2026-10-13 - City Life Committee

Summary

Based on uploaded (human-made) captions, not auto-generated; minor errors are possible. Captions run from 5:53 to 2:30:50. Captions show no text during the recess from 1:31:44 to 1:43:00 (about 11 minutes), and that time is not counted as discussion.

Time on topic (from transcript timestamps; approximate, includes side talk):

Topic	Minutes	Share
Advance Portland Economic Development Strategy	77	57%
City Real Property Disposition Policy	38	29%
Menlo Park Water Tower Site Conveyance	8	6%
Other business	11	8%

Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
Councilor Pirtle-Guiney chaired and called the meeting to order at 2:01 p.m. (5:53 on the recording); it adjourned at 2:30:50, about 4:26 p.m. Councilor Zimmerman (vice chair), Councilor Ryan and Councilor Morillo answered the roll call; Councilor Avalos joined a few minutes late.
Councilor Ryan took part remotely at times.
The only vote was a 5-0 referral of the Menlo Park conveyance to the full Council with a "do pass" recommendation.
The first two items (documents 2026-360 and 2026-361) were presentations and discussion with no action.

Advance Portland Economic Development Strategy

15:11-1:31:44

Donnie Oliveira (deputy city administrator for community and economic development) and Cornel Wesley (executive director of Prosper Portland) updated the committee on Advance Portland, the five-year citywide strategy adopted in April 2023 with four objectives: inclusive growth and innovation, equitable wealth creation, vibrant central city and commercial districts, and connections to high-quality jobs. Wesley cited the Office of Small Business (809 businesses served in its first year), six new tax increment districts, an enterprise zone change tied to the Alaska Airlines hangar expansion, and film recruitment that produced more than 3,400 jobs.
The recalibration for the final two years keeps the four objectives but sorts every initiative into "recovery" (funded, in progress or ready) and "growth" (16 initiatives needing research, funding or approval, four of which could start this fiscal year). A public online dashboard tracks them. Next steps: the Prosper Portland board on October 14 and a new Advance Portland advisory committee convening October 20.
Zimmerman asked what mix of small, medium and large employers the city should pursue; Wesley said the pandemic showed a lack of large "shock absorber" employers (400 or more workers), and both Wesley and Oliveira said wage standards and land readiness can be written into incentive and development agreements.
Ryan pressed for concrete priorities; Wesley named Broadway Corridor first, followed by the OMSI district, Union Station, Lloyd Center, Moda, Albina Vision Trust and the 1803 project. Ryan called Prosper Portland's economic analyses for policy "shallow"; Oliveira said the author of a policy is supposed to submit the economic impact statement and Prosper Portland reviews it, and that staff need more notice to help. Ryan also asked where private money will come from and said job creators cite taxes and regulation; Wesley said Prosper Portland has no taxing authority and cited CEO roundtables. Andrew Fitzpatrick gave the example of an electric-vehicle charging company expanding in the Central Eastside with 40 to 50 new jobs, and said the enterprise zone looks for wages at 150% of the county median (about $84,000).
Avalos said Broadway Corridor-type projects can crowd out East Portland, reported from small-business door knocking on Division Street (vandalism, homelessness, street medians), and asked for stronger ties between Prosper Portland and the transportation and water bureaus and for outreach through groups such as Historic Parkrose and the Midway Alliance. Oliveira cited 82nd Avenue coordination. Fitzpatrick described Prosper Portland's neighborhood prosperity network funding, and the Office of Small Business was asked to carry resources for referring unhoused people to services.
Pirtle-Guiney asked what happens to objectives two and four (wealth creation and high-wage jobs) in the back half; Wesley said the next strategy is the best chance to focus there. She urged the city to limit public subsidy to employers paying a wage that supports a family without public assistance or to entrepreneurs building local wealth.
Morillo raised commercial rent costs and support for renters; Wesley said Prosper Portland's storefront programs address vacancy, tenant improvements and facades, and that renter affordability sits with the Housing Bureau. Morillo asked for more detail on both storefront programs; staff promised to send data.
Follow-ups promised: the businesses Avalos visited will be contacted, bureau partners will be identified for each objective, and Prosper Portland will send program data.

City Real Property Disposition Policy

1:43:32-2:21:44

Pirtle-Guiney said the committee chairs agreed to bring land disposition items to this committee so Council can review the policy as a whole. Pauline Goebel (Bureau of Fleet and Facilities, city real property coordinator), David McEldowney (Portland Bureau of Transportation real property services) and Tanya Wolfersberger (Portland Housing Bureau) explained Administrative Rule 1302, in place since 2015. Category 1 (for example remnant or landlocked parcels) and Category 2 (Housing Bureau properties) get an internal review only; Category 3 (everything else) adds a 60-day public notice before Council declares the property surplus. A fourth category is proposed for small partial takes needed by regional transportation partners, to go through the city administrator's delegated authority.
Case studies: two remnant parcels at the end of a street by the Foster-Woodstock couplet, where more than 300 camp complaints in a year and about $45,000 in cleanup were cited (this comes to the committee October 27), and the Menlo Park water tower site, which the Housing Bureau claimed in 2020.
Councilor Ryan said the rule dates from the old form of government and should be reformed more radically; staff said a review with the City Attorney last year made only minor updates that await the bureau director. Ryan described a privately owned former water tower on Hayden Island that sits intact and attracts crime, and asked how the city vets sales and later use; staff said the open-market process attaches no use conditions but conditions or a request for proposals could be considered.
Council President Dunphy said selling land should be the last resort, called for a citywide land bank policy and for pocket parks, and said he wants to work on the policy next year. Pirtle-Guiney agreed, saying the three common drivers (no longer serving its purpose, attractive nuisance, costly improvements) reflect a short-term view and the city may need the land in 20 to 30 years. Morillo asked whether this was the same policy as the tennis center contract; staff said no, that property stays public.

Menlo Park Water Tower Site Conveyance

2:21:46-2:29:40

Quisha Light (interim director of the Portland Housing Bureau; spelling approximate from captions), Tanya Wolfersberger and Kate Piper presented document 2026-344: authorize conveying the former Menlo Park water tower site, two roughly 10,000-square-foot parcels in East Portland, to Habitat for Humanity so it can combine the site with its adjacent land for Hazelwood Square, a townhome ownership development growing from 11 to 22 homes. The Housing Bureau received the site from the Water Bureau in 2024 after the tower was demolished and remediated. No one signed up to testify.
Pirtle-Guiney said this is a case where disposition makes sense because the project depends on the extra parcel. Ryan was fully supportive, citing a similar Peninsula Crossing cleanup in his former role overseeing the Housing Bureau.
Zimmerman moved and Ryan seconded a "do pass" referral to Council. Roll call: Zimmerman, Avalos, Ryan, Morillo and Pirtle-Guiney all aye, 5-0.

Other business

Public input (document 2026-359): two members of the public spoke, one about cleanliness and blight in Old Town and Chinatown, the other urging the city to support the school system as part of city life.
The next meeting is October 27: two more Bureau of Transportation parcels moving toward disposition and a follow-up on funding and regulation of cable and internet; another item may be added.

Agenda

Prosper Portland economic development strategy; policy on privatizing publicly owned land; conveyance of former Menlo Park Water Tower site to Habitat for Humanity.

Sources

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Transcript

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Transcript

05:53>> GOOD MORNING. IT IS 2:01

05:56P.M. ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH.

05:58I AM CALLING TO ORDER TODAY'S

05:59MEETING OF THE CITY LIFE

06:02COMMITTEE. COULD YOU PLEASE

06:03CALL THE ROLL?

06:05>> YES. THANK YOU.

06:07>> ZIMMERMAN HERE.

06:11>> AVALOS. RYAN. HERE. MORILLO.

06:18HERE.

06:19>> PIRTLE-GUINEY HERE. AND,

06:20KEVIN, COULD WE PLEASE GET THE

06:22STATEMENT OF CONDUCT?

06:24>> WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF

06:25THE CITY LIFE COMMITTEE TO

06:26TESTIFY BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE

06:28IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY. YOU

06:29MUST SIGN UP IN ADVANCE ON THE

06:30COMMITTEE AGENDA AT

06:38WWW.PORTLAND.GOV/COUNCIL/AGENDAE

06:39OR BY CALLING 311. INFORMATION

06:42ON ENGAGING WITH THE COMMITTEE

06:43CAN BE FOUND AT THIS LINK.

06:44REGISTRATION FOR VIRTUAL

06:45TESTIMONY CLOSES WITHIN AN HOUR

06:47PRIOR TO THE MEETING. IN PERSON,

06:49TESTIFIERS MUST SIGN UP BEFORE

06:51THE AGENDA ITEM IS HEARD.

06:53PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN

06:54ON AN ITEM. INDIVIDUALS MAY

06:56TESTIFY FOR THREE MINUTES

06:57UNLESS THE CHAIR STATES

06:59OTHERWISE, YOUR MICROPHONE WILL

07:00BE MUTED. WHEN YOUR TIME IS

07:01OVER. THE CHAIR PRESERVES ORDER

07:03DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT SUCH AS

07:05SHOUTING, REFUSING TO CONCLUDE

07:06YOUR TESTIMONY WHEN YOUR TIME

07:07IS UP, OR INTERRUPTING OTHERS

07:09TESTIMONY OR COMMITTEE

07:10DELIBERATIONS WILL NOT BE

07:11ALLOWED. IF YOU CAUSE A

07:12DISRUPTION, A WARNING WILL BE

07:14GIVEN. FURTHER DISRUPTION WILL

07:15RESULT IN EJECTION FROM THE

07:17MEETING. ANYONE WHO FAILS TO

07:18LEAVE ONCE EJECTED IS SUBJECT

07:20TO ARREST FOR TRESPASS.

07:21ADDITIONALLY, THE COMMITTEE MAY

07:22TAKE A SHORT RECESS AND

07:24RECONVENE VIRTUALLY. YOUR

07:25TESTIMONY SHOULD ADDRESS THE

07:26MATTER BEING CONSIDERED WHEN

07:28TESTIFYING. STATE YOUR NAME FOR

07:29THE RECORD. IF YOU ARE A

07:30LOBBYIST, IDENTIFY THE

07:32ORGANIZATION YOU REPRESENT.

07:33VIRTUAL TESTIFIERS SHOULD

07:34UNMUTE THEMSELVES WHEN THE

07:35CLERK CALLS YOUR NAME. THANK

07:36YOU.

07:37>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, WE

07:40HAVE APOLOGIES.

07:41>> I'M LATE.

07:43>> WENDY, DID YOU GET THAT? THE

07:45COUNCILOR AVALOS IS NOW WITH US

07:46AS WELL.

07:47>> YES. THANK YOU.

07:48>> PERFECT. THANK YOU. WELCOME,

07:49COUNCILOR. COLLEAGUES. WE HAVE

07:52WE'LL START TODAY WITH PUBLIC

07:55INPUT ON CITY LIFE TOPICS, AS

07:57WE ALWAYS DO. WE WILL THEN HAVE

07:59A PRESENTATION ON ADVANCED

08:01PORTLAND. THEN WE'RE GOING TO,

08:03AFTER A BREAK, HAVE A

08:04CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CITY

08:05POLICY AROUND PRIVATIZING

08:07PUBLICLY OWNED LAND. WE

08:09ACTUALLY HAVE A SYSTEM THAT THE

08:10CITY RUNS THROUGH TO MAKE THOSE

08:13DECISIONS, AND SOME OF OUR

08:15COLLEAGUES HAVE EXPRESSED SOME

08:16CONCERNS WITH THE PROCESS AS IT

08:19CURRENTLY WORKS. SO WE WILL

08:20LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT

08:21THAT. AND THEN WE HAVE AN ITEM

08:24BEFORE US TODAY WHERE WE DO

08:26HAVE A BUREAU THAT IS LOOKING

08:28TO DISPOSE OF SOME CURRENTLY

08:30CITY OWNED LAND, AND WE WILL

08:32TAKE THAT UP AS THE LAST ITEM

08:34ON OUR AGENDA. YEAH, I'LL COVER

08:39THE REST OF THAT LATER. WHY

08:41DON'T WE JUMP RIGHT IN? WENDY,

08:42COULD YOU PLEASE READ OUR FIRST

08:44ITEM?

08:45>> ITEM NUMBER ONE. DOCUMENT

08:46NUMBER 2026-359. PUBLIC INPUT

08:50ON CITY LIFE COMMITTEE TOPICS.

08:52WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO

08:53HAVE SIGNED UP. THE FIRST IS

08:55LISA JACKSON DECK. WHICH PROPS

09:02AND THE NEXT IS CALEB L.

09:11>> WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR

09:12JOINING US.

09:13>> THANK YOU.

09:18>> SORRY AT THIS TIME.

09:21GREETINGS BELOVED COMMITTEE

09:22MEMBERS. I AM CALEB BEN IMHOTEP

09:25L AND MY DOMICILE IS IN

09:26DISTRICT FOUR. WHAT I OFFER

09:29TODAY HAS MUCH MORE TO DO WITH

09:32JUST MY DISTRICT AND EVERYTHING

09:34TO DO WITH CITY LIFE. I WILL

09:36SPEAK FRANKLY. THERE'S A PART

09:39OF PORTLAND THAT'S DYING. THAT

09:41PART IS CLOSE TO ITS HEART. SO

09:44CLOSE THAT IT MAY AS WELL BE

09:47THE DYING PART OF PORTLAND.

09:49IT'S RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. I

09:51CALL IT MY FRONT PORCH, AND

09:53IT'S SO DIRTY THAT IT NEEDS TO

09:55BE CLEANED WITH A STREET

09:56SWEEPER. WELL, THE PBOT STREET

09:58SWEEPERS JUST AREN'T ADEQUATE.

10:00THEY WERE NEVER DESIGNED FOR

10:02THE TYPE OF DIS EASE THAT

10:04CREATES THE DEATH OF A BODY.

10:08TOURISTS COME TO PORTLAND AND

10:10GET SMACKED IN THE FACE WITH IT.

10:12MY FIRST TRIP TO DOWNTOWN

10:14INVOLVED A SITE THAT IS NOW SO

10:15COMMON TO ME THAT I ACTUALLY

10:17LAUGH AT HOW FLABBERGASTED I

10:18WAS TO SEE WHAT I SAW, WHICH I

10:20WILL NOT DETAIL. CHINATOWN AND

10:25OLD TOWN ARE VITAL PARTS OF

10:27DOWNTOWN AND DESERVE ATTENTION

10:29THAT THEY DON'T RECEIVE. THEY

10:31MAY BE PARTS OF DISTRICT FOUR,

10:33BUT THEY REPRESENT SO MUCH OF

10:35PORTLAND THAT ALL DISTRICTS,

10:37ALONG WITH THE CITY LIFE,

10:39SUFFER IN DIRECT PROPORTION TO

10:41THEIR ATROPHY. MOST OF THE

10:45PARKING OCCURS WHERE THE

10:46HOMELESS HAVE A TENDENCY TO

10:47AMASS, MAKING FOR AN AWKWARD

10:50SITUATION. IT'S PRETTY ROUGH

10:52ASKING A TOURIST TO PAY UPWARDS

10:54OF $50. SOMETIMES WHEN THEY'RE

10:55WATCHING A GUY PERFORM ACTS

10:56THAT JUST ARE BEST DONE IN

10:58PRIVATE, THE SOLUTION ISN'T AS

11:01SIMPLE AS A SNAP OF THE FINGERS.

11:03IT TAKES COMMITMENT, ENGAGEMENT,

11:05AND INVOLVEMENT WITH SINCERITY.

11:08THERE ARE HOT SPOTS WHERE YOU

11:10WILL FIND THE MOST DOWNTRODDEN

11:12SOULS THAT I HAVE SEEN

11:14WANDERING THIS EARTH. THE

11:18NARRATIVE OF THOSE LOCATIONS

11:20NEEDS RESCRIPTING. THE FACE OF

11:23THESE HOT SPOTS NEEDS A

11:25MAKEOVER. THEY'RE CLOSE.

11:28THEY'RE GROWING. THEY'RE NOT

11:31SUSTAINABLE. PLEASE COMMIT TO

11:33THE REFINEMENT OF THESE

11:35BLIGHTED AREAS. PORTLAND WILL

11:38PROGRESS AND PROSPER. AND THANK

11:42YOU AND I LOVE YOU ALL

11:45UNCONDITIONALLY. THANK YOU.

11:49>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

11:50>> THANK YOU.

11:53>> AND LISA IS JOINING US

11:54ONLINE. LISA, YOU CAN GO AHEAD

11:56AND UNMUTE AND BEGIN YOUR

11:57COMMENTS.

11:59>> LISA.

12:02>> EVERYONE, I JUST WANTED TO

12:04JUST COME IN AND EXPRESS MYSELF

12:10AS I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO

12:11START. THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON.

12:13HOWEVER, I FEEL LIKE I NEEDED

12:14TO COME SPEAK TO YOU ALL FOR

12:16THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. THE AND I

12:20UNDERSTAND THIS IS A CITY, BUT

12:21WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE

12:23PORTLAND CITY LIFE, RIGHT? AND

12:26SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT

12:27REALLY, REALLY REAL AND CLEAR

12:30THAT THE EQUITY OF THIS LIFE IS

12:33BUILT AROUND THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS

12:35TOO. AND I FEEL LIKE THAT THAT

12:37PART IS, IS MISSING IN, IN YOUR,

12:41IN YOUR PUZZLE. THAT'S, YOU

12:42KNOW, THAT, THAT ALL THIS IS

12:44WORKING TOGETHER. THE REASON

12:47WHY I SAY THAT IS IF SOME OF

12:49YOU BOARD MEMBERS ACTUALLY SIT

12:51IN ON SOME OF THESE RIGHT

12:52SIZING CONVERSATIONS THAT IS

12:54HAPPENING IN YOUR COMMUNITY,

12:57THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF YOUR

12:58LITTLE COMMUNITIES IS GOING TO

13:03BE AFFECTED. NOW, IF YOU THINK

13:05ABOUT CHICAGO AND THEIR SCHOOL

13:07CULTURE, THEY NEVER EVEN IN

13:08THEIR CITY, IN THE SURROUNDING

13:10AREAS, THEY NEVER RECOVERED YET.

13:12AND SO THAT SHOULD BE REALLY

13:14ALARMING TO, TO, TO YOUR CITY

13:16BECAUSE THOSE ARE YOUR SCHOOLS,

13:17RIGHT? I LOVE ADVOCATING AND

13:20COMING AND EXPRESSING THE, THE

13:23DEEP CONCERN ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL

13:25SYSTEM AND ALL THE LEVELS. I

13:27WAS JUST AT THE COUNTY LAST

13:28WEEK EXPRESSING MYSELF TO CHOP

13:30FROM THE TOP BECAUSE WHAT

13:33PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS, YOU

13:35KNOW, THAT'S ALL EVERYONE'S TAX

13:37DOLLARS, THAT'S EVERYONE'S

13:39EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A SAY IN

13:40THEIR SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHETHER

13:41IT'S A COUNTY OR CITY. I FEEL

13:43LIKE THAT KEY PIECE WHERE WE'RE

13:45FORGETTING IS WE NEED TO REALLY

13:47ADVOCATE FOR OUR GENERATIONS TO

13:48COME. WE NEED TO. I LOVE HOW

13:51SOME OF YOU THINK, BECAUSE WE

13:52NEED TO THINK ABOUT TEN, 20

13:54YEARS DOWN THE LINE, NOT FIVE.

13:56AND IF WE SHUT DOWN THESE

13:57SCHOOL SYSTEMS, THAT'S REALLY

13:59GOING TO AFFECT THE

14:00INFRASTRUCTURE OF YOUR CITY

14:02DRASTICALLY. THERE'S FAMILIES

14:03THAT WANT TO LEAVE. THERE'S

14:05TEACHERS THAT AREN'T COMING

14:06BACK, AND THOSE ARE TAX PAYING

14:10PEOPLE THAT ARE PORTLANDERS FOR

14:11LIFE, THAT ARE THINKING OF

14:13LEAVING YOUR CITY, AND

14:15ESPECIALLY WITH WITH THE SAINT

14:18JOHNS AREA THAT I KNOW THAT,

14:20YOU KNOW, DAN WAS SPEAKING ON.

14:23SO THAT'S REAL. IF YOU ACTUALLY

14:25THINK ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON

14:27WITH YOUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. I FEEL

14:29LIKE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL THING,

14:30YOU GUYS SHOULD START START

14:32TRYING TO FIND SOME WAY AS A

14:34CITY COUNCIL TO HELP SUPPORT

14:37YOUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS, BECAUSE

14:39THAT IS CITY LIFE THAT WILL

14:40AFFECT IT DRASTICALLY. LIKE I

14:42SAID, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, YOUR

14:44TAX PAYING PEOPLE, THESE ARE

14:46YOUR PORTLAND FAMILIES THAT

14:48REALLY NEED YOUR SUPPORT. AND I

14:50JUST WANTED TO COME VOICE MY,

14:52MY, YOU KNOW, MY THOUGHTS ON

14:54THAT AND, AND MAKE IT REAL THAT

14:56THESE ARE PEOPLE'S LIVES THAT

14:58ARE IN YOUR CITY. SO I

15:01APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR YOUR

15:02TIME AND THANK YOU.

15:07>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE

15:08APPRECIATE YOU COMING HERE. WE

15:10APPRECIATE YOU ADVOCATING FOR

15:11THE COMMUNITY.

15:14>> THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC INPUT.

15:19>> THANK YOU. WENDY, COULD YOU

15:21CALL OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

15:23>> ITEM NUMBER TWO, DOCUMENT

15:26NUMBER 2026-360. ADVANCE

15:29PORTLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

15:30STRATEGY.

15:32>> THANK YOU AND COLLEAGUES.

15:34THERE IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM FOR

15:36US TO TAKE ON TODAY RELATED TO

15:39THIS AGENDA ITEM, BUT IT'S AN

15:43IMPORTANT RESPONSE TO SOME OF

15:44THE OTHER CONVERSATIONS THAT WE

15:45HAVE HAD. ADVANCE PORTLAND IS

15:47THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

15:49STRATEGY, WHICH WAS PASSED BY A

15:52FORMER CITY COMMISSION GROUP OF

15:54FOLKS UP HERE AND HAS BEEN

15:56GUIDING PROSPER PORTLAND'S WORK,

15:58AND PROSPER PORTLAND HAS SHARED

16:00THAT THEY HAVE SOME UPDATES TO

16:02THAT WORK, AND THAT PLAN IS

16:06ALSO GOING TO BE COMING TO AN

16:07END OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, I

16:10BELIEVE TWO YEARS. SO WE'LL

16:12HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK

16:14OVER THE NEXT YEAR ABOUT WHAT

16:16THAT NEXT ITERATION IS FOR

16:18ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR

16:19CITY. SO TODAY I'VE ASKED

16:21PROSPER AND OUR DCA DCA

16:24OLIVEIRA TO SHARE WITH US WHERE

16:28ADVANCE PORTLAND HAS BEEN AND

16:29WHAT SOME OF THE CHANGES ARE

16:31THAT PROSPER IS LOOKING AT FOR

16:32THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AND THEN

16:34CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE

16:35FOR US TO TALK ABOUT BOTH WHAT

16:38THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THIS NEXT

16:39TWO YEAR PERIOD LOOKS LIKE, AND

16:41ALSO HOW COUNCIL MIGHT BE

16:43INVOLVED IN SETTING OUR NEXT

16:45ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

16:47MOVING FORWARD, WHICH IS

16:48SOMETHING THAT MANY OF OUR

16:49COLLEAGUES HAVE HAVE ASKED

16:51ABOUT OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO.

16:53SO I WILL TURN IT OVER DCA

16:55OLIVEIRA TO YOU AND TO PROSPER.

16:58PORTLAND'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,

17:00CORNEL WESLEY.

17:01>> GREAT. THANK YOU, CHAIR.

17:03GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL

17:04COMMITTEE DONNIE OLIVEIRA. FOR

17:06THE RECORD, I'M THE DEPUTY CITY

17:08ADMINISTRATOR FOR COMMUNITY AND

17:09ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO,

17:11COUNCILORS, TODAY WE ARE HERE

17:12TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON

17:14ADVANCE PORTLAND, THE CITY'S

17:16FIVE YEAR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

17:18STRATEGY. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY,

17:20I WANT TO JUST SHARE THAT THIS

17:21IS THE CITY'S PLAN. WHILE IT

17:23INFORMS PROSPER PORTLAND'S WORK

17:25PLANS AND ITS STRATEGIC

17:27INITIATIVES. THE TRUTH IS, IS

17:28THAT THIS IS A PLAN THAT'S

17:30BUILT IN DEPENDENT ON BUREAUS

17:32AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS, HELPING

17:34US ACHIEVE ITS GOALS. AS THE

17:36CHAIR ACKNOWLEDGED, IT WAS

17:37ADOPTED IN 2023, AND IT

17:38CONTINUES TO INFORM OUR WORK

17:40PLANS RELATED TO ECONOMIC

17:42DEVELOPMENT AND FOCUSING ON

17:44FOUR OBJECTIVES INCLUSIVE

17:45ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INNOVATION,

17:47EQUITABLE WEALTH CREATION,

17:48VIBRANT COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS

17:49AND CONNECTIONS TO HIGH QUALITY

17:51JOBS AND FUTURE READY SECTORS.

17:53WHILE TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL

17:55COVER HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE FIRST

17:57THREE YEARS, WE'RE REALLY

17:58THINKING ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT,

17:59HOW WE MEET THE CURRENT

18:01OBJECTIVES, REFINE OUR OUR

18:03GOALS, AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE

18:04MEETING THE MOMENT FOR THE CITY

18:06OF PORTLAND THROUGH THIS PLAN.

18:08AS THE CHAIR ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED,

18:09WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH

18:11COUNCIL ON THE NEXT ITERATION

18:12OF THIS PLAN. BUT FIRST, WE ARE

18:13HERE TO GIVE YOU A HIGHLIGHT.

18:16WHICH LEADS MY LAST POINT. I

18:18HOPE EVERYONE TAKES A MOMENT TO

18:20READ THE ADVANCE PORTLAND PLAN.

18:21WE'RE NOT COVERING EVERY DETAIL

18:23TODAY BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET

18:24INTO THE DISCUSSION, BUT IT'S

18:25STILL RICH AND VALUABLE IN

18:27TERMS OF SHAPING HOW WE'RE

18:28SEEING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR

18:29THE CITY. AND WITH THAT, I'M

18:30PLEASED TO TURN IT OVER TO

18:32CORNEL WESLEY, WHO'S EXECUTIVE

18:33DIRECTOR AT PROSPER, AND ERIC

18:34NOEL, POLICY MANAGER AS WELL.

18:37TEAM. THANK YOU.

18:39>> CHAIR PIRTLE-GUINEY VICE

18:40CHAIR ZIMMERMAN AND MEMBERS OF

18:42THE CITY LIFE COMMITTEE. FOR

18:43THE RECORD, ONCE AGAIN, I AM

18:45CORNEL WESLEY AND I PROUDLY

18:46SERVE AS PROSPER PORTLAND'S

18:48EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. SINCE

18:50STARTING A SINCE STARTING AT

18:52PROSPER PORTLAND A LITTLE OVER

18:54A YEAR AGO, I'VE BEEN REALLY

18:55IMPRESSED BY WHAT MY COLLEAGUES

18:57HAVE ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE LAST

18:58THREE YEARS AND IMPLEMENTING

19:01ADVANCED PORTLAND, AND I WANT

19:02TO TAKE A MOMENT TO PUBLICLY

19:05RECOGNIZE PROSPER PORTLAND

19:07STAFF FOR THAT WORK AND MORE

19:10IMPORTANTLY, THANK THEM FOR

19:11THEIR DEDICATION TO ADVANCING

19:13THESE GOALS. I'M ALSO JOINED

19:15HERE BY ERIC NOEL PROSPER,

19:17PORTLAND'S POLICY MANAGER, WHO

19:18IS AVAILABLE TO HELP ANSWER

19:20QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ADVANCE

19:21PORTLAND UPDATE NOW ON APRIL

19:242626, 2023, CITY COUNCIL

19:26ADOPTED ADVANCED PORTLAND A

19:28CALL TO ACTION FOR INCLUSIVE

19:30ECONOMIC GROWTH. AT ITS CORE,

19:32ADVANCED PORTLAND IS A CITYWIDE

19:34ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

19:36FOCUSED ON ADVANCING INCLUSIVE

19:38ECONOMIC GROWTH,

19:40COMPETITIVENESS, AND CLIMATE

19:42ACTION. BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT.

19:44ADVANCE PORTLAND IS NOT JUST A

19:46PROSPER PORTLAND STRATEGY. IT

19:48IS A COLLABORATIVE CITYWIDE

19:50STRATEGY THAT WAS BUILT THROUGH

19:52DEEP COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND

19:54IS BEING IMPLEMENTED THROUGH

19:55ROBUST PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS THE

19:57CITY, INCLUDING PROSPER

19:59PORTLAND, THE BUSINESS

20:00COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY

20:02ORGANIZATIONS. THIS BODY OF

20:04WORK BEGAN WITH A COMPREHENSIVE

20:05ASSESSMENT OF PORTLAND'S

20:07ECONOMY, LOOKING AT BOTH WHERE

20:08WE HAD REAL STRENGTHS AND WHERE

20:11WE WERE FALLING BEHIND. ON THE

20:13STRENGTH SIDE, WE SAW GROWTH

20:15AND DIVERSIFICATION ACROSS

20:17SEVERAL KEY INDUSTRY SECTORS.

20:19THOSE BECAME OUR TARGET SECTORS

20:22OR TARGET CLUSTERS FOR GROWTH.

