2026-10-20 - Housing & Permitting Committee

Summary

Based on uploaded (human-made) captions, not auto-generated; minor errors are possible. Captions show no text during the recess (2:22:40 to 2:38:13), about 15 minutes.

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

Topic	Minutes	Share
Climate and Health Standards for Buildings Code	152	93%
Community feedback	9	5%
Other business	3	2%

Tuesday, October 20, 2026.
The recording starts at 2:38 with a sound check; the chair called the meeting to order at 2:01 p.m. (6:05 on the recording), recessed at 2:22:40 and reconvened at 4:33 p.m. (2:38:17), and adjourned at 5:00 p.m. (3:05:19).
Councilor Avalos chaired, with Vice Chair Councilor Green, Councilor Koyama Lane and Councilor Novick present; Councilor Pirtle-Guiney was called but did not answer (her chief of staff later said she was unwell).
The only action was approval of the September minutes by unanimous consent.
No vote was taken on the ordinance, which the chair said will return on December 1.

Climate and Health Standards for Buildings Code

17:51-2:22:25, 2:38:13-3:05:19

Item 3, document 2026-377: an ordinance replacing City Code Chapter 17.104 with climate and health standards for large commercial and multifamily buildings. Councilor Avalos sponsors it; this was the second committee hearing (first on October 6). She limited testimony to two minutes each because more than 40 people had signed up.
Recap by Damon Motts-Story (Councilor Avalos's director of policy and communications): buildings are 42% of city emissions; the state building performance standard would reach only about 5% of emissions from covered Portland buildings, while the city standard would cover about 40% of building-sector emissions. The ordinance has three parts: annual energy reporting (adding multifamily residential), carbon performance standards (20% cuts in 2030, then another 20% every five years to zero by 2050, relying on state law that makes the two big electric utilities emissions-free by 2040), and disclosure to renters of energy costs, assistance programs, and whether a unit has cooling and a gas or electric heat source. Regulated affordable housing, K-12 schools and similar uses are exempt; there is a carbon impact fee when a building falls off track, alternative compliance pathways (including for campuses), and tenant protections (temporary relocation help, right to return, no pass-through of retrofit costs or fees to residential tenants). An Eco Northwest study found no net effect on rent plus utilities.
Support: the city Sustainability and Climate Commission (co-chair Vivek Shandas; endorsed August 20, asks later action on maximum indoor temperatures), the Coalition of Communities of Color (Samantha Hernandez, for a 28-organization letter), Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility (gas stove and indoor air health risks), 350 PDX, Portland for All, Earth Advantage, Breach Collective, a Green Energy Institute attorney, tenants and others. One tenant described winter heating bills near $300 a month as a reason for cost disclosure; a disability community member asked that the cost information also reach low-income buyers, and that condo and townhome owners get support.
Opposed or asking for a pause: Providence and Legacy health systems (campus plans lack an amendment process; planning near $1 billion of investment; asked for a pause rather than an exemption), OHSU, Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges and Universities, Portland State University (estimated more than $2 million a year) and Portland Community College (all asked to exempt higher education like K-12, PSU alternatively a delay), Multifamily NW (David Thompson; asked to separate decarbonization from unfunded retrofits), a business coalition led by Madeline Miller (20-organization letter; downtown recovery), Northwest Natural and the Northwest Gas Association (updated economic analysis, resilience, alignment with state standards), building trades and union representatives (UA Local 290, Columbia Pacific Building Trades Council, OPEIU Local 11), the Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association, small landlords and developers. Common asks: a pause, an updated economic analysis (the Eco Northwest study predates later changes), coordination with the state program, and funding. The Port of Portland asked for technical fixes (aviation buildings treated as industrial; ground-lease owner definition).
A testifier was cut off for using an offensive slur and told to leave.
After the recess Councilor Avalos said many concerns were already addressed through baseline-year flexibility, alternative compliance plans and the hardship and extension provisions in section 17.104.170 (nine listed situations), cited years of roundtables and a redline comparison of changes since 2022, and pointed to funding from the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund, Energy Trust of Oregon and state programs.
Councilor Novick asked for a speaker from New York City's implementation, how owners with early investments can document a baseline (commercial buildings have reported since 2015; multifamily does not have the same record), whether an efficiency target could be an alternative to a percent cut, case-study cost estimates for naturally occurring affordable housing for 2035 through 2045 and how much of the cost PCEF and others could cover, treatment of new buildings (this policy is for existing buildings) and of buildings that are half empty today (alternative compliance plans), and city administration costs as flexibility grows. A Bureau of Planning and Sustainability staffer and Director Eric Engstrom answered.
Councilor Green said he fully supports the policy, called the state-alignment critique weak because state standards are not aggressive enough, and said some testimony attacked provisions not in the policy.
Councilor Koyama Lane invited Chief Sustainability Officer Vivian Satterfield, who said building emissions must be addressed and the policy fits the climate action plan.
Devin Mullins, chief of staff to Councilor Pirtle-Guiney, read her statement: she supports the goals but has questions on contingency plans if utilities miss clean energy targets, definitions, discretionary enforcement, and hospital campuses, and wants to ask them in public.
Next step: the chair said the committee ran out of time, will review a flood of letters, work with the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability and attorneys on amendments, and bring a clean copy back December 1 for a hoped-for vote.

Community feedback

8:06-17:30

Item 2, document 2026-376: three speakers. A neighbor of a Habitat for Humanity construction site said an arborist found a very large Douglas fir at imminent risk of failure and asked the city and the builder to pay for emergency removal; a later online speaker backed that plea. A district resident criticized the council and the climate ordinance. An online speaker raised ethics and severance concerns about housing agency leaders and asked the committee to call for reform (claims by the speaker; not verified here).
The chair said she would follow up and asked speakers to contact her office.

Other business

September committee minutes were approved by unanimous consent.
The next meeting is Tuesday, November 17; there is no meeting on November 3 (Election Day). The chair said the ordinance returns at the following meeting, December 1.

Agenda

Public feedback; Climate and Health Standards for Buildings Code (replace Chapter 17.104), continued to Dec 1.

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Transcript

02:38>> AUDIO SOUNDS GREAT.

02:41>> AWESOME. CAN I TEST OUT THE

02:43SCREEN SHARE?

02:45>> YEAH, GO FOR IT.

02:47>> GREAT.

02:56>> OKAY.

02:58>> IT'S GETTING THERE. HASN'T

03:00STARTED YET.

03:01>> OKAY.

03:05>> I SEE YOUR ZOOM. LOGIN PAGE.

03:09IS THAT THE PAGE YOU WERE

03:10INTENDING TO SHOW UP THERE?

03:13THAT LOOKS BETTER.

03:15>> LIKE THAT.

03:16>> IT'S A SLIDE DECK, BUT IT'S

03:18NOT AT FULL SCREEN. BEAUTIFUL.

03:25PERFECT.

03:26>> OKAY, GREAT. I'M GOING TO

03:28STOP SHARING, AND I'LL GET BACK

03:29TO IT ONE MORE TIME.

03:32>> SOUNDS GREAT.

03:32>> THANK YOU.

05:59>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM GOING

06:00TO CALL THE MEETING OF THE

06:02HOUSING AND PERMITTING

06:03COMMITTEE TO ORDER ON TUESDAY,

06:05OCTOBER 20TH AT 2:01 P.M. DIEGO,

06:08PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

06:09>> GOOD AFTERNOON. GREEN HERE.

06:12PIRTLE-GUINEY. KOYAMA LANE HERE.

06:17>> NOVICK HERE.

06:19>> AVALOS.

06:19>> PRESENT. CLAIRE, CAN YOU

06:21PLEASE READ THE STATEMENT OF

06:22CONDUCT?

06:23>> THANK YOU. CHAIR. GOOD

06:24AFTERNOON, AND WELCOME TO THE

06:25MEETING OF THE HOUSING AND

06:27PERMITTING COMMITTEE TO TESTIFY

06:28BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE IN PERSON

06:29OR VIRTUALLY. YOU MUST SIGN UP

06:30IN ADVANCE ON THE COMMITTEE

06:32AGENDA AT

06:35PORTLAND.GOV/COUNCIL/AGENDA/HOUG

06:36AND PERMITTING COMMITTEE OR BY

06:37CALLING 311. REGISTRATION FOR

06:39VIRTUAL TESTIMONY CLOSES ONE

06:41HOUR PRIOR TO THE MEETING IN

06:42PERSON. TESTIFIERS MUST SIGN UP

06:44BEFORE THE AGENDA ITEM IS HEARD.

06:46IF PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE

06:47TAKEN ON AN ITEM, INDIVIDUALS

06:49MAY TESTIFY FOR THREE MINUTES

06:50UNLESS THE CHAIR STATES

06:52OTHERWISE, YOUR MICROPHONE WILL

06:53BE MUTED. WHEN YOUR TIME IS

06:54OVER, THE CHAIR PRESERVES ORDER

06:56DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT SUCH AS

06:57SHOUTING, REFUSING TO CONCLUDE

06:59YOUR TESTIMONY WHEN YOUR TIME

07:00IS UP, OR INTERRUPTING OTHERS

07:02TESTIMONY OR COMMITTEE

07:03DELIBERATIONS WILL NOT BE

07:04ALLOWED. IF YOU CAUSE A

07:05DISRUPTION, A WARNING WILL BE

07:06GIVEN. FURTHER DISRUPTION WILL

07:08RESULT IN EJECTION FROM THE

07:09MEETING. ANYONE WHO FAILS TO

07:10LEAVE ONCE EJECTED IS SUBJECT

07:11TO ARREST FOR TRESPASS.

07:13ADDITIONALLY, THE COMMITTEE MAY

07:14TAKE A SHORT RECESS AND

07:15RECONVENE VIRTUALLY. YOUR

07:17TESTIMONY SHOULD ADDRESS THE

07:18MATTER BEING CONSIDERED WHEN

07:19TESTIFYING. STATE YOUR NAME FOR

07:21THE RECORD. IF YOU ARE A

07:22LOBBYIST, IDENTIFY THE

07:23ORGANIZATION YOU REPRESENT. AND

07:24FINALLY, VIRTUAL TESTIFIERS

07:26SHOULD UNMUTE THEMSELVES WHEN

07:27THE CLERK CALLS YOUR NAME.

07:28THANK YOU.

07:30>> THANK YOU. CLAIRE. WE HAVE

07:31TWO MAIN ITEMS ON TODAY'S

07:33AGENDA. WE'LL START OFF, AS WE

07:34ALWAYS DO, WITH SOME PUBLIC

07:36COMMENTS ON HOUSING AND

07:36PERMITTING ISSUES OF CONCERN OR

07:38INTEREST, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE

07:39AMPLE TIME FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY

07:41AND DISCUSSION ON THE CLIMATE

07:43AND HEALTH STANDARDS POLICY.

07:45BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THOSE

07:46ITEMS, WE NEED TO ADOPT CLIMATE

07:48OR COMMITTEE MINUTES. AND SO

07:51LET'S SEE, WE ARE APPROVING OUR

07:53COMMITTEE MINUTES FOR OUR

07:54SEPTEMBER MEETINGS, AND THEY

07:56ARE APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS

07:57CONSENT. SO ARE THERE ANY

07:59OBJECTIONS? SEEING NONE,

08:01MINUTES ARE APPROVED. DIEGO,

08:03PLEASE READ ITEM TWO.

08:06>> ITEM TWO. DOCUMENT NUMBER

08:092026-376. HOUSING AND

08:10PERMITTING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.

08:12>> GREAT. WE WILL TAKE SOME

08:14FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY ON

08:15ISSUES RELATED TO HOUSING AND

08:16PERMITTING. SO GO AHEAD AND

08:18CALL UP OUR TESTIFIERS.

08:20>> WE HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS

08:21SIGNED UP LACEY SUTTON, BRIAN

08:25OHLENDORF, AMBER COOK.

08:31>> WELCOME. GO AHEAD.

08:35>> LACEY SUTTON, I ONCE ASKED

08:39AN EXPERT IF A TREE ON OUR

08:42PROPERTY, A 125 FOOT TALL, 50

08:44INCH WIDE DOUGLAS FIR, WAS MORE

08:47LIKELY TO FALL AWAY FROM THE

08:48DAMAGE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY DID

08:49TO ITS CRITICAL ROUTE SYSTEM

08:51DURING CONSTRUCTION, OR TOWARD

08:53IT AWAY FROM OUR HOUSES OR

08:56TOWARD THEM. AND I WILL NEVER

08:57FORGET HIS RESPONSE. HE ASKED

08:59ME, DO YOU LIKE GOING TO VEGAS?

09:02AND I SAID, NO. AND HE SAID, ME

09:05NEITHER. THE CITY OF PORTLAND,

09:07THOUGH, LIKES GOING TO VEGAS.

09:11HABITAT LIKES GOING TO VEGAS,

09:13LIKES BETTING ON OUR LIVES, ON

09:14OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES. THEY BOTH

09:18KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE

09:19RESOURCES TO TAKE THEM ON IN

09:20COURT. THEY KNOW THAT WILL

09:23CHANGE IF THAT TREE FALLS

09:24TOWARD THE DAMAGE THEY CAUSED

09:26AND ALLOWED, ESPECIALLY AFTER

09:27I'VE BEEN MAKING SUCH A FUSS

09:28ABOUT IT. OVER A YEAR AGO, I

09:30FILED A CODE COMPLAINT. I SENT

09:32THE CITY PHOTOS OF THE

09:34EXCAVATION AND CONSTRUCTION

09:35THAT OCCURRED HORRIFICALLY

09:36CLOSE TO THIS TREE. YOU DON'T

09:38HAVE TO BE AN EXPERT TO SEE IT,

09:40BUT THEY SENT OUT AN INSPECTOR,

09:42SAID THE TREE WAS FINE. DOES

09:44THAT SOUND FAMILIAR TO YOU?

09:48WASN'T THERE JUST A LAWSUIT

09:49THAT WENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

09:51THE CITY SAID IT WAS FINE. AND

09:52THEN THE TREE FELL ON THE HOUSE

09:54AND NEARLY KILLED A CHILD. DID

09:56ANYBODY LEARN ANYTHING FROM

09:58THAT, OR DID WE JUST CUT THEM A

10:00CHECK? I SET UP MY PHONE ON THE

10:04GROUND NEAR OUR TREE ON

10:05THURSDAY NIGHT, WHICH WAS A

10:06LITTLE WINDY, AND I SENT THE

10:08VIDEO I TOOK TO THE HIGHLY

10:10QUALIFIED ARBORIST WHO IS DOING

10:12A RISK ASSESSMENT FOR US. I

10:13ASKED IF IT WAS NORMAL FOR THE

10:15GROUND TO MOVE LIKE THAT. HE

10:21TOLD ME THIS TREE'S LIKELIHOOD

10:22OF FAILURE IS IMMINENT, NOT

10:24JUST POSSIBLE OR PROBABLE

10:27IMMINENT. IN THE ARBOR

10:31ARBORICULTURAL WORLD, THAT WORD

10:33MEANS IT COULD FALL OVER AT ANY

10:35MINUTE. EMERGENCY REMOVAL IS

10:37REQUIRED NOW, AND IT'S GOING TO

10:39BE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE THE TREE

10:41IS SO CLOSE TO THE HOUSE, THEY

10:42MIGHT NEED A CRANE OR TWO. WE

10:45MAY HAVE TO EVACUATE. DO YOU

10:47HAVE ANY IDEA HOW THAT MIGHT

10:49DISRUPT OUR LIVES? WHERE ARE WE

10:50GOING TO GO? A HOTEL FOR A DAY

10:53OR TWO. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY

10:55FOR THIS. AND I'M NOT GOING TO

10:57WASTE MY TIME EXPLAINING THAT

10:58WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.

11:00THIS IS ON HABITAT AND IT'S ON

11:02THE CITY. AND I DON'T EVEN CARE

11:04HOW YOU WANT TO SPLIT THE BILL.

11:07I DON'T CARE WHERE THE MONEY

11:08COMES FROM, SO LONG AS IT'S NOT

11:10OUR WALLETS, OUR DINNER TABLES,

11:13OUR GAS TANKS, OUR MEDICINE

11:15CABINETS. I'VE DONE ENOUGH

11:17FIGURING THIS OUT. IT'S YOUR

11:20TURN NOW. FIGURE THIS OUT FOR

11:23US TODAY, KIDS ARE GOING TO BE

11:25GETTING OFF THE BUS IN AN HOUR,

11:27AND THE ARBORIST SAID HE

11:29WOULDN'T EVEN PARK HIS CAR NEAR

11:30THAT TREE. TEN CHILDREN WILL

11:32SLEEP UNDER IT TONIGHT. AND A

11:35BUILDING. HE ASSURED ME THIS

11:38TREE WOULD SLICE IN HALF. BUT

11:40HEY, IT'S LIKE A 5050 CHANCE.

11:43MAYBE IT FALLS AWAY, YOU KNOW?

11:46SO LIKE HEADS OR TAILS, YOU

11:47KNOW? I'M GOING TO SEE YOU GUYS

11:51TOMORROW. THANK YOU.

11:54>> THANK YOU. LACEY.

11:56>> MY NAME IS BRIAN ORNDORF.

11:57I'M A DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENT

11:59BUSINESS OWNER AND COMMERCIAL

12:00REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL WITH

12:01MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF

12:03EXPERIENCE SINCE 2008, I'VE

12:05DELIVERED $1.5 BILLION OF

12:07OFFICE, APARTMENT, AND MIXED

12:08USE DEVELOPMENTS IN PORTLAND'S

12:09URBAN CORE, AND HAVE COMPLETED

12:11MORE THAN 5,000,000FT OF OFFICE

12:12LEASING OVER MY CAREER. I

12:15UNDERSTAND WHAT ATTRACTS

12:16INVESTMENT AND WHAT DRIVES IT

12:18AWAY. PORTLAND HAS AN INCOME

12:22PROBLEM AND A JOBS PROBLEM, YET

12:25CITY HALL KEEPS PROPOSING NEW

12:27MANDATES THAT MAKES DOING

12:28BUSINESS MORE EXPENSIVE. FOR

12:30THE PAST 20 MONTHS, THE

12:31PEACOCKS HAS OPERATED AS A BAD

12:33IDEA FACTORY, CHURNING OUT DSA

12:35AND ACLU BACKED POLICY

12:37EXPERIMENTS THAT DO VIRTUALLY

12:39NOTHING TO ADDRESS PORTLAND'S

12:41MOST URGENT PROBLEMS PUBLIC

12:43SAFETY, HOMELESSNESS, UNTREATED

12:45MENTAL ILLNESS, ECONOMIC

12:48DECLINE, AND THE DETERIORATING

12:49QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL

12:51PORTLAND RESIDENTS. INSTEAD OF

12:53GOVERNING, YOU'VE PRIORITIZED

12:55IDEOLOGICAL POSTURING OVER

12:57PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS AND

12:58POLITICAL AGENDAS OVER THE

13:00NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED

13:01YOU. INSTEAD OF GOVERNING,

13:05YOU'VE PRIORITIZED IDENTITY,

13:08ILLOGICAL POSTURING. THIS 2026

13:11377 LEGISLATION IS AMONG THE

13:13MOST RECKLESS, YET ITS

13:15POTENTIAL ECONOMIC DAMAGE

13:17THREATENS TO SURPASS EVEN THE

13:18HARM INFLICTED BY YOUR PREVIOUS

13:19PARADE OF DISASTROUS POLICIES.

13:22PORTLAND'S BUSINESSES ARE

13:23STRUGGLING, INVESTMENT IS

13:25FLEEING. EMPLOYERS ARE

13:26RECONSIDERING THEIR FUTURE HERE,

13:27AND TAXPAYERS ARE INCREASINGLY

13:29BEING ASKED TO SUBSIDIZE THE

13:31CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR FAILURES.

13:33HOW MANY BUSINESSES MUST LEAVE?

13:35HOW MANY JOBS MUST DISAPPEAR?

13:38HOW MUCH MORE INVESTMENT MUST

13:40PORTLAND LOSE BEFORE THIS

13:40COUNCIL ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY

13:42FOR THE DAMAGE IT'S CAUSED

13:44CAUSING PORTLAND DOES NOT NEED

13:47ANOTHER IDEOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT

13:49DESIGNED TO SATISFY POLITICAL

13:51ACTIVISTS. IT NEEDS COMPETENT

13:53LEADERSHIP, FISCAL DISCIPLINE,

13:55PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLICIES

13:57GROUNDED ON ECONOMIC REALITY.

13:59YOUR JOB IS TO GOVERN FOR ALL

14:01PORTLANDERS, NOT TO USE THE

14:03CITY AS A LABORATORY FOR THE

14:05DSA'S POLITICAL AGENDA. STOP

14:08MANUFACTURING PROBLEMS. STOP

14:09PUNISHING THE PEOPLE WHO CREATE

14:11JOBS AND GENERATE TAX REVENUE,

14:12AND START FIXING THE CITY YOU

14:14HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED TO LEAD.

14:17THANK YOU.

14:20>> AMBER IS ONLINE. AMBER,

14:22YOU'RE WELCOME TO UNMUTE AND

14:23BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY.

14:28>> GREAT. THANK YOU. GREETINGS,

14:30COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS

14:33AMBER COOK. I'M HERE WITH SOME

14:35CONSIDERATION ON THE

14:36REOCCURRING MISCONDUCT OF OUR

14:37HOUSING AUTHORITY LEADERS. LAST

14:40MONTH, ANDRIA BELL, THE

14:41DIRECTOR OF THE STATE HOUSING

14:43AGENCY, WAS EXPOSED FOR

14:45MISCONDUCT AND ETHICS

14:47VIOLATIONS. SHE NEGLECTED

14:48DISCLOSED THAT SHE IS MARRIED

14:50THIS WHOLE TIME AND THAT HER

14:52HUSBAND WORKS IN HOUSING

14:54DEVELOPMENT, RUNNING A COMPANY

14:56THAT HER HOUSING AGENCY HAS

14:58AWARDED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO.

15:00A YEAR AGO, MAGGIE HARRIS SAT

15:02ON THE HOUSING STABILITY

15:03COUNCIL AND REPEATEDLY VOTED

15:05YES ON GIVING THE ARCHITECTURE

15:07PHONE FIRM. SHE WORKS FOR FOUR

15:09DIFFERENT LUCRATIVE HOUSING

15:10CONTRACTS, WITH NO DISCLOSURE

15:12UNTIL A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC

15:14WATCHING THOSE MEETINGS EXPOSED

15:17TO OUR CITY. HOUSING OFFICIALS

15:18ARE HIGHLY PAID AND ALSO FIRED

15:22OR REMOVED VERY EXTENSIVELY ON

15:23OUR BACKS, EVEN WHEN MISCONDUCT

15:26IS INVOLVED. AS WE ALL KNOW

15:29THIS YEAR WITH IVORY MATTHEWS,

15:31CEO OF HOME FORWARD, FORCED TO

15:33STEP DOWN AFTER BEING EXPOSED

15:34FOR ABUSING TAXPAYER MONEY AND

15:37DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION,

15:39RIGHT, SHE LEFT WITH 171,000

15:42SEVERANCE, PLUS ANOTHER 500,000

15:45IN CAREER 50,000. EXCUSE ME, IN

15:47CAREER TRANSITION SERVICES,

15:49THAT'S 220,000. WE TAXPAYERS

15:52PAID FOR HER ABUSING US ABOVE

15:54HER 343,000 YEARLY SALARY,

15:57ALONG WITH CAR ALLOWANCE AND OF

16:00COURSE, THE 100 K OR MORE SHE

16:02STOLE FROM US FOR VACATION. SHE

16:04DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY BACK. OPENED

16:08AN INVESTIGATION ON MAGGIE

16:09HARRIS, BUT SHE WAS ONLY ISSUED

16:10A WARNING LETTER. IT'S

16:13DISTURBING THAT WE TAXPAYERS

16:15ARE BURDENED WITH PAYING THEM

16:17SO MUCH OF OUR MONEY FOR

16:19SALARIES THAT HAVE MYSTERIOUSLY

16:21SKYROCKETED EACH AND EVERY YEAR

16:22IN THE LAST DECADE, WHILE

16:25RIDING ATOP A 14 YEAR HOUSING

16:27CRISIS THAT IS ONLY GETTING

16:29SUBSTANTIALLY WORSE EVERY

16:30SINGLE YEAR. TO SEE HOW MUCH

16:34MISCONDUCT IS OCCURRING

16:36UNCHECKED AND UNPUNISHED IS

16:37ALSO DISTURBING AND WORSE,

16:39KNOWING WE WILL AGAIN BE

16:41FOOTING THE SHOCKINGLY LARGE

16:42BILL FOR THEIR SAFETY NETS. HOW

16:44MUCH WILL BELL GET FOR HER

16:45KNOWING VIOLATIONS THAT HAVE

16:47BEEN ENRICHING HER HOUSEHOLD

16:49UNETHICALLY FOR THE LAST 2 TO 3

16:51YEARS? WHAT CHANCE IS THERE

16:53THAT THERE IS NO LINK BETWEEN

16:55THE DEGREE OF MISCONDUCT BEING

16:57ALLOWED AND THE LENGTH AND THE

16:59SEVERITY OF THE HOUSING CRISIS?

17:01HOW IS IT PORTLANDERS ARE TOLD

17:03THAT WE LACK MONEY IN THE

17:04BUDGET FOR BASIC SERVICES, BUT

17:06SOMEHOW THERE'S ALMOST YET

17:09ANOTHER GOLDEN PARACHUTE FOR

17:10THE NEXT CRIMINAL DIRECTOR OR

17:12CEO OF HOUSING SALARIES. THEY

17:16DO NEED TO BE RECONSIDERED.

17:18GOLDEN PARACHUTES ELIMINATED,

17:22MISCONDUCT PUNISHED. AND I HOPE

17:24THIS COMMITTEE WILL CALL FOR IT

17:26EVEN STRONGER AT THE CITY LEVEL.

17:28THANK YOU.

17:30>> THAT CONCLUDES TESTIMONY.

17:35>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND

17:38SHARING YOUR

17:40>> COMMENTS WITH US. LET'S GET

17:42SOME FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF THOSE

17:44IF YOU WANT TO REACH OUT TO MY

17:46OFFICE. OKAY. SO OH YEAH, GO

17:48AHEAD AND CALL THE NEXT ITEM,

17:50PLEASE.

17:51>> ITEM THREE. DOCUMENT NUMBER

17:552026-377. CLIMATE AND HEALTH

17:57STANDARD AT CLIMATE AND HEALTH

17:59STANDARDS FOR BUILDING CODES TO

18:00REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS OF

18:02COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY

18:04RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND

18:05PROVIDE INFORMATION TO TENANTS

18:07TO IMPROVE THE AFFORDABILITY,

18:08HEALTH AND RESILIENCE OF RENTAL

18:10HOUSING. REPLACE CODE. CHAPTER

18:1417.104.

18:16>> THANK YOU. THAT'S A MOUTHFUL.

18:17APPRECIATE YOU DIEGO. ALL RIGHT.

18:19SO COLLEAGUES, WE ARE MOVING

18:20FORWARD WITH OUR NEXT STEP IN

18:22THE PROCESS OF CONSIDERING CODE

18:23CHANGES TO ADOPT THE CLIMATE

18:25AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR LARGE

18:27BUILDINGS IN PORTLAND. THIS IS

18:28AN EXCITING POLICY BECAUSE IT

18:30TACKLES MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH

18:31RENTAL HOUSING AT ONCE, A LACK

18:34OF INFORMATION ABOUT A

18:35BUILDING'S ENERGY USE AND COST

18:36BURDEN FOR TENANTS CONSIDERING

18:37APPLYING TO RENT A UNIT, AND

18:39THE HUGE CUMULATIVE IMPACT OF

18:41POLLUTION EMITTED BY PORTLAND

18:42BUILDINGS DUE TO COMBUSTION OF

18:44FOSSIL FUELS AND WOOD ON SITE

18:46FOR HEATING. BY ADOPTING THE

18:48CLIMATE AND HEALTH STANDARDS,

18:49WE CAN SOLVE BOTH OF THESE

18:50ISSUES AT THE SAME TIME. WE CAN

18:51CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE

18:53PORTLANDERS BREATHE CLEAN AIR

18:54THAT IS UNPOLLUTED BY THE

18:55APPLIANCES IN LARGE COMMERCIAL

18:57AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. WE

18:58CAN MAKE IT SO THAT RENTERS

19:00KNOW UPFRONT BEFORE SIGNING A

19:01LEASE, HOW MUCH TO BUDGET FOR

19:02THEIR ENERGY BILLS, AND WHETHER

19:04A UNIT HAS AIR CONDITIONING.

19:05THIS IS ESSENTIAL INFORMATION

19:07IN OUR CURRENT AFFORDABILITY

19:08CRISIS. ELECTRICITY BILLS IN

19:10PORTLAND HAVE RISEN BY 50% ON

19:12AVERAGE OVER THE PAST FIVE

19:13YEARS, OUTPACING INFLATION.

19:16THIS IS ALSO ESSENTIAL

19:17INFORMATION FOR ALL OF US

19:18LIVING IN A CLIMATE CRISIS.

19:20CLIMATE CHANGE IS MAKING IT SO

19:21THAT EXTREME HEAT EVENTS HAPPEN

19:24INCREASINGLY OFTEN, SUCH AS THE

19:252021 HEAT DOME THAT TRAGICALLY

19:27CLAIMED THE LIVES OF DOZENS AND

19:29DOZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS,

19:31MANY OF WHOM, MANY OF WHOM WERE

19:33AT HOME AND WITHOUT COOLING A

19:36WHOPPING 42% OF OUR CITY'S

19:39CARBON FOOTPRINT COMES FROM

19:40HEATING, COOLING AND POWERING

19:42BUILDINGS. BY REDUCING ALLOWED

19:43EMISSIONS GRADUALLY OVER TIME,

19:45WE CAN HELP ENSURE THAT OUR

19:46CITY MEETS ITS CLIMATE

19:47EMERGENCY WORK PLAN GOALS AND

19:49SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVE ZERO

19:51GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY

19:532050. THESE ARE IMPORTANT

19:55HOUSING POLICY ISSUES. IT IS UP

19:57TO US TO DO OUR PART AND TARGET

20:00THE EMISSIONS THAT WE CANNOT

20:01IMPACT. BY MAKING DIFFERENT

20:02CHOICES IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES.

20:03OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE LOOKING TO

20:04US TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE

20:06DOES THEIR FAIR SHARE. TO

20:07ADDRESS OUR CITY'S CONTRIBUTION

20:08TO CLIMATE CHANGE, AND

20:10EVERYTHING THAT WE DO MATTERS.

20:11LOWERING EMISSIONS MEANS BETTER

20:12WEATHER OUTCOMES LONG TERM. AND

20:14MANY OF THE SAME SOLUTIONS THAT

20:15LOWER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

20:17ALSO MAKE US BETTER PREPARED TO

20:18SURVIVE AND THRIVE AMIDST

20:20INCREASING EXTREME WEATHER. THE

20:22STATE OF OREGON HAS PASSED

20:23POLICY REQUIRING OUR TWO

20:25BIGGEST ELECTRIC UTILITIES TO

20:26BE EMISSIONS FREE BY 2040, AND

20:28THE STATE HAS PASSED BUILDING

20:29PERFORMANCE STANDARDS THAT HELP

20:31ADDRESS COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS,

20:3220,000FT AND LARGER AND

20:34RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS 35,000FT

20:36AND LARGER. BUT WE HAVE HEARD

20:38FROM OUR EXPERTS AT THE BUREAU

20:40OF PLANNING AND SUSTAINABILITY

20:41THAT THE STATE POLICIES DON'T

20:42GO FAR ENOUGH TO ADDRESS

20:43POLLUTION FROM PORTLAND

20:45BUILDINGS. OUR CLIMATE AND

20:46HEALTH STANDARDS WOULD COVER

20:47ABOUT 40% OF PORTLAND'S

20:49BUILDING SECTOR EMISSIONS,

20:50MAKING A SUBSTANTIAL DENT IN

20:51THE SECTOR, WHERE ALL HANDS ARE

20:53ON DECK ARE NEEDED BETWEEN

20:55LARGE BUILDING OWNERS AND SMALL

20:56SCALE PROPERTY OWNERS. WE SPENT

20:59A GOOD DEAL OF OUR TIME AT OUR

21:02HOUSING AND PLANNING COMMITTEE

21:03MEETING ON OCTOBER 5TH SIXTH

21:04EARLIER THIS MONTH, LEARNING

21:06ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS

21:07POLICY PROPOSAL SIX YEARS IN

21:09THE MAKING WITH EXTENSIVE

21:10COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT

21:11THE PROCESS. WE ALSO HAD A

21:13CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND

21:14HEAR FROM EXPERTS NEAR AND FAR

21:16ABOUT HOW WE LANDED AT THIS

21:18PARTICULAR APPROACH AND HOW

21:19OTHER CITIES WITH BUILDING

21:21STANDARDS HAVE DEALT WITH IT,

21:22SUCH AS SEATTLE, NEW YORK,

21:24BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE,

21:26MASSACHUSETTS. NOW IT IS TIME

21:28TO DIG BACK INTO THIS POLICY,

21:29GET A REFRESHER ON WHAT IT DOES

21:31AND HOW WE GOT HERE, AND HEAR

21:33FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THEIR

21:34CURRENT THOUGHTS ON THE

21:35PROPOSAL. AND THEN WE WILL MOVE

21:36TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY. I'LL NOTE

21:38FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT

21:39WE WILL BE LIMITING TESTIMONY

21:41TO TWO MINUTES PER PERSON,

21:42SINCE WE HAVE OVER 40 PEOPLE

21:43SIGNED UP TO TESTIFY. SO WE CAN

21:45MAKE SURE TO GET THROUGH ALL OF

21:47THAT IN THIS MEETING, AND THEN

21:48WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO

21:49DISCUSS THE POLICY AS

21:50COUNCILORS ON THIS COMMITTEE. I

21:53WILL ALSO HAND OUT SOME

21:54DOCUMENTS HERE FOR THE

21:55COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN A MOMENT.

21:58SO TO KICK US OFF, I AM EXCITED

22:00TO ANNOUNCE MY NEWEST TEAM

22:01MEMBER, DAMON MOTTS STORY, OUR

22:03DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND

22:05COMMUNICATIONS, TO GROUND OUR

22:07DISCUSSION AND WHERE WE HAVE

22:08BEEN SO FAR. SO, DAMON, TAKE IT

22:11AWAY.

22:12>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILOR

22:14AVALOS, CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY.

22:15>> CAN WE PUT UP THE VOLUME IN

22:17THE CHAMBERS? TRY AGAIN.

22:20>> TESTING. ONE. TWO. THREE.

22:21ONE TWO. THREE. FOUR. FIVE. SIX.

22:23DOES THAT SOUND ALL RIGHT?

22:25>> LAPTOP. MICROPHONE. WELL.

22:27>> OKAY, ONE MORE TIME. DAMON.

22:31>> TESTING 123456. CAN YOU HEAR

22:34ME? ALL RIGHT.

22:34>> MUCH BETTER.

22:35>> THANK YOU. AFTERNOON. IT'S

22:36WONDERFUL TO BE WITH YOU ALL.

22:38FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS

22:39DAMON MOTT STORY, AND I AM HERE

22:41TO PRESENT A QUICK RECAP ON THE

22:43CLIMATE AND HEALTH STANDARDS.

22:44I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN.

22:51HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. SO THE

22:53CLIMATE AND HEALTH STANDARDS IS

22:55COUNCILOR AVALOS WAS SHARING

22:56WITH US WERE SHARED IN GREATER

22:58DETAIL. ON OCTOBER 6TH. I'M

23:00GOING TO TAKE US THROUGH JUST A

23:02QUICK RECAP OF THE POLICY AND

23:04THAT DISCUSSION. AND WE'LL GO

23:06THROUGH REAL QUICK HERE SO WE

23:07CAN GET TO THE TESTIMONY. SO

23:10PART ONE, THE PROBLEM, WHAT ARE

23:12WE ACTUALLY TRYING TO SOLVE?

23:13LET'S GET INTO IT. SO LARGE

23:16BUILDINGS IN PORTLAND ARE A

23:17MAJOR SOURCE OF POLLUTION AND

23:18CARBON EMISSIONS. THEY'RE A

23:19COMBINED TOTAL OF 42% OF THE

23:21CITY OF PORTLAND'S EMISSIONS.

23:23AND 16% OF THE CITY'S EMISSIONS

23:25COME FROM LARGE BUILDINGS ALONE.

23:27IT'S NOT JUST CARBON POLLUTION

23:28THAT WE'RE SOLVING FOR HERE.

23:30IT'S ALSO AIR POLLUTION.

23:33BUILDINGS MAKE UP CUMULATIVE, A

23:35REALLY LARGE SOURCE OF INDOOR

23:37AND OUTDOOR NITROGEN OXIDE

23:38POLLUTION, POLLUTION. SO

23:40SOLVING FOR GREENHOUSE GAS

23:41EMISSIONS IN THIS EQUATION ALSO

23:43SOLVES FOR A PUBLIC HEALTH

23:45ISSUE THAT IMPACTS PORTLANDERS,

23:47REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE.

