2026-09-29 - Work Session

05:00>> GREAT. I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP

05:01THIS WORK SESSION. I'M GOING TO

05:03GAVEL JUST FOR FUN. AND I'M

05:06SORRY I WAS LATE THIS MORNING.

05:08I HAD A FLAT TIRE AND I'M GOING

05:10TO HAVE TO LEAVE EARLY TODAY.

05:12SO I'M GOING TO TURN THIS

05:13MEETING OVER TO COUNCILOR

05:15KOYAMA LANE. I'M GOING TO

05:17CEREMONY. I WILL BRING YOU THE

05:19GAVEL AND YOU CAN CLOSE THE

05:20MEETING BECAUSE I HAVE TO LEAVE

05:22EARLY.

05:22>> SO SOUNDS GREAT. THANK YOU.

05:23VICE PRESIDENT CLARK. GOOD

05:26AFTERNOON EVERYONE. TODAY AT

05:28THIS WORK SESSION, WE'RE GOING

05:29TO DIVE INTO THE FUTURE OF

05:31CIVIC LIFE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD

05:33PROGRAM. THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY

05:35IMPORTANT AND TIMELY

05:37CONVERSATION. AS WE'VE SEEN,

05:38CIVIC LIFE IS AT AN IMPORTANT

05:40POINT. NAVIGATING LEADERSHIP

05:42CHANGES, REDUCED RESOURCES,

05:45STRUCTURAL CHANGE, CHANGES

05:46ACROSS THE CITY. AND AT THE

05:48SAME TIME, PORTLANDERS HAVE

05:49BEEN REALLY CLEAR. THEY WANT TO

05:50SEE ENGAGEMENT THAT'S EQUITABLE,

05:53EASIER TO ACCESS, EASIER TO

05:56PARTICIPATE IN, AND MORE

05:57MEANINGFUL TO THE THE DECISIONS

05:59WE MAKE. AND SO TODAY IS AN

06:01OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO HELP

06:03SHAPE THE DIRECTION OF THIS

06:04WORK. WITH CHARTER REFORM IN

06:07PLACE AND OUR DISTRICT BASED

06:08COUNCIL STRUCTURE TAKING ROOT.

06:10WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DEFINE HOW

06:12THE CITY INVITES PORTLANDERS

06:14INTO THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

06:16THIS IS A MOMENT TO THINK BIG

06:18ABOUT WHAT A COORDINATED,

06:20RESPONSIVE, AND INCLUSIVE

06:22ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM SHOULD LOOK

06:23LIKE, AND WHAT ROLE CIVIC LIFE

06:26SHOULD PLAY AS THE HUB OF THAT

06:27SYSTEM. SO TO GUIDE OUR

06:30DISCUSSION, THE CIVIC LIFE TEAM

06:31WILL WALK US THROUGH A

06:32PRESENTATION THAT COVERS THE

06:34HISTORY, CURRENT STATE AND SOME

06:36FUTURE VISIONING FOR BOTH

06:38CITYWIDE ENGAGEMENT AND THE

06:39NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM. AND THEN

06:41AFTER THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL

06:42HAVE TIME FOR CLARIFYING AND

06:46TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, TECHNICAL

06:47AND CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. AND

06:48WE'LL TAKE A SHORT BREAK BEFORE

06:50MOVING INTO A DISCUSSION ON

06:52EACH OF THE THREE KEY POLICY

06:54QUESTIONS WHERE COUNCIL

06:55DIRECTION IS ESSENTIAL. SO EACH

06:57OF US HAS A NOTE TAKING SHEET

06:59IN FRONT OF US HERE AT THE DAIS

07:01TO JOT DOWN QUESTIONS AND IDEAS

07:03ON ALL THE THREE DISCUSSION

07:05TOPICS AS WE GO. I WOULD LIKE

07:07TO THANK CIVIC LIFE AND THIS

07:09TEAM HERE, OUR COMMUNITY

07:11PARTNERS, FOR THE EXTENSIVE

07:12LISTENING, LEARNING AND

07:14RELATIONSHIP BUILDING REFLECTED

07:15IN THIS WORK. AND WITH THAT, I

07:17WILL TURN THINGS OVER TO LAURA

07:20OPPENHEIMER, INTERIM CHIEF

07:21ENGAGEMENT OFFICER, TO BEGIN

07:22THE PRESENTATION.

07:24>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR, AND

07:25THANKS, EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE

07:26TO BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION,

07:28WHICH WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO

07:29HAVE AGAIN. FOR THE RECORD,

07:31LAURA OPPENHEIMER, SHE AND HER

07:33PRONOUNS. I AM THE INTERIM

07:34CHIEF ENGAGEMENT OFFICER AND

07:35THE LONG TERM CHIEF

07:37COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER. I AM

07:39JOINED BY HARMONY DASHIELL, OUR

07:40CITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER, AND

07:43ADAM LYONS, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

07:46PROGRAM LEAD. IT WAS, I THINK,

07:48LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS AGO WHEN

07:50CITY ADMINISTRATOR LEE ASKED US

07:51TO REALLY TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE

07:54OF UNDERSTANDING AND ASSESSING

07:56WHERE CIVIC LIFE IS TODAY,

07:58WHERE IT HAS BEEN, AND WHERE WE

08:01BELIEVE IT IS HEADED. ONE OF

08:03THE THINGS THAT THE THREE OF US

08:04QUICKLY REALIZED IS THAT WE

08:07WERE PROBABLY PAST DUE FOR A

08:09CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL TO

08:10REALLY GET THAT POLICY

08:12DIRECTION, TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE

08:13SHARED ALIGNMENT AROUND THE

08:16SCOPE, THE MISSION, THE

08:17PRIORITIES OF CIVIC LIFE. SO

08:19HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO WALK

08:20THROUGH TODAY. FIRST, I'LL GIVE

08:22A LITTLE OVERVIEW OF THE

08:24HISTORY AND THE OPPORTUNITY

08:25BEFORE US. THEN SHARE SOME

08:28HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE HAVE

08:29HEARD FROM PORTLANDERS ABOUT

08:30WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR IN

08:31CITY ENGAGEMENT. THEN HARMONY

08:33WILL WALK THROUGH WHERE WE'RE

08:36AT WITH THE CORE TEAM AND THE

08:37BUREAU BASED ENGAGEMENT FOR

08:39CIVIC LIFE. ADAM WILL DO A

08:42DEEPER DIVE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD

08:43PROGRAM, AND THEN WE WILL DIG

08:45INTO THOSE POLICY QUESTIONS.

08:46AND AS COUNCILOR KOYAMA LANE

08:48SAID, YOU HAVE THESE SHEETS IN

08:49FRONT OF YOU. IF YOU'D LIKE TO

08:51JOT DOWN QUESTIONS AND THOUGHTS

08:52AS WE GO. SO WHY NOW? WE SEE

08:57THREE IMPORTANT KIND OF FORCES

08:59COMING TOGETHER TO CREATE AN

09:01IMPORTANT INFLECTION POINT FOR

09:02CIVIC LIFE. ONE IS JUST KIND OF

09:05ACKNOWLEDGING THE ELEPHANT IN

09:06THE ROOM. THERE'S BEEN A GREAT

09:07DEAL OF LEADERSHIP TURNOVER

09:08OVER THE YEARS. THERE HAVE BEEN

09:10BUDGET REDUCTIONS, A LOT OF

09:12CHANGE. SECONDLY, WE'VE

09:15OBVIOUSLY HAD CHARTER REFORM.

09:16THAT WAS A MANDATE FOR A

09:17RESPONSIVE CITY. GOVERNMENT

09:19ENGAGEMENT WAS AT THE HEART OF

09:20THAT WORK AND OF PORTLANDERS

09:23EXPECTATIONS FOR THEIR NEW FORM

09:25OF GOVERNMENT. AND THIRD,

09:27ENGAGEMENT IS ONE OF ABOUT HALF

09:29A DOZEN CORE SERVICES THAT HAVE

09:30GONE THROUGH REALIGNMENT AND

09:32MOVED INTO A MORE CENTRALIZED

09:33STRUCTURE. TAKING ALL THREE OF

09:35THOSE THINGS TOGETHER, WE

09:36REALLY SEE THIS AS A MOMENT

09:38WHERE WE CAN SET THAT FUTURE

09:39DIRECTION WITH SOME GUIDANCE

09:40FROM ALL OF YOU. SO THERE'S A

09:44JOURNALISM TERM CALLED DON'T

09:45BURY THE LEAD. SO WE'RE NOT

09:46GOING TO DO THAT. STARTING WITH

09:48WHERE WE BELIEVE CIVIC LIFE IS

09:49HEADED. AND THEN WE'LL KIND OF

09:51WALK THROUGH THE MECHANICS. WE

09:53REALLY SEE THE OFFICE OF

09:54COMMUNITY AND CIVIC LIFE

09:55BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND

09:57CREATING PATHWAYS FOR

09:58PORTLANDERS TO SHAPE THE CITY

10:00DECISIONS ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS,

10:02IDENTITIES, AND COMMUNITIES. AS

10:04PORTLAND'S HUB FOR INCLUSIVE

10:06AND COORDINATED ENGAGEMENT,

10:07CIVIC LIFE STRENGTHENS THE

10:09CONNECTION BETWEEN COMMUNITY

10:11VOICES, CITY SERVICES, AND CITY

10:13COUNCIL PRIORITIES. THAT IS

10:17REALLY AN EXPANSION OF THE

10:18ORIGINS OF CIVIC LIFE, AND

10:20WE'RE GOING TO TAKE JUST A REAL

10:22SHORT TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

10:23HERE. WHAT WE NOW KNOW IS CIVIC

10:26LIFE BEGAN VERY MUCH AS A

10:27COMMUNITY CENTERED MOVEMENT

10:30AROUND NEIGHBORHOOD BASED

10:32ENGAGEMENT THAT REALLY GOT

10:34GOING IN THE 1960S. AND IT WAS

10:35ABOUT A DECADE LATER THAT THE

10:37CITY FORMALLY DEVELOPED A

10:38PROGRAM THEN CALLED THE OFFICE

10:40OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

10:42OVER THE YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN

10:43QUITE A FEW ITERATIONS AND

10:45SEVERAL NAMES ALONG WITH THAT.

10:47YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE KEY

10:49MILESTONES MARKED HERE IN THE

10:51EARLY 2000, REALLY A FOCUS ON

10:53INCLUSION, CAPACITY BUILDING,

10:55AND KIND OF SHIFTING THE

10:56CULTURE LEADING TO THE MAJOR

10:59MODERN REVISION OF THE

11:00NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM STANDARDS

11:02IN 2005. YOU'LL HEAR THOSE

11:04REFERRED TO AS THE STANDARDS.

11:05IT WAS CALLED THE OFFICE OF

11:07NEIGHBORHOOD INVOLVEMENT AT THE

11:08TIME. OVER THE YEARS, VARIOUS

11:12PROGRAMS WERE ADDED BEYOND THE

11:14NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM, AND IN

11:152018, THE CITY COUNCIL GAVE

11:17CIVIC LIFE ITS CURRENT NAME AND

11:20REALLY BROADENED THAT MISSION

11:21WITH THE IDEA THAT IT WAS THERE

11:23TO CONNECT PORTLANDERS WITH

11:24THEIR CITY GOVERNMENT. HOWEVER,

11:27SINCE 2021, WE HAVE SEEN

11:30SIGNIFICANT DOWNSIZING AND A

11:32LOT OF TURNOVER AND LEADERSHIP,

11:34RIGHT? AT THE SAME TIME THAT

11:35VOTERS WERE APPROVING CHARTER

11:37REFORM AND CREATING THE

11:40GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICTS THAT NOW

11:41ANCHOR A CITY COUNCIL. SO I HAD

11:47TO GO BACK MYSELF AND DIG

11:48THROUGH THE PAST FIVE BUDGETS

11:50TO REALLY GET A SENSE OF HOW

11:51DRAMATIC THE SCOPE HAS CHANGED

11:53FOR CIVIC LIFE. YOU'LL SEE HERE,

11:55OVER THE PAST FIVE BUDGET YEARS,

11:58THE BUREAU KIND OF SHRINKING

12:00YEAR BY YEAR FROM 50 SOME STAFF

12:02DOWN TO FEWER THAN TEN AS OF

12:05THIS LAST BUDGET YEAR, WITH

12:06ONLY FOUR OF THOSE POSITIONS

12:08FILLED IN JULY AS WE HEADED

12:10INTO THE CORE SERVICE

12:11REALIGNMENT, YOU KNOW, AND

12:13DURING THAT THREE AND A HALF

12:15YEAR PERIOD, THERE WERE A

12:16SERIES OF THREE INTERIM OR

12:17ACTING DIRECTORS WITHOUT A LONG

12:18TERM DIRECTOR IN PLACE. SO I

12:21SAY THAT JUST TO KIND OF

12:22UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE COMING

12:23FROM AS WE LAUNCH THIS REBUILD,

12:26BUT THEN YOU WILL SEE THE

12:27UPWARD TRAJECTORY AT THE END.

12:28AND THAT IS CORE SERVICE

12:31REALIGNMENT KICKING IN. WE NOW

12:32HAVE ABOUT 30 STAFF HARMONY.

12:34WE'LL SHARE MORE ABOUT THAT

12:35LATER. IT REALLY DOES CREATE A

12:37NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR US. THIS

12:43GRAPHIC VISUALIZES THE

12:45ECOSYSTEM OF ENGAGEMENT AS IT

12:47EXISTED UP UNTIL OUR NEW FORM

12:49OF GOVERNMENT AND CORE SERVICE

12:51REALIGNMENT. CIVIC LIFE WAS A

12:54COLLECTION OF SMALL. THE

12:55NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM AND OTHER

12:56SMALL ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS, IN

12:58MOST CASES RUN BY A SINGLE

13:00PERSON. WITHIN BUREAUS, THERE

13:03WERE ENGAGEMENT STAFF DOING

13:04FANTASTIC WORK TO ASK

13:06PORTLANDERS WHAT THEY THOUGHT

13:07ABOUT PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS,

13:10AND TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS.

13:12HOWEVER, THE EXPERIENCE WAS

13:15PRETTY UNEVEN FOR PORTLANDERS,

13:18WITH EACH BUREAU DOING THINGS A

13:19BIT DIFFERENTLY. THERE WASN'T A

13:22COMMON ECOSYSTEM OR

13:24INFRASTRUCTURE TIME THAT WORKED

13:25TOGETHER. THIS REPRESENTS THE

13:27SYSTEM THAT WE ARE MOVING

13:29TOWARD, UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF

13:31COMMUNITY AND CIVIC LIFE, WITH

13:33THE CORE TEAM PROVIDING

13:34CITYWIDE STRATEGY, RESOURCES

13:36AND PROGRAMS, AND EMBEDDED

13:38TEAMS IN THE SERVICE AREAS,

13:40CONDUCTING ENGAGEMENT IN

13:41ALIGNMENT WITH CITY WIDE

13:43STRATEGIES. NOW, ALL OF THIS

13:50NEEDS TO BE CENTERED AROUND

13:51WHAT PORTLANDERS WANT FROM

13:53ENGAGEMENT. AND FORTUNATELY, WE

13:54ARE NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH.

13:56THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REALLY

13:57SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS OVER THE

13:58LAST SEVERAL YEARS TO HEAR FROM

14:00PORTLANDERS. I'M JUST GOING TO

14:02BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT THREE OF

14:03THOSE, AND WE'LL CERTAINLY

14:04FOLLOW UP WITH SOME ADDITIONAL

14:06READING FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO

14:08DO A DEEPER DIVE. FIRST, THE

14:10PORTLAND ENGAGEMENT PROJECT IN

14:132023 AND 2024. CIVIC LIFE AT

14:16THE TIME WORKED WITH A

14:18CONTRACTOR, 40 COMMUNITY

14:19PARTNERS WHO MOBILIZED THEIR

14:21NETWORKS AND HEARD FROM ABOUT

14:23700 PORTLANDERS WHO GENERATED

14:251000 IDEAS, ALL IN THE NAME OF

14:28INFORMING HOW WE COULD MOVE

14:29FORWARD WITH BETTER CITY

14:31ENGAGEMENT THAT MET THE NEEDS

14:32OF OUR DIVERSIFYING POPULATION

14:34AND OUR NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT.

14:38THREE KEY THEMES EMERGED FROM

14:40THAT RESEARCH. NUMBER ONE,

14:42START WITH US. PORTLANDERS WANT

14:44TO BE PROACTIVELY ENGAGED

14:46BEFORE DECISIONS ARE MADE. FOR

14:48EACH OF THESE, YOU'LL SEE A

14:49COUPLE OF REPRESENTATIVE QUOTES

14:51OF WHAT WE HEARD. NUMBER TWO

14:54VARIED. THE OPTIONS MAKE IT

14:56EASIER. DON'T EXPECT EVERYONE

14:57TO ENGAGE THE SAME WAY AND MEET

14:59PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE,

15:00LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY.

15:01NUMBER THREE CENTRALIZE. WE

15:05HEARD THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE A

15:07COMMON HUB WHERE THEY COULD

15:09FIND THE WAYS TO GET INVOLVED

15:10WITH CITY GOVERNMENT AND MAKE

15:12THEIR VOICES HEARD, WITHOUT

15:13HAVING TO HUNT THINGS DOWN

15:15THROUGH DIFFERENT BUREAUS AND

15:17DIFFERENT OFFICES. THE SECOND

15:21INPUT THAT I'D LIKE TO

15:23HIGHLIGHT IS THE PORTLAND

15:24INSIGHT SURVEY. THIS IS OUR

15:27BIENNIAL BENCHMARK SURVEY OF

15:29PUBLIC OPINION THAT'S CONDUCTED

15:31IN CONJUNCTION WITH PORTLAND

15:32STATE UNIVERSITY. STATISTICALLY

15:34VALID RESEARCH WITH COMMUNITY

15:37PARTNERS HELPING BOOST

15:39PARTICIPATION AMONG

15:40UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES.

15:42THERE'S A STANDARD QUESTION WE

15:43CAN TRACK FROM ONE SURVEY TO

15:44THE NEXT ABOUT THE EASE OF

15:47CONTACTING THE CITY ON ISSUES

15:48IMPORTANT TO YOU. YOU WILL SEE

15:50HERE THAT THE RESPONSE IS

15:52LUKEWARM ACROSS THE BOARD, WITH,

15:55PARTICULARLY IN DISTRICT ONE, A

15:57LOWER LEVEL OF SATISFACTION.

15:59AND AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE TWO

16:01REPRESENTATIVE COMMENTS HERE.

16:03AND I THINK THEY REFLECT THAT

16:04THERE IS A GOOD DEAL OF

16:05SKEPTICISM ON THE PART OF

16:07PORTLANDERS, BUT ALSO HOPE AS

16:10WE MOVE INTO A NEW FORM OF

16:12GOVERNMENT, THAT THERE'S THE

16:13OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE. I DO

16:14WANT TO NOTE THAT THE 2026

16:16SURVEY HAS BEEN OUT IN THE

16:17FIELD, AND WILL BE GETTING

16:18RESULTS BACK IN A FEW MONTHS,

16:20AND LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING

16:21THOSE AND SEEING WHERE WE ARE.

16:24LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE CHARTER

16:27COMMISSION ITSELF FOCUSED ON

16:29NOT ONLY CONDUCTING INNOVATIVE

16:32AND INCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT, BUT

16:34ALSO THINKING ABOUT HOW THAT

16:36NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE NEW

16:37FORM OF GOVERNMENT GOING

16:39FORWARD. YOU'LL SEE HERE A

16:41QUOTE FROM THE FINAL

16:43RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE

16:44CHARTER COMMISSION URGING ALL

16:46OF US TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE

16:48WITH THE COMMUNITIES

16:49HISTORICALLY LEFT OUT OF CITY

16:51HALL DECISION MAKING AND OUR

16:53COMMUNITY PARTNERS. I HIGHLIGHT

16:55THESE THREE BODIES OF WORK TO

16:56SAY THAT THEY ARE HERE TO

16:59INFORM AND TO ANCHOR WHERE

17:00CIVIC LIFE CAN GO IN THE FUTURE.

17:04WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT

17:05OVER TO HARMONY TO SHARE AN

17:08OVERVIEW OF OUR SYSTEM TODAY.

17:12>> THANK YOU. HARMONY. DASHIELL.

17:13SHE HER PRONOUNS. FOR THE

17:15RECORD. I AM CURRENTLY THE

17:16SENIOR ENGAGEMENT MANAGER FOR

17:18THE CITY AND OVERSEE ALL OF THE

17:20STAFF THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN

17:21BUREAUS FOR ENGAGEMENT, AND

17:23WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A WALK

17:24THROUGH WHAT MAKES UP CIVIC

17:26LIFE RIGHT NOW FROM A STAFFING

17:28COMPONENT AND WHAT WE BRING TO

17:29THE TABLE. OUR CURRENT STATE,

17:33AS OF AUGUST 4TH, WHEN THE

17:34ENGAGEMENT REALIGNMENT WENT

17:35LIVE, AND ALL OF THE STAFF THAT

17:37WERE IN THE BUREAUS BECAME

17:39EMBEDDED AS PART OF CIVIC LIFE.

17:40THAT INCLUDES NINE IN THE CORE

17:43TEAM. THOSE ARE THOSE SINGLE

17:45STAFFED PROGRAMS. AND WE'LL DO

17:47A LITTLE BIT DEEPER DIVE IN A

17:48FUTURE SLIDE HERE. TWO OF THOSE

17:51PROGRAMS INCLUDE, INCLUDING THE

17:52PORTLAND INSIGHT SURVEY, MOVED

17:54FROM OTHER BUREAUS INTO THAT

17:55CORE CIVIC LIFE TEAM, AND THEN

17:57THE EMBEDDED TEAMS THAT

17:58REPRESENT THREE SERVICE AREAS

18:00AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT BUREAUS

18:02THAT ARE 21 POSITIONS THAT ARE

18:04NOW PART OF THE CIVIC LIFE

18:06UMBRELLA THAT HISTORICALLY WERE

18:07NOT. SO IN THE PAST. THOSE

18:10BUREAUS DESIGNED AND

18:11IMPLEMENTED THEIR OWN

18:12ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES. THERE IS

18:15VARIATION ACROSS THE CITY AND

18:16ACROSS THE BUREAUS. THAT'S NOT

18:17A BAD THING. WE CAN TALK A

18:19LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT TODAY.

18:20THERE ARE DEFINITELY

18:21OPPORTUNITIES FOR

18:23STANDARDIZATION AND WHERE WE

18:24CAN WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER OR

18:25HAVE CONSISTENCY, BOTH FOR

18:27COMMUNITY AND FOR THE

18:28INFORMATION THAT WE BRING TO

18:29CITY LEADERSHIP. BUT THERE ARE

18:31SOME VERY NOTABLE DIFFERENCES

18:33THAT ARE THERE AND SHOULD BE

18:35THERE BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUENESS

18:36OF THE WORK THAT DIFFERENT

18:37BUREAUS DO. ONE THING THAT, AS

18:39WE STEPPED INTO THESE ROLES A

18:41FEW MONTHS AGO, BECAME VERY

18:42CLEAR AS I MET WITH ALL OF THE

18:44IMPACTED STAFF WITH ENGAGEMENT,

18:45ALL OF THEIR SUPERVISORS AND

18:47VARIOUS LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE

18:49CITY, IS THAT MANY OF THESE

18:50ENGAGEMENT TEAMS IN THE BUREAUS

18:52WERE IN FLUX, NOT JUST FROM THE

18:53NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT, NOT

18:55JUST BECAUSE OF ENGAGEMENT,

18:56REALIGNMENT, BUT JUST OVER THE

18:57COURSE OF THOSE FIVE OR SO

18:59YEARS THAT LAURA TOUCHED ON,

19:01JUST AS CIVIC LIFE WAS GOING

19:03THROUGH CUTS, MANY OF THE

19:05BUREAUS WERE ALSO GOING THROUGH

19:06THEIR OWN REALIGNMENTS OF SORTS

19:09RESTRUCTURINGS, BUDGET CUTS

19:11THAT MANY OF THE ENGAGEMENT

19:12TEAMS THAT WERE WITHIN BUREAUS

19:15HAD HIGH TURNOVER IN

19:17SUPERVISORS. VERY FEW OF THEM

19:19HAD SUPERVISORS. OF THOSE TEAMS

19:21THAT WERE ENGAGEMENT

19:23PROFESSIONALS. THEY ARE AMAZING

19:24STAFF THAT SAID, OH MY GOSH,

19:26THERE'S A NEED. WE NEED TO MAKE

19:27SURE THAT THESE TEAMS HAVE

19:29SUPERVISORY LEADERSHIP AND

19:31STEPPED IN AND DID AMAZING WORK,

19:33BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT

19:36CONTINUITY OF SOMEONE WHO KEPT

19:38UP WITH THE STANDARDS AND THE

19:39PRACTICES AND DOES THE DEEP

19:41DIVE. GENERALLY ACROSS THE CITY.

19:42ONLY A COUPLE OF TEAMS HAD THAT

19:44CONTINUITY. THIS HIGHLIGHTS A

19:49LITTLE BIT OF THE ORG STRUCTURE

19:50THAT WE HAVE. YOU'LL NOTICE

19:52LAURA AS THE INTERIM ENGAGEMENT

19:54OFFICER IN THAT CORE TEAM THAT

19:56HAS THOSE INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS,

19:59THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS

20:00WITHIN THE BUREAUS IS WHAT IS

20:02BELOW. I WILL SAY EACH OF THOSE

20:03YELLOW SQUARES TELLS A LITTLE

20:05BIT DIFFERENT STORY AS TO WHAT

20:07THOSE STAFF COVER, HOW MANY

20:09STAFF THERE ARE, WHAT THE

20:11PURVIEW IS. THERE IS

20:13SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN HOW

20:14THESE TEAMS ARE FUNDED AND IF

20:16THEY ARE FUNDED FROM RESTRICTED

20:17FUNDS VERSUS GENERAL FUND. SOME

20:19OF THAT DETERMINES THE VERY

20:21SPECIFIC WORK THAT THEY DO. NOT

20:24COVERED IN HERE OR IN THE

20:26PRESENTATION IS THAT MANY OF

20:27THESE TEAMS, PRIOR TO

20:29REALIGNMENT OR OVER THE LAST

20:30FEW YEARS, ALSO HAD CSA SUPPORT

20:33TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE ON THE

20:35GROUND AND ADMINISTRATIVE WORK.

20:36WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CSAS ANYMORE

20:39IN THE NEW REALIGNMENT AND

20:40CIVIC LIFE STRUCTURE, AND SO

20:41THAT IS A HIT TO OUR CAPACITY

20:44AND DOING THE WORK AND BEING

20:45OUT IN COMMUNITY. ALSO WORTH

20:47NOTING THAT NOT EVERY BUREAU

20:49AND NOT EVERY SERVICE AREA IS

20:51REPRESENTED IN THIS SYSTEM.

20:53PUBLIC SAFETY. WE DO COVER

20:55PORTLAND STREET RESPONSE AND

20:57PBEM, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE

20:59ANYBODY IN THE ENGAGEMENT

21:01STRUCTURE FROM THE OTHER

21:03BUREAUS. I THINK IT'S ALSO

21:04WORTH NOTING, WHILE WE LOOK AT

21:06PARKS AND REC THAT HAVE FIVE

21:07STAFF AND ONE OF THE LARGEST

21:09TEAMS, ONLY THREE OF THOSE ARE

21:11PERMANENT POSITIONS THAT WE DO

21:13HAVE, TWO THAT ARE SET TO

21:14EXPIRE IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR

21:16OR THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND ONLY

21:19COVER THE SDC FUNDED PROJECTS.

21:21SO IT'S VERY SPECIFIC, THE WORK

21:22THAT THEY DO. SO AGAIN, EACH OF

21:24THESE TELLS A UNIQUE STORY

21:25ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE BUREAU,

21:27ABOUT THE CURRENT CAPACITY OF

21:28THE BUREAU, BUT ALSO HOW WE DO

21:30ENGAGEMENT AND WHERE ENGAGEMENT

21:32FITS IN. THIS GRAPHIC SHOWS THE

21:36CORE CIVIC LIFE TEAM. SO THOSE

21:38NINE POSITIONS THAT ARE IN THAT

21:40UPPER BUCKET THAT WE HAD THERE.

21:42SO THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT

21:44WE HAVE ARE LISTED HERE. AGAIN,

21:45ALL OF THESE ARE ONE PERSON

21:47PROGRAMS IN ENGAGEMENT. WE LIKE

21:49TO WORK AS A TEAM, BUT ALL OF

21:51THESE ARE HUGE LIFTS THAT ARE

21:53DONE BY SINGLE STAFF PEOPLE AND

21:55THEN COMING TOGETHER AND

21:56SUPPORTING EACH OTHER AS BEST

21:58WE CAN. I'M GOING TO RUN

21:59THROUGH THESE REALLY QUICKLY,

22:00BUT THE PARTNERSHIPS, WHICH IS

22:02THE WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER

22:03PROGRAM HISTORICALLY WAS IN

22:05HUMAN RESOURCES AND MOVED OVER

22:07WITH REALIGNMENT TO CIVIC LIFE.

22:09THE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE

22:11ENGAGEMENT POSITION WE JUST

22:13FINISHED UP WELCOME WEEK

22:14WELCOMING WEEK. SO AMAZING THAT

22:16WE HAVE THAT HERE IN CIVIC LIFE.

22:18THE YOUTH ENGAGEMENT IS THE

22:20MULTNOMAH YOUTH COMMISSION THAT

22:21WE HAVE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

22:22MULTNOMAH COUNTY. THIS IS OUR

22:24PORTION OF THAT PROGRAM, THE

22:26NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM, WHICH WE

22:27WILL TALK MORE IN DEPTH ABOUT

22:29WHEN ADAM HAS HIS SECTION HERE

22:31COMING UP IN THE URBAN NATIVE

22:33ENGAGEMENT, WHICH IS A VACANT

22:34POSITION RIGHT NOW. THE

22:35POSITION DESCRIPTION IS

22:36CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW, AND WE

22:37HOPE TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH THAT

22:39RECRUITMENT SOON. THE OTHER

22:41COMPONENT OF THE CORE CIVIC

22:42LIFE GROUP IS THE CITY WIDE

22:44FUNCTIONS. THERE WE HAVE THE

22:45ADVISORY BODIES. YOU ALL HAVE

22:46HEARD A LOT ABOUT THOSE IN THE

22:48ADMIN ROLES THAT ARE BEING

22:50REVIEWED. AND IN THOSE FINAL

22:52STAGES, DIFFERENT ENGAGEMENT

22:54RESOURCES AND SYSTEMS. THAT'S

22:55SOMETHING WE HAVE DONE A

22:56RELAUNCH WITH IN THE LAST

22:57COUPLE MONTHS OF BRINGING A

22:59CONVENING OF NOT JUST THE 30

23:01STAFF THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

23:02RIGHT NOW, BUT ANY OF THE STAFF

23:04IN THE CITY WHO DO ENGAGEMENT

23:06RELATED ACTIVITIES, OUTREACH

23:07ACTIVITIES TO BE ABLE TO SHARE

23:09RESOURCES AND SUPPORT AND

23:11SYSTEMS IN THAT BROADER GROUP.

23:13WE NOW HAVE THE INSIGHTS SURVEY

23:15THAT CAME OVER FROM THE CBO

23:18OFFICE AND OPINION RESEARCH. WE

23:20ARE WORKING ON STANDARDIZING

23:22SURVEYS AS WE GO ACROSS THE

23:23CITY, MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY TO

23:25ALWAYS BE STATISTICALLY

23:27RELEVANT, BUT TO SAY, HOW DO WE

23:30DO THIS? HOW DO WE SURVEY FOLKS?

23:32WHAT ARE SOME CONSISTENCIES

23:33THAT WE HAVE? WHAT ARE THE

23:35PLATFORMS THAT WE USE? SO THAT

23:36IS WORK THAT LAURA IS REALLY

23:38MOVING FORWARD AND HOPE TO HAVE

23:39SOME MORE INFORMATION TO SHARE

23:40WITH YOU SOON. AND THEN AN

23:42ADMIN SUPPORT SPECIALIST THAT

23:43WE ARE ALSO GETTING READY TO

23:45RECRUIT FOR. OKAY. AS FAR AS

23:49LIKE WHAT ALL THAT MEANS, WE

23:50TALKED ABOUT POSITIONS, BUT ON

23:52THE GROUND, WHAT IS THE

23:53EXPERIENCE OF THESE ROLES AND

23:54WHAT THEY DO? ALL OF OUR

23:56ENGAGEMENT FOLKS REALLY WORK

23:59AND OPERATE TO GET INPUT, TO

24:01INFORM DECISIONS THAT CITY

24:03LEADERSHIP MAKES. SOME OF THAT

24:04COMES TO YOU ALL WHEN WE HAVE

24:06POLICY PROCEDURES AND QUESTIONS,

24:07SOME GOES TO BUREAU LEADERSHIP

24:09OR THE ADMINISTRATION, BUT WE

24:11WANT TO HEAR FROM PORTLANDERS

24:12BEFORE WE MAKE THAT DECISION.