20:24THEY INCLUDE GREEN CITIES,

20:27ATHLETIC AND OUTDOOR METALS AND

20:30MACHINERY, FOOD AND BEVERAGE

20:32MANUFACTURING AND SOFTWARE. WE

20:35ALSO SAW STRONG EMPLOYMENT IN

20:36KNOWLEDGE, OCCUPATIONS,

20:38OCCUPATIONS AND GROWTH IN

20:39HIGHLY EDUCATED TALENT COMPARED

20:41TO THE REST OF THE NATION. BUT

20:43THE ASSESSMENT ALSO MADE CLEAR

20:45THAT WE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT

20:46CHALLENGES TO ADDRESS.

20:49PORTLAND'S EMPLOYMENT GROWTH,

20:51BUSINESS GROWTH, AND MEDIAN

20:53HOUSEHOLD INCOME WERE ALL

20:55LAGGING IN THE REGION, EVEN AS

20:57HOME PRICES INCREASED FASTER

20:58THAN 35 OF THE 40 LARGEST METRO

21:01AREAS. AND THOSE CHALLENGES

21:03HAVE ONLY BECOME MORE IMPORTANT

21:05TO ADDRESS AS WE'VE SEEN

21:07POPULATION DECLINE FOR THE

21:09FIRST TIME IN 40 YEARS, PUTTING

21:12PRESSURE ON PORTLAND'S ECONOMIC

21:13FUTURE. THAT INCLUDES THE

21:16FOLLOWING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.

21:19AN UNEVEN RECOVERY IN THE

21:20CENTRAL CITY AND COMMERCIAL

21:22DISTRICTS. AN IMBALANCE IN OUR

21:25TAX VALUE PROPOSITION.

21:27CHALLENGES IN SCALING

21:29BUSINESSES AND PERCEPTIONS

21:31AMONG INVESTORS AND BUSINESS

21:33LEADERS. THAT PORTLAND IS

21:34FALLING BEHIND. PEER CITIES. I

21:37ENCOURAGE THE COMMITTEE AND THE

21:38PUBLIC TO VISIT ADVANCE

21:40PORTLAND.COM TO LEARN MORE

21:41ABOUT THE WORK THAT WENT INTO

21:43CO-CREATING THIS STRATEGY,

21:45INCLUDING THE HUNDREDS OF

21:46INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES,

21:48GOVERNMENT PARTNERS, AND OTHERS

21:49WHO BROUGHT THEIR EXPERIENCE

21:51AND EXPERTISE TO THE TABLE.

21:53THAT WORK ULTIMATELY LED US TO

21:56THE FOUR OBJECTIVES THAT HAVE

21:57GUIDED OUR WORK OVER THE LAST

21:59THREE YEARS, AND THAT'S WHERE

22:01I'LL TURN NEXT. NEXT SLIDE. SO

22:06AS MENTIONED, MUCH WORK WENT

22:08INTO CREATING THE STRATEGY. THE

22:11ROBUST PARTNERSHIP WITH

22:12COMMUNITY BUSINESSES AND

22:14GOVERNMENT PARTNERS GAVE US A

22:15STRONG FRAMEWORK TO BUILD FROM.

22:17I WANT TO BRIEFLY WALK YOU

22:19THROUGH THOSE FOUR OBJECTIVES,

22:21GIVE YOU A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE

22:23INITIATIVES, AND THEN TURN TO

22:24WHERE WE'RE GOING IN THE FINAL

22:25TWO YEARS OF THE STRATEGY. NOW,

22:28AS I MENTIONED ON THE LAST

22:29SLIDE, THE ASSESSMENT

22:30IDENTIFIED BOTH THE STRENGTHS

22:32AND THE CHALLENGES. CHALLENGES

22:34OF THE PORTLAND ECONOMY. FROM

22:36THAT ASSESSMENT, THE STRATEGY

22:38IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES WHERE

22:39WE COULD ALIGN OUR RESOURCES

22:41AND PARTNERSHIPS TO ACTUALLY

22:43PROPEL PORTLAND'S ECONOMIC

22:45GROWTH. THAT LED TO THE

22:46FOLLOWING FOUR OBJECTIVES.

22:48OBJECTIVE ONE PROPEL INCLUSIVE

22:51ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INNOVATION.

22:53THIS OBJECTIVE IS CENTERED ON

22:55GROWING THE SECTORS WHERE

22:56PORTLAND HAS A COMPETITIVE

22:58ADVANTAGE, AND WHERE WE SEE AN

23:00OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL

23:02INVESTMENT AND JOB CREATION.

23:04AGAIN, THOSE WERE SOME OF THE

23:05THINGS I CALLED OUT EARLIER

23:06AROUND OUR TRADED SECTORS.

23:09OBJECTIVE TWO EQUITABLE WEALTH

23:11CREATION. THIS OBJECTIVE IS

23:13FOCUSED ON CREATING MORE

23:14PATHWAYS TO WEALTH THROUGH

23:16INCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIPS,

23:17PARTICULARLY FOR PORTLANDERS

23:18AND COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE

23:20HISTORICALLY BEEN UNDERSERVED.

23:23OBJECTIVE THREE FOSTER A

23:25VIBRANT CENTRAL CITY AND

23:27COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. THIS

23:29OBJECTIVE RECOGNIZES THE

23:31SIGNIFICANT NEEDS CREATED BY

23:32THE PANDEMIC AND OTHER

23:34COMPOUNDING FACTORS, AND

23:35FOCUSES ON SUPPORTING THE

23:37RECOVERY AND LONG TERM VITALITY

23:38OF OUR CENTRAL CITY AND

23:40COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. AND

23:41FINALLY, OBJECTIVE FOUR CONNECT

23:44PORTLANDERS TO HIGH QUALITY

23:46JOBS IN FUTURE READY SECTORS.

23:48THIS IS ABOUT STRENGTHENING THE

23:49CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PORTLANDERS,

23:51OUR WORKFORCE SYSTEM, AND THE

23:54FUTURE READY, HIGH WAGE JOBS

23:56THAT WE KNOW WILL BE CRITICAL

23:57TO OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE NOW.

23:59NEXT, I WILL HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF

24:01THE KEY INITIATIVES THAT HAVE

24:02COME OUT OF THE WORK. EXCUSE ME.

24:05NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. PORTLAND

24:09KEY EARLY INITIATIVES. HERE WE

24:10ARE. ALL RIGHT. NOW I KNOW

24:13THERE ARE A LOT OF WORDS IN

24:15THIS SLIDE. SO I'M GOING TO

24:16CALL THAT OUT ON THE FRONT END.

24:18BUT TRYING TO COME UP WITH A

24:19FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ROBUST

24:21WORK THAT MY TEAM AND OUR

24:22PARTNERS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED WAS

24:23NO EASY TASK. NOW,

24:25UNDERSTANDABLY, WE ARE ALL VERY

24:27PROUD OF THE WORK WE HAVE DONE

24:29THESE LAST THREE YEARS, SO I

24:30ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THROUGH

24:31THE FULL LIST AT YOUR

24:33CONVENIENCE. BUT I WANT TO

24:34HIGHLIGHT A FEW EXAMPLES

24:35BECAUSE THEY DEMONSTRATE THE

24:36STRENGTH OF THE PARTNERSHIPS

24:37BEHIND THIS WORK. TOGETHER WITH

24:39OUR SERVICE AREA PARTNERS, THE

24:41CITY, THE CITY DEVELOPED A

24:43SINGLE PERMITTING AUTHORITY,

24:46PORTLAND PERMITTING AND

24:47DEVELOPMENT, TO MAKE THE

24:48PROCESS MORE COORDINATED,

24:51COORDINATED, AND EASIER TO

24:52NAVIGATE. TOGETHER WITH CITY

24:55COUNCIL, WE APPROVED A MINOR

24:57BOUNDARY AMENDMENT TO THE

24:59ENTERPRISE ZONE TO SUPPORT MORE

25:00THAN 100 NEW QUALITY JOBS AS

25:02PART OF THE ALASKA AIRLINES

25:04HANGAR EXPANSION PROJECT. ALSO,

25:08TOGETHER WITH OUR COMMUNITY

25:09PARTNERS, WE CREATED THE OFFICE

25:10OF SMALL BUSINESS, WHICH IN ITS

25:12FIRST YEAR SERVED 809 UNIQUE

25:16BUSINESSES. WE ALSO ESTABLISHED

25:18SIX NEW TIF DISTRICTS THROUGH A

25:20CO-CREATION PROCESS WITH

25:22COMMUNITY AND THROUGH OUR

25:23PARTNERSHIP WITH TRAVEL,

25:23PORTLAND AND OREGON FILM, WE

25:25RECRUITED AND MARKETED

25:27PRODUCTIONS THAT RESULTED IN

25:28MORE THAN 3400 QUALITY JOBS IN

25:32THE LOCAL ECONOMY. AND AGAIN,

25:34THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES.

25:38AND WHAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON IS

25:40THAT NONE OF THEM HAPPENED

25:41THROUGH THE WORK OF ONE

25:43ORGANIZATION ALONE. THEY

25:44REFLECT WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH

25:46WHEN THE CITY PROSPER. PORTLAND

25:49COMMUNITY AND OUR BUSINESS AND

25:51GOVERNMENT PARTNERS ARE WORKING

25:52TOWARD THE SAME ECONOMIC

25:53DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. AND WITH

25:55THAT, I'LL TURN TO WHERE WE ARE

25:57HEADED NEXT. NEXT SLIDE. ALL

26:01RIGHT. SO WE'RE PROVIDING THIS

26:03UPDATE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE

26:05CONDITIONS FOR OUR CITY'S

26:07ECONOMIC RECOVERY HAVE CHANGED

26:10SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE

26:12ADVANCED PORTLAND STRATEGY

26:13THREE YEARS AGO. I THINK WE ALL

26:16CAN AGREE ON THAT. SO THIS

26:18BEFORE YOU IS THE MATRIX FOR

26:20THE ADVANCED PORTLAND

26:22RECALIBRATION. FINE TUNING

26:24PROSPER PORTLAND'S WORK PLAN

26:25FOR THE FINAL TWO YEARS OF THE

26:27STRATEGY. I WANT TO BE CLEAR UP

26:28FRONT THE FOUR OBJECTIVES AND

26:31THE CORE ELEMENTS OF ADVANCED

26:33PORTLAND UNDERNEATH THIS HAVE

26:35NOT CHANGED. WHAT'S CHANGED IS

26:39THE SEQUENCING AND STATUS OF

26:41THE INITIATIVES UNDERNEATH THE

26:43OBJECTIVES. AND THAT'S WHAT WE

26:44WILL OVERVIEW WITH YOU HERE.

26:47EVERY INITIATIVE OF ADVANCED

26:49PORTLAND WILL BE SORTED INTO

26:51THIS THIS MATRIX BEFORE YOU.

26:53NOW THE COLUMNS REPRESENT THE

26:55INITIATIVE STATUS, EITHER

26:58RECOVERY OR GROWTH. RECOVERY

27:02MEANS IT'S FUNDED AND

27:04IMPLEMENTATION READY, EITHER

27:06CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS OR ON

27:08TRACK FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS,

27:10REFLECTING THE NEAR-TERM NEEDS

27:11OF THE CITY AND WHERE WHAT WE

27:14ARE AT OR WHERE WE ARE AT

27:16CAPACITY TO ADDRESS WITHIN

27:17EXISTING RESOURCES. NOW,

27:20INITIATIVES IN THE GROWTH

27:21CATEGORY MEANS THE ITEM STILL,

27:24STILL NEEDS RESEARCH. IT STILL

27:26NEEDS FUNDING, APPROVAL, OR

27:28SOME COMBINATION THEREOF, BUT

27:31ALSO REFLECTS WORK AND

27:33INITIATIVES THAT ARE POSSIBLE

27:35TO EXPAND OUR ECONOMIC

27:36DEVELOPMENT TOOLS AND CAPACITY.

27:39NOW THE ROLES ARE THE TIME

27:41HORIZON. YOU WILL SEE NOW. NEXT,

27:45WHICH IS ROUGHLY TWO YEARS, AND

27:47FUTURE, WHICH IS THE NEXT

27:49ITERATION OF THE CITY'S

27:50ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.

27:52FOR EXAMPLE, THE NEW STOREFRONT

27:54SUPPORT PROGRAM SITS IN

27:56RECOVERY NOW. IT LIVES AND IT

27:59IS FUNDED. CASCADIA HIGH SPEED

28:01RAIL SITS IN GROWTH FOR THE

28:03FUTURE RAIL, BUT A DECADE PLUS

28:06OUT AND DEPENDENT ON FUNDING

28:07AND APPROVALS THAT ARE NOT YET

28:09IN PLACE. NEXT SLIDE. SO WE'LL

28:15PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE

28:17RECOVERY AND GROWTH INITIATIVES

28:18ON THE NEXT TWO SLIDES. BUT

28:20FIRST, I'D LIKE TO CALL YOUR

28:21ATTENTION TO A NEW ONLINE

28:24DASHBOARD WE'VE LAUNCHED TO

28:26PROVIDE BOTH THE COUNCIL AND

28:27GENERAL PUBLIC A SORTABLE TABLE

28:31TO LEARN MORE AND TRACK EACH OF

28:33THESE ITEMS. INCLUDED ON THIS

28:35SLIDE IS BOTH A LINK AND A QR

28:38CODE TO ACCESS THE DASHBOARD.

28:41LIKE OUR ALREADY PUBLISHED

28:43FINANCIAL COMPENDIUM, THE

28:45DASHBOARD IS DESIGNED TO

28:47PROVIDE A TRANSPARENT AND USER

28:50FRIENDLY INTERFACE FOR THE WORK

28:52OF ADVANCED PORTLAND. NEXT

28:55SLIDE. SO HERE'S A SUMMARY OF

28:59THE RECOVERY SLASH FOCUSED

29:02INITIATIVES. RECOVERY AGAIN IS

29:04EVERYTHING CURRENTLY IN

29:05PROGRESS OR ALREADY FUNDED?

29:08MANY OF THESE INITIATIVES HAVE

29:10ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED. THE

29:11LIST HERE REFLECTS NEW OR

29:13UPDATED INITIATIVES AND ADVANCE

29:15PORTLAND, AS WELL AS

29:16INITIATIVES THAT ARE. AGENCY

29:18SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS HAVE

29:20ELEVATED IN TERMS OF IMPORTANCE

29:21FOR THE FINAL TWO YEARS OF THE

29:24STRATEGY. THE RECOVERY NOW

29:27COLUMN IS ROBUST AND REPRESENTS

29:30THE VOLUME OF WORK WE ARE

29:31ALREADY DOING WITHIN OUR

29:33EXISTING RESOURCES TO NIMBLY

29:36RESPOND TO THE CURRENT ECONOMIC

29:38NEEDS IN OUR CITY. THE RECOVERY

29:41NEXT COLUMN REFLECTS

29:43INITIATIVES IN PROGRESS TO

29:44CONTINUE ADVANCING THE CITY'S

29:47POST-PANDEMIC RECOVERY. ALL OF

29:49THE RECOVERY INITIATIVES WE ARE

29:51DOING NOW AND NEXT ALSO ALIGN

29:53WITH THE MAYOR'S CENTRAL CITY

29:55ROUNDTABLE STRATEGIES AND

29:57PROSPER PORTLAND'S CITY

29:59INVESTMENT STRATEGY. NEXT SLIDE.

30:03ALL RIGHT. HERE WE ARE WITH

30:05GROWTH. NOW THESE GROWTH

30:07CONCEPTS REPRESENT 16

30:09INITIATIVES THAT NEED MORE

30:11RESEARCH, FUNDING OR APPROVAL

30:14BEFORE THEY CAN BE IMPLEMENTED.

30:17ON THE LEFT SIDE, THESE FOUR

30:19INITIATIVES COULD START IN THE

30:21CURRENT FISCAL YEAR WITH THE

30:22RIGHT FUNDING OR POLICY

30:23DECISION IN THE MIDDLE. THESE

30:27NINE ARE IN DEVELOPMENT AND

30:28NEED APPROVAL, MOSTLY OVER A 1

30:31TO 2 YEAR HORIZON, TO BEGIN

30:33IMPLEMENTING ON THE RIGHT.

30:36THESE THREE ARE LONG RANGE 5 TO

30:3910 YEARS, PLUS OR MINUS OUT.

30:43AND THESE CAN BE CONSIDERED IN

30:44THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE

30:47CITY'S NEXT FIVE YEAR ECONOMIC

30:49DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. NEXT

30:51SLIDE. SO OUR NEXT STEPS, OUR

30:55NEXT STEP IS TO BRING THIS WORK

30:57TO THE PROSPER PORTLAND BOARD

30:59ON TOMORROW, OCTOBER 14TH. THIS

31:01WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO

31:02SHARE THE WORK TO DATE, RECEIVE

31:05BOARD FEEDBACK, AND CONTINUE

31:07ALIGNING AROUND THE PRIORITIES

31:08AND ACTIONS IDENTIFIED THROUGH

31:10THIS PROCESS. THEN, ON OCTOBER

31:1320TH, WE WILL CONVENE AN

31:15ADVANCED PORTLAND ADVISORY

31:17COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE'S ROLE

31:19WILL BE TO HELP IDENTIFY AND

31:21ADDRESS IMPEDIMENTS TO

31:22IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION,

31:25ADVOCATE FOR THE RESOURCES

31:26NEEDED TO ADVANCE KEY

31:27PRIORITIES, AND PROVIDE AN

31:29ONGOING FORUM TO MONITOR

31:32PROGRESS AGAINST THE PLAN.

31:34IMPORTANTLY, THIS CREATES A

31:36STRUCTURE FOR CONTINUED

31:37EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT. LOOKING

31:39AHEAD, WE SEE THIS WORK AS AN

31:41IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE

31:42CITY'S NEXT ECONOMIC

31:43DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, AND WE

31:45LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO

31:46ENGAGE AS THAT STRATEGY TAKES

31:48SHAPE. NOW LISTEN, WE'RE

31:50COMMITTED TO BRINGING PROSPER

31:52PORTLAND'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

31:54EXPERTISE, PARTNERSHIPS, AND

31:56PERSPECTIVE TO THAT PROCESS AND

31:58TO CO-CREATING A STRATEGY THAT

32:00REFLECTS THE OPPORTUNITIES AND

32:02CHALLENGES FACING PORTLAND'S

32:04ECONOMY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR

32:06TIME AND YOUR ENGAGEMENT TODAY.

32:08WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY

32:09TO SHARE THIS WORK AND LOOK

32:11FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS AND

32:13DISCUSSION.

32:16>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR

32:17THE OVERVIEW AND THE

32:19INFORMATION ON WHERE YOU ARE

32:22LOOKING AT HEADING NEXT IN

32:24PROSPER AND FOR LAYING OUT THAT

32:26INFORMATION CLEARLY SO WE CAN

32:28UNDERSTAND WHERE THERE MIGHT BE

32:29COUNCIL DECISION POINTS COMING

32:31THAT THAT WE SHOULD BE

32:32CONSIDERING COLLEAGUES. I THINK

32:35THERE'S THREE PLACES HERE FOR

32:38ENGAGEMENT. I'M NOT GOING TO

32:39HAVE US TAKE THEM IN THAT ORDER.

32:41BUT JUST AS YOU'RE THINKING

32:42ABOUT YOUR COMMENTS, THERE IS

32:45WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR AND THE

32:47OVERVIEW OF HOW WE HOW WE CAME

32:50TO THE ADVANCED STRATEGY.

32:52THERE'S SOME OF THOSE CHANGES

32:54AROUND PRIORITIZATION, WHAT'S

32:55DRIVING THOSE CHANGES AND HOW

32:57PROSPER IS TAKING ON THE WORK

32:58FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. AND

33:00THEN ANY THOUGHTS? YOU HAVE TO

33:02GUIDE NEXT STEPS AFTER THAT,

33:03THERE MAY BE COMMENTS YOU HAVE

33:04THAT ARE LESS RELATED TO

33:06ADVANCE AND MORE RELATED TO

33:08ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BROADLY,

33:09THAT WE WE PROBABLY CAN'T GET

33:12INTO THE NEXT YEAR OR SO AS

33:15PROSPER PLAYS OUT THE REST OF

33:17THE ADVANCED AGENDA, BUT THAT I

33:19THINK ARE IMPORTANT FOR US TO

33:21LAY OUT NOW BEFORE PROSPER AND

33:25SETS AND OUR OTHER BODIES JUMP

33:28INTO THE WORK OF THINKING ABOUT

33:30WHERE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS

33:31GOING NEXT. THAT'S A TOPIC THAT

33:33I KNOW COUNCIL WILL WANT TO

33:34WEIGH IN ON HEAVILY. AND AS THE

33:36COMMITTEE LOOKING AT OUR

33:38ECONOMY, I THINK WE CAN START

33:39THAT HERE AS WELL. SO IF

33:41ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS, COMMENTS,

33:43THOUGHTS ON ANY OF THOSE THREE

33:44TOPIC AREAS, FEEL FREE TO JUMP

33:46IN THE QUEUE.

33:52>> UP THERE.

33:55>> COUNCILOR ZIMMERMAN, GO

33:56RIGHT AHEAD.

33:57>> OKAY. I WAS HOPING THAT I

33:59HAD A FEELING COUNCILOR RYAN

34:00MIGHT JUMP IN FIRST, BUT I AM

34:04CURIOUS, JUST OVER THIS LAST

34:05COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE HAD SOME

34:06MORE AND MORE OF THIS

34:08CONVERSATION ABOUT THE MIX OF

34:09THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SIZES OF

34:10BUSINESS, RIGHT? WE HAVE

34:12STARTED THE SMALL BUSINESS

34:14OFFICE, RIGHT. AND I THINK

34:15WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. AND

34:16THOSE NUMBERS YOU SHARED ARE

34:19IMPRESSIVE. WE ONE THING I'VE

34:23KIND OF FAILED TO GRASP IS WHAT

34:25IS THE RIGHT MIX IN A GROWING

34:27CITY FOR SMALL, MEDIUM AND

34:29LARGE BUSINESS. AND WHAT ARE

34:33SOME ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE MAKE

34:34WHEN WE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT

34:36MIX? AND I, AND I MEAN IT IN

34:38THE TERMS OF THE WAGES THAT

34:40COME WITH EACH OF THOSE SECTORS.

34:44BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO HAVE.

34:46RIGHT. WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING

34:48AND NEIGHBORHOODS, I TALK ABOUT,

34:49I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF MIXED

34:51INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT ALSO

34:53WHAT ARE WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE

34:54FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

34:56AGENCY'S PERSPECTIVE WHEN

34:57YOU'RE PURSUING AND YOU SEE

34:58SOME OF THESE THESE OUT YEARS,

35:00HOW WE PURSUE, WHERE WE PUT OUR

35:02EFFORTS TO PURSUE SMALL, MEDIUM

35:04AND LARGE BUSINESS, TO KIND OF

35:07CREATE THAT ECOSYSTEM, WHICH I

35:09GUESS MAYBE IS. THE SECOND

35:10QUESTION IS, DOES THE ECOSYSTEM

35:12OF THOSE THREE GENRES MATTER,

35:15OR CAN YOU FOCUS IN ON ONE OR

35:16THE OTHER? I HAVEN'T QUITE

35:18FIGURED OUT THAT MIX, BUT I

35:19KNOW WE'VE STARTED TALKING

35:20ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE

35:22SINCE YOU CAME ON BOARD, AND

35:23I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS ON

35:25YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT TO HELP

35:26GUIDE OUR THINKING TOO.

35:27>> CERTAINLY. AND THANK YOU FOR

35:29YOUR QUESTION. COUNCILOR

35:31COMMUNITIES THAT GET IT RIGHT,

35:32THEY DO ALL THREE. BECAUSE WHAT

35:34THEY FULLY RECOGNIZE AND WHAT

35:35COVID HAS REVEALED FOR US IS

35:37THAT WE DID NOT HAVE SHOCK

35:39ABSORBERS. AND HOW I DEFINE A

35:41SHOCK. SHOCK ABSORBER IS AN

35:43EMPLOYER THAT'S 400 OR MORE,

35:45RIGHT? AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE A

35:48MAJOR CRISIS, LIKE A PANDEMIC,

35:50WHAT WE LEARNED WAS THAT WE HAD

35:52AN OVERRELIANCE ON OUR SMALL

35:54BUSINESS COMMUNITY. AND SO WHEN

35:56THEY WERE NO LONGER USED

35:57CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AS A

35:58CASE STUDY, WHEN THEY WERE NO

36:00LONGER SELLING INSERT WIDGET

36:02HERE BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER HAD

36:03A BODY THAT WAS INSIDE THE BIG

36:05BUILDING ANYMORE TO BUY THE HOT

36:06DOG. YOU SEE HOW THESE ALL

36:08THINGS ARE INEXTRICABLY TIED.

36:09AND SO OUR WORK MOVING FORWARD

36:12HAS TO BE CENTERED AROUND

36:14CONTINUING TO ACCELERATE GROWTH

36:16WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESS

36:17COMMUNITY. WE DO A REALLY GREAT

36:20JOB AT LAUNCHING AND

36:22ACCELERATING AND INCUBATING,

36:23BUT WE ALSO GOT TO BE ABLE TO

36:25CREATE AN ECOSYSTEM WHERE

36:26THEY'RE ABLE TO EXPAND IN THIS

36:27IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHILE ALSO

36:30RECRUITING THE RIGHT COMPANIES

36:32THAT FIT WITHIN THAT TRADED

36:34SECTOR MODEL TO BECOME SHOCK

36:36ABSORBERS. SO WE HAVE TO GROW A

36:38SHOCK ABSORBER WHILE WE'RE ALSO

36:39TRYING TO RECRUIT ONE.

36:43>> THERE'S AN IMPORTANT POINT

36:44THERE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE

36:47TERM IS THE TRADED SECTOR OR.

36:52SO I'M THINKING THROUGH. I'M

36:54WHAT I'M REALLY ASKING IS I'M

36:55ASKING FOR HELP IN MY IN MY

36:58VOCABULARY ON THESE TOPICS.

36:59RIGHT? AND SO IN THE ONE HAND,

37:02YOU COULD SAY BIG BUSINESS. AN

37:06AMAZON WAREHOUSE WHOSE MANY OF

37:09THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE OUT

37:10THERE ARE ON PUBLIC SERVICES AS

37:12WELL. AND WE'RE TALKING MINIMUM

37:14WAGE, LOTS OF EMPLOYEES, BUT,

37:16BUT NOT THE KIND OF JOBS THAT I

37:18THINK WE ALL MEAN WHEN WE TALK

37:20ABOUT THE, THE SMALL, MIDDLE

37:21AND LARGE. SO FROM THAT SENSE,

37:24WHAT CHANGES WITHIN OUR

37:26STRATEGY SO THAT WE, WHEN WE

37:28TALK ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

37:29THAT HAS 400 PLUS EMPLOYEES

37:32THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WAGES

37:34ABOVE A CERTAIN AREA, INSTEAD

37:36OF JUST SAYING, WHO'S THE NEXT,

37:38YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO USE

37:39SOMEBODY THAT DOESN'T EXIST. SO

37:40DON'T OFFEND ANYBODY. WHO'S THE

37:42NEXT KMART? I'M NOT LOOKING FOR

37:43THE KMART. I'M LOOKING FOR WHAT

37:45IS THE WHAT IS THE PLACE THAT'S

37:46GOT SKILLED WORKFORCE, HIGHER

37:49WAGES, WHO I THINK MEETS THAT

37:51THAT DESIRE. AND AND I DON'T I

37:55DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STRATEGIES

37:57ARE TO INCENTIVIZE OR ARACT

38:00ONE OVER THE OTHER. AND

38:01SOMETIMES IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT

38:03LIKE WHO TOOK THE RFP. AND I'D

38:04RATHER BE LIKE, NO, WE DESIGNED

38:06IT SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A

38:08HEADQUARTERS. AND THAT'S WHAT

38:09I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND MORE

38:10ABOUT.

38:10>> AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE REAL

38:12POINT IN MY EXPERIENCE IN

38:14PREVIOUS COMMUNITIES, THE

38:15CITIES, THE COUNTIES, THEY

38:17DETERMINE WHAT THE END PRODUCT

38:19LOOKS LIKE. AND I EITHER

38:20THROUGH THE INCENTIVE REQUEST

38:21OR THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. A

38:23SIMPLE WAY OF SAYING THAT IS WE

38:25STATE WHAT OUR LIVABLE WAGE IS

38:27AND WHAT QUALITY OF LIFE LOOKS

38:28LIKE FOR US. WE DON'T CHASE A

38:31KMART IF IT DOESN'T FIT IN OUR

38:34COMMUNITY. RIGHT? AND SO IF

38:36WE'RE DEFINING LIVABLE WAGE IN

38:38PORTLAND AS INSERT NUMBER HERE,

38:41THAT'S WHO WE LOOK FOR. AND WE

38:42DON'T FALL BENEATH THAT. AND WE

38:45CODIFY THAT IN EITHER THROUGH

38:47AN INCENTIVE AGREEMENT. IF WE

38:49GET ADDITIONAL TOOLS OR IN A

38:51DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

38:52>> CAN I ADD SOMETHING TO

38:53COUNCILOR? I THINK BUILDING ON

38:55THAT BECAUSE BECAUSE THE

38:57DIRECTOR IS ABSOLUTELY ACCURATE.

38:58WE ALSO HAVE TO ENSURE THAT OUR

38:59LAND SUPPLY AND OUR URBAN FORM

39:02IS READY TO CAPTURE THAT IDEA

39:03THAT WE WANT. RIGHT? WE ARE WE

39:05HAVE AN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY.

39:07WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGING

39:09INDUSTRIAL LAND AVAILABILITY

39:10RIGHT NOW. OUR OUR LARGER SITES

39:11JUST AREN'T READY FOR THOSE BIG

39:13DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTS THAT

39:14AREN'T LOGISTIC CENTERS, THAT

39:16AREN'T, YOU KNOW, STORAGE

39:17FACILITIES. WE HAVE TO PREPARE

39:19OURSELVES TO HAVE THE VISION,

39:20BUT ALSO HAVE THE LAND CAPACITY

39:21AND THE URBAN FORM. THAT MEANS

39:23INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE READY TO,

39:25TO, TO RECEIVE THOSE IDEAS THAT

39:27WE WANT. SO THERE'S, THERE'S

39:28MANY LEVERS THAT WE HAVE TO

39:30STILL PULL TO TO MAKE THOSE

39:31REAL.

