2026-09-29 - Work Session (2)

00:34>> THIS IS COUNCILOR SMITH. I'M

00:36ON LINE. ADAM, CAN YOU LET THE

00:43CLERK KNOW THAT I'M ONLINE?

00:50>> AYE, MORILLO COUNCILOR SMITH,

00:51THIS IS REBECCA. I'LL MAKE SURE

00:53DIANA AND CHAMBERS KNOWS YOU'RE

00:54HERE. THANK YOU.

00:57>> PERFECT. THANK YOU.

08:43>> KICK US OFF. GOOD MORNING.

08:47IT IS 934 ON TUESDAY, I BELIEVE.

08:51SEPTEMBER 29TH. WE ARE OPENING

08:52THIS WORK SESSION, AND I AM

08:55GOING TO TURN THINGS

08:56IMMEDIATELY OVER TO COUNCILOR

08:57KANAL, WHO THE COUNCIL

08:58PRESIDENT HAS ASKED TO RUN OUR

09:00WORK SESSION TODAY.

09:01>> GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.

09:04COLLEAGUES, TODAY IS THE FIRST

09:05OF TWO WORK SESSIONS ON OUR

09:072027 FEDERAL AND STATE

09:09LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS. WE'RE

09:10GOING TO BE HEARING A

09:11PRESENTATION FROM OUR OFFICE OF

09:13GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND THEN

09:14MOVING INTO SOME QUESTIONS. I

09:15WANT TO START BY JUST THANKING

09:17DIRECTOR CHASE, EVAN, EVERYONE

09:19FROM JACK, EVERYONE FROM OGR

09:20WHO HAS WORKED SO DILIGENTLY TO

09:22PREPARE FOR TODAY. WE KNOW THAT

09:24IT IS A DIFFICULT JOB TO

09:25PREPARE A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA

09:26THAT HAS GOTTEN MORE DIFFICULT

09:28AS NOW YOU HAVE TO COMBINE

09:30ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES,

09:31MAYORAL PRIORITIES, COUNCIL

09:33PRIORITIES, AND FEEDBACK FROM

09:34PREVIOUS YEARS AND FORM ONE

09:35UNIFIED LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

09:37HAVING SAID THAT, WE ALSO KNOW

09:38THAT YOU DID A REALLY GREAT JOB

09:40OF IT LAST YEAR, GOT TO A PLACE

09:42WHERE WE COULD PASS LEGISLATIVE

09:43AGENDAS WITH A 120 VOTE, AND I

09:45KNOW WE CAN COME TOGETHER THIS

09:46YEAR ONCE AGAIN TO IDENTIFY TOP

09:48PRIORITIES AND ADVOCATE FOR

09:49PORTLANDERS IN BOTH SALEM AND

09:51DC. SO THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S

09:52WORK SESSION IS TO BUILD

09:54TOWARDS FOCUS, STRATEGIC, STATE

09:55AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS

09:56THAT REFLECT WHERE THERE IS

09:57SHARED INTEREST ACROSS COUNCIL,

09:59THE MAYOR, AND THE

10:00ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH. SO OGR

10:02IS HERE WITH US TODAY TO FIRST

10:04SHARE MORE ABOUT THE ISSUES

10:05THAT WERE SUBMITTED THROUGH

10:06THEIR CALL FOR ISSUE SHEETS AND

10:07OTHER INPUT, AND TO SHARE

10:09PRELIMINARY DRAFT AGENDAS. THE

10:10GOAL IS NOT TO FINALIZE EVERY

10:12SINGLE DETAIL OF THE

10:13LEGISLATIVE AGENDA TODAY. IN

10:16PARTICULAR, ON THE FEDERAL SIDE,

10:17WE'LL HAVE MORE TO WAIT ON, BUT

10:18IT IS TO CONTINUE NARROWING AND

10:20STRENGTHENING THE AGENDA SO

10:21THAT BY THE END OF THIS PROCESS

10:23IN DECEMBER, WE HAVE A CLEAR

10:24SET OF PRIORITIES WE CAN TAKE

10:26TO BOTH CAPITALS WITH A STRONG

10:27AND UNIFIED CITY VOICE. A FEW

10:29WEEKS AGO, WE HAD A WORK

10:30SESSION ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TO

10:32TEE US UP, AND TODAY IS THE

10:33BEGINNING OF THAT LARGER

10:35DISCUSSION. SO WE HAVE OGR HAS

10:37A PRESENTATION THAT'S ABOUT 30

10:38MINUTES LONG. THE IDEA IS TO

10:40LET THEM GET THROUGH THE FULL

10:42PRESENTATION, AND THEN OPEN IT

10:43UP TO QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK IN

10:45ABOUT FOUR CATEGORIES. FIRST IS

10:47TECHNICAL Q&A, THEN DISCUSSING

10:50THE SORT OF UNDERLYING

10:51PRINCIPLES, I THINK OPERATING

10:52PRINCIPLES, VETTING CRITERIA,

10:54THINGS LIKE THAT. THEN WE'LL DO

10:55THE FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA,

10:56WHICH WE EXPECT TO BE

10:58RELATIVELY SHORT. AND I'LL

10:59EXPLAIN WHY IN A MOMENT. AND

11:00THEN THE BULK OF OUR TIME WILL

11:02BE ON THE STATE LEGISLATIVE

11:03AGENDA. YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS ON

11:06ANY OF THAT BEFORE WE GET

11:07STARTED? DIRECTOR CHASE, THE

11:08FLOOR IS YOURS. THANKS,

11:09EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE.

11:11>> WELL, THANKS SO MUCH. I'M

11:12SAM CHASE, I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR

11:13THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT

11:15RELATIONS, AND WE'LL INTRODUCE

11:17JACK. AND AND WE'VE GOT EVAN

11:18MITCHELL AND JACK ARRIAGA, WHO

11:20WE WILL INTRODUCE FURTHER IN A

11:22MOMENT. AND SO I'M JUST GOING

11:24TO KICK IT OFF HERE AND GET

11:26GOING. I WANT TO THANK THE

11:28COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND THE

11:31ADMINISTRATION AND THE SUBJECT

11:32MATTER EXPERTS. AND THE CITY

11:34FOLKS HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, IN

11:37INCREDIBLY TEAM ORIENTED AS

11:39WE'VE WORKED THROUGH SO MANY OF

11:40THESE DIFFICULT ISSUES THAT ARE

11:41PART OF THIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA,

11:43AND YOU'LL CONTINUE TO HEAR THE

11:45THEME THAT YOU ALWAYS HEAR FROM

11:47US, WHICH IS WHEN WE WE ACT

11:49COLLECTIVELY, WHEN WE ACT IN A

11:50UNIFIED VOICE, WE ARE SO MUCH

11:53STRONGER AND MORE INFLUENTIAL

11:54AND POWERFUL IN OUR

11:57PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE STATE

11:58LEGISLATURE AND, AND FEDERAL

12:01DECISION MAKERS. SO. THAT WE'RE

12:05OKAY. SO JUST A QUICK REVIEW OF

12:07THE AGENDA. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE

12:08GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH TODAY.

12:11THERE ARE THREE AREAS WHERE WE

12:13HOPE TO COLLECT MORE OF YOUR

12:15INPUT AND CONTEXT AS WE GO

12:17THROUGH THIS PROCESS. ONE IS

12:19JUST AROUND GOVERNMENT

12:20RELATIONS OPERATIONS. HOW ARE

12:22WE WORKING TOGETHER

12:23COLLABORATIVELY ON GOVERNMENT

12:25RELATIONS? HOW ARE WE

12:26PROCESSING YOUR DECISION MAKING?

12:29HOW ARE WE FACILITATING? HOW

12:30HOW IS THAT MOVING FORWARD? SO

12:32THAT'S ONE IMPORTANT BUCKET.

12:35AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSS FEDERAL

12:36LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. AND THAT

12:39WILL PROBABLY BE A LITTLE

12:41SKINNIER THIS WORK SESSION,

12:43BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE HOW

12:45THOSE RESULTS COME FORWARD IN

12:48THE IN THE ELECTION. AND WE'LL

12:49HAVE SOME UPDATES AND

12:52MODIFICATIONS IN DECEMBER AND

12:54OUR DECEMBER WORK SESSION. SO

12:55WE'RE REALLY LEANING MORE

12:57TOWARD THE STATE LEGISLATIVE

12:58STUFF, WHICH HAS A TIGHTER

12:59TIMELINE RIGHT NOW. BUT

13:02NEVERTHELESS, IT'S ALL OPEN FOR

13:04DIALOG, AND WE WANT TO ENGAGE

13:05IN ALL OF IT. THE WORK SESSION

13:10GOALS ARE HERE. WE REALLY THE

13:12SHORT VERSION OF OUR WORK

13:14SESSION GOALS IS TO REALLY

13:16UNDERSTAND ARE WE GETTING IT

13:18RIGHT? DID THE DO THE MATERIALS

13:19THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER FOR THE

13:21FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE

13:23AGENDA LOOK LIKE THEY'RE

13:24CAPTURING THE AREAS WHERE

13:25THERE'S SOME CONSENSUS AMONG

13:27AMONGST COUNCIL, THE

13:29ADMINISTRATION, THE, THE, THE

13:31MAYOR'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, ARE

13:32WE ALIGNED? IS THE CITY ALIGNED

13:34ON THE ON THESE ISSUES? AND IF

13:36SO, WE CAN WE CAN CONTINUE TO

13:38MOVE THOSE FORWARD AND START TO

13:40WORK ON SOME OF THESE OTHER

13:42AREAS WHERE THERE'S NOT AS

13:43CLEAR CONSENSUS. SO WE'LL TALK

13:45A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.

13:51AND THEN ABOUT GOVERNMENT

13:53RELATIONS OPERATIONS. OF COURSE,

13:55WE PUT A DOCUMENT IN YOUR

13:57PACKETS AROUND HOW WE OPERATE,

14:01AND IT'S REALLY MORE OF A

14:04DESCRIPTION OF HOW WE'RE

14:05CURRENTLY OPERATING. IT'S NOT A

14:07RULE BOOK, IT'S NOT A GUIDEBOOK.

14:08IT'S WHAT OUR UNDERSTANDING IS

14:10OF HOW WE'VE COLLECTIVELY

14:12WORKED TOGETHER ON THESE ISSUES.

14:14AND IT'S KIND OF A RIGHT OR

14:16WRONG. THAT'S HOW WE'RE DOING

14:17IT. AND WE WANT TO BE

14:19TRANSPARENT AND SHOWING YOU HOW

14:20WE'RE DOING IT. AND SO, YOU

14:22KNOW, WELCOME AND APPRECIATE

14:24ANY ANY COMMUNICATIONS THERE.

14:27SO I WANT TO BE A BEGIN WITH A

14:29CLEAR EXPLANATION OF HOW OGR

14:32WORKS WITH THIS BODY. OUR ROLE

14:34IS NOT TO SET POLICY. WE'RE NOT

14:36POLICY MAKERS. INSTEAD, WE

14:38FACILITATE DECISION MAKING

14:39SUPPORT, A BALANCED AND

14:40TRANSPARENT PROCESS, AND

14:42COMMUNICATE CITY PRIORITIES TO

14:43OUR GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERS. IN

14:45FACT, THE MORE TRANSPARENCY,

14:46THE BETTER FOR US BECAUSE THEN

14:48WE KNOW WHERE WE STAND. I OFTEN

14:51SAY, I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT

14:53TO TELL THE TEAM TO GO DO DOWN

14:55IN THE LEGISLATURE, NOT TO HAVE

14:56THEM PROBLEM SOLVE THE THE

14:58POLICY MAKING PER SE, BUT TO

14:59GIVE YOU CHOICES ON WHERE AND

15:02HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON

15:03THOSE, ON THOSE STICKY ISSUES

15:06THAT DEVELOP. WE SPEAK WHEN

15:09WE'RE WORKING WITH THE

15:11LEGISLATURE BY BRINGING FOLKS

15:12DOWN TO TESTIFY, BY ENGAGING

15:14AND COMMUNICATING OURSELVES. WE

15:16SPEAK. WE SPEAK ON BEHALF OF

15:18THE CITY. WE DO NOT SPEAK FOR

15:20THE CITY. WE SPEAK ON BEHALF OF

15:22THE CITY. AND I THINK THAT'S AN

15:24IMPORTANT DISTINCTION. WE WE

15:27CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE INTERNAL

15:29VETTING, THOUGHTFUL ISSUE

15:31DEVELOPMENT, CONSENSUS BEFORE

15:32TAKING EXTERNAL ACTION. THE

15:34CITY HAS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE

15:35INFLUENCE. WHEN WE HAVE THAT

15:37UNIFIED VOICE, TRANSPARENCY IS

15:40ESSENTIAL. EARLY AND FREQUENT

15:43COMMUNICATION WITH US HELPS

15:45ADVANCE OUR SHARED PRIORITIES,

15:47AVOID SURPRISES, AND ENSURE YOU

15:49HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU

15:50NEED. AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE

15:52THINGS THAT WE WORK HARD TO

15:54UNDERSTAND IS YOUR INDIVIDUAL

15:56PRIORITIES AND THE PRIORITIES

15:57AND INTERESTS OF THE BUREAUS

16:00AND, AND SO THAT WE CAN TRACK

16:03AND MONITOR THOSE THINGS. BUT,

16:05YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT WE

16:07OPERATE ESSENTIALLY IS THAT

16:09OGRES RESOURCES ARE FOR THE USE

16:11OF THE CITY'S COLLECTIVE ACTION

16:14AND UNIFIED ACTION. AND SO

16:17THAT'S A DISTINCTION THAT'S

16:18DIFFERENT THAN WORKING ON

16:20INDIVIDUAL ISSUES THAT ARE

16:21EMERGING WITHIN PARTS OF THE

16:22CITY, THAT THAT MAY BE BUILDING

16:24SOME MOMENTUM, BUT DON'T YET

16:25HAVE THE CONSENSUS OR HAVEN'T

16:27YET MADE THE CASE FOR

16:31SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANCE THAT

16:33WOULD REALLY AFFECT THE CITY'S

16:35ABILITY TO DELIVER SERVICES. SO

16:38THAT'S A DISTINCTION THAT WE

16:39WORK WITH. AT THE SAME TIME, WE

16:41WORK TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT

16:44THOSE THOSE ISSUES ARE AND

16:46TRACK AND MONITOR. AND WE I

16:47THINK WE'VE BEEN PRETTY

16:49EFFECTIVE IN BEING ABLE TO STAY

16:51IN TOUCH WITH FOLKS ABOUT

16:52ISSUES THAT WE KNOW THAT MATTER

16:54TO THEM MOST. YOU KNOW, ONE OF

16:56THE ISSUES I BRING UP OFTEN IS,

16:58IS EDUCATION. ONE MIGHT SAY

16:59IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE

17:01OF THE DAY. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE

17:03HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

17:06THAT IT IS NOT THAT IT'S NOT ON

17:08OUR AGENDA IS NOT TO SAY THAT

17:09IT'S NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT

17:11ISSUE OF THE DAY. FOR EXAMPLE,

17:12IT IS TO SAY IT'S THE DIRECT

17:15RELATIONSHIP TO THE CITY'S CORE

17:16BUSINESS AND OUR AND FOCUSING

17:19ON OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER THE

17:21SERVICES THAT THE CITY DELIVERS,

17:23PROVIDES. THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF

17:26WHERE WE WORK TO TRY TO

17:28PRIORITIZE WITH YOU. AND I WANT

17:35TO ADDRESS KIND OF AND GET INTO

17:38SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT

17:39SENSITIVE, WHICH IS THERE ARE

17:41TIMES WHERE THERE ARE STRONG

17:46PERSPECTIVES ABOUT MOVING

17:47SOMETHING FORWARD THAT'S NOT

17:48ALIGNED WITH THE CITY'S AGENDA.

17:50AND FOLKS HAVE INDEPENDENTLY

17:53ELECTED OFFICIALS. WE WE DO NOT

17:55HAVE ANY AUTHORITY OR INTEREST

17:59IN MONITORING THAT, BUT OUR

18:01REQUEST IS TO WORK COLLECTIVELY

18:02AS A CITY AND TO AND TO WORK

18:05WITH US WHEN THOSE ISSUES COME

18:07UP THAT ARE. YOU KNOW, DRIVING

18:11YOUR YOUR INTEREST POTENTIALLY

18:13AND GOING OUT EXTERNALLY. CAN

18:16WE HELP INFORM YOU ABOUT THAT

18:18ISSUE? CAN WE HELP MAKE SURE

18:19THAT YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING

18:22OF WHERE THE CITY LIES ON THAT

18:24ISSUE, WHERE THE LEGISLATORS

18:26LIE ON THAT ISSUE? AND, YOU

18:28KNOW, WE DO IT IN A WAY THAT WE

18:31FEEL LIKE WE HOPE IS REALLY

18:33EMPOWERING YOUR UNDERSTANDING

18:34OF THE ISSUE AND ABILITY TO

18:35WORK ON IT. AND IT'S OUR

18:37MOTIVATION TO DO THAT BECAUSE

18:39WE WANT YOU TO KEEP COMING TO

18:40US. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S

18:42REALLY IMPORTANT TO US THAT

18:43WE'RE NOT BREAKING SOME TRUST

18:45BY YOU BRINGING US AN ISSUE

18:47EARLY ON THAT YOU MAYBE HAVEN'T

18:49WORKED OUT WITH THE REST OF THE

18:50CITY AT THAT POINT. SO I'M

18:52TRYING TO SAY THAT AS DIRECTLY

18:53AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I HAVE

18:54THAT CONVERSATION A LOT. AND

18:56IT'S IT'S SOMETHING WHERE OUR

18:58STAFF ARE KIND OF SOMETIMES IN

19:00A TOUGH POSITION BECAUSE WE'RE

19:03TRYING TO, TO TRY TO HAVE

19:05EVERYTHING WORK WELL OILED

19:07MACHINE. AND SO WHEN WE HAVE A

19:13CERTAINTY ABOUT WHERE THE CITY

19:14AS A WHOLE LANDS ON AN ISSUE

19:16AND WE'RE AND WE'RE ADDRESSING

19:18AN ISSUE THAT'S, YOU KNOW,

19:20MAYBE PART OF THE CITY OR, OR

19:22SOME ARE ADVOCATING IT GETS

19:24DIFFICULT. AND, AND, AND WE'RE

19:26HAPPY TO DO THE WORK. YOU KNOW,

19:28IF THERE WEREN'T CHALLENGES, WE

19:29WOULDN'T HAVE JOBS. BUT BUT I

19:32JUST WANT TO STATE THAT THAT'S

19:33SOMETHING THAT WE CONSTANTLY

19:34WANT TO KEEP WORKING WITH YOU

19:36ON. AND THE MORE WE PERFECT

19:38THAT THE STRONGER AND MORE

19:39EFFECTIVE WE ARE DOWN IN THE

19:42LEGISLATURE AND AT THE FEDERAL

19:43LEVEL. OKAY, I'M GOING TO MOVE

19:48ON TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT

19:50THE PROCESS. THE PROCESS IS A

19:52REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE

19:54TRANSPARENCY FOR US. SO IT'S

19:55REALLY AN ONGOING PROCESS.

19:57EVERY YEAR WE START OVER AGAIN

20:00AND, AND, AND THEY BLEND INTO

20:02EACH OTHER. BUT ESSENTIALLY, WE

20:05KICK OFF THE ANNUAL PROCESS IN

20:07ABOUT MAY AND WE ASK FOR ISSUE

20:09SHEETS. WE HAD MORE THAN 100

20:10ISSUE SHEETS SUBMITTED. AND AND

20:14SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE. AND

20:15THOSE GET VETTED OVER EACH WITH

20:18ITS OWN KIND OF LITTLE WAY OF

20:19GETTING VETTED OVER THE SUMMER.

20:22AND WE TRY TO BE AS

20:24COLLABORATIVE AND INCLUSIVE AS

20:25WE CAN WITH ALL THE INTERESTED

20:27PARTIES IN THE CITY AND GO

20:29THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND THEN,

20:30AND THEN DEVELOP THIS FIRST SET

20:32OF RECOMMENDATIONS. THAT AND

20:33THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORK

20:34SESSION WAS A PART OF THAT

20:36PROCESS TO REALLY FLESH OUT A

20:37BIG, YOU KNOW, PRIORITY. AND SO

20:40THEN WE BRING THOSE AND TRY TO

20:42PUT THOSE INTO THE AGENDAS IN

20:45WAYS THAT PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT

20:46OF FLEXIBILITY AS THESE ISSUES

20:48DEVELOP WITH LEGISLATIVE

20:50ENGAGEMENT OVER TIME. BUT WE

20:52TRY TO BE INCLUSIVE. AND THEN

20:54AND THEN THERE ARE SOME ISSUES

20:55THAT REALLY DON'T FILTER ONTO

21:00THIS, HAVEN'T FILTERED ONTO

21:01THIS AGENDA. I THINK WE'RE

21:03SOMETHING IN THE AREA OF 20 OR

21:06SO THAT AREN'T ON THERE. AND

21:09THIS IS A TOOL. SO, OH, LET ME

21:11JUST SAY, AND THEN WE'RE GOING

21:13TO BE COMING BACK. SO TODAY WE

21:16WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHAT'S

21:18MISSING, WHAT NEEDS TO BE

21:20REFINED, WHAT NEEDS TO BE

21:21DEVELOPED. WE'LL ALSO BE

21:22WORKING WITH LEGISLATORS TO

21:23PREPARE FOR THE LEGISLATURE.

21:24AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK IN

21:26DECEMBER. I THINK IT'S DECEMBER

21:272ND, ANOTHER WORK SESSION, AND

21:31THAT WILL GIVE US TIME, THE TWO

21:33WEEKS TIME NECESSARY TO THEN

21:35FILE THE AGENDA FOR YOUR

21:39APPROVAL BEFORE THE END OF

21:40DECEMBER, PREFERABLY THE LAST

21:42SORT OF COUNCIL CONVENING

21:44BEFORE END OF DECEMBER. AND

21:46THEN WE'LL HAVE A LEGISLATIVE

21:48BREAKFAST AND WE'LL BE OFF AND

21:50RUNNING. THE ISSUE EVALUATION

21:52CRITERIA IS, I THINK, A EMERGED

21:56AS A MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT

21:58TOOL AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS

22:00PROCESS, I THINK IT'S REALLY

22:01BEEN HELPFUL FOR US TO HAVE

22:03YOUR CLEAR SORT OF ASSESSMENT,

22:06GUIDANCE ON HOW TO EVALUATE THE

22:09ISSUES AND WHAT ARE THE CORE

22:12PRINCIPLES. I WON'T GO THROUGH

22:13ALL OF THESE, BUT I THINK, YOU

22:15KNOW, SOME OF THE SOME OF THEM

22:18ARE FAIRLY SELF-EXPLANATORY.

22:19AND OF COURSE, IN YOUR PACKET,

22:20THERE'S A MORE DESCRIPTIVE

22:23REVIEW OF THESE, THESE, THESE

22:26ITEMS. BUT YOU KNOW, IS THIS

22:29AND THIS IS INTENDING TO FOCUS

22:31NARROW OUR AGENDA TO THE POINT

22:33WHERE WE ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON

22:35MAXIMIZING THE CITY'S IMPACT,

22:38MAXIMIZING THE WORK THAT WE DO

22:41TO DEFEND OUR LOCAL AUTHORITY,

22:44YOU KNOW, PROTECT US FROM

22:47UNNECESSARY REGULATION, PROTECT

22:48US FROM UNFUNDED MANDATES, BUT

22:50TO REALLY DRIVE THOSE CORE

22:52THINGS THAT WE NEED, AND THE

22:53MORE FOCUSED WE ARE, THE MORE

22:55EFFECTIVE WE CAN BE IN THOSE

22:56REALLY BIG PRIORITY AREAS. AND

22:58SO WE'RE, WE'RE CONSTANTLY

23:00LOOKING TO, TO TRY TO REFINE

23:01AND DO THAT WORK. SO, YOU KNOW,

23:05THESE ARE SOME OF THE EXAMPLES.

23:06POLITICAL VIABILITY IS AN

23:07IMPORTANT ONE. YES, THAT MAY BE

23:10THE RIGHT THING, BUT HOW VIABLE

23:13IS IT? IS IT IS IT SOMETHING WE

23:15TAKE TO THE LEGISLATURE NOW, OR

23:16IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE WORK ON

23:18OVER TIME AND, AND, AND GET

23:21SOME WINS ALONG THE WAY, OR

23:23BUILD A BIGGER COALITION SO

23:24THAT WE CAN GO IN AND REALLY

23:26RESOLVE AND ADDRESS THAT ISSUE

23:28ONCE AND FOR ALL, YOU KNOW,

23:29ISSUES LIKE. YOU KNOW, TAX

23:33REFORM ARE ONES THAT ARE VERY

23:36SIGNIFICANT, BUT POLITICAL

23:37VIABILITY IS GOING TO TAKE SOME

23:39TIME TO GET THERE. CITY'S

23:41ABILITY TO IMPACT, IS IT

23:42SOMETHING WE ARE READY TO

23:44ACTUALLY GO AND MOVE FORWARD?

23:46IS IT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY

23:48IS IS GOING TO GO ASK OUR

23:50PARTNERS IN THE LEGISLATURE TO

23:51GIVE US AUTHORITY TO DO

23:52SOMETHING, AND WE'RE READY TO

23:53DO IT. THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US

23:55MONEY. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE

23:57SHOVELS ARE ARE JUST WAITING TO

23:58HIT THE GROUND BECAUSE OF. BUT

24:00FOR THEIR RESOURCES, THOSE

24:02KINDS OF STRATEGIC EVALUATIONS.

24:05SO CERTAINLY HAPPY TO TALK MORE

24:07ABOUT THAT. BUT IS THERE A

24:08CLARIFYING QUESTION, COUNCILOR,

24:11THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS RIGHT

24:12NOW?

24:13>> YEAH. COUNCILOR. KOYAMA LANE.

24:14>> YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO

24:16CLARIFY AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S

24:18CRYSTAL CLEAR WHAT YOU'RE

24:19HOPING FROM US AND THAT MAKING

24:22SURE THAT I HEARD IT CORRECTLY,

24:23THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO TESTIFY

24:28IN SALEM FOR OR AGAINST

24:29SOMETHING, THAT WE MAKE SURE WE

24:30REACH OUT TO YOU, GIVE YOU A

24:32HEADS UP. AND I'VE DONE THAT

24:34BEFORE. AND USUALLY YOU ASK

24:35THAT, I JUST SAY I'M SPEAKING

24:37ON BEHALF OF MYSELF. IS THAT

24:39WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR? JUST

24:40WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M.

24:42>> YES, YES. AND, AND THANK YOU.

24:44AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I

24:45MEAN, I WANT TO SAY THAT THE

24:47COUNCIL HAS BEEN REALLY I MEAN,

24:48THERE ARE TIMES WHERE THERE'S

24:50LIKE NOT QUITE PERFECT, RIGHT?

24:52BUT HONESTLY, IT'S BEEN REALLY

24:53QUITE GOOD. AND, AND, AND THE

24:56PARTNERSHIP HAS FELT SO GOOD

24:57WITH THIS COUNCIL AROUND THAT

24:59DIALOG. AND SO YES, THAT, THAT

25:01IS IT. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THE

25:05SOONER YOU CAN TELL US YOU'RE

25:07GOING TO GO DOWN AND TESTIFY,

25:08THE MORE INFORMATION WE'RE

25:09GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET YOU AND

25:11TO SHARE WITH YOU. AND WE MIGHT

25:13SAY, HEY, THIS IS GOING TO BE A

25:15CHALLENGE FOR US, YOU KNOW, BUT

25:16BUT THAT'S INFORMATION THAT YOU

25:18STILL WE RESPECT YOUR DECISION

25:19AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHATEVER

25:21THAT DECISION IS. AND WE REALLY

25:23APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO

25:24BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU OUR INPUT

25:26BEFOREHAND. THAT'S REALLY

25:26THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT IS.

25:28>> I WOULD GO, HI, EVAN

25:30MITCHELL. I WOULD GO A LEVEL

25:32DEEPER AND SAY THAT I OFTEN GET

25:34TEXT MESSAGES AND PHONE CALLS

25:35AND STAFF GRABBING ME IN THE

25:36CAPITAL SAYING LIKE, HEY,

25:38COUNCILOR KOYAMA LANE IS HERE.

25:40WHAT'S SHE DOING TODAY? AND SO

25:41WHEN YOU CATCH US BY SURPRISE,

25:43WE DON'T LOOK AS ORGANIZED AND

25:45COORDINATED AS WE DO OR AS WE

25:47COULD, WHEREAS I CAN SAY, OH,

25:48YOU KNOW, SHE'S PLANNING ON

25:50TESTIFYING ON X, Y, AND Z. AND

25:53SO IT'S REALLY HELPFUL FOR US

25:55BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS EYES ON

25:56YOU ALL WHEN YOU'RE DOWN THERE

25:58AND THEY'RE REPORTING TO US AND

25:59ASKING US QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT

26:01YOU'RE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH.

26:03>> AND IS THAT EVEN IF WE'RE

26:04DOWN THERE, LIKE SUPPORTING

26:06WITH A PROCLAMATION, JUST NOT

26:07EVEN SPEAKING JUST THERE, YOU

26:09WANT US, YOU WANT TO KNOW WHEN

26:10WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THAT

26:12BUILDING.

26:12>> IT'S REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE

26:13IT JUST, IT SHOWS THAT WE KNOW

26:16YOU'RE THERE. AND THEN WHEN

26:17PEOPLE ASK QUESTIONS, WE KNOW.

26:18AND THEN THAT SHOWS THAT THE

26:19CITY IS COORDINATED AND

26:21COLLABORATIVE, AND IT EMPOWERS

26:22AND HELPS WHATEVER COUNCIL

26:24MIGHT BE DOWN THERE TO, TO, TO

26:26HAVE THE STAFF KNOWING AND

26:27DOING THAT. AND THEN ALSO THERE

26:29MAY BE, EVEN IF IT'S A

26:31PROCLAMATION, I THINK IT'S LESS

26:32ABOUT WHAT THE TECHNICAL ISSUE

26:34OF THE LEGISLATION IS, IS ABOUT

26:36THE, THE PUBLIC APPEARANCE AND,

26:38AND JUST BEING ALL ON THE SAME

26:40PAGE.

26:41>> THAT'S HELPFUL.

26:41>> THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT'S A

26:43GREAT QUESTION. AND THANK YOU

26:44FOR ASKING, BECAUSE JUST AN

26:47IMPORTANT PART OF HOW WE ALL

26:48WORK TOGETHER. OKAY. WE'RE

26:52GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE FEDERAL.

26:54BEFORE I JUMP AND TOSS IT OFF

26:57TO JACK, I JUST WANT TO SHARE A

26:58LITTLE BIT. YOU'LL HEAR SOME

27:00MORE FROM EACH OF THEM ABOUT

27:01THE CHALLENGES. WE KNOW THAT

27:02THERE ARE BIG CHALLENGES AHEAD

27:04IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE. WE

27:06KNOW THAT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW,

27:08ENORMOUS CHALLENGES WITH THE

27:10THE H.R. ONE, THE SO-CALLED BIG

27:13BEAUTIFUL BILL AND THE

27:16IMPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN

27:17DELAYED UNTIL JANUARY 1ST SO

27:19THAT THEY COULD GET THROUGH THE

27:21ELECTIONS, THAT THOSE ARE GOING

27:22TO BE, YOU KNOW, VERY

27:23SIGNIFICANT. THE WILDFIRE

27:26FUNDING THAT CONTINUES TO, YOU

27:27KNOW, BE A DRAG. OTHER

27:32SIGNIFICANT AND REVENUE ISSUES.

27:37SO A LEGISLATURE THAT SAYS, NO

27:39NEW PROGRAM, WE DON'T WANT NEW

27:41THINGS. AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE,

27:44YOU KNOW, I WOULD I WOULD SAY

27:46THE MOST DIFFICULT LEGISLATIVE

27:48SESSION FOR THIS BODY SINCE THE

27:49GREAT RECESSION. AND SO WHEN WE

27:53ARE DEVELOPING AN AGENDA THAT

27:56HAS NEW IDEAS, I THINK IT'S.

28:00AND THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE

28:01ALWAYS ARE. AND THAT'S

28:04UNDERSTOOD. BUT IT'S GOING TO

28:05BE A CHALLENGE. AND WHEN WE

28:07SHOW THAT WE'RE UNDERSTANDING

28:08THE PLACE WHERE THEY ARE AND

28:11THAT WE'RE COLLABORATORS TO

28:12HELP THEM PROBLEM SOLVE BY NOT

28:14BRINGING THEM A TREMENDOUS

28:16NUMBER OF REQUESTS, BUT A

28:17TARGETED, FOCUSED SET OF

28:20REQUESTS. THEY LEAN INTO THAT

28:21AND THEY FEEL LIKE THAT'S A

28:23PARTNERSHIP THAT IS VALUABLE TO

28:24THEM. AND IT GIVES US A LOT OF

28:26POWER BECAUSE PORTLAND, AGAIN,

28:27IS IN KIND OF A UNIQUE PLACE,

28:30WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT

28:33ALWAYS THE BEST SPOKESPERSON

28:34EVEN FOR OUR OWN ISSUES. SO

28:36THERE'S KIND OF JUST, YOU KNOW,

28:39STRATEGICALLY THERE, THERE ARE

28:40SOME AND PARTNERSHIP WISE AND

28:43COLLABORATIVELY, WE HAVE KIND

28:44OF A DIFFERENT WAY OF

28:45APPROACHING SOME OF THE WORK.

28:48AND SO, OKAY, WITH THAT, I'M

28:49GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JACK

28:51ARRIAGA, OUR FEDERAL RELATIONS

28:54MANAGER.

28:55>> ARE WE JUST STARTING.

28:56>> AND TAKE IT AWAY?

28:58>> THANKS. GOOD MORNING.

29:00COUNCIL AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD.

29:01JACK ARRIAGA, FEDERAL RELATIONS

29:02MANAGER SO, IN THE FACE OF A

29:05GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY AT

29:06THE FEDERAL LEVEL OVER THE LAST

29:08TWO YEARS, YOU KNOW, WE CONTEND

29:09THAT THE CITY HAS MAINTAINED A

29:11REALLY STRONG POSTURE OF

29:12STAYING TRUE TO OUR VALUES AND

29:14MITIGATING SUCCESSFULLY

29:15MITIGATING SOME OF THE MOST

29:16HARMFUL THREATS AND IMPACTS

29:18COMING FROM THE CURRENT

29:20ADMINISTRATION. THAT INCLUDES

29:21BOTH TO THE CITY AS AN

29:23ORGANIZATION AND TO THE

29:24COMMUNITY WE ALL SERVE. AT THE

29:26SAME TIME, WE CONTINUE TO

29:27ENGAGE PROACTIVELY WITH OUR

29:28CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION,

29:29FEDERAL AGENCIES AND OTHERS TO

29:32SEEK SOLUTIONS TO THE CITY'S

29:33MOST PRESSING POLICY AND

29:35FUNDING NEEDS. SO AS WE LOOK

29:37AHEAD TO 2027, I'M GOING TO

29:39STAY ON THE LAST SLIDE FOR A

29:41MINUTE. THANKS. I'LL LET YOU

29:42KNOW. SO AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO

29:442027, WITH CONTROL OF CONGRESS

29:46POTENTIALLY SHIFTING IN THE

29:47UPCOMING ELECTION, WE COULD SEE

29:49SOME ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENT

29:51OPPORTUNITIES ARISING IF THE

29:53PORTLAND AREA MEMBERS OF OUR

29:55DELEGATION FIND THEMSELVES IN

29:56THE MAJORITY IN EITHER THE

29:57HOUSE OR THE SENATE NEXT YEAR.

29:59AND IF DEMOCRATS DO TAKE

30:01CONTROL OF ONE OR BOTH CHAMBERS,

30:02THEY WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE

30:04FOCUSED ON CONDUCTING OVERSIGHT

30:05OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND

30:06TRYING TO RECLAIM SOME OF

30:08CONGRESS'S POWER OF THE PURSE

30:09IN DECIDING HOW FEDERAL FUNDING

30:11IS DISTRIBUTED. BUT A CAVEAT

30:13THAT WITH THE SENATE FILIBUSTER

30:15LIKELY TO REMAIN IN PLACE AND

30:16THE SUPREME COURT LARGELY

30:17ALIGNED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION,

30:19CONGRESS'S WILLINGNESS AND

30:21ABILITY TO EXERCISE CHECKS AND

30:23BALANCES ON THE EXECUTIVE

30:24BRANCH NEXT YEAR WILL PROBABLY

30:25REMAIN LIMITED UNDER ANY

30:27ELECTORAL OUTCOME. SO FOR THE

30:28CITY'S 2027 FEDERAL AGENDA,

30:31WE'RE PROPOSING MAINTAINING A

30:33BALANCED APPROACH THAT'S

30:33FOCUSED ON DEFENDING THE CITY'S

30:36VALUES AND AUTHORITIES WHILE

30:37WORKING TO ADVANCE PRIORITIES

30:39WHEN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARISE.