24:14IT'S BEEN A COMMITMENT FROM THE

24:15CITY TO ACTIVATE AND HEAR FROM

24:18FOLKS WHO HISTORICALLY HAVE NOT

24:19BEEN PLUGGED IN TO THE WORK

24:21THAT WE DO HERE AT THE CITY.

24:23MANY OF OUR STAFF ARE WELL

24:24VERSED IN FACILITATION AND

24:26RUNNING AND EXECUTING EVENTS.

24:29BEING ABLE TO REALLY GET TO

24:30PORTLANDERS, WHERE PORTLANDERS

24:31ARE AT. WE'RE ALSO ADEPT AT

24:34DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS.

24:35THERE'S A BIG BRANCH OF BEING

24:39ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE

24:40DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT ARE

24:41HAPPENING IN THE CITY, BE ABLE

24:42TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY BASED

24:44ORGANIZATIONS, OUR SCHOOL

24:45DISTRICTS, DIFFERENT LARGE

24:47FUNCTIONS THAT HAPPEN IN THE

24:48CITY THAT ARE MAYBE NOT CITY

24:51SPECIFIC, BUT ARE COLLABORATORS

24:52IN THIS WORK THAT WE DO. AND

24:54THEN OUTREACH HOW WE SHARE OUT

24:56PROGRAMS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT

24:58ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH,

25:00OFTENTIMES THESE WORDS ARE USED

25:01INTERCHANGEABLY. THERE ARE SOME

25:03IMPORTANT NOTES THAT THOSE OF

25:05US IN THE BUSINESS, IF YOU WILL

25:06DO, SEE AS A DIFFERENCE THAT

25:08WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT

25:10ENGAGEMENT, WE'RE USUALLY

25:11LOOKING AT GETTING INPUT BACK.

25:13SO NOT JUST SHARING WHAT WE'RE

25:14DOING, BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO

25:15ELICIT THAT FEEDBACK TO HELP

25:17INFORM THAT DECISION MAKING AND

25:19OUTREACH, WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO

25:20SHARE OUT HERE IS WHAT WE'RE

25:22DOING, HERE ARE THE RESOURCES

25:23THAT WE HAVE. WE WANT TO MAKE

25:25YOU AWARE OF SOMETHING THAT'S

25:26GOING ON, BUT DON'T NECESSARILY

25:28HAVE THAT TWO WAY CONVERSATION

25:29IN WHAT WE'RE BRINGING TO THE

25:31COMMUNITY. PRIORITIES. AS WE

25:35HAVE STEPPED INTO THIS

25:36STRUCTURE AND BEEN ON A

25:38LEARNING JOURNEY THE LAST

25:39COUPLE OF MONTHS OF THE BROADER

25:41DIAGRAM OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE,

25:42WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT

25:44WE KNOW NEED TO BE ADDRESSED

25:46SOONER THAN LATER. CREATING

25:47SHARED STANDARDS AND

25:49EXPECTATIONS AND STRUCTURES FOR

25:50ENGAGEMENT ACROSS THE BUREAUS

25:52AND SERVICE AREAS. THIS HAS

25:53BEEN A LONG WISH LIST THING FOR

25:56THOSE OF US WHO HAVE DONE

25:57ENGAGEMENT IN THE CITY FOR A

25:59LONG TIME, THAT WE MAYBE DON'T

26:00NEED TO DEVELOP OUR OWN

26:01TEMPLATES, OR DO WE HAVE A

26:03COMMON OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT

26:05STRATEGY PLATFORM THAT WE CAN

26:06HAVE PART OF THE DIALOG WE'D

26:08LOVE TO HAVE WITH YOU ALL IS

26:09HOW CAN WE BE MORE STANDARDIZED

26:11IN WHAT COMES TO YOU AND

26:12INFORMATION THAT WE SHARE TO

26:14YOU TO BE ABLE TO MAKE INFORMED

26:16DECISIONS? SO I THINK THERE'S A

26:17BIG OPPORTUNITY IN PLACES WHERE

26:18WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENT TO SAFE

26:20CAPACITY, BUT ALSO TO CREATE AN

26:23EXPECTATION FROM COMMUNITY AND

26:24FROM LEADERSHIP ON WHAT

26:26ENGAGEMENT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW

26:27IT'S REPORTED OUT. WE WOULD

26:29LOVE TO INTEGRATE ONE PERSON

26:30PROGRAMS INTO A COORDINATED

26:31ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM. IT IS A

26:34PASSION OF MINE THAT WE DON'T

26:35LEAVE OUR STAFF ON ISLANDS BY

26:37THEMSELVES, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE

26:38DO ENGAGEMENT, THAT IF THERE

26:39ARE THESE ONE PERSON TEAMS THAT

26:40IT IS COME INTO OUR FOLD,

26:42YOU'RE NOT BY YOURSELF. HOW CAN

26:44WE SUPPORT YOU? WHERE CAN WE

26:45COME TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER

26:47SO THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN

26:48THIS WORK? NAVIGATING AND

26:50WORKING WITH COMMUNITY PROVIDE

26:53CLEAR DIRECTION AND FRAMEWORK

26:54AND COMMUNICATION ON THE VISION.

26:56THIS IS FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE

26:57GOTTEN FROM A LOT OF STAFF AND

26:59ALSO FROM COMMUNITY OF WHAT ARE

27:00WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHAT'S

27:02HAPPENING WITH REALIGNMENT?

27:03WHAT IS THE END GOAL? WHAT ARE

27:05WE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE? I

27:06HOPE THAT THIS IS THE BEGINNING

27:08OF SOME DIALOG WITH YOU ALL

27:09ABOUT WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE. SO

27:11WE CAN REALLY PAINT THAT FUTURE

27:12VISION AS WE ARE ALL NEW TO

27:14THIS WORK, SITTING UP HERE AT

27:15THE DAIS, THIS IS AN

27:17OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY

27:18START FRESH AND BE ABLE TO

27:19ARTICULATE THAT, TO BRING

27:21EVERYBODY ALONG FOR THE JOURNEY

27:23AND TO COLLABORATE IN THAT WORK.

27:25I TOUCHED ON A FEW OF OUR

27:26VACANT POSITIONS THAT WILL HELP

27:28US WITH CAPACITY. THESE ARE

27:29IMPORTANT POSITIONS FOR US TO

27:31BE ABLE TO MOVE THE WORK

27:32FORWARD. THE URBAN NATIVE

27:34ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR, HAVING

27:35AN ADMIN SPECIALIST THAT CAN

27:36HELP US WITH THE ADVISORY

27:38BODIES, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD

27:40PROGRAM AND THE PUBLIC WORKS

27:41ENGAGEMENT MANAGER. AS YOU

27:42NOTICE ON THE CHART, THERE IS

27:44THAT VACANT POSITION. SO I AM

27:46HOUSING ALL OF THE BUREAU WIDE

27:47STAFF, BUT WE WILL, IN A LONG

27:49TERM GOAL, HAVE TWO OF US TO

27:51SHARE THAT LIST, COMPLETE THE

27:53ADVISORY BODY PROGRAM

27:55IMPROVEMENTS. AGAIN, YOU ALL

27:56HAVE HEARD FROM CIVIC LIFE ON

27:58THAT COMPONENT. IT'S NOT

27:59SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO

28:00DO A DEEP DIVE INTO TODAY. WE

28:02WOULD LIKE TO STABILIZE THE

28:03NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM THAT HAS

28:04BEEN IN FLUX FOR SEVERAL YEARS,

28:06AND BE ABLE TO GET US INTO A

28:08BETTER, MORE COMPREHENSIVE,

28:10COHESIVE SPACE THERE AND

28:12DEVELOP ENGAGEMENT PERFORMANCE

28:14METRICS. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE

28:15DATA OFFICE THAT WE REALIZE

28:17THAT THROUGH ALL OF THE CHANGES,

28:18WHETHER IT WAS PROGRAM CUTS OR

28:20REALIGNMENT, THAT THERE IS ONLY

28:21ONE

28:22>> CURRENT PERFORMANCE METRIC.

28:23AND SO WE WILL WORK ON

28:25DEVELOPING THOSE SO THAT WE CAN

28:26HAVE MEASURABLE RESULTS FOR THE

28:28WORK THAT WE DO AS AN

28:30ORGANIZATION AND AS A BUREAU.

28:34ALL OF THIS LEARNING JOURNEY

28:35HAS NOT BEEN WITHOUT SOME

28:37CHALLENGES AND SOME

28:38IDENTIFICATION OF GAPS IN WHERE

28:40WE ARE AT AS A CITY. SO WE

28:41WANTED TO BE STRAIGHTFORWARD

28:43WITH WHERE THOSE ARE THAT IT'S

28:45NOT ALL SUNSHINE. WE DO HAVE

28:48SOME NOTABLE PLACES WHERE OUR

28:50WE HAVE PINCH POINTS THAT. WE

28:52DON'T HAVE ANY DEDICATED

28:54POSITIONS FOR CITY WIDE

28:55INITIATIVES OR EMPLOYEE

28:57ENGAGEMENT. WHEN I TALK ABOUT

28:58CITY WIDE INITIATIVES, THAT'S

28:59SUPPORT OF THE CHIEF OFFICES,

29:02THE SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER,

29:04COMMS OFFICER, THE ENGAGEMENT

29:05OFFICER, ANY OF THOSE. WE DON'T

29:07HAVE ANY KIND OF ENGAGEMENT

29:09PERSON FOR, WHICH LEAVES US IN

29:12A CRUNCH FOR WHEN WE HAVE

29:14OUTREACH NEEDS AND ENGAGEMENT

29:15NEEDS FOR THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE

29:16RUN OUT OF THOSE SPACES. WE

29:18ALSO DON'T HAVE THE EMPLOYEE

29:20ENGAGEMENT, THINGS LIKE

29:21ONBOARDING, EMPLOYEE RETENTION

29:24PRACTICES. WE'VE BEEN IN

29:25CONVERSATION WITH BUREAU OF

29:26HUMAN RESOURCES ABOUT WHAT THAT

29:27CAN LOOK LIKE, THAT IT WAS A

29:29LITTLE BIT OF A ONE TWO PUNCH

29:30THAT BETWEEN JUST STAFFING

29:34REDUCTIONS AND REALIGNMENT THAT

29:35A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT WE HAD

29:37WITHIN BUREAUS THAT DID THAT

29:39WORK ARE NO LONGER IN POSITIONS

29:40TO BE ABLE TO DO SO. WE HAVE NO

29:42DEDICATED SUPPORT STAFF FOR

29:44CITY OPS, THE ADMIN PORTFOLIOS,

29:45AND FOR SEVERAL BUREAUS. WE

29:47ONLY HAVE THREE SERVICE AREAS

29:48THAT ARE COVERED HERE. WE DO

29:49NOT HAVE ALL THE BUREAUS. WE

29:51ARE GETTING TAPPED BY ALL THE

29:53BUREAUS, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. I

29:54LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE COME TO US,

29:56BUT THAT MEANS WE'RE HAVING TO

29:57KIND OF PLAN ON THE FLY, ON HOW

30:00WE MAKE SURE TO TAKE CARE OF

30:02EVERYBODY IN THAT SPACE.

30:04ENGAGEMENT STAFF ALSO HOLD IS

30:06SIGNIFICANT NON-ENGAGEMENT

30:07RESPONSIBILITY. THAT IS WHAT

30:09MADE, I THINK, ENGAGEMENT

30:11REALIGNMENT SO COMPLICATED. I

30:12CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF THAT MY

30:14PREVIOUS ROLE WAS EQUITY AND

30:16ENGAGEMENT. AND SO HOW DO YOU

30:17PULL THAT APART TO BE ABLE TO

30:19MAKE A CIVIC LIFE GROUP? AND

30:22THAT HAS NOT BEEN WITHOUT

30:24PAINFUL POINTS, BOTH FOR THE

30:25STAFF AND FOR BUREAUS OF WHO

30:27TAKES ON THAT WORK THAN IF

30:28WE'RE PULLING SOMEONE FROM

30:29ENGAGEMENT AND THEY HAD MAYBE

30:31EQUITY WORK OR HR WORK THAT

30:33THEY WERE ALSO DOING IN THAT

30:35SPACE. SO THERE ARE VERY FEW

30:37PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT DID

30:40100% ENGAGEMENT WORK. WHEN WE

30:42STARTED TO MAKE THESE MOVES AND

30:43CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE

30:44NEEDS ARE IN THIS SPACE. WE

30:46HAVE EXPERIENCED A LACK OF

30:48FLEXIBILITY TO PIVOT TO SPECIAL

30:49EVENTS OR CITYWIDE NEEDS. IF

30:51THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED

30:52TO MOBILIZE FOR. WE DON'T HAVE

30:56A FLEX TEAM THAT CAN DO THAT. I

30:57WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT AS MAYBE

30:59AN OPTION THAT WE EXPLORE

31:00TOGETHER, TO BE ABLE TO BE

31:02RESPONSIVE AND PROACTIVE IN

31:04THAT SPACE RIGHT NOW. WE'VE

31:05DONE SOME OF THAT WORK LIVING

31:08ON HOPES, DREAMS, AND FAVORS

31:09FROM OUR COLLEAGUES AND OUR

31:10STAFF, WHICH IS NOT A

31:12SUSTAINABLE OR RESILIENT WAY

31:13FOR US TO DO THIS, AND NOT

31:15PROBABLY BEST BY COMMUNITY. SO

31:16WE'D LOVE TO HAVE SOME THOUGHT

31:18PARTNERSHIP ON WHAT THAT CAN

31:19LOOK LIKE. AS THE WHOLE CITY

31:22HAS EXPERIENCED FUNDING

31:23CONSTRAINTS, THAT HAS BEEN

31:25EXACERBATED WITH REALIGNMENT OF

31:27NOT KNOWING WHAT BUDGETS WE

31:29HAVE TO USE IN ENGAGEMENT. WE

31:32ARE A PRETTY SCRAPPY GROUP AND

31:33LIKE TO DO THINGS AS

31:36INEXPENSIVELY AS POSSIBLE, AND

31:38YET TO REACH COMMUNITIES TO DO

31:40RIGHT BY COMMUNITIES,

31:41ESPECIALLY COMMUNITIES THAT

31:42HAVE NOT BEEN ENGAGED WITH THE

31:44CITY. A LOT OF IT IS PAY TO

31:46PLAY. SO GOING INTO THE NEW

31:48FISCAL YEAR WHERE WE DIDN'T

31:49KNOW IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE

31:50ACCESS TO BUDGET, WHAT THAT

31:51BUDGET WAS GOING TO BE, WHAT

31:54EOS TO CHARGE. WE DID HAVE SOME

31:55MISSED OPPORTUNITIES OF LONG

31:57TERM PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE COULD

31:58NOT MAKE COMMITMENTS TO, BUT

32:00ALSO JUST A EVEN IN THIS FIRST

32:02QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR,

32:04WHAT DO WE HAVE TO WORK WITH

32:05AND WHERE CAN WE SHOW UP, WHERE

32:07WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR

32:09THINGS? AND THERE WAS NOT THAT

32:10CERTAINTY WHEN POSITIONS MOVED,

32:12BUT THE BUDGETS DID NOT. THAT

32:14IS GETTING RECTIFIED PARTIALLY

32:16IN THE FALL TORE. SO ALL IS NOT

32:18LOST, BUT IT IS A PINCH POINT

32:20IN THE HERE AND NOW VARYING

32:22UNDERSTANDINGS AND DEFINITIONS

32:24OF ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH. I

32:25TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT

32:26BEFORE OF OFTENTIMES THOSE

32:27WORDS ARE USED INTERCHANGEABLY.

32:29WE HAVE A LOT OF STAFF IN THE

32:30CITY THAT DO OUTREACH. WE HAVE

32:33A GOOD AMOUNT OF STAFF THAT DO

32:35ENGAGEMENT, BUT WHERE ARE THOSE

32:36LINES AND WHO DO WE BRING INTO

32:39REALIGNMENT? WHO'S PART OF

32:40CIVIC LIFE? AND WITH THE

32:41OVERLAP IN THOSE SPACES, HOW

32:43CAN WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR

32:45OUTREACH STAFF WHERE THERE IS

32:47THAT SHARED EXPERTISE AND

32:49KNOWLEDGE THAT WE CAN HAVE AND

32:51BE ABLE TO MAKE A SYSTEM THAT

32:53SUPPORTS ALL THE STAFF THAT DO

32:54ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH. AND

32:57THEN JUST TO CALL IT OUT, CIVIC

32:59LIFE, REPUTATION, BOTH

33:00INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY, WE

33:02HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM STAFF

33:04THAT WERE ANXIOUS ABOUT BEING

33:05PART OF THE ENGAGEMENT

33:07REALIGNMENT BECAUSE OF THE

33:08REPUTATION THAT CIVIC LIFE HAS

33:10BOTH IN THE CITY WITH STAFF OF

33:12LIKE, OH, YOU ALL ARE MOVING

33:13OVER TO CIVIC LIFE, BUT EVEN

33:15FROM COMMUNITY OF ARE YOU SURE

33:17YOU WANT TO DO THIS? THIS IS

33:19WHERE PEOPLE GO TO GET LAID OFF

33:21OR FOR THINGS TO GET CUT. SO

33:23I'M JUST BEING BLUNT HERE THAT

33:25THERE WAS A LOT OF REPUTATIONAL

33:27DAMAGE HERE. AND HOW DO WE

33:29START TO REBUILD THAT TRUST

33:32INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY WITH

33:33OUR STAFF AND OUR CITIES, AND

33:34TAKE CARE OF OUR STAFF AND NOT

33:36HAVE IT BE A PERCEIVED

33:38PUNISHMENT TO COME OVER TO

33:39CIVIC LIFE? SO WE HAVE

33:43RECOMMENDATIONS. WE'RE NOT HERE

33:44JUST TO BE DOOMSDAY. WE'LL TURN

33:45IT AROUND A LITTLE BIT. WE HAVE

33:47SOME IDEAS ON WHERE WE CAN GET

33:49TO A BETTER PLACE, ESTABLISH A

33:50FIVE YEAR STABILITY PLAN IN

33:52COLLABORATION WITH THE BUREAUS,

33:53WITH SERVICE AREA LEADERSHIP,

33:55WITH YOU ALL, WITH THE CITY

33:57ADMINISTRATOR, THAT WE CAN

33:58START TO CHANGE THAT TRAJECTORY

33:59WHERE WE'VE HAD ABOUT FIVE

34:00YEARS OF DECLINE, THAT WE CAN

34:02GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE'RE

34:04BETTER OFF. I THINK KEEPING IN

34:05MIND OF WHAT THE FISCAL STATE

34:07OF THE CITY IS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE

34:09NOT LOOKING TO WAVE A WAND AND

34:10HAVE EVERYTHING BE BETTER IN A

34:12YEAR, BUT I DO THINK WE CAN

34:14COME UP WITH A INTENTIONAL PLAN

34:15OF WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE.

34:17WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A

34:19RECOMMENDED STAFFING AND

34:19FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS FOR NEXT

34:21FISCAL YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT

34:22WE DO HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT

34:24WE NEED TO DO THE WORK TO COME

34:26BY COMMUNITY AND ALSO GET WHAT

34:27YOU ALL NEED FOR YOUR DECISION

34:29MAKING, AND DEVELOP A STRUCTURE

34:31AND FUNDING MODEL THAT PROVIDES

34:32THAT FLEXIBILITY THAT I TALKED

34:34ABOUT EARLIER, THAT WHEN WE DO

34:35HAVE ONE OFF PROJECTS THAT

34:37MAYBE DON'T NECESSITATE A

34:38BUREAU HAVING AN ENGAGEMENT

34:40TEAM, BUT THEY DO HAVE

34:41SOMETHING THAT COMES UP THAT

34:42WE'RE ABLE TO PIVOT TO THAT

34:44DEMAND, OR IF WE HAVE JUST

34:45SOMETHING BIG IN THE CITY THAT

34:47HAPPENS TO NEED OUR ATTENTION,

34:48THAT WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY

34:51AND ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO DO

34:52THAT. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING

34:55TO PASS IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE

34:57ADAM TO SPEAK MORE ABOUT THE

34:58NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM.

34:59>> THANK YOU. HARMONY. YEAH.

35:00FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ADAM

35:02LYONS. I USE HE HIM PRONOUNS,

35:03AND I'M THE CITY'S INTERIM

35:04DISTRICT AND NEIGHBORHOOD

35:05LIAISON. IN A PREVIOUS ROLE, I

35:08WAS ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF

35:09NORTHEAST COALITION OF

35:10NEIGHBORHOODS. SO I'VE ALSO

35:11I'VE HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF

35:12BEING IN THE COMMUNITY SIDE AS

35:14WELL. THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM

35:16IS PORTLAND'S LONGEST STANDING

35:17PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT

35:18INFRASTRUCTURE, CONNECTING

35:20PORTLANDERS WITH THEIR CITY.

35:21TODAY, I WANT TO GIVE YOU A

35:22CLEAR PICTURE OF HOW THAT

35:24SYSTEM WORKS, WHERE IT'S HAD

35:25CHALLENGES AND WHAT WE'RE DOING

35:26TO STABILIZE IT. WE ALSO HAVE

35:28RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW IT CAN

35:30EVOLVE UNDER PORTLAND'S NEW

35:31FORM OF GOVERNMENT. NEXT SLIDE.

35:35I WANT TO THANK LAURA FOR HER

35:37WALK THROUGH OF THE PROGRAM'S

35:38HISTORY. EVEN OVER THE PAST FEW

35:40YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF

35:41CHANGE. WE'VE COMBINED SEVEN

35:42DISTRICTS INTO FOUR, WE'VE

35:44ELIMINATED THREE, AND WE'VE

35:46SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED OTHERS.

35:48AT ITS CORE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD

35:50PROGRAM IS ABOUT PARTNERSHIP.

35:51PORTLAND HAS 94 RECOGNIZED

35:53NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS,

35:54SUPPORTED THROUGH FOUR DISTRICT

35:56COALITION OFFICES ALIGNED WITH

35:57THE CITY'S NEW BOUNDARIES.

35:59THOSE ASSOCIATIONS ARE OPEN TO

36:01ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND

36:03UTILIZE HUNDREDS, IF NOT

36:04THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS TO RUN

36:06MEETINGS, EVENTS, SOCIAL MEDIA

36:08AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. DISTRICT

36:10COALITIONS ARE ALL NOW

36:12NONPROFITS WITH PAID STAFF TO

36:13SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOODS AND LEAD

36:14DISTRICT WIDE PROGRAMING. CIVIC

36:19LIFE PROVIDES THE CITYWIDE

36:20INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS

36:21THE WHOLE SYSTEM. SO WHEN WE'RE

36:22TALKING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD

36:23PROGRAM, WE'RE REALLY TALKING

36:24ABOUT AN ECOSYSTEM THAT

36:25CONNECTS RESIDENTS,

36:26NEIGHBORHOODS, COMMUNITY

36:29ORGANIZATIONS, AND THEIR

36:29GOVERNMENT. NEXT SLIDE. LAURA.

36:32THANK YOU. THIS SLIDE

36:34REPRESENTS HOW THE

36:35RESPONSIBILITIES ARE CURRENTLY

36:36DIVIDED ON THE CITY SIDE, CIVIC

36:38LIFE FUNDS AND MANAGES THE

36:39COALITION GRANTS AND SCOPES OF

36:41WORK. WE PROVIDE BUREAU

36:42SPECIFIC NOTICES AND

36:44COMMUNICATIONS TO NEIGHBORHOODS.

36:45WE MAINTAIN A COMMUNITY CONTACT

36:47DATABASE AND OVERSEE AND

36:49SUPPORT THE WHOLE SYSTEM. OUR

36:51DISTRICT COALITION PARTNERS

36:52THEN TRANSLATE THAT

36:53INFRASTRUCTURE INTO DIRECT

36:54SUPPORT FOR NEIGHBORHOODS,

36:56INCLUDING INSURANCE, FISCAL

36:58SPONSORSHIP, SMALL GRANTS,

36:59COMMUNICATION SUPPORT, AND

37:00OTHER TYPES OF TECHNICAL

37:02ASSISTANCE. DISTRICT COALITIONS

37:05WORK EXTENDS BEYOND JUST

37:07NEIGHBORHOODS. COMBINED. THEIR

37:08OFFICES SUPPORT HUNDREDS OF

37:10OTHER SMALL, NON COMMUNITY

37:12BASED NONPROFITS. SO THE VALUE

37:14OF THIS MODEL IS THAT THE CITY

37:16DOESN'T HAVE TO BUILD EVERY

37:17CONNECTION ITSELF. WE INVEST IN

37:19INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ALREADY

37:20EXISTS IN THE COMMUNITY. I WANT

37:23TO ALSO NOTE THAT I MEET WITH

37:25THE DISTRICTS EVERY MONDAY.

37:26I'VE BEEN TO BOARD MEETINGS AND

37:27MET WITH NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS

37:28OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. I'VE

37:30BEEN REALLY HEARTENED TO HEAR A

37:32STRONG DESIRE TO REENGAGE THE

37:33CITY AND RESUME INFORMATION

37:35FLOW BETWEEN BUREAUS AND OUR

37:37HYPER LOCAL VOLUNTEERS AND

37:38DISTRICT STAFF. CURRENT STATE.

37:41NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, LAURA. I

37:44ALSO WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT

37:45ABOUT WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD

37:46PROGRAM STANDS TODAY. UNTIL

37:48THIS FISCAL YEAR, THERE WERE

37:49FIVE STAFF FOR THIS OFFICE, AND

37:51NOW IT'S DOWN TO A SINGLE

37:52FUNDED COORDINATOR POSITION.

37:55WHILE WE ARE STILL DOING A

37:56STAFFING ANALYSIS, I CAN TELL

37:57YOU MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN

37:59THE LAST THREE MONTHS, ONE

38:01STAFF IS GOING TO STRUGGLE TO

38:02MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY

38:03AND THE CITY. OVER THE LAST

38:08SEVERAL YEARS, CITY LEADERSHIP

38:09TURNOVER, LIMITED

38:10ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY AND

38:11INCONSISTENT CONTRACTING HAVE

38:13CREATED INSTABILITY WITHIN THE

38:14NEIGHBORHOOD SYSTEM. THAT

38:16INSTABILITY HAS HAD REAL

38:18OPERATIONAL CONSEQUENCES FOR

38:19OUR PARTNERS, INCLUDING DELAYS

38:21IN CONTRACTING REIMBURSEMENTS

38:23AND COMMUNICATION. AND WHEN

38:25THESE PROCESSES HAVE BECOME

38:27INCONSISTENT, THE RELATIONSHIPS

38:28ARE AFFECTED, TOO. WE'VE HEARD

38:30A LOT OF FRUSTRATION FROM

38:32COALITION AND NEIGHBORHOOD

38:33LEADERS, AND REBUILDING TRUST

38:35IS GOING TO BE A BIG PART OF

38:37THE THE WORK MOVING FORWARD.

38:38BUT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE

38:40SOMETHING EQUALLY IMPORTANT. WE

38:41KNOW WHAT OUR PROBLEMS ARE. OUR

38:43FOCUS IS MOVING FROM

38:45IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEMS TO

38:46SYSTEMATICALLY ADDRESSING THEM.

38:47WE ARE WORKING TO STABILIZE

38:49BACK END STRUCTURES, IMPROVE

38:50EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION, AND

38:52REBUILD COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS.

38:54AND ON A POSITIVE NOTE, DESPITE

38:56ALL THESE CHALLENGES, THERE'S

38:57STILL SIGNIFICANT INTEREST AND

38:59GOODWILL IN IN PARTNERING WITH

39:00THE CITY AND CIVIC LIFE ON THIS.

39:03OUR GOAL ISN'T TO JUST RETURN

39:04THE PROGRAM TO WHERE IT WAS.

39:06IT'S TO BUILD THE STRUCTURE

39:07NECESSARY TO OPERATE AT A HIGH

39:09LEVEL GOING FORWARD. NEXT SLIDE.

39:13A LITTLE SHORTER PRIORITIES AND

39:14ACTION PLAN. OUR IMMEDIATE WORK

39:17IS CENTERED AROUND THREE

39:18PRIORITIES. FIRST IS CONTRACT

39:19AND REIMBURSEMENT STABILITY.

39:21OUR PARTNERS NEED PREDICTABLE

39:23CONTRACTS, CLEAR EXPECTATIONS

39:24AND TIMELY PAYMENT. WE ARE

39:26LOOKING AT HOW LONG TERM

39:27CONTRACTING COULD PROVIDE

39:29GREATER STABILITY AND REDUCE

39:30ADMINISTRATIVE DISRUPTION.

39:32SECOND, INFORMATION FLOW WE

39:34NEED CLEAR AND MORE CONSISTENT

39:35COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CIVIC

39:37LIFE, CITY BUREAUS AND OUR

39:39COALITION AND NEIGHBORHOOD

39:40PARTNERS. THE THIRD IS

39:43REBUILDING COMMUNITY TRUST, AND

39:44THAT REQUIRES RESPONSIVENESS,

39:46TRANSPARENCY AND REGULAR

39:47FRIENDLY ENGAGEMENT. THESE

39:49PRIORITIES MAY SOUND

39:50OPERATIONAL, BUT THEY ARE

39:51REALLY FOUNDATIONAL. BEFORE WE

39:53CAN REDESIGN OR EXPAND, WE NEED

39:55TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE BASIC

39:57SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO BE

39:58SUCCESSFUL. NEXT SLIDE. OUR

40:02FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS TO

40:04MODERNIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD

40:06PROGRAM SO THAT IT OPERATES AS

40:07PART OF A BROADER, MORE

40:09COORDINATED ENGAGEMENT

40:11ECOSYSTEM. NEIGHBORHOOD

40:13ASSOCIATIONS REMAIN AN

40:14IMPORTANT PATHWAY FOR CIVIC

40:15PARTICIPATION, BUT THEY'RE NOT

40:16THE ONLY WAY WE DO ENGAGEMENT.

40:19PORTLAND NEEDS ALSO ENGAGES

40:21RESIDENTS THROUGH CULTURAL AND

40:22COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.

40:24THERE'S BUREAU SPECIFIC

40:25ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND MANY

40:26OTHER NETWORKS. THE OPPORTUNITY

40:29AND OUR GOAL IS NOT TO HAVE

40:31THOSE SYSTEMS COMPETE WITH ONE

40:32ANOTHER. IT'S TO CONNECT THEM

40:33BETTER. THAT MEANS ENSURING WE

40:35HAVE APPROPRIATE STAFFING AND

40:37FINANCIAL STABILITY FOR

40:38TRAININGS AND RESOURCES THAT

40:39HELP BROADEN AND DEEPEN

40:41DIVERSITY AND PARTICIPATION,

40:43AND ALSO COORDINATING

40:44NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT WITH

40:45CIVIC LIFE'S WHOLE BODY OF WORK.

40:49MODERNIZING ISN'T JUST ISN'T

40:51ABANDONING THE NEIGHBORHOOD

40:52SYSTEM. IT'S ABOUT MAKING IT

40:53STRONGER, MORE CONNECTED, AND

40:54INTEGRATED WITH OUR NEW FORM OF

40:56GOVERNMENT. NEXT SLIDE. THE

41:00ONLY STANDARDS OUR

41:02RECOMMENDATION IS AN UPDATE TO

41:03OUR OWN STANDARDS. STABILIZING

41:06TODAY'S OPERATION IS ONLY ONE

41:07PART OF THE WORK. WE ALSO HAVE

41:09TO MODERNIZE THE FRAMEWORK

41:10GOVERNING THE SYSTEM. AS LAURA

41:13INDICATED EARLIER, THE ONLY

41:14STANDARDS WERE ADOPTED IN 2005.

41:16OUR GOVERNMENT, OUR COMMUNITIES

41:18AND ENGAGEMENT LANDSCAPE HAS

41:19CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE

41:21THEN. A RECOMMENDATION IS TO

41:23RESTART THIS WORK THROUGH A

41:24COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS. IN

41:262027, THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY

41:28WOULD BE TO ESTABLISH CLEAR

41:30GOALS AND GUARDRAILS FOR THE

41:32PROCESS. COMMUNITY THEN WOULD

41:33HELP SHAPE THE DESIRED OUTCOMES

41:35AND HOW THEY CAN BE ACHIEVED.

41:37ULTIMATELY, A PROPOSAL WOULD

41:38RETURN TO THE CITY FOR PUBLIC

41:40TESTIMONY AND CONSIDERATION.

41:42THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROCESS

41:43IS TO CREATE CLEAR CONTEMPORARY

41:45EXPECTATIONS AROUND

41:46ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY

41:48AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT

41:49REFLECT THE PORTLAND OF TODAY.