39:31>> LAST QUESTION. AND I THINK

39:33MAYBE IT'S JUST TIMELY GIVEN

39:34WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS REACTING

39:36TO IN THE LAST NINE DAYS OR SO,

39:40IN THESE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS

39:42WITH THOSE WHO ARE IN THE SITE

39:43OR HEADQUARTERS, WHEN THEY

39:44THINK ABOUT EMPLOYEES THAT

39:45THEY'RE GOING TO BRING FORWARD.

39:49WE USED TO HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE

39:50PORTLAND WAY OF LIFE, THE, THE,

39:52THE STUFF THAT CAME WITH BEING

39:54SITED IN PORTLAND. AND ONE OF

39:56THOSE THINGS YOU COULD ALWAYS,

39:57YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED TO PEOPLE

39:58ABOUT IS THEIR SCHOOLS. SO WHAT

40:03ARE THE OTHER, I'LL SAY FABRIC

40:05THAT ARE PART OF OUR STORY BUT

40:06AREN'T WITHIN YOUR WHEELHOUSE

40:08TO, TO INCENTIVIZE THAT DO HAVE

40:12IMPACTS THAT YOU WOULD WANT US

40:13TO KNOW ABOUT BECAUSE OUR

40:15MICROPHONES GO BEYOND THESE

40:17WALLS FOR THOSE CONVERSATIONS

40:19THAT HELP SELL THE PORTLAND

40:21STORY ABOUT WHY IT'S NOT JUST A

40:23GOOD PLACE FOR THE BUSINESS,

40:24BUT IT'S A GOOD PLACE FOR THE

40:26EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES

40:27WHO WILL BE COMING WITH THAT

40:28BUSINESS, WHETHER THAT'S

40:29SCHOOLS OR PARKS OR ACCESS TO

40:31NAME THE THING. I WOULD LIKE TO

40:34KNOW THAT, BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO

40:35BE ABLE TO BE AN ADVOCATE IN

40:37THOSE SPACES THAT DON'T

40:38NECESSARILY FALL INTO OUR

40:39BUREAUS.

40:39>> SO I CAN GIVE YOU A VERY

40:41LONG ANSWER, BUT I'M GONNA KEEP

40:43IT SUCCINCT. AND IF APPROPRIATE,

40:44I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH ADDITIONAL

40:45DATA. WHAT WE HAVE THAT CAN BE

40:47MEASURED AS OPPOSED TO QUALITY

40:49OF LIFE IS QUALITY OF PLACE.

40:51AND THAT ACTUALLY HAS HAS

40:53METRICS ATTACHED TO IT. SO

40:55PROXIMITY TO INSERT THING HERE,

40:57LIKE AIRPORTS, WE HAVE AN

40:59INTERNATIONAL ONE. WE HAVE

41:00DIRECT FLIGHTS INTERNATIONALLY.

41:02YOU CAN WALK IN THE CITY OR YOU

41:04CAN GO AND HIKE. YOU CAN SKI.

41:05THERE'S PROXIMITY TO WATER, ALL

41:07OF THESE THINGS COMMUNITIES

41:09HAVE TO CREATE. BUT THESE ARE,

41:11PARDON MY FRENCH, GOD GIVEN.

41:13AND SO WE HAVE A MEASURABLE

41:15QUALITY OF PLACE THAT TURNS ON

41:18ITS HEAD. WHAT USED TO BE THE

41:20NOTION OF WORK LIFE BALANCE.

41:22THAT'S NOW LIFE WORK. AND SO

41:24PEOPLE WILL CHOOSE PORTLAND

41:26BEFORE THEY CHOOSE TO WORK HERE.

41:28THEY WOULD CHOOSE TO LIVE HERE,

41:29AND THEN THE JOB BECOMES

41:31SECONDARY. SO YOU'RE SPOT ON.

41:33WHAT WE DO HAVE IS AN AMAZING

41:35PRODUCT. WE JUST NEED TO SELL

41:37IT.

41:40>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR

41:41COUNCILOR RYAN.

41:42>> YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND

41:44THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT

41:45PRESENTATION. CORNELL AND TEAM

41:49COUNCILOR ZIMMERMAN. I COULDN'T

41:50GET MY FUNCTIONS TO COOPERATE,

41:52SO IT TOOK A WHILE, BUT I

41:53REALLY ENJOYED THAT DIALOG. AND

41:55I WANT TO KIND OF BUILD ON THAT.

41:57FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR

41:59ALSO TAKING THE INFORMATION

42:01THAT LED TO THE FIRST DRAFT OF

42:05THIS, IF YOU WILL. I THINK IT'S

42:06A WORK IN MOTION. IT'S A WORK

42:08IN PROGRESS AND ADAPTING IT TO

42:10SOME REALITIES THAT WE HAVE

42:12TODAY. I APPRECIATED THAT, AND

42:14I NOTICED IT IN THE LANGUAGE

42:15AND THE SEQUENCING. SO THANK

42:17YOU FOR DOING THAT TEAM. WHEN I

42:21THINK OF YOUR YOUR ECONOMIC

42:23BRIDGE BUILDER ARM FOR THE CITY.

42:26SO YOU'RE THE YOU'RE THE

42:28ORGANIZATION THAT THE CITY MUST

42:31PARTNER WITH SO THAT WE CAN

42:33PARTNER BETTER WITH THOSE THAT

42:35WANT TO INVEST IN PORTLAND,

42:36THOSE THAT WANT TO BUILD IN

42:37PORTLAND. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT

42:41WHAT USED TO BE A LOT OF CRANES

42:43IN THE SKY. WHEN THE INITIAL

42:45FINDINGS OF THIS REPORT WAS PUT

42:47TOGETHER, ARE BASICALLY NOT

42:49THERE ANYMORE. AND SO WE'RE NOT

42:52DOING A LOT OF BUILDING. AND

42:55PROSPER IS OUR LEADER IN BEING

42:59THE BROKER, THE STEWARD OF SOME

43:03OF THOSE INVESTORS ON SOME BIG

43:05PROJECTS. I'LL JUST NAME A FEW.

43:07YOU KNOW THEM. BROADWAY

43:08CORRIDOR, THE OMSI DISTRICT,

43:12MONTGOMERY PLACE. THERE'S A

43:14MONTGOMERY PROJECT I STILL CALL

43:16MONTGOMERY WARD. MY MY POINT IS,

43:19I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW

43:21CORNELL, YOU'RE TAKING THOSE

43:22BIG ROCKS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO

43:24MOVE UP, THAT WE ARE TRYING TO

43:26MOVE UP THE HILL AND HOW THEY

43:28FIT INTO THESE OBJECTIVES. AND

43:31FURTHER, I'D LIKE TO HEAR HOW

43:32YOU'RE THINKING ON HOW YOU'RE

43:35PRIORITIZING THOSE IN THE

43:36SEQUENCE. CERTAINLY OUR CITY IS,

43:40IN DESPERATE TIMES, BUT WITH

43:43DESPERATION MEANS THAT IT'S AN

43:44OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY HONE IN

43:46ON FOCUS. AND I NEED TO KNOW

43:49WHERE THE FOCUS IS BECAUSE WE

43:51NEED A WIN SOMEWHERE. YEAH. SO

43:54IS THERE SOME THINKING ABOUT

43:56THOSE BIG INITIATIVES AND THEN

43:59YOUR OBJECTIVES AND HOW THEY'RE

44:01COMING TOGETHER? SO WE, AS A

44:02COUNCIL, WE AS PROSPER, MORE

44:05IMPORTANTLY, THOSE OUT THERE

44:06THAT ARE STILL WILLING TO DO

44:07BUSINESS IN PORTLAND CAN FOCUS

44:09WITH US. CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME

44:12OF YOUR THINKING ON THAT?

44:13>> ABSOLUTELY. LET ME FIRST

44:14KIND OF TAKE A STEP BACK AND

44:16START STRUCTURALLY AROUND WHAT

44:18PROSPER DID. ONE OF THE FIRST

44:19THINGS CALLING OUT THE

44:22ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WE NEED TO

44:23GET THESE MAJOR PROJECTS ACROSS

44:25THE FINISH LINE. WE HAD TO LOOK

44:27INWARD FIRST, WHICH HAS

44:28PRESENTED ITSELF IN THE

44:29REFORMING OF WHAT USED TO BE

44:31ONE DEPARTMENT. NOW IS CAPITAL

44:33ACCESS, REAL ESTATE AND

44:35COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. SO, AND

44:37THAT HAS MADE US MORE EFFICIENT

44:38IN OUR APPROACH, IN OUR

44:40LEVERAGING OF THE EXISTING

44:41TOOLS. SO THAT'S THE FOUNDATION.

44:43NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE

44:44PROJECT. PROJECT NUMBER ONE IS

44:46BROADWAY CORRIDOR, NOT JUST

44:47BECAUSE PROSPER'S INVESTMENT,

44:48BUT THIS IS AN ENTIRE CITY

44:50INVESTMENT. MULTIPLE BUREAUS,

44:52MULTIPLE INTERESTED PARTIES.

44:54THIS IS THE BIGGEST

44:55TRANSFORMATION PROJECT,

44:57FOLLOWED BY OMSI, FOLLOWED BY

45:00REIMAGINING OUR UNION STATION,

45:02FOLLOWED BY LLOYD CENTER,

45:03FOLLOWED BY MODA, FOLLOWED BY

45:05ALBINA VISION TRUST, FOLLOWED

45:07BY THE WORK OF 1803. THAT IS

45:09EIGHT MAJOR PRIORITIES IN OUR

45:10CENTRAL IN OUR CITY THAT ARE

45:12KEY PROJECTS THAT GETTING ONE

45:15TWO ACROSS THE FINISH LINE

45:17UNLOCKS A LOT OF OTHER

45:19OPPORTUNITIES. SO IMAGINE WHAT

45:20MODA UNLOCKS FOR ALBINA VISION

45:22TRUST WOULD IMAGINE WHAT THAT

45:24DOES FOR THE WATERFRONT IN

45:25RELATION TO OMSI. ALL OF THESE

45:27THINGS ARE INEXTRICABLY TIED.

45:29WE'VE GOT TO BE DEDICATED TO

45:31GETTING THEM ACROSS THE FINISH

45:32LINE, STARTING WITH BROADWAY

45:35CORRIDOR.

45:36>> SO I APPRECIATE THAT. AND

45:38THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS

45:39LOOKING FOR. SO THANK YOU. I

45:40THINK I PROBABLY KNOW I'VE

45:41ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE, AND

45:44THIS WAS A VERY CRISP ANSWER

45:45AND I APPRECIATE THAT. SO TELL

45:47ME MORE ABOUT BROADWAY CORRIDOR.

45:49TELL ME WHAT WE CAN EXPECT, HOW

45:52WE CAN BE HELPFUL IN TERMS OF

45:55OUR ACTION AT CITY COUNCIL.

45:57>> WELL, I'LL ANSWER THAT

45:58SECOND PART FIRST AND HOW YOU

45:59CAN BE HELPFUL. AND IT'S YOUR

46:01CONTINUED ADVOCACY, YOU

46:03CONTINUING TO BE LOUD ABOUT THE

46:05NEED FOR US TO GET THIS DONE

46:07AND WHEN APPROPRIATE, IF THERE

46:08ARE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT

46:10CAN COME TO BEAR YOUR VOTE,

46:11YOUR AFFIRMATIVE VOTE MATTERS.

46:13HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE

46:15ALSO DOING THE SAME THING. WE

46:16ARE THINKING CREATIVELY ABOUT

46:18TOOLS THAT WE DID NOT

46:20CONTEMPLATE WHEN THIS PROJECT

46:21WAS ORIGINALLY, YOU KNOW,

46:24DESIGNED. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING

46:25AT FEDERAL RESOURCES. WE'RE

46:26LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL PARTNERS

46:28THAT WE CAN BRING TO BEAR TO,

46:30TO SHAVE THE TIMELINE OR SHRINK

46:32THE TIMELINE SO THAT OUR

46:34CITIZENS CAN SEE WHICH THEY ARE

46:35ALREADY SEEING BENEFIT OF. WE

46:37HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE, WE HAVE A

46:38ROAD IN, WE NEED TO PRODUCE

46:39SOMETHING VERTICALLY, AND WE'RE

46:41THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX OF

46:42WHAT ROLE PROSPER WILL CONTINUE

46:44TO PLAY AROUND BRINGING NEW

46:46FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO BEAR FOR

46:47THAT PROJECT. AND I WOULD BE

46:50HAPPY TO DEBRIEF YOU ONE ON ONE,

46:52IF THAT IS SOMETHING YOU WANT

46:53TO KNOW MORE ABOUT OUR ACTUAL

46:55TOOLS AND OUR STRATEGY AROUND

46:56IT.

46:57>> WELL, I THINK ALL OF.

46:58>> US NEED TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE

47:00IF WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT ABOUT

47:01WHAT IS NUMBER ONE BROADWAY

47:03CORRIDOR, YES, I'M FINE JUMPING

47:05INTO THAT BANDWAGON, FOR SURE.

47:08I JUST WANT TO HAVE THIS

47:10CONVERSATION THEN CONSISTENTLY

47:13BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE SCATTERING

47:14ALL OVER THE PLACE. IT FEELS

47:15LIKE SOMETIMES AND WE'RE NOT

47:17MOVING ONE THING ALONG TO GET

47:19ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. AS YOU

47:21SAID, WHAT LESSONS DID WE LEARN

47:23FROM WHAT I WOULD JUST SAY, THE

47:25COLLAPSE OF THE MOMENTUM ON

47:27THAT PROJECT BACK IN 2122?

47:31>> WELL, I CAN'T SPEAK ABOUT

47:32THE LESSONS. I WASN'T HERE IN

47:3421 OR 22. WHAT I CAN SAY IS

47:36WHAT WE HAVE INHERITED AND WHAT

47:38WE HAVE RESPONDED TO IS THE

47:41DESIRE TO THINK BEYOND WHAT IS

47:43IN FRONT OF US. AND WHAT I MEAN

47:45BY THAT IS WE'VE GOT TO BE

47:47INNOVATIVE. THERE ARE A LOT OF

47:49HERE'S THE COOL PART IS THERE

47:50ARE A LOT OF COOL TOOLS WE

47:52NEVER PURSUED. AND SO WE HAVE A

47:54ROBUST PIPELINE OF THINGS THAT

47:55WE THINK WE CAN TRULY, TRULY

47:58PURSUE AND GET AWARDED TO HELP

48:00US NOT ONLY WITH BROADWAY

48:02CORRIDOR, BUT HOW AGAIN, I'M

48:03GOING TO SAY UNION STATION

48:05BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE BODIES

48:07THAT GO THROUGH THERE IN THE

48:08PACIFIC THAN ANY OTHER PLACE IN

48:09THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. IT'S

48:10IMPORTANT THAT WE WE REIMAGINE

48:13WHAT THAT ASSET CAN BECOME AS

48:14WELL. SO IT'S A HOLISTIC

48:17STRATEGY. COUNCILOR RYAN IS

48:18WHAT I'M REALLY TRYING TO

48:19HIGHLIGHT IN DAYLIGHT HERE IS

48:21THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT

48:22ADDITIONAL TOOLS, AND THAT IS A

48:25PART OF OUR LONG TERM STRATEGY.

48:27>> AND I'LL JUST SAY, I THINK

48:28WE'RE GOOD AT AT HOLISTIC

48:30STRATEGIES. I THINK WE'RE WEAK

48:32ON CONCRETE ACTION. AND I THINK

48:34THAT INCORPORATING UNION

48:36STATION INTO YOUR NARRATIVE

48:37RIGHT THERE WAS SMART, I THINK

48:39THE WHOLE OLD TOWN UP TO

48:40BROADWAY CORRIDOR. YOU CAN'T

48:42DISMISS THAT. THAT'S RIGHT.

48:43IT'S ALMOST IN THE SAME

48:44NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I HOPE THAT I

48:47HOPE THAT I KEEP HEARING MORE

48:49CONCRETE LANGUAGE SO THAT WE

48:51CAN STAY FOCUSED ON THIS. I'LL

48:53JUST DO ONE MORE QUESTION THIS

48:55ROUND FOR NOW. AND IT'S

48:57SOMETHING THAT, WELL, TWO

48:59THINGS. ONE IS I WOULD LIKE IN

49:01THE FOLLOW UP TO IDENTIFY WHICH

49:03BUREAUS ARE YOUR PARTNERS IN

49:04THE OBJECTIVES THAT YOU WANT TO

49:06MOVE FORWARD. I THINK IT HELPS

49:08COUNCIL TO KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE,

49:10AND I CAN ASSUME, BUT I THINK

49:12IDENTIFYING THEM SO THAT WE

49:14HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY IN THOSE

49:15PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE CITY

49:17AND PROSPER PORTLAND, IT'S NOT

49:19ALWAYS GOING TO BE DAUNTING.

49:20THE PERMITTING TEAM AND THE

49:22SMALL BUSINESS OFFICE WORKING

49:25WITH. I THINK WE NEED TO HEAR

49:26WHO ARE THOSE BUREAUS THAT HAVE

49:29SOME ACCOUNTABILITY TO MAKE

49:31THESE DREAMS COME TRUE. AND I

49:32HOPE THAT YOU ARE MORE WILLING

49:34TO PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF

49:35CONCRETE INFORMATION. I WILL

49:37END WITH THIS. AND THAT IS IT'S

49:40BEEN A PET PEEVE OF MINE FOR A

49:42WHILE. SO I'M GOING TO GET IT

49:43OUT THERE. WHEN WE HAVE POLICY

49:45COMING TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND

49:47WE LOOK FOR PROSPER AS OUR

49:49ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO

49:51PROVIDE AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, I

49:54SOMETIMES FIND THOSE TO BE KIND

49:57OF SHALLOW AND EMPTY. AND I

49:59THINK IT'S MAYBE IN THE PAST

50:01HAS BEEN BECAUSE OF CAPACITY OR

50:02WHO'S ON FIRST. BUT CAN YOU

50:04TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT

50:06HOW, WHAT THE METHODOLOGY IS

50:08LIKE AT YOUR ORGANIZATION TO

50:11HELP US MAKE BETTER POLICY

50:14DECISIONS AROUND THE ECONOMY BY

50:16PROVIDING SOME OBJECTIVE AND

50:18ALSO SOME CLARITY WITH DATA ON

50:20WHY YOU'RE MAKING SUCH

50:22SUGGESTIONS IN THAT SECTION OF

50:24OUR POLICY.

50:24>> HEY COUNCILOR, THIS IS DANI.

50:26I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO TAKE

50:27A STAB AT THAT ONE. I DON'T

50:29MIND, I.

50:30>> DON'T MIND AT ALL.

50:31>> JUST JUST TO KIND OF BECAUSE

50:33THIS HAS BEEN A QUESTION THAT'S

50:34COME UP A FEW TIMES NOW THAT

50:36WE'RE SORT OF WORKING THROUGH

50:37AGAIN. COUNCILOR PIRTLE-GUINEY

50:38FAMILIAR WITH THIS IN THE

50:39RESOLUTION THAT CREATED THE

50:41ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT IMPACT

50:43STATEMENT, PROSPER PORTLAND WAS

50:46DESIGNATED AS THE REVIEWER OF

50:47THE STATEMENT. SO THE INITIAL

50:50ANALYSIS IS TECHNICALLY

50:51SUPPOSED TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE

50:53AUTHOR OF THE POLICY. THE

50:55ORDINANCE, AS ITS MATERIAL NOW

50:58PROSPER, STAFF ARE AVAILABLE IF

51:00THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS TO HELP

51:01INFORM THAT. AND THERE HAVE

51:02BEEN TIMES WHERE PROSPER HAS

51:04LEANED IN TO HELP DRAFT THOSE

51:05STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF

51:06POLICIES IF GIVEN SUBSTANTIAL

51:08NOTICE. THAT'S THE KEY

51:09QUALIFIER THERE. BUT AS IT'S

51:11CURRENTLY WRITTEN, PROSPER IS

51:14EVALUATING TO ENSURE THAT THE

51:15STATEMENTS AS DRAFTED ARE

51:17ANSWERING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS

51:19GIVEN THE SCOPE. SO THAT'S

51:20STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS. AND

51:21WE KNOW SOME SOME BUREAUS AND

51:23SOME OFFICES HAVE A BETTER

51:25SYSTEM IN PLACE THAN OTHERS.

51:26AND THAT'S NOT JUDGMENT. THAT'S

51:27JUST WHERE WE'RE AT IN OUR NEW

51:29FORM OF GOVERNMENT. BUT I THINK

51:30IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO

51:32EVALUATE, BECAUSE WE DO THINK

51:33THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO

51:34BETTER INFORM THOSE STATEMENTS

51:36SO THAT WHEN PROSPER IS

51:37REVIEWING THEM, THEY'RE NOT

51:38LAST MINUTE TRYING TO FILL IN

51:39THE GAPS.

51:40>> AND TONY, I APPRECIATE THAT.

51:41I THINK THAT WE AS LEGISLATORS

51:43COULD ALSO BE HELPFUL IN THAT

51:45REGARD. SO WHEN WE'RE IN THE

51:46COMMITTEE WORKING THINGS OUT,

51:48WE HELP INFLUENCE THAT WORK.

51:51THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE REALLY,

51:54I THINK, APPRECIATED. AND I

51:55THINK MY GENERAL THOUGHT ON

51:57THAT IS, SOMETIMES I SEE A

51:59SHORT TERM ANALYSIS OF THE

52:02IMPACT, BUT IT FAILS TO GO 2 TO

52:045 YEARS OUT. SO IT MIGHT SAY

52:07THIS WILL PROVIDE X SAVINGS OR

52:09REVENUE TO THE OPERATIONAL

52:11BUDGET OF THE CITY, THE GENERAL

52:15SERVICES. BUT I THINK IT OFTEN

52:17FAILS TO DO AN ECONOMIC

52:18ANALYSIS OF LONG TERM

52:20CONSEQUENCES OR IMPACT. THAT

52:21WOULD JUST BE SOMETHING THAT

52:22I'VE NOTICED OF LATE. SO I HOPE

52:24THAT YOU'RE TAKING THIS AS A

52:26WAY TO JUST PONDER IT. AND I,

52:28AS A LEGISLATOR, WILL TRY TO BE

52:31MORE ACTIVE IN MY PURSUIT OF

52:32GETTING MORE CONCRETE

52:34INFORMATION IN THAT SECTION OF

52:36OUR IMPACT STATEMENTS. SO THANK

52:38YOU FOR THIS DIALOG. I'LL TAKE

52:39MY HAND DOWN.

52:40>> THANK YOU.

52:42>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR RYAN.

52:43COUNCILOR AVALOS, GO RIGHT

52:45AHEAD.

52:48>> THANK YOU. SO BEFORE I ASK

52:51THE THINGS I WANTED TO ASK, I

52:53JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT

52:54LITTLE LAST BIT OF DISCUSSION.

52:57WHILE I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD

52:59DEFINITELY HAVE A FOCUSED

53:01STRATEGY AND STICK TO IT, AND

53:03WE NEED TO SHOW HOW WE'RE

53:04MEASURING OUR DESIRED OUTCOMES,

53:08I DO FEEL CONCERNED ABOUT IF WE

53:12ARE PUTTING SO MUCH EFFORT INTO

53:14THESE KIND OF PROJECTS, OR

53:16SHORT TERM VISIONS LIKE

53:18BROADWAY CORRIDOR, THEN I

53:20BELIEVE THAT IT'S HARDER FOR

53:21EAST PORTLAND TO GET WHAT THEY

53:22NEED AS FAR AS ATTENTION AND

53:24RESOURCES AND STRATEGY FROM

53:26PROSPER. AND SO I JUST FEEL

53:28LIKE WE CONTINUE TO GET

53:30DEPRIORITIZED. AND SO, YOU KNOW,

53:31THAT'S PART OF WHAT I WANT TO

53:33TALK ABOUT. BUT HEARING THAT

53:34CONVERSATION, I WANTED TO RAISE

53:36THAT BECAUSE THAT BRINGS ME TO

53:39YESTERDAY. I WAS ACTUALLY DOING

53:40SOME SMALL BUSINESS DOOR

53:42KNOCKING ON DIVISION AND 122ND.

53:44SHOUT OUT TO MY COMMUNITY

53:46ORGANIZER FOR GETTING THAT ON

53:48MY CALENDAR, WHICH WAS GREAT

53:49TIMING BECAUSE I GOT SOME

53:50PRETTY GOOD INSIGHTS. AND I

53:52THINK A COUPLE OF THINGS ARE

53:55ONE, I HEARD WHAT WE ALL HEAR,

53:57RIGHT? THEY NEED HELP WITH

53:59CLEARING PUBLIC SPACES, SPACES,

54:01HELP WITH VANDALISM AND

54:03HOMELESSNESS. YOU KNOW, THERE

54:05WAS A MAN WHO HAS A TAEKWONDO

54:07STUDIO AND HE'S GOT A BROKEN

54:10DOOR AND HE'S LIKE, WELL, I MY

54:13INSURANCE SAID THEY'LL PAY FOR

54:14IT, BUT IT'S A HIGH DEDUCTIBLE.

54:15AND YOU KNOW, I WISH I HAD

54:17RESOURCES, RIGHT? STUFF LIKE

54:18THAT THAT WE HEAR ALSO HEARD

54:20FROM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, A

54:22CHINESE RESTAURANT, WHO THEY

54:24WERE LIKE, WE JUST GET A LOT OF

54:25HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT COME IN

54:27ASKING FOR FOOD AND THEY'RE

54:28LIKE, WE HELP WHERE WE CAN,

54:29RIGHT? BUT WE NEED TO BRING IN

54:31CUSTOMERS THAT PAY US. AND SO,

54:34BUT ONE THING THAT ALSO EMERGED

54:36WHEN I TALKED TO. ALL OF THEM,

54:40BUT THEN I WAS TALKING WITH THE

54:42PAWN SHOP AND THEY SAID, YOU

54:44KNOW, WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT HOW

54:46BUSINESSES DON'T LIKE THE

54:48MEDIANS ON DIVISION FOR LOTS OF

54:50REASONS. AND BUT IT WAS I THINK

54:55WHAT I'M ASKING IS, WHAT IS THE

54:57RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROSPER'S

54:59WORK AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE

55:00BUREAU'S LIKE PBOT AND WATER?

55:02BECAUSE WHILE WE HEAR ABOUT THE

55:03MEDIANS AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S

55:05ALL THIS CONVERSATION WE HAVE

55:06ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHY YOU HAVE

55:07TO TRADE LIKE SAFETY FOR

55:09CERTAIN THINGS. WE ALSO TALKED

55:12ABOUT LIKE, HOW DO WE DESIGN

55:13OUR BUSINESS CORRIDORS IN A WAY

55:15THAT HELPS THE OWNER OF THE

55:17SMALL CHINESE RESTAURANT GET

55:19THE FOOT TRAFFIC THAT SHE NEEDS,

55:20RIGHT? SO THAT PEOPLE CAN

55:22ACTUALLY BE COMING THROUGH EAST

55:24PORTLAND, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW,

55:25ALL OF OUR BUSINESS CORRIDORS

55:26ARE NOT REALLY DESIGNED IN A

55:28WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN HANG AND

55:30STAY. RIGHT. WE HAVE THIS

55:31CONVERSATION WITH PBOT WHEN IT

55:33COMES TO LIKE THE STREETS, LIKE

55:35THE WHAT IS IT, THE STREET

55:36PAINTING, THINGS THAT THEY DO

55:37IN THE PLAZAS THAT THEY DO, AND

55:39HOW EAST PORTLAND HAS BARELY

55:40ANY. AND A LOT OF THAT IS

55:42INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED. AND SO

55:43IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU

55:44KNOW, HAVING AN ECONOMIC

55:46DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, ONE, I

55:47WANT US I WANT TO HEAR MORE

55:49CLEARLY IN YOUR PRESENTATIONS,

55:51IN YOUR STRATEGY, HOW EAST

55:53PORTLAND IS GOING TO BE

55:55ELEVATED IN YOUR DISCUSSION,

55:56BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF

55:58EMERGING NEW SMALL BUSINESSES

56:00THAT ARE FROM IMMIGRANT AND

56:03BIPOC COMMUNITIES, SO ALREADY

56:05DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, AND

56:06THEY'RE REALLY LACKING SERVICES

56:08AND SUPPORT. AND I JUST WANT TO

56:11RAISE THAT. I FEEL CONTINUOUSLY

56:12CONCERNED THAT I DON'T ALWAYS

56:14HEAR HOW WE'RE TALKING BEYOND

56:16JUST THE DOWNTOWN CORE, THE

56:18CENTER, CENTER, EAST SIDE, BUT

56:20ALSO, AGAIN, I WANT TO KNOW

56:22WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH

56:24PLANNING WITH THE CITY? BECAUSE

56:25THAT IS DRASTICALLY AFFECTING

56:26EAST PORTLAND BUSINESSES. AND

56:28I'M CURIOUS WHAT THAT LOOKS

56:29LIKE AND HOW YOU ALL COULD

56:30IMPROVE THAT RELATIONSHIP TO

56:32HELP DESIGN BETTER BUSINESS

56:34CORRIDORS WITH THE

56:35INFRASTRUCTURE BUREAUS, NOT

56:36JUST, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE

56:37IT'S JUST FEELING ISOLATED.

56:38YOUR WORK IS ISOLATED. OKAY.

56:40WAS THERE ANY RESPONSE?