30:41SO I'LL BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE THE

30:43MAIN POLICIES AND FUNDING NEEDS

30:44PROPOSED BY THE INITIAL DRAFT

30:462027 AGENDA, AND THEN

30:48UNDERSCORE A FEW IMPORTANT

30:49HIGHLIGHTS. SO FIRST, UNDER THE

30:52PREVENT FEDERAL OVERREACH AND

30:54PROTECT TARGETED COMMUNITY

30:55SECTION, THE CITY IS GOING TO

30:57CONTINUE OPPOSING ANY FEDERAL

30:59ACTIONS THAT INFRINGE ON THE

31:00RIGHTS OF THOSE IN OUR

31:01COMMUNITY, INCLUDING IMMIGRANTS,

31:03AND DEFEND THE CITY'S SANCTUARY

31:05STATUS. AS PART OF THAT, WE'RE

31:06PROPOSING EXPANDED LANGUAGE,

31:08UNDERSCORING THE RIGHTS OF ALL

31:09ELIGIBLE VOTERS TO CAST BALLOTS

31:11WITHOUT INTERFERENCE OR

31:13INTIMIDATION. WE ALSO CONTINUE

31:15TO PRIORITIZE BOLSTERING

31:17PRIVACY DISCRIMINATION

31:18PROTECTIONS AND OTHER RIGHTS

31:20UNDER THE STRENGTHENED CIVIL

31:21RIGHTS AND RACIAL JUSTICE

31:22SECTION. RECOGNIZING

31:26>> THE CHALLENGING ECONOMIC

31:27ENVIRONMENT AND INCREASING COST

31:29OF LIVING FOR RESIDENTS. WE

31:31PROPOSE ONGOING ADVOCACY TO

31:33SUPPORT ECONOMIC STABILIZATION

31:34AND GROWTH, INCLUDING THROUGH

31:35WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. SMALL

31:37BUSINESS SUPPORTS, INVESTMENTS

31:39IN ARTS AND CULTURE, AND OTHER

31:40COMMUNITY INITIATIVES. AS WE

31:44WORK TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS AND

31:46INCREASE HOUSING STABILITY, A

31:47KEY STRATEGY WILL BE ADVOCATING

31:49FOR EXPANDED FEDERAL FUNDING

31:51THAT BUILDS ON THIS YEAR'S

31:52PASSAGE OF THE 21ST CENTURY

31:54ROAD TO HOUSING ACT. AND AS WE

31:56LOOK TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY

31:57SAFETY AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

31:59SERVICES, PROTECTING THE SOCIAL

32:01SAFETY NET WILL ALMOST

32:02CERTAINLY BECOME A GREATER

32:03FOCUS OF OUR FEDERAL ENGAGEMENT

32:05IN THE COMING YEAR. AS THE

32:06GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENTS THOSE

32:07CHANGES THAT SAM REFERENCED TO

32:10MEDICAID, SNAP, AND OTHER

32:11PROGRAMS AFFECTED BY THE

32:12ENACTMENT OF H.R. ONE. AS WE

32:16TURN TO THE FINAL THREE

32:17PRIORITIES, WE'VE UPDATED THE

32:19INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT

32:20SECTION IN OUR PROPOSED DRAFT

32:22AGENDA TO CLARIFY THAT THE

32:24CITY'S PRIORITIES FOR THE

32:25UPCOMING FEDERAL SURFACE

32:27TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION

32:28NEXT YEAR THAT IS ANTICIPATED

32:31TO ADVANCE IN THE COMING

32:33SESSION. WE'LL ALSO CONTINUE TO

32:35PUSH AND WILL ALSO CONTINUE

32:37PUSHING TO ENSURE CLIMATE AND

32:39ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE DESPITE

32:41HEAVY FEDERAL HEADWINDS, BY

32:43ENGAGING IN FEDERAL RULE MAKING

32:45PROCESSES AS WE'VE BEEN DOING,

32:46AND LEVERAGING WHAT FEDERAL

32:48FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES DO REMAIN

32:50AVAILABLE, INCLUDING SOME OF

32:51THE TAX CREDITS PASSED UNDER

32:54THE THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT.

32:59SO AS ALWAYS, WE'LL ALSO KEEP

33:01DEFENDING THE CITY'S LOCAL

33:02AUTONOMY TO CONTROL REVENUE,

33:04MAINTAIN, MANAGE OUR OPERATIONS,

33:06REGULATE HOW PUBLIC SPACES ARE

33:08USED, INCLUDING EMERGING

33:10TECHNOLOGIES LIKE AI AND

33:12AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES. SO ON THE

33:14FINAL SLIDE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED

33:17WHAT WE SEE AS SOME OF THE

33:19CITY'S TOP OPPORTUNITIES FOR

33:20FEDERAL ENGAGEMENT IN THE

33:21COMING YEAR. AS I MENTIONED AT

33:23THE OUTSET, THIS LIST MAY

33:24EXPAND FOLLOWING THE ELECTION,

33:26BUT IT IS UNLIKELY TO CHANGE

33:28DRASTICALLY. BUT NO MATTER, THE

33:30OUTCOME OF THE ELECTION, WILL

33:31REMAIN FOCUSED ON MAKING

33:32PROGRESS AND GETTING RESULTS

33:33WHERE POSSIBLE. DESPITE THE

33:35PERENNIAL CHALLENGES AT THE

33:36FEDERAL LEVEL. SO WITH THAT,

33:38I'LL HAND IT OVER TO EVAN.

33:40>> GREAT. GOOD MORNING. FOR THE

33:41RECORD, MY NAME IS EVAN

33:42MITCHELL, STATE RELATIONS

33:44MANAGER. I WANT TO SPEND A FEW

33:46MINUTES TALKING ABOUT THE 2027

33:48STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. SAM

33:50TALKED A BIT ABOUT THE

33:52LEGISLATIVE LANDSCAPE, BUT I'LL

33:54BRIEFLY ADD THAT THIS IS GOING

33:55TO BE A LONG SESSION. SO WE

33:57SHOULD EXPECT A MUCH BROADER

33:59RANGE OF ISSUES THAN WE SAW

34:00DURING THE SHORT SESSION

34:02SESSION. THE STATE'S BUDGET

34:04GUIDANCE SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED

34:06AGENCIES TO ASSUME NO NEW

34:07REVENUE. AND SIMILARLY,

34:09LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP HAS

34:11DIRECTED RANK AND FILE MEMBERS

34:12NOT TO ASK FOR NEW PROGRAMS

34:14WITH NEW FUNDING ASKS. THESE

34:17DYNAMICS WILL MAKE IT

34:18ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE

34:20CLEAR ABOUT OUR NEEDS. AND OF

34:21COURSE, THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF

34:23NEEDS. OGR RECEIVED ABOUT 90

34:25ISSUE SHEETS FROM COUNCIL, THE

34:27MAYOR'S OFFICE AND BUREAUS.

34:29THIS GAVE US A BROAD PICTURE OF

34:31WHAT PEOPLE WANT THE CITY TO

34:33ENGAGE ON, AND OUR JOB IS TO

34:35DISTILL THAT DOWN INTO A

34:38DISTILL THAT DOWN INTO A

34:39FOCUSED, PROACTIVE, MANAGEABLE

34:42AGENDA THAT GIVES US A

34:43FRAMEWORK TO ENGAGE ON THE MANY,

34:44MANY OTHER ISSUES THAT WILL

34:46COME UP DURING LEGISLATIVE

34:47DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

34:49SO IN YOUR PACKETS, YOU'LL SEE

34:51THE DRAFT AGENDA IS ORGANIZED

34:53IN TWO PARTS TOP LEGISLATIVE

34:55PRIORITIES, WHERE WE EXPECT THE

34:56CITY TO ENGAGE PROACTIVELY AND

34:58AREAS OF IMPORTANCE, WHICH WILL

35:00GUIDE OUR REVIEW OF LEGISLATION

35:02INTRODUCED DURING SESSION. NEXT

35:05SLIDE PLEASE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS

35:09SORT OF THE THE TOP BUCKETS OF

35:12ISSUES THAT WE HAVE LAID OUT.

35:15THERE'S A LOT MORE DETAIL IN

35:16THE AGENDA IN THE ACTUAL AGENDA

35:19DOCUMENT. I ASSUME I'M GOING TO

35:21ASSUME THAT NOT EVERYONE HAD A

35:22CHANCE TO READ IT AND KIND OF

35:24WALK THROUGH WHAT'S IN THOSE

35:25BUCKETS QUICKLY. SO FIRST, AS

35:29WE DID IN 2026, WE WANTED TO

35:31ELEVATE LOCAL AUTHORITY AS A

35:33CORE PRIORITY AND THE

35:34FOUNDATION FOR THE REST OF THE

35:36AGENDA. AS THE STATE FACE FACES

35:39CONTINUED FISCAL PRESSURE AND

35:40DIFFICULT BUDGET DECISIONS. WE

35:42WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE

35:43CITY, ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF

35:45BEING ABLE TO PROTECT THE

35:46CITY'S ABILITY TO GOVERN,

35:48MANAGE ITS SERVICES AND RESPOND

35:49TO LOCAL NEEDS. THAT INCLUDES

35:51PROTECTING OUR LOCAL AUTHORITY

35:53AND LOCAL REVENUE, AS WELL AS

35:55AVOIDING UNFUNDED MANDATES.

35:57THIS SECTION ALSO INCLUDES

35:58SEVERAL AREAS WHERE WE'RE

35:59ASKING FOR CHANGES IN STATE LAW,

36:01LIKE FIXING PUBLIC MEETINGS LAW

36:03AND PROTECTING THE THE CITY'S

36:05ABILITY TO RUN SMALL DONOR

36:07ELECTIONS. THIS IS ALSO ONE OF

36:10THE PLACES WHERE WE CALL OUT

36:11THE NEED FOR PROPERTY TAX

36:13REFORM. THE COMMON THREAD HERE

36:14IS MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY

36:16HAS THE AUTHORITY AND RESOURCES

36:18NECESSARY TO DELIVER ITS

36:19RESPONSIBILITIES. NEXT IS

36:22TRANSPORTATION, WITH A CENTRAL

36:23FOCUS ON PREDICTABLE,

36:25SUSTAINABLE FUNDING FOR LOCAL

36:26ROADS, OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE

36:28AND PRESERVATION, AS WELL AS

36:30SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND SUPPORT

36:31FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT. AFTER THE

36:352025 AND 2026 LEGISLATIVE

36:37SESSIONS, WE KNOW WE NEED TO

36:39CONTINUE EMPHASIZING THE

36:40IMPORTANCE OF THE 50 3020 STATE,

36:42COUNTY, CITY HIGHWAY TRUST FUND

36:45DISTRIBUTION FORMULA,

36:47PARTICULARLY AS LEGISLATORS TRY

36:48TO FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO

36:50ADDRESS ODOT'S BUDGET

36:52CHALLENGES. THERE ARE SEVERAL

36:53OTHER ISSUES CALLED OUT IN THIS

36:55SECTION, LIKE ADEQUATELY

36:56FUNDING THE MAINTENANCE OF THE

36:57STATE'S PROPERTIES AND RIGHT OF

36:58WAY WITHIN THE CITY. CREATING A

37:01DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE FOR

37:02THE DISPOSAL OF ABANDONED RVS,

37:05VISION ZERO AND TRAFFIC SAFETY,

37:07INCLUDING CHANGING LAWS TO

37:08TARGET EXTREME REPEAT SPEEDING

37:11AND PROTECTING OUR LOCAL

37:12AUTHORITY AND PRIORITIZING

37:13SAFETY. IF LEGISLATORS DECIDE

37:15TO TAKE ANOTHER DEPLOYING AVS.

37:20NEXT UP IS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

37:23THIS IS ANOTHER PRIORITY AREA

37:25BASED ON COUNCIL GUIDANCE AND

37:26THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD A

37:28FEW WEEKS AGO WITH HEALTH CARE,

37:30MULTNOMAH COUNTY AND LOCAL

37:32PROVIDERS. AS WE DISCUSSED THEN,

37:34THE FOCUS IS ON IMPROVING

37:36ACCESS AND THROUGHPUT WITHIN

37:38THE SYSTEM. SO PRESERVING AND

37:40BACKFILLING REGIONAL INPATIENT

37:42PSYCHIATRIC CAPACITY, ADDING

37:44PSYCHIATRIC RESPITE AND

37:45SUBACUTE CAPACITY, AND

37:47ADDRESSING REIMBURSEMENT FOR

37:48INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC CARE.

37:50THIS SECTION ALSO CALLS OUT OUR

37:52ONGOING WORK WITH OHA TO MAKE

37:54MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT

37:55AVAILABLE FOR PORTLAND STREET

37:57RESPONSE AND CHAD. NEXT IS

37:59HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS.

38:03THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK

38:04AMONG STATE LEGISLATORS AROUND

38:06WHICH ELEMENTS OF THE HOUSING

38:07AND HOMELESSNESS CONTINUUM THE

38:10STATE SHOULD CONTINUE TO FUND.

38:12SO HERE WE TRY TO EMPHASIZE

38:14MAINTAINING THE INDIVIDUAL

38:15PIECES AND CONTINUING TO BUILD

38:17CAPACITY, PARTICULARLY AROUND

38:19EVICTION PREVENTION, HOUSING

38:22STABILIZATION, SHELTER,

38:23AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION

38:24AND PRESERVATION, AND THE

38:26INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO

38:27SUPPORT HOUSING PRODUCTION.

38:29WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH LOCAL

38:31AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS TO

38:32MAKE SURE THE AGENDA REFLECTS

38:33SOME OF THEIR CURRENT

38:34CHALLENGES AND NEEDS. AND ONCE

38:37AGAIN, WE'VE CALLED FOR THE

38:38MORTGAGE INTEREST DEDUCTION

38:39REFORMS, ESSENTIALLY ENDING TAX

38:42DEDUCTIONS FOR SECOND, SECOND

38:43AND VACATION HOMES WITH THE

38:44SAVINGS REDIRECTED TO TO

38:46HOUSING. THERE IS ALSO SOME

38:49PORTLAND SPECIFIC ASKS IN HERE,

38:51INCLUDING FINAL GAP FUNDING FOR

38:54THE THE BROADWAY CORRIDOR

38:55HOUSING PROJECT, AS WELL AS

38:57POLICIES SUPPORTING ADAPTIVE

38:59REUSE, LAND BANKING AND A

39:01STATEWIDE RENTAL REGISTRY. IF

39:02THAT CONCEPT IS REVISITED THIS

39:05SESSION. THE. THE NEXT UP IS

39:08THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

39:09SECTION, WHICH IS FRAMED AROUND

39:11STRENGTHENING PORTLAND'S

39:12ECONOMIC BASE AND THE REVENUES

39:14THAT SUPPORT PUBLIC SERVICES.

39:16THE DRAFT INCLUDES STATE

39:18INVESTMENTS OR CONTINUED STATE

39:20INVESTMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL SITE

39:21READINESS AND BROWNFIELD

39:23CLEANUP, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,

39:25SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS AND SMALL

39:27BUSINESS, INCLUDING PROTECTIONS

39:28FROM PREDATORY LENDING PRODUCTS

39:30EMERGING IN OREGON. ONE THEME

39:33WE HEARD IN DIFFERENT WAYS

39:35ACROSS THE CITY WAS THAT THE

39:36STATE'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

39:38TOOLS NEED TO BE CLEAR,

39:40IMPLEMENTABLE AND TIED TO

39:41MEASURABLE PUBLIC BENEFITS.

39:44THIS THEME ALSO COMES UP

39:45ELSEWHERE IN THE AGENDA. NEXT

39:47IS CIVIL RIGHTS AND ACCESS TO

39:48ESSENTIAL SERVICES. THIS

39:50SECTION BRINGS TOGETHER CIVIL

39:51RIGHTS, PRIVACY, DUE PROCESS,

39:54ELECTION SECURITY AND CONTINUED

39:56WORK TO PROTECT ACCESS TO

39:57SENSITIVE PLACES LIKE SCHOOLS,

39:59SCHOOL BUSSES AND COURTHOUSES.

40:01AMID ONGOING FEDERAL

40:03IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACTION.

40:04IT ALSO CALLS OUT SUSTAINING

40:06STATE INVESTMENT IN LEGAL AID

40:08FOR IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES.

40:10THE OVERARCHING GOAL IS

40:12PROTECTING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL

40:13RIGHTS AND THE ABILITY THE

40:14STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO

40:16RESPOND TO FEDERAL ACTIONS THAT

40:18CONFLICT WITH OREGON'S LAWS OR

40:19CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS.

40:22LARGE LOAD DEVELOPMENT AND DATA

40:25CENTERS IS A DISTINCT PRIORITY

40:26THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS RAISED

40:29BY MANY OF YOU, AND IT'S AN

40:31AREA WHERE THE LEGISLATURE IS

40:32WORKING ON POLICY FOR 2027. THE

40:35DRAFT FOCUSES ON THE MAJOR

40:37QUESTIONS AROUND THESE

40:38DEVELOPMENTS, TRANSPARENCY AND

40:40NEGOTIATIONS AND INCENTIVES,

40:42MEASURABLE COMMUNITY BENEFITS,

40:45INFRASTRUCTURE, ELECTRICITY AND

40:46WATER CAPACITY, RATEPAYER

40:49IMPACTS AND PRESERVATION OF

40:50LOCAL LAND USE AUTHORITY. AND

40:53FINALLY, CLIMATE INFRASTRUCTURE

40:54AND RESILIENCE BRINGS TOGETHER

40:56SEVERAL AREAS WHERE WE NEED

40:57ONGOING STATE PARTNERSHIP. THIS

40:59INCLUDES CONTINUED STATE FOCUS

41:01ON SAFETY AT THE CEI HUB,

41:03COMPLETION OF THE MAJOR FLOOD

41:05SAFETY WORK HAPPENING ALONG THE

41:06COLUMBIA RIVER. POLICIES THAT

41:08ADDRESS CLIMATE IMPACTS LIKE

41:10MAKING LARGE POLLUTERS

41:11CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR DAMAGES.

41:14AND SUPPORTING. DISTRIBUTE

41:16DISTRIBUTED SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES

41:17LIKE BALCONY SOLAR. AMENDING

41:19THE RECYCLING MODERNIZATION ACT

41:21TO DEFEND ITS LONG TERM

41:23EFFECTIVENESS, AS WELL AS

41:24MAKING PROGRESS TOWARD AN

41:26OREGON TRANSMISSION AUTHORITY.

41:28THE COMMON THREAD HERE IS

41:29PRACTICAL STATE PARTNERSHIP ON

41:31RISKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT

41:32ARE TOO LARGE OR INTERCONNECTED

41:34FOR THE CITY TO ADDRESS ALONE.

41:36NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. FINALLY, THE

41:39AGENDA INCLUDES AREAS OF

41:41IMPORTANCE. THIS SECTION IS

41:43INTENDED TO GUIDE OUR BILL

41:44REVIEW ONCE SESSION BEGINS,

41:46WHEN THOUSANDS OF BILLS WILL BE

41:47INTRODUCED, THAT WILL NEED TO

41:49BE EVALUATED FOR THEIR IMPACT

41:50ON THE CITY. IT CAPTURES MANY

41:52OF THE THEMES I ALREADY TALKED

41:53THROUGH, BUT ALSO MAKES SURE

41:55THAT WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT ON

41:56OTHER AREAS OF MUNICIPAL

41:58RESPONSIBILITY LIKE COMMUNITY

41:59SAFETY, GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS,

42:01AND PARKS. I ALSO WANT TO BE

42:04CLEAR THAT NOT EVERY ISSUE WE

42:06RECEIVED IS IN THE AGENDA. AT

42:08THIS POINT, WE RECEIVED ABOUT

42:1090 ISSUE SHEETS, AND THERE ARE

42:1120 THAT ARE NOT YET ON THE

42:13AGENDA BECAUSE THEY EITHER

42:14DIDN'T MEET THE AGENDA

42:15DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA. SAM

42:16TALKED ABOUT, OR THEY NEED

42:18ADDITIONAL WORK THAT SHOULD NOT

42:20BE READ AS A DECISION, THAT

42:22THOSE ISSUES ARE NOT IMPORTANT

42:24AND SHOULDN'T BE INCLUDED.

42:26RATHER, THIS DRAFT IS A

42:26STARTING POINT FOR IDENTIFYING

42:28WHERE WE CURRENTLY HAVE

42:29SUFFICIENT CLARITY AND

42:31ALIGNMENT TO BE PROACTIVE. OUR

42:33GOAL TODAY IS TO MAKE SURE

42:34WE'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT

42:36DIRECTION AND ARE APPROPRIATELY

42:37IDENTIFYING THE ISSUES WHERE

42:38THERE IS CONSENSUS. WE CAN KEEP

42:41WORKING TO DEVELOP THE

42:42REMAINING ISSUES AS WE WORK

42:44TOWARD BRINGING YOU THE NEXT

42:45VERSION IN EARLY DECEMBER. WITH

42:47THAT, I'LL HAND IT BACK OVER TO

42:49SAM.

42:50>> THANK YOU. WE ARE READY TO

42:52GET INTO DISCUSSION. I WILL

42:53JUST SHARE. JUST CLARIFICATION.

42:55WE WIN 90 STATE ISSUE SHEETS

42:58SUBMITTED AND 15 FEDERAL. SO WE

42:59HAD JUST OVER 100 IN TOTAL. AND

43:02SO NOW I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP.

43:04AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE

43:06QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE PUT ON THE

43:07TABLE, BUT WOULD LOVE TO TAKE

43:09ANY ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS

43:12CONTEXT AND REALLY READY TO

43:14OPEN IT UP. AND I'LL LET

43:18COUNCILOR KANAL DO THE

43:19FACILITATION.

43:20>> THANKS, EVERYBODY. SO WE'VE

43:22GOT TIME FOR ACROSS THE

43:25MULTIPLE SECTIONS OF THIS,

43:26EVERYONE TO HAVE 8 OR 9 MINUTES

43:28PER COUNCILOR AS WE GO, AND

43:29THERE'S A FEW FOLKS ABSENT, SO

43:31IT MIGHT END UP BEING HIGHER IF

43:33WE NEED TO. WE'LL TAKE A BREAK.

43:34WHEN WE GET TO ABOUT 11:00,

43:36GIVE OR TAKE. AS I MENTIONED UP

43:39AT THE TOP, THE IDEA WAS TO

43:40START WITH TECHNICAL Q&A, AND

43:42THEN WE'LL GET INTO ANYTHING

43:43SPECIFIC TO THE THE EVALUATION

43:46CRITERIA. AND THEN WE'LL DO

43:47FEDERAL AND THEN STATE. AND THE

43:49REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THE

43:50STATE WILL TAKE THE LONGEST.

43:52AND SO THAT WAS WHAT WAS

43:53REQUESTED BY STAFF ON THAT

43:55PIECE. OBVIOUSLY, THE LINES ARE

43:57NOT 100% CLEAR ON THAT. SO JUST

43:59WANTED TO TO SORT OF LAY THAT

44:02OUT BEFORE WE GET STARTED.

44:05COUNCILOR WHAT.

44:06>> DO YOU MEAN BY TECHNICAL

44:07VERSUS WHAT?

44:09>> IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU'D

44:10LIKE TO SEE CHANGE IN THE

44:11AGENDA, OR I'D LIKE TO GIVE

44:13ADVICE ON THE AGENDA THAT

44:14WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED.

44:15TECHNICAL Q&A. COUNCILOR KOYAMA

44:16LANE QUESTION EARLIER IS A GOOD

44:18EXAMPLE OF TECHNICAL IN THE

44:19SENSE OF WHAT'S YOUR ASK OF US,

44:21OR WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, THAT

44:22SORT OF THING. IF YOU'D LIKE TO,

44:24YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE KIND OF A

44:26COMBINATION, IT'S OKAY TO WAIT.

44:27WE'VE GOT TIME TODAY, SO WE

44:29SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH

44:30EVERYTHING. LOOK, LOOK, I HAVE

44:32A QUESTION AS WELL.

44:33>> SO WOULD YOU LIKE US ONLY IN

44:35THE QUEUE IF WE HAVE TECHNICAL

44:36QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW?

44:37>> YOU CAN STAY ON THE QUEUE.

44:39I'LL JUST COME BACK TO YOU. IF

44:40WE.

44:41>> CAN MAKE IT EASIER, I'LL GET

44:42OUT. YEAH.

44:43>> OKAY. WE'LL GO TO COUNCILOR

44:44CLARK AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE

44:46NEXT PART.

44:47>> THANK YOU. I'M SORRY I WAS

44:48LATE THIS MORNING. I HAD A FLAT

44:50TIRE. I HAD TO GO TO LES SCHWAB.

44:52I'M NOT SURE THIS IS TECHNICAL

44:54OR NOT, BUT I WAS REALLY AROUND

44:56THE CONCEPT OF PRIORITIZING.

44:59AND I KNOW WITH 4000 BILLS THAT

45:02YOU'RE GOING TO BE RUNNING

45:04AROUND LIKE CHICKENS WITH YOUR

45:05HEAD CUT OFF, BUT IT MIGHT BE

45:08HELPFUL FOR ME. I DON'T KNOW

45:09ABOUT OTHER FOLKS TO TRY TO

45:12SORT THESE ISSUES BETWEEN WHAT

45:15ARE GENERIC, THAT ARE ALWAYS

45:18GOING TO BE ON OUR LIST, ALWAYS

45:21WITH, YOU KNOW, OTHER CITIES,

45:22THE OTHER 240 CITIES ACROSS THE

45:25STATE, WHICH WOULD TO ME WOULD

45:28BE PREEMPTION, NO MANDATES

45:30WITHOUT FUNDING THOSE KIND OF

45:31FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES THAT WILL

45:33ALWAYS BE ON OUR LIST VERSUS

45:35WHAT OUR CURRENT PRIORITIES

45:37RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK WE'VE

45:39TALKED AS A GROUP ABOUT

45:42BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BEING AT THE

45:43TOP OF THE LIST. NOW WE KNOW

45:45THAT TRANSPORTATION IS SUPPOSED

45:46TO COME BACK. SO HOW WE PARSE

45:48OUT THOSE PRIORITIES AND MAKE

45:50CLEAR THAT SOME ARE ALWAYS

45:52GOING TO BE THERE, SOME ARE,

45:55YOU KNOW, GERMANE TO WHAT THE

45:57LEGISLATURE NEEDS TO PICK UP,

45:59LIKE THE TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE.

46:00AND SOME ARE UNIQUE TO THE

46:01TIMES, WHICH WOULD BE THE

46:02BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. SO JUST HOW

46:04WE SORT THROUGH THAT. I'D JUST

46:06LIKE TO HAVE YOU TALK A LITTLE

46:08BIT ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S

46:10HELPFUL. WE'RE ALL WE'RE ALWAYS

46:12GOING TO HAVE A CERTAIN

46:13PRIORITIES, BUT SOME ARE JUST

46:15TIMELY. CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT?

46:18>> SO I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER

46:20TO EVAN AND JACQUES FOR ANY

46:21COMMENTS ON THAT. BUT I, I, I

46:23WILL SAY IT IS AN AREA WHERE

46:25THERE'S SOME GRAY. I MEAN,

46:27THERE IS NOT A CLEAR CUT.

46:28THERE'S NO PLAYBOOK THAT'S

46:30CLEAR. AND SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO

46:32IS EVERY CYCLE KIND OF HAVE

46:34THIS CYCLE WHERE WE'RE JUST

46:35SETTING THE NEW AGENDA AND

46:37MODERNIZING IT. AND THAT IS OUR

46:39AGENDA. AND SOME OF THE THINGS

46:40MAY BE A LITTLE MORE GENERIC

46:44TRANSPORTATION. YOU KNOW,

46:47PREEMPTION IN GENERAL. AND SO

46:48SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE

46:50DEVELOPING. AND SO WE HAVE TO

46:51KNOW THOSE ARE PRIORITIES THAT,

46:54HEY, WE NEED TO STAY VERY

46:56CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH YOU ALL

46:57AROUND. WHERE ARE WE GOING TO

46:59GO WITH THAT ISSUE THAT THAT

47:00EMERGES AS IT COMES FORWARD?

47:02THERE ARE SOME ISSUES, AS YOU

47:03SAY, WE'RE ALIGNED WITH A BUNCH

47:05OF OTHERS AND KIND OF ALWAYS ON

47:06THERE. IF SOMETHING COMES UP, A

47:08PREEMPTIVE, YOU KNOW, THING

47:10THAT COMES UP, YOU KNOW, WE

47:12KNOW THOSE OTHER COALITION

47:13PARTNERS ARE GOING TO BE ALSO

47:15ON BOARD WITH THAT. BUT BUT,

47:17YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO

47:20CLIMATE, WHEN IT COMES TO

47:21TRANSPORTATION, WHEN IT COMES

47:22TO HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING,

47:23YES, THOSE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO

47:24BE ON OUR AGENDA. BUT WE'RE

47:26REFINING ABOUT HOW AND, AND

47:28WHERE WE FOCUS IN ON, ON THOSE,

47:30THOSE, THOSE CORE AREAS.

47:33>> SO WILL YOU.

47:33>> BE COMING BACK WITH A RESORT

47:36OF THOSE OR RESORT OF THOSE?

47:37>> I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL BE

47:39COMING UP WITH A RESORT OF THE

47:40PRIORITIES, BUT WE WILL. I MEAN,

47:42THOSE ARE THE BUCKETS THAT WE

47:44WILL BE BRINGING IN ALL OF

47:46THOSE AREAS. WE WILL BE

47:47BRINGING BACK. THOSE WILL BE

47:49FOCUS AREAS THAT WILL BE STAFF

47:51ASSIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO MAKING

47:53SURE THEY'RE TRACKING AND

47:54MONITORING THOSE AREAS. SO, YOU

47:57KNOW, THAT'S AND THEN WE'RE

48:00GOING TO HAVE OUR SORT OF

48:02REGULAR CADENCE OF ENGAGEMENT

48:04WILL GO TO HEADS OF STAFF

48:06MEETINGS. WE GO TO CITY

48:08LEADERSHIP MEETINGS, WE WILL GO

48:10TO AND HAVE BRIEFINGS, AS WE'VE

48:11HAD IN THE PAST FOR COUNCIL,

48:13WHERE WE HAVE REGULAR BRIEFINGS

48:14DURING SESSION. IT WILL BE MUCH

48:16MORE FREQUENT, BUT WE WANT TO

48:18DO THAT, EVEN LEADING TO

48:19SESSIONS SO THAT WE HAVE

48:20OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH

48:21YOU ON THESE ISSUES AS THEY'RE

48:23EMERGING IN REAL TIME. IT'S

48:25IT'S IT'S ALWAYS A STRUGGLE

48:26BECAUSE SOMETIMES REAL TIME IS

48:28LIKE 24 HOURS. AND SO THEN WE

48:30TRY TO REACH OUT AS BEST WE CAN

48:33TO COLLABORATIVELY, BUT AT

48:34LEAST THEN WE TRY TO REACH OUT

48:36IN A WAY THAT IS WORKING WITH

48:38THE TRUSTED LEADERS IN THE CITY

48:40TO HELP US, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY

48:43A MOVE FORWARD QUICKLY. IF, IF

48:46WE FEEL THAT THERE IS NOT

48:48CONSENSUS OR WE'RE NOT MOVING

48:50IN A WAY THAT FEELS RIGHT, WE

48:52TAKE THAT EXTRA STEP TO REACH

48:53OUT EVEN FURTHER TO COUNCIL. SO

48:56THAT'S SORT OF AN EXAMPLE OF

48:58HOW WE MIGHT TIE INTO THAT. BUT

49:00I'M GOING TO SEE IF YOU GUYS

49:02HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.

49:03>> YEAH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION,

49:04COUNCILOR CLARKE. AND WE THINK

49:05ABOUT THIS A LOT. I WOULD BE

49:07HAPPY TO SORT THE ISSUES INTO

49:10SOME BUCKETS FOR YOU. SO YOU

49:11CAN KIND OF SEE HOW THEY FALL.

49:13MOST OF THE ISSUES ON OUR

49:15AGENDA HAVE SOME SORT OF

49:16COALITION THAT HAS FORMED

49:17AROUND THEM. AND IF NOT, IT'S

49:21USUALLY REALLY HARD TO CARRY

49:22THAT BALL FORWARD. EACH ONE, I

49:25WOULD SAY, HAS CERTAIN ELEMENTS

49:27THAT BECOME PORTLAND SPECIFIC.

49:29YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE

49:31REALLY LEADING THE CHARGE IN

49:33TERMS OF OF CONVERSATIONS THAT

49:35WE HAVE WITH OTHER CITIES

49:36AROUND AVS, BECAUSE WAYMO WANTS

49:39TO START HERE. AND SO IT'S MOST

49:41URGENT FOR US. AND SO WE'VE

49:42BEEN LISTENING TO YOU ALL AND

49:44TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE WHAT

49:45DIRECTION YOU WANT US TO HAVE,

49:47AND THEN ALSO ENGAGING OTHER

49:49CITIES IN THAT WORK. BEHAVIORAL

49:52HEALTH IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE

49:54WE'VE BEEN REALLY DEEPLY

49:56INVOLVED WITH HEALTHSHARE AND

49:57THE COUNTY, TRYING TO, TO KIND

49:59OF FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN ALL

50:00ADVANCE TOGETHER. PUBLIC

50:03MEETINGS. LAW IS ANOTHER AREA

50:05WHERE LIKE LLC IS TECHNICALLY

50:07LEADING THE EFFORT, BUT THEY

50:09NEED CITIES THAT ARE PUSHING

50:11FORWARD AND PROVIDING EXAMPLES.

50:13AND SO I'VE BEEN REALLY ACTIVE,

50:16ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THAT WORK

50:17FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

50:19THERE'S OTHER AGENDA ITEMS THAT

50:21ARE REALLY SPECIFIC TO PORTLAND,

50:24LIKE RIGHT OF WAY FUNDING FOR

50:26ODOT IN PORTLAND. THERE ARE A

50:29COUPLE. SLOWLY, WE'RE SEEING

50:30OTHER CITIES STARTING TO

50:32COMPLAIN ABOUT KIND OF HOW THIS

50:34WORK GETS DONE AND HOW

50:36EFFECTIVELY IT'S DONE. BUT

50:37REALLY, IT'S BEEN PORTLAND OUT

50:40IN FRONT, LEADING THAT CHARGE

50:42FOR THE LAST 5 OR 6 YEARS. YOU

50:46KNOW, OTHER AREAS. I AM VERY

50:49NERVOUS ABOUT WHERE THE STATE

50:51IS HEADING ON SHELTER AND AND

50:53RENT ASSISTANCE. WE'VE ALREADY

50:55SEEN BIG CUTS TO RENT

50:57ASSISTANCE. THE CO-CHAIRS ARE

50:58NOW SAYING, SHELTER, WE DON'T

51:01WANT TO FUND IT. IT'S NOT STATE

51:03BUSINESS. AND SO, YOU KNOW,

51:05THOSE ARE AREAS WHERE WE'RE

51:06GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE

51:08COALITION, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING

51:09TO HAVE KIND OF A UNIQUE VOICE,

51:11GIVEN HOW MANY SHELTER BEDS WE

51:13OPERATE. GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE

51:14OF RENT ASSISTANCE ON MOVING

51:16PEOPLE OUT OF SHELTER. SO THOSE

51:18ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES, BUT

51:20I'D BE HAPPY TO SORT OF SORT

51:22ALL THE ISSUES TO MAKE IT

51:24CLEARER. WHAT'S LIKE SUPPORTING

51:27COALITIONS, FOR INSTANCE? YOU

51:28KNOW, THERE'S A BIG COALITION

51:31GROWING AROUND MAKE MAKE

51:32POLLUTERS PAY, WHICH IS

51:34ESSENTIALLY ASKING POLLUTERS,

51:36ASKING LARGE CORPORATE

51:38POLLUTERS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE

51:39DAMAGES THAT THEY'VE DONE.

