING ZONING

13:27CODE REQUIREMENTS PROHIBIT NEW

13:31BULK FOSSIL FUEL TERMINALS.

13:32THAT IS, ANY TERMINAL WITH MORE

13:34THAN 2 MILLION GALLONS OF

13:36STORAGE. WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN

13:38YELLOW IS ROUGHLY A 2.3 MILLION

13:41GALLON STORAGE TANK. SO THESE

13:42ARE TERMINALS WITH LARGE

13:46CAPACITY OF STORAGE CAPACITY.

13:52WE LIMIT FOR THE EXISTING 11

13:54TERMINALS THAT ARE IN THE CI

13:56HUB. WE LIMIT NEW BULK FUEL

14:01STORAGE CAPACITY. SO NO NEW

14:04FOSSIL FUEL STORAGE CAPACITY.

14:07WE CURRENTLY ALLOW UNLIMITED

14:09EXPANSIONS FOR AVIATION AND

14:11RENEWABLE FUELS, AND WE

14:13CURRENTLY ALLOW UNLIMITED

14:15EXPANSION FOR TRANSLOADING

14:16INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PIPES, THE

14:18OFFLOADING RACKS, THE DOCK

14:20CONNECTIONS THAT ALLOWS THE

14:22FUEL TO MOVE THROUGH THROUGH

14:25THE THE HUB, WE ALLOW FOR THE

14:28REPAIR, REPLACEMENT AND

14:30RECONFIGURATION OF STORAGE OF

14:31THE EXISTING STORAGE TANKS.

14:34THAT'S TO SUPPORT SEISMIC

14:36IMPROVEMENTS AND TO PROVIDE THE

14:38TERMINALS SOME FLEXIBILITY TO

14:40SERVE THE MARKET AS THOSE

14:42MARKET NEEDS CHANGE. AND WE SEE,

14:44YOU KNOW, INCREASED USE OF

14:47ESPECIALLY RENEWABLE FUELS. AND

14:49SO THAT THEY CAN RECONFIGURE

14:50THEIR EXISTING FOSSIL FUEL

14:53CAPACITY TO SERVE THOSE MARKETS.

14:57THE RECOMMENDED ZONING CODE

15:00CHANGES PLACE FURTHER LIMITS ON

15:03THE EXPANSION OF STORAGE TANK

15:05CAPACITY NOW, INCLUDING ALL

15:07FUEL TYPES, INCLUDING AVIATION

15:09AND INCLUDING RENEWABLE FUELS.

15:11WE SET UP A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT

15:13LAND USE REVIEWS THAT ALLOW FOR

15:18SOME FLEXIBILITY. WE ALLOW FOR

15:21FOR TRANSFERS OF CAPACITY

15:24BETWEEN TERMINALS. WE HAVE A A

15:27LIMITED 5% EXPANSION FOR

15:29AVIATION FUELS, BECAUSE

15:32AVIATION FUEL IS THE ONLY FUEL

15:33TYPE THAT IS FORECASTED TO

15:35INCREASE IN DEMAND OVER THE

15:37NEXT 20 YEARS, WE LIMIT THE

15:40EXPANSION OF TRANSLOADING

15:43INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ALL TYPES OF

15:44FUELS AND. BUT WE DO HAVE A

15:46LAND USE REVIEW THAT WOULD

15:48ALLOW FOR NEW TRANSLOADING

15:51INFRASTRUCTURE. IF IT MEETS A

15:52SERIES OF CRITERIA TO TO. TO

15:54SHOW IMPROVED SAFETY AND THE

15:56NEED FOR SUCH TRANSLOADING

15:59INFRASTRUCTURE, WE CONTINUE TO

16:01ALLOW FOR THE REPAIR,

16:02REPLACEMENT AND RECONFIGURATION

16:04OF THE EXISTING STORAGE TANK

16:06CAPACITY AND TRANSLOADING

16:09INFRASTRUCTURE. AGAIN, TO

16:10SUPPORT SEISMIC IMPROVEMENTS.

16:15THE BUILDING CODE CHANGE IN

16:17TITLE 24 REALLY IS TO REINFORCE

16:23AND AND MATCH WHAT IS ALREADY

16:25REQUIRED IN TITLE 31, THE FIRE

16:28REGULATIONS, BUT THAT JUST.

16:29THIS MAKES CLEAR THAT A

16:31BUILDING PERMIT IS NEEDED FOR

16:33ANY STRUCTURAL SUPPORT FOR

16:36PIPING, AND THAT THIS MAKES

16:39CLEAR THE ROLE THAT PORTLAND

16:41PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT

16:43PLAYS IN THE REVIEW OF OF SUCH

16:46STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS. THE TITLE

16:5017 CODE AMENDMENTS ARE A LITTLE

16:52BIT DIFFERENT. THESE CAPACITY

16:57REDUCTION REGULATIONS PLACE A

17:00REQUIREMENT ON THE TERMINALS

17:01THAT BY DECEMBER 1ST, 2036, ALL

17:05OF THE TERMINALS MUST REDUCE

17:06THEIR IN-SERVICE FUEL STORAGE

17:08CAPACITY. BY 20%. AND THIS, THE

17:20DECEMBER 1ST, 2036 NUMBER WAS

17:23THAT DATE WAS PICKED SELECTED

17:26TO MATCH THE ROUGH TIMELINE OF

17:29IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DEQ

17:30FOSSIL OR THE DEQ FUEL TANK

17:34SEISMIC STABILITY PROGRAM,

17:36WHERE. OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS

17:39OR SO, THESE TERMINALS WILL ALL

17:41BE MAKING SEISMIC UPGRADES. TO

17:43COMPLY WITH THAT PROGRAM, WE

17:45WANT TO SEND A CLEAR SIGNAL TO

17:47THE TERMINALS THAT AT THE END

17:48OF THAT PROGRAM, THEY SHOULD BE

17:50PLANNED TO BE 20% SMALLER. WE

17:54HAVE PROPOSED SOME EXEMPTIONS

17:56FROM THAT REDUCTION REQUIREMENT.

17:59ONE IS FOR REGULATED UTILITIES,

18:01NORTHWEST NATURAL. THEY HAVE A

18:03SINGLE LARGE TANK OUT THERE

18:06THAT IS USED FOR PEAK

18:09WINTERTIME HEATING DEMAND. AND

18:13SO RATHER, THEY DON'T HAVE A

18:14LOT OF FLEXIBILITY TO MEET THAT

18:16REDUCTION REQUIREMENT. AND WE

18:19DID NOT WANT TO FORCE THEM TO

18:21REBUILD THAT TANK. WE ALSO HAVE

18:24EXCEPTIONS AGAIN FOR AVIATION

18:26FUEL, BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONE

18:29FUEL THAT IS FORECASTED TO

18:31INCREASE IN DEMAND. AND THEN

18:33ANYTHING THAT GOES THROUGH ONE

18:34OF THOSE TYPE THREE REVIEWS

18:37WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THOSE

18:38REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS. WE HAVE

18:42INVENTORY AND REPORTING

18:43REQUIREMENTS, BOTH IN TERMS OF

18:46ESTABLISHING A BASELINE FOR THE

18:48STORAGE TANK CAPACITY THAT'S

18:50OUT THERE, BUT ALSO TO GET

18:52BETTER INFORMATION ON HOW MUCH

18:55FUEL IS MOVING THROUGH THE

18:56SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN SEE HOW

18:58THOSE THAT TANK CAPACITY IS

19:01BEING UTILIZED AND THOSE

19:03REQUIREMENTS KICK IN

19:06ESSENTIALLY UPON ADOPTION AND

19:07WITH A REPORTING REQUIREMENT BY

19:09MARCH OF 2027. AND THEN AGAIN

19:14IN 2036 TO SHOW HOW THEY'VE

19:17COMPLIED WITH THESE REDUCTION

19:19REGULATIONS. WE ALSO

19:21ESTABLISHED REVIEW AND

19:22VERIFICATION PROCESSES FOR THE

19:24INFORMATION THAT THE TERMINALS

19:25ARE GIVING US, AND THEN

19:28ENFORCEMENT PENALTIES FOR BOTH

19:29THE INVENTORY REPORTING

19:32REQUIREMENTS AND AND EVENTUALLY

19:33THE REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS. SO

19:36THAT IS WHAT IS IN A VERY BRIEF

19:40OVERALL OVERALL SUMMARY. THAT

19:41IS WHAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY.

19:43AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

19:45QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

19:46>> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

19:49COLLEAGUES, WE'VE HAD A WORK

19:52SESSION ON THIS ITEM. IF THERE

19:53ARE ANY TECHNICAL OR CLARIFYING

19:54QUESTIONS FROM STAFF, WE ARE

19:56HAPPY TO ASK THEM. NOW JUST

19:57WANT TO VERIFY COUNCILOR GREEN

19:59IS JUST FOR THE AMENDMENT OR

20:00FOR TECHNICAL CLARIFYING.

20:01>> IT'S JUST TO TALK ABOUT WHAT

20:03WE SUBMITTED.

20:03>> OKAY. THANK YOU. AND.

20:04COUNCILOR. NOVICK.

20:05>> YES, THANK YOU, MR.

20:07PRESIDENT. I CAN'T REMEMBER

20:08ASKING THIS LAST WEEK, I

20:09APOLOGIZE. DICK SAID THAT THEY

20:11ACTUALLY DON'T EXPECT THE

20:13RETROFITS TO BE COMPLETED UNTIL

20:16BETWEEN 2038 AND 2040. AND I

20:17THINK THE 2036 DATE WAS

20:19SUPPOSED TO BE SORT OF IN

20:21CONCERT WITH THAT. I DON'T KNOW

20:22THAT THERE'S NECESSARILY A

20:23CONTRADICTION, BUT I JUST

20:24WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY

20:28CONCERNS ABOUT HAVING OUR DATE

20:30BE 2036, WHEN THE RETROFITS ARE

20:31GOING TO BE COMPLETED BY 2038

20:33TO 2040, THEY THINK.

20:35>> I THINK THAT THE DICK DATE

20:36HAS BEEN A MOVING TARGET THAT

20:39HAS BEEN SLIPPING THROUGH THIS

20:41PROCESS. AND I THINK HEARING

20:43THE 2038 NUMBER IN THE WORK

20:46SESSION WAS A BIT OF A SURPRISE

20:48TO ME. SO IF IF WE WANT TO TRUE

20:51UP AND MAKE IT CLOSER TO THAT

20:53IMPLEMENTATION, EXPECTED

20:56IMPLEMENTATION DATE, THEN YOU

20:57COULD AMEND THE ORDINANCE

20:59ACCORDINGLY.

21:00>> OKAY. BUT WOULD WE WANT TO

21:01TRUE IT UP? I MEAN, IS THERE

21:03WERE THERE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT

21:05OUR HAVING OUR DRAWDOWN

21:06REQUIREMENT KICK IN BEFORE

21:08THEIR RETROFITS HAVE OCCURRED?

21:11>> IT WOULD IT COULD. LESSEN

21:16THE FLEXIBILITY THAT THE

21:18TERMINALS HAVE IN THOSE OUT

21:21YEARS AS THEY WRAP UP THEIR

21:26IMPLEMENTATION PLANS. WE

21:27HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THOSE

21:29IMPLEMENTATION PLANS. SO WE

21:29DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, YOU KNOW,

21:31ARE THEY GOING TO TAKE THE FULL

21:32TEN YEARS? ARE THEY GOING TO

21:34MOVE FASTER OR NOT? BUT HAVING

21:37THAT 20% CAPACITY AND WAS

21:42DESIGNED TO MAINTAIN THE THE

21:46CAPACITY WE NEED TO SUPPLY THE

21:48FUELS OUR ECONOMY NEEDS WHILE

21:50THEY TAKE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS

21:52OFFLINE TO DO THE SEISMIC

21:54IMPROVEMENTS.

21:54>> THANK YOU.

21:56>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR NOVICK

21:57COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER

21:58QUESTIONS FOR OUR STAFF HERE

21:59BEFORE WE DIVE INTO PREVIEWING

22:02AMENDMENTS? OKAY. SEEING NO ONE

22:05ELSE IN THE QUEUE FOR TECHNICAL

22:06CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. THANK YOU

22:08FOLKS. COUNSELOR GREEN, I

22:10UNDERSTAND YOU. YOU, ALONG WITH

22:12COUNSELORS PIRTLE-GUINEY, KANAL,

22:14KOYAMA LANE, AND CLARK HAVE A

22:15PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS TO BOTH

22:16TITLES 13 AND SEVEN, 33 AND 17

22:20AND COUNCILOR NOVICK, I BELIEVE

22:21YOURS ARE TOWARDS TITLE 17, IS

22:23THAT CORRECT? I'M GOING TO LET

22:25COUNSELOR GREEN AND ET AL

22:29PREVIEW THEIR AMENDMENTS. NOW

22:31I'LL COME TO YOU. COUNCILOR

22:32NOVICK AFTERWARDS.

22:33>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

22:36WHAT WE HAVE DONE, I DON'T KNOW

22:39THAT I'M GOING TO GO LINE BY

22:40LINE THROUGH THIS BECAUSE

22:41THAT'S IT'S PRETTY EXHAUSTIVE.

22:42AND I I'LL JUST HIT THE

22:44HIGHLIGHTS. BUT FROM THE WORK

22:45SESSION LAST WEEK, WE GOT A WE

22:47HAD A PRESENTATION FROM THE

22:49COMMUNITY, WHICH WAS A KIND OF

22:51A FIRST OF ITS KIND. SO WHAT WE

22:52DID WAS WE SAID, LET'S SEE WHAT

22:54WE CAN DO TO TAKE THOSE

22:56RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN TURN

22:57THEM INTO AN AMENDMENT THAT WE

22:58CAN MAKE WORK WITH THIS PROCESS.

23:01AND SO WHAT WE HAVE FILED FOR

23:03BOTH OF THESE ITEMS, BOTH. ITEM

23:0512. ITEM 13 ARE WHAT WE'RE

23:09CALLING SUPPLEMENTAL

23:10INFORMATION, WHICH IS GREEN

23:11PIRTLE-GUINEY IN BOTH OF THEM.

23:13THEY'RE JUST NAMED THAT. AND,

23:15AND WHAT THAT IS, IS WHAT WE

23:17RECEIVED DIRECTLY FROM THE

23:19ADVOCATES THAT OUR PROPOSED

23:21CHANGES TO THE TITLE. 33 YOU

23:24KNOW, BASICALLY THE COMP PLAN,

23:25THE ZONING CODE CHANGES AND THE

23:27TITLE. 17 DRAWDOWN STUFF. SO

23:30WE'VE DONE THAT FOR BOTH OF

23:31THESE ITEMS. AND THEN WHAT

23:32WE'VE ALSO DONE OVER THE LAST

23:34COUPLE DAYS, LONG INTO THE HOUR,

23:36AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS

23:38TO THE STAFF AND CITY ATTORNEY,

23:40DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY LAUREN

23:41KING FOR FOR ANSWERING EMAILS

23:44AND WORKING WITH US UNTIL THE

23:45WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT AS WELL

23:47TO HELP US LAND THIS PLANE. AND

23:49SO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT

23:51YOU'LL SEE FOR ITEMS 12 AND 13

23:54ARE OUR JOINT EFFORT AND

23:56ATTEMPT TO TAKE WHAT WE GOT

23:58FROM THE COMMUNITY AND PLACE

24:00THEM INTO AN ACTIONABLE

24:01FRAMEWORK THAT WE THINK CAN

24:04MAKE A MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENT

24:05TO WHAT WE WHAT WE RECEIVED.

24:07AND SO, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF

24:11I'M GOING TO GO INTO ANY

24:12FURTHER DETAIL ON THAT. I'LL

24:14NOTE THAT THERE ARE SOME PIECES

24:15THAT ARE, AS YOU'RE WORKING

24:16THROUGH THIS AND THINKING

24:17THROUGH IT, THERE'S ALSO

24:19CHANGES TO THE DIRECTIVES IN

24:20THE ORDINANCES, WHICH SPEAK TO

24:23FUEL DEFINITIONS AND SPEAK TO

24:26DRAWDOWN FRAMEWORKS. NOTABLY,

24:28THERE WAS A REALLY ROBUST

24:30CONVERSATION UP HERE WITH DAVID

24:32LABBY, TOM ARMSTRONG. I THINK

24:35COUNCILOR NOVICK WAS ENGAGED IN

24:36THAT AND JUST SORT OF LIKE

24:38NOODLING IN REAL TIME ON WHAT

24:41HOW TO MEASURE DRAWDOWN AND HOW

24:43TO REALLY SET THAT TARGET. AND

24:45SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS

24:46AMENDMENT ON THE TITLE 17 IS

24:48PRESERVING THE 20% BY, WHAT WAS

24:50IT, 2036, BUT THEN ADDING A

24:52DIRECTIVE TO SAY, LET'S START

24:53THE PROCESS OF THAT OTHER

24:55METHODOLOGY THAT WE HEARD FROM

24:56THE ADVOCATES NEXT YEAR. SO IT

24:59CREATES TWO SEPARATE PROCESSES

25:01AND ALLOWS US TO MOVE FORWARD

25:02AND NOT STALL THIS LAND USE

25:04PROCESS IN THIS IN THIS MOMENT

25:08IN TIME. SO I'M NOT SURE IF

25:10I'VE MISSED ANYTHING THAT'S

25:11IMPORTANT, BUT WE WANTED TO

25:13PLACE ALL THAT IN THE PUBLIC

25:14RECORD BEFORE WE STARTED

25:15HEARING FROM YOU ALL. SO THAT

25:17WAY IT'S ALL IN PLAY. AND SO

25:19THE AMENDMENTS THAT COME OUT OF

25:20THIS ARE ALL SORT OF IN THE

25:22RECORD AT THIS TIME.

25:23>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR GREEN,

25:24DO ANY OF YOUR CO-SPONSORS WANT

25:26TO ALSO SPEAK TO THIS?

25:27COUNCILOR PIRTLE-GUINEY. KANAL

25:28KOYAMA LANE OR CLARK? I'M

25:29SEEING A LOT OF HEAD SHAKING.

25:30OKAY, GREAT. COUNCILOR. NOVICK.

25:32>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

25:34I'VE GOT THREE PROPOSED

25:35AMENDMENTS. I'LL ACTUALLY START

25:36WITH THE. NOVICK TWO, WHICH

25:38BASICALLY IS ABOUT ASKING FOR

25:40MORE INFORMATION MORE

25:42FREQUENTLY. IT WOULD REQUIRE

25:43THE FUEL TERMINALS TO SUBMIT

25:46ANNUALLY THE MONTHLY TOTAL

25:47THROUGHPUT AND AVERAGE PEAK

25:49PEAK TANK FILL LEVELS. I WOULD

25:51ASK THAT IT WOULD HAVE ASKED

25:53THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FOR

25:54ITS LATEST PROJECTION OF LIQUID

25:56FUEL DEMAND THROUGH THE NEXT

25:57DECADE, EVERY YEAR, AND AND TO

26:00COMPARE AVERAGE ANNUAL

26:01THROUGHPUT AND TANK CAPACITY

26:02WITH FUEL CONSUMPTION RATES

26:04THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF OREGON

26:04AND THE REGION AT LARGE. NOVICK

26:08THREE BASICALLY SAYS, WE KNOW

26:11THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE

26:12OVER BY 2036. WE'RE GOING TO

26:15WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE

26:16PROBLEM BY THEN. WE'RE GOING TO

26:18CONTINUE TO WORK WITH

26:19STAKEHOLDERS AND GATHER MORE

26:20INFORMATION WITH AN EYE TOWARDS

26:22DOING MORE WORK IN SUBSEQUENT

26:24DECADES. NOVICK ONE IS SORT OF

26:28IN THE NATURE OF A. WHEREAS

26:29CLAUSE, AND IT SAYS, I'LL JUST

26:34READ THE WHOLE THING. THE

26:36COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THAT UNLESS

26:37THERE'S AN ACTUAL REDUCTION IN

26:39DEMAND FOR LIQUID FUEL, THE

26:40STATE LEGISLATURE IS LIKELY TO

26:42OVERRIDE ANY DRAWDOWN

26:43REQUIREMENT FOR THAT

26:44REQUIREMENT BECOMES EFFECTIVE.

26:46THEREFORE, IT IS INCUMBENT ON

26:47THE CITY TO DO WHAT IT CAN TO

26:49REDUCE DEMAND. ACCORDINGLY,

26:50COUNCIL EXPRESSES OUR

26:51COMMITMENT TO WORK WITH THE

26:53COMMITTEE AND OTHER

26:53STAKEHOLDERS TO ENSURE THAT THE

26:55NEXT CLIMATE INVESTMENT PLAN.

26:56AT LEAST 40% OF PORTLAND CLEAN

26:58ENERGY FUND DOLLARS WILL BE

26:59SPENT IN TRANSPORTATION

27:00MEASURES TO PROMOTE TRANSIT,

27:02BIKING, WALKING, TRANSITION TO

27:03ELECTRIC CARS, AND THE

27:04REDUCTION OF DIESEL EMISSIONS.

27:07AND THE IDEA HERE IS TO SAY

27:09THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO PUT OUR

27:11MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS,

27:12BECAUSE IF IF DEMAND DOES NOT

27:15ACTUALLY GO DOWN, THEN THE

27:17LEGISLATURE WON'T LET IT

27:18DRAWDOWN OCCUR. AND I DO NOT

27:21THINK THAT WE AT THIS POINT ARE

27:22DOING WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING

27:24TO REDUCE DEMAND. WE HAVE THE

27:25CLEAN ENERGY FUND, WHICH IS

27:27SUPPOSED TO ADDRESS CLIMATE

27:28CHANGE ISSUES AND REDUCE

27:30EMISSIONS. TRANSPORTATION IS

27:3240% OF THE EMISSIONS RIGHT NOW.

27:33WE'RE SPENDING 20% OF THE CF ON

27:35THAT. INITIALLY, IT WAS ZERO.

27:38AND WE KNOW THAT PCEF PRIORITY

27:40POPULATIONS CARE ABOUT

27:41TRANSPORTATION. COUNCILOR KANAL

27:42AND I DID A POLL OF PCEF

27:44PRIORITY POPULATIONS THAT

27:45SHOWED THAT THEY CARE ABOUT

27:47TRANSPORTATION, PARTICULARLY

27:49IMPROVED, IMPROVED TRANSIT. SO

27:52IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT I

27:53THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE

27:54SPENDING AN AMOUNT ON

27:55TRANSPORTATION PROPORTIONAL TO

27:57THE EMISSIONS AND THE FACT THAT

27:58THE RELEVANT COMMUNITIES ARE

28:00SUPPORTIVE OF ACTION

28:01TRANSPORTATION. THE CEI HUB IS

28:02ANOTHER BIG REASON TO INVEST IN

28:06TRANSPORTATION, BECAUSE IT IS

28:07LITERALLY TRUE THAT IN LESS

28:08DEMAND GOES DOWN, NOT ANY

28:10DRAWDOWN REQUIREMENT WE HAVE IS

28:12GOING TO GO AWAY. THE

28:13LEGISLATURE WON'T LET US CAUSE

28:14A FUEL CRISIS. SO I THINK THAT

28:16WE NEED TO BE DOING WHATEVER WE

28:18CAN TO REDUCE DEMAND. AND THE

28:20SAF IS A TOOL TO DO THAT. THANK

28:22YOU.

28:22>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR NOVICK

28:24COLLEAGUES, BEFORE WE TURN TO

28:26PUBLIC TESTIMONY, I HAVE A

28:28COUPLE OF COLLEAGUES IN THE

28:29QUEUE. COUNCILOR ZIMMERMAN.

28:30>> JUST TO CLARIFY, COUNCILOR

28:31GREEN.

28:32>> THE SAME AMENDMENT FOR BOTH.

28:33AM I READING THAT CORRECTLY?

28:36>> SO THERE'S AMENDMENTS THAT

28:38SPEAK TO ITEM 12, WHICH IS A

28:39COMP PLAN AND THE ZONING CODE.

28:41AND THEN ITEM 13 I THINK IS THE

28:43TITLE 17. AND SO WE HAVE A

28:46DOCUMENT THAT'S TITLED. YEAH.

28:48AND SO.

28:49>> IT'S TWO DIFFERENT, TWO

28:50DIFFERENT, ALL OF YOU PEOPLE

28:51ONES. EXACTLY.

28:52>> OKAY. GOT IT. AND FOR EACH

28:54OF THOSE THEY ARE CONSOLIDATED.

28:55THERE'S SUB AMENDMENTS IN THAT,

28:57BUT IT'S A CONSOLIDATED

28:58DOCUMENT.

28:58>> THANKS. AND THEN I DON'T

29:00NORMALLY DO THIS, BUT TO THE

29:01STAFF THIS IS SUCH A TECHNICAL

29:05SITUATION THAT I WOULD JUST SAY

29:07GET READY. BECAUSE MY QUESTION

29:08TO YOU WILL BE, WHAT ARE THE

29:10IMPACTS OF THESE AMENDMENTS?

29:11BECAUSE THAT'S QUITE HARD TO

29:12DIGEST HERE. SO I'M LOOKING FOR

29:14STAFF TO BE DIGESTING THIS

29:15RIGHT NOW. THANKS.

29:16>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR

29:18ZIMMERMAN. COUNCILOR GREEN.

29:19>> YEAH, I, I DID WANT TO

29:21CLARIFY SOMETHING I SAID

29:23EARLIER WHEN DESCRIBING WHAT WE

29:24PUT IN THE RECORD, THE

29:25SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR

29:26BOTH ITEM 12. ITEM 13 INCLUDES

29:29NOT ONLY WHAT THE ADVOCATES PUT

29:32FORWARD AS THEIR SORT OF, HEY,

29:33WE WANT TO SEE THESE CHANGES,

29:34BUT ALSO WHAT WE RECEIVED AS

29:36RESPONSES BY STAFF TO THEIR

29:39SORT OF PROPOSALS. AND SO THAT

29:41SHOULD INCLUDE BOTH OF THOSE

29:42PIECES IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL.

29:44THANKS.

29:44>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GREEN.

29:45COUNCILOR NOVICK, COUNCILOR

29:47PIRTLE-GUINEY, SORRY.

29:47>> MAY I JUST ADD TO THAT THE

29:49GOAL IN SUBMITTING THAT

29:51SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION IS SO

29:52THAT YOU ALL CAN SEE, AND

29:54MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY CAN

29:55SEE WHAT THE ASKS WERE FOR

29:57IMPROVEMENTS FROM ADVOCATES,

29:59WHAT THE STAFF RESPONSE WAS,

30:00AND HOW WE TOOK THAT STAFF

30:02RESPONSE TO THEN BUILD THE

30:04AMENDMENT MOVING FORWARD SO

30:06THAT YOU CAN START TO SEE

30:07COUNCILOR ZIMMERMAN WHERE THOSE

30:10CHANGES WERE MADE AND WHERE

30:11THERE WERE PERHAPS PLACES WHERE,

30:13THROUGH DISCUSSION WITH STAFF,

30:16WE DECIDED THAT THE RISK

30:17IDENTIFIED MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AS

30:19GREAT. I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY

30:22INCUMBENT UPON ALL OF US TO ASK

30:23STAFF TO PLACE THOSE THINGS ON

30:25THE RECORD, BUT HOPEFULLY THOSE

30:26DOCUMENTS CAN SERVE AS A

30:27STARTING POINT FOR YOU TO SEE

30:29WHERE THAT WAS ALREADY TAKEN

30:30INTO ACCOUNT.

30:31>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR

30:32PIRTLE-GUINEY COUNCILOR NOVICK.

30:34>> I ALSO WANTED TO CLARIFY

30:36SOMETHING. I'M NOT SURE I SAID

30:37FORCEFULLY ENOUGH, WHICH IS

30:38THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT

30:40PIECE OF CIP THAT STARTS IN

30:432029, HAVING 40% GO TO

30:45TRANSPORTATION. I'M NOT TALKING

30:46ABOUT DIVING INTO THE CURRENT

30:47CIP AND MAKING THAT BIG OF AN

30:49ADJUSTMENT.

30:50>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY,

30:52COLLEAGUES, IN THE INTEREST OF

30:54GETTING TO THE MAIN SHOW TODAY,

30:55I'M GOING TO MOVE US TO PUBLIC

30:57TESTIMONY. KEELAN CAN WE PLEASE

30:58CALL THE FIRST PANEL OF TESTIFY?

31:00OH, ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, I

31:01ACTUALLY HAVE AN INVITED

31:02TESTIMONY. FIRST, I'M BEGINNING

31:04PUBLIC TESTIMONYNY WITH INVITED

31:06REMARKS FROM JOSE GUERRERO

31:08JORGENSEN, WHO IS THE CO-CHAIR

31:09OF THE SUSTAINABILITY AND

31:11CLIMATE COMMISSION. JOSE. HELLO,

31:14FRIEND.

31:22>> HELLO, CITY COUNCILORS.

31:23THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AGAIN.

31:25MY NAME IS JOSE JORGENSEN. I

31:27USE HE HIM PRONOUNS AND I SERVE

31:30AS THE CO-CHAIR OF PORTLAND

31:32SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE

31:33COMMISSION. I'M HEARING I'M

31:34HERE TODAY ON MY OFFICIAL

31:36CAPACITY, GIVING TESTIMONY ON

31:38BEHALF OF THE FULL COMMISSION.

31:40AT OUR AUGUST 20TH MEETING, THE

31:42COMMISSION RECEIVED A BRIEFING

31:44FROM THE BUREAU OF PLANNING

31:45SUSTAINABILITY STAFF TOM

31:47ARMSTRONG AND RYAN SINGER.

31:49SIMILAR TO THE ONE YOU SAW

31:51TODAY ON THE CRITICAL ENERGY

31:52INFRASTRUCTURE HUB POLICY

31:54PROJECT AND THE TWO ORDINANCES

31:56BEFORE YOU. AS YOU KNOW, THE

31:58SCI HUB ALONG HIGHWAY 30 IN

32:00WILLAMETTE RIVER HOLDS ROUGHLY

32:02350 MILLION GALLONS OF FUEL

32:03ACROSS 11 TERMINALS, AND IT

32:05CARRIES OVER 90% OF OREGON'S

32:07FUEL SUPPLY. IT ALSO SITS ON

32:09SOME OF THE MOST SEISMICALLY

32:11VULNERABLE GROUNDS IN THE

32:12REGION, A KNOWN AND SERIOUS

32:14RISK TO PUBLIC SAFETY. THE

32:16PACKAGE BEFORE YOU TODAY ARE

32:18TWO ORDINANCES. I'M HERE TO

32:20TESTIFY JUST ON ONE OF THEM,

32:22THE TITLE 17 BULK FUEL TERMINAL

32:25REDUCTION REGULATIONS. THE

32:27ORDINANCE REDUCED STORAGE

32:28CAPACITY AT THE HUB BY 20% FROM

32:30ABOUT 350 MILLION GALLONS TO

32:34280 MILLION BY 2036. AFTER

32:36HEARING THE STAFF BRIEFING AND

32:38DISCUSSING THE PROPOSAL, THE

32:40COMMISSION VOTED TO SUPPORT

32:41THIS PACKAGE AS WRITTEN WITH NO

32:43AMENDMENTS. BUT JUST TO BE

32:44CLEAR, WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ANY

32:45OF THESE NEW AMENDMENTS, SO WE

32:47COULDN'T VOTE ON THEM OR

32:48DISCUSS THEM. WE RECOGNIZE THAT

32:51THIS DOESN'T ELIMINATE THE RISK

32:54ENTIRELY, NOR DOES IT ELIMINATE

32:56OUR REGION'S CONTINUED

32:57DEPENDANCE ON THE LIQUID FUELS

32:58THIS HUB SUPPLIES TO OUR

33:00ECONOMY. SOME OF OUR

33:02COMMISSIONERS PUSHED

33:04QUESTIONING WHETHER THIS

33:07PACKAGE GOES FAR ENOUGH TO

33:08ACHIEVE PORTLAND'S CLIMATE

33:09GOALS. AND EVEN AFTER THE

33:11DISCUSSION, MANY OF THEM FEEL

33:13THAT IT REALLY DOESN'T. BUT THE

33:16COMMISSION'S JUDGMENT WAS THAT

33:17MEANINGFUL WORK SUPPORTED

33:18PROGRESS NOW IS FAR PREFERABLE

33:21TO CONTINUE DELAY, AND THAT

33:22THIS PROPOSAL REFLECTS GENUINE,

33:25YEARS LONG COLLABORATION

33:26BETWEEN CITY STAFF,

33:28NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS,

33:29ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND

33:32INDUSTRY AND LABOR STAKEHOLDERS.