56:42>> SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. LET

56:44ME FIRST JUST ACKNOWLEDGE HOW

56:46ACCURATE YOU ARE AND YOUR

56:48ASSESSMENT AROUND

56:49INFRASTRUCTURE AS ECONOMIC

56:51DEVELOPMENT. WHEN YOU INVEST IN

56:53STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, THOSE

56:56THINGS UNLOCK OPPORTUNITY FOR

56:58BUSINESSES. AND SO THEY ARE

57:00INEXTRICABLY TIED TOGETHER,

57:01WHICH IS WHY PROSPER PORTLAND

57:03AND CASE IN POINT BROADWAY

57:05CORRIDOR IS A CROSS BUREAU

57:07MANDATE, RIGHT? IT'S ACROSS

57:09BUREAU LED PROJECT BECAUSE, YOU

57:11KNOW, WATER, SEWER, PROXIMITY

57:13TO THESE THINGS MATTER WHEN

57:14WE'RE TRYING TO UNLOCK

57:16OPPORTUNITY. SO THAT'S POINT

57:17ONE. SECONDLY, I AM FULL STOP

57:20COMMITTED TO EAST PORTLAND. I

57:22LIKELY SPEND A TON OF TIME OUT

57:24THERE, AND I'VE SPOKEN THERE

57:25RECENTLY, PROBABLY AN

57:27INNUMERABLE AMOUNT OF TIMES

57:28AROUND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE

57:30DOING SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR EAST

57:32PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE DESIGNING,

57:33HOW WE'RE CONTEMPLATING

57:35ENTERTAINMENT ZONES, AND

57:37HOPEFULLY WORKING WITH THE CITY

57:38TO SEE HOW WE CAN NOT JUST BE

57:40WITHIN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS

57:41DISTRICT, BUT OUT IN OUR

57:42NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE EAST

57:43PORTLAND THAT HAVE STRONG SMALL

57:45BUSINESS COMMUNITIES AND BARS

57:47AND ALL SORTS OF COOL NIGHTLIFE

57:49THAT THEY THEY SHOULD BE

57:52LEVERAGING AND SEEING

57:53ACCELERATED GROWTH. WE ALSO

57:55OBVIOUSLY HAVE SIX NEW TIF

57:57DISTRICTS THAT EAST PORTLAND IS

57:59STILL WITHIN THE GATEWAY TIF

58:00DISTRICT. IT IS A PERFORMING

58:02ONE THAT HAS RESOURCES

58:03CURRENTLY WHERE, AS YOU HAVE

58:05WORKED WITH US, CURRENTLY

58:07COUNCILOR AROUND THE HEALTHY

58:08FOOD INITIATIVE, THAT'S ANOTHER

58:11ELEMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE

58:12SITTING RIGHT IN, IN GATEWAY.

58:14AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE 1,000%

58:18INVESTED IN COMING. AND IT IS

58:20LET ME BE VERY CLEAR THAT EAST

58:21PORTLAND IS A PRIORITY, AND I'M

58:23GOING TO TURN TO DANNY TO GIVE

58:25YOU MORE DETAIL AROUND THE

58:26BUREAU COMPONENTS AROUND

58:27INFRASTRUCTURE.

58:28>> YEAH. COUNCILOR A GREAT

58:29QUESTION RELATED TO PROSPER'S

58:31ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OTHER

58:32BUREAUS. SO FIRST, TO NOT BURY

58:33THE LEAD. ABSOLUTELY. THE

58:35BUREAU'S WORK WITH PROSPER

58:37ACROSS MANY PROJECTS AROUND THE

58:39CITY, INCLUDING EAST PORTLAND.

58:40BUT I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT

58:42OUT TO THE BUREAUS FOR THE WORK

58:44THEY DO WITH SMALL BUSINESS,

58:45WHETHER IT BE PBOT WHEN THEY'RE

58:46DOING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS,

58:47THEY HAVE AN ADVANCED TEAM

58:48THAT'S TALKING ABOUT IMPACTS TO

58:50BUSINESSES. OF COURSE,

58:50PROSPER'S OFFICE OF SMALL

58:52BUSINESS SUPPORTS THAT, BUT THE

58:53BUREAUS ALSO TAKE A

58:55RESPONSIBILITY IN WORKING WITH

58:56BUSINESSES. SO LET'S NOT LOSE

58:57SIGHT OF THAT BECAUSE PROSPER

58:59CAN'T DO IT ALL. THEIR OFFICE

59:00OF SMALL BUSINESSES IS SMALL

59:02BUT MIGHTY. BUT WE'RE NOT.

59:03THEY'RE NOT RESOURCED TO COVER

59:04ALL THE ALL THE CITY, ALL THE

59:06TIME. BUT THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT

59:08SOME SPECIFIC EXAMPLES WHERE

59:09THE BUREAUS AND PROSPER ARE

59:11COORDINATING ON ON THESE BIGGER

59:12IDEAS. 82ND AVENUE IS THE MOST

59:14EXTREME VERSION OF THAT, WHERE

59:15YOU HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL

59:16INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT

59:17COMING. SO WE'RE NOT ONLY

59:18CONCERNED ABOUT DISPLACEMENT OF

59:19BUSINESSES DURING THOSE

59:20CONSTRUCTION TIMELINES, BUT

59:22ALSO WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE

59:24AFTERWARDS? AND THAT'S WHERE

59:25PBOT AND BTS AND PROSPER AND

59:28HOUSING AND UTILITIES ARE ALL

59:30AT THE TABLE DISCUSSING THOSE

59:32ISSUES. SO THERE'S CLEAR

59:33EXAMPLES ALL THE TIME WHERE THE

59:35BUREAUS ARE CONNECTED. TO YOUR

59:37ORIGINAL POINT, THOUGH, ABOUT

59:38SEEING THE BUREAUS MORE

59:40EMPHATICALLY IN THE PLAN AND

59:42HOW WE DISCUSS IT. ABSOLUTELY.

59:43AS I ALLUDED TO WHEN WE STARTED,

59:45THIS ISN'T JUST PROSPER'S PLAN.

59:46THIS IS THE CITY'S PLAN. AND

59:48THE CITY'S DO SHOW UP TO OUR

59:49ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

59:50THEY DO SHOW UP FOR THESE KEY

59:52CATALYTIC PROJECTS, BUT WE CAN

59:53BE BETTER ABOUT COMMUNICATING

59:54THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, FOR SURE.

1:00:01>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWERS.

1:00:04YEAH, I THINK THAT'S ALL WELL

1:00:06AND GOOD. AND I DEFINITELY

1:00:10APPRECIATE THE ENTHUSIASM FOR

1:00:12EAST PORTLAND. AND I DO SEE THE

1:00:15EFFORTS THAT ARE BEING MADE.

1:00:17AND OF COURSE, THERE THERE'S

1:00:19MORE THAT EAST PORTLAND NEEDS.

1:00:21AND I THINK THAT EVEN JUST IN

1:00:24BASIC COMMUNICATING TO EAST

1:00:26PORTLAND BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW,

1:00:27THEY'RE NOT AS ENGAGED WITH THE

1:00:30TRADITIONAL METHODS THAT YOU

1:00:33ARE GETTING, GETTING IN TOUCH

1:00:34WITH BUSINESSES. AND I JUST SAY

1:00:38THAT TO AS THERE HAVE BEEN SOME

1:00:41EXAMPLES RECENTLY WHERE I JUST

1:00:42FEEL LIKE THE CITY IS NOT

1:00:44TAPPING IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS,

1:00:46ANCHOR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE

1:00:48HISTORIC PARKROSE OR MIDWAY

1:00:50DIVISION, MIDWAY ALLIANCE TO

1:00:53HELP TALK TO THE SMALL

1:00:55BUSINESSES IN EAST PORTLAND. SO

1:00:57ALWAYS MORE WORK TO DO ON THAT.

1:00:59BUT JUST WANTED TO REFLECT BACK

1:01:00WHAT I'M HEARING DIRECTLY FROM

1:01:02THEM. AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN,

1:01:04WHERE ARE WE CONTINUING TO

1:01:06INCREASE OUR PROGRAMING AND

1:01:08RESOURCES FOR SOME GRANTS? I

1:01:11THINK THAT IS JUST CONTINUING

1:01:13TO BE AN ISSUE. AND I KNOW

1:01:14WE'VE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT THERE,

1:01:15BUT WE HAVE TO FIND FIND MORE

1:01:17BECAUSE THESE THE OWNER OF THE

1:01:20CHINESE RESTAURANT WAS JUST

1:01:21LIKE, SHE'S LIKE, WE'RE JUST

1:01:22WE'RE STRUGGLING. WE LITERALLY

1:01:24CAN'T MAKE ENDS MEET. AND SO

1:01:28YEAH, I APPRECIATE YOUR

1:01:30COMMENTS. I THINK THAT'S ALL

1:01:32FOR NOW, BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO

1:01:35SEEING HOW WE CONTINUE TO BUILD

1:01:36EAST PORTLAND INTO HOW YOU'RE

1:01:38TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING. I

1:01:39JUST WANT TO SEE THAT ELEVATED.

1:01:41AND I HAVE.

1:01:42>> TO WELL, COUNCILOR.

1:01:43>> SPEAK UP FOR THEM.

1:01:44>> COUNCIL, CAN YOU PLEASE SEND

1:01:45US THE CONTACT NAME OF THE

1:01:47BUSINESSES YOU'VE INTERACTED

1:01:47WITH? AND I ASSURE YOU WE WILL

1:01:49FOLLOW UP IMMEDIATELY.

1:01:50>> SOUNDS GOOD. WE CAN DO THAT.

1:01:54>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.

1:01:56COLLEAGUES. I PUT MYSELF IN THE

1:01:57QUEUE. I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF

1:01:59THINGS. THE FIRST IS A QUESTION

1:02:00SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE THE

1:02:03NEXT STEPS FOR THE ADVANCED

1:02:05PORTLAND PLAN. YOU HAD A SLIDE

1:02:09WHERE YOU LOOKED AT KIND OF THE

1:02:12THE NOW AND NEXT UNDER THE

1:02:15RECOVERY PROJECTS AND

1:02:16INITIATIVES, THE ONE RIGHT

1:02:17BEFORE THIS. AND THERE'S A

1:02:20WHOLE LOT OF THREES HERE. AND

1:02:22THREES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT

1:02:24BECAUSE THREES ARE HOW WE MAKE

1:02:25SURE. OBJECTIVE THREE WAS A

1:02:29VIBRANT CITY CENTER AND

1:02:30NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL

1:02:31DISTRICT. SO MAKING SURE THAT

1:02:33THAT INVESTMENT IS REALLY

1:02:35FOCUSED IN OUR. OUR REGIONAL

1:02:40CENTERS, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD

1:02:42CENTERS, AS WELL AS OUR CITY

1:02:44CENTER THAT HELPS US MAKE SURE

1:02:46THAT WE ARE GROWING IN A WAY

1:02:47THAT IS INTENTIONAL, THAT IS

1:02:49TANGIBLE, THAT SUPPORTS THE

1:02:50WHOLE CITY. THOSE THREES ARE

1:02:53CRITICAL. AND I DON'T WANT TO

1:02:55DOWNPLAY HOW CRITICAL THEY ARE.

1:02:56THEY ARE WHAT MAKE PORTLAND

1:02:58SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE. BUT IF WE

1:03:02DON'T HAVE ONES AND TWOS AND

1:03:04FOURS, IF WE DON'T HAVE

1:03:06INVESTMENT IN OUR ECONOMIC

1:03:07DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IN

1:03:11EQUITABLE WEALTH CREATION, IN

1:03:13CONNECTING PORTLANDERS TO HIGH

1:03:14WAGE JOBS, THOSE TWOS AND FOURS,

1:03:17THEN WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR

1:03:19THREES IS CREATING FANTASTIC

1:03:22PLACES WHERE PEOPLE DON'T

1:03:23ACTUALLY EARN ENOUGH TO BE ABLE

1:03:24TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN OUR CITY.

1:03:28SO WHERE IS THE EMPHASIS AS WE

1:03:31MOVE FORWARD OVER THE NEXT TWO

1:03:32YEARS? THE BACK END OF ADVANCED

1:03:34PORTLAND ON THE TWOS AND FOURS,

1:03:37ON THE THINGS THAT HELP

1:03:40INDIVIDUALS CREATE WEALTH FOR

1:03:42THEMSELVES AND FOR OUR

1:03:43COMMUNITY, SO THAT THE

1:03:45INVESTMENTS WE'RE MAKING IN

1:03:46THOSE THREES, IN THOSE REGIONAL

1:03:49CENTERS. CAN GROW ORGANICALLY,

1:03:54RIGHT? WE NEED TO MAKE SURE

1:03:56THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE GETTING

1:03:57BUSINESSES TO THE RIGHT PLACES

1:03:58AND GETTING THE BUSINESSES WE

1:03:59NEED TO THOSE PLACES, BUT THEY

1:04:01AREN'T GOING TO SURVIVE IF WE

1:04:03DON'T HAVE FOLKS WITH ENOUGH

1:04:04MONEY IN THEIR WALLET TO SPEND

1:04:06THERE. WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH

1:04:07THE TWOS AND FOURS?

1:04:08>> YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT CALL

1:04:10OUT. SO FIRST THING IS, AS THIS

1:04:14TWEAK WAS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE

1:04:16RECOVERY ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE IN

1:04:18AND UNDERSTANDING THE

1:04:19CONDITIONS THAT WERE NOT

1:04:22CONTEMPLATED WHEN ADVANCED

1:04:23PORTLAND WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED.

1:04:25AND SO THIS UPDATE, I WOULD, I

1:04:28WOULD CHARACTERIZE AS MORE

1:04:31ATTUNED TO TRYING TO MOVE THE

1:04:34NEEDLE, GIVEN THE LIMITED SORT

1:04:36OF CONDITIONS WE ARE OPERATING

1:04:37IN. BUT YOU'RE SPOT ON. LIKE AS

1:04:39WE BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT THE

1:04:41SECOND ITERATION OF ADVANCED

1:04:43PORTLAND, WHICH IS WHERE I

1:04:44THINK THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY

1:04:45TO WORK CLOSER WITH THIS

1:04:47COUNCIL BODY WILL BE FOUND IS

1:04:49FOCUSING MORE ON THE TWOS AND

1:04:51FOURS, BUT WE HAVE TO GET OUT

1:04:52OF RECOVERY NOW. NOW I AS I

1:04:55LOOK AT THE ONES AND TWOS, I

1:04:57THINK SOME OF IT IS LIKELY ONE

1:04:59AND 2 OR 1 AND FOUR, AND NOT

1:05:01JUST A SINGLE NUMBER. FOR

1:05:03EXAMPLE BUSINESS RETENTION OR

1:05:05RECRUITMENT TASK FORCE. LIKE

1:05:06THAT'S OUR EARLY WARNING SYSTEM.

1:05:08THAT OUTREACH LETS US GET AHEAD

1:05:10OF A COMPANY'S DECISION TO

1:05:11LEAVE. RIGHT? RETENTION OF

1:05:13EXISTING BUSINESSES IS

1:05:15IMPORTANT. LONG BEFORE WE GO

1:05:16FISHING IN A POND. THIS IS THE

1:05:17BLOCKING AND TACKLING WORK,

1:05:19PROACTIVE OUTREACH TO MAKE SURE

1:05:21THEY REMAIN HERE. AND SO THOSE

1:05:23ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE

1:05:24JUST NOT SINGULAR IN THEIR

1:05:25NATURE THAT I THINK THEY SHARE

1:05:27DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES. BUT I

1:05:29WANT TO HONOR WHAT YOU'VE

1:05:30CALLED OUT BECAUSE YOU'RE SPOT

1:05:31ON. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO HONOR

1:05:34THE MOMENT WE'RE IN AS WE THINK

1:05:36ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING. AND I

1:05:37THINK, AGAIN, WHAT I WOULD

1:05:39LEAVE YOU WITH IS THE SECOND

1:05:42ITERATION OR ADVANCED PORTLAND

1:05:44OR WHATEVER THAT NEW NAME WILL

1:05:46BECOME. IT'S THE GREATEST

1:05:47OPPORTUNITY FOR PROSPER AND

1:05:48MANY BUREAUS TO WORK WITH THIS

1:05:49BODY COLLECTIVELY AROUND WHAT

1:05:51THAT NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1:05:53STRATEGY WOULD BE. AND I CAN

1:05:54TELL YOU, PROSPER PORTLAND IS

1:05:55COMMITTED TO DOING THAT.

1:05:57>> THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO, I

1:06:00GUESS, MAKE A COMMENT, NOT A

1:06:02ASK A QUESTION, BUT MAKE A

1:06:03COMMENT ABOUT THAT NEXT

1:06:04STRATEGY. LOOKING BEYOND THE

1:06:06LAST TWO YEARS OF ADVANCE TO

1:06:08WHAT WE DEVELOP NEXT AND WHAT

1:06:10WE HAVE IN ADVANCED PORTLAND

1:06:12WITH THOSE FOUR STRATEGIES IS

1:06:14ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. IT IS THE

1:06:15WORK THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING,

1:06:18AND YOU CAN ALSO FIT ALMOST

1:06:19ANYTHING WORTH DOING IN THOSE

1:06:21FOUR CATEGORIES. ONE OF MY

1:06:24COLLEAGUES SAID EARLIER,

1:06:24WHERE'S OUR FOCUS? AND

1:06:27SOMETIMES YOU DON'T WANT TO BE

1:06:29TOO NARROWLY FOCUSED. YOU WANT

1:06:30TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE

1:06:32HELPING EVERYBODY OUT AND

1:06:33LIFTING OUR ENTIRE CITY. BUT I

1:06:37THINK WE NEED A LITTLE BIT OF

1:06:39NARROWING, A LITTLE BIT OF

1:06:40FOCUS. AND I WANT TO SUGGEST

1:06:43THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE

1:06:46LOOK AT A BOTTOM LINE. THAT IS

1:06:48WHAT DRIVES THE MICRO PIECES OF

1:06:51OUR ECONOMY AND INDIVIDUAL

1:06:53FAMILIES WEALTH, THE CULTURE OF

1:06:57OUR CITY, THOSE PIECES THAT

1:06:59MAKE US WHO WE ARE, OUR SMALL

1:07:01BUSINESSES, OUR ENTREPRENEURS,

1:07:04THE FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO

1:07:05CREATE SOMETHING AND WHAT

1:07:08DRIVES OUR MACRO ECONOMY, WHAT

1:07:10DRIVES OUR COMMUNITY WEALTH,

1:07:11WHAT DRIVES HIGH WAGES, WHAT

1:07:13DRIVES THOSE? I FORGET WHAT YOU

1:07:15CALLED THEM, BUT THOSE

1:07:17EMPLOYERS WHO ARE EMPLOYEE.

1:07:18>> NUMBERS.

1:07:19>> THERE YOU GO. THE HIGH

1:07:20NUMBER OF PEOPLE. AND WHAT ARE

1:07:23WE DOING FOR THOSE TWO GROUPS?

1:07:25AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT UNLESS

1:07:29WE ARE UNLESS SOMEBODY WE ARE

1:07:31WORKING WITH IS DRIVING THE

1:07:33CULTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY,

1:07:35INDIVIDUAL WEALTH, BUILDING

1:07:36THOSE THINGS THAT THAT

1:07:38ENTREPRENEURIAL WORK, THAT

1:07:39MICRO WORK DOES TO HELP A

1:07:41FAMILY TURN AROUND THEIR

1:07:44ECONOMIC FUTURE AND TO HELP PUT

1:07:45US ON THE MAP FOR WHO WE ARE,

1:07:49OR UNLESS WE ARE WORKING WITH A

1:07:50COMPANY THAT'S PAYING YOU SAID

1:07:52WE STATE WHAT A LIVABLE WAGE IS,

1:07:53THAT'S PAYING A TRUE LIVING

1:07:55WAGE. AND BY THAT, WHAT I MEAN,

1:07:56I'M JUST ONE COUNCILOR. BUT

1:07:58WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY LIVING

1:07:59WAGE IS WHAT DOES IT COST TO

1:08:02RAISE A FAMILY IN OUR CITY

1:08:06WITHOUT GOVERNMENT SUPPORT?

1:08:08WHAT DOES THAT COST? WHAT IS

1:08:10THAT WAGE? AND IF A COMPANY

1:08:12DOESN'T FALL INTO THE FIRST

1:08:14CATEGORY AND THEIR AVERAGE WAGE,

1:08:17NOT ANYWHERE, BUT IN OUR CITY

1:08:19WITH WHATEVER JOBS THEY'RE

1:08:20TALKING ABOUT CREATING IN OUR

1:08:22CITY, NOT FOR PEOPLE THEY'RE

1:08:24BRINGING IN WITH THEM, NOT FOR

1:08:25EXECS. THEY'RE MOVING HERE, BUT

1:08:27FOR FOLKS WHO ARE ALREADY

1:08:29LIVING IN OUR CITY AND LOOKING

1:08:30FOR THEIR NEXT OPPORTUNITY.

1:08:33THAT AVERAGE WAGE NEEDS TO BE

1:08:35ENOUGH FOR SOMEBODY TO RAISE A

1:08:37FAMILY IN OUR CITY WITHOUT

1:08:41ASSISTANCE. AND I WANT TO BE

1:08:42CLEAR, NOT BECAUSE THERE'S

1:08:43ANYTHING WRONG WITH RECEIVING

1:08:45ASSISTANCE. WE HAVE THAT FOR A

1:08:46REASON, BECAUSE WE NEED

1:08:47EVERYBODY IN OUR CITY TO BE

1:08:49GETTING THE EQUIVALENT OF A

1:08:50LIVING WAGE. BUT IF WE ARE

1:08:53HELPING A COMPANY TO GROW OR

1:08:55LOCATE HERE, IF WE ARE PUTTING

1:08:57MONEY INTO THAT, WE NEED THEM

1:08:59TO BE PUTTING MONEY INTO US

1:09:01THROUGH THOSE WAGES. SO UNLESS

1:09:03SOMEBODY FALLS INTO ONE OF

1:09:04THOSE TWO CATEGORIES, I DON'T

1:09:07KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING USING OUR

1:09:09PUBLIC DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THEM.

1:09:12I DON'T THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT

1:09:13TO BE HERE. WE NEED A LOT OF

1:09:15THOSE COMPANIES IN OUR

1:09:16COMMUNITY. THERE ARE PLENTY OF

1:09:17BUSINESSES THAT CAN'T PAY A

1:09:19LIVING WAGE THAT ARE CRITICAL

1:09:20TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR

1:09:22ECONOMY, BUT WHAT ARE WE USING

1:09:24OUR PUBLIC DOLLARS FOR? AND I

1:09:27JUST WANT TO SUGGEST THAT WE

1:09:29NARROW IN ON THOSE TWO

1:09:31CATEGORIES THAT HELP TO GROW

1:09:33OUR ECONOMY AND MAKE SURE

1:09:35EVERYONE KNOWS WHO WE ARE, AND

1:09:37THAT IN DOING SO, HELP A FAMILY

1:09:39WITH WEALTH BUILDING THROUGH

1:09:41ENTREPRENEURSHIP OR GETTING

1:09:43THAT LIVING WAGE THROUGH A

1:09:45PAYCHECK. SO I JUST PUT THAT

1:09:47OUT THERE AS WE THINK ABOUT THE

1:09:48FUTURE STUFF. COUNCILOR MORILLO.

1:09:51GO RIGHT AHEAD.

1:09:53>> THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU

1:09:54SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

1:09:55IT'S GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS

1:09:57IN THIS COMMITTEE. I WAS JUST

1:09:59THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING I'VE

1:10:00HEARD IN A FEW OF THE DIFFERENT

1:10:02BUSINESS GROUPS IN DISTRICT

1:10:03THREE THAT I DIDN'T SEE

1:10:05REFLECTED HERE. I THINK IT WAS

1:10:07KERN SIDE, THE ONE THAT I

1:10:09VISITED. BUT THERE WERE A FEW

1:10:10OTHERS THAT WHENEVER I TALKED

1:10:12TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND

1:10:13STOREFRONTS IN DISTRICT THREE,

1:10:14AT LEAST, THEY USUALLY TALK

1:10:15ABOUT THE COST OF RENT FOR

1:10:17BEING A BUSINESS OWNER AND HOW

1:10:18MUCH THAT IMPACTS THEM BEING

1:10:21ABLE TO OPERATE, AND I DON'T

1:10:22SEE THAT ADDRESSED HERE. SO I'M

1:10:25CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. AND I ALSO

1:10:27SEE THAT A LOT OF THE THINGS

1:10:28THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTED HERE

1:10:30FOR WEALTH BUILDING, WHICH IS

1:10:31IMPORTANT, IS HOMEOWNERSHIP AND,

1:10:35YOU KNOW, LOANS AND REVOLVING

1:10:37LOANS FOR HOME OWNERSHIP. BUT

1:10:39AS ONE OF THREE RENTERS ON

1:10:40COUNCIL, THE CITY IS 50%

1:10:43RENTERS OR ABOUT THAT. AND

1:10:45RENTERS, I CAN CONFIRM, SHOP A

1:10:47LOT. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO

1:10:51SUPPORT BOTH BUSINESSES AS

1:10:53RENTERS TRYING TO OCCUPY SPACE

1:10:54WHEN IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE AND

1:10:57ALSO TO TO HELP RENTERS IN THE

1:10:59CITY AS PART OF THIS ECONOMIC

1:11:01PLAN.

1:11:03>> SO TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION,

1:11:06THIS IS WHERE THIS COUNCIL HAS

1:11:08REALLY SHINED BRIGHT IN YOUR

1:11:10SUPPORT OF THE STOREFRONT

1:11:11PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN SINCE

1:11:14OVERSUBSCRIBED. IT IS EVIDENCE

1:11:16THAT THERE'S DEMAND THERE, AND

1:11:18THAT WE NEED TO ACTUALLY

1:11:19INNOVATE AND THINK EVEN MORE

1:11:21BROADLY AROUND THE USE OF IT.

1:11:23IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO

1:11:24FUND THAT PARTICULAR CASE, CASE

1:11:25STUDY, AS I WOULD CHARACTERIZE

1:11:27IT, SO THAT WE'RE ALREADY AND I

1:11:30CAN TELL YOU, MY TEAM HAS

1:11:31ALREADY WALKED CENTRAL BUSINESS

1:11:33DISTRICT AND OTHER CORRIDORS IN

1:11:35PARTNERSHIP WITH ECHO NORTHWEST,

1:11:37LOOKING AT WHERE THE VACANCIES

1:11:38ARE AND WHAT NEW ITERATION

1:11:41WOULD BE. AND YOU'RE SPOT ON

1:11:43AROUND RIGHT SIZING THE, THE,

1:11:45THE COST TO ACTUAL LEASE. I

1:11:48THINK IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE

1:11:50LEASE. I THINK IT'S VISIBILITY

1:11:51AS WELL. I THINK FACADE AND

1:11:53SIGNAGE IS IMPORTANT. COUNCILOR

1:11:55AVALOS CALLED OUT

1:11:57INFRASTRUCTURE AND URBAN DESIGN.

1:11:59I THINK WHERE A RESTAURANT SITS

1:12:01IS IMPORTANT. AND SO WE HAVE TO

1:12:03BE MORE TARGETED AND WE HAVE TO

1:12:05EDUCATE OUR OUR COMMUNITY THAT

1:12:07MAYBE THIS SITE ISN'T THE BEST

1:12:09ONE BASED UPON THE WIDGET

1:12:10YOU'RE SELLING HERE, ARE YOU?

1:12:12AND THE TRAFFIC COUNT, ETC.

1:12:14OTHER DATA COMPONENTS THAT

1:12:15WE'VE ALREADY CALLED OUT THAT

1:12:16REALLY INFORM WHY YOU WANT TO

1:12:18BE IN THAT LOCATION. AND THEN

1:12:20WE COME BEHIND THAT WITH AN

1:12:21ADDITIONAL, WHETHER THAT'S

1:12:22TENANT IMPROVEMENTS, WHETHER

1:12:23THAT'S PREPAID LEASE, WHETHER

1:12:25THAT'S FACADE IMPROVEMENTS,

1:12:27THOSE ARE THE ELEMENTS THAT

1:12:28GIVE STAYING POWER FOR A

1:12:30BUSINESS TO MOVE IN AND REMAIN

1:12:32IN OUR, IN OUR, IN OUR CENTRAL

1:12:34BUSINESS DISTRICT OR INSERT

1:12:35CORRIDOR HERE. SO THAT'S POINT

1:12:37ONE. AS IT RELATES TO THE

1:12:38RENTERS, THAT'S KIND OF NOT

1:12:40WHERE PROSPER PLAYS. WE PLAY A

1:12:42PARTNER WITH PH. B IN TERMS OF

1:12:45WHERE COST TO LIVE RESIDE, AS

1:12:48YOU WILL KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW,

1:12:50AGAIN, POINTING BACK TO

1:12:51BROADWAY CORRIDOR, OUR ROLE IS

1:12:52MORE IN THE MIXED COMPONENT AS

1:12:53OPPOSED TO THE AFFORDABILITY,

1:12:55BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THEM ALL

1:12:56AND WHATEVER ROLE PROSPER CAN

1:12:58PLAY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER

1:12:59BUREAUS LIKE HB, WE'RE READY TO

1:13:02DO THAT.

1:13:04>> OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, I

1:13:08THINK I, I WORKED IN THE OFFICE

1:13:10WHEN WE WERE DOING THE UPGRADES

1:13:12TO DIVISION AND EVERYTHING, AND

1:13:14THERE WAS PRETTY EXTENSIVE

1:13:15OUTREACH DONE TO THOSE

1:13:17BUSINESSES THERE. AND THERE ARE,

1:13:18UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK, HARD

1:13:20CHOICES SOMETIMES TO MAKE

1:13:21BETWEEN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT

1:13:22KEEPS PEOPLE FROM DYING AND THE

1:13:25PREFERENCES OF WHOEVER IS

1:13:27OPERATING IN THAT CORRIDOR. AND

1:13:29I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, I'M

1:13:31GOING TO CHOOSE PEOPLE NOT

1:13:32DYING. TO BE FRANK WITH YOU, IT

1:13:34WAS A REALLY I THINK IT WAS

1:13:36THERE IS POLITICAL CAPITAL THAT

1:13:37YOU EXPEND AS AN ELECTED

1:13:39OFFICIAL TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE

1:13:40TOUGH CHOICES, AND I THINK

1:13:41SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO DO THAT.