51:41WE'RE NOT GOING TO LEAD THAT

51:42EFFORT. WE'LL SHOW UP AND BE

51:45SUPPORTIVE AND HELP AND MENTION

51:47IT IN MEETINGS, BUT PROBABLY

51:48WON'T SPEND AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT

51:50OF WORK UNTIL THE COALITION

51:52TELLS US THEY NEED HELP WITH

51:53SOMETHING. OUR DELEGATION ISN'T

51:55GOING TO BE THE PROBLEM WITH

51:56THAT ONE. SO HAPPY TO TO DO

51:58SOME MORE SORTING AND TALK.

52:00>> WITH YOU. THANKS, EVAN. I

52:01SINCE YOU MENTIONED AUTONOMOUS

52:02VEHICLES, I'M JUST GOING TO

52:03TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOTE

52:05THAT ON PAGE ONE OF YOUR THE

52:08LONG FORM THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER,

52:11YOU TALK ABOUT PREEMPTION AS A

52:13NUMBER ONE FUNDAMENTAL. BUT

52:14THEN UNDER SAFE AND PREDICTABLE

52:17TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, YOU HAVE

52:19A BULLET THAT CALLS FOR THE

52:20SAFE, PREDICTABLE STATE POLICY

52:21FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES. I JUST

52:23WANT TO FLAG THAT BECAUSE THE

52:25PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE IS

52:26TAKING THAT ISSUE UP. AND TO

52:28TRY TO COMBAT PREEMPTION, WE'RE

52:30GOING TO WORK ON COMING UP WITH

52:32OUR OWN ORDINANCE. I DON'T I

52:34DON'T REMEMBER IF WE TALKED

52:36ABOUT THAT, BUT JUST SO YOU

52:37KNOW, THERE'S SORT OF A

52:38CONFLICT HERE. IF WE LOSE OUT,

52:42I THINK YOUR BULLET, YOU KNOW,

52:43IS IS WELL STATED. BUT JUST A

52:46HEADS UP THAT THEY'RE WE'RE

52:48WORKING ON THAT.

52:50>> YEAH. AND WE'VE BEEN

52:51WATCHING YOUR YOUR COMMITTEE

52:52MEETINGS AND, AND DEFINITELY

52:54PLAN ON TAILORING THAT, THAT

52:56ITEM RIGHT NOW. MY GOAL WAS TO

52:58SIGNAL TO WAYMO THAT IF THEY

53:00PLAN ON BRINGING LEGISLATION

53:02BACK, THAT IT BETTER INCLUDE

53:03SOME BASIC STUFF LIKE INSURANCE

53:05STANDARDS AND HOW THESE

53:07VEHICLES INTERACT WITH

53:09EMERGENCY VEHICLES. CERTAINLY

53:12MAINTAINING OUR OWN

53:13INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT I

53:14DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE THERE'S A

53:15CONVERSATION HAPPENING HERE

53:16THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE

53:19AGENDA REFLECTS.

53:20>> I KNOW I.

53:21>> VERGED INTO THE SUBSTANTIVE

53:22FROM A TECHNICAL, BUT JUST

53:24SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP.

53:26>> WELL, I JUST WOULD ADD, I

53:27THINK THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE

53:29WHERE SOME BACK AND FORTH WITH

53:31OUR LEGISLATIVE ALLIES ALSO IS

53:33HELPFUL IN HAVING THEM SEE THE

53:35WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND

53:37LEARNING FROM HOW YOU'RE

53:38EVALUATING AND PROCESSING YOUR

53:40DECISION MAKING AROUND WAYMO OR

53:42AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, AND FOR

53:44THEM TO BE ABLE TO LEARN AND

53:46BENEFIT FROM THAT IS GOING TO

53:47HELP EMPOWER OUR TEAM, BUT ALSO

53:50EMPOWER THE LEGISLATURE TO TO

53:52MAKE BETTER DECISIONS TO, TO BE

53:53WELL INFORMED IN THEIR DECISION

53:55MAKING.

53:56>> WELL.

53:56>> IF WE CAN ACTUALLY SUCCEED

53:58AND PREVENT PREEMPTION ON

54:00AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES WILL BE THE

54:01FIRST IN THE COUNTRY. SO THANK

54:04YOU. THAT'S THE END OF MY

54:06QUESTIONS FOR NOW.

54:07>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CLARK.

54:08WE'LL GO TO COUNCILOR ZIMMERMAN

54:09AND COUNCILOR SMITH.

54:10>> THANKS. I GUESS I'M LOOKING

54:11FOR A LITTLE BIT OF ADVICE IN

54:14ONE AREA. THIS SEEMS KIND OF

54:15LIKE A STANDARD BLOCK OF

54:18PLATFORM, AND I'M NOT FEELING

54:20PARTICULARLY STANDARD. SO I IT

54:25IS IT'S A KIND OF A SECOND

54:27TRANCHE TO COUNCILOR CLARK'S

54:28QUESTIONS, WHICH IS IF WE COME

54:30IN WITH OUR SAME OLD THING, BUT

54:32WE JUST ALSO ADDED BEHAVIORAL

54:33HEALTH. I DON'T THINK THAT

54:34THAT'S PARTICULARLY IMPACTFUL.

54:35KIND OF SEEMS LIKE A WASTE OF A

54:37YEAR, FRANKLY. SO HOW. IF WE

54:43HAVE THOSE, THOSE STANDARD

54:46THINGS, I GUESS I'M LIKE, YEAH,

54:48OKAY, BUT HOW DO WE SEND A

54:50MESSAGE IN SALEM OF LIKE, NO,

54:52NO, NO, OF COURSE WE CARE ABOUT

54:54TRANSPORTATION. OF COURSE WE

54:55CARE ABOUT PREEMPTION. WE ARE

54:59HERE. WE ARE NOT SCREWING

55:00AROUND. AND WE ARE TALKING

55:01ABOUT THIS TOPIC MORE THAN ANY

55:03OTHER TOPIC, WHATEVER THAT

55:04MIGHT BE. I GUESS I'M TRYING TO

55:05UNDERSTAND HOW TO CRAFT THAT.

55:07THIS IS NEW FOR ME IN THAT

55:08SENSE, BECAUSE. I GUESS I, I

55:14HAVE AN IDEA HOW TO RALLY

55:15AROUND A BIG IDEA. I DON'T KNOW

55:17HOW TO RALLY AROUND THIS EXTRA

55:19IDEA WHO'S IN A POT WITH A

55:20BUNCH OF EXTRA IDEAS WHO'VE

55:22BEEN THERE FOR 15 YEARS. THAT'S

55:23WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND A

55:25LITTLE BIT.

55:25>> I REALLY GOOD QUESTION. AND

55:27I THINK THAT GETS INTO SOME OF

55:28THE NUANCE ABOUT KIND OF HOW

55:30ARE WE PROCESSING WITH YOU, AND

55:32THEN HOW ARE WE INTERFACING

55:34WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE ALLIES AND,

55:36AND THE LEGISLATURE? AND THIS

55:38IS A DOCUMENT THAT HONESTLY

55:41PROBABLY GETS READ HERE

55:42INTERNALLY. YOU KNOW, I'M

55:45VIGOROUSLY BY THE COUNCIL

55:46STRONG, YOU KNOW, BUT BUT I AM.

55:51LIKE FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, FOR

55:53EXAMPLE, WE WOULD WE WOULD GO

55:54DOWN ON A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

55:56TOPIC AND THAT WOULD BE A TOPIC

55:58IN ITSELF. THERE MIGHT BE A, A

55:59ONE PAGER ABOUT BEHAVIORAL

56:01HEALTH THAT'S ACTUALLY FAIRLY

56:02CONCISE AND SHORT THAT

56:03LEGISLATORS WILL BE ABLE TO

56:05PROCESS IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF

56:06TIME, HOLDING HANDS WITH THE

56:07COUNTY, HOLDING HANDS WITH THE

56:09BEHAVIORAL HEALTH REGION, OTHER

56:12JURISDICTIONS FROM THROUGHOUT

56:13THE REGION, BUILDING THAT

56:14COALITION. AND THEN THAT IS ITS

56:16OWN KIND OF PRIORITY TOPIC THAT

56:18WE WORK ON. THIS IS THIS IS

56:19LIKE OUR GUIDEBOOK. AND THEN WE

56:21HAVE ALL OF THAT LIST OF THOSE

56:23105 ISSUES, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE

56:26VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT WE

56:27WANT TO ACCOMPLISH. SO WE ARE

56:28ABLE, WE ARE ABLE TO SAY TO OUR

56:30TEAM, WE NEED TO GET X, Y, AND

56:32Z DONE. AND, AND THEY GET A

56:35SENSE FROM THIS LIKE, HEY,

56:36WE'RE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

56:37DOING THAT WORK. THAT'S WHAT

56:39THIS REALLY IS FOR US TO BE

56:41ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE

56:42COLLECTING WHAT YOUR INTENT IS.

56:44BUT THEN WITH SOMETHING LIKE

56:46BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, OR IF THE,

56:47THE 2030 SPLIT FOR

56:49TRANSPORTATION IS GETTING, YOU

56:51KNOW, OR SOMEBODY COMING AFTER

56:52THAT, THERE'S A PREEMPTION

56:54DEVELOPING ON SOMETHING THAT

56:55TAKES AWAY YOUR DECISION MAKING.

56:57WE'RE GOING TO MOBILIZE, AND

56:58THAT WILL BE THE THING, BUT

56:59WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE GOING IN

57:01AND HANDING. THIS LEGISLATOR

57:03WANTS TO SEE IT. GREAT. WE LOVE

57:04THAT CONVERSATION. BUT IT'S

57:06IT'S A MUCH MORE FOCUSED

57:08INTERFACE THAT THEY SEE FROM US

57:10WHEN THEY'RE LEGISLATING DURING

57:12THE SESSION AND PREPARING.

57:13>> OKAY. I WANT TO PUT UP MAYBE

57:15FINER POINT ON YOUR QUESTION.

57:19THE AGENDA. IT'S VIRTUALLY

57:21IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE ALL OF YOU

57:22HAPPY. I THINK WE SHOULD JUST

57:23SAY THAT LIKE THE BUREAUS, THE

57:25ADMINISTRATION, THE MAYOR'S

57:27OFFICE, YOU ALL LIKE IT. WE

57:29HAVE TO BE BROAD TO MAKE

57:32EVERYONE HAPPY. BUT WHEN IT

57:34COMES TO OUR LEGISLATIVE

57:37COMMUNICATION, THAT'S WHEN WE,

57:39I THINK, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO

57:41TAILOR. AND SO I'VE BEEN

57:42THINKING A LOT ABOUT HOW DO WE

57:44ROLL THIS AGENDA OUT WITH OUR

57:46LEGISLATORS. ONCE YOU ALL

57:48APPROVE IT, WHAT IS THE

57:49LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST LOOK LIKE?

57:51IS THERE A PRESS CONFERENCE? IS

57:52THERE LIKE, HOW DO WE TELL THE

57:54STORY ABOUT THE STATE LEAVING

57:56US HIGH AND DRY ON BEHAVIORAL

57:59HEALTH AND SHELTER AND HOUSING

58:02PROGRAMS? AND I THINK THAT'S

58:04WHERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO,

58:07TO LEAN IN ON THOSE ISSUES.

58:09OBVIOUSLY, WE CARE ABOUT

58:11TRANSPORTATION. WE'VE BEEN

58:12REALLY ACTIVE AND INVOLVED, BUT

58:14PART OF IT IS ALSO YOU ALL

58:16TELLING US AND AGREEING, LIKE,

58:17IF YOU WANT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

58:18TO BE THE NUMBER ONE FOCUS, I'D

58:22LOVE TO HEAR THAT FROM YOUR

58:24COLLEAGUES AND HAVE THAT

58:26DIRECTION COMING FROM YOU ALL

58:27BECAUSE THAT HELPS EMPOWER US

58:30WHEN, YOU KNOW, BUREAUS ARE

58:32ASKING, WELL, WHY ISN'T MY

58:33THING GETTING GETTING THE MOST

58:35ATTENTION OR THE MAYOR HAS

58:36QUESTIONS.

58:36>> TAKES ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION

58:38I'D LIKE TO GET A SENSE FOR AS

58:40I GO THROUGH ALL THESE, THESE

58:41SUBMISSIONS ON THE PAGES WITH

58:43THE YELLOW HEADLINES. I'M GOING

58:50TO PULL OUT JUST ONE AS AN

58:52EXAMPLE. BUT THERE ARE DOZENS

58:53AND DOZENS OF EXAMPLES WHERE

58:54THIS WOULD WOULD BE THE CASE.

58:56WHILE DIGITAL EQUITY IS

58:58IMPORTANT, AND I APPRECIATE

58:59THAT BTS PUT SOMETHING FORWARD.

59:00I SWEAR TO GOD, IF YOU SPEND

59:02FIVE SECONDS ON THAT THAT YOU

59:04COULD HAVE SPENT ON MENTAL

59:05HEALTH, I'M GOING TO LOSE IT.

59:08AND SO IT'S NOT THAT WE

59:09DISAGREE WITH DIGITAL EQUITY.

59:11IT'S WHAT DO WE WANT TO SPEND

59:12OUR TIME ON AND OUR RESOURCES

59:14ON? AND MAYBE I'M THINKING OF

59:16IT WRONG IN THAT WE HAVE A A

59:17PORTLAND BUCKET IN SALEM. AND

59:19ONCE WE HIT THE TOP OF IT, WE

59:21KIND OF THEY GIVE US OUR FILL

59:22AND THEY MOVE ON TO THE NEXT

59:24FOLKS. AND I KIND OF AM

59:26THINKING OF IT THAT WAY. SO MY

59:27TECHNICAL QUESTION TO KIND OF

59:29HOW DID THESE BUREAU ITEMS

59:31RAISE TO THE POINT OF BEING IN

59:32FRONT OF US? WERE THEY ALREADY

59:34VETTED AT THE ADMINISTRATION

59:35AND MAYOR'S LEVEL TO SAY, YES,

59:37WE WANT THOSE TO GO FORWARD, OR

59:38ARE WE IN THE POPCORN MODE OF

59:40BUREAU? GOOD IDEA. FAIRIES.

59:42>> SO WE ARE I WOULD SAY IT'S

59:45IT'S A TRADITION THAT HAS MOVED

59:49FORWARD OVER MANY YEARS WHERE

59:50WE'VE REALLY COLLECTED FROM THE

59:53BUREAUS AND THE, YOU KNOW,

59:54COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR. AND WHEN

59:57WE'RE ASKING BUREAUS FOR

59:58INFORMATION, WE ARE EXPECTING

59:59THAT THAT IS. THOSE ARE

1:00:02PRIORITIES NOT OF SOME

1:00:04INDIVIDUAL IN THE BUREAUS.

1:00:05THOSE ARE WE WE LOOK AT THEIR

1:00:07WORK AS IN INTERPRETING AND

1:00:10IMPLEMENTING THE WILL OF THE

1:00:12ELECTED LEADERSHIP, THE POLICY

1:00:14MAKERS OF THE CITY. AND SO WE

1:00:16EXPECT THAT WHEN SOMETHING LIKE

1:00:18DIGITAL EQUITY IS BEING

1:00:19PRESENTED, THAT THAT IS IN LINE

1:00:22WITH THE DESIRE OF THE CITY TO

1:00:24MOVE FORWARD. NOW, THE SIZE AND

1:00:26SCOPE OF THAT COMPARED TO

1:00:27OTHERS IS IMPORTANT.

1:00:29>> SO I SHOULD READ THAT AS OF

1:00:31ALL THE THINGS THAT BTS COULD

1:00:32PUT ON THE AGENDA, THEY CHOSE

1:00:34THAT THERE ARE 5 OR 6 THINGS.

1:00:36ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO BE THAT.

1:00:38>> THERE ARE. IT MAY BE THAT

1:00:39MANY OF THEIRS, IF NOT ALL, GOT

1:00:42ON. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN

1:00:44EVERY CASE BECAUSE WE STILL RUN

1:00:46THE. THE FILTER AND THE ABOUT PL

1:00:49VIABILITY IMPACTS THE CITY.

1:00:50THOSE FACTORS, THE THE POINT

1:00:55ABOUT IT, IT'S HARD TO MAKE

1:00:57EVERYBODY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IS

1:01:00ONE THAT I THINK ACTUALLY WHAT

1:01:01I'M HEARING FROM YOU IS. IN

1:01:05LINE WITH MY PERSPECTIVE, WHICH

1:01:07IS COMPROMISING BY JUST PUTTING

1:01:08IT ALL ON. THERE IS NOT THE

1:01:10BEST STRATEGY. WE CONTINUE TO

1:01:12WANT TO FOCUS AND NARROW, BUT

1:01:15THERE ARE ISSUES THAT COME UP,

1:01:17DIGITAL EQUITY ISSUES OR OTHER

1:01:19ISSUES THAT COME UP. AND WE WE

1:01:21KNOW THERE THERE'S SOME IMPACT

1:01:22TO A BUREAU. AND SO, YOU KNOW,

1:01:25WE TRY TO PUT THE THINGS THAT

1:01:26WE THINK HAVE POLITICAL

1:01:30VIABILITY AND, AND MATCH THOSE

1:01:32CRITERIA IN, IN THE PRIORITIES.

1:01:34BUT THEN WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT IN

1:01:36THE AREAS OF IMPORTANCE. SO WE

1:01:37PUT A LOT INTO AREAS OF

1:01:39IMPORTANCE THAT WE TRACK AND

1:01:40MONITOR. AND AS THOSE THINGS

1:01:41DEVELOP, WE CAN WE CAN ENGAGE

1:01:43MORE IN THOSE.

1:01:44>> OKAY. AND DON'T GET ME WRONG,

1:01:45I JUST USE THAT ONE AS AN

1:01:47EXAMPLE, RIGHT? I'VE WORKED ON

1:01:48THAT ISSUE. I CONTINUE TO

1:01:49SUPPORT IT. BUT WHAT I'M TRYING

1:01:51TO GET A SENSE OF IS, HAS SOME

1:01:53LEVEL OF CHOLINE ALREADY

1:01:54OCCURRED AT THE ADMINISTRATION,

1:01:56OR ARE WE GETTING EVERYTHING

1:01:57THAT LEFT THE DCA LEVEL.

1:02:00>> DCAS SIGN OFF ON THE ASK OF

1:02:02THE BUREAUS?

1:02:03>> ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS A DCA

1:02:04LEVEL. NO NO CUT DOWN ABOVE DCA

1:02:07HAS HAPPENED YET. AND THAT'S

1:02:08PART OF WHAT TODAY IS ABOUT

1:02:10WITH THESE LISTS. BECAUSE THEY

1:02:11SAY THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE

1:02:13AGENDA. THEY'RE JUST CONCEPTS.

1:02:14I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE

1:02:15FOR WHERE'S THE FUNNEL STOPPED.

1:02:17AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT STOPPED

1:02:18AT THE DCA LEVEL. AND NOW IT'S

1:02:20TO COLLECTIVELY ADMINISTRATION

1:02:21AND COUNCIL. IS THAT FAIR?

1:02:23>> YES, YES. THIS IS US TO SAY,

1:02:25HEY, ARE WE GETTING THIS RIGHT?

1:02:27AND IS IS THERE TOO MUCH IN

1:02:29HERE? I THINK THAT'S A THAT'S A

1:02:31EXCELLENT POINT TO BE BRINGING

1:02:32UP. AND IF THERE ARE THINGS,

1:02:33YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE GETTING

1:02:35SOME FEEDBACK TO SAY, HEY,

1:02:38CHECK THE BOXES NEXT TO THESE

1:02:40ITEMS. THESE ARE SUPER BIG

1:02:42PRIORITIES FOR US. OR, YOU KNOW,

1:02:44PUT A MINUS NEXT TO MAYBE LESS

1:02:47OF THAT'S NEEDED, BUT IT'S VERY

1:02:49WELCOME, A MINUS NEXT TO THIS

1:02:51OR THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE

1:02:53REALLY HERE TO SAY WE'RE REALLY

1:02:55SEARCHING IN THESE

1:02:56CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU, THE

1:02:57BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONVERSATIONS,

1:02:58THE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING

1:03:00WITH THE MAYOR, ADMINISTRATOR,

1:03:01COUNCIL, WE'RE SEARCHING FOR

1:03:02WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE

1:03:04RISING TO THE TOP RATHER THAN

1:03:06LOOKING SO MUCH FOR YOU TO, TO,

1:03:08TO TAKE THINGS OUT. BUT WHERE

1:03:10ARE WE CONTINUING TO HAVE OUR

1:03:12BIGGEST PRIORITY FOCUS? AND SO

1:03:15THE WAY MORE IN THE CENTER THAN

1:03:17THE DIGITAL EQUITY STUFF, BUT

1:03:19THERE MAY BE SOME FAIRLY VIABLE

1:03:21OPTIONS TO PURSUE ON THAT.

1:03:23>> OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M JUST

1:03:24LIKE I SAID, I'M JUST TRYING TO

1:03:26GET A SENSE FOR HOW TO FORM

1:03:28THIS AND HOW TO BE IMPACTFUL

1:03:29THIS YEAR, BECAUSE I AM SO

1:03:31TIRED OF STATUS QUO IN TERMS OF

1:03:32OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS AND I

1:03:34MEAN OURS, THE COLLECTIVE

1:03:35CITIES ACROSS OREGON'S

1:03:35LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. SO THIS IS

1:03:37HELPFUL. THANK YOU.

1:03:40>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR

1:03:41ZIMMERMAN WILL GO TO COUNCILOR

1:03:42SMITH THEN. COUNCILOR

1:03:43PIRTLE-GUINEY.

1:03:44>> THANK YOU, INTERIM CHAIR.

1:03:46THANK YOU, SAM, FOR FOR

1:03:48BRINGING THIS FORWARD. MY MY

1:03:49TECHNICAL QUESTION IS, DID WE

1:03:51PUT IN ANY PRE-SESSION BILLS?

1:03:56>> DO YOU WANT. YES. WE DID NOT

1:03:58FILE ANY SPECIFICALLY FOR THE

1:04:00CITY. WE WORKED WITH VARIOUS

1:04:02LEGISLATORS ON A NUMBER OF THEM

1:04:03AND AND MADE SURE THERE WERE

1:04:05PLACEHOLDERS. BUT WE DON'T HAVE

1:04:06ANY OF OUR OWN LIKE CITY OF

1:04:08PORTLAND BILLS RIGHT NOW.

1:04:09>> OKAY. SO THOSE THOSE THOSE

1:04:11PRE SESSION PLACEHOLDERS, DO

1:04:14YOU HAVE THEM RECOGNIZED IN

1:04:16THIS REPORT SO THAT WE KNOW

1:04:17WHAT THOSE ARE SEPARATE FROM

1:04:20THE BIGGER LIST.

1:04:23>> THEY ARE REPRESENTED ON THE

1:04:25AGENDA. BUT NO.

1:04:27>> SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT

1:04:28FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT.

1:04:30IT'S ME AND YOU'VE BEEN TALKING

1:04:31ABOUT A PRE SESSION BILL THAT

1:04:33I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT I

1:04:34HAVE A PLACEHOLDER ON WITH

1:04:37SENATOR DICK ANDERSON FROM

1:04:39LINCOLN CITY. AND WHAT WE'RE

1:04:41TRYING TO DO IS IDENTIFY

1:04:45PROPERTY, AND SOMETHING'S GOING

1:04:46TO GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC WORKS

1:04:48COMMITTEE THAT ME AND COUNCILOR

1:04:50CLARK ARE WORKING ON WHEN WE

1:04:51GET THE ASSETS, ALL OF OUR

1:04:54ASSETS, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE

1:04:55TRYING TO DO IS INCREASE THE

1:04:57AMOUNT OF HOUSING IN THE CITY

1:05:00OF PORTLAND. ONE OF THE WAYS

1:05:01THAT WE CAN DO THAT, WE BELIEVE,

1:05:04IS THAT CITY PROPERTIES THAT

1:05:06ARE VACANT, THAT ARE NOT BEING

1:05:09USED, THAT ARE NOT ON THE TAX

1:05:11ROLLS, THAT WE CAN TURN THOSE

1:05:12OVER FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL

1:05:14COMMERCIAL INTO RESIDENTIAL.

1:05:16AND SO, SENATOR DICK ANDERSON

1:05:19IS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE

1:05:21HOUSING COMMITTEE. SO HE PUT A

1:05:23PLACEHOLDER BILL IN FOR ME IN

1:05:25REGARDS TO THIS, THIS WHOLE

1:05:27HOUSING THING THAT WOULD ALLOW

1:05:28CITIES BY ORDINANCE TO TO

1:05:31FOLLOW A PUBLIC HEARING OF

1:05:34THEIR OWN AFTER THIS IS AFTER

1:05:37THIS IS DONE, TO BE ABLE TO

1:05:39IDENTIFY PROPERTIES IN THE

1:05:41URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY THAT WE

1:05:43CAN USE FOR RESIDENTIAL USE.

1:05:46NOW, SOME OF THIS, IT WILL

1:05:48LIMIT THE CONTACT THAT WILL

1:05:50HAVE TO REVIEW THIS. AND IF YOU

1:05:53PUT THIS LANGUAGE IN, THEY WILL

1:05:54NOT BE ABLE TO. YES. THANK YOU.

1:05:58THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP

1:06:00IT. SO WE'RE TRYING WE'RE

1:06:03ACTUALLY WORKING BACKWARDS. AND

1:06:04I THINK THAT FROM A TECHNICAL

1:06:06STANDPOINT, WE SHOULD HAVE HAD

1:06:07TWO LISTS. WE SHOULD HAVE HAD A

1:06:09LIST THAT WE COULD DO. PRE

1:06:11SESSION WITH THE PRE-SESSION

1:06:12BILL STARTED IN THE FIRST WEEK

1:06:13IN SEPTEMBER, AND I DON'T THINK

1:06:16WE WERE WE WERE ASKED ABOUT ANY

1:06:17OF THOSE AND I KNEW ABOUT THE

1:06:19PROCESS, BUT I JUST WENT AHEAD

1:06:20AND STARTED WORKING WITH

1:06:23SENATOR ANDERSON OVER THE

1:06:24SUMMER SO THAT HE COULD PUT

1:06:25THAT IN ONE OF HIS COMMITTEES,

1:06:28WHICH GENERALLY. ON THE POLICY

1:06:30SIDE, IF YOU. THOSE THINGS THAT

1:06:34GO IN PRE SESSION ARE THE

1:06:35THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO GO,

1:06:38NOT THINGS THAT WE PUT IN IN

1:06:40DECEMBER. THEY KNOW THAT THOSE

1:06:41ARE THE PRIORITY THINGS. AND

1:06:42THAT'S WHY I ASKED, IS THERE A

1:06:44SEPARATE LIST FOR THE

1:06:46PRE-SESSION THINGS THAT WE ARE

1:06:48HAVING PLACEHOLDERS FOR THAT WE

1:06:51SHOULD KNOW ABOUT? BECAUSE THIS

1:06:52BIG LIST, I'M LIKE, ERIC, IT'S

1:06:54IT'S LIKE OVERWHELMING. IT'S

1:06:56NOT GETTING TO THE POINT

1:06:58BECAUSE WHEN YOU ASK OTHER

1:07:00CITIES, THEY SAY, WHAT IS YOUR

1:07:01BIG PRIORITY? TELL ME YOUR TOP

1:07:02THREE, WHAT ARE YOUR TOP THREE

1:07:04THINGS THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING

1:07:05TO BE FIGHTING FOR? YOU KNOW,

1:07:07YOU USUALLY FIGHT FOR SOMETHING

1:07:08FOR A BIGGER LIKE BEHAVIORAL

1:07:09HEALTH IN GENERAL. AND THEN YOU

1:07:11HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT

1:07:12SPECIFICALLY THAT YOU WANT. YOU

1:07:13EITHER WANT POLICY THINGS OR

1:07:15YOU EITHER WANT MONEY THINGS.

1:07:16SO I, FROM A TECHNICAL

1:07:18STANDPOINT, WHAT WOULD HELP ME?

1:07:20WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR UNDER

1:07:21THESE ISSUE AREAS? IS THAT

1:07:23UNDER POLICY OR MONEY AND HOW

1:07:27MUCH WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR?

1:07:28I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT

1:07:30IS BECAUSE LOOKING AT THIS BIG

1:07:31LIST, IT IS WAY TOO MUCH AND IT

1:07:34IS NOT GOING TO GIVE US THE

1:07:35POWER THAT A CITY OF OUR SIZE

1:07:37CAN HAVE. WHEN PEOPLE START

1:07:38SAYING, OH, PORTLAND IS COMING

1:07:41IN HARD FOR X, Y, Z, NOT ALL

1:07:44THESE 100 ITEMS. I KNOW IT'S

1:07:47TOUGH TO MANAGE ALL OF US, BUT

1:07:51I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE A

1:07:53LITTLE BIT MORE STRATEGIC

1:07:56NARROWING OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

1:07:59AND EVERYBODY HAS AN IDEA, AND

1:08:01EVERYBODY CAN GO DOWN TO SALEM

1:08:02AND TESTIFY ON THEIR ON THEIR

1:08:04FAVORITE BILL OR WHATEVER. AND

1:08:05I LIKE TO BE ABLE TO COORDINATE.

1:08:06I ALWAYS DO THAT WITH YOU, BUT

1:08:08I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT

1:08:09FROM FROM THE STANDPOINT THAT

1:08:11WE KNOW WHAT THE POLICY ISSUES

1:08:13ARE, THAT WE SUPPORTING WHAT

1:08:14THE MONEY ISSUES ARE AND WHAT

1:08:16ARE THE ONES ON THE PRE SESSION.

1:08:18I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO, TO DO

1:08:20THIS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A

1:08:21SYSTEM SET UP FOR COUNCIL TO

1:08:23TALK ABOUT PRE-SESSION BILLS.

1:08:25IT'S ONLY ON THE UNDER THE BIG

1:08:27BILL. SO IT'S IT'S KIND OF A

1:08:30MOOT POINT.

1:08:32>> LET ME JUMP IN HERE AND THEN

1:08:35TURN IT OVER TO EVAN. I THINK

1:08:37THE I'M ENCOURAGED BY THE KIND

1:08:41OF COMMUNICATION WE'RE GETTING

1:08:42AROUND, BEING FOCUSED AND

1:08:44PRIORITIZING AND LIKE, LET'S

1:08:45REALLY, I THINK THIS SESSION,

1:08:46MORE THAN ANY OTHER SESSION

1:08:47THAT WE'VE BEEN OR CERTAINLY

1:08:49SINCE THE GREAT RECESSION, IS

1:08:50GOING TO BE ONE WHERE WE'RE

1:08:52GOING TO NEED TO BE HYPER

1:08:53FOCUSED. I WOULD SAY I KIND OF

1:08:57LOOK AT THIS AS SOMEBODY WHO

1:08:58I'M NOT AN EXPERT. I'M GOING TO

1:09:00ADMIT THIS HERE. I'M NOT AN

1:09:02EXPERT IN THE LEGISLATURE, IN

1:09:03THE LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY AND

1:09:05HOW TO, YOU KNOW, POSITION

1:09:07EVERYTHING MOVING FORWARD.

1:09:10THAT'S WHY I REALLY RELY A LOT

1:09:12ON EVAN AND THE TEAM. AND WE

1:09:14HAVE OUR CONTRACT WITH THORN

1:09:16RUN. AND AND OF COURSE, A TEAM

1:09:19THAT'S DOWN THERE. AND SO I, I,

1:09:23I'M ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT

1:09:24SURPRISED AT HOW FEW BILLS

1:09:26WE'RE FILING AND HOW MANY BILLS

1:09:28THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN BEFORE

1:09:30SESSIONS, BECAUSE THERE'S SO

1:09:33MANY DIFFERENT AVENUES TO GET

1:09:34THAT WORK MOVING FORWARD. RIGHT.

1:09:37AND SO WE, WE'VE FOCUSED, I

1:09:40THINK THIS, THIS CONVERSATION

1:09:42HAS, YOU KNOW, THREE ELEMENTS

1:09:44FEDERAL AGENDA, STATE AGENDA.

1:09:45AND THEN OUR OPERATING AND OUR

1:09:47OPERATING IS REALLY WHAT I

1:09:48THINK OF AS LIKE, WHAT'S OUR

1:09:49STRATEGY? HOW ARE WE WORKING

1:09:50WITH YOU ALL IN TERMS OF

1:09:52STRATEGY, BUT WE'RE REALLY

1:09:53FOCUSING WITH THE AGENDAS ON

1:09:55POLICY. WHAT IS IT YOU WANT ME

1:09:57TO TELL THEM TO GO GET DONE?

1:09:59AND THEN I KIND OF JUST TELL

1:10:01THEM, GO GET THIS DONE. OKAY.

1:10:02AND, AND, AND THEY IDENTIFY

1:10:04WHAT THOSE BEST STRATEGIES ARE

1:10:07SUPER HAPPY TO I MEAN, WE HAVE

1:10:09A LOT OF EXPERTISE HERE IN

1:10:11LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY. AND SO,

1:10:13YOU KNOW, CONSULTING AND

1:10:15ENGAGING YOU ON THAT IS VERY

1:10:17WELCOME. BUT THAT'S KIND OF

1:10:19WE'VE REALLY APPROACHED THIS AS

1:10:20WHAT'S THE POLICY? WHAT IS IT

1:10:22YOU WANT US TO GET DONE? NOW I

1:10:24LOOK BACK AND I THINK THE

1:10:26NARROWING OF IT HELPS A LOT

1:10:28BECAUSE THIS TEAM DOES A LOT.

1:10:30AND IT THERE'S SO MUCH BEHIND

1:10:32THE SCENE. SO BUT WHAT I WOULD

1:10:35SAY IS, YOU KNOW, LOOK BACK AT

1:10:36SOME OF THOSE REPORTS THAT WE

1:10:39DO END OF SESSION REPORTS. AND

1:10:40THERE ARE A HUGE NUMBER OF

1:10:43DELIVERABLES. AND, AND, AND SO

1:10:46WE DON'T NEED TO BE IN A PLACE

1:10:47WHERE WE'RE JUST GETTING THE

1:10:48BIG STUFF DONE BECAUSE WE CAN

1:10:50GET THE BIG STUFF DONE AND SOME

1:10:52OF THE OTHER THINGS DONE. AND

1:10:53WE'RE ABLE TO. I THINK IF I

1:10:56LOOK BACK AT THE LAST SESSIONS

1:10:57AND WHAT THE TEAM HAS DONE DOWN

1:10:59IN THE LEGISLATURE, I DON'T

1:11:00THINK THERE WERE ANY ISSUES

1:11:01THAT DIDN'T GET THROUGH OR

1:11:04DIDN'T GET WHERE THEY NEEDED TO

1:11:05GO BECAUSE OF LACK OF CAPACITY

1:11:07OR ATTENTION OF OUR TEAM TO BE

1:11:09ABLE TO DELIVER.

1:11:10>> BUT THERE WERE SOME THAT DID

1:11:11NOT GET THROUGH.

1:11:12>> YEAH. AND THAT AND THAT THAT

1:11:14WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. AND BUT, BUT

1:11:16BUT I THINK THAT THIS TEAM IS

1:11:19ALWAYS LOOKING TO BALANCE AND

1:11:20IT'S GREAT TO BE GETTING INPUT

1:11:22WHERE, HEY, THOSE THOSE ISSUES

1:11:24AREN'T QUITE AS IMPORTANT AS

1:11:25THE. AND SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S

1:11:26WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH HERE

1:11:28IS TO TRY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND

1:11:30WHAT ARE THOSE REALLY CORE

1:11:32PRIORITIES. YES, THERE'S A BIG

1:11:34LIST AND WE CAN KEEP THINGS ON

1:11:36THE BIG LIST. BUT BUT WHAT ARE

1:11:38WE REALLY DRIVING. AND, AND I

1:11:40THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE KEY

1:11:42THAT WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND. AND

1:11:44THEN HAPPY TO ALSO DISCUSS MORE

1:11:47THE STRATEGY. BUT THAT'S JUST

1:11:48RIGHT OR WRONG, HOW WE'VE KIND

1:11:49OF APPROACHED IT.

1:11:50>> AND I THINK IT'S VERY

1:11:51IMPORTANT. SO I THINK FROM A

1:11:53STANDPOINT OF IT'S 12 OF US,

1:11:54RIGHT. AND SO WHEN I USED TO DO

1:11:56ADVOCACY WORK DOWN IN SALEM,

1:11:57WHAT I WOULD DO WITH THE FOLKS

1:11:59THAT I WAS WORKING WITH, I

1:12:01WOULD SAY, HERE'S THE DEADLINE.

1:12:02IT'S FOUR WEEKS IN OR WHATEVER.

