2026-10-21 - Council

Summary

Based on uploaded (human-made) captions, not auto-generated; minor errors are possible (the clerk's roll calls are partly garbled, so some individual votes are hedged below). This recording covers only the evening (PM) session of Wednesday, October 21, 2026; any morning or other session that day is not in this video and may be recorded separately. Captions begin at 5:16 with a pre-gavel observance. The break from 1:27:05 to 1:40:00 (about 13 minutes) has no captioned speech and is not counted as discussion.

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

Topic	Minutes	Share
Oregon Arena Joint Authority IGA	36	27%
Concealed Handgun Ban in City Buildings	36	27%
Fossil Fuel Climate Liability Court Access Resolution	13	10%
Cherry Blossom Hazard Tree Complaint	10	8%
Cottage Cluster Development Neighborhood Impacts	4	3%
ICE Facility Land Use Violation Appeal	3	2%
Zoning Code compliance with 2025-26 Oregon legislation	1	1%
Other business	28	21%

Wednesday, October 21, 2026.
After the pre-gavel Breast Cancer Awareness Month observance, Council President Dunphy called the meeting to order at 19:16 on the recording.
The council passed the Title 33 zoning compliance ordinance 11-1, rejected a late amendment to the arena impact statement 5-7, then passed the Oregon Arena Joint Authority ordinance 8-4 and accepted the report appointing its members 12-0.
The concealed handgun ordinance had its first reading with testimony and no vote, and a climate court-access resolution was adopted 11-0 with one member absent.
The council recessed until 2 p.m. on Thursday, October 22.

Cottage Cluster Development Neighborhood Impacts

21:36-24:38, 48:28-49:38

During public communications the president of the Eastmoreland Neighborhood Association said 90% of the 19 board members present voted to bring concerns about a proposed ten-unit cottage cluster on Rural Street (it replaces one demolished house). She stressed the board does not oppose affordable housing.
Concerns listed: where up to 30 trash carts a week would sit on a street lined with parked cars; whether the Fire Bureau confirmed its equipment can get through; pedestrian visibility at a corner about 80 feet away, citing a past $1.5 million settlement over a crash blamed on poor visibility; weak transit (TriMet cut nearby bus service in August 2026); and the aging sewer line and the quality of street repair in front of the site. She asked that review of any cottage cluster include a waste management plan, Fire Bureau and Public Works review, a public safety plan and a transit assessment, with fewer units if these cannot be met.
During the Title 33 item Councilor Ryan asked staff whether the Bureau of Transportation and the Fire Bureau are being brought in. The answer from the city attorney's side was that state cottage cluster law largely preempts local authority, so the city is not allowed to go beyond what the state asked for.

Cherry Blossom Hazard Tree Complaint

28:00-38:05

Two residents of the Cherry Blossom housing community (owned by Habitat for Humanity) asked the council to act on a large Douglas fir they say a private arborist found dangerous, with branches falling and a family of three children sleeping close to it. One said the owner had not responded to an emailed warning and the city auditor's office had deflected.
Deputy City Administrator Oliveira said the tree was flagged in August, a city inspector visited in September and closed the case as unfounded on September 22, and the tree division reopened it on October 20 and will send an inspector again, because the private arborist's report was based on a video rather than a site visit.
Councilor Zimmerman asked why the city keeps second-guessing private tree-service findings of danger, calling it a recurring liability risk that lands at Council. Councilor Kanal asked whether the inspectors are the team moved out of urban forestry last budget cycle; Oliveira said yes.

ICE Facility Land Use Violation Appeal

45:19-47:55

Under the federal intervention update, City Administrator Lee said detentions reported to the rapid response hotline stay low after a brief uptick earlier in October, and the immigrant affairs liaison will present the city's first annual report next week, with a presentation to the committee of the whole.
City Attorney Robert Taylor said the hearings officer upheld the city's notice of violation against the owner of the ICE facility in July 2026 and the owner appealed to Multnomah County Circuit Court. A court stay bars enforcement while it is pending; the city got the stay lifted earlier only so the hearings officer could issue the decision. The court hearing is November 20 and the city will update the council after that. No questions followed.

Zoning Code compliance with 2025-26 Oregon legislation

48:03-48:28, 49:38-50:27

Document 2026-345, second reading of a non-emergency ordinance amending Title 33 to comply with state bills passed in 2025 and 2026.
Roll call: passed 11-1. Councilor Ryan voted no out of concern for the public right of way (see the cottage cluster discussion above).

Oregon Arena Joint Authority IGA

51:07-1:27:02

Items 2026-362 (second reading of the ordinance authorizing the intergovernmental agreement among the city, the State of Oregon and Multnomah County to create the Oregon Arena Joint Authority) and 2026-363 (report appointing three city representatives) were taken together. Council President Dunphy said the step shows Portland is acting in good faith, but definitive documents (a transparent final budget, lease terms, strong labor standards and a community benefits agreement) must come before any final funding action, and that the council would get more updates in executive session the next day.
Councilor Green moved an amendment ("Green 1") to the ordinance's impact statement, not the ordinance: add "up to" before the $573 million renovation figure, strike speculative economic analysis, strike the line crediting the 2023 study, and add that no robust, independently verifiable economic analysis has been performed. He said he would otherwise have to vote no because the impact statement relies on assumptions that cannot be verified. Councilor Koyama Lane seconded; Councilor Morillo said her yes vote depended on it.
Staff (Oliveira, with the venue manager Carl Lyall, who drafted it with the city attorney's office) said the change would not alter the ordinance or term sheet and they had no concerns, but a changed ordinance on second reading would need an emergency clause (nine votes) and a vote that night. Several members said impact statements need a more rigorous, trusted process: Dunphy, Councilor Pirtle-Guiney and Koyama Lane agreed, though Dunphy would not support the amendment. Councilor Novick liked striking one paragraph but would not accept the "not performed" language. Koyama Lane proposed a recess to workshop it; Green, Councilor Smith (who cited the Trail Blazers opening night and the team's new owner being in town) and Councilor Ryan did not want to delay, and Councilor Avalos objected to dismissing a colleague's amendment as late.
Vote on Green 1: failed 5-7. The five ayes appear to be Councilors Green, Avalos, Kanal, Koyama Lane and Morillo (Kanal's and Avalos's answers are garbled in the captions); Novick voted "a reluctant no."
Ordinance 2026-362 passed 8-4. Councilors Green, Kanal, Koyama Lane and Morillo voted no (hedged; the roll call is garbled for Kanal). Kanal said the council has no appointment authority or seat in the joint authority, and stood up for the legislative branch rather than "falling in line." Avalos voted yes to move forward, said she had voted against the term sheet, and will hold the administration to high expectations when definitive documents come back in December.
Report 2026-363 (appointing the initial members) was accepted 12-0. Pirtle-Guiney thanked the city administrator for answering her questions the week before.

Concealed Handgun Ban in City Buildings

1:40:04-2:15:46

Document 2026-123, first reading of an ordinance carried by Council President Dunphy to remove the concealed handgun license exception in City Hall, the Portland Building and the 1900 Building, using the option the legislature gave local governments in SB 243. Councilor Novick, chair of the Community and Public Safety Committee, said the item was first heard in April, scheduled five more times, tabled on September 15 and then discharged to the full Council by petition, and that he supports it as amended.
Policy director Evan Hofer walked through it: the change makes carrying in these buildings a misdemeanor even with a license, requires signs at entrances and a public list of covered buildings, and directs the city administrator to adopt administrative rules and a progressive enforcement procedure (notice and chance to cure, then exclusion, and police contact only if necessary). Dunphy noted city employees can lose pay or jobs under human resources rule 4.12 but elected officials cannot, so the ordinance changes risk mainly for them.
Integrated security director Manny Guerra said a "sterile environment" makes it easier to tell who is a threat in an active shooter response. PPB Deputy Chief Hughes said it would change little but would allow a misdemeanor arrest. Lee called it a best practice.
Questions: Ryan asked about screening for the 1900 and Portland buildings; Guerra said the city already owns two walk-through systems and handheld wands and uses them for public meetings, so no new equipment is needed. Morillo learned security staff may carry only while on duty. Kanal asked about data privacy governance for the screening technology; Guerra said it collects no data and will follow up.
Testimony: three supporters, all from District 2, Marty Glickman (Braided River Campaign, wearing a Moms Demand Action shirt), Kip Silverman (PCCEP co-chair, speaking for himself) and Amy Wexler (Alliance for Safe Oregon). Wexler noted the ban can apply whenever the building is in use; Dunphy confirmed it applies at all times while screening stays tied to public meetings.
Discussion: Kanal said he had tabled it in committee only to get a briefing, recalled a protest in which someone came within a few feet of councilors, and said more guns would not have helped. Koyama Lane, Green and Avalos spoke in favor. No vote was taken; it moves to second reading (date not captioned).

Fossil Fuel Climate Liability Court Access Resolution

2:15:49-2:28:47

Document 2026-309, a resolution that Portland categorically opposes federal or state legislation limiting court access or granting fossil fuel companies immunity from climate suits, and supports cities, counties, tribes and states pursuing litigation and legislation (such as climate superfund bills). Staff analyst Kevin Alvarez summarized the City Life Committee's September 22 referral with a recommendation to adopt; one person testified and about 16 written submissions came in before committee action (Green later cited 21, all in support).
Novick carried it, noting Multnomah County already sued and Congress is weighing immunity; Pirtle-Guiney chaired the committee. One climate advocate testified online for a coalition of more than 50 groups, urging support for the Make Polluters Pay climate superfund bill and thanking seven councilors who signed a national letter.
Koyama Lane asked how it differs from the recent Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub action (Bulk fuel terminal capacity reduction (Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub)); Novick said that measure concerned the city enforcing its own franchise agreement. Kanal said it also gives the Office of Government Relations direction. Morillo asked what it does; it states the city's position against federal efforts to bar such actions.
Adopted 11-0 with one member absent from the roll call (apparently Zimmerman).

Other business

Pre-gavel observance (5:16-19:07, about 14 minutes): Councilor Avalos hosted a Breast Cancer Awareness Month observance. Speakers were a high school student who founded a youth-led awareness group (not named here), an OHSU Knight Cancer Institute oncologist, an American Cancer Society representative and a Pink Lemonade Project survivor. Asks: screen every two years from age 40 to 70 at average risk (earlier or extra screening for dense breasts or other risk factors), spread the facts, and connect the youth group with schools. No action.
Meeting opened (19:16-21:35): roll call (Zimmerman answered "present"), decorum rules, and the daily agenda approved by unanimous consent.
Other public communications (about 10 minutes): a young resident asked about accountability for homelessness spending and the roughly $106 million in previously unbudgeted housing funds disclosed in February, harm reduction results, and involuntary intervention for people unable to recognize danger. A TriMet service worker (ATU Local 757 member) spoke in solidarity for a fair contract, and the crowd interrupted briefly (38:16-38:59) chanting about the contract. A carpenters' union representative said the Title 33 changes streamline permitting without any local workforce or community standards.
The consent agenda (50:28-51:06) had no items pulled and was approved 12-0.
At 2:28:47 the president recessed the council until 2 p.m. on Thursday, October 22.

Agenda

Second reading of Title 33 zoning compliance ordinance (passed 11-1); Oregon Arena Joint Authority IGA with State and Multnomah County; Montgomery Park Streetcar CM/GC findings.

Sources

Video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=QHEWYMvDYyw
Agenda: https://www.portland.gov/council/agenda/2026/10/21

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Transcript

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05:16>> GOOD EVENING. BEFORE WE

05:17BEGIN THIS MEETING OF THE

05:18PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL, WE HAVE

05:20A PRE GAVEL CEREMONY TO

05:21ACKNOWLEDGE BREAST CANCER

05:22AWARENESS MONTH. COUNCILOR

05:24AVALOS I'M GOING TO TURN IT

05:25OVER TO YOU.

05:28>> OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL

05:31PRESIDENT. SO COLLEAGUES, I AM

05:33HONORED TO HOST TODAY'S BREAST

05:35CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

05:36OBSERVANCE. AND I WANT TO THANK

05:39SPECIFICALLY NIKHIL SURYA OF

05:41EQUITY ACCESS AND OUR PARTNERS

05:44AT OHSU, KNIGHT CANCER

05:45INSTITUTE, THE AMERICAN CANCER

05:47SOCIETY, AND THE PINK LEMONADE

05:49PROJECT FOR JOINING US TODAY.

05:51BREAST CANCER AWARENESS IS

05:52ABOUT MORE THAN REMINDING

05:53PEOPLE TO GET SCREENED. IT'S

05:55ABOUT MAKING SURE THEY ACTUALLY

05:57HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO,

05:59BECAUSE EARLY DETECTION CAN

06:00SAVE LIVES, BUT ONLY IF PEOPLE

06:02CAN ACCESS CARE. AND WE KNOW

06:04THAT TOO MANY PEOPLE FACE

06:05BARRIERS BECAUSE OF COST,

06:07LANGUAGE, TRANSPORTATION, OR

06:08WHERE THEY LIVE. AS ELECTED

06:11OFFICIALS, WE HAVE A

06:12RESPONSIBILITY TO RECOGNIZE HOW

06:13THOSE INEQUITIES AFFECT THE

06:15HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR

06:16COMMUNITIES. I'M ESPECIALLY

06:18INSPIRED BY THE YOUNG PEOPLE

06:20PARTICIPATING IN EQUAL ACCESS

06:21NO SHARE ACT CAMPAIGN, WHO ARE

06:24SHOWING US THAT EVERYONE HAS A

06:25ROLE TO PLAY IN SHARING

06:26INFORMATION AND SUPPORTING ONE

06:28ANOTHER. MY HOPE IS THAT WE

06:30DON'T JUST RECOGNIZE BREAST

06:31CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, THAT WE

06:33USE IT AS A REMINDER OF THE

06:34WORK WE STILL HAVE TO DO TO

06:36MAKE HEALTH CARE MORE

06:37ACCESSIBLE AND EQUITABLE FOR

06:38EVERY PORTLANDER. SO WITH THAT,

06:41LET ME INVITE OUR GUEST

06:42SPEAKERS TO COME TO THE FRONT.

06:55ALL RIGHT. AND WE ARE GOING TO

06:56KICK IT OFF WITH NIKHIL SURYA.

06:58TAKE IT AWAY.

07:01>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILORS AND

07:02MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. MY

07:04NAME IS NIKHIL SURYA. I'M 15

07:06YEARS OLD, A JUNIOR AT SAINT

07:08STEPHEN'S ACADEMY AND THE

07:09FOUNDER OF EQUITY ACCESS. SOME

07:11OF MY HAPPIEST CHILDHOOD

07:12MEMORIES ARE WITH MY MOM

07:13WATCHING DUCKS AT LAURELHURST

07:15PARK, EXPLORING OMSI AND THE

07:17HAWTHORNE FOOD CARTS AND RACING

07:18HER UP MOUNT TABOR. AND WHEN I

07:21WAS TEN, MY MOM WAS DIAGNOSED

07:22WITH BREAST CANCER. HER

07:24MAMMOGRAM HADN'T DETECTED IT,

07:25BUT REVEALED DENSE BREAST

07:27TISSUE. HER DOCTOR RECOMMENDED

07:29ADDITIONAL SCREENING, AS DENSE

07:30TISSUE CAN BE HARD TO READ ON A

07:32MAMMOGRAM, AND MRI FOUND THE

07:34CANCER A MONTH LATER. HAVING

07:36THE RIGHT INFORMATION AT THE

07:37RIGHT TIME MAY HAVE SAVED HER

07:39LIFE, BUT I KEPT THINKING ABOUT

07:42FAMILIES WHO MAY NEVER RECEIVE

07:43THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE OF

07:44LANGUAGE BARRIERS, COST OR

07:46ACCESS TO CARE. I'VE BEEN

07:49COMING BEFORE THIS COUNCIL TO

07:50SHARE YOUR STORY, HOPING YOU

07:51COULD HELP OTHER FAMILIES SINCE

07:532024, WHEN I WAS 13. DURING

07:55THIS TIME, I ALSO FOUNDED

07:56EQUITY ACCESS, A YOUTH LED

07:58AWARENESS AND ACCESS

07:59ORGANIZATION TO TURN THAT

08:00ADVOCACY INTO ACTION. THIS

08:03OCTOBER, WE SHARED BREAST

08:04HEALTH MATERIALS WITH HIGH

08:05SCHOOLS ACROSS THE PORTLAND

08:06METRO AREA AND PARTNERED WITH

08:08PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS ON

08:09AWARENESS ACTIVITIES THIS

08:12OCTOBER. I'M SORRY. BY

08:14EDUCATING STUDENTS, WE ARE BOTH

08:15INFORMING THE NEXT GENERATION

08:16AND BRINGING AWARENESS HOME.

08:18THEIR VOICES CAN INSPIRE

08:20PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS AND LOVED

08:21ONES TO TAKE ACTION. I'M

08:23GRATEFUL TO HAVE BROUGHT

08:25TOGETHER OHSU, KNIGHT CANCER

08:26INSTITUTE, THE AMERICAN CANCER

08:27SOCIETY AND PINK LEMONADE

08:29PROJECT TO SUPPORT THIS YEAR'S

08:31CITY HALL EVENT AND COMMUNITY

08:32AWARENESS EFFORTS THROUGH

08:34PARTNERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY

08:35OUTREACH, OUR CAMPAIGN HAS HAD

08:37AN ESTIMATED REACH OF 12,000

08:38PEOPLE ACROSS PORTLAND THIS

08:40OCTOBER, AND OUR EFFORTS EXTEND

08:42BEYOND PORTLAND. EQUITY ACCESS

08:43IS AN OFFICIAL PARTNER OF THE

08:45FEDERATION OF AFRICAN MEDICAL

08:46STUDENTS ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE

08:4810,000 YOUTH MARCH AGAINST

08:49BREAST CANCER, SUPPORTING

08:51FUNDRAISING AND EDUCATIONAL

08:52MATERIALS FOR ITS HEALTH

08:53VILLAGE ACROSS FIVE CITIES IN

08:55AFRICA. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU

08:57YESTERDAY, AS WELL AS THE TABLE

08:58FOR YOUR SUPPORT, PARTICULARLY

09:01COUNCILOR AVALOS, COUNCIL

09:02PRESIDENT DUNPHY, COUNCILOR

09:03KOYAMA LANE AND OUR PARTNERS AT

09:05OHSU, KNIGHT CANCER INSTITUTE,

09:07THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AND

09:08PINK LEMONADE PROJECT FOR

09:10HELPING SPREAD AWARENESS.

09:11TONIGHT, I HAVE THREE ASKS

09:14FIRST, PRIORITIZE YOUR HEALTH

09:16FOR WOMEN AGES 40 TO 70 AT

09:19AVERAGE RISK. THE U.S.

09:20PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE

09:21RECOMMENDS A MAMMOGRAM EVERY

09:23TWO YEARS. IF YOU HAVE DENSE

09:25BREASTS OR OTHER RISK FACTORS,

09:26ASK YOUR PROVIDER ABOUT EARLIER

09:28OR ADDITIONAL SCREENING. SECOND,

09:30HELP US SPREAD THE WORD, KNOW

09:32THE FACTS ABOUT BREAST CANCER,

09:34AND SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE YOU

09:35CARE ABOUT AND ACT EARLY. THIRD,

09:39COUNSELORS, PLEASE HELP CONNECT

09:40EQUITY ACCESS WITH LOCAL

09:42SCHOOLS, EDUCATORS, AND STUDENT

09:43LEADERS BECAUSE WHEN WE EDUCATE

09:45STUDENTS, WE CAN REACH FAMILIES

09:46AND INFORM THE NEXT GENERATION.

09:49RECENTLY, MY MOM AND I WENT

09:50BACK TO THE HAWTHORNE FOOD

09:51CARTS AND RACED UP MOUNT TABOR

09:53AGAIN, THANKS TO EARLY

09:55DETECTION. SHE'S STILL HERE TO

09:56RACE ME, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT

09:58FOR EVERY FAMILY. MORE MEMORIES,

10:00MORE ORDINARY DAYS WITH THE

10:02PEOPLE THAT THEY LOVE. THANK

10:03YOU.

10:06>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I SEE.

10:07YEAH, LET'S LET'S SEE SOME

10:09SILENT CLAPPING. THANK YOU.

10:12NEXT UP WE'VE GOT DOCTOR ESTHER

10:14CHUNG FROM OHSU KNIGHT CANCER

10:16INSTITUTE.

10:17>> HELLO EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO

10:18MUCH FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME IS

10:20DOCTOR ESTHER CHUNG. I'M A

10:22MEDICAL ONCOLOGIST AT SEAS

10:23BREAST CANCER PATIENTS AT OHSU

10:26KNIGHT CANCER INSTITUTE. I AM

10:29SO HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO

10:31YOU ALL TODAY ABOUT THE

10:32IMPORTANCE OF BREAST CANCER

10:35AWARENESS. THE REALITY IS THAT

10:371 IN 8 WOMEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED

10:39WITH BREAST CANCER, AND THAT'S

10:41JUST AVERAGE RISK. I SEE

10:45PATIENTS THAT HAVE A DIAGNOSIS

10:46OF BREAST CANCER EVERY SINGLE

10:47DAY. AND THE MOST COMMON THING

10:49THAT I HEAR IS I DIDN'T THINK

10:51THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN TO ME. AND

10:53THAT'S SO TRUE. WE JUST DON'T

10:54THINK THAT IT WILL HAPPEN TO US.

10:56BUT THE REALITY IS, IS THAT WE

10:57ALL KNOW SOMEBODY CLOSE TO US,

11:00LIKELY THAT HAS HAD AN A

11:02DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST CANCER THAT

11:04HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS

11:05DISEASE. THE REALITY IS THAT

11:08THANKFULLY, OUR MEDICATIONS ARE

11:09GETTING BETTER, OUR RESEARCH IS

11:11GETTING BETTER, AND IT'S

11:12GETTING FASTER AS WELL. THINGS

11:14ARE IN THE WORKS, THINGS ARE IN

11:15THE PIPELINE. BUT THE BEST

11:17MEDICINE, THE BEST TREATMENTS,

11:19THE BEST IMAGING STUDIES,

11:21THEY'RE ONLY GOOD IF THEY'RE

11:22ABLE TO ACTUALLY REACH THE

11:23PEOPLE THAT NEED IT. AND SO I

11:26WOULD JUST LIKE TO PROMOTE THE

11:29IMPORTANCE OF GETTING YOUR

11:31MAMMOGRAMS, THE IMPORTANCE OF

11:32BREAST CANCER SCREENING. THE

11:36USPS, JUST LIKE NIKHIL SAID,

11:38STARTS AT THE AGE OF 40 AND

11:40WITH MAMMOGRAM EVERY TWO YEARS.

11:41BUT THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING.

11:43IF HE HAS DENSE BREASTS, IF YOU

11:44HAVE ANY OTHER HIGH RISK

11:45FACTORS, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO

11:47TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT

11:48GETTING SUPPLEMENTAL SCREENING,

11:50GETTING MORE FREQUENT SCREENING.

11:52SO PLEASE ADVOCATE FOR YOUR

11:54HEALTH BECAUSE THAT'S

11:55ADVOCATING FOR YOUR LIFE,

11:56ADVOCATING FOR THOSE PEOPLE

11:57AROUND YOU BECAUSE THEY NEED

11:59YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS

12:01OPPORTUNITY. WE AT OHSU AND THE

12:02KNIGHT CANCER INSTITUTE, WE

12:03HAVE SO MANY RESOURCES

12:05AVAILABLE TO OUR PATIENTS WHERE

12:06WE'RE ABLE TO HELP PATIENTS

12:08WITH NATUROPATHS, WITH

12:11DIETITIANS, WITH SOCIAL WORKERS,

12:12AND SO FORTH. WE OUR GOAL IS

12:14FOR PATIENTS TO GET THE BEST

12:16TREATMENT THAT THEY CAN. AND WE

12:17CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT OUR

12:19PARTNERS HERE, SUCH AS PINK

12:20LEMONADE AND THE ACES. SO THANK

12:21YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU GUYS

12:23DO. IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE

12:24THAT WE CAN DO, PLEASE LET US

12:26KNOW. BUT AGAIN, PLEASE GET

12:29YOUR MAMMOGRAMS.

12:34>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT UP

12:37WE HAVE CARRIE HAMPTON FROM THE

12:38AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY.

12:40>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING

12:41US HERE AND INITIATING THIS

12:43IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. BREAST

12:45CANCER HAS TOUCHED MY FAMILY

12:46VERY PERSONALLY. BOTH MY MOTHER

12:49AND MY MOTHER IN LAW WERE

12:50DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER

12:51THE SAME YEAR. MY MOM IS A

12:53SURVIVOR BECAUSE OF EARLY

12:55DETECTION AND SCREENING, AND WE

12:57ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR

12:59THAT. BUT JUST THIS AUGUST, WE

13:00LOST MY MOTHER IN LAW TO A

13:02SECONDARY CANCER. SO WHEN I

13:03TALK ABOUT THE WORK OF THE

13:05AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AND THE

13:06CANCER ACTION NETWORK, THIS

13:08MISSION ISN'T JUST PROFESSIONAL

13:09FOR ME, IT'S PERSONAL. OUR GOAL

13:12IS REALLY PRETTY SIMPLE TO SAVE

13:14LIVES AND END CANCER AS WE KNOW

13:16IT FOR EVERYONE. AND WE DO THAT

13:18IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. WE

13:20HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE

13:21IMPORTANCE OF EARLY DETECTION

13:23AND CONNECT THEM WITH TRUSTED

13:24INFORMATION AND SCREENING

13:26RESOURCES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

13:28WE INVEST IN RESEARCH THAT

13:29LEADS TO BETTER WAYS TO PREVENT,

13:31DETECT, AND TREAT CANCER, AND

13:33WE SUPPORT PATIENTS AND

13:35FAMILIES THROUGH WHAT CAN BE

13:36ONE OF THE MOST HARDEST TIMES

13:37IN THEIR LIVES. BUT WE ALSO

13:39KNOW THAT HAVING SCREENING OR A

13:41NEW TREATMENT AVAILABLE ISN'T

13:43ENOUGH WHEN PEOPLE CAN'T ACCESS

13:45IT. AND THAT'S WHY ADVOCACY

13:47MATTERS SO MUCH. THE AMERICAN

13:49CANCER SOCIETY, CANCER ACTION

13:51NETWORK, OR ACS, CAN WE BRING

13:53TOGETHER SURVIVORS, CAREGIVERS,

13:56PROVIDERS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE

13:57JUST SIMPLY BEEN TOUCHED BY

13:59CANCER SO WE CAN MAKE THEIR

14:00VOICES HEARD? WE SHARE OUR

14:03STORIES, WE TALK TO OUR

14:04LAWMAKERS, AND WE ADVOCATE FOR

14:06POLICIES THAT BREAK DOWN

14:08BARRIERS TO SCREENING AND

14:09TREATMENT, IMPROVE ACCESS TO

14:11CARE, AND CONTINUE OUR

14:13INVESTMENT IN LIFE SAVING,

14:14SAVING CANCER RESEARCH. BECAUSE

14:16WHERE YOU LIVE, WHAT YOU EARN,

14:19OR THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN

14:20YOUR COMMUNITY SHOULDN'T

14:22DETERMINE YOUR CHANCES OF

14:24SURVIVING CANCER. AND THAT'S

14:26SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL PLAY

14:28A PART IN CHANGING. WHEN WE

14:29SHARE OUR STORIES, RAISE OUR

14:31VOICES, AND WORK TOGETHER, WE

14:32CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND MOVE

14:34CLOSER TO ENDING CANCER AS WE

14:36KNOW IT FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU.

14:43>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND LAST

14:45BUT NOT LEAST, WE'VE GOT ANN

14:47DVORAK FROM THE PINK LEMONADE

14:48PROJECT.

14:50>> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ANN

14:53DVORAK AND I AM A BREAST CANCER

14:55SURVIVOR. THOSE ARE WORDS I

14:57NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SAY

14:59BREAST CANCER DIDN'T RUN IN MY

15:01FAMILY, AND I WASN'T CLOSE WITH

15:02ANYONE WHO HAD BREAST CANCER.

15:04THE MONTH BEFORE I TURNED 50, I

15:07HAD MY SECOND MAMMOGRAM EVER.

15:10THEY FOUND BREAST CANCER. IN

15:12FACT, I ONLY WENT TO GET MY

15:14MAMMOGRAM TO GET MY DOCTOR TO

15:15QUIT NAGGING AT ME TO GO GET IT.

15:18I THOUGHT BREAST CANCER WAS A

15:20HEREDITARY DISEASE AND IT

15:21WASN'T GOING TO TOUCH ME. AND

15:24THAT 85% OF BREAST CANCER

15:26DIAGNOSIS ARE FAMILY RELATED. I

15:28WAS WRONG, ONLY 15% IS

15:32HEREDITARY. PINK LEMONADE

15:34PROJECT IS A LOCAL BREAST

15:35CANCER ORGANIZATION FOUNDED

15:38HERE TO HELP INDIVIDUALS GOING

15:40THROUGH BREAST CANCER. WE

15:43PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR PATIENTS AS

15:45SUPPORTIVE CARE IN COMPLEMENT

15:46OF THE MEDICAL CARE THAT THEY

15:48RECEIVE. LIFE AFTER BREAST

15:50CANCER DIAGNOSIS TAKES ON A NEW

15:52NORMAL. IN A WOMAN'S NEXT

15:55CHAPTER, THE DAY TO DAY OF HOW

15:58THAT NORMAL IS HAS CANCER

16:02MEDICATIONS THAT ARE PRESCRIBED

16:04UPWARDS TO TEN YEARS, ALL OF

16:05WHICH HAVE A BROAD RANGE OF

16:07SIDE EFFECTS THAT HAVE TO BE

16:09MANAGED OR LEARNED TO LIVE WITH.