23:50BREAKING IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

23:51THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT

23:53BUILDING ENERGY USE IS

23:54CURRENTLY A MIX OF A WHOLE LOT

23:55OF DIFFERENT THINGS. SO IT'S

23:57ELECTRICITY, OF COURSE, AND

23:58THAT ELECTRICITY IS POWERED BY

23:59BOTH RENEWABLES AND FOSSIL

24:00FUELS. A BIG MIX OF ELECTRICITY

24:02FROM PACIFIC POWER AND PORTLAND

24:04GENERAL ELECTRIC. IN SOME

24:06BUILDINGS, THERE'S STILL THINGS

24:08LIKE OIL AND WOOD BURNING THAT

24:10IS USED FOR ENERGY USE. AND

24:11THEN A LOT OF BUILDINGS ALSO

24:13RELY ON GAS APPLIANCES,

24:15FURNACES, HOT WATER HEATERS,

24:16ETC. THAT ALSO VENT TO THE

24:19OUTDOOR AIR AND CONTRIBUTE TO

24:22GREENHOUSE GAS AND AIR

24:23POLLUTION. SO THIS IS THE

24:24ENERGY MIX OF BUILDINGS RIGHT

24:26NOW. OUR DREAM AND OUR VISION

24:28FOR 2050 IS THAT PORTLAND

24:30BUILDINGS ARE POWERED BY 100%

24:32EMISSIONS FREE ELECTRICITY. AND

24:34THAT'S BECAUSE OREGON LAW

24:36REQUIRES PACIFIC POWER AND

24:37PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC TO

24:39SWITCH TO 100% EMISSIONS FREE

24:41ELECTRICITY BY 2040. AND THEN

24:44WITH THE CLIMATE AND HEALTH

24:45STANDARDS, WE WOULD GRADUALLY,

24:48GRADUALLY MOVE TOWARDS REMOVING

24:50EMISSIONS IN LARGE BUILDINGS IN

24:51PORTLAND AND ENSURE THAT THE

24:54ELECTRICITY THAT THEY'RE

24:54POWERED BY COMES FROM RENEWABLE

24:56SOURCES. ANOTHER LARGE PART OF

24:59THE PROBLEM IS THAT ENERGY

25:00COSTS FOR RENTALS ARE NOT

25:03TRANSPARENT, AND WE'RE IN THE

25:04MIDST OF A REALLY HISTORIC

25:05AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. NOW, AS

25:07WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT AGO, BOTH

25:09OF OUR MAJOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES

25:11HAVE INCREASED RATES BY A VERY

25:13LARGE AMOUNT OVER THE PAST FIVE

25:16YEARS. THAT HAS OUTPACED

25:17INFLATION. IN JUST THIS ONE

25:19EXAMPLE, OREGON CITIZENS

25:21UTILITY BOARD SPOKESPERSON

25:22CHARLOTTE SHUFF WAS SHARING IT

25:24WITH OPB EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT

25:26THERE'S BEEN A NEARLY 50%

25:28INCREASE BETWEEN 2021 AND 2025

25:31FOR PGE ALONE. SO THESE COSTS

25:33ARE REALLY STACKING UP. AND AS

25:36WE HEARD AT THE COMMITTEE

25:37HEARING ON OCTOBER 6TH, TARYN

25:40EVANS FROM THE COALITION

25:41COMMUNITIES OF COLOR REMINDED

25:42US THAT IN MANY OF THE

25:43WORKSHOPS AROUND ENERGY BURDEN

25:44AND COST, THAT THEY HEARD ABOUT

25:47TOUGH CHOICES THAT MANY

25:48COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY MEMBERS

25:49FACE, SUCH AS CHOOSING TO PAY

25:51ENERGY BILLS OR FOR MEDICATION

25:53AND GROCERIES. THESE ARE

25:54CHOICES THAT PEOPLE SHOULD

25:55NEVER HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN.

25:57AND SO BY MAKING THESE COSTS

26:00MORE TRANSPARENT AND ALLOWING

26:01PEOPLE TO PLAN AND PREPARE, AND

26:03ALSO KNOW ABOUT UTILITY BILL

26:05ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, WE CAN

26:06HELP TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE AND

26:09AND SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF ENERGY

26:12BURDEN. WE'VE HEARD A LITTLE

26:15BIT ALSO ABOUT OREGON'S

26:16BUILDING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS,

26:18A LAW PASSED IN 2023 THAT

26:20ADDRESSES BUILDING PERFORMANCE

26:21AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY STATEWIDE.

26:24NOW, THIS IS A PRETTY BUSY

26:25SLIDE THAT I'M NOT GOING TO GO

26:27SUPER IN DEPTH ON, BUT YOU CAN

26:29CHECK OUT THE OREGON DEPARTMENT

26:30OF ENERGY'S WEBSITE FOR THIS

26:32GRAPHIC AND MORE INFORMATION.

26:33THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS THAT

26:35THE STATE STANDARD ONLY COVERS

26:37COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, OVER

26:3920,000FT, AND RESIDENTIAL

26:40BUILDINGS OVER 35,000FT, AND

26:43THAT LEAVES A SIGNIFICANT

26:44AMOUNT OF PORTLAND'S BUILDING

26:46EMISSIONS UNCOVERED. WE HEARD

26:48FROM THE BUREAU OF AND PLANNING

26:49AND STATE BUREAU OF PLANNING

26:50AND SUSTAINABILITY ON OCTOBER

26:526TH. THAT WOULD ONLY GET AT

26:53ABOUT 5% OF THE CARBON

26:55EMISSIONS FROM PORTLAND'S

26:56COVERED BUILDINGS, BUT THAT OUR

26:58CLIMATE AND HEALTH STANDARDS,

26:59IF PASSED, WOULD COVER ABOUT

27:0040% OF PORTLAND'S BUILDING

27:02SECTOR EMISSIONS. SO THIS HELPS

27:04TO FILL IN THE GAPS. WHICH

27:07BRINGS ME TO THE SOLUTION.

27:08RIGHT. SO THIS WAS THE PROBLEM.

27:10NOW, THE CLIMATE AND HEALTH

27:12SOLUTION, CLIMATE AND HEALTH

27:13STANDARDS ARE THE SOLUTION. AND

27:14LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THAT

27:16MEANS. THE ORDINANCE ITSELF

27:18DOES SORT OF THREE BROAD

27:20CATEGORY ISSUES MULTIFAMILY,

27:22RESIDENTIAL, ANNUAL ENERGY

27:24REPORTING, ADDING RESIDENTIAL

27:26BUILDINGS TO THE ALREADY

27:28EXISTING STANDARD FOR

27:29COMMERCIAL AND ANNUAL ENERGY

27:31REPORTING FOR BUILDINGS. AND

27:32THAT JUST MEANS THAT WE ARE

27:34TRACKING THE DATA MUCH BETTER

27:36FOR WHAT OUR LARGE BUILDINGS

27:38ARE DOING AND HOW MUCH ENERGY

27:39THEY'RE CONSUMING, AND FROM

27:40WHAT SOURCES. THE ORDINANCE

27:43ALSO SETS MINIMUM CARBON

27:44PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, AND

27:45THAT'S THE MECHANISM BY WHICH

27:47WE ACTUALLY TRACK REDUCING

27:48EMISSIONS FROM LARGE BUILDINGS

27:49DOWN TO ZERO. AND THEN THE

27:52CLIMATE AND HEALTH INFORMATION

27:53AND TRANSPARENCY FOR TENANTS.

27:55AND THIS IS ABOUT DISCLOSING

27:57ENERGY COSTS UP FRONT SO THAT

27:58PEOPLE CAN MAKE INFORMED

27:59DECISIONS ABOUT WHETHER TO RENT

28:02AN APARTMENT BASED ON ITS

28:04ENERGY MIX AND COST. LET'S GET

28:07INTO THAT, THAT ONE FIRST. SO

28:10THE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS THAT WE

28:11WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT A

28:13STANDARD FOR PORTLANDERS TO

28:15EXPECT THAT THERE'S CLEAR AND

28:17TRANSPARENT INFORMATION ABOUT

28:17THE COSTS OF A POTENTIAL UNIT

28:20THAT THEY ARE GOING TO RENT. SO

28:23THE ORDINANCE WILL REQUIRE

28:24BUILDING OWNERS TO TRACK AND

28:26DISCLOSE THE ENERGY COST, PEAKS

28:28AND AVERAGES FOR UNITS, UTILITY

28:30BILLS, WHAT KINDS OF ENERGY

28:31COST ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ARE

28:33AVAILABLE? THESE PROGRAMS HAVE

28:34EXPANDED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE

28:37PAST FIVE YEARS, AND SO THERE

28:39IS A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR FOLKS

28:40THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY

28:42UTILITY BILLS. BUT OFTEN PEOPLE

28:43JUST DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THAT

28:44SUPPORT EXISTS. AND THEN THE

28:46OTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION

28:48DISCLOSED WILL BE THE TYPES OF

28:49APPLIANCES IN THE UNIT, SUCH AS

28:51WHETHER A UNIT HAS CENTRAL AIR

28:53CONDITIONING OR SOME FORM OF

28:54COOLING, AND WHETHER THE UNIT

28:56HAS A GAS FURNACE, ELECTRIC

28:57HEAT PUMP, ETC. AND THESE KINDS

29:00OF PIECES OF INFORMATION WILL

29:02HELP TENANTS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE

29:03INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT

29:05KINDS OF ENERGY USE IS IN THEIR

29:07APARTMENT AND HOW MUCH IT COSTS.

29:11THE CARBON PERFORMANCE

29:12STANDARDS MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING

29:13TO BE ON A GRADUAL AND AND VERY

29:17REALISTIC TIMELINE FROM NOW TO

29:202050 TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS

29:22EMISSIONS FROM LARGE BUILDINGS,

29:24OWNERS CAN SELECT A BASELINE

29:26REPORTING YEAR THAT WORKS FOR

29:27THEM. THERE'S A LOT OF

29:28FLEXIBILITY AND A LOT OF

29:30OPTIONS FOR ALTERNATIVE

29:30COMPLIANCE PATHWAYS THAT HELP

29:32TO MEET THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF

29:33DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUILDINGS

29:35AND BUILDING OWNERS. BUT THE

29:37BASIC GIST OF ALL OF THIS IS

29:38THAT WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE ON

29:40THE SAME TRACK FOR REDUCING

29:43EMISSIONS TO 100% EMISSIONS

29:45FREE BUILDINGS BY 2050. AND

29:47HERE YOU CAN SEE THE WAYS THAT

29:49THAT'S BEEN SPLIT OUT STARTING

29:51IN 20% REDUCTIONS IN 2030, AND

29:52THEN AN ADDITIONAL 20% EVERY

29:55FIVE YEARS. AND AGAIN, THE

29:57REASON THAT THIS WORKS IS THAT

29:59WE ARE COUNTING ON THE STATE

30:00LAW FOR PG AND PACIFIC POWER TO

30:02DELIVER 100% EMISSIONS FREE

30:04ELECTRICITY BY 2040. THAT'S AN

30:05ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF THIS.

30:09ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THIS, AS I

30:11WAS MENTIONING, IS THAT WE HAVE

30:14PHASED, FLEXIBLE TIMELINE WITH

30:16PLENTY OF ALTERNATIVES AND

30:17OPTIONS FOR COMPLIANCES,

30:19OPTIONS FOR COMPLIANCE. AND,

30:21AND, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF

30:22DIFFERENT BROAD CATEGORY THINGS

30:23HERE. REGULATED AFFORDABLE

30:24HOUSING IS EXEMPT. AND WE'RE

30:27SEEING THAT A LOT OF THAT IS

30:28ALREADY BEING COVERED BY

30:30PORTLAND CLEAN ENERGY FUND

30:31GRANTS AND OTHER TYPES OF

30:32PROGRAMS. SO THOSE BUILDINGS

30:33ARE ALREADY BECOMING VERY GREEN

30:35AND CLEAN. AND THEN THERE'S

30:38CARBON POLLUTION IMPACT FEE. IF

30:39A LARGE BUILDINGS ENERGY USAGE

30:41IS OFF TRACK. AND THIS HELPS TO

30:43INCENTIVIZE THE KINDS OF

30:45UPGRADES AND RETROFITS THAT WE

30:46WANT TO SEE IN ORDER TO GET

30:47EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS, THERE ARE

30:50ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE PATHWAYS

30:51FOR INSTITUTIONAL CAMPUSES THAT

30:53HAVE LARGE SHARED ENERGY

30:55SYSTEMS. AND SO THERE ARE

30:57OPTIONS AND FLEXIBILITY FOR

30:59COMPLIANCE AND SPECIAL

31:01CONSIDERATIONS FOR THOSE KINDS

31:02OF ENERGY USERS. AND BASICALLY,

31:05ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS AND

31:07EXEMPTIONS WILL BE MADE ON A

31:08CASE BY CASE BASIS UNDER THE

31:10POLICY AS WRITTEN. THE IDEA

31:11HERE IS THAT EVERYBODY'S GOING

31:13TO BE HEADED TOWARDS 100%

31:16EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS BY 2050,

31:18BUT THAT THERE IS A WIDE RANGE

31:20OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF BUILDINGS,

31:22AGES, CONSTRUCTION TYPES, MAYBE

31:25UPGRADES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN

31:26MADE OR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.

31:27AND THERE'S JUST A LOT OF

31:28DIFFERENT UNIQUE NEEDS BETWEEN

31:30DIFFERENT BUILDINGS. AND SO THE

31:31POLICY INTENTIONALLY HAS A LOT

31:33OF FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE IT AS

31:35EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR ALL SORTS

31:37OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUILDING

31:38OWNERS TO COMPLY. A REALLY

31:42IMPORTANT PIECE OF FEEDBACK

31:44THAT WAS RECEIVED OVER THE MANY

31:46YEARS OF COMPUTING COMMUNITY

31:47ENGAGEMENT DONE BY BOTH THE

31:48CITY AND COMMUNITY BASED

31:51ORGANIZATIONS, IS THAT WE HEARD

31:53PRETTY EXTENSIVELY THAT TENANT

31:56PROTECTIONS AND

31:56ANTI-DISPLACEMENT MEASURES FOR

31:57RENTERS WAS REALLY PARAMOUNT

32:00IMPORTANCE IN THIS PROCESS.

32:01IT'S IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON

32:03IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND

32:05EFFICIENCY OF OF RENTAL HOUSING

32:07IN PORTLAND, BUT NOT AT THE

32:09EXPENSE OF STABILITY FOR

32:11RENTERS. AND SO THE POLICY HAS

32:13A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT

32:15GUARDRAILS AND SIDEBOARDS TO

32:16MAKE SURE THAT TENANTS ARE ARE

32:18KEPT IN PLACE AND CAN STAY AT

32:19HOME. AND IN THE EVENT THAT IN

32:22A VERY RARE CASE IN WHICH A

32:23BUILDING UPGRADE WOULD REQUIRE

32:25TEMPORARY RELOCATION FOR A

32:26TENANT, THERE IS EXTENSIVE

32:29LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE THAT

32:30WOULD HELP TO MAKE IT VERY

32:32CLEAR HOW TO SUPPORT THAT

32:33TENANT, WHAT THE LANDLORD'S

32:35RESPONSIBILITY IS. IF THERE IS

32:38A NEED FOR A TEMPORARY

32:39RELOCATION, A GUARANTEE OF A

32:40RIGHT TO RETURN TO THE SAME

32:42DWELLING UNIT AFTER THOSE

32:43UPGRADES ARE COMPLETE, AND ALSO

32:45A WHOLE NOTHER SECTION THAT

32:47ESSENTIALLY JUST SAYS THE COST

32:50FROM THE CARBON PERFORMANCE

32:50STANDARD RETROFITS AND FEES

32:52SHOULD NOT BE PASSED ON THROUGH

32:53TO RESIDENTIAL TENANTS. AND WE

32:55ALSO DISCUSSED THE OCTOBER 6TH

32:57MEETING, AN ECHO NORTHWEST

32:59STUDY THAT THAT WAS PERFORMED,

33:01TAKING A LOOK AT THE POSSIBLE

33:02ECONOMIC IMPACTS TO BUILDING

33:04OWNERS AND RENTERS. AND IT

33:06FOUND THAT THERE WOULD REALLY

33:07BE NO NET IMPACT TO THE COST OF

33:11RENT AND UTILITIES FOR TENANTS

33:14IN BUILDINGS THAT GET UPGRADED.

33:17FINALLY, JUST SORT OF ZOOMING

33:18OUT A LITTLE BIT, THIS IS JUST

33:20A RECAP ON THE REALLY EXTENSIVE

33:23COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND

33:24COLLABORATIVE POLICY MAKING

33:25THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS

33:26ORDINANCE SO FAR. THERE HAVE

33:28BEEN 60 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS

33:29THAT HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN

33:31VARIOUS WAYS, AND THAT SPANS

33:33HOUSING INDUSTRY, REAL ESTATE,

33:35HIGHER EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE,

33:37AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

33:38STAKEHOLDERS. THERE'S BEEN MANY

33:40MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF FEEDBACK AND

33:41REVISION OVER THE COURSE OF SIX

33:43YEARS, WHERE THE BUREAU OF

33:45PLANNING AND SUSTAINABILITY HAS

33:47WORKED COLLABORATIVELY WITH A

33:49NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY

33:50BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE

33:51WORKED ON ENERGY ISSUES FOR A

33:52LONG TIME. AND THEN, IN

33:54ADDITION TO ALL OF THAT,

33:56COUNCILOR AVALOS CONVENED HER

33:57OWN FEEDBACK AND INPUT WORKSHOP

33:58IN PREPARATION FOR THIS

33:59DISCUSSION. SO IT'S BEEN A LONG

34:01ROAD COMING HERE, BUT NOW IT'S

34:03TIME FOR THE CITY COUNCIL

34:05COMMITTEE TO REALLY DIG INTO IT

34:07AND, AND DISCUSS AND, AND MAKE

34:10ANY OTHER FURTHER OBSERVATIONS

34:12THAT NEED TO BE MADE. AND I

34:14LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF

34:16HELPING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS

34:17PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. SO

34:19THAT'S MY RECAP OF THE CLIMATE

34:21AND HEALTH STANDARDS. AND WITH

34:23THAT, I WILL PASS IT BACK TO

34:25YOU. CHAIR AVALOS.

34:26>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DAMON.

34:27REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU ON

34:29THE TEAM AND APPRECIATE YOU

34:31EXPLAINING THE POLICY. SO WE

34:35HAVE A TON OF TESTIFIERS. I'M

34:37SURE WE ALSO HAVE SOME

34:39QUESTIONS THAT WE WILL HAVE AS

34:41A COMMITTEE AND MAYBE TECHNICAL

34:43QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY QUICK

34:44TECHNICAL QUESTIONS WE WANT TO

34:45GET OUT OF THE WAY FIRST, OR DO

34:47WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH

34:49TESTIMONY? LET ME JUST GET A WE

34:50ARE OKAY WITH MOVING FORWARD.

34:52OKAY. WELL, IN THAT CASE, LET'S

34:53GO AHEAD AND JUMP ON IN. DIEGO,

34:55GO AHEAD AND CALL THE FIRST

34:56PANEL.

34:57>> JUST A FEW REMINDERS FOR

34:58THOSE SIGNED UP TO TESTIFY.

35:00EACH VERBAL TESTIFIER WILL

35:02RECEIVE TWO MINUTES EACH. I

35:03WILL CALL UP FOLKS IN GROUPS OF

35:05FIVE. FOR THOSE TESTIFYING IN

35:07PERSON, YOU'LL SEE THE TIMER

35:08COUNTDOWN DISPLAYED ON THE

35:09MONITOR IN FRONT OF THE

35:10TESTIMONY TABLE. FOR THOSE

35:12TESTIFYING VIRTUALLY, THE TIMER

35:13IS DISPLAYED IN ZOOM. WHEN

35:15TESTIFYING, YOU'LL HEAR THE

35:17TIMER. THE TIMER CHIME TWICE.

35:18THE FIRST CHIME IS A WARNING

35:20WHEN THERE ARE 30S LEFT, AND

35:21THEN A SECOND IS WHEN YOUR TIME

35:23IS UP. AND FINALLY, BEFORE YOU

35:25BEGIN YOUR TESTIMONY, PLEASE

35:27STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

35:29FIRST UP, VIVEK SHANDAS. ANDREW

35:32MASON, KAYLEE SHEAHAN, GREG

35:38MACLEOD, JONATHAN CLAY.

35:47>> HEY, HELLO. HELLO, EVERYONE.

35:48I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME.

35:50>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.

35:51>> OKAY, GREAT. HI. FOR THE

35:53RECORD, MY NAME IS VIVEK

35:54SHANDAS. THANK YOU. CHAIR

35:56AVALOS, VICE CHAIR, GREEN AND

35:58MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. FOR

35:59THE RECORD, I, VIVEK, I USE HE

36:02HIM PRONOUNS. I'M CO-CHAIR OF

36:03THE POLICY AND IMPLEMENTATION

36:05COMMITTEE WITHIN THE CITY

36:06SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE

36:07COMMISSION HERE ON BEHALF OF

36:09THE FULL COMMISSION. ON AUGUST

36:1220TH, THE COMMISSION VOTED TO

36:13ENDORSE THE CLIMATE AND HEALTH

36:15STANDARDS. AFTER REVIEWING THE

36:16CODE LANGUAGE SECTION BY

36:18SECTION. OUR ENDORSEMENT LETTER

36:20WAS IN YOUR PACKET AT THE

36:23OCTOBER 6TH COMMITTEE MEETING.

36:25I WANT I PRIMARILY WANT TO

36:26RESPOND TO A FEW QUESTIONS FROM

36:28THE LAST MEETING AND WHY WE

36:29CONTINUE TO URGE YOU TO ADVANCE

36:31THIS POLICY FIRST, ON RENTAL

36:33IMPACTS. AS DAMON NOTED, THE

36:36ECO NORTHWEST STUDY LOOKED AT

36:38RENT PLUS UTILITIES AND FOUND

36:40NO NET IMPACT ON RENTERS. MOST

36:42UPGRADES FOR MULTIFAMILY

36:43RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS COME

36:45AROUND 2040 TO 2045, LEAVING

36:48AMPLE TIME FOR IMPLEMENTATION,

36:49AND OWNERS CAN DRAW ON STATE

36:51ENERGY TRUST AND PCEF FUNDING

36:54ON AFFORDABLE BUILDINGS. EACH

36:56BUILDING IS MEASURED AGAINST

36:57ITS OWN BASELINE. THAT WAY, THE

36:59WORST PERFORMING BUILDINGS,

37:01OFTEN THE MOST AFFORDABLE

37:03HOUSING, DON'T HAVE THE DON'T

37:06HAVE TO MAKE THE BIGGEST JUMP

37:08IN TERMS OF MEETING THESE

37:09STANDARDS ON POLICY EFFICACY IN

37:13THE CITY'S PILOT REPORTING TOOK

37:15A FEW HOURS IN THE FIRST YEAR

37:17AND LESS THAN TWO HOURS AFTER

37:18THAT, OTHER CITIES SETTLED THE

37:21DETAILS, INCLUDING HOSPITALS

37:22AND CAMPUSES, IN RULEMAKING

37:25PROCESSES ON TENANT PROTECTIONS.

37:28THE COMMUNITY ASKED FOR THEM.

37:30RENTERS GET KEY INFORMATION

37:31BEFORE SIGNING A LEASE AND AND

37:35A LEASE, PLUS RELOCATION HELP

37:37AND A RIGHT TO RETURN. WE SEE

37:40DECARBONIZATION AND RENT

37:41PROTECTION AS ONE GOAL ON

37:44LEADERSHIP. THE STATE STANDARD

37:45WOULD CUT EMISSIONS FROM

37:46PORTLAND'S COVERED BUILDINGS BY

37:48ONLY ABOUT 5%, AND IT STARTS AT

37:5135,000FT. AS DAMON MENTIONED,

37:53PORTLAND'S 20,000FT THRESHOLD

37:55REACHES MORE OF OUR HOUSING AND

37:57GETS US CLOSER TO OUR EMISSION

37:59REDUCTIONS GOALS, SOMETHING

38:00THAT'S ON THE COMMISSION'S MIND,

38:02I WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT

38:04MENTION IS THAT THE CURRENT

38:05PROPOSAL IS THAT IT DOES NOT

38:07INCLUDE MAXIMUM INDOOR

38:09TEMPERATURE STANDARDS. WE

38:12SUPPORT TAKING THAT UP IN THE

38:13NEXT STEP, THOUGH STILL

38:15URGENTLY MOVING THAT FORWARD.

38:17AND FINALLY, OUR GUIDANCE

38:19HASN'T CHANGED. PLEASE ADVANCE

38:20THE CLIMATE AND HEALTH STANDARD.

38:22THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

38:24>> THANK YOU. VIVEK AND CLARK.

38:27DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THE OTHER

38:28BELL WORKED. IS IT GOING TO

38:30WORK ON THE NEXT ONE?

38:31>> WE'RE GOING TO TROUBLESHOOT

38:32THAT.

38:32>> OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

38:34THANK YOU. WHOEVER WOULD LIKE

38:35TO GO NEXT.

38:41>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR VICE

38:43CHAIR GREEN AND MEMBERS OF THE

38:45COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS ANDY

38:46MASON, FACILITIES DIRECTOR OF

38:48PROVIDENCE HEALTH. I'M JOINED

38:49TODAY BY MY COLLEAGUE FROM

38:50LEGACY HEALTH, KAYLIE SHEEHAN.

38:52AND IN ADDITION TO OUR BRIEF

38:53COMMENTS TODAY, WE HAVE

38:55SUBMITTED A LETTER GOING INTO

38:57GREATER DETAIL ON OUR POSITION

38:59ON THE CLIMATE AND HEALTH

39:00STANDARDS. SO LET ME START BY

39:01SAYING THAT PROVIDENCE AND

39:02LEGACY SHARE THE CITY'S GOAL OF

39:04REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS

39:05EMISSIONS AND IMPROVING

39:06COMMUNITY HEALTH. PROVIDENCE'S

39:08VISION STATEMENT IS HEALTH FOR

39:10A BETTER WORLD. ENSURING A

39:12STABLE CLIMATE AND HEALTHY

39:13PLANET IS A CRUCIAL ELEMENT OF

39:15OUR ENVISIONED WORLD. AT

39:16PROVIDENCE, WE ARE TAKING BOLD

39:18ACTION TO REDUCE OUR CARBON

39:19EMISSIONS IN THIS DECADE.

39:20WORKING TOWARDS BEING CARBON

39:21NEGATIVE AS AN ORGANIZATION BY

39:242030, AND WE CONTINUE TO MAKE

39:25SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS ACROSS OUR

39:27SYSTEM WITH ENERGY REDUCING AND

39:31CARBON REDUCING PROJECTS

39:32THROUGHOUT OUR PORTFOLIO. WE'VE

39:35ALSO GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO

39:36UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO

39:38DECARBONIZE A COMPLEX HEALTH

39:39CARE FACILITY. BY INVESTING IN

39:40A DETAILED ENGINEERING STUDY ON

39:41THE FEASIBILITY AND IMPACT OF

39:43FULLY ELECTRIFYING A MAJOR

39:44MEDICAL CENTER. AND WE NOW HAVE

39:46A CLEAR PICTURE OF THE COSTS

39:47AND PATHWAYS TO ACHIEVE THIS.

39:50HOWEVER, HOSPITALS SERVE AS A

39:52HEALTH CARE SAFETY NET TO OUR

39:53COMMUNITIES AND MUST REMAIN

39:54AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES DURING

39:56THE 2021 HEAT DOME THAT

39:57STRESSED BUILDING SYSTEMS FAR

39:59BEYOND THEIR DESIGN AND THE

40:002024 MLK DAY STORM THAT CLOSED

40:02ROADS AND KNOCKED OUT POWER

40:03THROUGHOUT THE REGION, PEOPLE

40:05DEPENDED ON US TO REMAIN OPEN,

40:07FUNCTIONAL AND AVAILABLE TO

40:08PROVIDE CARE. THAT IS WHY

40:11RESILIENCY, IN ADDITION, IN

40:12ADDITION TO EFFICIENCY, MUST

40:14REMAIN A CENTRAL CONSIDERATION

40:15IN ANY POLICY AFFECTING

40:16HOSPITAL OPERATIONS. HOSPITAL

40:19INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRES LONG

40:20TERM PLANNING AND INVESTMENT,

40:21AS MAJOR SYSTEMS CANNOT BE

40:23REPLACED OVERNIGHT.

40:24TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM

40:25EXISTING EQUIPMENT OFTEN

40:26REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF ENTIRE

40:28INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, NOT JUST A

40:29BOILER OR CHILLER, WHICH CAN

40:31TAKE YEARS AND SIGNIFICANTLY

40:32IMPACT THE FACILITY. THROUGHOUT

40:34OREGON, HOSPITALS ARE OPERATING

40:36AT OR NEAR CAPACITY EVERY DAY

40:37AND TAKING CRITICAL, CRITICAL

40:39CLINICAL SPACES OFFLINE TO

40:40REPLACE COMPLEX INFRASTRUCTURE

40:42CAN HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON

40:43HEALTH CARE ACCESS. EXCUSE ME,

40:45ACCESS FOR THE COMMUNITY IN

40:47ADDITION TO EXTENSIVE CAPITAL

40:48INVESTMENT, CAREFUL PLANNING

40:49AND COORDINATION WILL NEED TO

40:51BE WILL BE NEEDED TO AVOID

40:52DISRUPTING PATIENT CARE AS WE

40:55PROCEED WITH THIS WORK.

41:04>> OKAY.

41:05>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AVALOS,

41:06VICE CHAIR, GREEN, AND MEMBERS

41:08OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS

41:09KELLY SHEEHAN, DIRECTOR OF

41:11ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

41:12WITH LEGACY HEALTH. AS MY

41:13COLLEAGUE FROM PROVIDENCE

41:14SHARED, WE RECOGNIZE CLIMATE

41:16CHANGE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.

41:18ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP IS

41:19CENTRAL TO OUR MISSION OF GOOD

41:20HEALTH FOR OUR PATIENTS, OUR

41:22PEOPLE, OUR COMMUNITIES, AND

41:23OUR WORLD LEGACY. AS A PUBLIC

41:25GOAL OF NET ZERO EMISSIONS BY

41:272050, WE'VE MADE MEANINGFUL

41:28PROGRESS THROUGH ENERGY

41:29EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS,

41:31RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENTS,

41:32CLIMATE RESILIENCE ASSESSMENTS,

41:34AND REDUCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL

41:35IMPACT OF PATIENT CARE. WE ARE

41:37COMMITTED TO THIS WORK. WE

41:38SHARE THE CITY'S GOALS OF

41:39REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM OUR

41:41BUILDINGS, BUT WE HAVE REAL

41:42CONCERNS OVER THE POLICY. AS

41:43IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN.

41:45HOSPITALS ARE UNIQUELY COMPLEX

41:47FACILITIES OPERATING UNDER

41:48STRICT HEALTHCARE REGULATIONS.

41:50OUR CENTRAL UTILITY PLANTS,

41:52VENTILATION, STERILIZATION AND

41:53EMERGENCY POWER SYSTEMS ARE

41:55ESSENTIAL TO PATIENT SAFETY.

41:57THESE SYSTEMS ARE

41:58INTERCONNECTED, REQUIRE

41:59SUBSTANTIAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT

42:00AND PLANNING, AND ARE REPLACED

42:02OVER DECADES. WE APPRECIATE THE

42:04ADDITION OF THE ALTERNATIVE

42:05COMPLIANCE PATHWAY FOR CAMPUSES.

42:07HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS

42:09REMAIN ABOUT HOW THAT PATHWAY

42:10WOULD ACTUALLY WORK. THE POLICY

42:12LACKS A CLEARLY DEFINED PROCESS

42:14TO AMEND OR UPDATE THESE PLANS

42:15OVER TIME. THESE WOULD BE

42:17LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENTS

42:18RECORDED AGAINST THE PROPERTY.

42:21HOSPITALS NEED THE ABILITY TO

42:22ADAPT AS INFRASTRUCTURE,

42:24TECHNOLOGY, REGULATIONS AND

42:25CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE. WE

42:28RECOGNIZE THAT MANY

42:29IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS CAN BE

42:30ADDRESSED THROUGH RULEMAKING,

42:32BUT THE ORDINANCE ITSELF NEEDS

42:34TO ESTABLISH THE FRAMEWORK AND

42:35AUTHORITY FOR THAT FLEXIBILITY.

42:37WE CANNOT RESPONSIBLY PLAN

42:38DECADES OF INVESTMENT NEAR $1

42:41BILLION AROUND REQUIREMENTS

42:43THAT REMAIN UNDEFINED. THE

42:45POTENTIAL FINANCIAL

42:46IMPLICATIONS ARE SUBSTANTIAL.

42:48AS NONPROFIT HEALTHCARE

42:49PROVIDERS FACING SIGNIFICANT

42:50FINANCIAL PRESSURES, WE MUST

42:51BALANCE THESE INVESTMENTS WITH

42:53MAINTAINING ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL

42:54PATIENT CARE. WE ARE NOT ASKING

42:56FOR AN EXEMPTION. WE'RE ASKING

42:58COUNCIL TO PAUSE ADVANCEMENT

43:00AND WORK DIRECTLY WITH

43:00HEALTHCARE AND OTHER

43:02STAKEHOLDERS TO ESTABLISH A

43:03CLEAR, FLEXIBLE, ACHIEVABLE

43:05COMPLIANCE FRAMEWORK. OUR JOINT

43:07WRITTEN TESTIMONY PROVIDES

43:08ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL DETAIL ON

43:09THESE CONCERNS. WE SHARE THE

43:11CITY'S CLIMATE GOALS. WE WANT

43:13TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.

43:14THANK YOU.

43:18>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AVALOS,

43:19VICE CHAIR, GREEN AND MEMBERS

43:21OF THE HOUSING AND PERMITTING

43:23COMMITTEE. FOR THE RECORD, MY

43:23NAME IS JONATHAN CLAY,

43:26GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

43:27MANAGER AND REGISTERED LOBBYIST

43:28FOR MULTIFAMILY NORTHWEST

43:31BUILDING A NC AND LOWER CARBON

43:35EMISSION GOALS ARE COMPLETELY

43:36ADMIRABLE. THE ISSUE IS JUST

43:37HOW WE GET THERE. HOUSING

43:41PROVIDERS OF MULTIFAMILY

43:42NORTHWEST REMAIN VERY CONCERNED

43:44WITH THE UNCERTAINTY AND

43:46LIABILITIES THIS ORDINANCE

43:47WOULD IMPOSE ON PORTLAND'S

43:49RENTAL HOUSING MARKET. PORTLAND

43:51NEEDS A BETTER POLICY THAT

43:52DOESN'T FORCE ARBITRARY,

43:54UNFUNDED BUILDING RETROFITS

43:56THAT NEITHER RENTERS NOR

43:57HOUSING PROVIDERS CAN AFFORD.

44:00THIS POLICY PROCESS HAS BEEN

44:03BLAZINGLY FAST. IT DROPPED ON

44:06JULY 14TH, THE SAME DAY AS THE

44:07ONLY PUBLIC MEETING SO FAR THAT

44:10LEFT FIVE HOURS TO ABSORB THIS

44:13COMPLEX POLICY. AND DESPITE ANY

44:15PLATITUDES OR FOLLOW UP EMAILS,

44:17IT'S HARD TO. IT'S HARD TO

44:20IGNORE THE UNDERLYING MESSAGE

44:21THAT WAS CLEARLY SENT. HEY,

44:23HOUSING PROVIDERS, YOUR INPUT

44:25IS NOT REALLY VALUED. WHEN

44:28SEATTLE PASSED A SIMILAR POLICY,

44:30IT WAS THE PRODUCT OF A TWO

44:32YEAR PUBLIC PROCESS. THERE'S

44:35ONLY BEEN THREE MONTHS IN

44:37EFFORTS FROM SEATTLE, BOSTON

44:39AND NEW YORK. THEY ACKNOWLEDGE

44:41CONSIDERABLE FINANCIAL

44:42HARDSHIPS OF COMPLIANCE BY

44:44AWARDING GRANTS TO QUALIFYING

44:46BUILDINGS. THIS POLICY HAS

44:48STILL NOT INCORPORATED

44:51RESOURCES FOR BETTER COMPLIANCE,

44:52NOR DOES IT PROVIDE A PRACTICAL

44:54ROAD TO ENSURE HOUSING

44:56PROVIDERS DECARBONIZATION

44:58EFFORTS WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO

45:01AVOID THE COSTLY FEE STRUCTURE

45:03ADOPTED BY THIS POLICY. AGAIN,

45:05MORE AMBIGUITY, MORE

45:07UNCERTAINTY. THE CITY'S HOUSING

45:10POLICY NEEDS TO REFLECT ROBUST

45:12PUBLIC PROCESS WHERE ALL

45:13STAKEHOLDERS ARE INVITED TO THE

45:15TABLE. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT

45:17THE COMMITTEE SEPARATE THE

45:19DECARBONIZATION PROVISIONS FROM

45:20ANY UNFUNDED MANDATORY BUILDING

45:24RETROFITS. THANK YOU.

45:27>> WE HAVE GREG JOINING US

45:29ONLINE.

45:29>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCILORS.

45:32EXCUSE ME, I'M GREG, VICE

45:33PRESIDENT FOR CAMPUS SERVICES

45:34AT OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE

45:35UNIVERSITY. I APPRECIATE THE

45:36OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. OHSU

45:38SUPPORTS THE GOALS OF THE

45:39PROPOSED CHANGES TO CHAPTER 17

45:41104. REDUCING EMISSIONS AND

45:43PROTECTING COMMUNITY HEALTH ARE

45:44CENTRAL TO OUR MISSION. WE

45:46REMAIN COMMITTED TO CARBON

45:47NEUTRALITY BY 2050, BUT I URGE

45:49YOU TO EXEMPT INSTITUTIONS OF

45:50HIGHER EDUCATION FROM THIS

45:52LEGISLATION. OHSU HAS ALREADY

45:53MADE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN

45:54ENERGY EFFICIENCY, RENEWABLE

45:56ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE

45:57BUILDINGS. TODAY, 87% OF OUR

45:59ELECTRICITY COMES FROM CARBON

46:00FREE SOURCES. WE'VE ENGINEERED

46:02A 38% REDUCTION IN OUR CARBON

46:04EMISSIONS SINCE 2015, DESPITE

46:07SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH IN OUR

46:08FACILITIES AND SERVICES, WE

46:09EXPECT TO REACH A 50% REDUCTION

46:12BY 2030. OUR CONCERN IS THE

46:14PROPOSAL NEARLY NEITHER CLEARLY

46:17RECOGNIZES THOSE EARLY

46:18INVESTMENTS NOR ADEQUATELY

46:19ACCOUNTS FOR OUR FINANCIAL

46:20REALITY. WE CARRY $1.3 BILLION

46:22IN DEBT, $600 MILLION IN

46:24UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITIES,

46:25AND A $700 BILLION MAINTENANCE

46:27BACKLOG. ADDITIONAL COMPLIANCE

46:29COSTS COMPETE DIRECTLY WITH

46:30INVESTMENTS IN PATIENT CARE,

46:32EDUCATION AND ESSENTIAL

46:33INFRASTRUCTURE. THOSE TRADE

46:34OFFS HAVE REAL CONSEQUENCES.