1:13:43I DON'T FEEL LIKE I FULLY GOT

1:13:45AN ANSWER. ON THE RENTER ASPECT

1:13:47OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES, SO

1:13:49THAT'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO

1:13:50HEAR MORE LATER, BECAUSE THEY

1:13:51JUST TALK ABOUT HOW YEAR AFTER

1:13:53YEAR THEY'RE I MEAN, EXACTLY

1:13:54LIKE A TENANT FOR HOUSING THEIR

1:13:56RENT INCREASES YEAR AFTER YEAR,

1:13:58AND THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO

1:14:00AFFORD THAT. AND OF COURSE,

1:14:02MANY OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES

1:14:03ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE, THE

1:14:06HOUSELESS FOLKS THAT ARE AROUND

1:14:08THEIR BUSINESSES SOMETIMES

1:14:08SETTING UP CAMP, BUT AT LEAST

1:14:11IN DISTRICT THREE, THE WAY IT

1:14:12WAS TALKED ABOUT WAS A LITTLE

1:14:14BIT DIFFERENT. IT WASN'T JUST A

1:14:16FLAT DESIRE FOR MORE SWEEPS. IT

1:14:18WAS AN ASK FOR. WE WOULD LIKE

1:14:21WE WE DON'T WANT THESE PEOPLE

1:14:23TO JUST MOVE OUT AND NOT HAVE

1:14:25ANYWHERE TO GO, BUT WE DON'T

1:14:26HAVE ANY RESOURCES. LIKE WHEN

1:14:28WE CALL, WE JUST KNOW THEY'RE

1:14:29GOING TO GET AGGRESSIVELY SWEPT.

1:14:30AND THAT'S NOT REALLY THAT

1:14:32WASN'T THE AIM OF MANY OF THOSE

1:14:33BUSINESSES, RIGHT? THEY

1:14:34ACTUALLY WANTED THOSE HOUSELESS

1:14:36FOLKS TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO.

1:14:38AND I THINK THAT THAT'S NOT

1:14:40THAT NUANCE ISN'T TALKED ABOUT

1:14:41A LOT. IT'S VERY EITHER OR. AND

1:14:45THE, THE STOREFRONT SUPPORT

1:14:48PROGRAM. I THINK I WOULD LIKE

1:14:49MORE DETAILS ON THAT AS WELL OF

1:14:51WHAT IS ACTUALLY MATERIALLY

1:14:53BEING DONE. I KNOW THAT IN

1:14:56ESSENCE, YOU KNOW, FROM READING

1:14:57THE REPORT AND SOME OF THESE

1:14:58THINGS, IT'S MONEY FOR REPAIRS

1:15:00FOR THINGS LIKE BROKEN WINDOWS.

1:15:03IT'S SWEEPS, FRANKLY, AND IT'S

1:15:05SOMETIMES LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS.

1:15:08AND I LOVE FAIRY LIGHTS. SO I'M

1:15:10ALL HERE FOR THAT PART OF THE

1:15:11PROGRAM. BUT I THINK THE, THE

1:15:15ACTUAL DETAILS OF WHAT THE

1:15:17SUPPORT LOOKS LIKE, I THINK I

1:15:19WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE

1:15:21THAT MORE FLESHED OUT AS WELL.

1:15:23>> SO WHAT OUT. SO YES, WE'LL

1:15:24SEND YOU INFORMATION, BUT I

1:15:25THINK WE MAY BE TALKING ABOUT

1:15:27TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. THERE'S

1:15:28STOREFRONT SUPPORT THAT

1:15:29RESPONDS TO THOSE SORTS OF

1:15:30NEEDS. AND THEN THE NEW

1:15:32ITERATION THAT THIS COUNCIL

1:15:33JUST SUPPORTED IS AROUND

1:15:35RECRUITMENT EFFORTS FOR GROCERY

1:15:36STORE RETAIL, AS WELL AS

1:15:39RESTAURANT. WE'VE SEEN THAT

1:15:41PROGRAM HAS BEEN OVERSUBSCRIBED.

1:15:42WE'LL SEND YOU INFORMATION ON

1:15:43BOTH ANY DATA YOU NEED.

1:15:46>> OKAY, SO YOU'RE TALKING

1:15:47ABOUT THE ONE THAT'S MORE OF

1:15:48THE MARKETING CAMPAIGN VERSUS

1:15:49THE THE PMO RUN.

1:15:51>> ONE MORE OF THE RECRUITMENT

1:15:54ANGLE TO GENERATE INTEREST BACK

1:15:56IN OUR STOREFRONTS OR

1:15:58STOREFRONT VACANCY PROGRAM.

1:16:00>> GOTCHA. OKAY.

1:16:00>> THANKS.

1:16:01>> YEAH. COUNCILOR. THOSE THE

1:16:02ONE, THE ACTIVATION PROGRAM IS

1:16:04ACTUALLY DOLLARS TO THE

1:16:05BUSINESS TO GET THEIR BUSINESS

1:16:07UP AND RUNNING. SO IT'S REAL

1:16:08DOLLARS FOR TENANT IMPROVEMENTS,

1:16:09WHATEVER THEY NEED TO START UP

1:16:11A NEW BUSINESS. YEAH.

1:16:13>> GOTCHA. OKAY. THANKS.

1:16:18>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR.

1:16:20COUNCILOR RYAN.

1:16:21>> YEAH. GREAT DIALOG. YOU KNOW,

1:16:24I JUST KEEP HEARING FROM JOB

1:16:26CREATORS, THOSE WHO OFFER HIGH

1:16:28PAYING JOBS, THAT PORTLAND

1:16:31ISN'T COMPETITIVE DUE TO

1:16:33UNMATCHED REGULATION AND TAXES

1:16:36AND FEES. NOW, THIS HAS BEEN

1:16:38GOING ON A LONG TIME, BUT THEY

1:16:39USED TO FORGIVE US BASED ON

1:16:41YOUR EARLIER POINTS, BECAUSE

1:16:43OUR LIVABILITY WAS JUST SO DARN

1:16:45BEAUTIFUL AND SPECIAL. SO IN

1:16:49FACT, WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT

1:16:50LIST IS BECOMING LONG. OF THOSE

1:16:53WHO HAVE LEFT THE CITY OVER THE

1:16:56LAST TEN YEARS. BECAUSE WE

1:16:59REACHED, WE REACHED A TIPPING

1:17:00POINT, IF YOU WILL, OF TAXES

1:17:02AND REGULATIONS COMBINED WITH

1:17:07THE LIVABILITY CHALLENGES,

1:17:08MAKING IT JUST TOO DARN

1:17:11FRUSTRATING TO MAKE MAKE A

1:17:13PROFIT AND OFFER THOSE HIGH

1:17:14WAGES AND THEIR EMPLOYEES BEING

1:17:18INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED WITH

1:17:20NOT HAVING SOME OF THOSE

1:17:23PORTLAND LIVABILITY DESIRES NOT

1:17:27BEING WHAT THEY USED TO BE. SO

1:17:30I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO

1:17:32NAME THAT BECAUSE IT'S A

1:17:35REALITY. AND YOUR ECONOMIC

1:17:36BRIDGE BUILDER. SO AS YOU'RE

1:17:40TRYING TO BRING IN AND SUSTAIN

1:17:43AND BUILD IN THIS CITY WITH THE

1:17:47PRIVATE SECTOR AND WITH THE

1:17:49GOVERNMENT, YOU'RE THAT LIAISON

1:17:50IS HOW I THINK IT WAS BUILT.

1:17:52WHO IS YOUR AUDIENCE?

1:17:56>> SO THAT'S A THAT'S AN

1:17:58INTERESTING QUESTION. WE HAVE

1:18:01MULTIPLE AUDIENCES. OUR

1:18:03FOUNDATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1:18:04TO OUR CITIZENS. FIRST AND

1:18:06FOREMOST, PORTLANDERS IS OUR

1:18:10FOUNDATIONAL AUDIENCE. BUT BACK

1:18:12TO OUR POINT OR OUR EARLIER

1:18:14POINT THAT WAS CALLED OUT IS

1:18:16THAT, YOU KNOW, AND PART OF MY

1:18:18URBAN VERNACULAR, BUT YOU HAVE

1:18:19TO WALK IN, CHEW BUBBLE GUM AT

1:18:21THE SAME TIME. AND WHAT I MEAN

1:18:22BY THAT IS THAT WE HAVE TO BE

1:18:24CONCERNED ABOUT OUR SMALL

1:18:25BUSINESS. CASE. ONE IS

1:18:26RETAINING WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE

1:18:28WE EVEN DISCUSS RECRUITMENT. WE

1:18:29NEED TO STOP THE HEMORRHAGING.

1:18:30WE NEED TO BE MORE SPECIFIC IN

1:18:32WHERE THOSE RESOURCES ARE

1:18:33DEPLOYED TO, TO RIGHTSIZE WHAT

1:18:35WE HAVE, BECAUSE QUITE CANDIDLY,

1:18:37WHAT WE HAVE BECOMES

1:18:38RECRUITMENT AS WELL. WHEN A

1:18:39BUSINESS COMES INTO YOUR

1:18:41COMMUNITY, THEY SHOP WITH OTHER

1:18:42BUSINESSES AND THEY WANT TO

1:18:44KNOW HOW ARE YOU TREATED. AND

1:18:46SO WE HAVE TO CONVERT THEM INTO

1:18:48ALLIES AND TO REFERRAL SOURCES

1:18:50FOR WHO WE ALSO WANT TO RECRUIT

1:18:52IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEN THE

1:18:53SECOND POINT, WHEN WE TALK

1:18:54ABOUT THE SHOCK ABSORBERS, NOW

1:18:56YOU RAISED THE TAX QUESTION.

1:18:59PROSPER IS A NON TAXING

1:19:00JURISDICTION AUTHORITY. SO I

1:19:02WON'T ADD TOO MUCH THERE. I

1:19:04THINK OUR ROLE IS WHAT IS THE

1:19:06APPETITE FOR NEW TOOLS OR NEW

1:19:08INCENTIVES THAT CAN MITIGATE

1:19:09ANY OF THOSE SORTS OF CONCERNS

1:19:10AROUND THE TAX ENVIRONMENT.

1:19:12WHILE THE LARGER BODY, I.E. THE

1:19:13STATE AND OR TAXING AUTHORITIES,

1:19:15FIGURE OUT WHAT'S FEASIBLE AND

1:19:18APPLICABLE FOR WHERE WE ARE

1:19:19HEADED. AND SO IN THE INTERIM

1:19:21TIME PROSPER ROLE IS TO

1:19:22CONTINUE TO THINK CREATIVELY

1:19:23ABOUT TOOLS THAT CAN MINIMIZE

1:19:26THE IMPACT OR PERCEIVED IMPACT

1:19:28FROM THOSE SORTS OF TAX LEVERS

1:19:31TO UNLOCK ADDITIONAL IMPACT

1:19:33FROM A RECRUITMENT PERSPECTIVE.

1:19:35HAPPY TO WORK WITH THIS BODY.

1:19:37HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY

1:19:38ON HOW WE IDEATE AROUND THAT

1:19:40AND MORE TO COME. IF THOSE

1:19:42CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE.

1:19:44>> WELL, LET'S STAY WITH THIS A

1:19:45LITTLE BIT LONGER BECAUSE

1:19:46YOU'VE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE

1:19:48EXPERIENCED, YOU'VE DONE THIS

1:19:48WORK IN ANOTHER MAJOR CITY IN

1:19:50THE SOUTH, BIRMINGHAM. AND

1:19:54WHERE WILL THE MONEY COME FROM

1:19:55TO DO THIS WORK? IT'S NOT GOING

1:19:57TO BE GOVERNMENT. AND SO IT

1:20:00NEEDS TO COME FROM THE PRIVATE

1:20:02SECTOR. SO WHERE'S THE MONEY

1:20:05GOING TO COME FROM TO MOVE SOME

1:20:07OF THESE BIG ROCKS AND THESE

1:20:08BIG PROJECTS?

1:20:11>> WELL, YOU KNOW, ANY MAJOR

1:20:12PROJECT HAS DIFFERENT COLORS OF

1:20:14MONEY, PRIVATE, PUBLIC. AND,

1:20:16AND I DON'T I IMAGINE THAT THAT

1:20:18WOULD NOT BE ANY DIFFERENT. THE

1:20:20CHALLENGE IS, IS WE DON'T HAVE

1:20:22A DEPTH OF PRIVATE CAPITAL. OR

1:20:25RATHER, I WOULD CHARACTERIZE

1:20:27THERE'S A DISCONNECT BETWEEN

1:20:29WHAT THEY'RE INVESTING IN AND

1:20:29WHAT WE WANT THEM TO. AND SO

1:20:31THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE

1:20:32LEADERS LIKE YOURSELVES AND OUR

1:20:34AS WELL AS PROSPER PORTLAND, TO

1:20:35HAVE A DEEPER DIALOG WITH OUR

1:20:37CEO COMMUNITY, TO BE MORE IN

1:20:39LINE WITH WHERE THEIR HEARTS

1:20:40ARE AND WHERE THEIR RESOURCES

1:20:41CAN BE FOUND, AND LOOK FOR

1:20:43OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH

1:20:44THEM.

1:20:45>> OKAY, SO YOU SAID SOMETHING

1:20:46THERE THAT THE CEO COMMUNITY IS

1:20:49PART OF YOUR AUDIENCE AND YOU

1:20:50ARE WORKING WITH THEM.

1:20:53>> 1,000%.

1:20:57>> ANYTHING I JUST SAID, YOU'VE

1:20:58HEARD THEM MULTIPLE TIMES FROM

1:20:59THEM. CORRECT?

1:21:01>> I'VE HEARD SEVERAL DIFFERENT

1:21:02THINGS FROM OUR CEO COMMUNITY.

1:21:06>> SO I JUST STILL WOULD LIKE,

1:21:09I JUST SO WHAT I HEARD FROM YOU

1:21:10IS THAT THE MONEY BASED ON YOUR

1:21:12LIFE EXPERIENCE, BOTH IN

1:21:13BIRMINGHAM IS BIRMINGHAM, RIGHT?

1:21:15>> A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT PLACES,

1:21:17BUT MORE RECENT. BIRMINGHAM SIR.

1:21:19>> OKAY. AND THAT USUALLY CAME.

1:21:21AND THEN WHEN PORTLAND

1:21:23DEVELOPED WITH A LOT OF CRANES,

1:21:24SOME CAN SAY THAT WAS GOOD.

1:21:26SOME SOME COULD SAY THAT WAS

1:21:27BAD, BUT IT WAS A LOT BETTER

1:21:29FOR OUR GENERAL FUND, THAT'S

1:21:30FOR SURE. SO WE HAD A LOT MORE

1:21:32REVENUE COMING INTO THE CITY

1:21:34AND THE COUNTY AT THAT TIME.

1:21:35AND HOW WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?

1:21:38WHAT CHANGES CAN WE MAKE SO

1:21:40THAT WE START TO BE SEEN AS

1:21:43COMPETITIVE TO THOSE PRIVATE

1:21:46SECTOR INVESTORS THAT WILL

1:21:47PROVIDE THE MONEY TO DO THE

1:21:49BUILDING THAT YOU WANT TO DO,

1:21:50THAT WE ALL WANT TO DO?

1:21:53>> I WOULD DOUBLE DOWN BACK ON

1:21:54MY ORIGINAL COMMENT. YOU START

1:21:55WITH WHAT YOU HAVE. IT IS

1:21:57IMPORTANT THAT THE CEO

1:21:59COMMUNITIES, THE SMALL BUSINESS

1:22:01OWNERS HERE, SEE THAT WE SEE

1:22:03THEM, AND THEN WE CONVERT THEM

1:22:05TO ALLIES AND REFERRAL SOURCES

1:22:07BEFORE WE EVEN BEGIN THE

1:22:08CONVERSATION AROUND RECRUITING

1:22:09NEW. WE HAVE TO BE CLOSER ALIGN

1:22:12WITH THE PHILANTHROPIC

1:22:13COMMUNITY AS WELL AS WE'RE

1:22:15IDEATING AROUND DIFFERENT

1:22:17CONCEPTS THAT OTHER STATES AND

1:22:18CITIES USE. WHAT WE'RE FINDING

1:22:20IN OUR RESEARCH IS THAT THEY

1:22:23HAVE DIFFERENT SIZES OF TOOLS

1:22:24THAT AREN'T PRESENT HERE. SO

1:22:26THAT BECOMES ASPIRATIONAL.

1:22:27THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO GROW.

1:22:29BUT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN

1:22:30OVERNIGHT.

1:22:32>> COUNCILOR I'M GOING TO ALSO

1:22:33OFFER THIS, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH

1:22:35AS CORNELL OR MYSELF OR YOU ALL

1:22:37EVEN AS AS LEADERS OF THE CITY

1:22:38HAVE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATIONS

1:22:40AND CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR

1:22:41BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THE

1:22:43BUSINESS COMMUNITY TALKS TO

1:22:44THEMSELVES. SO WHEN OTHER

1:22:47BUSINESSES MIGHT BE

1:22:48CONTEMPLATING PORTLAND AS A NEW

1:22:49SITE OR EXPANDING HERE,

1:22:51WHATEVER MAY BE, THEY'RE NOT

1:22:52CALLING US FIRST. THEY'RE

1:22:53CALLING OTHER CEOS. THEY'RE

1:22:54CALLING OTHER BUSINESS LEADERS

1:22:56AND GETTING A READ ON THE

1:22:57SYSTEM. SO IT'S HOW DO WE

1:22:58CHANGE NOT JUST LIKE THE

1:23:00FUNDAMENTALS, BUT ALSO THE

1:23:02NARRATIVE ABOUT PORTLAND'S

1:23:03WILLINGNESS TO PARTNER AND, AND,

1:23:05AND GROW JOBS.

1:23:08>> SPOT ON. DO YOU THINK THOSE.

1:23:10>> PEOPLE FEEL WELCOMED INTO

1:23:11THESE CONVERSATIONS?

1:23:14>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS

1:23:16ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE A GREAT

1:23:18JOB IN BRINGING THEM CLOSER.

1:23:20AND I THINK OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE

1:23:22MORE WORK TO DO TO CONTINUE

1:23:23THOSE CONVERSATIONS. BUT THINGS

1:23:25LIKE WHAT THE GOVERNOR HAS DONE

1:23:26WITH HER ROUNDTABLE, WITH THE

1:23:27MAYOR, HAS DONE WITH HIS

1:23:28ROUNDTABLE. THESE ARE GREAT

1:23:30FIRST STEPS TO TO BRING OUR CEO

1:23:32PHILANTHROPIC AND INSERT OTHER

1:23:34INDUSTRY HERE CLOSER TO WHAT WE

1:23:35WANT TO BECOME AS A COMMUNITY.

1:23:37AND SO I COMMEND THE WORK THAT

1:23:39IS ALREADY UNDERWAY.

1:23:40>> NOW, I APPRECIATE THE

1:23:42LISTENING. IT'S IT'S I THINK

1:23:43PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THAT AFTER

1:23:44THE LISTENING, THERE'S SOME

1:23:46AWARENESS THAT THEY WERE

1:23:48LISTENED TO AND THERE'S SOME

1:23:49CONCRETE ACTION. CAN YOU LEAVE

1:23:51ME WITH ONE EXCITING STORY

1:23:54ABOUT A BUSINESS THAT IS

1:23:57GROWING AND ADDING MORE FAMILY

1:23:59WAGE JOBS IN OUR LOCAL MARKET?

1:24:02BECAUSE YOU'VE SAID SEVERAL

1:24:03TIMES, AND I APPRECIATE IT,

1:24:04THAT SUSTAINING AND RETAINING

1:24:06OUR BUSINESSES, WHICH IS WHY I

1:24:07GOT THE STOREFRONT

1:24:09>> PROGRAM INTO THIS INTO THIS

1:24:10CITY'S FOCUS. CAN YOU GIVE US A

1:24:14STORY ABOUT A BUSINESS THAT'S

1:24:16GROWING IN THE CENTRAL AREA

1:24:17THAT YOU SAID IS A PRIORITY AT

1:24:19THIS TIME?

1:24:20>> YES. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO

1:24:21GIVE YOU A I'M GOING TO BRING

1:24:23SOMEONE UP HERE WHO CAN GIVE

1:24:24YOU AN EVEN BETTER STORY THAN I

1:24:26CAN. ANDREW FITZPATRICK, OUR

1:24:27DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC, WHO

1:24:28TOUCHES THIS WORK EVERY DAY.

1:24:29ANDREW, IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME

1:24:31AND AND GIVE COUNCILOR RYAN ONE

1:24:33OF OUR AMAZING WINS THAT WE'VE

1:24:35BEEN CELEBRATING AS OF RECENTLY.

1:24:36>> I HOPE IT'S NOT JUST FOR ME.

1:24:38I HOPE IT'S FOR THOSE THAT YOU

1:24:40WERE TALKING ABOUT, THOSE THAT

1:24:42INVEST SO THEY COULD GET

1:24:44EXCITED ABOUT SOME GOOD NEWS.

1:24:45HI, ANDREW.

1:24:46>> HI, COUNCILOR. RYAN, THANKS

1:24:47FOR THE QUESTION. ANDREW

1:24:48FITZPATRICK, DIRECTOR OF

1:24:49ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT PROSPER

1:24:50PORTLAND. ONE OF THE RECENT

1:24:52EXPANSIONS, THAT WAS A COMPANY

1:24:54THAT WAS ALREADY HERE THAT WE

1:24:55JUST CELEBRATED WITH THE MAYOR

1:24:56AND OTHERS, WAS A COMPANY

1:24:58CALLED OP CONNECT. THEY

1:25:00DEVELOPED BOTH HARD TECH AND

1:25:01SOFTWARE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE

1:25:03CHARGING. THEY'RE LOCATED IN

1:25:05THE CENTRAL EAST SIDE. THEY

1:25:06WORK WITH A LOCAL PROPERTY

1:25:08MANAGER DEVELOPER TO ACTUALLY

1:25:10ACQUIRE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF

1:25:11NEW INDUSTRIAL SPACE THAT WILL

1:25:13ALLOW THEM TO GROW ABOUT 40 TO

1:25:1450 QUALITY JOBS RIGHT HERE IN

1:25:16THE CENTRAL EAST SIDE OF

1:25:18PORTLAND AND WHAT WE WOULD CALL

1:25:19A GREEN CITIES INDUSTRY CLUSTER

1:25:21COMPANY. SO WE'RE REALLY

1:25:22BULLISH ABOUT THIS WHOLE

1:25:23NETWORK OF BATTERY MASS TIMBER,

1:25:27CLEAN ENERGY COMPANIES THAT WE

1:25:29HAVE A LOT OF HUMAN TALENT IN

1:25:30HERE AND CAN GROW A LOT OF MORE

1:25:32JOBS BY ATTRACTING INVESTMENT

1:25:33INTO COMPANIES LIKE THAT. SO IT

1:25:35WAS A GREAT CELEBRATION, AND WE

1:25:36HOPE THAT WE CAN DO TEN, 20,

1:25:39100 MORE OF THOSE TYPES OF

1:25:40COMPANIES THAT THAT WILL GROW

1:25:42IN PORTLAND.

1:25:43>> THAT'S IN DISTRICT THREE

1:25:44THEN. YEAH.

1:25:45>> IT IS IN DISTRICT THREE. YEP.

1:25:47CENTRAL EASTSIDE.

1:25:48>> CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT HOW

1:25:49MANY JOBS THEY'VE LOOKED TO

1:25:50EXPAND AND WHAT THEIR THE

1:25:51LIVING WAGE JOBS ARE? AVERAGE

1:25:54SALARIES. DO YOU.

1:25:55>> KNOW THAT THE NEW SPACE THEY

1:25:57TOOK ON WILL ENABLE THEM TO

1:25:58HIRE ABOUT 40 TO 50 NEW PEOPLE?

1:26:00THEY'RE ACTUALLY SELLING A LOT

1:26:01OF THEIR PRODUCTS TO CALIFORNIA

1:26:03AND OTHER LARGER MARKETS, WHICH

1:26:05AGAIN, IS GREAT FOR US BECAUSE

1:26:07THEY'LL BRING IN NEW TALENT AND

1:26:08INVESTMENT WHILE THEY SELL

1:26:09GOODS AND SERVICES INTO OTHER

1:26:11MARKETS THAT ARE LARGER THAN

1:26:12EVEN WE CAN CONSUME. BUT

1:26:13THEY'VE ALSO WORKED WITH PBOT

1:26:15AND OTHERS LOCALLY BECAUSE WE

1:26:17HAVE A GREAT TOOL WITH OUR OWN

1:26:18GOVERNMENT SPENDING TO

1:26:20STIMULATE DEMAND FOR SOME OF

1:26:21THESE COMPANIES WITH

1:26:22SUSTAINABILITY TECHNOLOGY.

1:26:24>> AND AND YOU SAID THEY'RE

1:26:25THEY'RE GOOD FAMILY WAGE JOBS

1:26:27AS WELL.

1:26:28>> THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY.

1:26:30>> YOU DON'T HAVE FIGURES ON

1:26:31WHAT THAT ENTAILS. I THOUGHT

1:26:33THE EARLIER QUESTIONS.

1:26:34>> WHEN WE. YEAH. WHEN WE.

1:26:35>> THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT

1:26:37ACTUALLY YOU NEED TO MAKE WHEN

1:26:38YOU LIVE IN PORTLAND.

1:26:39>> WELL, GENERALLY WHEN WE

1:26:40ADMINISTER THINGS LIKE THE

1:26:41ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM, WE'RE

1:26:42LOOKING FOR 150% OF THE

1:26:44COUNTY'S MEDIAN WAGE, WHICH IS

1:26:47ABOUT $84,000. BUT A LOT OF THE

1:26:50STATE LEVEL AND OTHER

1:26:51JURISDICTIONS HAVE DIFFERING

1:26:53DEFINITIONS. BUT THAT'S

1:26:54TYPICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING

1:26:55FOR.

1:26:56>> 150% OF THE COUNTY'S MEDIAN

1:26:58WAGE. OKAY.

1:26:58>> THAT'S RIGHT.

1:26:59>> THANK YOU FOR THAT CONCRETE

1:27:01RESPONSE. I APPRECIATE IT AND

1:27:03THANK YOU FOR THE DIALOG.

1:27:04>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

1:27:07>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR

1:27:08COUNCILOR AVALOS FINAL

1:27:09QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE TO A

1:27:10BREAK.

1:27:13>> YES. THANK YOU. I JUST

1:27:15WANTED TO FOLLOW UP AND ECHO

1:27:17WITH WHAT COUNCILOR MORILLO WAS

1:27:19TALKING ABOUT AS IT RELATES TO

1:27:20BUSINESSES WANTING MUCH MORE

1:27:23THAN JUST FOR HOUSELESS FOLKS

1:27:25TO NOT BE IN FRONT OF THEIR

1:27:26BUSINESS. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY

1:27:28WHAT I HEAR AND WHAT I HEARD

1:27:29YESTERDAY. BUT ALSO WHEN WE

1:27:31WERE DOING THE PARKROSE ESD

1:27:33TOWN HALL, THAT IS WHAT CAME UP.

1:27:35THEY WANTED THE ESD, OBVIOUSLY,

1:27:37FOR, YOU KNOW, REASONS. AND

1:27:39ALSO THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT

1:27:41ESD'S HAVE HAD A REPUTATION OF

1:27:43HARMING HOUSELESS FOLKS. AND SO

1:27:46I WONDER, ARE THERE WAYS THAT

1:27:48PROSPER IS HELPING BUSINESS

1:27:50OWNERS KNOW WHAT OTHER TOOLS

1:27:51ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM? BECAUSE

1:27:53I WHAT I HEARD IS THEY WANT

1:27:55PEOPLE TO GET HELP. THEY JUST

1:27:57DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. THEY

1:27:58DON'T KNOW WHERE TO DIRECT

1:28:00PEOPLE OR WHAT IS AVAILABLE.

1:28:01AND THEN ALSO, CAN WE DO MORE

1:28:04PARTNERSHIPS WITH GROUPS LIKE

1:28:05CULTIVATE INITIATIVES, WHICH

1:28:06WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL IN

1:28:08PARKROSE BECAUSE THEY NOT ONLY

1:28:10BEAUTIFIED THE AREA, THEY NOT

1:28:12ONLY HAD WORKFORCE FOR THE

1:28:14FOLKS THAT ARE BEAUTIFYING, BUT

1:28:16THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE HIRING

1:28:17ARE FORMERLY HOUSELESS FOLKS,

1:28:18AND THEY'RE CONNECTING THEM TO

1:28:19RESOURCES. SO THOSE ARE THE

1:28:21KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS I WANT TO

1:28:22SEE MORE WITH BUSINESS

1:28:23CORRIDORS. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK

1:28:24LIKE FOR YOU ALL?

1:28:26>> YEAH.