33:35THE COMMISSION RECOGNIZES THAT

33:36OUR ROLE IN DEVELOPING THE

33:38CITY'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS

33:40TO CREATE THE STRATEGIES FOR

33:42WHICH WE CAN REDUCE OUR

33:43DEPENDENCY ON FOSSIL FUELS,

33:45FOSSIL FUELS IN THE

33:46TRANSPORTATION SECTOR. AND THIS

33:48IS A GOOD STEP FORWARD. ON

33:50BEHALF OF SUSTAINABILITY AND

33:51CLIMATE COMMISSION, I

33:53RESPECTFULLY URGE COUNCIL TO

33:54ADOPT THIS PACKAGE. THANK YOU

33:56FOR YOUR TIME.

33:56>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY,

33:59KEELAN JUST A HEADS UP TO

34:01EVERYBODY. THERE'S ABOUT 60

34:02PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO TESTIFY

34:04JUST TO SET EXPECTATIONS IN THE

34:05ROOM. WE WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY

34:06NOT GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE

34:08CAN ACTUALLY VOTE ON AMENDMENTS

34:09TODAY. THIS IS WILL ALMOST

34:10CERTAINLY BE A CONTINUED FIRST

34:12READING TO NEXT WEEK. AND SO WE

34:14WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL. THAT

34:15IS OUR PRIORITY TODAY. SO,

34:17KEELAN, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE

34:18FIRST PANEL OF TESTIFIERS UP?

34:19>> THANK YOU. I WILL CALL UP

34:21TESTIFIERS IN GROUPS OF FIVE.

34:22EACH INDIVIDUAL WILL HAVE TWO

34:24MINUTES. FOR THOSE TESTIFYING

34:25IN PERSON, YOU WILL SEE THE

34:26TIMER COUNTDOWN DISPLAYED ON

34:28THE MONITOR IN FRONT OF THE

34:30TESTIMONY TABLE. FOR THOSE

34:31TESTIFYING VIRTUALLY, THE TIMER

34:33IS DISPLAYED IN ZOOM. YOU WILL

34:34HEAR THE TIMER SOUND TWICE,

34:36ONCE WHEN THERE ARE 30S LEFT,

34:38THEN A SECOND TIME WHEN YOUR

34:39TIME IS UP. BEFORE YOU BEGIN

34:41YOUR TESTIMONY, PLEASE STATE

34:43YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. FIRST

34:45UP, WE HAVE TANYA HARTNETT,

34:47DIANE MASON HALTER, JEJUNA

34:50MARTIN, JULIET TWEMLOW, JANINE

34:53CROW.

34:56>> TAKE YOUR TIME. IF YOU'RE

34:58COMING FROM UPSTAIRS, PLEASE

34:59DON'T RUN. WE WILL WAIT FOR YOU.

35:02AND WHOEVER SITS DOWN FIRST

35:04GETS TO GO FIRST.

35:05>> SO THERE'S A SCREW ON THE

35:09FLOOR.

35:09>> OH. THANK YOU. YEAH, BUT.

35:21WELCOME.

35:22>> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS TANYA

35:24HARTNETT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF

35:26WORKING WATERFRONT COALITION

35:27AND A REGISTERED LOBBYIST. WWC

35:30REPRESENTS 31 INDUSTRIAL AND

35:32MARITIME BUSINESSES OF WHOM

35:33POWER PORTLAND'S HARBOR ECONOMY

35:35AND SUSTAINED TENS OF THOUSANDS

35:37OF FAMILY WAGE JOBS ACROSS OUR

35:38REGION. ON SEPTEMBER 17TH,

35:41WORKING WATERFRONT SUBMITTED

35:42FOR THE RECORD FORMAL WRITTEN

35:45COMMENTS ON BHP'S ORIGINAL

35:47PROPOSED CEI HUB POLICIES UNDER

35:50TITLES 33, 24 AND 17 DATED

35:54AUGUST 17TH, 2026. THOSE

35:56COMMENTS DID NOT REFLECT THE

35:57NEW DOCUMENTS RELEASED ON

35:59SEPTEMBER 16TH OF 26. TODAY, MY

36:02COMMENTS WILL FOCUS ON CONCERNS

36:03OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY AND

36:05ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES

36:07PRESENTED AS A PACKAGE OF

36:08RECOMMENDATIONS TO BHP'S POLICY

36:11PROPOSALS. THE PROPOSED

36:12AMENDMENTS WOULD CHANGE THE

36:14REGULATORY REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

36:16FROM STORAGE CAPACITY TO VOLUME

36:18OF PRODUCT HANDLED AND MOVING

36:20THROUGH THE SYSTEM. WE DO NOT

36:21BELIEVE THAT RPS HAS THE

36:23JURISDICTION TO REGULATE

36:25THROUGHPUT. THE PROPOSED

36:26AMENDMENTS REQUIRE THE

36:27COLLECTION OF DATA ON VOLUME OF

36:29PRODUCTS, STORAGE AND HANDLED

36:31BY THE FACILITIES, WHICH IS

36:33PROPRIETARY INFORMATION OF THE

36:35FACILITIES AND THEIR CUSTOMERS,

36:37THE APPROPRIATE SAFEGUARDS FOR

36:38THE COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT

36:40OF THIS INFORMATION MUST BE

36:41ESTABLISHED TO PREVENT

36:43VIOLATIONS OF ANTITRUST

36:44PROTECTIONS. WE OPPOSE THE

36:46EXPANSION OF THE PRODUCTS

36:47COVERED BY THIS POLICY BEYOND

36:49FOSSIL AND RENEWABLE FUELS,

36:52WORKING WATERFRONT CANNOT

36:53ACCEPT THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE

36:54DRAWDOWN WILL NOT HAVE AN

36:56IMPACT ON CONSUMER PRICES AND

36:58AVAILABLE FUEL SUPPLIES, THE

37:00ECO NORTHWEST STUDY STATES. ANY

37:02DISRUPTION TO THE CEI HUB

37:04OPERATIONS, WHETHER FROM POLICY

37:06CHANGES, INFRASTRUCTURE

37:07CONSTRAINTS OR EXTERNAL MARKET

37:09SHOCKS, HAS THE POTENTIAL TO

37:11AFFECT FUEL AVAILABILITY AND

37:12PRICING FOR CONSUMERS AND

37:14BUSINESSES STATEWIDE. THE MOST

37:16DIRECT EFFECTS FALL ON THE

37:17HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS WERE HIGHER

37:19FUEL PRICES FUNCTION AS A TAX

37:21ON DISPOSABLE INCOME, REDUCING

37:23THE PURCHASING, REDUCING THE

37:25PURCHASING POWER AVAILABLE FOR

37:27OTHER GOODS AND SERVICES. THESE

37:29EFFECTS ARE REGRESSIVE, FALLING

37:31HARDEST ON LOWER INCOME

37:32HOUSEHOLDS FOR WHOM FUEL

37:34REPRESENTS A LARGER SHARE OF

37:36TAKE HOME PAY. THANK YOU.

37:37>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

37:39>> THANKS, DIANE MASON. AND

37:41PLEASE READ MY WRITTEN

37:43TESTIMONY ON THE THREE POLICIES.

37:44YOU CAN'T DO IT IN 30S, BUT I'M

37:46JUST GOING TO GIVE CONTEXT. I

37:49MEAN, IN 90S IN 2019, AS A

37:52NEIGHBORHOOD EMERGENCY

37:53VOLUNTEER RESPONDER, I STARTED

37:54WORK ON THE SCI HUB AFTER

37:56TALKING WITH OUR LOCAL FIRE

37:57DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHAT SUPPORT

37:58WE COULD EXPECT AFTER A MAJOR

38:00SEISMIC EVENT AND BEING SHOCKED.

38:02DESPITE BEING AN ENVIRONMENTAL

38:04ACTIVIST FOR HALF A CENTURY,

38:05I'VE ALSO HADN'T COME TO

38:06REALIZE HOW TRULY FRIGHTFUL

38:07CLIMATE CHANGE IS ALREADY IN

38:09THE GLOBAL SOUTH. UNTIL I

38:10STARTED WORKING DAILY WITH XR

38:12CHAPTERS IN AFRICA, LATIN

38:13AMERICA, AND ASIA, SCIENTISTS

38:15KEEP ISSUING INCREASINGLY

38:17DESPERATE WARNINGS ABOUT HOW

38:18FAST CLIMATE CHAOS IS

38:20ACCELERATING, HOW CLOSE WE ARE

38:21TO IRREVERSIBLE TIPPING POINTS,

38:23AND HOW THOSE CONTRIBUTING

38:25LEAST TO EMISSIONS ARE BEING

38:26HIT FIRST AND WORST. WE CAN'T

38:28AFFORD TO WAIT ANOTHER TEN

38:30YEARS FOR SOMETHING WE AS

38:31GLOBAL CITIZENS, CAN DO NOW,

38:33FOR OURSELVES AND OTHERS TO

38:35HASTEN THE TRANSITION TO

38:36CLEANER FUELS LOCALLY, WE MUST

38:38DO ALL WITHIN OUR POWER TO

38:39MINIMIZE THE MULTIPLE RISKS THE

38:41CEI HUB POSES, OR FACE HUMAN

38:44ECOSYSTEM AND ECONOMIC LOSSES

38:46THAT ARE UNTHINKABLE FOR

38:47PORTLAND AND THE STATE AS A

38:49WHOLE. THIS IS WHY WE WANT THE

38:51COMMUNITY INITIATIVE AMENDMENTS

38:53ADOPTED. IT'S MOST CRITICAL TO

38:54START NEXT YEAR WITH A

38:55SIGNIFICANT INITIAL FUEL

38:56DRAWDOWN AND CONTINUED PHASED

38:58REDUCTIONS EVERY THREE YEARS

39:00BASED ON REAL DATA AND IN LINE

39:01WITH OREGON'S CLIMATE GOALS

39:03CONTINUING BEYOND 36, WE MUST

39:06ENACT TRANSPORTATION AND

39:07BUILDING DECARBONIZATION

39:09POLICIES TO NUDGE FUEL DEMAND

39:11DOWNWARD. WHAT YOU DO HERE

39:13COULD PUT US ON A PATH TOWARDS

39:14A WELLBEING ECONOMY, WITH

39:16HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTECTIONS

39:17AND PROSPERITY FOR GENERATIONS,

39:20OR WE WILL CONTINUE TOWARDS

39:22UNMITIGATED MULTIPLE DISASTERS.

39:24PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND

39:25KNOW THAT SINCE WE JUST GOT THE

39:28THE AMENDMENTS AND WE HAVEN'T

39:29EVEN SEEN THEM YET, WE'RE

39:30PROBABLY GOING TO BE TALKING TO

39:32YOU ALL A LOT. BUT I WOULD SAY

39:35I SUPPORT YOUR, YOUR, YOUR

39:38NOVICK, YOUR THIRD AMENDMENT,

39:40AND I WOULD TAKE OUT NUMBERS IN

39:43THE, IN YOUR PIECE OF PIECE.

39:46BUT WE DO WANT THAT

39:48DECARBONIZATION. YES.

39:49>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

39:52>> HI, MY NAME IS GINA MARTIN.

39:53AND I HAVE LIVED MY WHOLE LIFE

39:55IN LINTON, LESS THAN A FIVE

39:57MINUTE WALK AWAY FROM THE SCI

39:58HUB. WHEN I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD,

40:00I HAD TO ATTEND MY FIRST

40:01COMMUNITY EVACUATION MEETING.

40:02AND THE LIKELIHOOD THAT A NINE

40:04POINT EARTHQUAKE MIGHT DEMOLISH

40:05MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THE UNSTABLE

40:06SOIL WHICH THESE TANKS ARE

40:08BUILT UPON IS AT RISK OF BEING

40:10DESTROYED, ALONG WITH THE SOIL

40:11THAT I WALK THROUGH IN FOREST

40:13PARK EVERY DAY, AND THE WATER

40:14WHICH I SWIM IN DURING THE

40:16SUMMERS IS THE SAME THAT MIGHT

40:17BE POISONED. IF THESE OIL TANKS

40:19WERE TO SPILL INTO THE

40:20WILLAMETTE, THE PREDICTED

40:21NUMBER OF DEATHS IN THE CASE OF

40:23AN OIL SPILL OR AN EXPLOSION

40:24ARE NOT SIMPLY NUMERICAL VALUES.

40:25THEY ARE ME AND MY FAMILY. THEY

40:27ARE MY NEIGHBORS. THEY ARE REAL

40:28PEOPLE. SO I'M HERE ON BEHALF

40:30OF MY COMMUNITY AND MY

40:31ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CLASS AT

40:32LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL, MEMBERS OF

40:33WHICH STOOD HERE IN 2016

40:35FIGHTING TO PREVENT THE

40:36EXPANSION OF FOSSIL FUELS THAT

40:37WE'RE STILL HERE FIGHTING

40:38AGAINST TODAY. THESE BIG OIL

40:39COMPANIES MIGHT NOT BE

40:41CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF

40:42THEIR EXPANSION, BUT US

40:43STUDENTS ARE. AND WE URGE YOU

40:45TO WORK ON REAL REDUCTION GOALS,

40:46USING PRECISE LANGUAGE TO

40:47ENSURE THAT THERE WILL BE A

40:49MEASURABLE DRAWDOWN OF FOSSIL

40:50FUELS NEAR MY HOME IN THE YEARS

40:52TO COME. THIS IS NECESSARY FOR

40:54PRIORITIZING THE SAFETY OF

40:54PEOPLE LIKE ME AND THE LAND WE

40:56INHABIT. THEREFORE, I THANK YOU

40:59FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

41:03>> MY NAME IS JULIETTE TWEMLOW,

41:04AND THREE YEARS AGO I MOVED TO

41:06PORTLAND FROM A SMALL TOWN IN

41:08BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA. I

41:09GREW UP SURROUNDED BY THE

41:10NATURAL BEAUTY IN THE NORTH,

41:12AND IMMEDIATELY FELL IN LOVE

41:13WITH THE EXPANSE OF GREENERY

41:14THAT PORTLAND OFFERS. I WAS

41:16ENAMORED WITH THE TOWERING

41:17EVERGREENS OF FOREST PARK AND

41:18THE CLEAN AND WINDING

41:20WILLAMETTE RIVER. MOST WEEKENDS,

41:22MY MOM AND I WALKED THROUGH

41:23FOREST PARK, EXPLORING NEW

41:25TRAILS AND SOAKING IN THE

41:26LUSHNESS AND TRANQUILITY. ON

41:28HOT SUMMER DAYS, MY FRIENDS AND

41:29I SWAM IN THE RIVER'S

41:31REFRESHING SHELVES AND PADDLE

41:31BOARD UPSTREAM, THEN LEISURELY

41:33FLOAT BACK DOWN. IT SCARES ME

41:35TO KNOW THAT THE FUTURE OF BOTH

41:36THE FOREST AND THE RIVER ARE

41:38THREATENED BY THE CI HUB. A KEY

41:40ASPECT OF PORTLAND IS THE WAY

41:41NATURE IS ABLE TO BLEND SO WELL

41:43WITH THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT. THE

41:45DIVERSITY OF NOT ONLY PEOPLE,

41:46BUT THE NATURAL ATMOSPHERE, IS

41:48WHAT MAKES THE CITY SO UNIQUE

41:49AND WHY WE NEED TO PRESERVE IT.

41:51I STAND HERE TODAY, INSPIRED BY

41:53ALL THE PAST AND PRESENT

41:54LINCOLN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

41:57STUDENTS WHO ARE ALSO BRAVE

41:58ENOUGH TO ADVOCATE AND GIVE

41:59FUTURE GENERATIONS A VOICE. I

42:01WANT MY CHILDREN AND

42:03GRANDCHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO

42:04EXPERIENCE THE WONDERS OF

42:05PORTLAND AND FALL IN LOVE WITH

42:07ITS NATURAL BEAUTY, JUST LIKE I

42:08DID. I HOPE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO

42:10WALK THROUGH FOREST PARK AND

42:12SWIM IN THE WILLAMETTE RIVER

42:13WITHOUT THE THREAT OF

42:15CONTAMINATION AND FIRES. OUR

42:16HANDLING OF THE CI HUB WILL

42:17SHOW PORTLAND'S COMMITMENT TO

42:19ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, CLIMATE

42:21ACTION, AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY,

42:22SECURED A SAFE COMMUNITY FOR

42:24DECADES TO COME. OUR ACTION

42:26NEEDS TO START NOW. CURRENTLY,

42:27THE DRAWDOWN PLAN REDUCES FUEL

42:29LEVELS OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS,

42:31BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT TIME TO

42:32SPARE. FUTURE GENERATIONS ARE

42:34DEPENDING ON US, JUST LIKE I AM

42:36DEPENDING ON YOU TO ADOPT THESE

42:38AMENDMENTS AND PRESERVE THE

42:39UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL CITY THAT

42:40PORTLAND IS AND CAN CONTINUE TO

42:42BE. THERE IS NO PRICE WE CAN

42:44PLACE ON OUR EARTH AND OUR

42:45CITY'S LONG TERM HEALTH. WHILE

42:48MY PEERS AND I MAY BE YOUNG,

42:49NOBODY'S EVER TOO TOO YOUNG TO

42:51FIGHT FOR A NATURAL AND SECURE

42:54ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU.

42:55>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

42:57>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCILORS.

42:59MY NAME IS DENEEN CROWE. I'M

43:01THE CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR AT 350

43:03PDX AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO.

43:06THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR

43:09COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY

43:11THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR LONG

43:12POLICY PROCESS TO MAKE THE CA

43:14HUB SAFER AND REDUCE HARM FOR

43:17ALL PORTLANDERS. SO SO MANY

43:20HOURS, RESOURCES AND ENERGY

43:23WENT INTO THIS PROCESS THIS

43:25PAST YEAR, SO IT WOULD BE A

43:27DISAPPOINTMENT TO PASS

43:28SOMETHING THAT IS JUST OKAY AND

43:31IN SOME CASES COULD CAUSE AND

43:33CONTINUE HARM AT THE HUB. WE

43:36NEED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY

43:38TO PASS A BOLD POLICY WITH

43:40TEETH AND WITH ACCURATE

43:42TIMELINES. WE NEED A FUEL

43:44REDUCTION PROGRAM THAT BEGINS A

43:46PHASED, DATA DRIVEN DRAWDOWN OF

43:48FUELS IN 2027, WAITING AN

43:51ENTIRE DECADE TO BEGIN THIS

43:53PROCESS IS UNACCEPTABLE. WE

43:56KNOW MORE DATA IS NEEDED, BUT

43:58WHILE THAT IS BEING GATHERED, A

44:00DRAWDOWN CAN BEGIN BASED ON

44:01DEMAND IN OUR EXISTING SERVICE

44:04AREA, AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT

44:05THAT ANY OF THIS DEMAND IS FROM

44:08THE COMING FROM THE LOCAL

44:10COLUMBIA RIVER REGION.

44:12OTHERWISE, WE PUT OUR CITY AT

44:14RISK OF CONTINUING TO BE A

44:16SACRIFICE ZONE FOR THE PROFIT

44:18OF OTHERS FAR AWAY. THERE ALSO

44:21MUST BE STRONGER ENFORCEMENT

44:23CONSEQUENCES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.

44:25WE HAVE SEEN COMPANIES

44:27OPERATING IN THE HUB JUST TREAT

44:29FINES AS THE COST OF DOING

44:31BUSINESS. THE CITY NEEDS TO

44:32IMPLEMENT RETROACTIVE MEASURES

44:34THAT REVOKE FRANCHISE

44:35AGREEMENTS OR BUSINESS LICENSES

44:38FOR THOSE REPEAT OFFENDERS THAT

44:40WE KNOW VERY WELL OF CITY OR

44:43STATE LAWS OR POLICIES. WE ALSO

44:46NEED ONE DEFINITION OF FUEL,

44:48WHICH HELPS US AVOID CONFUSION

44:50AND GETS AROUND THE REALITY

44:53ABOUT THE TOXICS AND DANGERS OF,

44:55QUOTE UNQUOTE, RENEWABLE FUELS.

44:59I SUPPORT THE AMENDMENTS THAT

45:01WERE DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION

45:03WITH COMMUNITY. THANK YOU ALL.

45:05>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK

45:06ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE.

45:08THANK YOU.

45:09>> OUR NEXT PANEL INCLUDES

45:11HEATHER KING, JERRY BRANNON,

45:14JOHN ROSAPEPE, SHERRY SPOCK,

45:18MAEVE FELDERHOF.

45:23>> YOU MADE IT DOWN TO THE HERE

45:25FIRST. YOU'RE WELCOME TO GO.

45:26>> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON.

45:28MY NAME IS HEATHER KING. I'M

45:29CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND LOWER

45:31WILLAMETTE RIVERKEEPER AT

45:32WILLAMETTE RIVERKEEPER. I WANT

45:34TO ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK

45:36THAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THE

45:37COMMUNITY ADVOCATES TO PUT

45:38THESE AMENDMENTS FORWARD. AND I

45:41KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD MUCH

45:42OF WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY. AND

45:44YES, I COULD HAVE JUST SIMPLY

45:46SUBMITTED WRITTEN TESTIMONY TO

45:47ALL OF YOU, BUT THIS DECISION

45:48IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH THAT I

45:49WANTED YOU TO HEAR IT DIRECTLY

45:51FROM ME BEFORE YOU IS AN

45:53OPPORTUNITY TO PASS SENSIBLE,

45:55STRONG PUBLIC POLICY THAT WILL

45:57SHAPE PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR

45:58ENVIRONMENT AND OUR ECONOMY FOR

46:00DECADES TO COME. THE CEI HUB

46:02PRESENTS AN ENORMOUS RISK NOT

46:04JUST TO PORTLAND, BUT TO THE

46:06COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT OREGON

46:07AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. LAST

46:09WEEK, I JOINED MEMBERS OF THE

46:11COMMUNITY COALITION TO PRESENT

46:12AMENDMENTS INTENDED TO

46:13STRENGTHEN THE PROPOSED P. S

46:15POLICY. OUR REQUESTS ARE

46:17STRAIGHTFORWARD REDUCE RISK,

46:19INCREASE SAFETY, ALIGN CITY

46:21POLICY WITH STATE REGULATIONS,

46:23AND USE CLEAR LANGUAGE THAT

46:25STRENGTHENS IMPLEMENTATION AND

46:26ENFORCEMENT. AND WHEN IT COMES

46:28TO DRAW DOWN, WE'RE ASKING YOU

46:29TO TAKE THAT SAME COMMON SENSE

46:31APPROACH A ONE TIME 20%

46:34REDUCTION IN TANK CAPACITY BY

46:362036 IS A START, BUT IT DOESN'T

46:38ACTUALLY ANSWER THE BIGGER

46:40QUESTION HOW MUCH FUEL DO WE

46:41NEED TO STORE AT THE HUB? WE

46:43KNOW THAT FUEL DEMAND IS

46:45CHANGING AND WE HAVE THE

46:46ABILITY TO TRACK THOSE CHANGES.

46:48SO RATHER THAN SETTLING ON ONE

46:50REDUCTION TARGET TODAY AND

46:51WALKING AWAY FROM IT, USE THE

46:53DATA THE CITY COLLECTS TO

46:54CONTINUE REDUCING FUEL STORAGE

46:56AS DEMAND CHANGES OVER TIME.

46:58THAT IS WHAT MEANINGFUL

46:59DRAWDOWN SHOULD DO REDUCE THE

47:01AMOUNT OF FUEL STORED AT THE

47:03HUB WHEN IT IS NO LONGER NEEDED,

47:05AND REDUCE THE RISK ALONG WITH

47:06IT. THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY

47:08AND OUR OPPORTUNITY TO GET THIS

47:10RIGHT. BE BRAVE. LISTEN TO

47:13COMMUNITIES ASKING YOU TO

47:14PROTECT THEM. USE THE DATA AND

47:16REDUCE THE RISK. SUPPORT THE

47:18COMMUNITY COALITION'S

47:19AMENDMENTS AND ADOPT A STRONGER

47:21C E HUB POLICY. THE GOAL IS NOT

47:23SIMPLY FEWER TANKS. THE GOAL IS

47:26LESS FUEL STORED AT THE HUB,

47:27LESS RISK TO OUR COMMUNITIES,

47:29AND ALWAYS ENOUGH FUEL TO MEET

47:31OREGON'S NEEDS. THANK YOU.

47:33>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

47:38>> HELLO. MY NAME IS DR.

47:39BRENNAN. I SERVE ON THE

47:40PORTLAND PLANNING COMMISSION,

47:41BUT I'M HERE TODAY SPEAKING FOR

47:43MYSELF AS A LIFELONG AND FOURTH

47:45GENERATION PORTLANDER, THE CEI

47:46HUB IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

47:48ISSUE. NORTH AND NORTHEAST

47:49PORTLAND COMMUNITIES HAVE LIVED

47:50WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF

47:52INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT,

47:53DISPLACEMENT, AND MAJOR

47:54INFRASTRUCTURE DECISIONS FOR

47:56GENERATIONS. WE MUST STOP

47:57ASKING COMMUNITIES TO CARRY

47:59DISPROPORTIONATE ENVIRONMENTAL

47:59AND PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS SIMPLY

48:01BECAUSE REDUCING THOSE RISKS IS

48:03DIFFICULT, EXPENSIVE AND

48:05INCONVENIENT. I SUPPORT THIS

48:07PROPOSAL, BUT I URGE COUNCIL TO

48:08STRENGTHEN IT. WE MUST ADDRESS

48:09THE DANGERS OF HOLDING

48:11HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON

48:12LIQUEFIABLE SOILS BY IMPROVING

48:14EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,

48:16EVACUATION PLANNING AND ENSURE

48:17PORTLAND IS AWARE OF THE RISK

48:18THEY LIVE BY. ADDITIONALLY,

48:20WHILE WORKING ON THIS POLICY, I

48:22STRONGLY ADVOCATED FOR HIGHER

48:24STRUCTURAL STANDARDS. BUT

48:25SEISMIC IMPROVEMENTS DO NOT

48:26ADDRESS WHY WE ARE CONTINUING

48:28TO STORE HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS ON

48:30ONE OF THE MOST SEISMICALLY

48:31VULNERABLE AREAS OF OUR CITY,

48:33DIRECTLY BESIDE OUR INCREDIBLY

48:35PRECIOUS WILLAMETTE RIVER. THE

48:36RIVER IS IMPORTANT. IT IS A

48:39HABITAT, A CULTURAL AND TRIBAL

48:41RESOURCE, PART OF PORTLAND'S

48:42IDENTITY, AND IT IS CENTRAL TO

48:43THE FUTURE WATERFRONT THAT THE

48:44CITY IS NOW ENVISIONING.

48:46COUNCIL SPENDS A CONSIDERABLE

48:47AMOUNT OF TIME PRIORITIZING

48:50PORTLAND'S ECONOMIC FUTURE, BUT

48:51YOU CANNOT SEPARATE THAT FUTURE

48:53FROM ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCE.

48:55YOU CANNOT BUILD BUSINESSES ON

48:56A FLAMING RIVER OR WITH A

48:58MULTIBILLION DOLLAR CLEANUP, OR

48:59SUPPORT WORKERS WHILE PUTTING

49:01THEM AT RISK. OUR ZONING CODE

49:03SHOULD PREVENT FURTHER

49:04EXPANSION OF THIS RISK, PREVENT

49:07FURTHER EXPANSION OF THIS RISK.

49:08THAT MEANS AVOIDING EXEMPTIONS

49:09THAT ALLOW ADDITIONAL FUEL

49:10BECAUSE IT IS FOR AVIATION OR

49:12RENEWABLE, DESPITE WHAT FUELS

49:15PURPOSES, PUBLIC HEALTH AND

49:16SAFETY SHOULD BE THE UTMOST

49:17PRIORITY. THE 20% REDUCTION BY

49:192036 WITHOUT REQUIRING ACTUAL

49:21DRAWDOWN IS NOT ENOUGH. IF WE

49:22ARE ALREADY COLLECTING DATA,

49:24REAL TIME DATA, WE SHOULD BE

49:25USING THAT INFORMATION TO

49:26EVALUATE REDUCTIONS. ALONG THIS

49:27WAY. USE DATA TO MEASURE

49:29PROGRESS AND REQUIRE COMPLIANCE

49:31AS WE DO FOR OTHER

49:33INFRASTRUCTURE. WE DESERVE

49:34ACCOUNTABILITY. WITH SO MUCH AT

49:35STAKE. YES, OREGON DEPENDS ON

49:38THE SCI HUB NOW, BUT DEPENDANCE

49:39SHOULD NOT BE AN ARGUMENT FOR

49:41WEAK POLICY. IT SHOULD BE THE

49:42REASON WHY WE DELIBERATELY PLAN

49:43FOR A TRANSITION WHICH IS NOT

49:45JUST A CITY GOAL, BUT A

49:46STATEWIDE GOAL. I URGE YOU TO

49:48ADOPT THESE. THIS PROPOSAL.

49:50>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

49:53>> HELLO, COUNCILORS. GOOD TO

49:55BE WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON. MY

49:56NAME IS JERRY BOCK. I'M THE

49:58CLIMATE POLICY DIRECTOR AT 350

50:00PDX, AND I APPRECIATE THE

50:02CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH YOU AGAIN.

50:03I REITERATE EVERYTHING THAT

50:05HEATHER AND I SAID LAST WEEK.

50:07AND ON THE CI HUB, I'VE TALKED

50:09TO YOU IN THE PAST ABOUT MY

50:11KIDS AND AS I AS WE'RE

50:13CONSIDERING THEIR FUTURE AND

50:14ABOUT THE THOUSANDS OF

50:16PORTLANDERS WHO. 350 PDX

50:18ORGANIZES WITH AND WHO CARE

50:19ABOUT CLIMATE JUSTICE. ONE

50:20THING YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ME

50:22IS THAT I ALSO TEACH A CLASS

50:23EVERY SEMESTER AT UNIVERSITY OF

50:25PORTLAND IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL

50:26STUDIES DEPARTMENT, AND EVERY

50:28SEMESTER I HAVE TO BREAK IT TO

50:29MY STUDENTS THAT THEY BASICALLY

50:30LIVE IN A SUPERFUND SITE AND

50:33ACROSS THE RIVER FROM THIS

50:34EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CEI HUB. IT

50:36MAKES THEM KIND OF CONSIDER

50:37THEIR LIFE CHOICES, BUT I HOPE

50:40THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM MORE

50:42BETTER NEWS IN THE FUTURE. SO I

50:44APPRECIATE THE INTENSE WORK

50:46THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN, IN THE

50:48LAST WEEK, IN PARTICULAR BY BP

50:51AND COUNCILOR GREENE AND

50:54PIRTLE-GUINEY AND THEIR STAFF

50:55IN A MARATHON LAST NIGHT, AND

50:58WITH A CURSORY LOOK AT THE

51:00GREEN PIRTLE-GUINEY KOYAMA LANE

51:02KANAL CLARK AMENDMENTS THAT

51:03JUST APPEARED ON THE THE

51:08WEBSITE WITHIN THE LAST HOUR, I

51:09WOULD SAY THAT IT LOOKS LIKE WE

51:11CAN SUPPORT THOSE AMENDMENTS

51:14THAT SAY THAT WE CAN. WE'VE

51:16THEY'VE INCORPORATED MANY OF

51:17THE THINGS THAT WE ASKED FOR

51:19AND SAY THAT THE THAT THEY'RE

51:21GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED THIS

51:22COMING YEAR AND THEN BRING IT

51:24BACK NEXT SEPTEMBER. AFTER

51:26DOING MORE WORK WITH COMMUNITY

51:27AND STAKEHOLDERS TO FIX SOME OF

51:30THE ISSUES THAT ARE A LITTLE

51:31BIT OUTSTANDING THAT WE HAVEN'T

51:33DON'T HAVE QUITE THE TIME TO

51:34WORK ON YET. SO AS FAR AS THE

51:37NOVICK AMENDMENTS, I THINK

51:39WE'RE WE'RE AGREEING WITH THE

51:40GOALS THAT NOVICK IS SHARING

51:42THEIR NOVICK ONE, WE AGREE WITH

51:44THE GOAL OF REDUCING THE NEED

51:45FOR FOSSIL FUELS THROUGH

51:46VARIOUS POLICIES AND

51:48TRANSPORTATION, BUT WE DISAGREE

51:49WITH NAMING A 40% AMOUNT OF

51:53STUFF THAT IS GOING TO BE

51:54APPLIED TO THAT WITHOUT FIRST

51:55GOING TO THE COMMUNITY TO ASK

51:56FOR THAT. THANK YOU.

51:58>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

52:03>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS

52:04MAEVE FELDERHOF AND I LIVE IN

52:06DISTRICT TWO. I CAME TO

52:07PORTLAND LAST MONTH TO BEGIN A

52:08YEAR OF SERVICE WITH JESUIT

52:10VOLUNTEER CORPS NORTHWEST.

52:11THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, I LIVE ON

52:13A SMALL STIPEND AND DO

52:14NONPROFIT SERVICE IN THE

52:15PORTLAND COMMUNITY FULL TIME.