46:36OUR HIGHEST CAPITAL PRIORITIES

46:37EXPANDING DOERNBECHER

46:39CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, WHERE TWO

46:40THIRDS OF PATIENTS ARE COVERED

46:41BY MEDICAID. WE URGENTLY NEED

46:43NEW ADDITIONAL NEONATAL

46:44INTENSIVE CARE CAPACITY FOR

46:45CRITICALLY ILL BABIES. EVERY

46:47DOLLAR REDIRECTED TOWARD NEW

46:49COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS IS A

46:50DOLLAR UNAVAILABLE FOR THOSE

46:51NEED? WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO

46:53REDUCING EMISSIONS AND ARE

46:54PREPARED TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH

46:55THE CITY ABOUT OUR PROGRESS.

46:57BUT WE HAVE TO BALANCE THOSE

46:58COMMITMENTS WITH OUR

46:59RESPONSIBILITY TO PATIENTS AND

47:01STUDENTS. I URGE YOU TO EXEMPT

47:02INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER

47:03EDUCATION, JUST AS YOU HAVE

47:05EXEMPTED K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS.

47:06PLEASE ALLOW US TO CONTINUE

47:08PURSUING OUR CLIMATE GOALS

47:09WHILE FULFILLING OUR ESSENTIAL

47:10PUBLIC MISSION. THANK YOU.

47:15>> NEXT WE HAVE MADELINE MILLER,

47:19CINDY, ROBERT, JENNIFER YOAKAM,

47:24AMY ROTHFELD, DAVID THOMPSON.

47:32FOR FIVE.

47:45>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS

47:46CINDY ROBERT. I'M HERE ON

47:47BEHALF OF THE OREGON ALLIANCE

47:49OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND

47:51UNIVERSITIES. THE ALLIANCE

47:52INCLUDES SEVEN INDEPENDENT,

47:54NONPROFIT HIGHER EDUCATION

47:56INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE

47:57PORTLAND AREA. CHAIR AVALOS. IN

48:00YOUR DISTRICT IS LINFIELD

48:02UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING.

48:04THE CAMPUS IS PHASING OUT

48:05TRADITIONAL FOSSIL FUEL

48:06MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT AND

48:08BUILDING ALL MAJOR PROJECTS TO

48:09PURSUE LEED CERTIFICATION AND

48:13COUNCILOR PIRTLE-GUINEY

48:14DISTRICT IS. UNIVERSITY OF

48:16PORTLAND. THEY ARE TARGETING

48:18CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2040.

48:21COUNCILOR ELANA NOVICK AND YOUR

48:23DISTRICT IS ONE OF PACIFIC

48:25UNIVERSITY AND WESTERN SEMINARY

48:28WESTERN PACIFIC. I MEAN, WARNER

48:29PACIFIC IS COMMITTED TO

48:30REDUCING ITS CARBON FOOTPRINT

48:31AND HAS INVESTED IN MULTIPLE

48:33ENERGY TRUST OF OREGON

48:35SUPPORTED PROJECTS. WESTERN

48:37SEMINARY IS IN THE PROCESS OF

48:38REPLACING HEATING UNITS THAT

48:40BURN NATURAL GAS WITH HIGH

48:41EFFICIENCY ELECTRIC PUMPS. AND

48:43IN COUNCILOR GREENS DISTRICT IS

48:46REED COLLEGE, LEWIS AND CLARK

48:48COLLEGE AND WILLAMETTE

48:49UNIVERSITY'S PACIFIC NORTHWEST

48:50COLLEGE OF ART. REED'S CARBON

48:53REDUCTION PLAN TARGETS 40%

48:55REDUCTION BY 2030, AND THEN

48:57GOING BEYOND NET ZERO AND

48:58BECOMING CLIMATE POSITIVE BY

49:012050. LEWIS AND CLARK HAS

49:03SELF-IMPOSED DEADLINE OF 2040

49:05TO REACH NET ZERO CARBON

49:07EMISSIONS, AND WILLAMETTE PNC

49:09COMPLETED A MAJOR RENOVATION OF

49:10THEIR FLAGSHIP PORTLAND

49:12BUILDING, ACHIEVING LEED

49:14PLATINUM STATUS. ALL OF THESE

49:17INSTITUTIONS ARE INTEGRAL TO

49:18THE FABRIC OF PORTLAND. ALL OF

49:20THEM WANT TO BE GOOD PARTNERS

49:22WITH YOU. ALL OF THEM HAVE

49:23CLIMATE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

49:25IN SOME CASES, THEY ARE MORE

49:26PROGRESSIVE THAN YOURS. SO THIS

49:29WORK IS GOING ON AND YOU SHOULD

49:31BE PROUD OF IT. IF IT'S ALREADY

49:33HAPPENING THOUGH, WHAT'S THE

49:34BIG DEAL ABOUT THE PROPOSED

49:36ORDINANCE? BECAUSE COMPLIANCE

49:38IS A COST DRIVER FOR HIGHER

49:40EDUCATION. PAPERWORK,

49:42DOCUMENTATION, REPORTING AND

49:43PERSONNEL HOURS ARE ALL FACTORS

49:44THAT CONTRIBUTE TO TUITION

49:46INCREASES, WHILE RISING

49:47OPERATIONAL COSTS ULTIMATELY

49:49ARE ABSORBED BY STUDENTS.

49:50PLEASE ADD HIGHER EDUCATION

49:52INSTITUTIONS TO THE EXEMPTION

49:53THAT THE ORDINANCE PROVIDES TO

49:55K-12 EDUCATION. THANK YOU.

50:00>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AVALOS,

50:02VICE CHAIR, GREEN AND COMMITTEE

50:03MEMBERS. FOR THE RECORD, MY

50:05NAME IS MADELINE MILLER. I USE

50:06SHE HER PRONOUNS. I'M A

50:08LOBBYIST WITH A COLLABORATIVE

50:09OF THE BUILDING OWNERS AND

50:10MANAGERS ASSOCIATION, THE

50:12COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE

50:13DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, OREGON

50:14SMART GROWTH, AND THE PORTLAND

50:15METRO CHAMBER. TOGETHER, WE

50:17REPRESENT HUNDREDS OF

50:19ORGANIZATIONS AND THOUSANDS OF

50:20EMPLOYEES THAT WORK ACROSS

50:21CONSTRUCTION, DEVELOPMENT,

50:22ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, THE

50:24TRADES, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT,

50:26AND THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE

50:27INDUSTRY. I'VE BEEN ANALYZING

50:29HOUSING ISSUES, INCLUDING

50:30AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND

50:31HOMELESSNESS POLICY FOR OVER 12

50:33YEARS. I'VE RECENTLY SUBMITTED

50:35A LETTER SIGNED BY 20

50:37ORGANIZATIONS OUTLINING OUR

50:38CONCERNS WITH THIS POLICY. I

50:39WANT TO BEGIN BY HIGHLIGHTING

50:40THE IMPACTS OF THE CARBON

50:42PERFORMANCE STANDARDS WOULD

50:43HAVE ON PORTLAND'S DOWNTOWN

50:44RECOVERY. ACROSS DOWNTOWN,

50:46PEOPLE ARE WORKING HARD TO

50:47REACTIVATE BUILDINGS, ATTRACT

50:49BUSINESSES, BRING EMPLOYEES

50:50BACK, AND RESTORE THE VITALITY

50:51OF OUR CITY CENTER. THESE

50:53STANDARDS RISK UNDERMINING THAT

50:55WORK BY REQUIRING COSTLY

50:56BUILDING RETROFITS ON

50:57AGGRESSIVE TIMELINES OR

50:59SUBJECTING OWNERS TO

51:01NONCOMPLIANCE PENALTIES. OUR

51:02INDUSTRY SUPPORTS THE NEED TO

51:04ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT

51:05MANY OFFICE AND MULTIFAMILY

51:06PROPERTIES ARE ALREADY FACING

51:07RECORD VACANCIES, DECLINING

51:09REVENUES, AND REDUCED PROPERTY

51:11VALUES. THESE BUILDINGS SIMPLY

51:12LACK THE CAPITAL RESERVES TO

51:14MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS. THE

51:16CITY'S OWN ANALYSIS INDICATES

51:17THAT MOST BUILDING OWNERS WOULD

51:18BEAR THESE COSTS DIRECTLY, WITH

51:20NO REALISTIC PLAN FOR FULL

51:22SUBSIDY. THESE STANDARDS COULD

51:23FURTHER DEPRESS BUILDING

51:25VALUATIONS, WHICH WOULD REDUCE

51:27PROPERTY TAX REVENUES THAT FUND

51:28ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES AND

51:31IMPLEMENTATION AND STAFFING

51:31COSTS WOULD COME AT A TIME WHEN

51:33THE PUBLIC RESOURCES ARE

51:34ALREADY VERY CONSTRAINED. THESE

51:36STANDARDS ALSO PRESENT

51:37SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES FOR

51:38HOUSING. THE CITY'S ANALYSIS

51:40SHOWS THE COST PER UNIT FOR

51:41OLDER, NATURALLY OCCURRING

51:43AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS THE

51:45HIGHEST. THESE ARE PROPERTIES

51:46THAT ARE OWNED BY SMALL

51:47LANDLORDS, WHO LACK THE

51:48FINANCIAL RESERVES NECESSARY TO

51:50ABSORB MAJOR RETROFITS. AS A

51:52RESULT, THIS COULD ACCELERATE

51:54CONSOLIDATION IN THE MARKET AND

51:55ENCOURAGE THESE OWNERS TO SELL.

51:57THE ORGANIZATIONS I REPRESENT

51:58WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY ON A

52:00POLICY THAT ADVANCES CLIMATE

52:01GOALS WITHOUT JEOPARDIZING

52:02DOWNTOWN RECOVERY OR HOUSING

52:04AFFORDABILITY. PLEASE ENGAGE US

52:06FURTHER. THANK YOU.

52:11>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AVALOS,

52:13MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, THANK

52:14YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO

52:15TESTIFY TODAY. MY NAME IS AMY

52:17ROTHWEILER. I'M THE GOVERNMENT

52:18COMMUNITY AFFAIRS MANAGER FOR

52:19MULTNOMAH COUNTY AT NORTHWEST

52:21NATURAL. I'M A REGISTERED

52:23LOBBYIST AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT

52:24FOUR. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL

52:27YEARS, NORTHWEST NATURAL HAS

52:28INVESTED SIGNIFICANT TIME AND

52:30RESOURCES PARTICIPATING IN

52:31PORTLAND STAKEHOLDER PROCESS ON

52:32BUILDING DECARBONIZATION.

52:34THAT'S WHY WE'RE CONCERNED THAT

52:35THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU TODAY

52:37DIFFERS IN SIGNIFICANT WAYS

52:38FROM THE FRAMEWORK.

52:39STAKEHOLDERS HAVE SPENT YEARS

52:41DISCUSSING. MANY OF THE POLICY

52:43CHOICES NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION

52:44WERE NOT MEANINGFULLY VETTED

52:46THROUGH THE COLLABORATIVE

52:47PROCESS STAKEHOLDERS WERE

52:48REPEATEDLY TOLD WOULD GUIDE

52:49THIS EFFORT. THROUGHOUT THAT

52:51PROCESS, PARTICIPANTS WORK TO

52:53EVALUATE IMPLEMENTATION

52:54APPROACHES, COMPLIANCE PATHWAYS,

52:56AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS. YET

52:58MAJOR ELEMENTS OF THE CURRENT

52:59PROPOSAL HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY

53:01ANALYZED OR REVIEWED WITH

53:02AFFECTED PARTIES. ONE EXAMPLE

53:04OF THIS IS THE ECONOMIC

53:06ANALYSIS THE ECO NORTHWEST

53:07STUDY, FREQUENTLY REFERENCED

53:08THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS,

53:10EVALUATED AN EARLIER VERSION OF

53:11THIS POLICY. SINCE THEN,

53:13SIGNIFICANT REQUIREMENTS HAVE

53:14BEEN ADDED, INCLUDING EMISSIONS

53:16REDUCTION AND EFFICIENCY

53:17PROVISIONS THAT WERE NOT

53:18INCLUDED IN THAT ANALYSIS.

53:20BEFORE MOVING FORWARD, COUNCIL

53:22SHOULD HAVE THE BENEFIT OF AN

53:23UPDATED ECONOMIC INFORMATION

53:25AND A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF

53:26POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON BUILDING

53:28OWNERS, HOUSING COSTS AND

53:29INVESTMENT DECISIONS. WE'RE

53:31ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT ADVANCING

53:33LOCAL REQUIREMENTS. BEFORE

53:34OREGON STATEWIDE BUILDING AND

53:36PERFORMANCE STANDARDS HAVE BEEN

53:37FULLY IMPLEMENTED, THE STATE

53:39HAS INVESTED YEARS IN

53:40DEVELOPING THOSE STANDARDS, AND

53:43REGULATED ENTITIES ARE ALREADY

53:44PREPARING FOR COMPLIANCE.

53:46PORTLAND SHOULD EVALUATE HOW

53:47THAT FRAMEWORK WORKS IN

53:48PRACTICE BEFORE LAYERING ON

53:49ADDITIONAL LOCAL REQUIREMENTS.

53:52CLIMATE POLICY IS MOST

53:53EFFECTIVE WHEN IT IS GROUNDED

53:55IN COLLABORATION, TRANSPARENCY

53:56AND SOUND ANALYSIS. WE URGE THE

53:58COMMITTEE TO PAUSE THIS

53:59PROPOSAL, ALLOW FOR UPDATED

54:01ECONOMIC REVIEW AND STAKEHOLDER

54:02ENGAGEMENT, AND ENSURE IT IS

54:04ALIGNED WITH OREGON'S EXISTING

54:05STATEWIDE APPROACH BEFORE

54:06MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR

54:07YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

54:11>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AVALOS,

54:13VICE CHAIR, GREEN AND MEMBERS

54:15OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS

54:16JENNIFER YOCHUM, AND I AM THE

54:18LOCAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

54:19DIRECTOR AT NORTHWEST NATURAL.

54:20I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR

54:22AND A REGISTERED LOBBYIST. WE

54:24BELIEVE. WE BELIEVE CLIMATE

54:27POLICIES MUST BE PRACTICAL,

54:29RESILIENT AND GROUNDED IN THE

54:31REALITIES OF HOW ENERGY SYSTEMS

54:33OPERATE. THAT IS WHY I WAS

54:35TROUBLED BY A RECENT

54:37CONVERSATION WITH THE CHAIR'S

54:38STAFF WHEN NORTHWEST NATURAL

54:40ASKED HOW RESILIENCE WAS

54:42EVALUATED IN DEVELOPING THE

54:43PROPOSAL, WE WERE TOLD THAT

54:45COMMUNITY RESILIENCE DURING

54:47WINTER WEATHER EVENTS WAS,

54:49QUOTE, NOT ADDRESSED THROUGH

54:50THIS POLICY. THAT IS NOT A

54:53MINOR OVERSIGHT. THAT IS A

54:55FUNDAMENTAL FLAW. AS YOU

54:58CONSIDER THE PROPOSED CLIMATE

54:59AND HEALTH STANDARDS, I

55:00ENCOURAGE YOU TO EXAMINE HOW

55:01THIS POLICY COULD AFFECT ENERGY

55:03RESILIENCE AND SYSTEM

55:05RELIABILITY OVER THE LONG TERM.

55:06AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

55:08PORTLANDERS DEPEND ON RELIABLE

55:10ENERGY DURING EMERGENCIES. IN

55:13RECENT YEARS, OREGONIANS HAVE

55:15EXPERIENCED SEVERE WEATHER,

55:16WINTER STORMS, EXTREME

55:18TEMPERATURES, WILDFIRE SMOKE

55:19EVENTS, AND OTHER DISRUPTIONS

55:20THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED HOW

55:22CRITICAL, RESILIENT ENERGY

55:23SYSTEMS ARE. I'D BE HAPPY TO

55:26SHARE MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF

55:27SHELTERING IN PLACE FOR SIX

55:29DAYS DURING 20 DEGREE WEATHER

55:33IN DISTRICT FOUR. DURING THOSE

55:36EVENTS. RESILIENCE IS NOT AN

55:38ABSTRACT CONCEPT. IT IS A

55:40PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. THIS IS

55:43ONE REASON ENERGY DIVERSITY

55:45MATTERS A RESILIENT ENERGY

55:47FUTURE, INCLUDING MULTIPLE

55:49PATHWAYS FOR REDUCING EMISSIONS,

55:53BUILDING OWNERS AND AFFORDABLE

55:54HOUSING PROVIDERS, HEALTH CARE

55:55FACILITIES, SCHOOLS AND

55:58BUSINESSES ALL HAVE DIFFERENT

55:59OPERATIONAL NEEDS AND DIFFERENT

56:01FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS.

56:03MAINTAINING FLEXIBILITY HELPS

56:06HELPS ENSURE THOSE NEEDS CAN BE

56:07MET, WHILE CONTINUING TO MAKE

56:08PROGRESS TOWARD CLIMATE GOALS.

56:11THIS PROPOSAL DOES NOT

56:12MEANINGFULLY EVALUATE

56:13RESILIENCE, AMONG MANY OTHER

56:15ISSUES. THANK YOU.

56:18>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AVALOS,

56:21VICE CHAIR, GREEN MEMBERS OF

56:22THE COMMITTEE. FOR THE RECORD,

56:24MY NAME IS DAVID THOMPSON. I'M

56:25THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF

56:26MULTIFAMILY NORTHWEST.

56:28MULTIFAMILY NORTHWEST STRONGLY

56:30OPPOSES THE PROPOSED CLIMATE

56:31AND HEALTH STANDARDS IN

56:32BUILDINGS POLICY. AS CURRENTLY

56:34DRAFTED, IT WOULD IMPOSE COSTLY

56:37UNFUNDED RETROFIT MANDATES ON

56:39HOUSING PROVIDERS WITHOUT ANY

56:40SERIOUS ACCOUNTING OF THE COST,

56:42THE FEASIBILITY OR CONSEQUENCES

56:44TO PORTLAND'S HOUSING SUPPLY.

56:46FIRST, OUR CONCERNS WITH THE

56:49PROCESS. FOR MORE THAN TWO

56:51YEARS, THE CITY HAS SAID, AND I

56:54QUOTE FROM A LETTER DATED MAY

56:582024. NO UPGRADES TO BUILDINGS

57:01WILL BE REQUIRED AS A PART OF

57:03THIS POLICY PROPOSAL. THE JULY

57:0514TH POLICY WAS THE FIRST TIME

57:08THAT THESE BECAME A PART OF THE

57:10POLICY ON SUBSTANCE. FIRST, THE

57:13CITY HAS NOT DETERMINED WHAT

57:15COMPLIANCE WILL COST OR WHETHER

57:17IT IS FEASIBLE. THE CITY HAS

57:19OFTEN REFERRED TO THE ECO

57:21NORTHWEST STUDY THAT WAS NOT

57:22EVEN IN EXISTENCE WHEN THIS

57:25POLICY WAS RELEASED, AND THE

57:27NUMBER OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN

57:30WHAT WAS IN PLACE AND STUDIED

57:32THEM, AND THIS POLICY IS TOO

57:34NUMEROUS TO EVEN BEGIN TO TALK

57:36ABOUT. THIRD, THE POLICY

57:39PENALIZES HOUSING PROVIDERS FOR

57:40WHAT THEY CANNOT CONTROL.

57:43COMPLIANCE IS MEASURED ON EACH

57:44BUILDING'S TOTAL EMISSIONS,

57:46INCLUDING ENERGY RESIDENTS USE

57:48IN THEIR OWN HOMES. OWNERS

57:50CANNOT DICTATE HOW RESIDENTS

57:52HEAT, COOK OR USE ELECTRICITY,

57:54YET OWNERS PAY THE FEE. SECOND,

57:57THE POLICY CREATES UNFUNDED

57:58MANDATE FOR TENANT DISPLACEMENT

58:01THAT WAS RAISED IN OUR LETTER

58:02IN 2024, AND WE WERE

58:04SPECIFICALLY TOLD BY THE CITY

58:06THAT OUR RAISING DISPLACEMENT

58:08AS A PART OF THIS WAS A

58:10SPECIOUS ARGUMENT. FOURTH,

58:13BENCHMARKING SHOULD ALIGN WITH

58:14THE STATE POLICY. AND FINALLY,

58:16THE POLICY WORKS AGAINST

58:17PORTLAND HOUSING GOALS. THE

58:19CITY HOUSING NEEDS ANALYSIS

58:21CALLS FOR ABOUT 120,000 HOMES

58:24BY 2045, AS WRITTEN. THIS

58:26ORDINANCE WILL DIVERT CAPITAL

58:28FROM ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, PUSH

58:30UP RENTS, RISK CLOSURE OF

58:32BUILDINGS. WE ASK YOU TO TAKE A

58:36PAUSE ON THIS POLICY AND WORK

58:38WITH US SO WE CAN HELP DEVELOP

58:40A POLICY THAT WORKS FOR ALL

58:42PORTLANDERS.

58:42>> THANK YOU.

58:46>> NEXT IS MICHELLE GILLES,

58:49SAMANTHA HERNANDEZ, CATHERINE

58:52KING, SARAH HYNEK, MICHAEL

58:56MYERS.

59:09>> GO AHEAD.

59:11>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AVALOS,

59:13VICE CHAIR, GREEN, AND MEMBERS

59:15OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS

59:16SAMANTHA HERNANDEZ, AND I AM

59:18THE ADVOCACY MANAGER AT THE

59:19COALITION OF COMMUNITIES OF

59:21COLOR. WE APPRECIATE THE

59:23OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE

59:25CLIMATE AND HEALTH STANDARDS

59:26ORDINANCE PROPOSAL, AND WE

59:28STRONGLY URGE THE COMMITTEE TO

59:29VOTE YES ON THIS IMPORTANT

59:31POLICY. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT

59:33TO UPLIFT THE SIGN ON LETTER I

59:35SUBMITTED YESTERDAY ON BEHALF

59:36OF 28 ORGANIZATIONS AND

59:38BUSINESSES. SOME SIGNATORIES

59:40INCLUDE COMMUNITY ENERGY

59:41PROJECTS, THE OREGON LEAGUE OF

59:43CONSERVATION VOTERS, OREGON

59:45BUSINESS FOR CLIMATE AND

59:47BIRDSMOUTH DESIGN BUILD, JUST

59:48TO NAME A FEW. OVER THE PAST

59:50SIX YEARS, PORTLAND HAS FELT

59:51THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

59:53MORE ACUTELY THAN EVER, PUTTING

59:54THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF

59:55PORTLANDERS AT RISK, ESPECIALLY

59:57LOW INCOME RESIDENTS,

59:59COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND URBAN

1:00:01ENERGY BURDENED HOUSEHOLDS,

1:00:03HISTORIC HEAT WAVES, ICE STORMS

1:00:04AND WILDFIRES HAVE HIGHLIGHTED

1:00:06HOW IMPORTANT OUR HOMES AND

1:00:07BUILDINGS ARE FOR KEEPING

1:00:09PEOPLE SAFE, HEALTHY, AND

1:00:11COMFORTABLE. IT'S CRITICAL THAT

1:00:12OUR CITY TAKE ACTION NOW TO

1:00:14REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM BUILDINGS

1:00:16AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND

1:00:17WELL-BEING OF THOSE WHO LIVE

1:00:18AND WORK IN THEM. OTHER CITIES

1:00:20HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED SIMILAR

1:00:22REQUIREMENTS AND HAVE SEEN

1:00:23SUCCESSFUL RESULTS. FOR EXAMPLE,

1:00:25NEW YORK CITY'S BUILDING

1:00:26PERFORMANCE MANDATE SAW STRONG

1:00:28COMPLIANCE IN ITS FIRST YEAR,

1:00:30DRIVEN BY ENERGY EFFICIENCY

1:00:31MEASURES SUCH AS LIGHTING

1:00:33UPGRADES, ENVELOPE IMPROVEMENTS,

1:00:35HEAT PUMP INSTALLATIONS AND THE

1:00:37IMPLEMENTATION OF BUILDING AND

1:00:38ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. THE

1:00:40CLIMATE AND HEALTH STANDARDS

1:00:42WILL ENTAIL SIMILAR ENERGY

1:00:44EFFICIENCY MEASURES, AND THESE

1:00:46MEASURES NOT ONLY REDUCE

1:00:48EMISSIONS AND UTILITY COSTS,

1:00:49BUT ALSO INCREASE COMFORT AND

1:00:51SAFETY DURING EXTREME WEATHER

1:00:52EVENTS, A GROWING CONCERN AS

1:00:55CLIMATE RELATED DISASTERS

1:00:56BECOME MORE FREQUENT. C.C.C.

1:00:58URGES THE COMMITTEE TO VOTE YES

1:00:59ON THIS POLICY AND ORDINANCE

1:01:01SHAPED BY MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS

1:01:02OF MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY

1:01:03ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH

1:01:05FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY.

1:01:09>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AVALOS

1:01:10AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

1:01:12I'M SARAH HYNEK, DIRECTOR OF

1:01:13PLANNING AND SUSTAINABILITY FOR

1:01:15PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY. PSU

1:01:18RESPECTFULLY ASKS THE COMMITTEE

1:01:20TO EXTEND THE EXEMPTION GIVEN

1:01:22TO K-12 SCHOOLS, MANUFACTURING

1:01:24PLACES OF WORSHIP AND

1:01:26CONDOMINIUMS TO HIGHER

1:01:28EDUCATION. PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES

1:01:29FACE THE SAME FISCAL

1:01:30CONSTRAINTS AS K-12 SCHOOLS,

1:01:32AND WHILE MANAGING COMPLEX,

1:01:34ENERGY INTENSIVE BUILDINGS. THE

1:01:36REASON IS COST. OUR PRELIMINARY

1:01:39ANALYSIS, BASED ON LIMITED

1:01:41DETAILS, SUGGESTS PSU COULD OWE

1:01:43MORE THAN $2 MILLION A YEAR,

1:01:46AND THE CITY HAS NOT PUBLISHED

1:01:47A COST ANALYSIS FOR CAMPUS

1:01:49INSTITUTIONS. FUNDING UPGRADES

1:01:51IS DIFFICULT FOR PUBLIC

1:01:52UNIVERSITIES, GIVEN STATE BOND

1:01:54PROCESSES AND THE

1:01:56UNAVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL

1:01:56DOLLARS. UNDER THIS

1:01:58ADMINISTRATION'S CHANGING

1:01:59PRIORITIES. PSU'S CLIMATE

1:02:01ACTION PLAN TARGETS AN 80%

1:02:03EMISSIONS REDUCTION BY 2030 AND

1:02:05CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2040, AND

1:02:07WE ARE MAKING REAL PROGRESS.

1:02:09SINCE 2008, WE HAVE CUT CAMPUS

1:02:12EMISSIONS FROM 105,000 TO

1:02:1744,000 METRIC TONS SINCE 2012.

1:02:19OUR DIRECT OPERATIONAL

1:02:21EMISSIONS ARE DOWN NEARLY 74%.

1:02:25RETROFITS AND MODERN FACILITIES

1:02:26HAVE REDUCED OUR ELECTRICITY

1:02:28USE BY 28% AND GAS USE BY 20%.

1:02:32GAS USED MAINLY FOR HEATING,

1:02:34ACCOUNTS FOR JUST 13% OF OUR

1:02:35TOTAL EMISSIONS, AND OUR

1:02:37RESIDENCE HALLS HAVE NO GAS

1:02:39COOKTOPS. BUT PSU IS WORKING TO

1:02:43CLOSE A $35 MILLION DEFICIT,

1:02:45AND COMPLIANCE COSTS WOULD COME

1:02:47FROM THE SAME OPERATING BUDGET

1:02:49THAT PAYS FOR FACULTY, STAFF

1:02:51AND STUDENT SERVICES, WITH 80%

1:02:53OF THAT BUDGET GOING TO

1:02:54PERSONNEL. THAT MEANS WORKFORCE

1:02:56REDUCTIONS AND TUITION

1:02:57INCREASES. OREGON RANKS 46TH

1:03:01NATIONALLY IN PER STUDENT

1:03:02FUNDING FOR PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES,

1:03:04LEAVING LITTLE ROOM TO ABSORB

1:03:06AN UNFUNDED MANDATE. IF THE

1:03:08COUNCIL IS NOT PREPARED TO

1:03:09EXEMPT HIGHER ED, WE URGE YOU

1:03:11TO DELAY THE VOTE UNTIL A FULL

1:03:13PUBLIC FINANCIAL ANALYSIS IS

1:03:15COMPLETE. PSU WILL KEEP

1:03:16REDUCING EMISSIONS AND GLADLY

1:03:17SHARE DATA AND TECHNICAL

1:03:19EXPERTISE AS THE CITY REFINES

1:03:21ITS POLICY. THANK YOU.

1:03:30>> I DON'T KNOW WHO THE OTHERS

1:03:31ARE.

1:03:32>> ONCE MORE FOR MICHELLE GILA,

1:03:35CATHERINE KING. OKAY, WE'LL

1:03:42MOVE ON TO MICHAEL MYERS.

1:03:47HOWARD BELL, RANDALL FRIESEN,

1:03:52BRIAN OHLENDORF, RIVER SHULL.

1:04:01AND WE HAVE MICHAEL ONLINE.

1:04:03FEEL FREE TO BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE

1:04:04READY.

1:04:05>> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON,

1:04:06CHAIR AVALOS AND MEMBERS OF THE

1:04:07HOUSING AND PERMANENT COMMITTEE.

1:04:09MY NAME IS MICHAEL MYERS. I'M

1:04:10AN ECONOMIST WITH NORTHWEST

1:04:12NATURAL. THANK YOU FOR THE

1:04:13OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY TODAY ON

1:04:14THE PROPOSED CLIMATE AND HEALTH

1:04:15STANDARDS POLICY. PORTLAND IS

1:04:18ALREADY FACING SIGNIFICANT

1:04:19ECONOMIC HEADWINDS, YET THE

1:04:20CITY IS CONSIDERING A POLICY

1:04:22THAT COULD IMPOSE NEW COSTS AND

1:04:23COMPLIANCE OBLIGATIONS ON

1:04:24HOUSING PROVIDERS, BUSINESSES

1:04:27AND BUILDING OWNERS WITHOUT AN

1:04:28UPDATED ANALYSIS OF THOSE

1:04:30IMPACTS. OREGON'S LABOR MARKET

1:04:32HAS WEAKENED OVER THE PAST YEAR,

1:04:33WHILE DEVELOPERS, AFFORDABLE

1:04:35HOUSING PROVIDERS AND PROPERTY

1:04:36OWNERS CONTINUE TO FACE HIGH

1:04:38CONSTRUCTION COSTS, FINANCING

1:04:40CHALLENGES, RISING INSURANCE

1:04:42EXPENSES AND BROADER ECONOMIC

1:04:43UNCERTAINTY. IN THIS

1:04:46ENVIRONMENT, EVEN RELATIVELY

1:04:47MODEST NEW COSTS CAN INFLUENCE

1:04:48INVESTMENT DECISIONS, HOUSING

1:04:50PRODUCTION AND THE RESOURCES

1:04:51AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT TENANTS.

1:04:53THAT IS WHY UPDATED ECONOMIC

1:04:55ANALYSIS MATTERS. THE PROPOSAL

1:04:57BEFORE COUNCIL TODAY DIFFERS

1:04:59SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE VERSIONS

1:05:00PREVIOUSLY EVALUATED DURING THE

1:05:02DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. THE

1:05:03ECONOMIC ANALYSIS THAT HAS BEEN

1:05:04CITED THROUGHOUT THIS

1:05:05DISCUSSION WAS CONDUCTED ON AN

1:05:07EARLIER PROPOSAL, AND SINCE

1:05:08THEN, THE POLICY HAS EVOLVED

1:05:11SUBSTANTIALLY, ADDING

1:05:11REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE NOT

1:05:13REFLECTED IN THE ORIGINAL

1:05:14ANALYSIS BEFORE ADOPTING A

1:05:16POLICY WITH POTENTIALLY

1:05:17SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC

1:05:19CONSEQUENCES. COUNCIL COUNCIL

1:05:20SHOULD HAVE CURRENT INFORMATION

1:05:22ABOUT COSTS, IMPLEMENTATION

1:05:23IMPACTS AND TRADE OFFS. POLICY

1:05:25MAKERS SHOULD NOT BE ASKED TO

1:05:26MAKE DECISIONS OF THIS

1:05:27MAGNITUDE BASED ON OUTDATED

1:05:29ASSUMPTIONS. THIS CONCERN IS

1:05:31PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AS

1:05:32OREGON'S STATEWIDE BUILDING

1:05:33PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ARE STILL

1:05:34BEING IMPLEMENTED. BUILDING

1:05:36OWNERS, UTILITIES AND

1:05:37REGULATORS ARE ONLY BEGINNING

1:05:38TO UNDERSTAND THE REAL WORLD,

1:05:40REAL WORLD COSTS AND

1:05:41OPERATIONAL IMPACTS OF THOSE

1:05:44REQUIREMENTS. PORTLAND SHOULD

1:05:46EVALUATE THOSE OUTCOMES BEFORE

1:05:47LAYERING ON ADDITIONAL LOCAL

1:05:49MANDATES. CLIMATE GOALS AND

1:05:51ECONOMIC REALITIES MUST BE

1:05:53CONSIDERED TOGETHER. STRONG

1:05:54POLICY REQUIRES CURRENT DATA,

1:05:56RIGOROUS ANALYSIS, AND

1:05:58MEANINGFUL STAKEHOLDER

1:05:59ENGAGEMENT. WE URGE THE

1:06:00COMMITTEE TO PAUSE THIS

1:06:01PROPOSAL UNTIL UPDATED.

1:06:03ECONOMIC ANALYSIS HAS BEEN

1:06:04COMPLETED, AND THESE QUESTIONS

1:06:05HAVE BEEN FULLY ADDRESSED.

1:06:07THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND

1:06:09CONSIDERATION.

1:06:14>> WE HAVE HOWARD BELL ONLINE.

1:06:19HOWARD, FEEL FREE TO UNMUTE AND

1:06:20BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY.

1:06:21>> I GOT IT. CAN YOU HEAR ME?

1:06:23>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.

1:06:24>> ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU.

1:06:26CHAIR AVALOS, MEMBERS OF THE

1:06:28COMMITTEE, I APPRECIATE ALL OF

1:06:30YOU. MY NAME IS HOWARD BELL. I

1:06:31SERVE AS THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER

1:06:33AND EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF

1:06:36OPEIU LOCAL 11. I REPRESENT

1:06:38WORKING MEN AND WOMEN WHOSE

1:06:40CAREERS AND RETIREMENT SECURITY

1:06:42DEPEND ON ORGANS, ENERGY,

1:06:44CONSTRUCTION AND SERVICE

1:06:45INDUSTRIES. I SUPPORT REDUCING

1:06:47EMISSIONS AND PROTECTING PUBLIC

1:06:49HEALTH, BUT THIS ORDINANCE

1:06:50COMMITS PORTLAND TO AN

1:06:52AGGRESSIVE BUILDING

1:06:54DECARBONIZATION POLICY WITHOUT

1:06:56ADEQUATELY DEMONSTRATING THAT

1:06:58IT IS AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE OR

1:07:01ACHIEVABLE. ELECTRIFICATION

1:07:03DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY CREATE

1:07:05MORE JOBS. IT CAN SHIFT WORK

1:07:07AND INVESTMENT AWAY FROM

1:07:09EXISTING ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE,

1:07:11AND THE SKILLED WORKERS WHO

1:07:12BUILD, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE IT.

1:07:15WHY SHOULD PORTLAND CHOOSE A

1:07:17POLICY THAT COULD ELIMINATE

1:07:19FAMILY WAGE CAREERS WITHOUT A

1:07:21CREDIBLE PLAN FOR THE WORKERS

1:07:23AFFECTED? OUR NORTHWEST

1:07:24NATIONAL COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

1:07:26AGREEMENT COVERS PIPELINE

1:07:28WELDERS AND FABRICATORS,

1:07:29CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

1:07:31OPERATORS, FIELD ENGINEERING

1:07:33TECHNICIANS, SYSTEM OPERATIONS

1:07:35AND GAS STORAGE EMPLOYEES, GIS

1:07:37TECHNICIANS, CUSTOMER SERVICE

1:07:39REPRESENTATIVES, ACCOUNTANTS

1:07:41AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

1:07:42STAFF. THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE

1:07:44WITH FAMILIES. HEALTHCARE AND

1:07:47RETIREMENT SECURITY AT STAKE.

1:07:49LET TECHNOLOGY COMPETE.

1:07:52EVALUATE HEAT PUMPS, HYBRID

1:07:53SYSTEMS. DISTRICT ENERGY,

1:07:55THERMAL STORAGE, RENEWABLE

1:07:56NATURAL GAS AND HYDROGEN WHERE

1:07:59TECHNICALLY APPROPRIATE. LEARN

1:08:00FROM DENMARK AND NORTHERN

1:08:01EUROPE, WHERE INTEGRATED ENERGY

1:08:04SYSTEMS, DISTRICT HEATING AND

1:08:06INDUSTRIAL WASTE HEAT.

1:08:07DEMONSTRATE THE VALUE OF

1:08:08DIVERSE ENERGY PORTFOLIO. OUR

1:08:10EXISTING GAS PIPELINES ARE

1:08:12ENERGY, ENERGY, INFRASTRUCTURE

1:08:14AND THEIR POTENTIAL ROLE IN

1:08:17DEVELOPING. DELIVERING LOW

1:08:18CARBON ENERGY DESERVES SERIOUS

1:08:20EVALUATION. FINALLY, WHERE ARE

1:08:23THE TRANSPARENT ANNUAL

1:08:25MEASUREMENTS OF EMISSIONS

1:08:26REDUCTIONS, ENERGY COSTS,

1:08:28HOUSING IMPACTS, GRID DELIVERY,

1:08:31COMMUNITY AND JOB LOSSES OR

1:08:33GAINS? I URGE THE COMMITTEE TO

1:08:35RECONSIDER A ONE PATHWAY

1:08:36MANDATE AND ADOPT A TECHNOLOGY

1:08:39NEUTRAL, MEASURABLE AND

1:08:40WORKFORCE CENTERED APPROACH. WE

1:08:42CAN REDUCE EMISSIONS WITHOUT

1:08:44TREATING WORKING FAMILIES AND

1:08:45RELIABLE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE

1:08:47AS COLLATERAL DAMAGE, AND I.

1:08:49>> THANK YOU. HOWARD. THANK YOU.

1:08:50HOWARD, YOU ARE 30S OVER. WRAP

1:08:52UP YOUR THOUGHT. OH, OKAY.

1:08:56NEVER MIND. THANK YOU. HOWARD,

1:08:59WE HAVE TO MOVE ON. GO AHEAD.