1:28:26>> THANKS FOR THE QUESTION,

1:28:27COUNCILOR. AS YOU KNOW,

1:28:28HISTORIC PARKROSE IS ONE OF OUR

1:28:30NEIGHBORHOOD PROSPERITY NETWORK

1:28:32DISTRICTS. AND SO WE'RE ENGAGED

1:28:34HEAVILY WITH HECTOR AND THEIR

1:28:35LEADERSHIP. WE HELP TO FUND

1:28:37SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT THEY

1:28:38DO FOR THEIR OWN BUSINESSES,

1:28:40BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IT'S A GREAT

1:28:41MODEL WHERE YOU'RE TAKING

1:28:43VOLUNTEER LEADERS IN THESE

1:28:45NEIGHBORHOODS THAT KNOW THEIR

1:28:46NEIGHBORS BEST AND EMPOWERING

1:28:47THEM TO COME UP WITH CREATIVE

1:28:49SOLUTIONS ON THINGS THAT ARE

1:28:50EVERYDAY NEEDS, THAT THEIR OWN

1:28:52NEIGHBORS AND THEIR OWN

1:28:53COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE RELYING

1:28:55ON THEM FOR. SO THAT'S, THAT'S

1:28:57A GREAT KIND OF MODEL THAT

1:28:58WE'RE CONTINUING TO TRY TO

1:28:59EXPAND WITH OTHER TYPES OF

1:29:00BUSINESS DISTRICTS WHERE WE CAN

1:29:02BUILD THEIR CAPACITY. THEY CAN

1:29:03OFFER THINGS LIKE MICRO LOANS,

1:29:05COACHING, MENTORING, OTHER

1:29:07SERVICES, AND WE PARTNER WITH

1:29:08THEM TO, TO BUILD THAT CAPACITY

1:29:10SO THAT THEY CAN EXPAND THEIR

1:29:11IMPACT THROUGHOUT THEIR OWN

1:29:12LOCAL AREAS.

1:29:16>> AND THEN THE SECOND PART TO

1:29:17THAT QUESTION IS, ARE THERE

1:29:19WAYS THAT YOU ARE HELPING

1:29:20BUSINESS OWNERS NAVIGATE HOW TO

1:29:24SUPPORT OR GIVE RESOURCE TO

1:29:25COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE ON

1:29:26THE STREET? BECAUSE I GET ASKED

1:29:28THAT A LOT. THEY'RE LIKE, I

1:29:29WISH I KNEW WHERE TO DIRECT OR

1:29:31SOMETHING THAT I COULD, YOU

1:29:33KNOW, TRY TO DO. IS THERE A WAY

1:29:34THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT,

1:29:36YOU COULD CREATE THAT FOR

1:29:37BUSINESS OWNERS?

1:29:38>> APOLOGIES FOR MISSING THAT

1:29:39PART. YEAH. WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO

1:29:40DO WITH OUR OFFICE OF SMALL

1:29:42BUSINESS IS ALLOW THEM TO HAVE

1:29:43INFORMATION WHEN THEY GO TO

1:29:44MEET PEOPLE IN PERSON OR

1:29:46WHOEVER PEOPLE WANT TO BE

1:29:47ENGAGED WITH TO HELP DIRECT,

1:29:50LIKE SORT OF HOUSELESS

1:29:52INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY MIGHT BE

1:29:53ENCOUNTERING TO THE STREET

1:29:54SERVICES COORDINATION CENTER OR

1:29:55OTHER SERVICES THAT THE CITY

1:29:57HAS SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY

1:29:58HELP PEOPLE CONNECT TO SERVICES

1:30:00AND NOT JUST BE MOVED TO A NEW

1:30:02LOCATION. SO OSB HAS ALL THAT

1:30:04INFORMATION, AND THEY'RE REALLY

1:30:05MEANT TO BE THAT CONDUIT TO

1:30:06HELP PEOPLE GET OTHER TYPES OF

1:30:08SERVICES THAT ARE NOT JUST

1:30:09GOING TO DO SOMETHING THAT THE

1:30:11BUSINESS OWNER MAY NOT WANT TO

1:30:12SEE HAPPEN, BUT A SOLUTION THAT

1:30:14THEY CAN ACTUALLY SUPPORT AS

1:30:15WELL.

1:30:17>> THANK YOU. I, WHEN I DO MY

1:30:19DOOR KNOCKING, I WALK AROUND

1:30:20WITH YOUR SMALL BUSINESS OFFICE

1:30:23LIT. I WOULD RECOMMEND ADDING

1:30:25THINGS LIKE THAT ON THAT LID,

1:30:27BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S

1:30:28SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE

1:30:29READILY AVAILABLE TO FOLKS TO

1:30:30KNOW WHO TO CONTACT AND HOW,

1:30:32WHAT KINDS OF PARTNERSHIPS THE

1:30:34CITY HAS TO HELP THEM, TO HELP

1:30:36THEM HELP THEIR COMMUNITY.

1:30:37BECAUSE LASTLY, THAT'S WHAT I

1:30:39HEARD THE MOST FROM THE

1:30:40BUSINESS OWNERS IS THEY WERE

1:30:41LIKE, WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED.

1:30:43WE WANT TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY

1:30:44TOO, AS BUSINESS OWNERS. AND I

1:30:46WANT TO SEE PORT PROSPER

1:30:47PORTLAND CREATE MORE

1:30:49OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM. THANKS.

1:30:50>> I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

1:30:54>> OKAY. THANK YOU ALL FOR

1:30:55BEING HERE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR

1:30:57BRINGING THIS INFORMATION

1:30:58FORWARD AND ALSO FOR TAKING THE

1:30:59TIME TO HEAR WHAT I THINK IS

1:31:01GOING TO BE THE FIRST OF MANY

1:31:04CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT OUR

1:31:05ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORK LOOKS

1:31:06LIKE AFTER THE NEXT TWO YEARS,

1:31:08AS WE NEAR THE END OF THE

1:31:10ADVANCED STRATEGY WORK. THIS

1:31:12UPDATE, I THINK, IS REALLY

1:31:13IMPORTANT FOR US WITH ALL OF

1:31:14OUR COLLEAGUES ASKING ABOUT

1:31:16COUNCIL'S ROLE IN ECONOMIC

1:31:18DEVELOPMENT. AND I THINK IT'S

1:31:18ALSO IMPORTANT TO AIR SOME OF

1:31:21THE THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE

1:31:23IN THE WORK THAT IS HAPPENING

1:31:24PUBLICLY SO THAT THE COUPLE OF

1:31:27PORTLANDERS WHO ARE WATCHING

1:31:28OUR COMMITTEE CAN SEE IT AND

1:31:29HOPEFULLY SHARE THAT WITH

1:31:31OTHERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN

1:31:32THE TOPIC. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR

1:31:34BEING HERE TODAY.

1:31:34>> THANK YOU.

1:31:35>> THANK YOU.

1:31:36>> COLLEAGUES, WE ARE GOING TO

1:31:37TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK. WE'LL

1:31:39RECONVENE AT 337 AND MOVE ON TO

1:31:44THE NEXT PART OF OUR MEETING.

1:43:00COUNCILORS AVALOS AND RYAN, DO

1:43:01WE HAVE EITHER OF YOU BACK?

1:43:10>> HERE?

1:43:10>> WE HAVE COUNCILOR AVALOS.

1:43:12OKAY.

1:43:13>> I AM WAITING FOR FOLKS IN

1:43:15THE ROOM. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE

1:43:16JUST A MINUTE MORE. COUNCILOR

1:43:21RYAN, DID.

1:43:22>> I.

1:43:24>> OH.

1:43:26>> YEAH.

1:43:26>> I'M HERE.

1:43:28>> PERFECT. THANK YOU. AND WE

1:43:29NOW HAVE COUNCILOR MORILLO IN

1:43:30THE ROOM. SO I AM GOING TO CALL

1:43:32OUR MEETING BACK TO ORDER. AND

1:43:35WENDY, COULD YOU PLEASE READ

1:43:36THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA?

1:43:39>> YES. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER

1:43:40THREE. DOCUMENT NUMBER 2026-361.

1:43:44DISCUSSION OF CITY POLICY

1:43:46AROUND PRIVATIZING PUBLICLY

1:43:47OWNED LAND.

1:43:50>> PERFECT. THANK YOU. AND

1:43:54THERE WE GO. SO, COLLEAGUES,

1:43:59THERE WAS A CONVERSATION IN OUR

1:44:04GROUP OF COMMITTEE CHAIRS WHO

1:44:05GET TOGETHER WEEKLY TO FIGURE

1:44:07OUT WHAT COMMITTEES ARE TAKING

1:44:08ON WHAT TOPICS ABOUT WHETHER

1:44:12THE ITEMS THAT COME FORWARD

1:44:14AROUND DISPOSING OF SELLING OFF,

1:44:18PRIVATIZING PUBLICLY OWNED LAND

1:44:20AND OTHER ASSETS SHOULD COME TO

1:44:23A SINGLE COMMITTEE OR GO TO THE

1:44:25COMMITTEE THAT RELATES TO THE

1:44:28THE BUREAU, WHOSE LAND IS A

1:44:32PART OF THE ITEM IN QUESTION.

1:44:34AND THERE WAS A CONVERSATION

1:44:36ABOUT HAVING THOSE ALL COME TO

1:44:38ONE COMMITTEE SO THAT WE COULD

1:44:40LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THE

1:44:41CITY'S POLICY CURRENTLY IS,

1:44:44PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT

1:44:45WHETHER THAT IS IN LINE WITH

1:44:47THE PRIORITIES OF THIS COUNCIL,

1:44:50AND THEN TAKE A MORE HOLISTIC

1:44:53APPROACH AT THOSE ITEMS THAT

1:44:55MAY COME TO COUNCIL FROM THE

1:44:57ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE. SO WHAT WE

1:44:59HAVE TODAY IS A PRESENTATION ON

1:45:01WHAT HAPPENS NOW AND AN

1:45:03OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ASK SOME

1:45:05QUESTIONS AND START THAT DIALOG

1:45:07AROUND WHETHER THIS COUNCIL

1:45:09THINKS THAT OUR CURRENT

1:45:10POLICIES ARE ARE THE RIGHT ONES,

1:45:14OR WHETHER THERE NEED TO BE

1:45:15SOME TWEAKS. AND THEN WE'LL

1:45:17HEAR THE FIRST OF A FEW LAND

1:45:19DISPOSITION ITEMS THAT WILL BE

1:45:21COMING TO US OVER THE NEXT FEW

1:45:22MONTHS. SO I'D LIKE TO TURN IT

1:45:25OVER TO SOME OF THE EXPERTS WHO

1:45:26WORK ON THIS EVERY DAY FOR OUR

1:45:28CITY TO GIVE US THAT

1:45:29PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT WE DO

1:45:31NOW AND WHY AND HOW WE GOT HERE.

1:45:33THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALL OF YOU,

1:45:35FOR BEING HERE TODAY WITH US.

1:45:37>> THANK YOU.

1:45:37>> THANK YOU. COUNCILORS. MY

1:45:39NAME IS PAULINE GOEBEL AND I AM

1:45:42ON THE REAL ESTATE TEAM OF THE

1:45:44BUREAU OF FLEET AND FACILITIES.

1:45:45AND I'M JOINED HERE TODAY BY

1:45:47REAL ESTATE STAFF FROM THE

1:45:48HOUSING BUREAU AND FROM PBOT.

1:45:51AND AS YOU STATED, WE'RE HERE

1:45:53TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION ON

1:45:55THE CITY REAL PROPERTY

1:45:56DISPOSITION PROCESS, WHICH IS

1:45:59GOVERNED BY ADMIN RULE. 1302.

1:46:04NEXT SLIDE. SO OUR AGENDA IS TO

1:46:07PROVIDE THE BACKGROUND ON ADMIN.

1:46:101302 A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE

1:46:13PROCESS. AND THEN I'M GOING TO

1:46:15TURN IT OVER TO DAVE. AND HE'S

1:46:16GOING TO DESCRIBE SOME COMMON

1:46:18DRIVERS FOR REAL PROPERTY

1:46:19DISPOSITIONS AT THE CITY. AND

1:46:20THEN WE'LL WRAP IT UP WITH SOME

1:46:22CASE STUDIES BY DAVE AND TONYA

1:46:25FOR RECENT OR ACTIVE

1:46:28DISPOSITIONS. SORRY. THERE WE

1:46:32GO. SO FOR THE BACKGROUND ON

1:46:35ADMIN RULE 1302 SO IT WAS

1:46:37CODIFIED IN 2015. AND AT THAT

1:46:39TIME, THE CITY HAD A VERY

1:46:40STRONG DESIRE TO HAVE A

1:46:42CENTRALLY COORDINATED AND

1:46:44CONSISTENT PROCESS THAT ALL THE

1:46:46BUREAUS WOULD FOLLOW. AND THAT

1:46:49WOULD ALSO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC

1:46:51WITH TRANSPARENCY INTO THE

1:46:53DISPOSITION PROCESS AND ALLOW

1:46:54THEM TO PROVIDE INPUT AND

1:46:57COMMENT. SO TO THAT END, THE

1:46:59POLICY ALSO ESTABLISHES THE

1:47:01CITY REAL PROPERTY COORDINATOR

1:47:03ROLE, AND THAT IS TO ASSIST THE

1:47:05BUREAUS WITH WITH THE PROCESS

1:47:09STEPS. AND THAT IS THE ROLE

1:47:10THAT I CURRENTLY SERVE IN. SO

1:47:13NEXT SLIDE. OOPS. I KEEP

1:47:16PUSHING THE WRONG BUTTON. I'M

1:47:18SORRY. OKAY. BACKGROUND. ALL

1:47:21RIGHT. SO THE SCOPE OF ADMIN

1:47:241302 REQUIRES THE BUREAUS TO

1:47:26PLACE THE PROPERTY INTO A

1:47:28CATEGORY CATEGORIES ONE, 2 OR 3.

1:47:30AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS THEN

1:47:32IT WILL GUIDE THE NEXT STEPS OF

1:47:33THE POLICY. SO CATEGORY ONE

1:47:35PROP EXAMPLES COULD BE

1:47:38PROPERTIES THAT ARE REMNANT

1:47:39PROPERTIES OR LANDLOCKED

1:47:41PARCELS OR ONES WITH DEED

1:47:42RESTRICTIONS. AND SO THOSE ONES

1:47:44ONLY GO THROUGH THE ARE

1:47:46REQUIRED TO HAVE THIS. THE

1:47:48INTERNAL NOTICE PERIOD. AND

1:47:50THAT THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO

1:47:52ALLOW THE BUREAUS TO HAVE AN

1:47:54OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER

1:47:55ACQUIRING IT, AND THEN TWO, TO

1:47:57IDENTIFY ANY CITY INTERESTS AND

1:47:59CONDITIONS THAT NEED TO BE

1:48:00PRESERVED BEFORE THE PROPERTY

1:48:03RECEIVES THE CITY'S CONTROL.

1:48:06THEN FOR CAT TWO PROPERTIES,

1:48:08THOSE ARE ONES THAT ARE IN THE

1:48:10HOUSING BUREAU'S PORTFOLIO, AND

1:48:12THOSE ARE FOR, OF COURSE,

1:48:14AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS,

1:48:15AND THEY ARE SUBJECT ONLY TO

1:48:17THE INTERNAL REVIEW INTERNAL

1:48:20NOTIFICATION PROCESS AS WELL,

1:48:22BUT ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF

1:48:23ALLOWING THE CITY TO AGAIN

1:48:24REVIEW THE PROPERTIES TO

1:48:26IDENTIFY ANY CITY INTERESTS OR

1:48:29CONDITIONS THAT NEED TO BE

1:48:30PRESERVED. AND THEN FINALLY, WE

1:48:32HAVE CATEGORY THREE PROPERTIES,

1:48:33WHICH ARE EXAMPLES OF THOSE ARE

1:48:36ANYTHING ELSE. IF IT'S NOT A

1:48:37CATEGORY ONE OR A CATEGORY TWO

1:48:39PROPERTY, THEN IT'S A CATEGORY

1:48:40THREE PROPERTY. AND THAT

1:48:41INCLUDES THE INTERNAL

1:48:43NOTIFICATION PERIOD SO THAT A

1:48:44BUREAU CAN DECIDE, YOU KNOW, AN

1:48:47INVESTIGATE IF IT WANTS TO

1:48:48ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY. AND THEN

1:48:50IT CAN ALSO REVIEW FOR CITY

1:48:52INTERESTS AND CAN, YOU KNOW,

1:48:54CONDITIONS THAT NEED TO BE

1:48:55PRESERVED. BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES

1:48:57THE EXTERNAL NOTIFICATION

1:48:58PERIOD, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT

1:49:00GOES OUT TO THE PUBLIC, A 60

1:49:02DAY PERIOD THAT ALLOWS THEM,

1:49:04YOU KNOW, TO PROVIDE PUBLIC

1:49:05COMMENT AND FEEDBACK. AND THEN

1:49:09AS NOTED ON OUR SLIDES, WE HAVE

1:49:11A NEW PROPOSED CATEGORY AND

1:49:12DAVE'S THE EXPERT ON THAT. SO

1:49:14I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO

1:49:16DAVE MCELDOWNEY WITH THE, WHICH

1:49:17I'M SURE YOU GUYS KNOW FROM THE

1:49:19TRANSPORTATION BUREAU.

1:49:19>> THANK YOU.

1:49:20>> WELCOME.

1:49:20>> MORNING COUNCILORS. DAVID

1:49:22MCELDOWNEY, DIVISION MANAGER

1:49:23FOR PORTLAND BUREAU OF

1:49:26TRANSPORTATION'S REAL PROPERTY

1:49:28SERVICES. I WAS ASKED TO

1:49:29DISCUSS THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT.

1:49:30IT'S A PROPOSED FOURTH CATEGORY,

1:49:34ESSENTIALLY. AND THE GENESIS OF

1:49:36THIS WAS REALLY DEALING WITH A

1:49:38LOT OF OUR TRANSPORTATION

1:49:39PARTNERS AND TRIMET AND ODOT ON

1:49:41THEIR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT

1:49:43PROJECTS WHERE THEY NEEDED TO

1:49:44ACQUIRE LAND, BE IT SOMETHING

1:49:46SMALL, LIKE AN ADA RAMP THAT

1:49:48NEEDED TO BE BUILT. AND THEY

1:49:50NEEDED A LITTLE SEGMENT OF A

1:49:52PARK PROPERTY OR WATER BUREAU

1:49:54PROPERTY OR PBOT PROPERTY TO

1:49:56SOMETHING MORE SUBSTANTIAL

1:49:58SIDEWALKS OR, YOU KNOW,

1:50:00DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURE. AND

1:50:03WE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS AND SAID,

1:50:06TECHNICALLY, IT'S DISPOSING OF

1:50:08A PIECE OF CITY PROPERTY, EVEN

1:50:10THOUGH IT'S A PARTIAL TAKE AND

1:50:13WE DON'T WANT IT TO GO THROUGH

1:50:15THAT, THIS FULL BLOWN PROCESS

1:50:17BECAUSE IT'S BETTER SERVED, YOU

1:50:20KNOW, TO GO THROUGH THE THE

1:50:22CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S AUTHORITY

1:50:25TABLE FOR DELEGATIONS. AND I

1:50:28GUESS THAT'S THE SHORT END OF

1:50:30THAT IS WE WANT TO NOT DELAY

1:50:32OUR TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS

1:50:34PROJECTS BY PUTTING THEM

1:50:35THROUGH A MUCH LONGER, RIGOROUS

1:50:38SYSTEM WHEN ALL OF THE BENEFITS

1:50:40THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THIS

1:50:41SYSTEM ARE DEALT WITH THROUGH

1:50:43THE CAPITAL PROJECT. AND SO

1:50:45THIS IS FOR REGIONAL PARTNERS,

1:50:49STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS WHO

1:50:50HAVE THE RIGHT OF EMINENT

1:50:52DOMAIN OVER US. SO I'LL TURN IT

1:50:54BACK TO PAULINE.

1:50:55>> THANKS, DAVE.

1:50:56>> GREAT. OKAY, SO FOR THE

1:50:57CURRENT PROCESS, ROLES AND

1:50:59RESPONSIBILITIES, THE BUREAUS

1:51:00VERSUS BFF, THE BUREAUS HAVE

1:51:04PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY TO

1:51:05FOLLOW THE PROCESS AND THE

1:51:06POLICY, AND THEY PERFORM DUE

1:51:08DILIGENCE, OBTAIN LEADERSHIP

1:51:09APPROVALS, KEEP THE CITY REAL

1:51:11PROPERTY COORDINATOR INFORMED.

1:51:13THEY ARE THE MAIN POINT OF

1:51:14CONTACT FOR THE PROPERTY. ANY

1:51:16QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS AND THEY

1:51:18MANAGE THE ORDINANCE PROCESS.

1:51:20AS FAR AS THE CITY REAL

1:51:21PROPERTY COORDINATORS TASKS,

1:51:24THEY ARE, OF COURSE TASKED WITH

1:51:25ASSISTING THE BUREAUS WITH THE

1:51:26POLICY, BUT ALSO FOR

1:51:28MAINTAINING CONSISTENCY AND

1:51:30TRANSPARENCY. AND SO IN

1:51:32COORDINATION WITH THE BUREAUS,

1:51:33THE CITY REAL PROPERTY

1:51:35COORDINATOR MANAGES THE

1:51:36INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL

1:51:38NOTIFICATION PROCESS AND ALSO

1:51:40UPDATES THE WEB PAGE. NEXT

1:51:44SLIDE. OH, THERE WE GO. ALL

1:51:48RIGHT. SO PRIMARY PROPERTY

1:51:50OWNING BUREAUS. SO YOU KNOW,

1:51:52THE, THE MAIN, WHAT WE CALL THE

1:51:54MAJOR LAND OWNING BUREAUS ARE

1:51:56OF COURSE, PARKS PBOT, WATER

1:51:58AND BTS. BUT THERE ARE OTHER

1:52:00BUREAUS THAT OWN HAVE A

1:52:02PORTFOLIO ON A SMALLER SCALE,

1:52:03AND THAT WOULD BE BFF IS ONE.

1:52:06AND OUR PORTFOLIO CONSISTS OF

1:52:08DOWNTOWN OFFICE BUILDINGS AND

1:52:09THEN PROPERTIES THAT SERVE A

1:52:11PUBLIC SAFETY FUNCTION. SO FOR

1:52:13EXAMPLE, POLICE STATIONS AND

1:52:16THEN BTS ALSO HAS A SMALL

1:52:20PORTFOLIO OF PROPERTIES. AND

1:52:21THAT IS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY

1:52:22FUNCTION AS WELL, RELATED TO

1:52:24CRITICAL RADIO COMMUNICATION

1:52:26SITES. AND THEN FIRE OF COURSE

1:52:28HAS FIRE STATIONS. AND THEN

1:52:29EACH PORTFOLIO SUPPORTS THE

1:52:31CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND

1:52:33DEVELOPMENT GOALS. NEXT. OOPS.

1:52:38THEN FOR MY LAST SLIDE, I THINK

1:52:42IT IS. YES. SO JUST A BRIEF

1:52:45OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS. SO IT

1:52:46BEGINS WITH THE INTERNAL REVIEW.

1:52:48AND SO WHEN A PROPERTY

1:52:50CANDIDATE A PROPERTY CANDIDATE

1:52:52IS YOU KNOW IS IS IDENTIFIED BY

1:52:55THE BUREAU, THEY CONDUCT AN

1:52:56INTERNAL REVIEW AND ROUTE IT TO

1:53:00A WIDE RANGE OF DISCIPLINES

1:53:01WITHIN THEIR BUREAU. AND IF

1:53:03AFTER THAT REVIEW, IF TO

1:53:05PERFORM DUE DILIGENCE, AND THEN

1:53:07AFTER THAT REVIEW, IF IT'S

1:53:08STILL CLEAR THAT THERE ARE NO

1:53:10OPERATIONAL OR FUTURE NEEDS FOR

1:53:11THE PROPERTY, THEN IT GOES TO

1:53:14THE THE BUREAU TAKES IT TO THE

1:53:15EXECUTIVE BRANCH LEADERSHIP FOR

1:53:17APPROVAL. AND WITH THAT

1:53:20APPROVAL, THE NOTIFICATION IS

1:53:22THEN PROVIDED TO THE CITY REAL

1:53:23PROPERTY COORDINATOR. SO WE CAN

1:53:25DO BOX TWO HERE, WHICH IS

1:53:27INITIATE THE POLICY. AND AFTER

1:53:30THAT, THE. DEPENDING ON WHAT

1:53:32THE CATEGORY OF THE PROPERTY IS,

1:53:35THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS BEGINS.

1:53:37SO CATEGORIES ONE AND TWO ARE

1:53:38GOING TO HAVE AN INTERNAL

1:53:40REVIEW ONLY. AND THEN CATEGORY

1:53:41THREE PROPERTIES HAVE AN

1:53:42INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL.

1:53:46NOTIFICATION PROCESS. AND THEN

1:53:49AFTER THAT THOSE FUNCTIONS ARE

1:53:51DONE. THEN THE THEY MOVE TO

1:53:53CITY COUNCIL FOR TO BE

1:53:56DESIGNATED AS SURPLUS AND FOR

1:53:58THE AUTHORIZATION TO MAKE IT

1:53:59FOR SALE. NOW ONE AND THREE HAS

1:54:03CLASSIFICATIONS MOVED TO CITY

1:54:05COUNCIL, BUT HOUSING BUREAU

1:54:07PROPERTIES, WHICH WE CALL CLASS

1:54:08TWO PROPERTIES, ARE NOT SUBJECT

1:54:11TO ALL OF THESE REQUIREMENTS

1:54:12BECAUSE PH OPERATES AND HAS

1:54:14WIDER AUTHORITY UNDER STATE

1:54:16STATUTE TO ACQUIRE, MAINTAIN

1:54:18AND DISPOSE OF CITY OR DISPOSE

1:54:22OF PROPERTIES. AND SO WE HAVE

1:54:24THEM AS PART OF THIS PROCESS SO

1:54:25THAT WE CAN SO THE CITY CAN

1:54:27TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW

1:54:29THESE PROPERTIES AND OBTAIN AND

1:54:31RETAIN ANY INTERESTS OR

1:54:32EASEMENTS OR CONDITIONS THAT

1:54:34NEED TO HAPPEN BEFORE IT LEAVES

1:54:35THE CITY. THE CITY'S OWNERSHIP.

1:54:40SO AND I THINK THEY'RE ALL

1:54:44RIGHT. SO NOW DAVE'S GOING TO

1:54:45GO AHEAD AND BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT

1:54:48THE COMMON DRIVERS.

1:54:49>> THANK YOU. PAULINE. THERE

1:54:51ARE A VARIETY OF REASONS WHY A

1:54:52BUREAU MAY DECIDE THAT A

1:54:54PROPERTY IS EXCESS TO THEIR

1:54:55NEEDS, AND SEEK TO HAVE IT

1:54:57DECLARED AS SURPLUS PROPERTY.

1:54:58SOME OF THESE REASONS INCLUDE

1:55:00THAT THE PROPERTY AND OR ITS

1:55:02IMPROVEMENTS NO LONGER SERVE

1:55:03THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT WAS

1:55:04ACQUIRED. IN THE CASE OF PHB, A

1:55:07SALE WOULD FACILITATE THE

1:55:08DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE

1:55:09HOUSING. THERE ARE ALSO TIMES

1:55:11WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS SIMPLY A

1:55:12REMNANT PARCEL FOLLOWING A

1:55:14CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

1:55:16ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPERTY MAY

1:55:18BE CONSIDERED AN ATTRACTIVE

1:55:19NUISANCE THAT CREATES LIABILITY

1:55:21RISK AND CONSIDERABLE CLEANUP

1:55:24COSTS. PAULINE, IF YOU ADVANCE

1:55:26TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU.

1:55:28SO WE'RE GOING TO START THE

1:55:30CASE STUDY THERE HERE. AND AS

1:55:33WE MOVE INTO THE FIRST CASE

1:55:34STUDY, I WANT TO PROVIDE YOU

1:55:35WITH AN EXAMPLE OF THE LAST TWO

1:55:37DRIVERS THAT I MENTIONED, WHICH

1:55:39HAD TO DO WITH THE ATTRACTIVE

1:55:41NUISANCE AND THE REMNANT

1:55:42PARCELS. AS A MATTER OF FACT,

1:55:46THIS PARTICULAR SITE WILL

1:55:47APPEAR BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE IN

1:55:48TWO WEEKS, I BELIEVE, AS AN

1:55:51AGENDA ITEM. SO IT'S A LITTLE

1:55:53BIT OF A SNEAK PEEK FOR YOU.

1:55:55THE TWO PBOT PARCELS ARE

1:55:56LOCATED AT THE END OF HENRY

1:55:58STREET, ADJACENT TO THE EAST

1:55:59END OF THE FOSTER WOODSTOCK

1:56:02COUPLET. IN DISTRICT ONE. THE

1:56:04CITY HAD ACQUIRED MULTIPLE

1:56:06PARCELS IN 1970 TO CONSTRUCT

1:56:08THE COUPLET, AND THESE TWO

1:56:10REMNANTS SET OUTSIDE ON THE

1:56:11SOUTH SIDE OF THE NEWLY CREATED

1:56:14COUPLET. AND THEY SERVED NO

1:56:17TRANSPORTATION USE. NEXT SLIDE

1:56:19PLEASE. PBOT PROPERTY

1:56:23MANAGEMENT STAFF OR PROPERTY

1:56:25MANAGEMENT TEAM IDENTIFIED

1:56:26THESE PARCELS AS GOOD

1:56:27CANDIDATES FOR THE SURPLUS

1:56:29PROCESS AND THAT THE

1:56:30DISPOSITION WOULD RETURN

1:56:31REVENUE TO THE BUREAU. IT WOULD

1:56:33GREATLY REDUCE THE UNNECESSARY

1:56:34CLEANUP COSTS. IT WOULD RETURN

1:56:37THE LAND TO THE TAX ROLLS, AND

1:56:39IT WOULD PROVIDE LAND FOR

1:56:41INFILL DEVELOPMENT. IN

1:56:43REVIEWING THE SITE WITH THE

1:56:44MANAGER OF THE IMPACT REDUCTION

1:56:46PROGRAM, WE LEARNED THAT THERE

1:56:47HAD BEEN MORE THAN 300 CAMPSITE

1:56:49COMPLAINTS IN THE LAST YEAR.