16:11THERE ARE FINANCIAL COSTS OF

16:13CO-PAYS. IF SOMEONE IS

16:14FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE

16:15INSURANCE, OR THE UNTHINKABLE

16:18OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS FOR DOCTORS,

16:20HOSPITAL STAYS, TREATMENTS,

16:22DRUGS, BEING OUT OF WORK FOR

16:24HEALING AND TREATMENT, AND THE

16:26PHYSICAL TOLL FROM SURGERY OR

16:29MULTIPLE SURGERIES,

16:31CHEMOTHERAPY. RADIATION. AND

16:35THE NEW DRUGS OUR BODIES ARE

16:37NOW ADJUSTING TO TRYING TO GO

16:40TO WORK EACH DAY AND POWER

16:42THROUGH THE BAD DAYS TO MAKE

16:43SURE YOU CAN BRING HOME A

16:45PAYCHECK ARE BEYOND DIFFICULT.

16:49PINK LEMONADE PROJECT IS HERE

16:51TO PROVIDE CRUCIAL, SUPPORTIVE

16:53CARE DURING AND AFTER THE

16:54MEDICAL CARE, FINANCIAL AID

16:57PROGRAMS, SUPPORT GROUPS, PEER

16:59MENTORS, RETREATS. THIS IS A

17:01COMMUNITY, A PLACE WHERE YOU

17:03ARE UNDERSTOOD, VALUED, AND

17:06INCLUDED. THERE WILL NEVER BE A

17:09TIME IN ANYONE'S LIFE WHO HAS

17:10BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST

17:12CANCER, WHEN THE MOST AGONIZING

17:14TIME OF THEIR LIFE IS. FROM THE

17:15TIME THEY GET A MAMMOGRAM TO

17:17FINALLY GETTING THE RESULTS OF

17:18THE MAMMOGRAM, EVEN IF SHE'S

17:20LUCKY ENOUGH FOR IT TO BE ONLY

17:22A MATTER OF HOURS, THIS FEAR

17:23WILL NEVER LEAVE US. PINK

17:26LEMONADE PROJECT SERVED 4842

17:29INDIVIDUALS LAST YEAR, AND WE

17:31ARE ON TRACK FOR THAT. AGAIN,

17:33THE NEED IS GREATER THAN EVER

17:35FOR BREAST CANCER SUPPORT IN

17:37ALL FORMS, AND IT'S ONLY

17:39GROWING. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE

17:41JUST A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE

17:43PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HELPED HAVE

17:44SAID, HEATHER SAID. I WAS ABLE

17:47TO EXHALE BECAUSE MY PAYCHECK

17:49WAS GOING TO BE SHORT FROM

17:50TAKING TIME OFF FOR SURGERY,

17:53MICHELLE SAID I COULD NOT HAVE

17:54IMAGINED BEING A NURSE FOR THE

17:56PAST 30 YEARS WOULD LEAVE ME

17:57PENNILESS. METASTATIC BREAST

17:59CANCER AND THE ENORMOUS TOLL OF

18:01THE TREATMENTS OR IMPACT ON MY

18:03HEALTH SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT.

18:05BUT I'M GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE

18:07AND FOR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOU,

18:10YOUR SUPPORT GIVES ME HOPE,

18:12RESTORES ME, LIFTS ME OUT OF

18:14DESPAIR. A REMINDER THERE IS

18:16STILL LOVE TOGETHER, ALL OF US

18:21WORKING TOGETHER. WE CAN MAKE

18:22SURE THAT NO ONE GOES THROUGH

18:24BREAST CANCER ALONE.

18:39>> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR

18:41SHARING YOUR VERY PERSONAL

18:43STORIES, FOR SHARING YOUR

18:44KNOWLEDGE, YOUR ADVOCACY, AND

18:46FOR MINE, FOR REMINDING US UP

18:48HERE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK

18:50TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR

18:51COMMUNITIES HAVE ACCESS TO THE

18:53HEALTH CARE THEY DESERVE, SO

18:54THAT NOBODY HAS TO BE ALONE

18:55WHEN FACING A HORRIBLE

18:57DIAGNOSIS. YOU HAVE SUPPORT,

18:58YOU HAVE RESOURCES. AND THAT'S

19:00THANKS TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE

19:01HERE IN OUR PREAMBLE. SO THANK

19:02YOU SO MUCH ONE MORE TIME.

19:07THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

19:10>> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR

19:12BEING HERE TODAY. AND THANK YOU,

19:13COUNCILOR AVALOS, FOR BRINGING

19:15THIS TO US. I REALLY APPRECIATE

19:16IT. KEELAN I'M CALLING TO ORDER

19:20THIS MEETING OF THE PORTLAND

19:21CITY COUNCIL. CAN WE PLEASE

19:23CALL THE ROLL?

19:23>> GOOD EVENING.

19:24>> CLARK HERE.

19:26>> GREEN HERE. ZIMMERMAN.

19:31>> PRESENT.

19:32>> SMITH HERE. KANAL. HERE.

19:36PIRTLE-GUINEY. HERE. RYAN HERE.

19:41KOYAMA LANE HERE. MORILLO HERE.

19:45NOVICK HERE.

19:46>> DUNPHY HERE. AND COULD THE

19:49CITY ATTORNEY PLEASE READ THE

19:50RULES OF DECORUM FOR THE

19:51CHAMBER?

19:53>> THANK YOU.

19:55>> OH, HELLO COUNSELOR

19:56ZIMMERMAN THANK YOU.

19:58>> THANK YOU. WELCOME TO THE

19:59PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL TO

20:01TESTIFY BEFORE COUNCIL IN

20:03PERSON OR VIRTUALLY. YOU MUST

20:04SIGN UP IN ADVANCE ON THE

20:06COUNCIL AGENDA AT

20:12WWW.PORTLAND.GOV/COUNCIL/AGENDA.

20:13INFORMATION ON ENGAGING WITH

20:14COUNCIL CAN BE FOUND ON THE

20:15COUNCIL CLERK'S WEB PAGE.

20:18INDIVIDUALS MAY TESTIFY FOR

20:19THREE MINUTES UNLESS THE

20:20PRESIDING OFFICER STATES.

20:22OTHERWISE, YOUR MICROPHONE WILL

20:23BE MUTED WHEN YOUR TIME IS OVER,

20:25THE PRESIDING OFFICER PRESERVES

20:27ORDER. DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT SUCH

20:30AS SHOUTING, REFUSING TO

20:31CONCLUDE YOUR TESTIMONY WHEN

20:32YOUR TIME IS UP, OR

20:35INTERRUPTING OTHERS TESTIMONY

20:36OR COUNCIL DELIBERATIONS WILL

20:38NOT BE ALLOWED. IF YOU CAUSE A

20:41DISRUPTION, A WARNING WILL BE

20:43GIVEN. FURTHER DISRUPTION WILL

20:45RESULT IN EJECTION FROM THE

20:46MEETING. ANYONE WHO FAILS TO

20:48LEAVE ONCE EJECTED IS SUBJECT

20:50TO ARREST FOR TRESPASS.

20:53ADDITIONALLY, COUNCIL MAY TAKE

20:54A SHORT RECESS AND RECONVENE

20:57VIRTUALLY. YOUR TESTIMONY

20:59SHOULD PLEASE ADDRESS THE

21:01MATTER BEING CONSIDERED WHEN

21:03TESTIFYING, PLEASE STATE YOUR

21:05NAME FOR THE RECORD. YOUR

21:06ADDRESS IS NOT NECESSARY. IF

21:08YOU ARE A LOBBYIST, PLEASE

21:10IDENTIFY THE ORGANIZATION YOU

21:12REPRESENT. VIRTUAL TESTIFIERS

21:15SHOULD PLEASE UNMUTE THEMSELVES

21:16WHEN THE COUNCIL CLERK CALLS

21:18YOUR NAME. THANK YOU.

21:19>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

21:21COLLEAGUES. AS ALWAYS, THE

21:22FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE

21:24APPROVAL OF THE DAILY AGENDA.

21:25MAY I HAVE UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO

21:27APPROVE TODAY'S AGENDA? SEEING

21:31NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS

21:33APPROVED. KEELAN CAN WE PLEASE

21:35CALL PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS?

21:36>> FIRST UP, WE HAVE JANE

21:38MUNSON.

21:41>> WELCOME. PLEASE INTRODUCE

21:42YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD. YOU'RE

21:43WELCOME TO SHARE YOUR PRONOUNS.

21:45AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

21:46>> HI, I'M JANE MUNSON, THE

21:47PRESIDENT OF THE EASTMORELAND

21:48NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. AT

21:50OUR LAST BOARD MEETING, 90% OF

21:52THE 19 BOARD MEMBERS WHO WERE

21:55PRESENT VOTED IN FAVOR OF

21:56PRESENTING OUR CONCERNS TO THE

21:58CITY COUNCIL REGARDING A

22:00PROPOSED COTTAGE CLUSTER

22:01DEVELOPMENT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

22:02I WOULD LIKE TO STRESS THAT

22:04NONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS

22:05EXPRESSED OPPOSITION TO THE

22:06CITY'S GOAL OF INCREASING THE

22:08AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN

22:09PORTLAND. OUR CONCERNS ARE

22:11CENTERED AROUND THE CITY'S LACK

22:13OF CONSIDERATION OF THE IMPACTS

22:15OF THESE DEVELOPMENT ON THE

22:16ADJACENT CITY RIGHT OF WAY, OUR

22:18BOARD HAS THE SAME CONCERNS

22:19THAT UNIVERSITY PARK RESIDENT

22:20KATE CALVERT AND COUNCILOR DAN

22:22RYAN RAISED AT YOUR OCTOBER

22:2414TH COUNCIL MEETING.

22:26SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE CONCERNED

22:27THAT THE FOLLOWING ISSUES HAVE

22:28NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY RESOLVED.

22:30ONE WASTE MANAGEMENT. ONLY ONE

22:33HOUSE WAS DEMOLISHED FOR THIS

22:34DEVELOPMENT, BUT THE PROPOSED

22:35TEN UNIT DEVELOPMENT CAN BE

22:37EXPECTED TO PRODUCE UP TO 30

22:39CARTS AND BINS EVERY WEEK, AND

22:41MORE ON GARBAGE PICKUP WEEKS.

22:42WHERE WILL THESE CARTS BE

22:44PLACED WHEN THE STREET IS LINED

22:45WITH PARKED CARS? TWO

22:48ACCESSIBILITY OF EMERGENCY

22:49EQUIPMENT. HAS THE FIRE BUREAU

22:50CONFIRMED THAT THEY CAN GET

22:51THEIR EQUIPMENT THROUGH RURAL

22:52STREET? WHEN CARS ARE PARKED ON

22:54BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET? THREE

22:56PEDESTRIAN SAFETY WILL THE CITY

22:58ENFORCE VISIBILITY FOR

23:00PEDESTRIANS NEAR THIS

23:02DEVELOPMENT? THE PROPOSED TEN

23:03UNIT DEVELOPMENT WILL PRODUCE

23:04AN ADDITIONAL 15 TO 20 CARS TO

23:06A STREET THAT'S ALREADY LINED

23:07WITH PARKED CARS. THIS WILL

23:09RESULT IN CARS BEING PARKED

23:10RIGHT UP TO THE CORNER OF THE

23:12INTERSECTION THAT IS ONLY 80FT

23:14AWAY FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT, CAN

23:16THE CITY AFFORD ANOTHER $1.5

23:18MILLION SETTLEMENT DUE TO AN

23:20ACCIDENT CAUSED BY LIMITED

23:21VISIBILITY AT THIS INTERSECTION?

23:23FOUR AVAILABILITY OF TRANSIT

23:26THE RESIDENTS OF RURAL STREET

23:27DEVELOPMENT WILL DRIVE CARS

23:29BECAUSE THEY HAVE LIMITED

23:30TRANSIT OPTIONS. THIS LOCATION

23:32DOES NOT HAVE A GOOD TRANSIT

23:33SCORE. IN FACT, THE NEAREST BUS

23:35SERVICE WAS REDUCED BY TRIMET

23:38IN AUGUST OF 2026. FIVE IMPACT

23:41ON SEWER AND STREETS CAN THE

23:43AGING SEWER LINE IN OUR

23:44NEIGHBORHOOD HANDLE A

23:45DEVELOPMENT OF TEN UNITS WHERE

23:46ONLY ONE EXISTED BEFORE? DOES

23:48THE CITY HAVE A SPECIFIC

23:50STANDARD BY WHICH THE FRONT OF

23:52THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THIS

23:54DEVELOPMENT WILL BE REPAIRED?

23:55OTHER THAN A LOW QUALITY PATCH

23:57JOB THAT WILL START

23:58DETERIORATING AS SOON AS THE

23:59PROJECT IS FINISHED? ALL WE ARE

24:02ASKING OF THE CITY IS THAT ANY

24:04REVIEW IS THAT THE REVIEW OF

24:06THE REVIEW OF ANY COTTAGE

24:07CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT, NOT JUST

24:08THE ONE PROPOSED IN EAST

24:09MORELAND, INCLUDE A WASTE

24:12MANAGEMENT PLAN REVIEW BY THE

24:13FIRE BUREAU AND PUBLIC WORKS.

24:15AN ADEQUATE PLAN FOR PUBLIC

24:17SAFETY, AND AN ASSESSMENT OF

24:20AVAILABLE TRANSIT. AND IF THESE

24:21REQUIREMENTS CANNOT BE MET,

24:23THERE SHOULD BE A REDUCTION OF

24:24THE NUMBER OF UNITS AND MY

24:26TESTIMONY AND SUPPORTING

24:28LETTERS FROM MANY OF THE

24:29NEIGHBORS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO

24:31THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE FOR

24:33DISTRIBUTION TO THE COUNCIL. I

24:34APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND

24:36ATTENTION TO OUR CONCERNS.

24:37THANK YOU.

24:38>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR

24:39BEING HERE TONIGHT.

24:41>> NEXT UP WE HAVE BRANNIGAN.

24:44LEWELLEN.

24:49>> WELCOME. INTRODUCE YOURSELF

24:53FOR THE RECORD. WELCOME TO

24:54SHARE YOUR PRONOUNS. AND YOU

24:55GOT THREE MINUTES.

24:56>> HI. MY NAME IS BRANNIGAN.

24:57I'M 21 YEARS OLD. SHE HER. AND

24:59I'VE LIVED IN THE HEART OF THE

25:01CITY SINCE I WAS 15. I HOPE TO

25:03DEDICATE MY CAREER TO HOMELESS

25:05OUTREACH THROUGH INDEPENDENT

25:06RESEARCH AND CONVERSATIONS WITH

25:08INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING

25:09HOMELESSNESS. I'VE COME TO

25:10REALIZE JUST HOW COMPLICATED

25:11THIS CRISIS IS. I BELIEVE

25:14COMPASSION AND ACCOUNTABILITY

25:15MUST WORK TOGETHER. ONE CONCERN

25:18I REPEATEDLY HEAR FROM

25:19INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SOBER,

25:20STRUGGLING, AND ACTIVELY TRYING

25:22TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES IS THERE

25:23SIMPLY ISN'T ENOUGH ROOM FOR

25:25THEM. WHY ARE PEOPLE SEEKING

25:27STABILITY STILL STRUGGLING TO

25:29ACCESS SHELTER, RECOVERY

25:30RESOURCES AND IN HOUSING? AND

25:33HOW ARE WE MEASURING WHETHER

25:34OUR INVESTMENTS ARE CREATING

25:36LASTING CHANGE? IN FEBRUARY,

25:38PORTLAND DISCLOSED

25:39APPROXIMATELY $106 MILLION

25:42PREVIOUSLY UNBUDGETED

25:44PREVIOUSLY UNBUDGETED HOUSING

25:46FUNDS. WHILE SOME FUNDS HAD

25:48SPENDING RESTRICTIONS AND THE

25:49COUNCIL HAS SINCE APPROVED

25:52ALLOCATIONS, THIS DISCOVERY

25:53RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT

25:55FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT. HOW COULD

25:57RESOURCES OF THIS MAGNITUDE

25:58REMAIN OUTSIDE THE BUDGET WHILE

26:00PEOPLE DESPERATELY NEED

26:02ASSISTANCE? IN WHAT SAFEGUARDS

26:04WILL PREVENT THIS FROM

26:05HAPPENING AGAIN? ARE WE

26:08>> MEASURING SUCCESS BY HOW

26:09MUCH MONEY WE SPEND, OR HOW WE

26:12MEANINGFULLY AFFECT PEOPLE'S

26:15LIVES. MULTNOMAH COUNTY

26:16BUDGETED APPROXIMATELY 5.4

26:19MILLION FOR ITS HARM REDUCTION

26:20PROGRAM THIS FISCAL YEAR. I

26:22RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF

26:23PREVENTING OVERDOSE DEATHS AND

26:25INFECTIOUS DISEASES, BUT I WANT

26:27TO HOW WE'RE MEASURING THE

26:28PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVENESS AND HOW

26:30PEOPLE ARE SUCCESSFULLY

26:31CONNECTED TO TREATMENT, AND

26:33WHETHER WE'RE INVESTING

26:34SUCCESSFULLY IN LONG TERM

26:35RECOVERY. PREVENTING OVERDOSE

26:37DEATHS MATTER, BUT SO DOES

26:39PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE TREATMENT.

26:40RECOVERY ORIENTED HOUSING AND

26:42PATHWAYS TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE.

26:45ANOTHER CONCERN IS INDIVIDUALS

26:48EXPERIENCING SUCH SEVERE

26:49IMPAIRMENT THAT THEY'RE UNABLE

26:51TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGER THAT

26:52THEY'RE IN. CONSIDER THIS IF

26:54YOU SUFFERED A STROKE, BECAME

26:57DISORIENTED, OR COULDN'T

26:57RECOGNIZE THAT YOU NEEDED

26:58MEDICAL ATTENTION, WOULDN'T YOU

27:01HOPE SOMEONE WOULD INTERVENE?

27:03WHY SHOULD THIS PRINCIPLE OF

27:05CARE DISAPPEAR WHEN A PERSON IS

27:06LIVING ON OUR STREETS? I

27:09BELIEVE THAT WHEN SOMEONE

27:10DEMONSTRATES THE LACK OF

27:11INFORMED DECISIONS OR THE

27:14CAPABILITY ABOUT THEIR

27:15IMMEDIATE SAFETY, MEDICALLY

27:17JUSTIFIED INVOLUNTARY

27:19INTERVENTION MAY SOMETIMES BE

27:20NECESSARY. WITH PROFESSIONAL

27:21OVERSIGHT AND LEGAL SAFETY

27:23GUARDS. SOMETIMES, PROTECTING

27:24SOMEONE'S DIGNITY MEANS

27:26INTERVENING WHEN THEY CANNOT

27:28PROTECT THEMSELVES.

27:30ACCOUNTABILITY FROM INDIVIDUALS,

27:32PUBLICLY FUNDED ORGANIZATIONS

27:34AND THE GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE

27:35FOR OVERSEEING THESE

27:36INVESTMENTS IS MY MAIN CONCERN.

27:38WE CANNOT CONFUSE COMPASSION

27:40WITH ENABLING DESTRUCTIVE

27:41BEHAVIOR. NOR ACCOUNTABILITY

27:43WITH ABANDONING PEOPLE WHO NEED

27:45HELP. I'M NOT JUST TRYING TO

27:46COMPLAIN OR JUST HAVE THE

27:48OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. I'M

27:49ASKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO

27:51CONTRIBUTE BECAUSE THEY DESERVE

27:52RESULTS AND SO DOES OUR CITY.

27:54THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

27:55>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING

27:56HERE TONIGHT.

28:00>> NEXT UP WE HAVE LACEY SUTTON.

28:06>> GOOD EVENING LACEY.

28:10INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE

28:11RECORD. YOU'RE WELCOME TO SHARE

28:12YOUR PRONOUNS. AND YOU GOT

28:13THREE MINUTES.

28:14>> LACEY SUTTON, I'M HERE TO

28:17READ YOU A LETTER THAT WAS

28:18WRITTEN BY MY NEIGHBOR. DEAR

28:21CITY OFFICIALS. I'M WRITING TO

28:24EXPRESS MY SERIOUS CONCERN

28:25REGARDING A LARGE TREE LOCATED

28:27IN MY BACKYARD, EXTREMELY CLOSE

28:29TO MY HOME AND MY CHILDREN'S

28:31BEDROOMS. I'M A PARENT OF THREE

28:32CHILDREN, AND OUR FAMILY LIVES

28:34ON THE THIRD FLOOR VERY CLOSE

28:35TO THIS ENORMOUS TREE. DURING

28:37THE THREE YEARS WE HAVE LIVED

28:39IN THIS HOME, BRANCHES HAVE

28:40REPEATEDLY FALLEN FROM THE TREE,

28:42RAISING SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT

28:43ITS SAFETY. OUR FAMILY HAS

28:45LIVED WITH CONSTANT FEAR DURING

28:46THE WINTER MONTHS, ESPECIALLY

28:48WHEN STRONG WINDS AND STORMS

28:49OCCUR. ON MANY NIGHTS, MY

28:51HUSBAND HAS WOKEN UP IN THE

28:53MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BECAUSE OF

28:54THE WIND, AWAKENED OUR THREE

28:56CHILDREN AND MOVED THEM

28:57DOWNSTAIRS TO SLEEP ON THE

28:58FIRST FLOOR, HOPING THEY WOULD

28:59BE SAFER THERE. NO FAMILY

29:02SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH THIS

29:03LEVEL OF FEAR IN THEIR OWN HOME.

29:05WHAT MAKES THE SITUATION EVEN

29:07MORE ALARMING IS THAT A

29:08PROFESSIONAL ARBORIST INSPECTED

29:09THE TREE AND CONFIRMED THAT IT

29:11IS DANGEROUS. THE ARBORIST

29:13WARNED US THAT IF THE TREE WERE

29:14TO FALL, IT COULD CAUSE

29:16CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE,

29:17POTENTIALLY SPLITTING OUR HOUSE

29:18IN HALF. WE WERE ALSO INFORMED

29:22THAT MOVING OUR CHILDREN TO THE

29:23FIRST FLOOR WOULD NOT

29:24NECESSARILY PROTECT THEM. IF

29:25THE TREE COLLAPSED ONTO OUR

29:27HOME. AS A PARENT, HEARING THIS

29:30WAS TERRIFYING. KNOWING THAT

29:32EVEN THE PRECAUTIONS WE'VE BEEN

29:34TAKING MAY NOT PROTECT OUR

29:35CHILDREN HAS MADE THE SITUATION

29:37EXTREMELY STRESSFUL FOR OUR

29:38ENTIRE FAMILY. WE'RE NOT ASKING

29:40FOR THE REMOVAL OF THIS TREE

29:42SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS

29:43INCONVENIENT. WE'RE ASKING

29:44BECAUSE A PROFESSIONAL HAS

29:46IDENTIFIED A SERIOUS SAFETY

29:47HAZARD THAT THREATENS OUR HOME,

29:48AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE LIVES

29:50OF OUR CHILDREN. I RESPECTFULLY

29:53URGE THE CITY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE

29:55ACTION TO ADDRESS THIS

29:56DANGEROUS SITUATION AND

29:58AUTHORIZE AND FACILITATE THE

29:59REMOVAL OF THE TREE BEFORE

30:00TRAGEDY OCCURS. THE SAFETY OF

30:03CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SHOULD

30:04ALWAYS BE A PRIORITY. WE

30:07SINCERELY HOPE THE CITY WILL

30:08RECOGNIZE THE URGENCY OF THE

30:09SITUATION AND TAKE THE

30:10NECESSARY STEPS TO PROTECT OUR

30:11FAMILY AND OUR NEIGHBORS. THANK

30:13YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND

30:15CONSIDERATION. I THINK WE

30:18SHOULD JUST SIT WITH HER DREAD

30:22FOR A MINUTE.

30:59THAT SOUND. THE

31:01SOUND OF NOTHING IS ALL WE'VE

31:04HEARD FROM HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

31:06SINCE I SENT THEM AN EMAIL

31:07MONDAY MORNING WITH THE SUBJECT

31:09LINE URGENT IMMINENT TREE

31:12FAILURE AT CHERRY BLOSSOM. THEY

31:14WILL NOT CARE UNTIL YOU MAKE

31:16THEM.

31:20>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

31:22>> NEXT UP, WE HAVE RIVER SHOAL

31:24JOINING ONLINE.

31:28>> WELCOME. GO AHEAD.

31:32>> AYE, MORILLO CITY COUNCILORS.

31:35IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.

31:39I APPRECIATE THOSE OF YOU WHO

31:40HAVE LISTENED AND HEARD FOR

31:44OVER A YEAR. YOU'VE HEARD LACEY

31:46TALK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AT

31:48CHERRY BLOSSOM, AND NOW THE

31:52SITUATION HAS GONE JUST BEYOND

31:54THE FIRE ISSUE. IT'S GONE

31:56BEYOND A HOME WITH RECURRENT

31:58MOLD THAT ISN'T BEING TREATED.

32:00IT IS NOW BECOME A SITUATION

32:02WHERE A 125 FOOT TREE THAT IS

32:0647IN WIDE AND WEIGHS OVER

32:1150,000 POUNDS, COULD FALL AT

32:14ANY MOMENT UNDER 20MPH WIND.

32:17THAT TREE IS MOVING THE GROUND.

32:22DOUGLAS FIRS ARE NOT MEANT TO

32:25RAISE THE GROUND IN 20 MILE PER

32:27HOUR WINDS. WE ARE NOW HEADING.

32:31AS IT IS SAID, WINTER IS COMING

32:35AND IF THAT TREE IS NOT TAKEN

32:36DOWN AND THE COIN FLIP LANDS

32:41BADLY. I 100% SAY THAT HABITAT

32:47AND THE CITY OF PORTLAND WILL

32:48HAVE BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS. THE

32:51BLOOD OF CHILDREN. MANY OF YOU

32:54HAVE SPOKEN HERE ABOUT YOUR

32:56DEFENSE AND ADVOCATE FOR

32:57IMMIGRANTS. THE FAMILY THAT IS

32:59MOST AFFECTED BY THIS IS AN

33:00IMMIGRANT FAMILY. SO I NEED TO

33:05KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT JUST A

33:07CAMPAIGN PROMISE. I NEED TO

33:10KNOW THAT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT

33:12AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT YOU

33:14TALK ABOUT SAFE, AFFORDABLE

33:16HOUSING. I AM NOT HERE TO BE A

33:20NIMBY. I'M HERE BECAUSE LIVES

33:22ARE ON THE LINE AND BECAUSE THE

33:25SILENCE HAS BEEN DEAFENING. THE

33:30FACT THAT I GO TO THE CITY

33:31AUDITOR AND HER FIRST RESPONSE

33:33IS TO DEFLECT. THIS IS SHAMEFUL.

33:42WE EXPECT BETTER FROM YOU, IF

33:43NOTHING ELSE. THIS IS AN

33:45ELECTION CYCLE, AND I'M GOING

33:46TO BE A THORN IF I DON'T SEE

33:48SOMETHING. I DON'T MEAN TO BE

33:50HARSH, AND I'M SORRY, BUT WHEN

33:52THERE ARE CHILDREN FACING THE

33:54END OF THEIR LIVES BECAUSE OF

33:56INACTION BY SO, SO MANY WHO

33:58COULD DO SOMETHING, ANYTHING, I

34:02WILL NOT BE SILENT JUST BECAUSE

34:04IT MAKES EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE

34:06ROOM COMFORTABLE. I HAVE SO

34:09MUCH RESPECT FOR SOME OF YOU,

34:11BUT THIS IS ASTOUNDING. I DON'T

34:17HAVE MORE TO SAY. I NEED YOU

34:21ALL TO ACT. I NEED YOU ALL TO

34:22MAKE SURE THIS HAPPENS. I NEED

34:24YOU ALL TO GET THAT TREE

34:25REMOVED. AND I NEED YOU TO DO

34:28IT BEFORE IT KILLS PEOPLE.

34:31THANK YOU.

34:33>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND

34:34KEELAN, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO

34:36OUR NEXT TESTIFIER, I'D LIKE TO

34:37ASK DC A DONNIE OLIVEIRA TO

34:39COME UP AND DIRECTLY RESPOND.

34:40THIS IS A YOU KNOW, OFTEN WE

34:42HEAR ABOUT SOME VERY SPECIFIC

34:43THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN

34:44THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR

34:45COMMUNICATION SLOT. THIS IS

34:46SOMETHING THAT ALSO HAS BEEN ON

34:48MY RADAR THROUGH THANKS TO

34:49LACEY AND RIVER. AND SO DCA

34:51OLIVEIRA OFFERED TO COME AND

34:52RESPOND DIRECTLY.

34:53>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

34:54GOOD EVENING, COUNCILORS DONNIE

34:56OLIVEIRA. FOR THE RECORD.