1:09:02DIEGO, CALL THE NEXT PERSON.

1:09:03>> WE HAVE RANDALL ON LINE. OH,

1:09:06SORRY. WOULD YOU, LIKE.

1:09:08>> GO AHEAD AND WRAP YOUR

1:09:09THOUGHT. I'LL GIVE YOU 10S TO

1:09:11WRAP UP YOUR THOUGHT. YES. GO

1:09:13AHEAD.

1:09:13>> CANDACE.

1:09:14>> ALL RIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE

1:09:16COUNCIL CHAMBERS IS MUTED. ONE

1:09:19SECOND.

1:09:26>> IT LOOKS LIKE THE COUNCIL IS

1:09:27MUTED.

1:09:29>> YES, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.

1:09:30OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?

1:09:34>> YEAH. THIS IS RANDALL

1:09:35FRIESEN WITH THE COLUMBIA

1:09:36PACIFIC. CAN I GO.

1:09:37>> ONE SECOND?

1:09:38>> OKAY.

1:09:38>> DIEGO, ARE WE GOOD?

1:09:40>> I BELIEVE SO. CAN YOU STILL

1:09:41HEAR US, HOWARD?

1:09:45>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S JUST KEEP

1:09:46GOING. CALL WHOEVER'S NEXT.

1:09:49>> RANDALL. I BELIEVE YOU ARE

1:09:51UP NEXT.

1:09:51>> OKAY. GO AHEAD. RANDALL.

1:09:53>> THANK YOU. THIS IS RANDALL

1:09:54FRIESEN. FOR THE RECORD, I'M

1:09:56THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DIRECTOR

1:09:57FOR THE COLUMBIA PACIFIC

1:09:58BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL. WE

1:10:00REPRESENT 22 BUILDING TRADES

1:10:02UNIONS MADE UP OF OVER 20,000

1:10:03SKILLED TRADES MEMBERS IN THE

1:10:05PORTLAND METRO AND SOUTHWEST

1:10:06WASHINGTON REGION. OUR MEMBERS

1:10:08BUILD AND MAINTAIN THE ENERGY,

1:10:10INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUILDINGS

1:10:11THAT SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.

1:10:12WHILE WE SUPPORT PRACTICAL

1:10:14EFFORTS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS AND

1:10:15IMPROVE BUILDING PERFORMANCE,

1:10:16THIS PROPOSAL RAISES SERIOUS

1:10:18CONCERNS BECAUSE OF THE PROCESS

1:10:19USED TO DEVELOP IT. SIMPLY PUT,

1:10:22THE CITY IS MOVING FASTER THAN

1:10:23THE FACTS. MANY WORKERS,

1:10:25CONTRACTORS, HOUSING PROVIDERS

1:10:27AND PROPERTY OWNERS WHO MUST

1:10:29IMPLEMENT THIS POLICY WERE NOT

1:10:30MEANINGFULLY ENGAGED UNTIL VERY

1:10:33RECENTLY. COUNCIL IS BEING

1:10:34ASKED TO ADVANCE A POLICY THAT

1:10:36STILL LACKS CLARITY ON CRITICAL

1:10:39ISSUES. BEFORE MOVING FORWARD,

1:10:41COUNCIL SHOULD COMPLETE AND

1:10:42PUBLISH AN UPDATED IMPACT

1:10:44ANALYSIS. THE POLICY HAS

1:10:46CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY, YET

1:10:48UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING

1:10:50AFFORDABILITY, COMPLIANCE

1:10:51OBLIGATIONS AND BROADER

1:10:52ECONOMIC EFFECTS HAS NOT BEEN

1:10:54MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC

1:10:56REVIEW. GOOD POLICY REQUIRES

1:10:58GOOD INFORMATION. COUNCIL MUST

1:11:01ALSO ENSURE ANY LOCAL

1:11:03REQUIREMENTS ARE FULLY

1:11:04COORDINATED WITH OREGON'S

1:11:05BUILDING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

1:11:06PROGRAM. THE CITY SHOULD AVOID

1:11:08CREATING AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF

1:11:10REGULATION THAT INCREASES

1:11:11CONFUSION, DUPLICATION AND

1:11:13COMPLIANCE BURDENS. FROM A

1:11:15WORKFORCE PERSPECTIVE,

1:11:18REGULATORY CERTAINTY MATTERS

1:11:19FOR TRAINING, STAFFING, AND

1:11:21PROJECT DELIVERY. THE BROAD

1:11:23COALITION SUBMITTING TESTIMONY

1:11:24TODAY REPRESENTS TENS OF

1:11:26THOUSANDS OF WORKERS, EMPLOYERS,

1:11:28ASSOCIATIONS AND RESIDENTS.

1:11:30TOGETHER, WE ARE ASKING THE

1:11:31CITY TO PAUSE, COMPLETE THE

1:11:33NECESSARY ANALYSIS, ENGAGE

1:11:35AFFECTED STAKEHOLDERS AND

1:11:37EVALUATE HOW THIS INTERACTS

1:11:38WITH STATE REQUIREMENTS BEFORE

1:11:41IMPOSING ADDITIONAL LOCAL

1:11:42MANDATES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

1:11:44TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

1:11:49>> BRIAN ORNDORF, DISTRICT FOUR.

1:11:51THIS RUSHED AND POORLY WRITTEN

1:11:53ORDINANCE RISKS INCREASING

1:11:54CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATING

1:11:55COSTS, ADDING RED TAPE,

1:11:56DISCOURAGING INVESTMENT, AND

1:11:57PUTTING UPWARD PRESSURE ON

1:11:59RENTS. THAT'S NOT CLIMATE

1:12:00LEADERSHIP, IT'S ECONOMIC

1:12:02SELF-SABOTAGE. THE ORDINANCE

1:12:03MAKES NO CONSIDERATION OF

1:12:04MEASURES ALREADY TAKEN BY

1:12:05PROPERTY OWNERS TO REDUCE

1:12:07CONSUMPTION AND CARBON

1:12:07EMISSIONS, REGARDLESS OF

1:12:08WHETHER A BUILDING IS ALREADY

1:12:10CERTIFIED AS LEED PLATINUM,

1:12:11THERE STILL MUST BE A 20%

1:12:13REDUCTION IN CARBON EMISSIONS

1:12:13EVERY FIVE YEARS OR THERE WILL

1:12:15BE A SIGNIFICANT PENALTY. THE

1:12:17COST WILL FALL HEAVIEST AND

1:12:19PRECISELY THE OLDER LOWER RENT

1:12:20HOUSING THAT PORTLAND HOUSING

1:12:21SUPPLY AND AFFORDABILITY CRISIS

1:12:23CAN LEAST AFFORD TO LOSE. WHERE

1:12:25TENANTS HOLD A UTILITY ACCOUNT

1:12:27DIRECTLY, THE BUILDING OWNER

1:12:28HAS NO ABILITY TO ELECT AN

1:12:29ENERGY PRODUCT WITH LOWER

1:12:30EMISSIONS ON THE TENANT'S

1:12:31BEHALF. DESPITE THIS, THE DRAFT

1:12:33ORDINANCE ASSIGNS COMPLIANCE

1:12:34OBLIGATION ASSOCIATED WITH

1:12:36PENALTY EXPOSURE TO THE OWNER

1:12:37ON SOMETHING THEY DON'T EVEN

1:12:39CONTROL. THAT'S INSANE. ADDING

1:12:41ANOTHER EXPENSIVE BUILDING

1:12:42MANDATE WILL NOT BRING

1:12:43EMPLOYERS DOWNTOWN, FILL VACANT

1:12:45OFFICES, INCREASE RETAIL FOOT

1:12:46TRAFFIC OR RESTORE INVESTOR

1:12:48CONFIDENCE. AFTER 30 YEARS IN

1:12:50COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE. I CAN

1:12:51TELL YOU THIS YOU CANNOT

1:12:54REGULATE YOUR WAY INTO

1:12:55PROSPERITY. YOU CANNOT MANDATE

1:12:56A THRIVING DOWNTOWN INTO

1:12:58EXISTENCE. INSTEAD, COUNCIL

1:13:00CONTINUES TO SPEND TIME ON

1:13:01SYMBOLIC POLICIES. THERE'S A

1:13:03FAMOUS LINE IN THE 2008 COMEDY

1:13:05MOVIE TROPIC THUNDER THAT SAYS,

1:13:07NEVER GO FULL ON RETARD THIS

1:13:10LEGISLATION AS IT IS CURRENTLY

1:13:12DRAFTED. EXCUSE ME, GOES.

1:13:13>> ON, WE DO NOT ALLOW THAT

1:13:15KIND OF LANGUAGE IN HERE. I'M

1:13:16GOING TO WRAP UP POORLY.

1:13:17>> THIS IS A POORLY THOUGHT OUT

1:13:19RUSH JOB, JUST LIKE THE FAIR

1:13:21SHARE ACT.

1:13:21>> ALL RIGHT, YOUR TIME IS HIT.

1:13:23>> PAUSE AND BRING THE

1:13:24STAKEHOLDERS TO THE TABLE, NOT

1:13:25JUST ANOTHER IDEOLOGICALLY

1:13:26ALIGNED.

1:13:26>> YOUR TIME IS UP. WE DO NOT

1:13:28APPRECIATE THOSE WORDS IN THIS

1:13:30CHAMBER. PLEASE LEAVE. THANK

1:13:31YOU. NEXT UP.

1:13:33>> WE HAVE RIVER ONLINE. RIVER.

1:13:35YOU MAY BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY.

1:13:37>> HI. YEAH. FIRST OFF, GOOD

1:13:40AFTERNOON, CHAIR AVALOS, AND

1:13:42THANK YOU. AS A MEMBER OF THE

1:13:44DISABILITY COMMUNITY FOR

1:13:46CALLING THAT OUT. THAT WAS

1:13:49SHOCKING. ANYWAY, MOVING ON, MY

1:13:52NAME IS RACHEL. I AM A PERSON

1:13:56WITH DISABILITIES AND I HAVE

1:13:58LIVED IN LOW INCOME HOUSING MY

1:14:01PRETTY MUCH MY ENTIRE ADULT

1:14:02LIFE AND STILL DO. I REALLY

1:14:06APPRECIATE THESE MEASURES. AND

1:14:08I JUST SEE A VERY SMALL GAP

1:14:10THAT I THINK CAN BE RELATIVELY

1:14:13EASILY FIXED WHEN IT COMES TO

1:14:17THE POLICY. TALKING ABOUT

1:14:19STANDARDS THAT WILL PROVIDE

1:14:20ACCESS AND CLIMATE INFORMATION

1:14:21FOR PROSPECTIVE TENANTS, I ASK,

1:14:24AS A MEMBER OF HABITAT FOR

1:14:26HUMANITY, COMMUNITY AND LOW

1:14:28INCOME HOUSING OWNER, THAT ALSO

1:14:31BE PROVIDED TO POTENTIAL

1:14:33HOMEOWNERS SO THAT LOW INCOME

1:14:34HOMEOWNERS PARTICULARLY KNOW

1:14:35WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO AND

1:14:36WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN AFFORD

1:14:38WHAT THAT ENERGY COSTS WILL BE.

1:14:41AS WE ARE TRYING TO EXPAND LOW

1:14:43INCOME HOMEOWNERSHIP, I HOPE

1:14:45THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED. THE

1:14:46OTHER PART IS THE COST NOT

1:14:49BEING PASSED ON TO RESIDENTIAL

1:14:51TENANTS, AND THE DISPLACEMENT

1:14:53MUST BE IMPACTED WHEN IT COMES

1:14:55TO THINGS LIKE TOWNHOMES AND

1:14:56CONDOS, THERE ARE PLENTY OF LOW

1:14:58INCOME HOUSING PEOPLE LIVING IN

1:15:01THOSE THAT COULD NOT AFFORD

1:15:03THAT DISPLACEMENT BUT ARE NOT

1:15:04COVERED BY THIS POLICY. SO WE

1:15:07ARE ASKING FOR SOME SORT OF

1:15:08LIKE SUPPORT FOR THE LOW INCOME

1:15:12HOMEOWNERS, CONDO OWNERS,

1:15:13TOWNHOME OWNERS AS WELL. SO

1:15:19LAST, I DO JUST WANT TO SPEAK

1:15:21ON SOMETHING THAT WAS SPOKEN

1:15:22EARLIER FROM LACEY SUTTON. AND

1:15:25I SAY THIS WITH LOVE AND

1:15:26RESPECT. I ADORE YOU GUYS. IF

1:15:29THAT TREE IS NOT TAKEN CARE OF

1:15:31BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND OR

1:15:33HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, AND

1:15:34PEOPLE DIE, THE BLOOD WILL NOT

1:15:36BE ON LACEY'S HANDS. IT WILL BE

1:15:37ON YOURS. AND I AM SORRY TO SAY

1:15:39IT THAT WAY, BUT IT IS TRUE.

1:15:41>> THANK YOU.

1:15:44>> NEXT UP WE HAVE KELLY DUNDON,

1:15:49JIM MARQUARD, BRAD ARCHULETA,

1:15:53MEGAN HOWARD, KARA ZOLLER.

1:16:03>> IS THERE A LUCKY SPOT? DO

1:16:10YOU WANT DO YOU WANT TO GO

1:16:13FIRST?

1:16:13>> I'M NOT SURE WHO GOES FIRST.

1:16:15>> OKAY. I CAN JUST GO. DOES IT

1:16:17MATTER WHO GOES? OKAY.

1:16:19>> CAN YOU JUST CALL THE PERSON

1:16:20IF YOU COULD, JUST TO HELP ME

1:16:22SO THAT THERE'S LESS CONFUSION,

1:16:23JUST CALL THE NEXT PERSON WHEN

1:16:25THEY'RE UP.

1:16:25>> CERTAINLY. FIRST UP, JIM.

1:16:28>> OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY

1:16:30NAME IS JIM MARQUARD. I'M A

1:16:32PARTIAL OWNER OF TWO OLDER 1920

1:16:34PORTLAND BREAKERS. ONE IS IN

1:16:37NORTHWEST AND THE OTHER IS

1:16:38CLOSE IN SOUTHEAST. I'M RETIRED

1:16:41AT THIS POINT, AND THE

1:16:42BUILDINGS ARE A PRIMARY INCOME

1:16:44SOURCE. REGARDING THE CLIMATE

1:16:46AND HEALTH STANDARDS, I HAVE

1:16:48RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE CURRENT

1:16:50REQUIREMENTS. AND SO TODAY I

1:16:52TESTIFY IN OPPOSITION. CLIMATE

1:16:55CRISIS IS REAL. IT'S HERE.

1:16:58EARTHQUAKES PENDING, HOUSING

1:17:00SHORTAGES AND SHORTFALL OF CITY

1:17:02FINANCES ARE ALL MAJOR ISSUES

1:17:05FOR PORTLAND. THEY'RE

1:17:07INTERRELATED AND THEY ALL NEED

1:17:08TO BE ADDRESSED. THERE'S THE

1:17:10THERE'S THE PROBLEM. THIS MAY

1:17:12NOT SOUND RIGHT, BUT SOMETIMES

1:17:14PAUSING MAKES SENSE TO GET THE

1:17:15RESPONSE AS GOOD AS POSSIBLE,

1:17:18LET'S TAKE A STEP BACK AND

1:17:19BRING ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS

1:17:21TOGETHER. EARTHQUAKES POSING A

1:17:24REAL DANGER TO PORTLAND.

1:17:26SEISMIC UPGRADES ARE NEEDED TO

1:17:28HELP SAVE LIVES AND PROTECT

1:17:30PORTLAND'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING

1:17:32STOCK. SO WHATEVER THE CITY

1:17:34APPROVES REGARDING STRUCTURES

1:17:35WILL ALSO APPLY TO THE CITY'S

1:17:39OLDER BUILDINGS. REMEMBER WHAT

1:17:41HAPPENED NOT LONG AGO WHEN THE

1:17:43CITY MANDATED IRM UPGRADES THAT

1:17:47DID NOT GO ACCORDING TO PLAN?

1:17:49ONCE THE CITY LOOKED FULLY AT

1:17:50THE COSTS INVOLVED AND THE

1:17:52LIABILITY INVOLVED, LET'S NOT

1:17:55REPEAT THAT. I HAVE WORKED TO

1:17:57MAKE MY APARTMENT BUILDINGS

1:17:58MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT,

1:18:00COMFORTABLE TO LIVE IN, AND

1:18:02IT'S SIMPLY THE RIGHT THING TO

1:18:04BE DOING. I RECENTLY REPLACED

1:18:05ALL THE WINDOWS IN ONE BUILDING,

1:18:07INVESTING A HALF MILLION

1:18:08DOLLARS FOR THAT UPGRADE. WOULD

1:18:11THIS MEAN THAT I WOULD HAVE A

1:18:13HARDER TIME TO HIT IN TERMS OF

1:18:15REACHING THE REQUIRED

1:18:16EFFICIENCY GOALS? I WOULD

1:18:18SUGGEST AGAIN TO SLOW DOWN AND

1:18:20CONSIDER THE IMPLICATIONS. WHAT

1:18:22IS BEING PROPOSED AMOUNTS TO

1:18:24UNFUNDED MANDATES TO MAKE THIS

1:18:26WORK, GET THE FUNDING SIDE OF

1:18:28IT IN PLACE FIRST, THEN APPLY

1:18:31REQUIREMENTS. PORTLAND NEEDS

1:18:32ITS OLDER BUILDINGS AS PART OF

1:18:34THE CITY'S CHARACTER AND TO

1:18:36RETAIN NEEDED HOUSING, DO NOT

1:18:39GLOSS OVER THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS

1:18:41OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT

1:18:43WILL HAVE ON TENANTS INVOLVED.

1:18:46AND THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE

1:18:48YOUR TIME TODAY.

1:18:50>> NEXT UP IS KELLY. KELLY IS

1:18:52ONLINE. YOU MAY BEGIN WHEN

1:18:54YOU'RE READY.

1:18:57>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AVALOS

1:18:58AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

1:19:00THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY

1:19:01TO PROVIDE COMMENT. MY NAME IS

1:19:02KELLY DUNDON. I'M THE

1:19:03ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY MANAGER AT

1:19:05NORTHWEST NATURAL, WHERE I

1:19:06OVERSEE OUR GREENHOUSE GAS

1:19:08REPORTING, AMONG OTHER

1:19:09RESPONSIBILITIES, NORTHWEST

1:19:10NATURAL TAKES EMISSION

1:19:12REPORTING AND REDUCTION

1:19:13SERIOUSLY. WE'VE INVESTED

1:19:14SIGNIFICANTLY IN REDUCING

1:19:16EMISSIONS THROUGH ENERGY

1:19:18EFFICIENCY, PIPELINE

1:19:19REPLACEMENT, PURCHASING GAS

1:19:21FROM LOWER EMITTING PRODUCERS,

1:19:23RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS, AND OUR

1:19:25VOLUNTARY SMART ENERGY PROGRAM.

1:19:26AT THE OCTOBER 6TH COMMITTEE

1:19:28MEETING, THE CHIEF

1:19:29SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER AT THE

1:19:30CITY DESCRIBED NATURAL GAS AS

1:19:32AN OUTLIER FUEL, NOTING THAT IT

1:19:34WAS THE ONLY MAJOR FUEL SOURCE

1:19:35WITH INCREASING EMISSIONS AND

1:19:37USED IT AS JUSTIFICATION FOR

1:19:38THIS POLICY PROPOSAL. BUT THIS

1:19:40CHARACTERIZATION OVERLOOKS

1:19:41IMPORTANT PROGRESS. BETWEEN

1:19:441990 AND 2024, EMISSIONS PER

1:19:46NORTHWEST NATURAL RESIDENTIAL

1:19:47CUSTOMER DECREASED BY

1:19:48APPROXIMATELY 27%, WHILE TOTAL

1:19:50EMISSIONS HAVE INCREASED, THE

1:19:52EFFICIENCY OF DIRECT NATURAL

1:19:53GAS USE HAS IMPROVED

1:19:55SUBSTANTIALLY. IT'S ALSO

1:19:56IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THE

1:19:57ENTIRE ENERGY SYSTEM. MUCH OF

1:19:59THE ELECTRIC SECTOR'S EMISSIONS

1:20:00REDUCTIONS HAVE RESULTED HAVE

1:20:02BEEN THE RESULT OF REPLACING

1:20:03COAL GENERATION WITH NATURAL

1:20:05GAS SINCE 2000, NATURAL GAS USE

1:20:08FOR ELECTRICITY IN OREGON HAS

1:20:10INCREASED 128%, WHILE DIRECT

1:20:12NATURAL GAS NATURAL GAS USE FOR

1:20:14RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS HAS ONLY

1:20:16INCREASED 9%. THE PROPOSED

1:20:18POLICY DOES NOT ADEQUATELY

1:20:20REFLECT THE REALITIES OF OUR

1:20:22ENERGY SYSTEM. IT RISKS

1:20:23REQUIRING COSTLY BUILDING

1:20:24RETROFITS WHILE SHIFTING

1:20:25EMISSIONS AND ENERGY DEMAND

1:20:27FROM ONE SYSTEM TO ANOTHER,

1:20:29INCLUDING INCREASING REGIONAL

1:20:30PEAK ELECTRICITY NEEDS. IN CASE

1:20:33THERE'S ANY CONFUSION, I ALSO

1:20:34WANT TO MAKE THIS COMMITTEE

1:20:36AWARE THAT NORTHWEST NATURAL

1:20:37ALREADY OFFERS A SERVICE FOR

1:20:39RENTERS TO CALL US AND RECEIVE

1:20:40INFORMATION ABOUT POTENTIAL

1:20:42ENERGY COSTS. I URGE THE CITY

1:20:44TO RECONSIDER THIS PROPOSAL AND

1:20:46ENSURE THAT ITS POLICIES

1:20:47REFLECT THE REALITIES OF OUR

1:20:48ENERGY

1:20:49>> AND FULLY ACCOUNT FOR THE

1:20:51EMISSIONS AND RELIABILITY

1:20:52IMPACTS OF SHIFTING ENERGY

1:20:54BETWEEN SYSTEMS. THANK YOU.

1:20:57>> BRAD IS ONLINE. YOU MAY

1:20:58BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. BRAD.

1:21:00>> THANKS. CAN YOU HEAR ME?

1:21:03>> YES.

1:21:04>> HI. HI, COUNCILORS. THANK

1:21:06YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO

1:21:07TESTIFY. MY NAME IS BRAD

1:21:08ARCHULETA, RANK AND FILE MEMBER

1:21:10OF LOCAL 290 PLUMBERS

1:21:11STEAMFITTERS AND HVAC RU8290

1:21:13JOINED A COALITION REPRESENTING

1:21:14TENS AND THOUSANDS OF WORKERS,

1:21:16EMPLOYERS, HOUSING PROVIDERS,

1:21:17COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND

1:21:19MORE. WE'RE URGING YOU TO PAUSE

1:21:21THIS PROPOSAL. I WANT TO FOCUS

1:21:23ON TWO ISSUES. FIRST, MORE

1:21:25COORDINATION WITH STATE OF

1:21:26OREGON IS NEEDED, WHETHER

1:21:28THROUGH THE OREGON DEPARTMENT

1:21:29OF ENERGY BUILDING PERFORMANCE

1:21:30STANDARDS PROGRAM, THE PUBLIC

1:21:32UTILITY COMMISSION, OR DEQ. THE

1:21:34CITY SHOULD ALIGN WITH EXISTING

1:21:36STATE EFFORTS, NOT CREATE A NEW

1:21:38AND SEPARATE SCHEDULE FOR

1:21:40DECARBONIZATION. SOUND KEY.

1:21:42SECOND KEY ASSUMPTIONS IS THE

1:21:44PROPOSAL. DO NOT ALIGN WITH

1:21:45CURRENT UTILITY FILINGS AND

1:21:47RECENT REPORTING, PARTICULARLY

1:21:48THE ASSUMPTION THAT ELECTRICITY

1:21:50WILL BE CLEAN, AVAILABLE, AND

1:21:52AFFORDABLE BY THE PROPOSED

1:21:53DEADLINES. PACIFIC POWER'S

1:21:55RECENT FILINGS RAISE

1:21:56SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT

1:21:57COSTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN

1:21:59REFLECTED IN THE CITY'S

1:22:00ANALYSIS. THE UTILITY PROJECTS

1:22:02ANNUAL ELECTRICITY RATE

1:22:04INCREASES RANGING FROM 10% TO

1:22:07140%, TO COMPLY WITH THE

1:22:08STATE'S CLIMATE MANDATES.

1:22:09THAT'S 10 TO 140% EACH YEAR.

1:22:12PGE ALSO HAS RAISED DOUBTS THAT

1:22:14MEETING OREGON'S 2030 CLEAN

1:22:15ENERGY MANDATES. IN A FILING

1:22:17RELEASED LAST WEEK, THE COMPANY

1:22:19THE COMPANY STATED IT WOULD

1:22:20NEED AT TO ADD NEARLY SEVEN

1:22:23GIGAWATTS OF RENEWABLE

1:22:24GENERATION IN JUST FOUR YEARS,

1:22:26ROUGHLY DOUBLE THE CAPACITY OF

1:22:28THE PACIFIC POWER PLANTS IT

1:22:29OWNS TODAY. PGE WARNED THAT

1:22:31ADDING THE UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT

1:22:34OF RENEWABLE ENERGY WHILE

1:22:36MAINTAINING RELIABILITY AND

1:22:37AFFORDABILITY POSES CLEAR

1:22:40EXECUTION CHALLENGES. ALL OF

1:22:41THIS IS BEFORE ADDRESSING

1:22:43ANOTHER MAJOR CONCERN. THE CITY

1:22:44HAS NOT FULLY EVALUATED THE

1:22:45TRUE COST OF THIS PROPOSAL AND

1:22:47WHAT OTHER CITY PROGRAMS WILL

1:22:49BE CUT TO PAY FOR STAFFING. AS

1:22:51A UNION MEMBER AND BUILDING

1:22:52TRADES LEADER, I URGE YOU TO

1:22:53PAUSE THIS PROPOSAL. THANK YOU

1:22:55FOR THE TIME TODAY.

1:22:58>> MEGAN, YOU MAY BEGIN.

1:23:00>> HI.

1:23:01>> CHAIR AVALOS, VICE CHAIR,

1:23:02GREEN AND MEMBERS OF THE

1:23:03COMMITTEE, THANK YOU FOR THE

1:23:05OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY. MY NAME

1:23:06IS MEGAN HOWARD. IT'S NICE TO

1:23:08MEET YOU. I AM A SECOND

1:23:09GENERATION OWNER, DEVELOPER AND

1:23:10HOUSING PROVIDER HERE IN

1:23:12PORTLAND. CLIMATE CHANGE

1:23:13AFFECTS ALL OF US. AND AS A

1:23:15LIFELONG OREGONIAN, I SUPPORT

1:23:16CLEANER, HEALTHIER AND MORE

1:23:18ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS. BUT

1:23:19I BELIEVE PORTLAND'S CLIMATE,

1:23:21HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY GOALS

1:23:22NEED TO WORK TOGETHER. ONE OF

1:23:24OUR APARTMENT COMMUNITIES BEGAN

1:23:25WELCOMING RESIDENTS IN 2020.

1:23:27ENERGY EFFICIENCY EFFICIENCY

1:23:29WAS ALREADY A MAJOR PART OF

1:23:30THAT PROJECT. WE INCORPORATED

1:23:31LOW FLOW PLUMBING FIXTURES, LED

1:23:33LIGHTING, HIGH PERFORMANCE

1:23:35INSULATION, EFFICIENT

1:23:36APPLIANCES, AND OTHER ENERGY

1:23:38EFFICIENT MEASURES. WE ALSO

1:23:39CHOSE TO GO BEYOND THE CODE

1:23:41BECAUSE WE WANTED TO PURSUE THE

1:23:43NGBS GREEN CERTIFICATION. SO I

1:23:45GENUINELY WONDER, FOR A

1:23:46BUILDING THIS NEW WHERE WE'VE

1:23:47ALREADY INVESTED SIGNIFICANTLY

1:23:49IN EFFICIENCY, WHAT EXACTLY ARE

1:23:51WE SUPPOSED TO RETROFIT AND HOW

1:23:52QUICKLY CAN WE REALISTICALLY DO

1:23:54THIS? I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT

1:23:56OCCUPANCY. IF A BUILDING IS

1:23:58MORE FULLY OCCUPIED AFTER ITS

1:23:59BASELINE IS ESTABLISHED, ENERGY

1:24:01USE MAY INCREASE SIMPLY BECAUSE

1:24:03MORE PEOPLE ARE LIVING THERE,

1:24:04NOT BECAUSE OF ENERGY USAGE ON

1:24:05THE BUILDING ITSELF. FILLING

1:24:07APARTMENT HOMES SHOULD BE THE

1:24:08HOUSING SUCCESS, NOT A

1:24:10COMPLIANCE CONCERN. ANOTHER

1:24:12CONCERN I HAVE IS AFFORDABILITY.

1:24:14THERE ISN'T A SEPARATE,

1:24:16SEPARATE BUCKET OF MONEY FOR

1:24:17THESE REQUIREMENTS. SIGNIFICANT

1:24:19UNFUNDED CAPITAL INVESTMENT

1:24:20MEANS FEWER DOLLARS AVAILABLE

1:24:21FOR MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENTS

1:24:23AND FUTURE REINVESTMENT BACK

1:24:25INTO OUR COMMUNITY, AND

1:24:26BUILDING NEW HOUSING INVENTORY

1:24:28THAT THE CITY DESPERATELY NEEDS.

1:24:30WE CANNOT CONTINUALLY MAKE

1:24:31HOUSING MORE EXPENSIVE TO

1:24:32OPERATE AND EXPECT

1:24:33AFFORDABILITY AND FUTURE

1:24:34INVESTMENT TO BE UNAFFECTED. I

1:24:37CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH HOW

1:24:38PORTLAND RECONCILES ITS DESIRE

1:24:39FOR MORE HOUSING, WITH POLICIES

1:24:40THAT ADD COST AND COMPLEXITY

1:24:42FOR HOUSING PROVIDERS WHO HAVE

1:24:43CHOSEN TO REMAIN HERE. IF WE

1:24:46GENUINELY CARE ABOUT INCREASING

1:24:47AND PRESERVING HOUSING, HOUSING

1:24:49PROVIDERS NEED TO BE PARTNERS

1:24:50IN THESE CONVERSATIONS. BEFORE

1:24:51IMPOSING MANDATES. PLEASE MAKE

1:24:52SURE MEANINGFUL FINANCIAL

1:24:53ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE SFF OR

1:24:55OTHER RESOURCES ARE ACTUALLY

1:24:56AVAILABLE TO THE BUILDINGS

1:24:57REQUIRED TO COMPLY. I ASK YOU

1:25:00TO PLEASE COMPLETE THE CITY'S

1:25:01LANDLORD TENANT STUDY AND MAKE

1:25:02THOSE FINDINGS PUBLIC BEFORE

1:25:03ADOPTING ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS

1:25:04THAT MATERIALLY INCREASE THE

1:25:05COST OF PROVIDING RENTAL

1:25:06HOUSING. PORTLAND NEEDS HOUSING.

1:25:08OUR CLIMATE AFFORDABILITY AND

1:25:10HOUSING PRODUCTION GOALS SHOULD

1:25:11REINFORCE ONE ANOTHER, NOT

1:25:12COMPETE WITH ONE ANOTHER. THANK

1:25:13YOU FOR YOUR TIME, KARA.

1:25:16>> YOU MAY BEGIN.

1:25:18>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AVALOS,

1:25:20VICE CHAIR, GREEN, AND MEMBERS

1:25:21OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS

1:25:23KARA SAYLOR. I'M A CLIMATE

1:25:24POLICY AND ENERGY LAW ATTORNEY

1:25:26AT THE GREEN ENERGY INSTITUTE,

1:25:27WHICH IS HOUSED WITHIN LEWIS

1:25:29AND CLARK LAW SCHOOL. I LIVE

1:25:30AND WORK IN THIS CITY, AND I'M

1:25:32A CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT FOUR.

1:25:34SO I WANT TO ASSURE YOU AND THE

1:25:36FOLKS IN THE ROOM THAT THIS

1:25:38POLICY IS DECIDEDLY NOT AN

1:25:40EXPERIMENT. IN FACT, WE'RE A

1:25:42LAGGARD. BOSTON, NEW YORK,

1:25:43SAINT LOUIS, D.C. WASHINGTON

1:25:46STATE, THOSE ARE JUST A HANDFUL

1:25:48OF JURISDICTIONS WHICH HAVE

1:25:50ADOPTED A BUILDING PERFORMANCE

1:25:51STANDARD LIKE THIS ONE. FOUR

1:25:54STATES, 11 CITIES AND ONE

1:25:56COUNTY HAVE ADOPTED STANDARDS

1:25:57LIKE THESE YEARS OF OUTREACH,

1:26:01RESEARCH, PILOTS AND DISCUSSION

1:26:02WITH PORTLAND STAKEHOLDERS HAVE

1:26:04RESULTED IN US BEING HERE TODAY.

1:26:06I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT YOU'VE

1:26:08HEARD BOTH THAT THERE WAS NOT

1:26:09ENOUGH PROCESS AND THAT THERE

1:26:12WAS QUITE A BIT OF PROCESS THAT

1:26:14DOESN'T REFLECT STAKEHOLDER

1:26:16FEEDBACK. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE,

1:26:18WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT

1:26:19THESE RULES, REFINING THEM,

1:26:21TESTING THEM, AND WAITING SINCE

1:26:232019. JUST FROM A PERSONAL

1:26:25PERSPECTIVE, I'M EXCITED ABOUT

1:26:26THIS POLICY BECAUSE PORTLAND IS

1:26:27A LOT OF TALK ABOUT CLIMATE

1:26:29ACTION. I'M EXCITED TO HEAR

1:26:31ABOUT ALL THE INSTITUTIONS IN

1:26:33OUR CITY WHICH HAVE VOLUNTARY

1:26:35PLANS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS. I

1:26:37BELIEVE THAT THOSE INSTITUTIONS

1:26:39TRULY MEAN TO DO THE RIGHT

1:26:40THING. THE REALITY, THOUGH, IS

1:26:43THAT UNLESS A REGULATION

1:26:45INSPIRES AN INSTITUTION TO

1:26:47PRIORITIZE THE INVESTMENTS,

1:26:48THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT

1:26:51NEEDS ATTENTION FIRST. WE HEARD

1:26:54DENMARK RAISED AS AN EXAMPLE

1:26:55FOR PORTLAND TO FOLLOW. DENMARK

1:26:58IS LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO REACH

1:27:01CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2050. THAT

1:27:04POLICY HAS DRIVEN THE KINDS OF

1:27:06INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT YOU

1:27:07HEARD ABOUT FROM THAT PREVIOUS

1:27:10TESTIFIER. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE

1:27:11THAT THERE SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF

1:27:13FEAR. I THINK, CHAIR AVALOS,

1:27:15THAT YOUR FAQS ON THE WEBPAGE

1:27:17ARE EXCELLENT. I THINK CLOSE

1:27:20READING WILL ASSURE FOLKS IN

1:27:22THIS ROOM THAT THIS POLICY IS

1:27:24VERY DOABLE, AND WILL GIVE

1:27:25PLENTY OF TIME AND FLEXIBILITY

1:27:27TO COMPLY. THANK YOU.

1:27:31>> ONCE MORE FOR ANN TURNER.

1:27:52>> GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD

1:27:53AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND COUNCILORS.

1:27:57MY NAME IS DOCTOR ANN TURNER.

1:28:00I'M SPEAKING TODAY ON BEHALF OF

1:28:02OREGON PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL

1:28:04RESPONSIBILITY. WE STRONGLY

1:28:06SUPPORT THE CLIMATE AND HEALTH

1:28:08STANDARDS AND URGE YOU TO PASS

1:28:09THIS ORDINANCE. THE CLIMATE

1:28:12CRISIS IS REAL, PRIMARILY

1:28:15DRIVEN BY THE FOSSIL FUEL

1:28:16INDUSTRY, WHOSE MAIN TACTIC

1:28:20OVER MANY YEARS HAS BEEN DELAY.

1:28:23WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DELAY, AS A

1:28:27PHYSICIAN, THE IMPORTANCE OF

1:28:28THE FACT THAT TENANTS WILL

1:28:31RECEIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE

1:28:32HEALTH RISKS OF APPLIANCES LIKE

1:28:34GAS STOVES CANNOT BE

1:28:36UNDERESTIMATED. WE SPEND 90% OF

1:28:38OUR TIME INDOORS, AND INDOOR

1:28:40AIR QUALITY IS NOT REGULATED.

1:28:42IN THE U.S. IT'S OFTEN WORSE

1:28:44THAN OUTDOOR AIR QUALITY, AND

1:28:46GAS STOVES EMIT THE SAME

1:28:48POLLUTANTS AS CAR EXHAUST,

1:28:51INCLUDING NITROGEN OXIDES,

1:28:52CARBON MONOXIDE, AND BENZENE.

1:28:55NUMEROUS SCIENTIFIC STUDIES

1:28:56HAVE SHOWN THAT NITROGEN OXIDES

1:28:59INFLAME THE LUNGS, AND AIRWAYS

1:29:00INCREASE THE RISK OF CHILDHOOD

1:29:03OF CHILDREN EXPERIENCING ASTHMA

1:29:05SYMPTOMS BY 42%, AND INCREASE

1:29:07THE RISK OF BEING DIAGNOSED

1:29:09WITH ASTHMA EVER BY 24%. THIS

1:29:13YEAR, A STUDY DEMONSTRATED THAT

1:29:14SWAPPING OUT A GAS STOVE FOR AN

1:29:17ELECTRIC ONE IN HOUSEHOLDS WITH

1:29:18PEOPLE WITH POORLY CONTROLLED

1:29:20ASTHMA RESULTED IN

1:29:22SIGNIFICANTLY FEWER EMERGENCY

1:29:23DEPARTMENT AND HOSPITAL VISITS

1:29:25AND FEWER MISSED WORK AND

1:29:26SCHOOL DAYS. THIS IS AN COMIC

1:29:30BENEFIT. WE ALSO KNOW THAT GAS

1:29:32STOVES EMIT MANY HAZARDOUS AIR

1:29:34POLLUTANTS, INCLUDING BLOOD

1:29:36CANCER CAUSING BENZENES BENZENE

1:29:39EVEN WHEN THEY'RE OFF. SO THIS

1:29:41ORDINANCE REQUIRES THAT TENANTS

1:29:43NOT ONLY KNOW THE TYPE OF

1:29:44COOKING APPLIANCE, AND FOR GAS

1:29:46STOVES, WHAT THEY CAN DO TO

1:29:48MINIMIZE THE RISKS, INCLUDING

1:29:50VENTILATION AND USING OTHER

1:29:51ELECTRIC APPLIANCES WHEN

1:29:53POSSIBLE. SO OREGON PSR

1:29:55STRONGLY URGES YOU TO PASS THIS

1:29:57ORDINANCE TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH

1:29:58AND SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS,

1:30:00ESPECIALLY THE MOST VULNERABLE.