41:52AS IS SAID BEFORE, THIS PROGRAM

41:55IS AT A SIMILAR INFLECTION

41:56POINT. WE'VE BEEN CANDID ABOUT

41:57THE CHALLENGES BECAUSE

41:59REBUILDING TRUST REQUIRES

42:00TRANSPARENCY, BUT WE ALSO SEE

42:02TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY. THERE

42:04IS RENEWED INTEREST FROM OUR

42:05PARTNERS. THERE'S A NEW

42:07DISTRICT BASED GOVERNMENT

42:08STRUCTURE. THERE'S AN

42:10OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY HOW

42:11NEIGHBORHOODS, COALITIONS,

42:12CIVIC LIFE AND COUNCIL OFFICES

42:14WORK TOGETHER. OUR IMMEDIATE

42:16RESPONSIBILITY IS TO STABILIZE

42:18THE SYSTEM, STRENGTHEN

42:20ADMINISTRATION, AND REBUILD

42:22TRUST. OUR LONGER TERM

42:23RESPONSIBILITY IS TO CREATE A

42:25CLEAR VISION FOR WHAT THIS

42:26PROGRAM CAN BECOME. WE DON'T

42:28NEED TO RECREATE IT FROM

42:29SCRATCH. WE NEED TO TAKE WHAT'S

42:31ENDURED, ADDRESS WHAT HASN'T

42:32WORKED, AND BUILD THE

42:34INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE NEXT

42:35CHAPTER. WE LOOK FORWARD TO

42:36DOING THAT WORK WITH OUR

42:38COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND WITH OUR

42:39CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU.

42:41>> THANK YOU, ADAM AND HARMONY.

42:44NOW WE WILL TURN TO THE THREE

42:47POLICY QUESTIONS THAT WE LAID

42:48OUT FOR DISCUSSION TODAY. I'LL

42:50GIVE A QUICK PREVIEW OF THOSE,

42:52AND THEN I BELIEVE WE'LL MOVE

42:54INTO ANY CLARIFYING OR FACTUAL

42:56QUESTIONS. FIRST BIG PICTURE.

42:59WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN

43:01KNOWING FROM ALL OF YOU WHAT

43:03PRINCIPLES YOU BELIEVE SHOULD

43:04GUIDE THE REBUILD AND

43:06INTEGRATION OF OUR ENGAGEMENT

43:07SYSTEM FOR THE CITY TO ENSURE

43:09THAT IT IS RESPONSIVE,

43:11COORDINATED AND INCLUSIVE.

43:14SECOND, WE'RE HOPING TO TALK

43:16ABOUT DECISION MAKING INPUT

43:17THAT COMES TO YOU. HOW SHOULD

43:19COMMUNITY INPUT INFORM COUNCIL

43:21DECISION MAKING, AND HOW CAN WE

43:23DESIGN AN ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM

43:24THAT RELIABLY MEETS THOSE

43:27EXPECTATIONS? AND THIRD,

43:29FOCUSING MORE SPECIFICALLY ON

43:30THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM. LET'S

43:33TAKE THE MOMENT AFTER THIS 1820

43:36MONTHS, WE'VE HAD IN OUR NEW

43:37FORM OF GOVERNMENT TO TALK

43:39ABOUT HOW CAN WE MAKE THE MOST

43:41OF THE TRANSITION TO DISTRICT

43:42BASED COUNCIL SEATS, FOSTERING

43:44CONNECTIONS BETWEEN

43:45NEIGHBORHOODS AND ELECTED

43:47LEADERS? I'LL LEAVE IT THERE.

43:49AND I BELIEVE COUNCILOR KOYAMA

43:50LANE WILL FACILITATE THE NEXT

43:52SECTION.

43:54>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO AT

43:57THIS POINT, DO ANY COLLEAGUES

44:00HAVE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS

44:02BEFORE WE TAKE A SHORT BREAK

44:04AND THEN COME BACK TO DISCUSS

44:06EACH OF THESE THREE QUESTIONS?

44:09COUNCILOR KANAL.

44:12>> THANKS. THANKS, EVERYBODY

44:13FOR THE PRESENTATION. A LOT OF

44:15THOUGHTS. I'LL GET TO THOSE

44:16WHEN WE GET TO THIS PART, BUT I

44:18WANTED TO CLARIFY TWO THINGS.

44:19ONE, ADAM, YOU SAID OUR GOAL

44:21ISN'T TO JUST RETURN THE

44:22PROGRAM TO WHERE IT WAS. IT'S

44:24TO BUILD THE STRUCTURE

44:24NECESSARY TO OPERATE AT A HIGH

44:26LEVEL GOING FORWARD. AND THE

44:27WORD JUST THERE IMPLIES THAT IT

44:29IS ALSO, IN PART TO RETURN THE

44:31PROGRAM TO WHERE IT WAS. AND MY

44:32QUESTION IS WHERE IT WAS WHEN.

44:35HOW FAR BACK IN TIME ARE WE

44:36TRYING TO TO USE AS A METRIC

44:39POINT?

44:39>> I THINK THE THE METRIC POINT

44:41WOULD BE PROBABLY BEFORE

44:44CHARTER REFORM AND AFTER AND

44:46HOW I MEAN, I REALLY SEE IN

44:47THIS PROCESS OF DISCOVERING AND

44:49LOOKING AT THIS SYSTEM AGAIN,

44:51AFTER HAVING BEEN GONE, THAT

44:52THAT THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT

44:55ADVANCE IN THE WAY THAT WE DO

44:58PARTICIPATORY GOVERNMENT AND

45:00FIGURING OUT HOW TO MARRY THE

45:02NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM WITH THAT

45:03NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT, I THINK

45:04IS A REALLY INTERESTING AND

45:06COMPELLING QUESTION. BUT IT'S

45:08IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF

45:10WORK. SO THAT'S THE I THINK

45:12THAT'S THE DEMARCATION THAT I

45:13SEE WHEN I LOOK AT THIS

45:15EVOLUTION, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

45:17>> YEAH, YEAH. THANKS. THE

45:18OTHER QUESTION, HARMONY, YOU

45:20SAID THAT PUBLIC SAFETY ONLY

45:22HAD TWO PEOPLE AND THAT IT

45:24COVERED PSR AND PBEM. MY

45:26QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE

45:27SITUATION WITH BOEC FIRE

45:30COMMUNITY SAFETY PROGRAMS AND

45:32POLICE?

45:33>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I'M

45:34GOING TO TELL YOU ALL WHAT I

45:36HAVE TOLD THE STAFF, THAT WITH

45:38ALL OF US BEING NEW AS OF THE

45:39END OF MAY, THESE MOVES IN THE

45:43ALLOCATION OF WHERE PEOPLE WERE

45:44COMING FROM AND WHO WAS PART OF

45:46ENGAGEMENT REALIGNMENT CAME

45:47BEFORE OUR TIME. AND WE HAVE

45:50GONE ON AS MUCH OF A HUNT AS WE

45:52COULD FOR THE WISE AND DON'T

45:54HAVE MOST OF THEM. SO I DON'T

45:57HAVE AN ANSWER AS TO LIKE, WHY

45:58THOSE DECISIONS WERE MADE OR

46:01WHO WAS MOVED AND WHAT THOUGHT

46:03AND DIALOG WENT INTO THAT. SO I

46:07DON'T KNOW. BUT IT IS A IT IS A

46:09GAP. LIKE CLEARLY THERE ARE

46:11SOME LARGE BUREAUS AND BUCKETS

46:13OF WORK IN THE CITY THAT DON'T

46:15HAVE REPRESENTATION IN THE. I

46:17WILL WORK WITH PUBLIC SAFETY TO

46:20SEE WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, BUT

46:21WE DO WELCOME THEIR STAFF THAT

46:23DO ENGAGEMENT WORK INTO BEING

46:25AT OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS,

46:26PARTICIPATING WITH US LIKE WE

46:28DO WANT TO HAVE THAT THERE, BUT

46:29I, WE UNFORTUNATELY JUST HAVE

46:31TO KIND OF MAKE PEACE WITH.

46:32THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE

46:34WILL NOT HAVE KNOWN BECAUSE THE

46:35PEOPLE WHO MADE THOSE DECISIONS

46:36ARE NO LONGER IN THE ROLES THAT

46:38PUT THAT INTO ACTION.

46:40>> OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE. I

46:42THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO

46:45GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT MEANS

46:47FOR THE FUTURE. IS THE INTENT

46:48TO KEEP IT IN THE BUREAUS

46:50FOREVER, OR IS THE INTENT THAT

46:52THAT'S JUST A SECOND PHASE OF

46:53THE WORK. AND I UNDERSTAND YOU

46:56WON'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT ON

46:57THE SPOT. AND I IMAGINE THAT

46:59WILL BE WHEN WE HAVE A NEW

47:01PERMANENT CITY CHIEF ENGAGEMENT

47:03OFFICER, THAT THAT'LL BE A PART

47:04OF IT. I'VE HAD THIS A SIMILAR

47:07CONVERSATION WITH WITH YOU,

47:08LAURA, ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION

47:10SIDE. THIS IS NOT THE SAME. I

47:11THINK THERE IS. THERE ARE

47:12REASONS WHY IT MAKES SENSE TO

47:14KEEP ENGAGEMENT IN THE BUREAU

47:15THAT I DON'T THINK APPLY TO

47:17COMMUNICATION AND VICE VERSA.

47:18BUT IT IS SIMILAR IN THE SENSE

47:19OF IT'S THE SAME, IT'S THE SAME

47:21QUESTION OF WHAT'S THE BEST

47:23COURSE OF ACTION. AND I THINK

47:27THE INTEREST I HAVE IS SOME OF

47:29THESE SMALLER GROUPS DON'T HAVE

47:32PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING IT LONGER

47:33THAN FIVE, 10% OF THEIR TIME.

47:36AND THEN I GUESS I HAVE A

47:37QUESTION THAT MAYBE MORE, MAYBE

47:38MORE FOR YOU, MAYBE MORE FOR,

47:40FOR OUR CHAIR TODAY WERE

47:43NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION

47:44REPRESENTATIVES OR COALITION

47:46DIRECTORS INVITED TO SPEAK

47:47TODAY? ARE WE GOING TO GET TO

47:49HEAR FROM THEM? I KNOW THAT

47:51THEY'RE HERE IN THE ROOM.

47:53>> THEY ARE HERE IN THE ROOM.

47:54BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WAS PART

47:56OF HOW THIS WORK SESSION WAS

47:59STRUCTURED.

47:59>> OKAY. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW

48:03WHY THAT IS. AND I UNDERSTAND

48:05THAT THE THAT THAT MAY NOT BE

48:07SOMETHING THAT YOU WERE

48:08INVOLVED IN THE DECISIONS ON,

48:09BUT IN WHICH CASE IT'S OKAY TO

48:11SAY, SO.

48:11>> D4 IS IN THE AUDIENCE.

48:13>> SORRY.

48:14>> I SAID D4 IS IN THE AUDIENCE.

48:16>> YEAH, D2 AS WELL. SO I THINK

48:18ALL FOUR ARE HERE. YEAH.

48:20>> I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM

48:21OUR DISTRICT COALITION PARTNERS.

48:23>> OKAY.

48:23>> SO THAT'S ACCEPTABLE. LIKE

48:25WE'VE GOT UNTIL 5:00.

48:26>> SO IF IT'S POSSIBLE, I KNOW

48:27I DON'T MEAN TO DISRUPT THE RUN

48:29A SHOW THAT WAS ALREADY PLANNED

48:31HERE, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE

48:32THAT SOMETIME BEFORE THE END OF

48:34TODAY. I THINK WE'VE WE'VE HAD

48:35THE PART ONE OF YOUR THREE PART

48:38THING OF WHAT YOU HEARD IN THE

48:40IN THE FEEDBACK WAS EFFECTIVELY

48:42NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US. SO

48:45HERE'S A CHANCE. THANKS.

48:47>> THANK YOU. WE'LL GET THROUGH

48:48OUR CLARIFYING QUESTIONS AND

48:50THEN SEE IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

48:51THANKS. COUNCILOR. NOVICK.

48:54>> THANK YOU CHAIR. I JUST HAVE

48:56TO ASK. PBOT HAS ONE ENGAGEMENT

48:59PERSON. I MEAN, I KNOW THEY DO

49:01A LOT OF OUTREACH. DOES THAT

49:02REFLECT A DISTINCTION BETWEEN

49:03ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH, OR

49:04DOES IT REFLECT THE FACT THAT

49:06ALL THEIR OUTREACH PEOPLE,

49:07THAT'S NOT THEIR ENTIRE JOB.

49:08THEY'RE JUST DOING REGULAR JOBS

49:09AND OUTREACH IS PART OF IT.

49:11>> ALL OF THE ABOVE, AND I WILL

49:13SAY, AND THAT ENGAGEMENT PERSON

49:14ALSO HAS A SIGNIFICANT BODY OF

49:15WORK THAT'S NOT ENGAGEMENT ON

49:17THEIR PLATE AS WELL. SO I THINK

49:18IT'S A PLACE WHERE WE DO

49:20COLLABORATE WITH PBOT

49:22LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC WORKS

49:23LEADERSHIP OF WHAT DO WE NEED

49:26TO ADEQUATELY COVER THE WORK?

49:26BUT YOU'RE SPOT ON THAT. A LOT

49:28OF PBOT STAFF ARE MAYBE

49:29PLANNING STAFF OR EXECUTE THE

49:32PROJECTS THAT DO ENGAGEMENT AS

49:34PART OF THEIR DAILY WORK, BUT

49:35IT'S NOT A MAJORITY OF IT. AND

49:38SO PART OF THE SYSTEM AND

49:39INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED TO

49:40SET UP IS MAKING SURE THAT WE

49:42ARE SUPPORTING STAFF THAT ARE

49:43IN THAT SHOP AS WELL. THAT MAY

49:46BE 20% OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO

49:48IS ENGAGEMENT, AND WE WANT TO

49:49PREPARE THEM AND EQUIP THEM TO

49:51BE SUCCESSFUL AT THAT, BUT THAT

49:52THEY'RE NOT A WHOLE LOT OF JUST

49:54DEDICATED ENGAGEMENT STAFF THAT

49:56MOBILIZE ACROSS THE BUREAU.

49:59>> THANK YOU.

49:59>> YEAH.

50:06>> ANY OTHER CLARIFYING

50:08QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT,

50:11COLLEAGUES, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE

50:13A QUICK TEN MINUTE BREAK. SO IT

50:14IS. 246. LET'S GET BACK AT 256

50:21TEN MINUTES. 256.

1:00:36ALL RIGHT.

1:00:37AND WE ARE BACK. WE ARE GOING

1:00:40TO MOVE INTO DISCUSSION TIME.

1:00:44WE HAVE THREE POLICY QUESTIONS.

1:00:46AND BEFORE WE GET TO POLICY

1:00:47QUESTION NUMBER THREE, WE WILL

1:00:49HAVE TIME FOR OUR

1:00:50REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE

1:00:52DIFFERENT DISTRICT COALITION

1:00:54GROUPS TO COME UP FOR ABOUT TEN

1:00:55MINUTES TO SHARE SOME OF THEIR

1:00:57THOUGHTS. SO WE WILL KICK IT

1:00:59OFF WITH POLICY. QUESTION

1:01:02NUMBER ONE. COLLEAGUES, PLEASE

1:01:03FEEL FREE TO GET IN THE QUEUE.

1:01:05WHAT PRINCIPLES SHOULD GUIDE

1:01:07THE REBUILD AND INTEGRATION OF

1:01:09PORTLAND'S ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM TO

1:01:10ENSURE IT IS RESPONSIVE,

1:01:13COORDINATED AND INCLUSIVE? GO

1:01:15AHEAD. VICE PRESIDENT CLARK.

1:01:18>> THANK YOU, CHAIR KOYAMA LANE.

1:01:21I'M GOING TO VEER A LITTLE BIT

1:01:22OFF SCRIPT HERE OR OFF THE

1:01:25ISSUE. I WOULD SAY THAT BOTTOM

1:01:27LINE, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THEM

1:01:29WITH SUPPORT. THIS IS

1:01:31COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS,

1:01:32INADEQUATE SUPPORT. AND I MIGHT

1:01:34GET A LITTLE HEATED HERE. IT'S

1:01:37EMBARRASSING TO ME THAT WE HAVE

1:01:39SO LITTLE SUPPORT FOR OUR

1:01:40NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. THEY

1:01:41WERE JUST THINKING, WE'RE GOING

1:01:43TO HELP THEM WITH INSURANCE,

1:01:44TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, MAYBE

1:01:44SMALL GRANTS, AND ONE PERSON'S

1:01:46GOING TO DO THAT FOR A CITY OF

1:01:49165,000. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY

1:01:51BANANAS. IT'S BANANAS. YOU KNOW,

1:01:54I HAVE TO SAY I'M GOING TO

1:01:55REVEAL MY MY OWN BIAS IS I

1:01:58WORKED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD

1:01:59ASSOCIATIONS IN EUGENE AND I

1:02:01DID THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSLETTER.

1:02:03AND I ORGANIZED VOTERS FOR

1:02:05LIVABLE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I

1:02:06WENT TO SALEM. I ACTUALLY,

1:02:08BEFORE I WORKED FOR THREE

1:02:09MAYORS IN SALEM, I WORKED FOR

1:02:10THE NEIGHBORHOODS. I HAD FIVE

1:02:12NEIGHBORHOODS. I ONLY WORKED

1:02:13FOR FIVE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THE

1:02:15CITY GAVE THEM MONEY TO DO

1:02:17THEIR OWN THING. AND OF COURSE,

1:02:19YOU KNOW, THE ISSUES WERE

1:02:20GENERALLY AROUND TRAFFIC,

1:02:24SIDEWALKS, STORM SEWERS, ALL

1:02:25THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR ALL THE

1:02:27TIME. AND THAT'S NOT ANY

1:02:28DIFFERENT. SO HERE WE FIND

1:02:29OURSELVES HERE TODAY, AND I'VE

1:02:31MADE IT A POINT TO GO TO EVERY

1:02:33SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION

1:02:34MEETING TO ORGANIZE MY OWN

1:02:35MEETINGS. WHAT I ASK THE

1:02:37NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO

1:02:38COME. AND IT'S THE SAME ISSUES

1:02:41THAT I HEARD UP AND DOWN THE

1:02:44WILLAMETTE VALLEY. AND FOLKS, I

1:02:46THINK THIS CITY IS DEPENDENT ON

1:02:48NOT JUST NEIGHBORHOOD

1:02:50ASSOCIATIONS, BUT VOLUNTEERISM

1:02:51GENERALLY. AND WE DON'T DO

1:02:52ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THAT. THE,

1:02:54YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERS MAKE THE

1:02:56WORLD GO ROUND AROUND HERE. IF

1:02:58IT WEREN'T FOR VOLUNTEERS, YOU

1:02:59KNOW, THE ARBORETUM WOULDN'T

1:03:00WORK ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, YOU

1:03:02KNOW, DIFFERENT COMMUNITY

1:03:04PLACES. SO THIS IS A HIGH

1:03:06PRIORITY FOR ME. IT'S PART OF

1:03:09MY ADVOCACY FOR PARTNERSHIPS,

1:03:12VOLUNTEERISM. I JUST THINK IT'S

1:03:14VITAL. AND THE ONE THING THAT I

1:03:15DIDN'T HEAR EARLIER, AND I'M

1:03:17NOT SURE HOW THIS FITS IN

1:03:19NUMBER ONE, BUT I'M SURE WE CAN

1:03:21MAKE IT FIT, IS THAT THERE'S A

1:03:22DEMOGRAPHIC ISSUE GOING ON HERE.

1:03:24AND I THINK A LOT OF OUR

1:03:27VOLUNTEERS, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE

1:03:29KEEPING NEIGHBORHOOD

1:03:31ASSOCIATIONS AFLOAT, ARE AN

1:03:32OLDER DEMOGRAPHIC, OLDER

1:03:34GENERATION, AT LEAST ON IN

1:03:36DISTRICT FOUR. AND I WENT TO

1:03:39THE SAUL ALINSKY MIDWEST

1:03:41ACADEMY SCHOOL OF ORGANIZING. I

1:03:42KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO ORGANIZE.

1:03:44YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO IMMEDIATE,

1:03:45SPECIFIC, REALIZABLE KINDS OF

1:03:47THINGS. AND THAT'S USUALLY

1:03:48AROUND A STOP SIGN OR IT'S

1:03:50USUALLY AROUND A POTHOLE OR

1:03:51IT'S SOMETHING UNSAFE. AND

1:03:53THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS

1:03:54THAT WE NEED TO USE TO MOTIVATE

1:03:56YOUNGER PEOPLE ALSO TO GET

1:03:58INVOLVED. AS LONG AS THERE'S AN

1:04:00IMMEDIATE, YOU KNOW, REAL

1:04:02REALIZABLE THING WE CAN DO, IT

1:04:03DOES GET PEOPLE MORE INVOLVED.

1:04:05AND BUT WE NEED RESOURCES FOR

1:04:07THAT. AND MAYBE WE NEED SOME

1:04:08TRAINING, MAYBE WE NEED SOME

1:04:09ORGANIZING TRAINING FOR SOME OF

1:04:11THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

1:04:14SO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A HIGH

1:04:16PRIORITY FOR ME. I JUST THINK

1:04:18IT'S ABSURD THAT WE HAVE THIS

1:04:20LACK OF RESOURCES FOR OUR

1:04:22NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. AND

1:04:23AS FAR AS DISTRICT, THE

1:04:26DISTRICT FOUR COALITION GOES,

1:04:29IT'S GEOGRAPHICALLY SO HUGE AND

1:04:33SO DIVERSE THAT WE ALSO SHOULD

1:04:35LOOK AT HAVING A SATELLITE

1:04:37OFFICE OR NOT JUST ONE OFFICE

1:04:39WAY UP IN THE NORTHWEST, BUT

1:04:41SOMETHING IN SOUTHWEST PORTLAND,

1:04:42OR MAYBE IN SELLWOOD OR

1:04:44SOMETHING, BECAUSE WE HAVE A

1:04:46HUGE, HUGE AREA THAT WE HAVE TO

1:04:48COVER IN DISTRICT FOUR. BUT I

1:04:50GUESS BOTTOM LINE HERE IS WE

1:04:53NEED MORE SUPPORT. THAT SHOULD

1:04:55BE A PRINCIPLE BECAUSE WE'RE

1:04:57WOEFULLY INADEQUATE. JUST LEAVE

1:04:59IT AT THAT. THANK YOU FOR

1:05:01LISTENING TO ME HARANGUE.

1:05:06>> COUNCILOR. NOVICK.

1:05:09>> SO, MADAM CHAIR, IS IT OKAY

1:05:12IF I SORT OF JUMP AROUND?

1:05:14>> GO FOR IT.

1:05:15>> OKAY, SO. I THINK THAT THIS

1:05:20REALLY SORT OF RELATES TO

1:05:21QUESTION THREE, BUT I THINK

1:05:23THAT THE EXISTENCE OF

1:05:26REPRESENTATION BY DISTRICT HAS

1:05:28THE CHANCE TO BE A REAL GAME

1:05:30CHANGER. FOR ONE THING, WHEN I

1:05:32WAS IN THE COMMISSION FORM OF

1:05:33GOVERNMENT, I HARDLY EVER WENT

1:05:35TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS

1:05:35BECAUSE I KNEW I COULDN'T GO TO

1:05:3799. SO I GO TO ANY. AND NOW,

1:05:39LIKE COUNCILOR CLARK, I. IF I

1:05:41HAVEN'T GONE TO ALL OF THEM,

1:05:42IT'S NOT FOR WANT OF TRYING. SO

1:05:44I THINK THAT THAT MEANS THAT WE

1:05:46CAN TELL THE GENERAL PUBLIC

1:05:48THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS

1:05:49ARE A PLACE TO GO TO INTERACT

1:05:51WITH YOUR COUNCILOR, AND THAT

1:05:53SHOULD MAKE THEM MORE APPEALING.

1:05:58AND WHAT I MEAN, ONE OF THE

1:06:01PROBLEMS, I MEAN, ONE THING I

1:06:02JUST WANTED TO REALLY

1:06:04UNDERSCORE HERE IS THERE'S,

1:06:06DAMN, WHERE IS IT YOU TALK

1:06:08ABOUT PROVIDING. DEVELOP

1:06:13TRAINING RESOURCES AND CAPACITY

1:06:15FOR INCREASING DIVERSITY AND

1:06:16EXPANDING PARTICIPATION. AND I

1:06:18THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THE

1:06:19NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS COULD

1:06:20REALLY USE. I REMEMBER SAYING

1:06:2310 OR 11 YEARS AGO THAT I

1:06:25THOUGHT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD

1:06:26ASSOCIATIONS FUNDING SHOULD BE

1:06:27DEPENDENT ON THE EXTENT TO

1:06:28WHICH THEIR MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS

1:06:30REFLECTED THE DIVERSITY OF

1:06:31THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND AMANDA

1:06:33FRITZ ALMOST CUT MY HEAD OFF

1:06:34WITH A MACHETE. SO I THINK THAT

1:06:37WE SHOULD COULD ACHIEVE THE

1:06:38SAME THING, YOU KNOW, WITH

1:06:39CARROTS RATHER THAN STICKS. IF

1:06:41I MEAN, IF WE HAD THE RESOURCES

1:06:44TO HELP AND MAYBE WE DON'T, BUT

1:06:46IF WE HAD THE RESOURCES TO HELP

1:06:47THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS

1:06:48SORT OF RECRUIT PEOPLE IN ORDER

1:06:50TO MAKE THE PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP

1:06:52MORE REPRESENTATIVE. AND THE

1:06:54LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY IS

1:06:55THAT. WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT

1:07:02THE THE BUREAUS LET COUNSELORS

1:07:06KNOW IF THEY'RE DOING OUTREACH

1:07:08ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS IN THEIR

1:07:09DISTRICTS, LIKE IF PBOT IS

1:07:11DOING OUTREACH ON SOMETHING OR

1:07:13OTHER, THEY SHOULD LET THE

1:07:14COUNSELORS KNOW. AND THEN THE

1:07:18COUNSELORS A CAN BE AWARE THAT

1:07:19THE OPPOSITE IS HAPPENING ON.

1:07:21AND B MIGHT BE ABLE TO STEER,

1:07:22HELP STEER PEOPLE TO BE, YOU

1:07:24KNOW, PART OF THE PART OF THE

1:07:26PEOPLE OR OUTREACH TO. SO, I

1:07:28MEAN, I JUST ALL OF MY COMMENTS

1:07:30OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO DO WITH. I

1:07:33THINK THAT REPRESENTATION MIGHT.

1:07:36DISTRICT IS A GAME CHANGER AND

1:07:38SHOULD BE A GAME CHANGER IN A

1:07:39POSITIVE WAY IN A VARIETY OF

1:07:41WAYS. I MEAN, THE PUBLIC, I

1:07:43MEAN, MAYBE THIS IS SOMEWHAT

1:07:44TRUE BEFORE, BUT THE PUBLIC, WE

1:07:46ARE THE FRONT DOOR FOR A LOT OF

1:07:48PEOPLE, AND WE SHOULD TAKE

1:07:49ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

1:07:50>> I DID WANT TO BRIEFLY SAY

1:07:52WE'RE ACTUALLY ALREADY WORKING

1:07:53ON A SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO

1:07:55PROVIDE BOTH COUNCIL OFFICES

1:07:57AND THE DISTRICT COALITION

1:07:59OFFICES, WITH REGULAR UPDATES

1:08:00ON WHAT ENGAGEMENT

1:08:02OPPORTUNITIES ARE TAKING PLACE

1:08:05GEOGRAPHICALLY IN THEIR AREAS.

1:08:06SO MORE TO SHARE SOON.

1:08:10>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GREEN.

1:08:13>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR, CAN

1:08:15YOU REMIND ME WHAT WHAT YOU

1:08:17LIKE? WE'RE ANSWERING THE FIRST

1:08:19QUESTION OR WHATEVER YOU WANT

1:08:20TO DO.

1:08:21>> I'M TRYING TO GET FOLKS TO

1:08:22ANSWER THE FIRST QUESTION. THAT

1:08:24IS, WHAT WAS ASKED IS WE BREAK

1:08:25IT UP INTO THREE CONVERSATIONS.

1:08:27THE FIRST ONE IS WHAT

1:08:29PRINCIPLES SHOULD GUIDE THE

1:08:30REBUILD OF AN INTEGRATION OF

1:08:32PORTLAND'S ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM TO

1:08:34ENSURE IT IS RESPONSIVE,

1:08:35COORDINATED AND INCLUSIVE.

1:08:37>> OKAY, GREAT. BRIEFLY, I'M

1:08:40JUST GOING TO SAY I WANT TO

1:08:42ECHO COUNCILOR CLARK'S COMMENTS

1:08:43BROADLY. I LIKE WHEN YOU GO OFF

1:08:44ON A RANT, BY THE WAY, YOU

1:08:46DON'T ALWAYS USE A LOT OF MIC

1:08:48TIME, BUT WHEN YOU DO, IT'S

1:08:49JUST LIKE, LISTEN, AND YOU SAID

1:08:51SOMETHING IN THERE THAT I THINK

1:08:52IS DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO THE

1:08:54QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED THE

1:08:55SAUL ALINSKY SCHOOL THAT THAT

1:08:56SORT OF THEORY OF, OF, OF

1:08:57ORGANIZING THAT IS DEEPLY

1:08:59NEIGHBORHOOD DRIVEN. WHEN I

1:09:00TOOK MY COURSES AT PORTLAND

1:09:02STATE ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,

1:09:03WE READ ALL THAT TOO. AND

1:09:05PORTLAND WAS A LAB FOR THAT.

1:09:06AND SO I THINK IF WE WERE TO

1:09:10RESOURCE OUR BUDGET WITH THE

1:09:12RESOURCES NECESSARY TO DO THAT

1:09:14WORK AND FOCUS ON BUILDING THE

1:09:16NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND

1:09:18ENABLE THEM TO BUILD AND DO

1:09:19THAT SORT OF NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL

1:09:22COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, I THINK

1:09:24WE'D FIND THAT WE GET MORE

1:09:27INCLUSIVE AND BROAD BASED

1:09:28PARTICIPATION. WE BUILD THE

1:09:29BENCH WITH YOUNGER PEOPLE. WE

1:09:31WANT TO DO THAT. I THINK I

1:09:33THINK OUR CITY STAFF, I WANT US

1:09:36TO ACTIVELY AND INTENTIONALLY

1:09:38BUILD OUT THAT DIVERSITY OF

1:09:39OPINION AND PARTICIPATION.

1:09:41THAT'S WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR

1:09:42ME. BUT I WANT TO ENABLE THEM

1:09:44TO CONTINUE TO SORT OF BE THE

1:09:46SORT OF SOURCE OF A LOT OF THE.

1:09:50THE IDEAS, THE VOLUNTEER WORK

1:09:53AND, AND LIKE ELEVATING WHAT

1:09:55NEEDS TO COME TO THE COUNCIL'S

1:09:57ATTENTION. THAT'S, THAT'S, I

1:09:58THINK WHAT I HAD FOR MY FIRST

1:10:00ONE. AND THEN AND THEN YOU SAID

1:10:02ALL THAT STUFF AND I WAS LIKE,

1:10:04I LIKE, I LIKE ALL THAT STUFF.

1:10:05SO THERE'S OTHER PIECES HERE

1:10:06THAT I'LL SPEAK TO WHEN WE GET

1:10:08TO THE OTHER PARTS OF THE

1:10:10STRUCTURE CONVERSATION. THANKS.

1:10:11>> GREAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR

1:10:12AVALOS.

1:10:16>> OKAY. HELLO. THANK YOU SO

1:10:17MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION

1:10:19TODAY AND JUST BRINGING THIS

1:10:21CONVERSATION FORWARD. IT'S SO

1:10:22IMPORTANT, AS WE'RE STANDING UP

1:10:23THIS NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT,

1:10:25THAT WE REALLY GET THE FUTURE

1:10:27OF OUR ENGAGEMENT, RIGHT. ONE

1:10:31THING I'LL NOTE THE SLIDE THAT

1:10:33YOU MENTIONED AROUND WHAT THE

1:10:35CHARTER COMMISSION SAID, I

1:10:36THINK IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE

1:10:39REALLY JUST MADE SUCH AN

1:10:42EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT. THAT'S

1:10:45NOT A WORD EXTRAORDINARY.

1:10:47THAT'S THE WORD I WAS LOOKING

1:10:48FOR. EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT

1:10:51WE WERE REACHING DIFFERENT

1:10:53PARTS. AND I THINK THE SUCCESS

1:10:54THERE WAS ABOUT THE

1:10:56PARTNERSHIPS WITH GROUPS THAT

1:10:57HAD CONNECTIONS TO COMMUNITY.