52:17WHILE I'M NEW TO PORTLAND, I AM

52:18NO LESS IMPACTED BY THIS POLICY.

52:21ME AND MY HOUSE OF VOLUNTEERS

52:22LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO, CLOSE TO

52:24THE SCI HUB. SOME OF MY

52:25HOUSEMATES WORK AT PLACEMENTS

52:26RIGHT BY THE HUB EVERY DAY. I

52:28AM NO STRANGER TO ENVIRONMENTAL

52:31DISASTERS. THREE YEARS AGO, IN

52:32MY HOME STATE OF OHIO, A

52:34FREIGHT TRAIN DERAILED IN EAST

52:36PALESTINE, JUST HOURS NORTH OF

52:37WHERE I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL AT

52:38THE TIME. THE FIRES BURNED FOR

52:40TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

52:42CARCINOGENIC CHEMICALS AND

52:43GASES WERE RELEASED INTO THE

52:45AIR, SOIL, RIVERS AND

52:47GROUNDWATER. OFFICIALS

52:48REPEATEDLY TOLD RESIDENTS IT

52:49WAS SAFE TO RETURN HOME, ALL

52:51WHILE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DEAD

52:53FISH WERE WASHING UP ON THEIR

52:54SHORES AND CHEMICALS WERE

52:55SEEPING INTO THEIR WATERWAYS.

52:57LAST YEAR, A LAWSUIT WAS FILED

52:59ALLEGING THAT SEVEN PEOPLE,

53:00INCLUDING A ONE WEEK INFANT,

53:03DIED DUE TO THE LINGERING

53:04EFFECTS OF THESE CHEMICALS.

53:06THIS SHOULD SERVE AS A WARNING.

53:08IN PORTLAND, HIGHLY DANGEROUS

53:10FUELS ARE TRANSPORTED BY THE

53:11SAME OLD DECAYING TRAINS

53:13THROUGH OUR CITY EVERY DAY. THE

53:14ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE

53:16TOWN IN OHIO HAD LESS FUEL. IN

53:17A POPULATION OF ONLY AROUND

53:204000, A DERAILMENT HERE IN

53:21PORTLAND WOULD BE MUCH, MUCH

53:23WORSE. WHAT HAPPENED IN OHIO

53:25WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT. IT WAS A

53:27FAILURE IN REGULATION. IT WAS

53:28WHAT HAPPENED. WHEN LEGISLATORS

53:30KNOW THE RISK AND CHOOSE NOT TO

53:32ACT, INADVERTENTLY DECIDING

53:33WHAT PEOPLE AND ECOSYSTEMS ARE

53:35EXPENDABLE ALONG THE WAY.

53:37SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENTS TO

53:38THE CEI HUB POLICY PLAN IS AN

53:40IMPORTANT STEP TO ENSURING A

53:41SAFER PORTLAND. YOU HAVE

53:43SOMETHING HERE THAT I DID NOT

53:45HAVE BACK HOME THE OPPORTUNITY

53:46TO ACT. IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO

53:48HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO

53:49MITIGATE ENVIRONMENTAL

53:50DISASTERS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN.

53:52TAKE IT FROM SOMEONE WHO SPENT

53:53MOST OF HER YOUNG ADULT LIFE

53:55FIGHTING TO PREVENT THEM AND

53:56WATCHING THEM HAPPEN ANYWAY.

53:57YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ON THE

53:59OTHER SIDE. THANK YOU EVERYONE

54:01FOR YOUR TIME AND WORK ON THIS

54:03POLICY.

54:03>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

54:07>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND

54:09MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY

54:10NAME IS JOHN VINCENT ROSAPEPE.

54:13I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE. I

54:16LOVE PORTLAND BACK IN 1993, AND

54:20I CAME BACK THREE YEARS AGO.

54:23AND ONE THING THAT

54:24UNFORTUNATELY, LOTS HAVE

54:25CHANGED. BUT ONE THING,

54:27UNFORTUNATELY THAT HADN'T

54:28CHANGED WAS THE C, E, I AND ITS

54:32DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO

54:35THE ENVIRONMENT. AS OTHER

54:37MEMBERS HAVE SAID, WE HAVE A

54:41CHANCE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE NOW,

54:42ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW

54:44AMENDMENTS. WE'VE HAD PEOPLE

54:47TODAY WHO ARE YOUNGER. I CAN

54:49SPEAK A LITTLE BIT FOR THE

54:51PEOPLE IN THEIR 70S, I. THE

54:56CLEAN AIR ACT, CLEAN WATER ACT

54:58WERE PASSED IN 19, I BELIEVE,

55:0073 OR AROUND THAT TIME. AND

55:03WHAT WE HEARD THEN WAS FROM

55:06INDUSTRY IS, OH, WE CAN'T DO IT.

55:07IT'S GOING TO BE TOO EXPENSIVE.

55:09WE HAVE PROPRIETARY DATA WE

55:11CAN'T GIVE TO YOU. THIS IS

55:14GOING TO DESTROY OUR ECONOMY.

55:16AND THAT HASN'T PROVEN TO BE

55:18THE CASE. INSTEAD, WE HAVE

55:20BETTER RIVERS, BETTER AIR. AND

55:22YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO

55:24THIS WITH THE C E. I THANK YOU

55:26FOR YOUR TIME.

55:28>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK

55:29YOU ALL.

55:35>> NEXT UP WE HAVE LAURA NOBLE,

55:37LILLIAN WEAVER, DAVID LAVIE,

55:41LORI KING, KAYLEE ROLL.

55:50>> WELCOME, FOLKS. COME ON DOWN.

55:52>> HELLO. THANKS FOR HAVING ME

55:54THIS AFTERNOON. I'M LAURA

55:56MONTEZ NOBLE. MY HUSBAND AND I

55:58OWN A FLOATING HOME ON THE

55:59MULTNOMAH CHANNEL, JUST MILES

56:00FROM THE TANKS. THERE ARE 15

56:03HOMES AND WE ARE MOSTLY OVER 55

56:07RETIRED, SOME WITH HEALTH

56:08DIFFICULTIES WHO HAVE LIVED

56:09THERE A LONG TIME WHILE WORKING,

56:12RAISING CHILDREN AND BUILDING

56:13THEIR FOREVER HOMES. RECENTLY,

56:16I WAS INFORMED THAT IN THE

56:17EVENT OF A FIRE OR EARTHQUAKE,

56:19FAMILIES IN THE MARINA PROBABLY

56:21WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ESCAPE

56:23SAFELY. THERE ARE NO CITY

56:25SUPPORTED PROTOCOLS OR

56:27EVACUATION PROTOCOLS FOR OUR

56:30MARINA OR OTHER MARINAS ON

56:32NORTHWEST MARINA WAY. OUR

56:35STREET IS A DEAD END AND

56:36HIGHWAY 30 IS A ONE MILE WALK

56:39TO GET TO. IF THERE'S A TRAIN

56:41ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS, WE

56:42WON'T BE ABLE TO DRIVE AWAY.

56:44LINTON, OUR CLOSEST

56:46NEIGHBORHOODS FIRE STATION

56:47SERVICE, ENDED IN, I BELIEVE,

56:501983. THE LACK OF SAFETY, THE

56:52LACK OF FIRE SERVICE, THE LACK

56:54OF PROTECTION FROM HAZARDOUS

56:56MATERIAL AND POOR

56:58INFRASTRUCTURE IS FRANKLY

56:59APPALLING. I REALLY DON'T WANT

57:01TO BELIEVE THAT MY BELOVED

57:04PORTLAND, THE CITY THAT I HAVE

57:05LIVED IN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS,

57:08WOULD NOT OPT FOR A DRAW DOWN

57:09WHEN WE ARE AT RISK. ALL OF US

57:11WHO LIVE ON THE WATER AND THE

57:13LAND DESERVE TO BE PROTECTED BY

57:15OUR CITY'S GOVERNMENT. THE

57:18WHITE TANKS RUNNING ALONG

57:19HIGHWAY 30 ARE HOLDING FUEL

57:21THAT COULD ONE DAY BE

57:22RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESTRUCTION

57:24OF LAND, WATER, ANIMALS AND

57:26CITIZENS OF PORTLAND. AND I AM

57:28ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THE

57:30COMMUNITY COALITION AMENDMENTS.

57:31THANK YOU.

57:33>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

57:36>> MY NAME IS LILLIAN WEAVER.

57:37I'M A PHD STUDENT AT PSU,

57:39WRITING MY DISSERTATION ON THE

57:41SCI HUB. AND I WANT TO TALK TO

57:42YOU ABOUT TWO POINTS FROM MY

57:44RESEARCH A 2019 ECONOMIC

57:46ANALYSIS OF HAZARD MITIGATION,

57:47PRODUCED BY THE NATIONAL

57:48INSTITUTE OF BUILDING SCIENCE,

57:50CITED IN THE PLAN FOR A

57:51RESILIENT OREGON, FOUND THAT

57:52EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED IN HAZARD

57:54MITIGATION SAVES SIX. WHEN IT

57:56COMES TO FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE

57:58SUCH AS THE C E HUB. BASED ON

57:59MY RESEARCH AND ON THE SCALE OF

58:01DISASTER WE CAN EXPECT FROM THE

58:02HUB B IT EARTHQUAKE, WILDFIRE,

58:04LANDSLIDE, HUMAN ERROR,

58:04WHATEVER. I EXPECT THE RETURNS

58:06TO BE MUCH HIGHER AND TO FAR

58:08EXCEED THE POTENTIAL COSTS

58:09OUTLINED IN THE ECO NORTHWEST

58:11REPORT. STRONGER SCI HUB POLICY

58:12IS STRONGER ECONOMIC POLICY.

58:15NEXT, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE

58:16SEISMIC STABILITY POLICY. IT'S

58:18EXCELLENT, BUT WE CAN'T RELY ON

58:19THIS ALONE. THE TEN YEAR

58:21TIMELINE GIVEN FOR FOR

58:22FACILITIES TO DO THEIR SEISMIC

58:24MITIGATION STARTS ONCE

58:25VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS AND

58:26IMPLEMENTATION PLANS HAVE BEEN

58:27APPROVED. THE INITIAL DEADLINE

58:29WAS JUNE 20TH 4TH JUNE 2024,

58:31BUT IT'S ITERATIVE. KINDER

58:33MORGAN, NORTHWEST NATURAL,

58:34MCCALL OIL NOW ALL HAVE UNTIL

58:36JULY OF 27 TO SUBMIT AMENDED

58:38ASSESSMENTS. ANOTHER FACILITY

58:39HAS UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST, 2028.

58:42IF THESE ARE APPROVED, THE

58:43FACILITIES THEN HAVE SIX MONTHS

58:44TO SUBMIT IMPLEMENTATION PLANS,

58:46WHICH ALSO GO THROUGH A BACK

58:47AND FORTH PROCESS, INCLUDING

58:48PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH TAKES A

58:50WHILE. ONCE THESE ARE APPROVED,

58:52THE TEN YEAR TIMELINE STARTS.

58:53I'M NOT FAULTING DEQ. IT'S A

58:55HUGE UNDERTAKING. I'M SIMPLY

58:56TRYING TO POINT OUT THAT WE

58:58CANNOT DEPEND ON SEISMIC

58:59MITIGATION ALONE. BASED ON MY

59:00RESEARCH, I DON'T EXPECT TO SEE

59:02MITIGATION FINISHED UNTIL WE

59:03ARE WELL INTO THE 2040S, BY

59:05WHICH TIME IT MAY BE TOO LATE.

59:06THE LAST CASCADIA EARTHQUAKE

59:08WAS IN 1700 326 YEARS AGO WHEN

59:12IT RUPTURED. IT HAD BEEN 330

59:14YEARS SINCE THE PRIOR QUAKE.

59:16THAT'S LIKE IF IT WERE TO

59:17RUPTURE IN 2030, YOU HAVE THE

59:20OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE OUR

59:21COMMUNITIES ENVIRONMENT SAFER

59:22AND HEALTHIER, AND TO DO SO IN

59:24JUST A YEAR OR TWO, REDUCING

59:25FUEL STORED AT THE HUB, NOT

59:27JUST STORAGE CAPACITY. AND

59:28STARTING THAT TIMELINE AS SOON

59:29AS POSSIBLE IS HOW WE TAKE A

59:31TANGIBLE STEP TOWARDS IMPACTFUL

59:32CHANGE. THIS CANNOT WAIT UNTIL

59:342036. I SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY

59:35AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

59:36TIME.

59:38>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

59:42>> THANK YOU. COUNCILORS. MY

59:43NAME IS DAVID LEVY. I WOULD

59:45LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TODAY TO

59:47DEMONSTRATE WHY AVERAGE FUEL

59:48LEVELS AT LOWERING AVERAGE FUEL

59:50LEVELS ON SITE IS SO IMPORTANT,

59:52AND WHY CLOSING LOOPHOLES TO

59:53EXPANSION IS SO IMPORTANT. AS

59:55YOU KNOW, OR YOU MAY KNOW, THE

59:57VAST MAJORITY OF TANKS AT THE

59:59HUB SIMPLY SIT ON THE GROUND.

1:00:00THEY'RE NOT ANCHORED. SO THAT

1:00:02MEANS THAT THE AMOUNT OF FUEL

1:00:04THAT'S IN THE TANK IS ACTUALLY

1:00:07DETERMINANT OF WHAT HAPPENS IN

1:00:08AN EARTHQUAKE. THAT'S AN

1:00:12EARTHQUAKE. SO OF COURSE. AN A

1:00:17TANK COULD BE ANCHORED. AND IN

1:00:19FACT, AT THE PORTLAND AIRPORT,

1:00:21THEY ARE ANCHORED. THEY HAVE

1:00:22THREE THEY HAVE 130 PILINGS

1:00:26GOING DOWN OVER 100FT. THESE

1:00:28PILINGS ARE 12.12 AND THREE

1:00:31QUARTERS IN DIAMETER AND FILLED

1:00:33WITH CEMENT. NONE OF THE OLD

1:00:36TANKS AT THE HUB ARE ANYWHERE

1:00:37NEAR THAT, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE

1:00:3950FT ABOVE BASALT. SO OF COURSE

1:00:42THEY COULD DO THAT. BUT DICK

1:00:44HAS GIVEN THEM THE OPTION,

1:00:46HOWEVER, OF NOT ANCHORING THE

1:00:47TANKS BUT SIMPLY PUTTING THEM

1:00:49IN A CONTAINER LIKE THAT. AND

1:00:52SO WHEN THEY WHEN THEY RUPTURE,

1:00:55I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE HUNDREDS

1:00:57OF OPEN POOLS OF FUEL ALL

1:00:59ACROSS NORTHWEST PORTLAND FUELS

1:01:02THAT WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO

1:01:05FLAME, TO FIRE, TO EXPLOSION,

1:01:07TO FUMES, ETC. AND THERE IS

1:01:09ABSOLUTELY NO CURRENT PLAN FOR

1:01:12EMPTYING THOSE POOLS. THAT WILL

1:01:14BE A REALITY AFTER THE

1:01:16EARTHQUAKE HITS. SO THE LESS

1:01:17FUEL THERE IS AT THE HUB, THE

1:01:19MORE WE ARE SAFE. THE LESS

1:01:22EXPANSION, THE MORE RIGID WE

1:01:23ARE IN TERMS OF DEMANDING THE

1:01:25ABSOLUTE NEED FOR EXPANSION,

1:01:27THE LESS FUEL THERE WILL BE AT

1:01:29THE HUB. THIS IS WHY THAT'S SO

1:01:31IMPORTANT. THANK YOU.

1:01:32>> THANK YOU.

1:01:36>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY

1:01:38COUNCILORS. I'M LORI KING AND

1:01:40I'M SPEAKING TO YOU AS A ST.

1:01:41JOHNS RESIDENT, I'VE HAD THE

1:01:43PLEASURE OF MEETING WITH MANY

1:01:45OF YOU OVER THE LAST MONTHS

1:01:47ABOUT AMENDMENTS TO THE CY HUB,

1:01:49AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR

1:01:51DEDICATION AND YOUR

1:01:52COLLABORATION. I HAVEN'T HAD

1:01:53THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK

1:01:55AT THE THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE

1:01:57JUST RELEASED, AND I WILL STUDY

1:02:00THEM AND THANK YOU FOR THEM. AS

1:02:02I SEE IT, THE HEART OF THE

1:02:04COMMUNITY INITIATED ZONING CODE

1:02:06AMENDMENTS IS THAT ANY

1:02:07EXPANSIONS AT THE HUB MUST BE

1:02:09JUSTIFIED. THERE MUST BE

1:02:10GUARDRAILS. AND WE WERE

1:02:12THINKING IT MUST BE JUSTIFIED

1:02:14BY BEING ESSENTIAL TO MEETING

1:02:15FUEL DEMANDS IN OREGON AND THE

1:02:17COLUMBIA RIVER REGION AND THE

1:02:19HEART OF THE COMMUNITY. TITLE

1:02:2117 AMENDMENTS IS THAT IF AND

1:02:23MOST LIKELY WHEN DEMAND IN THIS

1:02:25MARKET GOES DOWN, THERE MUST BE

1:02:28COMMENSURATE REDUCTIONS IN

1:02:29FLAMMABLE, COMBUSTIBLE TOXIC

1:02:31SUBSTANCES STORED AT THE HUB.

1:02:33CONSIDERING THE EXISTENTIAL

1:02:35DANGER THAT COMMUNITIES CLOSEST

1:02:37TO THE HUB THAT I LIVE IN ARE

1:02:39IN AND HAVE BEEN IN THE

1:02:41COMMUNITY PROPOSALS ARE

1:02:43INCREDIBLY MODEST. THE

1:02:45AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN CALIBRATED

1:02:46TO THREAD THE NEEDLE OF WHAT IS

1:02:48POSSIBLE IN THIS LEGAL SYSTEM.

1:02:51ANYTHING LESS RISK REDUCING

1:02:52THAN UPHOLDING THESE AMENDMENTS,

1:02:54SUCH AS ALLOWING PATHS TO

1:02:56EXPANSION IN THE BUREAU OF

1:02:57PLANNING AND SUSTAINABILITY

1:02:59AMENDMENTS, WOULD LEAVE ALL

1:03:01PORTLANDERS VULNERABLE AND

1:03:02REALLY WOULD BE A STOMACH PUNCH

1:03:04TO THE COMMUNITIES MOST

1:03:05AFFECTED. LINTON AND THE

1:03:08NORTHWEST INDUSTRIAL

1:03:09NEIGHBORHOODS. SAINT JOHN'S

1:03:11CATHEDRAL PARK, KENTON,

1:03:14PORTSMOUTH UNIVERSITY PARK,

1:03:15ARBOR LODGE AND OTHER

1:03:17NEIGHBORHOODS. THESE. MANY OF

1:03:19THESE AREAS, BIPOC AND WORKING

1:03:21CLASS NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN

1:03:22SACRIFICED FOR DECADES. WE HAVE

1:03:24A CONCENTRATION OF POLLUTING

1:03:26INDUSTRIES BROWNFIELDS, DIESEL

1:03:28POLLUTION, AND PROXIMITY TO THE

1:03:31SUBSTANCES IN THE HUB. COUNCIL

1:03:33MEMBERS. EVEN IF THESE

1:03:35NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT IN YOUR

1:03:36DISTRICT. EQUITY IS A GUIDING

1:03:38PRINCIPLE OF OUR CITY'S

1:03:40COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. PAST

1:03:42ENVIRONMENTAL HARMS MUST BE

1:03:44REDRESSED. DO NOT YET ADD

1:03:46ANOTHER BLOW BY SQUANDERING

1:03:48THIS OPPORTUNITY BEFORE US.

1:03:49THANK YOU.

1:03:50>> THANK YOU.

1:03:52>> KELLY.

1:03:56>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL

1:03:58MEMBERS. MY NAME IS KELLY ROLL.

1:03:59I'M A TENANT IN DISTRICT FOUR,

1:04:01A REGISTERED NURSE THAT WORKS

1:04:03IN DISTRICT THREE. AND I'M

1:04:04SPEAKING TODAY AS A PROUD

1:04:06MEMBER OF THE OREGON NURSES

1:04:07ASSOCIATION. IF THERE IS ONE

1:04:09THING THAT I'VE LEARNED FROM

1:04:10BEING A NURSE FOR THE PAST 13

1:04:12YEARS, IT'S THAT PREVENTION

1:04:13MATTERS. I AM TRAINED TO THINK

1:04:15ABOUT RISK BEFORE AN EMERGENCY

1:04:17HAPPENS, NOT AFTER THE DAMAGE

1:04:18HAS BEEN DONE. AND THAT IS HOW

1:04:20I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE THINKING

1:04:22ABOUT THE E HUB. WE'VE ALL

1:04:24HEARD ABOUT THE VERY SERIOUS

1:04:25SEISMIC RISKS THAT ARE

1:04:27CONTAINED AT THE HUB SITE AND

1:04:28HOW DEVASTATING THE BIG ONE

1:04:29WILL BE. BUT THE IMPACTS OF A

1:04:32DISASTER WOULDN'T JUST REMAIN

1:04:34LOCALIZED AT THE HUB SITE. IT

1:04:36WOULD HAVE MAJOR IMPACTS ON THE

1:04:38SURROUNDING AREAS, WHICH

1:04:39INCLUDE NEARBY HOSPITALS THAT

1:04:44WOULD BE EXPECTED TO RESPOND IN

1:04:47AN EMERGENCY, INCLUDING WHERE

1:04:48MY UNION SIBLINGS WORK AT

1:04:49LEGACY, EMANUEL AND KAISER

1:04:51INTERSTATE. AS I'M SURE YOU'RE

1:04:53ALL AWARE, OUR HEALTH CARE

1:04:54SYSTEM IS ALREADY UNDER

1:04:56TREMENDOUS STRAIN. NOT ONLY

1:04:57WOULD A DISASTER AT THE HUB

1:04:59SITE BE A MASS CASUALTY EVENT

1:05:01IN ITSELF, BUT IT WOULD ALMOST

1:05:02CERTAINLY OVERWHELM THE

1:05:04CRITICAL HEALTH CARE

1:05:05INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO

1:05:06RESPOND TO A NATURAL DISASTER

1:05:07LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE. I'M

1:05:09THRILLED THAT OMA, BECAUSE OF A

1:05:11RESOLUTION THAT WE RECENTLY

1:05:12PASSED, WHICH I WILL INCLUDE IN

1:05:13MY WRITTEN TESTIMONY, IS NOW

1:05:15PART OF THE COMMUNITY COALITION

1:05:16TO MAKE THE E HUB SAFER. AND WE

1:05:19INTEND TO USE THE FULL POWER OF

1:05:20OUR MEMBERSHIP TO PROTECT THE

1:05:22HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELL-BEING

1:05:23OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO I STRONGLY

1:05:25URGE YOU ALL TO SUPPORT SOME OF

1:05:26THESE AMENDMENTS TO THE POLICY

1:05:28PROPOSAL, WHICH MAKE IT MUCH

1:05:29STRONGER. AT A MINIMUM, THE

1:05:30PLAN MUST INCLUDE ENSURING THAT

1:05:32THERE ARE REAL SAFETY AND

1:05:34EVACUATION BLUEPRINTS IN PLACE,

1:05:36WHICH SHOULD BE DEVELOPED BY

1:05:37THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY

1:05:38HAVE TO USE THEM, BUT MOST

1:05:39IMPORTANTLY, INCREASING SAFETY

1:05:41AND REDUCING RISK REQUIRES THAT

1:05:42THE AMOUNT OF FUEL STORED AT

1:05:44THE HUB SITE IS DRASTICALLY

1:05:46REDUCED. HEALTH CARE WORKERS

1:05:47KNOW THAT WHEN WE CAN PREVENT

1:05:49HARM, WE HAVE TO TRY. PLEASE

1:05:51PROTECT YOUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR

1:05:52NEIGHBORS, AND OUR ENVIRONMENT

1:05:53THAT WE ALL LOVE AND CHERISH

1:05:54OVER THE PROFITS OF FUEL

1:05:56COMPANIES. THANK YOU.

1:05:58>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR

1:05:59BEING HERE.

1:06:01>> NEXT UP WE HAVE RICHARD

1:06:03MARCH, PATRICIA KOLBERG, MARK

1:06:06D'ARIENZO, HOWARD BELL, KATHY

1:06:09COHEN.

1:06:19>> WELCOME.

1:06:21>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS

1:06:23PATRICIA KOLBERG, AND I'M HERE

1:06:25ON BEHALF OF OREGON PHYSICIANS

1:06:27FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. I

1:06:29HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED A MUCH

1:06:31MORE DETAILED AND REFERENCE

1:06:33VERSION OF MY SUMMARY COMMENTS

1:06:35HERE TODAY, INCLUDING A NUMBER

1:06:37OF POLICY OPTIONS. I HAVE VERY

1:06:40SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT PORTLAND

1:06:42POSITIONING ITSELF AS AN EXPORT

1:06:45HUB FOR RENEWABLE DIESEL.

1:06:47ALTHOUGH RENEWABLE DIESEL IS

1:06:49PROMOTED AS A CLIMATE FRIENDLY

1:06:50AND PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTIVE

1:06:52FUEL, A SUBSTANTIAL BODY OF

1:06:55LITERATURE DISPUTES THOSE

1:06:57CLAIMS. FIRST OF ALL, DIFFERENT

1:06:59FEEDSTOCKS FOR RENEWABLE DIESEL

1:07:02HAVE VERY DIFFERENT EFFECTS.

1:07:04THE SO-CALLED HIGH CARBON

1:07:06INTENSITY FEEDSTOCKS LIKE

1:07:08SOYBEAN AND PALM OIL, EMIT AS

1:07:11MUCH OR MORE GREENHOUSE GASES

1:07:14AS PETROLEUM DIESEL, AND ARE

1:07:16ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH

1:07:18ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND

1:07:20HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. BUT DEMAND

1:07:22FOR LOW CARBON INTENSITY

1:07:25FEEDSTOCKS IS PREDICTED TO

1:07:27OUTSTRIP SUPPLY AS EARLY AS

1:07:312035. FURTHERMORE, THE METRIC

1:07:33THAT WE KNOW AS CARBON

1:07:36INTENSITY IS NOT SOMETHING YOU

1:07:38WANT TO HANG YOUR POLICY HAT ON.

1:07:41CURRENTLY, DOZENS OF MODELS ARE

1:07:44USED TO CALCULATE CARBON

1:07:46INTENSITY FOR RENEWABLE DIESEL,

1:07:48AND THEIR RESULTS ARE ALL OVER

1:07:50THE MAP. THIS MEANS THAT NO ONE

1:07:53CAN SAY WITH CERTAINTY WHAT THE

1:07:54CLIMATE EFFECTS OF RENEWABLE,

1:07:56RENEWABLE DIESEL FROM SEED OIL

1:07:59FEEDSTOCKS ARE IN 2026, MUCH

1:08:02LESS IN YEARS TO COME. BUT A

1:08:05SCIENTIFIC STUDY DID SHOW THAT

1:08:07GROWTH OF RENEWABLE DIESEL HAS

1:08:09LED TO DEMONSTRABLY INCREASED

1:08:13DEFORESTATION IN THE GLOBAL

1:08:14SOUTH, AS WELL AS BIG INCREASES

1:08:17IN GREENHOUSE GASES. THIS IS

1:08:19NOT A DYNAMIC WE WANT TO

1:08:21PROMOTE. WE SHOULD INSTEAD

1:08:24IMAGINE THE FUTURE WE WANT AND

1:08:26DEPLOY EVERY POLICY OPTION WE

1:08:29CAN TO CREATE THAT FUTURE.

1:08:31THANK YOU.

1:08:31>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHOEVER

1:08:35WANTS TO GO.

1:08:38>> OKAY. I'LL GO. HELLO,

1:08:42COUNSELORS. THANK YOU FOR

1:08:42HAVING ME. MY NAME IS RICHARD

1:08:44MARCH. I'M FROM DISTRICT THREE.

1:08:47I REALIZE THAT THE AMENDMENTS

1:08:50HAVE CHANGED SOMEWHAT IN THE

1:08:52COURSE OF THE NIGHT. AND MY MY

1:08:56COMMENTS, THOUGH, WILL REFER TO

1:08:58THE COMMUNITY COALITION'S

1:09:01AMENDMENTS. AND THOSE ELEMENTS

1:09:03ARE STILL WHAT I'M SUPPORTING.

1:09:06I URGE YOU TO TO TO SUPPORT

1:09:08THOSE. THE COALITION AMENDMENTS

1:09:10STRENGTHEN THE INITIAL PROPOSAL

1:09:13BY REMEDYING AMBIGUOUS LANGUAGE

1:09:15AND CLOSING LOOPHOLES TO ENSURE

1:09:17THAT ONE. THE CITY'S INTENT IS

1:09:21INDISPUTABLE THAT THE CITY AND

1:09:22CEI HUB FACILITIES ARE FULLY

1:09:25ACCOUNTABLE, AND THAT RISK

1:09:27REDUCING GUARDRAILS ARE

1:09:29ENFORCEABLE. I WANT TO

1:09:31HIGHLIGHT HOW THE COALITION

1:09:32AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING CODE

1:09:34DO THIS. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY

1:09:37REPLACE THREE DISCONNECTED AND

1:09:40UNEVEN EXPANSION REVIEW

1:09:42PROCESSES WITH ONE INCLUSIVE

1:09:44REVIEW PROTOCOL. WHY? FIRST,

1:09:48FUEL HANDLING IS AN INTEGRATED

1:09:50PROCESS. TANKS ARE CONNECTED TO

1:09:53TRANSLOADING INFRASTRUCTURE AND

1:09:55VICE VERSA. INCREASING CAPACITY

1:09:58IN ONE PART OF THE SYSTEM WILL

1:10:00NECESSARILY AFFECT THE OTHER

1:10:01PARTS OF THE SYSTEM. THE

1:10:03COALITION'S INCLUSIVE REVIEW

1:10:06CRITERIA REQUIRES THAT

1:10:08APPLICATIONS FOR EXPANSION BE

1:10:11EVALUATED AT THIS SYSTEM LEVEL,

1:10:14NOT PIECEMEAL. SECOND, BY

1:10:19PREVENTING UNNEEDED EXPANSION

1:10:21MEANS PREVENTING UNNEEDED,

1:10:23UNNEEDED RISKS, APPLICANTS FOR

1:10:27INCREASED STORAGE

1:10:28INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD

1:10:29DEMONSTRATE NEED, AND THERE

1:10:30MUST NOT BE AMBIGUITY ABOUT

1:10:32WHAT THAT MEANS. THE

1:10:34COALITION'S REVIEW CRITERIA FOR

1:10:37CRITERIA PREVENTS UNNECESSARY

1:10:39RISKS BY SPECIFYING THAT

1:10:41EXPANSION MUST BE DEMONSTRATED,

1:10:43NEED THAT CAN'T BE MET

1:10:45ELSEWHERE AND PREVENTS

1:10:46UNNECESSARY EXPANSION BY

1:10:48LINKING UNMET NEED TO THE C, E

1:10:50I HUBS EXISTING SERVICE AREA.

1:10:53THANK YOU. GO AHEAD.

1:10:58>> I'LL GO. ALL RIGHT. GOOD

1:11:00AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY

1:11:01NAME IS HOWARD BELL, BUSINESS

1:11:03MANAGER FOR OPEIU LOCAL 11. AND

1:11:05I'M HERE REPRESENTING WORKING

1:11:06PEOPLE IN THE CONSTRUCTION

1:11:08INDUSTRY. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT

1:11:10ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND FUEL

1:11:12CAPACITY. GOVERNOR KOTEX

1:11:14PROSPERITY COUNCIL HAS MADE IT

1:11:15CLEAR THAT OREGON NEEDS TO

1:11:16RETAIN BUSINESSES, ATTRACT

1:11:18INVESTMENT, CREATE GOOD PAYING

1:11:20JOBS, AND IMPROVE OUR BUSINESS

1:11:21CLIMATE. THOSE GOALS HAVE TO BE

1:11:24CONSIDERED IN THE CEI HUB

1:11:26DISCUSSION. WE ALREADY ARE

1:11:28FACING A DIFFICULT ECONOMIC

1:11:30ENVIRONMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION

1:11:31INDUSTRY. DEPENDS ON RELIABLE

1:11:33AND AFFORDABLE FUEL. OUR

1:11:35EXCAVATORS, LOADERS, CRANES,

1:11:36GRADERS, TRUCKS AND OTHER HEAVY

1:11:38EQUIPMENT CANNOT OPERATE

1:11:39WITHOUT IT. IF WE REDUCE FUEL

1:11:42CAPACITY, WE RISK INCREASING

1:11:43FUEL COSTS AND REDUCING

1:11:45RELIABILITY THAT ULTIMATELY

1:11:46MAKES CONSTRUCTION MORE

1:11:48EXPENSIVE, MORE PROJECTS HARDER

1:11:50TO FINANCE, AND CAN MEAN FEWER

1:11:52HOURS AND FEWER OPPORTUNITIES

1:11:53FOR OREGON WORKERS. WE SHOULD

1:11:55ABSOLUTELY IMPROVE SEISMIC

1:11:56SAFETY AND PROTECT OUR

1:11:57COMMUNITIES. BUT REDUCING FUEL

1:11:59CAPACITY SHOULD NOT BE THE

1:12:00OBJECTIVE. THERE IS ANOTHER

1:12:02PATH. LOOK AT THE NEXT CLEAN

1:12:04FUELS PROJECT IN CLASS, AND I

1:12:06PROPOSE TO TAKE WASTE PRODUCTS

1:12:07LIKE USING COOKING OIL AND

1:12:09OTHER ORGANIC MATERIALS AND

1:12:11TURNING THEM INTO RENEWABLE

1:12:12DIESEL AND SUSTAINABLE AVIATION

1:12:14FUEL. THE PROJECT REPRESENTS

1:12:17BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PRIVATE

1:12:18INVESTMENT, THOUSANDS OF

1:12:20CONSTRUCTION JOBS AND THE

1:12:20POTENTIAL TO REDUCE MILLIONS OF

1:12:22METRIC TONS OF CARBON EMISSIONS.