1:12:04IF YOU DON'T HAVE A HEARING BY

1:12:05THIS DATE, YOUR YOUR BILL IS

1:12:07DEAD. I THINK YOU NEED TO TREAT

1:12:09US LIKE A INDIVIDUAL, LIKE,

1:12:12LIKE A CLIENT OF SORTS. AND

1:12:15TELL US IN THE BEGINNING, WHEN

1:12:17WE FIRST START SESSION, HERE'S

1:12:18WHERE WE GOT TO BE. IF THIS

1:12:20BILL DOESN'T PASS OUT OF THIS

1:12:21HEARING, OUR PRIORITY BILLS,

1:12:23IT'S DEAD. BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T

1:12:25KNOW THAT. THEY'RE STILL

1:12:27THINKING THAT BILLS ARE STILL

1:12:29ALIVE, THAT THAT DON'T HAVE NO

1:12:30SHOT AT COMING BECAUSE THEY

1:12:32DIED. THEY DIDN'T EVEN GET A

1:12:33HEARING. THEY DIDN'T EVEN COME

1:12:34OUT OF HEARING. IF YOU DO THAT

1:12:36FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT TO

1:12:38US, JUST SEND US A, A WHITE

1:12:40SHEET AND SAY, OKAY, HERE ARE

1:12:42OUR BILLS THAT ARE THAT ARE

1:12:44COMING UP. IT'S IN X, Y, Z

1:12:46COMMITTEE. IF IT DOESN'T COME

1:12:48OUT OF HERE, IT'S DEAD. NOW

1:12:49WE'RE DOWN TO THIS NUMBER OF

1:12:52BILLS. AND I'VE I'M TELLING YOU,

1:12:54THE MOST SUCCESS THAT I'VE HAD

1:12:56WITH ADVOCATING FOR BILLS AND

1:12:58MONEY DOWN THERE. I'VE GOTTEN

1:13:00PRE-SESSION BILLS AND I'VE HAD

1:13:01PRE CONVERSATIONS WITH CHAIRS

1:13:05OF COMMITTEES AND GETTING OTHER

1:13:06FOLKS ON BOARD WHO SIT ON THOSE

1:13:08COMMITTEES. AND SO FOR ME, IT'S

1:13:10JUST, IT'S HARD TO SIT HERE AND

1:13:12THEN HEAR YOU SAY IN DECEMBER,

1:13:15BY DECEMBER THINGS ARE DONE.

1:13:17>> SO. COUNCILOR SMITH, I WANT

1:13:18TO TALK MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT

1:13:20THIS. I WAS HORRIFIED WHEN I

1:13:22CAME TO THE CITY AND LEARNED

1:13:24OUR AGENDA SETTING PROCESS, AND

1:13:25THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE YOU ALL

1:13:27WEIGHING IN BY THE PRE-SESSION

1:13:29FILING DEADLINE. SO I SPENT MY

1:13:30FIRST TWO YEARS TRYING TO GET

1:13:32THE AGENDA SETTING PROCESS TO

1:13:34SPEED UP. WHAT I LEARNED

1:13:36THROUGH THAT IS THAT BETWEEN

1:13:37THE BUDGET SETTING PROCESS AND

1:13:40THE END OF THAT, YOU ALL DON'T

1:13:43HAVE TIME TO GIVE US THE

1:13:46INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO

1:13:47HAVE PRE-SESSION ESPECIALLY

1:13:49WHEN THEY MOVE IT UP TO THE

1:13:51BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER LIKE WE

1:13:52DID. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE, AND

1:13:54I'D BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN AND

1:13:55WALK YOU THROUGH THIS, IS WE

1:13:57WENT AND WE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW,

1:13:59WHAT DO WE THINK THE HIGHEST

1:14:00PRIORITY ISSUES ARE? WHAT DO WE

1:14:03THINK? LIKE WHO'S WORKING ON

1:14:04THAT ALREADY? AND WE WENT AND

1:14:06WE TALKED TO LEGISLATORS ABOUT

1:14:08THOSE ITEMS AND MADE SURE THAT

1:14:09THERE WERE BILLS THAT WOULD BE

1:14:12IN THE STACK THAT COULD BECOME

1:14:15THE THING WE NEED IT TO BECOME.

1:14:18IF YOU ALL CHOOSE TO.

1:14:20>> YOU TOOK OUR JOB AWAY, WHICH

1:14:22YOU DID.

1:14:22>> BUT THAT'S WHY.

1:14:23>> WE'RE DOING.

1:14:25>> THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.

1:14:27>> I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND

1:14:28THIS SERIOUSLY. YOU TOOK OUR

1:14:30JOB AWAY BECAUSE YOU DON'T

1:14:31THINK THAT WE CAN DO A BUDGET

1:14:33AND IDENTIFY PRIORITIES AT THE

1:14:35SAME TIME, AND THAT'S NOT TRUE.

1:14:36>> I TRIED.

1:14:37>> NO, NO NO NO, THAT'S THAT'S

1:14:39THAT'S.

1:14:39>> HOW.

1:14:40>> I GOT IT FROM YOU.

1:14:41>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD

1:14:43A CHANCE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.

1:14:45>> I JUST WANT TO I THINK THAT

1:14:47THE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO

1:14:49COMMUNICATE AS BEST WE CAN. IT

1:14:51WAS VERY CHALLENGING TO ENGAGE

1:14:53DURING THE BUDGET SESSION. I'M

1:14:54NOT SAYING THAT IF THIS COUNCIL

1:14:56WANTS TO MAKE THAT A PRIORITY,

1:14:57THAT ABSOLUTELY WE ARE

1:14:59AVAILABLE AS MUCH AS NEEDED. WE

1:15:01LOVE THE INTERACTION AS MUCH AS

1:15:03WE CAN GET. SO I JUST WANT TO I

1:15:06JUST.

1:15:06>> WANT A CHOICE. THAT'S ALL

1:15:07I'M ASKING YOU. JUST GIVE ME

1:15:09THE CHOICE.

1:15:09>> WE MOVED. WE SET THIS

1:15:11PROCESS UP AND THIS EXTENSIVE.

1:15:12THERE WAS NEVER A PROCESS

1:15:13BEFORE. I MEAN, WELL, THERE

1:15:15ALWAYS HAS BEEN A PROCESS,

1:15:16WHETHER IT BE OKAY. BUT BUT OUR

1:15:18INTENTION WAS TO TRY TO ENGAGE

1:15:19LIKE WE ARE TRYING TO ENGAGE AS

1:15:21EARLY THE MAY DEADLINE FOR

1:15:22ISSUE SHEETS. WE'RE TRYING TO

1:15:23ENGAGE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE AND

1:15:25CREATE ENOUGH TIME TO REALLY

1:15:27VET AND DISCUSS AND ENGAGE

1:15:28INDIVIDUALLY WITH COUNCIL

1:15:30MEMBERS COLLECTIVELY. YOU KNOW,

1:15:32WE WANT TO HAVE BRIEFINGS WHERE

1:15:34WE'RE AVAILABLE TO COUNCIL

1:15:36MEMBERS AND AND STAFF GOING TO

1:15:37HEADS OF OF STAFF GOING TO BE

1:15:41AS COMMUNICATIVE AND AND

1:15:42BRIEFINGS DURING SESSION AND

1:15:43THEN HIGHLIGHTING THINGS THAT

1:15:44ARE COMING UP FLAGGING AND, BUT

1:15:46WE'RE NOT SAYING DECEMBER IS

1:15:48LIKE WHEN IT HAPPENS, WE'RE

1:15:50DOING THAT WORK NOW WE'RE

1:15:52TALKING WE'RE GOING TO

1:15:53LEGISLATIVE DAYS. WE'RE TALKING

1:15:54TO THEM ABOUT THIS GRAY AREA OF

1:15:56TRYING TO HELP IDENTIFY ISSUES

1:15:57FOR THEM AS WE'RE PREPARING

1:15:59THEM WITH YOU, BECAUSE WE'RE

1:16:00GOING ON A CYCLE FROM LAST

1:16:02YEAR'S. WE HAVE LAST YEAR'S

1:16:03AGENDA. AND SO WE'RE CYCLING

1:16:04THAT AND MODERNIZING IT EVERY

1:16:06YEAR AND GOING THROUGH THAT

1:16:07CYCLE. I AM, I AM, YOU KNOW, IF

1:16:12WE ARE TAKING SOME OF YOUR JOB

1:16:15AWAY FROM YOU, THAT IS NOT OUR

1:16:17ATTENTION AND WE DON'T WANT TO

1:16:18DO THAT, THAT THAT IS WE'RE

1:16:20TRYING TO BE AS TRANSPARENT,

1:16:21OPEN AS WE CAN. AND IT IF WE

1:16:23CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF MAKING

1:16:25SURE YOU'RE GETTING SOME OF

1:16:26THAT STRATEGIC INFORMATION,

1:16:27THOSE TIMELINES BEFOREHAND, I

1:16:28HEAR THAT AND WE DON'T WE DON'T

1:16:30WANT YOU FEELING LIKE THAT. AND

1:16:31SO I THINK WE CAN KIND OF THINK

1:16:33ABOUT HOW WE ADJUST AND MAKE

1:16:35SURE THAT WE'RE PLUGGING THOSE

1:16:38PIECES IN AS IN TIMELY A WAY.

1:16:40>> JUST TO NOTE THAT SAYS, OKAY,

1:16:42WE HAVE PRE-SESSION FILING

1:16:43COMING UP. WE GOT LEDGE DAYS

1:16:44COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER.

1:16:46EVERYBODY DOESN'T KNOW THAT.

1:16:47YOU ASSUME THAT WE KNOW IT AND

1:16:49WE DON'T. YEAH, AS A GROUP. SO

1:16:52WE GOT LEDGE DAYS. ARE THERE

1:16:53SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GET

1:16:55IN ON PRE SESSION? BOOM. THAT'S

1:16:57JUST SO SIMPLE.

1:16:59>> LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING

1:17:00THAT. THANK YOU. LET ME LET ME

1:17:02DO THIS IS APPROPRIATE. DOES

1:17:04EVERYBODY GET OUR

1:17:05INTERGOVERNMENTAL UPDATE. IF

1:17:07YOU'RE NOT GETTING THOSE

1:17:09INTERGOVERNMENTAL UPDATES WHICH

1:17:10COME OUT THAT'S SEPARATE THAN

1:17:11THE COMMUNICATIONS WE SEND TO

1:17:13COUNCIL. THAT'S JUST OUR

1:17:14REGULAR NEWSLETTER. JUST

1:17:14FLAGGING THAT THAT THAT

1:17:17SOMETIMES ONE DOESN'T KNOW

1:17:18WHO'S GETTING IT OR NOT. SO

1:17:21I'LL JUST FLAG THAT. BUT

1:17:24COUNCILOR SUPER HAPPY TO SIT

1:17:25DOWN AND SHARE A LITTLE MORE

1:17:27DETAIL AND THEN ALSO BE WORKING

1:17:29TOWARD HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE

1:17:30THAT BETTER OUT TO COUNCIL AND

1:17:32MAYOR AND ADMINISTRATOR AS A

1:17:34WHOLE?

1:17:34>> PERFECT. THANK YOU.

1:17:35>> THANK YOU.

1:17:36>> THANK YOU, COUNSELOR SMITH.

1:17:37SO BEFORE I MOVE ON, I'LL BE

1:17:39COUNCILOR. PIRTLE-GUINEY. AND

1:17:40THEN GREEN. BEFORE THAT, I JUST

1:17:42WANT TO NOTE, WE'VE KIND OF

1:17:44COMBINED THREE OF THE

1:17:45CATEGORIES. IT SEEMS LIKE OR AT

1:17:47LEAST TWO OF THEM. I THINK

1:17:49MAYBE IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO

1:17:50SAY THERE'S THESE FRAMING

1:17:52QUESTIONS THAT YOU CAN SEE UP

1:17:53ON THE SCREEN HERE, BUT THERE'S

1:17:55ALSO THE IDEA OF START WITH

1:17:57YOUR TECHNICAL STUFF, BUT THERE

1:17:59IS ALSO GOING TO BE CLEARLY

1:18:01SOME CONNECTION BETWEEN THAT

1:18:02AND THE, THE CRITERIA, AS WELL

1:18:04AS AT LEAST THE STATE AGENDA.

1:18:06IF YOU HAVE FEDERAL THINGS, WE

1:18:08IMAGINE THAT THAT JACK WILL BE

1:18:10NEGLECTED A LITTLE BIT ON THIS

1:18:11ONE, BUT WE ALSO WANT WE DO

1:18:13HAVE ANOTHER WORK SESSION ON

1:18:15THIS FOR THE FEDERAL. SO

1:18:16ANYTHING THAT'S FEDERAL COMING

1:18:18UP THAT YOU KNOW NOW SHOULD BE

1:18:19MENTIONED TODAY, BUT WE WILL

1:18:20HAVE A CHANCE AND I BELIEVE

1:18:22LATE NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER IS

1:18:23OUR OTHER SESSION AFTER WE KNOW

1:18:26WHAT THE CONGRESSIONAL

1:18:28LANDSCAPE WILL LOOK LIKE POST

1:18:29ELECTION DAY. OKAY, I'M GOING

1:18:32TO MOVE ON TO COUNCILOR.

1:18:33PIRTLE-GUINEY. AND THEN.

1:18:34COUNCILOR GREEN.

1:18:35>> COUNCILOR KANAL. MY PLAN IS

1:18:37TO ASK A FEW TECHNICAL AND BIG

1:18:41PICTURE AGENDA QUESTIONS HERE,

1:18:42AND I WILL GET BACK IN THE

1:18:43QUEUE FOR SOME SMALLER ITEM

1:18:46SPECIFIC COMMENTS THAT I HAVE

1:18:48ON BOTH AGENDAS RIGHT AFTER

1:18:49OTHERS HAVE A CHANCE. AND I

1:18:52WILL BREAK THAT. JUST TO SAY,

1:18:54SINCE IT CAME UP FROM COUNCILOR

1:18:57SMITH, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTIVE

1:19:00OF US HAVING AN AGENDA THAT

1:19:01INCLUDES MOVING INDUSTRIAL LAND

1:19:03TO HOUSING LAND. WE NEED GOOD

1:19:05JOBS FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO

1:19:07WE KNOW WE NEED TO BUILD

1:19:08HOUSING FOR ALSO. SO IF THAT

1:19:11DOES BECOME AN ASK TO PUT ON

1:19:13OUR AGENDA, PLEASE MAKE SURE

1:19:14THAT COMES TO THE FULL COUNCIL

1:19:16SO I CAN MAKE A PITCH TO MY

1:19:17COLLEAGUES TO NOT LOSE OUR JOB

1:19:19PRODUCING LAND IN OUR CITY. WE

1:19:20DON'T HAVE A LOT OF IT. I AM

1:19:26WONDERING IF THE ORDER ON THIS

1:19:28SHEET AND I KNOW THE THE ISSUE

1:19:32AREAS ARE JUST OR THE AREAS OF

1:19:33IMPORTANCE ARE ALPHABETICAL,

1:19:35BUT THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA,

1:19:38DOES THAT INFLUENCE THE ORDER

1:19:41OF PRIORITY FOR YOU ALL? AND

1:19:42WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IS HOW

1:19:44ARE WE SHARING WITH LEGISLATORS?

1:19:48THESE ARE THE THINGS WHEN PUSH

1:19:49COMES TO SHOVE, WHEN THE

1:19:51LEGISLATURE SAYS TO US, WE

1:19:53DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CAPACITY

1:19:54LEFT, WHERE DO YOU WANT YOUR

1:19:55MONEY GOING? HOW ARE WE SHOWING

1:19:57FROM THE VERY START WHERE WE

1:19:59WANT OUR MONEY GOING, AND I

1:20:01WILL JUMP TO THE ASK HERE,

1:20:04WHICH IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE

1:20:06THAT OUR AGENDA IS VERY CLEAR

1:20:08THAT IF WE HAVE LIMITED DOLLARS,

1:20:10WE WANT DOLLARS INTO BEHAVIORAL

1:20:13HEALTH. SO DO I NEED TO ASK YOU

1:20:16ALL TO MOVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

1:20:18FROM NUMBER THREE TO NUMBER TWO?

1:20:20I ASSUME IT SHOULDN'T BE NUMBER

1:20:21ONE, BECAUSE THAT PREEMPTIVE

1:20:22PIECE IS SO IMPORTANT. DO WE

1:20:25NEED TO SHIFT THE ORDER THERE

1:20:27OR IS THERE SOME OTHER YOU

1:20:29TALKED ABOUT FUTURE DOCUMENTS

1:20:30YOU'RE MAKING WHERE WE ARE

1:20:32SHOWING HERE ARE THE PROACTIVE

1:20:34THINGS THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY

1:20:37PUSHING FOR, AS OPPOSED TO THE

1:20:38THINGS ON THE AGENDA THAT ARE

1:20:39MORE REACTIVE, RIGHT? I KNOW

1:20:41THAT IN SOME WAYS, THIS IS A

1:20:43DOCUMENT FOR US SO THAT WE ALL

1:20:45KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT I

1:20:47WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE

1:20:49SOMEHOW SHOWING EARLY ON. WHEN

1:20:53PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, WE MUST

1:20:55GET THE MONEY HERE, OR THIS IS

1:20:58WHAT WE'RE PROACTIVELY DOING.

1:21:00THE REST OF THIS IS CRITICALLY

1:21:02IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S HOW WE

1:21:03RESPOND TO OTHER THINGS. WHERE

1:21:05DOES WHERE DO WE SHOW THAT.

1:21:07>> OH, I WILL.

1:21:10>> JUST SAY THAT I THINK IF IF

1:21:13THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT THIS

1:21:16COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ORGANIZE

1:21:17THESE PRIORITIES, I THINK, YOU

1:21:20KNOW, PERCEPTION OR NOT, THE

1:21:24ORDER IS IMPORTANT. AND AND SO

1:21:27THAT WOULD BE WELCOME. I THINK

1:21:29THAT. YOUR OTHER. WELL, SO.

1:21:39>> I WOULD I WOULD BE HAPPY TO

1:21:41JUMP IN. I THINK WHAT WE'RE

1:21:43HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL

1:21:44TODAY IS YOUR REFLECTIONS ON

1:21:46THE AGENDA. AND WHAT I'M

1:21:47HEARING THUS FAR IS LESS IS

1:21:49MORE. WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE

1:21:51BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND MONEY TO

1:21:52BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. ONE OF THE

1:21:53THINGS THAT WE THINK ABOUT A

1:21:55LOT IS COLOR AND MONEY AND WHAT,

1:21:57WHAT HAPPENS WITH MONEY. AND SO

1:22:00WE THINK ABOUT THE BUCKETS OF

1:22:02FUNDING, THE SUSTAINING OF, OF

1:22:04EXISTING BUDGETS AND CONTINUING

1:22:05SERVICE LEVELS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE

1:22:07ALSO GOING TO BE THINKING VERY,

1:22:09VERY SOON HERE ABOUT THE

1:22:10GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET

1:22:12AND WHAT WE WANT TO ASK HER TO

1:22:14PUT IN HER BUDGET. WE'RE

1:22:15THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ONE

1:22:16OF THE THINGS WE THINK ABOUT AS

1:22:18OUR LOTTERY FUND ASKS, AND ONLY

1:22:20HAVING MAYBE ONE FOR THE CITY,

1:22:23SINCE IT'S A SMALL AND

1:22:25DIMINISHING POT OF FUNDS. AND

1:22:29SO THAT'S THE POINT OF THIS

1:22:30CONVERSATION. IF YOU ALL WANT

1:22:32US TO DELETE EVERYTHING EXCEPT

1:22:33FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. I MEAN,

1:22:36WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

1:22:38LIKE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE

1:22:40LOOKING FOR IS YOUR GUIDANCE ON

1:22:42HOW YOU WANT US.

1:22:43>> AND I DON'T WANT US TO

1:22:45DELETE EVERYTHING. I DO THINK

1:22:46HAVING THE FULL DOCUMENT IS

1:22:47IMPORTANT. I THINK IT'S

1:22:48IMPORTANT, LIKE I SAID, FOR US

1:22:50TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE HOW ARE

1:22:52YOU GOING TO REACT TO THINGS?

1:22:55BECAUSE FOR FOR THE CITY OF

1:22:57PORTLAND, THE REACTIVE AGENDA,

1:22:58I THINK, IS ALSO INCREDIBLY

1:23:01IMPORTANT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE

1:23:03SURE WE ALSO EITHER THAT WE

1:23:05ALSO HAVE SOMEWHERE THAT SHOWS

1:23:07TOP LINE PROACTIVE HERE ARE OUR

1:23:10PRIORITIES, OR WE GET INTO THE

1:23:14CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ORDERING

1:23:15OF THE BUCKETS HERE, WHICH I

1:23:18HESITATE TO BRING UP BECAUSE I

1:23:19KNOW WE CAN GET REALLY NITPICKY

1:23:21IF WE DO THAT, BUT SOMEWHERE I

1:23:25STILL BELIEVE WE WE TALKED

1:23:27ABOUT LAST YEAR, SHOULD WE HAVE

1:23:29A SINGLE ASK FOR BEHAVIORAL

1:23:31HEALTH? I DON'T THINK YOU CAN

1:23:32GET US TO SAY YES TO A SINGLE

1:23:34ASK, BUT I STILL BELIEVE THAT

1:23:36THAT SHOULD BE LIKE SOMEHOW

1:23:39SHOWN AS, HEY, LEGISLATURE,

1:23:41YOU'RE NOT USED TO US ASKING

1:23:43FOR THIS. WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT

1:23:45THAT THE CITY NEEDS, BUT

1:23:46ACTUALLY, NONE OF THOSE OTHER

1:23:48THINGS WILL MATTER IF WE CAN'T

1:23:49DO THIS.

1:23:50>> I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS

1:23:52THAT WE CAN ALSO ADDRESS. AND

1:23:54WE KIND OF DO A OFTEN A COVER

1:23:57MEMO OR LETTER THAT GOES WITH

1:23:59IT. AND WHERE WE REALLY DRIVE

1:24:01HOME THOSE, THOSE, THOSE EVEN

1:24:03MORE TOP PRIORITY. AND SO

1:24:05THAT'S A PLACE WHERE WE CAN TRY

1:24:06TO ARTICULATE THAT IN AN EVEN

1:24:08BETTER WAY. I DO THINK EVAN'S

1:24:11POINT ABOUT COLOR OF MONEY IS A

1:24:13REALLY IMPORTANT ONE, BECAUSE

1:24:14NOBODY'S SAYING, HEY, PORTLAND,

1:24:15YOU GET 100 MILLION BUCKS HOW

1:24:17YOU WANT TO SPEND IT. NOBODY'S

1:24:18SAYING THAT. THEY'RE SAYING GET

1:24:1950 FROM HERE. AND, YOU KNOW,

1:24:21HEY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HEAR

1:24:22WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE

1:24:24HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, YOU

1:24:25KNOW, CONTINUUM AND, AND THE,

1:24:28WITH THAT COMMITTEE. AND

1:24:29THEY'RE THINKING ALL ABOUT THAT,

1:24:31THOSE LEGISLATORS OR, YOU KNOW,

1:24:33AND WE CAN SAY BEHAVIORAL

1:24:34HEALTH IS THIS PRIORITY. AND WE

1:24:35CAN WE CAN FIND WAYS TO BE VERY

1:24:39OUTSPOKEN AND DIRECT ABOUT THAT

1:24:40WITH LEGISLATORS AND LOOK FOR

1:24:42PLACES PROACTIVELY FOR THAT

1:24:44FUNDING TRANSPORTATION. ANOTHER

1:24:45EXAMPLE WHERE IT'S JUST GOING

1:24:47TO COME AT US, WE'RE GOING TO

1:24:48HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND

1:24:50THE CREATIVE THINKING IS GOING

1:24:52DOWN. THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING

1:24:54TO THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LOT OF

1:24:55CREATIVE THINKERS THAT THINK,

1:24:57HEY, WE CAN JUST GET RID OF

1:24:58THIS 2030 PART OF THE SPLIT AND,

1:25:01AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE

1:25:03SAVING ALL THESE STATE JOBS. SO,

1:25:05YOU KNOW, WITHOUT THINKING

1:25:05ABOUT ALL THE LOCAL JOBS. SO

1:25:08THAT'S KIND OF, I THINK THE

1:25:09IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF IT. BUT I

1:25:11THINK IT'S KIND OF LIKE A DREAM

1:25:12RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE USUALLY

1:25:15IN THE, IN THE, OUR JOB IS TO

1:25:17KIND OF KEEP IT FOCUSED AND,

1:25:19YOU KNOW, REALLY NARROW. AND SO

1:25:21IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY

1:25:24HELPFUL TO HEAR THIS COUNCIL

1:25:26SAYING, YOU KNOW, LET'S BE EVEN

1:25:28MORE NARROW AND FOCUSED AROUND

1:25:30WHAT THOSE REALLY CORE THINGS

1:25:31ARE. AND I THINK WE CAN TRY TO

1:25:32COME BACK AND WORK OVER THE

1:25:34NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS ON HOW DO

1:25:36WE HOW DO WE GET THROUGH THAT

1:25:37AND, AND, AND GET A LITTLE MORE

1:25:39CLEAR AROUND THAT WITHOUT

1:25:40GIVING UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO

1:25:41ADVANCE SOME THINGS THAT, YOU

1:25:43KNOW, MAY MAYBE ALSO FEASIBLE?

1:25:44>> WELL, MY, MY THINKING JUST,

1:25:46AND I, I DO WANT REFLECTIONS ON

1:25:48THIS IS THAT MAYBE WE COME BACK

1:25:50WITH A LOT OF THIS LANGUAGE AS

1:25:52SORT OF INTERNAL SUPPORTIVE

1:25:56GUIDANCE FOR OUR BILL REVIEW

1:25:58AND WHERE WE, WE MAKE OUR

1:26:00EFFORT, BUT THAT REALLY, WE

1:26:01HAVE A MUCH MORE SIMPLE,

1:26:04STRAIGHTFORWARD AGENDA THAT

1:26:05CALLS OUT JUST A HANDFUL OF

1:26:07YOUR YOUR MAJOR PRIORITIES. AND.

1:26:11WELL, I SAW COUNCILOR GREEN,

1:26:13YOU WERE SHAKING YOUR HEAD WHEN

1:26:15I SAID, LET'S GET RID OF THE

1:26:16REST. I'D LOVE TO HEAR WHAT

1:26:18OTHER. LIKE, WHAT ARE THE OTHER

1:26:19CORE PRIORITIES FOR YOU ALL? SO

1:26:21WE CAN THINK ABOUT HOW TO SHAPE

1:26:24THAT. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE

1:26:26DOCUMENT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE TO

1:26:28LEGISLATORS THAT SAYS THAT

1:26:29THESE ARE THE THINGS WE MUST

1:26:31WALK AWAY WITH.

1:26:33>> AND I'M FINE WITH SOMETHING

1:26:34LIKE THAT. I'M FINE WITH IT

1:26:36BEING IN A COVER SHEET. I AM

1:26:37COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT THE

1:26:39COUNCIL PRESIDENT ISN'T HERE,

1:26:40AND I AM ASSUMING YOU HAVE HAD

1:26:42CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNCIL

1:26:43PRESIDENT ABOUT HOW TO LAY THIS

1:26:44OUT FOR US, AND I DON'T WANT TO

1:26:46SUGGEST THAT WE RUN ROUGHSHOD

1:26:47OVER THAT WITHOUT HIM HERE TO

1:26:50DEFEND THE DIRECTION HE'S

1:26:51ALREADY GIVEN, BUT SOMETHING

1:26:52WHERE WE CAN SEE THAT. I HAVE

1:26:54TWO OTHER THINGS I WANT TO NOTE

1:26:56HERE. I'LL GET BACK IN THE

1:26:57QUEUE, LIKE I SAID, TO TALK

1:26:59ABOUT SOME SPECIFIC ITEMS ON

1:27:00THE AGENDA THAT I WANT TO MAKE

1:27:02SURE TO HIGHLIGHT OR ASK

1:27:03QUESTIONS ABOUT. AND THE FIRST

1:27:04IS THERE WAS A CONVERSATION

1:27:06ABOUT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN

1:27:07ISSUES WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING

1:27:08ON AT COUNCIL, THAT WE ALSO

1:27:10KNOW THAT THE STATE WILL

1:27:11ACTIVELY BE WORKING ON. I JUST

1:27:14WANT TO NOTE ONE THAT I DON'T

1:27:15SEE REFLECTED ON THE AGENDA,

1:27:16THOUGH I THINK IT DOES FALL

1:27:20INTO THAT DON'T PREEMPT US

1:27:22SPACE, AND THAT IS THAT WE'LL

1:27:23NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE

1:27:25HAVING CONVERSATIONS BACK AND

1:27:26FORTH AROUND. TNC'S, COUNCILOR,

1:27:30NOVICK AND I AND A FEW OF OUR

1:27:31OTHER COLLEAGUES CONTINUE TO DO

1:27:34WORK WITH BOTH THE TNC

1:27:36COMPANIES AND THE DRIVERS UNION

1:27:38TO MAKE OUR ECOSYSTEM HERE IN

1:27:39THE CITY WORK BETTER AND MAKE

1:27:41SURE THAT THAT'S A PROFESSION

1:27:43THAT'S ACTUALLY PAYING A

1:27:45REASONABLE WAGE. AND I KNOW

1:27:46THAT THE STATE WILL BE TAKING

1:27:48THAT UP ALSO. SO WE'LL JUST

1:27:49WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN

1:27:51CLOSE CONNECTION WITH FOLKS AT

1:27:52THE STATE THROUGH YOU ALL, AS

1:27:54THAT MOVES FORWARD. I WANTED TO

1:27:55NOTE THAT I ALSO AM WONDERING

1:27:57IF YOU CAN SHARE WITH US A

1:27:59LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE

1:28:01AS YOUR CHARGE ON AVS, WAYMO

1:28:04DRONES, THIS AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

1:28:06SPACE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE

1:28:07COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE TAKING

1:28:09THAT WORK UP. WE HAVEN'T HAD A

1:28:11COUNCIL WIDE DISCUSSION ABOUT

1:28:13WHAT OUR VALUES ARE ON THAT.

1:28:16IT'S A REALLY BIG EMERGING

1:28:17ISSUE, AND WE'RE SENDING YOU

1:28:19DOWN TO SALEM KNOWING YOU NEED

1:28:20TO DO SOMETHING AND HAVE AN

1:28:22OPINION. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE

1:28:24TOO MUCH TIME ON THIS, BUT IF

1:28:26YOU COULD SHARE WITH US IN LIKE

1:28:27TWO MINUTES WHAT YOU THINK THE

1:28:29CHARGE IS RIGHT NOW, SO THAT IF

1:28:32WE ALL DISAGREE WITH THAT, WE

1:28:33CAN MAKE SURE TO EITHER BRING

1:28:35IT UP TODAY, TELL YOU OFFLINE,

1:28:37OR TELL FOLKS ON THE COMMITTEE

1:28:39SO THAT WE CAN GET CLEAR ABOUT

1:28:41WHAT OUR DIRECTION IS. THAT

1:28:42WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR ME.

1:28:45>> I THINK, ON THE AV ISSUE,

1:28:49THERE IS, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY

1:28:52PROTECTING THE AUTHORITY OF

1:28:54THIS COUNCIL TO MAINTAIN ITS

1:28:56OWN DECISION MAKING AND THEN

1:28:58MONITORING AND ENGAGING AND,

1:29:00AND, AND, AND HEARING THE

1:29:02CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENS AS

1:29:04YOU'RE DEVELOPING AND WORKING

1:29:05THROUGH THIS ISSUE AND

1:29:07COMMUNICATING THOSE PRIORITIES.

1:29:09INSURANCE, YOU KNOW, SAFETY

1:29:11ISSUES, THE ISSUES THAT ARE

1:29:12COMING UP OVER AND OVER AS

1:29:14THEMES HERE ARE ONES TO

1:29:16COMMUNICATE TO LEGISLATORS. BUT

1:29:18WE ARE WE ARE NOT, YOU KNOW,

1:29:20BUT BUT PREEMPTION IS REALLY

1:29:22THE, IS, IS REALLY THE, THE

1:29:24MAIN THING THAT WE CAN

1:29:25DEFINITIVELY SAY RIGHT NOW. BUT

1:29:27WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU ADD?

1:29:28>> YEAH, I MEAN, I SEE OUR

1:29:30CHARGE RIGHT NOW IS AS MAKING

1:29:33THE CASE FOR NOT BEING

1:29:34PREEMPTED AND GETTING OUR SEAT

1:29:37AT THE TABLE AND SECURING THAT

1:29:39SO THAT DECISIONS AREN'T MADE

1:29:40WITHOUT US. AND WE'RE VERY

1:29:42TRANSPARENT WITH LEGISLATORS

1:29:43THAT YOU ALL ARE HAVING A

1:29:45CONVERSATION DOWN HERE AND THAT

1:29:46WE'RE WAITING TO SEE HOW THAT

1:29:49PLAYS OUT. AND WE TALK ABOUT

1:29:51THE DYNAMICS AND ALL THE THINGS

1:29:53WE'VE HEARD FROM YOU ALL. AND

1:29:55SO THE MAIN THING IS, YOU KNOW,

1:29:58NO ONE HAS FIRMLY COMMITTED TO

1:30:00SPONSORING A BILL YET. THERE'S

1:30:02CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. SO

1:30:04CHARGE NUMBER ONE IS TRACKING

1:30:05THOSE CONVERSATIONS, MAKING

1:30:07SURE THAT WE KNOW WHO'S

1:30:08THINKING ABOUT SPONSORING

1:30:10LEGISLATION. WHAT ARE THEY

1:30:11THINKING ABOUT DOING? IS IT A

1:30:13STARTING IS IT THE SAME

1:30:14STARTING PLACE AS LAST YEAR?

1:30:16AND THEN MAKING THE CASE FOR

1:30:18WHY THESE NEED TO BE LOCAL

1:30:19DECISIONS? BECAUSE WAYMO'S

1:30:22MAKING THE CASE FOR WHY THEY

1:30:23SHOULDN'T BE GREAT.

1:30:25>> THANK YOU. CAN I JUST SAY

1:30:27THAT IT'S COMING TO THE PUBLIC

1:30:28WORKS COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER THE

1:30:2913TH, AND BY THAT TIME WE'RE

1:30:31GOING TO HAVE A PRETTY GOOD

1:30:32DRAFT, I THINK, BASED ON

1:30:34EVERYONE ON THE COMMITTEE'S

1:30:35INPUT ON THIS. SO STAY TUNED. I

1:30:37THINK THAT'S THE FIRST FIRST

1:30:39BLUSH.

1:30:40>> GREAT.

1:30:41>> THANK YOU.

1:30:44>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR

1:30:45PIRTLE-GUINEY. WE'LL GO TO

1:30:46COUNCILOR GREEN, THEN WE'LL

1:30:47PROBABLY TAKE A BREAK RIGHT

1:30:48AFTER THAT.

1:30:49>> THANK YOU. I'M ALSO GOING TO

1:30:50SORT OF RETURN TO THE FORMAT

1:30:53THAT WAS SORT OF

1:30:55>> SUGGESTED HERE AND WORK

1:30:56THROUGH YOUR QUESTIONS ON THE

1:30:57SLIDE. AND THEN I GET BACK IN

1:31:00THE QUEUE LATER FOR MORE SORT

1:31:02OF DETAILED STUFF IF WE HAVE

1:31:03TIME. I THINK BY AND LARGE, I

1:31:07WAS REALLY PLEASED WITH THE

1:31:10SORT OF STRUCTURE AND TIMING

1:31:12AND KIND OF APPROACH TO DEALING

1:31:14WITH ALL 12 COUNCILORS, THE

1:31:16CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND MAYOR IN

1:31:19CREATING A SORT OF COHERENT

1:31:22VISION FOR THE THE CITY OF

1:31:23PORTLAND. I THINK IT'S I THINK

1:31:25ONE OF MY CONCERNS WALKING INTO

1:31:27THIS BUILDING WAS MY PRIORITY

1:31:29IS GOING TO BE REFLECTED IN THE

1:31:31LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. AND THEY

1:31:32WERE. AND I THINK IT'S LARGELY

1:31:35TRUE FOR EVERY ONE OF US. AND

1:31:37SO I THINK YOU GUYS NAILED IT

1:31:39WITH THAT. AND WHAT I'M SEEING

1:31:42HERE IS SORT OF A ROLL FORWARD

1:31:44OF THAT PRACTICE OF THE KIND OF

1:31:45IMPACT AND SCORING APPROACH.