34:57COUNCILORS. GIVEN THE INTEREST

34:59IN THIS TOPIC, I JUST WANT TO

35:00PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE, JUST

35:01SOME CONTEXT. FIRST TREE ON THE

35:04PROPERTY WAS IDENTIFIED FOR

35:06CONCERN IN AUGUST. ON AUGUST

35:0827TH, PADS TREE DIVISION DID

35:10SEND AN INSPECTOR OUT IN

35:12SEPTEMBER TO EVALUATE THE TREE

35:13SO THAT WE HAVE SENT AN

35:14INSPECTOR OUT THERE. THE CASE

35:16WAS DEEMED TO BE UNFOUNDED AND

35:18THE CASE WAS CLOSED ON

35:20SEPTEMBER 22ND. THE CITY HAD

35:22RECEIVED A REPORT FROM AN

35:25ARBORIST WITH A LITTLE LESS

35:26DETAIL THAN WE WOULD HAVE LIKED,

35:27BUT NONETHELESS, YESTERDAY TREE

35:30DIVISION REOPENED THE CASE AND

35:31WILL BE SENDING AN INSPECTOR

35:32OUT AGAIN TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK

35:34AT THE TREE. SO WE'RE GOING TO

35:36BE RESPONSIVE TO THE REQUEST. I

35:37JUST WANT TO FLAG THAT WE HAVE

35:39IN THE PAST SENT AN INSPECTOR

35:40OUT IN PERSON, NOT THROUGH

35:42VIDEO TO SEE THE TREE. SO MORE

35:43TO COME ON THIS. THANK YOU.

35:45>> THANK YOU. AND WE'VE GOT A

35:46COUPLE OF FOLKS IN THE QUEUE,

35:48COUNCILORS WHO MAYBE HAVE SOME

35:49FOLLOW UP QUESTION REALLY

35:51QUICKLY. COUNCILOR ZIMMERMAN

35:51AND COUNCILOR KANAL.

35:53>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,

35:55WITH RESPECT TO TELLING A AN

35:58ARBORIST FROM THE PRIVATE

35:59INDUSTRY THAT THEIR REPORT

36:00DOESN'T MEET THE, YOU KNOW,

36:03WHATEVER THE QUALIFICATIONS ARE

36:04THAT OUR OWN TREE INSPECTORS.

36:06HOW DO WE NORMALLY MITIGATE

36:07THAT? THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN

36:09ONGOING THING NOW THAT I, I

36:10THOUGHT WE WERE TRYING TO

36:13ADDRESS WITH RESPECT TO WHEN A

36:17PROPERTY OWNER HIRES A TREE

36:21SERVICE AND THAT TREE SERVICE

36:23DEEMS A DANGER. I HAVE YET TO

36:26GET A REALLY COHERENT ANSWER

36:29WHY OUR CITY EMPLOYEES SEEM TO

36:33PUSH BACK ON THAT IN WHAT'S

36:35BECOMING TOO OFTEN A CASE THAT

36:36HAS TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL. I

36:38JUST I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND

36:39WHERE WE'RE GOING HERE. GIVEN

36:42THAT THE TREE SERVICES ARE

36:43DOING THIS ALL, ALL THE TIME

36:46AND THE PROPERTY RIGHTS WHEN IT

36:47COMES TO DANGER. THIS IS REALLY

36:49BUMPING UP AGAINST WHO HAS THE

36:51CALL HERE. AND I'M AFRAID THAT

36:52WE'RE BUYING THE CALL IN A VERY

36:54LIABLE WAY. AND I'M JUST

36:56CURIOUS WHERE YOUR DIRECTION IS

36:58GOING TO GO ON THIS, MR. DCA.

37:00>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR IN THIS

37:01PARTICULAR CASE. COUNCILOR. AND

37:02I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOUR

37:03GENERAL PREMISE THAT WE WANT TO

37:05TRUST OUR EXPERTS. THE FACT

37:06THAT WE SENT AN ARBORIST

37:09ARBORIST OUT TO THE SITE IN

37:10PERSON, VERSUS A RECOMMENDATION

37:13THAT CAME VIA A VIDEO THAT WAS

37:14SENT TO THE ARBORIST. SO THE

37:16ARBORIST WHO SENT THE LETTER

37:17DID NOT GO OUT ON SITE. HE

37:19RECEIVED A VIDEO. SO BECAUSE OF

37:21THAT, TO JUST BE TRIPLE CHECK,

37:23WE'RE GOING TO SEND ANOTHER

37:25PERSON OUT. SO WE HAVE ANOTHER

37:27ON SITE INSPECTION. WE WE'RE

37:29JUST GOING TO TRUST THAT AN ON

37:30SITE INSPECTION FOR A TREE,

37:32ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE TESTIMONY

37:34YOU HEARD EARLIER, IS MORE

37:36LIKELY TO BE MORE VALUABLE THAN

37:38A VIDEO REVIEW.

37:40>> I THINK THAT THAT'S HELPFUL

37:43CONTEXT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

37:45>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR

37:46ZIMMERMAN. COUNCILOR KANAL.

37:48>> I APPRECIATE COUNCILOR

37:49ZIMMERMAN'S QUESTIONS. THE THE

37:51FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN SENT AND

37:53ARE BEING SENT, ARE THEY THE

37:55TEAM THAT WAS MOVED OUT OF

37:56URBAN FORESTRY TO P AND D LAST

37:58BUDGET CYCLE?

37:59>> THAT TEAM I DON'T KNOW IF

38:01THE INDIVIDUAL. WE'VE HAD SOME

38:02NEW HIRES, BUT IN THAT THAT

38:04TEAM. YES.

38:05>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

38:12>> OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU CALL

38:15OUR LAST.

38:16>> WHAT DO WE WANT? YEAH. WHAT

38:21DO YOU WANT, FOLKS?

38:23>> THIS IS A DISTURBANCE. I

38:25NEED ORDER IN THE CHAMBER,

38:26PLEASE. THANK YOU.

38:31>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL. SHUT IT

38:37DOWN. WHERE ARE WE GOING? DO WE

38:40WANT IT? WE DON'T GET IT. SHUT

38:44IT DOWN! WHAT DO WE WANT ON

38:47TRACKS NOW? SHUT IT DOWN!

38:54CONTRACT. NOW!

38:59>> ALL RIGHT. KEELAN, CAN WE

39:00CALL THE LAST FOLKS FOR PUBLIC

39:02COMMUNICATIONS?

39:05>> NEXT UP, WE HAVE JOHN

39:06MCDONALD.

39:11>> NOW.

39:15>> JOHN MCDONALD. OUR ALTERNATE

39:23TONIGHT IS TINO JUAREZ. I THINK

39:27TINO MIGHT BE JOINING US FROM

39:28THE OVERFLOW ROOM.

39:36>> WELL, IF WE HAVE FOLKS IN

39:37THE OVERFLOW ROOM, THEY'RE

39:38WELCOME TO COME OVER HERE. WE

39:40HAVE SPACE NOW. WE'LL WAIT A

39:45SECOND TO SEE IF SHE'S ABLE TO.

39:47>> YEAH.

39:54>> TINO, IF YOU'RE IN THE

39:55OVERFLOW ROOM, YOU CAN COME

39:57OVER.

40:19WE'RE CHECKING TO SEE IF

40:20HE'S OVER THERE. HE LET ME KNOW

40:22THAT HE WAS OVER THERE.

40:23>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COLLEAGUES,

40:27WHAT IS BLUE AND SMELLS LIKE

40:29GREEN PAINT? BLUE PAINT. THANK

40:34YOU.

40:39>> NO.

40:41>> IS THAT ONE HOMEMADE COUNCIL

40:42PRESIDENT?

40:43>> NO.

40:44>> I'M NOT NEARLY CLEVER ENOUGH

40:46TO MAKE UP JOKES. I JUST

40:48STRUGGLE TO.

40:49>> THE SPIDER.

40:50>> THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD ONE.

40:59WHAT DO YOU THINK, FOLKS? IS?

41:00ARE THEY COMING FROM THE.

41:04>> NOPE.

41:04>> I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO GO ON.

41:07>> AND.

41:07>> YOU KNOW, IF THEY SHOW UP,

41:09WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK. OH,

41:10HEY, THERE WE GO.

41:12>> I THINK THEY CALLED TINO

41:13KEELAN.

41:14>> OH. ARE YOU JOHN?

41:16>> JOHN.

41:17>> OKAY. YEAH. SO. JOHN. YEAH.

41:20GO AHEAD. JOHN.

41:21>> GREAT. GO AHEAD. SIT.

41:24>> YEAH. YOU CAN SIT RIGHT

41:25THERE.

41:27>> COME ON UP. WELCOME.

41:31INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE

41:32RECORD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

41:37>> HELLO. MY NAME IS JOHN

41:38MCDONALD. I'M A SERVICE WORKER

41:40FOR TRIMET AND A MEMBER OF AT

41:43757. I'M HERE IN SOLIDARITY

41:45WITH THE WORKERS, AND I HOPE

41:47THEY GET A FAIR CONTRACT. AND

41:48I'D LIKE TO ALLOCATE THE REST

41:50OF MY TIME TO THIS GENTLEMAN

41:52BEHIND ME.

41:57>> OKAY. WELL.

42:02>> HE SAID HE WANTED TO

42:03ALLOCATE HIS TIME TO THE OTHER

42:05GUY. SO. YEAH.

42:07>> I THINK. HE'S GONE.

42:09>> ALL RIGHT. WELL, I

42:10APPRECIATE FOLKS FOR TESTIFYING.

42:12WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR

42:15NEXT ITEM. COLLEAGUES. OUR NEXT

42:17ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS AS NORMAL.

42:19OH, THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. I

42:22DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF CIRCUS

42:23I'M RUNNING TODAY, BUT HERE WE

42:24GO. WELCOME.

42:26>> MY APOLOGIES. CAN I GO.

42:30>> AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF?

42:32>> GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL.

42:33MY NAME IS TINO WITH THE

42:35CARPENTERS. MANY OF YOU GUYS

42:36ALREADY KNOW ME ALREADY. I JUST

42:38WANTED TO JUST GIVE MY $0.02 ON

42:39SOMETHING THAT I JUST KIND OF

42:41SAW COMING THROUGH OUR CITY

42:42COUNCIL. WITH THE PERMITTING

42:43LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT ZONING,

42:45KIND OF UPDATE IT WITH THE

42:47STATE LEVEL. AND, AND I

42:49UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THAT THE

42:51IDEA IS TO STREAMLINE THE

42:52PROCESS AND TO ENCOURAGE

42:54DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH. BUT AS

42:56I LOOKED AT THESE LITTLE THINGS,

43:00HB 2138, SB 9074, AND SO ON,

43:03THERE IS NO LANGUAGE IN THERE

43:05THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO ABOUT

43:07THE LOCAL WORKFORCE OR ANY

43:10COMMUNITY STANDARD AT ALL.

43:13EVERYONE KNOWS IN THE

43:14CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY THAT 20

43:17TO 30% OF THE OF THE BUDGET OF

43:19THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS TIED UP

43:21IN PERMITTING ALONE BEFORE THE

43:22SHOVEL EVEN HITS THE GROUND,

43:23THEY SAY, RIGHT. AND SO JUST

43:26RIGHT THERE, MAN OWNERS AND

43:27DEVELOPERS ARE GETTING A

43:28STREAMLINED PROJECT WITH A 30%

43:31INCREASE, A RAISE WITHOUT THE

43:33COMMUNITY EVEN IN MIND. YOU

43:35KNOW, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY,

43:37AS SOME OF YOU, MAN, YOU'VE

43:38SEEN WHAT HAPPENS IN THE

43:40CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. IMAGINE

43:42IF THESE CROOKED CONTRACTORS,

43:45IRRESPONSIBLE CHEATING

43:46CONTRACTORS THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE

43:47OF HIDING BEHIND BEING A

43:49COMMUNITY PARTNER BUT TAKING

43:51ADVANTAGE OF THE LOCAL

43:52WORKFORCE. WE'RE STREAMLINING

43:53THAT FOR THEM. AND THE ONE

43:55THING I GUESS WHAT BREAKS MY

43:57HEART THE MOST IS THAT I

43:58THOUGHT WE HAD FRIENDS, LABOR,

44:00COMMUNITY PARTNERS, THAT THAT,

44:04YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU,

44:05WHEN YOUR PARTNERS AND YOUR

44:07FRIENDS, YOU CALL SOMEBODY, YOU

44:09SAY, HEY, MAN, THAT'S

44:10CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS WHAT YOU

44:11GUYS DO. AND MAYBE, MAYBE

44:13THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING WHEN

44:15THEY SEE THIS BADGE, YOU'RE

44:16HERE, YOU'RE HERE IN CITY

44:17COUNCIL. THIS IS NOT ABOUT A

44:18UNION ISSUE. MY EST OF OUR

44:22ORGANIZATION SAYS THAT THE

44:23CARPENTERS IS HERE TO RAISE THE

44:25STANDARD FOR THE WORKING CLASS.

44:27THAT ANY PERSON IN PORTLAND, IN

44:30OREGON OR IMMIGRANT SWINGS A

44:32HAMMER, PUTS A SCREW IN DRYWALL,

44:34PUTS FORMS FOR BRIDGES,

44:36CONCRETE, YOU NAME IT. THAT'S

44:38GOING TO BE BUILT HERE. THAT'S

44:39GOING TO LAST FOR GENERATIONS.

44:41THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MAKE

44:42WEALTH FOR GENERATIONS, AND THE

44:45COMMUNITY IS NOT EVEN IN MIND.

44:47WHEN DO WE SETTLE FOR JUST

44:49RAISING IT TO THE STATE LEVEL?

44:51THAT'S NOT PORTLAND. WE'RE

44:54WE'RE BETTER THAN THAT, MAN.

44:56WHEN DO WE SETTLE FOR JUST A

44:58BOTTOM? WHERE'S AN AMENDMENT

45:00THAT SAYS, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO

45:02HOOK YOU GUYS UP, BUT WE NEED

45:03TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GOING

45:05TO TAKE CARE OF THE WORKERS,

45:06THAT THEY'RE SAFE AND THAT

45:07THEY'RE SAFE GUARD FOR THEM.

45:09THAT'S ALL I GOT, MAN. THANK

45:10YOU GUYS. MAN. YOU GUYS HIT ME

45:12UP. TINA. YOU KNOW HAVE A GOOD

45:14ONE GUYS.

45:14>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK

45:16YOU VERY MUCH TO EVERYBODY WHO

45:17CAME TO TESTIFY. COLLEAGUES,

45:19OUR ITEM NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER

45:20THREE ON OUR UPDATE ON OUR

45:22AGENDA IS CHECKING IN WITH THE

45:24CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO SEE IF

45:25THERE'S ANY UPDATES WITH REGARD

45:27TO OUR RESPONSE TO FEDERAL

45:29INTERVENTIONS THAT ARE

45:29HAPPENING IN OUR CITY, MR. LEE.

45:32>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

45:34DETENTIONS REPORTED TO THE PERK

45:36HOTLINE REMAIN LOW FOLLOWING

45:37THE BRIEF UPTICK EARLIER.

45:40EARLIER THIS MONTH, OUR

45:42IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS LIAISON IS

45:44STILL PREPARING TO PRESENT THE

45:46CITY'S FIRST ANNUAL REPORT TO

45:48THE COUNCIL NEXT WEEK, ALONG

45:49WITH A PRESENTATION TO THE

45:51COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. AT THIS

45:53POINT IN TIME, I'LL PASS IT TO

45:55CITY ATTORNEY ROBERT TAYLOR TO

45:56PROVIDE AN UPDATE AND AN

45:57OVERVIEW ON THE FACILITY AND

45:59LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, AND TAKE

46:02QUESTIONS FOR LAST WEEK'S

46:04COUNCIL MEETING.

46:06>> THANK YOU. ROBERT TAYLOR,

46:08CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE RECORD,

46:09AS YOU WILL RECALL, THE CITY

46:12ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO

46:15THE OWNER OF THE ICE FACILITY

46:19RELATED TO AN ALLEGED VIOLATION

46:21OF THE CONDITIONAL LAND USE

46:23APPROVAL THAT WAS APPEALED BY

46:26THE BUILDING OWNER TO THE

46:27HEARINGS OFFICER. THE HEARINGS

46:32OFFICER FOUND IN FAVOR OF THE

46:33CITY AND UPHELD THE NOTICE OF

46:35VIOLATION. THAT DECISION WAS

46:39ISSUED IN JULY OF 2026. THE

46:43HEARINGS OFFICER DECISION HAS

46:45BEEN APPEALED TO THE CIRCUIT

46:47COURT. THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY

46:50CIRCUIT COURT. SO PENDING THAT

46:54APPEAL, A STAY FROM THE CIRCUIT

46:56COURT IS IN PLACE, MEANING THAT

47:00WHILE THE STAY IS IN PLACE, WE

47:01CANNOT TAKE ANY ENFORCEMENT

47:04ACTION OR ANY OTHER ACTION.

47:06WHILE THAT STAY IS PENDING. YOU

47:09WILL ALSO RECALL THAT AT ONE

47:11POINT, THAT STAY WAS SO BROAD

47:13THAT IT EVEN STOPPED THE

47:15HEARINGS OFFICER FROM ISSUING

47:17ITS DECISION. WE SUCCESSFULLY

47:20GOT THE STAY LIFTED FOR THAT

47:22PURPOSE. SO WE ARE GRATEFUL

47:23THAT THE HEARINGS OFFICER WAS

47:25ABLE TO ISSUE ITS DECISION. THE

47:30COURT HEARING ON THE APPEAL IS

47:32SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 20TH. SO

47:35THAT IS THE NEXT BIG EVENT IN

47:38THIS CASE. SO WE WILL HAVE AN

47:41UPDATE AFTER NOVEMBER 20TH.

47:48>> THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY

47:49COLLEAGUES. ANY QUESTIONS FOR

47:50OUR FOLKS ON WHAT WAS JUST

47:52SHARED? OKAY. SEEING NONE.

47:55THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. KEELAN

47:58CAN WE PLEASE MOVE TO OUR FIRST

48:00TIME? CERTAIN ITEM ITEM NUMBER

48:02FOUR.

48:03>> DOCUMENT 2026-345. AMEND THE

48:06PORTLAND ZONING CODE TO BRING

48:07IT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH OREGON

48:09STATE LEGISLATIVE BILLS PASSED

48:11IN 2025 AND 26. AMEND TITLE 33

48:14COLLEAGUES.

48:14>> THIS IS THE SECOND READING

48:16OF A NON EMERGENCY ORDINANCE.

48:17WE HEARD ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK,

48:20MAYBE THE WEEK BEFORE, I DON'T

48:21REMEMBER. TIME HAS NO MEANING.

48:22COLLEAGUES. IS THERE ANY

48:23FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.

48:28OH. COUNCILOR RYAN YEAH.

48:32>> I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM

48:34STAFF ABOUT THE CONCERNS WE'VE

48:36HAD ABOUT THE COTTAGE CLUSTERS

48:39AND THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THE

48:41NARROWNESS OF THE STREETS.

48:43WE'VE BEEN HEARING THAT FOR

48:45YEARS NOW, SO IT'D BE GREAT TO

48:46HEAR AN UPDATE. I WANT TO KNOW

48:51IF BTS IS BRINGING IN THE FIRE

48:54BUREAU AND WORKING WITH WASTE

48:56MANAGEMENT ABOUT SOME OF THESE

48:58CONCERNS.

48:59>> YOU'RE COUNCILOR JUST TO BE

49:01CLEAR, YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE

49:02TESTIMONY EARLIER ABOUT THE.

49:04>> I ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS AS

49:05WELL LAST WEEK AND CONCERNS.

49:09>> IN IN GENERAL.

49:10>> IN COTTAGE CLUSTERS, RIGHT?

49:12>> IN GENERAL, THE COTTAGE

49:13CLUSTER LEGISLATION IS A STATE

49:16LEGISLATION THAT LARGELY

49:17PREEMPTS LOCAL AUTHORITY IN

49:19THESE QUESTIONS. SO LARGELY,

49:21WE'RE PREEMPTED FROM HAVING

49:23CRITERIA THAT ADDRESS MANY OF

49:24THE ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED.

49:27>> OKAY. AND WE WE DIDN'T GO

49:28FURTHER THAN WHAT THE STATE

49:30ASKED FOR.

49:30>> WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO.

49:31>> OKAY. WE DO QUITE OFTEN. SO

49:33I'M CURIOUS. OKAY.

49:38>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR RYAN,

49:39ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS THERE?

49:42OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

49:44COLLEAGUES. ANY FURTHER

49:45QUESTIONS FOR OUR STAFF? NO.

49:49OKAY. KEELAN CAN WE PLEASE CALL

49:50THE ROLL.

49:52>> CALLING THE ROLL ON DOCUMENT

49:552026-345.

49:55>> CLERK AYE, MORILLO.

49:58>> GREEN ZIMMERMAN. I AVALOS. I

50:05SMITH. I KANAL. I PIRTLE-GUINEY.

50:11I RYAN.

50:13>> OUT OF CONCERN FOR THE

50:14PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, I'M GOING

50:16TO DO A NO.

50:17>> KOYAMA LANE I. AYE, MORILLO

50:20I. NOVICK I. DUNPHY I.

50:23>> THE ORDINANCE PASSES WITH 11

50:26EYES AND ONE. NAY.

50:27>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAN WE

50:28PLEASE MOVE TO THE CONSENT

50:30AGENDA?

50:31>> NO ITEMS HAVE BEEN PULLED

50:33FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. I'LL

50:36CALL THE ROLL TO APPROVE IT.

50:37CLERK. I GREEN. I ZIMMERMAN. I

50:44AVALOS. I SMITH. I KANAL. I

50:51PIRTLE-GUINEY. I RYAN. I KOYAMA

50:55LANE I AYE, MORILLO. I NOVICK.

50:59>> I. DUNPHY I.

51:02>> THE CONSENT AGENDA IS

51:04APPROVED WITH A VOTE OF 12 AYES.

51:06>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. KEELAN.

51:07CAN WE PLEASE CALL ITEMS SEVEN

51:09AND EIGHT TOGETHER?

51:11>> ITEM SEVEN, DOCUMENT

51:152026-362 AUTHORIZE

51:16INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT

51:17BETWEEN THE CITY, STATE OF

51:18OREGON AND MULTNOMAH COUNTY TO

51:20ESTABLISH THE OREGON ARENA

51:21JOINT AUTHORITY. ITEM EIGHT

51:24DOCUMENT 2026-363. APPOINT

51:27MEMBERS TO THE OREGON ARENA

51:29JOINT AUTHORITY.

51:29>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

51:30COLLEAGUES. THIS IS THE SECOND

51:32READING OF A NONEMERGENCY

51:33ORDINANCE AND A REPORT. THE.

51:37THE SECOND READING OF THE

51:38ORDINANCE IS CREATING THE JOINT

51:40ARENA AND THE OREGON ARENA

51:42JOINT AUTHORITY, AND THE

51:44CONTINUATION OF THE REPORT,

51:45APPOINTING THE INITIAL MEMBERS

51:46TO THAT BODY, WHICH WE CARRIED

51:47OVER TODAY TO VOTE ON BOTH

51:49ITEMS AT THE SAME MEETING. WE

51:50WILL VOTE ON THE ORDINANCE AND

51:52ON THE APPOINTMENTS REPORT.

51:54FOLLOWING THAT, AS I NOTED LAST

51:57WEEK, THIS IS ANOTHER

51:58SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD BY

52:00CREATING THIS BODY ALONGSIDE

52:01OUR STATE AND COUNTY PARTNERS

52:03AND APPOINTING THREE CITY

52:05REPRESENTATIVES, WE ARE

52:06DEMONSTRATING THAT PORTLAND IS

52:07SHOWING UP TO THE TABLE IN GOOD

52:09FAITH. WE ARE DOING OUR PART TO

52:11MOVE THIS PROCESS FORWARD. OUR

52:13HOPE IS, OF COURSE, THAT WE

52:14HAVE A PARTNER ON THE OTHER

52:16SIDE OF THE TABLE WHO'S EQUALLY

52:17READY TO MATCH THAT COMMITMENT.

52:19AS A REMINDER TO THIS BODY, WE

52:20ARE STILL OPERATING ON AN

52:22INCREDIBLY TIGHT TIMELINE TO

52:23PROTECT THE CITY'S INTERESTS,

52:25WE NEED TO SEE DEFINITIVE

52:27DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING A

52:28TRANSPARENT FINALIZED BUDGET,

52:30CLEAR LEASE TERMS, STRONG LABOR

52:32STANDARDS, AND A ROBUST

52:33COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT

52:34BEFORE ANY FINAL ACTION ON

52:35FUNDING IS SCHEDULED. TODAY'S

52:37VOTE KEEPS THE MOMENTUM GOING

52:39AND KEEPS US ORGANIZED WITH OUR

52:40REGIONAL PARTNERS. I WANT TO

52:41THANK OUR NEGOTIATING TEAM FOR

52:43THEIR CONTINUED HARD WORK, AND

52:44LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING

52:45FURTHER UPDATES DURING OUR

52:46EXECUTIVE SESSION TOMORROW.

52:50WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, WE ARE

52:52IN COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF THE.

52:55WELL, TECHNICALLY, BOTH ITEMS

52:56ARE. ORDERS ARE OPEN, SO WE ARE

52:58WELCOME TO DISCUSS BOTH.

53:02COUNCILOR GREEN.

53:04>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

53:05>> PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES. I

53:08APOLOGIZE FOR FILING THIS LATE,

53:09BUT I DO WANT TO BRING FORWARD

53:11AN AMENDMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF

53:12I'LL HAVE THE SUPPORT FOR IT,

53:14BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DESCRIBE

53:15WHY I'M DOING IT. LAST WEEK WAS

53:18A PRETTY RUSHED OR I WOULDN'T

53:19SAY RUSHED, BUT WE SPENT A LOT

53:21OF TIME ON THE LAND USE ITEM.

53:23ACTUALLY, THERE ARE TWO LAND

53:24USE ITEMS THAT WE SPENT LIKE

53:26THE LION'S SHARE OF THE TIME,

53:28SO WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A

53:29CHANCE TO ENGAGE WITH THIS IGA.

53:33I HAVE GIVEN IT SOME THOUGHT. I

53:34THINK LAST WEEK I, YOU KNOW, I

53:36HAD TO VOTE LAST WEEK, I WOULD

53:38HAVE VOTED NO. I DON'T HAVE ANY

53:40SUBSTANTIVE DISAGREEMENT WITH

53:41THE IGA AS IT STANDS, BUT I

53:43HAVE SERIOUS MISGIVINGS WITH

53:45THE IMPACT STATEMENTS FOR THE

53:46IGA. AND SO I HAVE AMENDMENTS

53:48THAT ADDRESS THOSE. THE

53:51AMENDMENTS DO BASICALLY THREE

53:52THINGS. FIRST, IT STRIKES ALL

53:54OF THE KIND OF SPECULATIVE

53:56DISCUSSION. AND BY THE WAY,

53:58THIS IS IN YOUR INBOXES. 615

54:04WHAT.

54:04>> WHAT DID YOU.

54:05>> 615 SEND IT TO TO A LITTLE,

54:09A LITTLE AFTER THE COUNCIL

54:10STARTED. SO THE FINANCIAL AND

54:14BUDGETARY IMPACT SECTION OF THE

54:15IMPACT STATEMENT INCLUDES A LOT

54:18OF SPECULATIVE ECONOMIC

54:20ANALYSIS, DISCUSSION THAT

54:20DOESN'T BELONG IN THAT SECTION

54:22OF THE IMPACT STATEMENT. SO

54:24THAT STRIKES THAT. THE SECOND

54:25PIECE IS IT ADDS AN UP TO $573

54:29MILLION IN RENOVATIONS, NOT A

54:31$573 MILLION IN RENOVATIONS.

54:32THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE,

54:34BECAUSE THAT'S WAS VERY CLEAR

54:36IN OUR TERM SHEET THAT THIS WAS

54:37AN UP TO AMOUNT. IT ALSO ADDS A

54:42STATEMENT THAT SAYS A ROBUST

54:43AND INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIABLE

54:44ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE

54:46POTENTIAL RENOVATION THAT THE

54:48OREGON ARENA JOINT AUTHORITY

54:49WOULD GOVERN HAS NOT BEEN

54:50PERFORMED BECAUSE IT HAS NOT

54:51BEEN PERFORMED. A FURTHER

54:55AMENDS A 2023 IMPACT ANALYSIS.

54:59IT SAYS. IT SUGGESTS THAT THE

55:00ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OF THE REGION

55:01AND THE STATE OF THE ROSE

55:03QUARTER EVENT CAMPUS IS

55:05ESTIMATED OVER 600 MILLION. BUT

55:07THEN IT CONTINUES AND ADDS THE

55:08SENTENCE. HOWEVER, THIS REPORT

55:09RELIED UPON METHODS, DATA AND

55:11ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE NOT OPEN

55:12TO PUBLIC SCRUTINY AND

55:13THEREFORE HAVE NO ANALYTICAL

55:15VALUE IN THE CONSIDERATION OF

55:16THE ECONOMIC AND REAL ESTATE

55:17IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT.