1:10:59AND I THINK THAT'S THE KEY FOR

1:11:01ME IN WHAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE

1:11:03BUILDING, IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE

1:11:04TO PARTNER WITH PEOPLE, BECAUSE

1:11:08UNDERSTANDABLY, NOT EVERYBODY

1:11:09IS COMFORTABLE WITH GOVERNMENT.

1:11:10NOT EVERYBODY IS INTERESTED IN

1:11:12HEARING FROM GOVERNMENT, BUT

1:11:15THEY'RE. BUT THEY LOVE TO HEAR

1:11:16FROM THEIR OWN NEIGHBORS. AND I

1:11:18KNOW A LOT OF THE POLLS SHOW

1:11:20THAT, TOO, THAT THE BEST WAY

1:11:21THAT PEOPLE GET INFORMATION IS

1:11:22FROM THEIR OWN NEIGHBORS. AND

1:11:24SO I THINK THAT'S WHY

1:11:25NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS

1:11:25BECOME IMPORTANT, BECAUSE

1:11:27THAT'S ONE WAY THAT PEOPLE FEEL

1:11:29CONNECTED TO THEIR DIRECT

1:11:30COMMUNITY. AND THEREFORE, YOU

1:11:33KNOW, THOSE ARE TRUSTED SOURCES.

1:11:35SO I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE

1:11:37CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THAT.

1:11:38OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE GOT THE NEW

1:11:39DISTRICT SYSTEM. WE'VE GOT THE,

1:11:42THE THE COALITIONS. AND I WANT

1:11:45US TO PUT EFFORT THERE. AND IT

1:11:50IS IMPORTANT THAT WE REALLY

1:11:52ASSESS THAT WE NOT MAKE THAT

1:11:55THE DEFAULT. RIGHT. AND, YOU

1:11:57KNOW, I THINK NEIGHBORHOOD

1:12:00ASSOCIATIONS FROM MY TIME PRIOR

1:12:02TO BECOMING A HOMEOWNER, I

1:12:04TRIED TO DABBLE IN SOME OF THEM.

1:12:06I REMEMBER I WENT TO THE

1:12:09HOLLYWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD

1:12:10ASSOCIATION AND I MEAN, IT WAS

1:12:13FINE, BUT I WAS LIKE THE

1:12:15YOUNGEST PERSON THERE BY LIKE

1:12:1740 YEARS. I'M NOT KIDDING. AND

1:12:19THEY WERE ALL LIKE, OH, LIKE IT

1:12:21WAS ALL WELCOMING AND ALL THAT,

1:12:22BUT I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I KNEW

1:12:24HOW TO ENGAGE IN THAT SPACE

1:12:26BECAUSE I WAS A RENTER AND I

1:12:28WAS 40 YEARS YOUNGER. AND I

1:12:31JUST SO AND I OBVIOUSLY WAS

1:12:33MAKING AN EFFORT TO GO BECAUSE,

1:12:34YOU KNOW, I'M A, I'M THIS,

1:12:37RIGHT? SO IN EVERY DAY PERSON

1:12:39IS NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT KIND

1:12:41OF A RISK. AND IF THEY WALK

1:12:42INTO A ROOM LIKE THAT, THAT

1:12:44WOULD BE AN IMMEDIATE, LIKE,

1:12:45I'M NOT GOING BACK THERE JUST

1:12:47BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY

1:12:48JUST MIGHT NOT FEEL REPRESENTED.

1:12:50RIGHT. AND I THINK TO JUST THIS

1:12:54CONCEPT OF PEOPLE WHO RENT,

1:12:55LIKE NOT FEELING PART OF THEIR

1:12:58NEIGHBORHOODS IS SOMETHING THAT

1:12:59WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS. IT'S

1:13:00SOMETHING I EXPERIENCED A LOT

1:13:02AND I HEAR OFTEN FROM FOLKS WHO

1:13:04WANT TO BE ENGAGED IN THEIR

1:13:05COMMUNITY BUT DON'T FEEL LIKE

1:13:07THEY'RE TREATED THE SAME.

1:13:08THEY'RE TREATED LIKE THEY'RE

1:13:09JUST TEMPORARY BECAUSE THEY'RE

1:13:11RENTING, WHICH I HONESTLY DON'T

1:13:12UNDERSTAND THAT CONCEPT. I

1:13:13WOULD ALSO GET PEOPLE TELLING

1:13:15ME LIKE, OH, YOU CAN JUST GO

1:13:16RENT SOMEWHERE ELSE IF YOU WANT

1:13:18TO LIVE IN ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD.

1:13:19AND I'M LIKE, WHAT DO YOU KNOW

1:13:21THOSE DEPOSIT FEES? DO YOU KNOW

1:13:22HOW HARD IT IS TO MOVE? LIKE

1:13:24THAT IS JUST NOT A REALISTIC

1:13:25THING. AND SO THIS CONCEPT OF

1:13:27RENTERS BEING FLUID AND THEY

1:13:28CAN JUST GO ANYWHERE AND

1:13:29THEREFORE THEY HAVE NO PLACE

1:13:31AND NO HOME. IT PERMEATES IN

1:13:33THE CULTURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

1:13:35ASSOCIATIONS IN MY EXPERIENCE

1:13:36AND WHAT I HEAR FROM PEOPLE.

1:13:37AND SO I THINK I JUST WANT TO

1:13:39ELEVATE THAT LIKE IT'S

1:13:40IMPORTANT. NEIGHBORS HEARING

1:13:41FROM NEIGHBORS IS ABSOLUTELY

1:13:42THE WAY THAT PEOPLE FEEL MOST

1:13:44ENGAGED. AND LET'S MAKE SURE TO

1:13:46NOT DEFINE ALL OF OUR

1:13:48ENGAGEMENT AROUND THAT. AND NOT

1:13:49TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T STRENGTHEN

1:13:51IT BECAUSE ONE THING THAT I DO

1:13:53TO, WHEN I DO MY CONSTITUENT

1:13:56DAYS AND I GO KNOCK ON DOORS,

1:13:57ONE OF THE GOALS OF THAT IS TO

1:13:59INVITE THOSE PEOPLE TO THEIR

1:14:01OWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

1:14:02SO I'LL SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, I'M

1:14:04KNOCKING DOORS IN PARKROSE AND

1:14:05YOU HAVE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

1:14:06ASSOCIATION COMING UP THIS NEXT

1:14:07WEEK, RIGHT? SO TRYING TO GET

1:14:10PEOPLE THERE. SO I DEFINITELY

1:14:11THINK THAT'S WORTH THE EFFORT.

1:14:13BUT AGAIN, HOW ARE WE EXPANDING

1:14:15BEYOND THAT? SO WE'RE NOT STUCK

1:14:16BECAUSE THERE ARE REAL BARRIERS

1:14:18THAT PEOPLE FEEL TO THEIR

1:14:20INCLUSIVITY IN THOSE KINDS OF

1:14:22SPACES. AND LET'S SEE, I'M

1:14:26LOOKING AT THE QUESTION HERE.

1:14:32YEAH. ULTIMATELY, WE JUST NEED

1:14:34TO REALLY ELEVATE OUR OWN GOALS

1:14:37OF EQUITY AND RACIAL JUSTICE

1:14:38AND ACCESSIBILITY AND

1:14:40TRANSPARENCY. THOSE ARE THE

1:14:41CITY STATED GOALS AND HOW WE

1:14:44SEE THOSE THROUGH. AND I

1:14:46BELIEVE THE WAY THAT WE MEASURE

1:14:48THAT IS HOW DO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,

1:14:51HOW WHAT IS THEIR ENTRYWAY INTO

1:14:53CITY GOVERNMENT? WHAT IS THE

1:14:55WAY THAT THEY FEEL THEY CAN BE

1:14:57EASILY HEARD? WHAT ARE THE THE

1:15:00ACTIONS THAT THEY CAN TAKE THAT

1:15:01THEY SEE IN EQUAL ACTION FROM

1:15:03THE CITY? I'M FEEL LIKE I'M

1:15:04RAMBLING ON THAT, TRYING TO PUT

1:15:06MY WORDS IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

1:15:07BUT YOU GET MY POINT. I SEE YOU

1:15:09NODDING ALONG. SO YOU PICKING

1:15:11UP WHAT I'M PUTTING DOWN. SO.

1:15:14IT'S BEEN A LONG WORK SESSION

1:15:16DAY. OKAY, DON'T JUDGE ME.

1:15:18EVERYONE'S A LITTLE LOOPY. SO

1:15:20YEAH, I THINK THIS IS JUST

1:15:22ABOUT REBUILDING TRUST WITH

1:15:24COMMUNITY AND CREATING CLEAR

1:15:27ACCOUNTABILITY BACK TO

1:15:28COMMUNITY. SO WHO DID WE HEAR

1:15:30FROM? WHO ARE WE MISSING

1:15:33HEARING FROM? WHAT DID THEY

1:15:34TELL US? WHAT CHANGED BECAUSE

1:15:35THEY PARTICIPATED? THOSE ARE

1:15:36THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT MAKE

1:15:37PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEIR

1:15:39ENGAGEMENT WAS MORE THAN JUST

1:15:41SITTING ON A PIECE OF PAPER IN

1:15:42A FILE AND NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT

1:15:44DOING ANYTHING. SO HOW DO WE

1:15:47SHOW THE IMPACT OF YOUR

1:15:49ENGAGEMENT IS, TO ME, THE KEY

1:15:51OF HOW WE BUILD OUR SYSTEMS.

1:15:55YEAH, I THINK I'LL LEAVE IT AT

1:15:57THAT FOR NOW. THANK YOU.

1:16:00>> ALL RIGHT. WE WILL WE WILL

1:16:02GO TO COUNCILOR. PIRTLE-GUINEY.

1:16:04AND THEN COUNCILOR KANAL,

1:16:05FOLLOWED BY COUNCILOR. NOVICK.

1:16:08>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR. AND

1:16:09THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE

1:16:11TODAY. I'M GOING TO TRY TO

1:16:14STICK TO THIS FIRST QUESTION

1:16:16AND NOT GET INTO ALL OF THE

1:16:17NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PIECES,

1:16:19BECAUSE I THINK YOU HAVE THAT

1:16:20FURTHER DOWN FOR US. AND I WANT

1:16:23TO START BY JUST APPRECIATING

1:16:25SOME OF THE WORDS IN THE

1:16:27QUESTION, BECAUSE THAT

1:16:28INTEGRATION IS SO KEY. AND

1:16:31SOMETIMES WHEN WE TRY TO HAVE A

1:16:33NO WRONG DOOR POLICY, WHAT WE

1:16:34END UP WITH IS NOBODY ACTUALLY

1:16:36KNOWING WHERE THE DOOR IS. AND

1:16:39I THINK THAT WE RISK THAT WITH

1:16:41THE WAY THAT FOLKS LOOK AT THE

1:16:42CITY RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? THERE'S

1:16:44NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS,

1:16:45THERE ARE BUREAUS WHO DO

1:16:46OUTREACH, THERE ARE BUREAUS WHO

1:16:47DON'T DO OUTREACH. WELL,

1:16:49THERE'S. MESSAGING AND

1:16:53COMMUNICATION GOING OUT THAT WE

1:16:54CALL OUTREACH. THAT IS NOT

1:16:56ACTUALLY REALLY ASKING FOR

1:16:57PEOPLE'S OPINIONS AND INPUT.

1:17:00AND NOW YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE

1:17:01COUNCILORS WHO REPRESENT

1:17:02DISTRICTS WHO ARE EACH GOING

1:17:03OUT INDIVIDUALLY, ALL THREE OF

1:17:05US IN A DISTRICT ASKING PEOPLE

1:17:06THEIR OPINIONS ABOUT THINGS AND

1:17:08ASKING THEM TO SHOW UP TO TOWN

1:17:09HALLS, TOO. AND IT IS NOT

1:17:13INTEGRATED. AND I REALLY WORRY

1:17:16THAT IN TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE

1:17:18CAN REACH EVERYBODY WHERE THEY

1:17:20ARE, WHICH I'LL GET BACK TO,

1:17:21THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE

1:17:24THAT WE'VE CREATED A NO CLEAR

1:17:27PATH TO A DOOR POLICY. SO I

1:17:30LOOK TO YOU ALL TO SAY, HOW ARE

1:17:35WE MAKING IT CLEAR TO FOLKS

1:17:37THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS

1:17:38SAYING, THERE IS NO WRONG DOOR?

1:17:40COME TALK TO US NO MATTER WHAT.

1:17:41BUT THERE IS GUIDANCE TO THESE

1:17:44DIFFERENT PATHS AND PEOPLE

1:17:46UNDERSTAND HOW TO ENGAGE IN

1:17:47EACH PATH AND WHAT EACH PATH IS

1:17:49FOR AND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS

1:17:51BETWEEN THEM ARE, BECAUSE I

1:17:52DON'T WANT SOMEBODY IN ONE OF

1:17:54MY COMMUNITIES TO FEEL LIKE

1:17:55THEY HAVE TO GO TO ALL OF THESE

1:17:57SPACES TO BE HEARD. SO I THINK

1:17:59THAT'S THE FIRST PIECE THAT'S

1:18:00REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE THINK

1:18:02ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR SYSTEM.

1:18:08THE SECOND PIECE THAT I JUST

1:18:10WANT TO NAME IS THAT WE NEED TO

1:18:15MAKE SURE THAT THE WAY WE REACH

1:18:17PEOPLE IS REFLECTIVE OF THE

1:18:19WHOLE COMMUNITY, AND WE'LL TALK

1:18:24MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE

1:18:26DIFFERENT SPECIFICS IN

1:18:27QUESTIONS TWO AND THREE. BUT WE

1:18:31OFTEN TALK TO OURSELVES. WE

1:18:34OFTEN SEE THE SAME PEOPLE AT

1:18:36THE SAME EVENTS AND THE SAME

1:18:38OUTREACH AND THE SAME FORUMS,

1:18:39AND THAT'S FANTASTIC THAT THEY

1:18:41ARE INVOLVED. AND I DO NOT WANT

1:18:44TO DISCOURAGE THAT IN THE LEAST,

1:18:46BUT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW

1:18:48WE'RE REACHING BEYOND THAT AS

1:18:50WELL. RIGHT? REACHING COMMUNITY

1:18:52DOESN'T MEAN JUST REACHING

1:18:53PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY ENGAGED

1:18:55IN GROUPS THAT ARE ENGAGED. SO

1:18:58WHILE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT

1:18:59THAT WE USE OUR PARTNER

1:19:00ORGANIZATIONS WHO CAN REACH

1:19:01PEOPLE, WE CAN'T HELP WITH

1:19:03OUTREACH, THAT'S STILL ONLY

1:19:05GETS US TO THE NEXT LAYER OUT.

1:19:07WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT

1:19:09WE'RE DOING TO TALK TO PEOPLE

1:19:13WHO ARE NOT ALREADY INVOLVED IN

1:19:15AN ORGANIZATION, WHO ARE NOT

1:19:17SHOWING UP TO A NEIGHBORHOOD

1:19:18ASSOCIATION MEETING, WHO EITHER

1:19:20THINK THAT THEIR OPINION

1:19:21DOESN'T MATTER OR WHO DON'T

1:19:23HAVE THE TIME. RIGHT. SO WHERE

1:19:25ARE WE GOING TO FIND THOSE

1:19:27PEOPLE AND HOW IS THAT A PART

1:19:30OF OUR INTEGRATED, INCLUSIVE,

1:19:34COORDINATED SYSTEM? IT CAN'T

1:19:36JUST BE USING PROXIES WHO ALSO

1:19:40HAVE LIMITED REACH, EVEN IF

1:19:41IT'S A DIFFERENT REACH THAN

1:19:43WHAT WE HAVE. SO I'M GOING TO

1:19:47START WITH THOSE. I GUESS

1:19:48THAT'S TWO AND A HALF

1:19:50PRINCIPLES AND LEAVE IT THERE,

1:19:53BECAUSE I THINK THAT THOSE ARE

1:19:54SO IMPORTANT AND WE WILL NOT

1:19:56HAVE A BETTER SYSTEM, AND WE

1:19:57WILL NOT GET PORTLANDERS

1:19:58FEELING BETTER ABOUT GOVERNMENT

1:20:00IF WE CAN'T DO THOSE TWO THINGS.

1:20:01AND I'LL PROBABLY SAY MORE AS

1:20:03WE GET TO THE NEXT QUESTIONS.

1:20:04THANK YOU.

1:20:07>> COUNCILOR KANAL THANK YOU,

1:20:09MADAM CHAIR. I AGREE WITH MY

1:20:11TWO COLLEAGUE BROADLY, AS WELL

1:20:13AS COUNCILORS GREEN AND CLARK

1:20:15ON EVERYTHING. I ALSO WILL

1:20:16SEPARATE AND DO THE THE

1:20:18QUESTION BY QUESTION PIECE. SO

1:20:19FOR QUESTION ONE, I THINK WHEN

1:20:21WE START BY TALKING ABOUT WHAT

1:20:22PRINCIPLES SHOULD GUIDE

1:20:25EVERYTHING, START WITH THE

1:20:26CITY'S CORE VALUES. I THINK WE

1:20:27WHEN WE REFERENCE THOSE, WE

1:20:29TEND TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRST

1:20:31TWO. AND ANTI-RACISM AND EQUITY

1:20:33ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. WE TALKED

1:20:34ABOUT THE NON-DUPLICATION OF

1:20:35EFFORTS. THERE'S ALSO A FISCAL

1:20:36RESPONSIBILITY RESPONSIBILITY

1:20:38THING AS WELL. BUT I THINK THIS

1:20:39ONE IS REALLY ABOUT

1:20:40COLLABORATION. AND THE IDEA

1:20:41THAT WE'RE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

1:20:42OUR COMMUNITIES IS REALLY

1:20:43IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE TALKING

1:20:44ABOUT ENGAGEMENT. FOR ME,

1:20:48ENGAGEMENT MEANS CO-CREATION,

1:20:50AND THAT IS A DIFFERENT CONCEPT

1:20:51THAN A LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS.

1:20:53ANOTHER CORE PRINCIPLE IS

1:20:55INCORPORATING COUNCIL

1:20:56ENGAGEMENT DIRECTLY. I HAVE

1:20:58MAJOR CONCERNS ABOUT THE IDEA

1:20:59THAT THIS THING IS HOUSED IN

1:21:01THE IN THE ADMINISTRATION TO

1:21:02BEGIN WITH, BUT WITHOUT GETTING

1:21:04TOO DEEP DOWN, THAT RIGHT NOW,

1:21:06I DO WANT TO NOTE WE HAVE A

1:21:08FUNDED POSITION THAT I'M

1:21:09DISAPPOINTED HAS BEEN VACANT

1:21:10FOR 15 MONTHS NOW FOR ON THE

1:21:13COUNCIL OPS TEAM FOR ENGAGEMENT.

1:21:15AND HOPEFULLY THAT PERSON, WHEN

1:21:16IT'S HIRED, CAN WORK WITH THE

1:21:18CHIEF ENGAGEMENT OFFICER WHEN

1:21:19THEY'RE HIRED AS WELL AND KEEP

1:21:21US CONNECTED TO TRY TO AVOID

1:21:22SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE

1:21:24REFERENCED. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT

1:21:25DEMOGRAPHICS. AND I DO AGREE

1:21:27ABOUT AGE, I THINK WE WE IT'S

1:21:29NOT JUST AGE OR GENDER OR RACE

1:21:32AND ETHNICITY AND ALL THAT.

1:21:33IT'S ALSO, I THINK THAT THE

1:21:34HOUSING STATUS AND THIS IS NOT

1:21:36EXCLUSIVE TO NEIGHBORHOOD

1:21:37ASSOCIATIONS. THIS IS A BROADER

1:21:39PIECE OF IT. SO I'LL CIRCLE

1:21:40BACK ON, ON THAT. BUT I THINK

1:21:43THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS WHY

1:21:45PEOPLE MOVE AROUND. AND SO

1:21:48GEOGRAPHY IS NOT ALWAYS STATIC

1:21:49AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS CHOSEN.

1:21:52WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RENTING.

1:21:55MOST RENTERS DON'T WANT TO

1:21:56LEAVE THE PLACE THEY'RE IN.

1:21:57THEY GET PRICED OUT OR THEY

1:21:59HAVE TO MOVE FOR OTHER REASONS.

1:22:00BUT ALSO WE HAVE A LARGE

1:22:02HISTORY OF DISPLACEMENT IN THIS

1:22:03CITY. AND SO PEOPLE ARE

1:22:04CONNECTED TO MULTIPLE AREAS.

1:22:05EITHER, YOU KNOW, THE PARKS,

1:22:06THEY GO TO, THE CHURCHES, THEY

1:22:08GO TO WHATEVER. YOU TALKED

1:22:11ABOUT ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH,

1:22:12HARMONY, YOU MENTIONED THAT

1:22:13SOME OF THE STAFF ARE

1:22:14ENGAGEMENT AND EQUITY. I'VE

1:22:16TALKED TO LAURA ABOUT

1:22:17SEPARATING COMMUNICATION AND

1:22:19ENGAGEMENT AS WELL. I WAS

1:22:21REALLY DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THAT

1:22:22IN THE INTERIM PROCESS, EACH

1:22:23SERVICE AREA COMBINED

1:22:25COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT

1:22:27INTO MANAGERS. THERE WAS A

1:22:28SERVICE AREA MANAGER FOR THOSE

1:22:30TWO DISCIPLINES TOGETHER. I

1:22:31THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY BAD

1:22:33CHOICE, BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF

1:22:36THE REALLY BIG RISKS AND

1:22:37FAILURES OF ENGAGEMENT IN THE

1:22:38CITY, AS SOMEONE WHO WORKED IN

1:22:40THE PORTLAND BUILDING, DOING

1:22:41ENGAGEMENT FOR A FEW YEARS, IS

1:22:42THE IDEA THAT IT'S THE SAME

1:22:44THING AS COMMUNICATIONS.

1:22:45COMMUNICATIONS IS ONE WAY.

1:22:46ENGAGEMENT IS TWO WAYS. IT IS

1:22:48SO DIFFERENT BEYOND THAT. BUT

1:22:49THAT IS THE FOUNDATIONAL

1:22:50DIFFERENCE. ENGAGEMENT IS IS

1:22:53CO-CREATION. AND I THINK

1:22:54RELATES TO THE COLLABORATION

1:22:55PIECE OF OUR CORE VALUES.

1:22:56WHEREAS COMMUNICATION IS MORE

1:22:57ABOUT TRANSPARENCY. IT'S

1:22:59EQUALLY VITAL. IT'S JUST A VERY

1:23:01DIFFERENT THING. AND I THINK I

1:23:04AGREE AS WELL WITH COUNCILOR

1:23:07COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT CLARK'S

1:23:08POINT ABOUT RESOURCES, IT CAN'T

1:23:10BE RESPONSIVE, IT CAN'T BE

1:23:11COORDINATED. IT CAN'T BE

1:23:12INCLUSIVE UNLESS YOU HAVE THE

1:23:13MONEY TO DO THAT. ONE OF THE

1:23:16MAIN REASONS WHY ENGAGEMENT IS,

1:23:17IS NOT INCLUSIVE IS WE JUST CAN

1:23:19DO THE THING WE CAN DO, AND WE

1:23:21CAN'T DO THAT EXTRA THING THAT

1:23:23WE NEED TO DO TO GET THAT OTHER

1:23:24GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT CAN'T DO

1:23:26THE DEFAULT, WHATEVER IT IS. I

1:23:29AGREE COMPLETELY WITH THE POINT

1:23:32ABOUT THAT. COUNCILOR AVALOS

1:23:33JUST MADE. THE WAY I WROTE IT

1:23:34WAS WE NEED TO SHOW HOW WE USED

1:23:37OR WHY WE DIDN'T USE THE INPUT,

1:23:39AND SOMETIMES WE'RE NOT GOING

1:23:41TO DO IT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO

1:23:43THE THING THAT WE HEARD THE

1:23:44MOST FROM. BUT I THINK WE OWE

1:23:46IT TO EVERYONE TO AT LEAST

1:23:47ACKNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A

1:23:49LOT OF WRITTEN TESTIMONY WHO

1:23:50SUPPORTING A DIFFERENT OUTCOME

1:23:51FOR CESAR CHAVEZ. RIGHT. BUT WE

1:23:53ALL EXPLAIN WHY WE VOTED THE

1:23:54WAY WE VOTED. THAT'S A GOOD

1:23:56EXAMPLE. SOMETIMES IT HASN'T

1:23:58HAPPENED, BUT I THINK IT'S, YOU

1:23:59KNOW, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, WE

1:24:01SHOULD LISTEN. ALSO, THIS WAS

1:24:02ONE OF THOSE WHERE WE DIDN'T

1:24:03AND WE SHOULD EXPLAIN WHY. AND

1:24:06I THINK IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE,

1:24:08BIGGER, ALL OF THAT IF IT SHOWS

1:24:10AND IT'LL ALSO BE YOUNGER. I

1:24:12THINK IF IF IT SHOWS, IF WE

1:24:14SHOW HOW WE USED ENGAGEMENT, IF

1:24:16WE SHOW WHAT YOU DID HERE

1:24:17MATTERED AND IT AFFECTED

1:24:19SOMETHING THAT OCCURRED IN THE

1:24:20CITY, I DID ENGAGEMENT ON

1:24:22POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY. I CANNOT

1:24:24TELL YOU HOW OFTEN THE REACTION

1:24:26HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH POLICE

1:24:28ACCOUNTABILITY OR THE BALLOT

1:24:28MEASURE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

1:24:30IT WAS, WHAT'S THE POINT? I

1:24:31ALREADY TOLD YOU THIS. SO ONE

1:24:33REALLY IMPORTANT THING WHEN WE

1:24:34TALK ABOUT CENTRALIZATION,

1:24:35THERE'S GOOD AND BAD TO THAT. I

1:24:37WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ALL THE

1:24:38REPORTS FOR ALL THE ENGAGEMENTS

1:24:40WE'VE EVER DONE BEFORE IN A

1:24:42SINGLE PLACE FOR NOT ONLY CITY

1:24:43STAFF, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC TO

1:24:45SEE, BECAUSE I HAD TO DIG OUT

1:24:47AND SPEND HOURS TRYING TO FIND,

1:24:49YOU KNOW, ACRONYMS THAT NOBODY

1:24:51HAD EVER HEARD OF THAT HAD DONE

1:24:53RESEARCH AND OUTREACH ON POLICE

1:24:55ACCOUNTABILITY. GOING BACK TO

1:24:56THE STORES COMMISSION IN THE

1:24:581980S, BEFORE I COULD SAY,

1:25:00ACKNOWLEDGE, HEY, THIS THING

1:25:01HAPPENED. AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE

1:25:04RIGHT, YOU DID SAY IT OR YOU'RE

1:25:05I GUESS GRANDPARENTS SAID IT

1:25:07BACK THEN. TWO OTHER THINGS I

1:25:10AGREE COMPLETELY WITH COUNCILOR

1:25:11PIRTLE-GUINEY ABOUT. THE THE

1:25:15PIECE ABOUT CONNECTING IT AND

1:25:18ABOUT HAVING IT SHOW IMPACT. I

1:25:20THINK THE OTHER PIECE IS WE

1:25:22HAVE TO STAFF THE. SOMETIMES

1:25:24WHAT WE DO IS WE DIRECT YOU TO

1:25:26THE RIGHT PLACE AS A RESPONSE.

1:25:27IT'S NOT SOLVING A POLICY

1:25:29PROBLEM. AND SO THOSE OTHER

1:25:31PLACES HAVE TO BE HAVE TO BE

1:25:33OPERATIONAL AS WELL. SO FOR

1:25:35EXAMPLE, STAFFING THREE ONE,

1:25:37ONE, THAT'S A THING THAT HELPS

1:25:39MAKE ENGAGEMENT EVENTS MORE

1:25:41RELEVANT AND MORE HELPFUL, EVEN

1:25:42THOUGH THEY SEEM LIKE A

1:25:43DIFFERENT THING. BECAUSE

1:25:44SOMETIMES EITHER US OR THEM,

1:25:45WE'RE TRYING TO, IT'S A, IT'S A

1:25:47DOORWAY INTO NOT ONLY POLICY

1:25:49WORK, BUT CONSTITUENT SERVICES

1:25:50WORK. AND THEN THE LAST THING

1:25:53IS ENGAGEMENT DOES NOT HAVE TO

1:25:54BE BUSINESS MEETINGS. THEY DO

1:25:56NOT HAVE TO BE. THEY DO NOT

1:25:59HAVE TO BE WORK. WE SHOULD BE

1:26:01TALKING ABOUT FUN. WE SHOULD BE

1:26:02TALKING ABOUT JOY. WE FUND

1:26:04BLOCK PARTIES. WE ALREADY DO

1:26:05THIS FOR THE EXACT REASON THAT

1:26:08EVERYBODY KNEW THIS ALREADY

1:26:09WHEN WE STARTED FUNDING BLOCK

1:26:10PARTIES. AND I, LIKE I MAKE A

1:26:12POINT OF JUST PULLING OVER. IF

1:26:13I'M DRIVING BY A BLOCK PARTY

1:26:15THAT I SEE LIKE A ROAD CLOSED,

1:26:17I ALWAYS PEEK DOWN THE WAY. SO

1:26:18LITERALLY TWO DAYS AGO I WAS

1:26:20DRIVING, PULLED OVER, CHATTED

1:26:21WITH SOME FOLKS IN NORTH

1:26:23PORTLAND ABOUT THE BLOCK PARTY.

1:26:25AND YES, IT WAS FUNDED THROUGH

1:26:27A MINI MICRO GRANT OR WHATEVER

1:26:28I CAN'T REMEMBER. IT'S A MINI

1:26:30GRANT OR MICRO GRANT, BUT THOSE

1:26:31THINGS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT,

1:26:32AND I THINK SCALING THAT UP IS

1:26:34REALLY VALUABLE TOO, BECAUSE IT

1:26:36SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE A CHORE TO

1:26:37ENGAGE WITH YOUR CITY

1:26:38GOVERNMENT. IT SHOULD ALSO BE A

1:26:40THING THAT HELPS ENHANCE YOUR

1:26:41OVERALL EXPERIENCE OF BEING A

1:26:43PORTLANDER. THANKS.

1:26:46>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CLARK,

1:26:48DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT

1:26:49FIRST QUESTION? STILL.

1:26:50>> I WOULD LIKE TO JUST RIFF

1:26:51OFF OF THE COMMENTS THAT I

1:26:53HEARD MORE OF A DISCUSSION, AND

1:26:55I'M HAPPY TO THEN MOVE INTO TWO.

1:26:57>> COUNCILOR NOVICK ARE YOU

1:26:58WANTING TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRST

1:27:00QUESTION STILL ARGUABLY.

1:27:03>> OKAY. LET'S GO. COUNCILOR.

1:27:04CLARK. COUNCILOR. NOVICK. AND

1:27:05THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO QUESTION

1:27:06NUMBER TWO.

1:27:07>> THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, I

1:27:09WOULD LIKE TO JUST ADD THE WORD

1:27:10UNDER OF RESPONSIVENESS. I'VE

1:27:12HEARD THAT A COUPLE TIMES. BUT

1:27:14RESPONSIVENESS SHOULD BE A HIGH

1:27:16A HIGH. AND TO COUNCILOR AVALOS

1:27:20EXPERIENCE, I JUST WANT TO

1:27:21SPEAK TO THAT, THAT WHEN I GO

1:27:23TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS,

1:27:24SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE AMAZED

1:27:26THAT A COUNCILOR SHOWED UP OR

1:27:27IT'S LIKE, OH, THE FIRST TIME

1:27:29I'VE MET A COUNCILOR. WOW. IT'S

1:27:30LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK

1:27:32IT'S ANY BIG DEAL, BUT IT IS TO

1:27:34THEM. AND THEN IF YOU ACTUALLY

1:27:36LISTEN TO THEIR ISSUE AND THEN

1:27:38YOU'RE ABLE TO RESPOND AND GET

1:27:40A RESULT, THAT'S HUGE. AND I

1:27:42THINK THAT IF WE CAN DO MORE OF

1:27:44THAT, WE CAN SHOW THAT THE CITY

1:27:46WORKS FOR PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, IF

1:27:48WE CAN RESPOND TO THEIR

1:27:50IMMEDIATE NEED OR WHATEVER IT

1:27:51IS, WE'RE GOING TO RESTORE

1:27:53CONFIDENCE IN THE CITY IF WE

1:27:54CAN, IF WE CAN ENGAGE IN THAT

1:27:56WAY WITH NEIGHBORHOOD

1:27:58ASSOCIATIONS OR WHOEVER IT IS.