1:12:24THAT IS THE KIND OF ECONOMIC

1:12:26DEVELOPMENT OREGON SHOULD BE

1:12:27ENCOURAGING. WE DON'T HAVE TO

1:12:28CHOOSE BETWEEN ECONOMIC

1:12:30PROSPERITY AND REDUCING CARBON

1:12:32EMISSIONS. WE CAN MODERNIZE

1:12:34FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE, IMPROVE

1:12:36SEISMIC RESILIENCE, MAINTAIN

1:12:37ADEQUATE FUEL CAPACITY AT THE

1:12:39SAME TIME, INVEST IN CLEANER

1:12:41FUELS AND TECHNOLOGIES. IF WE

1:12:42WANT OREGON TO BE BUSINESS

1:12:43FRIENDLY, WE NEED THE ENERGY

1:12:45INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT

1:12:46BUSINESSES. IF WE WANT

1:12:47CONSTRUCTION JOBS, WE NEED FUEL

1:12:49TO RUN THE EQUIPMENT. AND IF WE

1:12:51WANT TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS,

1:12:52LET'S INVEST IN PROJECTS THAT

1:12:53ACTUALLY PRODUCE CLEANER FUELS

1:12:55AND CREATE OREGON JOBS. SO I

1:12:56HAVE TWO LETTERS HERE FROM THE

1:12:58DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, AND

1:12:59THEY'RE ASKING YOU TO MAKE IT

1:13:01SAFER, BUT DON'T REDUCE THE

1:13:04CAPACITY. THAT'S A PROBLEM IN

1:13:05THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES ARE

1:13:06ASKING YOU TO FOLLOW THAT

1:13:08ADVICE. THANK YOU.

1:13:09>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

1:13:13>> HI. MY NAME IS KASEY COHEN.

1:13:15I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF

1:13:16PORTLAND HARBOR COMMUNITY

1:13:18COALITION, A SECOND GENERATION

1:13:20PORTLANDER, AND A MOTHER WHOSE

1:13:2311 YEAR OLD'S FIRST TESTIMONY

1:13:25WAS ACTUALLY ON THE SCI HUB AND

1:13:27WHO GAVE ME A PASS TODAY TO NOT

1:13:29PICK HER UP AT SCHOOL SO I

1:13:31COULD TESTIFY TODAY. SO THANK

1:13:33YOU, COUNSELORS WHO ARE OPEN TO

1:13:34MOVING FORWARD, AMENDMENTS THAT

1:13:36MAKE THE CI HAVE THE SAFEST IT

1:13:38CAN BE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND

1:13:40ENVIRONMENT. WE ARE 1.5 YEARS

1:13:43AWAY FROM THE BEGINNING OF AN

1:13:44ESTIMATED 13 YEAR LONG, HIGH

1:13:46LEVEL CLEANUP OF THE PORTLAND

1:13:48HARBOR SUPERFUND SITE. THIS

1:13:50CLEANUP WILL BE THE MOST

1:13:52COMPLEX AND LIKELY THE MOST

1:13:53EXPENSIVE IN THE NATION AND

1:13:55CITY OF PORTLAND RATEPAYERS ARE

1:13:58ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO THE COST.

1:14:00WE URGE YOU TO NOT WASTE

1:14:02RATEPAYER CONTRIBUTIONS AND

1:14:04RISK RECONTAMINATION OF THE

1:14:06WILLAMETTE RIVER. IN WHAT IS

1:14:08ANTICIPATED TO BE THE LARGEST

1:14:10CUMULATIVE SPILL EVER RECORDED

1:14:11IN HUMAN HISTORY. IF THE

1:14:14EARTHQUAKE HITS. IS THIS WHAT

1:14:16PORTLAND SHOULD BE REMEMBERED

1:14:17FOR? IMMEDIATE SAFETY IS

1:14:20CRITICAL FOR ALL LIVING BEINGS

1:14:21AND FOR THE HEALTH OF THE

1:14:22RIVERS AND SURVIVAL OF

1:14:24ENDANGERED SPECIES MOVING

1:14:25FORWARD, I WANT TO SHARE THAT I

1:14:28SERVED ON DEQ'S FUEL TANK,

1:14:30SEISMIC STABILITY PROGRAM,

1:14:32RULES ADVISORY COUNCIL, AS WELL

1:14:33AS THE CURRENT RULES ADVISORY

1:14:35COUNCIL CREATING RULES TO

1:14:37IMPLEMENT HOUSE BILL FOUR 4100

1:14:40HOLDING C, C, E I HUB OPERATORS

1:14:43FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR

1:14:44SPILLS AND LEAKS. I WANT TO SAY

1:14:47COUNCILOR, NOVICK AND OTHER

1:14:48COUNCILORS. WE DO NOT NEED TO

1:14:49WAIT TEN YEARS FOR OPERATORS TO

1:14:52REDUCE STORAGE OF FUEL. IT'S

1:14:53NOT NECESSARY. IN FACT, C E HUB

1:14:56OPERATORS WILL SAVE RESOURCES

1:14:58AND INCREASE EFFICIENCY BY

1:15:01ADDRESSING MULTIPLE ISSUES

1:15:02SIMULTANEOUSLY WITHOUT DELAY.

1:15:04EARTHQUAKE RETROFITS, REDUCING

1:15:06STORAGE TANK CAPACITY, REDUCING

1:15:09FUELS AND SECURING FUNDS FOR

1:15:11FUTURE LEAKS AND SPILLS.

1:15:13EVENTUALLY, WE MUST GET TO A

1:15:15JUST TRANSITION TO CLEAN, GREEN

1:15:18ENERGY SOURCES DEVOID OF

1:15:20RENEWABLE FUELS THAT REMAIN

1:15:21UNSAFE FOR HUMANS AND THE

1:15:23ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU.

1:15:24>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

1:15:26>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE

1:15:27OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY. MY NAME

1:15:29IS MARK DIRIENZO. I'M A RETIRED

1:15:31GEOLOGIST WITH A SPECIALTY IN

1:15:32EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMIS, AND

1:15:34ALSO A MEMBER OF CLIMATE JOBS,

1:15:36A COMMITTEE IN THE

1:15:37ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE OF JOBS

1:15:38WITH JUSTICE. I WANT TO MAKE

1:15:39THREE POINTS. A MAGNITUDE NINE

1:15:41SUBDUCTION ZONE EARTHQUAKE WILL

1:15:42SHAKE THE PORTLAND AREA FOR 5

1:15:45TO 7 MINUTES, CAUSING

1:15:46LANDSLIDES ON STEEP SLOPES AND

1:15:47LIQUEFACTION ALONG THE

1:15:48WILLAMETTE RIVER. WITH THE C I

1:15:50WAS LOCATED, IT WILL BE

1:15:51FOLLOWED BY SIZABLE AFTERSHOCKS

1:15:53OVER SEVERAL MONTHS,

1:15:54POTENTIALLY TRIGGERING EVEN

1:15:55LOCAL FAULTS. IT IS UNKNOWN HOW

1:15:58THE TANKS AND ASSOCIATED

1:15:59PIPELINES AND PROPOSED

1:16:00CONTAINMENT STRUCTURES WILL

1:16:01HOLD UP. THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE

1:16:03THEY WILL FAIL, RELEASING TOXIC

1:16:04FUELS INTO THE AIR AND WATER

1:16:06AND TRIGGER FIRES UNLESS

1:16:08RETROFITTED OR BUILT TO A VERY

1:16:09HIGH SEISMIC STANDARDS. EVEN IF

1:16:12THE CONTAINMENT STRUCTURES HOLD

1:16:13OR RELEASE FUELS, THE FUELS

1:16:15COULD BE EASILY IGNITED. THE

1:16:17POTENTIAL IS ALSO HIGH THAT

1:16:18RAIL CARS CARRYING TOXIC

1:16:20LIQUIDS FUELS TO THE HUB THAT

1:16:22TRAVEL THROUGH THE CITY WILL

1:16:23DERAIL AND RELEASE THEIR TOXIC

1:16:25FUELS. GIVEN THESE UNKNOWNS AND

1:16:27POTENTIALS, THE WISEST COURSE,

1:16:28IN MY OPINION, FOR THE CITY TO

1:16:30TAKE WOULD BE TRANSITION

1:16:32EQUITABLY AND RAPIDLY AS

1:16:33POSSIBLE AWAY FROM THESE TOXIC

1:16:35LIQUID FUELS TO CLEAN ENERGY,

1:16:37CHANGING ZONING CODES, UPDATING

1:16:39COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, DRAWING

1:16:40DOWN TANKS, OR DEALING WITH

1:16:42FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS ARE ALL

1:16:43WELL AND GOOD, BUT TOO SLOW TO

1:16:45FACE THE URGENCY OF THE CLIMATE

1:16:47CRISIS WE ARE IN. THANK YOU.

1:16:50>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK

1:16:50YOU ALL.

1:16:55>> NEXT UP, WE HAVE JAMARION.

1:16:58MOLLY. JENNY O'CONNOR, ANNA

1:17:01TEJERINA, JONATHAN FINK, DANIEL

1:17:04EISENBEIS. JAMARION. GO AHEAD.

1:17:09>> HELLO. HOW ARE WE DOING,

1:17:11COUNCILORS? FIRST, I'D LIKE TO

1:17:12THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND

1:17:14CONSIDERATION. MY NAME IS

1:17:15JAMARI AND I'M THE CAMPAIGN

1:17:17DIRECTOR AT PORTLAND HARBOR

1:17:19COMMUNITY COALITION. SECONDLY,

1:17:21I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT ALL

1:17:22COUNCILORS VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE

1:17:24COMMUNITY ENDORSED CEI HUB

1:17:26AMENDMENTS TO ADDRESS ONGOING

1:17:28ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICES THAT

1:17:29HAVE PLAGUED MY FAMILY AND

1:17:31COMMUNITY FOR FAR TOO LONG. QTC,

1:17:35OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND

1:17:38COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE

1:17:39DEDICATED EFFORTS AND GOING ON

1:17:41OTHER ONGOING EFFORTS

1:17:44DOCUMENTING AND REDUCING THE

1:17:46SEVERE SALMON HABITAT VOID IN

1:17:48THE WILLAMETTE RIVER BY TRACK.

1:17:51BY TRACKING CRITICAL SALMON

1:17:53HABITATS. IN THE CASE OF

1:17:56CATASTROPHE, EFFORTS SUCH AS

1:17:57THESE, AND MANY MORE WILL GO TO

1:17:58WASTE, ALONG WITH IMMENSE

1:18:01IMPLICATIONS ON THE PLANNED

1:18:02SUPERFUND CLEANUP AT A COST NO

1:18:04ONE CAN BEAR. NOT HUMANS, NOT

1:18:06THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HABITAT,

1:18:08THE CITY, NOR THE INDUSTRY. I

1:18:12DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE

1:18:13TOO CUMBERSOME FOR BTS TO

1:18:15MONITOR ANNUAL CAPACITY

1:18:17REDUCTION. ENTITIES ALREADY

1:18:18HAVE TO REPORT TANK CONDITION

1:18:20AND AVERAGE FILL LEVELS. THE

1:18:23REDUCTION WOULD REDUCE MAXIMUM

1:18:25LEGAL FILLS, BUT SHOULD KEEP

1:18:27ALL REPORTING THE SAME. WITHIN

1:18:30THE NEW GUIDELINES, BTS COULD

1:18:32SEEK A PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

1:18:33WITH OTHER REGULATORS THAT

1:18:36ALREADY MONITOR MAXIMUM FIELD

1:18:38LEVELS. SO JUST TO GIVE A

1:18:41FURTHER DRIVE ON WHAT WE BRING

1:18:44FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT

1:18:46WE'RE LOOKING FOR WITHIN THESE

1:18:49AMENDMENTS IS, YOU KNOW,

1:18:50MEASURABLE, VERIFIABLE

1:18:51REDUCTION AND STORAGE VOLUME

1:18:53AND IMMEDIATE SCIENCE BASED

1:18:56DRAWDOWN, INCREASED SAFETY FOR

1:18:59ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN HEALTH,

1:19:01FOOLPROOF ZONING CODES TAILORED

1:19:02FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENSURING

1:19:04UTMOST SAFETY, TRANSPARENCY,

1:19:07AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF OUR RISK

1:19:09OF CURRENT ZONING PRESENTS.

1:19:11THIS IS WHAT WE SEEK YOUR

1:19:14CONSIDERATION IN. THANK YOU AND

1:19:17HAVE A GOOD DAY.

1:19:18>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHOEVER

1:19:24WANTS TO GO, JUMP ON IN.

1:19:27>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS

1:19:28JENNY O'CONNOR AND I LIVE IN

1:19:31DISTRICT FOUR. I AM PART OF THE

1:19:34CEI HUB COMMUNITY COMMUNITY

1:19:37COALITION THAT'S WORKED WITH

1:19:39BAPS ON THE CEI HUB POLICY PLAN.

1:19:42I'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON EMERGENCY

1:19:46PREPAREDNESS, WHICH WHICH HAS

1:19:49BEEN HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP BY

1:19:50SEVERAL PEOPLE BEFORE US, BUT

1:19:52IT HASN'T REALLY BEEN FOCUSED

1:19:55ON. AS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH

1:19:58THE RECOMMENDED DRAFT, I CAME

1:20:00TO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IN

1:20:01THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, 2026

1:20:05113. IT PROVIDES A STARTING

1:20:07POINT TO COORDINATE AN

1:20:11EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN,

1:20:13SPECIFICALLY, DIRECTIVE SEVEN

1:20:15DIRECTS, WHICH IS A COUNCIL

1:20:17DIRECTIVE, DIRECTS PORTLAND

1:20:19PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT PBEM

1:20:21AND PBEM AND PORTLAND FIRE AND

1:20:24RESCUE TO CONTINUE

1:20:26COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION

1:20:27TO SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH AND

1:20:29NATURAL HAZARD RISK REDUCTION

1:20:31IN CEA. AND THIS SPEAKS

1:20:34SPECIFICALLY, COMMISSIONER

1:20:36COUNCILMAN KANAL, TO WHAT YOU

1:20:38SAID LAST WEEK ABOUT HOW, YOU

1:20:41KNOW, WHAT ELSE ARE WE DOING

1:20:44BESIDES THESE THESE AMENDMENTS?

1:20:46I I'M PROPOSING THAT YOU TAKE

1:20:48THE AUTHORITY THAT'S GIVEN TO

1:20:50YOU IN THIS ORDINANCE, TAKE IT

1:20:52FURTHER. INSTEAD OF JUST

1:20:54COORDINATING THAT YOU, YOU, YOU

1:20:58DIRECT STAFF TO IMPLEMENT AN

1:21:01EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN. IF YOU

1:21:03LOOK THROUGH PAGES 96 THROUGH

1:21:09101 IN THE RECOMMENDED DRAFT,

1:21:10THERE'S A WHOLE LONG LIST OF

1:21:12ALL THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN

1:21:14IDENTIFIED BY CITY STAFF AND BY

1:21:16OTHER AGENCIES OF ACTIONS AND

1:21:20PROPOSALS THAT NEED TO BE DONE

1:21:23TO PREVENT, AS A PREVENTATIVE

1:21:25AND TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO AN

1:21:30EMERGENCY THAT THE EARTHQUAKE,

1:21:32WHEN IT COMES, WE CAN RESPOND

1:21:34TO. SO THEREFORE, I'VE ALREADY

1:21:37ASKED YOU TO TAKE THE STEP TO

1:21:39DIRECT THE STAFF TO DO THIS

1:21:41WITH PBEM IN THE LEAD. THANK

1:21:42YOU. AND TO MAKE SURE THERE'S

1:21:44FUNDING FOR THIS WORK TO BE

1:21:46DONE.

1:21:47>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK

1:21:48YOU, THANK YOU.

1:21:52>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT DUNPHY AND

1:21:53MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. FOR THE

1:21:55RECORD, I AM DAN EISENBEIS. I'M

1:21:56A REGISTERED LOBBYIST FOR THE

1:21:57PORT OF PORTLAND, WHERE I SERVE

1:21:59AS REGIONAL AFFAIRS MANAGER.

1:22:00THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY

1:22:02TO PROVIDE COMMENTS TODAY. YOU

1:22:04WILL ALSO FIND WRITTEN

1:22:05TESTIMONY FROM THE PORT'S

1:22:06EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CURTIS

1:22:08RUBENHOLD. THE PORT IS A PUBLIC

1:22:09AGENCY WHOSE MISSION IS TO

1:22:11BUILD SHARED PROSPERITY FOR OUR

1:22:12REGION THROUGH TRAVEL, TRADE

1:22:14AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE

1:22:16OPERATE MAJOR ECONOMIC ENGINES,

1:22:18INCLUDING THREE MARINE

1:22:19TERMINALS, SIX INDUSTRIAL PARKS

1:22:21AND THREE AIRPORTS, INCLUDING

1:22:23PDX. OVER 10,000 PEOPLE WORK AT

1:22:26PDX, WHICH SERVES 18.5 MILLION

1:22:28PASSENGERS, AS WELL AS EXPORTS

1:22:30OF HIGH VALUE OREGON GOODS LIKE

1:22:32SEMICONDUCTORS, FOOTWEAR,

1:22:34AEROSOLS AND BERRIES. WE

1:22:36PROJECT SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN

1:22:38AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND JET

1:22:39FUEL DEMAND OVER THE NEXT 20

1:22:41YEARS. THE FEDERAL ENERGY

1:22:43INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION ALSO

1:22:44PROJECTS GROWING JET FUEL

1:22:45DEMAND IN THE BROADER PACIFIC

1:22:47REGION. THIS IS REFLECTED IN

1:22:49THE RECENT PDX TERMINAL

1:22:51EXPANSION. AIRLINES WORK

1:22:53UNDERWAY TO REBUILD THE PDX

1:22:54FUEL FUEL TANK FARM AND WITH

1:22:56THIS, COUNCIL SUPPORT ALASKA

1:22:58AIRLINES BUILDING ITS FIRST

1:22:59WIDEBODY MAINTENANCE HANGAR ON

1:23:00THE WEST COAST. AIRLINES ALSO

1:23:03STARTED MAKING PURCHASES OF

1:23:05SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL FOR

1:23:06USE AT PDX LAST FALL. PDX

1:23:09RECEIVES ALL OF ITS JET FUEL

1:23:11VIA PIPELINE FROM THE SEA HUB

1:23:13AND IS DEPENDENT ON ADEQUATE

1:23:14STORAGE AND BLENDING CAPACITY

1:23:16IN THE HUB. THE PORT SUPPORTS

1:23:18ADDRESSING SEISMIC

1:23:19VULNERABILITY WHILE MAINTAINING

1:23:20THE SECURITY OF ENERGY SUPPLIES,

1:23:23PROTECTING ECONOMIC

1:23:24COMPETITIVENESS AND ADVANCING

1:23:25CLIMATE GOALS, PARTICULARLY IN

1:23:27HARD TO DECARBONIZE

1:23:29TRANSPORTATION SECTORS. WE

1:23:31RESPECTFULLY URGE COUNCIL TO

1:23:32ADOPT POLICY THAT DOES NOT

1:23:33CREATE DOUBT OR UNCERTAINTY FOR

1:23:36CONTINUED ADEQUATE AVIATION

1:23:37FUEL SUPPLY. WE ASK THAT YOU

1:23:40RETAIN PROVISIONS TO EXEMPT

1:23:42AVIATION FUEL FROM DRAWDOWN

1:23:44REQUIREMENTS IN THE HUB, ENSURE

1:23:45THAT TERMINALS HAVE THE

1:23:48FLEXIBILITY TO ADD CAPACITY

1:23:49SPECIFICALLY FOR AVIATION FUEL

1:23:51AND MAINTAIN AN EXCEPTION FOR

1:23:53FACILITIES LIKE THE PDX TANK

1:23:54FARM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

1:23:56CONSIDERATION.

1:23:57>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

1:24:01>> GOOD

1:24:03>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCILORS.

1:24:04MY NAME IS ANNA. I'M A CIVIL

1:24:05ENGINEER. I'M A RESIDENT OF

1:24:07MILWAUKIE, OREGON, AND I WORKED

1:24:09ON MY MASTER'S RESEARCH ON THE

1:24:11SCI HUB, SPECIFICALLY IN CIVIL

1:24:14ENGINEERING. I'M HERE TODAY TO

1:24:15SUPPORT THE PROPOSED PLANNING

1:24:16UPDATES AND THE REDUCTION IN

1:24:17FUEL STORAGE CAPACITY AT THE

1:24:18HUB. THE SCI HUB IS A MASSIVE

1:24:20AND DIFFICULT PROBLEM TO FULLY

1:24:22COMPREHEND. IT SITS ON LOOSE

1:24:23AND WEAK SOILS NEXT TO OUR

1:24:25LARGEST POPULATION CENTER, AND

1:24:28IT IS EXPECTED TO UNDERGO

1:24:29SIGNIFICANT DEFORMATIONS DURING

1:24:31A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE. HOW

1:24:32SIGNIFICANT ARE THESE

1:24:33DEFORMATIONS? WELL, VARIOUS

1:24:34STUDIES HAVE ESTIMATED EXPECTED

1:24:36GROUND MOVEMENTS AT THE HUB,

1:24:37WHICH RANGE FROM 1M TO 10M

1:24:40DURING A CASCADIA SUBDUCTION

1:24:41ZONE EARTHQUAKE. THAT IS JUST

1:24:43THE BASE OF THE PROBLEM. BUT

1:24:45THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT WHETHER

1:24:46THE GROUND WILL STAY STABLE.

1:24:48IT'S ABOUT WHETHER A TANK CAN

1:24:49WITHSTAND WITHSTAND SUCH AN

1:24:51EARTHQUAKE. THE AMOUNT OF FUEL

1:24:52IN A TANK AFFECTS THE DEMANDS

1:24:54ON THAT TANK. LOWER FILL LEVELS

1:24:56GENERALLY MEAN LOWER SEISMIC

1:24:57DEMANDS, INCLUDING LOWER

1:24:59OVERTURNING MOMENTS AND SHEAR

1:25:00EFFECTS, AND, OF COURSE, LESS

1:25:01FUEL AVAILABLE TO BE RELEASED

1:25:03IF SOMETHING DOES FAIL. THE

1:25:05POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES ARE

1:25:07ENORMOUS. EVEN CONSERVATIVE CA

1:25:09HUB SPILL SCENARIOS WOULD

1:25:11LIKELY BE LARGER THAN THE 134

1:25:13MILLION GALLONS RELEASED IN THE

1:25:14DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER. AND

1:25:17EVEN ONCE WE MAKE SECONDARY

1:25:18CONTAINMENT RESILIENT ENOUGH TO

1:25:19HOLD THAT FUEL CONTAINMENT DOES

1:25:21NOT MEAN THAT FUEL WILL BE

1:25:23USABLE OR FREE OF HAZARDS AFTER

1:25:24A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE. FACILITIES

1:25:26WILL BE DEALING WITH DAMAGED

1:25:27INFRASTRUCTURE, DISRUPTED POWER

1:25:28AND TRANSPORTATION, AFTERSHOCKS,

1:25:30AND POTENTIAL IGNITION SOURCES.

1:25:32THAT IS WHY I BELIEVE STRONGLY

1:25:34THAT THIS REQUIRES AN

1:25:35EVERYTHING AND ALL APPROACH AND

1:25:37SOLUTION. WE NEED THE SEISMIC

1:25:39STABILITY WORK. WE NEED

1:25:40RESILIENT CONTAINMENT. WE NEED

1:25:41EMERGENCY PLANNING. AND WE ALSO

1:25:43NEED TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF

1:25:44FUEL CONCENTRATED IN THIS ONE

1:25:46EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS LOCATION OF

1:25:48OUR STATE. I RECOGNIZE THAT

1:25:50PORTLAND CANNOT DO THIS ALONE.

1:25:51OREGON NEEDS A STATEWIDE EFFORT

1:25:52TO DISTRIBUTE OUR FUEL SUPPLY

1:25:54AND REDUCE OUR DEPENDANCE ON

1:25:56THIS CONCENTRATED LOCATION. BUT

1:25:58IT ALSO DOESN'T MEAN PORTLAND

1:25:59SHOULD WAIT. THE PROPOSED

1:26:01CAPACITY REDUCTION IS THE LEVER

1:26:02THAT THE CITY CAN PULL NOW. IT

1:26:04DOESN'T SOLVE THE ENTIRE

1:26:05PROBLEM, AND IT ISN'T A

1:26:06REPLACEMENT FOR SEISMIC

1:26:07UPGRADES, BUT IT IS ONE PIECE

1:26:08OF A LARGER STRATEGY TO REDUCE

1:26:10BOTH THE DEMANDS ON THESE

1:26:11FACILITIES AND THE CONSEQUENCES

1:26:12OF A CATASTROPHIC EARTHQUAKE.

1:26:14AS AN ENGINEER, I DON'T THINK

1:26:15IT'S FAIR TO ASK FOR ONE SINGLE

1:26:16EVENT INTERVENTION TO SOLVE A

1:26:18PROBLEM THIS LARGE. THAT'S WHY

1:26:20I SUPPORT THE PLANNING UPDATES

1:26:21AND ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO

1:26:22MOVE THEM FORWARD, WHILE

1:26:24CONTINUING TO PUSH FOR THE

1:26:25BROADER STATE AND REGIONAL

1:26:26EFFORT THAT WILL ULTIMATELY BE

1:26:27NECESSARY. THANK YOU.

1:26:28>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

1:26:31JONATHAN.

1:26:32>> YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR WILSON

1:26:33AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS

1:26:36JONATHAN FINK. I'M A GEOLOGY

1:26:37PROFESSOR AT PSU. I'M

1:26:40CO-INVESTIGATOR ON A NATIONAL

1:26:41SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT ABOUT

1:26:42CASCADING HAZARDS. AND I'M

1:26:44FORMER CHAIR OF THE NATIONAL

1:26:45ACADEMY OF SCIENCES PANEL ON

1:26:46THE FUTURE OF WILDFIRES IN THE

1:26:48WEST. I URGE YOU TO PASS THE

1:26:50TWO ITEMS UNDER CONSIDERATION

1:26:52TODAY. MY RESEARCH HAS FOCUSED

1:26:54ON A DANGEROUS BLIND SPOT. THE

1:26:57BIDIRECTIONAL FIRE RISK BETWEEN

1:26:58THE CA HUB, FOREST PARK AND

1:27:00PORTLAND'S URBAN FOREST CANOPY.

1:27:02FOREST PARK IS NOT AN ISOLATED

1:27:04RIDGE. IT'S PART OF A

1:27:05CONTINUOUS GREEN BELT

1:27:06CONNECTING DIRECTLY INTO

1:27:08WASHINGTON PARK, MARKHAM NATURE

1:27:09PARK, OHSU AND RESIDENTIAL

1:27:12DISTRICTS IN NORTHWEST AND

1:27:13SOUTHWEST PORTLAND. CRUCIALLY,

1:27:15THIS THREAT WORKS IN BOTH

1:27:17DIRECTIONS AND DOES NOT REQUIRE

1:27:18AN EARTHQUAKE, WHILE A FUEL

1:27:20TANK EXPLOSION AT THE HUB WILL

1:27:22SHOWER EMBERS INTO FOREST PARK,

1:27:24A SUMMER WILDLAND FIRE STARTING

1:27:25IN THE CANOPY WILL BLOW HEAT

1:27:27AND EMBERS DOWNHILL DIRECTLY

1:27:29ONTO THE CEI HUBS UNREINFORCED

1:27:31FUEL TANKS, CAUSING AN

1:27:33INDUSTRIAL CATASTROPHE

1:27:34COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT OF

1:27:35SEISMIC ACTIVITY. AS SEEN LAST

1:27:37MONTH IN SPOKANE. WIND DRIVEN

1:27:39URBAN WILDFIRES LEAP MILES

1:27:41AHEAD VIA AIRBORNE EMBERS. IN

1:27:43NORTHWEST PORTLAND, A CANOPY

1:27:45FIRE WILL CHOKE HIGHWAY 30,

1:27:47GERMANTOWN ROAD AND CORNELL

1:27:48ROAD WITHIN MINUTES, TRAPPING

1:27:50HUNDREDS TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE

1:27:51BETWEEN BURNING SLOPES AND AN

1:27:53IMPASSABLE RIVERFRONT. WHILE

1:27:55MUNICIPAL WATER PRESSURE FAILS

1:27:57TO PREVENT AN UNMANAGEABLE

1:27:59CONFLAGRATION AND MULTI-DECADAL

1:28:02DAMAGE AT THE HUB. PLEASE ADOPT

1:28:04THESE CODE AMENDMENTS. THANK

1:28:05YOU.

1:28:06>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK

1:28:08YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

1:28:11>> NEXT UP WE HAVE ROBERT

1:28:13MCCULLOUGH, MICHAEL WEISDORF,

1:28:15MAX BRUM, LYNN HANLON, BONNIE

1:28:18MCKINLEY.

1:28:19>> AND COLLEAGUES. AND THOSE

1:28:21WATCHING AT HOME WILL GET

1:28:21THROUGH THIS NEXT PANEL. AND

1:28:23WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A TEN

1:28:24MINUTE BREAK. SO THANKS FOLKS

1:28:26COMING ON DOWN. AND THEN THANKS

1:28:28FOR EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE.

1:28:31WHOEVER WANTS TO GO FIRST, JUMP

1:28:32ON IN.

1:28:34>> I'LL GO FIRST. I SAY YES,

1:28:36BONNIE MCKINLEY. I SAY YES TO

1:28:38THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY

1:28:40COALITION'S AMENDMENTS. AND

1:28:41THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL'S

1:28:43MIDNIGHT OIL OFFENDERS. THE

1:28:44MESSAGE THROUGHOUT THE COUNCIL

1:28:46WORK SESSION WAS THAT THE FUEL

1:28:48NEEDS OF OREGONIANS WILL NOT BE

1:28:50COMPROMISED BY THE CE HUB

1:28:52POLICY PROJECT DIRECTIVES NEAR

1:28:54THE CLOSE CLOSE OF THE WORK

1:28:55SESSION, COUNCILOR KANAL SAID,

1:28:57QUOTE, I AM NOT INTERESTED IN

1:28:59HOW READILY AVAILABLE FUEL IS

1:29:01IN A WORLD IN WHICH THOUSANDS

1:29:03OF PORTLANDERS ARE DEAD. I

1:29:04THINK WE ARE LIVING BEINGS

1:29:06BEFORE WE ARE CONSUMERS OF FUEL

1:29:08AND ANYTHING ELSE. THERE IS NO

1:29:10ECONOMY WITHOUT PEOPLE, UNQUOTE.

1:29:12IT'S HARD TO DISAGREE WITH HIS

1:29:14WORDS. WE CAN LESSEN THE FUEL

1:29:16NEEDS OF OREGONIANS.