55:19THEN, IT STRIKES THE PIECE THAT

55:21REFERS TO MORE RECENT ECONOMIC

55:24INFORMATION, SORT OF

55:25CORROBORATING THAT EARLIER

55:27STUDY. AND THEN FINALLY, IN THE

55:29FINANCIAL AND BUDGET ANALYSIS

55:31SECTION, IT ADDS THAT THE

55:33POWERS VESTED IN THE OREGON

55:35JOINT AUTHORITY WILL HAVE

55:36FINANCIAL AND BUDGETARY IMPACTS

55:37AS THE BODY MAKES APPROVAL

55:39DECISIONS REGARDING THE

55:40PROPOSED RENOVATION OR FUTURE

55:42RENOVATIONS. HOWEVER, THESE

55:43IMPACTS ARE UNKNOWN AT THIS

55:44TIME AND DO PRESENT LONG TERM

55:46RISKS TO THE CITY. THE

55:48FINANCIAL AND BUDGET IMPACTS

55:49FOLLOWING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF

55:50THE OREGON ARENA JOINT

55:52AUTHORITY ARE MITIGATED BY THE

55:54PROVISIONS IN THE THE IGA

55:56ITSELF, WHICH I RECOGNIZE THAT

56:00THAT SORT OF SAY, LOOK, THERE'S

56:02TRANSPARENCY, OPEN MEETINGS,

56:03LAW WILL GOVERN THIS AND THAT.

56:05THERE ARE PROCEDURES TO REPLACE

56:08THE APPOINTEES OUTLINED IN IT,

56:09BUT IT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THERE

56:10ARE RISKS CREATED BY THIS JOINT

56:13AUTHORITY. AND THEN IT STRIKES

56:15AGAIN ANOTHER DISCUSSION OF THE

56:18SPECULATIVE ESTIMATES THAT

56:20CANNOT BE RELIED UPON OR

56:23VERIFIED. SO THAT'S WHAT THE

56:24AMENDMENTS DO. I, I REALLY

56:27CANNOT VOTE YES ON AN ITEM THAT

56:29HAS ASSUMPTIONS THAT CANNOT BE

56:32VERIFIED IN AN IMPACT ANALYSIS,

56:34BECAUSE THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF

56:35THOSE. SO I HOPE TO GET SOME

56:37SUPPORT ON THIS. IF NOT, YOU

56:39KNOW, WHATEVER, WE'LL MOVE

56:40FORWARD. BUT THIS IS HOW I GET

56:41TO YES, ON THE ON THE JOINT

56:43AUTHORITY. THANKS.

56:44>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GREEN.

56:45ALL RIGHT. COLLEAGUES, ARE YOU

56:47FORMALLY MOVING THIS AMENDMENT?

56:49>> I MOVE GREEN ONE OKAY.

56:51>> SECOND.

56:52>> SECOND.

56:53>> I HEARD COUNCILOR KOYAMA

56:54LANE IS A SECOND FIRST

56:58COUNCILOR MORILLO. I'M SURE YOU

56:59WOULD HAVE BEEN FIRST IF YOU

57:00HAD BEEN IN PERSON, I APOLOGIZE.

57:02SO, COLLEAGUES, WE ARE NOW IN

57:03DISCUSSION OF GREEN ONE. I PUT

57:06MYSELF IN THE QUEUE FIRST.

57:08COUNCILOR GREEN I, I WANT TO I

57:09TAKE THIS PROPOSAL IN THE

57:11SPIRIT THAT I THINK IT'S MEANT.

57:12IMPACT STATEMENTS ARE SUPPOSED

57:14TO BE A FACTUAL, SUPPOSED TO BE

57:16FACTUAL SUPPORTING INFORMATION.

57:17AND I THINK YOU HAVE A REALLY

57:19PRINCIPLED STANCE THAT THE

57:20ECONOMIC ANALYSIS THAT HAS BEEN

57:22DONE IN SUPPORT OF THE ARENA

57:24RENOVATION MAY NOT BE AS

57:26RIGOROUS, CONCLUSIVE, OR

57:28ACCURATE AS THOSE STATEMENTS

57:29MAKE IT APPEAR TO BE VIEWED IN

57:31ISOLATION. I DO ABSOLUTELY

57:33THINK THAT OUR IMPACT

57:35STATEMENTS, THE PROTOCOL FOR

57:36WRITING THEM, HOW THEY'RE FACT

57:37CHECKED AND APPROVED NEEDS A

57:39REFRESHER. IN PARTICULAR, I'VE

57:41SEEN SOME BUDGETARY IMPACT

57:43STATEMENTS IN THE LAST YEAR

57:44THAT ARE PLAINLY INACCURATE.

57:47THAT'S A SYSTEMIC FAILURE.

57:49THERE IS SOME QUESTION ABOUT

57:50WHETHER IMPACT STATEMENTS CAN

57:51BE AMENDED. I THINK THAT'S

57:54THAT'S ONLY A QUESTION WE

57:55SHOULD BE HAVING IF WE HAVE OUR

57:57HOUSE IN ORDER AND HOW THEY'RE

57:59WRITTEN. BUT IF WE'RE SERIOUS

58:00ABOUT HAVING RIGOROUS

58:01CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE STAFF

58:02TIME NEEDED TO STAND UP

58:04LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES, THEN

58:04WE SHOULD PROBABLY ALSO BE

58:06SERIOUS ABOUT THE IMPACT

58:07STATEMENTS. AND WE WILL NEED A

58:09MUCH MORE TRANSPARENT AND

58:11RELIABLE PROCESS FOR THOSE

58:12STATEMENTS THAN WE HAVE NOW.

58:13BUT AS FOR TONIGHT, THOUGH, I

58:15THINK YOU HAVE A POINT, BUT

58:16IT'S NOT A CHANGE THAT THAT

58:18WILL MEANINGFULLY IMPACT THE

58:19ACTUAL EFFECT OF THE

58:20LEGISLATION. AND SO I WON'T BE

58:22SUPPORTIVE OF THE AMENDMENT,

58:23BUT WE ARE, OF COURSE, WELCOME

58:25TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS HOWEVER

58:26YOU WANT. HOWEVER, I WILL SAY

58:28TO CITY ADMINISTRATOR LEE, TO

58:30DCA OLIVEIRA, TO DIRECTOR

58:32LEVINE, DIRECTOR LEVINE, I

58:33WOULD PERSONALLY APPRECIATE TO

58:35SEE SOME MORE MEASURED LANGUAGE

58:36IN THESE IMPACT STATEMENTS WHEN

58:37FUTURE LEGISLATION THAT MAY

58:39ACTUALLY APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR

58:41THIS PROJECT COMES BEFORE US.

58:43SO THANK YOU. COUNCILOR.

58:45MORILLO. AND THEN. COUNCILOR.

58:47KOYAMA LANE.

58:49>> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THIS,

58:51COUNCILOR GREEN, THANK YOU FOR

58:52BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I, I

58:54FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT IT. AND

58:56I THINK THAT MY YES VOTE ON

58:58THIS WILL BE CONTINGENT ON THIS

59:00AMENDMENT PASSING FOR A FEW

59:02REASONS. I DON'T THINK THAT US

59:04AS COUNCILORS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO

59:06PASS POLICIES WITHOUT MAKING

59:08PRETTY ROBUST IMPACT STATEMENTS

59:10THAT HAVE BEEN WIELDED VERY

59:13STRONGLY AND POLITICALLY AT

59:15TIMES, AND YOU'LL GET CRUCIFIED

59:18IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GOOD, WELL

59:19DONE IMPACT STATEMENT, AND YOUR

59:23POLICY WILL NOT HOLD UP TO

59:24SCRUTINY IF IT'S NOT THERE. AND

59:26WHO GETS TO PASS A POLICY

59:28WITHOUT A STRONG IMPACT

59:29STATEMENT ALSO VARIES. SO

59:32BECAUSE OF THAT, I COULD NOT

59:34POSSIBLY THINK OF A POLICY OR

59:37AN AGREEMENT THAT REQUIRES A

59:38HIGHER SCRUTINY IN AN IMPACT

59:40STATEMENT THAN THIS ONE. AND SO

59:42BECAUSE OF THAT, I WILL BE

59:44SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT. I

59:46THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY

59:48CRITICAL, AND THERE HAVE BEEN A

59:52LOT OF NUMBERS THAT HAVE

59:53FLOATED AROUND THAT HAVE

59:55CONFUSED US, THAT HAVE CONFUSED

59:57THE PUBLIC ON WHAT THE REAL

59:59THINGS ARE THAT WE'RE LOOKING

1:00:01AT, AND WE CAN'T GET TO THE

1:00:02HEART OF THIS NEGOTIATION WITH

1:00:04ANY CLARITY IF WE DON'T HAVE

1:00:06THOSE FACTS BEFORE US. SO AGAIN,

1:00:09THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS

1:00:10FORWARD. I WILL BE SUPPORTIVE

1:00:12OF THAT. AND IF THE AMENDMENT

1:00:13PASSES, I WILL BE SUPPORTING. I

1:00:15COULD SUPPORT THE UNDERLYING.

1:00:16>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MORILLO.

1:00:18COUNCILOR KOYAMA LANE.

1:00:19>> I'M ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF THIS

1:00:21AMENDMENT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR

1:00:22GREEN. YOU KNOW, JUST TO

1:00:25REITERATE, IT DOESN'T AMEND

1:00:27LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE. IT'S

1:00:29THE IMPACT STATEMENT. AND I

1:00:30THINK IT MAKES THAT MORE

1:00:32ACCURATE. AND IT WOULD HELP ME

1:00:34FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE

1:00:35MOVING FORWARD ON THIS. I, I

1:00:37THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT

1:00:38THAT WE ARE BEING CLEAR AND

1:00:39PRESENTING THE FACTS WHEN WE'RE

1:00:40PUTTING THINGS INTO THE PUBLIC

1:00:43RECORD AND HOPE THAT WE CAN

1:00:44PASS THIS AMENDMENT.

1:00:47>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR KOYAMA

1:00:48LANE COUNCILOR SMITH.

1:00:51>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,

1:00:54WHO ACTUALLY.

1:00:55>> WROTE THE IMPACT STATEMENT.

1:01:01>> I WANT TO RAISE THEIR HAND

1:01:02UP.

1:01:03>> IS THAT SOMEONE? THANK YOU.

1:01:15THANK YOU. DCA OLIVEIRA. I

1:01:18FORGOT YOUR NAME.

1:01:19>> OH, CARL. YEAH.

1:01:20>> HI, CARL. I'M LORETTA. SO

1:01:27I'VE SEEN THESE IMPACT

1:01:29STATEMENTS AND WE'VE DONE THEM

1:01:30IN OUR OFFICE. AND THE POINT

1:01:33THAT COUNCILOR GREENE IS MAKING,

1:01:38WILL THAT CHANGE? DOES IT

1:01:41CHANGE? IS IT I MEAN. IF WE

1:01:45CHANGE IT IS IT A MATERIAL

1:01:47CHANGE? IS IT A BIG DEAL?

1:01:51EXPLAIN THAT TO ME BECAUSE I'M

1:01:53NOT SURE WHAT THIS IS THE FIRST

1:01:54TIME THAT I'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN

1:01:56BECAUSE I WE APPROVED A WHOLE

1:01:57NEW DEPARTMENT WITHOUT EVEN

1:02:00HAVING A BUDGET. SO I DON'T

1:02:03KNOW WHAT FOLKS ARE TALKING

1:02:05ABOUT.

1:02:06>> I THANK YOU FOR THE

1:02:07QUESTIONS. COUNCILOR DONNIE

1:02:09OLIVEIRA FOR THE RECORD COUNCIL,

1:02:10I'M JOINED BY CARL LYALL,

1:02:13SPECTATOR VENUE MANAGER. FIRST

1:02:15QUESTION YOU ASKED WAS WHO

1:02:16DRAFTED IT? CARL DRAFTED IT

1:02:19WITH SUPPORT FROM CITY

1:02:20ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. IT WAS BASED

1:02:22ON THE STUDY THAT WAS

1:02:23CONTEMPLATED WHEN THE BRIDGE

1:02:24AGREEMENT WAS DRAFTED BACK IN

1:02:272023. AS FAR AS THE SECOND

1:02:30QUESTION OF THE IMPACT TO THE

1:02:32ORDINANCE, AS ALREADY STATED,

1:02:34THIS DOESN'T CHANGE THE

1:02:35UNDERLYING TERM SHEET OR THE

1:02:36ORDINANCE. IT JUST REDACTS KEY

1:02:39LANGUAGE WITHIN THE THE

1:02:40FINDINGS. I JUST WANT TO USE

1:02:41THE MOMENT TO ALSO JUST

1:02:44EMPHASIZE THAT IF AND WHEN THE

1:02:48CITY COMES BACK TO COUNCIL WITH

1:02:50DEFINITIVE DOCUMENTS, THE FULL

1:02:51EXPECTATION IS WE WILL HAVE A

1:02:53MORE COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF

1:02:54THE OF THE DETAILS OF A DEAL

1:02:56THAT WOULD INFORM AN UPDATED

1:02:59IMPACT, BOTH POSITIVE AND

1:03:01NEGATIVE, RIGHT, BOTH TO

1:03:02COFFERS AND TO THE UNDERLYING

1:03:04IMPACTS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN

1:03:06OUR CITY. BASED ON A RENOVATED

1:03:08VENUE. WE DO NOT HAVE THOSE

1:03:09DETAILS OR WE INCLUDED THEM, SO

1:03:12WE USE THE BEST OF WHAT WE HAD

1:03:13TODAY, WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS

1:03:15STILL MATERIAL. BUT IT DOES NOT

1:03:17CHANGE THE UNDERLYING TO REMOVE

1:03:18THAT LANGUAGE.

1:03:19>> SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING

1:03:20THAT WE NEED TO DIE ON THE VINE

1:03:22ABOUT, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE

1:03:24BINDING CONTRACT THAT'S COMING

1:03:26OUT IN IN DECEMBER. THIS IS

1:03:28JUST OUR IGA. AND WHILE YOU'RE

1:03:33SITTING HERE, I WANT TO ADDRESS

1:03:34A QUESTION TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY

1:03:36BECAUSE HE HIS OFFICE IS THE

1:03:38OFFICE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO TELL

1:03:40US WHETHER OR NOT THE IMPACT

1:03:41STATEMENT IS GOOD OR BAD. AND

1:03:43SO WHEN I'M PUTTING SOME

1:03:44SOMETHING FORWARD, I GIVE IT TO

1:03:48ROBERT TAYLOR'S OFFICE AND THEY

1:03:50TELL ME. AND SO I LISTEN TO

1:03:52THEM. SO FOR ME, I CAN'T TELL

1:03:54YOU THAT IT IS WRITTEN WITH

1:04:00THAT IT'S NOT WRITTEN, THAT

1:04:01IT'S WRITTEN POORLY OR, YOU

1:04:03KNOW, IT IT I DON'T WANT TO GET

1:04:05INTO THE WEEDS ON THIS. I JUST

1:04:07THIS IS NOT AN IMPORTANT

1:04:10ELEMENT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

1:04:11THE IGA ITSELF IS THE MEAT AND

1:04:16POTATOES OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING

1:04:18TO APPROVE HERE TODAY IS THAT,

1:04:20YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'VE PUT

1:04:21THESE IMPACT STATEMENTS THROUGH

1:04:23AND YEAH, WE WRITE THEM WITH

1:04:26OUR BEST ESTIMATE. BUT IT'S THE

1:04:29IT'S NOT THE, WHEREAS IT'S THE

1:04:31THEREFORE. SO THAT'S, THAT'S

1:04:33WHAT I LOOK AT. AND I WON'T

1:04:35HOLD THIS, THIS, THIS IGA UP ON

1:04:39AN IMPACT STATEMENT. I THINK

1:04:40IT'S. WE WE'VE, WE'VE APPROVED

1:04:45ORDINANCES WITHOUT HAVING A

1:04:46FULL BUDGET. I THINK THAT'S

1:04:48EGREGIOUS. BUT THAT'S A WHOLE

1:04:50NOTHER ISSUE. BUT I JUST WANTED

1:04:53TO KNOW. CARL, THANK YOU FOR

1:04:55PUTTING THAT FORWARD. I LOOK

1:04:56FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THE WHAT

1:04:58THE FINAL PRODUCT IS GOING TO

1:05:00BE IN DECEMBER.

1:05:04>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SMITH.

1:05:06COUNCILOR PIRTLE-GUINEY.

1:05:09>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

1:05:10AND I WILL JUST START BY SAYING

1:05:12THAT I. I THINK I AGREE WITH

1:05:15EVERY SINGLE THING. COUNCIL

1:05:17PRESIDENT, THAT YOU SAID ABOUT

1:05:19THIS. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO

1:05:24TRUST THAT IMPACT STATEMENTS

1:05:26ARE NEUTRAL. AND MAYBE THESE

1:05:30ARE BOTH NEUTRAL, I DON'T KNOW,

1:05:32BUT I CERTAINLY CAN'T IN 20

1:05:36MINUTES, DO MY OWN DUE

1:05:37DILIGENCE TO DETERMINE IF WHICH

1:05:40ONE IS WHICH ONE IS BETTER,

1:05:42WHICH ONE IS MORE ACCURATE. SO

1:05:45I JUST WANT TO USE THIS MOMENT

1:05:48TO MAKE A PLUG. AS WE CONTINUE

1:05:50TO CHIP AWAY AT THE THINGS WE

1:05:52NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE WE ARE

1:05:54OPERATING AS A PROFESSIONAL

1:05:55BODY, THAT PROFESSIONALIZING

1:05:57OUR IMPACT STATEMENTS STAYS ON

1:05:58THAT LIST. AND COUNCIL

1:06:02PRESIDENT, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE

1:06:03COUNTING DOWN THE NEXT TWO

1:06:05MONTHS, BUT WHOEVER IS IN THAT

1:06:07SEAT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR DAIS

1:06:08NEXT, I HOPE THAT THIS IS ON

1:06:10THE LIST THAT YOU KEEP TICKING

1:06:12THROUGH ON PROFESSIONALIZING

1:06:13OUR BODY. WE NEED TO HAVE A

1:06:16SOURCE FOR THESE STATEMENTS

1:06:19THAT WE CAN ALL TRUST, WHERE

1:06:21WE'RE NOT BEING ASKED TO

1:06:23EVALUATE WHICH FINANCIAL

1:06:24STATEMENT IS MORE ACCURATE. IN

1:06:2620 MINUTES ON THE DAIS, WHICH I

1:06:28DON'T THINK ANY OF US CAN

1:06:31REASONABLY DO. SO I JUST HOPE

1:06:34THAT THAT CONTINUES TO BE

1:06:35SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING TOWARD.

1:06:37THANK YOU.

1:06:38>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR

1:06:39PIRTLE-GUINEY COUNCILOR NOVICK.

1:06:41>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. SO

1:06:44I APOLOGIZE FOR ENGAGING IN

1:06:46LINE BY LINE STUFF HERE, BUT I

1:06:48JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT I REALLY

1:06:50LIKE PART OF WHAT COUNCILOR

1:06:51GREEN HAS DONE. I'M NOT SURE

1:06:52ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHERS. I'M

1:06:54JUST GOING TO SPELL OUT IF I

1:06:55WERE, YOU KNOW, ON THE SPUR OF

1:06:57THE MOMENT TO SAY WHAT THIS WAS,

1:06:59WHAT I WOULD VOTE FOR, THIS IS

1:07:01WHAT I WOULD VOTE FOR. I WOULD

1:07:04I'M PERFECTLY OKAY WITH GETTING

1:07:05RID OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH

1:07:08THAT YOU'RE STRIKING OUT THE

1:07:09ECONOMIC ACTIVITY TO THE REGION

1:07:11AND STATE OF THE COURT, BLAH,

1:07:12BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, ENDING WITH

1:07:146.6 BILLION TO THE ROSE QUARTER

1:07:15CAMPUS. SO I'M TOTALLY OKAY

1:07:18WITH GETTING RID OF THAT

1:07:19PARAGRAPH. THE NEXT PARAGRAPH,

1:07:21I THINK, IS MORE OF A STATEMENT

1:07:23OF FACT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF

1:07:24IT'S NECESSARY, BUT I'M A

1:07:27LITTLE LESS EXCITED ABOUT

1:07:28GETTING RID OF THAT. AND THEN

1:07:31I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH SAYING A

1:07:33ROBUST AND INDEPENDENTLY

1:07:34VERIFIABLE ANALYSIS HAS NOT

1:07:35BEEN PERFORMED BECAUSE THAT

1:07:37THEN I'M SORT OF CASTING

1:07:38ASPERSIONS ON THE ECONOMIC

1:07:39IMPACT ANALYSIS BY THE CITY,

1:07:41AND I DON'T FEEL COMPETENT TO

1:07:42CAST ASPERSIONS ON IT. SO IN

1:07:44THE NEXT PARAGRAPH, I WOULD BE

1:07:45OKAY WITH NOT HAVING YOUR

1:07:47INTRODUCTORY ROBUST LANGUAGE,

1:07:48BUT HAVING THE SUGGESTED

1:07:50LANGUAGE AND THEN HAVING THE.

1:07:52THIS REPORT RELIED UPON METHODS,

1:07:54DATA, AND ASSUMPTIONS. SO I

1:07:58APOLOGIZE FOR THAT LINE BY LINE,

1:08:01BUT I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF

1:08:02GETTING RID OF THAT ONE

1:08:04PARAGRAPH. I'M JUST NOT SURE I

1:08:05CAN GO ALONG WITH THE REST OF

1:08:07IT.

1:08:07>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR NOVICK

1:08:09COUNCILOR KANAL.

1:08:10>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,

1:08:12I, I GUESS MY QUESTION, I'M

1:08:13GOING TO START WITH A VERY THE

1:08:15EASIEST PART UP TO THOSE TWO

1:08:17WORDS BEING ADDED TO THE FIRST

1:08:19PARAGRAPH, SECOND LINE OF THE

1:08:21ECONOMIC AND REAL ESTATE

1:08:22DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS. THAT SEEMS

1:08:23LIKE TAKING AN INACCURACY AND

1:08:25MAKING IT ACCURATE. RIGHT. HAS

1:08:27SOMETHING CHANGED? I GUESS IS

1:08:29MY FIRST QUESTION. IS IT NO

1:08:31LONGER UP TO 573? IS IT NOW 573?

1:08:37>> I'M LOOK, I'M GETTING UP TO

1:08:38SPEED UP TO.

1:08:40>> 573 YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK

1:08:41THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S ACCURATE,

1:08:43RIGHT? I MEAN, IT WAS PROPOSED

1:08:44UP TO 573. WHAT ACTUALLY WILL

1:08:48BE THE PROPOSED DEAL. YOU KNOW

1:08:50HASN'T BEEN DRAFTED YET. RIGHT.

1:08:51SO SO I THINK I THINK THE THE

1:08:53REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO

1:08:54REMEMBER HERE IS THAT THIS

1:08:55ACTION IS ABOUT THE JOINT

1:08:57AUTHORITY. ONLY THE INFORMATION

1:09:00INCLUDED IN THE IMPACT

1:09:01STATEMENT ABOUT THE BROADER

1:09:02PROJECT WAS REALLY JUST

1:09:03INCLUDED. BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE

1:09:05TODAY, WHICH ISN'T IDEAL. IT

1:09:07ISN'T EVERYTHING DOESN'T ANSWER

1:09:08EVERYBODY'S QUESTION. THAT'S

1:09:09WHAT WE HAD. AND IT WAS

1:09:10PROVIDED AS CONTEXT FOR SORT OF

1:09:12THE BIGGER PROJECT. LIKE IT IS

1:09:13THE REASON THERE WOULD BE AN

1:09:15IGA TO ESTABLISH A JOINT

1:09:16AUTHORITY. BUT THE ACTION

1:09:17THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU IS, IS

1:09:19NOT MAKING THOSE DECISIONS.

1:09:21THOSE ARE ALL COMING LATER. SO

1:09:23I THINK THAT'S JUST.

1:09:24>> I UNDERSTAND. YEAH, I'M NOT

1:09:26MAKING A BROADER COMMENT ON, ON

1:09:27THE IMPACT STATEMENT OR IMPACT

1:09:29STATEMENTS AT THIS MOMENT. I, I

1:09:31HAVE THOUGHTS ON THAT THAT WE

1:09:32SHOULD TALK ABOUT BECAUSE I

1:09:34THINK THE DISCUSSION STARTED BY

1:09:35COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND CARRIED

1:09:37ON BY BY COUNCILOR

1:09:39PIRTLE-GUINEY IS IS MEANINGFUL

1:09:40TO GET INTO. BUT I DO THINK

1:09:43IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT IT MAKES

1:09:45A THING THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE

1:09:47FACTUAL, THAT IS CURRENTLY NOT

1:09:50FULLY ACCURATE, WOULD MAKE IT

1:09:52MORE ACCURATE TO ADD THE TWO

1:09:54WORDS UP TO. SO MY QUESTION

1:09:57WOULD BE IN THAT CONTEXT, IS

1:09:59THAT SOMETHING THAT THAT WOULD

1:10:01JUST AS A STARTING POINT, IS

1:10:02THAT SOMETHING THAT FOLKS WOULD

1:10:04BE WILLING TO AMEND IN? AND I

1:10:05GUESS THAT'S SPECIFIC TO

1:10:07COUNCILOR NOVICK BECAUSE YOU

1:10:08MENTIONED EVERY OTHER PART, BUT

1:10:09I THINK YOU DIDN'T MENTION THAT

1:10:11PART SPECIFICALLY. AND COUNCIL

1:10:13PRESIDENT, THANKS.

1:10:17>> IS THAT A DIRECT, SPECIFIC

1:10:19ANSWER AT THIS TIME? I'M NOT

1:10:21ACTUALLY COMFORTABLE WITH

1:10:22AMENDING THE IMPACT STATEMENT

1:10:25REGARDLESS.

1:10:28>> SO THEN WITH 70% OF OUR

1:10:31LEGISLATION COMING FROM THE

1:10:33ADMINISTRATION, THAT THAT

1:10:36CREATES REASONS. THESE ARE

1:10:37PREMISES FOR FUTURE PIECES OF

1:10:40LEGISLATION. PEOPLE COME BACK

1:10:42AND CITE THIS STUFF. IF THERE'S

1:10:45A BIGGER PRECEDENT QUESTION,

1:10:47THEN OF IF WE CAN'T AMEND

1:10:48IMPACT STATEMENTS, THEN WE'RE

1:10:50GOING TO NEED TO BE VOTING NO

1:10:51ON A LOT MORE THINGS. AND I

1:10:53DON'T THINK I'VE NEVER SEEN

1:10:55ANYTHING LEGAL SUGGESTING THAT

1:10:57WE CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S

1:11:00IT'S HOW WE, YOU KNOW, IN A

1:11:01RESOLUTION, EVEN WE, WE TALK

1:11:03ABOUT WORDING THINGS IN

1:11:04SPECIFIC WAYS. WE TALK ABOUT

1:11:06HAVING THE WAY IN WHICH THE,

1:11:07THE SAME IDEA IS DESCRIBED. WE

1:11:10CHANGE NAMES OF THINGS. IT'S

1:11:13THE SAME IDEA IN TERMS OF THE

1:11:15WAY WE. WE SUMMARIZE WHAT AN

1:11:18IMPACT IS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THAT

1:11:19IS DONE SOMEWHAT SUBJECTIVELY,

1:11:23IF NOT NECESSARILY HOW

1:11:24SOMETHING'S DESCRIBED, BUT

1:11:25WHAT'S INCLUDED AND WHAT'S NOT

1:11:26INCLUDED. RIGHT IS A SUBJECTIVE

1:11:28CHOICE TO. SO I, I'M A LITTLE

1:11:30CONCERNED ABOUT THAT PIECE FROM

1:11:32THE BROADER PHILOSOPHY OF IT.

1:11:33AND I DON'T LOVE THE IDEA OF WE

1:11:35HAVE TO GET THIS RIGHT, BUT

1:11:37NOW'S NOT THE TIME WHEN THIS IS

1:11:38ONE OF THE LARGER ISSUES THAT

1:11:40WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THE

1:11:41WHOLE YEAR. THANKS.

1:11:44>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR KANAL.

1:11:46COUNCILOR. KOYAMA LANE.

1:11:49>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT

1:11:51AND I WANT TO CALL OUT AND

1:11:52APPRECIATE COUNCILOR

1:11:53PIRTLE-GUINEY FOR JUST MAKING

1:11:55SURE IT'S REALLY CLEAR THAT WE

1:11:57NEED TO BE WORKING ON

1:11:59PROFESSIONALIZING OUR IMPACT

1:12:01STATEMENTS SO THERE CAN BE

1:12:03TRUST. SO THERE'S, THERE'S A

1:12:05REAL PROCESS THAT THAT WE ALL

1:12:08UNDERSTAND AND IS CLEARLY

1:12:09OUTLINED. I AGREE THAT THAT

1:12:10NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY. AND

1:12:11WE'RE ONLY ABOUT 21 ISH MONTHS

1:12:13INTO THIS NEW FORM OF

1:12:14GOVERNMENT. SO THERE'S STILL

1:12:16WORK TO DO. IT MAKES SENSE. I

1:12:18ALSO APPRECIATED WHAT COUNCILOR

1:12:19SMITH WAS SAYING. YOU KNOW, THE

1:12:21MEAT OF THIS REALLY IS THE IGA.