1:27:59RESPOND TO THEIR ISSUE. I ALSO

1:28:01WANT TO GET BACK TO COUNCILOR

1:28:04PIRTLE-GUINEY ON THE DOOR. I

1:28:05THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY GREAT

1:28:08OBSERVATION. THERE ARE SO MANY

1:28:09DOORS AND I HAVE TALKED TO A

1:28:12FEW PEOPLE IN THE

1:28:14ADMINISTRATION ABOUT WHAT

1:28:15SEATTLE DOES. NOW. THIS IS

1:28:16DIFFERENT THAN 311, BUT I THINK

1:28:18THEY HAVE A THING CALLED FIX IT.

1:28:20AND IF YOU CALL FIX IT, IT GOES

1:28:22TO THE RIGHT BUREAU. YOU KNOW,

1:28:24IF IT'S A WATER MAIN IS BROKEN

1:28:27OR A STREET LIGHT IS OUT, OR

1:28:29THERE'S A HORRIFYING POTHOLE,

1:28:31THEY HAVE A WAY OF DEALING WITH

1:28:33THAT. IMMEDIATELY FIX IT, AS

1:28:34OPPOSED TO FINDING YOUR WAY

1:28:36THROUGH PBOT OR I'VE HAD

1:28:37NEIGHBORS WHO'VE CALLED THE

1:28:39WATER BUREAU ABOUT A WATER LEAK

1:28:41IN THE STREET FOR TWO WEEKS AND

1:28:43NEVER GOTTEN A RESPONSE. AND SO

1:28:44WHEN, OF COURSE, I INTERVENE,

1:28:46THEY GET THE RESPONSE. IT GETS

1:28:47FIXED. IT'S GREAT. BUT I THINK

1:28:49IF WE HAD A DOOR LIKE A FIXIT

1:28:51DOOR, THAT MIGHT THAT MIGHT

1:28:53HELP, BUT IT IS DIFFERENT THAN

1:28:56311. JUST A THOUGHT. I'LL STOP

1:28:59THERE. WELL.

1:29:01>> GO AHEAD, COUNCILOR NOVICK

1:29:02AND THEN COUNCILOR SMITH.

1:29:04>> THANK YOU CHAIR. I JUST

1:29:05CAN'T RESIST COMMENTING THAT ON

1:29:07A COUNCIL THAT'S SOMETIMES

1:29:08REFERRED TO AS BEING DEFINED BY

1:29:10GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES, I

1:29:11REALLY APPRECIATED HEARING

1:29:13COUNCILOR AVALOS SAYING, YOU'RE

1:29:15PICKING UP WHAT I'M PUTTING

1:29:16DOWN, THUS DEMONSTRATING THAT

1:29:17THERE ARE IDIOMATIC PHRASES

1:29:19THAT ALL THE GENERATIONS UP

1:29:20HERE CAN UNDERSTAND. AND I

1:29:21THINK ACTUALLY THAT MIGHT BE A

1:29:23PRINCIPLE FOR OUR PUBLIC

1:29:24ENGAGEMENT. USE MORE

1:29:25CROSS-GENERATIONAL IDIOMATIC

1:29:26PHRASES.

1:29:29>> NOW HOLD ON. IS THAT LIKE

1:29:31SOME ELDER PHRASE? WHAT DO YOU

1:29:33MEAN?

1:29:34>> I GOT IT. IT'S BEEN AROUND

1:29:36FOR A WHILE.

1:29:37>> OKAY, GOOD TO KNOW.

1:29:39>> COUNCILOR SMITH. GO AHEAD.

1:29:41>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR CLARK,

1:29:44I THINK WE HAVE THE FIX IT.

1:29:47IT'S 211, RIGHT? 311.

1:29:53>> I THINK 311 IS A LITTLE

1:29:55BROADER THAN A FIX IT.

1:29:58>> YEAH. AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED

1:29:59TO BE PUSHING THOSE CALLS TO

1:30:02THE RIGHT BUREAUS. AND IF

1:30:03THEY'RE NOT, I THINK YOU NEED

1:30:05TO TELL CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND

1:30:06THE MAYOR THAT'S NOT HAPPENING

1:30:08BECAUSE THAT IS THE REASON WHY

1:30:10WE WE DID THIS WHOLE NEW SYSTEM

1:30:12IS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE GO

1:30:14TO THE RIGHT PLACE. I THINK FIX

1:30:17IT SOUNDS BETTER. IT SOUNDS

1:30:19LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE

1:30:21ENGAGING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU

1:30:23WANT SOMETHING FIXED, CALL FIX

1:30:24IT. THAT SOUNDS MORE ENGAGING,

1:30:27BUT WE DO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S,

1:30:29THAT'S THERE. AND I THINK THAT

1:30:32YOU'RE ALSO ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

1:30:33WE NEED TO PUT MORE RESOURCES

1:30:35INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

1:30:37ASSOCIATIONS. I HAVE A COUPLE

1:30:40STAFF FOLKS WHO ACTUALLY THAT'S

1:30:42WHAT THEY DO. THEY GO TO

1:30:43NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, THEY

1:30:45INTERFACE WITH THEM. THEY BRING

1:30:46BACK THINGS THAT THEY WANT. AND,

1:30:50YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU CAN'T JUST

1:30:52DO IT LIKE ONCE EVERY SIX

1:30:55MONTHS. YOU GOT TO DO IT EVERY

1:30:56MONTH. YOU GOT TO KIND OF BE A

1:30:58FIXTURE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT

1:31:00I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO INVEST

1:31:03IN PEOPLE RESOURCES TO WHAT

1:31:05THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. I,

1:31:07IT'S JUST AMAZING. ALL THE

1:31:10PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE LOST IN

1:31:11CIVIC LIFE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO

1:31:15ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS

1:31:17THAT WE USED TO DO IN THE

1:31:20NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND

1:31:21WITHIN CIVIC LIFE. I THINK IT'S

1:31:24IMPORTANT. AND I ALSO DO THINK

1:31:26THAT WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO

1:31:29FIGURE OUT WAYS TO GET

1:31:30DIFFERENT PEOPLE. AND I'VE

1:31:31TALKED TO OUR DISTRICT ONE

1:31:32COALITION ABOUT THIS, ABOUT HOW

1:31:33TO GET DIFFERENT FOLKS INTO THE

1:31:36ROOM BECAUSE RENTERS, DIVERSE

1:31:40COMMUNITIES, FOLKS WHO JUST

1:31:43DON'T WANT TO BE BOTHERED, THEY

1:31:44THEY DON'T COME. PEOPLE WHO

1:31:48KNOW THE ISSUES, WHO, WHO

1:31:50UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S BEEN A

1:31:51STOP SIGN THAT'S BEEN BROKE FOR

1:31:53FOUR YEARS. THEY COME BECAUSE

1:31:54THEY'RE RALLYING AROUND THAT.

1:31:56THEY'RE RALLYING AROUND A

1:31:58SPECIFIC THING. BUT WE NEED TO

1:32:00FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT BECAUSE

1:32:01WHEN WE DON'T FIGURE IT OUT, WE

1:32:04GET BALLOT MEASURES THAT TELL

1:32:06US WE NEED TO DO MORE OUTREACH

1:32:08BECAUSE WE'RE NOT REACHING

1:32:10PEOPLE. AND I THINK IF WE HAVE

1:32:14THE INFRASTRUCTURE PUT IN PLACE

1:32:17THAT WE CAN DO ALL OF THOSE

1:32:19THINGS, AND EVERYBODY'S NOT

1:32:20GOING TO COME TO A NEIGHBORHOOD

1:32:22ASSOCIATION MEETING. BUT THERE

1:32:23ARE OTHER WAYS IN WHICH THAT

1:32:25THEY CAN ENGAGE, BECAUSE WE

1:32:26HAVE 12 FOLKS WHO ARE ELECTED,

1:32:28AND NOW THEY HAVE 12 FOLKS THAT

1:32:29ARE INTERFACING WITH THEM IN

1:32:31DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE

1:32:33COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT BE THE

1:32:34GROCERY STORE, PEOPLE ARE GOING

1:32:37TO EVENTS INSIDE THE COMMUNITY.

1:32:39THAT'S HOW WE'RE REACHING OUT

1:32:41TO PEOPLE. BUT I THINK YOU

1:32:43ALL'S WORK IS NUMBER ONE. I

1:32:46THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT. AND I

1:32:49WILL TALK TO DANA ABOUT WHEN

1:32:51SHE'S GOING TO FILL THAT THAT

1:32:53POSITION, BECAUSE I THINK WE

1:32:54NEED TO HAVE THAT. WE DON'T

1:32:55HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AS

1:32:56COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO REACH

1:32:59FOLKS. WE ONLY HAVE PEOPLE WHO

1:33:00YOU'VE ALREADY TALK WITH, AND

1:33:04THEN WE DON'T REALLY HAVE

1:33:05ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION IF

1:33:06THEY DIDN'T GIVE IT TO US. SO

1:33:09WE ARE REACHING THE SAME PEOPLE.

1:33:11AND I FIND IT FASCINATING TO A

1:33:15DEGREE, AND I DON'T KNOW, I

1:33:17HAVEN'T TALKED TO THE MAYOR

1:33:18ABOUT IT, BUT DISTRICT ONE,

1:33:23WHEN WE HAD OUR BUDGET HEARINGS,

1:33:25I NOTICED THE OTHER THREE

1:33:28DISTRICTS, THEY WERE STANDING

1:33:30ROOM ONLY. WE DID ONE WITH CITY

1:33:33ADMINISTRATOR LEE, AND WE HAD

1:33:35TWO HOURS. WE WERE DONE IN 45

1:33:37MINUTES. PEOPLE WEREN'T THERE,

1:33:41AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO

1:33:44THAT. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW HOW

1:33:45ANYBODY DOES THAT. THERE IS

1:33:47THERE IS A A REASON WHY PEOPLE

1:33:50ARE NOT SHOWING UP IN DISTRICT

1:33:52ONE. AND IT'S IT'S NOT ALL THE

1:33:56SAME REASON, BUT THANK YOU FOR

1:34:00THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. AND

1:34:01I REALLY WANT TO WORK WITH YOU

1:34:03TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN DO

1:34:05SOMETHING ABOUT INCREASING

1:34:06THOSE RESOURCES.

1:34:09>> THANKS. COUNCILOR. COUNCILOR

1:34:11GREEN, DID YOU WANT TO EXPAND

1:34:14ON THIS FIRST TOPIC? FIRST

1:34:15QUESTION ABOUT THE PRINCIPLES

1:34:16FOR REBUILDING OUR ENGAGEMENT

1:34:18SYSTEM. OKAY, GREAT. LET'S MOVE

1:34:20TO NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS HOW

1:34:22SHOULD COMMUNITY INPUT INFORM

1:34:25COUNCIL DECISION MAKING? AND

1:34:27HOW CAN WE DESIGN AN ENGAGEMENT

1:34:28SYSTEM THAT RELIABLY MEETS

1:34:30THOSE EXPECTATIONS? GO AHEAD,

1:34:32COUNCILOR GREEN.

1:34:34>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR KOYAMA

1:34:35LANE. YOU KNOW, I UNDERLINE

1:34:38COUNCIL DECISION MAKING HERE

1:34:40BECAUSE THAT'S SORT OF THE

1:34:40OPERATIVE FULCRUM. IT'S NOT THE

1:34:43DECISIONS AND PRIORITIES OF

1:34:44INDIVIDUAL COUNCILORS, BUT IT'S

1:34:45LIKE, WHAT IS THE BODY DOING?

1:34:47WHAT ARE WE SPENDING OUR TIME

1:34:48ON? WHAT ARE WE ENGAGING ON ON

1:34:50A POLICY BASIS? AND SO. I, YOU

1:34:54KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO

1:34:55AREAS THAT I THINK ABOUT

1:34:56THROUGH THIS CONVERSATION. ONE

1:34:58IS I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD

1:34:59TRY TO FIND WAYS TO STRUCTURE

1:35:01WORK SESSIONS INTENTIONALLY

1:35:04AROUND THAT BEING A FORUM FOR

1:35:05THE DISTRICT COALITION OFFICERS

1:35:09OR REPRESENTATIVES, OR MAYBE A

1:35:10DELEGATE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD

1:35:11ASSOCIATIONS TO COME AND MAKE A

1:35:13CASE TO COUNCIL ON SOMETHING.

1:35:15MAYBE IT'S MAYBE IT'S A PIECE

1:35:16OF FEEDBACK, MAYBE IT'S A

1:35:18IDENTIFYING AN OPPORTUNITY,

1:35:19MAYBE IT'S A, A GAP. BUT THE

1:35:22WORK SESSIONS IS HOW WE SORT OF

1:35:24GET OURSELVES PRIMED TO MAKE

1:35:26DECISIONS OR TO BECOME AWARE OF

1:35:28GAPS OR BECOME AWARE OF

1:35:29CHALLENGES. SO THAT'S ONE PIECE,

1:35:31JUST SOME REGULARITY, MAYBE,

1:35:33MAYBE QUARTERLY. I DON'T KNOW

1:35:35WHAT THE RIGHT FREQUENCY IS,

1:35:36BUT BUT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE

1:35:37THAT. AND AGAIN, JUST I KNOW

1:35:41THE FORMALITY OF OUR

1:35:42INSTITUTION DOESN'T OFTEN

1:35:43AFFORD IT, BUT BUT HAVING SPACE

1:35:46TO ALMOST CASUALLY ENGAGE IN A

1:35:49BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THIS DAIS

1:35:53UPSTREAM OF POLICY SEEMS REALLY

1:35:54IMPORTANT. AND DOING IT IN A

1:35:55PUBLIC EYE. AND I THINK WE'VE

1:35:57GOT FOLKS WHO DO WATCH THESE

1:35:59SESSIONS FROM THEIR LAPTOPS,

1:36:01FROM THEIR PHONES. THEY THEY

1:36:04POST ABOUT IT. AND, AND SO

1:36:06BEING, BEING ABLE TO HAVE THEM

1:36:07SEE THAT ENGAGEMENT WITH THE

1:36:09DISTRICT COALITIONS THAT MIGHT

1:36:10SPARK AN INTEREST FOR THEM TO

1:36:12GET INVOLVED TOO. SO THAT'S ONE

1:36:13IDEA. THE OTHER PART IS, YOU

1:36:16KNOW, WE'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD

1:36:18PRACTICE WHERE, WHERE WHEN WE

1:36:21CONSIDER COUNCIL ACTION THAT

1:36:22CAME OUT OF COMMITTEE, WE GET A

1:36:23COMMITTEE STAFF SUMMARY. I

1:36:26THINK IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING

1:36:27AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL OR EVEN

1:36:29AT THE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING

1:36:30LEVEL, TO HAVE A COALITION

1:36:33SUMMARY OF LIKE SPECIFIC

1:36:35LEGISLATIVE ITEMS THAT MAYBE

1:36:37HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT ARE

1:36:39BEING CONTEMPLATED AND COUNCIL

1:36:41MIGHT WANT TO VOTE ON BECAUSE

1:36:43THAT PROVIDES ANOTHER

1:36:44TOUCHPOINT THAT'S LIKE, IT'S

1:36:45NOT MEDIATED THROUGH SPECIFIC

1:36:48REPS. IT'S, IT'S STRAIGHT FROM

1:36:49THE COMMUNITY. OF COURSE,

1:36:51MAKING THAT WORK REQUIRES US TO

1:36:53SOLVE SOME PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE

1:36:54STILL BEEN WRESTLING WITH,

1:36:55WHICH IS LIKE, HOW DO WE CREATE

1:36:57THIS LONG LEAD TIME OF

1:36:59NOTIFICATION ABOUT THE SAUSAGE

1:37:01MAKING THAT WE'RE DOING LONG

1:37:02BEFORE IT DOES COME TO THE

1:37:04POINT WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO

1:37:05KIND OF BRING TOGETHER FINISHED

1:37:06FINAL ACTIONS. BUT I THINK I

1:37:08THINK WHEN FOLKS WERE THINKING

1:37:10ABOUT THIS NEW FORM OF

1:37:11GOVERNMENT, THEY ENVISIONED

1:37:12THAT SORT OF ITERATIVE PROCESS

1:37:14WHEN WE THOUGHT ABOUT

1:37:15COMMITTEES, IF WE'RE GOING TO

1:37:16HAVE COMMITTEES, RIGHT? THAT'S

1:37:19AN OPEN QUESTION. BUT I THINK

1:37:21THAT'S THE VALUE THAT THEY

1:37:22BRING. YEAH. AND I JUST THINK,

1:37:26YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALSO BEEN

1:37:27SOME CONVERSATION AROUND THE

1:37:29BUDGET AND SORT OF BRINGING

1:37:30BACK THINGS SIMILAR TO THE

1:37:32BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEES. BUT.

1:37:35IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, IF

1:37:36WE'RE GOING TO GO IN THAT

1:37:38DIRECTION, IT'D BE GREAT IF WE

1:37:39EMPOWERED AND GAVE THE TOOLS TO

1:37:41OUR, OUR DISTRICT COALITIONS TO

1:37:42ALSO PROVIDE US UPSTREAM AND

1:37:44EARLY INTERVENTIONS ON BUDGET

1:37:46PRIORITIES. I JUST THINK THAT

1:37:48CONNECTED TO THIS IDEA OF

1:37:49COUNCIL ADOPTING A, A SORT OF

1:37:51ANNUAL OR BIENNIAL OR WHATEVER

1:37:52THE FREQUENCY IS LIKE

1:37:54PRIORITIZATION EXERCISE THAT

1:37:56THEN GUIDES OUR BUDGETING. I

1:37:58THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE IN LINE

1:38:00WITH WHAT OUR COALITIONS ARE

1:38:02THINKING AS WELL. SO THAT'S

1:38:03THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE

1:38:05THOUGHTS ON HOW TO DESIGN A, A,

1:38:08I THINK A CLOSER CONNECTION

1:38:09WITH COUNCIL DECISION MAKING.

1:38:12THANKS.

1:38:12>> THANK YOU COUNCILOR. WE WILL

1:38:14GO TO COUNCILOR NOVICK AND THEN

1:38:16COUNCILOR AVALOS.

1:38:18>> THANK YOU CHAIR. SO HOW

1:38:21SHOULD COMMUNITY INPUT INFORM

1:38:22COUNCIL DECISION MAKING? I

1:38:24THINK PART OF THE ANSWER TO

1:38:25THAT IS COUNCIL SHOULD BE AWARE

1:38:27OF AND SENSITIVE TO HOW MUCH OF

1:38:29THE COMMUNITY THEY'RE HEARING

1:38:31FROM, BECAUSE I THINK OFTEN IN

1:38:34THIS BUILDING, YOU KNOW, WE

1:38:36HAVE ONE NONPROFIT MOTIVATED

1:38:38200 PEOPLE TO SEND US AN EMAIL

1:38:39AND 20 PEOPLE TO SHOW UP. AND

1:38:41WE THINK WE'VE HEARD FROM

1:38:43COMMUNITY WHEN ACTUALLY IT'S A

1:38:44VERY SMALL, SELF-SELECTED PART

1:38:45OF THE COMMUNITY. BY THE SAME

1:38:47TOKEN, IF YOU HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD

1:38:48ASSOCIATION, PEOPLE SHOW UP AND

1:38:50THE PEOPLE WHO GO TO THE

1:38:52NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ARE

1:38:53VASTLY UNDER REPRESENTATIVE OF

1:38:54THE DIVERSITY OF THEIR

1:38:56COMMUNITIES. THAT'S NOT REALLY

1:38:57HEARING FROM COMMUNITY EITHER.

1:38:58SO I THINK PART OF HOW SHOULD

1:39:01COMMUNITY INFORM COUNCIL

1:39:02DECISION MAKING IS COUNCIL

1:39:04NEEDS TO BE SENSITIVE TO HOW

1:39:06MUCH THE COMMUNITY YOU'RE

1:39:07HEARING FROM, AND WE SHOULD

1:39:09ALSO ALL TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO

1:39:11MAKE SURE THAT WE HEAR FROM THE

1:39:13WHOLE COMMUNITY, RATHER THAN

1:39:14SELF-SELECTED PARTS OF IT. AND

1:39:15THAT'S REALLY HARD. BUT I JUST

1:39:17THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO

1:39:19BE SENSITIVE TO.

1:39:20>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.

1:39:22COUNCILOR AVALOS.

1:39:24>> I THINK THE MAIN THING ABOUT

1:39:27GETTING COMMUNITY INPUT FOR OUR

1:39:30DECISIONS IS THAT WE ACTUALLY

1:39:31HAVE TO SEEK THEIR INPUT BEFORE

1:39:33DECISIONS ARE MADE. WE ARE

1:39:35ALWAYS ASKING PEOPLE TO GIVE US

1:39:37THEIR INPUT ON DECISIONS THAT

1:39:39ARE BASICALLY MADE. EVEN IF WE

1:39:41SAY THEY AREN'T, THEY BASICALLY

1:39:43ARE BECAUSE WE ARE BRINGING

1:39:44THEM IN WAY LATE INTO THE

1:39:46PROCESS. AND IN ORDER TO HAVE

1:39:49PEOPLE HELP US MAKE DECISIONS,

1:39:50WE NEED TO GET BETTER AT GIVING

1:39:52THEM THE TOOLS TO MAKE

1:39:54DECISIONS. BECAUSE PART OF MY

1:39:56EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO BEING ON

1:39:59COUNCIL, JUST AS SOMEBODY WHO

1:40:00WAS, YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY

1:40:01TRYING TO INFLUENCE WHAT WAS

1:40:02GOING ON AT COUNCIL, I WAS

1:40:05CONSTANTLY MET WITH NO, BUT NOT

1:40:08WHY. NO, NOT HERE'S HOW YOU

1:40:10COULD GET TO. YES. HERE'S, YOU

1:40:13KNOW, THE REASONS WHY THESE

1:40:14THINGS ARE NOT POSSIBLE. BUT

1:40:16HERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS. AND SO

1:40:17THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS

1:40:19THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO

1:40:20DO. IN MY OFFICE. WE STARTED A

1:40:22WORKSHOP WITH ME PROGRAM. AND I

1:40:24FOUND THAT REALLY USEFUL

1:40:25BECAUSE ALSO IT'S IMPORTANT TO

1:40:28TEACH PEOPLE TO TALK TO EACH

1:40:30OTHER, NOT TO US, BECAUSE WHAT

1:40:31OFTEN HAPPENS IS PEOPLE HAVE

1:40:33ACCESS TO US. THEY'RE JUST

1:40:35NATURALLY, WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN

1:40:36PERSONAL CONNECTIONS THAT WE

1:40:37COME IN HERE WITH. AND THEN

1:40:39THERE'S THE LAYER OF PEOPLE WHO

1:40:40ARE USED TO COMING TO COUNCIL,

1:40:42YOUR YOUR TYPICAL LOBBYISTS OR

1:40:44PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTIVE IN BEING

1:40:47IN COUNCIL MEETINGS AND ALL OF

1:40:49THAT. AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE

1:40:51SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST THIS

1:40:53KIND OF 1 TO 1 DIRECT TO US,

1:40:56BECAUSE WHAT I WANT IS I WANT

1:40:58ALL OF THOSE GROUPS THAT HAVE

1:40:59THOSE DIFFERENT OPINIONS TO

1:41:00FACE EACH OTHER AND EXPLAIN TO

1:41:01EACH OTHER WHY WE SHOULD OR

1:41:03SHOULDN'T TAKE A CERTAIN ACTION.

1:41:04AND THAT'S WHAT I SAW IN MY

1:41:07WORKSHOP WITH ME, WHICH I AM

1:41:08TRYING TO LIKE SCALE BECAUSE

1:41:10IT'S LIKE, OKAY, YOU KNOW,

1:41:12LOBBYIST FOR A, A TENANT

1:41:16ORGANIZATION OR A HOUSING

1:41:17DEVELOPMENT, TALK TO A TENANT.

1:41:19AND, YOU KNOW, LET'S DEBATE THE

1:41:21POLICY, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT

1:41:22YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES, BUT FACE

1:41:24EACH OTHER. DON'T JUST TALK TO

1:41:25ME. AND SO HOW ARE WE CREATING

1:41:27MORE OF THAT KIND OF

1:41:28INTENTIONAL SPACE WHERE PEOPLE

1:41:30CAN ACTUALLY WORKSHOP THINGS

1:41:32WITH EACH OTHER, WITH COMMUNITY,

1:41:33NOT JUST WITH US, BECAUSE THAT

1:41:36FORMALITY IS WHAT I THINK IS A

1:41:38BARRIER. AND THEN ESPECIALLY

1:41:40BECAUSE IF THEY'RE BEING

1:41:41BROUGHT ON, BROUGHT IN AT A

1:41:42POINT WHERE IT DOESN'T FEEL

1:41:44LIKE ANYTHING THEY SAY IS GOING

1:41:45TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF THE

1:41:47DECISION, THEN THAT FEELS

1:41:49FUTILE. SO I THINK HOW ARE WE

1:41:52STRUCTURING OUR ENGAGEMENT IN A

1:41:54WAY THAT WHEN WE'RE

1:41:55COMMUNICATING, THIS IS THE TIME

1:41:57WHERE WE'RE ASKING YOU TO WEIGH

1:41:58IN BECAUSE HERE'S THE REST OF

1:42:00THE TIMELINE, AND HERE'S THE

1:42:01POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE,

1:42:03THIS IS THE POINT WHERE

1:42:05DECISIONS NEED TO GET MADE,

1:42:06RIGHT? WE'VE GOT TO FILE THE,

1:42:07THE ORDINANCE. WE'RE NOT GOING

1:42:08TO BE ABLE TO MAKE AS MANY

1:42:10CHANGES IN THIS STAGE. SO

1:42:13HELPING PEOPLE NAVIGATE THE

1:42:15LEGISLATIVE PROCESS HELPS THEM

1:42:17FEEL LIKE THEY CAN ACTUALLY BE

1:42:19INFORMED OF WHERE THEY CAN

1:42:20INFLUENCE IT. AND SO I JUST

1:42:23WANT US TO CREATE MORE

1:42:26CONVERSATIONAL TYPE SPACES, NOT

1:42:28JUST LIKE ONE SIDED SURVEYS OR

1:42:31TELL US WHAT YOU THINK OR DOT

1:42:33EXERCISES. THOSE ARE ALL HAVE

1:42:34THEY HAVE A ROLE. BUT WHEN ALL

1:42:38OF OUR SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED BY

1:42:40THAT KIND OF ONE WAY INPUT,

1:42:42IT'S NOT GIVING PEOPLE THE

1:42:44CONFIDENCE THAT THEIR THEIR

1:42:45INPUT IS BEING USED IN THE

1:42:48FUTURE. AND ONE THING I WANTED

1:42:50TO MENTION TOO IS WE JUST

1:42:52REALLY NEED TO. I THINK THIS

1:42:53MIGHT HAVE BEEN TOWARDS THE

1:42:54FIRST QUESTION, BUT WE NEED TO

1:42:56LIKE ACTUALLY VALUE PEOPLE'S

1:42:58TIME. AND VALUING THEIR TIME

1:43:00MEANS GIVING THEM DINNER,

1:43:02HAVING CHILDCARE. IF WE HAVE

1:43:05THE ABILITY TO GIVE STIPENDS,

1:43:06IF WE HAVE WAYS TO COMPENSATE

1:43:07PEOPLE PAYING FOR THEIR PARKING,

1:43:10THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS

1:43:11THAT I KNOW FOR EAST

1:43:12PORTLANDERS. THOSE ARE THE BIG

1:43:14BARRIERS. MOST OF OUR, YOU KNOW,

1:43:16CONSTITUENTS, THEY'VE GOT YOUNG

1:43:18FAMILIES. AND SO IF YOU WANT TO

1:43:21IF YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM,

1:43:23YOU NEED TO MAKE IT WORTH THEIR

1:43:25TIME AND KNOW THAT THEIR TIME

1:43:27IS VALUABLE. AND THERE'S A

1:43:28DOLLAR AMOUNT TO THAT. AND IT

1:43:30DOESN'T HAVE TO MEAN A DOLLAR

1:43:31YOU GIVE, BUT IT HAS TO MEAN

1:43:33VALUE THAT YOU GIVE BACK IN

1:43:34RETURN. THANKS.

1:43:36>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR

1:43:38COUNCILOR KANAL.

1:43:39>> THANK YOU CHAIR. I HAVE SOME

1:43:41THINGS PREPARED, BUT I REALLY

1:43:42JUST WANT TO PICK UP ON THAT

1:43:43LAST PIECE BECAUSE IT'S SO

1:43:45IMPORTANT VALUING PEOPLE'S TIME.

1:43:47I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT

1:43:48PARKING, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF

1:43:49THOSE THINGS THAT I REMEMBER

1:43:51ASKING ABOUT PARKING ASSISTANCE

1:43:52FOR AN EVENT THAT I WAS TRYING

1:43:54TO DO AND WAS TOLD BASICALLY IT

1:43:56WAS AGAINST THE THE CLIMATE

1:43:57VALUES. SO IT WASN'T A GOOD USE.

1:43:59AND IT'S LIKE PEOPLE COULD RIDE

1:44:01TRANSIT. WELL, EVEN BEFORE THE

1:44:02RAPID ROUNDS OF CUTS WE'VE HAD

1:44:05OF TRANSIT, THAT'S NOT VALUING

1:44:06THEIR TIME EITHER. IF IT TAKES

1:44:07TWO HOURS TO GET HERE, WHEN YOU

1:44:08HAVE TO TRANSFER SEVERAL BUSSES

1:44:10FROM EAST PORTLAND. AND SO ONE

1:44:11OF THOSE THINGS RELATED TO THAT

1:44:13IS ALSO NOT ALWAYS BEING

1:44:14DOWNTOWN, BUT GETTING OUT AND

1:44:15ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY. I, I

1:44:18LOVE THE SPACES WE HAVE AT THE

1:44:20PORTLAND BUILDING OR THE 1900

1:44:22OR WHATEVER. AND OF COURSE HERE.

1:44:23BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET OUT

1:44:25AND ABOUT TOO, EVEN IF THE

1:44:26SPACE IS A LITTLE IMPERFECT.

1:44:28BUT I AGREE WITH ALL OF THAT.

1:44:31OKAY, SO ANOTHER LIKE REALLY

1:44:33BIG PICTURE THING HERE IS I

1:44:36WANT TO I'M GOING TO ANSWER THE

1:44:37QUESTION, BUT I DON'T WANT IT

1:44:39TO COME ACROSS AS THE PURPOSE

1:44:41OF ENGAGEMENT IS TO AFFECT

1:44:43COUNCIL DECISION MAKING. IT'S

1:44:44ALSO TO AFFECT THE MAYOR'S

1:44:45DECISION MAKING. IT'S ALSO TO

1:44:46AFFECT THE ADMINISTRATION'S THE

1:44:48BUREAUS, ETC. AND SO I'M GOING

1:44:50TO YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE

1:44:51CONCEPTS MAY BE THE SAME.

1:44:52THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WE

1:44:53SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN TOO,

1:44:55BECAUSE I DON'T. OTHERWISE,

1:44:58WE'RE CREATING A PERMANENT,

1:44:59PERMANENTLY ADVERSARIAL

1:45:01SITUATION WHERE THIS IS THE

1:45:02INPUT AFTER THERE'S ALREADY A

1:45:03PROPOSAL WHEN 70% OF WHAT WE

1:45:05ENGAGE WITH IS COMING AS A

1:45:07PROPOSAL FROM FROM THE MAYOR.

1:45:08AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH

1:45:09THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE

1:45:11THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HE

1:45:12GETS THE SAME ACCESS TO THE

1:45:14SAME INFORMATION. I AGREE

1:45:15COMPLETELY WITH COUNCILOR

1:45:16NOVICK THAT WHEN THERE'S

1:45:17GEOGRAPHIC SPECIFIC ENGAGEMENT

1:45:17IN OUR DISTRICT, WE OUGHT TO

1:45:19KNOW, YOU KNOW, PBOT OR

1:45:20WHATEVER IS DOING AN ENGAGEMENT

1:45:22HERE. PARKS. THOSE TWO, I THINK,

1:45:24ARE THE MOST DOMINANT ONES, BUT

1:45:25NOT THE ONLY ONES. IT SHOULDN'T

1:45:27BE DIFFICULT FOR ME TO GET

1:45:29INVITED TO THE PORTLAND

1:45:30SOLUTIONS PROBLEM SOLVERS IN MY

1:45:31DISTRICT. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO

1:45:34ASK FOR THAT. THAT'S JUST LIKE

1:45:36THE TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE I CAN

1:45:37THINK OF OF WHAT DIDN'T WORK. I

1:45:40AM ON THEM NOW, BUT IT

1:45:42SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THAT HARD.

1:45:44I ALSO THINK THIS APPLIES WHEN

1:45:45IT'S NOT IN THE DISTRICT BUT

1:45:47ADJACENT TO US. SO SAY FOR

1:45:49EXAMPLE IS IN DISTRICT FOUR,

1:45:50BUT IT DEFINITELY AFFECTS A

1:45:51GOOD CHUNK OF MY DISTRICT AS

1:45:52WELL. I THINK IN THE

1:45:56LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, CIVIC LIFE

1:45:58CAN PLAY A BIGGER PART OF THAT.