1:29:18PORTLANDERS AND FELLOW

1:29:20OREGONIANS COULD DO A GREAT

1:29:21DEAL TO PREVENT THE LOSS OF

1:29:23LIVES. BUT HOW CAN OREGONIANS

1:29:24BE ASKED TO LIMIT THEIR FUEL

1:29:26USE IF THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT

1:29:28THE IMPENDING RISK OF THE SCI

1:29:30HUB? THE VAST MAJORITY OF

1:29:31PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW. WE MUST

1:29:34INFORM PEOPLE ABOUT OREGON'S

1:29:36SCARIEST SECRET. WE NEED PUBLIC

1:29:38MEDIA CAMPAIGNS TO POINT OUT

1:29:40THE DIRECT LINK BETWEEN HUB

1:29:42RISK REDUCTION AND LIMITING

1:29:44CONSUMPTION, AND THE USE OF

1:29:45FUELS FOR TRANSPORT, OREGONIANS,

1:29:49INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES

1:29:50SHOULD RECEIVE PUBLIC SERVICE

1:29:52ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT THE SCI HUB

1:29:53AND HOW WE CAN COLLECTIVELY ACT

1:29:55ON REDUCING ITS RISKS. WITH THE

1:29:58KNOWLEDGE OF THE SAFETY AND

1:29:59ECONOMIC THREATS FROM THE SCI

1:30:01HUB AND REMEDIAL ACTIONS, WE

1:30:03CAN DECREASE FUEL NEEDS WHILE

1:30:05WE TRANSITION TO MORE DANGER

1:30:07FREE ENERGY SOURCES. THE PEOPLE

1:30:09OF OREGON HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW.

1:30:12CHRIS VOSS, MULTNOMAH COUNTY

1:30:14OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

1:30:16DIRECTOR, HAS SAID, QUOTE, THE

1:30:20CE HUB POSES A RISK TO PORTLAND

1:30:22DURING AN EARTHQUAKE

1:30:24UNPARALLELED ANYWHERE ELSE IN

1:30:26THE U.S. UNQUOTE. LET'S LET THE

1:30:29PEOPLE OF PORTLAND AND ALL OF

1:30:31OREGON KNOW ABOUT THE CA HUB

1:30:33AND GIVE THEM THE MEANS TO DO

1:30:35SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

1:30:43>> HI, MY NAME IS LYNN HANLON.

1:30:45PLEASE SUPPORT THE CA HUB

1:30:47COMMUNITY AMENDMENTS. GREEN

1:30:49AMENDMENTS. NOT ENTIRELY SURE

1:30:51THERE I, I LET YOU ALL SORT

1:30:53THAT OUT. BTS REFERS TO THE

1:30:56IMPORTANCE OF ECONOMIC

1:30:58PROSPERITY, AND A COUPLE OF THE

1:31:00PRESENTERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT

1:31:01ECONOMIC PROSPERITY. I AGREE

1:31:03ECONOMIC PROSPERITY FOR ALL

1:31:06PORTLANDERS, NOT MULTINATIONAL

1:31:08MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS. THE

1:31:10IMPACT ON ECONOMIC PROSPERITY

1:31:12WILL BE CATASTROPHIC WHEN THE

1:31:13BIG ONE HITS. IF THE CITY DOES

1:31:15NOT START ACTING NOW TO SHRINK

1:31:18THE DISASTER IN THE MAKING,

1:31:19THAT IS THE CA HUB. IF YOU DO

1:31:23NOTHING, THE MAIN ECONOMIC

1:31:25ACTIVITY WILL BE INDUSTRIAL

1:31:26DISASTER CLEANUP AND RETRIEVAL

1:31:28AND BURIAL OPERATIONS. AND WHO

1:31:31WILL PAY FOR THAT? THE FINAL

1:31:33TICKET PRICE OF THE DEEPWATER

1:31:34HORIZON SPILL WAS OVER $60

1:31:36BILLION. WHEN THE EXPECTED

1:31:37EARTHQUAKE HITS THE CA HUB,

1:31:40DISASTER COSTS WILL LIKELY BE

1:31:41GREATER CERTAINLY IN THE

1:31:43BILLIONS. DOES THE CITY HAVE

1:31:45SOME SPARE BILLIONS LAYING

1:31:46AROUND? PROBABLY NOT. A GOOD

1:31:49CHUNK OF THE COST WILL BE

1:31:50CARRIED BY PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.

1:31:51SMALL BUSINESSES, LOCAL

1:31:53GOVERNMENTS, THOSE WHO DEPEND

1:31:54ON THE RIVER FOR THEIR

1:31:56LIVELIHOODS, WILDLIFE. I THINK

1:31:58YOU ALL GET THE PICTURE AND IT

1:31:59IS NOT A PRETTY ONE. THE

1:32:02ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE REST OF

1:32:04THE STATE WILL ALSO BE SEVERE,

1:32:05SINCE THE FUEL THEY NEED WILL

1:32:07BE IN THE RIVER SPILLED ON THE

1:32:09LAND OR UP IN FLAMES. THERE ARE

1:32:12CURRENT ECONOMIC COSTS AS WELL,

1:32:16AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE TIME

1:32:17TO GET INTO THAT BECAUSE

1:32:19THERE'S ALSO CLIMATE CHANGE.

1:32:21THERE IS NO BUSINESS ON A DEAD

1:32:23PLANET AND WE'RE HEADING THERE

1:32:25FAST. WE NEED TO ACT NOW AND DO

1:32:28EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO REDUCE

1:32:29CARBON EMISSIONS, ELECTRIFY AND

1:32:32USE LESS SO WE CAN SHRINK THE

1:32:34HUB. I'M INTERESTED IN IN THE

1:32:37NOVICK THREE AMENDMENT. I'M I

1:32:41WANT TO HEAR MORE AND NEED TO

1:32:44WORK WITH STAFF. BUT I AGREE

1:32:46WITH THE GOAL. THE SCI HUB MUST

1:32:49BE MUST BEGIN DRAWING DOWN

1:32:50MEASURED BY FUEL VOLUME, NOT

1:32:53CAPACITY. NOW. NOT TEN YEARS

1:32:54FROM NOW. THANKS.

1:32:57>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHOEVER

1:32:59WANTS TO GO.

1:33:00>> MY NAME IS ROBERT MCCULLOUGH.

1:33:02I AM AN ECONOMIST. I AM THE

1:33:05PRINCIPAL OF A SUCCESSFUL

1:33:06CONSULTING FIRM BASED HERE IN

1:33:08PORTLAND. I KNOW A NUMBER OF

1:33:10YOU VERY WELL, LORETTA, STEVE,

1:33:12MITCH AND OLIVIA AND THE OTHERS

1:33:14I'VE NOT MET. I HOPE TO MEET

1:33:16YOU IN THE FUTURE. I WAS

1:33:17INTERESTED TO SEE THE CITIZENS

1:33:19IDENTIFY THEIR DISTRICTS. BUT

1:33:21AS WE LEARN FROM DOCTOR FINK,

1:33:24THE LAST WILDFIRE, THE OLD

1:33:26TRAIL IN SPOKANE WAS

1:33:30SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT AND

1:33:31MASSIVE. IN FACT, IT MOVED FIVE

1:33:33MILES IN THE FIRST DAY ACROSS

1:33:37URBAN LANDSCAPE. THAT WOULD

1:33:38TAKE YOU FROM THE ZENITH

1:33:40TERMINAL TO PDX. SO THIS IS A

1:33:44WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD WE'RE

1:33:45LIVING IN. JUST SO THAT, YOU

1:33:47KNOW, I'VE TESTIFIED BEFORE

1:33:49CONGRESS, STATE COMMISSIONS,

1:33:51PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURES, BOTH

1:33:53HERE AND IN CANADA, TESTIFY IN

1:33:55FEDERAL COURT, WORKED FOR THE

1:33:57DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE

1:33:59FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION. I

1:34:01HAVE A VERY DEEP BACKGROUND IN

1:34:04PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM

1:34:05PRODUCTS. WORKED WITH GOVERNOR

1:34:09NEWSOM OF CALIFORNIA ON AB 1322,

1:34:12WHICH IS A NUMBER YOU NEED TO

1:34:14KNOW CLOSELY BECAUSE, STEVE, WE

1:34:18GET MONTHLY DATA IN CALIFORNIA.

1:34:22THE ANTITRUST ARGUMENT IS

1:34:24FALLACIOUS AND HAS BEEN

1:34:25REJECTED EVERY TIME IT'S RAISED.

1:34:27YOU ARE THE GOVERNMENT. THE

1:34:29GOVERNMENT CAN COLLECT DATA.

1:34:32THE ANTITRUST SAYS THEY

1:34:34SHOULDN'T EXCHANGE IT. SO

1:34:36BOTTOM LINE IS WE NEED THE DATA.

1:34:40POLICIES WITHOUT DATA ARE

1:34:42INEFFECTIVE. ENFORCEMENT

1:34:43WITHOUT DATA IS INEFFECTIVE.

1:34:46COUNTING ON FIRMS TO FOLLOW

1:34:49RULES THAT WE CANNOT WATCH DOES

1:34:51NOT WORK. WE'VE SEEN THAT IN

1:34:54MULTIPLE CASES. TWO SEPARATE

1:34:57ANTITRUST SETTLEMENTS IN

1:34:59CALIFORNIA WERE BASED ON THIS.

1:35:01SO GETTING THE MOST DATA AS

1:35:03QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IS CRITICAL.

1:35:06THANK YOU.

1:35:08>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

1:35:11>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS

1:35:13MICHAEL WEISDORF. I USE HE HIM

1:35:16PRONOUNS AND I AM AN ANALYST AT

1:35:17MCCULLOUGH RESEARCH AS WELL. I

1:35:20SPOKE WITH ALL OF YOU A FEW

1:35:22WEEKS AGO ON AN ISSUE QUITE

1:35:24SIMILAR TO THIS. AND AT THAT

1:35:27TIME, I TOLD YOU HOW IMPORTANT

1:35:28IT WAS TO COLLECT REGULAR,

1:35:31TIMELY DATA FROM FIRMS LIKE

1:35:33THOSE AT ISSUE TODAY. SO RATHER

1:35:35THAN REPEAT MYSELF, I THOUGHT I

1:35:38WOULD DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO

1:35:39SOME OF THE OTHER MATERIALS IN

1:35:41THE RECORD. FOR INSTANCE, THE

1:35:45PARAMETRICS MODEL REVIEW

1:35:47PREPARED BY ECO NORTHWEST

1:35:49STATES ON ITS FIRST PAGE.

1:35:52CHALLENGES IN DATA AVAILABILITY

1:35:53AND LIMITATIONS REGARDING THE

1:35:55OPERATIONS AT THE BULK FUEL

1:35:57TERMINAL REQUIRED. PARAMETRICS

1:35:59TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS AROUND KEY

1:36:01MODEL COMPONENTS. THE NEXT

1:36:03SENTENCE IS IN BOLD UNCERTAINTY.

1:36:06IN THESE ASSUMPTIONS LIMIT THE

1:36:07USE OF THE MODEL TO EVALUATE

1:36:10POTENTIAL ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES

1:36:12OF THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS.

1:36:14THAT MEANS IT DOESN'T TELL YOU

1:36:16ANYTHING. TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM

1:36:21FROM PARAMETRICS PUBLISHED IN

1:36:23NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. SEVERAL

1:36:25KEY METRICS NEEDED TO ASSESS

1:36:28TOTAL FACILITY THROUGHPUT

1:36:29CAPACITY WERE NOT AVAILABLE, SO

1:36:32ESTIMATES FOR THROUGHPUT

1:36:34CAPACITY WERE GENERATED THROUGH

1:36:36INFERENCE FROM AVERAGE VOLUMES,

1:36:38TANK STORAGE CAPACITY AND

1:36:40BENCHMARK OPERATIONAL METRICS.

1:36:44ANOTHER REPORT I WOULD DIRECT

1:36:45YOUR ATTENTION TO TODAY IS FROM

1:36:47THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL

1:36:50LABORATORY. THEY PREPARED THIS

1:36:51FOR THE US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

1:36:53WAS PUBLISHED IN AUGUST OF LAST

1:36:55YEAR. AND THEY SAY RIGHT IN THE

1:36:58EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, FUEL CHAIN

1:37:01FUEL SUPPLY CHAINS ARE

1:37:02CHALLENGING TO ANALYZE. DATA IS

1:37:05PROPRIETARY, PROTECTED AND NOT

1:37:06AVAILABLE. DATA IS PARTIAL.

1:37:08DATA IS NOT GRANULAR. DATA

1:37:10REPRESENTS STATIC OR ANNUALIZED

1:37:13CONDITIONS, WHICH DOES NOT

1:37:14SUPPORT AN ANALYSIS OF FLOWS OR

1:37:16RELATIONSHIPS. WE NEED DATA. WE

1:37:18NEED IT NOW. WE NEED IT FOREVER.

1:37:21NOT ONCE, NOT EVERY THREE YEARS,

1:37:25EVERY SINGLE MONTH.

1:37:27>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

1:37:31>> MAX. PREM.

1:37:35>> ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, I'M

1:37:36GOING TO GIVE US A IT IS 331.

1:37:38IF EVERYBODY COULD PLEASE BE

1:37:39BACK HERE AT. I'M GOING TO SAY

1:37:41342. GIVE US 11 MINUTE BREAK.

1:50:17WELCOME BACK FOLKS. THANK YOU

1:50:19SO MUCH FOR GIVING US A

1:50:20HUMANITY BREAK THERE. KEELAN

1:50:22CAN WE PLEASE CALL THE NEXT

1:50:23PANEL OF TESTIFIERS UP NEXT.

1:50:27>> NEXT UP WE HAVE LINDSEY

1:50:30HUTCHINSON, ANN TURNER, SARAH

1:50:34KOVALEVSKY, ROBERT GALANAKIS,

1:50:38KELLY CALLAHAN.

1:50:40>> COME ON DOWN, FOLKS. IF YOU

1:50:42HEARD YOUR NAME AND TAKE US

1:50:44AWAY AT THE TABLE.

1:50:48>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS

1:50:49LINDSEY HUTCHINSON AND I'M A

1:50:51RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE. AS

1:50:54IT STANDS TODAY, WITHOUT PROPER

1:50:56POLICY PAST THE CEI HUB IS A

1:50:58PUBLIC HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL

1:50:59AND ECONOMIC DISASTER. PICTURE

1:51:02THIS THE CASCADIA SUBDUCTION

1:51:03ZONE EARTHQUAKE HITS IN THE

1:51:04NEXT FEW YEARS. THE GROUND

1:51:06UNDER THESE MASSIVE FUEL TANKS

1:51:08LIQUEFIES AND THEY START

1:51:09FALLING INTO THE WILLAMETTE

1:51:10RIVER AND COLLAPSING ON ONE

1:51:11ANOTHER. AN OIL SPILL LARGER

1:51:14THAN THE BP OIL SPILL IN THE

1:51:15GULF OF MEXICO OVERTAKES THE

1:51:17WILLAMETTE RIVER AND FLOWS

1:51:19QUICKLY INTO THE COLUMBIA RIVER

1:51:20AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN. THAT'S

1:51:22JUST THE OIL. HERE IN PORTLAND,

1:51:24WE ARE EXPERIENCING MASSIVE

1:51:26EXPLOSIONS, TOXIC AIR, AND A

1:51:27RIVER ON FIRE. FOREST PARK IS

1:51:30BURNING AND RESIDENTS ARE

1:51:31TRYING TO ESCAPE. THOSE MOST AT

1:51:34RISK, INCLUDING THE ELDERLY,

1:51:35CHILDREN AND THOSE WITH

1:51:36PREEXISTING HEALTH CONDITIONS,

1:51:37AREN'T ABLE TO BREATHE BECAUSE

1:51:39OF THE AIR POLLUTION FROM THE

1:51:40TOXIC PLUMES. OUR RIVER, THE

1:51:43LIFELINE OF THE STATE AND THE

1:51:44CITY, IS OUT OF OXYGEN, AND ALL

1:51:46LIVING CREATURES ARE DYING

1:51:47QUICKLY, INCLUDING OUR ICONIC

1:51:49SALMON AND LAMPREY. CLEANUP

1:51:52EFFORTS ARE STALLED. ALMOST ALL

1:51:53OF THE STATE'S FUEL STORAGE IS

1:51:55DESTROYED, ALONG WITH ALL OF

1:51:56THE FUEL THAT IT HELD. THE

1:51:58COAST GUARD AND THE EPA ARE

1:51:59FIGURING OUT WHO SHOULD TAKE

1:52:00THE LEAD. THE COAST GUARD IS

1:52:02SUPPOSED TO, BUT IT'S TRYING TO

1:52:03HELP THOSE ON THE COAST AFTER

1:52:05THE TSUNAMI HITS AND THE EPA

1:52:06WASN'T GIVEN AUTHORITY IN

1:52:07ADVANCE. EVERYONE IS CONFUSED,

1:52:10EVERYONE IS SCARED, AND THINGS

1:52:11KEEP GETTING WORSE BECAUSE WE

1:52:12CAN'T ACT IMMEDIATELY. ONCE

1:52:15CLEANUP AND RECOVERY EFFORTS

1:52:16START, MANY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

1:52:18WILL BE NEEDED NOT JUST FOR

1:52:19RIVER CLEANUP, BUT FOR OUR SOIL

1:52:21AND OUR AIR TO HELP OUR PEOPLE

1:52:23REBUILD AND FIND SAFETY. TO

1:52:25REHAB THE WILDLIFE THAT GETS

1:52:26CAUGHT IN THIS DISASTER, TO

1:52:28START REPAIRING RIPARIAN

1:52:29HABITATS AND TO REBUILD FUEL

1:52:31STORAGE. DOES THIS SOUND

1:52:33APOCALYPTIC? YES. AND THAT IS

1:52:35WHAT OUR FUTURE PORTLAND'S

1:52:37FUTURE LOOKS LIKE. IF WE DO NOT

1:52:39PRIORITIZE PROTECTING OUR

1:52:40PEOPLE, OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND

1:52:41OUR COMMUNITIES. WE NEED TO

1:52:43TAKE ACTION ON THE CA HUB AND

1:52:45MAKE SURE THAT ACTION CENTERS

1:52:46ON PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL

1:52:48HEALTH AND SAFETY. BP'S

1:52:50PROPOSAL IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT

1:52:51DIRECTION, BUT IT DOES NOT GO

1:52:53FAR ENOUGH. THE COMMUNITY

1:52:55INITIATED AMENDMENTS MOVE

1:52:56FURTHER TOWARD SAFETY AND

1:52:57SECURING OUR FUTURE. I HOPE

1:52:59THAT AS BOTH LEADERS AND

1:53:00RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY, YOU

1:53:01SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY

1:53:03AMENDMENTS SHAPED BY

1:53:03WELL-INFORMED, WELL-MEANING

1:53:04RESIDENTS WHO WANT US ALL TO BE

1:53:06SAFER, INCLUDING OUR FUEL

1:53:08SUPPLY, WHICH WE WILL NEED FOR

1:53:09RECOVERY EFFORTS AFTER A MAJOR

1:53:11EARTHQUAKE OR OTHER NATURAL

1:53:13DISASTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

1:53:14TIME.

1:53:15>> THANK YOU.

1:53:19>> I'M KELLY CALLAHAN FROM

1:53:20DISTRICT THREE, AND I'M HERE

1:53:22SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF KELLY

1:53:23COSTA ON SOLIDARITY

1:53:24ORGANIZATION, A GRASSROOTS

1:53:25ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

1:53:26ORGANIZATION IN PORTLAND AND A

1:53:27MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL

1:53:28COALITION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN

1:53:30THE PHILIPPINES. WE SUPPORT THE

1:53:31COMMUNITY AMENDMENTS TO THE CI

1:53:33HUB POLICY PROPOSAL LED BY

1:53:34COUNCILOR GREEN, IN ORDER TO

1:53:35PROTECT PEOPLE HERE AS WELL AS

1:53:37AROUND THE WORLD. YESTERDAY,

1:53:38THIS COUNCIL VOTED TO TRANSFER

1:53:39THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT FROM

1:53:40THE NOTORIOUS CI HUB OCCUPANT

1:53:42ZENITH ENERGY, TO I SQUARED

1:53:44CAPITAL, A PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM

1:53:46INVESTED IN ENERGY,

1:53:47INFRASTRUCTURE AND LOGISTICS

1:53:48ALL OVER THE WORLD. IN ADDITION

1:53:49TO ITS ACQUISITION OF ZENITH

1:53:51ENERGY, WHICH OPERATES 84

1:53:53STORAGE FUEL FUEL STORAGE TANKS

1:53:55ALONG THE WILLAMETTE RIVER AT

1:53:56THE CEI HUB, THEY ARE INVESTED

1:53:58IN A MAJOR FOSSIL FUEL IMPORT

1:54:00TERMINAL IN SUBIC BAY IN THE

1:54:01PHILIPPINES. THEY'RE ALSO

1:54:03PROPOSING A $4 BILLION

1:54:04INVESTMENT IN LNG PIPELINE AND

1:54:06ENERGY PRODUCTION IN CENTRAL

1:54:08LUZON. THIS IS LIKELY TO SUPPLY

1:54:09ENERGY TO THE PACKED SILICA

1:54:11ECONOMIC SECURITY ZONE, 4000

1:54:13ACRES OF FARMLAND AND ANCESTRAL

1:54:14DOMAIN OF THE PEOPLE, WHICH IS

1:54:17BEING HANDED OVER TO FOREIGN

1:54:18CORPORATIONS TO POWER. THE RUSH

1:54:20TO DOMINATE THE AI SUPPLY CHAIN.

1:54:21FROM CRITICAL MINERAL

1:54:23PROCESSING TO DATA CENTERS,

1:54:24PACKED SILICA IS GOING TO

1:54:26DISPLACE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE,

1:54:27DESTROY FARMLAND, AND DIVERT

1:54:29WATER AND ENERGY FROM ALREADY

1:54:30STRUGGLING COMMUNITIES. NOT

1:54:31ONLY IS THE PHILIPPINES THE

1:54:32MOST NATURAL DISASTER PRONE

1:54:34COUNTRY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD,

1:54:35THE CORRUPT GOVERNMENT NEGLECTS

1:54:37DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND

1:54:38RESPONSE AND ALLOWS

1:54:39CORPORATIONS TO PLUNDER NATURAL

1:54:41RESOURCES. THEY'RE MAKING

1:54:43DISASTERS MORE LIKELY AND

1:54:44TEARING FAMILIES APART. FOR

1:54:45THOUSANDS OF FILIPINOS LIVING

1:54:46IN PORTLAND, BOTH THEIR

1:54:48HOMELAND AND THEIR HOME HERE IN

1:54:49PORTLAND ARE AT THE RISK OF

1:54:51ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION,

1:54:52WHERE WE CALL FOR THE

1:54:54SIGNIFICANT DRAWDOWN OF TOXIC

1:54:55FUELS AT THE CI HUB AS SOON AS

1:54:57POSSIBLE. FROM PORTLAND TO THE

1:54:59PHILIPPINES, PEOPLE'S LAND AND

1:55:00LIVES ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN

1:55:01THE PROFITS OF COMPANIES LIKE I

1:55:03SQUARED. AND WE'RE CALLING ON

1:55:04YOU TO HEED THE VOICES OF YOUR

1:55:06CONSTITUENTS AS YOU CONSIDER

1:55:07THESE IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT,

1:55:09IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU.

1:55:11>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

1:55:14>> HELLO, COUNCILORS. THANK YOU

1:55:15FOR LISTENING TO US TODAY. MY

1:55:16NAME IS ROB GALANAKIS. I'M

1:55:18SPEAKING TODAY ON BEHALF OF

1:55:19BIKE LOUD PDX. WE WELCOME THE

1:55:21DRAWDOWN OF CI HUB STORAGE.

1:55:22WE'D WELCOME A MUCH LARGER

1:55:24DRAWDOWN, BUT GIVEN CURRENT

1:55:25TRAJECTORIES, THE DRAWDOWN

1:55:26COULD BE A FAIRY TALE. THERE

1:55:27ARE MANY STORIES OF GOVERNMENTS

1:55:28PLANNING TO WIND DOWN FOSSIL

1:55:30FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT

1:55:31POLITICAL REALITIES CAUSE THOSE

1:55:32PLANS TO BE PREEMPTED OR

1:55:34REVERSED. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN

1:55:35AT LEAST TEXAS, COLORADO,

1:55:38WASHINGTON, THROUGHOUT

1:55:39CALIFORNIA, AND COUNTRIES

1:55:40INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND

1:55:41GERMANY. THE UNDERLYING CAUSE

1:55:43IS SIMPLE DEMAND HAS NOT FALLEN.

1:55:46SUPPLY SIDE CONSTRAINTS WITH A

1:55:47FIXED DEMAND CAN ONLY DRIVE UP

1:55:49PRICE. WITHOUT A DEMAND

1:55:50REDUCTION, THIS ORDINANCE WILL

1:55:51LIKELY BE RENDERED MOOT BY THE

1:55:53STATE OR A FUTURE CITY

1:55:54GOVERNMENT. NEARLY EVERY

1:55:56ARGUMENT OPPOSING THIS

1:55:57ORDINANCE IS BASED ON THE IDEA

1:55:59THAT DEMAND WON'T FALL.

1:56:00BUSINESS AS USUAL SAYS THEY'RE

1:56:02RIGHT. IT MEANS WE NEED TO

1:56:03CHANGE BUSINESS AS USUAL. LOOK

1:56:05OUTSIDE A CLOSED FREEWAY AND

1:56:07GAS ABOVE $5 A GALLON, AND

1:56:09PORTLANDERS STILL FEEL

1:56:10COMPELLED TO DRIVE. WE'VE

1:56:11DELAYED BUILDING A

1:56:12TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT

1:56:13ALLOWS MORE OF US TO DITCH

1:56:14FOSSIL FUELS. WE HAVE A 30 YEAR

1:56:17HISTORY OF SETTING SENSIBLE

1:56:18EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS GOALS AND

1:56:20FALLING SHORT. THE DRAWDOWN

1:56:22SHOULD BE COUPLED WITH A REAL

1:56:23FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TO

1:56:24DECARBONIZE OUR TRANSPORTATION

1:56:26SECTOR AND THUS DECREASE FUEL

1:56:28DEMAND. IT'S TIME TO SPEND THE

1:56:29MONEY WE NEED TO HELP GET

1:56:31PORTLANDERS OUT OF THEIR CARS

1:56:32AND ONTO BUSSES AND BIKES. THE

1:56:34CI, THE CI HUB HAS DRAWN AN

1:56:37INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION

1:56:38FOR GOOD REASON, BUT AT THE

1:56:39SAME TIME, WE'RE MISSING A

1:56:41BIGGER PICTURE. WHY DOES IT SAY

1:56:42THAT THIS SMALL DRAWDOWN IN THE

1:56:44FACE OF EXISTENTIAL, SEISMIC

1:56:46AND CLIMATE THREATS IS SO

1:56:47DIFFICULT? IF DEMAND WERE

1:56:49FALLING, WOULD IT BE NEARLY AS

1:56:51DIFFICULT? I IMPLORE YOU,

1:56:52COUNCILORS, TO APPROVE THIS

1:56:54ORDINANCE, APPROVE THE GREEN

1:56:55AMENDMENT, AND APPROVE SOME

1:56:57VERSION OF THE NOVICK ONE

1:56:58AMENDMENT THAT COMMITS TO

1:56:59SPENDING REAL MONEY TO

1:57:00DECARBONIZE OUR TRANSPORTATION

1:57:01SYSTEM. THANK YOU.

1:57:04>> AN.

1:57:11>> YES. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY

1:57:13NAME IS ANN TURNER, AND I'M

1:57:15HERE ON BEHALF OF OREGON

1:57:17PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL

1:57:19RESPONSIBILITY. THANK YOU FOR

1:57:20ALLOWING ME TO TESTIFY. TWO

1:57:22YEARS AGO, THE EPA CHOSE 13 OF

1:57:26THE MOST POLLUTED URBAN

1:57:27ENVIRONMENTS NATIONWIDE TO LOOK

1:57:29FOR UNSUSPECTED LEAKS OF TOXIC

1:57:32INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS. THEY

1:57:34CHOSE PORTLAND TO STUDY, AND

1:57:35WITHIN PORTLAND THEY CHOSE THE

1:57:37C E HUB. IN FACT, HUNDREDS OF

1:57:40POLLUTANTS ARE EMITTED AT THE

1:57:41HUB EVERY DAY. BUT THE SINGLE

1:57:44MOST DANGEROUS IS DIESEL

1:57:46PARTICULATE MATTER. THESE ARE

1:57:48VERY FINE PARTICLES PRODUCED BY

1:57:49THE INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION OF

1:57:51FOSSIL FUEL AND RENEWABLE FUELS.

1:57:54THEY'RE LIKE MINUSCULE TOXIC

1:57:57BOMBS THAT YOU INHALE DEEPLY

1:57:58INTO YOUR LUNGS WITH THEM. THEY

1:58:01CARRY A ROGUE'S GALLERY OF

1:58:03POISONS, INCLUDING NITROGEN

1:58:05OXIDES, VOLATILE ORGANIC

1:58:07COMPOUNDS, ARSENIC, LEAD,

1:58:08MERCURY AND CARBON MONOXIDE,

1:58:11AND MANY MORE. THE MOST COMMON

1:58:13ADVERSE EFFECTS ARE HEART AND

1:58:14LUNG DISEASE, VARIOUS CANCERS,

1:58:17POOR BIRTH OUTCOMES, DEMENTIA,

1:58:19AND LEARNING DISABILITIES

1:58:21WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. PEOPLE OF

1:58:23COLOR, LOW INCOME RESIDENTS,

1:58:25INDUSTRIAL WORKERS, AND TRUCK

1:58:26DRIVERS ARE THE MOST EXPOSED.

1:58:29THE POLLUTERS DO NOT PAY FOR

1:58:31THESE HARMS. WE DO THROUGH

1:58:32REDUCED PRODUCTIVITY, DECREASED

1:58:34SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, HIGHER

1:58:36HEALTH CARE COSTS, ILLNESS,

1:58:38DISABILITY AND PREMATURE DEATH.

1:58:41HERE'S A CONSTANT STREAM OF

1:58:43DIESEL POWERED TRUCKS, TRAINS

1:58:44AND BARGES AT THE HUB. THEIR

1:58:47EXHAUST IS COMPLETELY

1:58:48UNMONITORED AND LARGELY

1:58:50UNREGULATED. COMMERCIAL TRUCKS

1:58:51ARE NOT SUBJECT TO TAILPIPE

1:58:53EMISSIONS TESTING, AND TANK

1:58:55OWNERS ARE NOT HELD ACCOUNTABLE

1:58:56FOR THE DIESEL EXHAUST THEY

1:58:58GENERATE FROM THESE MOBILE

1:59:00SOURCES. THIS IS YET ANOTHER

1:59:02COMPELLING REASON TO EFFECT A

1:59:04RAPID DRAWDOWN AS RAPID A

1:59:06DRAWDOWN AS POSSIBLE OF THE

1:59:08FUEL TRANSLOADED THROUGH THE

1:59:10HUB. THANK YOU.

1:59:14>> SARAH.

1:59:17>> GREETINGS. MY NAME IS SARAH

1:59:18KOVALESKI AND I'M THE COALITION

1:59:20ORGANIZER FOR PORTLAND JOBS

1:59:21WITH JUSTICE. WE ARE A

1:59:23COMMUNITY AND LABOR COALITION.

1:59:25IN MY SEVEN YEARS OF ORGANIZING

1:59:27THE SAFETY CONCERNS WITH THE C.

1:59:29E I HUB HAVE BEEN AMONG THE

1:59:30ISSUES OUR COALITION HEARS

1:59:32ABOUT THE MOST TODAY. EDUCATORS

1:59:35AND FRONTLINE HEALTH CARE

1:59:37PROFESSIONALS AND MEMBERS OF

1:59:38CLIMATE JOBS ARE TESTIFYING AS

1:59:39WELL. THE FACT THAT OUR STATE

1:59:42IS DEPENDENT ON THE C E HUB FOR

1:59:4490% OF ITS LIQUID FUEL SHOULD

1:59:46BE UNDERSTOOD AS AN ECONOMIC

1:59:48VULNERABILITY, NOT AN ECONOMIC

1:59:50ASSET. AND FRANKLY, NO ONE

1:59:52SOUGHT THE CONSENT OF THE

1:59:53COMMUNITY TO ACCEPT THE HUBS

1:59:55UNPARALLELED RISK. SO WE ARE

1:59:58ASKING YOU NOW TO MEANINGFULLY

1:59:59MITIGATE THIS RISK. YOU CAN DO

2:00:02THIS BY PASSING THE COMMUNITY

2:00:04AMENDMENTS, WHICH WILL MAKE THE

2:00:05CODES RISK REDUCING

2:00:07RESPONSIBILITIES CRYSTAL CLEAR

2:00:09AND STAND UP TO LEGAL CHALLENGE.

2:00:11LET'S REPLACE WORDS LIKE MAY

2:00:14WITH SHALL. LET'S REQUIRE THIRD

2:00:17PARTY AUDITS OF DRAWDOWN.