1:12:23IT'S THE ORDINANCE. I, I DON'T

1:12:26WANT US TO GET TOO HUNG UP ON

1:12:29THE IMPACT STATEMENT. AND

1:12:30THAT'S ALSO WHY I THINK THAT IF

1:12:34WE COULD MAYBE JUST DO A LITTLE

1:12:35WORK ON THAT, SINCE IT IS NOT

1:12:37THE MEAT OF IT, AND WE COULD

1:12:39MAYBE BRING ALONG THREE MORE,

1:12:41FOUR MORE, MAYBE FIVE MORE

1:12:43COUNCILORS ALONG ALONG THIS. I

1:12:45THINK THAT WOULD REALLY BE

1:12:48IDEAL. I'VE BEEN REALLY HONEST

1:12:49AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER.

1:12:51I'VE BEEN VERY WARY OF PUTTING

1:12:53PUBLIC DOLLARS TOWARDS A

1:12:55PROJECT LIKE THIS, UNLESS

1:12:56THERE'S REALLY CLEAR PUBLIC

1:12:58BENEFITS. AND ALSO I SEE THAT

1:13:01THE JOINT AUTHORITY IS REALLY

1:13:03JUST A REQUIREMENT STEP FOR

1:13:05MOVING FORWARD, THAT IT'S

1:13:06IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE SHOWING

1:13:08NBA, THE COMMISSIONERS, THAT

1:13:09LIKE WE ARE ADULTS IN THE ROOM,

1:13:11WE'RE COMING TO THE TABLE. I

1:13:12WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE OUR

1:13:14BODY KIND OF COME TOGETHER A

1:13:15LITTLE BIT. I AM WONDERING IF

1:13:20IT'S POSSIBLE FOR US TO EVEN

1:13:22HAVE A SHORT RECESS IF

1:13:25COUNCILOR, NOVICK AND GREEN AND

1:13:27MAYBE KANAL CAN DO A LITTLE BIT

1:13:30OF WORKSHOPPING. I DON'T KNOW

1:13:31IF YOU THREE ARE OPEN TO THAT

1:13:32AND SEEING IF THERE'S A COUPLE

1:13:34CHANGES THAT CAN BE MADE. IS

1:13:38THAT SOMETHING.

1:13:40>> COUNCILOR GREEN? YEAH, FEEL

1:13:41FREE TO RESPOND.

1:13:43>> THANKS. COUNCILOR KOYAMA

1:13:44LANE, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE

1:13:46SPIRIT AND THE OFFICER OFFICE.

1:13:47OUR OFFER. I DON'T THINK I HAVE

1:13:50APPETITE FOR THAT, ONLY JUST

1:13:52BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S

1:13:53GOING TO RESULT IN AN AMENDMENT

1:13:56THAT PEOPLE CAN THAT NINE

1:13:58PEOPLE CAN ACCEPT TONIGHT. THIS

1:14:00IS THE SECOND READING OF AN

1:14:01ORDINANCE, AND I DON'T WANT TO

1:14:03BE OVERLY DIFFICULT ON THIS,

1:14:04BUT I WANTED TO LAY INTO THE

1:14:06RECORD MY SERIOUS RESERVATIONS,

1:14:07AND WE'RE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.

1:14:09SO. SO I FEEL LIKE I AGREE WITH

1:14:11COUNCILOR DUNPHY AND COUNCILOR

1:14:13PIRTLE-GUINEY IN RECOGNIZING

1:14:14THAT WE NEED WE DO NEED TO

1:14:16TIGHTEN THIS UP AS A PRACTICE

1:14:17GOING FORWARD. I BUT I'M NOT

1:14:19THE ONLY ONE UP HERE. SO IF WE

1:14:21IF THERE'S APPETITE FOR FOLKS

1:14:22TO KEEP THAT GOING, I WON'T

1:14:23STAND IN YOUR WAY, BUT I. BUT

1:14:25AS THE CARRIER OF THIS

1:14:26AMENDMENT, I'M NOT PARTICULARLY.

1:14:28I DON'T NEED THAT TONIGHT, BUT

1:14:31I CAN I CAN MAKE SOME FINAL

1:14:33COMMENTS ON WHY WHY THESE ARE

1:14:35IMPORTANT AND WHY I SAID WHAT I

1:14:36SAID TO PUT THIS INTO THE

1:14:38RECORD. THAT'S IMPORTANT. BUT

1:14:40I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW IF YOU

1:14:42FEEL LIKE THAT'S SUFFICIENT.

1:14:47>> SO I'M HEARING YOUR YOUR

1:14:48BIGGEST CONCERNS IS THAT THIS

1:14:50IS A SECOND READING. SO WE

1:14:51WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY

1:14:52CLAUSE TO GET IT DONE TONIGHT.

1:14:54AND WE'RE WORKING ON A TIME

1:14:56CONSTRAINT WHERE WE REALLY NEED

1:14:57THIS TO BE VOTED ON TONIGHT.

1:15:01>> WE WOULD APPRECIATE A VOTE

1:15:02TONIGHT. COUNCILOR. YES. THANK

1:15:03YOU.

1:15:07>> WELL I'M DISAPPOINTED. I'D

1:15:09LIKE TO SEE US BE ABLE TO KIND

1:15:11OF COME TOGETHER AROUND THIS

1:15:13ADMINISTRATIVE PART. BUT I DO

1:15:14UNDERSTAND THAT NINE VOTES IS

1:15:16HARDER THAN SEVEN. WHAT? SORRY.

1:15:22HEARING. MUMBLING. MY QUESTION

1:15:26TO YOU. TO YOU ALL. AND IT

1:15:27MIGHT BE MOOT AT THIS POINT,

1:15:29BUT WOULD IT STILL BE WORKABLE

1:15:31FOR YOU ALL IF THERE WERE

1:15:32ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO THE IMPACT

1:15:34STATEMENT TO BE MOVING THIS

1:15:36FORWARD? OR DO YOU HAVE BIG

1:15:37FLAGS AROUND THAT?

1:15:39>> CHANGING THE IMPACT

1:15:40STATEMENT IS DOES NOT

1:15:41MATERIALLY CHANGE THE ORDINANCE.

1:15:42WE HAVE NO NO CONCERNS ABOUT

1:15:44THE STATEMENT CHANGING.

1:15:46>> OKAY. SO THAT SEEMS PRETTY

1:15:48CLEAR TO ME, AND I THINK IT'S

1:15:50WORTH IT FOR US TO JUST TAKE A

1:15:54RECESS. I COULD USE THE

1:15:55BATHROOM ANYWAY RIGHT NOW, AND

1:15:59TAKE A LITTLE TIME AND SEE IF

1:16:01WE CAN FIND SOME AGREEMENT AND

1:16:03MAYBE GET NINE PEOPLE ON BOARD.

1:16:06I THINK IT'S WORTH IT. OKAY.

1:16:09>> THAT'S IT.

1:16:10>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR KOYAMA

1:16:11LANE, COUNCILOR GREEN.

1:16:16>> YEAH, I JUST HAD GOTTEN BACK

1:16:17INTO THE QUEUE BECAUSE I JUST

1:16:19WANTED TO SAY THE REASON WHY I

1:16:22FIRST OF ALL, I SHOULD HAVE

1:16:24DONE THIS LAST WEEK SO WE COULD

1:16:26ACTUALLY WORKSHOP THIS. THIS IS

1:16:27THE SECOND READING. SO MY

1:16:29APOLOGIES ON THAT. BUT I DIDN'T

1:16:31WANT TO JUST VOTE NO WITHOUT

1:16:34LAYING SOME PRINCIPLES INTO

1:16:36INTO PRACTICE, BECAUSE I

1:16:37ACTUALLY DO AGREE WITH THE IGA.

1:16:39I THINK IT'S A FINE APPROACH.

1:16:40SO THE REASON WHY I SAID IT IS

1:16:42I THINK IT IS A STATEMENT OF

1:16:44FACT TO SAY THAT A ROBUST AND

1:16:46INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIABLE

1:16:47ECONOMIC ANALYSIS HAS NOT BEEN

1:16:48PERFORMED BECAUSE IT HASN'T

1:16:49BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT

1:16:51AT THIS BODY SINCE WE'VE

1:16:52STARTED DISCUSSING THIS, LIKE

1:16:54WE DID 1 IN 2023, BUT WE'VE HAD

1:16:57WORK SESSIONS ON THE

1:16:58SHORTCOMINGS OF THAT. WE'VE

1:16:59ALSO TALKED ABOUT THAT IN OTHER

1:17:01VENUES WHERE IT'S NOT AS PUBLIC.

1:17:02AND SO THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR TO

1:17:04THE PUBLIC, I THINK. AND I

1:17:06THINK EVEN OUR OWN CITY STAFF

1:17:09HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED THAT WE

1:17:10HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT

1:17:12REFRESH ANALYSIS, BECAUSE WE

1:17:13HAVE NOT HAD THE PARTNERSHIP

1:17:14FROM THE PEOPLE WE WOULD NEED

1:17:16HELP TO DO THAT WITH. AND SO I

1:17:18THINK THAT'S JUST A GENERALLY

1:17:19ACKNOWLEDGED FACT. PUTTING THAT

1:17:20IN THERE WAS FOR ME TO SAY, WE

1:17:23KNOW THIS AND GIVEN THIS

1:17:25INFORMATION, WE ARE COMFORTABLE

1:17:27WITH WHAT FOLLOWS. WHAT'S THE

1:17:29UNDERLYING IS. AND SO IF

1:17:30THERE'S NOT APPETITE TO PLAY

1:17:31AROUND WITH THIS ON THAT, I

1:17:34DON'T NEED TO DRAG US OUT ANY

1:17:36LONGER. WE HAVE OTHER IMPORTANT

1:17:37BUSINESS TO GET TO TONIGHT. WE

1:17:39HAVE A HANDGUN ORDINANCE OR A

1:17:40CONCEALED CARRY ORDINANCE THAT

1:17:42I ACTUALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT

1:17:43TONIGHT. SO THAT'S, THAT'S PART

1:17:44OF MY HESITATION FOR NOT

1:17:45WANTING TO RECESS AND, AND WORK

1:17:47THROUGH THE THIS PROCESS. I

1:17:49DON'T THINK COUNCILOR NOVICK

1:17:50WANTS TO DO THAT. SO I'M NOT

1:17:52SURE WHO WHERE WE WOULD GET

1:17:54WITH THAT. SO I'LL JUST SAY MY

1:17:55PIECE THERE AND LEAVE IT AT

1:17:57THAT.

1:17:57>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GREEN,

1:17:59COUNCILOR SMITH.

1:18:01>> COUNCILOR GREEN, I DO NOT

1:18:02WANT TO DO THAT. I DON'T HAVE

1:18:04THE APPETITE FOR IT. I'M VERY

1:18:05EXCITED ABOUT TODAY BECAUSE IT

1:18:07IS OPENING NIGHT FOR THE

1:18:09BLAZERS. OUR NEW OWNER IS IN

1:18:12TOWN AND EVERY LITTLE NITPICK

1:18:16THAT WE MAKE IS AN OPPORTUNITY

1:18:17FOR HIM TO SAY THAT THIS IS

1:18:19JUST THE CRAZIEST COUNCIL EVER,

1:18:22AND HE DOESN'T WANT TO STAY

1:18:23HERE IN PORTLAND. WHEN WE KNOW

1:18:26THAT, I'M GOING TO LET YOU ALL

1:18:28TALK IF Y'ALL ARE GOING TO TALK.

1:18:31>> COUNCILOR ALEX, CAN WE HAVE

1:18:32ORDER PLEASE?

1:18:33>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GET ORDER.

1:18:36SO. I WOULD LIKE TO NOT DO THIS.

1:18:41COUNCILOR GREEN, I APPRECIATE

1:18:42THIS, BUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF

1:18:44THAT YOU REALLY TOOK THIS

1:18:45SERIOUSLY BECAUSE YOU SHOULD

1:18:47HAVE DONE IT LAST WEEK. AND IF

1:18:49YOU IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT

1:18:50YOU FELT STRONGLY ABOUT, WE

1:18:51SHOULD WE COULD HAVE BEEN

1:18:53WORKING ON THIS OVER THE LAST

1:18:54WEEK, BUT THIS HAPPENS TIME

1:18:56AFTER TIME THAT PEOPLE BRING

1:18:58SERIOUS THINGS AND WANT PEOPLE

1:19:00TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY WHEN THEY

1:19:01BRING IT FROM THE DAIS ABOUT

1:19:03VERY SERIOUS ISSUES. AND SO I,

1:19:06FOR ONE, DON'T WANT TO SPEND

1:19:08THE TIME ON IT. I THINK, WELL,

1:19:10LET'S TAKE A VOTE. THAT'S WHAT

1:19:11I'M SAYING. TAKE THE VOTE.

1:19:15COUNCIL PRESIDENT, CALL THE

1:19:16VOTE.

1:19:17>> OKAY. I WANT TO GET US

1:19:18THROUGH THE I'M COLLEAGUES. I'M

1:19:20GOING TO CALL ON MY ON

1:19:21COUNCILOR RYAN AND THEN I'M

1:19:22CLOSING THE QUEUE. SO ANYONE

1:19:23WHO WANTS TO SPEAK FURTHER ON

1:19:25THIS, PLEASE GET IN THE QUEUE.

1:19:26AND THEN WE WILL MOVE TO A VOTE

1:19:29ON GREEN ONE COUNCILOR RYAN,

1:19:30FOLLOWED BY AVALOS AND KANAL.

1:19:31>> YEAH. THANK YOU CHAIR,

1:19:33COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I WILL SAY

1:19:34THAT WHEN PROSPER PORTLAND'S

1:19:35HERE, I ALWAYS BRING IT UP. I'M

1:19:37THE ONE ON THE BODY THAT ALWAYS

1:19:38SAYS WE NEED TO WORK HARDER ON

1:19:40OUR ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENTS.

1:19:41SO I'M ALL INTO THAT. I'M NOT

1:19:43INTO DOING IT THE 11TH HOUR FOR

1:19:45ONE SPECIFIC ITEM, AND I'M

1:19:46READY TO VOTE. THANKS.

1:19:47>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR RYAN.

1:19:49COLLEAGUES, THE QUEUE IS NOW

1:19:51CLOSED. COUNCILOR AVALOS AND

1:19:52THEN KANAL.

1:19:54>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GREEN

1:19:55FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND

1:19:56YOU KNOW, WE YES, SURE. IT IS

1:20:00THE 11TH HOUR. AND ALSO

1:20:03SOMETIMES WE NEED TO MAKE HARD

1:20:04DECISIONS. WE NEED TO PUT

1:20:05SOMETHING FORWARD TO GET US TO

1:20:07YES ON A VOTE. AND THAT IS OUR

1:20:09JOB AS LEGISLATORS. AND NOTHING

1:20:10FORBIDS US FROM DOING THAT. SO

1:20:12I AM NOT GOING TO HEM AND HAW

1:20:14OVER A LEGISLATOR TAKING THE

1:20:16TIME TO PROPOSE A SOLUTION

1:20:18INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING NO, I'M

1:20:20VOTING NO. AND AND I'M NOT

1:20:21GOING TO TELL YOU WHY. THE

1:20:23COUNCILOR PUT TOGETHER A VISION,

1:20:26AN AMENDMENT, AND BROUGHT IT

1:20:27FORWARD FOR US TO DISCUSS. THAT

1:20:29IS LITERALLY OUR JOB. SO I AM

1:20:30GETTING PRETTY FED UP WITH

1:20:32HEARING OFTEN ON THIS DAIS THAT

1:20:34WE CAN'T DO IT NOW. WE

1:20:35SHOULDN'T TALK ABOUT IT. WE

1:20:36DON'T HAVE TIME TO DISCUSS IT.

1:20:38WE DON'T WANT TO PONDER IT.

1:20:39WELL, PONDER IT. THAT'S YOUR

1:20:41JOB. THAT'S YOUR JOB. SO THANK

1:20:44YOU, COUNCILOR. I PLAN ON

1:20:45SUPPORTING IT. I THINK THAT

1:20:46WHAT YOU'VE

1:20:47>> DONE. YOU KNOW, JUST THE

1:20:49SPIRIT OF WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, I

1:20:51AGREE WITH I ALSO DON'T HAVE

1:20:54TWO DON'T HAVE BIG ISSUES WITH

1:20:55THE IGA, PARTIALLY BECAUSE WE

1:20:57JUST NEED TO GET IT GOING RIGHT.

1:20:59I WANT TO JUST KNOW, DO WE HAVE

1:21:01A DEAL OR NOT? AND UNTIL WE GET

1:21:03THIS IGA FORWARD, WE CAN'T KNOW

1:21:04THAT. AND I NEED TO KNOW SO

1:21:06THAT I CAN PLAN FOR MY

1:21:08CONSTITUENTS BECAUSE I'M VERY

1:21:09CONCERNED. AS WE ALL KNOW,

1:21:10SINCE I VOTED NO ON THE TERM

1:21:12SHEET ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING

1:21:13TO IMPACT DISTRICT ONE. SO

1:21:14THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND FOR

1:21:16DOING THE JOB OF BEING A

1:21:18LEGISLATOR. I WOULD URGE MY

1:21:19COLLEAGUES TO DO THE SAME MORE

1:21:20OFTEN. THANKS.

1:21:22>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR AVALOS.

1:21:24COUNCILOR KANAL. OKAY, OKAY.

1:21:26SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.

1:21:28KEELAN. CAN WE PLEASE CALL THE

1:21:29ROLL ON GREEN ONE.

1:21:30>> MOVE BY GREEN. SECONDED BY

1:21:33WAS IT KOYAMA LANE.

1:21:35>> KOYAMA LANE.

1:21:35>> THANK YOU.

1:21:36>> CLERK NO GREEN.

1:21:40>> ZIMMERMAN.

1:21:43>> NO.

1:21:44>> AVALOS. AYE, MORILLO SMITH.

1:21:46>> NO.

1:21:48>> KANAL. PIRTLE-GUINEY.

1:21:51>> NO.

1:21:52>> RYAN.

1:21:53>> NO.

1:21:54>> KOYAMA LANE I. MORILLO I.

1:21:58>> NOVICK A RELUCTANT NO.

1:22:01>> DUNPHY NO.

1:22:02>> THE AMENDMENT FAILS WITH A

1:22:04VOTE OF FIVE EYES AND SEVEN

1:22:06DAYS.

1:22:07>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, IS

1:22:08THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OF

1:22:09THE EITHER THE ORDINANCE

1:22:13IMPLEMENTING OUR IGA OR THE

1:22:16REPORT APPOINTING MEMBERS.

1:22:18COUNCILOR KANAL.

1:22:19>> THANK YOU. I MENTIONED LAST

1:22:21WEEK THAT I'D BE VOTING NO ON

1:22:23THE THE ORDINANCE, AND I INTEND

1:22:26TO STICK WITH THAT. MY

1:22:28RATIONALE IS ENTIRELY BECAUSE I

1:22:30DO THINK IT'S FAIR TO EXPECT AS.

1:22:32AS COUNCILOR AVALOS REFERRED TO

1:22:33EARLIER, THAT IF YOU'RE GOING

1:22:34TO VOTE NO, YOU SHOULD SAY WHY?

1:22:36I THINK THAT'S A FAIR

1:22:37EXPECTATION THAT IT'S NOT FOR

1:22:39ME. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE IMPACT

1:22:40STATEMENT. IT'S ABOUT A A

1:22:42CONCERN. I'VE RAISED SEVERAL

1:22:43TIMES IN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT

1:22:46NOT HAVING THE ABILITY TO HAVE

1:22:48COUNCIL HAVE ANY INFLUENCE OVER

1:22:49THE FOLKS WHO ARE IN THERE IN

1:22:52TERMS OF APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY,

1:22:55EITHER AS A COUNCILOR OR AS A

1:22:56DESIGNEE OF THE COUNCIL,

1:22:58PROHIBITS US FROM HAVING THE

1:22:59LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY INTO THIS.

1:23:00THAT IS POSSIBLE. WE WERE ASKED

1:23:02FOR FEEDBACK. I ALSO OFFERED,

1:23:05WHAT IF THERE WAS A COUNCILOR

1:23:06OR COUNCIL DESIGNEE IN THERE AS

1:23:08A NONBINDING MEMBER, AND THAT

1:23:09WAS SAID THAT IT WOULD BE

1:23:11EXPLORED AND THEN CAME BACK AND

1:23:12DID NOT HAVE THAT AS AN OPTION.

1:23:14SO I'VE BEEN PRETTY

1:23:15DISAPPOINTED IN THAT. IT'S NOT

1:23:16THAT I THINK THAT THE FOLKS WHO

1:23:18ARE GOING TO BE APPOINTED IN

1:23:20THE REPORT ARE NOT QUALIFIED.

1:23:21OF COURSE THEY ARE. IT'S NOT

1:23:23THAT THEY AREN'T EVEN

1:23:24NECESSARILY THE BEST POTENTIAL

1:23:25PEOPLE FOR IT. IT'S THE IDEA

1:23:26THAT THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN THE

1:23:28WAY IT HAS BEEN BECAUSE OF ONE

1:23:30BRANCH DRIVING IT AND EXPECTING

1:23:32THE OTHER BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT

1:23:33TO JUST FALL IN LINE. WE HEARD

1:23:34THAT IN THE LAST AMENDMENT, TOO,

1:23:37JUST IN THE DEBATE OVER THAT AS

1:23:38WELL. AND SOMETIMES IT'S JUST

1:23:40WE SHOULD FALL IN LINE. AND I

1:23:41APPRECIATE THE COLLEAGUES WHO

1:23:42ARE HONEST ABOUT THEIR THEIR

1:23:44POSITION BEING THAT WE SHOULD

1:23:45JUST FALL IN LINE. AND

1:23:46SOMETIMES IT'S NOW'S NOT THE

1:23:47TIME. WELL, NOW'S NEVER THE

1:23:49TIME TO STAND UP FOR THE

1:23:50LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES AUTHORITY.

1:23:52SO FOR ME, I WILL CHOOSE TO TO

1:23:53DO THAT HERE AND VOTE NO THANKS.

1:23:56>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR KANAL.

1:23:58COUNCILOR AVALOS.

1:23:59>> YEAH, THANK YOU. JUST TO ADD

1:24:00SOME FINAL THOUGHTS ON THIS, I

1:24:01REALLY DID, YOU KNOW, STRUGGLE

1:24:03AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS

1:24:05BETWEEN LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK

1:24:06BECAUSE OF THE, THE CONCERNS

1:24:08THAT COUNCILOR KANAL HAS RAISED

1:24:10THAT I SHARE. AND ALSO, YOU

1:24:13KNOW, IN DELIBERATING THIS

1:24:14AMENDMENT, WE JUST DID JUST

1:24:15WHAT KINDS OF STATEMENTS THE

1:24:18IMPACT AND ECONOMIC STATEMENTS

1:24:20MAKE AND THE PRECEDENT THAT

1:24:22THAT MIGHT HAVE BECAUSE, YEAH,

1:24:23AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S

1:24:25WRITTEN IN LAW, RIGHT? IT'S

1:24:26WRITTEN SOMEWHERE THAT SOMEBODY

1:24:27CAN REFERENCE AND SAY, WELL,

1:24:28YOU SAID THIS AND YOU DECIDED

1:24:30THAT THIS WAS THE ECONOMIC

1:24:31IMPACT. SO I'M VERY CONCERNED

1:24:33ABOUT THAT. I THINK ULTIMATELY

1:24:37I AM GOING TO VOTE TO MOVE THIS

1:24:39FORWARD SIMPLY BECAUSE, AGAIN,

1:24:41I NEED TO KNOW ANSWERS. AND I'M

1:24:43TIRED OF NOT KNOWING, AND I'M

1:24:44TIRED OF NOT HAVING A TEAM OF

1:24:46PEOPLE READY TO GO FIGURE OUT

1:24:48WHAT THE ANSWER IS ON IF WE

1:24:49HAVE A DEAL. AND SO I'M GOING

1:24:51TO SUPPORT IT. BUT I THINK I'VE

1:24:53MADE MY POSITION ABOUT THIS

1:24:55WHOLE DEAL VERY CLEAR. I MADE

1:24:57THAT CLEAR BY VOTING NO ON THE

1:24:58TERM SHEET. I'M GOING TO

1:24:59SUPPORT MOVING US FORWARD, BUT

1:25:01I HAVE A LOT OF HIGH

1:25:02EXPECTATIONS. COME DECEMBER AND

1:25:04YOU'LL BE HEARING ABOUT THOSE

1:25:06THEN. THANK YOU.

1:25:07>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

1:25:08COUNCILOR AVALOS COLLEAGUES,

1:25:10SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.

1:25:13KEELAN CAN WE PLEASE CALL THE

1:25:14ROLL ON DOCUMENT 2026-362?

1:25:19>> CLERK AYE, MORILLO.

1:25:21>> GREEN NO.

1:25:24>> ZIMMERMAN.

1:25:25>> I. AVALOS. HI, SMITH.

1:25:30>> I KNOW. NO PIRTLE-GUINEY.

1:25:34>> HI, RYAN.

1:25:35>> HI.

1:25:36>> KOYAMA LANE. NO. AYE,

1:25:39MORILLO NO.

1:25:42>> NOVICK. HI. DUNPHY.

1:25:44>> HI.

1:25:45>> THE ORDINANCE PASSES WITH A

1:25:46VOTE OF EIGHT EYES AND FOUR

1:25:48NAMES.

1:25:49>> AND CAN WE PLEASE CALL THE

1:25:50ROLL ON DOCUMENT 2026-363?

1:25:53>> YEAH, THIS IS A REPORT, SO

1:25:55WE'LL WANT A MOTION TO ACCEPT.

1:25:57>> THE REPORT. I MOVE TO ADOPT

1:25:59OR ACCEPT THIS REPORT.

1:26:01>> AND THEN WE'LL NEED A SECOND.

1:26:02>> WELCOME A SECOND.

1:26:04>> SECOND SECOND.

1:26:06>> THANK YOU COUNCILOR CLERK

1:26:07ONLINE I BELIEVE.

1:26:09>> YEAH.

1:26:10>> YES THANK YOU.

1:26:13>> CALLING THE ROLL ON DOCUMENT

1:26:172026-363.

1:26:19>> CLERK I. GREEN I. ZIMMERMAN

1:26:25I. AVALOS I SMITH.

1:26:32>> I KANAL. I PIRTLE-GUINEY.

1:26:39>> WITH MY GRATITUDE TO THE

1:26:40CITY ADMINISTRATOR FOR

1:26:42ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS LAST

1:26:43WEEK. I.

1:26:45>> RYAN I. KOYAMA LANE I. AYE,

1:26:48MORILLO I. NOVICK I. DUNPHY I.

1:26:53>> THE REPORT IS ACCEPTED WITH

1:26:54A VOTE OF 12 EYES.

1:26:56>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

1:26:58COLLEAGUES. I'M GOING TO GO

1:26:59AHEAD AND GIVE US A RESTROOM

1:27:00BREAK. IT IS CURRENTLY 722.

1:27:02LET'S HAVE US BACK HERE AT 735.

1:27:05THANK YOU.

1:40:00BRINGING US BACK TO

1:40:01ORDER. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH

1:40:03FOR THE BREAK. KEELAN CAN WE

1:40:04PLEASE MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM,

1:40:06NUMBER 2026-123.

1:40:10>> AMEND CODE RELATED TO

1:40:12PROHIBITIONS ON POSSESSION OF

1:40:14FIREARMS WITHIN CERTAIN CITY

1:40:16BUILDINGS TO ALLOW AFFIRMATIVE

1:40:18DEFENSE FOR PERSONS WITH

1:40:19CONCEALED HANDGUN LICENSES.

1:40:21AMEND CODE SECTIONS 3.18.02014,

1:40:25A, 0.6, 0.010 AND 20.12 .050.

1:40:31>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

1:40:32COLLEAGUES. THIS IS MY ITEM.

1:40:34THIS ORDINANCE MAKES IT ILLEGAL

1:40:36TO CARRY A HANDGUN INTO CITY

1:40:37HALL, THE PORTLAND BUILDING, OR

1:40:39THE 1900 BUILDING. EVEN IF YOU

1:40:41HAVE A CONCEALED HANDGUN

1:40:42LICENSE OR A CHL RIGHT NOW, THE

1:40:45PUBLIC CANNOT BRING GUNS INTO

1:40:47THE INTO THESE BUILDINGS UNLESS

1:40:49THEY HAVE A CONCEALED HANDGUN

1:40:51LICENSE. CITY HR RULES PROHIBIT

1:40:54EMPLOYEES BESIDE POLICE

1:40:55SECURITY AND THE LIKE FROM

1:40:57CARRYING A GUN ON CITY PROPERTY,

1:40:58EVEN IF THEY HAVE A CONCEALED

1:41:00HANDGUN LICENSE. BUT NON

1:41:03EMPLOYEES WITH A CHL CAN BRING

1:41:05FIREARMS INTO THIS BUILDING.