1:46:00I THINK PROSPER IS ASKED WHEN

1:46:02THERE'S A REAL ESTATE OR

1:46:03ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OR, YOU KNOW,

1:46:06MAYBE THAT SHOULD BE SOMEBODY

1:46:07ELSE, BUT SOMEBODY'S DOING THAT

1:46:08ANALYSIS. HR SHOULD BE INVOLVED

1:46:10IN THE IN THE EQUITY IMPACT

1:46:13STATEMENT. I THINK THE

1:46:14COMMUNITY IMPACTS PIECE IS

1:46:16HELPFUL TO ENGAGE WITH CIVIC

1:46:18LIFE ON. I THINK THAT'S A VERY

1:46:19DIRECT WAY THAT WE CAN ENGAGE.

1:46:21I DON'T WANT IT TO SLOW DOWN

1:46:23THE PROCESS. SO IT INVOLVES

1:46:24RESOURCING, RIGHT, FOR HAVING A

1:46:25POLICY PERSON WHO CAN DO THAT

1:46:27RAPIDLY. BUT THAT'S IMPORTANT.

1:46:29AND PART OF THIS, BY THE WAY,

1:46:31IS ON US, AND I APPRECIATE THIS

1:46:32QUESTION, NOT BECAUSE IT'S

1:46:33NECESSARILY AN ABILITY TO GIVE

1:46:34YOU GUIDANCE, BUT BECAUSE IT'S

1:46:36HELPFUL FOR US TO TALK ABOUT.

1:46:37WE DON'T HEAR FROM OUR ADVISORY

1:46:39GROUPS ENOUGH. WE ONLY HAVE

1:46:40LIKE 10 OR 12 OF THEM THAT ARE

1:46:42COUNCIL ADVISORY BODIES THAT I

1:46:44THOSE ARE THE ONES I THINK NEED

1:46:46TIME AT AT COUNCIL MEETINGS,

1:46:47WHICH IS VERY SCARCE. BUT FOR

1:46:49THOSE WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT

1:46:50FOR THE COUNCIL APPOINTED AND

1:46:52COUNCIL ADVISING ABCS. THE LAST

1:46:56THING I WANTED TO MENTION HERE

1:46:59IS WE NEED A SYSTEM THAT DOES

1:47:01NOT PICK AND CHOOSE WHO MATTERS

1:47:02WITHIN A COMMUNITY. SO IN

1:47:06COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, AND I

1:47:07ASSUME THIS IS THE CASE IN A

1:47:09LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITIES AS

1:47:10WELL, THERE'S THE PEOPLE WITHIN

1:47:12THAT GROUP THAT WE ALWAYS GO TO,

1:47:14AND WE SHOULD GO TO THOSE FOLKS.

1:47:16WE SHOULD STILL GO TO THEM. AND

1:47:18ALSO WE SHOULD BE ADDING TO

1:47:20THAT GROUP AS WELL. IT CAN'T BE

1:47:22THE SAME FOLKS OVER AND OVER

1:47:23AND OVER AGAIN. YOU KNOW, MY

1:47:26FAMILY IS INDIAN AMERICAN.

1:47:27THERE ARE 3 OR 4 FOLKS THAT ARE

1:47:30ENGAGED WITH, IF AT ALL AT

1:47:31TIMES IN THE PAST. NOW IT'S

1:47:33BROADER. I HAVE SEEN SOME

1:47:34MOTION THERE, BUT I DON'T WANT

1:47:35IT TO BE. WE SHOULDN'T BE

1:47:37PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS

1:47:38BASED ON WHO ALIGNS WITH OUR

1:47:40PREEXISTING KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR

1:47:41THEIR ALIGNMENT. AND WE SHOULD

1:47:44CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO

1:47:45EVERYBODY WE ALREADY HAVE, BUT

1:47:46JUST BROADEN IT. AND IT'S A

1:47:47IT'S AN UNCOMFORTABLE THING TO

1:47:49TALK ABOUT, ESPECIALLY FOR

1:47:50PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT A PART OF

1:47:52THAT SPECIFIC COMMUNITY WHEN WE

1:47:53TALK ABOUT IT. AND I WANT TO

1:47:55ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. BUT LIKE,

1:47:56WHICH IS WHY THE EXAMPLE I USE

1:47:58IS MY OWN COMMUNITY A SECOND

1:47:59AGO. BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S

1:48:00REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE WE

1:48:02DON'T JUST GO BACK TO THE SAME

1:48:03FOLKS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE KNOW

1:48:05THAT THEY TEND TO AGREE WITH

1:48:06WHAT OUR POLICY PRIORITIES

1:48:07MIGHT BE. I DON'T THINK THAT'S

1:48:09HAPPENED WITH ANYBODY UP HERE,

1:48:10BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT

1:48:12IN THE PAST IT HAS BEEN A

1:48:13CONCERN, AND IT'S DEFINITELY

1:48:14SOMETHING THAT'S A PERCEPTION

1:48:16ISSUE, EVEN IF IT'S NOT A

1:48:17REALITY. THANKS.

1:48:20>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR

1:48:21PIRTLE-GUINEY.

1:48:23>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR. I JUST

1:48:25WANT TO NOTE, AS YOU.

1:48:27>> THINK ABOUT THIS QUESTION OF

1:48:31HOW YOU GET COMMUNITY INPUT TO

1:48:32US OR WHAT WE NEED, THAT THE

1:48:36TIMING MATTERS. AND I KNOW A

1:48:37FEW OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID THAT,

1:48:40BUT I THINK WE NEED TO ASK THE

1:48:42QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER WE ARE

1:48:43LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY INPUT ON

1:48:45WHAT WE TALK ABOUT. RIGHT? THE

1:48:47AGENDA SETTING, WHAT TOPICS DO

1:48:50WE PRIORITIZE AS THE COUNCIL

1:48:52PRESIDENT OR AS COMMITTEE

1:48:53CHAIRS SET AGENDAS? WHAT ARE WE

1:48:56MAKING SURE DOESN'T GET BUMPED

1:48:57AND WHAT ARE WE ALLOWING TO GET

1:48:59BUMPED? AND IS THAT INFLUENCED

1:49:01BY WHAT COMMUNITY NEEDS US TO

1:49:02DO FIRST? AND THEN THERE'S THE

1:49:06ISSUES THAT WE DEBATE. ARE WE

1:49:08MAKING SURE THAT COMMUNITY

1:49:10CONCERNS ARE GETTING ON THE

1:49:11TABLE? ARE PART OF THE DEBATE,

1:49:12ARE BEING CONSIDERED AS WE MAKE

1:49:15A DECISION? AND THEN THERE IS

1:49:16WHAT DECISION DO WE MAKE? AND

1:49:19THOSE ARE THREE VERY DIFFERENT

1:49:21PLACES FOR INCORPORATING INPUT.

1:49:24AND WE NEED TO BE CLEAR WITH

1:49:26FOLKS, AS WE DO OUTREACH ABOUT

1:49:28WHERE WE'RE SEEKING THEIR INPUT,

1:49:29AT WHICH LEVEL IN THAT WORK,

1:49:32AND THEN FOLLOW THROUGH ON IT.

1:49:34RIGHT. ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES

1:49:35SAID THAT SOMETIMES WE TAKE

1:49:37INTO ACCOUNT WHAT WE HEAR AND

1:49:39SOMETIMES WE DON'T. WELL, IF

1:49:40FOLKS ARE EXPECTING THEIR INPUT

1:49:42TO INFLUENCE THAT THIRD PIECE,

1:49:43THE ACTUAL DECISION THAT'S

1:49:45GOING TO FEEL REALLY BAD. IT'S

1:49:46GOING TO FEEL LIKE A FAILURE.

1:49:47IT'S GOING TO FEEL LIKE, WHY DO

1:49:49WE BOTHER SHOWING UP? IF WE'RE

1:49:51CLEAR WITH PEOPLE THAT WHAT

1:49:52WE'RE ASKING FOR IS HELP

1:49:54FIGURING OUT WHAT MAKES IT ON

1:49:56THE AGENDA AND THE OPPORTUNITY

1:49:58TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE

1:50:01CONCERN, INTEREST, WISH AROUND

1:50:03THAT TOPIC IS PART OF THE

1:50:05DEBATE THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING

1:50:07AND VARIOUS AMENDMENTS THAT

1:50:09REFLECT COMMUNITY CONCERNS.

1:50:11THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF

1:50:13WE WEIGH THOSE AGAINST EACH

1:50:14OTHER AND DECIDE ON SOMETHING

1:50:15ELSE, SO BE IT. BUT WE NEED TO

1:50:18BE CLEAR ABOUT THOSE FIRST TWO

1:50:20INPUT POINTS AND AND HONEST

1:50:22ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

1:50:23BETWEEN THOSE AS WELL. THANK

1:50:27YOU.

1:50:29>> COUNCILOR KANAL.

1:50:31>> THANKS. I HAD FORGOTTEN ONE

1:50:32THING I, AND I ALSO WANTED TO

1:50:34JUST KNOW I, YOU KNOW, I

1:50:35MENTIONED THE WRITTEN TESTIMONY

1:50:37ON A PARTICULAR THING IN THE

1:50:38PAST THAT AS A CASE STUDY, WE

1:50:40ALSO GOT A LOT OF VERBAL

1:50:41TESTIMONY AND EMAILS IN THAT

1:50:42MAY HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT

1:50:44REFLECTION ON THAT PARTICULAR

1:50:45ONE. FOR ME, IT CERTAINLY DID.

1:50:46THE SPECIFIC THING I WANTED TO

1:50:48MENTION THAT I'D FORGOTTEN IS

1:50:50THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE AGENDA

1:50:51SETTING, BUT IT'S ALSO HAS TO

1:50:53DO WITH OUR ABCS. I'M LOOKING

1:50:54AT ANOTHER ANOTHER CITY'S

1:50:55AGENDA FOR A MEETING THEY'RE

1:50:56HAVING TONIGHT OF THEIR CITY

1:50:58COUNCIL, AND IT HAS A PROPOSAL

1:51:00ON IT. AND AS IT'S ITEM ONE A

1:51:02ON THEIR AGENDA SO THAT THEY

1:51:04COULD HAVE A ONE B, WHICH IS

1:51:06HEARING A RECOMMENDATION FROM

1:51:07AN A, B, C THAT THEY HAVE

1:51:09AGAINST IT. SO THEIR PEACE AND

1:51:13JUSTICE COMMISSION IS

1:51:14RECOMMENDING DOING A DIFFERENT

1:51:16THING THAN THE LEGISLATION.

1:51:17HERE'S THEY WROTE A REPORT.

1:51:19THEY THEY WENT THROUGH A FORMAL

1:51:21PROCESS THAT THEY WERE

1:51:22EMPOWERED TO DO BY PREVIOUS

1:51:23COUNCIL ACTION, AND THEN THEIR

1:51:25ACTION ENDED UP BEING ON THE

1:51:27AGENDA IN PARALLEL WITH A

1:51:29PROPOSAL THAT IS NOT FULLY IN

1:51:30CONFLICT WITH IT, BUT PARTIALLY

1:51:32IN CONFLICT WITH IT. I THINK

1:51:33THAT HAS TO DO WITH AGAIN, I'M

1:51:35NOT TALKING ABOUT THE 300 ODD,

1:51:38DIFFERENT QUASI ABCS OR EVEN

1:51:40THE 100 SOMETHING ABCS. I'M

1:51:42TALKING ABOUT THE COUNCIL

1:51:44ADVISING ABCS, WHICH EXIST IN

1:51:45CODE, OF WHICH MY UNDERSTANDING

1:51:47IS WE'RE TALKING A NUMBER UNDER

1:51:4825, MAYBE EVEN THAT MIGHT EVEN

1:51:51BE OVERSELLING IT. BUT HAVING

1:51:52THE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT DIRECT

1:51:55CONNECTION WITH OUR AGENDAS AND

1:51:56THAT ABILITY TO INVITE FOLKS UP

1:51:57THE WAY THAT COUNCILOR GREEN, I

1:51:59THINK, WAS TALKING ABOUT

1:52:00INVITING UP AND WHEN IT'S

1:52:01RELEVANT, THE THE DISTRICT

1:52:03COALITIONS TO. THANKS.

1:52:07>> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR

1:52:08THIS DISCUSSION. I WILL PUT

1:52:10MYSELF IN THE QUEUE. THE ONE

1:52:11THING I WANT TO SAY QUICKLY,

1:52:13SINCE SEATTLE'S FIND IT FIX IT

1:52:14APP CAME UP IN THE CONVERSATION

1:52:16FOR A WAY TO ENGAGE AND GIVE

1:52:18INPUT, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE

1:52:20THAT WE PLUG PDX REPORTER.ORG,

1:52:23WHICH IS OUR WEB BASED PLATFORM

1:52:26HERE AT THE CITY WHERE FOLKS

1:52:27CAN REPORT ISSUES. ALSO,

1:52:30SOMETHING WE CAN CONTINUE TO

1:52:31TALK ABOUT. ALL RIGHT,

1:52:34COUNCILORS, ZIMMERMAN, DO YOU

1:52:35WANT TO TALK ABOUT QUESTION

1:52:36NUMBER TWO?

1:52:39>> THANK YOU, CHAIR, WITH

1:52:40NUMBER TWO THAT. YES, I DO.

1:52:43THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. THANKS. SO

1:52:47I THINK THAT THE CONVERSATION

1:52:48IN THE PORTLAND VIBE IS

1:52:49GENERALLY HOW DO WE GET MORE

1:52:51PEOPLE INVOLVED? AND I THINK

1:52:52THAT THAT'S ADMIRABLE. AND IN

1:52:54THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT HAS

1:52:55MANIFESTED ITSELF IN. IF YOU'VE

1:52:58BEEN INVOLVED, WE MAY NOT BE SO

1:53:00INTERESTED IN YOUR PREVIOUS

1:53:01SERVICE. AND I THINK IT'S

1:53:02REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO

1:53:04TAKE A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT

1:53:05WE'RE HEARING HERE AND STILL

1:53:07SAY, WE APPRECIATE THOSE WHO

1:53:09HAVE ALREADY SHOWN UP AND

1:53:11CONTINUED TO SHOW UP. AND I SAY

1:53:13THAT BECAUSE A SIGNIFICANT

1:53:15PORTION OF THE WORK THAT I'VE

1:53:16DONE AS A COUNCILOR NOW HAS

1:53:18BEEN WITH NEIGHBORHOOD

1:53:19ASSOCIATIONS AND THOSE WHO DO

1:53:21SHOW UP, AND THERE IS STILL

1:53:22VALUE THERE. AND I WANT TO I

1:53:24WANT TO NOT DISCREDIT THAT

1:53:26BECAUSE WITH WITH HISTORY AND

1:53:31WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE ALSO

1:53:32COMES THE NUANCE OF, OF LESSONS

1:53:36LEARNED OF, OF HOW DID WE GET

1:53:38HERE? AND SOMETIMES THAT GETS A

1:53:41LITTLE LOST WHEN ALL WE DO IS

1:53:42FIGURE OUT HOW TO GO REACH MORE

1:53:44PEOPLE. I THINK THAT PART OF A

1:53:48REPRESENTATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE

1:53:50TYPE OF GOVERNMENT IS THAT SOME

1:53:51AND MANY FOLKS ARE ASKING US TO

1:53:53STEP INTO A ROLE SO THAT THEY

1:53:55DON'T HAVE TO SHOW UP ALL THE

1:53:57TIME, RIGHT? THEY'RE ASKING TO

1:53:58THEY'RE VOTING WITH THEIR

1:53:59VALUES. THEY'RE VOTING WITH

1:54:00PEOPLE WHO THEY THINK ARE KIND

1:54:01OF ALIGNED SO THAT THEY CAN

1:54:03FOCUS ON THE OTHER STUFF, AND

1:54:04THEY WANT THE CITY TO TAKE CARE

1:54:06OF ITSELF. AND SO I, I LEAN

1:54:08INTO THAT ROLE OFTEN, AND I

1:54:11DON'T THINK THAT IT HAS TO

1:54:15ALWAYS BE ABOUT NEW OR

1:54:20DIFFERENT OR VOICES WHO HAVE

1:54:22JUST CHOSEN LIKE, PLEASE TAKE

1:54:23CARE OF IT. SO I'M JUST

1:54:25CAUTIOUS IN A LITTLE BIT IN HOW

1:54:26WE TALK ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE

1:54:28THIS IS SOMETIMES WHAT THEN

1:54:29GETS TURNED INTO THE FOLKS WHO

1:54:30REALLY WANT TO HAMMER THE

1:54:34NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS FROM

1:54:35LIKE TEN YEARS AGO. AND THAT

1:54:36WAS LIKE A DARK ERA FOR OUR

1:54:38CITY, WHERE THE CITY KIND OF

1:54:39WENT TO WAR WITH THE

1:54:40NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. AND

1:54:41THAT WORRIES ME. AND THAT THAT

1:54:43REALLY STARTED UP AGAIN WITHIN

1:54:44CIVIC LIFE LAST YEAR. AND THAT

1:54:47HAS STOPPED, AND I'M HAPPY

1:54:48ABOUT THAT. BUT LIKE BIG

1:54:50CONCERN. SO THAT'S WHERE I IT

1:54:54IS A SPLITTING. THE DIFFERENCE

1:54:57IS THE WRONG TERM. BUT THERE'S

1:54:58A, THERE'S A KIND OF THREADING

1:54:59THE NEEDLE THERE BETWEEN BOTH.

1:55:01HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT MORE

1:55:02FOLKS FEEL LIKE THEY CAN ENGAGE

1:55:04IF THEY'D LIKE TO? AND THAT

1:55:05THAT IS WELCOMED AND ENABLED

1:55:08AND GIVE CREDIT TO SERVICE FOR

1:55:10THOSE WHO'VE ALREADY

1:55:11VOLUNTEERED. SECONDLY. A LOT OF

1:55:16THE STUFF THAT WHEN WE TALK

1:55:19ABOUT ENGAGEMENT AT THE

1:55:22NEIGHBORHOODS IN PARTICULAR

1:55:25VERSUS ENGAGEMENT ON LARGER

1:55:26COUNCIL INITIATIVES, I THINK

1:55:28THOSE COME IN IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

1:55:29AND SO I DON'T THINK OF THEM

1:55:31NECESSARILY THE SAME TOPIC.

1:55:32RIGHT. SO HOW A NEW

1:55:35INTERSECTION IS GOING TO BE

1:55:36DESIGNED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD

1:55:37MAKES A LOT OF SENSE FOR

1:55:38NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT. HOW WE

1:55:41APPROACH. CEI NOT SO MUCH A

1:55:46NEIGHBORHOOD THING AS IT IS A

1:55:48CITY WIDE THING. AND I, AND I

1:55:50JUST THINK THAT NUANCE AND THAT

1:55:51THAT THERE'S IMPORTANCE THERE.

1:55:52BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING SAID

1:55:53EARLIER, AND I HAVE SAID THIS

1:55:55TO OUR BUREAU DIRECTORS. I

1:55:56THINK THAT THERE'S A REALLY

1:55:58NEAT IDEA WITH THE DISTRICT

1:56:00MODEL WHEN IT COMES TO HOW WE

1:56:02WANT TO DO OUR TRANSPORTATION

1:56:04IMPROVEMENTS, OUR PARK

1:56:05IMPROVEMENTS, OUR PEDESTRIAN

1:56:06IMPROVEMENTS, THINGS THAT WE

1:56:09SET THE UMBRELLA TONE AT THE

1:56:11CITY COUNCIL LEVEL FOR HOW WE

1:56:12WANT TO ACHIEVE CERTAIN THINGS.

1:56:14BUT THEN THE DETAILED AND

1:56:17NUANCED WAY IN WHICH IT'S

1:56:18IMPLEMENTED AT A HYPER

1:56:19LOCALIZED LEVEL, I THINK

1:56:21THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM FOR INPUT

1:56:22FROM NEIGHBORHOODS, AND I WOULD

1:56:24LOVE TO SEE IN PARTICULAR PBOT

1:56:25AND PARKS LEAN INTO THAT

1:56:27BECAUSE I THINK IF YOU GO TO

1:56:30EACH OF THE MICRO DOWNTOWNS,

1:56:32MICRO MAIN STREETS OF PORTLAND,

1:56:33THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN FLAVOR.

1:56:35AND I THINK WE SHOULD LEAN INTO

1:56:36THAT. THERE IS NO ONE SIZE FITS

1:56:38ALL. AND THAT'S WHERE

1:56:39NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, I

1:56:40THINK, HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL

1:56:41TO ME. AND THEY ALSO GENERALLY

1:56:46UNDERSTAND THE UMBRELLA THAT

1:56:48WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE IN

1:56:50TERMS OF MAYBE SAFER PEDESTRIAN

1:56:51THINGS. AND THEY CAN ALSO GIVE

1:56:53US THE SENSE OF LIKE, BUT WE'VE

1:56:54GOT TO TWEAK IT A LITTLE BIT ON

1:56:56THIS CORNER BECAUSE THEN YOU

1:56:57GET LIKE 14 SUPER LOCALIZED

1:56:59REASONS THAT YOU NEVER WOULD

1:57:00HAVE THOUGHT OF IF YOU JUST HAD

1:57:02A PLANNER TELLING YOU ABOUT IT.

1:57:03SO I WANT TO REALLY, I VALUE SO

1:57:06MUCH WHAT I GET FROM THE, THE

1:57:08NEIGHBORHOOD VOLUNTEERS JUST SO

1:57:10MUCH. AND THEN I AGREE WITH

1:57:12MANY OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT

1:57:13ENABLING THOSE WHO WANT TO BE

1:57:15MORE ENGAGED, BUT I'M SUPER

1:57:18CAUTIOUS AND YOU GUYS ALL KNOW

1:57:19IT. LIKE IF IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE

1:57:21THE CITY IS TAKING A HATCHET TO

1:57:23THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS

1:57:25OR NEIGHBORHOOD VOLUNTEERS,

1:57:26I'LL BE THE FIRST THERE TO TAKE

1:57:27THAT BLOW BEFORE THEY GET HIT,

1:57:29BECAUSE I REALLY VALUE THEIR

1:57:30INPUT AND THEIR, THEIR JUST

1:57:32THEIR ATTENTION TO DETAILS.

1:57:35THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM,

1:57:36FRANKLY, WHO HAVE TAKEN ME ON

1:57:38WALKS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND

1:57:40SHOWN ME JUST THE THINGS YOU'RE

1:57:43LIKE, YEAH, WHY HASN'T THE CITY

1:57:45ADDRESSED THAT? IT'S SO SIMPLE.

1:57:46BUT IF YOU'RE NOT OUT OF YOUR

1:57:48CAR, OR IF YOU'RE NOT AT THAT

1:57:50PARK OR YOU'RE NOT DOING THE

1:57:51THING, YOU JUST CAN'T SEE IT.

1:57:53AND SO THOSE THINGS ARE VERY

1:57:54THEY'RE VERY VALUABLE TO ME.

1:57:56AND I THINK IT'S A BIG PART OF

1:57:58THE DISTRICT MODEL. SO THANK

1:57:59YOU, VICE CHAIR.

1:58:00>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR, BEFORE

1:58:02WE HEAD INTO QUESTION NUMBER

1:58:04THREE, WHICH IS ABOUT

1:58:05PORTLAND'S NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM,

1:58:07WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE

1:58:09BIT OF TIME, ABOUT TEN MINUTES

1:58:10TO HEAR FROM OUR FOUR

1:58:13REPRESENTATIVES, FROM ALL OF

1:58:15OUR OUR DIFFERENT DISTRICT

1:58:16COALITION OFFICES. WE HAVE ALL

1:58:18FOUR OF THEM HERE. THANK YOU

1:58:19FOR BEING WILLING TO SPEAK TO

1:58:21US. THERE'S ENOUGH TIME FOR

1:58:23ABOUT 2 TO 3 MINUTES FOR US TO

1:58:26HEAR SOME OF YOUR THOUGHTS

1:58:27ABOUT ANY AND ALL OF THESE

1:58:29QUESTIONS. AND IF YOU CAN JUST

1:58:31STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD

1:58:34AND WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO START,

1:58:35FEEL FREE TO GO.

1:58:42>> HELLO, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS

1:58:44NANCY CHAMPLIN. I USE SHE AND

1:58:46HER PRONOUNS, AND I'M THE

1:58:47EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SOUTHEAST

1:58:48UPLIFT, ALSO KNOWN AS THE

1:58:50DISTRICT THREE COALITION. I

1:58:52JUST WANT TO SAY THIS

1:58:54CONVERSATION IS VERY EXCITING.

1:58:56IT IS LONG OVERDUE, AND I THINK

1:58:59WE ARE UNANIMOUS IN SAYING WE'D

1:59:01BE VERY WILLING TO COME BACK

1:59:02AND TO CONTINUE THE

1:59:04CONVERSATION. A COUPLE THINGS I

1:59:06WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SAY. ONE

1:59:09IS ABOUT LEVERAGE, AND THE

1:59:10OTHER IS ABOUT SPOTTING THE

1:59:12GAPS. AS COUNCILOR GREEN

1:59:14POINTED OUT, I CHALLENGE YOU TO

1:59:18THINK ABOUT THIS CIVIC

1:59:20ENGAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE

1:59:22BEYOND JUST HOW IT CAN INFORM

1:59:25POLICY MAKING, BUT ALSO HOW IT

1:59:27CAN BE LEVERAGED AFTER POLICY

1:59:29IS MADE BUT ALSO IMPLEMENTED.

1:59:31AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

1:59:33FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS,

1:59:34SOUTHEAST UPLIFT HAS PARTNERED

1:59:36WITH THE URBAN FORESTRY

1:59:37DEPARTMENT ON THE ARTERY

1:59:38GIVEAWAY PROGRAM. AND SO UNDER

1:59:41THEIR COLLABORATION WITH THE

1:59:43PORTLAND CLEAN ENERGY FUND,

1:59:44THEY'VE IDENTIFIED PRIORITY

1:59:46NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT

1:59:48PORTLAND THAT ARE IN NEED OF

1:59:49INCREASED TREE CANOPY. AND SO

1:59:51SOUTHEAST UPLIFT LEVERAGED OUR

1:59:53RELATIONSHIPS WITH

1:59:54NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE HIGH

1:59:55PRIORITY AREAS THAT NEED TREE

1:59:57CANOPY. AND THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD

1:59:59ASSOCIATIONS WENT OUT OVER THE

2:00:00SUMMER LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR

2:00:02TO ENGAGE THEIR NEIGHBORS IN

2:00:03GETTING FREE TREES, TO PUT

2:00:04THOSE TREES IN THE AREAS WHERE

2:00:06THEY ARE NEEDED MOST. SO THIS

2:00:08IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS

2:00:11PROGRAM, THIS NETWORK, THIS

2:00:13ECOSYSTEM CAN BE LEVERAGED TO

2:00:14HELP THE CITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS

2:00:16MEET COLLECTIVE GOALS. THE

2:00:18SECOND THING. OH, AND IF THE

2:00:22PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING BALLOT

2:00:24MEASURE PASSES, THERE'S A ROLE

2:00:26FOR DISTRICT COALITIONS AND

2:00:28NEIGHBORHOODS TO POTENTIALLY

2:00:29PLAY IN HELPING TO ENSURE THAT

2:00:31THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS

2:00:33ABOUT WHERE THE CITY WOULD

2:00:34SPEND 2% OF ITS GENERAL FUND,

2:00:36THERE'S A ROLE TO PLAY IN THAT,

2:00:39ALONG WITH MANY OTHER COMMUNITY

2:00:41GROUPS. ANOTHER WAY TO LEVERAGE

2:00:44THIS ECOSYSTEM IS WHAT WE ALL

2:00:47DO INTERNALLY, IS WE PROVIDE A

2:00:48FISCAL SPONSORSHIP SERVICES TO

2:00:50THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS

2:00:52WHO, WHILE THEY ARE ALL STATE

2:00:53BASED NONPROFITS ONLY SOME OF

2:00:56THEM HAVE FEDERAL TAX EXEMPT

2:00:58STATUS. AND SO THE DISTRICT

2:00:59COALITION OFFICES IN THAT ROLE

2:01:01CAN PLAY THE ROLE OF THE TAX

2:01:02EXEMPT ORGANIZATION THAT COULD

2:01:04HELP THEM ALLOW THEM TO BE ABLE

2:01:06TO DO THINGS LIKE GRANT WRITING

2:01:09TO GET HAVE RESOURCES TO DO

2:01:10THEIR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK.

2:01:13IN DOING THAT, FOR EXAMPLE,

2:01:16SOUTHEAST UPLIFT HAS ABOUT 15

2:01:19OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE

2:01:20FISCALLY SPONSORED, AND THEN

2:01:21ANOTHER 15 ORGANIZATIONS THAT

2:01:25WE SUPPORT WITH FISCAL

2:01:26SPONSORSHIP SERVICES, BECAUSE

2:01:27WE ALREADY HAVE THAT

2:01:28INFRASTRUCTURE BUILT IN THAT

2:01:29HAS HELPED TO INCUBATE

2:01:32ENTREPRENEURS THAT ARE RUNNING

2:01:33SMALL BUSINESSES, NOT ON THE

2:01:36THE FOR PROFIT SIDE, BUT ON THE

2:01:38NONPROFIT SIDE. SO IT IS

2:01:39HELPING TO INCUBATE THE

2:01:41NONPROFIT SECTOR, WHICH ARE,

2:01:43YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATIONS THAT

2:01:44ARE GIVING BACK TO THEIR

2:01:46COMMUNITIES. IT IS THROUGH THAT

2:01:47PROGRAM THAT WE OVER THE YEARS

2:01:48HAVE HELPED INCUBATE

2:01:50ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE

2:01:51SOUTHEAST PORTLAND TOOL LIBRARY,

2:01:53LIKE PORTLAND UNITED AGAINST

2:01:55HATE, LIKE BLACK AND BEYOND,

2:01:56THE BINARY COLLECTIVE, AND

2:01:58CURRENTLY THE SUNNYSIDE SHOWER

2:01:59PROJECT. SO IT'S WHERE OUR

2:02:00COMMUNITY IDEA CAN TAKE ROOT.

2:02:02AND THE DISTRICT COALITIONS CAN

2:02:04HELP THEM TO, TO GROW AND

2:02:06EXPAND THEIR PROGRAMING. THE

2:02:08OTHER TWO THINGS IN TERMS OF

2:02:10SPOTTING THE GAPS THAT I WOULD

2:02:12LIKE TO SHARE IS THERE IS A

2:02:15REAL NEED NOW THAT THERE IS

2:02:16DISTRICT REPRESENTATION AND

2:02:18THERE ARE COUNCIL COMMITTEES,

2:02:19AND COUNCIL IS PRIMARILY A

2:02:22LEGISLATIVE BODY, IT HAS BEEN

2:02:23REALLY CHALLENGING FOR DISTRICT

2:02:26COALITIONS TO TO FOLLOW THE

2:02:28SAUSAGE MAKING FROM COMMITTEES

2:02:31TO COUNCIL AND A REAL VALUABLE

2:02:34TOOL NOT JUST FOR DISTRICT

2:02:35COALITIONS, NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT

2:02:36FOR PORTLANDERS IN GENERAL,

2:02:38WOULD BE A DASHBOARD THAT WOULD

2:02:40MAKE IT VERY EASY FOR THE

2:02:42PUBLIC TO SEE WHAT IS COMING UP

2:02:45IN COMMITTEES WHERE THERE IS

2:02:46OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY INPUT

2:02:49EARLY ON, AND THEN WHEN IT'S

2:02:50GOING TO COUNCIL FOR DECISION

2:02:52MAKING. SO THAT'S A PIECE THAT

2:02:54WE WOULD WELCOME A FURTHER

2:02:55CONVERSATION ON. AND I REALLY

2:02:58APPRECIATE, COUNCILOR AVALOS,

2:02:59YOU BRINGING UP THE RENTERS

2:03:01BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM

2:03:03OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HOW DIFFICULT

2:03:05THAT IS TO REACH RENTERS. THERE

2:03:08ARE OFTEN PHYSICAL, LITERAL

2:03:10BARRIERS TO BEING ABLE TO PUT

2:03:12FLIERS, NEWSLETTERS,

2:03:14INVITATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN

2:03:15THINGS IN APARTMENT BUILDINGS,

2:03:18FLIERS UP, THOSE SORT OF THINGS.

2:03:20AND SO WE WOULD REALLY WELCOME

2:03:22SOME THOUGHT PARTNERSHIP AROUND

2:03:23HOW WE CAN HELP TO BETTER REACH

2:03:27RENTERS. AND SO I'LL STOP THERE

2:03:29AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS

2:03:31OPPORTUNITY.

2:03:33>> HI.