1:30:02THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

1:30:06>> NEXT IS DAVID HASLAM, LORRIN

1:30:10PANG, DANNY NOONAN, DANIEL

1:30:16EISENBEIS, ROSS KELLY, DAVID

1:30:20BURGER. AND I THINK WE HAVE

1:30:26LAUREN ONLINE. YOU MAY BEGIN

1:30:27WHEN YOU'RE READY.

1:30:32>> HI, MY NAME IS LAUREN PANG

1:30:34AND I AM A 25 YEAR VETERAN IN

1:30:37THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AND

1:30:39PROPERTY MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY

1:30:40AND A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE.

1:30:44I BELIEVE WE ALL SHARE THE SAME

1:30:45GOALS OF IMPROVING OUR CLIMATE

1:30:48AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND

1:30:50REDUCING OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT,

1:30:52AND I LIKE THE GOAL OF THIS

1:30:55INITIATIVE, BUT I THINK WE NEED

1:30:56TO TAKE A PAUSE AND REALLY BE

1:30:59ABLE TO SET UP SOME BETTER

1:31:01FRAMEWORKS AND UNDERSTAND

1:31:03BETTER HOW THIS PROGRAM IS

1:31:05GOING TO BE ADMINISTERED. I

1:31:06ATTENDED ONE OF THE SESSIONS

1:31:09EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND THERE

1:31:10WERE QUESTIONS REGARDING WHERE

1:31:13THERE WOULD BE FUNDING TO

1:31:15ADMINISTER THIS PROGRAM. DIDN'T

1:31:17SOUND LIKE THAT HAD BEEN

1:31:18ANSWERED, AS WELL AS THE IMPACT

1:31:21ON, YOU KNOW, BOTH RESIDENTIAL

1:31:24DEVELOPERS, OWNERS, LANDLORDS,

1:31:26BOTH SMALL AND LARGE AND AS

1:31:27WELL AS IN THE COMMERCIAL

1:31:29INDUSTRY THAT I WORK IN. OTHERS

1:31:31HAVE SPOKEN JUST LIKE I BELIEVE

1:31:33THAT RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T NEED A

1:31:34FURTHER IMPACT ON OUR DOWNTOWN

1:31:37BUILDINGS AND OTHER OFFICE AND

1:31:39COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN

1:31:40PORTLAND. THE COST ANALYSIS HAS

1:31:45NOT BEEN EXTENSIVE ENOUGH TO

1:31:47FOR FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT

1:31:48THIS IMPACT WILL BE ON THOSE

1:31:50BUILDINGS, AND IT WILL CONTINUE

1:31:52TO HINDER OWNERS AND FUTURE

1:31:55OWNERS OF BOTH COMMERCIAL AND

1:31:56RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN OUR

1:31:59CITY, WHICH COULD LEAD TO

1:32:00FURTHER VACANCIES, FURTHER DARK

1:32:03BUILDINGS AND FURTHER ECONOMIC

1:32:05IMPACTS ON OUR CITY. SO I WOULD

1:32:08JUST STRONGLY URGE THAT WE TAKE

1:32:10A PAUSE, TAKE SOME MORE TIME.

1:32:14THAT YOU CONTINUE TO SEEK

1:32:16FEEDBACK FROM COMMERCIAL AND

1:32:18RESIDENTIAL OWNERS AND

1:32:20OPERATORS, AND IMPORTANTLY, OUR

1:32:23OUR COLLEAGUES AT PLACES LIKE

1:32:25PROVIDENCE AND LEGACY, WHO

1:32:27EXPRESSED SOME SEVERE CONCERNS

1:32:29OVER WHAT THIS IMPACT WOULD BE

1:32:31ON THEIR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO

1:32:33CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS. AND SAME

1:32:34FOR SOME OF OUR SMALLER MEDICAL

1:32:36OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT WE MANAGE

1:32:38AND OWN. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

1:32:42>> DAVID. YOU MAY BEGIN.

1:32:44>> GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THE

1:32:46OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY. CHAIR

1:32:49AVALOS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE

1:32:51COMMITTEE. I LIVE IN DISTRICT

1:32:53TWO IN NORTH PORTLAND, AND I AM

1:32:56THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EARTH

1:32:57ADVANTAGE, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT

1:32:59WHICH DOES RENT OFFICE SPACE IN

1:33:01DOWNTOWN PORTLAND IN DISTRICT

1:33:02FOUR. AND WE'RE PROUD TO DO SO.

1:33:05I'M JUST A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED

1:33:07THAT MY COUNCILOR IS NOT HERE

1:33:09WITH EVERYONE ELSE TODAY, BUT

1:33:10THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I

1:33:13REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THIS

1:33:15POLICY TAKES THE LONG VIEW

1:33:17TOWARDS 2050, AND I BELIEVE

1:33:19THAT ACTUALLY ANSWERS A LOT OF

1:33:20THE QUESTIONS HERE THAT WE ARE

1:33:23TAKING THE LONG VIEW WITH THIS

1:33:24POLICY TOWARDS 2050. AND I JUST

1:33:26THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR

1:33:28THAT THERE ARE SO MANY SHARED

1:33:29GOALS FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT

1:33:31VOICES HERE, WHETHER IT'S BEEN

1:33:32CITIZENS, BUSINESSES OR THE

1:33:34STAFF, AND THAT I DO THINK

1:33:37RULEMAKING WILL OFFER THE TIME

1:33:38AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO IRON OUT

1:33:39A LOT OF THE DETAILS AND A LOT

1:33:41OF THE QUESTIONS OR

1:33:43UNCERTAINTIES THAT HAVE BEEN

1:33:44EXPRESSED TODAY. BUT I THINK A

1:33:46POLICY LIKE THIS IS SUPPOSED TO

1:33:47SET THOSE LONG TERM GOALS. AND

1:33:50AS I SAT THERE, IT REMINDED ME

1:33:52OF THAT CARL SCHURZ, CARL

1:33:54SCHURZ QUOTE THAT'S ON THE I-5

1:33:56BRIDGE OVER I-5. IN CASE YOU

1:33:57DON'T KNOW IT, IT'S SOMETHING

1:33:59LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK TO THE

1:34:01STARS LIKE THE SEAFARING PERSON,

1:34:02LOOKS TO THE STARS FOR

1:34:03DIRECTION, NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE

1:34:05EVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO REACH

1:34:06OUT AND TOUCH THE STARS, BUT

1:34:09BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU DIRECTION

1:34:11THAT THEN YOU CAN LIVE BY FOR A

1:34:13COMPASS. AND THIS POLICY WILL

1:34:15SET FORWARD THE DIRECTION AND

1:34:16PEOPLE CAN FIND THEIR OWN

1:34:18PATHWAY THERE, RIGHT? THERE'S A

1:34:19LOT OF ROOM TO FIND YOUR OWN

1:34:21PATHWAY. AND ONE ELEMENT THAT I

1:34:23DID WANT TO POINT OUT IS THERE

1:34:25WAS DISCUSSION EARLIER ABOUT

1:34:26RESILIENCE AND THE NEED

1:34:27POTENTIALLY FOR FOSSIL FUEL

1:34:29POWER DURING ICE STORMS AND

1:34:32OTHER THINGS. THE POLICY DOES

1:34:34ALREADY INCLUDE YOU CAN HAVE A

1:34:35BACKUP GENERATOR RUN BY FOSSIL

1:34:38FUELS, AND SO THOSE WON'T BE

1:34:40TAKEN AWAY IN THIS POLICY. THAT

1:34:42TYPE OF RESILIENCE IS FORESEEN

1:34:44AND INCLUDED. AND THE LAST

1:34:45THING IS ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

1:34:46WORK MIGHT NOT BE GLAMOROUS,

1:34:48BUT IT'S LOCAL AND THE JOBS

1:34:50REMAIN LOCAL AND THE BENEFITS

1:34:52REMAIN LOCAL. THANK YOU FOR

1:34:53YOUR TIME.

1:34:56>> DANNY IS ONLINE. YOU MAY

1:34:57BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY.

1:34:58>> I WAS IS IT OKAY IF I JUST

1:35:00SAY SOMETHING TO HER? I JUST

1:35:02WANTED TO ASSURE YOU THAT YOUR

1:35:03COUNCILORS CHIEF OF STAFF IS

1:35:05SITTING RIGHT BEHIND YOU, AND

1:35:06THEY WILL BE FULLY LOOPED IN

1:35:07AND PART OF THE CONVERSATION.

1:35:09>> THANK YOU.

1:35:10>> ALL RIGHT, I'LL JUMP IN. HI,

1:35:12EVERYONE. MY NAME IS DANNY. I'M

1:35:13A REGISTERED LOBBYIST WITH THE

1:35:14BREACH COLLECTIVE, AND I AM A

1:35:17RESIDENT OF DISTRICT TWO.

1:35:19BREACH COLLECTIVE SIGNED ON TO

1:35:22THE LETTER THAT SAMANTHA

1:35:23MENTIONED. SIGNED BY 28

1:35:25ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES.

1:35:26WE ALSO SUBMITTED OUR SEPARATE

1:35:27LETTER, A SEPARATE LETTER. I

1:35:28WON'T BE REPEATING THOSE

1:35:30CONTENTS HERE. I DID JUST WANT

1:35:32TO OFFER SOME, MAYBE REAL TIME

1:35:33FEEDBACK TO SOME OF THE

1:35:34OPPOSITION TESTIMONY. SO TO

1:35:37START WITH, I NOTICED THAT

1:35:38INTEREST GROUP AFTER INTEREST

1:35:39GROUP THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO

1:35:41THIS ORDINANCE HAS CLAIMED THAT

1:35:42THEY SUPPORT CLIMATE ACTION,

1:35:44HAVE THESE AMBITIOUS CORPORATE

1:35:45GOALS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS. IF

1:35:47THIS IS TRUE, THEN THE VERY

1:35:49GENEROUS COMPLIANCE TIMELINE

1:35:50OUTLINED IN THE CLIMATE AND

1:35:52STANDARDS POLICY SHOULD BE NO

1:35:53PROBLEM FOR THEM TO COMPLY WITH.

1:35:55THE REASON THEY'RE OPPOSING

1:35:56THIS IS BECAUSE THEIR INTERNAL

1:35:57CLIMATE COMMITMENTS ARE

1:35:59VOLUNTARY AND OPTIONAL. THIS IS

1:36:00NOT MOVING ON. IT SEEMS LIKE

1:36:04SEVERAL OF THE LANDLORD AND GAS

1:36:05REPRESENTATIVES SEEM TO BE

1:36:06UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT A

1:36:08BUILDING PERFORMANCE STANDARD

1:36:09POLICY WOULD SOMEHOW NOT HAVE

1:36:11INVOLVED BUILDING UPGRADES. SO

1:36:13I WOULD LIKE THESE STAKEHOLDERS

1:36:15TO OUTLINE, AND I DID NOT HEAR

1:36:16THEM OUTLINE, HOW LARGE

1:36:17EXISTING BUILDINGS ARE SUPPOSED

1:36:18TO REDUCE THEIR GREENHOUSE GAS

1:36:20EMISSIONS WITHOUT UNDERTAKING,

1:36:22AT A MINIMUM EFFICIENCY AND

1:36:23WEATHERIZATION UPGRADES. IT

1:36:24JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE SENSE

1:36:26TO ME. I WANT TO NOTE THAT UA

1:36:28290 RANK AND FILE MEMBER BRAD

1:36:30ARCHULETA IS, IN FACT, THE

1:36:32PRESIDENT OF THE NORTHWEST

1:36:34COALITION FOR ENERGY CHOICE,

1:36:35WHICH IS A 501 C4 ORGANIZATION

1:36:37ARM OF THE NORTHWEST GAS

1:36:39ASSOCIATION. THAT'S A

1:36:40COLLABORATIVE BETWEEN

1:36:42PIPEFITTER LEADERSHIP AND THE

1:36:44GAS UTILITIES IN THE REGION.

1:36:45HE'S NOT JUST A RANK AND FILE

1:36:47MEMBER. IN RESPONSE TO KELLY

1:36:49DUNDON AT A UTILITY LEVEL, GAS

1:36:53DECARBONIZATION RELIES ON A

1:36:54SUITE OF SPECULATIVE

1:36:54TECHNOLOGIES THAT HAVE YET TO

1:36:56SCALE, ARE MULTIPLE TIMES MORE

1:36:57EXPENSIVE THAN FOSSIL GAS AND

1:36:59MAY NOT ACTUALLY REDUCE

1:37:00EMISSIONS MATERIALLY OR AT ALL

1:37:01ON A LIFECYCLE BASIS. AND IN

1:37:04RESPONSE TO JENNIFER JOACHIM,

1:37:05THAT RESILIENCE NARRATIVE IS

1:37:06THE LATEST NARRATIVE FOR

1:37:08NORTHWEST NATURAL TO LATCH ON

1:37:09TO. AND I WOULD REFER YOU TO MY

1:37:13JUNE 26TH, 2025, PRESENTATION

1:37:14AT THE PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL

1:37:16CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND LAND USE

1:37:17COMMITTEE MEETING. ON THAT

1:37:19POINT. THANK YOU.

1:37:22>> DANIEL, YOU'RE UP NEXT.

1:37:25>> CHAIR AVALOS, VICE CHAIR,

1:37:27GREEN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

1:37:28FOR THE RECORD, I AM DAN

1:37:30EISENBEIS. I'M A REGISTERED

1:37:31LOBBYIST WITH THE PORT OF

1:37:32PORTLAND, WHERE I SERVE AS

1:37:33REGIONAL AFFAIRS MANAGER. THANK

1:37:34YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO

1:37:36PROVIDE COMMENTS TODAY. YOU'LL

1:37:37ALSO FIND WRITTEN TESTIMONY IN

1:37:39THE RECORD. THE PORT IS A

1:37:41PUBLIC AGENCY WHOSE MISSION IS

1:37:42TO BUILD SHARED PROSPERITY FOR

1:37:43OUR REGION THROUGH TRAVEL,

1:37:45TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

1:37:47WE OPERATE THREE MARINE

1:37:49TERMINALS, SIX INDUSTRIAL PARKS

1:37:50AND THREE AIRPORTS, INCLUDING

1:37:52PDX. A GUIDING PRINCIPLE FOR

1:37:54THE PORT IS ENVIRONMENTAL

1:37:56LEADERSHIP. THE PORT HAS A GOAL

1:37:59OF ACHIEVING NET ZERO CARBON BY

1:38:002050 FOR ITS SCOPE ONE AND

1:38:02SCOPE TWO EMISSIONS. OUR

1:38:04APPROACH SEEKS TO MAXIMIZE THE

1:38:06EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF

1:38:07INVESTMENTS THROUGH A HOLISTIC,

1:38:09PORT WIDE, DATA DRIVEN STRATEGY

1:38:11FOCUSED ON PRIORITIZING OUR

1:38:13LARGEST SOURCES OF EMISSIONS.

1:38:15THE PORT HAS ALSO WORKED

1:38:16CLOSELY WITH THE CITY OF

1:38:17PORTLAND SINCE THE CITY BEGAN

1:38:19ADMINISTERING ITS EXISTING

1:38:20COMMERCIAL BUILDING ENERGY

1:38:22REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

1:38:24ADMINISTRATION OF THOSE

1:38:25REQUIREMENTS HAS CLARIFIED TWO

1:38:26TECHNICAL ISSUES THAT WE

1:38:28RESPECTFULLY REQUEST COUNSEL

1:38:29EXPRESSLY INCORPORATE INTO THE

1:38:31PROPOSED ORDINANCE. FIRST, THE

1:38:34CITY HAS PROVIDED

1:38:35INTERPRETATION. THE AVIATION

1:38:36BUILDINGS ARE INDUSTRIAL

1:38:37BUILDINGS. THIS RECOGNIZES THE

1:38:40INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED

1:38:41WITH THE BUILDINGS AND THE

1:38:43SPECIALIZED SYSTEMS THAT MUST

1:38:44OPERATE CONTINUOUSLY TO ENSURE

1:38:46THE SAFETY AND RELIABILITY OF

1:38:48AVIATION, SUCH AS RUNWAY

1:38:50LIGHTING, SECURITY, SCREENING

1:38:51EQUIPMENT, VENTILATION, BAGGAGE

1:38:53AND CARGO HANDLING, AND

1:38:54EMERGENCY RESPONSE

1:38:56INFRASTRUCTURE. WE ASK THAT

1:38:58COUNCIL INCORPORATE A TECHNICAL

1:38:59REVISION EXPRESSLY NOTING THAT

1:39:01COVERED BUILDING DOES NOT

1:39:03INCLUDE BUILDINGS PREDOMINANTLY

1:39:04USED FOR AVIATION PURPOSES. AND

1:39:07SECOND, WE WOULD REQUEST THAT

1:39:08COUNCIL INCORPORATE TECHNICAL

1:39:10REVISION TO THE DEFINITION OF

1:39:12OWNER TO EXPRESSLY CLARIFY

1:39:14GROUND LEASE SITUATIONS WHERE

1:39:16THE LESSEE OWNS THE BUILDING,

1:39:18BUT THE OWNER OF THE GROUND

1:39:20DOES NOT HAVE AN OWNERSHIP

1:39:22INTEREST IN THE BUILDING ITSELF.

1:39:24THIS WOULD ALSO TRACK WITH

1:39:25CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE RULE

1:39:27PROVISIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR

1:39:29CONSIDERATION.

1:39:31>> ROSS IS ONLINE. YOU MAY

1:39:33BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY.

1:39:35>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF

1:39:36THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ROSS

1:39:38KELLY AND I'M A PRINCIPAL AT

1:39:39MANASSEH PROPERTIES, WHICH OWNS

1:39:41AND OPERATES OFFICE BUILDINGS

1:39:42HERE IN PORTLAND. I AM HERE

1:39:44WITH MANY OF MY FELLOW INDUSTRY

1:39:46PROFESSIONALS IN THE SPIRIT OF

1:39:47RESPECTFUL COLLABORATION TO

1:39:48LAND ON GOOD POLICY AND

1:39:50SOLUTIONS. WE SHARE THE GOAL OF

1:39:52CLEANER BUILDINGS, BUT AS

1:39:54WRITTEN, THIS ORDINANCE WOULD

1:39:55STALL INVESTMENT IN DOWNTIME.

1:39:57AT THE MOMENT, WE NEED IT MOST.

1:39:59IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT

1:40:00TO GET INVESTORS OR LENDERS TO

1:40:02EVEN LOOK AT DOWNTOWN PORTLAND

1:40:04RECENTLY. WE ARE JUST STARTING

1:40:05TO GAIN SOME MOMENTUM AND I

1:40:07FEAR THIS POLICY WOULD FREEZE

1:40:08IT. SPECIFICALLY, I WANTED TO

1:40:10RAISE THREE PROBLEMS. FIRST,

1:40:12THE BASELINE. THE TARGETS ARE

1:40:14SET OFF 2027 OR 2028, WHEN

1:40:17DOWNTOWN IS STILL LARGELY EMPTY.

1:40:19AS TENANTS COME BACK, ENERGY

1:40:20USE RISES AND OWNERS MISS

1:40:22TARGETS SET AGAINST A HALF

1:40:24VACANT BUILDING. UNDER THIS

1:40:25ORDINANCE, FILLING A VACANT

1:40:27FLOOR BECOMES A COMPLIANCE

1:40:29VIOLATION. THIS IS BACKWARDS

1:40:30FROM WHAT DOWNTOWN NEEDS.

1:40:32SECOND, THE TARGETS ARE UNFAIR

1:40:34AS WRITTEN TENANTS CONTROL MUCH

1:40:36OF THE ENERGY USE, YET THE

1:40:37OWNER CARRIES THE PENALTY

1:40:38REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE LEASE

1:40:40SAYS. AND THE 20% CUT EVERY

1:40:42FIVE YEARS APPLIES THE SAME TO

1:40:44EVERYONE. OWNERS HAVE ALREADY

1:40:46INVESTED. OWNERS WHO HAVE

1:40:47ALREADY INVESTED IN EFFICIENCY

1:40:49HAVE USED UP THEIR EARLY

1:40:51SAVINGS, AND THEY'RE ASKED TO

1:40:52MAKE THE MOST EXPENSIVE CUTS.

1:40:54NOW, THIS ORDINANCE PENALIZES

1:40:55THE PEOPLE WHO ACTED EARLY. AND

1:40:58THIRD, THE ORDINANCE

1:40:59EFFECTIVELY REQUIRES EVERY

1:41:00DOWNTOWN BUILDING TO GO ALL

1:41:02ELECTRIC. IT ALLOWS NO OFFSETS

1:41:03AND NO RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS,

1:41:05SO WORKING GAS BOILERS WILL BE

1:41:07TORN OUT YEARS EARLY. MANY OF

1:41:09THE BUILDINGS WILL ALSO NEED

1:41:10MAJOR ELECTRICAL SERVICE

1:41:11UPGRADES THAT DEPEND ON UTILITY

1:41:14CAPACITY. OWNERS DON'T CONTROL.

1:41:15THESE ARE ALL MULTI-MILLION

1:41:17DOLLAR PROJECTS, AND THE

1:41:19ORDINANCE IDENTIFIES NO FUNDING

1:41:20FOR THEM. I AM ASKING THE

1:41:22COUNCIL TO REJECT THIS

1:41:23ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN IF THE

1:41:25CITY WANTS A LOCAL STANDARD,

1:41:26LET'S START OVER IN PARTNERSHIP

1:41:27WITH THE OWNERS AND TENANTS WHO

1:41:29HAVE TO DELIVER IT AND BUILD IT

1:41:30TO WORK ALONGSIDE THE STATE

1:41:32STANDARD RATHER THAN ON TOP OF

1:41:33IT. PORTLAND CAN LEAD ON

1:41:35CLIMATE WITHOUT DRIVING AWAY

1:41:36THE INVESTMENT THE DOWNTOWN

1:41:38RECOVERY DEPENDS ON. THANK YOU

1:41:40VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

1:41:44>> DAVID. YOU MAY BEGIN.

1:41:46>> THANK YOU, CHAIR AND

1:41:48COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THANK YOU

1:41:49FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY

1:41:51TODAY. MY NAME IS DAVID BERGER.

1:41:53I WAS A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT

1:41:55FOUR FOR 19 YEARS. I REPRESENT

1:41:58UA LOCAL 290, ABOUT 5500

1:42:00WORKERS ACROSS THE STATE OF

1:42:01OREGON. I ALSO SERVE AS THE

1:42:03PRESIDENT OF THE OREGON STATE

1:42:04BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL.

1:42:06LEADERSHIP THAT WORKS AND

1:42:09BUILDS, MAINTAINS, RETROFITS

1:42:11THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND

1:42:13BUILDINGS THAT KEEPS OUR

1:42:14COMMUNITIES RUNNING, AND WE ARE

1:42:15TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF

1:42:17WORKERS THROUGH OUR

1:42:18APPRENTICESHIPS. UA LOCAL 290

1:42:20JOINED A COALITION REPRESENTING

1:42:21TENS OF THOUSANDS OF WORKERS,

1:42:23EMPLOYERS, HOUSING PROVIDERS,

1:42:25COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, TRADE

1:42:26OR TRADE ASSOCIATIONS, SMALL

1:42:28BUSINESS AND RESIDENTS. WE DO

1:42:30NOT BELIEVE THE PROPOSAL IS

1:42:31READY FOR COUNCIL'S EVALUATION.

1:42:34I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF

1:42:36CONCERNS. FIRST, TRANSPORTATION

1:42:38IS PORTLAND'S LARGEST EMISSION

1:42:40SOURCE. YET THE POLICY FOCUSES

1:42:42LARGELY LARGER ON BUILDINGS

1:42:44CONCENTRATED IN THE URBAN CORE,

1:42:46INCREASING THE COST OF OWNING

1:42:47AND OPERATING THESE BUILDINGS

1:42:49WILL INEVITABLY INCREASE COSTS

1:42:51FOR TENANTS AND BUSINESSES OVER

1:42:53TIME. THAT CAN PUSH WORKERS

1:42:54FURTHER FROM THEIR WORK,

1:42:55POTENTIALLY INCREASING

1:42:56TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS. STAFF

1:42:59HAVE NOT EVALUATED THIS IMPACT

1:43:01YET. SECOND, THE PROPOSAL

1:43:04EXEMPTS EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED

1:43:06WITH ELECTRICITY BY ASSUMING

1:43:08ELECTRICITY IS CLEAN WHILE

1:43:10OVERLOOKING ONE OF THE LEAST

1:43:11EFFICIENT HEATING TECHNOLOGIES

1:43:12STILL COMMON IN BUILDINGS,

1:43:14ELECTRIC RESISTANCE AND

1:43:16BASEBOARD HEATING. IF THE GOAL

1:43:18IS EMISSIONS REDUCTION, ENERGY

1:43:20EFFICIENCY, EFFICIENCY SHOULD

1:43:21BE A CENTRAL FOCUS. CONVERTING

1:43:24INEFFICIENT RESIDENTS

1:43:26RESISTANCE HEATING TO HIGH

1:43:27EFFICIENCY HEAT PUMPS COULD

1:43:28DELIVER MEANINGFUL REDUCTIONS

1:43:30WHILE LOWERING ENERGY COSTS FOR

1:43:33OCCUPANTS. UA'S LOCAL TWO 90S

1:43:35HIGHLY TRAINED HVAC TECHNICIANS

1:43:37AND WORKFORCE STAND READY TO

1:43:39HELP IMPLEMENT THOSE UPGRADES,

1:43:41AND PORTLAND HAS RESOURCES SUCH

1:43:43AS PORTLAND CLEAN ENERGY FUND

1:43:44THAT COULD HELP SUPPORT THAT.

1:43:46FOR THESE REASONS AND MORE, WE

1:43:48RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE

1:43:49COUNCIL. PLEASE PAUSE

1:43:51CONSIDERATION OF THIS PROPOSAL,

1:43:53CONDUCT THE NECESSARY ANALYSIS

1:43:54AND ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS ON A

1:43:56MORE VALID PATH FORWARD. THANK

1:43:59YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

1:44:02>> NEXT IS RUTH DALLAS, MALCOLM

1:44:06MCIVER, ELANA TRUCKER, JORDAN

1:44:11LEWIS. JASON VERDUSCO. AND RUTH.

1:44:19YOU MAY BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY.

1:44:20>> MY NAME IS RUTH DALLAS AND I

1:44:22LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO. I SUPPORT

1:44:24THE CLIMATE AND HEALTH

1:44:25STANDARDS FOR BUILDINGS. AGAIN,

1:44:27INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF THE

1:44:28ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS COME TO

1:44:29OUR CITY COUNCIL TO BEG YOU TO

1:44:32DO MORE. WE, UNLIKE THE

1:44:33LOBBYISTS FROM NORTHWEST

1:44:34NATURAL AND OTHERS, HAVE NO

1:44:36ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO MOTIVATE US.

1:44:38WE ARE MOTIVATED BY SCIENCE AND

1:44:40WHAT WE SEE RIGHT NOW WITH OUR

1:44:42OWN EYES. THE LOBBYISTS ALL ASK

1:44:45FOR MORE TIME, BUT WE HAVE NO

1:44:47MORE TIME. AND THE WORDS OF THE

1:44:49UN SECRETARY GENERAL QUOTE, WE

1:44:51HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN

1:44:53COLLECTIVE ACTION OR COLLECTIVE

1:44:56SUICIDE. LOBBYISTS ALL DECRY

1:45:00THE COSTS OF MAKING CHANGES TO

1:45:02THEIR BUILDINGS. I SYMPATHIZE

1:45:03WITH THEIR CONCERNS, BUT THEIR

1:45:05COSTS ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO

1:45:06WHAT THEY AND EVERYONE ON EARTH

1:45:09WILL PAY DUE TO THE CLIMATE

1:45:10CHANGE THAT IS DEVASTATING OUR

1:45:13PLANET. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT

1:45:14THE AVERAGE OREGONIAN IS LIKELY

1:45:16TO LOSE ROUGHLY $12,000 IN

1:45:19PERSONAL INCOME PER YEAR IN THE

1:45:21NEXT DECADE OR SO, DUE TO

1:45:23CHANGES IN THE CLIMATE THAT

1:45:24HAVE ALREADY BEEN SET IN MOTION

1:45:26FROM PREVIOUS GREENHOUSE GAS

1:45:28EMISSIONS. CLIMATE CHANGE IS NO

1:45:30LONGER SOME FAR OFF RISK. IT IS

1:45:32HAPPENING NOW. OUR CHILDREN AND

1:45:35GRANDCHILDREN WILL PAY SO MUCH

1:45:37MORE TO BOTH IN LOSS OF HEALTH

1:45:40AND ECONOMIC COLLAPSE, EVEN

1:45:43LOSS OF LIFE. SO MANY

1:45:45INDUSTRIES IN OREGON WILL

1:45:46SUFFER EXISTENTIAL LOSS DUE TO

1:45:49CLIMATE CHANGE. HOW LONG DO WE

1:45:50EXPECT OUR WINTER SPORTS TO

1:45:52LAST? AS RAIN AS SNOW TURNS TO

1:45:54RAIN IN WINTER DUE TO RISING

1:45:57TEMPERATURES, HOW LONG DO WE

1:45:58EXPECT OUR FISHERIES TO LAST?

1:46:00OUR FORESTS ARE DYING NOW FROM

1:46:03WILDFIRE AND INSECT

1:46:05INFESTATIONS AND DROUGHT DUE TO

1:46:06CLIMATE CHANGE, BUILDERS AND

1:46:08OTHER INDUSTRIES FAIL TO

1:46:09MENTION THAT DUE TO CLIMATE

1:46:11CHANGE, THEIR WORKERS WILL NOT

1:46:12BE ABLE TO PUT IN AN EIGHT HOUR

1:46:14SHIFT. HOW MUCH WILL THEY LOSE

1:46:16THEN? PLEASE LISTEN TO

1:46:18SCIENTISTS AND NOT TO LOBBYISTS

1:46:19WHO ARE PAID TO TELL YOU THAT

1:46:21THEY NEED EXEMPTIONS. WE CAN'T

1:46:23DELAY CUTTING EMISSIONS WHEN

1:46:25THE CONSEQUENCES ARE SO DIRE.

1:46:27THANK YOU.

1:46:30>> MALCOLM, YOU'RE UP NEXT.

1:46:33>> HELLO. MY NAME IS MALCOLM

1:46:34MCIVER. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF

1:46:35COMMERCE PROPERTIES. WE'RE A

1:46:37OWNER AND MANAGER OF PROPERTY

1:46:38IN THE PORTLAND METRO AREA, AND

1:46:39WE HAVE SEVERAL HUNDRED NOAA

1:46:41UNITS IN THE CITY OF PORTLAND.

1:46:43I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE

1:46:44FINANCIAL REALITIES OUR

1:46:45BUILDINGS ARE FACING AND HOW

1:46:47THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE COULD

1:46:48AFFECT THEM. SINCE 2021, IT'S

1:46:52BEEN A VERY TOUGH ENVIRONMENT

1:46:54FOR PROVIDERS OF MULTIFAMILY

1:46:56HOUSING. IN PORTLAND, THERE'S

1:46:57BEEN A LOT OF PRESSURE ON RENTS

1:46:59THROUGH A COMBINATION OF NEW

1:47:00SUPPLY AND LESS JOB GROWTH, AND

1:47:03IT'S LED TO A DOWNWARD SPIRAL

1:47:05IN FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE. I'D

1:47:06LIKE TO PICK OUT ONE OF OUR

1:47:08BUILDINGS AS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS.

1:47:11OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, RENTS

1:47:14HAVE INCREASED 9%. SO THAT'S 9%

1:47:16OVER FIVE YEARS, NOT PER YEAR.

1:47:18PAYROLL COSTS ARE UP 31%,

1:47:21UTILITY COSTS ARE UP 32% AND

1:47:23INSURANCE IS UP 182%. SO WHAT

1:47:27THIS MEANS IS THAT WE'VE HAD A

1:47:28BUILDING THAT HAS GONE FROM

1:47:29RELATIVE ECONOMIC HEALTH TO ONE

1:47:31THAT'S JUST ABLE TO GENERATE

1:47:32ENOUGH MONEY TO KEEP THE LIGHTS

1:47:33ON AND PAY THE MORTGAGE. AND IF

1:47:36WE ARE FACING A MANDATED MAJOR

1:47:41CAPITAL EXPENSE THAT WE HAVE TO

1:47:44PAY FOR, THAT'S GOING TO BE

1:47:46VERY DIFFICULT. IN BRASS TACKS.

1:47:50WHAT THAT COULD MEAN IS A

1:47:51BUILDING LIKE THIS CAN'T RAISE

1:47:53THE MONEY TO DO THE

1:47:55IMPROVEMENTS. IT CAN'T PAY THE

1:47:57PENALTIES CONTEMPLATED IN THIS

1:47:58IN THIS REGULATION, IT COULD

1:48:01WELL BE THEN DRIVEN INTO

1:48:03BANKRUPTCY. IT MIGHT BE ABLE TO

1:48:05COME OUT OF BANKRUPTCY. IT

1:48:06MIGHT NOT. IT WOULD HAVE A BIG

1:48:08OVERHANG OF THIS MANDATE TO

1:48:11INSTALL THIS EQUIPMENT. IT

1:48:12WOULD ALSO BE NOT VERY HEALTHY

1:48:16FINANCIALLY. AND WHAT I WORRY

1:48:19ABOUT IS THIS IS NOT UNIQUE.

1:48:22THERE'S A LOT OF NOBLE

1:48:23BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN THIS

1:48:25SITUATION. I WOULD URGE THE

1:48:27COUNCIL TO TAKE A PAUSE ON THIS

1:48:28REGULATION UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND

1:48:29BETTER THE EFFECT ON

1:48:31MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, AND

1:48:34CERTAINLY BE COGNIZANT OF THE

1:48:36FACT THAT THE UNINTENDED

1:48:37CONSEQUENCE COULD BE LESS

1:48:40AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN PORTLAND.

1:48:41THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR

1:48:42TIME.

1:48:45>> ELANA IS ONLINE. YOU MAY

1:48:46BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY.

1:48:49>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR, VICE

1:48:51CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY

1:48:53NAME IS ELANA TRUCKER. I LIVE

1:48:55IN SOUTHEAST PORTLAND, DISTRICT

1:48:57THREE, AND I'M THE HEALTHY

1:48:58CLIMATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR

1:48:59OREGON PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL

1:49:02RESPONSIBILITY. WE ARE AN

1:49:03ORGANIZATION OF HEALTH CARE

1:49:05PROFESSIONALS AND PUBLIC HEALTH

1:49:07ADVOCATES WORKING TOWARDS A

1:49:08HEALTHY, JUST, AND PEACEFUL

1:49:09WORLD FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE

1:49:12GENERATIONS. PORTLAND AIMS TO

1:49:14ACHIEVE NET ZERO GREENHOUSE GAS

1:49:15EMISSIONS BY 2050, AND

1:49:17COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL

1:49:18BUILDINGS ACCOUNT FOR 42% OF

1:49:20THE CITY'S EMISSIONS. PEOPLE

1:49:22NEED TO COOK TO HEAT AND COOL

1:49:24THEIR HOMES, AND CHANGING HOW

1:49:25THEY DO SO WILL HAVE A

1:49:27TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON OUR

1:49:28EMISSIONS AND THE HEALTH OF OUR

1:49:30COMMUNITY. THE STANDARDS WOULD

1:49:31INFORM RENTERS WHETHER HOMES

1:49:32HAVE COOLING SYSTEM, WHICH

1:49:34SAVES LIVES IN A HEAT WAVE, AND

1:49:36WILL INFORM THEM OF THE RISKS

1:49:38POSED TO THEIR HEALTH. IF THE

1:49:39HOME HAS A GAS STOVE TO MEET

1:49:42PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, BUILDING

1:49:43OWNERS CAN MAKE WEATHERIZATION

1:49:44UPGRADES TO MAKE HOMES SAFER

1:49:46DURING EXTREME TEMPERATURE

1:49:47EVENTS AND AIR QUALITY

1:49:49EMERGENCIES. WEATHERIZATION AND

1:49:51ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES CAN

1:49:52REDUCE ASTHMA RELATED EMERGENCY

1:49:55DEPARTMENTS BY 12%, AND 40% OF

1:49:57HOUSEHOLDS WHO WERE HELPED WITH

1:49:58UPGRADES TO THEIR HEALTH

1:50:00IMPROVED AFTERWARDS. LONG TERM

1:50:02EXPOSURE TO POLLUTANTS

1:50:03ASSOCIATED WITH APPLIANCES

1:50:05BURNING NATURAL GAS INDOORS

1:50:07CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASED RISK OF

1:50:08CHRONIC ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEART

1:50:10DISEASE, LUNG CANCER AND

1:50:12STROKES. CLIMATE CHANGE IS HERE.

1:50:14OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE ALREADY

1:50:16FACED ITS IMPACTS THROUGH

1:50:18WILDFIRES, RECORD BREAKING HEAT

1:50:20AND ICE STORMS. AT A TIME WHEN

1:50:22OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS

1:50:23ABANDONING EFFORTS TO TAKE

1:50:24ACTION ON CLIMATE AND

1:50:26ABANDONING THE MOST VULNERABLE

1:50:28AMONG US, IT IS CRITICAL THAT

1:50:30OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS RESPOND

1:50:32URGENTLY TO REDUCE CLIMATE

1:50:33CHANGE, CAUSING GREENHOUSE GAS

1:50:34EMISSIONS, AND PROTECT THE

1:50:36HEALTH OF OUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS

1:50:37AND NEIGHBORS. WE URGE YOU TO

1:50:39VOTE YES ON THE CLIMATE AND

1:50:41HEALTH STANDARDS. THANK YOU FOR

1:50:42YOUR TIME.