1:31:46AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE

1:31:49HAD SOME DISCUSSION UP HERE

1:31:51ABOUT HOW TO PRIORITIZE. AND I

1:31:53THINK I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU

1:31:54SEE THOSE 70 SOME ODD PIECES

1:31:56AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH NO, ARE

1:31:57THESE ALL THE SAME PRIORITIES?

1:31:58BUT YOU'VE LAID IT OUT CLEARLY

1:32:00IN YOUR MEMO WHAT WHAT THE

1:32:01PRIORITIES ARE. SO THERE ARE

1:32:03EIGHT PRIORITY AREAS AND MAYBE

1:32:05THOSE NEED TO BE FEWER. I DON'T

1:32:06KNOW THAT THEY DO, BUT THEY ARE.

1:32:10IT'S LOCAL AUTHORITY REVENUE

1:32:11SAFE, PREDICTABLE, SUSTAINABLE

1:32:13TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, THE

1:32:15BEHAVIORAL HEALTH THING. I MEAN,

1:32:16THOSE ARE ALL HUGE AND

1:32:18IMPORTANT ISSUES. AND I

1:32:19WOULDN'T WANT TO SUBSUME ANY

1:32:21ONE OF THEM TO A SORT OF

1:32:23DEFERRED STATE. AND THE WAY

1:32:25THAT I THINK ABOUT THIS JUST

1:32:26GENERALLY IS OF THOSE

1:32:30CATEGORIES. WHAT AREAS ARE YOU

1:32:33PRIORITIZING WHERE THERE'S

1:32:34INTERACTIVITY BETWEEN THEM? AND

1:32:35I'LL JUST GIVE ONE EXAMPLE, THE

1:32:37BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM

1:32:39DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD. I

1:32:40THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT IF

1:32:42WE DON'T DEAL WITH THAT IN A

1:32:44CONCERTED FASHION, THEN IT'S

1:32:45GOING TO UNDERMINE OUR HOUSING

1:32:47AND HOMELESS CONTINUUM WORK.

1:32:49IT'S GOING TO UNDERMINE OUR EQ,

1:32:51DEV AND COMPETITIVENESS WORK.

1:32:52IT'S GOING TO UNDERMINE OUR.

1:32:57YOU KNOW, YOU JUST NAME IT,

1:33:00RIGHT, THAT THAT'S A CRITICAL

1:33:01ISSUE. AND SO I THINK ABOUT

1:33:03THESE THINGS AS A SYSTEM AND

1:33:05THEY'RE SORT OF THERE'S A

1:33:06RECOGNIZED INTERDEPENDENCE

1:33:07BETWEEN THEM. AND SO IF YOU

1:33:10HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT

1:33:12TO PULL OFF, I, I'M GOING TO

1:33:14SORT OF PLACE THE CHARGE. AND I

1:33:16THINK YOU GUYS ARE CAPABLE OF

1:33:17DOING THIS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE

1:33:19EXPERIENCE OF RECOGNIZING THAT

1:33:20IF YOU PULL ONE THING OFF, IF

1:33:22IT STARTS TO UNRAVEL THAT

1:33:23SYSTEM OF CONNECTEDNESS AND

1:33:25RENDER SOME PARTS OF THE

1:33:26LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY NOT VIABLE,

1:33:28THEN THEN DON'T TAKE THAT PART

1:33:29OUT. RIGHT? THERE ARE SOME

1:33:30THINGS YOU CAN TRIM AND YOU

1:33:32WON'T SEE THAT. AND THAT'S THE

1:33:33CUT POINT FOR ME. AND YOU'LL

1:33:35SEE THAT MAYBE IF YOU LOOK AT

1:33:37EACH SPECIFIC TINY LITTLE THING.

1:33:39AND THAT'S SO I'M SO I'M

1:33:41ACTUALLY QUITE COMFORTABLE WITH

1:33:42THIS. I DO NOT SUPPORT MAKING

1:33:45IT JUST ONE THING BECAUSE IT

1:33:47UNDERMINES OUR, OUR OTHER

1:33:49THINGS. THE FOR ME, MY TOP

1:33:53ISSUES, I SEE THAT. SO I

1:33:55SUBMITTED THREE FROM MY OFFICE.

1:33:57I SEE ALL THREE OF THEM IN

1:33:58THERE. THE TRANSPORTATION STUFF

1:34:00IS HUGE FOR ME. OBVIOUSLY. I

1:34:02THINK IT'S HUGE FOR EVERYONE,

1:34:03LIKE THE. TAKING ANOTHER STAB

1:34:05AT GETTING THE GOOD PACKAGE

1:34:06THAT WE ALL DESERVE. THAT'S THE

1:34:09SHORT TERM FISC FIX FOR OUR

1:34:13PRIMARILY TRANSIT SYSTEM IS IN

1:34:15LOCAL AND LOCAL KIND OF ROAD

1:34:17NETWORK IS WHAT I CARE THE MOST

1:34:18ABOUT. BUT WE PUT IN ALSO

1:34:22SUPPORT FOR THE TRANSIT

1:34:23ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT WORK THAT

1:34:25I THINK SENATOR PHAM IS GOING

1:34:26TO CARRY. AND THAT'S THE LONG

1:34:28TERM FIX. THAT'S HOW YOU PAY

1:34:30FOR OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM OVER THE

1:34:32LONG HAUL. IT'S THROUGH

1:34:33ECONOMIC, IT'S THROUGH HOUSING

1:34:34DEVELOPMENT TO THEN CREATE THE

1:34:36RIDERSHIP. AND SO THOSE TWO

1:34:37PIECES, TO ME, ARE PART OF THAT

1:34:39RECOGNIZED INTERDEPENDENCE,

1:34:40WHERE WE'RE BRIDGING ONE

1:34:41LEGISLATIVE SESSION WITH SOME

1:34:43FUTURE ONES. AND SO I THINK

1:34:46THAT IF WE CAN GET THAT ONE

1:34:47RIGHT, IF WE CAN PASS THAT TOD

1:34:49THING THIS TIME AROUND, I THINK

1:34:51THERE WILL BE FUTURE SESSIONS

1:34:52WHERE WE START TO SEE OUR

1:34:54TRANSIT SYSTEMS BE ABLE TO PAY

1:34:55FOR THEMSELVES, AT LEAST IN THE

1:34:57PORTLAND SENSE OR THE METRO

1:34:58SENSE. I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO

1:35:00SEE A METRO LEGISLATIVE ITEM ON

1:35:02THERE ON LAND BANKING. THIS IS

1:35:05A, YOU KNOW, PORTLAND'S THE

1:35:06LARGEST CITY IN THE METRO.

1:35:08WE'VE TALKED A LOT AS A COUNCIL

1:35:10ABOUT HOW LAND BANKING FITS

1:35:13INTO OUR BROADER KIND OF

1:35:15HOUSING PRODUCTION GOALS AND

1:35:17AFFORDABILITY GOALS AND SOCIAL

1:35:18HOUSING AND ALL THAT. THAT'S A

1:35:19THAT'S A CRITICAL PIECE. AND

1:35:20YOU CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT METRO.

1:35:22SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT

1:35:24WE'RE ELEVATING METRO'S

1:35:25PRIORITY THERE, AND I WANT TO

1:35:26SUPPORT THAT. I PROBABLY HAVE

1:35:30SOME VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AS

1:35:31WE GET INTO IT, BUT I THINK

1:35:32JUST TOP LINES, KEEP UP THE

1:35:36GOOD WORK. I REALLY THINK YOU

1:35:37GUYS ARE QUITE COMMUNICATIVE

1:35:41AND GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO

1:35:44EXPRESS MY CONCERNS. AND, AND,

1:35:46YOU KNOW, IF I'M IF I'M MISSING

1:35:47SOME DETAIL FOR YOU, YOU GIVE

1:35:49ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE

1:35:51THAT DETAIL. AND I THINK I'M, I

1:35:52THINK I'M SEEING THAT IN THE

1:35:53WORK PRODUCT HERE. SO, YEAH, WE

1:35:57CAN HAVE A DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER

1:35:59WE NEED TO TRIM THIS DOWN. BUT

1:36:00BUT I THINK I THINK THESE ARE

1:36:02THE RIGHT TOPIC AREAS. AND I

1:36:04JUST, YOU KNOW, WOULD URGE MY

1:36:05COLLEAGUES TO LOOK AT THE, THE

1:36:07MEMO THAT REALLY LAYS OUT WHAT

1:36:08THE PRIORITIES ARE, BECAUSE

1:36:09IT'S NOT JUST 78 DIFFERENT

1:36:10PIECES THAT HAVE EQUAL PRIORITY.

1:36:12>> THANKS.

1:36:12>> THANKS. COUNCILOR GREEN,

1:36:13WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK. I

1:36:15JUST WANT TO DO A QUICK

1:36:16HOUSEKEEPING NOTE. WE'VE GOT, I

1:36:18THINK, FIVE COUNCILORS WHO

1:36:19HAVEN'T SPOKEN YET IN THE QUEUE

1:36:20AND POSSIBLY A COUPLE PEOPLE

1:36:22WHO WILL COME BACK AROUND FOR A

1:36:23SECOND ROUND AT IT. AND WHEN WE

1:36:25GET BACK, FEEL FREE TO START

1:36:27INCORPORATING ANYTHING ELSE

1:36:28INTO IT. BUT OF COURSE, YOU'RE

1:36:29WELCOME, OF COURSE, TO BREAK IT

1:36:30UP INTO MULTIPLE ROUNDS AS WELL.

1:36:32WE'LL COME BACK AT 1112. SEE

1:36:34YOU IN TEN MINUTES.

1:51:28>> ALL RIGHT. WE ARE BACK.

1:51:30WE'LL PICK UP THE QUEUE WHERE

1:51:31WE LEFT IT OFF. WE HAVE.

1:51:34>> COUNCILOR AVALOS FOLLOWED BY

1:51:35NOVICK.

1:51:37>> THANK YOU. AND I BELIEVE

1:51:39WE'VE MOVED A LITTLE BIT AWAY

1:51:40FROM JUST TECHNICAL. YES. WE

1:51:41CAN KIND OF GIVE SOME BROAD

1:51:43SWEEPING. COOL. WELL, THANK YOU

1:51:46SO MUCH, OGRE, AND THANKS FOR

1:51:48MEETING WITH ME EARLIER AS WELL.

1:51:54SO LET'S SEE. FIRST, I'LL SAY I

1:51:57APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS, YOU

1:51:58KNOW, STILL KIND OF EARLY STAGE

1:52:00OF THE PROCESS. SO I KNOW THAT

1:52:01THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO REALLY

1:52:03SHAPE WHAT THE FINAL AGENDA

1:52:04LOOKS LIKE. AND I THINK MY

1:52:05BROADER GOAL FOR THE FINAL

1:52:08AGENDA IS TO FOCUS NOT JUST ON

1:52:10WHAT WE THINK IS POLITICALLY

1:52:13ACHIEVABLE, BUT ALSO LIKE WHAT

1:52:14PORTLANDERS ACTUALLY NEED. SO I

1:52:16THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE TRICKY

1:52:17THINGS THAT WE'RE ALL

1:52:18NAVIGATING OF, LIKE, WHAT ARE

1:52:20THE KINDS OF THINGS YOU PUT IN

1:52:22THIS WHERE YOU OBVIOUSLY WANT

1:52:23TO PUT THINGS THAT ARE

1:52:24REALISTIC, BUT I WANT US TO BE

1:52:26PUSHING THE ENVELOPE A BIT JUST

1:52:28BECAUSE PORTLANDERS ARE

1:52:29OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE A LOT OF

1:52:31DIFFERENT NEEDS THAT WE ALL

1:52:32REPRESENT AND ARE BRINGING TO

1:52:33THE TABLE, AND I WANT THAT TO

1:52:35BE PART OF THE CALCULUS AS WELL.

1:52:38THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS I

1:52:40WANT TO JUST ELEVATE THINGS

1:52:42THAT I HAVE BROUGHT UP, AND I

1:52:44THINK SOME THAT OTHERS HAVE

1:52:45BROUGHT UP AS WELL. AND I KNOW

1:52:47THAT YOU'VE GOT THAT LARGE LIST

1:52:49OF, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S

1:52:50SUBMISSIONS. AND I THINK I

1:52:51SUBMITTED LIKE 14 OR 15. SO I

1:52:54KNOW THAT WAS A LOT, BUT I

1:52:56WANTED TO JUST GET ALL OF THE

1:52:58POLICY CONCEPTS OUT THERE AND

1:53:00JUST SHOW, YOU KNOW, IN

1:53:02PARTICULAR WHAT I THINK

1:53:03PORTLANDERS ARE NEEDING, BUT

1:53:05ALSO JUST ON ISSUES OF

1:53:07AFFORDABILITY AND ACCESS. I

1:53:08THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE THEME

1:53:11FOR ME. SO ONE OF THOSE KIND OF

1:53:14PIE IN THE SKY, BUT I'M GOING

1:53:16TO START SPEAKING IT INTO

1:53:17EXISTENCE IS THE RENTER TAX

1:53:19CREDIT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT

1:53:21I HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM

1:53:23COMMUNITY. I WENT TO A

1:53:25ROUNDTABLE THAT SENATOR PHAM

1:53:26PUT TOGETHER, AND THIS KEPT

1:53:27COMING UP AT THE DISCUSSION

1:53:29TABLES. AND SO I DID SOME

1:53:30RESEARCH ON IT, SAW THAT WE ARE

1:53:33I THINK IT'S LIKE HALF OF THE

1:53:34COUNTRY ALREADY DOES IT. AND

1:53:37IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD PUT

1:53:38MONEY DIRECTLY BACK INTO THE

1:53:40POCKETS OF OUR MOST RENT

1:53:42BURDENED HOUSEHOLDS. AND SO

1:53:44AGAIN, PIE IN THE SKY. I KNOW

1:53:45THAT THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG

1:53:47REVENUE ASK, AND WE'RE NOT IN A

1:53:49BIG REVENUE ASK KIND OF YEAR.

1:53:51BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT

1:53:52AS WE ARE LOOKING AT SHIFTING,

1:53:54YOU KNOW, OUR PRIORITIES AND AS

1:53:57THEY'RE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT

1:53:58WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WILL

1:53:59BRING AFFORDABILITY BACK TO

1:54:02OREGONIANS AND PORTLANDERS, I

1:54:03REALLY THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE

1:54:05ELEVATED TO THE TOP OF THE

1:54:06DISCUSSION. ALSO, EVICTION

1:54:09PREVENTION RESOURCES THAT

1:54:10PEOPLE CAN ACCESS BEFORE THEY

1:54:11RECEIVE A FINAL EVICTION NOTICE

1:54:13IS SUPER IMPORTANT. WE JUST

1:54:15KIND OF HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE

1:54:16THAT ARE RIGHT ON THE EDGE, BUT,

1:54:18YOU KNOW, RECEIVING THAT

1:54:19EVICTION NOTICE THAT JUST PUTS

1:54:20YOU IN A WHOLE OTHER SPIRAL

1:54:23EMOTIONALLY, YOU KNOW,

1:54:24FINANCIALLY. AND JUST AS FAR AS

1:54:27AFFECTING YOUR FUTURE. AND SO I

1:54:29REALLY WANT US TO BE BETTER

1:54:30ABOUT BEING PREEMPTIVE ON THAT

1:54:33OR PREVENTATIVE ON THAT. IN

1:54:36GENERAL, STRONGER IMMIGRANT

1:54:39PROTECTIONS. YOU KNOW, THE

1:54:40LEGISLATURE MADE SOME GREAT

1:54:41MOVES LAST SESSION THAT I

1:54:43APPRECIATE, AND I JUST WANT US

1:54:46TO CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS THAT

1:54:47WE ARE GOING TO, AS A STATE,

1:54:49INTERVENE WITH THE FEDERAL

1:54:50GOVERNMENT AND THEIR EFFORTS TO,

1:54:53YOU KNOW, HURT OUR COMMUNITIES

1:54:54OR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. AND

1:54:56SO THINGS LIKE KEEPING FEDERAL

1:54:58IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT OUT OF

1:55:00SENSITIVE LOCATIONS AND

1:55:01PROTECTING PEOPLE'S DATA ARE AT

1:55:03THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR ME ON

1:55:04THAT. AND THEN AS FAR AS

1:55:07TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, I

1:55:09KNOW THAT SENATOR FAM IS GOING

1:55:11TO BE ADVOCATING STRONGLY FOR

1:55:13THAT IS SOMETHING THAT

1:55:14PARTICULARLY IMPACTS EAST

1:55:16PORTLAND. AND IT'S ALSO

1:55:17SOMETHING THAT I HAD A

1:55:18CONVERSATION WITH TRIMET ABOUT,

1:55:20WHICH I FOUND INTERESTING, JUST

1:55:21KIND OF THEIR THEY SHARED THEIR

1:55:23GENERAL PHILOSOPHY AND

1:55:24INTERESTS. AND, YOU KNOW, I

1:55:25USED TO LIVE BY THE HOLLYWOOD

1:55:28MAC STATION THAT USED TO BE MY,

1:55:30MY MAC'S STATION. AND JUST

1:55:33SEEING THE HOUSING THAT THEY'RE

1:55:34BUILDING THERE AND JUST THE

1:55:35EFFORTS THEY'RE MAKING TO

1:55:36INCREASE HOUSING ALONG THE

1:55:38TRANSIT CORRIDORS, I THINK WE

1:55:40NEED TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND

1:55:41SEE KIND OF WHAT, WHAT THAT

1:55:42LOOKS LIKE AT THE STATE LEVEL.

1:55:44AND THEN WHAT DOES THAT LOOK

1:55:45LIKE FOR US ON THE CITY LEVEL

1:55:47AFTER THAT? I ALSO WANT US TO

1:55:50TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT WHO OUR

1:55:52TAX SYSTEM ASKS TO CONTRIBUTE

1:55:54AND WHO IT BENEFITS. SO ONE

1:55:56THING THAT IS STARTING IT

1:55:59SOUNDS LIKE TO GET A LITTLE BIT

1:56:00MORE TRACTION IS REFORM OF THE

1:56:03MORTGAGE INTEREST DEDUCTION AND

1:56:05ENDING SUBSIDIES FOR SECOND

1:56:07HOMES SO THAT THOSE RESOURCES

1:56:08CAN EXPAND EQUITABLE

1:56:10HOMEOWNERSHIP. I THINK IT'S

1:56:13PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY,

1:56:14FRANKLY, TO ME. BUT I THINK

1:56:16ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU

1:56:18HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO CAN'T

1:56:20EVEN AFFORD THEIR FIRST HOME

1:56:21AND THERE'S A LOT OF TAX

1:56:23REVENUE GOING TO FOLKS THAT

1:56:24HAVE MASS IN MASS, OTHER HOMES,

1:56:27THEN I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING

1:56:28WE NEED TO BE GETTING SOME OF

1:56:30THAT THOSE DOLLARS BACK AND

1:56:31PUTTING IT BACK INTO COMMUNITY.

1:56:32ALSO INVESTING IN HOME REPAIRS

1:56:34SO THAT LOW AND MODERATE INCOME

1:56:36HOMEOWNERS ARE NOT DISPLACED

1:56:38SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T

1:56:40AFFORD, YOU KNOW, CRITICAL

1:56:41HEALTH AND SAFETY AND

1:56:43ACCESSIBILITY OR HABITABILITY

1:56:44IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS I THINK

1:56:47WE'VE DONE SOME WORK ON THAT. I

1:56:48KNOW VERDE HELPED PUSH THAT A

1:56:50COUPLE YEARS AGO WITH THE

1:56:51HEALTHY HOMES BILL, BUT I JUST

1:56:53WE'RE CONTINUING TO NEED

1:56:56RESOURCES TO HELP PEOPLE AGE IN

1:56:58PLACE, STAY IN THEIR HOMES.

1:56:59THERE'S SOME GREAT

1:57:00ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO WORK LIKE

1:57:01THAT, LIKE TAKING OWNERSHIP PDX,

1:57:03FOR EXAMPLE, AND I WOULD LOVE

1:57:05FOR THOSE EFFORTS TO CONTINUE.

1:57:08AND THEN AS IT RELATES TO DATA

1:57:11CENTERS, THIS IS DEFINITELY A

1:57:12HOT TOPIC ACROSS THE STATE. AND

1:57:14WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT

1:57:16HERE RECENTLY. AND SO JUST

1:57:18ESTABLISHING MEANINGFUL

1:57:19GUARDRAILS FOR DATA CENTERS,

1:57:21INCLUDING TRANSPARENCY,

1:57:22PROTECTION OF LOCAL AUTHORITY,

1:57:24AND ENSURING THESE ENORMOUS

1:57:26USERS OF ELECTRICITY AND WATER

1:57:28AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ARE

1:57:29ACTUALLY PAYING THEIR SHARE,

1:57:31RATHER THAN PASSING THOSE COSTS

1:57:32ONTO WORKING PEOPLE AND

1:57:34RATEPAYERS. SO I THINK WE NEED

1:57:36TO CONTINUE TO ELEVATE THAT AND

1:57:38SEE WHAT IS THE CITY'S ROLE IN

1:57:40HERE. BUT I, I THINK THE MY

1:57:43CONCERN ON THE DATA CENTERS IS

1:57:45PREEMPTION AND WANTING TO MAKE

1:57:46SURE THAT THE STATE IS DOING

1:57:47THE RIGHT THING AND LETTING US,

1:57:49AS CITIES DECIDE, YOU KNOW, HOW

1:57:50WE'RE BUILDING OUR CITIES. AND

1:57:53WE DEFINITELY NEED TO HAVE A

1:57:54MORE THOROUGH CONVERSATION AT

1:57:55THE CITY LEVEL ABOUT THAT. SO

1:57:57THOSE ARE THE THINGS I WANTED

1:57:59TO ELEVATE AS IT RELATES TO THE

1:58:01BROADER CONCEPT OF LIKE, HOW DO

1:58:03WE WRANGLE THESE, YOU KNOW, 12

1:58:05FOLKS AND GO FORWARD IN SALEM

1:58:08WITH A UNIFIED AGENDA? ONE, I

1:58:13APPRECIATED THAT LAST YEAR. YOU

1:58:14KNOW, THERE ARE WAYS TO. WHAT

1:58:21AM I TRYING TO SAY? LIKE, IF

1:58:23PEOPLE NEED TO GO IN A

1:58:24DIFFERENT DIRECTION. THAT WE

1:58:29CAN COMMUNICATE WITH OGRE, I

1:58:30GUESS LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO GO

1:58:32SUPPORT ANOTHER BILL OR IF

1:58:33MAYBE IT'S NOT LIKE THE

1:58:35COUNCIL'S DECISION THAT, YOU

1:58:38KNOW, WE CAN DO OUR OWN

1:58:40INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS. SO I THINK

1:58:41I'M STILL TRYING TO EXPLORE

1:58:42WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND MEANS.

1:58:44I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING

1:58:45NECESSARILY OFF THE TOP OF MY

1:58:46HEAD THAT I'M LIKE, OH, THIS IS

1:58:48SOMETHING THAT I'M GOING TO

1:58:49HAVE TO GO ALONE, AND THAT

1:58:51COUNCIL WON'T COME ALONG. BUT I

1:58:52JUST, I GUESS, WANT TO FIGURE

1:58:54OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND I

1:58:55HEAR YOU ALL SAYING TO LIKE,

1:58:57JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE IN

1:58:59CONSTANT COMMUNICATION SO THAT

1:59:00YOU ALL DON'T SEEM, YOU KNOW,

1:59:01UNPREPARED OR LIKE YOU DON'T

1:59:02KNOW WHY A COUNCILOR IS DOWN

1:59:04THERE. SO I'LL DEFINITELY DO MY

1:59:05BEST TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE

1:59:07COMMUNICATING ABOUT THAT. AND

1:59:10ULTIMATELY, I MEAN, I THINK WE.

1:59:14I THINK WE'RE DOING OKAY AT

1:59:16TRYING TO CAPTURE AS MUCH OF

1:59:18CONSENSUS AS POSSIBLE. THERE

1:59:20ARE VERY CLEAR THEMES. I THINK

1:59:21THE SEVEN THEMES THAT YOU HAVE

1:59:23OUTLINED ARE, I FEEL ALIGNED

1:59:26WITH AND AGREE THAT THOSE ARE

1:59:27GOOD, THE GOOD AREAS TO KIND OF

1:59:29PUT OUR ENERGY. BUT ULTIMATELY,

1:59:31I THINK WE JUST NEED TO KEEP

1:59:33FIGURING OUT WHAT THOSE

1:59:34FEEDBACK LOOPS LOOK LIKE,

1:59:36ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE ENTERING A

1:59:39LONG SESSION. SO IT'LL BE OUR

1:59:41FIRST LONG SESSION AS A COUNCIL,

1:59:43AND I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT'S

1:59:44GOING TO BE DIFFERENT,

1:59:45ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THERE'S JUST

1:59:46A LOT MORE MOVING PARTS OVER A

1:59:47LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. SO I

1:59:49DON'T HAVE FULL ANSWERS RIGHT

1:59:51NOW ON WHAT I WOULD EXPECT. BUT

1:59:54AND I AM GRATEFUL TO THAT. YOU

1:59:56ALL HAVE THOSE LIKE WEEKLY

1:59:58CHECK INS. I THINK THOSE ARE

1:59:59GREAT. SO YEAH, JUST CONTINUING

2:00:03TO WORK WITH THE COUNCIL, THE

2:00:04COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO ENSURE IF

2:00:06THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE NEED TO

2:00:07LIKE SAY, OKAY, WE GOT TO

2:00:09HUDDLE BECAUSE THERE IS A BIG

2:00:10CONFLICT HERE AND IT'S ON A BIG

2:00:12ISSUE. AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW,

2:00:14WE'RE HEARING DIFFERENT THINGS

2:00:15FROM COUNCIL, LIKE JUST BEING

2:00:16PROACTIVE ABOUT COMING BACK TO

2:00:18SEEK OUR INPUT. SO I'LL LEAVE

2:00:20IT AT THAT FOR NOW. BUT THANK

2:00:21YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

2:00:24>> THANKS.

2:00:24>> THANK YOU. A COUPLE OF

2:00:26THINGS I WOULD JUST SAY IS, YOU

2:00:28KNOW, AS AN EXAMPLE, ON THE

2:00:30ISSUE OF SORT OF HOW DO YOU

2:00:32EVALUATE POLITICAL VIABILITY

2:00:34AND, AND MOVE FORWARD ON AN

2:00:37ISSUE? ONE, I THINK IMPORTANT

2:00:39APPROACH THAT WE'RE REALLY

2:00:42FRAMING AROUND THE HOUSING AND

2:00:43HOMELESSNESS IS AROUND THE

2:00:45CONTINUUM. AND SO THE ISSUES

2:00:47THAT YOU SUBMITTED, I AND THAT

2:00:49YOU JUST DISCUSSED, I THINK ARE

2:00:51GENERALLY WE'RE HEARING

2:00:53GENERALLY SUPPORT FOR, YOU KNOW,

2:00:55I THINK ALL OF THOSE ISSUES IN

2:00:59SORT OF A GENERAL WAY, WHAT

2:01:01WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SAY THAT

2:01:03WE WOULD WORK MOVE FORWARD

2:01:05BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY HOUSING

2:01:07ISSUES AND THERE'S SO MANY IN

2:01:08FRONT OF THE LEGISLATURE. WE'RE

2:01:10REALLY FOCUSING ON THE HOUSING

2:01:12CONTINUUM AND FINDING WAYS THAT

2:01:14WE CAN LEVERAGE RESOURCES FROM

2:01:16THE BEGINNING OF OF EVICTION

2:01:19PREVENTION RIGHT UP FRONT, THE

2:01:21CONTINUUM TO SHELTER TO

2:01:24PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING

2:01:25MODELS, TO PRESERVATION, ALL

2:01:29THE WAY UP TO HOUSING

2:01:30PRODUCTION AND INCLUDING, YOU

2:01:33KNOW, EVEN BROADWAY. BUT AND SO

2:01:35THERE'S, THERE'S DIFFERENT

2:01:38POLICY PIECES IN THAT CONTINUUM.

2:01:40BUT COLLECTIVELY, OUR HOPE IS

2:01:43THAT COUNCIL IS GOOD WITH THE

2:01:45CONTINUUM OF, OF OPTIONS THAT

2:01:47ARE PUTTING FORWARD. AND THEN

2:01:49WE'LL, WE'LL ENGAGE WITH YOU AS

2:01:51THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION MOVES

2:01:52FORWARD. AND SOME OF THESE

2:01:54BECOME MORE VIABLE BECAUSE

2:01:55WE'RE NOT JUST WORKING HERE

2:01:57WITH 12 COUNCILORS,

2:01:59ADMINISTRATION, MAYOR'S OFFICE,

2:02:00WE'RE ALSO NEEDING TO WORK ON

2:02:03HOUSING ISSUES WITH THE HOUSING

2:02:04ALLIANCE, WITH HOUSING, WITH

2:02:06METRO, WITH WITH THESE THESE

2:02:08BODIES THAT ARE COORDINATING

2:02:09AND, AND REFINING THEIR

2:02:12MESSAGING AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE,

2:02:15I GUESS THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE

2:02:17OF KIND OF HOW WE GO ABOUT. AND

2:02:18SO THEN THERE'S SOMETIMES

2:02:19THERE'S ISSUES LIKE THE RENTERS

2:02:22TAX CREDIT AND HOW DO WE DO WE

2:02:26ENGAGE IN THAT DURING THE

2:02:28LEGISLATIVE SESSION? DO WE DO

2:02:30WE TAKE SOME OF THOSE BIGGER

2:02:31ONES THAT THAT THAT COUNCIL

2:02:33WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD ON AND,

2:02:34AND START WORKING MORE

2:02:35PROACTIVELY IN COALITIONS AND

2:02:37IDENTIFYING, YOU KNOW, GETTING

2:02:40HOW DO WE GET IT TO THE POINT

2:02:42WHERE IT'S POLITICALLY VIABLE

2:02:43ENOUGH TO PASS THROUGH THE

2:02:45LEGISLATURE?

2:02:46>> THANK YOU. AND THAT ACTUALLY

2:02:48RAISES ONE MORE POINT I WANTED

2:02:49TO MAKE. I WE'VE TALKED ABOUT

2:02:52THIS BEFORE THAT, YOU KNOW,

2:02:53I'VE BEEN WORKING PRETTY

2:02:55CLOSELY WITH REPRESENTATIVE

2:02:58WISE SOMEBODY THAT, YOU KNOW,

2:02:59WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE

2:03:00RENTERS TAX CREDIT, FOR EXAMPLE,

2:03:02AND JUST ALSO TRYING TO FIGURE

2:03:03OUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. YOU

2:03:04KNOW, I'M TRYING TO WORK MORE

2:03:06WITH MY, YOU KNOW, EAST

2:03:07PORTLAND LEGISLATORS AND SEE

2:03:08KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE WORKING,

2:03:09SEE HOW I CAN SUPPORT THEM,

2:03:11GIVE THEM CONTEXT, ESPECIALLY

2:03:12BECAUSE A LOT OF MY EAST

2:03:14PORTLAND REPS SIT ON THE

2:03:15HOUSING COMMITTEES. AND SO,

2:03:18YEAH, JUST WANT TO CONTINUE

2:03:19FIGURING OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS

2:03:20LIKE BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE OUR

2:03:22RELATIONSHIPS, WE ALL HAVE OUR

2:03:24INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE WORKING

2:03:25ON WITH LEGISLATORS. AND I JUST

2:03:27WANT TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW,

2:03:28WHAT'S OUR PROTOCOL AND HOW YOU

2:03:30ALL, AT THE END OF THE DAY,

2:03:31FEEL INCLUDED AND FEEL LIKE A

2:03:33PART OF THAT. SO YOU'RE NOT

2:03:34SURPRISED. BUT JUST IN GENERAL

2:03:36FLAGGING THAT, I THINK THERE'S

2:03:38INTEREST FROM US AS COUNCILORS

2:03:39TO BE MORE COLLABORATIVE WITH

2:03:41OUR LEGISLATIVE PARTNERS. AND

2:03:44SO I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP

2:03:46THINKING ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS

2:03:47LIKE TO MAYBE PUT SOME

2:03:50STRUCTURE AROUND IT. IF IT

2:03:51NEEDS STRUCTURE. I DON'T KNOW

2:03:52THAT IT NEEDS IT RIGHT NOW, BUT

2:03:54I JUST FLAGGING THAT. I FEEL

2:03:55LIKE THERE'S A YOU HAVE A LOT

2:03:57OF COUNCILORS HERE WHO WANT TO

2:03:59WORK WITH LEGISLATORS IN THEIR

2:04:00DISTRICTS TO WORK ON PROJECTS

2:04:01AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE IN

2:04:03THE LOOP ON THOSE, TOO.

2:04:04>> YEAH.

2:04:04>> I MEAN, I THINK AND, AND

2:04:08TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THAT

2:04:09MAKES SENSE. THAT'S, THAT'S

2:04:11WHAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR JOB IS TO

2:04:12WORK ON POLICY ACROSS ALL OF

2:04:14THESE SECTORS. WHAT I WOULD SAY

2:04:18IS THE SOONER WE KNOW ABOUT

2:04:20SOME OF THOSE THINGS, WHEN

2:04:21YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE LEARNING

2:04:22SOMETHING FROM A CONVERSATION

2:04:23WITH A LEGISLATOR, IF YOU'RE

2:04:25GOING TO GO TALK TO A

2:04:26LEGISLATOR, WE'D LOVE TO KNOW

2:04:27BEFORE SO WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU

2:04:29MAYBE ANY PERSPECTIVE

2:04:31AFTERWARDS. WE STILL WOULD LOVE

2:04:32TO, TO HEAR THAT WHAT, WHAT

2:04:34MAYBE CAME OUT OF THAT AND THEN

2:04:36WORK WITH YOU ON, YOU KNOW, HOW

2:04:41YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW UP OR, OR,

2:04:42OR ENGAGE, AS WE'VE ALREADY

2:04:44DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT. BUT I

2:04:46THINK THAT AND ALSO IDENTIFY IS

2:04:49THIS CONFLICTING OR IS THIS IN

2:04:51LINE WITH THE CITY'S SORT OF,

2:04:54YOU KNOW, WORK FOR WE DO HAVE

2:04:56IN THE AGAIN, THE OPERATING

2:04:59BEST PRACTICES FOR

2:05:01INTERNATIONAL OR SORRY FOR

2:05:03INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS.

2:05:05THERE IS AN ADDENDUM ON THERE

2:05:08THAT HAS, AT THE REQUEST OF

2:05:10COUNCIL LAST YEAR, SOME

2:05:13LANGUAGE SUGGESTING HOW YOU CAN

2:05:14SAY, HEY, I'M I'M NOT

2:05:16REPRESENTING I'M REPRESENTING

2:05:17MY OWN PERSPECTIVE, NOT NOT

2:05:19COUNCIL. AND SO THAT'S A GOOD

2:05:21GO TO AS A HABIT WHEN YOU'RE

2:05:25UNCERTAIN.

2:05:26>> THANK YOU.

2:05:27>> AND I WOULD I WOULD JUST ADD,

2:05:29I, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT

2:05:30YOU'RE WORKING WITH FOLKS WHO

2:05:32REPRESENT THE SAME DISTRICT. I

2:05:33THINK THAT'S REALLY MEANINGFUL.

2:05:36AND YEAH, WE IT'S, IT'S REALLY

2:05:40HELPFUL FOR US TO HEAR ABOUT

2:05:41WHAT THE POLICY ISSUES ARE. AND

2:05:44EXAMPLE THAT I KEEP THINKING OF

2:05:47IS LAST YEAR, COUNCILOR NOVICK

2:05:50TEAM SAT ON A WORK GROUP WITH

2:05:53REPRESENTATIVE PHAM, AND THEY

2:05:55WERE FOCUSED ON A WHOLE BUNCH

2:05:56OF DIFFERENT ISSUES. BUT THERE

2:05:58WERE SOME SPECIFIC LEGISLATIVE

2:05:59CONCEPTS THAT CAME OUT OF IT.