1:41:07THIS ORDINANCE WOULD END THAT

1:41:09EXCEPTION. THE ONLY FOLKS WHO

1:41:11WOULD BE ALLOWED TO BRING A GUN

1:41:12INTO THE BUILDINGS WHERE WE

1:41:14HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS WOULD BE

1:41:16POLICE SECURITY AND A FEW OTHER

1:41:18GROUPS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY

1:41:19STATE LAW. IN THIS MOMENT, AS

1:41:21OUR STATE MOURNS ANOTHER

1:41:22HORRIFIC GUN TRAGEDY THAT IS

1:41:24UNBEARABLE FOR ME AS A FATHER

1:41:26PERSONALLY, TO FULLY

1:41:27CONTEMPLATE, WE HAVE TO

1:41:29CONTINUE TO PROTECT PUBLIC

1:41:30SPACES WHERE COMMUNITY GATHERS.

1:41:32I BROUGHT THIS BILL BACK, BILL

1:41:34TO THE COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC

1:41:36SAFETY COMMITTEE BACK IN APRIL.

1:41:38WE WERE HAVING SOME INTENSE

1:41:39PROTESTS IN THE ROOM EARLIER

1:41:40THAT YEAR. AT THAT TIME, AT

1:41:42SOME OF THOSE PROTESTS, PRO ICE

1:41:44AND ANTI ICE ACTIVISTS WERE

1:41:46BOTH IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS

1:41:48YELLING INSULTS AND SLURS AT

1:41:49EACH OTHER. OUTSIDE OF THE

1:41:51BUILDING, THERE WERE

1:41:52CONFRONTATIONS AND THREATS. ANY

1:41:54NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN CHAMBERS

1:41:55COULD HAVE BEEN CARRYING A

1:41:56LICENSED FIREARM. AND IN TIGHT,

1:41:58INTENSE ENVIRONMENT WHERE

1:42:00ACTIVISTS ARE INTENTIONALLY

1:42:01TRYING TO GET EACH OTHER TO

1:42:03OVERREACT. THE CORRECT NUMBER

1:42:04OF GUNS IN THESE ROOMS, NOT IN

1:42:06THE HANDS OF PROFESSIONAL

1:42:07SECURITY, IS ZERO. WHETHER

1:42:10THAT'S A BAD GUY WHO LOSES HIS

1:42:11TEMPER OR MAKES A TERRIBLE

1:42:13MISTAKE, OR A GOOD GUY WHO

1:42:14TRIES TO HELP BUT ISN'T

1:42:15DISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE BAD

1:42:16GUYS TO OUR ARMED SECURITY, THE

1:42:18RIGHT NUMBER OF GUNS IS ZERO.

1:42:21LAST YEAR, THE OREGON SENATE

1:42:22PASSED SB 243 AND GAVE LOCAL

1:42:24GOVERNMENTS LIKE PORTLAND A

1:42:26LOCAL TOOL TO PROHIBIT

1:42:28CONCEALED HANDGUNS IN BUILDINGS

1:42:29WHERE WE HOLD OFFICIAL MEETINGS

1:42:32BECAUSE THE STATE PREEMPTS

1:42:33LOCAL GUN LAWS, SB 243 IS THE

1:42:37ONLY TOOL THAT WE CAN USE TO

1:42:39PROHIBIT LICENSED CONCEALED

1:42:41HANDGUNS IN OUR BUILDINGS. THE

1:42:43SB TWO SB 243 OPTION HAS

1:42:45ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED BY OUR

1:42:46COLLEAGUES IN MULTNOMAH COUNTY.

1:42:48IT WORKS THE SAME WAY AS THE

1:42:50LONG STANDING OPTION TO LIMIT

1:42:51CONCEALED HANDGUNS ON SCHOOL

1:42:53PROPERTIES, WHICH HAS BEEN

1:42:54ADOPTED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND

1:42:56UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE STATE.

1:42:57THIS ORDINANCE BRINGS SB 243 TO

1:43:00THE CITY OF PORTLAND. SOMETIME

1:43:02BACK IN MARCH, WHEN SECURITY

1:43:04WAS GIVING US ALL TOURS OF THE

1:43:05SHELTER IN PLACE SAFE ROOMS IN

1:43:07THIS BUILDING, I DECIDED TO ASK

1:43:08AROUND AND FIND OUT IF ANYONE

1:43:10HAD BEEN WORKING ON BRINGING SB

1:43:13243 BEFORE COUNCIL, AND I FOUND

1:43:15OUT THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY

1:43:16SERVICE AREA HAD AN ORDINANCE

1:43:17ALREADY DRAFTED, AND THEY

1:43:18VIEWED IT AS A PRIORITY, I

1:43:20OFFERED TO CARRY IT ON THEIR

1:43:21BEHALF. NEITHER MY STAFF NOR I

1:43:24WROTE A SINGLE WORD OF THE

1:43:26FIRST VERSION OF THAT ORDINANCE,

1:43:27BUT WE WERE GLAD TO FORWARD IT

1:43:29ON BEHALF OF THE ADMINISTRATION.

1:43:30AND AFTER SIX MONTHS IN

1:43:31COMMITTEE, MY STAFF HAS SPENT

1:43:34COUNTLESS HOURS ON THIS AND HAS

1:43:35CRAFTED CAREFUL AMENDMENTS THAT

1:43:36WERE ADOPTED BY THE CAPPS

1:43:38COMMITTEE AFTER THAT WORK. I'M

1:43:40PROUD TO CARRY THIS AS AN EQUAL

1:43:41PARTNER WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.

1:43:42AND TO THAT END, I'M GOING TO

1:43:44RECOGNIZE CAPPS, CHAIR NOVICK,

1:43:46WHO SIGNED THE DISCHARGE

1:43:47PETITION TO BRING THIS TO

1:43:48COUNCIL FOR ANY REMARKS. AFTER

1:43:50THAT, MY STAFF I'LL ASK MY

1:43:52STAFF FOR A BRIEF PRESENTATION

1:43:53IN LIEU OF A COMMITTEE, A

1:43:55COMMITTEE STAFF SUMMARY REPORT.

1:43:56WE'LL ALSO HAVE REMARKS FROM

1:43:58INTEGRATED SECURITY DIRECTOR

1:43:59MANGUEIRA PPB, DEPUTY CHIEF

1:44:01BRIAN HUGHES AND THE CITY

1:44:03ADMINISTRATOR. SO. COUNCILOR

1:44:04NOVICK.

1:44:04>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

1:44:05THIS ITEM FIRST APPEARED AT THE

1:44:07COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY

1:44:08COMMITTEE ALL THE WAY BACK IN

1:44:09APRIL. IT WAS THEN SCHEDULED

1:44:10FIVE ADDITIONAL TIMES AND

1:44:11ACTUALLY DISCUSSED FOUR OF

1:44:12THOSE TIMES, MOST RECENTLY ON

1:44:14SEPTEMBER 15TH WHEN THERE WAS A

1:44:15SUCCESSFUL MOTION TO TABLE THE

1:44:16ITEM. I VOTED AGAINST THE

1:44:18TABLING OF THE ITEM AND THEN

1:44:19SIGNED ON IN FAVOR OF

1:44:20DISCHARGING INTO FULL COUNCIL,

1:44:21BECAUSE I FELT THE COMMITTEE

1:44:23HAD DONE AS MUCH WORK ON THIS

1:44:24ITEM AS NEEDED AND AS POSSIBLE,

1:44:26AND IT WAS TIME TO GET THE

1:44:28PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF THE FULL

1:44:29COUNCIL TO DECIDE WHETHER WE

1:44:30SUPPORT IT OR NOT. THE

1:44:32COMMITTEE DELIBERATION RESULTED

1:44:33IN SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO

1:44:34THE LEGISLATION, WHICH EVAN

1:44:35WILL WALK THROUGH SHORTLY. I

1:44:36WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL

1:44:37PRESIDENT'S OFFICE FOR LEADING

1:44:38THESE EFFORTS AND FOR THE

1:44:39COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S PATIENCE

1:44:40AND ALSO THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR

1:44:42AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE

1:44:43AREA IN ASSISTING WITH

1:44:43BRIEFINGS AND INFORMATION

1:44:44SHARING. I SUPPORT THIS

1:44:45LEGISLATION IN ITS CURRENT FORM

1:44:46AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE

1:44:48COUNCIL'S DISCUSSION.

1:44:49>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR NOVICK

1:44:50EVAN, WILL YOU PLEASE WALK US

1:44:52THROUGH A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON

1:44:53THIS?

1:44:53>> YOU BET. I WILL. KEEP THIS

1:44:55AS QUICK AS I CAN.

1:44:56>> INTRODUCE YOURSELF. FOR THE.

1:44:57>> RECORD, MY NAME IS EVAN

1:44:59HOFER, POLICY DIRECTOR FOR

1:45:00COUNCIL PRESIDENT JAMIE DUNPHY.

1:45:01JUST BRIEFLY, THE LEGISLATIVE

1:45:02INTENT HERE IS TO PROHIBIT THE

1:45:04PUBLIC FROM CARRYING FIREARMS

1:45:05INTO CITY HALL, PORTLAND

1:45:06BUILDING, OR THE 1900 BUILDING,

1:45:08REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY HAVE

1:45:09A CHL. CURRENTLY. THIS IS JUST

1:45:13A BRIEF RECAP OF WHAT THE

1:45:14COUNCILOR SAID. MEMBERS OF THE

1:45:16PUBLIC CANNOT CARRY FIREARMS

1:45:17INTO THE BUILDING UNLESS THEY

1:45:18HAVE A CHL, AND CITY EMPLOYEES

1:45:20MAY NOT CARRY FIREARMS

1:45:21REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY DO

1:45:23OR DON'T. AFTER THIS. THAT

1:45:25WHETHER YOU DO OR DON'T RULE

1:45:27WILL APPLY TO BOTH CLASSES OF

1:45:28PEOPLE. FIREARMS LICENSED AND

1:45:31UNLICENSED ALIKE WILL BE

1:45:32PROHIBITED FOR CITY EMPLOYEES

1:45:33AND FOR MEMBERS OF THE REGULAR

1:45:35PUBLIC. UNLESS YOU'RE TALKING

1:45:36ABOUT SECURITY, POLICE, ETC.

1:45:40LET'S LOOK AT THE RELEVANT LAW

1:45:41REAL QUICK. THIS IS RS 1663 70.

1:45:45HERE, UP AT THE TOP, ANY PERSON

1:45:47WHO INTENTIONALLY POSSESSES A

1:45:48LOADED FIREARM WHILE IN OR ON A

1:45:50PUBLIC BUILDING IS GUILTY OF A

1:45:52CLASS C FELONY. THAT'S YOUR

1:45:53BASELINE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT

1:45:55LICENSED. HOWEVER, UNDER

1:45:56CURRENT LAW, DOWN AT THE BOTTOM

1:45:58IN THREE, THAT DOES NOT APPLY

1:45:59TO SOMEBODY WHO IS LICENSED TO

1:46:01CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN. THE

1:46:05SB 243 OPTION ESSENTIALLY

1:46:07CHANGES IT FROM THE BOTTOM TEXT

1:46:08IN BLUE TO THE MIDDLE TEXT IN

1:46:10GREEN, WHICH IS NOTWITHSTANDING

1:46:13PARAGRAPH A. IF WE HAVE ADOPTED

1:46:15SUCH A POLICY RATHER THAN THE

1:46:17SECTION NOT APPLYING THE

1:46:19SECTION BECOMES A MISDEMEANOR,

1:46:20BUT IS STILL A CRIME IF THE

1:46:23PERSON IS HAS A CHL. JUST

1:46:27LOOKING AT THIS CLEARLY FOR THE

1:46:28LANGUAGE, WHAT IS THAT OPTION

1:46:30THAT WE CAN EXERCISE THE TWO,

1:46:32FOUR, THREE OPTION. IT SAYS

1:46:33THAT THE GOVERNING BODY OF A

1:46:35CITY MAY ADOPT A POLICY,

1:46:37ORDINANCE OR REGULATION,

1:46:39PROVIDING THAT THE AFFIRMATIVE

1:46:40DEFENSE, WHICH IS THAT THAT

1:46:42DOES NOT APPLY, DOESN'T APPLY

1:46:44TO THE POSSESSION OF FIREARMS

1:46:45WITHIN A BUILDING OWNED OR

1:46:47CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNING

1:46:48BODY OF THE CITY THAT IS USED

1:46:50BY THAT GOVERNING BODY FOR

1:46:51OFFICIAL MEETINGS. SO BY

1:46:53PASSING TODAY'S ORDINANCE, WE

1:46:55WOULD BE SATISFYING THE

1:46:56REQUIREMENTS OF THIS AND

1:46:58CARRYING A FIREARM WITH A CHL

1:47:00IN THIS BUILDING WOULD BECOME

1:47:03ILLEGAL. THERE MAY BE SOME

1:47:05QUESTION IS THERE NOT ANOTHER

1:47:06WAY WE COULD GO ABOUT THIS? AS

1:47:08THE COUNCILOR SAID, NO STATE

1:47:10LAW VERY, VERY STRICTLY

1:47:12PREEMPTS A CITY OR LOCALITY

1:47:13FROM DOING ANYTHING WITH GUN

1:47:15LAWS THAT ARE NOT EXPLICITLY

1:47:17LAID OUT IN STATUTE. THIS IS

1:47:19THE TOOL THAT THE STATE HAS

1:47:20GIVEN US TO PREVENT CHL S IN

1:47:22THESE BUILDINGS. THIS IS THE

1:47:24ONE WE CAN USE. IT REALLY IS

1:47:26QUITE BINARY. DO THIS OR DO

1:47:28NOTHING. THERE ARE SOME OTHER

1:47:31REQUIREMENTS IN THIS. THE

1:47:32SENATE BILL REQUIRES THAT WE

1:47:34THAT WE GIVE NOTICE TO THE

1:47:36PUBLIC THAT THIS IS THE RULE IN

1:47:37THESE BUILDINGS. WE NEED PUBLIC

1:47:39VISIBLE SIGNS AT ALL THE

1:47:40ENTRANCES AND EXITS OF THE

1:47:41BUILDING, AND ALSO FOR A LIST

1:47:43OF ALL THE BUILDINGS THAT

1:47:44QUALIFY TO BE ON OUR WEBSITE,

1:47:46THEY ARE ALSO. THESE

1:47:47REQUIREMENTS ARE ALSO REPEATED

1:47:49IN THE ORDINANCE DIRECTIVES TO

1:47:50MAKE SURE WE DON'T MISS THEM.

1:47:53SO BRIEFLY LOOKING AT THE

1:47:54ORDINANCE ITSELF, THIS CHANGES

1:47:56CITY CODE IN THREE PLACES.

1:47:57THERE ARE THREE PLACES WHERE WE

1:48:00REGULATE FIREARM CARRIAGE IN

1:48:01CITY CODE. THE MOST IMPORTANT

1:48:03ONE IS 318020 RULES OF CONDUCT.

1:48:06IT'S CITY PROPERTY. VIOLATION

1:48:08OF. THIS ALLOWS US TO EXCLUDE

1:48:09OR EJECT PEOPLE FROM THE

1:48:10BUILDING. IF THEY BREAK THOSE

1:48:12RULES. ALL THREE OF THOSE

1:48:13PLACES IN CODE HAVE EXCEPTIONS

1:48:15FOR CONCEALED HANDGUN LICENSES.

1:48:17IT WOULD REMOVE THOSE AND

1:48:18CHANGE THE LANGUAGE TO SAYING

1:48:20THAT THAT DOES NOT QUALIFY IN

1:48:21THE KEY BUILDINGS. IT ALSO

1:48:24REQUIRES THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR

1:48:25TO ADOPT ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

1:48:27DEFINING WHICH BUILDINGS ARE

1:48:29INCLUDED AND HOW A BUILDING

1:48:31BECOMES INCLUDED, OR BECOMES NO

1:48:33LONGER INCLUDED IN THE

1:48:34PROHIBITION LIST AND ADOPTING

1:48:36AN SOB FOR SECURITY. SO IF YOU

1:48:39DO COME ACROSS AN INDIVIDUAL

1:48:40WITH A CHL, WHAT DO YOU DO?

1:48:43INDICATING PROGRESSIVE

1:48:44DISCIPLINE? FIRST, TELLING THE

1:48:45PERSON THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM

1:48:47AND THEN MOVING STEADILY UP TO

1:48:49MOVING THEM OUT OF THE BUILDING.

1:48:54JUST SOME OF THOSE CLEAR THINGS.

1:48:57WE ARE ASKING THE

1:48:58ADMINISTRATION TO DEFINE

1:48:59GOVERNING BODY AND OFFICIAL

1:49:00MEETINGS, SO WE'RE CLEAR TO THE

1:49:01PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT THAT IS,

1:49:03LISTING THE BUILDINGS THAT

1:49:04WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND AGAIN,

1:49:06ESTABLISHING THAT CRITERIA. TO

1:49:08BE CLEAR, THE BUILDINGS WE'RE

1:49:09TALKING ABOUT ARE CITY HALL,

1:49:11THE PORTLAND BUILDING, AND THE

1:49:131900 BUILDING. AND THIS

1:49:16ADMINISTRATIVE RULE SHOULD

1:49:17CONTEMPLATE WHAT HAPPENS IF

1:49:19CITY COUNCIL, FOR EXAMPLE,

1:49:21DECIDES TO HOLD A OFFICIAL

1:49:22MEETING AT AN OFF SITE LOCATION,

1:49:25OR IF WE ARE HOLDING OFFICIAL

1:49:26MEETINGS A CERTAIN A, B, C AT

1:49:28OFF SITE LOCATIONS, HOW DO WE

1:49:30CONTEMPLATE THAT THAT IS PASSED

1:49:32TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO GIVE

1:49:33US THAT RULE? TO BE CLEAR, FOR

1:49:36ENFORCEMENT, PROGRESSIVE

1:49:38ENFORCEMENT IS FIRST NOTICE AN

1:49:40OPPORTUNITY TO CURE THIS IS NOT

1:49:41ALLOWED. PLEASE FIX IT, THEN

1:49:43EJECTION OR EXCLUSION AND ONLY

1:49:46IF NECESSARY, CONTACTING PPB TO

1:49:49TAKE ACTION. WE DON'T WANT

1:49:51SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T KNOW THAT

1:49:52THIS IS A PROBLEM AND IS DOING

1:49:54NOTHING WRONG, ENDING UP

1:49:55CATCHING A CHARGE. AND THEN I

1:49:58THINK THIS WILL BE IT FOR US. A

1:50:01BRIEF COMMENT ON WHAT THIS WILL

1:50:02LOOK LIKE OPERATIONALLY CURRENT

1:50:04PRACTICE. IF A PERSON TRIES TO

1:50:06ENTER ONE OF THESE BUILDINGS

1:50:07WITH A CONCEALED HANDGUN WITH A

1:50:10FIREARM, SECURITY AT THE DOOR

1:50:11WILL ENCOUNTER THEM. FIND OUT

1:50:13THAT THAT'S THE CASE. THEY SAY,

1:50:15HEY, I HAVE A CONCEALED HANDGUN

1:50:17LICENSE. AT THAT POINT, THEY

1:50:19CALL PPB TO COME TO THE

1:50:21BUILDING, VERIFY THAT AGAINST

1:50:22INTERNAL SYSTEMS. AND THEN

1:50:24BASED ON THE CONCLUSION OF THAT,

1:50:26MOVE THE PERSON THROUGH THE

1:50:27SYSTEM. IT'S A SOMEWHAT TIME

1:50:29INTENSIVE PROCESS. AFTER THIS

1:50:31LAW. AFTER THIS BECOMES LAW, IT

1:50:34WILL BE A SIMPLE, DO YOU HAVE A

1:50:35WEAPON OR NOT? BINARY? IF YOU

1:50:38HAVE IT, IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON.

1:50:42I WILL JUST SAY HERE AT THE END,

1:50:44QUITE A LOT OF OTHER BUILDINGS

1:50:46IN OREGON LISTED HERE DO HAVE

1:50:48CHL LIMITATIONS OR PROHIBITIONS,

1:50:51AND QUITE A LOT OF OTHER STATES

1:50:53AROUND THE COUNTRY ALLOW THESE

1:50:54CHL PROHIBITIONS IN LOCAL

1:50:57PUBLIC MEETINGS AS WELL. I'M

1:51:00HAPPY TO SPEAK TO LATER. IF

1:51:02THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT

1:51:03HOW THE HR RULES WORK ON THIS,

1:51:05BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, THAT

1:51:06WILL CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION.

1:51:07>> THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, COULD

1:51:08YOU PUT THE LAST ONE UP, THE

1:51:10LAST SLIDE UP FOR ME, PLEASE?

1:51:12BECAUSE, COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO

1:51:13PUT A FINER POINT ON THIS.

1:51:14SPECIFICALLY, IT WAS SUGGESTED

1:51:15AT THE COMMITTEE THAT A MAJOR

1:51:18HR VIOLATION IS A LESS OF A

1:51:19SERIOUS CONCERN FOR A CITY

1:51:21EMPLOYEE THAN A MISDEMEANOR IN

1:51:23FRONT OF YOU HR, HR, HR, HUMAN

1:51:27RESOURCES, ADMINISTRATIVE RULE

1:51:284.12 IS A SERIOUS RULE. I

1:51:30PERSONALLY THINK THAT THE RISK

1:51:32OF LOSING PAY OR LOSING YOUR

1:51:34JOB FOR BRINGING A GUN TO WORK

1:51:36WOULD BE PRETTY SERIOUS, MAYBE

1:51:37EVEN LIFE CHANGING. THERE'S A

1:51:39SMALL GROUP OF CITY EMPLOYEES

1:51:40FOR WHOM THAT DIFFERENCE OF

1:51:43SERIOUSNESS ACTUALLY IS REALLY

1:51:45SIGNIFICANT, BECAUSE HR RULES

1:51:47CANNOT BE ENFORCED AGAINST

1:51:48ELECTED OFFICIALS. THAT'S US.

1:51:51SO IF ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL

1:51:52HAPPENS TO BE IRREGULARLY

1:51:54CARRYING A FIREARM INTO CITY

1:51:56HALL, YES, THIS ORDINANCE DOES

1:51:58MAKE A MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN

1:51:59THAT PERSON'S RISK PROFILE FOR

1:52:01OTHER EMPLOYEES. IN MY OPINION,

1:52:03THE RISKS OF CARRYING AT WORK

1:52:04WON'T LARGELY CHANGE. VERY MUCH.

1:52:07SO. COLLEAGUES, BEFORE WE MOVE

1:52:08INTO COMMENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO

1:52:10INVITE DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL

1:52:12SECURITY MANNY GUERRA, DEPUTY

1:52:14CHIEF HUGHES AND CITY

1:52:17ADMINISTRATOR LEE, WHO DOESN'T

1:52:18HAVE TO COME UP BECAUSE HE SITS

1:52:20UP HERE ALREADY TO GIVE US A

1:52:22COUPLE EXTRA COMMENTS, AND THEN

1:52:23WE WILL MOVE INTO TECHNICAL AND

1:52:24CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, PUBLIC

1:52:25TESTIMONY AND COUNCIL

1:52:26DISCUSSION. AND DIRECTOR, WOULD

1:52:30YOU KICK US OFF?

1:52:34>> HELLO, COUNCIL.

1:52:35>> MY NAME IS MANNY GUERRA. FOR

1:52:37THE RECORD, THE REASON WHY

1:52:40WE'RE WANTING TO PUSH THIS

1:52:42FORWARD, ESPECIALLY ON OUR END,

1:52:43IS THAT HAVING A STERILE

1:52:45ENVIRONMENT IS ACTUALLY A GREAT

1:52:46OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENSURE

1:52:48THE SAFETY OF EVERYBODY

1:52:50INVOLVED, NOT JUST COUNCIL

1:52:50MEMBERS, BUT ALSO MEMBERS OF

1:52:52THE PUBLIC. ANYBODY THAT COMES

1:52:54IN WITH A EVEN WITH A CONCEALED

1:52:58FIREARM LICENSE AND HAS A

1:53:00FIREARM. ONE OF THE DIFFICULT

1:53:02THINGS TO DO, ESPECIALLY IN THE

1:53:04MIDDLE OF ANY KIND OF MAJOR

1:53:07SITUATION WHERE WE MAY HAVE AN

1:53:09ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSE THAT WE

1:53:12NEED TO PERFORM, WE'RE GOING TO

1:53:14HAVE A A PROBLEM WITH TRYING TO

1:53:18DETERMINE WHO IS WHO,

1:53:20ESPECIALLY IN A CHAOTIC MOMENT

1:53:21LIKE THAT. SO THIS ACTUALLY

1:53:23GIVES US A STERILE ENVIRONMENT

1:53:25WHERE WE KNOW WHO WITHIN CITY

1:53:28HALL ACTUALLY IS ALLOWED TO

1:53:32HAVE A FIREARM, WHICH IS OUR

1:53:33TEAM. PB AND AS A COUNCILOR,

1:53:36DUNPHY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,

1:53:37MENTIONED A FEW OTHER FOLKS,

1:53:40YOU KNOW, FEDERAL AGENTS,

1:53:42OTHERS, OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE

1:53:45ABLE BY THE STATE TO CARRY A

1:53:47FIREARM WITHIN CURRENT COUNCIL

1:53:49CHAMBERS. I BELIEVE FOR US,

1:53:53THIS WOULD BE A GREAT WAY

1:53:55FORWARD JUST TO ENSURE A LITTLE

1:53:57BIT MORE SAFETY. AND I WOULD

1:54:00HOPE THAT WE COULD ALL VOTE ON

1:54:03ON THIS, AND IT WOULD PROVIDE

1:54:04THAT EXTRA LAYER OF COMFORT ON

1:54:05OUR END.

1:54:08>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DEPUTY

1:54:10CHIEF. HOW ARE YOU, SIR?

1:54:11>> GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU.

1:54:13COUNCIL PRESIDENT. MY NAME IS

1:54:14BRIAN HUGHES. I'M THE DEPUTY

1:54:15CHIEF FOR THE PORTLAND POLICE

1:54:16BUREAU. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE

1:54:19WOULD WOULD NOT CHANGE THINGS

1:54:22SIGNIFICANTLY FOR US. WE TAKE

1:54:23THE LEAD FROM PORTLAND CITY

1:54:26HALL SECURITY STAFF. WE HAVE A

1:54:28GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH

1:54:30THEM. AND AS I'VE SAID

1:54:33PREVIOUSLY, WE WOULD WORK TO

1:54:34ESTABLISH COMPLIANCE WITH THE

1:54:35LAW. GENERALLY, WE DO THAT WITH

1:54:37JUST OUR PRESENCE AND

1:54:39CONVERSATION. AND SHOULD THE

1:54:42ORDINANCE BE APPROVED, THAT

1:54:45WOULD AUTHORIZE PORTLAND POLICE

1:54:48OFFICERS TO POTENTIALLY MAKE AN

1:54:51ARREST FOR VIOLATING THIS

1:54:54ORDINANCE? I BELIEVE IT'S MY

1:54:55UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WOULD BE

1:54:56A MISDEMEANOR ARREST, BUT WE

1:54:58WOULD STILL HAVE THE OPTION TO

1:54:59DO THAT.

1:55:01>> THANK YOU. DEPUTY CHIEF AND

1:55:02CITY ADMINISTRATOR LEE.

1:55:04>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,

1:55:05I THINK ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS

1:55:07THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THIS

1:55:10CHANGE IS REALLY TRYING TO LOOK

1:55:12AT BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AS

1:55:13IT RELATES TO THE SAFETY AND

1:55:16SECURITY OF COUNCIL STAFF AND

1:55:19OUR PUBLIC AS THEY'RE ENTERING

1:55:21IN OUR FACILITIES. THIS HAS

1:55:24BEEN A COMMON THING THAT I'VE

1:55:25SEEN IN ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES

1:55:27THAT I HAVE SERVED IN AS IT

1:55:29RELATES TO PROHIBITING FIREARMS,

1:55:32ESPECIALLY INSIDE OF THE

1:55:33CHAMBERS THEMSELVES. SO I'VE

1:55:36BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE

1:55:38LANGUAGE AND THE ORDINANCE THAT

1:55:39HAS COME BEFORE COUNCIL TO

1:55:41ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO TRY

1:55:43TO PUT COUNCIL IN THE BEST

1:55:45SITUATION POSSIBLE TO REMAIN

1:55:46SAFE AND SECURE WHILE YOU'RE

1:55:48CONDUCTING THE BUSINESS FOR

1:55:50THIS CITY. AND WE WANT TO

1:55:51CONTINUE TO TRY TO DO THAT AS

1:55:53CITY STAFF.

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

1:55:58KEELAN DO WE HAVE FOLKS SIGNED

1:55:59UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON THIS?

1:56:01>> WE DO HAVE PEOPLE SIGNED UP.

1:56:03>> OKAY. COLLEAGUES, I'D LIKE

1:56:04TO MAKE TO GET TO PUBLIC

1:56:05TESTIMONY. I'LL SEE YOU VERY

1:56:06QUICKLY. DO WE HAVE ANY

1:56:08TECHNICAL OR CLARIFYING

1:56:09QUESTIONS FOR ME, FOR EVAN, FOR

1:56:11ANY OF THE FOLKS WHO HAVE

1:56:13PRESENTED COUNCILOR? RYAN.