1:56:51THE CITY'S CONTRACTOR MADE 660

1:56:54RISK ASSESSMENTS THAT RESULTED

1:56:56IN 24 CAMP REMOVALS, WITH TOTAL

1:56:59COSTS ESTIMATED TO EXCEED

1:57:02$45,000. EARLIER, PAULINE SPOKE

1:57:05ABOUT THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL

1:57:06BUREAU EVALUATIONS. THESE

1:57:09PARCELS WENT THROUGH THAT SAME

1:57:10PROCESS, AND IT WAS DETERMINED

1:57:12THAT A NARROW STRIP OF LAND

1:57:13NEEDED TO BE RETAINED ALONG THE

1:57:15WOODSTOCK FRONTAGE TO

1:57:17ACCOMMODATE THE FUTURE WIDENING

1:57:19OF THE SIDEWALK. SO THAT STRIP

1:57:21HAS NOW BEEN CONVERTED INTO

1:57:22PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY PRIOR TO A

1:57:26SALE, IF THAT WERE TO OCCUR,

1:57:27HAVING RECEIVED NO INTEREST

1:57:29FROM CITY BUREAUS OR ANY OF OUR

1:57:32PARTNERS TRANSPORTATION

1:57:33PARTNERS IN THAT PROPERTY, IT

1:57:35WAS POSTED AND PUBLIC COMMENTS

1:57:36WERE RECEIVED. THESE COMMENTS

1:57:38WERE EITHER SUPPORTIVE OF

1:57:39HAVING THE PROPERTY DEVELOPED,

1:57:42OR WERE DEVELOPERS WHO WERE

1:57:44INTERESTED IN ACQUIRING THE

1:57:45PROPERTY TO DEVELOP IT, AND

1:57:47I'LL TURN IT BACK TO PAULINE,

1:57:50OR ACTUALLY I'LL TURN IT OVER

1:57:51TO TANYA.

1:57:52>> ALL RIGHT. PLEASE.

1:57:54>> HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY

1:57:55NAME IS TANYA WOLFERSBERGER. I

1:57:57AM THE MANAGER OF THE

1:57:59DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION

1:58:00SERVICES TEAM AT PORTLAND

1:58:01HOUSING BUREAU, AND I AM HERE

1:58:03TO TALK ABOUT MENLO PARK WATER

1:58:06TANK PROPERTY. WE ARE

1:58:08REPRESENTING KIND OF THE NEXT

1:58:11PART OF THE PROCESS RESPONDING,

1:58:13WHICH I'LL GO OVER. AND THIS IS

1:58:16A LITTLE BIT OF A PREVIEW

1:58:17BECAUSE THIS IS THE NEXT ITEM

1:58:19ON YOUR AGENDA THAT WE'RE GOING

1:58:20TO TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL

1:58:21DISPOSITION OF THIS PROPERTY.

1:58:22THE MENLO PARK WATER TANK

1:58:24PROPERTY IS OUT IN SOUTHEAST

1:58:27PORTLAND, I BELIEVE IN DISTRICT

1:58:28THREE. IT'S OFF OF 127TH, JUST

1:58:31SOUTH OF EAST BURNSIDE. AND AS

1:58:34THIS, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS

1:58:36IMAGE HERE, IT HAD A WATER

1:58:38TOWER TANK ON IT AT THE TIME

1:58:40THAT WATER DECLARED IT SURPLUS.

1:58:43NEXT SLIDE. AND BEING TWO

1:58:4910,000 SQUARE FOOT PARCELS SIDE

1:58:50BY SIDE, THAT PIQUED OUR

1:58:53INTEREST. WHEN THE WATER BUREAU

1:58:56IDENTIFIED THAT SITE AND ISSUED

1:58:58AN INTERNAL NOTICE, WE RAISED

1:59:00OUR HAND AND EXPRESSED INTEREST

1:59:02IN THAT SITE BECAUSE IT MET A

1:59:04FEW PRIORITIES THAT FB HAD

1:59:06ALREADY IDENTIFIED, WHICH WAS

1:59:08LOOKING FOR SITES FOR HOUSING

1:59:10IN EAST PORTLAND, LOCATIONS

1:59:14THAT WERE POTENTIALLY PART OF A

1:59:16FUTURE TIFF DISTRICT, AND ALSO

1:59:19LOOKING FOR SITES THAT WERE

1:59:21SUPPORTIVE OF HOMEOWNERSHIP

1:59:23DEVELOPMENT. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE

1:59:25THAT THIS PARCEL WAS ADJACENT

1:59:28TO PARCELS THAT WERE ALREADY

1:59:29OWNED BY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

1:59:31SO WE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY, AND

1:59:33THAT IS PARTLY WHY WE RAISED

1:59:34OUR HAND AND EXPRESSED INTEREST.

1:59:37SO THAT WAS BACK IN 2020. AND

1:59:41WATER THEN WORK TOGETHER TO GO

1:59:45THROUGH AND ASSESS THE SITE,

1:59:46CONDUCT AN APPRAISAL, DO SOME

1:59:48ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS.

1:59:50WATER AGREED TO DEMOLISH THE

1:59:53WATER TOWER AND DO SOME

1:59:55ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION THAT

1:59:56NEEDED TO BE DONE FOR SOME

2:00:01ASPECTS OF THE WATER TOWER,

2:00:02LIKE LEAD AND ASBESTOS AND

2:00:04OTHER THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO

2:00:06TAKE CARE OF BEFORE WE MADE IT

2:00:08AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT. SO

2:00:11IN 2024, WATER WAS ABLE TO

2:00:13BRING THAT DISPOSITION TO THE

2:00:15COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THE

2:00:17TRANSFER FROM WATER TO HOUSING.

2:00:19AND NOW TODAY, WE ARE HERE TO

2:00:21SEEK YOUR APPROVAL FOR THE

2:00:23TRANSFER OF THE SITE TO HABITAT,

2:00:24WHICH I SAID, AGAIN WILL BE ON

2:00:26OUR NEXT ITEM. SO THIS IS A

2:00:29LITTLE BIT OF LIKE, YOU KNOW,

2:00:30WE'RE RESPONDING TO A CATEGORY

2:00:32ONE NOTICE. AND NOW WE ARE KIND

2:00:34OF PIVOTING TOWARDS A CATEGORY

2:00:37TWO, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

2:00:39>> I LOVE IT.

2:00:40>> IS THERE A CATEGORY THREE

2:00:41NOTICE?

2:00:41>> PROBABLY OR MAYBE A CATEGORY

2:00:43THREE? YEAH.

2:00:43>> WE'LL SEE.

2:00:44>> WE'RE PART OF THE PROCESS.

2:00:46AS AN EXAMPLE. I'LL HAND IT

2:00:49BACK OVER.

2:00:51>> OKAY.

2:00:51>> THAT'S OUR PRESENTATION. SO

2:00:53WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS

2:00:55AND ENGAGE IN DISCUSSION.

2:00:58>> GREAT.

2:00:58>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH

2:01:00COLLEAGUES. WE HAVE A LITTLE

2:01:02OVER 20 MINUTES. IF THERE ARE

2:01:04QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT HOW

2:01:07THIS WORKS, ANYTHING THAT FOLKS

2:01:09ARE WANTING TO KNOW, I THINK

2:01:11WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS START

2:01:14WITH ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.

2:01:17AND THEN BEFORE WE GET INTO TOO

2:01:19MUCH DISCUSSION, I KNOW THAT

2:01:20THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAD SOME

2:01:21COMMENTS HE WANTED TO ADD AS

2:01:23WELL. BUT WHILE WE HAVE FOLKS

2:01:24UP HERE, WERE THERE ANY

2:01:25QUESTIONS ABOUT CURRENT PROCESS

2:01:27AND HOW IT WORKS? COUNCILOR

2:01:30RYAN.

2:01:31>> YEAH, THANK YOU, CHAIR. I'LL

2:01:33TRY TO MAKE SURE THIS IS FRAMED

2:01:35LIKE A TECHNICAL QUESTION SINCE

2:01:36I RAISED MY HAND, THIS

2:01:39LEGISLATION YOU SAID CAME IN

2:01:412015 WHEN WE WERE IN THE OLD

2:01:42FORM OF GOVERNMENT. AND THAT

2:01:44MAKES SENSE WHY THERE WERE MORE

2:01:48CHALLENGES WITH TURF. THIS

2:01:50SHOULD RADICALLY BE REFORMED

2:01:53AND ADOPTED AND LOOKED AT

2:01:55DIFFERENTLY. SO THANK YOU FOR

2:01:56BRINGING THIS, BECAUSE WE NOW

2:01:59HAVE WHAT VOTERS REALLY WANTED,

2:02:00WHICH WAS A CITY ADMINISTRATOR

2:02:02WHO IS THE HEAD OF OPERATIONS

2:02:03FOR THE ENTIRE ENTERPRISE. AND

2:02:06IT WILL ALLOW US TO BE MORE

2:02:08AGILE, LIKE SOME OF THE STORIES

2:02:09YOU JUST PROVIDED OUT IN

2:02:11DISTRICT ONE THAT WE'LL TALK

2:02:13ABOUT SOON. SO MY QUESTION IS,

2:02:16HAS THE NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT

2:02:18GIVEN YOU THE FREEDOM TO LOOK

2:02:21AT CHANGING THIS CODE, AND IN

2:02:25WHAT WAYS HAS IT INSPIRED YOU

2:02:26TO DO THAT?

2:02:29>> WELL, WE DID CONDUCT A

2:02:33REVIEW LAST YEAR FOR WITH THE

2:02:36PROPERTY MANAGING THE PROPERTY

2:02:38MANAGERS FROM THE DIFFERENT

2:02:39BUREAUS, WITH THE CITY

2:02:42ATTORNEY'S INVOLVEMENT TO

2:02:44UPDATE IT TO FOR CERTAIN.

2:02:50UPDATE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE THE

2:02:51FORM, THE CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT.

2:02:53AND THERE WAS SOME OTHER THINGS

2:02:54THAT WERE IN THERE AS WELL. BUT

2:02:56IT HAS NOT IT'S SITTING WITH

2:02:57OUR BUREAU DIRECTOR AT THE

2:02:58MOMENT. SO IT'S A PROCESS THAT

2:03:00WE WENT THROUGH. BUT THAT WAS A

2:03:02YEAR AGO. AND SO IT IS NOT

2:03:05CHANGED YET. THERE WAS I DON'T

2:03:06THINK THERE WAS ANY SUBSTANTIAL

2:03:08CHANGES TO IT. I'M DAVE WAS

2:03:10INVOLVED. WE WERE ALL ALL THE

2:03:11PROPERTY MANAGERS FOR THE MAJOR

2:03:13LAND OWNING BUREAUS AND SUCH

2:03:14WERE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.

2:03:16>> SO YEAH, I'LL JUST TAG ON TO

2:03:18THAT. COUNCILOR RYAN. I THINK

2:03:23LARGELY IT WAS TO THE CHANGES

2:03:24WERE MADE TO RECOGNIZE THE

2:03:26CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT AND OR THE

2:03:29ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES. AND

2:03:31THEN TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION

2:03:33ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE NEW

2:03:36FORM OF GOVERNMENT OR THE

2:03:38ADMINISTRATIVE, YOU KNOW, HAS

2:03:39MADE ANY ANY CHANGES OR

2:03:41HINDERED US IN THE PROCESS OR

2:03:42ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO, I MEAN,

2:03:45I THINK SUBSTANTIALLY IT'S THE

2:03:47SAME PROCESS TODAY, OTHER THAN

2:03:50HAVING TO GO BEFORE COMMITTEES

2:03:52LIKE ANY OTHER ORDINANCE. I

2:03:54THINK IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY THE

2:03:55SAME PROCESS AS BEFORE. WHAT I

2:03:57WILL ADD IS, YES, THIS THIS

2:03:59CAME ONLINE IN 2015. THERE WAS

2:04:02NO CITY PROCESS BEFORE, AS FAR

2:04:04AS I KNOW, IN THE HISTORY OF

2:04:05THE CITY. WE FORMED THE

2:04:08PORTLAND PROPERTY MANAGERS

2:04:08COMMITTEE. THERE'S PROBABLY 2

2:04:10OR 3 OF US LEFT FROM THAT. THAT

2:04:13ORIGINAL COMMITTEE. WE CAME

2:04:16ABOUT WITH THIS, AND I CAN'T

2:04:17REMEMBER IF IT WAS A

2:04:18RECOMMENDATION FROM THE

2:04:19AUDITOR'S OFFICE OR NOT, BUT IT

2:04:21WAS OUR FIRST ATTEMPT AT

2:04:23GETTING THIS SOME SORT OF

2:04:25PROCESS IN PLACE. IT'S WORKED

2:04:27PRETTY WELL. IT CAN USE

2:04:30IMPROVEMENT LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.

2:04:31YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET IT RIGHT

2:04:33ON THE FIRST TRY. SO WE WERE

2:04:35DEFINITELY WELCOMING OF OF ANY

2:04:37IDEAS YOU MAY HAVE.

2:04:39>> YEAH, I THINK MY IDEA WILL

2:04:41BE THAT I'M EXPECTING IT TO NOT

2:04:44NOT EXPERIENCE IT. LIKE IT'S

2:04:45JUST A LIGHT UPDATE FROM 2015,

2:04:48BUT THAT WE DO A LITTLE BIT

2:04:49MORE RADICAL COMMON SENSE

2:04:52REFORM ON THIS WITH THE NEW

2:04:53FORM OF GOVERNMENT, AND THAT

2:04:55THE DCA IS OVERSEEING THE

2:04:57BUREAU'S BRINGING THIS WILL

2:04:59SHOW US THAT. AND I'LL BE

2:05:00LOOKING FOR THAT AS YOU CREATE

2:05:02THIS LEGISLATION. YOU KNOW, A

2:05:03LOT OF TIMES IN THE NEW FORM OF

2:05:05GOVERNMENT, THE ELECTED

2:05:06OFFICIALS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE

2:05:07SPENDING MORE TIME OUT ON OUR

2:05:09DISTRICTS AND LISTENING AND

2:05:10GETTING TO KNOW WHAT THE ISSUES

2:05:11ARE ON THE GROUND. THAT'S WHAT,

2:05:13OF COURSE, I THINK ALL OF US

2:05:14ENJOY THE MOST. AND THEN TRYING

2:05:16TO ARTICULATE THEM INTO

2:05:17LEGISLATION. SO THIS ITEM OF

2:05:20WATER TOWERS IS AN EASY ONE TO

2:05:22GO EXPLORE ACROSS THE CITY. AND

2:05:25I WAS CURIOUS TO LEARN MORE

2:05:26ABOUT THE PROCESS BASED ON ONE

2:05:28EXAMPLE IN MY DISTRICT.

2:05:29DISTRICT TWO, I'M SURE YOU KNOW,

2:05:31HAYDEN ISLAND IS ON IS DISTRICT

2:05:33TWO, AND WE HAVE A PRIVATELY

2:05:35OWNED WATER TOWER THAT WAS SOLD

2:05:36TO A PRIVATE OWNER FROM THE

2:05:38CITY. IT NOW SITS FULLY INTACT

2:05:41AND ATTRACTS A LOT OF CRIME TO

2:05:43THAT AREA. IT'S BEEN REALLY

2:05:45HARD TO LEASE SOME OF THE

2:05:47SPACES SURROUNDING THERE. THE

2:05:48SMALL BUSINESSES THAT I STARTED

2:05:49TALKING TO ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO

2:05:51KEPT SAYING THAT THAT WAS AN

2:05:54ISSUE, AND IT'S ONLY BECOME

2:05:56MORE CHALLENGING. IT NOW SITS

2:05:58FULLY INTACT WITH AN, AS I SAID,

2:06:02ATTRACTS CRIME IN THE AREA. BUT

2:06:04FROM THAT TYPE OF SITUATION,

2:06:06HOW DO WE VET THE SALE AND THE

2:06:08PLAN USE FOR THE FOR FOR THE

2:06:12FORMER CITY PROPERTY IN A WAY

2:06:14THAT ADDS VALUE TO THE

2:06:16COMMUNITY RATHER THAN CAUSING A

2:06:18NUISANCE.

2:06:21>> SO WHICH THIS THIS WATER

2:06:23TOWER IS.

2:06:25>> IT'S ON HAYDEN ISLAND AND

2:06:27PEOPLE ARE.

2:06:28>> SO IT'S BEEN IN THE IT'S

2:06:29BEEN IN THE LAST TEN YEARS. IS

2:06:31THAT RIGHT?

2:06:32>> ABSOLUTELY. AND IT'S JUST

2:06:33SITS THERE. YEAH. THE CAUSING

2:06:35SO MUCH BLIGHT AND IT'S MAKING

2:06:37IT CHALLENGING FOR THE

2:06:38STOREFRONT COMMUNITY TO HAVE

2:06:41FAITH IN RENEWING THEIR LEASES

2:06:42AND ATTRACTING NEW STOREFRONTS

2:06:44TO THAT AREA.

2:06:45>> WELL, WHEN THE CITY'S

2:06:49GENERALLY WHEN THEY PUT A

2:06:50PROPERTY THROUGH THE CATEGORY

2:06:51THREE PROCESS AS WELL, IT PUTS

2:06:54IT OUT ON THE OPEN MARKET FOR

2:06:55THE HIGHEST AND MOST QUALIFIED

2:07:00SELLER OR BUYER. SO I THERE'S

2:07:04NO THERE WOULD GENERALLY BE NO

2:07:05DEED RESTRICTIONS UNLESS THEY

2:07:07WERE DETERMINED THEY WOULD NEED

2:07:09TO BE INCLUDED WITH THE SALE OF

2:07:11A PROPERTY. I MEAN, THEY'RE

2:07:12GENERALLY FREE AND CLEAR, RIGHT?

2:07:15>> MAYBE I COULD ASK FOR A

2:07:16LITTLE MORE CLARITY. COUNCILOR

2:07:18RYAN, DID YOU SAY THIS WAS

2:07:20PRIVATELY OWNED AND IS NOW

2:07:21OWNED BY THE CITY?

2:07:23>> FROM WHAT I KNOW, IT SITS

2:07:25FULLY INTACT. IT'S WE SOLD IT

2:07:28TO A PRIVATE OWNER FROM THE

2:07:30CITY WHEN WE RELEASED THE THE

2:07:32WATER TOWER. AND NOW IT'S A

2:07:38SITUATION WHERE HOW DO WE VET

2:07:39THE SALE AND THE PLAN USE FOR

2:07:40THAT FORMER CITY PROPERTY IN A

2:07:43WAY THAT WILL ADD VALUE TO THE

2:07:45COMMUNITY. SO WHAT ROLE CAN THE

2:07:46CITY PLAY WHEN IT SITS THERE

2:07:50AND IT'S VACANT AND IT'S

2:07:53CONTINUES TO ATTRACT AN

2:07:57UNDESIRABLE ENVIRONMENT TO, TO,

2:07:59TO HAVE BUSINESSES WANT TO

2:08:02ENGAGE IN THAT AREA. SO MY, MY

2:08:03POINT IS THIS HAS A LOT OF

2:08:05NUANCE TO IT, WHAT YOU'RE

2:08:06BRINGING TO US. AND SO IT'S

2:08:10ALWAYS, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH

2:08:11THE CURRENT PROBLEMS WE HAVE?

2:08:13AND HOW WILL THIS LEGISLATION

2:08:15UPDATE LOOK AT THOSE PROPERTIES

2:08:18THAT THE CITY MIGHT HAVE OWNED

2:08:20AT ONE TIME PUT OUT TO THE

2:08:22PRIVATE MARKET? NOW THEY'RE

2:08:23GONE, AND I'D SAY MOST OF THE

2:08:26RESIDENTS ARE WANT THE CITY TO

2:08:28TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HOW

2:08:29LONG THIS HAS BEEN LINGERING.

2:08:31>> I CAN RESPOND. OKAY.

2:08:33>> THANK YOU. I'LL GO AHEAD AND

2:08:34TAKE THAT ONE. I'M FOLLOWING

2:08:37YOU NOW ON THIS ONE. YOU KNOW,

2:08:39CURRENTLY THE PROCESS IS WHEN

2:08:41IT GOES OUT IN A CATEGORY THREE

2:08:43ON THE OPEN MARKET, IT GETS

2:08:45SOLD. AND YOU KNOW, WHATEVER

2:08:46THE BUYER DOES WITH IT, THE

2:08:47BUYER DOES WITH IT. WHAT YOU'RE

2:08:50SUGGESTING IS SOMETHING THAT

2:08:51CAN BE INCORPORATED IN, YOU

2:08:52KNOW, DO WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK?

2:08:54DOES THIS PROPERTY HAVE AN

2:08:56ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE LIKE A AN

2:08:57OLD WATER TOWER ON IT THAT, YOU

2:08:59KNOW, WON'T SERVE ANYBODY IN

2:09:01THE LONG RUN? DO WE NEED TO

2:09:03TAKE A LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT

2:09:05THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED?

2:09:06THERE'S CONSIDERABLE COST TO

2:09:08THAT. AND I THINK IN THE PAST

2:09:11IT'S BEEN EASIER, YOU KNOW,

2:09:14ISSUE TO SELL IT AND LET THE

2:09:15NEW BUYER DEAL WITH IT. SO THAT

2:09:19DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S NOT

2:09:20SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T LOOK AT.

2:09:22AND, YOU KNOW, DOES IT DO WE

2:09:24NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT THE

2:09:26INTENDED USE OF IT IS? DO WE

2:09:27NEED TO DO AN RFP OF SOME SORT?

2:09:31THESE ARE ALL THINGS WE CAN

2:09:33ENTERTAIN. THEY MAY AFFECT THE

2:09:35PRICE, BUT MAYBE YOU'LL END UP

2:09:37WITH A BETTER OUTCOME. SO WE'RE

2:09:40HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THAT AND AND

2:09:42HAVE THAT IN OUR DISCUSSIONS.

2:09:47>> OKAY. AND THERE'S DEFINITELY

2:09:50WHEN I DID A RIDE ALONG WITH

2:09:52PERMITTING, THEY DID SHOW ME A

2:09:54FEW PROPERTIES. AND THAT WAS

2:09:55ONE THAT HAS JUST BEEN SITTING

2:09:58AND RECEIVING SO MANY COMMUNITY

2:10:00COMPLAINTS. AND SO I JUST

2:10:02WANTED TO MAKE SURE I BROUGHT

2:10:04THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. AND IT

2:10:05ALSO ALLOWS US TO SEE, AS

2:10:06YOU'RE BUILDING THIS

2:10:08LEGISLATION, HOW THESE STORIES

2:10:09CAN MAKE UP, HOPEFULLY, SOME

2:10:12MORE ADAPTIVE SOLUTIONS TO HOW

2:10:14OUR CITY ADMINISTRATORS CAN

2:10:16REACT TO THESE CHALLENGES ON

2:10:18THE GROUND. SO I'LL BE LOOKING

2:10:20AT HOW THIS LEGISLATION IMPACTS

2:10:23SOME OF THOSE STORIES THAT I'M

2:10:26GATHERING IN MY OWN DISTRICT.

2:10:27AND I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING

2:10:30SOME TIME TO UNDERSTAND. THIS

2:10:32IS ONE OF THOSE PROBLEMS OUT

2:10:34THERE THAT NEEDS A SOLUTION.

2:10:36THANKS.

2:10:37>> THANKS, COUNCILOR.

2:10:38>> COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER

2:10:39TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT

2:10:41WE HEARD BEFORE I LET THE

2:10:43COUNCIL PRESIDENT OFFER SOME OF

2:10:45HIS THOUGHTS ON WHERE WE MIGHT

2:10:47HEAD WITH THIS. OKAY. WE MAY

2:10:50HAVE MORE QUESTIONS AS WE GET

2:10:52INTO SOME DISCUSSION, BUT I'M

2:10:54GOING TO HAVE THE COUNCIL

2:10:55PRESIDENT COME UP AND JOIN YOU

2:10:56ALL FOR JUST A MINUTE. COUNCIL

2:10:59PRESIDENT, WELCOME. WE'RE GLAD

2:11:01TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY.

2:11:02>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. HI,

2:11:03TEAM. WELL, THANKS. I'LL BE

2:11:06PRETTY BRIEF. BUT, YOU KNOW,

2:11:07THERE'S TWO EXPRESSIONS THAT

2:11:08COME TO MIND IMMEDIATELY. FIRST

2:11:09IS BUY LAND. IT'S THE ONLY

2:11:11THING THEY'RE NOT MAKING

2:11:12ANYMORE. AND THE SECOND IS ONE

2:11:13THAT I LEARNED BACK IN 2014

2:11:15WHEN I BOUGHT MY FIRST HOUSE,

2:11:16WHICH WAS, YOU NEVER SELL

2:11:17PORTLAND REAL ESTATE BECAUSE

2:11:18THE LAND IS GOING TO KEEP GOING

2:11:20UP. I HOPE THAT WE WERE GOING

2:11:22TO GET BACK TO THOSE DAYS. BUT,

2:11:24YOU KNOW, OVER A YEAR AGO,

2:11:25COUNCILOR PIRTLE-GUINEY AND I

2:11:26HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT POCKET

2:11:27PARKS. IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY

2:11:29FOR THE CITY TO INVEST IN A

2:11:30STRATEGY WHERE MAYBE A A THREE

2:11:32PARKING SPACE SIZED PIECE OF

2:11:34LAND COULD NEVER BE HOUSING? IT

2:11:35COULD NEVER BE A USEFUL THING,

2:11:36BUT MAYBE IT COULD BE AN ASSET

2:11:38TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M

2:11:40CURRENTLY IN SOME CONVERSATIONS

2:11:42WITH THE OREGON DEPARTMENT OF

2:11:43TRANSPORTATION, AND THEY HAVE A

2:11:45100 YEAR VISION OF WHAT THEY

2:11:47THINK THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS

2:11:48MIGHT BE. AND IT MEANS THAT

2:11:49THERE ARE LARGE SWATHS OF LAND

2:11:51IN OUR CITY THAT ARE SITTING

2:11:52VACANT BECAUSE OF WHAT WE MAY

2:11:54NEED SOMEDAY. AND I UNDERSTAND

2:11:55THAT IMPULSE TO HOLD ON TO THAT

2:11:57LAND. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE

2:11:59IMPULSE TO GET RID OF IT WHEN

2:12:00IT'S A PROBLEM OR NO LONGER

2:12:02USEFUL. WHEN COUNCILOR AVALOS

2:12:05GREEN AND I TRAVELED TO VIENNA

2:12:06TO STUDY HOW SOCIAL HOUSING, WE

2:12:08HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK

2:12:09WITH THE HEAD OF THEIR NATIONAL

2:12:11PARLIAMENT. WHO'S IN CHARGE?

2:12:12THE HEAD OF THE A MEMBER OF THE

2:12:14NATIONAL PARLIAMENT, WHO IS THE

2:12:15HEAD OF THEIR SOCIAL HOUSING.

2:12:16AND WHAT SHE TOLD ME TO DO,

2:12:18RECOGNIZING THAT WE WERE 100

2:12:19YEARS BEHIND VIENNA, WAS WE

2:12:21HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO

2:12:22CLEAN UP OUR OWN HOUSE, SET UP

2:12:24OUR OWN RULES AND LAND BANK,

2:12:26LAND BANK, LAND BANK, HER EXACT

2:12:27WORDS AND OUR FRIENDS AT METRO

2:12:29ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING

2:12:30UP A LAND BANK, A REGION WIDE

2:12:32LAND BANK, TO FOCUS ON HIGHER

2:12:35AND GREATER USES FOR PUBLICLY

2:12:36OWNED LAND. I ABSOLUTELY HEARD

2:12:38WHAT YOU ALL WERE SAYING ABOUT

2:12:40ATTRACTIVE NUISANCES. SOME OF

2:12:41THESE PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN

2:12:42SITTING VACANT IN MY DISTRICT

2:12:44FOR A VERY LONG TIME WITH NO

2:12:46PLAN, AND THEY BECOME

2:12:47ATTRACTIVE NUISANCES. I

2:12:48ABSOLUTELY SEE THAT, BUT I'M

2:12:50NOT TOTALLY CLEAR FROM A POLICY

2:12:52PERSPECTIVE HOW IF A PUBLICLY

2:12:54OWNED PIECE OF LAND BECOMES A

2:12:56NUISANCE, HOW PRIVATE PARTIES

2:12:58NECESSARILY CAN MAKE SURE THAT

2:12:59IT ALSO ISN'T GOING TO BE A

2:13:01NUISANCE? I THINK THAT

2:13:02ACTIVATION AND HIGHER USE IS

2:13:04ALWAYS A BETTER USE FOR VACANT

2:13:05LAND, BUT NOT TO DISPOSE OF IT,

2:13:08THAT THE CITY SHOULD NOT BE

2:13:09GETTING RID OF THE LAND THAT WE

2:13:11HAVE. WE CAN MAKE AN ATTRACTIVE

2:13:13NUISANCE BETTER, BUT I'M NOT

2:13:14SURE THAT A PRIVATE, ATTRACTIVE

2:13:16NUISANCE IS ANY BETTER THAN A

2:13:17PUBLICLY OWNED, ATTRACTIVE

2:13:18NUISANCE. I THINK WE DO NEED A

2:13:22LAND BANK POLICY FOR THE CITY,

2:13:24AND WE NEED ONE FOR THE REGION.