2:06:00AND SO AS THEY STARTED TALKING

2:06:02ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE CONCEPTS

2:06:04I SAT IN, I LISTENED, I, I WAS

2:06:07ABLE TO DO SOME VETTING

2:06:09INTERNALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT

2:06:10THOSE CONCEPTS COULD GO ON OUR

2:06:12AGENDA. AND THEN WE WERE ABLE

2:06:14TO HELP WITH REP, WITH REP

2:06:16TRAN'S LEGISLATION IN SALEM,

2:06:19WHICH I THINK MAKES US ALL LOOK

2:06:21GOOD WHEN WE'RE KIND OF

2:06:23COORDINATED IN THAT WAY. AND IT

2:06:26ALSO GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO

2:06:27ADDRESS IF THERE ARE ISSUES

2:06:29THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WITH,

2:06:30WITH THE WHOLE OF COUNCIL,

2:06:31BECAUSE THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY

2:06:34WHAT YOU ALL ARE THINKING ABOUT

2:06:35AT ANY GIVEN DAY. IT HELPS US

2:06:37GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ELEVATE

2:06:38IT WITH YOU ALL SO WE CAN MAKE

2:06:40SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ALIGNED.

2:06:42>> AND I, AND I HOPE THAT ONE

2:06:44OF THE THINGS I HOPE IS THAT

2:06:45OUR TEAM HAS SHOWN ITS

2:06:47TRUSTWORTHINESS IN TERMS OF

2:06:48BEING CONFIDENTIAL ABOUT ISSUES

2:06:49THAT AREN'T READY TO BE VETTED

2:06:51FURTHER YET. AND SO WITH THAT,

2:06:53MY, MY, YOU KNOW, HOPE IS THAT

2:06:57IF THERE ARE PLACES WHERE OUR

2:06:59STAFF CAN BE PARTICIPATING OR

2:07:01JOIN A MEETING OR ENGAGE TO

2:07:05LISTEN TO A CONVERSATION, WE

2:07:06MAY SAY, HEY, WE CAN'T DO THAT

2:07:08OR WHATEVER, BUT WE'D RATHER

2:07:09LEAN TOWARD KNOWING AND BEING

2:07:11ABLE TO BE PRESENT FOR

2:07:14INFORMATION SHARING WHERE IT'S

2:07:15HAPPENING THAN NOT.

2:07:18>> THANKS. WE'LL GO TO

2:07:19COUNCILOR, NOVICK. AND THEN

2:07:20KOYAMA LANE.

2:07:23>> THANK YOU. CHAIR. I WANTED

2:07:25TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, HOW MUCH

2:07:27TO USE TED LASSO'S PHRASE, I

2:07:28APPRECIATE YOU. I'VE BEEN

2:07:30APPRECIATING SAM CHASE IN

2:07:32VARIOUS ROLES FOR 32 YEARS NOW.

2:07:34REALLY APPRECIATED WORKING WITH

2:07:36EVAN ON THE ISSUE OF WHETHER WE

2:07:38CAN GET MEDICAID TO START

2:07:39PAYING FOR PSR AND CHAT

2:07:42APPRECIATED JAX BEING INVOLVED

2:07:43IN THE QUESTION OF WHETHER WE

2:07:44CAN USE THIS HUGE PROSPECTIVE

2:07:46RAILROAD MERGER TO STOP THE

2:07:48TRAINS FROM BLOCKING TRAFFIC IN

2:07:50SOUTHEAST PORTLAND FOR HOURS ON

2:07:51END. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE

2:07:53WORK THAT YOU DO. I HAD ONE BIT

2:07:56LITTLE WORRY ABOUT THE AGENDA,

2:07:59WHICH IS THAT THE THE STATE

2:08:00AGENDA, WHICH IS THE BEGINNING

2:08:04UNDER SAFE, PREDICTABLE AND

2:08:05SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION

2:08:07SYSTEMS. IT MENTIONS TRANSIT IN

2:08:09THE INTRO, BUT THEN THERE'S

2:08:11NOTHING ABOUT TRANSIT IN THE

2:08:13BULLETS. AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY

2:08:14THAT I THINK THAT PREVENTING

2:08:16TRIMET FROM CONTINUING TO FALL

2:08:18APART IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN

2:08:20DEMONSTRATING OREGON'S

2:08:20COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING HIGH

2:08:22SPEED RAIL IN THE PACIFIC

2:08:23NORTHWEST. MAYBE I'M NITPICKING

2:08:24BECAUSE IT IS IN THE INTRO, BUT

2:08:26I'D LIKE TO SEE IT BE A BULLET

2:08:28TO. I APPRECIATED SEEING SOME

2:08:30OF THE SMALL THINGS IN THE

2:08:31AGENDA, SEEING THAT. SUPPORTING

2:08:35THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

2:08:36COMMISSION'S REQUEST FOR

2:08:37RENEWAL OF THE RESTORATIVE

2:08:38JUSTICE GRANTS. I'M REALLY GLAD

2:08:39TO SEE THAT. GLAD TO SEE

2:08:41BALCONY SOLAR ON THE LIST,

2:08:43ALTHOUGH I REALIZE I NEED TO

2:08:44TALK TO IBEW ABOUT THAT.

2:08:46THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT

2:08:49I MIGHT BE SUGGESTING THAT WE

2:08:51ADD. ONE MIGHT BE TOO LATE,

2:08:53BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF IT

2:08:54WOULD HAVE HAD TO BE IN LIKE A

2:08:56PRE SESSION FILE BILL, WHICH IS

2:08:58HAVING CITING CRITERIA FOR THE

2:09:00BOTTLE REDEMPTION CENTERS, LIKE

2:09:03HAVING SOMETHING THAT SAYS THAT

2:09:05YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE SOMETHING

2:09:06THAT INVOLVES A LOT OF

2:09:07PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN AN AREA

2:09:09THAT'S UNSAFE LOCATIONS, UNSAFE

2:09:11FOR PEDESTRIANS. SO I ACTUALLY

2:09:14SHOULD MAYBE TALK TO ROB KNOWS

2:09:17ABOUT THAT AND SEE IF MAYBE

2:09:18IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO GET IN

2:09:20SOMETHING THERE. ANOTHER THING

2:09:21I WANTED TO MENTION IS THE

2:09:23MULTNOMAH COUNTY COURT SYSTEM

2:09:24HAS ASKED FOR 13 MORE JUDGES,

2:09:27AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF REASONS

2:09:28I THINK WE MIGHT BE INTERESTED

2:09:30IN THAT. ONE IS THAT, AND I

2:09:32ACTUALLY JUST THIS MORNING

2:09:34EMAILED PBOT ABOUT THIS. I

2:09:35HAVEN'T CHECKED IN WITH THEM IN

2:09:37THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. I

2:09:38MEAN, IF WE WERE ABLE TO

2:09:40DRAMATICALLY EXPAND THE NUMBER

2:09:41OF SPEED AND RED LIGHT CAMERAS,

2:09:42THAT MIGHT MEAN WE NEED MORE

2:09:44RESOURCES FOR FOR THE COURTS.

2:09:46SO THOSE ARE THE TWO LITTLE

2:09:48THINGS THAT IT OCCURRED TO ME I

2:09:51MIGHT BE ASKING ABOUT, ADDING.

2:09:54>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR NOVICK

2:09:55ACTUALLY ON, ON A COUPLE OF

2:09:57THOSE ISSUES. WE HAVE BEEN

2:10:00WORKING WITH REPRESENTATIVE

2:10:01KNOWS AND A COUPLE OF OTHER

2:10:02LEGISLATORS THAT ARE LOOKING AT

2:10:04VARIOUS BOTTLE DROP RELATED

2:10:07LEGISLATION. SO IF THERE'S

2:10:10SPECIFICS THAT YOU WANT IN

2:10:11THERE, CERTAIN ELEMENTS AROUND

2:10:14SITING, IT GETS COMPLICATED

2:10:16BECAUSE A LOT OF THE THE FOLKS

2:10:17WHO ARE ADVOCATING ADVOCATING

2:10:19FOR THE GLEANERS AND, AND

2:10:22CANNERS ACTUALLY WANT TO BE

2:10:24CLOSE TO TRANSIT AND PEDESTRIAN

2:10:27ACCESS. AND SO WE SHOULD, WE

2:10:28SHOULD JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT

2:10:29MORE ABOUT THAT ISSUE AND WHAT

2:10:31YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH, BECAUSE

2:10:32WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW

2:10:34TO THREAD THAT NEEDLE RIGHT NOW

2:10:36ON THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY COURT

2:10:38SYSTEM, WE ACTUALLY GOT TWO

2:10:40REQUESTS, ONE FROM HB RELATED

2:10:43TO EVICTION COURT CAPACITY AND

2:10:45ONE FROM PBOT ON THIS EXACT

2:10:47ISSUE THAT YOU BROUGHT UP. AND

2:10:49SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE

2:10:51COUNTY AND TALKING TO OJD ABOUT

2:10:53HOW WE CAN, YOU KNOW, GET

2:10:55INVOLVED AND MAKE SURE THAT THE

2:10:5713 JUDGES THEY REQUEST ARE

2:10:59GOING INTO THOSE SPACES. OH,

2:11:04BALCONY SOLAR. I WOULD BE VERY

2:11:05CURIOUS WHAT YOU LEARNED FROM

2:11:07IBEW BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT

2:11:08CHECKED IN WITH THEM YET EITHER.

2:11:10>> I WAS JUST LOOKING AT AN

2:11:12ARTICLE ABOUT IT AND REALIZED

2:11:13THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT IT. SO I

2:11:14HAVEN'T TALKED TO THEM YET, SO

2:11:16I PROBABLY SHOULD. BUT I THINK

2:11:17THE IDEA IS VERY EXCITING.

2:11:19THANK YOU SO MUCH.

2:11:22>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR NOVICK.

2:11:23WE'LL GO TO COUNCILOR. KOYAMA

2:11:24LANE. AND THEN I'M NEXT IN THE

2:11:26QUEUE AFTER THAT.

2:11:27>> THANK YOU. OKAY. WHAT WORKED

2:11:30WELL IN 2026, I NOTICED WE WERE

2:11:34ABLE TO WORK ON STRONGER

2:11:36RELATIONSHIPS, HAVE MORE

2:11:38ENGAGEMENT. THIS COUNCIL WAS

2:11:39ABLE TO SHAPE AND GIVE MORE

2:11:41FEEDBACK BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS

2:11:43YEAR, WHILE YOU ACTUALLY DID

2:11:46ADJUST AND ASKED FOR OUR

2:11:47FEEDBACK, A LOT OF THAT AGENDA

2:11:48HAD BEEN SET BEFORE WE EVEN

2:11:50TOOK OFFICE. I FOUND YOU ALL TO

2:11:52BE VERY ACCESSIBLE, OPEN, EAGER

2:11:55TO CONNECT. AND I MEAN, I, I

2:11:59HONESTLY, I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF.

2:12:00I'VE BEEN REALLY IMPRESSED. I

2:12:02WILL EVEN MAKE A COMMENT IN

2:12:04COMMITTEE ABOUT SOMETHING. AND

2:12:06THEN BEFORE THE COMMITTEE IS

2:12:07EVEN DONE, ONE OF YOU HAVE

2:12:08REACHED OUT TO MY OFFICE AND

2:12:10YOU'RE LIKE, OH, LET'S TALK

2:12:11TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. MY TEAM

2:12:13FEELS LIKE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO

2:12:15YOU ALL. I WHEN I REACH OUT,

2:12:18EVEN IF IT'S LAST MINUTE, I'M

2:12:20GOING TO WORK ON GIVING YOU A

2:12:22LITTLE MORE LEAD TIME. THERE'S

2:12:23ALWAYS A RESPONSE OF LIKE, OH,

2:12:25YEAH, OKAY, THIS IS HOW WE

2:12:26WOULD THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A

2:12:28HEADS UP THAT YOU'RE GOING TO

2:12:30BE IN SALEM OR YOU'RE GOING TO

2:12:31TESTIFY. HERE'S SOME BACKGROUND.

2:12:32HOW CAN WE BE SUPPORTIVE? SO

2:12:34THANK YOU. HOW CAN GOVERNMENT

2:12:37RELATIONS IMPROVE? I THINK JUST

2:12:40CONTINUING TO ENGAGE EARLY AND

2:12:42OFTEN, WHICH I SEE HAPPENING IN

2:12:44THE COORDINATION. I FOUND THE

2:12:46LEGISLATIVE ISSUE SHEETS TO BE

2:12:49HELPFUL. I HEARD AT LEAST A

2:12:50COUPLE OTHER COUNCILORS SAY

2:12:51THAT THEY FILLED THEM OUT. I'M

2:12:53NOT SURE IF YOU CAN SHARE, LIKE,

2:12:55DID YOU GET THEM FROM MOST OF

2:12:56COUNCIL? ALL OF COUNCIL.

2:12:59>> WE GOT.

2:13:01>> I'M NOT SURE.

2:13:02>> I WOULD SAY ABOUT HALF.

2:13:03>> OKAY.

2:13:05>> AND WE DO HAVE THAT LIST IN

2:13:07YOUR PACKET OF ALL OF THE

2:13:08ISSUES THAT WERE SUBMITTED. AND

2:13:09IT DOES SHOW WHO WAS, I THINK

2:13:11IN THERE WHO SUBMITTED AS WELL.

2:13:13>> OKAY, GREAT.

2:13:14>> SO YOU CAN COLLABORATE WITH

2:13:15YOUR COLLEAGUES OR WHOEVER.

2:13:17>> FOR ME, IT WAS HELPFUL.

2:13:19WHILE WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS,

2:13:21AND I DO NOTICE THAT YOU ALL

2:13:22TAKE NOTES AND TRY TO TAKE

2:13:24THOSE PIECES WITH YOU. I THINK

2:13:25HAVING THOSE ISSUE SHEETS BEING

2:13:27REALLY CLEAR WAS HELPFUL. MY

2:13:29OFFICE FILLED OUT FIVE OF THEM.

2:13:30FOUR OF THEM I CAN SEE HAVE

2:13:32BEEN INCORPORATED. AND YEAH,

2:13:35FOLKS CAN ALSO LOOK AT THOSE

2:13:37SHEETS TO SEE SOME OF MY TOP

2:13:39PRIORITIES. A LOT OF THEM

2:13:40INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION AND

2:13:41TRAFFIC SAFETY, HOMELESSNESS,

2:13:43THE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS

2:13:45CONTINUUM, AND THEN CONTINUING

2:13:46TO FILL THE GAPS IN OREGON'S

2:13:48BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM. IN

2:13:50TERMS OF IF ANYTHING'S MISSING,

2:13:52I DON'T THINK THIS IS

2:13:53NECESSARILY SOMETHING TO ADD,

2:13:54BUT IT'S MORE LIKE A

2:13:56CROSS-CUTTING PRIORITY. BUT

2:13:57JUST I WANT TO CONTINUE TO

2:13:58UPLIFT AGING AND DISABILITY

2:14:00ACCESS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING

2:14:01THAT WE CAN AND SHOULD CONTINUE

2:14:03TO BE THINKING ABOUT, LIKE

2:14:05WITHIN HOUSING AND

2:14:06TRANSPORTATION AND WORKFORCE

2:14:07DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES,

2:14:08IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A SEPARATE

2:14:10ISSUE. SO THOSE ARE MY ANSWERS

2:14:13TO THE FOUR QUESTIONS. THANK

2:14:14YOU.

2:14:15>> THANK YOU.

2:14:16>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR KOYAMA

2:14:17LANE. I AM NEXT IN THE QUEUE. I

2:14:20WANTED TO START JUST A BIG

2:14:21PICTURE FRAMING WITH THE IDEA

2:14:24THAT I AGREE WITH COUNCILORS,

2:14:26NOVICK AND GREEN BROADLY, BOTH

2:14:28OF WHAT THEY SAID. AND I ALSO

2:14:29THINK I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS

2:14:32PROCESS BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE

2:14:33ULTIMATELY, WE NEED AN OGRE

2:14:36THAT WE CAN POINT TO AND SAY

2:14:38THAT EVERYTHING YOU'VE TAKEN A

2:14:40POSITION ON IS BASED ON

2:14:41SOMETHING THAT'S IN WRITING,

2:14:42AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHY THE

2:14:43AGENDA IS SO BROAD, IS BECAUSE

2:14:45IT HAS TO COVER THE THINGS THAT

2:14:46YOU DON'T KNOW ARE GOING TO

2:14:48COME UP AMENDMENTS, THINGS LIKE

2:14:49THAT DURING THE SESSION. I

2:14:50APPRECIATE THAT. I ALSO HAVE NO

2:14:52CONCERN ABOUT THE IDEA OF OF

2:14:53DEEPER PRIORITIZATION THAT'S

2:14:54SPECIFIC TO THE PARTICULAR

2:14:57LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT WE'RE

2:14:58UP AGAINST. I DON'T I DON'T

2:14:59THINK WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON

2:15:01SYMPTOMS. SO I DON'T AGREE WITH

2:15:03THE, THE PARTICULAR PROPOSAL OF,

2:15:04OF EVERYTHING BEING BEHAVIORAL

2:15:05HEALTH FOCUSED. I THINK THAT'S

2:15:06AN IMPORTANT THING, BUT NOT THE

2:15:07ONLY THING. AND WE SHOULD BE

2:15:09LOOKING AT WHY WE'RE IN THAT

2:15:10MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE AND

2:15:12TRYING TO RESOLVE THAT. SO

2:15:13THAT'S THE BIG PICTURE. I DID

2:15:15WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR

2:15:16IMPROVING THE ISSUE EVALUATION

2:15:18CRITERIA THAT YOU MADE SOME

2:15:19SMALL CHANGES TO, BUT

2:15:20MEANINGFUL ONES. I PARTICULARLY

2:15:22APPRECIATE THAT YOU ADDED AT

2:15:23THE END OF POLITICAL VIABILITY,

2:15:25THE IMPORTANCE OF ELEVATING A

2:15:26SOLUTION MAY BE ELEVATED OVER

2:15:28POLITICAL VIABILITY. AND HOW

2:15:30YOU DESCRIBE COLLECTIVE

2:15:31AGREEMENT THIS YEAR, I THINK IS

2:15:32AN IMPROVEMENT AS WELL, GOING

2:15:35TO AREAS OF IMPORTANCE, BECAUSE

2:15:36I THINK THAT AFFECTS BOTH

2:15:37AGENDAS. I WANTED TO SAY, FIRST,

2:15:40THANKS FOR ADDING TRAFFIC

2:15:41INJURIES TO TRAFFIC FATALITIES

2:15:44IN THE IN THE COMMUNITY SAFETY

2:15:47PIECE. I THINK THERE'S SOME NEW

2:15:49TEXT THAT'S THAT'S NEW THIS

2:15:50YEAR. IT'S KIND OF VAGUE ON

2:15:52SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE POLICING

2:15:53AND PUBLIC SAFETY PRACTICES.

2:15:56IT'S, IT'S GOOD, BUT IT NEEDS

2:15:58TO ALSO ADD IN EQUITABLE AND

2:16:00CONSTITUTIONAL. I THINK THERE'S

2:16:01A COUPLE OF THESE. ADJECTIVES

2:16:05AND ADVERBS, BUT PARTICULARLY

2:16:06ADJECTIVES THAT ARE A LITTLE

2:16:07CONFUSING TO ME AS WE GO

2:16:08FORWARD, NOT IN TERMS OF WHAT

2:16:10THEY ARE OR WHAT THEY MEAN, BUT

2:16:12WHY THAT ONE AND NOT ANOTHER

2:16:13ONE. SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD

2:16:15THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, IT SAYS,

2:16:16ADDING IT ADDS IN APPROPRIATE

2:16:18BEFORE AN ALTERNATIVE AND

2:16:19UNARMED RESPONSE. AND I, I

2:16:20DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S SUPPOSED

2:16:22TO LIMIT HOW THAT WOULD LIMIT.

2:16:23SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT THAT

2:16:25WORD OUT SO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT

2:16:27UNARMED AND, AND COMMUNITY

2:16:29ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE. I THINK

2:16:31IT'S GREAT THAT YOU SEPARATED

2:16:32OUT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO ITS

2:16:33OWN SECTION AND GIVEN IT THE

2:16:35HIGHLIGHT AND IMPORTANCE IT

2:16:36DESERVES. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A

2:16:38CONNECTION BETWEEN THAT AND

2:16:39NORTH PORTLAND EMERGENCY ROUTES

2:16:41LAST YEAR OR YEAR BEFORE

2:16:43REPRESENTATIVE NELSON PUT UP A

2:16:44BILL ON TRYING TO GET FUNDING

2:16:47FOR THE DESIGN REVIEW OF THE

2:16:50COLUMBIA BOULEVARD BRIDGE OVER

2:16:51THE NORTH PORTLAND RAILROAD CUT.

2:16:52AND I WANTED TO SEE TEXT IN

2:16:55HERE THAT ALLOWS FOR YOU TO

2:16:56ADVOCATE FOR THAT, BECAUSE

2:16:58RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF

2:17:00PEOPLE WHO ARE IN BAD SHAPE IF

2:17:02AN EARTHQUAKE OCCURS ON THE

2:17:03NORTH PENINSULA. SO I WANTED TO

2:17:04JUST GET THAT OUT THERE.

2:17:08SIMILARLY, ON THE SORT OF VERB

2:17:09SIDE, THIS IS ON THE AUTONOMOUS

2:17:11VEHICLES AND THE TRANSPORTATION

2:17:12SECTION, BUT ALSO PRETTY MUCH

2:17:14ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY, PRIVACY,

2:17:16TECHNOLOGY AND DATA PIECE IT

2:17:18HAS. YOU KNOW, PROTECTING IS A

2:17:20GOOD VERB PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE

2:17:22USE OF DATA. AND THEN IT GOES

2:17:24TO MONITORING EMERGING

2:17:25TECHNOLOGIES. I THINK THAT'S

2:17:26FAR TOO WEAK FOR WHAT WE NEED

2:17:28TO BE INVOLVED IN, BUT ACTUALLY

2:17:30ENSURING THAT THE CITY HAS A

2:17:31ROLE. YOU TALK ABOUT PREVENTING

2:17:35PREEMPTION, BUT JUST TRYING TO

2:17:36STRENGTHEN THAT VERB TO GIVE

2:17:37YOU MORE OF AN AVENUE TO, TO

2:17:39ACTUALLY ENGAGE IN THE SPACE

2:17:41OTHER THAN JUST MONITORING IS

2:17:42KIND OF PASSIVE SOUNDING. SO

2:17:45THAT'S MY AREAS OF IMPORTANCE.

2:17:47AND IT'S LIKE BROAD PICTURE

2:17:49STUFF. I WANT TO SHIFT TO THE

2:17:50STATE AGENDA PIECE. UNDER LOCAL

2:17:55AUTHORITY. YOU TALK ABOUT THIS

2:17:58IS THE FIRST SECTION HERE, AND

2:17:59I LIKE THE FRAMING PARAGRAPH.

2:18:00BY THE WAY, ON BOTH AGENDAS,

2:18:03YOU TALK ABOUT. WE NEED TO ADD

2:18:07IN NEW AND EMERGING THREATS TO

2:18:08PRIVACY AND SAFETY AS A LOCAL

2:18:10AUTHORITY ISSUE SPECIFICALLY

2:18:12CAUSED BY DRONES. AND I'LL NOTE

2:18:14THE AMAZON DRONES PIECE, WHICH

2:18:15CAME TOO LATE FOR ANY ISSUE

2:18:17SHEETS. BUT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF

2:18:19INTO THE NEWS FOR US. AND I

2:18:20WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S

2:18:22SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TALKING

2:18:23ABOUT HERE, MAKING SURE THAT

2:18:24WE'RE WE HAVE PREEMPTION ON

2:18:26BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL

2:18:27LEVEL WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES

2:18:28WITH AMAZON DRONES. BUT THOSE

2:18:30ARE LIKE UP THE BLOCK FROM ME,

2:18:32AND I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE

2:18:33THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET IN THE

2:18:35IN THE SPACE BEFORE ANYTHING IS

2:18:38JUST OPEN SEASON THERE. BUT

2:18:39ALSO ALPR IS IN WAYMO. I THINK

2:18:41THERE'S A BROAD CONVERSATION

2:18:43THERE. I APPRECIATE YOU

2:18:45INCLUDING PUBLIC MEETINGS, LAW

2:18:47AND SMALL DONOR ELECTIONS AS

2:18:49THINGS TO PROTECT IN THIS SPACE

2:18:50AS WELL. SWITCHING TO PART TWO.

2:18:53HAD A QUESTION HERE. ADDITIONAL

2:18:55TOOLS TO ADDRESS REPEAT

2:18:57SPEEDING. IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT

2:18:58IS CODE FOR SOMETHING AND I'M

2:18:59CURIOUS WHAT THAT IS.

2:19:02>> YEAH. AND I DON'T KNOW IF

2:19:04COUNCILOR KOYAMA LANE YOU WANT

2:19:06TO TALK ABOUT THE THE REPEAT

2:19:09SPEEDERS BILL THAT YOU

2:19:10SUBMITTED OR I'M HAPPY TO TALK

2:19:11ABOUT IT BRIEFLY. SO THERE'S A

2:19:13CONCEPT THAT'S BEING WORKED ON

2:19:15THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY ALLOW A

2:19:19PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY TO GO INTO

2:19:20SOMEONE'S CAR IF THEY'VE BEEN

2:19:23CONVICTED OF SPEEDING ON

2:19:25MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND CONTINUE

2:19:27TO DO IT. AND SO THAT WAS

2:19:29SUBMITTED BY COUNCILOR KOYAMA

2:19:32LANE OFFICE. WE'VE HEARD ABOUT

2:19:33IT FROM LEGISLATORS AND HAVE

2:19:37HAD A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY

2:19:39GROUPS COME IN AND I THINK,

2:19:40MEET WITH SOME OF YOU AND COME

2:19:42TO US. AND SO DEFINITELY

2:19:46INTERESTED TO KNOW IF THERE'S

2:19:48ALIGNMENT ON THAT ONE AND CAN

2:19:50GET YOU MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE

2:19:52ACTUAL TECHNOLOGY AND WHAT,

2:19:55WHEN IT WOULD BE USED.

2:19:58>> GO FOR IT.

2:19:59>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

2:20:00SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT

2:20:02FAMILIES FOR SAFE STREETS IS

2:20:03LEADING NATIONWIDE, AN

2:20:05INITIATIVE THAT URGES STATES TO

2:20:07MANDATE EFFECTIVE ANTI-SPEEDING

2:20:10TECHNOLOGY RATHER THAN TAKING

2:20:12AWAY PEOPLE'S LICENSES. AND

2:20:14IT'S FOR THE MOST DANGEROUS,

2:20:15RECKLESS DRIVERS, REPEAT

2:20:17OFFENDERS. SOME PEOPLE CALL

2:20:18THEM SUPER SPEEDERS, POSE A

2:20:21SIGNIFICANT THREAT, AND

2:20:24STATISTICS SHOW THAT 75% OF

2:20:26DRIVERS WITH SUSPENDED LICENSES

2:20:27CONTINUE TO DRIVE. SO FAMILIES

2:20:30FOR SAFE STREETS IS PUSHING

2:20:31THIS AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR

2:20:33FOLKS TO LOOK INTO THIS. AND

2:20:34THERE ARE SOME ELECTED

2:20:37OFFICIALS AT THE STATE LEVEL

2:20:38WHO ARE PLANNING TO BE BRINGING

2:20:40THIS FORWARD.

2:20:41>> CAN I JUST ASK COUNCILOR?

2:20:45>> YEAH.

2:20:46>> YOU BROUGHT IT UP. IS IT IN

2:20:48THIS SECTION, OR ARE WE TALKING

2:20:49ABOUT ONE OF THE YELLOW

2:20:50SECTIONS?

2:20:51>> NO, THE THIS IS UNDER TOP

2:20:542027 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES,

2:20:55WHICH IS THE IN THE STATE

2:20:57LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. I THINK

2:20:57IT'S A PAGE OR TWO BACK. IT'S

2:20:59PART TWO. AND IT'S I DON'T KNOW

2:21:02WHERE THAT IS. FOUND IT

2:21:04SOMEWHERE. IT'S NOT IN THAT

2:21:06SECTION.

2:21:07>> I ASK ONLY BECAUSE I'VE SEEN

2:21:09THAT.

2:21:09>> YEAH.

2:21:10>> IT.

2:21:10>> AND IT'S THE THIRD BULLET

2:21:12POINT UNDER THAT, THE END OF IT.

2:21:14ADVANCED STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS

2:21:15AND POLICIES.

2:21:20>> OH THAT'S WHAT YOU CONSIDER

2:21:21IN COMPANIES SEEING THAT. OKAY.

2:21:22THANK YOU.

2:21:23>> I WAS JUST ASKING WHAT THAT

2:21:25WHAT THAT QUOTE WAS FOR.

2:21:26BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES

2:21:27YOU WRITE BROADER TO, TO BE ALL

2:21:30ENCAPSULATING FOR IT. I CAN'T

2:21:34SPEAK FOR ANYBODY ELSE. THERE'S

2:21:35NOT A CONSENSUS ON THAT ONE. I

2:21:37THINK THERE IS. I HAVE MAJOR

2:21:39PRIVACY AND SURVEILLANCE

2:21:40CONCERNS AROUND THAT PARTICULAR

2:21:42PIECE. I RESPECT THE UNDERLYING

2:21:43NEED, AND I HAVE A LOT OF

2:21:45RESPECT FOR FAMILIES FOR SAFE

2:21:46STREETS, BUT I DON'T AGREE ON

2:21:48THAT PARTICULAR ONE. AND THEN

2:21:49SORT OF TO CLOSE OUT THE THE

2:21:51TRANSPARENCY, PRIVACY, ALL THAT

2:21:53STUFF, THE AVS PIECE, WE NEED

2:21:55TO CALL IT, CALL FOR SAFE,

2:21:57PREDICTABLE STATE POLICIES. I

2:21:59THINK PREDICTABLE IS ACTUALLY

2:22:01LIMITING TO OUR LOCAL AUTHORITY,

2:22:02BECAUSE THAT'S AN ARGUMENT THAT

2:22:03THEY'RE USING TO SAY LOCAL

2:22:05JURISDICTIONS CAN'T HAVE THEIR

2:22:06OWN POLICY. I THINK WE NEED TO

2:22:07PROTECT OUR AUTHORITY TO BAN

2:22:09THEM. AND I WANT TO BE I'M NOT

2:22:11TALKING ABOUT REGULATING. I

2:22:12WANT TO PROTECT OUR AUTHORITY

2:22:13TO BAN THEM. AND THEN WE CAN

2:22:15HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT IF

2:22:16THAT'S THE RIGHT OPTION FOR THE

2:22:17CITY. SINCE WE'RE ON

2:22:21TRANSPORTATION, THE WORD TRIMET

2:22:22DOES NOT APPEAR ANYWHERE IN

2:22:24ANYTHING OTHER THAN A

2:22:25LEGISLATIVE ISSUE SHEET

2:22:26SUBMITTED BY PBOT AND COUNCILOR

2:22:28GREEN. I THINK YOU COMBINE THEM.

2:22:30SO I WANT TO SEE TRIMET

2:22:32EXPLICITLY MENTIONED THERE.

2:22:33THERE'S TRANSIT REFERENCE, BUT

2:22:34JUST, YOU KNOW, TRANSIT

2:22:36AGENCIES ELSEWHERE IN THE STATE.

2:22:37I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE

2:22:39ADVOCATING FOR PORTLAND

2:22:40SPECIFIC AND THAT I KNOW THAT

2:22:42TRIMET IS BROADER THAN JUST

2:22:43PORTLAND, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE

2:22:44SHOULD BE ADVOCATING FOR THE

2:22:45PART IN PORTLAND. AND I THINK

2:22:46THEY ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE

2:22:48LINES THAT GO OUT INTO THE

2:22:49SUBURBS. BUT WE'RE DEALING WITH

2:22:51THE STUFF HERE IN THE CORE THAT

2:22:52WE REALLY NEED TO BE FUNDING.

2:22:57SHIFTING GEARS, I REALLY

2:22:59APPRECIATE WHAT COUNCILOR

2:23:00AVALOS BROUGHT UP ABOUT TAX

2:23:01POLICY THAT DIFFERENTIATES

2:23:02FIRST AND SECOND HOMES. I WOULD

2:23:04LOVE TO SEE EXPLICIT ADVOCACY

2:23:06FOR THE ABILITY TO DO LOCAL

2:23:08RENT CONTROL. IT'S IMPLIED, AND

2:23:11IT JUST DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY

2:23:12THERE. THERE'S A PIECE HERE

2:23:16WHERE WE ADVOCATE FOR BROADWAY

2:23:17CORRIDOR. WE'D LOVE TO SEE IF

2:23:19WE'RE GOING TO MENTION

2:23:20SOMETHING IN D FOUR, WHICH I

2:23:21THINK IS GOOD. LET'S ALSO

2:23:22MENTION SOME OTHER THINGS. I'M

2:23:23SURE THERE ARE PROJECTS

2:23:24ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY THAT

2:23:26COULD ALSO BE ASKS. GETTING TO

2:23:31THE ENTIRE FIFTH SECTION ON

2:23:32ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS SO

2:23:34VAGUE THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW

2:23:35WHAT YOU'RE ADVOCATING FOR HERE,

2:23:37AND SO I WOULD LOVE SOME FOLLOW

2:23:39UP ON WHAT THAT MEANS, AND TO

2:23:41SEE SOME REFINEMENT OF THE

2:23:42LANGUAGE TO BE A LITTLE CLEARER.

2:23:44THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THAT

2:23:45SEEMS OBJECTIONABLE, BUT

2:23:47THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THAT

2:23:48SEEMS LIKE I CAN EVEN ASSESS

2:23:49WHAT IT WHAT IT WOULD ALLOW OR

2:23:51NOT ALLOW YOU TO ADVOCATE FOR.

2:23:53THIS IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

2:23:54JOBS IN PORTLAND'S

2:23:55COMPETITIVENESS. I'M NOT

2:23:58SUSPICIOUS OF IT. I JUST DIDN'T

2:24:00KNOW HOW TO EVEN ENGAGE. AS I

2:24:01WAS WRITING NOTES. I WAS LIKE

2:24:03STARTING TO WRITE THINGS AND

2:24:04TRAILING OFF OVER AND OVER

2:24:05AGAIN. SO WHEN YOU GET TO CIVIL

2:24:08RIGHTS, I THINK IT'S

2:24:09INTERESTING BECAUSE I STARTED

2:24:10BY TALKING ABOUT PRIVACY. I

2:24:12LOVED WHAT'S IN HERE, BUT I

2:24:14DON'T SEE IT REFLECTED

2:24:15THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT. LIKE,

2:24:17SO I WOULD LOVE TO, TO KIND OF

2:24:19JUST POINT TO THAT AS A WAY TO

2:24:21SHIFT IN THERE AND TO

2:24:22EXPLICITLY MENTION THE FIRST

2:24:23AMENDMENT AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

2:24:26AND THEN THE LAST THING I

2:24:27WANTED TO NOTE THAT'S VERY

2:24:29SPECIFIC IN HERE IS ON THE

2:24:30CLIMATE PIECE. THERE'S THERE'S

2:24:32REFERENCES TO DEFENSE OF LOCAL

2:24:35AUTHORITIES, AND THEN

2:24:36SEPARATELY SUPPORTING THE SCI

2:24:38HUB STATE PROJECT. I'D LIKE TO

2:24:39SEE MORE ALLOWING LOCAL

2:24:42DIRECTION FOR, FOR THE SCI HUB,

2:24:43ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE

2:24:45CONVERSATIONS WE'RE GOING TO BE

2:24:46HAVING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL

2:24:47WEEKS. SO THAT'S MY VERY, LIKE

2:24:50HYPER SPECIFIC PIECE IN HERE,

2:24:52BUT I THINK REALLY, REALLY BIG

2:24:54PIECES THAT ARE, ARE VITAL TO

2:24:58LOOK AT IS JUST THAT SORT OF

2:25:00NORMALIZING THROUGHOUT THE

2:25:01CIVIL RIGHTS PIECE, WHICH I'M

2:25:04VERY GRATEFUL TO STILL SEE IN

2:25:05HERE. I WAS WORRIED THAT THAT

2:25:07WAS GOING TO GET ATTACKED THIS

2:25:08YEAR. SO I'M VERY HAPPY FOR

2:25:10THAT. ONE THING THAT'S NOT IN

2:25:12HERE ON THE STATE SIDE, BUT IS

2:25:14ON THE FEDERAL SIDE, IS

2:25:16QUALIFIED IMMUNITY. AND WE DO

2:25:18HAVE QUALIFIED IMMUNITY

2:25:20CONCERNS AT THE STATE AS WELL

2:25:21AS THE FEDERAL LEVEL. WE ALSO

2:25:23HAVE ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY ON THE

2:25:25PROSECUTORIAL SIDE THAT I'D

2:25:26LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING IN HERE

2:25:28ABOUT TRYING TO GO BACK AT. AND

2:25:31I DIDN'T SEE THAT. AND I'M

2:25:33CURIOUS IF WE CAN FOLLOW UP

2:25:36MAYBE OFFLINE AND TRY TO GET

2:25:37SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT IT,

2:25:39BECAUSE I'LL NOTICE THAT LIKE

2:25:41THERE'S NO SECTION ON PUBLIC

2:25:42SAFETY SPECIFICALLY IN, IN HERE

2:25:44OR GOOD GOVERNANCE OR WHATEVER.