2:00:19INSTEAD OF TRUSTING CORPORATE

2:00:22SELF-REPORTING, WE SUPPORT

2:00:24DRAWDOWN AS A SAFEST PATH. ANY

2:00:27INCREASE IN FUEL STORAGE OR

2:00:29TRANSLOADING CAPACITY MUST BE

2:00:31SUBJECT TO RIGOROUS REVIEW

2:00:32CRITERIA, AND ANY EXPANSION

2:00:34MUST HAVE CLEARLY DEFINED

2:00:36PUBLIC BENEFIT, NOT JUST MORE

2:00:38RISK. SO PLEASE, RESPECTFULLY

2:00:41DO NOT LET THIS PLAN FOR THE

2:00:43NEXT DECADE FALL PREY TO THE

2:00:44KIND OF SHENANIGANS THAT WE SAW

2:00:46YESTERDAY. KELLY JUST MENTIONED

2:00:47THIS AROUND THE ZENITH TRANSFER

2:00:49TRANSFER PROPOSAL. LET'S MAKE

2:00:52PROGRESS TODAY ON THIS MATTER

2:00:54OF HEALTH, SAFETY AND CLIMATE

2:00:55ACTION FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

2:00:57THANKS.

2:00:58>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL

2:00:59VERY MUCH.

2:01:02>> NEXT UP WE HAVE BENJAMIN

2:01:04PLATT, JAN ZUCKERMAN, RUTH

2:01:06DALLAS, NANCY HEISER, LAURA

2:01:09FELDMAN.

2:01:21>> WELCOME, EVERYBODY. WANT TO

2:01:24START US OFF?

2:01:25>> OKAY. MY NAME IS RUTH DALLAS

2:01:27AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO. I

2:01:29DO NOT FEEL THE BUREAU OF

2:01:30SUSTAINABILITY PLAN IS

2:01:31SUFFICIENT TO IMPROVE SAFETY AT

2:01:32THE HUB. I SUPPORT THE PLAN

2:01:35MADE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE

2:01:37COMMUNITY. THE CASCADIA

2:01:38EARTHQUAKE IS LIKELY TO HIT THE

2:01:40EAST THE WEST COAST IN THE NEXT

2:01:4250 YEARS, WHICH MEANS IT COULD

2:01:44HAPPEN TOMORROW. WHEN DOES OUR.

2:01:47OUR OWN PSU SCIENTISTS HAVE

2:01:49SAID THAT THE CEI HUB WILL

2:01:50CAUSE DAMAGE THAT COULD BE AS

2:01:53BAD AS FUKUSHIMA EVENT. THE

2:01:56AUTHORITIES IN FUKUSHIMA

2:01:57THOUGHT THAT THEIR FACILITY WAS

2:02:00GOING TO HOLD UP TO AN

2:02:01EARTHQUAKE. IT DID NOT, AND AN

2:02:02ENTIRE COMMUNITY WAS DESTROYED.

2:02:06THEIR LACK OF FORESIGHT CAUSED

2:02:08IT. IS PORTLAND GOING TO JUST

2:02:09HOPE FOR THE BEST, OR IS

2:02:11PORTLAND GOING TO DO SOMETHING

2:02:12TO PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE

2:02:14FUKUSHIMA? THE TANKS AT THE HUB

2:02:16ARE MOSTLY OWNED BY WEALTHY

2:02:19MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS.

2:02:20THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES AND THE

2:02:24RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE THEIR

2:02:25TANKS SAFE. BUT ALTHOUGH THESE

2:02:27FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES HAVE

2:02:29KNOWN FOR DECADES THAT THEIR

2:02:30PRODUCTS ARE DANGEROUS, THEY

2:02:32DON'T WORK TO MAKE THEM SAFER.

2:02:34INSTEAD, THEY PAY BILLIONS TO

2:02:36LOBBY LEGISLATORS TO AVOID

2:02:39RESPONSIBILITY. I IMAGINE ALL

2:02:41YOU CITY COUNCILORS DON'T LIKE

2:02:42SITTING THROUGH THESE PUBLIC

2:02:44HEARINGS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU

2:02:45THINK ABOUT US. NONE OF US WANT

2:02:47TO COME HERE. MOST OF US HATE.

2:02:51THANK YOU. MOST OF US HATE

2:02:53PUBLIC SPEAKING. WE TAKE TIME

2:02:55OUT OF OUR DAY TO COME DOWN

2:02:57HERE, TO TRY TO CONVINCE YOU

2:02:59GUYS TO DO AND LADIES TO DO THE

2:03:01RIGHT THING. SO I'M ASKING YOU

2:03:04TO PLEASE PUT OUR CHILDREN'S

2:03:06FUTURE IN FRONT OF PROFITS OF

2:03:08FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES. THANK

2:03:10YOU. THANK YOU.

2:03:13>> CAN I GO NEXT? OKAY. HI.

2:03:17>> MY NAME IS JAN ZUCKERMAN

2:03:18FROM DISTRICT TWO. THANK YOU

2:03:20FOR WORKING TOGETHER WITH US TO

2:03:22ADDRESS THE VERY REAL RISKS AND

2:03:24SAFETY CONCERNS. CONCERNS AT

2:03:26THE HUB. THE SCI HUB POLICY

2:03:28PROJECT PROVIDES US WITH AN

2:03:30OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY WALK OR

2:03:32TALK BABY STEPS AS THEY BE, BUT

2:03:35WALK ARM IN ARM WHEN MILLIONS

2:03:37OF GALLONS OF FUEL POURS INTO

2:03:39THE WILLAMETTE, IGNITING FIRES

2:03:41AND POISONOUS PLUMES SPREAD

2:03:43ACROSS THE COUNTY, THREATENING

2:03:45THREATENING THE LIVES OF

2:03:47THOUSANDS. THE AVERAGE PERSON

2:03:48WILL NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO

2:03:50PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THIS

2:03:51KIND OF DANGER. THE ONLY TRUE

2:03:53WAY TO LIMIT THE RISK AT THE

2:03:55HUB IS TO REDUCE THE FUEL

2:03:57THAT'S STORED THERE. THIS MEANS

2:03:59SUPPORTING ONE REVIEW PROTOCOL

2:04:01FOR ALL FACILITY UPGRADES,

2:04:03ELIMINATING EXPANSION LOOPHOLES

2:04:06AND EXEMPTIONS FOR ANY TYPE OF

2:04:08FLAMMABLE, COMBUSTIBLE AND

2:04:09TOXIC MATERIALS AT THE HUB,

2:04:11WHILE ENSURING THAT DATA DRIVEN

2:04:13DEMAND FOR FUEL WON'T LEAVE US

2:04:15IN THE DARK. KNOWING WHAT IS IN

2:04:18STORE FOR US ONCE THE CASCADIA

2:04:20EARTHQUAKE HITS SHOULD MAKE OUR

2:04:21WORK EASY TO DO. BUT

2:04:24UNFORTUNATELY, EMOTIONAL AND

2:04:26POLITICAL WINDS CAN BLOW US IN

2:04:27THE WRONG DIRECTION, LEAVING US

2:04:29VULNERABLE TO TOXIC WINDS THAT

2:04:32ENDANGER US. ALL THE LIVES LOST

2:04:35AT VANPORT STILL HAUNT US AS WE

2:04:37REPEAT THE SAME MISTAKES

2:04:39HAZARDOUS LOCATION, FLAWED

2:04:42INFRASTRUCTURE, DISREGARD TO

2:04:43SCIENCE AND WARNINGS. NO

2:04:45EVACUATE EVACUATION PLANS OF

2:04:48OFFICIAL INACTION AND SYSTEMIC

2:04:51RACISM. IT TOOK THIS TRAGEDY TO

2:04:53OVERHAUL THE LEVEE SYSTEM. WE

2:04:55MUST NOT WAIT FOR UNFATHOMABLE

2:04:59DESTRUCTION TO OVERHAUL OUR

2:05:00FUEL STORAGE STRATEGY. IT WILL

2:05:03BE TOO LATE. WE ARE LOOKING TO

2:05:04YOU TO SUPPORT AMENDMENTS THAT

2:05:06PROVIDE US WITH THE KIND OF

2:05:07REASONABLE SAFETY REGULATIONS

2:05:09THAT WILL LESSEN THE IMPACTS

2:05:11FROM NATURAL DISASTERS AND

2:05:13LIMIT MASS CASUALTIES. THANK

2:05:15YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'RE

2:05:16DOING TO PUSH THIS FORWARD.

2:05:19>> THANK YOU.

2:05:23>> HELLO, MY NAME IS BENJAMIN

2:05:25PLATT. I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH 350

2:05:28PDX AND DSA AND A RESIDENT OF

2:05:29DISTRICT THREE. I APPRECIATE

2:05:31THE WORK THAT BP HAS PUT INTO

2:05:33GETTING TO THIS POINT, BUT I

2:05:35WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE IN

2:05:36THIS ROOM TO TAKE FULL

2:05:38ADVANTAGE OF THIS ONCE IN A

2:05:40GENERATION OPPORTUNITY. THIS

2:05:42POLICY PROJECT SETS OUT TO

2:05:43REDUCE RISK AND INCREASE SAFETY

2:05:45OF NOT JUST OUR CITY, BUT OUR

2:05:46ENTIRE REGION. BUT SOME OF THE

2:05:49LANGUAGE IS TOO WEAK, AND WE

2:05:50NEED TO PROHIBIT ALL EXPANSION,

2:05:52REMOVE LOOPHOLES FOR TYPE THREE

2:05:54DISCRETIONARY REVIEWS, CREATE A

2:05:56SINGLE DEFINITION OF FUEL THAT

2:05:57ACKNOWLEDGES THE DANGERS OF ALL

2:05:59LIQUID FUELS, AND ACT WITH

2:06:00URGENCY IN DRAWING DOWN THE

2:06:01FUEL BEING STORED IN THE HUB.

2:06:03WE HEARD EARLIER ABOUT

2:06:05COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO TESTIFIED

2:06:07IN 2016 IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD

2:06:092026, RETURNING TODAY TO SPEAK

2:06:10ON THE SAME ISSUE. WE DON'T

2:06:12NEED ANOTHER DECADE TO EVEN GET

2:06:14THINGS MOVING IF WE'RE TRYING

2:06:16TO REDUCE RISK AS MUCH AS WE

2:06:17CAN. DELAY IS AN INCREASE IN

2:06:19RISK. NOT HOLDING THINGS AS

2:06:21THEY ARE. SUPPORT THE GREEN ET

2:06:23AL AMENDMENT PACKAGE AND HELP

2:06:24MAKE THE CITY SAFER AND

2:06:25HEALTHIER. THANK YOU.

2:06:27>> BRAVO. HELLO, I'M NANCY

2:06:32HEIZER. I LIVE IN LINTON.

2:06:34>> I'M LAURA.

2:06:35>> FELDMAN, I LIVE IN

2:06:37PORTSMOUTH.

2:06:37>> I SEE THE FUEL TANKS FROM MY

2:06:39FRONT DOOR AND FOREST PARK IS

2:06:42MY BACKYARD.

2:06:43>> THE BLACK CAR TRAINS

2:06:45CARRYING FLAMMABLE, COMBUSTIBLE

2:06:47AND TOXIC FUELS SNAKE THROUGH

2:06:49MY NEIGHBORHOOD DAILY.

2:06:50>> WE LIVE NEAR THE HUB.

2:06:52>> IN A QUADRUPLE NATURAL

2:06:54HAZARD ZONE. I'M WORRIED ABOUT

2:06:56BRIDGES COLLAPSING AND TOXIC

2:06:58LETHAL AIR.

2:07:00>> WE'RE AFRAID ABOUT FIRE AND

2:07:03NO EMERGENCY RESPONDERS. WE ARE

2:07:07151 YEARS OLD. I THOUGHT WE

2:07:10WERE GOING TO BE OLDER THAN

2:07:12THAT.

2:07:14>> BUT DISASTERS DON'T

2:07:16DISCRIMINATE.

2:07:17>> YEAH, WE HAVE FAMILIES WITH

2:07:18YOUNG CHILDREN.

2:07:20>> MY NEIGHBORS ARE DIVERSE.

2:07:21ALL AGES, ALL BACKGROUNDS, MANY

2:07:24ALREADY. SO VULNERABLE.

2:07:27>> IS THIS.

2:07:28>> WHAT I CALL.

2:07:29>> A SACRIFICE ZONE IS. WE FACE

2:07:34EXISTENTIAL RISKS. AND YOU DO

2:07:37TOO.

2:07:39>> THERE WILL BE NO FUEL FOR

2:07:40THE ENTIRE STATE.

2:07:42TRANSPORTATION WILL COLLAPSE,

2:07:43THE ECONOMY WILL GRIND TO A

2:07:45HALT.

2:07:46>> AND AFTER THE DISASTER, NO

2:07:48WATER. HOW CAN WE SURVIVE

2:07:50WITHOUT WATER? HOW CAN WE FIGHT

2:07:52FIRES WITHOUT WATER? HOW CAN WE

2:07:54BUILD BACK WITHOUT WATER?

2:07:57REDUCING IS KEY. REDUCING RISK

2:08:01IS KEY.

2:08:02>> WHAT WILL YOU DO TO PROTECT

2:08:04US?

2:08:09>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

2:08:10>> THANK YOU.

2:08:12>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

2:08:14VERY MUCH.

2:08:16>> NEXT UP WE HAVE JESSICA

2:08:18VAUGHN, LINDA WYSONG, AMY

2:08:20JOHNSON, CANDACE JIMENEZ, AMY

2:08:24ROTHFELD.

2:08:35>> WELCOME, AMY, TAKE US AWAY.

2:08:37YOU SAT DOWN FIRST. ARE YOU

2:08:38SURE? I'M TECHNICALLY LAST. YOU

2:08:40SAT DOWN FIRST. YOU'RE GOOD.

2:08:41>> ALL RIGHT.

2:08:42>> GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. GOOD

2:08:45AFTERNOON, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,

2:08:46MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. MY NAME IS

2:08:47AMY ROTHFELD. I'M THE LOCAL

2:08:49COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT

2:08:49AFFAIRS MANAGER FOR NORTHWEST

2:08:51NATURAL, AND I'M A REGISTERED

2:08:52LOBBYIST, ALSO LIVE IN DISTRICT

2:08:54FOUR. WE ARE A STATE REGULATED

2:08:56UTILITY HEADQUARTERED IN

2:08:58DOWNTOWN PORTLAND, A COUPLE

2:08:59BLOCKS FROM HERE, AND WE

2:09:00PROVIDE ENERGY FOR MORE THAN 2

2:09:01MILLION PEOPLE AND THOUSANDS OF

2:09:03BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT OREGON

2:09:04AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON. MORE

2:09:06THAN HALF OUR WORKFORCE IS

2:09:07REPRESENTED BY OPEIU LOCAL 11.

2:09:10I REALLY APPRECIATE THE

2:09:11OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY TODAY.

2:09:13WE ALSO APPRECIATE THAT THE

2:09:14CURRENT DRAFT INCLUDES AN

2:09:16EXEMPTION FOR STATE REGULATED

2:09:17UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH

2:09:19ADDRESSES OUR CONCERNS

2:09:20REGARDING THE PORTLAND LNG SITE.

2:09:22ONE AS OF SEPTEMBER 2026. THE

2:09:25PARAMETRICS ANALYSIS DOES NOT

2:09:26INCLUDE AN EVALUATION OF LNG

2:09:29OPERATIONS, DIRECT USE, NATURAL

2:09:30GAS PEAKING FACILITY OPERATIONS,

2:09:32OR PORTLAND LNG SINGLE TAKE

2:09:34TANK CONFIGURATION. AS A RESULT,

2:09:36THE PROPOSED 20% DRAWDOWN

2:09:38REQUIREMENT IS NOT SUPPORTED BY

2:09:40UNDERLYING TECHNICAL ANALYSIS.

2:09:43TWO PORTLAND LNG IS A CRITICAL

2:09:45PEAK WINTER RELIABILITY

2:09:46RESOURCE THAT HELPS SERVE OVER

2:09:49150,000 PORTLAND AREA CUSTOMERS

2:09:51DURING SEVERE COLD WEATHER

2:09:52EVENTS. BECAUSE PORTLAND LNG

2:09:54HAS A SINGLE TANK DESIGN AND

2:09:56LIMITED REFILL CAPABILITY,

2:09:58REDUCING AVAILABLE STORAGE

2:09:59COULD MATERIALLY AFFECT WINTER

2:10:01RELIABILITY. THREE PORTLAND LNG

2:10:04ALSO HELPS REDUCE DEPENDANCE ON

2:10:06CONSTRAINED INTERSTATE PIPELINE

2:10:07CAPACITY AND EXPOSURE TO HIGH

2:10:09COST PEAK DAY GAS PURCHASES,

2:10:11SUPPORTING AFFORDABILITY FOR

2:10:12OUR CUSTOMERS AND FOR SAFETY IS

2:10:15NORTHWEST NATURAL'S TOP

2:10:16PRIORITY. WE CONTINUE OUR

2:10:18EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORK

2:10:19EACH DAY AND LOOK FORWARD TO

2:10:21WORKING ALONGSIDE THE CITY ON

2:10:22THIS. WE ARE CURRENTLY

2:10:23COMPLETING ENGINEERING ANALYZES

2:10:25TO MEET OREGON DEQ'S FUEL TANK

2:10:27SEISMIC STABILITY PROGRAM

2:10:28REQUIREMENTS FOR PORTLAND LNG,

2:10:30WITH AN EXPECTED SUBMISSION TO

2:10:32DEQ IN 2027. WE BELIEVE THE

2:10:34EXEMPTION APPROPRIATELY

2:10:35RECOGNIZES THE UNIQUE

2:10:37OPERATIONAL AND RELIABILITY

2:10:38ROLE OF THIS STATE REGULATED

2:10:39UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE. I'M

2:10:41ALSO HERE WITH MIKE MCKENZIE,

2:10:43ENGINEERING SENIOR MANAGER, AND

2:10:44WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

2:10:46QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THIS.

2:10:47THANK YOU.

2:10:48>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE.

2:10:54>> HELLO. HELLO. MY NAME IS

2:10:56LINDA WYSONG. I'M A RESIDENT OF

2:10:58THE KENTON NEIGHBORHOOD OF

2:10:59NORTH PORTLAND. THIS IS

2:11:01COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE EXPLOSIVE

2:11:03ZONE OR SACRIFICIAL ZONE. WE

2:11:06SEE AND HEAR THE TRAINS

2:11:07CARRYING TOXIC AND FLAMMABLE

2:11:09MATERIALS DAILY. I SHUDDER AND

2:11:11CROSS MY FINGERS AS THEY RUMBLE

2:11:13BY. THE CEI HUB IS A DANGER TO

2:11:16NOT JUST ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT

2:11:19TO EVERYONE IN THE CITY. THE

2:11:21BUREAU OF PLANNING AND

2:11:23SUSTAINABILITY IS. DRAWDOWN

2:11:24PROPOSAL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED

2:11:26TO INCLUDE ACTUAL MEASUREMENTS

2:11:28AND GOALS THAT WILL REDUCE RISK

2:11:30AND HARM AT THE CEI HUB.

2:11:33STARTING NOW. IT IS

2:11:35UNACCEPTABLE TO WAIT ANOTHER

2:11:37DECADE TO BEGIN TO REDUCE THE

2:11:39FUEL LEVELS AND RISKS TO

2:11:40PORTLANDERS. ADDITIONALLY, THE

2:11:42PROPOSED PLAN SUGGESTS A

2:11:44DECREASE IN THE VOLUME OF

2:11:45POTENTIAL STORAGE BUT DOES NOT

2:11:48ACTUALLY MANDATE A REDUCTION OF

2:11:50FUELS STORED AT THE CEI HUB OR

2:11:52USE VERIFIABLE DATA. IT IS

2:11:55BASED ON SPECULATIVE ESTIMATES.

2:11:59REMEMBER THE RECENT TANK

2:12:00EXPLOSION AT LONGVIEW,

2:12:02WASHINGTON? TO PICTURE THE

2:12:03SPEED AND DEVASTATION OF THE

2:12:06EXPLOSION OF JUST ONE TANK,

2:12:08THERE ARE 630 FUEL TANKS AT THE

2:12:11CEI HUB. AN EARTHQUAKE, A FIRE

2:12:14OR OTHER DISASTER WOULD BE

2:12:17DEVASTATING, AND IT IS COMMON

2:12:18KNOWLEDGE THAT TO REDUCE RISK

2:12:20AND PLAN FOR DISASTERS, ONE

2:12:22MUST START WITH THE FACTUAL

2:12:25INFORMATION. THE LESS FUEL

2:12:26THERE IS AT THE CEI HUB, THE

2:12:28LESS RISK TO THE COMMUNITY. IT

2:12:33IS PORTLAND CITY'S JOB TO MAKE

2:12:35SURE THAT THE ECONOMIC

2:12:37DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AT THE

2:12:39EXPENSE OF THE LIFE AND HEALTH

2:12:41OF ITS PEOPLE. PLEASE SUPPORT

2:12:43THE COMMUNITY AMENDMENTS. THANK

2:12:45YOU.

2:12:45>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

2:12:49>> JESSICA.

2:12:52>> HI. GOOD AFTERNOON

2:12:53COUNCILORS. MY NAME IS JESSICA

2:12:54VAUGHN. I LIVE AND WORK IN

2:12:55DISTRICT TWO. I SERVE ON THE

2:12:57BOISE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION,

2:12:58AND I'M ALSO A NEIGHBORHOOD

2:13:00EMERGENCY TEAM VOLUNTEER

2:13:01COVERING THREE NEIGHBORHOODS. I

2:13:03ALSO HAVE A BACKGROUND IN

2:13:04HEALTH CARE. THIS ISSUE MATTERS

2:13:06TO ME FOR MANY REASONS, BUT

2:13:08TODAY I'LL FOCUS ON TWO OUR

2:13:10HEALTH AND OUR EMERGENCY

2:13:11PREPAREDNESS NET VOLUNTEERS

2:13:13TRAIN FOR THE DAY. WE CAN'T

2:13:15CONTROL WHEN CASCADIA HITS.

2:13:16WE'LL BE ON OUR BLOCKS, PULLING

2:13:18NEIGHBORS FROM DAMAGED HOMES,

2:13:19BANDAGING WOUNDS, AND KNOCKING

2:13:21ON THE DOORS OF ELDERS WHO LIVE

2:13:22ALONE. HOSPITALS WILL BE

2:13:24OVERWHELMED FOR DAYS. WE WILL

2:13:26BE. ALL OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE. WE

2:13:28CAN'T STOP THAT EARTHQUAKE. BUT

2:13:29THE SCI HUB IS NOT OUT OF OUR

2:13:32CONTROL. IT'S A CHOICE. PICTURE

2:13:34THAT SAME MORNING WITH A

2:13:35CHEMICAL FIRE BURNING ON THE

2:13:37RIVER AND TOXIC SMOKE ROLLING

2:13:38OVER OUR NEIGHBORS

2:13:40NEIGHBORHOODS. CHILDREN

2:13:41STRUGGLING TO BREATHE,

2:13:42NEIGHBORS WITH BURNING EYES AND

2:13:44LUNGS AND NO AMBULANCE COMING.

2:13:46IT IS UNACCEPTABLE TO ASK

2:13:48VOLUNTEERS TO PLAN AROUND A

2:13:50DISASTER THIS CITY CAN REDUCE,

2:13:52AND IT ISN'T RIGHT TO ASK

2:13:54ANYONE TO LIVE NEXT TO IT. AS

2:13:56PEOPLE NEAR THE HUB ALREADY DO,

2:13:57BREATHING ITS POLLUTION EVERY

2:13:58SINGLE DAY, YOU HAVE A MORAL

2:14:01RESPONSIBILITY TO REDUCE THAT

2:14:02HARM AND YOU HAVE THE POWER TO

2:14:04DO IT TODAY. THAT'S WHY THE

2:14:05DRAWDOWN MATTERS SO MUCH TO ME.

2:14:07EVERY GALLON WE REMOVE MEANS

2:14:08FEWER PEOPLE HURT, FEWER HOMES

2:14:10AND NEIGHBORHOODS LOST A FASTER

2:14:13RECOVERY, AND CLEANER AND

2:14:14CLEANER AIR FOR THE FAMILIES

2:14:15LIVING BESIDE THE HUB RIGHT NOW,

2:14:17THE CURRENT PROPOSAL WAITS

2:14:19UNTIL 2036. THAT'S TEN MORE

2:14:21YEARS OF RISK. THE AMENDMENT

2:14:23PACKAGE, LED BY COUNCILOR GREEN

2:14:24STARTS IN 2027, AND I URGE YOU

2:14:27TO KEEP THE DRAWDOWN GOING

2:14:28UNTIL THIS FUEL IS GONE.

2:14:30BECAUSE UNTIL THEN, OUR HEALTH

2:14:32AND OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

2:14:34ARE BUILT ON UNSTABLE GROUND.

2:14:36WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE DOES COME,

2:14:38NET VOLUNTEERS WILL BE THERE

2:14:40FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. I'M ASKING

2:14:41YOU TO BE THERE FOR US NOW. I

2:14:44URGE COUNCILORS PIRTLE-GUINEY,

2:14:46RYAN AND KANAL AND THE FULL

2:14:49COUNCIL TO APPROVE THESE

2:14:50AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU.

2:14:53>> THANK YOU.

2:14:54>> AMY.

2:14:56>> HELLO.

2:14:57>> MY NAME IS AMY JOHNSON AND

2:15:00I'M A RESIDENT OF BEAVERTON.

2:15:02I'M ALSO A STUDENT AT PORTLAND

2:15:04STATE UNIVERSITY. I'M HERE

2:15:06TODAY TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THE

2:15:08SCI HUB AMENDMENT PACKAGE

2:15:10SPONSORED BY COUNCILOR GREEN

2:15:11AND OTHERS, THE BUREAU OF

2:15:14PLANNING AND SUSTAINABILITY

2:15:15PROPOSAL, AS IT STANDS, DOES

2:15:17NOT DO ENOUGH TO INCREASE

2:15:18SAFETY AT THE HUB. THE HUB. THE

2:15:22PROPOSAL ALLOWS FOR THE

2:15:24EXPANSION AND DOES NOT REDUCE

2:15:25RISK, ALLOWS FOR EXPANSION AND

2:15:27DOES NOT REDUCE RISKS OR

2:15:29INCREASE SAFETY. IT'S NOT GOOD

2:15:31ENOUGH. I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES

2:15:33ON THESE AMENDMENTS TO INCREASE

2:15:35SAFETY. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME

2:15:37TESTIFYING TO PORTLAND CITY

2:15:38COUNCIL. I'D LIKE TO AIM MY

2:15:40ADVOCACY AT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE

2:15:42ELECTED TO REPRESENT MY FAMILY

2:15:44AND OUR NEIGHBORS. GIVEN THAT

2:15:46I'M 44TH ON THE LIST, I KNOW

2:15:48THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD

2:15:49FROM SMART, PASSIONATE, AND

2:15:51COMPASSIONATE INDIVIDUALS ALL

2:15:53OF THE REASONS SUPPORTING THE

2:15:55AMENDMENTS TO THE SCI HUB

2:15:56COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS CRUCIAL.

2:15:58SO I'D LIKE TO ADD THIS. WHAT

2:16:01YOU DECIDE MATTERS BEYOND YOUR

2:16:04BORDERS. THIS BILLS THAT COULD

2:16:07HAPPEN DUE TO THE CASCADIA

2:16:08SUBDUCTION ZONE EARTHQUAKE WILL

2:16:10FLOW DOWNSTREAM. THE WILDFIRES

2:16:13SPARKED IN FOREST PARK COULD

2:16:15SPREAD OVER THE TUALATIN

2:16:17MOUNTAINS. THE TOXIC GAS PLUMES

2:16:19WILL KNOW NO BORDERS. THEIR

2:16:22DISPERSAL GOVERNED BY WIND

2:16:24SPEED AND DIRECTION. THE

2:16:26MAGNITUDE OF THE POTENTIAL

2:16:27DISASTER IS CATASTROPHIC,

2:16:30ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR

2:16:31CONSTITUENTS WHO LIVE NEAR THE

2:16:32CA HUB. WE CANNOT ALLOW FALSE

2:16:35SOLUTIONS LIKE SWITCHING TO

2:16:36GREEN FUELS TO PERSUADE YOU NOT

2:16:38TO REDUCE THIS POTENTIAL

2:16:40DISASTER. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT

2:16:43AND VOTE YES ON THE AMENDMENT

2:16:45PACKAGE BY COUNCILOR GREEN AND

2:16:47OTHERS. THANK YOU.

2:16:52>> CANDACE JIMENEZ.

2:16:56>> THANK YOU, DEAR COUNCILORS.

2:16:57MY NAME IS CANDACE JIMENEZ. I'M

2:16:59A CITIZEN OF THE CONFEDERATED

2:17:00TRIBES OF WARM SPRINGS AND

2:17:02BOARD CHAIR OF THE PORTLAND

2:17:03HARBOR COMMUNITY COALITION, AS

2:17:04WELL AS A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT

2:17:06ONE. I SPEAK TODAY ON BEHALF OF

2:17:08PF CC. CC SUPPORTS THE

2:17:10COMMUNITY BACK AMENDMENT

2:17:11SPONSORED BY THE COUNCILORS,

2:17:12GREEN, PIRTLE-GUINEY, KANAL

2:17:14CLARK AND KOYAMA LANE.

2:17:15COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE SPOKEN

2:17:16ABOUT REDUCING FUEL STORAGE AND

2:17:19PROTECTING THE PORTLAND HARBOR

2:17:20SUPERFUND CLEANUP. I ASK YOU TO

2:17:22CONSIDER THE FUTURE WE ARE

2:17:23CHOOSING FOR THE RIVER. YOUR

2:17:25ORDINANCE DRAWS ON ACCOUNTS

2:17:26FROM THE MAKAH TRIBE AND THE

2:17:28FIRST NATION TO EXPLAIN THE

2:17:301700 CASCADIA EARTHQUAKE.

2:17:31TRIBAL KNOWLEDGE HELPED THIS

2:17:33REGION UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF

2:17:34THE EARTH. IT CAN ALSO HELP

2:17:36GUIDE HOW WE LIVE. WITH THAT

2:17:37KNOWLEDGE, MOTHER NATURE WILL

2:17:38MOVE WITH HER OWN TIMELINE, AND

2:17:40OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO DECIDE

2:17:42WHAT WE PLACE IN THAT PATH.

2:17:44ALONG THE WILLAMETTE, WE HAVE

2:17:45CONCENTRATED ENORMOUS AMOUNTS

2:17:46OF FUEL ON VULNERABLE GROUND.

2:17:48THOSE CHOICES PUT THE RIVER,

2:17:50SALMON, LAMPREY FIRST FOODS AND

2:17:53SUSTENANCE OF TRIBAL NATIONS

2:17:54AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT RISK.

2:17:56TRIBAL, TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL.

2:17:59ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE COMES FROM

2:18:01GENERATIONS OF LIVING WITH

2:18:02THESE WATERS, OBSERVING CHANGE

2:18:04AND CARING FOR WHAT SUSTAINS US.

2:18:07I HOPE THAT YOU CAN BRING THAT

2:18:08KNOWLEDGE INTO DECISION MAKING

2:18:09ABOUT THIS RIVER. NAME TRIBAL

2:18:11NATIONS IN THE AMENDMENTS,

2:18:13COORDINATION AS WELL AS THE

2:18:14NOTICE PROVISIONS, REACH BEYOND

2:18:17WHAT THE CITY'S CURRENT CONTACT

2:18:18LIST IS TO INVITE REGIONAL

2:18:20TRIBAL NATIONS WITH CONNECTIONS

2:18:21TO THESE WATERS. AND WHEN A

2:18:23TRIBAL NATION SEEKS THAT

2:18:25CONSULTATION, PLEASE REQUIRE IT

2:18:27EARLY ENOUGH TO SHAPE DECISION

2:18:28MAKING, INCLUDING FUTURE FUEL

2:18:30TANK REVIEWS. I SPEAK AS A

2:18:32TRIBAL CITIZEN, BUT I CAN'T

2:18:34SPEAK FOR ALL TRIBAL

2:18:35GOVERNMENTS ON BEHALF OF ANYONE

2:18:37ELSE. WE CANNOT CHOOSE WHEN THE

2:18:39EARTH MOVES, BUT WE CAN CHOOSE

2:18:41HOW MUCH FUEL REMAINS BESIDE

2:18:42TWO AND IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE

2:18:44LAND AND THE RIVER. WE CAN

2:18:46CHOOSE WHO WHOSE KNOWLEDGE

2:18:47GUIDES US, AND WE CAN CHANGE

2:18:49THE FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND

2:18:51WHAT THEY INHERIT. THANK YOU.

2:18:54>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

2:18:57>> NEXT UP WE HAVE KATE MURPHY,

2:18:59LINDSAY HUBER, SOPHIA STEELE

2:19:02CONLEY, MARGARET THOMAS, EDITH

2:19:05GILLIS.