1:56:14>> YEAH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL

1:56:16PRESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO KNOW

1:56:17ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THE, THE,

1:56:21THE SURVEILLANCE, THE WAY THAT

1:56:23WE CAN DOUBLE, YOU KNOW, EXCEPT

1:56:25FOR COMING IN ON FOURTH, WHERE

1:56:27THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD SCREENING

1:56:29CRITERIA. WHEN I WENT TO A

1:56:31MEETING YESTERDAY IN 1900,

1:56:33THERE WAS NOTHING THERE. AND

1:56:34WHEN YOU GO TO THE PORTLAND

1:56:35BUILDING, IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY

1:56:37HAVE TO IMPROVE. SO I'M NOT

1:56:39SEEING IN THIS LEGISLATION THE

1:56:41EXPENSE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF

1:56:42THAT, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE

1:56:44BAD ACTORS THAT WE WERE WANTING

1:56:46TO PREVENT TO DO THIS, WE WOULD

1:56:47OBVIOUSLY NEED TO STEP UP OUR

1:56:49OUR SCREENING.

1:56:50>> YEAH, AND I.

1:56:51>> I MISSED THAT. DID YOU

1:56:53MENTION THAT?

1:56:53>> NO, WE HAVE NOT MENTIONED

1:56:55THAT. I'LL LET MANNY SPEAK TO

1:56:56KIND OF THAT STARTUP COST AS IT

1:56:58RELATES TO GETTING US READY

1:57:00FROM AN EQUIPMENT STANDPOINT TO

1:57:02ENFORCE THIS.

1:57:04>> SO THIS MANNY GARY AGAINST

1:57:06GARY MANAGER JUST TO LET YOU

1:57:07KNOW, COUNCILOR RYAN, WE

1:57:08ACTUALLY DO HAVE THE EQUIPMENT

1:57:10ALREADY IN PLACE WHEN WE NEED

1:57:12TO. SO WE HAVE TWO SETS OF THE

1:57:13EVOLVE SYSTEM, ONE THAT WE USED

1:57:15OVER AT 1900 WHEN, AS YOU

1:57:18REMEMBER, YOUR COMMISSIONER AND

1:57:19WE'RE IN CITY HALL OVER THERE,

1:57:21SO ON.

1:57:21>> THE SECOND FLOOR, BUT NOT ON

1:57:23THE FIRST FLOOR. OKAY.

1:57:24>> BUT WE HAVE TWO SETS, BUT

1:57:26ALSO WE ALSO HAVE THE HANDHELD

1:57:28SPECTROMETERS THAT WE COULD

1:57:28STILL USE AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE

1:57:30STILL ACTIVE AND WE STILL USE

1:57:32THOSE WHENEVER WE HAVE ANY OFF

1:57:34CAMPUS STYLE EVENTS WITH

1:57:36COUNCIL TO ENSURE THAT NOBODY'S

1:57:37COMING IN WITH A FIREARM. SO WE

1:57:39DO HAVE THOSE IN PLACE AND IT'S

1:57:42ALL FOR AND WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE

1:57:44THOSE WHERE WE NEED TO GO. SO

1:57:46IT WOULD NOT BE AN ADDITIONAL

1:57:48CHARGE FOR ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT

1:57:50JUST FOR THE THE BODIES TO MAN

1:57:53THOSE EQUIPMENT. DOES THAT

1:57:55ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?

1:57:58>> IT DOES. IT'S MORE OF A

1:58:00IMPLEMENTING A NEW PRACTICE AS

1:58:03OPPOSED TO EQUIPMENT. YOU'RE

1:58:05TELLING ME YOU HAVE THE

1:58:06EQUIPMENT, BUT YOU WE DON'T

1:58:08HAVE THE PRACTICE IN PLACE.

1:58:09>> WE WE ACTUALLY DO. IT'S NOT

1:58:13VERY SIMILAR, LIKE I SAID TO

1:58:14WHAT WE DID OVER AT 1900

1:58:16BUILDING THE. THE REASON WHY

1:58:17THE BUILDING WE USED ON THE

1:58:19SECOND FLOOR AT THAT TIME IS

1:58:20THAT THE FIRST FLOOR IS ALSO

1:58:22SHARED WITH PSU. AND SO THERE'S

1:58:25A REASON WHY WE HAD AN SECOND

1:58:27FLOOR JUST FOR THE FACT THAT

1:58:29WAS AT THAT CHAMBER. SO THAT

1:58:30WOULD BE THE CONTINUED PRACTICE

1:58:32THERE. PORTLAND BUILDING WOULD

1:58:34BE THE SAME STYLE WHERE WE

1:58:37WOULD HAVE THE ACTUAL EVENT,

1:58:40USUALLY IN THE BACK CONFERENCE

1:58:42ROOM, THAT WE CAN SET UP THE

1:58:44SECOND EVOLVE SYSTEM IN THAT

1:58:46BACK AREA, NOT IT'S NOT IT'S

1:58:49PORTABLE. SO IT'S REALLY EASY

1:58:50TO MOVE. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A,

1:58:52A MAJOR CHANGE FOR US. WE'VE

1:58:54ALREADY HAVE PRACTICES AND

1:58:56WE'RE VERY HAVE DONE THIS AND

1:58:57IMPLEMENTED THIS. SO THERE IS

1:58:59NOT GOING TO BE ANY ADDITIONAL

1:59:01WORK ON DOING IMPLEMENTATION

1:59:04WHEREVER WE NEED TO GO.

1:59:06>> AND CAN I JUST ADD A A

1:59:08LITTLE POINT OF CLARIFICATION,

1:59:09COUNCILOR RYAN, THIS IS WITH

1:59:11REGARD TO THE PUBLIC MEETING

1:59:13SPECIFICALLY, NOT THE EVERYDAY,

1:59:14LIKE IF SOMEONE IS GOING INTO

1:59:15THE 1900 BUILDING TO APPLY FOR

1:59:17A PERMIT, THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS

1:59:19IS. THIS IS MORE IF WE ARE

1:59:20MEETING IF THE PLANNING

1:59:21COMMISSION IS MEETING, IF THERE

1:59:23IS A MEETING OF THE GOVERNING

1:59:24BODIES IN WHICH THE PUBLIC IS

1:59:26INVITED, THAT SECURITY WILL BE

1:59:27THERE. BUT IF FOLKS ARE GOING

1:59:29TO THE PORTLAND BUILDING FOR A

1:59:30MEETING, IF THEY ARE GOING TO

1:59:32THE 1900, IF THEY'RE COMING

1:59:33HERE FOR A REGULAR MEETING,

1:59:34THIS WOULD NOT BE BE

1:59:36SPECIFICALLY ENFORCED. THANK

1:59:41YOU, COUNCILOR MORILLO. ALSO,

1:59:45IF I SAID THAT WRONG, PLEASE

1:59:47CORRECT ME, BUT SORRY.

1:59:49>> COUNCILOR MORILLO THAT'S

1:59:50CORRECT.

1:59:52>> OKAY. MANNY HAS CONFIRMED. I

1:59:54JUST WANTED TO ASK ONE

1:59:56CLARIFYING QUESTION. SO FOR THE

1:59:58SECURITY TEAM OR THE FOLKS THAT

2:00:00DO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY CARRY

2:00:02GUNS BECAUSE THERE ARE SECURITY.

2:00:06AND, AND THEY, I'M SURE ALL

2:00:07HAVE CONCEALED CARRIES AS WELL.

2:00:09ARE THEY JUST UNIVERSALLY

2:00:11ALLOWED TO BE THE PEOPLE WITH

2:00:13THE GUNS? OR IS IT LIKE WHEN

2:00:15YOU'RE ON THE CLOCK, YOU CAN,

2:00:16BUT YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO

2:00:18COMING IN AS A REGULAR PERSON

2:00:20OR SOMETHING.

2:00:24>> COUNCILOR. MORILLO YOU JUST

2:00:25WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE

2:00:26TALKING TO ME DIRECTLY. MANNY.

2:00:28CORRECT?

2:00:29>> OH, YES. SORRY.

2:00:30>> OKAY. NO WORRIES.

2:00:31>> AND I.

2:00:32>> YEAH.

2:00:32>> NO WORRIES AND I APOLOGIZE

2:00:33ALSO THEM ONLINE JUST DUE TO AN

2:00:35INJURY THAT I HAVE. SO ANYWAY,

2:00:37SO THE ANSWER IS YES. THE ONLY

2:00:39TIME THAT OUR SECURITY CAN

2:00:41ACTUALLY HAVE A FIREARM WITHIN

2:00:44CITY HALL IS DURING, DURING

2:00:47THEIR WORK HOURS. AND THAT'S IT.

2:00:49THEY CANNOT COME INTO CITY HALL

2:00:51IF THEY'RE OFF DUTY WITH THEIR

2:00:53FIREARM.

2:00:56>> GOTCHA. OKAY. THANK YOU.

2:00:57THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION.

2:00:59>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MORILLO

2:01:01COUNCILOR KANAL.

2:01:03>> THANKS. I JUST WANTED TO TO

2:01:05CHECK, HAS THE TECHNOLOGY THAT

2:01:07WAS DESCRIBED EARLIER BEEN RUN

2:01:09THROUGH THE THE DATA PRIVACY,

2:01:12GOVERNANCE, ALL THE SYSTEMS

2:01:13THAT ARE IN PLACE WHILE THE

2:01:14OFFICE IS BEING CHECKED INTO

2:01:17THAT. THAT JUST RAISED A

2:01:18QUESTION FOR ME, MANNY, YOUR

2:01:20RESPONSE ABOUT THE THE SECURITY

2:01:22THAT WAS IN PLACE AT THE 1900

2:01:24BUILDING COMING HERE, THE

2:01:26TECHNOLOGY, SPECIFICALLY.

2:01:28>> THE TECHNOLOGY WITH THE NEW

2:01:31OFFICE? NO. SO THIS TECHNOLOGY

2:01:32WAS BROUGHT ON BOARD BEFORE

2:01:33THAT OFFICE EXISTED. THE THE

2:01:37TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE DOES

2:01:37NOT COLLECT ANY DATA. SO THAT'S

2:01:42SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO

2:01:42HAVE TO DO IN THE FUTURE AND

2:01:44THEN COME BACK TO YOU WITH WHAT

2:01:46THEY FIND. IS THAT SOMETHING

2:01:48YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH?

2:01:49WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.

2:01:51>> YEAH, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL

2:01:52FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT A

2:01:53LITTLE BIT. I APPRECIATE THAT

2:01:55INFORMATION, THOUGH.

2:01:56>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR KANAL

2:01:59KEELAN, CAN WE PLEASE CALL

2:02:00PUBLIC TESTIMONY?

2:02:03>> WE HAVE THREE TESTIFIERS

2:02:04SIGNED UP TONIGHT. FIRST UP,

2:02:05MARTY GLICKMAN.

2:02:07>> WELCOME, MARTY. INTRODUCE

2:02:09YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

2:02:10YOU'RE WELCOME TO SHARE YOUR

2:02:11PRONOUNS. AND YOU HAVE THREE

2:02:13MINUTES.

2:02:13>> GOOD EVENING COUNCILORS. MY

2:02:15NAME IS MARTY GLICKMAN. I AM

2:02:16THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF

2:02:18BRAIDED RIVER CAMPAIGN, A

2:02:19DISTRICT TWO RESIDENT AND A

2:02:21REGISTERED CITY LOBBYIST. I'M

2:02:23HERE TONIGHT IN MY MOMS DEMAND

2:02:25ACTION RED SHIRT TO TESTIFY IN

2:02:27SUPPORT OF THIS ORDINANCE

2:02:29BECAUSE GUN VIOLENCE IS

2:02:31PREVENTABLE. LIKE YOU, I WEAR

2:02:33MANY HATS. BEFORE I BEGIN,

2:02:36LET'S ACKNOWLEDGE THE GUN

2:02:38VIOLENCE THAT OCCURRED IN OUR

2:02:39STATE LAST WEEK BY READING A

2:02:41STATEMENT POSTED ONLINE BY MOMS

2:02:43DEMAND ACTION. WE ARE HOLDING

2:02:45SEVEN YEAR OLD SAILOR GRAHAM, A

2:02:48STUDENT AT SILVER RAIL

2:02:49ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND 54 YEAR

2:02:52OLD BECKY DRURY AND INCLUSION

2:02:54EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT. IN OUR

2:02:56HEARTS AS THEY BEGIN THEIR

2:02:58HEALING JOURNEY AFTER BEING

2:03:00WOUNDED IN A MASS SHOOTING AT

2:03:02THE SCHOOL LAST WEEK, THREE

2:03:04CHILDREN WERE KILLED FIVE YEAR

2:03:06OLD ROME SUMMER AND TWO

2:03:09UNIDENTIFIED CHILDREN, AGES

2:03:11EIGHT AND 11. MEGAN LAMBERT, A

2:03:1525 YEAR OLD TEACHER, WAS ALSO

2:03:18KILLED. AFTER EVERY TRAGEDY WE

2:03:21MOURN, WE COMFORT EACH OTHER

2:03:23AND WE RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO

2:03:26ACTION TO END GUN VIOLENCE. WE

2:03:28CAN DO IT. SCHOOLS AND

2:03:31WORKPLACES SHOULD BE SAFE

2:03:33SPACES LIKE. LIKEWISE, WE MUST

2:03:35PROTECT LAWMAKERS, CITY

2:03:37EMPLOYEES, COMMUNITY ADVOCATES,

2:03:39VOTERS, AND DEMOCRACY HERSELF.

2:03:41ACCORDING TO THE BRENNAN CENTER

2:03:43FOR JUSTICE, QUOTE, BANNING

2:03:46FIREARMS INSIDE CAPITALS AND

2:03:48CITY HALLS ENSURES THAT PUBLIC

2:03:50POLICY IS SHAPED BY DEBATE AND

2:03:53DEMOCRATIC CONSENSUS, RATHER

2:03:54THAN IMPLICIT THREAT OF FORCE.

2:03:57THIS ORDINANCE WILL HELP

2:03:59MAINTAIN NEUTRAL POLITICAL

2:04:01SPACES IN OUR CITY. IT IS

2:04:04IMPORTANT BECAUSE POLITICAL

2:04:05VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO RISE IN

2:04:06OUR COUNTRY WITH NO END IN

2:04:08SIGHT. THIS ORDINANCE WILL HELP

2:04:11DECREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF

2:04:12ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGES. HIGH

2:04:15DENSITY, HIGH INTENSITY CROWDS,

2:04:17INCREASE THE RISK OF ACCIDENTAL

2:04:19SHOOTINGS OR PANIC INDUCED

2:04:21CROWD SURGES. THIS ORDINANCE

2:04:24ALSO MAY AID LAW ENFORCEMENT

2:04:26WHEN A CRISIS OR ALTERCATION

2:04:29OCCURS AT A PUBLIC GATHERING.

2:04:30THIS POLICY CAN MAKE IT EASIER

2:04:32FOR POLICE TO IDENTIFY AND

2:04:34NEUTRALIZE AN ACTUAL THREAT

2:04:36WITHOUT CONFUSING THEM WITH LAW

2:04:38ABIDING BYSTANDERS. LET'S COME

2:04:41TOGETHER TONIGHT TO PREVENT

2:04:42MORE GUN VIOLENCE. PLEASE VOTE

2:04:44YES ON THIS MEASURE TO MAKE

2:04:46CITY HALL A SAFER WORKPLACE AND

2:04:49A DEMOCRATIC SPACE FOR EVERYONE.

2:04:51THANK YOU.

2:04:52>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR.

2:04:53>> BEING HERE.

2:04:54>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

2:04:55>> NEXT UP WE HAVE KIP

2:04:56SILVERMAN.

2:04:58>> I APOLOGIZE, I HAVE A LITTLE

2:05:00BIT OF A COLD. MY NAME IS KIP

2:05:03SILVERMAN. I USE HE HIM

2:05:04PRONOUNS. I AM A RESIDENT OF

2:05:06DISTRICT TWO AND HAVE BEEN A

2:05:08PORTLANDER SINCE 1998. I

2:05:11CO-CHAIR THE PORTLAND COMMITTEE

2:05:13ON COMMUNITY ENGAGED POLICING.

2:05:14BUT FOR THE RECORD, I AM ONLY

2:05:16SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF

2:05:17TONIGHT. I AM HERE TO SUPPORT

2:05:20AMENDING THE CODE RELATED TO. I

2:05:22CAN'T READ THE WHOLE THING, BUT

2:05:25THE CODE IN FRONT OF US. AS

2:05:30SOMEONE WHO CO-CHAIRS PUBLIC

2:05:31MEETINGS, WHICH ARE SOMETIMES

2:05:33QUITE HEATED AND CONTENTIOUS,

2:05:34AS WELL AS ATTEND CITY COUNCIL

2:05:36MEETINGS, WHICH ON THE RAREST

2:05:38OCCASIONS MAY ALSO BE

2:05:40CONTENTIOUS. I'D FEEL MUCH

2:05:41SAFER IF, GOD FORBID, SOMETHING

2:05:43WERE TO HAPPEN AND THE

2:05:45DESIGNATED SECURITY STAFF WERE

2:05:48WEREN'T SURE WHO THE THREAT WAS

2:05:50BECAUSE SEVERAL PEOPLE ALL PULL

2:05:51OUT GUNS AT THE SAME TIME. THIS

2:05:54WAS A CASE WHEN JARED LEE

2:05:55LOUGHNER ATTEMPTED TO

2:05:57ASSASSINATE THEN U.S.

2:05:58REPRESENTATIVE GABBY GIFFORDS.

2:06:00HE WOUND UP KILLED. JARED

2:06:02LOUGHNER, WOUND UP KILLING SIX

2:06:04PEOPLE BEFORE BEING APPREHENDED

2:06:06BY BYSTANDERS. THERE WAS AN

2:06:08ARMED BYSTANDER WHO HAPPENED TO

2:06:10BE A TRAINED MARKSMAN, BUT HE

2:06:11DID NOT USE OR DISCHARGE HIS

2:06:13GUN BECAUSE IN THE CHAOS, HE

2:06:15CANNOT TELL WHO WOULD BE THE

2:06:17TARGET. THIS IS A COMMON

2:06:19SCENARIO, AND WHILE IN THIS

2:06:21CASE THAT BYSTANDER WAS WELL

2:06:23TRAINED, MOST PEOPLE CARRY

2:06:25PERSONAL FIREARMS MAY NOT BE

2:06:27WELL TRAINED, IF AT ALL. IF I'M

2:06:29TO BE VERY HONEST, AND I'M

2:06:31GOING TO MAKE A SLIGHT JOKE

2:06:33HERE, BUT I DON'T TRUST MOST

2:06:34PEOPLE TO COMPETENTLY USE THE

2:06:36TOASTER OVEN AROUND ME, MUCH

2:06:38LESS WILL TO FIREARM IN A

2:06:40MOMENT OF CRISIS. THE REALITY

2:06:42IS THAT FEWER GUNS ARE. THE

2:06:44FEWER GUNS THAT ARE IN A ROOM,

2:06:47LESS LIKELY IT IS. ANYBODY WILL

2:06:49GET SHOT. SENSIBLE PRECAUTIONS

2:06:51SHOULD MINIMIZE POSSIBLE

2:06:53THREATS. PLEASE SUPPORT THIS

2:06:55ORDINANCE.

2:06:56>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY

2:06:57MUCH, KIP.

2:07:00>> NEXT UP WE HAVE AMY WEXLER.

2:07:04>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL

2:07:05PRESIDENT DUNPHY AND COUNCILORS.

2:07:06MY NAME IS AMY WEXLER. I USE

2:07:07SHE HER PRONOUNS, AND I'M A

2:07:09DISTRICT TWO RESIDENT. I AM

2:07:10ALSO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF

2:07:11THE ALLIANCE FOR SAFE OREGON.

2:07:14WE ARE A STATEWIDE GUN TRAGEDY

2:07:15PREVENTION NONPROFIT. I AM HERE

2:07:18TODAY TO URGE YOU TO PASS THIS

2:07:20ORDINANCE AND PROHIBIT

2:07:20CONCEALED CARRY FIREARMS IN

2:07:22CITY BUILDINGS USED FOR

2:07:23OFFICIAL PUBLIC MEETINGS, AS

2:07:25AUTHORIZED BY THE OREGON

2:07:27LEGISLATURE. TO AN EARLIER

2:07:28COMMENT, THE. THE CITY COUNCIL

2:07:31DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO BAN

2:07:33CONCEALED CARRY WEAPONS FOR THE

2:07:35ENTIRETY OF THE TIME THAT THE

2:07:37BUILDING IS IN USE, NOT JUST

2:07:39DURING PUBLIC MEETINGS. OF

2:07:40COURSE, YOU MAY HAVE DECIDED TO

2:07:41JUST DO IT DURING THE TIME OF

2:07:43PUBLIC MEETINGS, BUT IN ANY

2:07:44BUILDING THAT IS HOLDING A

2:07:45PUBLIC MEETING, YOU CAN BAN

2:07:47CONCEALED CARRY WEAPONS AT ALL

2:07:48TIMES. I JUST WANT TO GO BACK

2:07:51TO MY PREPARED STATEMENT AT THE

2:07:53ALLIANCE FOR SAFE OREGON. WE

2:07:54WORK TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE

2:07:55AND BUILD SAFER COMMUNITIES,

2:07:56AND WE KNOW THAT THE

2:07:58CONSEQUENCES OF GUN VIOLENCE

2:07:59EXTEND FAR BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE

2:08:01VICTIMS. THE PRESENCE OF

2:08:02FIREARMS CAN AFFECT HOW PEOPLE

2:08:03MOVE THROUGH THEIR COMMUNITIES,

2:08:04HOW SAFE THEY FEEL, AND WHETHER

2:08:06THEY FEEL FREE TO SPEAK UP.

2:08:07THAT LAST POINT IS PARTICULARLY

2:08:09IMPORTANT HERE. DEMOCRACY

2:08:10REQUIRES MORE THAN THE RIGHT TO

2:08:12SPEAK. IT REQUIRES THE ABILITY

2:08:13TO SPEAK WITHOUT FEAR OR

2:08:15INTIMIDATION. I DIRECT YOU TO

2:08:16THE STUDY GUNS AND DEMOCRACY,

2:08:19EXAMINING HOW FIREARMS CAN

2:08:20THREATEN THE FREEDOMS OF SPEECH

2:08:21AND ASSEMBLY THAT ARE ESSENTIAL

2:08:22TO OUR DEMOCRACY. THINK ABOUT

2:08:24THE PEOPLE WHO COME BEFORE THIS

2:08:26COUNCIL. THEY ARE PARENTS

2:08:27ADVOCATING FOR THEIR CHILDREN,

2:08:29SURVIVORS DEMANDING ACTION,

2:08:31NEIGHBORS RAISING CONCERNS

2:08:32ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, AND

2:08:34RESIDENTS CHALLENGING DECISIONS

2:08:35MADE BY THEIR GOVERNMENT. SOME

2:08:37COME HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT DEEPLY

2:08:38PERSONAL AND PAINFUL

2:08:40EXPERIENCES, AND OTHERS COME TO

2:08:41EXPRESS UNPOPULAR OPINIONS OR

2:08:43TO CHALLENGE THOSE IN POWER.

2:08:45EVERY ONE OF THEM DESERVES THE

2:08:46OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE

2:08:47WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT THE

2:08:48PRESENCE OF CONCEALED FIREARMS

2:08:49IN THE ROOM. EVEN WHEN NO

2:08:51THREAT IS MADE AND NO SHOT IS

2:08:53FIRED, THE PRESENCE OF A

2:08:54FIREARM CAN CHANGE THE

2:08:55ATMOSPHERE. IT CAN MAKE PEOPLE

2:08:56THINK TWICE ABOUT SPEAKING,

2:08:58SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCES, OR

2:08:59CHALLENGING SOMEONE ELSE'S

2:09:01VIEWS. WE SHOULD NOT ACCEPT

2:09:03THAT AS THE PRICE OF

2:09:04PARTICIPATING IN LOCAL

2:09:05GOVERNMENT. TO BE CLEAR, THIS

2:09:06IS NOT ABOUT ASSUMING THAT

2:09:08EVERYONE WHO LEGALLY CARRIES A

2:09:09FIREARM INTENDS TO CAUSE HARM.

2:09:11IT IS ABOUT RECOGNIZING THAT

2:09:12PUBLIC MEETINGS SERVE A UNIQUE

2:09:14CIVIC PURPOSE. THE CITY HAS A

2:09:17RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE THESE

2:09:18SPACES SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR

2:09:19THE PEOPLE WHO USE THEM. THE

2:09:21OREGON LEGISLATURE RECOGNIZED

2:09:23THIS RESPONSIBILITY WHEN IT

2:09:24PASSED SENATE BILL 243, GIVING

2:09:26LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THE AUTHORITY

2:09:28TO REMOVE THE CONCEALED HANDGUN

2:09:29LICENSE EXCEPTION FOR FIREARMS

2:09:31AND BUILDINGS THEY OWN OR

2:09:33CONTROL AND USE FOR PUBLIC

2:09:34MEETINGS. THIS ORDINANCE PUTS

2:09:36THAT AUTHORITY TO WORK HERE IN

2:09:37PORTLAND. IT IS A TARGETED

2:09:39MEASURE THAT ESTABLISHES A

2:09:40REASONABLE BOUNDARY IN THE

2:09:42PLACES WHERE CITY CONDUCTS ITS

2:09:43PUBLIC BUSINESS. COUNCILORS

2:09:45PORTLAND SHOULD BE A PLACE

2:09:46WHERE PEOPLE CAN DISAGREE,

2:09:47PASSIONATELY DEBATE DIFFICULT

2:09:49ISSUES AND HOLD THEIR ELECTED

2:09:50OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE WITHOUT

2:09:51THE ADDED CONCERN OF CONCEALED

2:09:53FIREARMS. IN THE ROOM WHERE

2:09:54DECISIONS ARE MADE, NO

2:09:56PORTLANDERS SHOULD HAVE TO

2:09:56WEIGH THEIR PERSONAL SAFETY

2:09:57AGAINST THEIR RIGHT TO

2:09:58PARTICIPATE IN DEMOCRACY.

2:10:00MULTNOMAH COUNTY HAS TAKEN THE

2:10:01STEP. PORTLAND SHOULD DO THE

2:10:02SAME. I URGE YOU TO PASS THIS,

2:10:04THIS ORDINANCE, IMPLEMENT IT

2:10:06CLEARLY, AND ENSURE THAT THE

2:10:07PUBLIC KNOWS WHICH CITY

2:10:08BUILDINGS ARE COVERED. THANK

2:10:10YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND

2:10:11YOUR AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO

2:10:12TESTIFY.

2:10:14>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

2:10:16>> THAT COMPLETES TESTIMONY.

2:10:18>> COLLEAGUES. I THOUGHT I SAID

2:10:19SOMETHING KIND OF WRONG, AND

2:10:20MISS WEXLER CORRECTLY POINTED

2:10:22OUT THAT THE ORDINANCE WILL BE

2:10:24IN EFFECT ALL THE TIME. THIS IS

2:10:26A NEW STANDARD POLICY FOR OUR

2:10:28PUBLIC BUILDINGS. HOWEVER, THE

2:10:30ADDITIONAL SECURITY SCREENING

2:10:32PROTOCOLS ARE CURRENTLY RELATED

2:10:34TO WHEN THERE ARE PUBLIC

2:10:36MEETINGS. AND SO AT THE 1900

2:10:37BUILDING, HANDGUN CONCEALED

2:10:40CARRYING WILL STILL NOT BE

2:10:41ALLOWED. BUT WE WOULDN'T BE

2:10:43PUTTING FOLKS THROUGH A MAGNET,

2:10:46MAGNETOMETER, MAGNETOMETER, OR

2:10:49PAYING FOR ADDITIONAL SECURITY

2:10:50OUTSIDE OF WHERE WE WOULD

2:10:51ALREADY BE DOING THAT

2:10:52ADDITIONAL SECURITY FOR PUBLIC

2:10:53MEETINGS. SO, COLLEAGUES, WE

2:10:55ARE NOW INTO COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

2:10:57THANK YOU. FOR THOSE WHO CAME

2:10:58TO TESTIFY. I WILL START WITH

2:11:00COUNCILOR KANAL.