2:25:46THERE'S MULTIPLE ANGLES INTO

2:25:47THAT TOPICAL AREA. IT IS IN THE

2:25:48AREAS OF IMPORTANCE. AND, BUT

2:25:51I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT EXPLICITLY

2:25:53MENTIONED. AND SINCE I'VE GOT A

2:25:55LITTLE BIT, I'M GOING TO JUST

2:25:57QUICKLY RUN THROUGH MY FEDERAL

2:25:58AGENDA STUFF. LOVE THE FRAMING

2:26:00PARAGRAPHS ARE LONGER IN THIS

2:26:00ONE. I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.

2:26:03WE'D LOVE TO SEE STRONGER

2:26:04LANGUAGE ON IMMIGRATION. I KNOW

2:26:05THERE'S A LOT OF LIKE DEFENSE

2:26:07LANGUAGE THERE, BUT I THINK IT

2:26:08WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE AN

2:26:10AFFIRMATIVE CASE FOR IT, TOO. I

2:26:12WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOCIAL

2:26:13HOUSING MENTIONED. AMONG THE

2:26:14MANY THINGS WE WANT MONEY FOR

2:26:16IN THE HOUSING SPACE. IT'S KIND

2:26:17OF A LAUNDRY LIST AND JUST

2:26:19DOESN'T HAVE THAT PARTICULAR

2:26:20ONE MENTIONED THERE. REALLY

2:26:23LOVE THAT YOU PUT 911 STAFF AS

2:26:25FIRST RESPONDERS. IT USES

2:26:27DIFFERENT TEXT IN THERE IN A

2:26:29COUPLE DIFFERENT PLACES, BUT

2:26:31THAT CONCEPT IS REALLY

2:26:32IMPORTANT AND I THINK MATTERS A

2:26:34GREAT DEAL TO BOTH THE BUREAU

2:26:35AND THE AND THE WORKERS. AND

2:26:39THEN SIMILARLY QUALIFIED

2:26:42IMMUNITY IS MENTIONED HERE, BUT

2:26:43IT SAYS REFORM IT. AND IT'S

2:26:44JUST KIND OF A WEAK IT'S IT'S

2:26:47MENTIONED THERE, BUT IT'S IT'S

2:26:48LIKE, LET'S GET INVOLVED IN A

2:26:49CONVERSATION AS OPPOSED TO

2:26:50LET'S DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

2:26:51AND I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, I

2:26:53DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO

2:26:55HAVE IN TERMS OF LAY OF THE

2:26:56LAND, BUT JUST THAT VERB. AND

2:26:58THE LAST THING I'LL MENTION

2:26:59HERE IS AGAIN, MENTIONING

2:27:01FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND CRIMINAL

2:27:02JUSTICE REFORM. IDEALLY, THE

2:27:04FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

2:27:06ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE COULD GET

2:27:07BUILT OUT A LITTLE BIT TOO.

2:27:08IT'S IT'S LIKE A MENTION, BUT

2:27:11WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT.

2:27:15HOW TO HOW TO DO THE THINGS WE

2:27:19DO BETTER AND WHAT WE'RE

2:27:19LIMITED IN DOING BY, BY THE

2:27:22FEDS AND THE STATE. AND THAT'S

2:27:24KIND OF THE BROADER PICTURE OF

2:27:25THAT TEXT. SO I WANTED TO RUN

2:27:27THROUGH ALL OF THAT. THAT'S A

2:27:28LOT I KNOW, BUT I WANTED TO GET

2:27:30IT ON THE RECORD WHILE I COULD.

2:27:32MY ONE QUESTION IS, HOW ARE YOU

2:27:34APPROACHING

2:27:36>> IN TERMS OF THE RESOURCES

2:27:39SPACE, BECAUSE THERE'S THERE'S

2:27:40IN PARALLEL TO THE AGENDAS ON

2:27:41THE POLICY SIDE, THERE'S GRANTS.

2:27:43WE HAD A CONVERSATION IN THE

2:27:44LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AT COUNCIL

2:27:46ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TAKING

2:27:48GRANTS, BUT DO WE LIKE THE

2:27:49THING WE'RE TAKING GRANTS FOR?

2:27:51AND OBVIOUSLY, MONEY IS GOOD,

2:27:52BUT NOT NECESSARILY DEPENDING

2:27:53ON WHAT IT'S. SO IS THERE TEXT

2:27:56IN HERE OR IS OUR INTENTION TO

2:27:58HAVE THIS AGENDA FRAME NOT ONLY

2:27:59OUR APPROACH TO POLICY, BUT

2:28:02ALSO TO IN TERMS OF LIKE VALUES,

2:28:04JUDGMENTS ON WHAT GRANTS TO GO

2:28:06FOR? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE

2:28:07INVOLVED IN THAT EVEN THOUGH

2:28:08YOU'RE NOT THE GRANTS

2:28:09MANAGEMENT DIVISION. SO THAT'S

2:28:10MY QUESTION ABOUT HOW THIS IS

2:28:12USED.

2:28:12>> WELL, I'LL START I'LL START

2:28:13WITH THAT QUESTION. WHICH IS

2:28:16REALLY LARGELY ARE YOU THINKING

2:28:18ABOUT THE FEDERAL SIDE IN TERMS

2:28:21OF GRANTS LARGELY OR STATE THE.

2:28:26SOME GRANTS ARE PURSUED THROUGH

2:28:29BUREAUS AND THEY'RE REALLY

2:28:30INTERPRETING WHETHER THAT'S IN

2:28:32ALIGNMENT WITH THE POLICIES PUT

2:28:33ON, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION OR.

2:28:37BUT WHEN WE'RE ENGAGED AND AND

2:28:40WE'RE WORKING WITH THE

2:28:42PRIORITIES THAT ARE SET IN

2:28:43THESE AGENDAS AS THE FRAMEWORK

2:28:46FOR THAT. NOW, ALL OF THE

2:28:48IMPLEMENTABLE. THERE'S STILL

2:28:50QUESTIONS TO WORK INTERNALLY

2:28:51AROUND, HEY, ARE WE HAVING TO

2:28:53SHIFT MONEY AWAY FROM WHAT WE

2:28:55WANT IT TO BE DOING TO DO THIS?

2:28:56AND THOSE QUESTIONS WERE MORE

2:29:00INVOLVED IN, IS THIS ALIGNED

2:29:02WITH THE POLICY, GUIDANCE AND

2:29:04DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL HAS

2:29:05GIVEN TO US? SO I THINK THAT'S

2:29:07HOW WE KIND OF APPROACH IT WHEN

2:29:09WE'RE BROUGHT IN ON THE GRANT

2:29:10SIDE. AND, AND VERY CRITICAL IS

2:29:16THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT RIGHT

2:29:17AWAY. SO THAT'S KIND OF A

2:29:18LITTLE BIT WHERE IT TIES INTO

2:29:20WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WHICH IS,

2:29:21IS THIS SOMETHING THE CITY IS

2:29:22GOING TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT?

2:29:24THAT IS A VERY CRITICAL

2:29:26QUESTION FOR US THAT WE'RE

2:29:27ALWAYS ASKING, BECAUSE IF WE GO

2:29:29ASK FOR SOMETHING AND THEN IT

2:29:30SITS AND SITS, THAT NOT JUST

2:29:32HURTS US ON THAT GRANT OR

2:29:35LEGISLATION, BUT IT HURTS US ON

2:29:37FUTURE ASKS AS WELL.

2:29:39>> THANKS.

2:29:41>> I WOULD ADDRESS YOUR A

2:29:43COUPLE OTHER THINGS. ECONOMIC

2:29:45DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO TAKE

2:29:46SOME TIME OVER THE NEXT COUPLE

2:29:48OF MONTHS. I. I HEAR YOU ON

2:29:49THAT AND THERE ARE SOME

2:29:50GENERALITIES IN THERE AND THAT

2:29:52THAT THAT BODY OF WORK WE

2:29:54CONTINUE TO HEAR CONSISTENTLY

2:29:57ACROSS THE BOARD WITH THE CITY.

2:29:58THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS AN

2:30:00IMPORTANT PRIORITY. AND SO

2:30:02WE'RE WE'RE PUTTING WHAT

2:30:03PLACEHOLDERS WE HAVE IN PLACE

2:30:05NOW, BUT THAT IS WORK THAT WILL

2:30:07NEED TO CONTINUE. I WANT TO

2:30:10ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT

2:30:11HAVE COME UP AS EXAMPLES WHERE

2:30:15WE WANT TO HELP BE A RESOURCE,

2:30:19BUT WHERE WE'RE SORT OF LOOKING

2:30:22FOR MORE CLARITY. AND SO THE

2:30:25ISSUE OF SPEEDING, FOR EXAMPLE,

2:30:27YOU KNOW, WE'RE HEARING

2:30:28DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON THAT.

2:30:30AND SO THIS IS WHERE WE ASK OF

2:30:33YOU WORK WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES

2:30:35TO TRY TO FIND A LANDING PLACE

2:30:37WHERE WE CAN HEAR THE SAME

2:30:39THING THAT, YOU KNOW, IS THERE

2:30:41A LANDING PLACE WHERE THIS CAN

2:30:43BE VETTED, YOU KNOW, AMONGST

2:30:44YOURSELVES TO, TO IDENTIFY, OH,

2:30:47IF IT HAS THIS COMPONENT OR

2:30:48THAT COMPONENT, THEN WE'RE

2:30:49COMFORTABLE WITH IT. ANOTHER

2:30:53EXAMPLE, HEARING DIFFERENT

2:30:56SIDES OF THAT. COUNCILOR SMITH,

2:30:59IN TERMS OF YOUR CONCEPT AND

2:31:01COUNCIL. COUNCILOR.

2:31:02PIRTLE-GUINEY KIND OF DIFFERENT

2:31:04PLACES. IF THERE'S IF THERE'S

2:31:05IT'S REALLY HELPFUL FOR US TO

2:31:07BE HEARING SOME CLARITY, YOU

2:31:09KNOW, IN TERMS OF, HEY, OGRE,

2:31:12YOUR RESOURCES ARE CITY

2:31:14RESOURCES. AND, AND THIS IS THE

2:31:16COLLECTIVE DIRECTION WE WANT TO

2:31:17TRY TO GO. AND, AND SO THAT IS

2:31:20NOT A JUDGMENT ON ANY OF THOSE

2:31:22POLICY. YOU KNOW, WE, AGAIN,

2:31:23WE'RE NOT THE POLICY MAKERS. WE

2:31:25JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE

2:31:26SOME CLARITY AROUND WHERE TO GO.

2:31:28IF WE'RE IF WE'RE DIVIDED, THEN

2:31:30THAT DIVISION IS GOING TO GET

2:31:31EVEN WORSE WHEN WE GO DOWN TO

2:31:33THE LEGISLATURE AND IT'S GOING

2:31:35TO BE INEFFECTIVE AND WE'RE

2:31:36GOING TO BE SPINNING WHEELS

2:31:37TRYING TO SERVE TWO SIDES OF AN

2:31:39ISSUE. SO WE WHEN THERE'S NOT

2:31:40CONSENSUS, WE WE LEAN AWAY. WE

2:31:42STILL HELP TRACK AND MONITOR

2:31:43INFORMATION, BUT WE REALLY KIND

2:31:44OF LEAN OUT FROM PROACTIVELY

2:31:48PURSUING.

2:31:50>> AND TO JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT

2:31:52MORE FINER POINT ON THE

2:31:54ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SECTION. I

2:31:55THINK WHAT YOU'RE SENSING THERE

2:31:57IS THAT WE REALLY DIDN'T GET

2:31:59ANY GUIDANCE OR CLEAR GUIDANCE.

2:32:01THE MAYOR GAVE US A REALLY

2:32:03SPECIFIC PROPOSAL TO CONSIDER.

2:32:07THE PROSPER ASKED FOR SOME FOR

2:32:11US TO FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE

2:32:13PROSPERITY COUNCIL, WHICH. AND

2:32:14TO SUPPORT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS

2:32:16THAT I THINK SOME OF THEM, I

2:32:18THINK WILL HAVE CONSENSUS ON IN

2:32:20THIS BODY. SOME OF THEM I DO

2:32:21NOT. SOME OF THEM I DON'T THINK.

2:32:23AND THE LEGISLATURE LEGISLATIVE

2:32:25LEADERSHIP JUST ISN'T

2:32:27PRIORITIZING THE PROSPERITY

2:32:30COUNCIL IN THE WAY THAT HOW

2:32:33THEY TALK ABOUT IT. SO WHAT WE

2:32:35TRIED TO DO HERE IS WE LOOKED

2:32:37AT THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN

2:32:38ABLE TO SUPPORT IN THE PAST,

2:32:40LIKE FUNDS FOR INDUSTRIAL SITE

2:32:42READINESS AND BROWNFIELD

2:32:43CLEANUP. WE'VE HEARD FROM

2:32:46COUNCILOR SMITH ABOUT WORKFORCE

2:32:48DEVELOPMENT IN CERTAIN PROGRAMS

2:32:49IN THE PAST, COUNCILOR DUNPHY

2:32:52OR COUNCIL PRESIDENT DUNPHY HAD

2:32:54ITEMS SPECIFIC TO ARTS AND

2:32:55CULTURE THAT HE WANTED CALLED

2:32:57OUT. BUT WE'RE LOOKING, YOU

2:32:58KNOW, WITH OUR ECONOMIC

2:33:01DEVELOPMENT KIND OF PLATFORM

2:33:03AND PRIORITIES AS A CITY COULD

2:33:05BE, I THINK, A LOT CLEARER. AND

2:33:07PART OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

2:33:08IS DIRECTION FROM YOU ALL ON

2:33:10WHAT IT IS THAT YOU, YOU WANT

2:33:13TO ACCOMPLISH IN THAT SPACE.

2:33:14>> AND SOMETIMES WE CAN HELP

2:33:16INSPIRE A LITTLE BIT OF

2:33:17MOMENTUM. BUT THERE'S ALSO

2:33:18ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TYPICALLY

2:33:20KIND OF SEEMS TO COME TOGETHER

2:33:23A LITTLE LATER IN THE SEASON

2:33:25FOR SOME REASON. AND THOSE

2:33:26IDEAS START TO EMERGE CLOSER TO

2:33:29SESSION WHERE WE SEE

2:33:31SOMETHING'S GOT SOME LEGS OR

2:33:32NOT. AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER

2:33:33TOUCH POINT WHERE WE'LL BE

2:33:35ENGAGING WITH YOU A LOT AROUND

2:33:37THINGS THAT ARE OF ALL THOSE,

2:33:39ONE OF THE ISSUES WHERE WE'LL

2:33:40SEE AN EVOLUTION HAPPENING.

2:33:42>> THANKS.

2:33:43>> SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK

2:33:44THROUGH. I KNOW THE QUEUE GOT

2:33:46RESET WITH THE SHARE SCREEN ON

2:33:47AND OFF THING. SO I'M GOING TO

2:33:49GO THROUGH AND IT'S GOING TO BE

2:33:51BASED ON BASICALLY WHO HAD USED

2:33:52THE LEAST TIME BEFORE. SO AND

2:33:54THEN I'LL GO BACK TO FULL

2:33:55SECOND ROUND. SO WE'LL START

2:33:56WITH COUNCILOR NOVICK AND THEN

2:33:58GO TO COUNCILOR GREEN. AND I'LL

2:33:59CONTINUE THROUGH THE QUEUE.

2:34:00>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

2:34:02THIS MIGHT SORT OF GO WITHOUT

2:34:03SAYING, BUT I FORGOT SOMETHING,

2:34:05WHICH IS THAT SENATOR WYDEN IS

2:34:06TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY USING

2:34:08THE TAX CODES TO GET THE NBA TO

2:34:11THINK ABOUT MAYBE DOING

2:34:13SOMETHING TO KEEP THE BLAZERS

2:34:14HERE. HE'S MENTIONING SOME

2:34:16THINGS THAT HE MIGHT DO IN THE

2:34:17FINANCE COMMITTEE, LIKE TAKE A

2:34:18LOOK AT, QUOTE, THE USE OF TAX

2:34:20FREE BONDS TO BUILD ARENAS,

2:34:21GOODWILL, AMORTIZATION OF TEAMS,

2:34:22PURCHASE PRICE AND TAX

2:34:24TREATMENT OF TEAMS, VALUE

2:34:25APPRECIATED OVER TIME. AND IT

2:34:27BASICALLY HE'S SAYING NICE

2:34:28LITTLE TAX PROVISIONS YOU'VE

2:34:30GOT THERE. BE A SHAME IF

2:34:31SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THEM. AND

2:34:33ACTUALLY THERE IS A PREVIOUS

2:34:35EXAMPLE OF A PLACE HAVING A

2:34:37TEAM BECAUSE A SENATOR DID JUST

2:34:38THAT KIND OF THING. IN THE

2:34:411960S. STUART SYMINGTON OF

2:34:43MISSOURI SAID THAT BASICALLY

2:34:45SAID IF KANSAS CITY DOESN'T GET

2:34:47A TEAM IN EXPANSION IN 1969,

2:34:48I'M GOING TO TRY TO TAKE AWAY

2:34:51THE ANTITRUST EXEMPTION FROM

2:34:52MLB AND THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS

2:34:54EXIST AS A RESULT. SO I WOULD

2:34:57NOT DISCOUNT SENATOR WIDEN'S

2:34:59EFFORTS. AND IT MIGHT BE

2:35:00OBVIOUS THAT WE SUPPORT THEM,

2:35:01BUT WE MIGHT WANT TO MAKE IT

2:35:03EXPLICIT THAT WE SUPPORT THEM.

2:35:05>> THANK YOU.

2:35:05>> HE COULD BE IN.

2:35:06>> A VIDEO.

2:35:07>> THAT.

2:35:07>> EVEN MORE POWERFUL POSITION,

2:35:09POTENTIALLY IN NOVEMBER OR

2:35:12JANUARY.

2:35:14>> YEAH, DITTO AS WELL,

2:35:16COUNCILOR GREEN.

2:35:21>> NO.

2:35:25>> OKAY. JUMP BACK IN IF YOU'D

2:35:27LIKE TO GO TO COUNCILOR

2:35:31ZIMMERMAN NEXT AND THEN TO

2:35:33PIRTLE-GUINEY.

2:35:34>> THANK YOU. SO OF COURSE,

2:35:36I'LL UNDERLINE OUR CONTINUED

2:35:37EMPHASIS ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

2:35:39BEDS IN THE PORTLAND REGION

2:35:40THAT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE

2:35:43CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THERE

2:35:44IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT TO

2:35:45THE CITY'S FUTURE THAN THAT. SO

2:35:48I'M ASKING YOU TO PUT ME TO

2:35:50WORK, FRANKLY, IN THE

2:35:51LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND LET

2:35:55LET'S GET A WIN ON THAT. I, I

2:35:58WILL ALSO I'M I'M ACTUALLY KIND

2:36:02OF BOTHERED THAT PBOT PUT

2:36:03FORWARD THAT THAT THAT SPEED

2:36:05OPTION. I THINK THEY PACKAGED

2:36:06IT IN A WAY THAT MAKES IT SOUND

2:36:08INTERESTING, BUT I SHARE

2:36:10COUNCILOR CONNELL'S DEEP

2:36:11CONCERN ON PRIVACY ISSUES. AND

2:36:14AT THE SAME TIME, IN THE SAME

2:36:16LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, WE HAVE

2:36:19FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN.

2:36:20AND I'M CERTAINLY GOING TO BE

2:36:21LENDING MY VOICE TO

2:36:23SURVEILLANCE PRICING BANS. ET

2:36:24CETERA. ET CETERA. I DON'T I

2:36:26WOULD LIKE SOME CONSISTENCY. SO

2:36:29FOR ME, THAT'S A NONSTARTER.

2:36:30AND I THINK IT'S A IT'S A IT'S

2:36:34UNFORTUNATE THAT A BUREAU PUT

2:36:35THAT FORWARD. THE OTHER OPTIONS

2:36:36THAT WERE THERE SEEMED OKAY.

2:36:40WITH RESPECT TO, I GUESS I'M, I.

2:36:46I HAVE A QUESTION IN TERMS OF.

2:36:49I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THE

2:36:51EMPHASIS FOR THE STATE TO TAKE

2:36:52CARE OF THEIR RIGHTS OF WAY.

2:36:54AND SO JUST TO PUT THAT IN

2:36:55NORMAL PERSON LANGUAGE, THAT

2:36:56MEANS ODOT NEEDS TO CLEAN UP

2:36:58THE TRASH ON THEIR OVER

2:36:59OVERPASSES, UNDERPASSES, ON

2:37:00RAMPS AND OFF RAMPS. THAT'S

2:37:01WHAT THAT MEANS. DOES IT BELONG

2:37:04IN THE TRANSPORTATION SECTION

2:37:05OF OUR AGENDA, OR IS IT IN THE

2:37:07ECONOMIC OR IS IT IN THE

2:37:09HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS?

2:37:10BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IF

2:37:12THEY SAY, WE GAVE YOU THIS

2:37:13MONEY TO CLEAN UP THE TRASH ON

2:37:15OUR PROPERTY, AND SO THEREFORE

2:37:17YOU DON'T GET MONEY FOR

2:37:18POTHOLES, I'D BE IRRITATED. SO

2:37:19I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK ABOUT

2:37:21THAT A LITTLE BIT.

2:37:22>> IT'S A VERY STRONG

2:37:25CONNECTION TO THE ECONOMIC

2:37:27DEVELOPMENT AND THE PERCEPTIONS

2:37:28AND THE BRANDING OF THE CITY.

2:37:30AND, AND SO THERE ARE WITH MANY

2:37:33OF THE, YOU KNOW, WHICH ONES GO

2:37:34UNDER PREEMPTION, WHICH ONES GO

2:37:35UNDER TRANSPORTATION, WHICH

2:37:36ONES GO UNDER C.E.HUBB OR, YOU

2:37:39KNOW, SO THAT IS A QUESTION

2:37:41THAT WE'RE, WE'RE VERY AWARE OF.

2:37:44AND SO WE, WE SORT OF JUST TAKE

2:37:47OUR BEST, PUT IT IN A LOCATION

2:37:49AND WE CAN MOVE THOSE AROUND.

2:37:50BUT THEN IF WE PUT A

2:37:52TRANSPORTATION ISSUE IN THE

2:37:53ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S,

2:37:56THERE'S ISSUES THERE. SO, YOU

2:37:57KNOW, WHEN WE REPORT ON THOSE

2:37:59THINGS, WE REPORT ON THEM IN

2:38:01THOSE CATEGORIES. AND SO WHEN

2:38:02YOU SEE OUR END OF SESSION

2:38:03REPORT, THEY'LL OFTEN KIND OF

2:38:05REPORT ON LIKE YOU'LL SEE UNDER

2:38:07THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,

2:38:08THERE'LL BE A REPORTING ON THE

2:38:10RIGHT OF WAY AND THEY'LL TALK

2:38:11ABOUT THAT. AND THIS IS REALLY,

2:38:13AGAIN, A LITTLE MORE INTERNAL

2:38:15THAN WHEN WE GO DOWN AND, AND

2:38:17BRING, YOU KNOW, ISSUES ON OUR

2:38:18ECONOMIC AGENDA. WE DON'T HAVE

2:38:22AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENDA.

2:38:23WE HAVE THIS. BUT WHEN WE TALK

2:38:24ABOUT ISSUES OF THE ECONOMY

2:38:26RIGHT AWAY. ABSOLUTELY.

2:38:27>> SO I'D LIKE TO I'D LIKE TO

2:38:28FLIP THE IDEA ON ITS HEAD A

2:38:30LITTLE BIT. WHEN I WAS A DEPUTY

2:38:32CITY MANAGER IN A SOUTHERN

2:38:33OREGON CITY, ALL WE WANTED WAS

2:38:35THE RIGHT TO CLEAN UP, RIGHT?

2:38:38I-5 CUT OUR COMMUNITY IN HALF,

2:38:40JUST LIKE IT DOES HERE. WE

2:38:43WANTED THE RIGHT TO CLEAN UP. I

2:38:44THINK THE SECOND HALF OF THAT

2:38:46SENTENCE IS, AND WE WANT TO

2:38:47BUILD BACK, RIGHT. WE WANT TO

2:38:49BUILD THE STATE FOR THE

2:38:51SERVICES TO MOW THEIR GRASS.

2:38:53METAPHORICALLY. I THINK THERE'S

2:38:56A LOT OF ALIGNMENT ACROSS LLC

2:38:59THAT IT'S THERE'S ONE ASPECT

2:39:01ABOUT GETTING PAID TO DO THEIR

2:39:02WORK FOR THEM. BUT IN CRISIS, I

2:39:05THINK MOST CITIES JUST WANT TO

2:39:07KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR AND

2:39:08ODOT'S LEADERSHIP IS NOT GOING

2:39:10TO SAY, NO, YOU CANNOT HAVE A

2:39:12CLEANUP ALONG THAT ON RAMP

2:39:14BECAUSE WE OWN THAT LAND. AND

2:39:15IF THERE'S A TURF WAR OUT THERE,

2:39:17I DON'T THINK WE'RE VERY

2:39:18INTERESTED IN IT. AND AND I'VE

2:39:20ENCOURAGED TO BE TRANSPARENT,

2:39:21I'VE ENCOURAGED THIS MAYOR AND

2:39:22THE LAST MAYOR TO JUST DO IT

2:39:24AND DARE THE STATE TO SUE US.

2:39:26AND I STILL HAVE THAT

2:39:27PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE IT WAS SO

2:39:30DETRIMENTAL TO THE COMMUNITIES

2:39:31ACROSS OREGON. SO IT'S RELATED.

2:39:33BUT I THINK THERE'S THERE'S

2:39:34FURTHER EXPANSION FOR WHAT THAT

2:39:37COULD LOOK LIKE. AND I THINK

2:39:38MOST CITIES WOULD ACTUALLY

2:39:39AGREE. WE JUST WANT THE RIGHT

2:39:41TO BE ABLE TO CLEAN UP SPACE

2:39:42THAT'S IN OUR JURISDICTION WHEN

2:39:44IT GETS SO BAD. SO I'LL LEAVE

2:39:48IT TO YOU FOR WHAT'S THE BEST

2:39:49PLACE TO PUT IT. BUT I WOULD

2:39:51HAVE AN EAR OPEN TO WHAT OTHER

2:39:53CITIES ARE DOING ON THIS AND

2:39:54WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE AS WELL,

2:39:56BECAUSE THAT GETS TO MY LAST

2:39:58POINT, IS THAT I ACTUALLY AM

2:40:00REALLY LOOKING FOR

2:40:02OPPORTUNITIES FOR PORTLAND TO

2:40:04IMPROVE ITS REPUTATION WITH

2:40:06COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE.

2:40:08AND I THINK HOW WE ENGAGE AT

2:40:10THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THAT WE

2:40:13LOOK MAYBE IN PLACES WHERE WE

2:40:15CAN MAKE NEW FRIENDS OR FOLKS

2:40:17WHO DON'T NECESSARILY THINK

2:40:19THAT THEY WILL ALIGN WITH US,

2:40:20THAT WE DO, THAT WE LEND OUR

2:40:22VOICE TO TOPICS THAT ARE NOT

2:40:24NECESSARILY THE TOPIC THAT

2:40:25ALWAYS COMES OUT OF PORTLAND,

2:40:26BUT THAT BROOKINGS CAN CARE

2:40:27ABOUT AS WELL. THAT BEND CAN

2:40:29CARE ABOUT THAT, THAT THE

2:40:30COUNTIES CAN CARE ABOUT OUR

2:40:31RURAL AREAS. I THINK THAT THERE

2:40:33ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT WE'RE

2:40:34WORKING ON HERE THAT ARE

2:40:35COMPLEMENTARY, AND I THINK WE

2:40:37HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT BE A

2:40:39PUNCH LINE FOR A GOOD PORTION

2:40:40OF THE STATE. AND I AND I THINK

2:40:42OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND OUR

2:40:44PARTNERSHIPS IN SALEM CAN HELP

2:40:45WITH THAT. IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE

2:40:46FITS ALL, BUT I CERTAINLY HAVE

2:40:48THAT INTEREST. SO I APPRECIATE

2:40:50YOUR ALL'S WORK. JACK. WILL

2:40:54WILL TALK MORE AT A DIFFERENT

2:40:55TIME, BUT YOU GOT IT.

2:40:58>> PLENTY FOR YOU TO.

2:40:59>> JACK.

2:41:00>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I, I, I

2:41:04THINK THAT SO ONE IS THE RIGHT

2:41:06OF WAY. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S

2:41:09ONE THAT HAS BEEN ON THE AGENDA

2:41:11FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND HAS

2:41:12BEEN AN ISSUE THAT HAS A LOT OF

2:41:17DETAILED KIND OF ELEMENTS TO IT.

2:41:21THERE IS A NEED FOR THE THE

2:41:22DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO BILL FOR

2:41:24THE PLACE THAT WE THAT WE AS A

2:41:27CITY WANT TO BE IS THAT WE ARE

2:41:29ABLE TO, TO DO THOSE CLEANUPS

2:41:31APPROPRIATELY, COMPASSIONATELY,

2:41:33WITH SERVICES THAT HELP PEOPLE

2:41:35GET TO THE RIGHT PLACE AND DO

2:41:37IT, DO IT RIGHT, AND KEEP THOSE

2:41:39PLACES FROM JUST MOVING FROM

2:41:41ONE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY TO

2:41:43ANOTHER AND JUST, YOU KNOW,

2:41:45CYCLING THROUGH THAT OVER AND

2:41:46OVER AGAIN AND THEN HAVING AN

2:41:50AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE THAT

2:41:52ALLOWS US TO DO THAT WORK JUST

2:41:53AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, TO GET

2:41:55IN THERE AND DO THAT WORK AND

2:41:56BILL FOR IT SO THAT THAT'S

2:41:58WHERE WE ARE. WE WANT TO LAND,

2:42:00AND WE NEED $7 MILLION IN A

2:42:02BIENNIUM TO DO THAT, 3.5

2:42:03MILLION A YEAR. SO THERE'S THAT.

2:42:07AND THEN I ALSO JUST WANT TO

2:42:10UNDERSCORE THE THE RELATIONSHIP.

2:42:12A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO, A

2:42:14LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE

2:42:16FRAMING THIS WORK IS ABOUT

2:42:17BUILDING THAT LONG TERM

2:42:19RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STATE.

2:42:20AND IT'S NOT JUST OUR PORTLAND

2:42:22AREA DELEGATION THAT ALL ALL

2:42:24VERY IMPORTANT. BUT WHAT ABOUT

2:42:26THOSE OTHERS THAT PORTLAND, YOU

2:42:28KNOW, WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO

2:42:30ENTIRELY SHED THE REPUTATION

2:42:32THAT IT HAS JUST BECAUSE BIG

2:42:34CITIES IN THE STATE. BUT WE DO

2:42:38A LOT TO MITIGATE THAT AND

2:42:39BUILD, YOU KNOW, AN

2:42:41UNDERSTANDING THAT, HEY,

2:42:42EVERYBODY. PORTLAND. SO AS

2:42:43PORTLAND GOES, EVERYONE IN THE

2:42:45STATE DEPENDS ON THAT. WE HAVE

2:42:48A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP THAT'S

2:42:49VERY IMPORTANT. AND SO WE

2:42:51REALLY APPRECIATE THE MAYOR'S

2:42:52EFFORTS. THE MAYOR IS VERY

2:42:53ENGAGED WITH OMA OREGON MAYORS

2:42:56ASSOCIATION, REACHING OUT,

2:42:58INVITING THEM ALL TO COME TO

2:42:59TOWN AND DO THE PARADE, YOU

2:43:00KNOW, AND STAYING VERY ENGAGED

2:43:02WITH THE MAYOR'S CONSORTIUM,

2:43:04BUILDING THOSE THOSE STATEWIDE

2:43:06AND WITH SOME COUNTIES AROUND

2:43:08THE STATE, WE HAVE COUNCIL

2:43:09MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO THE

2:43:11LEAGUE OF OREGON CITIES

2:43:12CONFERENCES, THE NATIONAL

2:43:13LEAGUE CONFERENCES, BUILDING

2:43:15THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. WE HAVE.

2:43:17COUNCILOR COUNCIL VICE

2:43:19PRESIDENT ON AS THE LLC LIAISON

2:43:24WORKING ON THESE ISSUES. AND

2:43:26AND WHEN YOU SHOW UP OUTSIDE OF

2:43:29PORTLAND FOR OTHER ELECTEDS, IT

2:43:32HAS A TREMENDOUS EFFECT. AND

2:43:34YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ALMOST

2:43:36ANYTHING. AND THAT'S FINE. BUT

2:43:39THAT HARD WORK. AND THEY SEE

2:43:41THAT HARD WORK HAPPENING, AND

2:43:42THEY SEE THAT WE'RE SHOWING UP

2:43:44AT THOSE THINGS AND IT MAKES A

2:43:45DIFFERENCE. SO WE APPRECIATE

2:43:47THAT.

2:43:47>> AND I WOULD MAKE A SPECIFIC

2:43:49ASK AROUND THAT. SO RIGHT NOW

2:43:51THERE IS A CONVERSATION

2:43:53HAPPENING AROUND THE STATE,

2:43:54AROUND YOUR CEI HUB POLICIES

2:43:56THAT YOU ALL ARE CONSIDERING.

2:43:58AND THE INDUSTRY GROUPS HAVE

2:44:01DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF

2:44:04INFLAMING OTHER CITIES. SO

2:44:06THEIR CITY MANAGERS AND THEIR

2:44:08COUNCILORS AND THEIR MAYOR

2:44:09THINK THAT WE ARE INTENTIONALLY

2:44:11TRYING TO TAKE AWAY THEIR FUEL.

2:44:13THAT'S THE WAY IT'S BEING

2:44:15FRAMED. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE

2:44:18BEEN DOING A LOT WITHIN OGR TO

2:44:20TRY TO MITIGATE THAT. WE'RE

2:44:22WORKING WITH THE REPUBLICAN

2:44:25LEADERSHIP IN SALEM BECAUSE

2:44:26THEY WANT TO BRING LEGISLATION

2:44:28TO PREEMPT CITIES FROM HAVING

2:44:30ANY SAY IN THE FACILITIES THAT

2:44:33HOLD GAS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

2:44:36BUT TALKING TO YOUR COLLEAGUES

2:44:39AND THE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW

2:44:40AND OTHER CITIES AND BRINGING

2:44:43THIS UP DIRECTLY IS REALLY

2:44:45HELPFUL. WE ARE GETTING I THINK

2:44:47WE'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB

2:44:49OVER THE LAST FIVE PLUS YEARS

2:44:51OF BEING A BETTER PARTNER TO

2:44:53OTHER CITIES AND WORKING WITH

2:44:54LOC TO FIND THE SPACES WHERE WE

2:44:57CAN BE COLLABORATIVE AND ALL BE

2:45:00ON THE SAME SIDE. AND THIS IS

2:45:04AN AREA WHERE OUR PAST IS BEING

2:45:07USED TO SORT OF HARM OUR

2:45:11PRESENT. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE

2:45:13THE HELP TALKING TO ELECTED

2:45:14OFFICIALS ABOUT THAT.

2:45:16>> THANKS. SO WE HAVE ABOUT 18

2:45:19MINUTES LEFT BEFORE WE GOT TO

2:45:20DO SOME WRAP UP THINGS HERE.

2:45:22THERE'S I THINK I HAVE

2:45:23PIRTLE-GUINEY CLARK SMITH AND

2:45:25COUNCILOR GREEN. ARE YOU GOING

2:45:26TO GET BACK IN THE QUEUE? IT'S

2:45:28OKAY EITHER WAY. YES. OKAY THEN.

2:45:30SO I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYONE TO

2:45:31KEEP IT TO ABOUT FOUR MINUTES

2:45:33EACH THAT WE HAVE TIME TO GET

2:45:34THROUGH EVERYTHING. AND THEN

2:45:35I'LL MAKE SURE THAT OGR HAS A

2:45:37CHANCE TO WRAP UP. AND IF

2:45:39THERE'S ANYTHING YOU DON'T GET

2:45:40A CHANCE TO ANSWER AS EACH

2:45:41PERSON'S GOING, PLEASE JUST

2:45:42HOLD IT AND WE'LL GO THAT WAY.