2:19:17>> HELLO THERE. MY NAME IS KATE

2:19:20MURPHY. I AM THE SENIOR

2:19:21COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WITH

2:19:22COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPER. I HAVE A

2:19:24BACKGROUND IN PUBLIC HEALTH

2:19:25WITH A FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL

2:19:27SYSTEMS AND HUMAN HEALTH. AND I

2:19:28JUST WANT TO START BY

2:19:30EXPRESSING MY GRATITUDE FOR

2:19:31EVERYONE WHO HAS WORKED ON THIS

2:19:32VERY LONG PROCESS. THE REASON

2:19:35I'M HERE TODAY, AND THE REASON

2:19:37MANY OF US ARE HERE TODAY, IS

2:19:38THE SAME REASON I'VE BEEN

2:19:40>> HERE. EVERY TIME YOU'VE SEEN

2:19:41MY FACE IN THIS ROOM. WE ARE

2:19:43WORKING TO PROTECT OUR

2:19:44COMMUNITY. TO PRIORITIZE HEALTH

2:19:45AND SAFETY AND TO STAND UP FOR

2:19:47THE PLACES THAT WE LOVE. WE ARE

2:19:49NOT HERE TO MAKE A DEAL. WE'RE

2:19:51NOT HERE TO MAKE A PROFIT. WE

2:19:54ARE HERE TO PROTECT ONE. TIME

2:19:56AND TIME AGAIN WE HAVE BEEN

2:19:58TOLD WHY OUR DECISION MAKERS

2:19:59HANDS ARE TIED, WHY THE BALL IS

2:20:02IN SOMEONE ELSE'S COURT, AND

2:20:04WHY PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

2:20:06CANNOT TAKE PRIORITY OVER

2:20:08BUSINESS AS USUAL. NOW WE HAVE

2:20:10AN OPPORTUNITY BEFORE US TO

2:20:11REALLY MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE

2:20:13HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR CITY.

2:20:15OUR COMMUNITY HAS WORKED

2:20:16DILIGENTLY IN COALITION TO

2:20:18DRAFT AMENDMENTS SEEKING SOUND

2:20:20SOLUTIONS TO MANY OF THE ISSUES

2:20:22THAT WE SEE. I STRONGLY SUPPORT

2:20:24THE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN

2:20:25PUT FORWARD BY THE COMMUNITY AS

2:20:27A BASELINE FOR MOVING FORWARD

2:20:28TOWARDS MORE PROTECTIVE POLICY.

2:20:31DESPITE ALL THIS WORK, I WANT

2:20:32TO ADDRESS WHAT FEELS LIKE A

2:20:34SIGNIFICANT DISCONNECT. AS WE

2:20:35HAVE NAVIGATED THIS PROCESS, IT

2:20:37APPEARS THE CITY'S APPROACH IS

2:20:40TO IDENTIFY THE POTENTIAL

2:20:41IMPACT. IF INDUSTRY WERE TO DO

2:20:43THEIR ABSOLUTE WORST AND THEN

2:20:46TO REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF

2:20:47THAT HYPOTHETICAL WORST CASE

2:20:49SCENARIO. WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS

2:20:51ASKING FOR THE CITY TO DO IS TO

2:20:54IDENTIFY THE IMPACT REAL WORLD

2:20:58TODAY AT THE CEI HUB AND AND TO

2:21:01REDUCE HARM FROM THE BASELINE

2:21:02OF WHAT OUR REALITY IS NOW. THE

2:21:05OBJECTIVE OF THE FEMA GRANT IS

2:21:07INTENDED TO REDUCE HARM WITHOUT

2:21:09ADDRESSING THE REAL, ON THE

2:21:11GROUND HARM THAT WE'RE FACING.

2:21:12I DO NOT KNOW HOW THAT

2:21:14OBJECTIVE IS BEING MET. WE ARE

2:21:17WE ARE FAILING TO MEET THAT

2:21:18OBJECTIVE. AND IF IN THE END,

2:21:20THE PLAN ALLOWS FOR AN INCREASE

2:21:23IN COMBUSTIBLE FUEL AT THE HUB,

2:21:24THAT IS NOT A PLAN FOR HARM

2:21:26REDUCTION. TODAY WE ARE HERE

2:21:28DOING THE WORK OF PLANTING

2:21:30SEEDS THAT, WITH PROPER TENDING,

2:21:31CAN BLOSSOM INTO A HEALTHIER

2:21:34AND SAFER FUTURE FOR

2:21:35GENERATIONS TO COME. SO WHAT

2:21:37WILL YOU BRING TO THE GARDEN?

2:21:39WHAT SEEDS WILL YOU PLANT?

2:21:41>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY

2:21:43MUCH.

2:21:47>> HI, MY NAME IS MARGARET

2:21:48THOMAS. MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER.

2:21:51I LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR. I'M

2:21:55GOING TO TRY TO READ THIS OFF

2:21:56MY PHONE. MY VISION IS LIMITED.

2:21:58IT'LL BE SHORT, I PROMISE. GOOD

2:22:00AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCILORS.

2:22:02GIVEN THAT ONE OF THE FIVE

2:22:04GUIDING GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF

2:22:06PORTLAND'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

2:22:08IS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, I WISH

2:22:10TO SPEAK ABOUT HOW WE CAN

2:22:11ADDRESS SAFETY CONCERNS AT THE

2:22:13CEI HUB. THE HUB POSES A RISK

2:22:16OF POSSIBLE TANK FIRE AND

2:22:18EXPLOSION. A SPARK COULD EASILY

2:22:20SET OFF FOREST PARK AND

2:22:21SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS ON

2:22:23FIRE. A FIRE IN FOREST PARK

2:22:25COULD MOVE AT 14 MILES AN HOUR,

2:22:29ENDANGERING FOREST ACREAGE IN

2:22:30THE COASTAL RANGE. AN EXPLOSION

2:22:32COULD CAUSE AN OIL SPILL LARGER

2:22:34THAN THE DEEP HORIZON SPILL,

2:22:36AND CAUSE CONTAMINATION OF OUR

2:22:38TWO RIVERS AND POTENTIALLY THE

2:22:40PACIFIC OCEAN. PLEASE SUPPORT

2:22:42ITEMS 12 AND 13 IN THE CEI HUB

2:22:45POLICY PROJECT. WE NEED A

2:22:48SIGNIFICANT DRAWDOWN OF TOXIC

2:22:50FUELS IN THE CEI HUB. CLEAR,

2:22:54ACTIONABLE LANGUAGE AND A

2:22:56DIRECTIVE TO REDEFINE THE USE

2:22:58OF FUELS. THE WORD FUELS IN THE

2:23:01TEXT. THANK YOU.

2:23:03>> THANK YOU.

2:23:04>> HELLO, I'M EDITH GILLIS,

2:23:05DISTRICT THREE.

2:23:06>> I SUPPORT 350 XR, PSR

2:23:10RIVERKEEPER. AND THAT WE MUST

2:23:14HAVE RISK BONDS REQUIRED OF ALL

2:23:16THE POLLUTERS AND ALL THOSE WHO

2:23:18OWN THE DANGEROUS PRODUCTS THAT

2:23:21TRANSPORT IT, STORE IT AND SELL

2:23:22IT. WHEN I DROVE MY FIRST BABY

2:23:24TO AND FROM OUR HOME, THROUGH

2:23:26LENTON AND PAST THE DOMINOES OF

2:23:27TANKS DECAYING FROM THE TOXIC,

2:23:30CAUSTIC, FLAMMABLE, EXPLOSIVE,

2:23:32RADIOACTIVE DEADLY CHEMICALS,

2:23:34PAST TRUCK AND CAR COLLISIONS

2:23:35NEAR THE TANKS AND TRAIN

2:23:37DERAILMENTS AND DRIPPING

2:23:38FLAMMABLE FUEL. WE WOULD GET

2:23:40IRRITATED EYES, NOSE, THROAT

2:23:41AND UPSET STOMACHS. I KNEW THAT

2:23:44NO ONE HAS INVENTED OR MADE

2:23:45TRAIN CARS SAFE FOR THE TAR

2:23:46SANDS, FRACK GAS, OIL, THE

2:23:48VIBRATION AND WEIGHT, OR HAVE

2:23:50INVENTED ANY EFFECTIVE, SAFE

2:23:52WAY TO PUT OUT THEIR FIRES.

2:23:53THAT THE FOAM THAT CAN ONLY BE

2:23:55USED DAYS AFTER THE OIL BOMB

2:23:57TRAINS BURN LASTS FOR

2:23:59GENERATIONS OF DISABLING DNA

2:24:00DESTROYING DISABILITIES. I WAS

2:24:02SCARED MY SON WOULD BE POISONED

2:24:04BY THE FUMES, BURNED OR BLOWN

2:24:06UP OR DISABLED THE REST OF HIS

2:24:07LIFE FROM HORRIFICALLY PAINFUL

2:24:09BURNS. AS IT TURNS OUT, HE HAS

2:24:10BRAIN INJURIES AND LASTING

2:24:12DISABILITIES SOME EXPERTS SAY

2:24:13ARE DUE TO THE POISONS. WE JUST

2:24:16WENT BY FOR SIX MONTHS. BRAIN

2:24:20INJURIES CAUSE IMMEDIATE

2:24:21DYSFUNCTION OF THE GUT IMMUNE

2:24:22SYSTEM, NERVOUS SYSTEM, VISION,

2:24:23SLEEP, PAIN, EMOTIONAL

2:24:25REGULATION. PORTLAND COPS ARE

2:24:27ALREADY PROVEN MORE VIOLENT AND

2:24:29IRRATIONAL FROM THE DIESEL

2:24:30FUMES AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS THEY

2:24:31USE. SO THIS DISASTER WILL MAKE

2:24:33THOSE GUN PRONE TO VIOLENCE

2:24:35WHEN THEY ARE UNCOMFORTABLE

2:24:37FURTHER ENDANGER US ALL. THERE

2:24:38ARE SIX SECURITY TANKS. ONE

2:24:40TANK HAS 100 TIMES THE TNT OF

2:24:42THE HIROSHIMA BOMB. FOR DECADES,

2:24:44I'VE BEEN EVERY HOUR IN CHRONIC

2:24:46SEVERE PAIN DUE TO PORTLAND

2:24:47POLICIES. DON'T DO IT AGAIN.

2:24:48WHEN MY DAUGHTER RAN THE

2:24:49PORTLAND MARATHON, RUNNERS GOT

2:24:52SICK FROM THE FUMES AND SHE

2:24:53EASILY PLACED FIRST OR SECOND

2:24:55100 KILOMETER OR 100 MILE RACES

2:24:56UNDER HARDER TERRAIN. BUT HER

2:24:58BODY STARTED TO SHUT DOWN WHEN

2:25:00SHE SLIPPED ON THE SQUISHY MATS,

2:25:01SOAKED WITH THE BLOOD OF PEOPLE

2:25:03WHO HAD HAD A CAR WRECK BETWEEN

2:25:05THE HIGHWAY AND THE TRACKS THAT

2:25:07COULD HAVE STARTED A TWO MILE,

2:25:10FIERY DOMINOES THAT BLOW UP THE

2:25:13TANKS. WHEN SHE GOES TO FOREST

2:25:16PARK TO RUN FOR 20 MILES, SHE

2:25:18COULD GET LOST. I MEAN, SHE

2:25:20COULD GET BURNED UP ON LEIF

2:25:22ERIKSON ROADWAY WITH THE FIRE

2:25:24HIGHWAY.

2:25:25>> WE ARE OVER TIME,

2:25:26UNFORTUNATELY, FRIEND, THANK

2:25:27YOU VERY MUCH.

2:25:30>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY

2:25:31COUNCILORS. MY NAME IS LINDSAY

2:25:33HUBER AND I'M THE INTERIM

2:25:34EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE

2:25:35STREET TRUST. I'M ALSO A

2:25:37RESIDENT OF SAINT JOHN'S. SO

2:25:39THE RISK POSED BY THE CEI HUB

2:25:41ARE QUITE LITERALLY CLOSE TO

2:25:43HOME FOR ME. I'M HERE TODAY TO

2:25:45SUPPORT COUNCILOR NOVICK

2:25:47AMENDMENT CONNECTING THE

2:25:48PROPOSED FUEL STORAGE DRAWDOWN

2:25:50WITH GREATER INVESTMENT IN

2:25:52REDUCING OUR DEMAND FOR LIQUID

2:25:54FUELS. THE CEI HUB IS NOT JUST

2:25:57A PORTLAND ISSUE, IT'S A

2:25:59CRITICAL PIECE OF OREGON'S FUEL

2:26:01INFRASTRUCTURE. YET PORTLAND

2:26:02AND THE COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING

2:26:03THE HUB SHOULDER AN ENORMOUS

2:26:05SHARE OF THE RISK CREATED BY

2:26:08CONCENTRATING THAT

2:26:09INFRASTRUCTURE IN AN AREA

2:26:10VULNERABLE TO A MAJOR

2:26:11EARTHQUAKE. WE NEED A LONG TERM

2:26:14SOLUTION THAT REDUCES THE RISK

2:26:15WHILE RECOGNIZING THE ENERGY

2:26:17AND TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF

2:26:19PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AN

2:26:21IMPORTANT PIECE OF THAT

2:26:22SOLUTION IS REDUCING OUR

2:26:24DEPENDANCE ON LIQUID FUELS IN

2:26:25THE FIRST PLACE. TRANSPORTATION

2:26:28INVESTMENTS GIVE US A PRACTICAL

2:26:29TOOL TO DO THAT MORE, MAKING

2:26:32TRANSIT MORE ACCESSIBLE AND

2:26:34RELIABLE, MAKING IT SAFER AND

2:26:35EASIER TO WALK AND BIKE,

2:26:37SUPPORTING THE TRANSITION TO

2:26:39ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND REDUCING

2:26:40DIESEL EMISSIONS CAN ALL HELP

2:26:42REDUCE DEMAND, WHILE GIVING

2:26:44PORTLANDERS MORE WAYS TO GET

2:26:46WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. WE

2:26:47SUPPORT WORKING WITH THE SFF

2:26:49COMMITTEE AND OTHER

2:26:50STAKEHOLDERS TOWARDS

2:26:51SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER

2:26:53INVESTMENT IN THESE

2:26:54TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS, AS

2:26:55ENVISIONED IN THIS AMENDMENT.

2:26:58REDUCING THE RISKS AT THE CEI

2:27:00HUB AND REDUCING OUR DEMAND FOR

2:27:03FUELS STORED THERE SHOULD GO

2:27:04HAND IN HAND. WE ENCOURAGE

2:27:06COUNCIL TO PURSUE BOTH. THANK

2:27:09YOU.

2:27:12>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS

2:27:13SOPHIA CONLEY AND I'M THE

2:27:15DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

2:27:16FOR THE WESTERN STATES

2:27:17PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION. I'M HERE

2:27:19TODAY IN OPPOSITION TO TITLE 17,

2:27:21THE 20% DRAWDOWN OF INVENTORY

2:27:23FOR BULK FUEL STORAGE. THIS

2:27:25PROPOSAL DICTATES THAT

2:27:26TERMINALS WILL BE REQUIRED TO

2:27:28PROVIDE A JANUARY 1ST, 2027,

2:27:30INVENTORY OF EXISTING TANKS AND

2:27:32CAPACITY. THE INVENTORY WOULD

2:27:33THEN SERVE AS A BASIS FOR

2:27:34CALCULATING THE REQUIRED 20%

2:27:36CAPACITY REDUCTION BY 2036. TO

2:27:39PUT THIS INTO PRACTICAL TERMS,

2:27:40IMAGINE REQUIRING EVERY GROCERY

2:27:42STORE IN OREGON TO PERMANENTLY

2:27:43REDUCE ITS WAREHOUSE INVENTORY

2:27:45BY 20% BASED ON WHATEVER

2:27:47HAPPENED TO BE ON ITS SHELVES

2:27:48DURING A SINGLE MONTH SEVERAL

2:27:50YEARS EARLIER. THE CONCERN IS

2:27:51NOT WHAT HAPPENS ON A NORMAL

2:27:53DAY. THE CONCERN IS WHAT

2:27:54HAPPENS WHEN A WINTER STORM

2:27:56ARRIVES, A PIPELINE GOES DOWN

2:27:57OR A SUPPLIER EXPERIENCES AN

2:27:59OUTAGE. STORAGE AND INVENTORY

2:28:01EXISTS TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY

2:28:02AND RESILIENCY WHEN CONDITIONS

2:28:04ARE NOT NORMAL. SIMILARLY, FUEL

2:28:07INVENTORIES ARE NOT MAINTAINED.

2:28:08SUPPLY FOR AVERAGE DAILY DEMAND.

2:28:10THEY PROVIDE THE FLEXIBILITY

2:28:12NECESSARY TO RESPOND TO

2:28:14DISRUPTIONS, EMERGENCIES,

2:28:15SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS, AND

2:28:17UNEXPECTED MARKET CONDITIONS.

2:28:19REDUCING INVENTORY CAN REDUCE

2:28:20THE MARGIN AVAILABLE TO RESPOND

2:28:21WHEN OREGON NEEDS IT MOST.

2:28:23THANK YOU.

2:28:26>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

2:28:29>> NEXT UP WE HAVE KELLY

2:28:30CALDWELL. SUSAN PARMENTER.

2:28:35STEPH. RALPH. JORDAN LEWIS.

2:28:39JENNIFER. CORRAL.

2:28:46>> HELLO. MY NAME IS SUSAN

2:28:48PERLMUTTER. THANKS FOR THE

2:28:49OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I HAVE

2:28:50LIVED IN DISTRICT FOUR FOR 35

2:28:52YEARS. I AM REPRESENTED BY

2:28:54COUNCILORS GREEN, ZIMMERMAN AND

2:28:56CLARK. MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN

2:28:59DISTRICT FOUR ARE HIGHLY

2:29:00IMPACTED BY YOUR DECISIONS, AND

2:29:04WE ARE WATCHING YOUR

2:29:06PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROCESS.

2:29:08FOUR HOURS AGO, I WAS HIKING

2:29:09WITH MANY OF THESE DISTRICT

2:29:10FOUR FRIENDS IN IN PARKS

2:29:12CONNECTED TO FOREST PARK, AND

2:29:13THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FIRE

2:29:15RISK THAT WAS PRESENTED WAS

2:29:17HAIR RAISING. CLEARLY, THIS IS

2:29:19ABOUT SAFETY AND RISK REDUCTION.

2:29:21AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN WORK

2:29:22THROUGHOUT OUR CITY ON THIS.

2:29:24THIS BUILDING, OUR CITY HALL

2:29:26AND OUR FAIR CITY WAS

2:29:28SEISMICALLY UPGRADED.

2:29:30SEISMICALLY UPGRADED. THAT'S

2:29:32SMART. CITY COUNCILORS ADVANCED

2:29:34A RESOLUTION TO RESEARCH

2:29:36RENOVATING AND REPLACING KELLER

2:29:37AUDITORIUM BECAUSE OF SEISMIC

2:29:40HAZARDS. THAT WAS SMART.

2:29:41PORTLAND SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN OR

2:29:43CURRENTLY ARE SEISMICALLY

2:29:45UPDATED TO IN PREPARATION FOR

2:29:46THAT BIG ONE. THAT WAS SMART.

2:29:48WE CAN'T LIVE ANOTHER DECADE

2:29:50WITH THIS AMOUNT OF DANGEROUS

2:29:52FUEL AT THE HUB, AND WITHOUT

2:29:53MORE SAFEGUARDS FOR THAT FUEL

2:29:55THAT IS THERE, THE SMART MOVE

2:29:57IS TO PASS THE POLICY WITH THE

2:29:59COMMUNITY AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE

2:30:00BEEN NEGOTIATED. THANK YOU FOR

2:30:02YOUR SERVICE, AND I'LL BE

2:30:04WATCHING.

2:30:09>> THANK YOU FOR THE

2:30:11OPPORTUNITY.

2:30:11>> TO TESTIFY TODAY. I'M DOCTOR

2:30:13JENNIFER KROLL, AN ECOLOGIST

2:30:15LIVING IN DISTRICT FOUR. AS A

2:30:18SCIENTIST, I URGE YOU TO

2:30:19SUPPORT THE GREEN AMENDMENTS TO

2:30:20THE SCI HUB POLICY PROJECT

2:30:22ITEMS 12 AND 13. WHILE MANY

2:30:25HERE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE

2:30:27EARTHQUAKE, I'M EXTREMELY

2:30:29CONCERNED ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.

2:30:30AS TIME GOES BY, THE MOST

2:30:32REALISTIC MODELS ARE

2:30:34INCREASINGLY THE SCARIEST ONES.

2:30:36AS OUR LEADERS, YOU MUST PRESS

2:30:38FOR THE BOLDEST PLANS POSSIBLE.

2:30:40WE ARE AT A TURNING POINT FOR

2:30:43FOR ENERGY, AND THIS IS THE

2:30:45LAST GASP FOR FOSSIL FUEL

2:30:47COMPANY VIABILITY. YOU MUST

2:30:50PRIORITIZE OUR CHILDREN'S

2:30:51SAFETY OVER THEIR DEMANDS FOR

2:30:53MAINTAINING PROFITS. I URGE YOU

2:30:56TO SUPPORT A PHASED,

2:30:57SIGNIFICANT DRAWDOWN OF FUELS

2:30:59AT THE SCI HUB BEGINNING NEXT

2:31:01YEAR AND BASED ON REAL DATA,

2:31:02WITH ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS

2:31:04EVERY THREE YEARS AND ANNUAL

2:31:06REPORTS TO COUNCIL. CRUCIALLY,

2:31:08YOU MUST SPECIFY DRAWDOWN

2:31:10AMOUNTS IN TERMS OF ACTUAL

2:31:12MEASUREMENTS OF AVERAGE DAILY

2:31:14FILL LEVELS OF THE TANKS, NOT

2:31:16ESTIMATES OR FORECASTS. FINALLY,

2:31:19THE CURRENT PROPOSAL IS A START

2:31:21BUT DOES NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESS

2:31:23THE SAFETY CONCERNS WE ALL HAVE

2:31:25HERE. I URGE YOU TO LINK

2:31:27EQUIPMENT, AGE AND CONDITION TO

2:31:29SOMETHING LIKE CATASTROPHE

2:31:30BONDS TO INCENTIVIZE COMPANIES

2:31:32TO PRIORITIZE SAFETY UPGRADES.

2:31:34AT THE SAME TIME AS THEY ENSURE

2:31:36FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE WHEN NOT IF,

2:31:39DISASTERS HAPPEN. YOU HAVE THE

2:31:42AUTHORITY AND ABILITY TO DO

2:31:43THIS. WE'RE WATCHING YOU.

2:31:50>> ENDORSE. MY NAME IS STEPH

2:31:53ROUSE. I AM THE CHAIR OF THE

2:31:54PLANNING COMMISSION. I'M HERE

2:31:56IN A PERSONAL CAPACITY. THE

2:31:57QUESTION BEFORE YOU AND US ALL

2:31:59IS WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS VERY

2:32:00SLOPPY JOE. WE'VE BEEN HANDED.

2:32:02AND WHILE I KNOW WE ARE HERE TO

2:32:03TALK ABOUT THE GUT CHURNING

2:32:05PLACEMENT OF OUR SUPPLY. I

2:32:06INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME FOR A FEW

2:32:08MINUTES IN DREAMING ABOUT THE

2:32:09GREAT DECISIONS THAT ARE IN OUR

2:32:12FUTURE REGARDING DEMAND,

2:32:14SPECIFICALLY A DECARBONIZED

2:32:16TRANSPORTATION FUTURE. SO NEXT

2:32:18YEAR, I BELIEVE YOU WILL

2:32:19CONSIDER THE UPDATE OF THE

2:32:21TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PLAN. TO

2:32:22THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE,

2:32:25SERVING ON THAT COMMUNITY

2:32:26ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THIS WILL

2:32:28BE THE FIRST TIME THAT THE TSP

2:32:30HAS EVER CENTERED THE CONCEPTS

2:32:31OF OUR ROADS, NOT JUST AS A

2:32:33CONDUIT, BUT ALSO AS A PLACE.

2:32:36AND THAT IS A TRANSFORMATIVE

2:32:38FRAMEWORK THAT CAN HELP DEVELOP

2:32:41WALKABLE, CLIMATE RESILIENT

2:32:42NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUSINESS

2:32:44DISTRICTS. EVERY DECISION YOU

2:32:46MAKE TO SUPPORT VISION ZERO,

2:32:48AND I JUST WANT TO REALLY BE

2:32:49THANKFUL OF ALL OF YOU FOR

2:32:51UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTING THAT

2:32:53RESOLUTION TO RETROFIT AND

2:32:55BUILD A TRULY MULTIMODAL

2:32:57TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM CARRIES

2:32:58WITH IT SO MANY BENEFITS. ONLY

2:32:59ONE OF WHICH IS REDUCING OUR

2:33:01RELIANCE ON FOSSIL FUELS BEYOND

2:33:03WHAT IS IN YOUR DIRECT CONTROL

2:33:05IS WHAT IS WITHIN YOUR

2:33:06INFLUENCE. AS I'M TRYING TO GO

2:33:07AS FAST AS I CAN. YOUR

2:33:09INFLUENCE AT THE STATE

2:33:11LEGISLATURE TWO YEARS AGO, IN

2:33:12THE LAST FULL SESSION, WE HAD

2:33:15THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND UP A

2:33:17TASK FORCE FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL,

2:33:19AND AFTER THAT COULD HAVE

2:33:21CONSIDERED, FOR EXAMPLE, USING

2:33:23$10 MILLION OF CONNECT OREGON

2:33:24FUNDS TO ACTUALLY FUND A STUDY.

2:33:26WE NEED TO BRING THAT BACK. AND

2:33:28THE OTHER IS LET'S REFUND THE

2:33:30RATING OF THE EXCISE BICYCLE

2:33:32TAX THAT THEY DID LAST YEAR AS

2:33:33PART OF A RELATED CLAUSE TO THE

2:33:35JUDICIAL COMPENSATION, WHICH I

2:33:36WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW THAT

2:33:38WAS POSSIBLE. THAT MOSTLY

2:33:40FUNDED SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL IN

2:33:42OREGON COMMUNITY PATHS. SO

2:33:43LET'S BRING THAT BACK. THANK

2:33:44YOU VERY MUCH.

2:33:46>> THANK YOU. HEY.

2:33:48>> CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS

2:33:49JORDAN LEWIS. I'M A VOLUNTEER

2:33:51LOBBYIST FOR PORTLAND DSA. I'M

2:33:53SUPPORTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY

2:33:54BASED GREEN ET AL. AMENDMENTS

2:33:56TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE

2:33:58ZONING PLAN, AND THE FUEL

2:33:59DRAWDOWN PLANS. WE NEED TO GO

2:34:01FURTHER THAN EXISTING PLANS.

2:34:02AND THESE AMENDMENTS CLOSE.

2:34:04EXPANSION LOOPHOLES CREATE A

2:34:05COMPREHENSIVE DEFINITION OF

2:34:06BULK FUELS DESIGNED FOR ALL

2:34:08NATURAL DISASTERS AND NOT JUST

2:34:10EARTHQUAKES, AND CONSIDER REAL

2:34:11WORLD FUEL THROUGHPUT RATHER

2:34:12THAN NOMINAL TANK CAPACITY,

2:34:14WHICH IS ALL GREAT. THESE

2:34:15AMENDMENTS ADDRESS REAL SAFETY

2:34:16CONCERNS WITHOUT RISKING FUEL

2:34:18SUPPLY SHORTAGES WHERE THEY ARE

2:34:19TRULY NEEDED. I WANT TO THANK

2:34:21COUNCILOR NOVICK FOR PROPOSING

2:34:23DEMAND DRAWDOWN COMMITMENTS

2:34:24FROM THE CITY, ESPECIALLY ON

2:34:26TRANSPORTATION, THOUGH I'M NOT

2:34:27SURE THAT A 40% ALLOCATION

2:34:29MANDATE IS THE ANSWER.

2:34:31TRANSPORTATION IS A TOPIC YOU

2:34:32AREN'T REALLY SUPPOSED TO TALK

2:34:33ABOUT IN THIS CITY, AND I

2:34:35WOULDN'T DISAGREE THAT IT'S

2:34:36BEEN GIVEN SHORT SHRIFT IN THE

2:34:37CITY AND IN THE STATE. MY MAIN

2:34:39CONCERNS WITH TRANSPORTATION

2:34:40MANDATE TO STAFF ARE ONE, THE

2:34:41PLANNED REDUCTIONS ON GREENING

2:34:43FUELS RATHER THAN DOING THE

2:34:44HARD WORK OF MODE SHIFT AND TWO,

2:34:46MANY EXISTING TRANSPORTATION

2:34:48DECARBONIZATION OPPORTUNITIES

2:34:49ARE LARGELY FREE OR LOW COST TO

2:34:51THE CITY AND YET HAVE NOT BEEN

2:34:52PURSUED. SOME EXAMPLES ARE THE

2:34:54RECENT REBUILD OF WEST BURNSIDE

2:34:55STREET, WHICH DID NOT COMMIT TO

2:34:56ANY TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGES

2:34:57WHICH COULD HAVE DRIVEN MODE

2:34:59SHIFT. I'M THINKING ABOUT THE

2:35:00MONTGOMERY PARK STREETCAR

2:35:01EXPANSION PROJECT, WHICH WILL

2:35:03PLACE STREET PARKING TO THE

2:35:04RIGHT OF STREETCAR TRACKS,

2:35:05ENSURING FUTURE TRAFFIC

2:35:07CONFLICTS WHICH SLOW THE

2:35:08STREETCAR DOWN, MAKING IT A

2:35:09LESS ATTRACTIVE MODE FOR THE

2:35:12PUBLIC. I'M THINKING ABOUT THE

2:35:13NEAR REMOVAL OF BIKE DIVERTERS

2:35:14ON NORTHWEST 20TH AFTER THEY'D

2:35:15ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED, OR THE

2:35:17REMOVAL OF A TWO WAY BIKE

2:35:18BOULEVARD ON SOUTHWEST ALDER,

2:35:19DESPITE IT BEING PLANNED FOR

2:35:21NEARLY A DECADE WITH NO VIABLE

2:35:22PARALLEL ROUTE. WHERE WAS THE

2:35:24CITY IN 2025 WHEN PUBLIC

2:35:26TRANSIT WAS DEFUNDED? WE COULD

2:35:27LOBBY THE STATE TO IMPROVE

2:35:29AMTRAK CASCADES AND OR UNION

2:35:31STATION, WHICH PROSPER PORTLAND

2:35:33OWNS. MY HOPE IS TO COMMUNICATE

2:35:34THAT ALL THESE THINGS ARE

2:35:35CONNECTED, AND I HOPE WE CAN

2:35:37KEEP THIS WORK GOING FORWARD

2:35:38AFTER THIS DISCUSSION AS WELL.

2:35:39THANK YOU.

2:35:41>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH,

2:35:42KELLY.

2:35:43>> HELLO. MY NAME IS KELLY

2:35:46CALDWELL. I LIVE IN SOUTHEAST

2:35:47PORTLAND, DISTRICT THREE, AND

2:35:48I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF

2:35:50STRONGER ACTION TO REDUCE RISKS

2:35:52AND INCREASE SAFETY MEASURES AT

2:35:54THE CRITICAL ENERGY

2:35:56INFRASTRUCTURE HUB. I'M ASKING

2:35:58COUNCIL TO FOCUS ON THREE

2:35:59THINGS REAL EMERGENCY

2:36:02PREPAREDNESS AND RESILIENCE,

2:36:04ACTUAL FUEL REDUCTION AND

2:36:06ENFORCEABLE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

2:36:09AND AND LIMITS TO EXPANSION.

2:36:11THAT'S MORE THAN THREE THINGS.

2:36:13I URGE YOU TO MAKE THE PROGRAM

2:36:15MORE MEANINGFUL AND ACTIONABLE

2:36:17BY ESTABLISHING MEASURABLE

2:36:18REDUCTION TARGETS BASED ON

2:36:20DOCUMENTED FUEL VOLUMES AND

2:36:22USAGE, AND REQUIRE REPORTING TO

2:36:25COUNCIL SO THAT THEY CAN BE

2:36:26MONITORED. IF THE GOAL IS RISK

2:36:28REDUCTION, MEASURING RISK

2:36:30REDUCTION, AND NOT JUST TANK

2:36:31CAPACITY IS IMPORTANT. WE

2:36:34SHOULD NOT REDUCE CAPACITY WITH

2:36:35ONE HAND WHILE CREATING

2:36:37PATHWAYS FOR NEW FUEL STORAGE

2:36:39AND TRANSLOADING CAPACITY WITH

2:36:41THE OTHER. A SMALLER TANK DOES

2:36:44NOT NECESSARILY MEAN LESS FUEL

2:36:46RISK. WE SHOULD USE ASK DATA TO

2:36:49KNOW WHAT IS REALLY BEING

2:36:51STORED, AND LOOK AT THE SAFETY

2:36:53MEASURES IN PARTICULAR, AS WE

2:36:57MOVE FORWARD ON CHANGES 20% BY

2:37:002036 IS A LONG TIME TO WAIT

2:37:02WHEN THE HAZARD IS ALREADY HERE.