1:50:46>> JORDAN IS ONLINE. YOU MAY

1:50:47BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. CAN

1:50:56YOU HEAR US? ALL RIGHT.

1:50:58>> MY NAME IS JORDAN LEWIS. I'M

1:51:01A RESIDENT OF VOLUNTEER

1:51:02LOBBYISTS FOR PORTLAND DSA.

1:51:03THOUGH I'M SPEAKING ON MY OWN

1:51:05BEHALF TODAY, I SUPPORT THE

1:51:07PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE

1:51:07BUILDING CODE. I JUST WANT TO

1:51:08SAY THAT GIVING NORTHWEST,

1:51:10NATURAL AND OTHER POLLUTERS

1:51:11INPUT ON CLIMATE POLICY IS LIKE

1:51:13GIVING YOUR CAR KEYS TO A KNOWN

1:51:15CARJACKER. LARGE CORPORATIONS

1:51:16CAME UP TODAY AND SAID, AS

1:51:18REHEARSED, WE CARE A LOT ABOUT

1:51:20CLIMATE, BUT. AND THERE'S

1:51:22ALWAYS A. BUT THESE

1:51:23INSTITUTIONS ARE NOT

1:51:24NEGOTIATING IN GOOD FAITH. THEY

1:51:26ARE TRAFFICKING IN DOUBT TO

1:51:27UNDERMINE INSTALL CLIMATE

1:51:28ACTION, NOT UNLIKE WHAT FOSSIL

1:51:29FUEL FIRMS HAVE DONE SINCE THE

1:51:31MID 20TH CENTURY. WHEN LARGE

1:51:32FIRMS TALK ABOUT GOING NET ZERO

1:51:34BY 2040, THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT

1:51:36IT. OUR EMPLOYEES TAKING

1:51:37ELECTRIFIED PUBLIC TRANSIT TO

1:51:39WORK IN 2040. SURELY FIRMS LIKE

1:51:41PORTLAND METRO CHAMBER AND THE

1:51:43ORGS THEY REPRESENT WORKED TO

1:51:44SUPPORT THE 2020 METRO BALLOT

1:51:46MEASURE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BUILT

1:51:47LIGHT RAIL TO TIGARD. SURELY

1:51:49THERE'S EVIDENCE OF THAT THAT

1:51:50WE CAN FIND ONLINE. LET ME JUST

1:51:52LOOK IT UP. OH DEAR. THESE ORGS

1:51:54ACTUALLY FOUGHT THAT BALLOT

1:51:55MEASURE AND KILLED IT

1:51:57SUCCESSFULLY. DESPITE THEIR

1:51:58DEEPLY STATED CARE ABOUT

1:51:59CLIMATE CHANGE. ACTIONS SPEAK

1:52:01LOUDER THAN WORDS. PLEASE KEEP

1:52:03THE SCORE. LASTLY, I'D PUSH

1:52:05COUNCIL TO PURSUE REFORMS IN

1:52:07ZONING AND CODE THAT WOULD

1:52:08ALLOW APARTMENTS TO BE LOCATED

1:52:09AWAY FROM BUSY, HIGH SPEED

1:52:11ARTERIALS, AND TO ALLOW SINGLE

1:52:12FAMILY MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS, A

1:52:14SINGLE STAIR MULTIFAMILY

1:52:16BUILDINGS. I LIVED ON WEST

1:52:17BURNSIDE FOR SEVERAL YEARS

1:52:18AMONG LOUD THROUGH TRAFFIC,

1:52:20WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY GET LOUDER

1:52:21INTO THE NIGHT. AS STREETS GOT

1:52:22EMPTIER, FIRE TRUCKS WOULD

1:52:24SOUND LIKE THEY CIRCLED THE

1:52:25BLOCK AROUND MY PLACE AS THEY

1:52:26MOVED BETWEEN NORTH, SOUTH AND

1:52:27EAST WEST ARTERIALS. LOCATING

1:52:29MORE APARTMENTS AWAY FROM

1:52:30ARTERIALS WOULD ALLEVIATE THIS.

1:52:32IF I EVER WANTED TO COOK WITH

1:52:34THE GAS STOVE I WAS PROVIDED, I

1:52:35WOULD HAVE TO OPEN MY WINDOWS

1:52:37AND USE A BOX FAN TO BLOW THE

1:52:39SMOKE AWAY FROM MY INEFFECTIVE

1:52:40HOOD VENT. BECAUSE THE DUAL

1:52:41LOADED CORRIDOR DESIGN OF MY

1:52:43APARTMENT BUILDING GAVE

1:52:43APARTMENT MY APARTMENT ALONG

1:52:44CAVE LIKE FLOOR PLAN WITH

1:52:46WINDOWS ON ONE OF THE FOUR

1:52:47SIDES OF THE UNIT. LEGALIZING

1:52:49SINGLE STAIR MULTIFAMILY

1:52:50DESIGNS WOULD ALLEVIATE SMOKE

1:52:51THROUGH BETTER VENTILATION AND

1:52:53ALLOW MORE LIGHT INTO THE UNIT

1:52:54THROUGH WINDOWS ON MULTIPLE

1:52:55SIDES. I'M ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF

1:52:57LARGER REGULATIONS ON HOUSEHOLD

1:52:58GAS STOVES. AS STATED RECENTLY,

1:53:00I LIVED MY ENTIRE LIFE WITH

1:53:01ELECTRIC STOVES UNTIL THE AGE

1:53:03OF 26, AT WHICH POINT I GOT ONE

1:53:05AND FOUND THEM TO BE SMOKY,

1:53:06ANNOYING, AND NOT WORTH THE

1:53:07TROUBLE OF MY APARTMENT. THANK

1:53:09YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

1:53:10>> JASON IS ONLINE. YOU MAY

1:53:11BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY.

1:53:13>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AVALOS

1:53:14AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

1:53:16THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY

1:53:17TO TESTIFY TODAY. MY NAME IS

1:53:18JASON VERDUZCO AND I'M THE

1:53:19DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY FOR THE

1:53:21NORTHWEST GAS ASSOCIATION.

1:53:23FIRST OFF, WE ABSOLUTELY SHARE

1:53:24THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO

1:53:26REDUCING EMISSIONS AND

1:53:27IMPROVING COMMUNITY HEALTH. WE

1:53:28WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY

1:53:29TO WORK WITH, ALONGSIDE COUNCIL

1:53:31AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS, TO

1:53:32EXPLORE HOW WE CAN ADVANCE

1:53:33THOSE GOALS WHILE MAINTAINING

1:53:35RELIABLE, AFFORDABLE ENERGY. AS

1:53:37YOU CONSIDER THE PROPOSED

1:53:38CLIMATE AND HEALTH STANDARDS,

1:53:39WE RESPECTFULLY ENCOURAGE YOU

1:53:40TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME FOR

1:53:42CONVERSATIONS AND ANALYSIS.

1:53:44NORTHWEST GAS ASSOCIATION WOULD

1:53:45BE GLAD TO HELP CONVENE A

1:53:47BROADER DISCUSSION BRINGING

1:53:48TOGETHER UTILITIES, BUSINESSES,

1:53:50COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND

1:53:52REGIONAL PARTNERS SUCH AS

1:53:53PEANUT. THAT CONVERSATION COULD

1:53:54ALSO INCLUDE A SHARED REVIEW OF

1:53:56THE E3 STUDY AND ITS

1:53:58IMPLICATIONS FOR CHOICES BEFORE

1:53:59THE CITY. ONE OPPORTUNITY FOR

1:54:01THAT DISCUSSION IS TO CONSIDER

1:54:02THE RANGE OF APPROACHES THAT

1:54:03COULD CONTRIBUTE TO EMISSIONS

1:54:05REDUCTIONS, INCLUDING

1:54:06ELECTRIFICATION, RENEWABLE

1:54:07NATURAL GAS, HYDROGEN, HYBRID

1:54:09HEATING AND DISTRICT ENERGY.

1:54:12EVALUATING THESE OPTIONS

1:54:13TOGETHER COULD HELP CLARIFY

1:54:14THESE THEIR BENEFITS, COSTS AND

1:54:16PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. WE

1:54:18WOULD ALSO APPRECIATE A FULLER

1:54:19CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW THE

1:54:20PROPOSAL COULD AFFECT

1:54:22PORTLAND'S INTERCONNECTED

1:54:23ENERGY SYSTEMS. NATURAL GAS AND

1:54:25ELECTRICITY BOTH SERVE

1:54:26IMPORTANT ROLES DURING PEAK

1:54:27DEMAND AND EXTREME WEATHER.

1:54:29BRINGING REGIONAL PLANNING

1:54:31PERSPECTIVES AND RESEARCH INTO

1:54:32THE DISCUSSION COULD HELP

1:54:33EVERYONE BETTER UNDERSTAND

1:54:34POTENTIAL EFFECTS ON

1:54:36RELIABILITY, INFRASTRUCTURE

1:54:37INVESTMENT, AND CUSTOMER COSTS.

1:54:39ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS COULD ALSO

1:54:40HELP CLARIFY THE PROPOSAL'S

1:54:42EXPECTED EMISSIONS BENEFITS AND

1:54:44ITS RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING

1:54:45STATE REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING

1:54:47OREGON'S BUILDING PERFORMANCE

1:54:49STANDARDS. THAT COORDINATION

1:54:50COULD PROVIDE GREATER CLARITY

1:54:51FOR BUILDING OWNERS AND HELP

1:54:52SUPPORT EFFECTIVE

1:54:54IMPLEMENTATION. WITH THESE

1:54:55OPPORTUNITIES IN MIND, WE

1:54:56RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COMMITTEE

1:54:57TO DEFER ACTION AND INVITE A

1:54:58BROADER COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.

1:55:00NORTHWEST GAS ASSOCIATION IS

1:55:01READY TO HELP BRING PEOPLE TO

1:55:03THE TABLE, LISTEN AND SUPPORT A

1:55:05SHARED PATH FORWARD TOWARDS THE

1:55:07CITY'S CLIMATE AND HEALTH GOALS.

1:55:08THANK YOU FOR YOUR

1:55:09CONSIDERATION.

1:55:12>> NEXT IS CHARIS BACH, ANDRES

1:55:16BOSWELL, MELANIE PLAUT, GREG

1:55:20ASTLEY, JORDAN BASS. AND CHARIS.

1:55:34YOU MAY BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY.

1:55:38>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AVALOS

1:55:40AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

1:55:41MY NAME IS CHRIS BACH, AND

1:55:43THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY

1:55:44TO TESTIFY TODAY ON BEHALF OF

1:55:47350 PDX. WE REPRESENT THOUSANDS

1:55:49OF PORTLANDERS WHO CARE ABOUT

1:55:50CLIMATE JUSTICE, AND WE'RE VERY

1:55:52EXCITED TO SUPPORT THE CLIMATE

1:55:53AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR

1:55:54BUILDINGS. WE ALSO SIGNED THE

1:55:55JOINT LETTER MENTIONED BEFORE.

1:55:57AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE

1:55:58PRESENTATIONS A COUPLE OF WEEKS

1:56:00AGO AND TODAY, THIS POLICY HAS

1:56:01BEEN FULLY SIX YEARS IN THE

1:56:03MAKING. WHILE 350 PDX WAS NOT

1:56:06PART OF THE ORIGINAL FORMATION

1:56:07OF THIS POLICY, WE'RE HAPPY TO

1:56:09SUPPORT THE EXCELLENT WORK DONE

1:56:11BY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND

1:56:12TENANT RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND

1:56:14OTHERS. AND IT'S IN OUR CLIMATE

1:56:16JUSTICE PLATFORM. WE ALSO

1:56:18REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK BTS

1:56:19HAS DONE TO PREPARE THE POLICY,

1:56:21CARRYING OUT A HELPFUL PILOT

1:56:23PROJECT AND LEARNING FROM

1:56:24SIMILAR POLICIES IN OTHER

1:56:25CITIES AND STATES, AS WELL AS

1:56:26LISTENING TO FEEDBACK FROM

1:56:28STAKEHOLDERS OVER MANY YEARS.

1:56:30WHILE THE CLIMATE AND HEALTH

1:56:31STANDARDS POLICY ISN'T PERFECT

1:56:32AND DOESN'T INCLUDE EVERYTHING

1:56:34THAT WE COULD WISH FOR IN TERMS

1:56:36OF REDUCING EMISSIONS AND

1:56:37INCREASING EFFICIENCY, IT'S A

1:56:39MEANINGFUL START AND IT'S

1:56:40IMPORTANT TO START NOW. DELAY

1:56:42IS THE NEW CLIMATE CHANGE

1:56:44DENIAL. WE'VE HEARD MANY

1:56:46INDUSTRY LOBBYISTS SAY TODAY,

1:56:47OH, WE CARE ABOUT THE CLIMATE.

1:56:48WE JUST NEED TO WORK ON THIS

1:56:50LATER. WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR

1:56:52LATER. WE MUST SIGNIFICANTLY

1:56:54REDUCE OUR COLLECTIVE EMISSIONS

1:56:55NOW. IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, THE

1:56:56UNITED NATIONS ANNOUNCED THE

1:56:58GLOBAL COMMUNITY IS NOT GOING

1:56:59TO BE ABLE TO STAY BELOW 1.5°C

1:57:02OF WARMING, THOUGH HOPEFULLY WE

1:57:03CAN OVERSHOOT BRIEFLY AND COME

1:57:04BACK BELOW THAT SAFE THRESHOLD

1:57:07SOON. SO-CALLED NATURAL METHANE

1:57:09GAS IS IS ACTUALLY A MORE

1:57:10POTENT GREENHOUSE GAS THAN

1:57:12CARBON DIOXIDE. OVER THE LAST

1:57:14SEVERAL DECADES, WE'RE TOLD

1:57:15THAT NATURAL METHANE GAS IS A

1:57:17BRIDGE FUEL AS WE WORK TO

1:57:19DECARBONIZE. IF WE ACCEPT THAT

1:57:21FRAMING, WE CAN CONSIDER THIS

1:57:22AS A 23 YEAR BRIDGE TO

1:57:25DECARBONIZE. THAT IS PLENTY OF

1:57:26TIME TO FIGURE THIS OUT. THIS

1:57:28IS AMPLE TIME TO SHIFT OUR

1:57:30SYSTEMS. IT'S COMPLETELY

1:57:32DISINGENUOUS TO CRY. WHAT ABOUT

1:57:34CLIMATE RESILIENCE, WHEN ONE'S

1:57:35ENTIRE BUSINESS MODEL IS BASED

1:57:37ON ADDING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF

1:57:39GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TO THE

1:57:40ATMOSPHERE ON A DAILY BUSINESS

1:57:42BASIS, CAUSING CLIMATE HARM,

1:57:44THIS POLICY HELPS MAKE

1:57:45BUILDINGS HEALTHIER FOR PEOPLE

1:57:47AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND

1:57:48EMPHASIZES AFFORDABILITY. WE

1:57:50ASK YOU TO WORK ON PASSING IT

1:57:52NOW. THANK YOU.

1:57:55>> ANDRES IS ONLINE. YOU MAY

1:57:57BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY.

1:58:00>> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON,

1:58:02CHAIR AVALOS AND MEMBERS OF THE

1:58:04COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS ANDRES

1:58:06BOSWELL. I USE HE THEY PRONOUNS

1:58:09AND I'M A REGISTERED LOBBYIST

1:58:10FOR PORTLAND FOR ALL. I'M HERE

1:58:13TO URGE YOU TODAY TO VOTE YES.

1:58:15AS YOU HEARD IN THE

1:58:16PRESENTATION, BUILDINGS MAKE UP

1:58:17A MEANINGFUL COMPONENT OF THE

1:58:19CITY'S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

1:58:21AND WE KNOW THAT TO MAKE

1:58:23PROGRESS, WE NEED TO ADDRESS

1:58:24OUR BUILDINGS ON A FASTER TIME

1:58:26FRAME THAN THE STATE. THE CITY

1:58:29HAS LONG BEEN COMMITTED TO

1:58:30REDUCING OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT,

1:58:33AND IT IS THE MORALLY CORRECT

1:58:35THING TO DO. AS SOMEONE WHO HAS

1:58:37LIVED WITH ASTHMA MY WHOLE LIFE,

1:58:39CLEAN AIR IS NOT AN ABSTRACT

1:58:41CONCEPT. POLLUTION DIRECTLY

1:58:43AFFECTS MY ABILITY TO BREATHE.

1:58:46EXTENSIVE WORK HAS GONE INTO

1:58:47PREPARING THESE STANDARDS, AND

1:58:48THE CODE CHANGES BEFORE YOU.

1:58:51LIKE YOU'VE HEARD TODAY, THERE

1:58:52HAVE BEEN AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES

1:58:53FOR FEEDBACK AND REVISION,

1:58:56MULTIPLE PUBLIC FORUMS AND

1:58:58OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS TO

1:58:59PROVIDE INPUT AND FEEDBACK. I

1:59:01KNOW FROM MY TIME DEVELOPING

1:59:03CITY POLICY THAT THERE WILL

1:59:04ALWAYS BE PUSHBACK WHEN YOU'RE

1:59:06PROPOSING BIG CHANGE. ANYTIME A

1:59:09NEW REGULATION COMES FORWARD,

1:59:11PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS POP OUT OF

1:59:12THE WOODWORK. THEY WILL TELL

1:59:13YOU THAT THIS HAS BEEN TO RUSH,

1:59:15THAT YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO THE

1:59:17DRAWING BOARD. THEY SUPPORT THE

1:59:19CONCEPT, BUT THIS IS JUST THE

1:59:20WRONG VERSION OF YOU. PEOPLE

1:59:22WILL ALWAYS TELL YOU THAT THE

1:59:23SKY WILL COLLAPSE IF YOU ADOPT

1:59:25A NEW SET OF REGULATIONS, AND

1:59:27WILL MAKE COMPELLING CASES FOR

1:59:28WHY THEY SPECIFICALLY SHOULD BE

1:59:30EXEMPT, I ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF

1:59:32THE COMMITTEE TO VOTE IN LINE

1:59:34WITH OUR SUSTAINABILITY

1:59:36PRINCIPLES AND FIGHT THE URGE

1:59:38TO ADD ADDITIONAL CARVE OUTS OR

1:59:40EXEMPTIONS BEYOND THE AVENUES

1:59:42OUTLINED IN THESE CODE CHANGES,

1:59:45PORTLANDERS OVERWHELMINGLY

1:59:46SUPPORT MAKING OUR CITY GREENER,

1:59:47MORE SUSTAINABLE AND STEWARDING

1:59:49OUR ENVIRONMENT FOR FUTURE

1:59:51GENERATIONS. I STRONGLY

1:59:53ENCOURAGE THE COMMITTEE TO VOTE

1:59:54FOR THESE CODE CHANGES AS IS.

2:00:01>> MELANIE. YOU MAY BEGIN.

2:00:03>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCILORS.

2:00:04MY NAME IS MELANIE PLOUT. I'M A

2:00:06RETIRED OB GYN DOC AND I LIVE

2:00:08IN DISTRICT TWO. I'M GOING TO

2:00:09TELL YOU A SHORT STORY ABOUT MY

2:00:12RELATIONSHIP TO GAS STOVES.

2:00:14WHEN I WAS A KID IN THE 50S, MY

2:00:16FATHER OFTEN USED TO SAY, NOW

2:00:18YOU'RE COOKING WITH GAS AS A

2:00:20SYNONYM FOR WELL DONE. DO YOU

2:00:22KNOW WHERE THAT PHRASE CAME

2:00:23FROM? IN THE 30S, THE AMERICAN

2:00:26GAS ASSOCIATION USED IT AS A

2:00:28MARKETING PLOY AND FED IT TO

2:00:30COMEDIANS LIKE BOB HOPE AND

2:00:31JACK BENNY. IT WORKED ON ME. I

2:00:34GREW UP WITH A POSITIVE

2:00:35ASSOCIATION WITH GAS STOVES, SO

2:00:37WHEN WE REMODELED OUR KITCHEN

2:00:3920 YEARS AGO, I THOUGHT PUTTING

2:00:40IN A SIX BURNER GAS COOKTOP WAS

2:00:42A GREAT IDEA. THE NATURAL GAS

2:00:45INDUSTRY HAD KNOWN SINCE THE

2:00:471980S THAT UNVENTED METHANE

2:00:49COMBUSTION WAS A HEALTH RISK,

2:00:50BUT DECIDED IT WOULD BE TOO

2:00:52EXPENSIVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO

2:00:53VENT GAS STOVES, SO THEY BURIED

2:00:55THIS INFORMATION. SOUND

2:00:57FAMILIAR? IT WASN'T UNTIL ABOUT

2:00:59TEN YEARS AGO THAT INDEPENDENT

2:01:01RESEARCH STARTED TO EMERGE. THE

2:01:03EFFECT ON THE RESPIRATORY

2:01:04SYSTEM IS NOW CLEAR, BUT THERE

2:01:06IS ALSO LIKELY AN INCREASED

2:01:07RISK OF HEART DISEASE, DEMENTIA

2:01:09AND CANCER. SO WE DECIDED WE

2:01:12DIDN'T WANT TO EXPOSE OUR

2:01:13FAMILY TO THESE RISKS, AND WE

2:01:15TOOK OUT THE STILL FUNCTIONING

2:01:17GAS STOVE AND PUT IN AN

2:01:19INDUCTION STOVE. AND WE HAD A

2:01:21KITCHEN, AN AIRY KITCHEN AND A

2:01:24WELL-FUNCTIONING FAN. BUT IF

2:01:25YOU ARE A RENTER IN A SMALL

2:01:27APARTMENT WITH ONE OF THOSE

2:01:29INEFFECTIVE MICROWAVE FANS OVER

2:01:30YOUR RANGE, YOU HAVE

2:01:32POTENTIALLY EVEN MORE EXPOSURE

2:01:34TO THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF

2:01:35NITROGEN OXIDES, CARBON

2:01:37MONOXIDE, AND BENZENE. EVEN IF

2:01:40REPLACEMENT IS NOT AN OPTION,

2:01:41THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO

2:01:43DECREASE YOUR RISK, LIKE

2:01:44OPENING A WINDOW WHEN YOU COOK

2:01:45AND USING ELECTRIC APPLIANCES

2:01:47SUCH AS KETTLES OR INEXPENSIVE

2:01:50INDUCTION HOBS WHENEVER

2:01:51POSSIBLE. I THINK IT SHOULDN'T

2:01:53JUST BE PEOPLE LIKE ME.

2:01:55EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE

2:01:56INFORMATION ABOUT AND ACCESS TO

2:01:58CLEAN AND HEALTHY COOKING.

2:02:00WHICH IS WHY I ASK YOU, AMONG

2:02:02OTHER REASONS, TO SUPPORT THIS

2:02:04ORDINANCE. THANK YOU.

2:02:07>> GREG IS ONLINE. YOU MAY

2:02:09BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY.

2:02:11>> THANK YOU. CHAIR AVALOS,

2:02:12MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING AND

2:02:14PERMITTING COMMITTEE. FOR THE

2:02:15RECORD, MY NAME IS GREG ASHLEY,

2:02:16DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

2:02:17FOR THE OREGON RESTAURANT AND

2:02:18LODGING ASSOCIATION. WE

2:02:20REPRESENT OREGON'S HOSPITALITY

2:02:21INDUSTRY, INCLUDING THOUSANDS

2:02:23OF RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS IN

2:02:24PORTLAND. I'M TESTIFYING TODAY

2:02:26IN OPPOSITION TO DOCUMENT

2:02:292026-377. THE CLIMATE AND

2:02:30HEALTH STANDARDS FOR BUILDINGS

2:02:31CODE, OR HAS SIGNED ON TO A

2:02:33COALITION LETTER REPRESENTING A

2:02:35BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF

2:02:36CONCERNED GROUPS AND

2:02:37INDIVIDUALS WHO ALSO ALSO

2:02:39OPPOSE THIS POLICY. FIRST, THIS

2:02:42PROPOSAL RISKS DUPLICATING

2:02:43OREGON'S EXISTING BUILDING

2:02:45PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.

2:02:46COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS OVER

2:02:4820,000FT COULD FACE BOTH STATE

2:02:50AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS,

2:02:51CREATING UNNECESSARY COMPLEXITY

2:02:53AND ADDITIONAL COSTS. WE WOULD

2:02:55URGE THE CITY TO LET THE

2:02:56STATE'S PROGRAM ROLL OUT FIRST,

2:02:58OR COORDINATE WITH IT TO AVOID

2:03:00DUPLICATIVE REGULATIONS.

2:03:02SECONDLY, THIS POLICY HAS MOVED

2:03:04TOO QUICKLY WITHOUT MEANINGFUL

2:03:05STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, SHORT

2:03:07NOTICE, LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES

2:03:09TO TESTIFY, AND UNANSWERED

2:03:11QUESTIONS HAVE MADE IT

2:03:12DIFFICULT FOR BUSINESSES TO

2:03:13PARTICIPATE OR WAS NEVER

2:03:15CONSULTED. AND TO OUR KNOWLEDGE,

2:03:16NEITHER WERE RESTAURANT OR

2:03:17LODGING OPERATORS. FINALLY,

2:03:20RESTAURANTS FACE UNIQUE

2:03:21CHALLENGES. UNDER THIS POLICY,

2:03:23NATURAL GAS IS ESSENTIAL TO

2:03:24MANY COMMERCIAL KITCHENS, AND

2:03:25PRACTICAL, AFFORDABLE

2:03:27ALTERNATIVES AREN'T ALWAYS

2:03:28AVAILABLE FOR SPECIALIZED

2:03:29COOKING EQUIPMENT AND

2:03:31TECHNIQUES. RESTAURANTS ARE

2:03:33ALREADY STRUGGLING WITH HIGH

2:03:34LABOR, FOOD UTILITY AND RENT

2:03:37COSTS WHILE OPERATING ON RAZOR

2:03:38THIN MARGINS. THEY CANNOT

2:03:40ABSORB ANOTHER LAYER OF

2:03:42REGULATORY COSTS WITHOUT

2:03:44CONSEQUENCES FOR THEIR ABILITY

2:03:45TO REMAIN OPEN, TO RETAIN

2:03:47EMPLOYEES AND TO SERVE THEIR

2:03:48COMMUNITIES. I WISH MORE

2:03:51RESTAURANT OPERATORS COULD BE

2:03:52HERE TODAY TO SHARE THESE

2:03:54CONCERNS, BUT MANY ARE WORKING

2:03:55IN THEIR BUSINESSES JUST TO

2:03:56KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN. AMID

2:03:57THESE CHALLENGES, WE URGE THE

2:04:00CITY TO SLOW THIS PROCESS,

2:04:01IMPROVE THE TRANSPARENCY,

2:04:03ENGAGE MEANINGFULLY WITH

2:04:04AFFECTED BUSINESSES, AND

2:04:06COORDINATE WITH THE STATE TO

2:04:07PREVENT DUPLICATIVE

2:04:08REQUIREMENTS. THANK YOU FOR

2:04:09YOUR CONSIDERATION.

2:04:14>> JORDAN. YOU MAY BEGIN WHEN

2:04:15YOU'RE READY.

2:04:16>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND

2:04:18COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JORDAN BASS

2:04:20AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR.

2:04:21I'M AN ARCHITECT AND VICE

2:04:23PRESIDENT WITH DEACON

2:04:24DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE SMALL,

2:04:25LOCALLY OWNED DEVELOPMENT

2:04:26COMPANY HERE IN PORTLAND. WE

2:04:27FOCUS ON PRODUCING AND

2:04:29OPERATING WHAT'S NATURALLY

2:04:31AFFORDABLE AND WORKFORCE

2:04:32HOUSING. IN PORTLAND. WE WAKE

2:04:34UP EVERY DAY LOOKING FOR WAYS

2:04:35THAT WE CAN BUILD HOUSING AND

2:04:37GET MORE PEOPLE IN HOMES. I'M

2:04:40SURE EVERYONE HERE TODAY SHARES

2:04:42THE GOAL OF CLEANER, HEALTHIER,

2:04:43MORE EFFICIENT BUILDINGS.

2:04:45THAT'S CLEAR. MY CONCERN IS

2:04:47THAT RUSHING THIS POLICY THAT

2:04:48JUST CAME DOWN IN JULY CREATES

2:04:52AN ENVIRONMENT THAT MAKES MORE

2:04:54EXPENSIVE, MORE EXPENSIVE FOR

2:04:55RENTERS, THE ONES THAT IT'S

2:04:58MEANT TO PROTECT. IT ALSO

2:05:00DRASTICALLY REDUCES THE ALREADY

2:05:02ANEMIC SUPPLY OF MIDDLE AND

2:05:03LOWER INCOME UNSUBSIDIZED

2:05:06HOUSING THAT'S BEING BUILT. WE

2:05:08KNOW PORTLAND'S HOUSING SUPPLY

2:05:11IS DRASTICALLY UNDER SUPPLIES.

2:05:12NEW SUPPLY PROJECTIONS ARE WELL

2:05:14BELOW THE TARGETS THAT ARE

2:05:16NEEDED. RUSHING THIS POLICY

2:05:17THROUGH WILL ONLY FURTHER

2:05:19DIMINISH THAT SUPPLY. WE WILL

2:05:22ALSO SEE MANY EXISTING UNITS

2:05:24COME OFF THE MARKET AS COSTS TO

2:05:26MEET THIS POLICY TAKE EFFECT.

2:05:29CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, THE

2:05:31MAJORITY OF PORTLAND'S RENTAL

2:05:33UNITS ARE NOT OWNED BY LARGE

2:05:35CORPORATIONS OR NATIONAL

2:05:36INVESTMENT FIRMS. LOCAL SMALL

2:05:38BUSINESSES, INDIVIDUALS, MOM

2:05:40AND POPS FAMILIES OPERATE AND

2:05:42OWN THESE UNITS. THIS TYPE OF

2:05:45OWNER AND SMALL BUSINESS IS THE

2:05:47TYPE OF OWNER THE CITY SHOULD

2:05:49SUPPORT, NOT PUNISH AND DRIVE

2:05:51OUT OF BUSINESS. THIS POLICY

2:05:55NEEDS TIME. WE. WE SUPPORT

2:05:57WORKING ON IT, BUT TO JUST RUSH

2:06:00IT IN FROM JULY AND AND IMPOSE

2:06:03IT UPON THE CITY IS NOT THOUGHT

2:06:07THROUGH. WE WANT TO SUPPORT

2:06:10BRINGING MORE AFFORDABLE AND

2:06:12WORKFORCE HOUSING TO THIS CITY.

2:06:14WE WOULD HOPE THE COUNCIL AND

2:06:16THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE

2:06:17WOULD ALSO SUPPORT THAT DESIRE.

2:06:19THANK YOU.

2:06:24>> NEXT IS SARAH. WOULD TYLER

2:06:28REEVES, HELENA BOEC, KEVIN PAUL,

2:06:34ALISON KRAUSS. IF YOU'RE AT THE

2:06:49TESTIMONY TABLE, YOU MAY BEGIN

2:06:51WHEN YOU'RE READY. THANK YOU.

2:06:53>> HELLO, AND THANK YOU,

2:06:54COUNCILOR AVALOS, FOR BRINGING

2:06:55THIS BILL. FOR THE RECORD, MY

2:06:57NAME IS HELENA BOEC. I LIVE IN

2:06:59D FOUR. I WANT TO START WITH A

2:07:02COUPLE OF FACTS. ONE, YOU

2:07:04CANNOT PROTECT CLIMATE OR

2:07:07HEALTH WITH GAS OR OTHER

2:07:10COMBUSTION FUELS. NOT POSSIBLE.

2:07:14TWO, YOU CAN PASS THIS BILL.

2:07:17AND IF THERE ARE REAL THINGS

2:07:18THAT NEED TO BE FIXED, YOU'LL

2:07:20FIND THAT OUT WITH THE DATA YOU

2:07:22GET, AND YOU CAN FIX IT AS IT

2:07:23GOES ALONG AND MAKE A BETTER

2:07:25CITY FOR EVERYBODY. SO I HAVE A

2:07:29QUESTION FOR YOU, AND I THINK I

2:07:30KNOW YOUR ANSWERS HERE, BUT DO

2:07:32YOU THINK PORTLAND'S CLIMATE

2:07:33GOALS ARE IMPORTANT? AND IF SO,

2:07:36START BY VOTING YES ON THE

2:07:37CLIMATE AND HEALTH STANDARDS.

2:07:39BUILDINGS ARE NOT TECHNICALLY

2:07:41HARD TO DECARBONIZE, AND THERE

2:07:43ARE 42% OF PORTLAND'S EMISSIONS

2:07:46WEATHERIZING BUILDINGS AND

2:07:47REPLACING INEFFICIENT

2:07:48COMBUSTION OR RESISTANCE

2:07:50APPLIANCES WITH HEAT PUMPS AND

2:07:51INDUCTION STOVES IMPROVES AIR

2:07:53QUALITY AND SAVES ENERGY,

2:07:54MEANING IT SAVES RESIDENTS AND

2:07:56WORKERS MONEY ON BOTH UTILITIES

2:07:58AND HEALTH CARE. SO THERE'S ALL

2:08:03OF THIS TESTIMONY THAT IT NEEDS

2:08:06TO BE DELAYED OR IT'S NOT

2:08:08FEASIBLE. AND I WANT TO TELL

2:08:09YOU A LITTLE STORY. BACK IN

2:08:112019, I LIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO

2:08:12AND WAS INVOLVED IN THAT CITY'S

2:08:14BUILDING DECARBONIZATION TASK

2:08:15FORCE IN THE COMMERCIAL

2:08:17RETROFIT GROUP. BEHIND CLOSED

2:08:19DOORS THEY WERE SEEING WAS WHAT

2:08:20THEY NEEDED WAS REGULATORY

2:08:22CERTAINTY. AND IF THEY HAD THAT,

2:08:24THEY COULD DECARBONIZE BY 2035.

2:08:29WATER HEATERS LAST 8 TO 12

2:08:30YEARS, FURNACES 15 TO 20.

2:08:33REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS HAVE

2:08:34TO BE DONE ANYWAY. WHY NOT

2:08:36ENSURE THEY IMPROVE QUALITY OF

2:08:38LIFE, CLIMATE AND HEALTH

2:08:39STANDARDS IN FRONT OF YOU HAVE

2:08:40ALREADY GONE THROUGH YEARS OF

2:08:41TWEAKING TO MAKE SURE BOTH

2:08:42TENANT PROTECTIONS AND

2:08:44FEASIBILITY EXCEPTIONS ARE GOOD,

2:08:46AND YOU CAN IMPROVE THEM

2:08:47FURTHER AS TIME GOES ON. FAR

2:08:49FROM ANY KIND OF FAST TRACK,

2:08:50FULL DECARBONIZATION ISN'T

2:08:51REQUIRED UNTIL 2050. IN SAN

2:08:54FRANCISCO, THEY SAID THEY COULD

2:08:56DECARBONIZE ALL ELECTRIC BY

2:08:582035. WE HAVE BETTER AND

2:08:59CHEAPER TECHNOLOGY NOW. DON'T

2:09:02LET THE SPECIAL INTERESTS TIE

2:09:03US TO THE CURRENT STATUS QUO.

2:09:06PLEASE PASS THE CLIMATE AND

2:09:07HEALTH STANDARDS. THANK YOU.

2:09:11>> SARAH IS ONLINE. YOU MAY

2:09:12BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY.

2:09:18>> HELLO. SORRY, I'M GETTING MY

2:09:19NOTES UP. MY NAME IS SARAH WOOD.

2:09:22I AM A TENANT IN DISTRICT FOUR.

2:09:24I SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENTAL

2:09:25GOALS OF THIS MEASURE, AND I

2:09:26STRONGLY SUPPORT ACCESS TO

2:09:27UTILITY COST INFORMATION FOR

2:09:29PROSPECTIVE TENANTS. WHEN I

2:09:30MOVED INTO MY CURRENT APARTMENT,

2:09:32I DID NOT REALIZE IT WOULD COST

2:09:33ME AROUND $300 A MONTH TO HEAT

2:09:35THE APARTMENT TO 68 DEGREES IN

2:09:36THE WINTER. THERE'S POOR

2:09:38INSULATION, THERE ARE

2:09:38RESISTANCE HEATERS, SINGLE PANE

2:09:40WINDOWS, AND MY LANDLORD IS

2:09:41HAPPY TO LET TENANTS EAT THE

2:09:42COSTS. WATER AND TRASH IS

2:09:44ANOTHER 150 A MONTH. THERE ARE

2:09:46A HIGH NUMBER OF LOW INCOME

2:09:47TENANTS HERE IN THIS BUILDING,

2:09:49INCLUDING A LOT OF PEOPLE ON

2:09:50VOUCHERS. A LOT OF THEM GET

2:09:52SURPRISED BY THE HIGH COSTS OF

2:09:53UTILITIES HERE AND CAN'T AFFORD

2:09:54TO KEEP THE HEAT ON. THE AIR

2:09:56GETS REALLY SMOKY IN THE WINTER

2:09:58BECAUSE PEOPLE BURN THE

2:09:59FIREPLACES CONSTANTLY INSTEAD.

2:09:59AND EACH YEAR THERE ARE PIPE

2:10:01BREAKS FROM THE COLD THAT CAUSE

2:10:02MOLD, AND TENANTS IN THE

2:10:04BUILDING GET STUCK WITH THE

2:10:05WATER BILLS FOR THAT AS WELL. I

2:10:07WOULD NOT HAVE MOVED HERE IF I

2:10:08KNEW UTILITIES WOULD COST SO

2:10:10MUCH, AND THE LANDLORDS WON'T

2:10:11MAKE ANY IMPROVEMENTS HERE

2:10:12UNLESS THEY HAVE TO OR ARE

2:10:13INCENTIVIZED TO. SO I STRONGLY

2:10:15URGE THE COUNCIL TO MAKE

2:10:16UTILITY COSTS MUCH MORE

2:10:17TRANSPARENT FOR PROSPECTIVE

2:10:18TENANTS, SO WE DON'T GET

2:10:19AMBUSHED BY HIGH COSTS, AND TO

2:10:21PROVIDE MORE INCENTIVES FOR

2:10:22LANDLORDS TO ACTUALLY MAKE

2:10:23ENERGY EFFICIENCY UPGRADES.

2:10:25THANK YOU.

2:10:29>> TYLER IS ONLINE. YOU MAY

2:10:30BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY.