2:03:33>> I'M ALLISON STOLE MY

2:03:35PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER AND I AM

2:03:37WITH DISTRICT ONE COALITION. WE

2:03:40WERE FORMERLY CENTRAL NORTHEAST

2:03:43NEIGHBORS. AND I'LL JUST GIVE

2:03:44YOU A LITTLE TINY HISTORY OF

2:03:46WHAT WE ALL FACED WHEN THE

2:03:49TRANSITION HAPPENED IN

2:03:50GOVERNMENT. WE TOO WOUND UP

2:03:52WITH DIFFERENT BOUNDARIES THAN

2:03:54WE HAD BEFORE. AND I'M GOING TO

2:03:57USE CENTRAL NORTHEAST NEIGHBORS

2:03:58AS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES WE HAD

2:04:02ABOUT 14 NEIGHBORHOODS, AND

2:04:04WHEN WE GOT THE BOUNDARY CHANGE,

2:04:06WE HAD ONE NEIGHBORHOOD

2:04:08ASSOCIATION LEFT IN OUR

2:04:10COALITION, WHICH MEANT I HAD

2:04:11TWO BOARD MEMBERS, AND WE WERE

2:04:14FACING 14 MORE NEIGHBORHOODS

2:04:15OUT IN EAST. SO BASICALLY FOR

2:04:19US, IF WE DIFFERED THAN SOME OF

2:04:21THE OTHER COALITIONS BECAUSE WE

2:04:22COULDN'T GET TO WORK RIGHT AWAY

2:04:25ON DOING PROJECTS AND

2:04:27GOVERNMENT AND THOSE KINDS OF

2:04:28THINGS, WE HAD TO BUILD A BOARD.

2:04:31AND SO WE STARTED OUT, AS I

2:04:34SAID, WITH TWO BOARD MEMBERS,

2:04:35AND NOW WE HAVE ACTUALLY ALL 14

2:04:40OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

2:04:41ASSOCIATIONS ARE ACTIVE. WE HAD

2:04:43WE FACED THREE NEIGHBORHOOD

2:04:45ASSOCIATIONS THAT WERE INACTIVE.

2:04:47AND I CAN SAY AS OF LAST WEEK,

2:04:49OUR 14TH NEIGHBORHOOD HELD A

2:04:52MEETING AND ELECTIONS. SO

2:04:53THAT'S REALLY COOL. OUR BOARD

2:04:56CONSISTS OF TWO MEMBERS FROM

2:04:58EACH OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

2:05:00ASSOCIATIONS, AND WE HAVE SIX

2:05:02SEATS FOR THE BROADER COMMUNITY,

2:05:03AND WE ARE WORKING ON THE

2:05:05BROADER COMMUNITY. EVEN AS WE

2:05:07SPEAK. WE NOW HAVE A WE ALSO

2:05:12HAVE A LEADERSHIP ROUNDTABLE

2:05:14THAT MEETS THE FIRST SATURDAY

2:05:16OF EVERY MONTH. AND THIS

2:05:18ROUNDTABLE CONSISTS OF REALLY

2:05:20ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. YOU

2:05:23DON'T HAVE TO BE A LEADER. AND

2:05:25I WILL SAY, COUNCILOR CLARK AND

2:05:29ALL OF YOU WHO TALKED ABOUT

2:05:30GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY,

2:05:33WE'VE HAD COUNSELORS COME TO

2:05:35OUR. JUST SHOW UP AT OUR

2:05:38MEETINGS AND. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

2:05:41COUNCILOR SMITH, YOU ACTUALLY

2:05:42WERE AT OUR LAST ONE, AND I

2:05:43WASN'T. SO THANK YOU FOR

2:05:45ATTENDING. ONE OF THE THINGS

2:05:48THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT IN

2:05:49OUR COMMUNITY AND ALL OF THE

2:05:52COMMUNITIES AND INCLUDING THE

2:05:53CITY, IS BUILDING TRUST AND

2:05:56ALSO BUILDING RESPECT. IT WAS

2:06:00REALLY DIFFICULT FOR MYSELF AND

2:06:02MY STAFF, WHICH IS ACTUALLY AT

2:06:04THE TIME WAS THERE WERE TWO OF

2:06:06US AND TRYING TO BUILD THIS

2:06:09RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE THAT

2:06:10HAD NO IDEA WHO I WAS OR WHERE

2:06:12I CAME FROM OR WHERE MY

2:06:14COLLEAGUE CAME FROM. AND I FEEL

2:06:16LIKE WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AT

2:06:18THAT. I WANTED TO SAY THAT

2:06:20WHILE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE

2:06:23TURNOUT AT THE BUDGET MEETING,

2:06:25WHICH WE TRIED, WE ALL TRIED

2:06:27REALLY HARD. WE ACTUALLY DID

2:06:29HOLD A SMALLER WE TALKED ABOUT

2:06:33THE BUDGET AT ONE OF OUR BOARD

2:06:36MEETINGS, AND WE WOUND UP WITH

2:06:37PROBABLY ABOUT 55 PEOPLE THERE

2:06:40FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. OUR

2:06:42BOARD MEMBERS WERE PART OF THEM,

2:06:44BUT THAT WAS ONLY, YOU KNOW,

2:06:45ABOUT A THIRD OF WHO WAS THERE.

2:06:47AND IT TURNED OUT REALLY GREAT.

2:06:50I THINK THE BIG PART IS THAT

2:06:54TRUST AND RESPECT. AND THEN ONE

2:06:55THING THAT THE THE COALITIONS

2:06:58DO IS WE CONVENE PEOPLE. AND I

2:07:00THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS

2:07:01THAT WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT. AND

2:07:03I REALLY HOPE THAT THE

2:07:04PARTNERSHIP STARTS TO WORK

2:07:05AGAIN THROUGH CIVIC LIFE,

2:07:08BECAUSE CONVENING PEOPLE IS

2:07:11WHAT WE DO BEST. NOW. ARE WE

2:07:14PERFECT AT IT? ABSOLUTELY NOT.

2:07:16THERE ARE TONS OF ORGANIZATIONS

2:07:18OUT THERE. THE COMMUNITY BASED

2:07:20ORGANIZATIONS IN THE EAST, I

2:07:22THINK, PROBABLY ARE ONE OF THE

2:07:25LARGEST GROWING BUSINESSES OUT

2:07:27IN EAST. THE NONPROFITS. WE

2:07:30HAVE MANY, MANY NONPROFITS. AND

2:07:33DO THEY PROVIDE JOBS? SURE,

2:07:34SOME OF THEM DO. BUT ONE OF THE

2:07:36THINGS THAT WHILE WE'RE FACING

2:07:38REBUILDING, WE'RE ALSO FACING

2:07:43DEVELOPING OUR COMMUNITY. WE

2:07:44NEED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE

2:07:46NEED JOBS. WE NEED WORKFORCE

2:07:50DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE

2:07:51HOUSING AS WE WE KNOW WE ALL

2:07:54FACE THESE THINGS. BUT ONE OF

2:07:55THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOOD AT

2:07:58IS THAT CONVENING AND GETTING

2:08:00THE INFORMATION OUT, OPEN AND

2:08:03TRANSPARENT, BOTH IN OUR

2:08:05COMMUNICATIONS AND IN OUR WORK.

2:08:08AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT

2:08:09PERFECT AT IT. I HAD SOMEBODY

2:08:11THE OTHER DAY SAY, WELL, YOU

2:08:14ORGANIZED A NEIGHBORHOOD

2:08:15MEETING AND YOU HELD ELECTIONS,

2:08:17BUT I DIDN'T GET THE

2:08:19INFORMATION. AND I THINK TO

2:08:21MYSELF, I WISH YOU HAD AND I

2:08:24WISH YOU CAN BE THERE AT THE

2:08:26NEXT MEETING. AND THERE'S STILL

2:08:27SEATS AVAILABLE ON THAT BOARD

2:08:29IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF. SO.

2:08:30AND ONE LAST THING THAT I WILL

2:08:32SAY TO COUNCILOR AVALOS, WHO IS

2:08:34ONE OF OUR COUNCILORS, THANK

2:08:36YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU

2:08:37SAID. AND I THINK BACK TO WHEN

2:08:40I FIRST GOT INVOLVED, AND I

2:08:43THINK I WAS IT WAS WITH

2:08:46BEAUMONT-WILSHIRE NEIGHBORHOOD

2:08:48ASSOCIATION. I WAS 26 YEARS OLD

2:08:50AND GOT A NEWSLETTER DELIVERED

2:08:52TO MY RENTAL HOUSE, AND THEY

2:08:56SAID, WOULD YOU LIKE TO WRITE

2:08:57AN ARTICLE? AND I SAID, OH,

2:08:59THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I'D LOVE

2:09:00TO DO IT. AT THE NEXT

2:09:02NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, I GOT

2:09:04INTRODUCED AS THE NEWSLETTER

2:09:05EDITOR. SO I WILL SAY THAT

2:09:11THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS.

2:09:13>> THANK YOU.

2:09:14>> YEAH. SO IT'S IT'S BEEN A

2:09:16FEW YEARS SINCE THEN, BUT THANK

2:09:18YOU SO MUCH, ALL OF YOU. I WAS

2:09:20IT IT FELT GOOD IN MY HEART TO

2:09:22HEAR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE

2:09:24FOR THE WORK THAT ALL OF US DO

2:09:26AND THE WORK THAT YOUR

2:09:27COMMUNITY DOES. YOU HAVE SO

2:09:29MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO DO

2:09:31GREAT WORK, AND THANK YOU, ALL

2:09:34OF YOU. THANKS.

2:09:35>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE

2:09:37TIME FOR ALL OF YOU. GO AHEAD.

2:09:39>> OH, YES.

2:09:40>> THANK YOU, ALLISON AND NANCY.

2:09:41HI, MY NAME IS CARLY BARRETT. I

2:09:43USE SHE HER PRONOUNS. I AM THE

2:09:46EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE

2:09:47DISTRICT FOUR COALITION. FAIRLY

2:09:50NEW MEMBER OF THIS TEAM. I

2:09:53STARTED THIS POSITION IN

2:09:55FEBRUARY, SO I'M STILL LEARNING

2:09:56THE INTRICACIES OF THIS PROGRAM.

2:10:01A COUPLE THINGS THAT I JUST

2:10:03WANTED TO TOUCH BASE ON. GIVE

2:10:05YOU SOME NUMBERS. LAST YEAR,

2:10:07DISTRICT FOUR COALITION

2:10:09REPORTED AN ESTIMATED OF 40,000

2:10:12VOLUNTEER HOURS AND ABOUT

2:10:1510,000 PARTICIPANTS THROUGHOUT

2:10:17THE DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR. SO

2:10:19THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW

2:10:21MUCH EFFORT IS GOING ON IN THE

2:10:23COMMUNITY. THE DISTRICT FOUR

2:10:25COALITION HAS TWO FULL TIME

2:10:27STAFF MEMBERS, AND WE ALSO

2:10:31CONTRACT WITH A VARIETY OF

2:10:33DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS FOR SMALL

2:10:35PROJECTS HERE AND THERE

2:10:36THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. A COUPLE

2:10:40OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT THE

2:10:42DISTRICT COALITIONS PROVIDE FOR

2:10:44VALUE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD

2:10:46ASSOCIATIONS THAT DO REALLY THE

2:10:48GROUNDWORK IS THE INSURANCE. WE

2:10:51PROVIDE THE INSURANCE FOR ALL

2:10:52OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD

2:10:53ASSOCIATIONS. THAT'S GENERAL

2:10:55LIABILITY AND DISTRICT SORRY,

2:10:57DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

2:10:58INSURANCE. THIS ALLOWS THEM TO

2:11:01ALSO ASK FOR CERTIFICATES OF

2:11:03INSURANCE FOR SOME OF THE

2:11:04EVENTS THAT WE ALL LOVE IN THE

2:11:06CITY, MOVIES IN THE PARK AND

2:11:09PICNICS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

2:11:11THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IS ONE

2:11:13OF THE THINGS THAT TAKES A LOT

2:11:16OF OUR TIME. I KNOW THAT WE CAN

2:11:20BE UNANIMOUS IN THIS ONE.

2:11:21ANYTHING FROM WEBSITE HELP TO

2:11:24MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE

2:11:25POSTING THEIR MINUTES AND THEIR

2:11:27AGENDAS AND THEY'VE GOT THEIR

2:11:29ANYTHING THAT THE PUBLIC

2:11:30MEETING LAWS REQUIRE PROVIDING

2:11:33ASSISTANCE FOR PUBLIC RECORDS,

2:11:36REQUESTS AND GRIEVANCE

2:11:39PROCESSES. THERE'S THE CAPACITY

2:11:44BUILDING PART OF IT IS LIKE

2:11:46TEACHING FOLKS HOW TO FISH,

2:11:48RIGHT? MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE

2:11:50GOT AN ASYNCHRONOUS TRAINING

2:11:52PORTAL SO ANYONE CAN JUST GO UP

2:11:54THERE AND BUILD THAT REPOSITORY

2:11:57OF INFORMATION AS IT

2:11:59NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ARE

2:12:01VOLUNTEER RUN AND TURNOVER

2:12:03HOPEFULLY HAPPENS, RIGHT? AS

2:12:04PEOPLE GET MORE ENGAGED AND

2:12:06MORE EXCITED AND, AND GET

2:12:08INVOLVED WITH THIS PROGRAM.

2:12:11I'LL KEEP THIS A LITTLE BIT

2:12:12SHORT. I WAS GOING TO GO IN A

2:12:14LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT I REALLY

2:12:16APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION

2:12:18BETWEEN THE DISTRICT COALITION

2:12:19EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS. WE'VE FOR

2:12:22EXAMPLE, WE'RE DOING A FEW

2:12:24DIFFERENT TRAININGS THAT ARE

2:12:26DISTRICT CITY WIDE. ONE IS ON

2:12:29THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING,

2:12:32FEEDBACK AND TRAINING FOR FOR

2:12:34OUR DISTRICTS. AND IT'S WHEN WE

2:12:39TALK ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT PIECE,

2:12:43I KNOW THAT FOR MY PERSPECTIVE,

2:12:45I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR, AGAIN,

2:12:46FOR SEVEN MONTHS. WE ONLY HEAR

2:12:49FROM AND TALK TO A VERY SMALL

2:12:51PERCENTAGE OF OUR DISTRICT. AND

2:12:53I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD

2:12:55TO THE PARTNERSHIP THAT THE

2:12:56CITY AND THE CIVIC LIFE WILL

2:12:59PROVIDE. HOPEFULLY WITH REALLY

2:13:03INCREASING THAT ENGAGEMENT TO,

2:13:07TO REACH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT

2:13:09DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WE'RE HOPING

2:13:11TO, TO REACH. AND THERE WE'RE

2:13:14LOOKING FORWARD TO, AGAIN,

2:13:15WE'RE THE CAPACITY BUILDING AND

2:13:17STABILIZING ARM FOR A LOT OF

2:13:19THE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD

2:13:21ASSOCIATIONS TO HELP WITH THAT

2:13:24CHANGE, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE

2:13:25SOME CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO

2:13:26BE NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT SO THAT

2:13:29WE CAN REACH ALL OF THOSE FOLKS

2:13:31THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO

2:13:32REACHING.

2:13:35>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS

2:13:37JOANNA DAVIS. I USE SHE HER

2:13:38PRONOUNS. I'M THE EXECUTIVE

2:13:40DIRECTOR OF THE NORTHEAST

2:13:42COALITION OF NEIGHBORHOODS,

2:13:43YOUR DISTRICT TWO COALITION

2:13:45OFFICE. THANK YOU ALL FOR

2:13:47HAVING US. I WAS TAKING NOTES

2:13:50AND TRYING TO LISTEN VERY

2:13:52CAREFULLY. AS YOU ALL WERE

2:13:54SPEAKING IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE

2:13:59DISCUSSION THAT'S HAPPENED

2:14:01ABOUT INCLUSIVITY. SPECIFICALLY,

2:14:06I BELIEVE THAT THE SOLUTION IS

2:14:09ACTUALLY NOT TO REMOVE ANYONE

2:14:12WHO OR ANY GROUP OF FOLKS, BUT

2:14:14TO BUILD A LARGER TABLE. WHEN I

2:14:17WAS A COUNCIL ASSISTANT, THERE

2:14:19WERE FOUR COUNCILORS AND A

2:14:20MAYOR, AND WE HAD A BIT MORE

2:14:24SPACE. BUT THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL

2:14:27THING TO SEE. I DIDN'T KNOW

2:14:28THAT I WOULD SEE IT IN MY

2:14:30LIFETIME BECAUSE I'M DATING

2:14:32MYSELF. BUT WHEN I WAS IN

2:14:33COUNCIL WAS A FEW DECADES AGO.

2:14:36SO THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL THING.

2:14:37CHARTER FORM HAS BROUGHT FORTH

2:14:39SOME WONDERFUL PARTICIPATION.

2:14:43SO IN BY THE SAME TOKEN, WE

2:14:45NEED TO DO THAT IN THE

2:14:46COMMUNITY. IT IS NOT AN EITHER

2:14:48OR. WE ARE AT A PLACE IN

2:14:52HISTORY WHERE WE NEED ALL HANDS

2:14:54ON DECK. AND SO WE NEED THOSE

2:14:57FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR

2:15:0030, 40 YEARS. AND I WON'T SAY

2:15:02HOW MANY YEARS, BUT SERVING IN

2:15:04THE CITY WHO HAVE THAT

2:15:07INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, WHO

2:15:08HAVE PERHAPS THE FREE TIME, BUT

2:15:10WE ALSO NEED OUR RENTERS. I

2:15:12HAVE FOUR ADULT CHILDREN WHO

2:15:14ARE RENTERS, AND IF YOU WANT TO

2:15:17SEE THEM PARTICIPATING, WE DO

2:15:19NEED TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT

2:15:21HOW WE DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

2:15:24COUNCILOR AVALOS MENTIONED SOME

2:15:25OF THOSE KEY THINGS THAT WE

2:15:27HAVE SEEN TO BE EFFECTIVE. WHEN

2:15:29WE'RE ENGAGING FOLKS FROM

2:15:31ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, THINGS

2:15:33LIKE TRANSPORTATION VOUCHERS OR

2:15:37CHILD CARE, MAKING SURE YOU'RE

2:15:40HAVING YOUR EVENTS AT A TIME

2:15:42WHEN WORKING FOLKS CAN

2:15:45PARTICIPATE. ONE OF THE THINGS

2:15:46THAT I, I WENT TO VARIOUS

2:15:48DISTRICTS EVENTS OVER THE LAST

2:15:50YEAR, SIGNAGE, SOMETHING AS

2:15:52SIMPLE AS SIGNAGE AND MAKING

2:15:55SURE YOU'RE COMMUNICATING IN

2:15:56THE VARIOUS LANGUAGES THAT ARE

2:15:59REPRESENTED. SO A LOT OF THESE

2:16:01THINGS THAT WE DO AS DISTRICT

2:16:04COALITION OFFICES, WE ARE

2:16:06PREPARED TO HELP AND TO COME

2:16:09ALONGSIDE THE CITY TO DO TO

2:16:10MAKE SURE THAT THIS INCLUSIVE

2:16:12TABLE INCLUDES RENTERS, YOUNG

2:16:14FOLKS, FOLKS FROM DIFFERENT

2:16:16ETHNIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC

2:16:18BACKGROUNDS. AND I HOPE THAT

2:16:21YOU CAN FIND SPACE FOR THOSE

2:16:24WHO HAVE NOT TRADITIONALLY BEEN

2:16:25AROUND THE TABLE. WE HAVE IN

2:16:29PAST PARTNERED WITH YOUR

2:16:31DIVERSITY AND CIVIC LEADERSHIP

2:16:33PROGRAM. AND AS I WAS TOLD,

2:16:36SOME OF THE BUDGETING FROM FOR

2:16:38THE DCO PROGRAM HAS EVEN GONE

2:16:40TO THAT. ONE OF THE WAYS WE

2:16:42HAVE GOTTEN CREATIVE NOW IS TO

2:16:44BUILD PARTNERSHIPS WITH THESE

2:16:46COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT ARE

2:16:47ALREADY THERE. WE ENCOURAGE OUR

2:16:50NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS

2:16:51THROUGH OUR SMALL GRANTS

2:16:53PROGRAMS, TO GO OUT AND HAVE

2:16:56MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE DOING

2:16:58THESE COMMUNITY ACTIVATIONS,

2:17:01THAT FOLKS ARE AT THE TABLE,

2:17:04THEY'RE INVITED TO THE TABLE,

2:17:06AND THEY'RE WELCOMED TO THE

2:17:08TABLE. I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE

2:17:11OF THE PIECES THAT WE DON'T

2:17:13TALK ABOUT ENOUGH. IT'S NOT

2:17:15JUST SAYING, HEY, THERE'S

2:17:17SOMETHING HAPPENING AND YOU CAN

2:17:20COME. BUT GOING THAT EXTRA MILE,

2:17:23WE BUILD RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH

2:17:25OUR FISCAL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM,

2:17:27THROUGH OUR GRASSROOTS

2:17:29INCUBATOR, WHERE WE PROVIDE

2:17:31TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. WHEN

2:17:32THERE'S A HOT TOPIC IN MY

2:17:34NEIGHBORHOOD OR IN MY DISTRICT,

2:17:36I TRY TO STAY ON TOP OF THAT.

2:17:39SO FOR INSTANCE, ONE YEAR IT

2:17:41WAS THE RED HOUSE WHERE OUR

2:17:44BLACK AND INDIGENOUS FAMILY WAS

2:17:46BEING DISPLACED. OUR THE STAFF

2:17:48AT THE NORTHEAST COALITION OF

2:17:50NEIGHBORHOODS WERE MEMBERS FROM

2:17:51THE COMMUNITY. THEY WERE AWARE.

2:17:54WE PROVIDE SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO

2:17:56CONVENE SO WE CAN HELP FILL THE

2:17:59GAP, BUT WE NEED TO BE INCLUDED

2:18:05AS COLLABORATORS FROM THE

2:18:07BEGINNING. AND SO I JUST URGE

2:18:09YOU, I SAY WITH THE RIGHT

2:18:11SUPPORT, WE CAN CONTINUE TO

2:18:12PROVIDE SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY

2:18:14TO COME TOGETHER, AND WE'RE

2:18:15LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. WE'RE

2:18:17ALREADY DOING THE WORK. WE WANT

2:18:19TO COME ALONGSIDE YOU. WE BUILD

2:18:21COMMUNITY THROUGH DEVELOPING

2:18:22LONG TERM, TRUSTING

2:18:23RELATIONSHIPS AND FOCUSING ON

2:18:25MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE

2:18:28AT LISTENING. I THINK I SHARED

2:18:29WITH A FEW A COUPLE OF YOU THE

2:18:32SPECTRUM OF ENGAGEMENT. WE'RE

2:18:33NOT LOOKING TO JUST TALK AT

2:18:35PEOPLE. WE'RE LOOKING TO TALK

2:18:37WITH PEOPLE WE'RE LISTENING FOR

2:18:39WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT ARE

2:18:41NEAR AND DEAR TO THEIR HEART?

2:18:42BECAUSE WE WILL NEED EVERYBODY

2:18:44TO COME TOGETHER TO SAY WE CAN

2:18:47BE A STRONGER AND MORE

2:18:49RESILIENT PORTLAND. BUT THAT'S

2:18:51NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE CAN'T

2:18:52TALK TO ONE ANOTHER. SO WE'RE

2:18:55HERE. WE'RE READY. LET'S GO.

2:18:58>> THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF

2:19:00YOU. THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL

2:19:02AND PREPARED US FOR OUR FINAL

2:19:05POLICY QUESTION. THANK YOU SO

2:19:07MUCH. WHICH IS HOW CAN

2:19:09PORTLAND'S NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM

2:19:10MAKE THE MOST OF OUR TRANSITION

2:19:13TO DISTRICT BASED COUNCIL SEATS,

2:19:15FOSTERING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN

2:19:17NEIGHBORHOODS AND ELECTED

2:19:19LEADERS. JUST ADD YOUR HAND TO

2:19:31THE QUEUE IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

2:19:34COUNCILOR AVALOS.

2:19:37>> WELL, FIRST I WANT TO SAY,

2:19:38YEAH, I WENT TO THAT ONE

2:19:40NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AND THEN

2:19:41THEY TRIED TO MAKE ME THE

2:19:42PRESIDENT. SO I KNOW EXACTLY

2:19:44THE FEELING. I WAS LIKE, NO, I

2:19:45WAS JUST ASKING A QUESTION. I

2:19:47DON'T WANT TO BE THE PRESIDENT.

2:19:49ALSO, I WANTED TO SAY, AS IT

2:19:51RELATES TO REACHING RENTERS

2:19:54AGREE IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THE

2:19:55REASONS THAT PEOPLE SHARED. BUT

2:19:57ALSO THERE ARE QUITE A FEW

2:19:59APARTMENTS THAT ARE LIKE OPEN

2:20:01STYLE. AND WHEN I KNOCK DOORS

2:20:02IN MY DISTRICT, I FOCUS ON

2:20:04KNOCKING ON THOSE DOORS BECAUSE

2:20:06I KNOW THAT THEY DON'T GET A

2:20:07LOT OF OUTREACH. SO DON'T

2:20:09FORGET THERE ARE LOTS OF

2:20:11APARTMENTS THAT ARE OPEN. I'M

2:20:12SURE THEY DON'T LOVE ME HANGING

2:20:13OUT IN THERE, BUT NO ONE'S RUN

2:20:16ME OUT YET. SO AS FAR AS THIS

2:20:21QUESTION. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S

2:20:23JUST. WE REALLY JUST GOT TO GET

2:20:26OUT THERE, LIKE JUST BOOTS ON

2:20:29THE GROUND. AND AGAIN, HOW ARE

2:20:31WE? WE TALK ABOUT LIKE

2:20:33PARTNERSHIPS, RIGHT? BUT. I'M

2:20:38TRYING TO THINK OF LIKE, WHAT

2:20:39ARE THE WAYS THAT WE HELP? LIKE

2:20:41I GET OFTEN PORTLANDERS WHO ARE

2:20:44LIKE, I WANT TO HELP, RIGHT? I

2:20:45WANT TO BE PART OF SOMETHING. I

2:20:47WANT TO DO SOMETHING. AND WE'RE

2:20:49TRYING TO START UP A PROGRAM IN

2:20:51MY OFFICE TO DO THAT, TO OFFER

2:20:53WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO HELP. BUT

2:20:54AGAIN, I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT AT

2:20:56SCALE. AND WHAT ARE WAYS THAT

2:21:00WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE GET A

2:21:02BUNCH OF NEIGHBORS GOING OUT

2:21:04AND KNOCKING ON THOSE DOORS AND

2:21:06TALKING DIRECTLY WITH FOLKS?

2:21:07LIKE I JUST, I SEE THERE'S A

2:21:08LOT OF ENERGY THERE. I JUST

2:21:09DON'T THINK WE'RE CAPTURING

2:21:11PEOPLE'S ENERGY ENOUGH,

2:21:12ESPECIALLY ALL THE PEOPLE, YOU

2:21:13KNOW, WE HAVE FOLKS THAT

2:21:15REGULARLY COME TO COUNCIL TO,

2:21:16YOU KNOW, SPEAK TO US AND

2:21:19TESTIFY. AND THAT'S, THAT'S

2:21:22GREAT. I'M ALSO LIKE, CAN WE

2:21:24USE THAT ENERGY TO GO OUT TO

2:21:26YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND TALK TO

2:21:27PEOPLE? CAN WE USE THAT ENERGY

2:21:29TO HELP FACILITATE DIALOGS AND

2:21:31COMMUNITY? I JUST DON'T WANT US

2:21:34TO LIKE I, LIKE I SAID EARLIER,

2:21:35I WANT US TO WORK WITH, YOU

2:21:37KNOW, THE PARTNER ORGS AND ALL

2:21:38THAT, BUT I DON'T WANT US TO

2:21:40FEEL LIMITED BY THAT. LIKE,

2:21:41WHAT ARE WAYS THAT WE'RE

2:21:43GETTING EVERYDAY PEOPLE TO HELP

2:21:45PARTICIPATE? YOU'VE GOT TO PUT

2:21:46STRUCTURE AROUND THAT. YOU GOT

2:21:48TO PUT, YOU KNOW, GIVE IT SOME

2:21:50PURPOSE AND ALL THAT. BUT AT

2:21:51THE END OF THE DAY, I JUST FEEL

2:21:53LIKE WE'RE UNDER UTILIZING A

2:21:54LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE

2:21:56PART OF CHANGE. SO I THINK

2:21:59THAT'S WHAT I'D LOVE TO

2:22:01BRAINSTORM WITH YOU ALL OVER

2:22:02THE COMING YEARS. JUST LIKE

2:22:04WHAT ARE SOME CREATIVE WAYS WE

2:22:06CAN MAKE NEW PROGRAMS? YOU KNOW

2:22:07WHAT, LIKE A NEIGHBOR TO

2:22:09NEIGHBOR PROGRAM, WHAT COULD

2:22:10THAT LOOK LIKE? I'VE TALKED IN

2:22:12MY OFFICE ABOUT I WANTED TO DO

2:22:14LIKE A FACILITATOR TRAINING. I

2:22:15WANTED TO TRAIN FOLKS WHO WANT

2:22:17TO HELP LEAD THOSE GROUP

2:22:19DISCUSSIONS, BECAUSE I DO A LOT

2:22:20OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE LIKE

2:22:22ROUNDTABLES. AND I NEED, YOU

2:22:23KNOW, A FACILITATOR OF EACH

2:22:24ROUNDTABLE AND A NOTE TAKER.

2:22:26AND I SAY THIS TOO, BECAUSE I

2:22:28WAS TAPPED AS WHEN I, WHEN

2:22:31COMMISSIONER JOANN HARDESTY WAS

2:22:32IN OFFICE, I WAS ONE OF HER

2:22:34LIKE COMMUNITY FACILITATORS. SO

2:22:35SHE HAD LIKE AN ARMY OF PEOPLE

2:22:38WHO WERE LIKE, I JUST WANT TO

2:22:39HELP. I WANT TO PARTICIPATE.

2:22:41AND SO I WAS, YOU KNOW, ON A

2:22:43LIST AND THEY WOULD EMAIL ME

2:22:44AND I WOULD COME TO HER LITTLE

2:22:46TOWN HALLS AND HELP FACILITATE

2:22:48A TABLE. SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS

2:22:50OF OPPORTUNITIES I'D LIKE US TO

2:22:52CREATE MORE WAYS FOR NEIGHBORS

2:22:53TO HELP EACH OTHER, INSTEAD OF

2:22:55IT FEELING LIKE WE HAVE TO DO

2:22:56ALL THE WORK, OR THAT PORTLAND

2:22:58CITY STAFF HAVE TO DO ALL OF

2:23:00THAT. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE

2:23:02UNDERUTILIZING THE THE ENERGY

2:23:03THAT I'M HEARING, AND IT IS

2:23:08COUNCILOR DUNPHY AND I TALK

2:23:10ABOUT IT A LOT. COUNCIL

2:23:11PRESIDENT DUNPHY AND I TALK

2:23:12ABOUT IT A LOT WHERE WE FEEL

2:23:14EXCITED, BUT ALSO SAD AT TIMES

2:23:16BY HOW. OVERWHELMED WITH

2:23:22HAPPINESS THAT WE GET FROM

2:23:23PEOPLE WHO JUST FROM SEEING US.

2:23:25AND IT'S LIKE, THAT'S GREAT.

2:23:26I'M GLAD THAT YOU FEEL, YOU

2:23:28KNOW, REPRESENTED, ESPECIALLY

2:23:29FOR EAST PORTLANDERS. I'M GLAD

2:23:30THAT YOU FEEL LIKE WE'RE HERE,

2:23:32BUT WE'RE JUST SOMETIMES IT

2:23:33DEPRESSES US BECAUSE WE'RE LIKE,

2:23:34OH, IT'S JUST SUCH A LOW BAR.

2:23:36THE BAR IS IN HELL. SO IT'S

2:23:38LIKE, CAN WE RAISE THE BAR SO

2:23:40THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO FEEL

2:23:41LIKE JUST US? VISITING A

2:23:42NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS

2:23:43ENGAGED BECAUSE IT'S NOT. BUT

2:23:46THAT'S HOW LOW THE BAR IS. SO

2:23:48HOW DO WE SET THE BAR HIGHER SO

2:23:51THAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT LIKE,

2:23:52YEAH, YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR

2:23:53COUNCILORS COME IN AND CHECKING

2:23:55OUT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

2:23:55ASSOCIATIONS. YOU SHOULD HAVE

2:23:56THEM OUT IN COMMUNITY. BUT THAT

2:23:58AGAIN, IS SUPER LIKE ONE

2:24:00DIMENSIONAL. AND I JUST WANT TO

2:24:02RAISE THE BAR FOR PORTLANDERS.