2:37:04EVERY DAY. THE QUESTION IS NOT

2:37:08WHETHER FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE CAN

2:37:10BE MADE SOMEWHAT SAFER. THE

2:37:12QUESTION IS HOW MUCH ARE WE

2:37:14WILLING TO TO RISK TO LEAVE IN

2:37:17PLACE WHEN WE KNOW THE

2:37:19CONSEQUENCES OF MAJOR

2:37:21EARTHQUAKES AND SUCH OTHER

2:37:22DISASTERS CAN BE CATASTROPHIC?

2:37:25THANK YOU.

2:37:28>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

2:37:30>> NEXT UP WE HAVE HELENA BOEC,

2:37:33MARTY GLICKMAN, SANDY FLETCHER,

2:37:35ALICE CHRISTINE WALKER,

2:37:38BENJAMIN GILBERT.

2:37:52>> YEAH. OKAY. PERFECT. SECOND.

2:37:54>> OKAY, I'LL GO FIRST. GOOD

2:37:56AFTERNOON COUNCILORS. MY NAME

2:37:57IS MARTY GLICKMAN. I'M THE

2:37:59EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BRAIDED

2:38:00RIVER CAMPAIGN. I AM HAPPILY

2:38:02LIVING IN DISTRICT TWO, AND I'M

2:38:04A REGISTERED CITY LOBBYIST. FOR

2:38:06YEARS, MANY OF THE PORTLANDERS

2:38:08YOU HEARD FROM TODAY HAVE

2:38:10WORKED TO DEVELOP POLICIES TO

2:38:11MAKE THE C I HUB SAFER. WITH SO

2:38:15MANY HARD WORKING, CARING STAFF

2:38:16MEMBERS AT THE BUREAU OF

2:38:18PLANNING SUSTAINABILITY LAST

2:38:20NIGHT, COUNCILOR GREEN,

2:38:21COUNCILOR PIRTLE-GUINEY AND

2:38:22THEIR AIDES BURN THE MIDNIGHT

2:38:24OIL, WORKING TOGETHER TO PUT A

2:38:26PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS TOGETHER

2:38:27TO MAKE THIS PACKAGE SAFER. THE

2:38:30PROPOSAL BETTER. EXCUSE ME. AND.

2:38:32AND NOW OUR HEARING IS ALMOST

2:38:34OVER. BUT OUR WORK TOGETHER IS

2:38:36NOT DONE. WE ARE HERE TO DAY

2:38:39AND NIGHT WITH YOU TO HELP YOU

2:38:42MAKE THIS PACKAGE BETTER, AND

2:38:43TO GET IT ACROSS THE FINISH

2:38:45LINE TO MAKE THE C E HUB MUCH

2:38:48SAFER FOR OUR CHILDREN AND FOR

2:38:50OURSELVES AS WE DO THIS FINAL

2:38:52WORK. I HOPE YOU WILL KEEP A

2:38:54FEW PORTLAND VALUES IN MIND. WE

2:38:56MUST ACKNOWLEDGE AND REPAIR

2:38:59HISTORICAL HARM TO SUCCESSFULLY

2:39:01MOVE FORWARD. NATURAL RESOURCE

2:39:04CONSERVATION IS ESSENTIAL TO

2:39:05HEALTHY COMMUNITIES. ALL PEOPLE

2:39:08HAVE THE RIGHT TO A SAFE AND

2:39:10HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. NO ONE

2:39:12COMMUNITY SHOULD BE SACRIFICED

2:39:13FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANOTHER.

2:39:16FINALLY, A THRIVING ECONOMY IS

2:39:18BEST BUILT WITHIN THE CONTEXT

2:39:20OF A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT.

2:39:22PORTLANDERS STOPPED THE MOUNT

2:39:23HOOD FREEWAY AND WE TURNED

2:39:25ANOTHER FREEWAY INTO TOM MCCALL

2:39:27WATERFRONT PARK. OREGONIANS

2:39:29HAVE MADE OUR BEACHES PUBLIC

2:39:30AND FREE. WE CAN AND MUST MAKE

2:39:33THE C E HUB SAFER.

2:39:36>> THANK YOU.

2:39:38>> HI, MY NAME IS SANDY

2:39:40FLETCHER AND I'M FROM DISTRICT

2:39:42THREE. I'M HERE TO URGE THE

2:39:44CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE

2:39:45GREEN AMENDMENTS TO THE CEI HUB

2:39:47PROJECT. BUT IT SEEMS NECESSARY

2:39:49TO FIRST TALK ABOUT WHAT IT

2:39:50FEELS LIKE TO SIT BEFORE THIS

2:39:53COUNCIL ON THIS DAY TALKING

2:39:54ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. I

2:39:56FELT COMPELLED TO COME HERE AND

2:39:58SPEAK TODAY BECAUSE OF THE

2:39:59PROFOUND DISAPPOINTMENT THAT I

2:40:00AND MANY OTHER PORTLANDERS IN

2:40:02DISTRICT THREE FELT AFTER WE

2:40:04LEARNED THAT ONE OF OUR

2:40:05COUNCILORS, STEVE NOVICK, ONCE

2:40:06AGAIN VOTED IN LOCKSTEP WITH

2:40:08THE INTERESTS OF FOSSIL FUELS

2:40:09AND CORPORATE POLLUTERS. MANY

2:40:12OF YOU ON THE COUNCIL SEEM TO

2:40:14HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT AS OUR

2:40:15ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, YOU

2:40:16SHOULD BE TAKING YOUR

2:40:18ASSIGNMENT FROM PORTLAND

2:40:19CITIZENS, NOT BIG OIL AND

2:40:21CORPORATE INTERESTS WHO CONDUCT

2:40:23COMMERCE HERE. I FEEL BETRAYED

2:40:25BY ALL THE COUNCILORS WHO HAVE

2:40:26RECENTLY VOTED FOR THE BEST

2:40:28INTERESTS OF FOSSIL FUELS, BUT

2:40:30ONLY YOU. COUNCILOR NOVICK RAN

2:40:32IN 2024 BY TOUTING YOUR RECORD

2:40:34AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER.

2:40:36WHAT IS BECOMING CLEAR IS THAT

2:40:37MANY COUNCILORS VOTES ARE BEING

2:40:39CORRUPTLY INFLUENCED BY THE

2:40:40PORTLAND METRO CHAMBER AND

2:40:42THEIR POLITICAL ACTION

2:40:43COMMITTEE, UNITED FOR PORTLAND.

2:40:45IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THESE

2:40:47COUNCILORS ARE SELLING OUT

2:40:49PORTLAND AND ITS ENVIRONMENT IN

2:40:51EXCHANGE FOR CAMPAIGN

2:40:52ENDORSEMENTS AND FINANCIAL

2:40:54CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE PORTLAND

2:40:55BUSINESS ALLIANCE, UNITED FOR

2:40:57PORTLAND AND OTHER GROUPS

2:40:58LOBBYING TO MAXIMIZE THEIR

2:41:00CORPORATE PROFIT AT THE EXPENSE

2:41:02OF EVERY PORTLANDERS FUTURE.

2:41:05MAKING PORTLAND A MAJOR WEST

2:41:06COAST HUB GREATLY INCREASES THE

2:41:08RISK TO PORTLANDERS AND THE

2:41:10CITY WE LOVE, WHILE DOING VERY

2:41:12LITTLE TO BENEFIT OUR LOCAL

2:41:14ECONOMY. I WILL END BY ASKING

2:41:15YOU ALL A SIMPLE QUESTION WHICH

2:41:17SIDE ARE YOU ON? PORTLAND

2:41:20FAMILIES OR THE SIDE OF MORE

2:41:22TRAINS, MORE RISK OF SPILLS AND

2:41:24EXPLOSIONS, MORE CORPORATE

2:41:25PROFITS AND MORE RISK FOR

2:41:27PORTLAND'S ENVIRONMENT FOR

2:41:28DECADES TO COME? THANK YOU ALL.

2:41:31>> THANK YOU.

2:41:35>> HI, MY NAME IS HELENA. I'M A

2:41:37RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR.

2:41:39SINCE I KNOW THE INDUSTRY

2:41:41PRESSURE IS POWERFUL, LET'S

2:41:43ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE

2:41:44ROOM. THE COMBUSTION FUEL

2:41:47INDUSTRY, AND HAVE NO ILLUSIONS.

2:41:49MOST RENEWABLE FUELS ARE

2:41:51PRODUCED BY THE SAME MEGA

2:41:53CORPORATIONS THAT PRODUCE

2:41:53FOSSIL FUELS. I CAN GIVE YOU

2:41:56REFERENCES. AND THEY ARE. WHO

2:41:58BROUGHT US PRESIDENT TRUMP AND

2:42:00HIS WAR OF DELUSION IN IRAN,

2:42:02WHICH HAS NOT ONLY BLOWN UP

2:42:04PEOPLE BUT HAS BLOWN FUEL

2:42:05PRICES OUT OF THE WATER.

2:42:08ADDITIONALLY, THIS INDUSTRY HAS

2:42:09BLOWN SMOKE TO TRY TO HIDE THE

2:42:11IMPACTS THEY KNEW FOR DECADES

2:42:13ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THEIR

2:42:16PRODUCT EATS INTO FRONTLINE

2:42:17COMMUNITY POCKETBOOKS WITH

2:42:19ASTHMA CARE, LUNG AND HEART

2:42:21DISEASE, EARLY DEMENTIA, AND

2:42:24OTHER ILLNESSES. IS OUR ECONOMY

2:42:26BETTER BECAUSE OF FOSSIL FUEL

2:42:28INDUSTRY RECOMMENDATIONS? OUR

2:42:30JOBS PAYING MORE LIVABLE WAGES,

2:42:32OR ARE THEY MORE SECURE? I WANT

2:42:34GOOD JOBS, BUT I DON'T THINK

2:42:36LISTENING TO THE FOSSIL FUEL

2:42:37INDUSTRY IS THE WAY YOU GET IT.

2:42:40I SECOND WHAT COUNCILOR KANAL

2:42:41SAID. THERE IS NO ECONOMY

2:42:43WITHOUT PEOPLE. AND BEYOND THAT,

2:42:45THERE'S A DISCONNECT BETWEEN

2:42:47THIS IDEA THAT THE INDUSTRY IS

2:42:49SAYING BETWEEN THEM, QUOTE,

2:42:52NEEDING THE FLEXIBILITY OF MORE

2:42:54TANK STORAGE TO HELP US IN A

2:42:56DISASTER AND THE FACT THAT A

2:42:59DISASTER WILL LIKELY SPILL FUEL

2:43:00INTO THE WATER AND COME ON FIRE

2:43:03AND PREVENT MORE FUEL FROM

2:43:04COMING IN AT THE SAME TIME. SO

2:43:06AT A MINIMUM, I URGE YOU TO

2:43:07SUPPORT COUNCILOR GREEN'S THREE

2:43:09AMENDMENTS BASED ON COMMUNITY

2:43:11COALITION RECOMMENDATIONS. I

2:43:13WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IT'S

2:43:16ESSENTIAL TO ELIMINATE

2:43:17LOOPHOLES FOR ALL FUELS.

2:43:20RENEWABLE DIESEL, AVIATION FUEL

2:43:22AND RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS ARE

2:43:24NOT SAFER THAN FOSSIL FUELS.

2:43:26INSTEAD, THEY CREATE THE SAME

2:43:27LOCAL HAZARDS THREATEN HUMAN

2:43:29FUEL SUPPLY. I'M SORRY. HUMAN

2:43:30FOOD SUPPLY, WATER SUPPLY AND

2:43:32SLOW THE TRANSITION TO MORE

2:43:33EFFICIENT ELECTRIC OPTIONS.

2:43:36SEPARATELY REGARDING COUNCILOR

2:43:37NOVICK AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, I

2:43:39APPRECIATE THE INTENT. I AM

2:43:40CONCERNED THAT THE 40%

2:43:42REQUIREMENT IS TOO PRESCRIPTIVE,

2:43:43AND I DO NOT WANT TO SEE MONEY

2:43:45GOING TO THE, QUOTE, REDUCTION

2:43:47OF DIESEL EMISSIONS BY SPENDING

2:43:48MONEY ON RENEWABLE DIESEL. THAT

2:43:51CONTRIBUTES NOTHING TO THE

2:43:52SAFETY OF THE SEA. I THANK YOU

2:43:54FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY.

2:43:56>> THANK YOU.

2:43:57>> ALEX. CHRISTINE WALKER.

2:44:06YOU'RE MUTED. THERE WE GO.

2:44:10>> I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW IF YOU

2:44:11GUYS CAN SEE ME, BUT EITHER WAY

2:44:13LET MY WORDS CARRY. GOOD

2:44:15AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCILORS.

2:44:17MY NAME IS ALICE CHRISTINE

2:44:18WALKER. I'M A 20 YEAR RESIDENT

2:44:21OF PORTLAND, A SMALL FARMER IN

2:44:23THE LAND USE CHAIR FOR EAST

2:44:24COLUMBIA NEIGHBORHOOD.

2:44:26TESTIFYING TODAY. IN MY

2:44:27PERSONAL CAPACITY AS AN

2:44:29IMPACTED COMMUNITY MEMBER. I AM

2:44:31HERE IN FIERCE SOLIDARITY WITH

2:44:33OUR NEIGHBORS IN LINTON AND THE

2:44:35RIVER COMMUNITIES, FIGHTING FOR

2:44:37REAL PROTECTIONS AT THE C. E I

2:44:39HUB. NORTH AND NORTHEAST

2:44:41PORTLAND HAVE CARRIED THE

2:44:42BURDEN OF THE CITY'S HEAVY

2:44:44INDUSTRIAL FOOTPRINT FOR FAR

2:44:45TOO LONG. LINTON CARRIES

2:44:48CATASTROPHIC FUEL AND SEISMIC

2:44:49RISKS ALONG THE WILLAMETTE EAST

2:44:52COLUMBIA ABSORBS UNCHECKED

2:44:53FREIGHT EXPANSION. 24 OVER

2:44:55SEVEN INDUSTRIAL NOISE AND

2:44:58UNCONTAINED RUNOFF ALONG THE

2:44:59COLUMBIA RIVER. AND YESTERDAY,

2:45:01WE LEARNED OUR COMMUNITY SKIES

2:45:03ARE SET TO BE FILLED WITH

2:45:04AMAZON DELIVERY DRONES. BOTH OF

2:45:07OUR COMMUNITIES SHARE THE EXACT

2:45:09SAME UNDERLYING VULNERABILITY

2:45:11HIGH RISK, LIQUEFACTION PRONE

2:45:14SOIL. HUB RISK DOES NOT EXIST

2:45:17IN A VACUUM. IT IS THE DIRECT

2:45:19RESULT OF A CITY WIDE PLANNING

2:45:21STRATEGY THAT CONCENTRATES HIGH

2:45:23HAZARD UNVETTED INDUSTRIAL USES

2:45:25IN PORTLAND'S MOST UNSTABLE

2:45:28ALLUVIAL SOILS. WHEN YOU ALLOW

2:45:30HEAVY INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS TO

2:45:32EXPAND RIGHT NEXT TO OUR HOMES,

2:45:34OUR WORKING FARMLAND, WITHOUT

2:45:36REAL OVERSIGHT, YOU AREN'T JUST

2:45:39CREATING A DAILY LIVABILITY

2:45:40CRISIS. YOU ARE COMPOUNDING OUR

2:45:42VULNERABILITY TO FLOODING,

2:45:44LEVEE STRAIN, AND SEISMIC

2:45:46DISASTER. I AM HERE TODAY TO

2:45:48DEMAND THAT THE CITY FINALLY

2:45:49RECKON WITH THIS. THE SYSTEMIC

2:45:51HARM AND DISPARATE DAMAGE BEING

2:45:53DONE TO OUR FRONTLINE

2:45:54COMMUNITIES AND ENVIRONMENT.

2:45:56FOR DECADES, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS

2:45:57HAVE BEEN TREATED AS EXPENDABLE

2:45:59SACRIFICE ZONES FOR PORTLAND'S

2:46:02INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY. WE ARE

2:46:03CALLING ON THE CITY COUNCIL TO

2:46:06ENACT SERIOUS, ENFORCEABLE,

2:46:09COMPREHENSIVE, CITY WIDE POLICY

2:46:11THAT PROTECTS NOT ONLY OUR MOST

2:46:13VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT

2:46:15FUTURE GENERATIONS. AS YOU

2:46:17DELIBERATE ON THESE AMENDMENTS

2:46:18TODAY, I URGE YOU TO VOTE FOR

2:46:20THE STRONGEST, UNCOMPROMISED

2:46:22PROTECTIONS ON THE TABLE. DO

2:46:24NOT CREATE INDUSTRIAL CARVE

2:46:26OUTS AND DO NOT DELAY

2:46:27COMPLIANCE TIMELINES. A WATERED

2:46:29DOWN SAFETY CODE PROTECTS

2:46:31CORPORATE PROFITS, NOT HUMAN

2:46:32LIVES. PLEASE STOP LOOKING THE

2:46:34OTHER WAY WHILE OUR SOILS ARE

2:46:35SATURATED.

2:46:36>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALICE.

2:46:37SORRY.

2:46:38>> WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARM,

2:46:39STOP THE BLEEDING AND PROTECT

2:46:40OUR RIVER CORRIDORS BEFORE THE

2:46:41NEXT DISASTER.

2:46:42>> THANK YOU.

2:46:43>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

2:46:46>> BENJAMIN GILBERT, OUR LAST

2:46:49TESTIFIER TODAY IS MICHAELA

2:46:51MCCORMICK.

2:47:03>> HELLO, COUNCILORS. MICHAELA

2:47:05MCCORMICK. WE'D BE GLAD TO KNOW

2:47:08I'M YOUR LAST TESTIFIER. MAYBE

2:47:09THAT'LL HELP YOU REMEMBER WHAT

2:47:11I SAY. THE CITY'S DRAFT OF A

2:47:14SO-CALLED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS

2:47:16JUST DANCING AROUND THE KIND OF

2:47:18PLAN NEEDED TO TRANSITION TO A

2:47:21DECARBONIZED ECONOMY. THE WORLD

2:47:23SCIENTISTS HAVE PLEADED FOR

2:47:24YEARS TO ADDRESS THE EVER

2:47:26GROWING CATASTROPHIC EFFECTS OF

2:47:28FOSSIL FUELS ON OUR CLIMATE.

2:47:30CONTINUING TO MERELY REGULATE

2:47:32THE KINDS AND AMOUNTS OF FUELS

2:47:34IN THE CEI HUB DOESN'T COME

2:47:36CLOSE TO ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM.

2:47:38THE CITY NEEDS TO IMMEDIATELY

2:47:40BEGIN COLLABORATING WITH OTHER

2:47:42LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL

2:47:44GOVERNMENTS TO DEVISE A

2:47:45CONCRETE TRANSITION AWAY FROM

2:47:47FOSSIL FUELS AND A

2:47:49SEQUESTRATION OF THE CARBON IN

2:47:50OUR AIR. ADDING MORE CO2 TO AN

2:47:54ALREADY OVERLOADED ATMOSPHERE

2:47:56THAT IS HELPING TO KILL

2:47:57MILLIONS OF HUMANS AND MORE

2:47:59THAN HUMANS, DEFIES LOGIC AND

2:48:01ANY SENSE OF COMPASSION. ONE

2:48:04CRUCIAL STEP TOWARD THAT

2:48:06TRANSITION IS BEGINNING IN 2027,

2:48:09THE IMMEDIATE AND COMPLETE

2:48:11DRAWDOWN OF THE FUELS IN THE

2:48:13CEI HUB. IT NEEDS TO INCLUDE

2:48:15ALL LIQUID FUELS, INCLUDING

2:48:17FOSSIL, SO-CALLED RENEWABLE,

2:48:19AND SO-CALLED SUSTAINABLE

2:48:21AVIATION FUELS. ALL OF THEM ARE

2:48:23COMBUSTIBLE AND HIGHLY TOXIC.

2:48:25THERE NEEDS TO BE ONE

2:48:27DEFINITION OF FUEL THAT ALIGNS

2:48:28WITH STATE REGULATIONS. THE

2:48:30DRAFT PLANS NEED TO THE NEEDS

2:48:34TO BE CLEANSED OF ANY AND ALL

2:48:37LOOPHOLES THAT ALLOW FOR

2:48:39EXPANSION OF FUEL STORAGE

2:48:40FACILITIES FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION

2:48:42RETROFITS, EXPANSION OF

2:48:44TRANSLOADING FACILITIES,

2:48:45EXEMPTION REQUESTS, AND FUEL

2:48:47TRANSFERS. THERE NEEDS TO BE

2:48:48ONE REVIEW PROTOCOL WITH A

2:48:50CLEAR SET OF CRITERIA, WHICH

2:48:52REQUIRE DEMONSTRATED EVIDENCE

2:48:53OF REDUCED RISK, INCREASED

2:48:55SAFETY AND PUBLIC BENEFIT.

2:48:57THERE MUST BE DEEP AND REPEATED

2:48:59ENGAGEMENT WITH THE IMPACTED

2:49:00COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY THE

2:49:02NEIGHBORING POOR AND BIPOC

2:49:04PORTIONS, WHERE DECISION MAKERS

2:49:07ARE REQUIRED TO RESPOND TO

2:49:10CONCERNS BEFORE MAKING

2:49:11DECISIONS. FINALLY, AND

2:49:13CRUCIALLY, THE PLAN NEEDS TO BE

2:49:15INCLUDED NEEDS TO INCLUDE

2:49:16CONSEQUENTIAL INCENTIVES FOR

2:49:18THE PUBLIC TO TRANSITION AWAY

2:49:19FROM FOSSIL FUELS TO TRULY

2:49:22SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOURCES.

2:49:24WITHOUT THAT, A COMPLETE

2:49:26DRAWDOWN IS NOT DOABLE. THANKS.

2:49:29>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY.

2:49:33COLLEAGUES AND THE FRIENDS OF

2:49:35THE PUBLIC, THANK YOU ALL SO

2:49:36MUCH FOR SHOWING UP TO TESTIFY

2:49:38TODAY. WE HAVE 17 MINUTES LEFT

2:49:39SCHEDULED FOR TODAY. THAT IS

2:49:40NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR US TO

2:49:42MEANINGFULLY ENGAGE IN

2:49:43DISCUSSION OF THE AMENDMENTS.

2:49:44AND SO I WILL PREVIEW FOR THE

2:49:45COMMUNITY THAT WE WILL BE BACK

2:49:48TO HEAR THIS AND HAVE MORE

2:49:50PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON THIS. ON

2:49:52SORRY, GRABBING THE DATE

2:49:55OCTOBER 1ST. WE'LL BE BACK TO

2:49:56DO MORE WORK ON THIS. SO

2:49:59COUNCILORS, RATHER THAN MOVE TO

2:50:01ANY AMENDMENTS, I'M GOING TO

2:50:02OPEN THE QUEUE TO SEE IF

2:50:03THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS,

2:50:04COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION, AND

2:50:06THEN WE MAY GET OUT OF HERE ON

2:50:08TIME. COUNCILOR KANAL.

2:50:09>> YEAH, THANKS, EVERYBODY FOR

2:50:11TESTIFYING. I REALLY APPRECIATE

2:50:12IT. I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT

2:50:14SOMEONE MENTIONED IN TESTIMONY

2:50:16LOOKING AT DIRECTIVE G ON

2:50:19DOCUMENT. YOU KNOW, IT'S THE

2:50:21ONE THAT SAYS CITY BUREAUS

2:50:23INCLUDING PB AND D PBEM AND

2:50:25PORTLAND FIRE AND RESCUE SHALL

2:50:26CONTINUE COLLABORATION AND

2:50:27COORDINATION. AND I WOULD JUST

2:50:29WELCOME ANY SPECIFIC THINGS

2:50:30THERE BECAUSE I'M ABSOLUTELY

2:50:31GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT.

2:50:32THANKS.

2:50:34>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR KANAL

2:50:36COUNCILOR GREEN.

2:50:39>> I JUST WANT TO THANK

2:50:40EVERYONE FOR THE TESTIMONY

2:50:41TODAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE REFERRED

2:50:44TO SUPPORT GREENS AMENDMENTS.

2:50:45AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I DIDN'T

2:50:47WORK ALONE ON THIS. SO THERE'S

2:50:48A NUMBER OF CO-SPONSORS ON THIS.

2:50:50WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO GET

2:50:51THIS THERE AND WORKED WITH YOU

2:50:53AND THE STAFF. SO I JUST WANT

2:50:55TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE.

2:50:56THANKS.

2:50:57>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GREEN.

2:50:59OKAY, COLLEAGUES. OH, COUNCILOR

2:51:01RYAN GREAT.

2:51:03>> THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, FOR

2:51:04ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE IN

2:51:06THE TESTIMONY. FOR THE RECORD,

2:51:08I ACTUALLY DO ENJOY PUBLIC

2:51:09TESTIMONY AND THERE WAS SOME

2:51:11REALLY ENTERTAINING MOMENTS

2:51:12TODAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I

2:51:14DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE

2:51:15TIME FOR A FULL LEGAL RISK

2:51:17REVIEW OF EACH AMENDMENT. HAS

2:51:19THAT ALREADY TAKEN PLACE? AND I

2:51:20JUST DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I ALSO

2:51:22RECEIVED SOME OF THESE JUST

2:51:23PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

2:51:26>> I CAN DIRECT RESPOND. I MEAN,

2:51:28I CAN'T SPEAK FOR OTHER

2:51:29AMENDMENTS, BUT THE ONES THAT

2:51:30ARE GREEN. PIRTLE-GUINEY CLERK,

2:51:34KOYAMA LANE AND KANAL WERE

2:51:37DEVELOPED IN SORT OF CONSTANT

2:51:39COMMUNICATION WITH CITY

2:51:40ATTORNEY LAUREN KING. THAT'S

2:51:43NOT EXACTLY THE SAME AS, YOU

2:51:45KNOW, PENCILS UP, SIT WITH IT

2:51:47FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND GO

2:51:49THROUGH A FULL LONG THINK ON IT.

2:51:51AND SO I THINK BETWEEN NOW AND

2:51:53OCTOBER 1ST, I EXPECT THAT

2:51:54THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

2:51:56BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW, WE WORK

2:51:57DIRECTLY WITH OUR LAND USE

2:51:59ATTORNEY WHO HAS THE EXPERIENCE

2:52:01ON THIS.

2:52:01>> THANKS. THANK YOU COUNCILOR.

2:52:02AND DID YOU WANT TO ADD

2:52:03ANYTHING, LAUREN?

2:52:06>> NOT NOT IN THE COUNCIL

2:52:08MEETING.

2:52:09>> AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION

2:52:12IS I'M TRYING TO SORT THROUGH

2:52:14ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS WITHIN

2:52:15THE AMENDMENT THAT YOU ALL DID.

2:52:17GOOD WORK, BY THE WAY, AND THE

2:52:19ONE THAT I WANT TO SEPARATE AND

2:52:21SPEND MORE TIME ON IS THE

2:52:23AVIATION FUEL EXCEPTION. WOULD

2:52:25THAT BE POSSIBLE OR IS IT ALL

2:52:26CLUMPED INTO ONE PACKAGE? I

2:52:29CAN'T TELL IF IT'S A SEPARATE

2:52:31AMENDMENT WITHIN AMENDMENTS, OR.

2:52:32>> I'M GETTING THE NOD FROM THE

2:52:34COUNCIL PRESIDENT THAT IT'S

2:52:35OKAY TO RESPOND. THE REASON.

2:52:36>> I'M USED TO BEING ABLE TO DO

2:52:38THIS. SO SORRY. I HAVE OLD

2:52:39HABITS.

2:52:40>> THE REASON THAT WE FORMATTED

2:52:42THE AMENDMENT IN THE WAY THAT

2:52:44IT IS FORMATTED IS TO MAKE IT

2:52:45EASIER TO GUIDE OURSELVES TO

2:52:47DISCUSSION OF DIFFERENT

2:52:48CONCEPTS. IT IS INTRODUCED AS A

2:52:50SINGLE AMENDMENT. I WOULD SAY

2:52:52AS A CO-SPONSOR, MY HOPE

2:52:54PERSONALLY IS TO BE ABLE TO

2:52:55PASS IT AS A SINGLE AMENDMENT,

2:52:57BUT IT WAS INTRODUCED IN THAT

2:52:59WAY SO THAT WE CAN DIG IN ON

2:53:01DIFFERENT PIECES, THINK ABOUT

2:53:02WHAT'S IN EACH OF THEM WITH

2:53:05THOSE SEPARATE LISTINGS AND

2:53:07HEADERS TO GUIDE US TO THOSE

2:53:10PLACES, KNOWING THAT THERE

2:53:11WOULD BE PORTIONS OF THE

2:53:12AMENDMENT THAT ARE POTENTIALLY

2:53:14THAT POTENTIALLY RAISE MORE

2:53:16QUESTIONS THAN OTHERS.

2:53:18>> LIKE THE ONE I MENTIONED.

2:53:19>> LIKE THE ONE YOU MENTIONED.

2:53:21>> THANK YOU. I'LL GET OUT OF

2:53:22HERE SINCE THERE'S NOT MUCH

2:53:24TIME LEFT, BUT WANT TO GET THAT

2:53:25INTO THE RECORD. THANKS.

2:53:27>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR RYAN.

2:53:30PAUSING FOR DRAMATIC EFFECT.

2:53:33OKAY, COLLEAGUES, THE HEARING

2:53:35ON THE RECOMMENDED DRAFT OF THE

2:53:36C E HUB POLICY PROJECT IS

2:53:38CONTINUED TO AN ADDITIONAL

2:53:39MEETING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL

2:53:41ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 AT 2:00 PM.

2:53:44THE HEARING ON THE BULK FUEL

2:53:46TERMINAL CAPACITY REDUCTION

2:53:47REGULATIONS AMENDMENTS TO TITLE

2:53:4917 IS IS CONTINUED TO A MEETING

2:53:52BEFORE THE PORTLAND CITY

2:53:53COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2026,

2:53:54ALSO AT 2:00 PM. AS A POINT OF

2:53:57INFORMATION, WE ARE ALSO

2:53:58TENTATIVELY HOLDING TIME FOR

2:53:59THESE ITEMS AS NECESSARY. ON

2:54:01OCTOBER 7TH, 2026, THE RECORD

2:54:03FOR ORAL TESTIMONY ON THESE TWO

2:54:05ORDINANCES IS NOW CLOSED. THE

2:54:07WRITTEN TESTIMONY WILL REMAIN

2:54:08OPEN UNTIL 12:00 PM ON THURSDAY,

2:54:12OCTOBER 1ST. THAT DOESN'T MAKE.

2:54:17BASED ON HOW COUNCIL

2:54:19DELIBERATIONS ON. BASED ON

2:54:20COUNCIL DELIBERATIONS ON

2:54:21POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS, COUNCIL

2:54:22MAY DECIDE TO REOPEN THE RECORD

2:54:25FOR ORAL OR WRITTEN TESTIMONY

2:54:26AT A FUTURE MEETING. I'M

2:54:28LOOKING TO MY LAND USE ATTORNEY

2:54:30TO SEE WHAT ELSE I NEED TO SAY.

2:54:32>> YOU DID A GREAT JOB AND I'LL

2:54:33JUST RECAPTURE SO EVERYONE

2:54:36UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS ITEM,

2:54:37BOTH OF THESE ITEMS ARE COMING

2:54:38BACK OCTOBER 1ST AT 2:00. AT

2:54:40THIS POINT, THE ORAL RECORD IS

2:54:43CLOSED. THAT MEANS THERE'LL BE

2:54:43NO MORE PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON

2:54:45THAT DATE, BUT THE WRITTEN

2:54:47RECORD. SO YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO

2:54:48SUBMIT WRITTEN TESTIMONY WILL

2:54:49REMAINS OPEN UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST

2:54:55AT NOON. COUNCIL MAY, IN ITS

2:54:59DELIBERATIONS ON OCTOBER 1ST,

2:55:01DECIDE TO REOPEN THE RECORD FOR

2:55:03ADDITIONAL ORAL TESTIMONY. SO

2:55:06CONTINUE TO FOLLOW ALONG

2:55:07BECAUSE THERE MAY BE MORE

2:55:09OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORAL

2:55:10TESTIMONY. BUT AT THIS POINT IT

2:55:12IS CLOSED.

2:55:12>> THANK YOU LAUREN. THANK YOU

2:55:14ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TESTIMONY

2:55:15FOR BEING HERE TODAY. WITH THAT,

2:55:17WE ARE ADJOURNED.