2:10:32>> YES. THANK YOU, CHAIR AVALOS

2:10:33AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

2:10:35MY NAME IS TYLER REEVES, AND I

2:10:37APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO

2:10:38SPEAK BEFORE YOU TODAY AS BOTH

2:10:40A SMALL LANDLORD DISTRICT FOR

2:10:42NORTHWEST PORTLAND, AS WELL AS

2:10:44A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE

2:10:44DEVELOPER WITH SPEC DEVELOPMENT.

2:10:47I'D ALSO LIKE TO ECHO THE

2:10:49EARLIER SENTIMENT THAT I, TOO,

2:10:50AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE

2:10:51COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY

2:10:52IS A SHOW OF COLLABORATION AND

2:10:55A RESPECTFUL CAPACITY WITH THE

2:10:57CITY TO FIND A BETTER FUTURE

2:10:58FOR THE CITY OF PORTLAND. WHILE

2:11:00I SUPPORT CLIMATE RESILIENCE,

2:11:02LIKE SO MANY ON THIS CALL TODAY,

2:11:03MY CONCERN IS NOT THE APPROACH

2:11:05OR EXCUSE ME, MY CONCERN IS NOT

2:11:07THE GOAL, BUT THE APPROACH,

2:11:08WHICH IS UNFUNDED MANDATES AT

2:11:10THE EXACT MOMENT PORTLAND NEEDS

2:11:11INVESTMENT THE MOST. I'D LIKE

2:11:12TO SHARE THREE CONCERNS.

2:11:14STARTING AS A SMALL LANDLORD.

2:11:16FIRST, OWNER CARRIES THE

2:11:17ENTIRETY OF THE COST WITH NO

2:11:18FINANCIAL RELIEF. WHILE I AGREE

2:11:20WITH EARLIER COMMENTS THAT

2:11:21TENANTS SHOULD NOT BEAR THESE

2:11:23COSTS, THE POLICY ITSELF OFFERS

2:11:25NO UPFRONT FUNDING AND

2:11:26FINANCIAL HARDSHIP DOESN'T

2:11:28QUALIFY FOR AN EXEMPTION.

2:11:29UNLESS I AND SO MANY OTHER

2:11:30SMALL OWNERS AROUND THE CITY

2:11:32CAN DEMONSTRATE NEAR INSOLVENCY.

2:11:35HOWEVER, THESE COSTS HAVE TO

2:11:37COME FROM SOMEWHERE, AND FOR

2:11:38SMALL OWNERS LIKE MYSELF, THAT

2:11:39MEANS LESS MONEY FOR REPAIRS

2:11:41AND MAINTENANCE THINGS THAT

2:11:42DIRECTLY IMPACT TENANTS LIKE WE

2:11:43JUST HEARD ON A DAILY BASIS. SO

2:11:46WHILE IT'S RECOGNIZED YET OR

2:11:47NOT, THESE ADDITIONAL COSTS

2:11:49BORNE BY THE LAND OWNERS WILL,

2:11:51IN SOME CAPACITY NEGATIVELY

2:11:52PASS THROUGH TO THE TENANTS

2:11:53THEMSELVES THROUGHOUT THE CITY

2:11:55OF PORTLAND. SECOND, THE HELP

2:11:57JUST COMES TOO LATE. THE CITY'S

2:11:59OWN CONSULTANT ESTIMATES REPAIR

2:12:01COSTS, IMPROVEMENT COSTS AND

2:12:02UPGRADE COSTS OF MORE THAN

2:12:04$10,000 PER UNIT FOR OLDER

2:12:06UNITS. AND THAT'S JUST TO MEET

2:12:08THE FIRST STEP OF COMPLIANCE.

2:12:09YET THE ONLY ASSISTANCE FUND IS

2:12:11FILLED BY PENALTIES, SO HELP

2:12:12ARRIVES AFTER THE OWNERS HAVE

2:12:13ALREADY BUILT. THIRD,

2:12:16RELOCATION COSTS FALL ENTIRELY

2:12:17ON US AS OWNERS. WE GOT TO PAY

2:12:19FOR THE UPGRADES. WE HAVE TO

2:12:21PAY FOR THE RELOCATION, MOVING

2:12:22AND STORAGE OF THE TENANTS AND

2:12:24GUARANTEE THEIR ABILITY TO MOVE

2:12:26BACK IN TO THE UNIT AFTER WE'RE

2:12:27DONE. A SINGLE INSTANCE CAN

2:12:29WIPE OUT YEARS OF INCOME FOR SO

2:12:30MANY SMALL OWNERS ACROSS THE

2:12:32CITY. THERE WILL BE ONE RESULT

2:12:34LOCAL OWNERS SELLING TO LARGE

2:12:36OPERATORS. AS FAR AS THE

2:12:38COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE

2:12:39INVESTMENT SIDE IS CONCERNED,

2:12:40THIS CREATES A LIABILITY WITH

2:12:41NO SEALING. PENALTIES ARE OPEN

2:12:43ENDED, CAN ONLY GO UP AND

2:12:44INCLUDE LIMITS ON BUILDING

2:12:45PERMITS. WHEN WE AND SO MANY

2:12:47OTHERS ARE UNDERWRITING A DEAL

2:12:48ON CAP RISK SUCH AS. THIS MAKES

2:12:50IT MORE THAN ENOUGH TO WALK

2:12:51AWAY FROM THE CITY OF PORTLAND

2:12:53AND OTHER NEARBY CITIES. SECOND,

2:12:55THE TIMING AND OPTICS OF THIS

2:12:56ARE VERY CONCERNING, WITH

2:12:58OFFICE VACANCY STILL NORTH OF

2:13:0025%, WE'RE JUST NOW SEEING

2:13:01SIGNS OF RECOVERY. INVESTORS

2:13:04LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY ARE

2:13:05PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO

2:13:06THIS VOTE. I'D ALSO ENCOURAGE

2:13:08US TO LOOK AT NEARBY CITIES

2:13:09SUCH AS DENVER, WITH A SIMILAR

2:13:11PROGRAM WHO'S ALREADY EXTENDING

2:13:12ITS DEADLINES FOR COMPLIANCE

2:13:14AND CUTTING ITS FINE IN HALF

2:13:15AFTER HEARING FROM OWNERS. IT'S

2:13:17ALSO FACING FEDERAL LAWSUIT

2:13:20PORTLAND WOULD BE ADOPTING A

2:13:21STRICTER VERSION, JUST AS OUR

2:13:22PEER CITIES ARE ALREADY PULLING

2:13:24BACK, YET WE WON'T EVEN STUDY

2:13:25THE COST OR GRID CAPACITY UNTIL

2:13:27AFTER THE FIRST DEADLINE. IT'S

2:13:29WITH ALL THAT, I WANT TO

2:13:30RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COMMITTEE

2:13:32NOT TO ADVANCE THIS POLICY AS

2:13:34DRAFTED. INSTEAD, PLEASE PAUSE.

2:13:36ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS, ESPECIALLY

2:13:38THOSE WHO ARE BEARING THE

2:13:39ENTIRETY OF THE FINANCIAL

2:13:40RESPONSIBILITY FUND COMPLIANCE

2:13:42UP FRONT AND ALIGN WITH THE

2:13:44STATE'S EXISTING STANDARDS.

2:13:46THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

2:13:51>> WE HAVE KEVIN ONLINE IN THE

2:13:53LOBBY. KEVIN, IF YOU COULD

2:13:54ACCEPT THE PANELIST INVITE FOR

2:13:57NOW, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ALLISON,

2:13:58WHO'S ONLINE.

2:14:05>> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON.

2:14:06CHAIR AVALOS AND MEMBERS OF THE

2:14:08HOUSING AND PERMITTING

2:14:09COMMITTEE. FOR THE RECORD, MY

2:14:10NAME IS ALLISON KRAUSS. I'M THE

2:14:11SENIOR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

2:14:12MANAGER AT PORTLAND COMMUNITY

2:14:14COLLEGE. ON OCTOBER 6TH, PCC

2:14:16INTERIM PRESIDENT KATIE HO SENT

2:14:17A LETTER TO THIS COMMITTEE

2:14:19OUTLINING THE COLLEGE'S

2:14:20CONCERNS WITH THE PROPOSED

2:14:20CLIMATE AND HEALTH STANDARDS.

2:14:22WE'VE ALSO SUBMITTED THAT

2:14:23LETTER AS WRITTEN TESTIMONY

2:14:24TODAY. PCC STRONGLY SUPPORTS

2:14:26THE GOALS OF THIS PROPOSAL

2:14:28REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS

2:14:29EMISSIONS, IMPROVING ENERGY

2:14:31EFFICIENCY AND CREATING

2:14:31HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES. OUR

2:14:33COMMITMENTS WE SHARE WITH THE

2:14:34CITY. SUSTAINABILITY IS

2:14:36EMBEDDED IN PCC'S MISSION AND

2:14:38OPERATIONS. WE HAVE A CLIMATE

2:14:39ACTION PLAN, INVEST IN

2:14:40RENEWABLE ENERGY AND

2:14:41CONSERVATION, AND PUBLICLY

2:14:43TRACK OUR PROGRESS. OUR CONCERN

2:14:45IS NOT WITH THE GOALS OF THIS

2:14:46ORDINANCE, BUT HOW IT APPLIES

2:14:48TO HIGHER EDUCATION. PCC HAS

2:14:50ENGAGED WITH THE CITY IN THIS

2:14:51PROCESS, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT

2:14:52SOME CHANGES WERE MADE IN

2:14:53RESPONSE TO STAKEHOLDER

2:14:55FEEDBACK. HOWEVER, AFTER

2:14:56REVIEWING THE REVISED PROPOSALS,

2:14:57WE CONTINUE TO HAVE CONCERNS

2:14:59>> IS ABOUT HOW THE STANDARDS

2:15:00WOULD APPLY TO HIGHER EDUCATION

2:15:02INSTITUTIONS. PCC FACILITIES

2:15:04ARE CLASSROOMS, LABORATORIES

2:15:05AND WORKFORCE TRAINING

2:15:07ENVIRONMENTS WITH ENERGY NEEDS

2:15:08DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO OUR

2:15:09EDUCATIONAL MISSION. WE HAVE A

2:15:12RESPONSIBILITY TO STEWARD

2:15:13LIMITED PUBLIC RESOURCES. THE

2:15:16PROPOSAL CREATES POTENTIAL NEW

2:15:17COMPLIANCE COSTS WITHOUT

2:15:19DEDICATED FUNDING. THOSE COSTS

2:15:20WOULD HAVE TO BE BALANCED

2:15:21AGAINST EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS,

2:15:23STUDENT SERVICES, FACILITIES,

2:15:25MAINTENANCE AND ENERGY

2:15:26IMPROVEMENTS, AS DOCTOR HO'S

2:15:28LETTER EXPLAINS, OUR PREFERENCE

2:15:30PREFERENCE REMAINS A

2:15:31COLLABORATIVE APPROACH THAT

2:15:33RECOGNIZES HIGHER EDUCATION

2:15:35CIRCUMSTANCES WHILE MAINTAINING

2:15:36ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EMISSIONS

2:15:38REDUCTIONS. HOWEVER, BECAUSE

2:15:39THESE CONCERNS REMAIN

2:15:41UNRESOLVED, PCC IS ASKING THIS

2:15:43COMMITTEE TO EXEMPT PUBLIC AND

2:15:44NONPROFIT HIGHER EDUCATION

2:15:46INSTITUTIONS FROM THE PROPOSED

2:15:48CODE BEFORE ADVANCING THE

2:15:49ORDINANCE. THAT IS NOT A

2:15:52REQUEST TO BE EXEMPTED FROM

2:15:53CLIMATE RESPONSIBILITY. PCC

2:15:54REMAINS COMMITTED TO OUR

2:15:56CLIMATE GOALS, AND OUR EXPERTS

2:15:57STAND READY TO WORK WITH THE

2:15:58CITY ON A WORKABLE ALTERNATIVE.

2:16:00THANK YOU.

2:16:03>> KEVIN IS ONLINE. YOU MAY

2:16:05BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY.

2:16:07>> GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD AND

2:16:08COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS KEVIN

2:16:10PAUL. I AM A DISTRICT FOUR

2:16:12RESIDENT, ALSO PART OF A RATHER

2:16:15SMALL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

2:16:17ORGANIZATION HERE IN THE

2:16:18PORTLAND AREA. FIRST BECAME

2:16:20AWARE OF THIS ONLY A FEW DAYS

2:16:22AGO, AND IN THE COURSE OF

2:16:24TODAY'S DISCUSSION, IT DOES

2:16:25SOUND TO ME LIKE THINGS HAVE

2:16:28PROBABLY BEEN MOVING FASTER

2:16:30THAN THEY SHOULD, AND RIGHT UP

2:16:32FRONT WOULD WOULD RECOMMEND

2:16:34TAKING A BIT OF A PAUSE AND AND

2:16:37SLOWING THINGS DOWN A LITTLE

2:16:38BIT UNTIL WE WORK OUT SOME MORE

2:16:39OF THE DETAILS. WHAT I'M SEEING

2:16:41IS A DOCUMENT OF ABOUT 17 TO 20

2:16:44PAGES THAT I READ THROUGH LAST

2:16:47NIGHT. AND HONESTLY, THERE IS

2:16:50QUITE A LOT OF COMPLEXITY HERE

2:16:51THAT IS GOING TO HIT PROPERTY

2:16:53MANAGERS DIRECTLY. I DO

2:16:57GENERALLY AGREE WITH THE

2:16:59OBJECTIVES YOU'RE TRYING TO

2:17:00ACHIEVE HERE, BUT I, I ALSO

2:17:03FEEL LIKE JUST HAVING GOOD AND

2:17:06OBJECTION OBJECTIVES AND

2:17:08INTENTIONS DON'T MEAN YOU'RE

2:17:09GOING TO GET GOOD RESULTS. SO I

2:17:12WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE

2:17:14COMMITTEE TO, TO TAKE A STEP

2:17:15BACK AND STUDY THINGS A LITTLE

2:17:17BIT MORE CLOSELY. SOME OF THE

2:17:19SOME OF THE PRIMARY CONCERNS

2:17:21THAT JUMP OUT TO ME. ONE THING

2:17:22THAT I HAVE NOT HEARD MENTIONED

2:17:24AT ALL TODAY, I MEAN, IT SEEMS

2:17:26LIKE A BIG PART OF THIS IS A

2:17:28PUSH TO GET AWAY FROM NATURAL

2:17:30GAS. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT

2:17:34ONE THING THAT HAS NOT COME UP

2:17:37IS WHETHER THE ELECTRICAL GRID

2:17:39IN THE PORTLAND AREA, IN THE

2:17:41NORTHWEST IN GENERAL, CAN

2:17:43WITHSTAND THE EXTRA LOAD THAT

2:17:46IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW

2:17:47YEARS, WITH EVS, ETC. COMING

2:17:50ONLINE. AS THE NUMBERS I'VE

2:17:51SEEN FROM A REPORT ON OPB IS A

2:17:56NINE GIGAWATT SHORTFALL AS SOON

2:18:01AS 2030. OF COURSE, THAT'S.

2:18:03THAT'S A LITTLE BIT

2:18:04UNDETERMINED, BUT I'D LIKE TO

2:18:06SEE THAT AT LEAST CONSIDERED

2:18:08BEFORE WE RUSH INTO THIS. THE

2:18:09OTHER THING IS DO BE PREPARED.

2:18:13I EXPECT THAT I WOULD HAVE

2:18:14CLIENTS IF THIS GOES THROUGH,

2:18:16AS IS VERY SMALL RESIDENTIAL

2:18:19RENTAL OWNERS WHO WOULD SAY,

2:18:21YOU KNOW WHAT, I'VE HAD ENOUGH.

2:18:23TOO MUCH REGULATION, TOO MUCH

2:18:25OVERSIGHT, TOO MUCH COMPLIANCE

2:18:26THAT I HAVE TO COMPLY WITH.

2:18:28IT'S TIME TO SELL. THOSE UNITS

2:18:30WOULD NO LONGER BE ON THE

2:18:32RENTAL MARKET, MORE THAN LIKELY.

2:18:34SO I URGE YOU TO KEEP THAT IN

2:18:36MIND. IF THIS GOES THROUGH,

2:18:37DON'T BE SURPRISED IF HOUSING

2:18:39PRICES GO UP. THANK YOU.

2:18:42>> THAT CONCLUDES TESTIMONY.

2:18:45>> GREAT. AND THEN BEFORE WE

2:18:48FINISH WE'VE GOT DEVIN FROM

2:18:50COUNCILOR PIRTLE-GUINEY OFFICE.

2:18:52SHE WAS I DON'T KNOW YOU CAN

2:18:54SHARE WHY SHE'S NOT HERE I

2:18:56DON'T KNOW. YEAH. GO AHEAD.

2:18:57THANK YOU.

2:18:59>> CHAIR AVALOS, VICE CHAIR,

2:19:00GREEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

2:19:01MY NAME IS DEVIN MULLINS. I'M

2:19:03THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR

2:19:04COUNCILOR ELANA PIRTLE-GUINEY.

2:19:05I AM VERY SORRY FOR THE

2:19:07COUNSELOR'S UNEXPECTED ABSENCE

2:19:08TO BE TRANSPARENT. JUST MOMENTS

2:19:10BEFORE COMMITTEE, COUNCILOR

2:19:11PIRTLE-GUINEY STARTED FEELING

2:19:11VERY UNWELL AND HAD TO GO TO

2:19:13URGENT CARE. I DID GET A TEXT

2:19:15FROM HER. SHE'S DOING OKAY AND

2:19:16IS AT HOME, BUT SHE HAS STREP

2:19:18THROAT. WE KNOW THIS POLICY IS

2:19:20INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BOTH IN

2:19:21VISION AND IN ANTICIPATED

2:19:23IMPACTS. THE COUNCILOR TAKES

2:19:24THAT VERY SERIOUSLY AND REALLY

2:19:25WISHES SHE COULD BE HERE RIGHT

2:19:27NOW. WE APPRECIATE THE MANY

2:19:28CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD WITH

2:19:29STAKEHOLDERS AND THE SPONSOR UP

2:19:31TO THIS POINT. SHE DOES HAVE

2:19:32QUESTIONS AND POINTS TO RAISE

2:19:34ON A NUMBER OF THE POLICY

2:19:35DETAILS, AND WANTS TO DO SO IN

2:19:37A PUBLIC FORUM WHERE THE

2:19:38STAKEHOLDERS AND CONSTITUENTS

2:19:39WHO TOOK TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY

2:19:41TO BE HERE IN CHAMBERS CAN BE

2:19:42PART OF IT. SHE LOOKS FORWARD

2:19:44TO HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS

2:19:45IN THE NEAR FUTURE, GIVEN THE

2:19:46CIRCUMSTANCES. I'LL BE SHARING

2:19:47A FEW THOUGHTS ON HER BEHALF.

2:19:49THANKS FOR BEARING WITH US, AND

2:19:50THANKS SINCERELY TO CHAIR

2:19:51AVALOS FOR THE FLEXIBILITY HERE.

2:19:52OUR CLIMATE GOALS MUST BE

2:19:54AMBITIOUS. THE CITY HAS

2:19:55COMMITTED TO REDUCING CARBON

2:19:56EMISSIONS 50% BELOW 1990 LEVELS

2:19:59BY 2030 AND ACHIEVING NET ZERO

2:20:01EMISSIONS BY 2050. THESE GOALS

2:20:03ARE ONLY AMBITIOUS BECAUSE

2:20:05INACTION AND CLIMATE NEGLIGENCE

2:20:06ARE THE STATUS QUO. WE COULD BE

2:20:08DOING BETTER, BUT THESE ARE

2:20:09PRACTICAL GOALS WE NEED TO BE

2:20:10WORKING TOWARDS. THIS REALITY

2:20:12MAKES IT ALL THE MORE REAL THAT

2:20:14THESE ARE NOT ASPIRATIONAL

2:20:16GOALS WE CAN AFFORD TO TREAT AS

2:20:17OPTIONAL. THEY REPRESENT A

2:20:19BASIC RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE TO

2:20:20OUR COMMUNITY AND PLANET TO

2:20:22REDUCE OUR CONTRIBUTION TO

2:20:23CLIMATE CHANGE AND PRESERVE A

2:20:25LIVABLE FUTURE FOR GENERATIONS

2:20:26TO COME. MEETING THESE TARGETS

2:20:28WILL REQUIRE BOLD POLICIES,

2:20:30SUSTAINED COMMITMENT, AND A

2:20:31WILLINGNESS TO TAKE ACTION ON

2:20:32CHALLENGES THAT CANNOT BE

2:20:33SOLVED THROUGH INCREMENTAL

2:20:34CHANGE ALONE. WE MUST BE

2:20:35WILLING AND PREPARED TO TAKE ON

2:20:37MEANINGFUL ACTION. THAT PUTS US

2:20:38ON A CREDIBLE PATH TO MEETING

2:20:40OUR GOALS AND HELPS FOSTER A

2:20:41SAFER AND HEALTHIER PORTLAND

2:20:43FOR ALL. BEFORE COMING TO CITY

2:20:45COUNCIL, BEFORE BEING ELECTED

2:20:46TO CITY COUNCIL, COUNCILOR

2:20:47PIRTLE-GUINEY LED A STATE LEVEL

2:20:49WORKGROUP FOCUSED ON IMPROVING

2:20:50ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN NEW

2:20:51CONSTRUCTION. AND WHILE THAT

2:20:52WORK WAS A SIGNIFICANT STEP

2:20:54FORWARD, IT WAS UNDERSTOOD EVEN

2:20:55THEN THAT IT WOULD ONLY GET US

2:20:57SO FAR. IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT

2:20:59ACHIEVING OUR CLIMATE

2:20:59COMMITMENTS, WE MUST ADDRESS

2:21:00EMISSIONS FROM OUR EXISTING

2:21:02BUILDINGS. THE COUNCILOR

2:21:03APPRECIATES THAT THIS PROPOSAL

2:21:04SEEKS TO IDENTIFY STRATEGIES TO

2:21:05DO JUST THAT. NO SINGLE CITY

2:21:07CAN SOLVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS

2:21:09SINGLE HANDEDLY. OUR ACTIONS

2:21:10ALONE CANNOT ELIMINATE THE

2:21:11HARMS WE ARE SEEING FROM

2:21:12CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT THAT DOES

2:21:14NOT DIMINISH OUR RESPONSIBILITY

2:21:15TO ACT. OUR WORK TO REDUCE

2:21:17CARBON EMISSIONS MATTERS. OUR

2:21:18LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE

2:21:19MATTERS, AND THE EXAMPLE WE SET

2:21:21CAN HELP DEMONSTRATE IMPORTANT

2:21:22CLIMATE ACTION ON A LOCAL LEVEL.

2:21:24AT THE SAME TIME, THOSE

2:21:26AMBITIONS MUST BE MATCHED WITH

2:21:27THOUGHTFUL POLICY MAKING. WE

2:21:28HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE

2:21:30THAT THE POLICIES WE ADOPT ARE

2:21:31NOT ONLY EFFECTIVE AND ADVANCE

2:21:32OUR CLIMATE GOALS, BUT ALSO

2:21:34PRACTICAL AND WORKABLE. THAT

2:21:36MEANS LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE

2:21:37AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO WILL BE

2:21:38AFFECTED, UNDERSTANDING THE

2:21:39IMPLICATIONS OF THE PROPOSAL,

2:21:41AND CAREFULLY CONSIDERING THE

2:21:42QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT

2:21:43WILL HELP US GET IT RIGHT. THAT

2:21:45IS THE SPIRIT IN WHICH THE

2:21:46COUNCILOR IS APPROACHING THIS

2:21:47ORDINANCE. SHE WAS PLANNING TO

2:21:48ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS TODAY

2:21:50THAT HAVE COME UP FOR HER

2:21:52PERSONALLY, AS WELL AS THINGS

2:21:52THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY

2:21:54STAKEHOLDERS. A FEW OF THESE

2:21:55INCLUDE QUESTIONS AROUND

2:21:57CONTINGENCY PLANS. IF ELECTRIC

2:21:58UTILITIES FAIL TO MEET THEIR

2:21:59CLEAN ENERGY TARGETS. QUESTIONS

2:22:01CONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF

2:22:02DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS USED IN

2:22:04THE ORDINANCE, AND QUESTIONS

2:22:05AROUND HOW HOW AREAS OF

2:22:07ENFORCEMENT LEFT TO THE

2:22:08DISCRETION OF CITY OFFICIALS

2:22:09WILL ACTUALLY BE APPLIED. IF

2:22:10ENTITIES WITH UNIQUE BUILDINGS

2:22:12LIKE HOSPITAL CAMPUSES, THE

2:22:14COUNCILOR IS LOOKING FORWARD TO

2:22:15HAVING FURTHER DISCUSSION ON

2:22:16THIS POLICY AND ASKING MANY OF

2:22:17THESE QUESTIONS TO ENSURE THE

2:22:19FINAL PRODUCT BOTH HELPS US

2:22:20ACHIEVE OUR CLIMATE OBJECTIVES

2:22:21AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE REALITIES

2:22:23OF IMPLEMENTATION. THANK YOU

2:22:24VERY MUCH.

2:22:25>> THANK YOU DEVIN. AND TO

2:22:27COUNCILOR PIRTLE-GUINEY. I HOPE

2:22:28SHE FEELS WELL SOON. OKAY, SO

2:22:32WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS LET

2:22:34US TAKE A. I'M GOING TO GIVE US

2:22:37A 13 MINUTE BREAK. LET'S COME

2:22:38BACK AT 430 AND WE'LL GET INTO

2:22:40DISCUSSION. THANK YOU.

2:38:13ALL

2:38:14RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO CALL

2:38:15THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER AT

2:38:17433. AND WE'RE GOING TO GET

2:38:20INTO SOME DISCUSSION. AND I'M

2:38:21GOING TO KICK US OFF AND JUST

2:38:23SHARE SOME REFLECTIONS. AND

2:38:24THEN, YEAH, WE'LL WE'LL GET

2:38:25INTO IT. SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK

2:38:29YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE

2:38:31PUBLIC TESTIMONY. REALLY

2:38:32GRATEFUL THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME

2:38:34TO ENGAGE IN THIS POLICY. THIS

2:38:35IS A REALLY IMPORTANT POLICY

2:38:36FOR OUR CITY AND WHETHER I

2:38:39AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENTS OR NOT,

2:38:41I APPRECIATE YOUR VOICE AND I

2:38:42NEED YOUR VOICE IN ORDER TO

2:38:44MAKE THIS A POLICY THAT WE CAN

2:38:46ALL STAND BY. I AM STRUCK BY

2:38:48THE POWERFUL STORIES OF FOLKS

2:38:50LIKE SARAH WOOD, WHO WAS

2:38:51SURPRISED BY HUGE ENERGY BILLS

2:38:53OVER $300, AND CAN FEEL THE AIR

2:38:55QUALITY IMPACT OF WOOD STOVE

2:38:57BACKUPS FOR FOLKS FACING HIGH

2:38:58GAS AND ELECTRIC BILLS. AND

2:39:00IT'S FOLKS LIKE SARAH AND

2:39:01FUTURE GENERATIONS THAT ARE THE

2:39:03REASON THAT WE ARE MOVING THIS

2:39:04POLICY FORWARD. SO I WANT TO

2:39:06TAKE A MOMENT TO RESPOND TO A

2:39:07FEW OF THE CLAIMS THAT WE'VE

2:39:09HEARD SO FAR. FIRST OF ALL, I'M

2:39:11HAPPY TO SHARE THAT MANY OF THE

2:39:12CONCERNS RAISED TODAY HAVE

2:39:13ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED. MY

2:39:14OFFICE AND BTS HAVE MADE SURE

2:39:16THAT THERE ARE SIDEBOARDS AND

2:39:18FLEXIBILITY TO ALLOW FOR

2:39:19CONSIDERATIONS OF BUILDINGS,

2:39:20UNIQUE SITUATIONS OR NEEDS, AS

2:39:23WELL AS PROGRESS THAT BUILDINGS

2:39:24HAVE ALREADY MADE TOWARDS

2:39:25ELIMINATING EMISSIONS. I WAS

2:39:27REALLY GRATEFUL TO HEAR SO MANY

2:39:29OF THE FOLKS SHARE THAT THEY

2:39:31ALREADY HAVE PLANS TO REDUCE

2:39:33EMISSIONS BY 2030, 2040, 2050.

2:39:36SO I THINK THAT THAT ALIGNS

2:39:38PERFECTLY WITH THIS POLICY. NOT

2:39:39ONLY ARE YOU AHEAD OF THE CURVE,

2:39:41BUT WE'VE ALSO MADE SURE THAT,

2:39:43YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD THE

2:39:45CONCERN THAT BUILDING OWNERS

2:39:46WHO ARE ALREADY WORKING TOWARDS

2:39:48DECARBONIZATION GOALS FEEL THAT

2:39:49THIS IS DUPLICATIVE. BUT THE

2:39:51POINT OF THE FLEXIBILITY IN

2:39:53SELECTING A BASELINE YEAR TO

2:39:54MEASURE AGAINST IS TO GIVE

2:39:56CREDIT TO BUILDING OWNERS WHO

2:39:57ARE ALREADY MAKING PROGRESS

2:39:58TOWARD NET ZERO AND

2:40:00DECARBONIZATION. AND IF A

2:40:01BUILDING'S EFFICIENCY IS

2:40:02ALREADY HIGH DUE TO PAST

2:40:03UPGRADES, THAT'S GREAT. THE

2:40:05CLIMATE CRISIS STILL REQUIRES

2:40:07US, THOUGH, TO TRANSITION AWAY

2:40:08FROM FOSSIL FUELS AS SOON AS

2:40:10POSSIBLE, AND THIS POLICY GIVES

2:40:11A VERY LONG ON RAMP TO

2:40:13ELIMINATE THOSE REMAINING

2:40:15EMISSIONS. THE LONG ROAD FROM

2:40:182030 TO 2050 IS MEANT TO GIVE

2:40:20PLENTY OF TIME TO BUILDING

2:40:21OWNERS TO REPLACE APPLIANCES

2:40:22AND MAKE UPGRADES AS PART OF

2:40:24REGULAR UPKEEP. WE'RE SIMPLY

2:40:26ENSURING THAT THOSE FIXES AND

2:40:27REPLACEMENTS ARE EMISSIONS FREE

2:40:28AND NOT LOCKING IN NEW FOSSIL

2:40:30FUEL APPLIANCES. AND THIS IS A

2:40:32DIRECT QUOTE FROM OUR ORDINANCE.

2:40:34UNDER ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE

2:40:36PLANS, ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE

2:40:37PLANS ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE

2:40:39FLEXIBILITY IN THE REPLACEMENT

2:40:40OF LONG LIVED EQUIPMENT, SUCH

2:40:41AS AIR CONDITIONING AND HEATING,

2:40:42OR LONG LIVED ENVELOPE

2:40:44COMPONENTS SUCH AS WINDOWS AND

2:40:46INSULATION. AS IT RELATES TO

2:40:48THE CLAIMS THAT STAKEHOLDERS

2:40:50HAVEN'T BEEN ENGAGED

2:40:51SUFFICIENTLY, WE'RE GOING TO

2:40:52HAVE TO AGREE TO DISAGREE.

2:40:53HERE'S WHAT WE'VE DONE. YEARS

2:40:55OF BTS ROUNDTABLES WITH

2:40:57IMPACTED PARTIES, INCLUDING

2:40:58BUILDING OWNERS. WE'VE DONE

2:40:59YEARS OF COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS

2:41:01HOSTED BY THE COALITIONS OF

2:41:02COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, VERDE AND

2:41:03OTHER COMMUNITY BASED

2:41:05ORGANIZATIONS. I HOSTED A

2:41:06WORKSHOP EARLIER THIS YEAR AND

2:41:08OVERALL, WHAT FOR MY COLLEAGUES,

2:41:10I SHARED WITH YOU A LARGE

2:41:14DOCUMENT AND WHAT THAT DOCUMENT

2:41:15SHOWS IS ON THE RIGHT COLUMN.

2:41:16THERE'S THREE COLUMNS ON THE

2:41:18RIGHT COLUMN. YOU'LL SEE 2022

2:41:19AT THE TOP THAT SHOWS KIND OF

2:41:21THE ORIGIN OR THE OG VERSION OF

2:41:23THE ORDINANCE IN THE MIDDLE

2:41:25COLUMN THAT SAYS 2025. THOSE

2:41:27ARE ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT

2:41:29HAPPENED BETWEEN 2022 AND 2025

2:41:32PRIOR TO ME BEING INVOLVED.

2:41:33RIGHT. AND SO THOSE CHANGES

2:41:35WERE A RESULT OF THE THE PILOT

2:41:39PROGRAM, THE ECO NORTHWEST

2:41:41STUDY, YEARS OF ENGAGEMENT THAT

2:41:42BTS HAS DONE. AND SO THE, THE

2:41:45MIDDLE COLUMN SHOWS ALL OF

2:41:47THOSE CHANGES. AND THEN ON THE

2:41:48LEFT COLUMN IS WHERE YOU SEE MY

2:41:51CHANGES. SO MY OFFICE, ONCE WE

2:41:53ENTERED OFFICE AND STARTED

2:41:54WORKING ON THIS POLICY TO TRY

2:41:55TO ENTER IT INTO THE

2:41:57LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. AND SO

2:41:58YOU'LL SEE THAT I THINK WHAT

2:42:00YOU'LL NOTICE WHEN YOU LOOK

2:42:01THROUGH THOSE DOCUMENTS IS THAT

2:42:03A LOT OF THE RED LINES ARE IN

2:42:04THE MIDDLE COLUMN. A LOT OF

2:42:06THIS, THIS POLICY WAS DEVISED

2:42:07AND DEVELOPED OVER THOSE MANY,

2:42:09MANY YEARS OF ENGAGEMENT. AS

2:42:13FOR COST OF COMPLIANCE, THE

2:42:15PILOT PROGRAM SHOWED MINIMAL

2:42:16IMPACT FROM ENERGY REPORTING,

2:42:18INCLUDING NO NEW STAFFING

2:42:19NEEDED. AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS

2:42:21POOLS OF FUNDING TO SUPPORT

2:42:22BUILDING OWNERS AND MAKING

2:42:23UPGRADES SUCH AS PCEF, OF

2:42:25COURSE, BUT ALSO OREGON HOUSING

2:42:26AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

2:42:28COMMUNITY ENERGY PROGRAM AND

2:42:29THE ENERGY TRUST OF OREGON. WE

2:42:31ARE UNIQUELY FORTUNATE IN

2:42:32PORTLAND TO HAVE PCEF SOMETHING

2:42:34OTHER CITIES LIKE SEATTLE AND

2:42:35NYC DON'T HAVE. AT THE SAME

2:42:37TIME, THE CITY EXPECTS PRIVATE

2:42:39BUILDING OWNERS TO PAY FOR

2:42:40THEIR OWN ASSETS AND

2:42:41INVESTMENTS IN PROPERTIES, AND

2:42:43WE HAVE GIVEN A LONG

2:42:44IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE TO

2:42:45ALLOW OWNERS TO DO THAT WHEN

2:42:47THEY ARE ABLE TO. THE POLICY

2:42:49ALSO INCLUDES CONSIDERATION FOR

2:42:50EXTRA SUPPORT FOR BUILDING

2:42:51OWNERS FACING UNDUE HARDSHIPS,

2:42:53INCLUDING BANKRUPTCY. SO PLEASE

2:42:55REFER IN THE POLICY TO SECTION

2:42:5917.104.170 UNDER EXTENSIONS AND

2:43:01EXEMPTIONS IN THE DRAFT

2:43:02ORDINANCE, WHICH INCLUDES A

2:43:03LIST OF NINE SITUATIONS

2:43:05ANTICIPATED FOR POSSIBLE

2:43:07EXEMPTIONS OR TIMELINE

2:43:08EXTENSIONS FOR COVERED

2:43:09BUILDINGS, THE ELECTRICAL GRID

2:43:11IS ABSOLUTELY CAPABLE OF

2:43:12HANDLING BUILDING

2:43:14ELECTRIFICATION, AND ENERGY

2:43:15EFFICIENCY MEASURES MEAN THAT

2:43:16DEMAND SHOULD FALL IN THE NEAR

2:43:17TERM AS ELECTRIFICATION

2:43:19PROCEEDS ACROSS THE STATE OF

2:43:20OREGON. FINALLY, CLIMATE

2:43:23SCIENTISTS WORLDWIDE HAVE

2:43:24CLEARLY STATED THAT WE NEED TO

2:43:25TRANSITION AWAY FROM BURNING

2:43:26FOSSIL FUELS. OUR BUILDINGS

2:43:28MAKE UP 42% OF PORTLAND'S

2:43:30EMISSIONS, AND THEY NEED TO

2:43:31MAKE THAT TRANSITION SOONER OR

2:43:33LATER. THIS POLICY GIVES PLENTY

2:43:35OF TIME FOR BUILDING OWNERS TO

2:43:36MAKE THE CHANGE, AS THEIR

2:43:38EXISTING APPLIANCES AGE OUT OF

2:43:40FUNCTIONING, AND WE ARE MOVING

2:43:41FORWARD WITH THIS POLICY

2:43:42BECAUSE, AS TESTIFIERS HAVE

2:43:44MENTIONED, WE MUST ACT NOW TO

2:43:45ADDRESS THE SCALE OF THE

2:43:46CLIMATE CRISIS. SO WE'VE GOT,

2:43:49YOU KNOW, 22 MORE MINUTES.

2:43:51LET'S SEE HOW FAR WE GET, AND

2:43:52THEN WE CAN TALK TOWARDS WHAT

2:43:54IT LOOKS LIKE AT THE END OF OUR

2:43:56TIME. BUT NOW IS THE TIME TO

2:43:57ASK TECHNICAL QUESTIONS,

2:43:59REFLECT ON THE TESTIMONY, OR IF

2:44:00YOU HAVE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR

2:44:02COMMENTS ON THE POLICY. AND

2:44:07LET'S KICK IT OFF WITH

2:44:09COUNCILOR NOVICK.