2:11:01>> THANKS. THOSE THREE

2:11:02COLLEAGUES, COLLEAGUES, THOSE

2:11:04THREE TESTIFIERS SHARED THREE

2:11:05THINGS IN COMMON. THEY ALL

2:11:07SUPPORTED THIS. THEY ALL DO

2:11:08REALLY GOOD WORK IN OTHER AREAS,

2:11:10AND I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S AN

2:11:13OVERLAP HERE AS WELL. AND THEY

2:11:15ALL LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO. SO I

2:11:16WANTED TO SHOUT THAT OUT AS

2:11:18WELL. AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL

2:11:20FOR THAT. I, I WANTED TO JUST

2:11:22GET ON THE RECORD THAT I

2:11:23APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE CIR

2:11:25ON THIS. THERE WAS SOME

2:11:26SCHEDULING STUFF AROUND GETTING

2:11:28ALL THE COUNCILORS WHO ARE

2:11:29MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND

2:11:30PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, A

2:11:32BRIEFING ON THIS. THAT IS WHY I

2:11:34VOTED TO TABLE THIS WHEN IT WAS

2:11:35THERE, BECAUSE I WAS UNDER THE

2:11:38IMPRESSION THAT THERE WAS A LOT

2:11:40MORE THAT I DIDN'T YET KNOW

2:11:41FROM THE BRIEFING, AND SO I

2:11:44FELT LIKE IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE

2:11:45TO HAVE A VOTE UNTIL I'D HEARD

2:11:47THAT BRIEFING. THE BRIEFING WAS

2:11:48VERY INFORMATIVE, BUT DID NOT

2:11:50FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE

2:11:51UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT

2:11:52WHAT THIS DID AND OR ADD ANY

2:11:54NEW CONCERNS TO IT. SO BY THAT

2:11:56POINT, IT HAD ALREADY BEEN

2:11:57DISCHARGED, BUT I JUST WANTED

2:11:59TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD AS TO

2:12:01WHY I TABLED IT AND WHY I'LL BE

2:12:03SUPPORTING IT TODAY. ANYWAY, I

2:12:04APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION

2:12:07HERE, AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT

2:12:08TO FOLLOW UP ON. BUT REALLY BIG

2:12:10PICTURE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A

2:12:13SITUATION HERE WHERE A PROTEST

2:12:17IN THE CHAMBER LED TO SOMEONE

2:12:19JUMPING OVER THIS AND COMING UP

2:12:21WITHIN A FEW FEET OF, OF ME AND

2:12:23A COUPLE OF MY COLLEAGUES AND,

2:12:25YOU KNOW, NOT NOT AN IDEAL

2:12:27SITUATION. AND AT NO TIME

2:12:30DURING THAT DID I THINK THAT

2:12:31HAVING ANOTHER GUN IN THIS ROOM

2:12:32WOULD HELP. AND I THINK WHEN

2:12:35WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW PEOPLE

2:12:39REACT TO PROCEEDINGS OF LOCAL

2:12:42GOVERNMENT, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE

2:12:43WHO ARE IN STRONG DISAGREEMENT

2:12:45WITH THE WORK OR THE OR THE

2:12:48ADVOCACY BEING DONE HERE BY

2:12:49OTHER PEOPLE OR BY COUNCILORS.

2:12:51AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE

2:12:54REASONS WHY. THE STRENGTH OF

2:12:59OPINION, THE STRENGTH AND

2:13:00PASSION OF THAT RESPONSE IS SO

2:13:02HIGH FROM FOLKS, IT'S USUALLY

2:13:05BASED ON FEELING NEGLECTED,

2:13:07FEELING UNHEARD, FEELING IN

2:13:09SOME CASES TRAUMATIZED BY AN

2:13:12INSTITUTION, EITHER THIS

2:13:13GOVERNMENT OR ANOTHER. AND SO

2:13:17HONORING THAT, EVEN IF WE DON'T

2:13:20NECESSARILY AGREE WITH IT AND

2:13:21ENGAGING WITH IT IS A CORE

2:13:22FUNCTION OF OUR JOB. AND I

2:13:25THINK THAT THERE'S OFTEN VERY

2:13:26EASY TO RESORT TO THE IDEA THAT

2:13:28WE SHOULD REFER THIS IN OUR

2:13:32BRAINS TO A RESPONSE THAT

2:13:34INVOLVES FORCE, A RESPONSE THAT

2:13:35INVOLVES SILENCING A RESPONSE

2:13:37THAT THAT MAY IN FACT INVOLVE

2:13:38VIOLENCE. AND SO FOR US TO, TO

2:13:41CHOOSE NOT ONLY TO REJECT THAT

2:13:45PREMISE FOR OURSELVES AND NOT

2:13:47TRY TO ARM COUNCILORS, BUT ALSO

2:13:50TO SAY THAT THE BROADER CONTEXT

2:13:54IS IMPROVED WHEN THERE IS NO OR

2:13:56FEWER, AT LEAST FIREARMS IN THE

2:13:58IN THE BUILDING IS A REALLY

2:14:00IMPORTANT STEP. THIS WAS

2:14:01SOMETHING THAT WAS ON MY LIST

2:14:03OF THINGS TO LOOK AT. I'M

2:14:04GRATEFUL THAT OTHER FOLKS TOOK

2:14:06IT ON AT SAN AND COUNCIL

2:14:07PRESIDENT DUFFY'S OFFICE, AND

2:14:10I'M VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT

2:14:11TODAY. THANKS.

2:14:12>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

2:14:14COUNCILOR KANAL. COUNCILOR.

2:14:15KOYAMA LANE.

2:14:16>> THIS IS A GOOD POLICY AND WE

2:14:19SHOULD PASS IT. THAT'S IT.

2:14:22>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR. KOYAMA

2:14:23LANE. COUNCILOR GREEN.

2:14:27>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,

2:14:28I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU.

2:14:29YOU SAID EARLY ON, BUT FOLKS

2:14:31MIGHT HAVE ALREADY FORGOTTEN,

2:14:32BUT YOUR OFFICE PUT IN

2:14:34SIGNIFICANT WORK IN COMMITTEE

2:14:36AND ALSO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

2:14:38THE WITH THE BUREAUS. THAT'S

2:14:39COMMENDABLE. THAT'S GOOD.

2:14:40THAT'S GOOD LEGISLATIVE WORK. I

2:14:42READ THROUGH ALL THE COMMITTEE

2:14:43STAFF SUMMARIES. THEY'RE

2:14:45THEY'RE COMPREHENSIVE. REALLY

2:14:48APPRECIATE ALL THE TESTIMONY

2:14:49TODAY. GOOD. BILL MUST PASS.

2:14:52>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GREEN.

2:14:54>> COUNCILOR AVALOS YEAH, THANK

2:14:56YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF THIS WORK

2:14:58AND SEEMS PRETTY

2:15:00STRAIGHTFORWARD. I DON'T WANT

2:15:03TO SEE ANY GUNS IN THESE

2:15:04BUILDINGS. I DON'T GIVE A DAMN

2:15:05THAT YOU HAVE A CONCEALED CARRY.

2:15:07YOU SHOULD NOT BE CARRYING A

2:15:08GUN IN A BUILDING WHERE PEOPLE

2:15:10ARE COMING TO SHARE THEIR VOICE,

2:15:11WHERE THEY'RE COMING TO ENGAGE

2:15:13WITH THEIR GOVERNMENT. AND SO,

2:15:15YEAH, WE SHOULD GET THIS PASSED

2:15:17IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE IT'S COMMON

2:15:18SENSE LEGISLATION AND GIVEN

2:15:20GESTURES THAT EVERYTHING, THE

2:15:22MORE THAT WE CAN REMOVE

2:15:24DANGEROUS WEAPONS FROM PUBLIC

2:15:26SPACES, THE BETTER. THANKS.

2:15:28>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR AVALOS.

2:15:34OKAY, COLLEAGUES, LAST CALL FOR

2:15:36ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. NO.

2:15:39OKAY. THIS SEEING NO ONE ELSE

2:15:41IN THE QUEUE FOR DISCUSSION,

2:15:43THIS ITEM NOW MOVES TO SECOND

2:15:45READING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

2:15:46COLLEAGUES. KEELAN, CAN WE

2:15:47PLEASE CALL OUR LAST ITEM FOR

2:15:49THE DAY DOCUMENT 2026-309.

2:15:55>> SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF

2:15:56COURT ACCESS TO PROTECT

2:15:58TAXPAYERS FROM EXTREME WEATHER

2:16:00COSTS.

2:16:01>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,

2:16:03COLLEAGUES. THIS IS A

2:16:05RESOLUTION WE HAVE WITH US FROM

2:16:07OUR COUNCIL OPERATIONS TEAM,

2:16:10KEVIN ALVAREZ WITH A COMMITTEE

2:16:12STAFF SUMMARY REPORT.

2:16:14>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL

2:16:15PRESIDENT AND COUNCILORS. FOR

2:16:16THE RECORD, MY NAME IS KEVIN

2:16:18ALVAREZ, AND I SERVE AS A

2:16:19POLICY ANALYST FOR THE CITY

2:16:21LIFE COMMITTEE. THE RESOLUTION

2:16:22BEFORE YOU DOCUMENT NUMBER

2:16:252026-309 WAS HEARD IN THE CITY

2:16:26LIFE COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER

2:16:2822ND, 2026, WHERE IT WAS

2:16:30REFERRED TO FULL COUNCIL WITH A

2:16:32RECOMMENDATION TO BE ADOPTED.

2:16:33SO THE RESOLUTION STATES THAT

2:16:36PORTLAND CATEGORICALLY OPPOSES

2:16:38ANY LEGISLATION, WHETHER IN THE

2:16:40US CONGRESS OR OREGON STATE

2:16:42LEGISLATURE, THAT WOULD LIMIT

2:16:44OR ELIMINATE ACCESS TO THE

2:16:45COURTS BY PREEMPTING EXISTING

2:16:47LAWS OR BY GRANTING FOSSIL FUEL

2:16:49COMPANIES IMMUNITY FROM LAWS OR

2:16:51LAWSUITS SEEKING TO HOLD THE

2:16:53INDUSTRY ACCOUNTABLE FOR

2:16:55DECEPTIVE CONDUCT AND THE COST

2:16:56OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

2:16:58>> THE RESOLUTION ALSO AFFIRMS

2:16:59THE CITY SUPPORT FOR THE RIGHTS

2:17:01OF CITIES, COUNTIES, TRIBES AND

2:17:03STATES TO PURSUE LITIGATION AND

2:17:05LEGISLATION SEEKING TO HOLD THE

2:17:07FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY

2:17:08ACCOUNTABLE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

2:17:09DRIVEN HARMS. THE IMPACT THE

2:17:11FULL IMPACT STATEMENT ON THIS

2:17:13ITEM INCLUDES A FINANCIAL AND

2:17:14BUDGETARY IMPACTS AND COMMUNITY

2:17:17AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. ONE

2:17:20PERSON PROVIDED VERBAL

2:17:21TESTIMONY AT THE COMMITTEE

2:17:22MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 22ND AND

2:17:251616 PEOPLE SUBMITTED WRITTEN

2:17:27TESTIMONY PRIOR TO COMMITTEE

2:17:28ACTION. THE GENERAL THEMES OF

2:17:30TESTIMONY INCLUDED

2:17:31ACCOUNTABILITY OF FOSSIL FUEL

2:17:32COMPANIES FOR THE COST OF

2:17:33EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS AND

2:17:35CLIMATE RELATED DAMAGES

2:17:36CURRENTLY BORNE BY TAXPAYERS.

2:17:38FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATION

2:17:39THAT WOULD GRANT FUEL, FOSSIL

2:17:42FUEL COMPANIES IMMUNITY FROM

2:17:44CLIMATE RELATED LAWSUITS. STATE

2:17:46LEVEL MAKE POLLUTERS PAY

2:17:49CLIMATE SUPERFUND LEGISLATION

2:17:50THAT WOULD APPLY THE SUPERFUND

2:17:52MODEL FOR SOIL AND WATER

2:17:53POLLUTION TO AIR POLLUTION,

2:17:55SUPPORTED BY A COALITION OF

2:17:56MORE THAN 50 ENVIRONMENTAL

2:17:58ADVOCACY GROUPS SEEKING CITY

2:17:59SUPPORT OF ITS 2027 STATE

2:18:02LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND

2:18:03SUBMISSION OF AN ORGANIZATIONAL

2:18:05SIGN ON LETTER ON BEHALF OF SIX

2:18:07ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE

2:18:08ORGANIZATIONS FROM PORTLAND AND

2:18:10ACROSS THE STATE, WITH VERBAL

2:18:12TESTIMONY NOTING THAT

2:18:13ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATIONS HAD

2:18:14JOINED SINCE IT WAS LAST

2:18:16SUBMITTED. THAT CONCLUDES THE

2:18:17COMMITTEE STAFF SUMMARY. THANK

2:18:19YOU.

2:18:19>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KEVIN

2:18:20COUNCILOR PIRTLE-GUINEY. THIS

2:18:21CAME FROM YOUR YOUR CITY LIFE

2:18:23COMMITTEE. ANY OPENING REMARKS.

2:18:26>> THAT IT DID. AND I WOULD

2:18:28JUST ADD TO THE COMMITTEE STAFF

2:18:29SUMMARY THAT THERE WAS SOME

2:18:31CONVERSATION ABOUT WHEN AND HOW

2:18:32WE WEIGH IN ON ITEMS THAT ARE

2:18:35OUR FEDERAL ITEMS AND THE

2:18:38IMPORTANCE OF THIS RESOLUTION,

2:18:40BECAUSE WE ARE ASKING THE

2:18:41FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PRESERVE

2:18:42OUR RIGHT AS A CITY TO ENTER

2:18:47INTO THESE LEGAL ACTIONS. AND

2:18:49THE THE KEY THAT THAT KEY PIECE

2:18:54OF US NEEDING TO MAINTAIN OUR

2:18:55RIGHTS AS A CITY IN THAT WAY.

2:18:58OTHERWISE, I THINK THE

2:18:59COMMITTEE STAFF SUMMARY

2:19:00CAPTURED IT ALL. AND I WILL LET

2:19:02THE CARRIER SPEAK TO THE

2:19:05IMPORTANCE OF MOVING THIS

2:19:06FORWARD.

2:19:07>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR.

2:19:08PIRTLE-GUINEY. COUNCILOR.

2:19:09NOVICK.

2:19:10>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. SO

2:19:13A NUMBER OF STATE CITIES AND

2:19:15COUNTIES AROUND THE COUNTRY,

2:19:16INCLUDING MULTNOMAH COUNTY,

2:19:18HAVE BROUGHT SUITS AGAINST THE

2:19:19FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY FOR

2:19:21DAMAGES CAUSED BY GLOBAL

2:19:23WARMING. THE SUITS FOCUS ON THE

2:19:25DECEPTIVE CONDUCT OF THE FOSSIL

2:19:26FUEL INDUSTRY GOING BACK

2:19:28DECADES, TRYING TO DENY THE

2:19:30HARM CAUSED BY GLOBAL WARMING.

2:19:32THERE'S THIS LEGISLATION

2:19:33PENDING IN CONGRESS TO DEPRIVE

2:19:37THOSE JURISDICTIONS OF THE

2:19:39RIGHT TO TO GO TO COURT. BY THE

2:19:42WAY, THIS ISSUE IS ALSO IN

2:19:43FRONT OF THE SUPREME COURT

2:19:44RIGHT NOW, SO WE'LL FIND OUT.

2:19:46THE SUPREME COURT ALLOWS THESE

2:19:47SUITS TO GO FORWARD. I REALIZED

2:19:49THAT WE COULD SPEND EVERY

2:19:50MINUTE OF EVERY DAY DENOUNCING

2:19:51SOMETHING THAT THE REPUBLICANS

2:19:52ARE DOING IN CONGRESS OR

2:19:54OTHERWISE. BUT AS COUNCILOR

2:19:56PIRTLE-GUINEY SAID, I THOUGHT I

2:19:59COULDN'T RESIST BRINGING THIS

2:20:00ONE BECAUSE IT IS THE

2:20:01LEGISLATION IS A DIRECT ATTACK

2:20:02ON OUR ABILITY TO ACT. AND ALSO

2:20:05IN MY PREVIOUS JOB, I WAS

2:20:07WORKED IN A COALITION OF STATES

2:20:10ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, AND

2:20:11ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID

2:20:13REGULARLY WAS FILE AMICUS

2:20:14BRIEFS IN SUPPORT OF THE RIGHT

2:20:15OF JURISDICTIONS TO BRING

2:20:16LAWSUITS LIKE THIS. SO THAT WAS

2:20:19WHY I FELT OKAY BRINGING THIS

2:20:21FORWARD, EVEN THOUGH WITHOUT

2:20:24WORRYING TOO MUCH ABOUT THE THE

2:20:28POSSIBILITY WE WIND UP SPENDING

2:20:29ALL OF OUR TIME IN FEDERAL

2:20:31ISSUES. I ALSO WANTED TO DRAW

2:20:32YOUR ATTENTION TO THE

2:20:33RESOLUTION RECITES PORTIONS OF

2:20:35THE STATE OF DELAWARE'S

2:20:36COMPLAINT AGAINST THE FOSSIL

2:20:38FUEL COMPANIES, DEMONSTRATING

2:20:39THAT THEY KNEW EVERYTHING THERE

2:20:40WAS TO KNOW ABOUT GLOBAL

2:20:41WARMING, STARTING AT LEAST, AT

2:20:43LEAST 1959. AND AT SOME POINT,

2:20:44I'D LIKE TO SEE A DEBATE

2:20:46BETWEEN ABOUT WHO IS THE MORE

2:20:47DECEPTIVE INDUSTRY, THE

2:20:48CIGARETTE INDUSTRY, ABOUT

2:20:49CIGARETTES OR THE FOSSIL FUEL

2:20:50INDUSTRY, ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING.

2:20:53>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR. NOVICK.

2:20:55KEELAN. HAS ANYONE SIGNED UP TO

2:20:56TESTIFY ON THIS ITEM?

2:20:57>> WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP.

2:20:59>> OKAY. I'D LIKE TO START BY

2:21:01GETTING OUR PUBLIC TESTIMONY

2:21:02AND THEN COLLEAGUES, WE CAN DO

2:21:03TECHNICAL CLARIFYING AND

2:21:05COUNCIL DEBATE. SO CAN WE

2:21:06PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST TESTIFIER?

2:21:08>> SHERRY SPOCK IS JOINING US

2:21:10ONLINE.

2:21:17>> GOOD EVENING COUNCILORS.

2:21:20THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY

2:21:22TO TESTIFY ABOUT THIS ITEM. AND

2:21:24THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR NOVICK

2:21:25FOR BRINGING IT UP. I THINK

2:21:27THAT WE PROBABLY CAN ALL AGREE

2:21:29THAT THIS IS A GOOD IDEA, THAT

2:21:31WE NEED TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO

2:21:34HOLD POLLUTING COMPANIES

2:21:36ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE HARM THAT

2:21:37THEY'VE CAUSED, AND DO THAT

2:21:40THROUGH LEGISLATION AND

2:21:42LITIGATION. AND SO THIS IS A

2:21:43GREAT INDICATION TO MAKE SURE

2:21:45THAT WE SAY THAT WE REALLY WANT

2:21:48TO KEEP THAT RIGHT. AND SO I

2:21:50DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH

2:21:52OF YOUR TIME, AS I THINK THIS

2:21:53PROBABLY IS SOMETHING THAT MOST

2:21:55OF US AGREE ON AND APPRECIATE

2:21:57THE SUPPORT OF SEVEN COUNCILORS

2:22:00ALREADY WHO HAVE SIGNED ON TO A

2:22:02NATIONAL LETTER ABOUT THIS. SO

2:22:03THANK YOU. COUNCILORS. AVALOS

2:22:05GREEN. KANAL, KOYAMA LANE,

2:22:06MORILLO, NOVICK AND

2:22:07PIRTLE-GUINEY AND WOULD LOVE TO

2:22:09HAVE THE REST OF YOU SUPPORT ON

2:22:10THAT NATIONAL LETTER THAT

2:22:12INDICATES TO OUR CONGRESSIONAL

2:22:14DELEGATION THAT THIS IS REALLY

2:22:15IMPORTANT TO US. YOU PROBABLY

2:22:17HAVE ALL RECEIVED QUITE A FEW

2:22:19EMAILS IN YOUR INBOXES FROM

2:22:22CONSTITUENTS IN PORTLAND WHO

2:22:24REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS AND WANT

2:22:25TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HOLD BIG

2:22:28POLLUTING COMPANIES,

2:22:29CORPORATIONS ACCOUNTABLE FOR

2:22:31THEIR POLLUTION AND CLIMATE

2:22:33HARM. AND THIS IS A BIG ISSUE

2:22:36THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH A

2:22:38STATEWIDE COALITION OF OVER 50

2:22:41ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE STATE

2:22:42TO DO STATE LEGISLATION AND THE

2:22:45MAKE POLLUTERS PAY CLIMATE

2:22:46SUPERFUND BILL IS IN YOUR LIST

2:22:48FOR INDICATING YOUR SUPPORT FOR

2:22:52THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SO I

2:22:54HOPE THAT YOU WILL ALSO SUPPORT

2:22:56THAT. SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD

2:23:00TO YOU ALL SUPPORTING THIS

2:23:02RESOLUTION AS AS WAS MENTIONED,

2:23:04WE HAD SIX LOCAL AND STATEWIDE

2:23:06ORGANIZATIONS THAT SIGNED ON TO

2:23:08THE LETTER AT FIRST, AND I

2:23:09SUBMITTED IT AGAIN THIS MORNING

2:23:12WITH NINE ORGANIZATIONS, SO YOU

2:23:13CAN CHECK THAT OUT FOR MORE

2:23:15DETAILS. BUT I THINK THAT THAT

2:23:17GIVES YOU A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF

2:23:18WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT. AND

2:23:20THANK YOU ALL FOR CARING ABOUT

2:23:22THIS ISSUE.

2:23:23>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR

2:23:25BEING HERE.

2:23:25>> THAT COMPLETES TESTIMONY.

2:23:27>> THANK YOU. KEELAN. OKAY,

2:23:28COLLEAGUES, WE ARE NOW INTO

2:23:29TECHNICAL CLARIFYING QUESTIONS

2:23:31AS WELL AS COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

2:23:32WE'LL START WITH COUNCILOR

2:23:33KOYAMA LANE.

2:23:36>> THANKS.

2:23:36>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I AM

2:23:39BROADLY VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.

2:23:41I'M JUST I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED

2:23:43BECAUSE THIS HOW IS THIS

2:23:45DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE JUST

2:23:46BROUGHT FORWARD AROUND THE CEI

2:23:48HUB? IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS

2:23:51ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME THING.

2:23:53AND SO I WOULD LOVE FOR SOMEONE

2:23:56TO EXPLAIN THAT TO ME BECAUSE

2:23:58I'M SUPPORTIVE, BUT I WAS ALSO

2:23:59SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. AND SO I'M

2:24:01JUST A LITTLE CONFUSED TO SEE

2:24:02THIS COME FORWARD AND BE SO

2:24:05SIMILAR.

2:24:07>> MAY I RESPOND PLEASE?

2:24:08>> COUNCILOR. NOVICK.

2:24:09>> COUNCILOR. THE PREMISE OF

2:24:10THE LEGISLATION RELATING TO CI

2:24:12HUB, WHICH YOU REFERRED TO, WAS

2:24:14THAT WE CAN'T TRUST THE CITY OF

2:24:16PORTLAND TO BRING A LAWSUIT TO

2:24:18ENFORCE ITS OWN FRANCHISE

2:24:20AGREEMENT. THE PREMISE OF THIS

2:24:21RESOLUTION IS THAT WE THINK

2:24:23THAT IT SHOULD BE LEGAL FOR

2:24:25CITIES TO SUE FOSSIL FUEL

2:24:26COMPANIES FOR THEIR DECEPTION

2:24:28ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING. SO THOSE

2:24:29STRIKE ME AS TWO EXTREMELY

2:24:30DIFFERENT THINGS.

2:24:37>> OKAY, WELL, I LIKE IT, I

2:24:39SUPPORT IT.

2:24:40>> THANK YOU.

2:24:41>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR KOYAMA

2:24:42LANE COUNCILOR GREEN.

2:24:45>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

2:24:46THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS

2:24:47FORWARD. COUNCILOR. NOVICK. YOU

2:24:49KNOW, RESOLUTIONS ARE THE WAY

2:24:50THAT WE EXPRESS OUR WILL AS A

2:24:52BODY. YOU CAN'T JUST INDIVIDUAL

2:24:55COUNCILORS CAN'T SAY THE CITY'S

2:24:56GOING TO DO THIS SO THAT

2:24:58RESOLUTIONS ARE HOW WE DO THIS.

2:24:59I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT IN THIS

2:25:01MOMENT TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT THE

2:25:03CITY OF PORTLAND BELIEVES

2:25:04SHOULD BE THE POLICY FRAMEWORK.

2:25:06THERE'S 21 PIECES OF WRITTEN

2:25:08TESTIMONY. ALL OF THEM SUPPORT

2:25:09IT. I KNOW OF NO PERSON WHO

2:25:11DOESN'T WANT TO DO THIS, SO

2:25:13LET'S JUST DO IT. THANKS.

2:25:14>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GREEN

2:25:16COUNCILOR KANAL.

2:25:17>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

2:25:18THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR NOVICK

2:25:19FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND

2:25:21I KNOW YOUR TEAM WORKED HARD ON

2:25:22IT AS WELL. AND YEAH, I THINK

2:25:26THERE'S NOT MUCH TO SAY HERE

2:25:27THAT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN SAID

2:25:29IN THAT WRITTEN TESTIMONY. AND

2:25:30I APPRECIATE COUNCILOR GREEN

2:25:31CALLING THAT OUT, BUT

2:25:33PROTECTING OUR ABILITY TO FIGHT

2:25:35FOR OUR PEOPLE IS A REALLY

2:25:37IMPORTANT THING. THIS HAS THE

2:25:39ADDITIONAL BENEFIT OF SORT OF

2:25:41ESTABLISHING COUNCIL INTENTION

2:25:44AND AUTHORIZATION FOR OG R. SO

2:25:47I THINK THE OFFICE OF

2:25:48GOVERNMENT RELATIONS. SO I

2:25:49THINK THAT THAT'S A REALLY

2:25:50IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS THAT IS

2:25:52OPERATIONAL AND IMMEDIATE. AND

2:25:54SO I THINK THAT IT HAS AN

2:25:56IMPACT THAT THAT SOME

2:25:58RESOLUTIONS THAT WE'VE DONE IN

2:25:58THE PAST DON'T HAVE THAT LEVEL.

2:26:00SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT

2:26:01ASPECT OF IT AND EXCITED FOR TO,

2:26:05TO PASS THIS AND GRATEFUL FOR

2:26:07YOUR WORK, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW,

2:26:08OF A, OF A LINE WITH YOUR, YOUR

2:26:10PAST WORK AS WELL. SO I

2:26:12APPRECIATE THAT AND APPRECIATE

2:26:14YOUR TEAM. COUNCILOR. NOVICK AS

2:26:15WELL. THANKS.

2:26:16>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR KANAL.

2:26:21COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER

2:26:22DISCUSSION OF THIS ITEM?

2:26:25COUNCILOR. MORILLO.

2:26:28>> SO SORRY, I MIGHT JUST BE A

2:26:30LITTLE BIT BRAIN FOGGY BECAUSE

2:26:31I'M STILL SICK, BUT SO FOR

2:26:33CLARITY, IF YOU WERE TO DISTILL

2:26:34WHAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES, IT

2:26:36JUST SAYS THAT THE CITY OF

2:26:37PORTLAND COULD SUE FOSSIL FUEL

2:26:39COMPANIES THAT ARE POLLUTING.

2:26:41CORRECT.

2:26:44>> MAY I RESPOND? YES.

2:26:47COUNCILOR. MORILLO. IT ALSO, AS

2:26:49SHERIFF BOCK NOTED, AND AS

2:26:52COUNCILOR KANAL JUST NOTED,

2:26:53SAYS THAT A JURISDICTION SHOULD

2:26:57BE ALLOWED TO DO SUPERFUND LIKE

2:27:00LEGISLATION TO HOLD FOSSIL FUEL

2:27:02COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE, AS WELL

2:27:04AS BRINGING LAWSUITS BECAUSE

2:27:05THEY FEDERAL LEGISLATION

2:27:06OPPOSES WOULD WOULD OVERRIDE

2:27:08BOTH THINGS. NO MORE LAWSUITS

2:27:10AND NO MORE CLIMATE SUPERFUND

2:27:13LEGISLATION HAS BEEN PASSED IN

2:27:14SOME PLACES.

2:27:17>> OKAY.

2:27:20>> ARE WE UNABLE TO DO THOSE

2:27:22TYPES OF THINGS WITHOUT THIS

2:27:24RESOLUTION, THOUGH?

2:27:25>> NO, NO. THE RESOLUTION JUST

2:27:27ANNOUNCED JUST ANNOUNCES THE

2:27:30EFFORTS IN CONGRESS TO PROHIBIT

2:27:33US FROM TAKING THOSE ACTIONS.

2:27:36>> GOTCHA. OKAY.

2:27:37>> THANK YOU.

2:27:38>> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR.

2:27:39MORILLO. OKAY, COLLEAGUES,

2:27:43SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE,

2:27:45THIS IS A RESOLUTION. WE ARE

2:27:47MOVING TO A VOTE. KEELAN CAN WE

2:27:48PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON

2:27:50DOCUMENT 2026-309?

2:27:54>> CLERK I.

2:27:56>> GREEN I ZIMMERMAN.

2:28:07>> SORRY, AVALOS. I SMITH. I

2:28:12KANAL. I PIRTLE-GUINEY. I RYAN.

2:28:17I KOYAMA LANE. COUNCILOR KOYAMA

2:28:26LANE.

2:28:27>> YOU'RE MUTED. YOU'RE MUTED.

2:28:32>> I'M NOT MUTED. I.

2:28:36>> THANK YOU. AYE, MORILLO. I

2:28:40NOVICK. I DUNPHY. A RESOLUTION

2:28:44IS ADOPTED WITH 11 VOTES AND

2:28:46ONE ABSENT.

2:28:47>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH

2:28:48COLLEAGUES. THAT CONCLUDES OUR

2:28:50AGENDA FOR THIS WEDNESDAY

2:28:51EVENING. WE ARE IN RECESS UNTIL

2:28:542:00 TOMORROW AFTERNOON,

2:28:55THURSDAY THE 22ND, AT WHICH

2:28:57POINT WE'LL PICK UP OUR OUR

2:28:59FALL TOWEL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

2:29:01WE'RE DONE FOR TONIGHT. HAVE A

2:29:03GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.