2:13:26WE ARE REGIONAL PLAYERS AND

2:13:27FROM MY SIDE OF TOWN, PEOPLE

2:13:29DON'T CARE WHAT SIDE OF 164TH

2:13:31YOU LIVE ON. YOU NEED

2:13:32AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHETHER

2:13:33IT'S CITY OF PORTLAND OR

2:13:34GRESHAM. THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU

2:13:36GAVE ABOUT THE WOODSTOCK

2:13:37COUPLET, I USED TO LIVE RIGHT

2:13:38OVER THERE. ABSOLUTELY. IT IS A

2:13:40A, A IN MANY WAYS AN EYESORE TO

2:13:43WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE

2:13:44COMMUNITY AND A PLACE THAT

2:13:45OBVIOUSLY REQUIRES ADDITIONAL

2:13:47ATTENTION. BUT IF THAT LAND IS

2:13:50DEVELOPABLE, WHY COULDN'T THE

2:13:52CITY CONTINUE TO OWN THE DIRT

2:13:54AND CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THAT

2:13:55DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL STACK AS

2:13:57THAT CONTRIBUTION? WHY COULDN'T

2:13:59WE CONTINUE TO OWN THAT, TO GET

2:14:01WHATEVER THE ULTIMATE

2:14:02DEVELOPMENT MIGHT BE TO BE MORE

2:14:03AFFORDABLE? AND, YOU KNOW,

2:14:05FURTHER EAST PORTLAND, MY MY

2:14:07SECTION OF TOWN IS PHYSICALLY

2:14:09DIFFERENT. IT IS A DIFFERENT

2:14:11BUILT ENVIRONMENT THAN THE REST

2:14:12OF THE CITY. AND OUR BUT MY

2:14:14NEIGHBORS STILL NEED ACCESS TO

2:14:15PARKS. WE STILL NEED AFFORDABLE

2:14:16HOUSING. WE STILL NEED ACTIVE

2:14:17SPACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN

2:14:19CONGREGATE. PEOPLE CAN MEET. I

2:14:21CANNOT TELL YOU HOW WELL

2:14:23RECEIVED. MILL PARK AND PARK

2:14:25LANE PARK HAVE BEEN IN THE MOST

2:14:27IN THE RECENT WEEKS, BUT EVEN

2:14:29YESTERDAY I WAS SPEAKING WITH

2:14:30OUR HEAD OF PMO, THE PORTLAND

2:14:32EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE,

2:14:32AND SHE WAS SAYING, I DON'T

2:14:34KNOW WHERE PEOPLE HANG OUT IN

2:14:35EAST PORTLAND, AND WE'RE GOING

2:14:37TO HAVE TO BE CREATIVE. IT

2:14:38DOESN'T MEAN THAT PEOPLE IN

2:14:39EAST PORTLAND DON'T GET TO HAVE

2:14:41PLACES TO CONGREGATE OR

2:14:43ACTIVATE. IT MEANS THAT WE'RE

2:14:44GOING TO HAVE TO FIND UNIQUE

2:14:45SOLUTIONS FOR COMMON PROBLEMS.

2:14:47AND I THINK THAT THAT BEGINS IF

2:14:48WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE DIRT TO BE

2:14:50ABLE TO DO SOMETHING WITH. I

2:14:52COMPLETELY AGREE WITH COUNCILOR

2:14:53RYAN. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A

2:14:55BIG RETHINK ON THIS PROCESS.

2:14:57OUR TEAM HAS BEEN DOING AN

2:14:58AMAZING JOB FOR THE LAST 11

2:15:00YEARS WITH THE TOOLS THAT THE

2:15:02PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL GAVE THEM

2:15:03IN ORDER TO WORK WITH THE FORM

2:15:05OF GOVERNMENT THAT REALLY

2:15:06DIDN'T WORK, AND THE INABILITY

2:15:08FOR, IN MY OPINION, CROSS

2:15:11BUREAU COLLABORATION TO TRY AND

2:15:12FIND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO TO

2:15:14COMMON PROBLEMS. THIS IS THE

2:15:16FIRST CHANCE AS A CITY WHERE WE

2:15:18COULD HAVE A NEW CITY WIDE

2:15:20CROSS BUREAU POLICY TO TALK

2:15:22ABOUT WHAT WE DO WITH PUBLICLY

2:15:24OWNED LAND. I THINK WE JUST

2:15:26NEED TO HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY.

2:15:27AND I THINK THAT SELLING LAND

2:15:28NEEDS TO BE THE LAST THING WE

2:15:30DO, BECAUSE ONCE IT'S GONE, IT

2:15:32IS GONE. COLLEAGUES. THOSE ARE

2:15:34MY JUST MY INITIAL THOUGHTS ON

2:15:35THIS. I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO

2:15:36WORK ON THIS POLICY NEXT YEAR

2:15:38AND WOULD BE LOOKING FORWARD TO

2:15:39WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU ON

2:15:41TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO

2:15:42STRENGTHEN THIS, TO GET BETTER

2:15:43OUTCOMES, BECAUSE WE ARE

2:15:44FUNDAMENTALLY A DIFFERENT,

2:15:45MATERIALLY DIFFERENT CITY TODAY

2:15:48IN 2027 THAN WE WERE WHEN THIS

2:15:49POLICY WAS PASSED IN 2015. SO

2:15:51THANK YOU.

2:15:52>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

2:15:54WE APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTS ON

2:15:55THIS. AND BEING PART OF THE

2:15:56CONVERSATION. COLLEAGUES, IS

2:15:58THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO

2:16:00JOIN THE QUEUE WITH EITHER

2:16:01BROADER QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS

2:16:04ON OUR PROPERTY DISPOSITION

2:16:05POLICY? COUNCILOR.

2:16:07>> MORILLO THANK YOU. I WAS

2:16:12CURIOUS, AND I THINK THIS IS

2:16:13NOW HEARING THE PRESENTATION I

2:16:14THINK IS VERY SEPARATE, BUT

2:16:17THIS WAS PARTIALLY TALKING

2:16:18ABOUT PRIVATIZATION. SO IS THIS

2:16:21THE SAME POLICY THAT WE MOVED

2:16:24THE TENNIS CENTER FROM DISTRICT

2:16:26THREE INTO PRIVATE HANDS, OR IS

2:16:30THAT A DIFFERENT POLICY MOVE?

2:16:31>> THE WHAT? I'M SORRY.

2:16:33>> THE TENNIS CENTER IS STILL

2:16:35PUBLICLY OWNED. PARK STILL OWNS

2:16:37AND HOLDS THE THE PROPERTY, BUT

2:16:41WE HAVE CONTRACTED THE

2:16:43OPERATIONS OF THAT TENNIS

2:16:45CENTER.

2:16:45>> GOTCHA. OKAY. SO THIS IS

2:16:47ENTIRELY REMOVING IT.

2:16:49>> CORRECT.

2:16:49>> OKAY, I UNDERSTAND IT.

2:16:52>> THANK YOU. YEAH.

2:16:54>> OKAY. COLLEAGUES,

2:16:58UNSURPRISINGLY, I'M GOING TO

2:17:00ECHO A LOT OF WHAT COUNCIL

2:17:02PRESIDENT SAID. AND I, I AGREE

2:17:05WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH COUNCILOR

2:17:06RYAN THAT WE NEED TO BE

2:17:07THINKING ABOUT OUR PROPERTY

2:17:09CITYWIDE. AND WHAT WE DID 11

2:17:11YEARS AGO IS CRITICAL TO MAKE

2:17:13SURE WE HAD A CITYWIDE PROCESS

2:17:14HERE, THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE

2:17:16SILOED WORK HAPPENING IN

2:17:17DIFFERENT BUREAUS. AND I THINK

2:17:19THE NEXT STEP TO THAT IS SAYING,

2:17:21OKAY, WE'RE THINKING CITYWIDE

2:17:23ABOUT WHAT PROPERTIES WE NEED

2:17:24AND FOR WHAT PURPOSES, AND

2:17:26WE'RE THINKING LONGER TERM THAN

2:17:27WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY. AND I THINK

2:17:29THAT'S THE CONNECTING PIECE

2:17:31BETWEEN WHAT I HEARD FROM

2:17:32COUNCILOR RYAN AND WHAT I HEARD

2:17:34FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT DUNPHY.

2:17:36WE LOOK NOW CITYWIDE AT WHAT WE

2:17:38NEED, BUT ARE WE LOOKING AT

2:17:39WHAT WE MIGHT NEED 20 OR 30

2:17:41YEARS FROM NOW? BECAUSE IT'S

2:17:43NOT GOING TO GET EASIER FOR THE

2:17:45CITY TO COME BUY PROPERTY OVER

2:17:47THE NEXT 20 OR 30 YEARS. I

2:17:49SUSPECT THAT 20 TO 30 YEARS

2:17:50FROM NOW, WE WILL BE A DENSER

2:17:54CITY. I EXPECT THAT AS WE

2:17:56BECOME DENSER, WE WILL NEED

2:17:57THOSE POCKET PARKS, SMALLER

2:17:59OPEN SPACE. I SUSPECT THAT AS

2:18:02WE BECOME A DENSER CITY, WE

2:18:03WILL NEED TO TALK ABOUT MORE

2:18:05COMMUNITY CENTERS. I SUSPECT

2:18:07THAT AS WE BECOME A DENSER CITY,

2:18:09THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A

2:18:11PUSH FOR PUBLICLY OWNED HOUSING

2:18:14TO LOOK DIFFERENT. WHETHER IT'S

2:18:16THE TRADITIONAL SOCIAL HOUSING

2:18:19MODEL OR SOMETHING ELSE, AND

2:18:21THAT WE WILL NEED TO BE LAND

2:18:22BANKING AND PERHAPS HOLDING ON

2:18:26TO OR PARTNERING WITH A

2:18:27NONPROFIT TO HOLD ON TO THE

2:18:30PROPERTY TO KEEP HOUSING

2:18:32AFFORDABLE. AND WE WILL NOT

2:18:34HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO ANY

2:18:35OF THOSE THINGS IF WE'VE

2:18:37DISPOSED OF EVERY PIECE OF

2:18:38PROPERTY THAT WE'RE NOT

2:18:39CURRENTLY USING. SO AS I LOOK

2:18:41AT THE COMMON DRIVERS FOR REAL

2:18:43PROPERTY DISPOSITION, SOME OF

2:18:44THOSE MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO ME.

2:18:47THERE ARE TIMES WHERE THE

2:18:48HOUSING BUREAU OBTAINS PROPERTY

2:18:51WITH THE INTENTION TO SELL IT

2:18:55TO A DEVELOPER OF AFFORDABLE

2:18:56HOUSING. THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.

2:18:59THERE ARE PLACES WHERE I THINK

2:19:00WE NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT

2:19:02PUBLIC OWNERSHIP THERE, BUT

2:19:03WHERE WE ARE WORKING WITH A

2:19:04PRIVATE NONPROFIT, THAT MAKES A

2:19:06LOT OF SENSE. THERE ARE PLACES

2:19:08WHERE WE NEED TO BE

2:19:09CONSTRUCTING A PUBLIC

2:19:10IMPROVEMENT OR AMENITY WITH A

2:19:12PARTNER OUTSIDE OF THE CITY,

2:19:14SUCH AS THE WORK THAT PBOT DOES

2:19:15WITH ODOT AND OTHERS. THAT

2:19:17MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO ME. I

2:19:19KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON A

2:19:20PROPERTY EXCHANGE THAT WE'VE

2:19:22BEEN DOING OVER A LONG PERIOD

2:19:24OF TIME BETWEEN PBOT AND ODOT

2:19:25IN SOUTH PORTLAND, AND WE JUST

2:19:27NEED TO MAKE THAT. THE

2:19:32INFRASTRUCTURE THERE WORK,

2:19:32RIGHT? IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER

2:19:34WHICH PUBLIC ENTITY IS OWNING

2:19:35IT AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUT

2:19:39THE THREE THINGS ON THE LEFT

2:19:40SIDE OF THE COMMON DRIVERS,

2:19:42THERE'S SOMETHING NO LONGER

2:19:43SERVES THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT

2:19:44WAS ACQUIRED, THAT IT'S

2:19:45CURRENTLY AN ATTRACTIVE

2:19:47NUISANCE, THAT IMPROVEMENTS ARE

2:19:49NO LONGER FEASIBLE TO MAINTAIN.

2:19:52THAT, TO ME, SOUNDS LIKE A

2:19:53SHORT TERM VIEW, AND I HOPE

2:19:56THAT WHETHER THROUGH

2:19:59CONVERSATIONS THAT COUNCIL

2:20:00PRESIDENT DUNPHY IS HOPING TO

2:20:01HOLD OR THROUGH CONVERSATIONS

2:20:04WE HAVE IN THIS COMMITTEE, AS

2:20:06MORE OF THESE PROPERTIES COME

2:20:07TO US, OR JUST THE

2:20:08CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU AND YOUR

2:20:09COLLEAGUES HAVE WITHIN THE

2:20:11ADMINISTRATION, WE TAKE A

2:20:12REALLY HARD LOOK WHEN THOSE

2:20:14THREE DRIVERS ARE THE REASONS

2:20:16WE'RE LOOKING AT DISPOSING OF

2:20:17PROPERTY, ABOUT

2:20:19>> WHETHER WE ARE SELLING OFF

2:20:21AN ASSET, WE WILL NEVER GET

2:20:22BACK. THAT WE COULD HAVE A USE

2:20:24FOR 20 OR 30 YEARS FROM NOW,

2:20:27BECAUSE WE HAVE A SHORT TERM

2:20:30LACK OF RESOURCES OR LACK OF

2:20:32VISION FOR THE NEED AT THE

2:20:35EXPENSE OF WHAT OUR CITY MIGHT

2:20:36NEED DOWN THE ROAD. AND I, I

2:20:40SAY THAT NOT BECAUSE I THINK

2:20:43THERE HAS BEEN ANY PROBLEM WITH

2:20:44THE OPERATION OF THE POLICY AS

2:20:46IT'S DEVELOPED, BUT BECAUSE I

2:20:47THINK THE POLICY WE'RE

2:20:48OPERATING UNDER WAS DEVELOPED

2:20:50TO ADDRESS IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND

2:20:52TO ADDRESS, FRANKLY, IMMEDIATE

2:20:53REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH IS

2:20:55A VERY IMPORTANT VARIABLE AS

2:20:57WELL. BUT AT THIS POINT IN OUR

2:21:00CITY'S GROWTH AND PROGRESSION,

2:21:02I WORRY ABOUT RUNNING OUT OF

2:21:07OPPORTUNITY AS WE PRIVATIZE

2:21:09LAND TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC

2:21:11ASSETS AND RESOURCES THAT OUR

2:21:13COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL NEED AS

2:21:15OUR CITY GROWS AND CHANGES. AND

2:21:17I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THAT

2:21:18INTO ACCOUNT IN THIS POLICY AS

2:21:20WELL. COLLEAGUES, ANYTHING ELSE

2:21:24ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD, OR

2:21:26SHOULD WE MOVE INTO OUR WHAT

2:21:30WAS A CASE STUDY AND IS OUR

2:21:32NEXT AGENDA ITEM? OKAY. SEEING

2:21:35NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. THANK

2:21:37YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE, FOR

2:21:39PRESENTING THIS, AND FOR

2:21:40HEARING FEEDBACK FROM A FEW OF

2:21:41US ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT MOVE

2:21:43FORWARD. WENDY, CAN YOU PLEASE

2:21:44CALL THE LAST ITEM ON OUR

2:21:46AGENDA?

2:21:46>> THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

2:21:48DOCUMENT NUMBER 2026-344.

2:21:52AUTHORIZED CONVEYANCE OF CITY

2:21:53OWNED REAL PROPERTY FORMERLY

2:21:55MENLO PARK. WATER TOWER SITE TO

2:21:57HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. PORTLAND

2:21:59METRO EAST. DOING BUSINESS AS

2:22:01HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. PORTLAND

2:22:03REGION.

2:22:05>> GREAT.

2:22:06>> THANK YOU. AND I THINK WE

2:22:07ARE. I THINK WE'RE KEEPING

2:22:11TANYA UP HERE WITH US AND

2:22:12GAINING A FEW OTHER FOLKS FROM

2:22:14THE HOUSING BUREAU.

2:22:15>> WE THOUGHT ABOUT JUST

2:22:16LETTING HER BE UP HERE, AND

2:22:19SHE'D ALREADY DONE SUCH A GREAT

2:22:21JOB OF TALKING.

2:22:22>> WELCOME, DIRECTOR LIGHT, ARE

2:22:22YOU KICKING US OFF TODAY?

2:22:24>> YES.

2:22:25>> OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD.

2:22:26>> ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD

2:22:27AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF

2:22:29THE CITY LIFE COMMITTEE. I'M

2:22:31QUISHA LIGHT AND INTERIM

2:22:32DIRECTOR OF THE PORTLAND

2:22:33HOUSING BUREAU. AND OF COURSE,

2:22:35JOINING ME IS TANYA

2:22:36WOLFERSBERGER, AND SHE IS OUR

2:22:38DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION

2:22:39SERVICES MANAGER. AND KATE

2:22:40PIPER, OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS

2:22:42MANAGER. AND AS YOU KNOW, TODAY

2:22:45WE ARE SEEKING YOUR SUPPORT TO

2:22:46TRANSFER THE MENLO PROPERTY TO

2:22:48HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND

2:22:50REGION TO HELP CREATE 22

2:22:53AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP

2:22:54OPPORTUNITIES IN EAST PORTLAND.

2:22:56THE PROJECT REPRESENTS

2:22:58SOMETHING IMPORTANT AND THAT IS

2:23:00USING THE PUBLIC ASSETS WE

2:23:02ALREADY HAVE TO CREATE GREATER

2:23:03OPPORTUNITIES FOR PORTLAND

2:23:05FAMILIES. IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE

2:23:07OF RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP,

2:23:08STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, AND OUR

2:23:10COMMITMENT TO EXPANDING ACCESS

2:23:12TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. NEXT

2:23:14SLIDE. SO THE ORDINANCE, BEFORE

2:23:19YOU WOULD AUTHORIZE THE

2:23:20TRANSFER OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY

2:23:22TO HABITAT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT

2:23:24OF HAZELWOOD SQUARE HABITAT,

2:23:26ALREADY OWNS THE ADJACENT

2:23:28PROPERTY. AND BY COMBINING THE

2:23:30SITES, WE CAN HELP DOUBLE THE

2:23:31NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE HOMES THAT

2:23:32CAN BE DEVELOPED FROM 11 TO 22.

2:23:35AND SO THAT'S 11 ADDITIONAL

2:23:38FAMILIES WITH THE OPPORTUNITY

2:23:39TO ACHIEVE HOME OWNERSHIP,

2:23:41BUILD STABILITY AND BEGIN

2:23:43CREATING GENERATIONAL WEALTH.

2:23:45AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO

2:23:47TURN IT OVER TO TANYA AND KATE

2:23:49TO WALK THROUGH THE PROPERTY'S

2:23:50HISTORY, THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS

2:23:51AND AUTHORIZATION WE'RE

2:23:52REQUESTING.

2:23:55>> THANK YOU.

2:23:56>> NEXT SLIDE. DID I.

2:23:57>> DO THAT? I'LL DO THIS. HI

2:23:59AGAIN. TANYA WOLFERSBERGER. SHE

2:24:01HER PRONOUNS. I AM THE MANAGER

2:24:03OF THE DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION

2:24:04SERVICES TEAM AT THE PORTLAND

2:24:05HOUSING BUREAU. SO AS I KIND OF

2:24:09FORESHADOWED EARLIER IN 2020,

2:24:11THE HOUSING BUREAU RESPONDED TO

2:24:13AN INTERNAL NOTICE FROM THE

2:24:14WATER BUREAU THAT THEY HAD A

2:24:16SURPLUS SITE AVAILABLE AND

2:24:19KNOWN AS THE MENLO PARK WATER

2:24:21TANK PROPERTY HABITAT. WE

2:24:25RECOGNIZE THAT HABITAT OWNED

2:24:26THE PARCELS TO THE SOUTH OF

2:24:28THIS SITE. AND SO BECAUSE

2:24:30MEETING SOME PRIORITIES THAT WE

2:24:32HAD IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE

2:24:33BUREAU. AS I STATED EARLIER,

2:24:35FOR DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW,

2:24:37PRIORITIZING LOCATIONS IN EAST

2:24:39PORTLAND AND POTENTIAL FUTURE

2:24:41TIF DISTRICTS AND FOR HOME

2:24:42OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENTS, WE

2:24:44RAISED OUR HANDS AND EXPRESSED

2:24:45INTEREST TO THE WATER BUREAU

2:24:46THAT WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN

2:24:48ACQUIRING THESE TWO PARCELS

2:24:50THAT MADE UP THE MENLO PARK

2:24:51WATER TANK. SO WE HAVE BEEN

2:24:54WORKING WITH WE WORKED WITH

2:24:55WATER TO NEGOTIATE THE

2:24:58ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION

2:24:59FROM THEM AND TRANSFER THAT

2:25:00SITE OVER TO THE HOUSING

2:25:02BUREAU'S OWNERSHIP THAT CAME TO

2:25:04COUNCIL IN 2024. THAT

2:25:07TRANSFERRED THAT TO FB, AND WE

2:25:10ARE NOW LOOKING TO DISPOSE GO

2:25:13THROUGH A DISPOSITION PROCESS

2:25:14FOR THE SITE TO HABITAT TO

2:25:16ALLOW FOR THE HAZELWOOD SQUARE

2:25:19DEVELOPMENT. NEXT SLIDE. SO

2:25:23HERE'S A SITE PLAN THAT KIND OF

2:25:25GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF. YOU CAN

2:25:28SEE IN THE BLUE DOTTED LINE IS

2:25:31THE SITE THAT THE HOUSING

2:25:32BUREAU CURRENTLY OWNS, THE

2:25:34MENLO PARK TANK. AND AND THEN

2:25:36THE ADJACENT HABITAT SITE. THIS

2:25:39IS A SITE, A PROPOSED SITE PLAN

2:25:40FOR HAZELWOOD SQUARE, WHICH YOU

2:25:43CAN SEE KIND OF ALLOWS US

2:25:45ALLOWS HABITAT TO DOUBLE THE

2:25:46AMOUNT OF HOMES THAT ARE

2:25:48AVAILABLE FOR THAT SPECIFIC

2:25:52LOCATION. SO AGAIN, ROUGH SITE

2:25:55PLAN. THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO

2:25:56BEFORE THIS BECOMES REALITY,

2:25:58BUT IT IS CONCEIVED TO HAVE OFF

2:26:00STREET PARKING, SHARED OUTDOOR

2:26:03COMMON AREAS. IT'S A TOWNHOME

2:26:05OWNERSHIP TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT.

2:26:07SO A MIX OF TWO, THREE AND FOUR

2:26:09BEDROOM HOMES. IT IS IN A GREAT

2:26:12LOCATION WITHIN WALKING

2:26:14DISTANCE OF SEVERAL COMMUNITY

2:26:17AMENITIES LIKE SCHOOLS, PARKS,

2:26:20TRANSIT, OTHER SERVICES THAT

2:26:22ARE NEARBY. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS

2:26:27IS A VERY SHORT AND SWEET

2:26:29PRESENTATION. THIS IS OUR

2:26:30REQUEST IS TO APPROVE THE

2:26:31TRANSFER OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY

2:26:33TO HABITAT TO AUTHORIZE AND

2:26:35AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A

2:26:37DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT

2:26:38AGREEMENT AND ANY OTHER

2:26:39DOCUMENTS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED

2:26:41TO CONVEY THE PROPERTY TO

2:26:42HABITAT SO THEY CAN CONTINUE

2:26:45AND PURSUE A LARGE DEVELOPMENT

2:26:48OF HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

2:26:49FOR THIS LOCATION.

2:26:52>> GREAT.

2:26:52>> THANK YOU ALL. WENDY, DO WE

2:26:54HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR

2:26:55PUBLIC TESTIMONY?

2:26:57>> NO, WE DO NOT.

2:26:58>> OKAY, COLLEAGUES, ANY

2:27:01QUESTIONS FOR OUR PRESENTERS OR

2:27:03COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? NOTHING.

2:27:09I WILL JUST SAY THAT THIS IS

2:27:11THE TYPE OF PROJECT WHERE TO ME

2:27:13IT DOES MAKE SENSE TO DO A

2:27:15PROPERTY DISPOSITION. I

2:27:17APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU ALL

2:27:18HAVE DONE WITH HABITAT TO

2:27:20EXPAND THE SPACE. IT'S VERY

2:27:21CLEAR FROM THE SLIDE THAT YOU

2:27:24PUT UP THAT THEIR PROPOSED

2:27:27DEVELOPMENT REALLY IS DEPENDENT

2:27:29ON HAVING THIS EXTRA PARCEL TO

2:27:30HAVE THE AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE

2:27:34THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THE TYPE OF,

2:27:38OF LIVING THAT THEY'RE HOPING

2:27:39TO CREATE HERE. SO THANK YOU

2:27:41FOR WORKING ON THIS ONE.

2:27:43COUNCILOR. RYAN, GO RIGHT AHEAD.

2:27:44>> YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M

2:27:46100% SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. EACH

2:27:48SITUATION IS DIFFERENT, BUT I

2:27:50WAS A COMMISSIONER OVERSEEING P,

2:27:53OVERSEEING THE HOUSING BUREAU

2:27:54AND ALSO HOMELESS SERVICES

2:27:57DOTTED LINE TO THE COUNTY. AND

2:27:59WE DID THAT ALONG PENINSULA

2:28:01CROSSING. AND IT ALLOWED US TO

2:28:04CLEAN UP, LET'S JUST SAY A

2:28:07NUISANCE IN TERMS OF FOR 13

2:28:10YEARS, PEOPLE IN SAINT JOHN'S

2:28:11COULDN'T USE THE BIKE PATH

2:28:14BETWEEN WILLAMETTE PARK DOWN TO

2:28:16COLUMBIA PARK, AND HAVING BOTH

2:28:19THE SAFEST VILLAGE AND DOING

2:28:20THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HABITAT

2:28:22HABITAT, HUMANITY ALLOWED US TO

2:28:24REALLY REPURPOSE THAT SPACE.

2:28:26AND I JUST RODE MY BIKE ALONG

2:28:28THERE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND

2:28:29IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD. AND I

2:28:32THINK THE MORE THAT WE CAN TURN

2:28:35OVER SUCH CITY PROPERTIES TO

2:28:37HOUSING AND HAVING MULTIPLE

2:28:40BUREAUS COME TOGETHER TO DO THE

2:28:41INFRASTRUCTURE WORK IS EXACTLY

2:28:44THE TYPE OF NIMBLE AND FOCUSED

2:28:45WORK WE SHOULD BE DOING AT THIS

2:28:47TIME. SO THIS DOES FEEL A

2:28:49LITTLE BIT LIKE THAT. SO I'M

2:28:50EXCITED THAT YOU'RE BRINGING

2:28:51THIS FORWARD. THANKS.

2:28:56>> COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER

2:28:57FEEDBACK? OKAY. I WOULD

2:29:01ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO MOVE THIS

2:29:02TO COUNCIL WITH A DUE PASS

2:29:04RECOMMENDATION IF FOLKS ARE

2:29:05INTERESTED.

2:29:06>> SO MOVED.

2:29:06>> TO PASS.

2:29:08>> I MOVE THAT WE SEND THIS

2:29:09ALONG.

2:29:10>> OKAY. I THINK WE FIRST HEARD

2:29:12A MOTION FROM COUNCILOR

2:29:13ZIMMERMAN. SO COUNCILOR RYAN,

2:29:14I'M GOING TO TAKE YOURS AS A

2:29:15SECOND, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

2:29:17>> THAT'S GREAT. I'M IN A

2:29:18DELAYED REACTION UP HERE.

2:29:19>> PERFECT. SO MOVED BY

2:29:21ZIMMERMAN SECONDED BY RYAN.

2:29:22WENDY, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL

2:29:23THE ROLL ZIMMERMAN.

2:29:27>> AVALOS.

2:29:29>> HI, RYAN. HI, MORILLO.

2:29:33>> HI, PIRTLE-GUINEY.

2:29:35>> HI.

2:29:36>> THE MOTION TO REFER IS

2:29:37APPROVED WITH FIVE VOTES.

2:29:40>> PERFECT. THANK YOU ALL SO

2:29:42MUCH.

2:29:42>> THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.

2:29:43>> OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON

2:29:45OCTOBER 27TH. WE'RE DOING A

2:29:47LITTLE BIT OF AGENDA SHUFFLING

2:29:48AT THAT MEETING BECAUSE ONE OF

2:29:49THE ITEMS THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY

2:29:51ON OUR POTENTIAL AGENDA HAD TO

2:29:54BE MOVED TO A LITTLE BIT LATER

2:29:56IN THE YEAR, BUT WE WILL HEAR

2:29:58ABOUT TWO MORE PARCELS OF LAND

2:30:00THAT THE BUREAU OF

2:30:01TRANSPORTATION IS INTERESTED IN.

2:30:05PUTTING, OR IN MOVING TO THE

2:30:07NEXT STEP OF THE DISPOSITION

2:30:09PROCESS. WE WILL ALSO HAVE A

2:30:11CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FUTURE

2:30:14OF REGULATION IN THE CABLE AND

2:30:16INTERNET SPACES AND FUNDING IN

2:30:18THOSE SPACES. LAST SPRING, WE

2:30:21LEARNED ABOUT THE DWINDLING

2:30:24FUNDS IN OUR CABLE REGULATORY

2:30:26SYSTEM, AND THIS IS A FOLLOW UP

2:30:28CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT COMES

2:30:30NEXT THERE. SO THOSE TWO THINGS

2:30:32ARE ON THE AGENDA, AND WE MAY

2:30:34BE ADDING ANOTHER ITEM AS WELL.

2:30:35I KNOW A FEW COUNCILORS HAVE

2:30:37THINGS IN THE WORKS THAT MAY OR

2:30:39MAY NOT BE READY FOR THE AGENDA

2:30:41BY THE TIME WE NEED TO SET THIS

2:30:43ONE. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER

2:30:45QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I WILL

2:30:49ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING. THANK

2:30:50YOU.