2:44:10>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. ONE

2:44:12THING THAT I THINK THAT WE

2:44:14WOULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM, AND

2:44:15I THINK WE HAD SOMEBODY WHO WAS

2:44:16FAMILIAR WITH NEW YORK

2:44:18TESTIFIED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO,

2:44:20BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE LOVELY

2:44:21IF WE COULD HAVE SOMEBODY WHO

2:44:23IS INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH NEW

2:44:24YORK CITY'S IMPLEMENTATION,

2:44:25BECAUSE I'M SURE THEY HEARD ALL

2:44:26THESE ARGUMENTS, TOO, LIKE THEY

2:44:27HEARD FROM RESTAURANTS THEY

2:44:29HEARD FROM. I'M SURE THEY HEARD

2:44:30FROM UNIVERSITIES. THEY HEARD

2:44:31FROM HOSPITALS. SO I'D LIKE TO

2:44:33HEAR FROM THE CITY THAT'S

2:44:35ALREADY DONE THIS SORT OF HOW

2:44:36THEY ARE DEALING WITH THOSE

2:44:37ISSUES, AND SPECIFICALLY

2:44:39ACTUALLY READ AN ARTICLE JUST A

2:44:41FEW DAYS AGO, MAYBE A MONTH AGO,

2:44:43ABOUT NEW YORK CITY'S

2:44:44IMPLEMENTATION. AND THE

2:44:45DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS SAID

2:44:46THAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING ADDING

2:44:48A MEASUREMENT FOR ENERGY

2:44:49EFFICIENCY, DISCUSSING HOW TO

2:44:51ACCOUNT FOR DENSITY OF

2:44:53RESIDENTS, WHICH I THINK TIES

2:44:54INTO ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS WE

2:44:55HEARD THAT, WELL, IF I'VE GOT

2:44:57AN EMPTY BUILDING NOW, BUT I'M

2:44:58GOING TO HAVE A FULL BUILDING

2:45:00TEN YEARS FROM NOW, DO I GET

2:45:02PENALIZED FOR THAT? SO IT

2:45:03SOUNDS LIKE NEW YORK IS

2:45:04THINKING ABOUT THAT. AND THE

2:45:05OTHER THING THEY SAID WAS HOW

2:45:07TO BETTER SUPPORT LANDLORDS OF

2:45:08APARTMENT BUILDINGS. SO I'D

2:45:09LOVE TO ACTUALLY HEAR FROM IF

2:45:11WE COULD HEAR FROM THE PERSON

2:45:12IN THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS

2:45:13THERE WITH THAT REPORT, I THINK

2:45:15THAT WOULD BE GREAT. ONE

2:45:17QUESTION I HAVE IS WE'RE

2:45:20TALKING ABOUT BUILDINGS BE ABLE

2:45:21TO SORT OF USE THEIR OWN

2:45:23BASELINE. AND WHAT I'M

2:45:25WONDERING IS, DOES THAT MEAN

2:45:28THAT WILL BUILDING OWNERS

2:45:29ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEIR

2:45:31EMISSIONS WERE LIKE TEN YEARS

2:45:32AGO? LIKE THEY SAID, WE MADE

2:45:33INVESTMENT INVESTMENTS TEN

2:45:34YEARS AGO. WHERE WOULD WE

2:45:36EXPECT TO KNOW WHAT THEIR

2:45:37EMISSIONS WERE A YEAR BEFORE

2:45:39THAT?

2:45:41>> AND WE'VE GOT SOME STAFF

2:45:42HERE FROM BTS TO HELP US ANSWER

2:45:44THESE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.

2:45:45THANK YOU SO MUCH.

2:45:52>> FOR THE RECORD. AND THEN,

2:45:54MASON, WITH THE BUREAU OF

2:45:56PLANNING AND SUSTAINABILITY. SO

2:45:59IN REGARDS TO THE QUESTION

2:46:00ABOUT BASELINE, SO SINCE 2015,

2:46:05COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS OF THE

2:46:07SAME THRESHOLD FOR THE CURRENT

2:46:09LEGISLATION THAT YOU'RE

2:46:10CONSIDERING IS 20,000FT AND

2:46:12LARGER, AND THOSE BUILDINGS

2:46:13HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO REPORT

2:46:16ANNUALLY IN TERMS OF ENERGY USE,

2:46:18BUT ALSO CARBON EMISSIONS. SO

2:46:20IF THEY HAVE BEEN IN COMPLIANCE

2:46:24WITH THE STATE OR SORRY, THE

2:46:26CITY REGULATION, THEN THEY

2:46:29WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO BASELINES

2:46:30FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS.

2:46:32>> WHAT ABOUT MULTIFAMILY

2:46:34RESIDENTIAL THOUGH.

2:46:35>> MULTIFAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, WE

2:46:36DO NOT HAVE THAT SAME

2:46:39REQUIREMENT. SO THEY MAY NOT

2:46:41HAVE ACCESS TO THAT BASELINE. I

2:46:45BELIEVE THAT THE THEIR STATE

2:46:47REGULATIONS NOW, BECAUSE OF THE

2:46:48STATE BUILDING PERFORMANCE

2:46:50STANDARDS, THAT THE LAST THREE

2:46:51YEARS OF DATA CAN BE AVAILABLE

2:46:54TO THEM. SO THEY CAN REFERENCE

2:46:55SOME SOME OF THEIR PREVIOUS

2:46:57YEARS.

2:46:57>> BUT IF THEY'RE SAYING, WE

2:46:59MADE THIS BIG INVESTMENT TEN

2:47:00YEARS AGO, BUT WE DON'T KNOW

2:47:01EXACTLY WHAT THE CARBON IMPACT

2:47:03IS, THEY MIGHT BE RIGHT.

2:47:05>> THAT'S RIGHT.

2:47:07>> DID YOU GUYS GIVE THOUGHT TO

2:47:09I THINK THAT IN SOME OTHER

2:47:10CONTEXTS, YOU KNOW, PARTLY TO

2:47:12ADDRESS THIS? WELL, WE'RE MORE

2:47:14ENERGY EFFICIENT NOW THAN OUR

2:47:16COMPETITORS. SO YOU'RE BEING

2:47:17UNFAIR. I THINK THAT IN SOME

2:47:18INSTANCES PEOPLE HAVE SAID,

2:47:20OKAY, WE'LL SET AN ENERGY

2:47:22EFFICIENCY TARGET FOR EVERYBODY

2:47:23TO MEET AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO

2:47:25REDUCING BY X PERCENT. DID YOU

2:47:29CONSIDER SORT OF HAVING THAT

2:47:30TWO TIERED THING SAYING EITHER

2:47:31REDUCED BY 20% OR YOU SAY YOU

2:47:33ARE REACHING A CERTAIN ENERGY

2:47:35EFFICIENCY TARGET?

2:47:37>> YES. SO THAT WAS WHERE WE

2:47:39STARTED WHEN WE FIRST ENGAGED A

2:47:42WIDE RANGE OF STAKEHOLDERS IN

2:47:442022, WAS TO SET A TARGET. AND

2:47:46THAT'S SIMILAR TO WHERE SEATTLE

2:47:48WAS LOOKING AT GREENHOUSE GAS

2:47:51INTENSITIES. AND OUR CONCERN AT

2:47:54THAT TIME, BECAUSE WE WERE

2:47:55THINKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL

2:47:58EQUITY IMPACTS AND UNINTENDED

2:48:00CONSEQUENCES, IS THAT IF WE SET

2:48:02A TARGET FOR BUILDING OWNERS TO

2:48:05REACH THAT, THE LOWEST

2:48:08PERFORMING BUILDINGS,

2:48:08PARTICULARLY IF THEY ARE

2:48:09NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE

2:48:11HOUSING, WOULD HAVE THE LONGEST

2:48:12WAY TO TO GO. SO THEN LATER WE

2:48:16HAD THE NORTHWEST ANALYSIS. AND

2:48:18THE KEY TAKEAWAY FROM THAT

2:48:19ANALYSIS IS THAT A LONG

2:48:22COMPLIANCE PERIOD IS REALLY

2:48:25NECESSARY TO ALLOW FOR THE

2:48:28MARKET TO ADJUST AND NOT RESULT

2:48:29IN THE PASS THROUGH OF

2:48:31COMPLIANCE COSTS. SO WE

2:48:32ACTUALLY CHANGED TO A MUCH

2:48:35LONGER COMPLIANCE PERIOD WHERE

2:48:372030, FOR INSTANCE, IS REALLY A

2:48:38PROCEDURAL COMPLIANCE YEAR.

2:48:40IT'S NOT A ANY CHANGE THAT'S

2:48:42ANTICIPATED WITH THE BUILDINGS.

2:48:44SO IT'S REALLY BACK END.

2:48:45LOADING THE RETROFITS.

2:48:47>> AND COUNCILOR. FOR THE

2:48:48RECORD, ERIC ENGSTROM, DIRECTOR

2:48:49OF THE BUREAU OF PLANNING AND

2:48:51SUSTAINABILITY KEEP IN MIND

2:48:52THAT THE END GOAL IS THE SAME

2:48:54FOR ALL. WHETHER YOU'RE

2:48:55STARTING CLOSE TO YOUR GOAL OR

2:48:56FAR FROM YOUR GOAL, THE LONG

2:48:58TERM END GOAL IS THE SAME, SO

2:49:00YOUR SLOPE OF EFFORT IS

2:49:02SHALLOWER. IF YOU'RE ALREADY

2:49:04HALFWAY THERE.

2:49:05>> ON COSTS, ECO NORTHWEST

2:49:09LOOKED AT COST OF COMPLIANCE BY

2:49:112030, RIGHT?

2:49:13>> AND AT THAT TIME, THE FIRST

2:49:16CARBON PERFORMANCE STANDARD WAS

2:49:182027. SO THE THEIR WORK WAS IN

2:49:222024 MOSTLY.

2:49:24>> WOULD IT BE I MEAN, AND I'M

2:49:26PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE

2:49:28EFFECT ON SORT OF NATURALLY

2:49:29OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING,

2:49:30LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE JOE WESTON,

2:49:31YOU KNOW, COMPLEXES. HAVE WE

2:49:34DONE SORT OF LIKE A CASE STUDY

2:49:36OF HERE'S WHAT A FOR ONE THING,

2:49:40HOW MANY NATURALLY AFFORDABLE

2:49:42HOUSING UNITS ARE GAS POWERED?

2:49:43WE'VE DONE LIKE A CASE STUDY OF

2:49:45LIKE OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

2:49:46WHAT KIND OF INVESTMENTS WOULD

2:49:49A JOE WESTON TYPE HAVE TO MAKE

2:49:51IN ORDER TO COME INTO

2:49:52COMPLIANCE?

2:49:54>> IT WASN'T OVER THE NEXT 20

2:49:55YEARS, BUT AGAIN, THE THE, THE

2:50:00INITIAL GREENHOUSE GAS

2:50:01INTENSITY TARGET WAS SET AS A

2:50:04ASSUMING THAT A LOT OF NATURAL

2:50:06OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING

2:50:07THAT WOULD NOT REACH IT

2:50:09INITIALLY. AND SO THE ESTIMATE

2:50:14WAS THE NUMBER OF UNITS OUT

2:50:15THERE. AND SO THEY, THEY

2:50:16ASSUMED A 80% AMI FOR THE

2:50:19RENTERS TO DEFINE WHAT WOULD BE

2:50:21NATURAL OCCURRING FOR

2:50:22AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND THEN

2:50:23LOOKED AT A RENT ASSOCIATED

2:50:25WITH THAT. AND THEN THEY LOOKED

2:50:27AT A COSTAR DATABASE AND DID

2:50:28SOME EXTRAPOLATIONS TO, I THINK

2:50:30THEY SAID A REGRESSION MODEL

2:50:34AND THE, THE CONCLUSION FROM

2:50:35THAT, WE ASKED THEM TO BE

2:50:37CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE WE WERE

2:50:38TRYING TO AVOID UNINTENDED

2:50:41CONSEQUENCES. SO THEY THEY

2:50:43LOOKED AT 80% OF NATURALLY

2:50:45OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS

2:50:47PROBABLY ALL ELECTRIC. BUT AT

2:50:48THE SAME TIME, THEY MADE SOME

2:50:49ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT IF THOSE IF

2:50:52THOSE BUILDINGS DIDN'T GET

2:50:53THERE THROUGH THE CLEAN ENERGY

2:50:55TARGETS, PLUS THE GAS SERVED

2:50:56BUILDINGS, THEN WHAT'S THE THE

2:50:58HIGHEST AMOUNT OF IMPACT THAT

2:50:59COULD BE AFFECTED IN 2027?

2:51:01>> AND COUNCILOR, JUST KEEP IN

2:51:03MIND WHEN IN 2024, WHEN WE

2:51:06PAUSED OUR WORK ON THIS, ONE OF

2:51:08THE REASONS WAS WE WANTED TO

2:51:10STAND UP THE PCF PROGRAM THAT

2:51:12IS AIMED AT NATURALLY OCCURRING

2:51:13AFFORDABLE HOUSING. BEFORE THIS

2:51:16WAS RECONSIDERED. AND THAT

2:51:18PROGRAM IS NOW CLOSE TO BEING

2:51:19UNDERWAY. SO THAT THAT THAT'S A

2:51:21PIECE OF THIS IS WE DO HAVE

2:51:23RESOURCES STOOD UP FOR THAT

2:51:25SEGMENT OF THE MARKET.

2:51:27>> OKAY. I'M ACTUALLY I DON'T

2:51:28WANT TO HOG ALL THE TIME. SO I

2:51:30WANT TO LIKE FIRE OFF SOME

2:51:32QUESTIONS AND WE'LL ANSWER, SEE

2:51:33WHATEVER ANSWERS WE CAN GET.

2:51:34NOW, SOME OF THEM CAN BE

2:51:35POSTPONED TILL LATER. BUT ONE

2:51:38QUESTION IS, I MEAN, WE HAVE

2:51:39AGAIN NORTHWEST LOOKED AT COST

2:51:42BY 2030. I WOULD BE INTERESTED

2:51:44TO SEE WHAT THE YOU KNOW, AN

2:51:45ANALYSIS OF COSTS FOR VARIOUS

2:51:47AFFORDABLE, NATURALLY OCCURRING

2:51:49AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHAT WE'D

2:51:50ESTIMATE FOR 2035 AND 2040 AND

2:51:532045, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE

2:51:55THAT ARE CURRENTLY GAS POWERED.

2:51:57ON THE ISSUE OF PCF AND OTHER,

2:52:00YOU KNOW, AND THE ENERGY TRUST

2:52:02OF OREGON. ET CETERA. ET CETERA.

2:52:04I'D LIKE TO GET SOME MORE

2:52:06PRECISION AS TO HOW MUCH WE

2:52:09ANTICIPATE THE OVERALL COSTS

2:52:10ARE GOING TO BE LIKE OVER THE

2:52:12NEXT 20 YEARS. AND HOW MUCH OF

2:52:14THAT WE THINK THAT THOSE

2:52:15ENTITIES COULD REASONABLY COVER,

2:52:18PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THERE'S,

2:52:18YOU KNOW, OTHER DEMANDS FOR PCF

2:52:20AS WELL. SO I JUST HAVE NO

2:52:22CONCEPT OF WHETHER WE THINK

2:52:24THAT OVERALL CONVERSION IS

2:52:26GOING TO COST $8 BILLION, AND

2:52:29WE EXPECT PCF AND THOSE OTHER

2:52:30THINGS TO COVER 1 BILLION OF IT,

2:52:32OR IF WE EXPECT THE COST TO BE

2:52:35$1 BILLION AND WE EXPECT CF AND

2:52:37THOSE OTHER THOSE OTHER THOSE

2:52:40OTHER GIVERS TO GIVE, YOU KNOW,

2:52:42700 MILLION. AND ANOTHER

2:52:46QUESTION I HAVE IS, WHAT ABOUT

2:52:48NEW BUILDINGS? IF A BUILDING IS

2:52:50BUILT NOW, DO THEY HAVE TO

2:52:52REDUCE 20% EVERY X NUMBER OF

2:52:55YEARS, OR ARE THEY EXEMPTED FOR

2:52:58SOME PERIOD OF TIME?

2:52:59>> NOTABLY, THIS POLICY IS

2:53:01CLIMATE AND HEALTH STANDARDS

2:53:02FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS. IT

2:53:04PURPOSEFULLY IS NOT ADDRESSING

2:53:05THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE

2:53:06OTHER KIND OF SET OF CONDITIONS

2:53:08FOR NEW BUILDINGS. SO THAT'S

2:53:11WHY WE DECIDED TO TACKLE THIS.

2:53:12AND IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING

2:53:14ELSE BUT JUST WANTED TO POINT

2:53:16YOU TO THAT. OKAY.

2:53:18>> YEAH. I MEAN, THE IF WE HAVE

2:53:20JUST A MINUTE TO ADDRESS THE,

2:53:22THE VACANCY ISSUE, LIKE WHAT

2:53:24WOULD HAPPEN TO A BUILDING THAT

2:53:26IS EMPTY NOW THAT IS 50% EMPTY

2:53:28NOW, BUT IS FULL TEN YEARS FROM

2:53:31NOW.

2:53:32>> AND THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK

2:53:34WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME THAT,

2:53:36THAT IT REALLY JUST COMES DOWN

2:53:37TO THE ACP, THE ALTERNATIVE

2:53:39COMPLIANCE PLANS TO BE ABLE TO

2:53:41ADJUST IN THOSE CASES BECAUSE,

2:53:43YEAH, WE HEARD THAT PEOPLE WERE

2:53:45CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF

2:53:46IT'S VACANT AND HOW THAT

2:53:47CHANGES THE ENERGY USE. BUT

2:53:48THAT IS WHY WE BUILT IN

2:53:50PROTECTIONS IN THE ACP FOR THAT.

2:53:52>> AND ANOTHER QUESTION, YOU

2:53:53DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IT NOW IS

2:53:54THAT TO THE EXTENT WE'RE

2:53:56CREATING FLEXIBILITY, I THINK

2:53:57THAT WE'RE CREATING WORK FOR

2:53:59THE CITY AND SORT OF, YOU KNOW,

2:54:01ADMINISTERING A FLEXIBLE

2:54:02PROGRAM AND BEING ABLE TO WORK

2:54:04WITH INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS FOR

2:54:06INDIVIDUAL TIMELINES. SO I SEE

2:54:07YOU'VE GOT SOME ESTIMATES OF

2:54:10THE COST TO BTS OF IMPLEMENTING

2:54:12SOME OF THIS. I'D LIKE TO SORT

2:54:14OF FOLLOW UP ONLINE OF, YOU

2:54:15KNOW, HOW MUCH THE COST

2:54:17INCREASE DEPENDING ON HOW

2:54:18FLEXIBLE WE ARE. THANK YOU.

2:54:22OKAY.

2:54:22>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR

2:54:24COUNCILOR VICE CHAIR GREEN.

2:54:27>> THANK YOU, CHAIR AVALOS AND

2:54:28ALL GOOD QUESTIONS. COUNCILOR.

2:54:30NOVICK. I'M CURIOUS TO SEE

2:54:31THOSE RESPONSES AS WELL. I JUST

2:54:33WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING

2:54:35THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR

2:54:37PREPARING THIS DOCUMENT, WHICH

2:54:38GIVES US A TOUR THROUGH THE

2:54:40HISTORY. I WAS NOT WORKING ON

2:54:41THIS IN 2022, BUT CLEARLY

2:54:43OTHERS WERE. YOU WERE WORKING

2:54:45ON IT. THE RED LINES ARE REALLY

2:54:48IMPORTANT BECAUSE OFTENTIMES

2:54:50WHEN WE PURSUE POLICY, THERE'S

2:54:53FOLKS WHO SAY, YOU JUST THIS

2:54:55CAME OUT OF NOWHERE OR, YOU

2:54:58KNOW, IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT YOU

2:55:00LISTENED OR THAT ANYONE HAS

2:55:01BEEN ENGAGING WITH US, BUT

2:55:02YOU'VE VERY CLEARLY PROVIDED A

2:55:04FORENSIC ANALYSIS OF ALL THE

2:55:06CHANGES THAT HAVE GONE ON FOR

2:55:08THE LAST SIX YEARS IN THIS

2:55:09POLICY. SO I THINK THAT'S

2:55:10NOTABLE. I THINK THERE'S JUST A

2:55:14COUPLE COMMENTS I WANT TO MAKE

2:55:15HERE. FIRST IS I DON'T KNOW IF

2:55:18THERE'S ANY SKIERS IN THE ROOM

2:55:20OR SNOWBOARDERS IN THE ROOM OR

2:55:23ANYONE WATCHING ONLINE, BUT

2:55:24THIS IS MAYBE THE FIRST YEAR

2:55:27THAT THERE'S NOT A PALMER

2:55:29SNOWFIELD OPERATING ON

2:55:30TIMBERLINE LODGE. SO WE NO

2:55:33LONGER HAVE A YEAR ROUND

2:55:35MOUNTAIN TO SKI ON. AND THAT

2:55:37USED TO DRAW IN. I MEAN, THE US

2:55:39TEAM USED TO PRACTICE AT MOUNT

2:55:41HOOD FOR THE OLYMPICS. USED TO

2:55:45BE A SITE OF DESTINATION AND

2:55:46TOURISM AND ECONOMIC

2:55:48DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT'S JUST

2:55:49ONE EXAMPLE. IT'S NOT THE MOST

2:55:51IMPORTANT THING IN OUR LOCAL

2:55:52ECONOMY. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT

2:55:54PICTURES OF THE GLACIER FIELDS

2:55:55ON MOUNT HOOD, THE ZIGZAG

2:55:57GLACIER IS GONE. THE PALMER

2:55:59GLACIER HAS BEEN GONE SINCE, I

2:56:01MEAN, FOR A WHILE NOW, BUT

2:56:02THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD A SNOWPACK

2:56:04FIELD THAT'S GONE. AND THAT'S

2:56:07INTERESTING BECAUSE IT'S DRIVEN

2:56:09BY CLIMATE CHANGE. AND IF YOU

2:56:10LOOK AT THE WEATHER RECORD AND

2:56:12THE PORT AT PORTLAND AIRPORT,

2:56:15WE HAVE AN INCREASING NUMBER OF

2:56:18HOT WEATHER DAYS EVERY SINGLE

2:56:20YEAR. AND THE 20 TENS DECADE

2:56:22WAS A BANNER DECADE FOR FOR

2:56:25WEATHER EXTREMES. AND SO A LOT

2:56:27OF FOLKS THINK ABOUT PORTLAND

2:56:29AS A PLACE OF CLIMATE POLICY

2:56:31LEADERSHIP. AND SO WHEN I HEAR

2:56:34THAT, HEY, YOUR YOUR POLICY IS

2:56:35NOT ALIGNED WITH THE STATE'S.

2:56:38THAT'S NOT A VERY COMPELLING

2:56:39CRITIQUE BECAUSE THE STATE'S IS

2:56:41NOT VERY AGGRESSIVE AND IT'S

2:56:43NOT AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH. AND SO

2:56:44IN THE ABSENCE OF THE ABILITY

2:56:46TO GET THE STATE TO MOVE FASTER

2:56:47AND HAVE A BETTER AND FRANKLY,

2:56:49MORE RIGHT SIZED POLICY

2:56:52FRAMEWORK, CITIES STEP UP. AND

2:56:54PORTLAND HAS BEEN LUCKY TO HAVE

2:56:57LEADERSHIP ON THIS QUESTION FOR

2:56:58A LONG TIME. SO. SO I JUST

2:56:59NEEDED TO LAY THAT OUT THERE.

2:57:02AND IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE

2:57:03THINKING ABOUT THE ELECTRICAL

2:57:04GRID, YOU KNOW, MOST OF OUR

2:57:06ENERGY IS SERVED BY

2:57:08HYDROELECTRIC POWER IN THE

2:57:09PACIFIC NORTHWEST. AND A

2:57:11SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF THAT

2:57:12ENERGY IS DRIVEN BY OR, I'M

2:57:15SORRY, THE FUEL SOURCE FOR THAT

2:57:17IS STORED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND

2:57:18SNOWPACK. OKAY. AND SO OUR DAMS

2:57:21WERE BUILT BASED UPON CERTAIN

2:57:22ASSUMPTIONS OF SNOWPACK. WELL,

2:57:24THAT RUNOFF HAS STARTED EARLIER

2:57:26AND EARLIER, EVERY SINGLE YEAR

2:57:29FOR THE LAST DECADE. AND SO

2:57:31WHAT WE WHAT WE NOW FIND IS YOU

2:57:32HAVE TO SPILL WATER EARLIER IN

2:57:34THE YEAR TO MAINTAIN CERTAIN

2:57:37CONSTRAINTS ON THE SYSTEM,

2:57:38WHICH MEANS THAT YOU HAVE TO GO

2:57:39BUY IT BACK IN THE MARKET. AND

2:57:42SOMETIMES WITH CARBON

2:57:44EMBODIMENTS, IT'S A THAT'S A

2:57:45LESS CLEAN FUEL IN THE PARTS OF

2:57:48THE SUMMER THAT ARE EXPENSIVE.

2:57:49AND SO WE'RE EXPOSING OURSELVES

2:57:51INCREASINGLY TO A VERY

2:57:53EXPENSIVE REGIONAL WHOLESALE

2:57:55ENERGY MARKET, WHILE AT THE

2:57:57SAME TIME OUR UNWILLINGNESS TO

2:57:59MOVE FASTER AND WEAN OURSELVES

2:58:01OFF OF FOSSIL FUEL IS DRIVING

2:58:03THE VERY THING THAT'S MAKING

2:58:05THAT EXPENSIVE. AND SO THERE'S

2:58:06A CERTAIN CONNECTEDNESS HERE.

2:58:07AND WHILE PORTLAND'S BUILDING

2:58:08CODES AND STANDARDS CAN'T

2:58:11NECESSARILY SOLVE THE PROBLEM

2:58:14ON ITS OWN, IT'S UP TO US TO

2:58:16LEAD. AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW,

2:58:19BUILDING EMISSIONS IS, IS A

2:58:20PRIMARY SOURCE AND WE HAVE AN

2:58:21OBLIGATION TO DO IT. AND SO, SO

2:58:23WHEN I THINK ABOUT COSTS, IT IS

2:58:25IT IS APPROPRIATE TO RAISE

2:58:26COSTS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A

2:58:28POLICY, BUT THOSE NEW THOSE NEW

2:58:29COSTS NEED TO BE WEIGHED

2:58:30AGAINST OTHER COSTS OF INACTION.

2:58:32AND THE GENERATIONS THAT COME

2:58:34AFTER US ARE GOING TO WONDER

2:58:36WHY WE DIDN'T TAKE ACTION TO

2:58:38LOWER THEIR ENERGY BILLS, TO

2:58:40IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH STANDARDS

2:58:42AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO I'M

2:58:44FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS

2:58:45PROCESS. I REALLY APPRECIATE

2:58:46YOUR WILLINGNESS TO BE

2:58:47RESPONSIVE TO ALL OF THESE

2:58:49STAKEHOLDER CONCERNS. I'VE HAD

2:58:51MY OWN QUESTIONS, BUT ALSO YOUR

2:58:54FAQ ON THE WEBSITE IS PRETTY

2:58:55COMPREHENSIVE AND YOUR STUFF'S

2:58:57BEEN POSTED THERE. AND SO I

2:58:59SUSPECT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO BE

2:59:00FLEXIBLE AND CONTINUE TO

2:59:01ITERATE. AND, YOU KNOW, FOLKS

2:59:03WHO, WHO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,

2:59:06I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ

2:59:07WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN POSTED AND

2:59:08READ ABOUT ALL THE EXEMPTIONS

2:59:09AND WAYS TO COMPLY ON THIS,

2:59:11BECAUSE I HEARD A LOT OF,

2:59:12FRANKLY, STRAWMAN ARGUMENTS

2:59:14TODAY DURING TESTIMONY THAT

2:59:15WERE SIMPLY NOT IN THE POLICY.

2:59:19SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE'RE

2:59:20WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TOWARDS,

2:59:22YOU KNOW, FORMALIZING THIS, BUT

2:59:24I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT. AND I'M

2:59:25GOING TO BE REALLY SUPPORTIVE

2:59:27OF THE BROADER CONVERSATION.

2:59:28THIS COMMITTEE TO FINALLY LAND

2:59:30THIS WHATEVER THE FINAL POLICY

2:59:32LOOKS LIKE. AND THAT'S IT FOR

2:59:33NOW.

2:59:34>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR. KOYAMA

2:59:36LANE.

2:59:37>> THANK YOU FOR THIS

2:59:39DISCUSSION. THANK YOU TO

2:59:39EVERYONE THAT CAME TO TESTIFY.

2:59:41THANK YOU TO ALL THE FOLKS HERE

2:59:42FOR ALL THE WORK YOU HAVE ADDED

2:59:45TO THIS. IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU,

2:59:47CHAIR, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF

2:59:48OUR SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER,

2:59:50VIVIAN SATTERFIELD, IS

2:59:52INTERESTED IN COMING UP AND

2:59:53SHARING ABOUT HOW HER WORK AS

2:59:55OUR FIRST SUSTAINABILITY

2:59:57OFFICER CONNECTS TO THESE

3:00:00POLICIES. IF THERE ARE ANY CODE

3:00:02CHANGES IN PARTICULAR THAT

3:00:04CONNECT TO SOME OF OUR OUR

3:00:06GOALS THAT WE HAVE, IF THERE

3:00:08ARE ANY PIECES THAT YOU SEE AS

3:00:10BEING THE MOST IMPACTFUL, WE'D

3:00:12LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

3:00:22>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR, FOR

3:00:23THE INVITATION. FOR THE RECORD,

3:00:25VIVIAN SATTERFIELD, CHIEF

3:00:26SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER FOR THE

3:00:27CITY. AS YOU ALL KNOW, MY TIME

3:00:29HERE AT THE CITY STARTED AT THE

3:00:31BUREAU OF PLANNING

3:00:32SUSTAINABILITY. SO I AM

3:00:34FAMILIAR WITH SOME ASPECTS OF

3:00:35THIS PROPOSED LEGISLATION. AND,

3:00:38YOU KNOW, AS I'VE MENTIONED

3:00:39BEFORE, YOU KNOW, MY GOAL IN

3:00:42STEWARDING THE CITY'S CLIMATE

3:00:43ACTION PLAN ALONGSIDE THE

3:00:45SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE

3:00:46COMMISSION, IS TO REALLY OFFER

3:00:47THE STRATEGIES AND THE

3:00:48FRAMEWORKS THAT HELP IDENTIFY

3:00:49AND HELP PRIORITIZE THE AREAS

3:00:51THAT ARE MOST IMPACTFUL,

3:00:52BUILDING OFF OF THE GREAT WORK

3:00:54OF THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY WORK

3:00:55PLAN, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT

3:00:56CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. SO

3:00:58ADDRESSING THE EMISSIONS THAT

3:01:00COME FROM OUR BUILDING SECTOR

3:01:02IS INEVITABLE. SIMILARLY, AND

3:01:04IT'S BEEN MENTIONED HERE ON

3:01:05TRANSPORTATION, THAT IS ANOTHER

3:01:07SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF EMISSIONS.

3:01:09AND SO IT IS INEVITABLE THAT

3:01:10THERE WILL HAVE TO BE BOTH

3:01:12BEHAVIOR CHANGES, YOU KNOW,

3:01:14ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY THAT WE

3:01:15CAN CONTINUE TO HOPE FOR AND

3:01:18SPUR INNOVATION IN. AND, YOU

3:01:20KNOW, I BELIEVE SOME REGULATORY

3:01:22FRAMEWORKS THAT WILL HAVE TO BE

3:01:24THAT WILL HAVE TO IMPACT THESE

3:01:25SECTORS. SO THE SUSTAINABILITY

3:01:27AND CLIMATE COMMISSION DID A

3:01:30DID HEAR THE PRESENTATION FROM

3:01:32THE BUREAU OF PLANNING AND

3:01:33SUSTAINABILITY HAS CONSIDERED

3:01:34ALSO WITH COUNCILOR AVALOS

3:01:37LEADERSHIP, THE VARIOUS CHANGES

3:01:39THAT HAVE COME WITH THAT. I

3:01:41BELIEVE THE LETTER FROM THE

3:01:43SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION HELPS

3:01:44EMPHASIZE THAT THE TENANT

3:01:46PROTECTIONS COMPONENT OF THE

3:01:47UPDATED CODE WAS OF GREAT

3:01:50INTEREST. GIVE ME ONE MOMENT.

3:01:52IT'S INTEGRATING THE BUILDING

3:01:54DECARBONIZATION WITH THE TENANT

3:01:55PROTECTIONS COMPONENT. THE

3:01:57COMMISSION ALSO APPRECIATED THE

3:02:01INFORMATION TO RENTERS ABOUT

3:02:03ENERGY USE AND THE HEALTH

3:02:04IMPACTS THAT CAN EXIST IN THEIR

3:02:07HOUSING UNIT BEFORE SIGNING THE

3:02:08LEASE AND SUPPORTED THE ECO

3:02:12NORTHWEST STUDY AROUND THE LONG

3:02:14IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD WAS THAT

3:02:17AND AGAIN, TO THE POINT THAT

3:02:18MANY HAVE MADE ABOUT THE

3:02:21COMPLEMENTARY COMPONENTS IN THE

3:02:22STATE THAT THIS BUILDS UPON AND

3:02:24CLOSES THE GAP IN THE STATE

3:02:26STANDARD. AND THAT IS VERY MUCH

3:02:27IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT I

3:02:29FORESEE. THAT WILL ALSO BE

3:02:30REFLECTED IN THE CLIMATE ACTION

3:02:32PLAN AS ONGOING STRATEGIES THAT

3:02:34THEY WILL BE IDENTIFYING AS

3:02:35WELL.

3:02:37>> THANK YOU, OFFICER

3:02:38SATTERFIELD. THAT'S HELPFUL.

3:02:41>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU

3:02:42EVERYBODY. SO I DON'T SEE ANY

3:02:45OTHER HANDS. AND WE'RE ABOUT

3:02:46THREE MINUTES OUT. SO HERE IS

3:02:48WHAT I'M PLANNING FOR NEXT

3:02:49STEPS. FIRST. AGAIN, THANK YOU

3:02:52TO ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO HAVE

3:02:54ENGAGED SO FAR AND ALSO WHO

3:02:56HAVE BROUGHT THINGS IN

3:02:57TESTIMONY THAT ARE WORTH

3:02:59LOOKING AT AND CONSIDERING. WE

3:03:02ARE NOT ONLY OUT OF TIME, BUT

3:03:03ALSO I THINK IT'S WORTH HAVING

3:03:06SOME MORE TIME IN COMMITTEE TO

3:03:08DISCUSS THIS. I'M GLAD THAT WE

3:03:10WERE ABLE TO AT LEAST TAKE THE

3:03:11TIME TO HEAR FROM TESTIMONY. I

3:03:14KNEW THAT ONCE I SAW THE LIST

3:03:15KIND OF CREEPING UP IN NUMBERS,

3:03:17I REALIZED THAT WE MIGHT NOT

3:03:18GET TO ALL OF OUR DISCUSSION

3:03:20TODAY. AND SO I HAVE MADE SOME

3:03:22SPACE ON THE DECEMBER 1ST

3:03:25AGENDA. SO THAT IS WHEN THIS

3:03:26WILL RETURN FOR HOPEFULLY A

3:03:28VOTE AT THAT TIME. MY PLAN

3:03:31BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, BECAUSE

3:03:32I'VE GOT A DELUGE OF LETTERS

3:03:34LAST NIGHT THAT I HAVEN'T HAD

3:03:35TIME TO PARSE THROUGH AND LOOK

3:03:37AT, I'M GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT

3:03:39THOSE WITH MY TEAM FOR

3:03:41COUNSELORS. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW,

3:03:43I'VE HEARD SOME QUESTIONS THAT

3:03:44HAVE EMERGED WILL WORK ON

3:03:46GETTING ANSWERS TO ANYTHING

3:03:47THAT CAME UP IN COMMITTEE.

3:03:49DAIMON IS GOING TO SUPPORT US

3:03:50IN THAT. AND THEN WE THE GOAL

3:03:54WILL BE TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL

3:03:56CHANGES THAT WE FEEL ARE

3:03:57NECESSARY BEFORE BRINGING IT

3:03:59BACK ON DECEMBER 1ST, SO WE CAN

3:04:01KEEP DISCUSSING WHAT THAT LOOKS

3:04:03LIKE. I THINK AT A MINIMUM, YOU

3:04:05KNOW, PLEASE DO COME AND

3:04:07DISCUSS. COME TALK WITH ME IF

3:04:08YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR IDEAS SO

3:04:10THAT WE CAN START PUTTING THOSE

3:04:11IN, BECAUSE IDEALLY WE CAN COME

3:04:13IN ON 121 WITH A NEW POLICY

3:04:15INSTEAD OF HAVING TO HAVE A BIG

3:04:17AMENDMENT DRAMA. I THINK THAT'S

3:04:18GOING TO BE MORE BUREAUCRATIC

3:04:20AND ANNOYING. AND SO I'M TRYING

3:04:22TO MINIMIZE THAT, ESPECIALLY

3:04:24TOO, BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANT

3:04:25IS FOR AMENDMENTS TO HAVE

3:04:27DISPARATE EFFECTS. AND IF WE'RE

3:04:28APPROVING THEM, RIGHT. SO I

3:04:29WANT TO HAVE A CHANCE TO WORK

3:04:31WITH BTS, WORK WITH THE LAWYERS,

3:04:33CONSIDER ANY POSSIBLE

3:04:34AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES, AND

3:04:35MAKE THOSE IN CONJUNCTION WITH

3:04:37EACH OTHER SO THAT WE CAN HAVE

3:04:38A NICE, CLEAN COPY COMING ON

3:04:41DECEMBER 1ST. SO FOR THOSE WHO

3:04:42HAVE ENGAGED UP UNTIL THIS

3:04:43POINT, PLEASE DO REACH OUT TO

3:04:45MY OFFICE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO

3:04:47BE RESPONSIVE. CHECK OUT MY

3:04:48WEBSITE WHERE WE HAVE

3:04:49EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO

3:04:50KNOW ABOUT THE HISTORY, WHERE

3:04:52THIS IS HEADED. AND YEAH, WE

3:04:54WILL CONTINUE THAT ON 121.

3:04:58THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, BTS

3:05:01AND VIVIAN, FOR BEING HERE. SO

3:05:03WITH THAT, OUR NEXT MEETING IS

3:05:05TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH. A NOTE

3:05:07THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A MEETING

3:05:09ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, WHICH

3:05:10IS ELECTION DAY. AND THEN WE

3:05:12WILL, LIKE I SAID, RETURN WITH

3:05:13THIS POLICY AT OUR NEXT MEETING,

3:05:15WHICH WILL BE 121. WITH THAT, I

3:05:17WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING OF THE

3:05:19HOUSING AND PERMITTING

3:05:20COMMITTEE AT 5 P.M.