2:45:44SO I'LL GO TO COUNCILOR

2:45:45PIRTLE-GUINEY AND THEN CLARK.

2:45:47>> GREAT. I'M GOING TO JUST RUN

2:45:48THROUGH A FEW THINGS THAT I

2:45:50DIDN'T SEE THAT I HAD HOPED TO

2:45:51SEE, OR WHERE THERE WERE SOME

2:45:53WORDS MISSING I HOPED TO HAVE

2:45:55IN HERE. AND I'LL I DON'T NEED

2:45:56A RESPONSE BECAUSE WE HAVE

2:45:57SHORT TIME. BUT IF MY

2:46:00COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID OTHER

2:46:02THINGS, I UNDERSTAND. I DON'T

2:46:04EXPECT THAT THESE WILL ALL GET

2:46:05INCORPORATED, BUT I WANTED TO

2:46:06RAISE THEM. THE FIRST IS MY

2:46:08COLLEAGUE IN DISTRICT TWO,

2:46:09COUNCILOR KANAL BROUGHT UP THE

2:46:12SEISMIC WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE

2:46:13DONE ON BRIDGES OVER THE

2:46:15RAILROAD CUT. I WOULD LIKE TO

2:46:17SEE AND ASK FOR FUNDING FOR

2:46:19THAT. AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WE

2:46:20KNOW THAT DOLLARS ARE TIGHT AT

2:46:22THE STATE LEVEL. WE HAVE NOT

2:46:23BEEN SUCCESSFUL GETTING DOLLARS

2:46:24AT THE STATE LEVEL. IF THERE

2:46:26ARE SMALL POTS OF MONEY

2:46:28AVAILABLE, THIS IS NOT THE SIZE

2:46:29THAT WOULD COMPETE WITH THE

2:46:30OTHER THINGS ON OUR FEDERAL

2:46:32AGENDA. THIS IS A DIFFERENT

2:46:35SCOPE OF ASK IF THERE ARE POTS

2:46:37OF MONEY THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR

2:46:39PRE WORK, FOR SEISMIC SAFETY,

2:46:40FOR SMALLER PROJECTS AT THE

2:46:42FEDERAL LEVEL. I WOULD LIKE TO

2:46:44SEE US MAKE AN ASK FOR FUNDING

2:46:47TO MAKE SURE, MAKE SURE THAT

2:46:49WE'RE UPGRADING THE RIGHT

2:46:50BRIDGE, BECAUSE I THINK THERE

2:46:51HAVE BEEN SOME QUESTIONS AT

2:46:52PBOT ABOUT WHETHER THE COLUMBIA

2:46:54BOULEVARD ONE IS THE BEST ONE

2:46:56TO UPGRADE AND GET AT LEAST ONE,

2:46:58AND HOPEFULLY TWO OF THE FOUR

2:47:00BRIDGES ACROSS THE CUT UNDERWAY.

2:47:04I KNOW THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION

2:47:06ITSELF IS STILL A WAYS OFF, BUT

2:47:07THERE'S A LOT OF PRE-WORK WE

2:47:08COULD BE ASKING FOR MONEY FOR

2:47:11ON THE STATE AGENDA. WE TALK A

2:47:13LOT ABOUT UNFUNDED MANDATES,

2:47:17BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE

2:47:18ALSO TALKING ABOUT COST SHIFTS,

2:47:21BECAUSE I'M WORRIED THAT WHAT'S

2:47:22GOING TO HAPPEN IS WE'RE GOING

2:47:24TO SEE THINGS THAT WE ARE

2:47:25ALREADY DOING, BECAUSE IT WAS A

2:47:27FUNDED MANDATE. SLOWLY, OR SEE

2:47:30FUNDING ERODE OVER SESSIONS,

2:47:33AND IT WILL NOT FEEL LIKE A BIG

2:47:35DEAL BECAUSE IT WILL BE A SMALL

2:47:37AMOUNT EACH SESSION, AND THEN

2:47:38IT WILL SUDDENLY BE A BIG DEAL.

2:47:40SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT

2:47:41WE'RE EXPLICIT AS WE TALK ABOUT

2:47:43LOCAL AUTHORITY, ABOUT COST

2:47:44SHIFTS AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO

2:47:48MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE DO,

2:47:49WE ARE NOT LOSING THE THREAD ON

2:47:51BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. IF WE CAN

2:47:52MOVE IT UP ON THIS SHEET, GREAT.

2:47:54IF WE CAN'T, LET'S AT LEAST NOT

2:47:56LOSE IT FROM PLACE NUMBER THREE

2:47:57WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW. I THINK

2:47:59THAT THE ONLY WAY WE MAKE

2:48:00PROGRESS THERE IS IF WE MAKE A

2:48:02BIG SPLASH BY MAKING CLEAR HOW

2:48:04BIG A DEAL THIS IS TO OUR

2:48:05COMMUNITY AS SOMETHING THAT WAS

2:48:07NOT ON OUR AGENDA IN THIS WAY

2:48:08PREVIOUSLY. ON THE HOUSING

2:48:12PORTION OF THE AGENDA, I KNOW

2:48:13WE'VE TALKED ABOUT LAND BANKING.

2:48:15THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. LET'S

2:48:16NOT LOSE THAT. I ALSO KNOW THAT

2:48:18THERE ARE SOME LEGISLATORS WHO

2:48:19HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOUSING

2:48:21CO-OPS. WE GOT MONEY OUT OF

2:48:23SALEM FOR HOUSING CO-OP IN

2:48:24PORTLAND LAST YEAR. AND IF

2:48:26THERE'S ANY CONVERSATION AROUND

2:48:28POLICY CHANGES THAT WOULD MAKE

2:48:30IT EASIER FOR FOLKS TO CREATE

2:48:33HOMEOWNERSHIP CO-OPS, I THINK

2:48:35THAT'S A GREAT PLACE FOR US TO

2:48:36JUST SAY, HEY, THIS WOULD BE

2:48:38HELPFUL IN OUR COMMUNITY.

2:48:42SECTION FIVE ECONOMIC

2:48:43DEVELOPMENT. WE DO NOT TALK

2:48:44ABOUT HIGH WAGE JOBS ANYWHERE.

2:48:46IN THIS SECTION. I WOULD LIKE

2:48:49TO SEE THE WORDS HIGH WAGE JOBS

2:48:53OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR

2:48:53PORTLANDERS IN HIGH WAGE

2:48:55INDUSTRIES. IN THAT SECTION, AS

2:48:57WE TALK ABOUT WHERE STATE

2:48:58ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS GO,

2:49:00RIGHT? THOSE LIMITED, LIMITED

2:49:04DOLLARS FROM LOTTERY FUNDS, AS

2:49:06WE TALK ABOUT ZONING, AS WE

2:49:09TALK ABOUT THE PROSPERITY

2:49:11COUNCIL AND WHERE THE STATE'S

2:49:13EMPHASIS IS, WE SHOULD ALWAYS

2:49:14BE TALKING ABOUT NEEDING JOBS

2:49:15IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ALLOW

2:49:17PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE TO AFFORD

2:49:18TO LIVE HERE. THAT MEANS WE

2:49:19NEED HIGH WAGE JOBS. SIMILARLY,

2:49:23ON NUMBER SEVEN, WHEN WE TALK

2:49:25ABOUT DATA CENTERS, WE TALK

2:49:28ABOUT COMMITMENTS TIED TO

2:49:30MEASURABLE JOBS. CAN WE PLEASE

2:49:32SAY HIGH WAGE THERE? AND WHEN

2:49:34WE TALK ABOUT CLEAR STANDARDS

2:49:35FOR EVALUATING LARGE

2:49:37ELECTRICITY AND WATER USERS,

2:49:38CAN WE MAKE CLEAR THAT IF YOU

2:49:39ARE A LARGE USER, YOU NEED TO

2:49:41BE PAYING FOR THOSE RESOURCES

2:49:43ACCORDINGLY? YOU SHOULD NOT GET

2:49:44LARGE USER BREAKS IN THE COST.

2:49:46IF ANYTHING, IT SHOULD BE LARGE

2:49:48USER SURCHARGES. AND FINALLY,

2:49:52IN SECTION NUMBER EIGHT, WE

2:49:53HAVE DROPPED THE LANGUAGE ABOUT

2:49:55MOVING FUEL STORAGE. WE NEED TO

2:49:58BRING BACK THE LANGUAGE ABOUT

2:50:00MOVING FUEL STORAGE. I

2:50:03UNDERSTAND THAT THE GOVERNOR IS

2:50:04NOT INTERESTED IN THE

2:50:05CONVERSATION ABOUT MOVING THE

2:50:06TANKS. THERE ARE STILL

2:50:08LEGISLATORS WHO ARE TALKING

2:50:09ABOUT IT, THOUGH. THERE WAS A

2:50:10STUDY THAT WAS CONDUCTED A FEW

2:50:12YEARS BACK. CAN WE PLEASE

2:50:14INCLUDE THAT LANGUAGE WHERE WE

2:50:15TALK ABOUT CE? I HAVE THANK YOU.

2:50:18>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR

2:50:19PIRTLE-GUINEY. WE'LL GO ON TO

2:50:20COUNCILOR CLARK AND THEN SMITH.

2:50:23>> GREAT. JUST REALLY BRIEFLY,

2:50:24I ALSO WANT TO APPRECIATE WHAT

2:50:26YOU WERE SAYING, EVAN, ABOUT

2:50:28YOU'RE REALLY ANTICIPATING

2:50:29WHAT'S COMING AND HOW DIFFERENT

2:50:30IT'S GOING TO BE. SO I REALLY

2:50:32APPRECIATE THAT. AND TO THE

2:50:33QUESTION OF WHERE DO WE LAND? I

2:50:35THINK WE CAN TALK TO THE

2:50:36COUNCIL PRESIDENT ABOUT

2:50:38POTENTIALLY A PROCESS FOR US TO

2:50:41TRY TO PRIORITIZE OR SEE WHAT

2:50:43WE CAN DO. WELL, I'M DEFINITELY

2:50:45INTERESTED IN TALKING TO HIM

2:50:45ABOUT THAT. I JUST WANT TO ONE

2:50:48MORE TIME EMPHASIZE BEHAVIORAL

2:50:50HEALTH. I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON,

2:50:52I THINK, WHAT COUNCILOR GREENE

2:50:53WAS SAYING, THAT THIS IS MORE

2:50:55THAN JUST BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

2:50:56IT'S A LOT MORE IT'S REALLY

2:50:59ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WHEN YOU

2:51:00THINK ABOUT OUR REPUTATION AS A

2:51:02CITY AND HOW WE DEAL WITH THE

2:51:03HUMANITARIAN CRISIS ON THE

2:51:04STREET, A PUBLIC HEALTH AND

2:51:06PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS, THAT WE

2:51:09NEED TO CHANGE OUR REPUTATION

2:51:10AS WELL AS MAKE TAKE CARE OF

2:51:12PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP AND MAKE

2:51:14OURSELVES FEEL A LITTLE BIT

2:51:15SAFER SOMETIMES. SO I JUST WANT

2:51:17TO EMPHASIZE THAT THAT'S MUCH

2:51:19BIGGER THAN JUST BEHAVIORAL

2:51:21HEALTH. IT HAS LOTS OF

2:51:22CONNECTING PARTS. AND THIS MESS

2:51:24BACK TO, I THINK WHAT COUNCILOR

2:51:26KANAL SAID EARLIER REALLY

2:51:27STARTED IN THE 1980S WHEN

2:51:29RONALD REAGAN CUT ALL THE

2:51:30PROGRAMS, CUT THE PUBLIC

2:51:31HOUSING PROGRAMS, CUT THE

2:51:32MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS, AND WE

2:51:34HAVE NEVER MADE UP FOR THAT. AS

2:51:36A STATE. WE'VE NEVER FILLED THE

2:51:38VOID. AND THERE'S A REAL COST

2:51:41TO US NOW. IT'S ALL AT ALL

2:51:43ROLLS DOWNSTREAM. SO IT REALLY

2:51:45STARTED IN THE 80S THAT THIS

2:51:48DISINTEGRATION OF OUR

2:51:49INSTITUTIONS AND THE, THE

2:51:50SUPPORT THAT THE FEDERAL

2:51:52GOVERNMENT ADDED. AND ONE LAST

2:51:55POINT IS THAT I KNOW THAT WE

2:51:57NEED TO EXACT DISCIPLINE HERE

2:52:00AND THERE. AND I KNOW THAT IN

2:52:02THE SESSION THERE'S GOING TO BE

2:52:034000 PLUS BILLS, AND PROBABLY

2:52:05WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKED TO

2:52:06WEIGH IN ON 25% OF THEM, EVEN

2:52:08THOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE ON OUR

2:52:10LIST. SO THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE

2:52:12TO EXACT DISCIPLINE TO. AND I

2:52:13KNOW YOU'RE UNDER A LOT OF

2:52:14PRESSURE TO DO THAT. O CITY OF

2:52:16PORTLAND, WHAT DO YOU THINK

2:52:17ABOUT THIS? EVEN THOUGH WE YOU

2:52:19KNOW, WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IT,

2:52:20I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR

2:52:21JUDGMENT, THE JUDGMENT THAT YOU

2:52:23USE TO DO TO MAKE THOSE

2:52:25DECISIONS, WHETHER IT'S TO ADD

2:52:26A LETTER OR BE IN THE ROOM OR

2:52:28WHATEVER IT IS. SO I JUST WANT

2:52:30TO, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE

2:52:31WORK THAT YOU DO AND HOW HARD

2:52:33IT IS AND HOW COMPLICATED IT

2:52:34GETS IN THE END. SO THANK YOU.

2:52:36THANK YOU FOR THIS. IT WAS A

2:52:38GREAT, GREAT START.

2:52:39>> THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT

2:52:40CLARK. WE'LL GO TO COUNCILOR

2:52:42SMITH AND THEN COUNCILOR GREEN.

2:52:44>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE

2:52:47WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. JUST

2:52:48REFLECTING BACK ON THE LAST

2:52:50YEAR, I THINK IT WAS IT WAS

2:52:51REALLY WELL, YOU ALWAYS CALL ME

2:52:53WHEN YOU THINK YOU YOU NEED

2:52:55SOMETHING OR ME TO COME DOWN OR

2:52:57TO WEIGH IN ON SOMETHING. I

2:52:59THINK THAT NOW THAT OUR OUR

2:53:02ACTUAL COMMITTEE TIMES HAVE

2:53:04BEEN MOVED TO TUESDAY,

2:53:05WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND I KNOW

2:53:07MONDAYS ARE A REALLY HOT DAY IN

2:53:09THE LEGISLATURE. SO MONDAYS ARE

2:53:12OPEN FOR, FOR OUR OFFICE. IF

2:53:15THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT

2:53:17YOU WANT US TO COME DOWN FROM

2:53:19DISTRICT TWO IN MY OFFICE, I

2:53:21CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. FRIDAYS

2:53:24ARE A GOOD DAY AS WELL BECAUSE

2:53:25WE'RE IN OUR DISTRICT OFFICES

2:53:28AND. DISTRICT ONE. I'M SO USED

2:53:33TO DISTRICT TWO BECAUSE I'M I

2:53:35GUESS I'M ALWAYS IN DISTRICT

2:53:37TWO.

2:53:38>> WE WELCOME YOU ANYTIME,

2:53:39COUNCILOR SMITH.

2:53:40>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I JUST

2:53:46JUST FOR THE RECORD, I HAD A

2:53:49VERY GOOD CONVERSATION WITH

2:53:54PROSPER PORTLAND. I WAS BACK AT

2:53:56THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS

2:53:58CONFERENCE IN DC A COUPLE OF

2:53:59WEEKS AGO, AND I SPENT THE DAY

2:54:02WITH. DIRECTOR WESLEY, WHO WE

2:54:06WENT AND TALKED TO FIVE

2:54:08DIFFERENT LEGISLATORS. HE HAD

2:54:09NEVER MET THEM BEFORE, SO WE

2:54:11JUST ASSUMED AND PEOPLE JUST

2:54:12ASSUMED THAT HE, YOU KNOW, HE

2:54:15WAS MEETING FOLKS AND HE KNEW

2:54:17PEOPLE AND HE HE DID NOT. AND

2:54:19SO IT WAS GREAT TO ACCOMPANY

2:54:20HIM. AND I HEARD SOMETHING THAT

2:54:22I DIDN'T KNOW. I DIDN'T KNOW

2:54:24THAT PROSPER PORTLAND OWNED

2:54:26UNION STATION. AND SO HE HAS

2:54:29THIS GREAT BIG PLAN ABOUT

2:54:35REVITALIZING NORTHWEST PORTLAND

2:54:36THROUGH THE THROUGH THE STATION

2:54:38AND ALL THESE THINGS. AND I

2:54:39THOUGHT IT WAS AMAZING. I

2:54:40DIDN'T KNOW THAT. AND SO FOR ME,

2:54:45I GUESS THE QUESTION I'M GOING

2:54:46TO ASK YOU, SO IF PROSPER IS

2:54:49GOING TO GO DOWN TO SALEM AND

2:54:52ASK FOR STUFF AND HAVE A

2:54:54PRIORITY LIST IN THE CITY OF

2:54:56PORTLAND, EVERYBODY PUTS US

2:54:59TOGETHER AS ONE. AND SO THE

2:55:02PROCESS OF WHEN YOU'RE TALKING,

2:55:04ARE YOU SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF

2:55:06PROSPER? BECAUSE I KNOW THEY

2:55:07HAVE THEIR OWN PEOPLE TOO. HOW

2:55:09DO WE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN

2:55:11WHAT'S GOING ON WITH PROSPER

2:55:12AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE

2:55:14CITY OF PORTLAND? BECAUSE WE

2:55:15HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT WE

2:55:17PASSED IN THE BUDGET THAT ARE

2:55:18BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE

2:55:19PROSPER LENS THAT WE CERTAINLY

2:55:22CAN TAKE CREDIT FOR, BECAUSE WE

2:55:24WE PASSED THOSE THINGS. AND SO

2:55:26I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW TO WALK

2:55:28THROUGH THOSE LANDMINES.

2:55:30>> YES. THANK YOU FOR ASKING

2:55:33THAT QUESTION. JACK CAN TALK A

2:55:34LITTLE MORE ABOUT UNION STATION.

2:55:35THERE'S SOME HISTORY THERE AND

2:55:37WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

2:55:40IT'S AS YOU SAID, THERE IS NOT

2:55:43A DISTINCTION IN OTHER BODIES

2:55:46BETWEEN PROSPER AND THE CITY.

2:55:48AND SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY

2:55:51WITH PROSPER TO BE REPRESENTING

2:55:54THEM AS A CITY AND, AND REALLY

2:55:56HAVE THESE SAME STANDARDS OF,

2:55:59YOU KNOW, IS THIS UNANIMOUSLY

2:56:00SUPPORTED? OH, IT'S NOT WELL,

2:56:02THERE'S SOME WORK THAT NEEDS TO

2:56:03GET DONE TO BRING COUNCIL ALONG

2:56:06OR BRING THE MAYOR OR THE

2:56:07ADMINISTRATOR ALONG. SO WE'RE

2:56:09LOOKING FOR THE SAME FORMULA

2:56:12HERE, THIS THIS GRAY FORMULA OF

2:56:14LIKE CLOSE TO CONSENSUS BECAUSE

2:56:17IT'S NOT HELPFUL IF, IF, YOU

2:56:19KNOW, ANY TIME THERE IS AN

2:56:21INDEPENDENT PART OF THE CITY,

2:56:22BE IT ELECTED OR ADMINISTRATIVE

2:56:25AND, AND IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT WE

2:56:29WHAT THE POSITION IS

2:56:31REPRESENTING THAT JUST CREATES

2:56:33CHALLENGES IN THE LEGISLATURE.

2:56:35SO, YES.

2:56:36>> IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL FOR ME

2:56:38TO SIT IN SOME OF THOSE

2:56:39MEETINGS WHERE CDFI'S ARE WERE

2:56:41VERY PROMINENT IN THE

2:56:42CONVERSATIONS THAT WE WERE

2:56:43HAVING. AND I WAS I WAS EXCITED

2:56:46ABOUT IT. AND SO I LIKE THE

2:56:49IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO SAY, THIS

2:56:51IS WHAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE

2:56:52PEOPLE DON'T MAKE THE

2:56:53DISTINCTION PROSPER. AND

2:56:54SOMETIMES I DON'T EITHER

2:56:55BECAUSE IT'S JUST IT'S OUR

2:56:56ECONOMIC. WHEN YOU WERE TALKING

2:56:59ABOUT, WE DIDN'T HAVE VERY MANY,

2:57:00BUT WE DO BECAUSE WE PUT THOSE

2:57:03RESOURCES THROUGH EITHER

2:57:05PORTLAND HOUSING BUREAU OR

2:57:06THROUGH PROSPER. AND THAT IS

2:57:08OUR WING. I LOOK AT IT AS OUR

2:57:10ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WING AND.

2:57:12AND JUST IN CLOSING, I'D LIKE

2:57:15YOU ALL TO KEEP DOING WHAT

2:57:17YOU'RE DOING. NO WORRIES ABOUT

2:57:20OUR OUR PLAY CENTER. YOU KNOW,

2:57:25BILL IN THE PRE SESSION BECAUSE

2:57:26WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT THROUGH

2:57:28PUBLIC WORKS AND WE'RE GOING TO

2:57:30BRING IT UP TO THE BIG

2:57:31COMMITTEE TO GET SIGNED OFF ON.

2:57:33SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE YOU

2:57:35KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS AN OPINION

2:57:36ABOUT THINGS. BUT JUST FOR THE

2:57:37RECORD, I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE

2:57:39ACTIVE INDUSTRIAL SITES OUT OF

2:57:43SERVICE. I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT

2:57:46OUR ASSETS THAT ARE VACANT AND

2:57:48EMPTY, HAVEN'T BEEN USED FOR

2:57:50100,000 YEARS, AND FIGURE OUT

2:57:52HOW TO ACTIVATE THEM TO BE ABLE

2:57:55TO BRING IN GENERAL FUND MONEY

2:57:57TO THE CITY. AND IT'S NOT JUST

2:58:00INDUSTRIAL, IT'S LIGHT

2:58:01INDUSTRIAL, IT'S COMMERCIAL.

2:58:03IT'S, IT'S SOME SOME STUFF

2:58:04THAT'S IN PARKS, A LOT OF STUFF

2:58:06THAT'S IN PBOT. I LOOKED ON THE

2:58:10PARKS WEBSITE AND THEY HAVE A

2:58:13SITE THAT CAN BE USED ON POWELL

2:58:15BOULEVARD THAT WE OWN THAT CAN

2:58:17BE USED FOR RESIDENTIAL. SO

2:58:20IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT, MIXED

2:58:21USE IN ALL THOSE THINGS. I

2:58:23DON'T WANT TO TAKE JOBS FROM

2:58:25ANYONE OR THE POTENTIAL OF

2:58:28FUTURE JOBS, BUT I DO WANT TO

2:58:29MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE

2:58:31LIVABILITY THAT IS NEEDED IN

2:58:33THE CITY, AND THAT WE UTILIZE

2:58:35ALL OF OUR RESOURCES THAT WE

2:58:37HAVE AVAILABLE TO US. AND IT'S

2:58:39NOT JUST FOR THE CITY OF

2:58:40PORTLAND. THIS WOULD BE THIS

2:58:42WOULD GIVE CITIES AROUND THE

2:58:43STATE THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO KEEP

2:58:46DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. CALL

2:58:48US ANYTIME. IT'S NOT A HASSLE.

2:58:50SO JUST CALL US AND IT'S EASIER

2:58:52JUST TO CALL ME ON THE PHONE.

2:58:54AND SO I KNOW YOU. I'LL CALL

2:58:56YOU SEVERAL TIMES, SAM. SO JUST

2:58:58CALL US. WE'RE WILLING TO DO

2:59:00WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE NEED TO

2:59:02DO TO BE HELPFUL TO GOVERNMENT

2:59:04RELATIONS.

2:59:04>> THANK YOU.

2:59:05>> AND WE REALLY DO LOOK AT

2:59:06COUNCIL AS A RESOURCE AND THE

2:59:08MAYOR AND THE ADMINISTRATION AS

2:59:10A RESOURCE TO REALLY AMPLIFY.

2:59:12AND AT TIMES, YOU KNOW, THERE

2:59:14ARE CERTAIN VOICES ARE THE THE

2:59:16MOST INFLUENTIAL. AND SO WE'RE

2:59:18SORT OF AGNOSTIC ON WHICH ONE

2:59:20IT IS. WE JUST WANT THE MOST

2:59:22INFLUENTIAL VOICES IN THIS

2:59:23TABLE. SO WE WILL DEFINITELY BE

2:59:24TAPPING INTO, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL

2:59:26MEMBERS AND, AND THE MAYOR AND

2:59:29ADMINISTRATION FOR DIFFERENT

2:59:31ELEMENTS. BUT YEAH, I HEAR THAT

2:59:36WE WE WILL.

2:59:36>> WE ALSO WOULD LIKE SECTOR,

2:59:39TRADE SECTOR BUSINESSES COMING

2:59:40INTO EAST PORTLAND AND DISTRICT.

2:59:42>> ONE BUSINESSES.

2:59:43>> TRADED SECTOR BUSINESSES. IF

2:59:45WE CAN GET SOME INCENTIVES.

2:59:47>> AND I WILL JUST SAY.

2:59:49>> AGAIN.

2:59:49>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE

2:59:50COUNCILOR GREEN GETS A CHANCE.

2:59:52HE'S LAST IN THE QUEUE AND THEN

2:59:53I'LL LET YOU CLOSE IT OUT. SO

2:59:55SORRY, COUNCILOR GREEN. AND

2:59:56THEN OGRE.

2:59:57>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR KANAL

2:59:59JUST BRIEFLY, THANKS FOR

3:00:01RAISING UP THE SCI HUB STUFF,

3:00:03EVAN. IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT

3:00:06THE INDUSTRY IS LOBBYISTS ARE

3:00:07INFLAMING THE OTHER COUNCILORS.

3:00:10I DON'T WANT MY CONSTITUENTS TO

3:00:11BECOME INFLAMED, SO I. I WILL

3:00:14GO TO THE NEXT LEAGUE OF OREGON

3:00:15CITIES CONFERENCE AND AND LET

3:00:17THEM KNOW THAT TWO THINGS I

3:00:19WANT TO JUST EMPHASIZE ITEM 34

3:00:22ON THE ON THE BIG LIST HERE.

3:00:24THAT'S. I THINK COUNCILOR

3:00:25AVALOS PUT THAT IN. THAT'S THE

3:00:27SORT OF KICKER REFORM PIECE.

3:00:29JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE

3:00:30IMPORTANCE OF THAT, AND I LIKE

3:00:33IT PAIRS WELL WITH. I THINK

3:00:34WHAT I WANT TO SAY ON ITEM 78

3:00:36IS IF WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT,

3:00:38THEN WE HAVE FUNDS FOR CAPITAL

3:00:40PROJECTS AND EMERGENCY SPEND.

3:00:43BUT ITEM 78 SPEAKS TO, LET'S

3:00:46SEE HERE, STATEWIDE UTILITY

3:00:48RATE ASSISTANCE. AND THAT'S

3:00:49SORT OF, I THINK, ENVISIONED AS

3:00:51A SORT OF LIKE, HERE'S A,

3:00:52HERE'S A POT OF MONEY TO

3:00:54DISCOUNT FOR YOUR LOW INCOME

3:00:55DISCOUNT PROGRAMS. I THINK THAT

3:00:56WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT

3:00:58ADVOCATING FOR THE LANGUAGE IN

3:01:00WHATEVER THE BILL EVENTUALLY

3:01:01GETS PASSED ON THAT USING FUNDS

3:01:05TO WRITE DOWN THE COST

3:01:07STRUCTURE OF YOUR UTILITY

3:01:09PROGRAMS, RIGHT? THAT'S MORE

3:01:11SUSTAINABLE, THAT'S MORE

3:01:12DURABLE. AND, YOU KNOW,

3:01:14OBVIOUSLY PORTLAND WATER BUREAU

3:01:16HAS A VERY EXPENSIVE CAPITAL

3:01:17PROJECT UNDERWAY THAT WILL

3:01:20CREATE UPWARD PRESSURE ON RATES

3:01:21FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. AND

3:01:24SO THINKING CREATIVELY ABOUT

3:01:26HOW INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS FROM

3:01:28THE STATE CAN SORT OF BUY DOWN

3:01:30THE COST OF THAT IS ALSO, I

3:01:33THINK, AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

3:01:34AND AFFORDABILITY STABILIZER

3:01:36THAT I'M NOT SURE ANYONE'S EVER

3:01:38THOUGHT ABOUT IN THIS, IN THIS

3:01:39CONTEXT BEFORE. SO IT'S I THINK

3:01:41ABOUT IT THE SAME WAY I THINK

3:01:42ABOUT RENT ASSISTANCE. RENT

3:01:43ASSISTANCE IS IMPORTANT, BUT IF

3:01:45YOU ONLY DO RENT ASSISTANCE AND

3:01:46NOT DEBT BUY DOWNS, THEN YOU'RE

3:01:48MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY TO SORT

3:01:49OF INVEST NOW FOR LONG RUN

3:01:50SAVINGS. SO JUST, JUST TO BUG

3:01:52IN YOUR EAR, I UNDERSTAND THAT

3:01:53THESE THINGS ARE NOT BILLS THAT

3:01:55WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD. THEY'RE

3:01:56THEY'RE JUST OUT THERE. BUT IF

3:01:57WE CAN INFLUENCE THEIR

3:01:58DIRECTION AT ALL, I'D LIKE TO

3:02:00SUPPORT THAT. THANK YOU.

3:02:01>> ALL RIGHT.

3:02:02>> THANKS, COUNCILOR GREEN.

3:02:03I'LL PASS IT OVER TO YOU TO

3:02:04CLOSE OUT THE CONTENT DIRECTOR

3:02:06CHASE. AND THEN I HAVE A

3:02:07HOUSEKEEPING NOTE AT THE END.

3:02:08>> GREAT. THANK.

3:02:09>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS.

3:02:11ONCE AGAIN. I WILL YOU KNOW, WE

3:02:12WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF INPUT HERE.

3:02:14WE WILL GO BACK AND REVIEW THE

3:02:16NOTES. WE'LL GO BACK AND LOOK

3:02:18THROUGH THE WORK SESSION

3:02:19CONVERSATION. THERE WERE

3:02:19CLEARLY SOME KIND OF MORE

3:02:22IMMEDIATE PLACES OF INPUT. AND

3:02:23THEN THERE WERE SOME BIGGER

3:02:25THINGS THAT WE NEED TO, TO WORK

3:02:27ON AND WORK IN AS WE GO THROUGH

3:02:28OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. PREPARING

3:02:30TO COME BACK TO YOU AGAIN ON

3:02:32DECEMBER 2ND FOR THE FOR THE

3:02:34NEXT WORK SESSION, WE WILL BE

3:02:36SETTING UP OPPORTUNITIES TO

3:02:37ENGAGE WITH YOU BEFORE THEN

3:02:40OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME, I

3:02:42ALSO. AND SO THERE'S A LOT I

3:02:44WON'T REPEAT. ALL OF YOU KNOW,

3:02:46WE'LL COLLECT ALL OF THOSE

3:02:47THINGS AND THEN TRY TO MANAGE

3:02:48THAT AS BEST WE CAN. AND THEN

3:02:50WE'LL CONTINUE TO SHARE BACK

3:02:52WITH YOU. IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC

3:02:55EDITS. WE LOVE THE STUFF THAT

3:02:57WE GOT HERE INPUT TODAY. IF YOU

3:02:59HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU WANT,

3:03:01DIRECT EDITS, THINGS THAT YOU

3:03:03THINK, HEY, THIS REALLY

3:03:04SHOULDN'T BE ON THE AGENDA OR I

3:03:06REALLY LIKE THIS AND MAKE SURE

3:03:07IT'S ON. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO

3:03:11LET US KNOW ON THOSE THINGS. WE

3:03:12DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE

3:03:14SURPRISED, AND WE WANT TO JUST

3:03:15BE DOING THIS AS TRANSPARENTLY

3:03:17AS WE CAN. THE THE LAST THING

3:03:19I'LL SAY, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE,

3:03:22WHERE COUNCILOR SMITH TALKED

3:03:25ABOUT THIS ISSUE, WHERE THERE'S

3:03:27MAYBE A DIFFERENCE OF

3:03:28PERSPECTIVE ON COUNCIL WITH THE

3:03:30ISSUE THAT SHE SEES AS REALLY A

3:03:33STRONG BENEFIT FOR THE CITY.

3:03:36YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT IS THE

3:03:39CASE OR NOT, GOING THROUGH A

3:03:40PROCESS WHERE THERE'S SOME

3:03:41DELIBERATION WITH COUNCIL AND A

3:03:43COMMITTEE THAT'S TALKING ABOUT

3:03:44THAT ISSUE AND VETTING IT WILL

3:03:48HOPEFULLY NOT ONLY GIVE US A

3:03:49PLACE, A LANDING PLACE THAT WE

3:03:51CAN GET SOME CLEAR DIRECTION,

3:03:53BUT IT MAY ALSO BE REALLY

3:03:54HELPFUL TO INFORM AND EMPOWER

3:03:56THE THE WORK THAT MIGHT MOVE

3:03:58FORWARD FROM THAT WHICH

3:04:00ADDRESSES SOME OF THESE ISSUES,

3:04:01BECAUSE THESE ARE GOING TO BE

3:04:02ISSUES THAT THE LEGISLATURE IS

3:04:04GOING TO BE STRUGGLING WITH ON

3:04:05A LOT OF THESE TOPICS. SO WE

3:04:07CAN LEARN A LOT AND BE AND, AND

3:04:09ALSO HELP OUR BY DOING THAT

3:04:10HARD WORK, INTERNAL VETTING

3:04:12THAT GIVES US MORE FUEL TO GO

3:04:15DOWN TO THE LEGISLATURE AND BE

3:04:17EVEN BETTER PARTNERS WITH

3:04:19HELPING THEM THINK THROUGH SOME

3:04:20OF THESE POLICY SOLUTIONS. SO I

3:04:23REALLY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'LL

3:04:24JUST CLOSE IN SAYING THERE'S A

3:04:27LOT OF DIFFERENT KIND OF

3:04:29PERSPECTIVES, YOU KNOW, AT THE

3:04:30CITY AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS

3:04:32GET AIRED PUBLICLY AT TIMES,

3:04:34RIGHT? THIS IS A PLACE WHERE

3:04:37THIS COUNCIL, THIS MAYOR, THIS

3:04:40ADMINISTRATION HAVE COME

3:04:40TOGETHER OVER AND OVER AGAIN

3:04:42AND SAID, THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT.

3:04:43IT'S ALL IMPORTANT. BUT THIS IS

3:04:45THIS IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE

3:04:47GET THIS, YOU KNOW, VOICE

3:04:49ACROSS IN A UNIFIED WAY THAT

3:04:51I'VE BEEN REALLY PROUD TO WORK

3:04:53WITH THIS TEAM. AND IT FEELS

3:04:54LIKE A TEAM WHEN WE DO THAT.

3:04:56AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOU AND,

3:04:59YOU KNOW, REALLY LOOK FORWARD

3:05:01TO ANY QUESTIONS, INFORMATION,

3:05:03ENGAGEMENT. WE REALLY

3:05:04APPRECIATE IT AND LIKE IT. SO

3:05:05WE WILL CONTINUE TO REACH OUT

3:05:08AND IT'LL BE A BUSY TIME OVER

3:05:09THE NEXT TEN MONTHS.

3:05:13>> WELL, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR

3:05:14CHASE, AS YOU NOTED, DECEMBER

3:05:152ND IS OUR NEXT WORK SESSION ON

3:05:17THE NEXT AND FINAL WORK SESSION

3:05:19ON THIS YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE

3:05:20AGENDA IS BETWEEN THE SECOND

3:05:22AND THE END OF THE YEAR. WE'LL

3:05:23BE VOTING ON THEM AT COUNCIL.

3:05:25AND THE ONLY OTHER THING TO

3:05:26NOTE IS THAT WE ARE BACK HERE

3:05:28AT 2:00 FOR A WORK SESSION ON

3:05:30THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY AND

3:05:31CIVIC LIFE TODAY, WHICH

3:05:33COUNCILOR KOYAMA LANE WILL BE

3:05:34PRESIDING OVER. AND WITH THAT,

3:05:36WE WILL WRAP THIS ONE UP AT

3:05:3812:31 P.M. THANKS.

3:05:41>> THANK YOU.