2:24:04AND LASTLY, I'LL SAY, I'M NOT

2:24:07GOING TO REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW

2:24:08HE SAID IT. HE ALWAYS SPEAKS SO

2:24:10ELOQUENTLY THAT ZORAN MAMDANI,

2:24:12BUT HE RECENTLY WENT ON AN

2:24:14INTERVIEW AND JUST TALKED ABOUT

2:24:15LIKE THEY WERE ASKING HIM, HOW

2:24:16DO YOU BUILD TRUST, RIGHT, WITH

2:24:18FOLKS? AND HE WAS LIKE, YOU

2:24:19JUST HAVE TO SHOW THEM THAT YOU

2:24:21DID A THING. YOU DO HAVE TO

2:24:23SHOW THEM THAT YOU FILLED THE

2:24:24POTHOLE. YOU GOT TO SHOW THEM

2:24:26THAT YOU FIXED THE LIGHT. AND

2:24:28SO HOW DO, HOW ARE WE? THIS IS

2:24:30WHERE THE BLENDING OF

2:24:31COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT

2:24:32HAPPENS, RIGHT? I KNOW

2:24:33COUNCILOR KANAL SAID THAT THAT

2:24:35COMMUNICATION IS ONE THING,

2:24:36ENGAGEMENT IS ANOTHER. AGREE.

2:24:38BUT CAN WE BLEND THOSE BETTER

2:24:39SO THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY SEE,

2:24:42YOU KNOW, THAT THINGS ARE

2:24:44MOVING, RIGHT? THAT PEOPLE

2:24:46ACTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN ON

2:24:48THINGS. I ALSO GET A LOT OF

2:24:50PEOPLE WHO WE DO LIKE LIVE

2:24:55POSTING ON BLUE SKY. LAUREN IN

2:24:58MY OFFICE IS GREAT. SHE DOES

2:24:59ALL OF THE LIKE, HERE'S WHAT

2:25:01JUST HAPPENED AT COUNCIL. AND

2:25:02IT'S JUST THESE LITTLE THINGS.

2:25:04THEY ADD UP PEOPLE. I GET LOTS

2:25:05OF COMMENTS FROM THAT IN

2:25:07PARTICULAR BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE,

2:25:08I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO WATCH

2:25:09YOUR MEETING, BUT I WOULD LOVE

2:25:11TO JUST KNOW THE QUICK HITS. SO

2:25:13THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF WAYS

2:25:14THAT I'M LIKE, WHAT'S THE

2:25:15ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR LIKE,

2:25:16HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE WHAT'S

2:25:18GOING ON IN COUNCIL EVERY WEEK?

2:25:19ARE THERE EASY SOUNDBITES THAT

2:25:20WE CAN GIVE? AND I KNOW THAT'S

2:25:22DIFFICULT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,

2:25:23OBVIOUSLY WHEN I'M DOING IT,

2:25:24IT'S FROM MY POLITICAL OFFICE

2:25:26AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE THAT AND

2:25:27YOU ALL HAVE TO DO IT NEUTRALLY,

2:25:29IF YOU WILL. BUT THERE'S GOT TO

2:25:31BE A WAY. THERE'S GOT TO BE A

2:25:33WAY TO DO THAT. AND I THINK,

2:25:35AGAIN, IN THE AGE OF LIKE

2:25:36SOCIAL MEDIA AND SHORT

2:25:37ATTENTION SPANS, LIKE THOSE

2:25:38LONG NEWSLETTERS, THEY'RE

2:25:40BEAUTIFUL. PEOPLE AREN'T

2:25:41READING ALL OF THEM. SOME

2:25:42PEOPLE ARE, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE

2:25:43AREN'T. AND SO HOW DO WE DO

2:25:45MORE OF THAT COMMUNICATION IN

2:25:46THESE SMALLER, DIGESTIBLE BITES

2:25:48SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE A

2:25:49CONSTANT FLOW OF INFORMATION

2:25:51AND LIKE, OH, WELL, THEY, THEY

2:25:53RECENTLY PASSED THIS BILL OR

2:25:54THEY HAD A DEBATE ON THIS TOPIC.

2:25:56AND NOW I KNOW KIND OF A LITTLE

2:25:57BIT MORE OF THE INTRICACIES

2:25:59OTHER THAN JUST READING WHAT'S

2:26:00ON THE WEBSITE, RIGHT? SURE.

2:26:01YOU COULD GO TO THE WEBSITE AND

2:26:03SAY THEY VOTED FOR THIS BILL,

2:26:04BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN? SO HOW

2:26:06ARE WE CONNECTING THOSE DOTS?

2:26:08SO THAT THEN WHEN YOU'RE

2:26:09BRINGING THEM IN FOR THE

2:26:10ENGAGEMENT, THEY FEEL INFORMED,

2:26:13INFORMED. THEY FEEL LIKE

2:26:14THEY'RE A PART OF SOMETHING

2:26:15BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'VE

2:26:16HEARD IT IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE

2:26:18OR IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN

2:26:20EASILY DIGEST. SO I'D LOVE TO

2:26:21SEE A BLENDING OF OUR COMMS AND

2:26:24ENGAGEMENT. AND LIKE, THEY

2:26:26SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING IN

2:26:27ISOLATION. THEY SHOULD BE

2:26:28FLOWING BETWEEN EACH OTHER. AND

2:26:30I'D LOVE TO SEE A STRATEGY

2:26:32DEVELOPED AROUND THAT. THANKS.

2:26:35>> THANK YOU COUNCILOR. WE WILL

2:26:37GO TO COUNCILOR PIRTLE-GUINEY,

2:26:39THEN COUNCILOR GREEN. AND IF WE

2:26:41ALL KEEP IT TO ABOUT FIVE

2:26:43MINUTES, EVERYONE WILL BE ABLE

2:26:45TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION.

2:26:47>> I WILL DO LESS THAN THAT,

2:26:48AND I WILL TRY TO STICK TO THE

2:26:50QUESTION. EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE

2:26:52A LOT OF OTHER THINGS I WOULD

2:26:53LOVE TO SAY ABOUT THE TOPIC.

2:26:57WHEN WE WERE FIRST ELECTED, I

2:26:59HAD SOME PEOPLE COME UP TO ME

2:27:01AND SAY, WELL, DO WE NEED OUR

2:27:03NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SYSTEM?

2:27:05NOW WE HAVE DISTRICT COUNCILORS,

2:27:08AND I THINK THERE IS A HUGE

2:27:10OPPORTUNITY, AND EACH OF US

2:27:11COULD PROBABLY GIVE EXAMPLES

2:27:12FROM THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE

2:27:14OF HOW WE HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE

2:27:15OF THAT OPPORTUNITY ALREADY TO

2:27:18MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

2:27:20ASSOCIATION STRONGER BY OUR

2:27:21PRESENCE AND MAKE OUR WORK

2:27:22STRONGER BY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

2:27:24ASSOCIATION PRESENCE. BOTH. I

2:27:25THINK THAT WE CAN AND WE SHOULD

2:27:27WORK TOGETHER. I HAVE GONE TO,

2:27:33I THINK, MEETINGS, I HOPE,

2:27:35MEETINGS FOR EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD

2:27:36ASSOCIATION IN OUR DISTRICT. AT

2:27:37THIS POINT, I TRY TO GET TO

2:27:39EACH ONE AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR,

2:27:41AND I'VE HAD MULTIPLE TIMES

2:27:43WHERE PEOPLE ARE IN THE ROOM

2:27:44WHO HAVE NEVER SHOWED UP TO A

2:27:46NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION

2:27:47MEETING BEFORE, AND THEY CAME

2:27:48BECAUSE A COUNCILOR WAS THERE.

2:27:50AND I HOPE THAT OUR DISTRICT

2:27:53OFFICES ARE HELPING

2:27:54NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THINK

2:27:56ABOUT HOW THEY CAN CAPITALIZE

2:27:58ON THE MOMENTUM OF HAVING US

2:28:01COME TO THINGS TO BOOST

2:28:03INTEREST IN THE WORK THAT'S

2:28:04HAPPENING, AND TO BOOST TO

2:28:06BOOST PARTICIPATION. SIMILARLY,

2:28:10I THINK WE'VE HAD A GREAT

2:28:12PARTNERSHIP WHERE OUR

2:28:14NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS

2:28:16HOSTED COUNCILORS AT EVENTS

2:28:19RIGHT AND HAD DROP IN HOURS

2:28:21WITH COUNCILORS AT EVENTS THAT

2:28:22THE COALITION OFFICE WAS AT.

2:28:26AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF

2:28:27OPPORTUNITY THERE. BUT AS WE

2:28:29THINK ABOUT HOW YOU ALL ENGAGE

2:28:31IN THAT, RIGHT, HOW WE GO

2:28:33DEEPER THAN JUST THE ONE ON ONE

2:28:34RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE, I

2:28:37THINK THAT THERE IS A REAL

2:28:41OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE SOME OF THE

2:28:43RESOURCES THAT THE CITY HAS AND

2:28:46WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD

2:28:48ASSOCIATIONS AND THE COUNCILORS

2:28:49TOGETHER TO THINK ABOUT THE

2:28:51OUTREACH. SO I THINK ABOUT WHEN

2:28:54PBOT WAS DOING OUTREACH FOR THE

2:28:57TOF, THE TRANSPORTATION UTILITY

2:28:58FEE, AND THEY MADE SURE TO HAVE

2:29:00AN EVENT IN EVERY DISTRICT, AND

2:29:02THEIR EVENT IN OUR DISTRICT WAS

2:29:04ACTUALLY AT THE SAME PLACE THAT

2:29:06OUR COALITION OFFICE IS LOCATED,

2:29:10BUT WE DIDN'T FIND OUT ABOUT IT

2:29:12IN TIME TO DO A LOT OF OUTREACH

2:29:14ON OUR CHANNELS. I DON'T KNOW

2:29:15THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD

2:29:16ASSOCIATIONS WERE ENGAGED IN

2:29:17DOING A LOT OF OUTREACH FOR IT.

2:29:18AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A WAY,

2:29:20AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT FIRST

2:29:22QUESTION AND THE INTEGRATION

2:29:24THAT THE WORK THAT THE OTHER

2:29:26PARTS OF OUR OUTREACH TEAM DO

2:29:30CAN USE NEIGHBORHOOD

2:29:32ASSOCIATIONS AND COUNCIL OFFICE

2:29:34LISTS TO MAKE THE EVENTS BETTER,

2:29:37TO REACH MORE PEOPLE, TO BRING

2:29:39IN MORE PEOPLE. AND SIMILARLY,

2:29:42THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS

2:29:43WILL HOPEFULLY THEN BUILD ON

2:29:45THAT TO BRING PEOPLE INTO THEIR

2:29:46WORK. I THINK WE CAN USE THE

2:29:48FACT THAT WE HAVE THESE

2:29:49OVERLAPPING SYSTEMS, IF WE USE

2:29:51THEM WELL, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE

2:29:53ARE ALL CAPTURING MORE PEOPLE

2:29:55TO ENGAGE. COUNCILOR ZIMMERMAN

2:29:56TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF

2:29:57REWARDING THE PEOPLE WHO DO

2:29:58SHOW UP OVER AND OVER, AND I

2:30:00THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT AND

2:30:02MAKE SURE THAT THE FOLKS WHO

2:30:03WE'RE HEARING FROM ARE

2:30:04REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY

2:30:06AS A WHOLE. THERE'S A LOT OF

2:30:07DIFFERENT METRICS WE NEED TO

2:30:08LOOK AT FOR THAT, AND MAKING

2:30:10SURE THAT WE ARE ALL ADDING TO

2:30:12OUR LISTS FROM PEOPLE COMING TO

2:30:13EVENTS AND WORKING TOGETHER IS

2:30:15THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT. AS

2:30:18YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD IN THIS

2:30:19LAST, IN THIS WORK AND THINKING

2:30:21ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD

2:30:23COALITIONS, I KNOW THE FOUR

2:30:25FOLKS SITTING BEHIND YOU TALK

2:30:26TO EACH OTHER AND SHARE BEST

2:30:28PRACTICES, BUT I HOPE WE'RE

2:30:29SHARING BEST PRACTICES ABOUT

2:30:30HOW THEY EACH WORK WITH OUR

2:30:32OFFICES AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN

2:30:36DO MORE OF THAT AND REACH

2:30:38DEEPER.

2:30:41>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GREEN.

2:30:45>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR KOYAMA

2:30:46LANE. I HEARD STUFF FROM BOTH

2:30:49OF THE TWO COUNCILORS WHO SPOKE

2:30:51ON THIS QUESTION BEFORE ME THAT

2:30:52I JUST WANT TO ECHO, FOR THE

2:30:54SAKE OF TIME AND EMPHASIS. I

2:30:57AGREE WITH ALL THAT, BUT I ALSO

2:30:59WANT TO UPLIFT THAT THOSE SORTS

2:31:03OF STRUCTURAL CHANGES REQUIRE

2:31:05RESOURCES, AND THE RESOURCES

2:31:06NEED TO BE RESOURCED

2:31:08INTENTIONALLY FOR FOR BOTH THE

2:31:09CITY STAFF AS WELL AS THE

2:31:13DISTRICT COALITIONS THROUGH THE

2:31:14NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I JUST WANT TO

2:31:16TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FUNDING.

2:31:17I THINK IF, IF, IF COUNCILS ARE

2:31:19SERIOUS ABOUT BUILDING THAT

2:31:21CAPACITY, THEN WE NEED TO. AND

2:31:24OF COURSE, THE CITY

2:31:25ADMINISTRATOR AND THE MAYOR,

2:31:26LIKE WE NEED TO PUT THAT IN OUR

2:31:28BUDGETS ON A YEAR BY YEAR BASIS.

2:31:29AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS

2:31:30SOMETHING I WROTE DOWN EARLIER

2:31:32IN THE CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW,

2:31:34CUTTING. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN IN

2:31:35SOME DIRE TIMES FINANCIALLY

2:31:36WITH THE CITY OF PORTLAND. SO

2:31:38WE GET IT. I THINK EVERYONE

2:31:39UNDERSTANDS THAT. BUT BUT

2:31:40CUTTING INTO THE BONE OF OUR

2:31:42NEIGHBORHOOD SYSTEM IS, IS

2:31:43PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH

2:31:44BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF

2:31:46LEVERAGE THAT COMES OUT OF THE

2:31:48UNLOCKING THE VOLUNTEER ASPECT

2:31:51AND HYPER LOCAL ORGANIZING

2:31:54ASPECT THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT

2:31:55THOSE INSTITUTIONS BRING. SO I

2:31:59THINK WE NEED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW,

2:32:01SOME, SOME CITY

2:32:03>> SOME CITIES HAVE DISTRICT

2:32:04BASED BUDGETS THAT THEIR

2:32:06COUNCILORS MIGHT SORT OF SAY,

2:32:08OKAY, WE THINK WE CAN GRANT

2:32:09THIS OUT AND DO THIS SORT OF

2:32:11THING FOR YOUR ACTIVITY. BUT WE

2:32:12HAVE A DIFFERENT STRUCTURE. WE

2:32:14HAVE THREE MEMBERS PER DISTRICT,

2:32:15AND NONE OF US ARE EXECUTIVES.

2:32:16SO I THINK WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE

2:32:18US TO START THINKING ABOUT IS

2:32:20JUST CREATING AN ANNUAL OF

2:32:22FUNDS THAT THAT ARE DIRECTLY

2:32:24FROM THE CITY'S BUDGET THROUGH

2:32:26THE OFFICE OF CIVIC LIFE TO

2:32:27THESE COALITION OFFICES. SO

2:32:30THAT WAY THEY CAN BE AWARDED

2:32:33THROUGH A TRANSPARENT AND

2:32:35COMPETITIVE PROCESS, AND THAT

2:32:37WE CAN THINK ABOUT WHAT THE

2:32:39OUTCOMES ARE WITH THAT. THE

2:32:41ABSENCE OF THAT IS PRODUCED A

2:32:42SITUATION WHERE INDIVIDUAL

2:32:44COUNCIL OFFICES ARE DOLING OUT

2:32:46GRANTS HERE AND THERE. AND, YOU

2:32:48KNOW, IT'S IT'S IN SOME SENSE

2:32:51IT'S UNEVEN AND IT'S NOT

2:32:53TRANSPARENT. IT'S GREAT THAT

2:32:54THEY'RE DOING THAT, I THINK.

2:32:56BUT BUT THAT'S A STOP GAP FOR,

2:32:58I THINK A STRUCTURAL, LIKE WE

2:33:00NEED TO DO THAT UPFRONT IN THE

2:33:01BUDGET BASICALLY. SO THAT WAY

2:33:03IF WE DO THESE OTHER PARTS OF

2:33:04THE CONVERSATION, RIGHT, AND WE

2:33:05HEAR FROM OUR DISTRICT

2:33:07COALITIONS AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

2:33:08GROUPS EARLIER IN THE SORT OF

2:33:11OFF CYCLE PROCESS ABOUT

2:33:12PRIORITIES, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE

2:33:14GETTING THE RESOURCES TO HELP

2:33:15THEM HELP US DELIVER THOSE

2:33:17PRIORITIES. SO, SO I THINK

2:33:19THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ADVOCATE ON

2:33:20THE ON THE SORT OF MONEY AS

2:33:22GRANTS PIECE TO, TO THE

2:33:24EXTERNAL AND THEN, YOU KNOW,

2:33:26STAFFING FTES THAT CAN HELP US

2:33:31ENGAGE MORE FLUIDLY WITH, WITH

2:33:32THESE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS,

2:33:33I THINK WOULD BE CRITICAL. I

2:33:35KNOW SOME OFFICES SEND OUT

2:33:37MAILERS ON A SORT OF

2:33:39SEMI-REGULAR BASIS THAT TALKS

2:33:40ABOUT THEIR INDIVIDUAL

2:33:42ACCOMPLISHMENTS. BUT WHAT IF WE

2:33:43HAD A BUDGET TO SEND OUT

2:33:44MAILERS OR POSTCARDS TALKING

2:33:46ABOUT WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH THESE

2:33:47NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS?

2:33:48BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S

2:33:50EXPENSIVE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL ORG

2:33:51TO TRY TO SEND. AND IF WE IF WE

2:33:54DO IT AS A CITY COLLECTIVELY,

2:33:57WE CAN WE CAN LEVERAGE THAT, I

2:33:58THINK, WAYS TO DELIVER THAT.

2:34:00AND THAT HELPS FILL THAT GAP ON,

2:34:01YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT NOT READING

2:34:03A NEWSLETTER OR NOT BEING ON

2:34:04SOCIAL MEDIA. SO JUST A COUPLE

2:34:06OF IDEAS. AND I THINK WHAT WILL

2:34:08MAKE OUR NEW SYSTEM SUCCESSFUL

2:34:10IN THAT IS, IS IF WE JUST

2:34:13PROPERLY RESOURCE BOTH SIDES OF

2:34:15THE EQUATION AND THEN HOLD

2:34:16OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE ON BOTH

2:34:18SIDES OF THE EQUATION ON

2:34:19WHETHER WE DELIVERED. SO. AND

2:34:21THEN I THINK THAT'S HOW YOU GET

2:34:23THE TRUST BACK. THANKS.

2:34:26>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR

2:34:28COUNCILOR KANAL. AND THEN WE'LL

2:34:29GO TO COUNCILOR SMITH.

2:34:30>> THANKS. I DID WANT TO JUST

2:34:34FLAG FOR LATER, BECAUSE I DON'T

2:34:35THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CHANCE

2:34:37TO GET TO IT. YOU MENTIONED

2:34:38SOMETHING ABOUT INTERNAL

2:34:39ENGAGEMENT. I THINK THERE'S A

2:34:40WHOLE CONVERSATION THERE THAT

2:34:41I'D LOVE TO TO HAVE DISCUSSED

2:34:43AT SOME POINT WHEN APPROPRIATE.

2:34:45BUT TO DIRECTLY ANSWER THIS

2:34:46QUESTION, I FIRST WANT TO JUST

2:34:47SAY I, YOU KNOW, I VALUE THE

2:34:49INPUT FROM THE COALITION SO

2:34:50MUCH AND GRATEFUL FOR BEING

2:34:52HERE TO ALL OF YOU, OUR

2:34:54NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. I

2:34:55DID A TOUR OF NEIGHBORHOOD

2:34:57ASSOCIATIONS IN D2. I ATTENDED

2:34:58ALL OF THEM. MOST OF THEM WERE

2:35:00JANUARY THROUGH MAY. BUT YOU

2:35:01KNOW, A LOT OF THEM, EVEN ON

2:35:03THE SAME DAY. SO WE ENDED UP

2:35:04DOING A COUPLE IN APRIL AND MAY.

2:35:06AND IF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

2:35:07ASSOCIATION OUT THERE DO

2:35:08PREPARE TO HEAR FROM ME AGAIN.

2:35:10BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THAT WE

2:35:12GOT A LOT OF AMAZING FEEDBACK

2:35:13THERE, A LOT OF AMAZING INPUT

2:35:15AND THINGS THAT YOU NEVER HEAR

2:35:17ABOUT IN THIS BUILDING ARE

2:35:18OFTEN RAISED THERE. I ALSO KNOW

2:35:20THAT THERE'S A LOT OF, AND I

2:35:22USE THIS WORD INTENTIONALLY

2:35:23TRAUMA AROUND THINGS GOING BACK.

2:35:26AND IT NOT JUST AROUND WHAT

2:35:27THEY ARE OR WHAT THEY WERE, BUT

2:35:29AROUND PROPOSED CHANGES THAT

2:35:31CAUSED HARM TO SOME OF WHICH

2:35:32WERE IMPLEMENTED, SOME WERE NOT.

2:35:34AND I, I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE

2:35:36THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A SOMETHING

2:35:38THAT IS PART OF WHY WE'RE

2:35:40HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS THE

2:35:41WAY WE ARE. AND I ALSO KNOW A

2:35:43LOT OF GOOD WORK HAS HAPPENED.

2:35:45I STARTED TO GO TO NEIGHBORHOOD

2:35:46ASSOCIATIONS BEYOND MY OWN,

2:35:48LIKE FOUR YEARS AGO. AND JUST

2:35:50SEEING EVOLUTION IN HOW THEY

2:35:51RUN EVOLUTION, WHO'S THEIR

2:35:54EVOLUTION, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE

2:35:55THERE? THAT'S ALL REALLY

2:35:57HELPFUL. AND IT, IT TOOK A LOT

2:36:00OF WORK. AND SOMETIMES THAT

2:36:01WORK REQUIRES SUPPORT. AND I

2:36:02KNOW THERE'S BEEN AN ASK FOR

2:36:04MEDIATION TRAINING, FOR EXAMPLE,

2:36:06BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE

2:36:08PEOPLE HAVING DISAGREEMENTS.

2:36:10AND SOMETIMES THOSE

2:36:11DISAGREEMENTS BECOME CONFLICTS.

2:36:12AND BEFORE IT GOES TO WHATEVER

2:36:13THE NEXT STEPS ARE, IT'S

2:36:15HELPFUL TO KIND OF RESOLVE THAT

2:36:16FIRST. SO I DID WANT TO JUST

2:36:19UPLIFT THAT. AND, YOU KNOW,

2:36:20BROADLY SPEAKING, I WANT TO

2:36:21MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RETAINING

2:36:22A STRONG NEIGHBORHOOD SYSTEM

2:36:24AND INVESTING IN THAT WHILE

2:36:25ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S

2:36:27SO MUCH ENGAGEMENT THAT OCCURS

2:36:28OUTSIDE OF THE CONTEXT OF

2:36:30GEOGRAPHY. AND A LOT OF THE

2:36:31EXAMPLES WE'VE CITED TODAY ARE

2:36:33MONEY THAT WAS PUT INTO

2:36:34SOMETHING BY BEING TAKEN FROM

2:36:35SOMETHING ELSE ALSO IN CIVIC

2:36:37LIFE. AND SO WE NEED TO AND I'M

2:36:39LOOKING AT THE ADMINISTRATOR

2:36:41AND THE MAYOR'S CHAIR HERE. WE

2:36:42NEED TO GET AWAY FROM THAT AND

2:36:44NOT BECAUSE THE REASON WHY IT

2:36:47BECAME WHY IT'S STILL BEEN LIKE

2:36:48A, IS IT THIS WAY OR THAT WAY

2:36:50IS LARGELY ABOUT BUDGET TRADE

2:36:51OFFS, I THINK. AND WE DON'T

2:36:53HAVE TO MAKE IT ABOUT BUDGET

2:36:54TRADE OFFS, BECAUSE I DON'T

2:36:56MEAN TO DIMINISH IT IN ANY WAY.

2:36:58BUT SO MUCH OF THIS MONEY, THE

2:37:00MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE

2:37:01IS A ROUNDING ERROR IN THE

2:37:02BUDGET. THESE ARE NOT BIG ASKS,

2:37:04RIGHT. THESE ARE WE HAD

2:37:05$150,000 AMENDMENT ON DIVERSITY

2:37:07AND CIVIC LEADERSHIP LAST YEAR,

2:37:10$150,000 NOT MILLION THOUSAND.

2:37:12SO THESE ARE THESE ARE THINGS

2:37:14THAT EVERY PENNY MATTERS. AND

2:37:16ALSO IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO BOTH.

2:37:17AND WE SHOULD. THANKS.

2:37:21>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR

2:37:22COUNCILOR SMITH.

2:37:25>> THANK YOU. I JUST LIKE TO

2:37:27SAY DITTO, DITTO, DITTO TO

2:37:29EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE HAS

2:37:30SAID. AND I, I ALSO WANT TO PUT

2:37:33A REAL FINE POINT ON THE FACT

2:37:35THAT I LIKE TO HAVE VOLUNTEERS

2:37:37AND HAVE THEM ENERGIZED, BUT I.

2:37:39THEY NEED TO BE PAID. AND SO WE

2:37:42NEED TO BRING IN MORE RESOURCES

2:37:44TO, TO DO THIS KIND OF WORK. WE

2:37:46CAN'T EXPECT COMMUNITY TO COME

2:37:49IN AND DO THE WORK THAT THAT

2:37:50WE'RE BEING DONE BY FTES AT THE

2:37:52CITY OF PORTLAND AND EXPECT

2:37:54THEM TO ALWAYS HAVE THIS GREAT

2:37:55ENERGY TO COME AND DO THIS. NO,

2:37:57NO, NO, NO, WE THEY NEED TO

2:37:59HAVE STIPENDS OR SOMETHING. AND

2:38:00PEOPLE NEED TO BE PAID AND THEY

2:38:02NEED TO HAVE A RIGHT KIND OF

2:38:03BUDGET BUDGET TO DO THIS. AND

2:38:06I'M NOT GOING TO BE ASKING

2:38:08FOLKS TO DO ALL THIS EXTRA WORK

2:38:11BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE

2:38:12DECIDED TO, TO MAKE SOME CUTS.

2:38:14I MEAN, WE CAN FILL IN THE HOLE,

2:38:15BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET THE

2:38:18MESSAGE FROM, FROM ME THAT I'M

2:38:20TRYING TO GET YOU TO GET

2:38:22VOLUNTEERS WHO WERE, WHO WERE

2:38:23PREVIOUSLY DOING THE WORK OF

2:38:25PEOPLE WHO WERE PAID. AND SO

2:38:28THAT IS THAT IS MY COMMITMENT

2:38:32IS TO TRY TO GET SOME OF THESE

2:38:34THINGS PAID FOR. AND I JUST

2:38:37WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE

2:38:39WORK THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR

2:38:41ENGAGING AND INSPIRING US IN A

2:38:45WAY, BECAUSE YOU GUYS DO THIS

2:38:47EVERY DAY. THIS IS WHAT YOU DO

2:38:49AND I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

2:38:55>> GREAT. THANK YOU. I PUT

2:38:56MYSELF IN THE QUEUE. I LOVE THE

2:39:01NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE HAVE IN

2:39:02PORTLAND, AND I LOVE OUR

2:39:04NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM. I'LL BE

2:39:07AT A ROSE CITY PARK

2:39:08NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION

2:39:09MEETING IN JUST A COUPLE HOURS

2:39:11HERE. AND I THINK THE THOUGHT

2:39:14THAT I WANT TO JUST MENTION IS

2:39:16OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS

2:39:18ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. THEY ARE

2:39:21A HUB AND WAY FOR FOLKS TO GET

2:39:24CONNECTED. AND THEY ARE ONE,

2:39:26ONE WAY TO REPRESENT AND ONE

2:39:28WAY TO CONNECT WITH FOLKS IN A

2:39:31NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE ARE FOLKS

2:39:34THAT HAVE COME UP THAT CAN'T

2:39:35ACCESS THOSE MEETINGS OR DON'T

2:39:37GO TO THEM. AND SO I ALMOST

2:39:39THINK OF THEM AS KIND OF LIKE

2:39:41PTAS OR TOES AT SCHOOLS, LIKE

2:39:43THEY ARE IMPORTANT AND THEY

2:39:44HAVE A ROLE. THEY'RE NOT THE

2:39:46ONLY VOICES THAT WE LISTEN TO.

2:39:48AND IT ALSO CAN BE IMPORTANT TO,

2:39:52TO LOOK AND SEE, YEAH, WHERE

2:39:54THOSE GAPS ARE AND WHERE YOU

2:39:55CAN GO FIND PEOPLE AND MEET

2:39:57THEM WHERE THEY'RE AT. I KNOW

2:39:58MY OFFICE WHEN WE'RE SURVEYING

2:40:00OR GETTING INFORMATION, WE'LL

2:40:02TRACK WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS WE'RE

2:40:03HEARING FROM, WHICH

2:40:05NEIGHBORHOODS PEOPLE ARE COMING

2:40:06FROM, AND THEN WE GO OUT AND

2:40:07FIND, OKAY, WE NEED TO GO TO

2:40:09ARDENWALD AND SEE IF WE CAN

2:40:11CONNECT WITH MORE PEOPLE THERE

2:40:12AND HEAR FROM THEM. SO I JUST

2:40:14WANTED TO BOOST, WHICH I THINK

2:40:15IS, IS ON EVERYONE'S RADAR THAT

2:40:17WE ARE VALUING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

2:40:20PROGRAM. AND WE'RE ALSO KNOWING

2:40:21THAT IT'S NOT ENOUGH JUST TO

2:40:23SAY, OKAY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD

2:40:24ASSOCIATIONS IN THESE AREAS,

2:40:26WE'VE TALKED TO THEM, WE HAVE

2:40:27TO BE ABLE TO GO BEYOND THAT

2:40:29TOO, AND THINK ABOUT WHO'S NOT

2:40:30AT THE TABLE, WHOSE VOICES ARE

2:40:32MISSING AND MAKING SURE THAT

2:40:33WE'RE GOING OUT AND, AND

2:40:34GETTING THOSE VOICES ALSO.

2:40:40GREAT. WELL, I THINK WE'VE

2:40:42GOTTEN TO HEAR FROM ALL MY

2:40:43COLLEAGUES. THERE ARE A COUPLE.

2:40:45I THINK THEY'RE LEGACY HANDS,

2:40:46THOSE LEGACY HANDS. COUNCILOR

2:40:47GREEN. COUNCILOR SMITH GREAT.

2:40:51WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE LAURA,

2:40:54IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO A CLOSING

2:40:56AND TALK ABOUT ANY NEXT STEPS

2:40:57BEFORE WE ADJOURN.

2:40:58>> YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

2:41:00OBVIOUSLY, THIS WAS A REALLY A

2:41:02RIPE TOPIC FOR CONVERSATION. I

2:41:05HAVE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED

2:41:06EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID. I

2:41:08HOPE YOU SAW US ALL TAKING

2:41:10COPIOUS NOTES, WHICH WE WILL

2:41:12PLAN TO TURN INTO A SUMMARY

2:41:14WITH KIND OF KEY THEMES AND

2:41:16NEXT STEPS, AND SHARE OUT WITH

2:41:18ALL OF YOU BY MID-OCTOBER AT

2:41:21THE LATEST. I THINK CIVIC

2:41:25ENGAGEMENT IS PART OF WHAT

2:41:26MAKES PORTLAND REALLY SPECIAL,

2:41:28AND THIS CONVERSATION REFLECTS

2:41:30THAT. I SEE THIS AS A MOMENT OF

2:41:32REAL OPPORTUNITY THAT'S

2:41:34REFLECTED IN THIS CONVERSATION.

2:41:36SO LET'S LET IT BE THE

2:41:37BEGINNING OF A CONVERSATION AND

2:41:38NOT THE END, AND LOOK FORWARD

2:41:40TO FOLLOW UP TO COME. THANK YOU.

2:41:43>> THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF

2:41:45YOU. AND FOR ALL THAT YOU DO

2:41:46WITH THAT, I WILL ADJOURN THIS,

2:41:48THIS CIVIC LIFE AND CITY WIDE

2:41:50ENGAGEMENT WORK SESSION AT 4:38

2:41:53P.M.