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Face Covering Directive for City Facilities and Vehicles

Effective July 28, 2021, Portland CAO Tom Rinehart has issued a directive mandating the use of face coverings for everyone inside City facilities and vehicles. Check our face coverings page for more information.

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COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience

Access City programs, people and projects designed to help Portland recover. Portland United
Volunteer. Play. Stay. Shop. Show the Rose City a little love. Be Here for Portland.

Construction and development

Residential and commercial permitting, inspections, and code

Services and Resources

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News and Notices

City bureaus work to improve timeliness and efficiency in building permit process

News Article
Updated
Earlier this year, Commissioner Dan Ryan appointed a Permitting Improvement Task Force which met three times over two months and was charged with identifying solutions to improving the timeliness and efficiency of the building permit process.
This is a photograph of a new single-family home being built.

Powell Butte Reservoir 1 Roof Repair Project Update - June 2021

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Updated

City Council approves measures to assist businesses in recovery from the pandemic

News Article
Updated
Businesses, entrepreneurs, and providers of affordable housing and services can take advantage of temporary suspensions of some zoning requirements to assist in improvements to their facilities and enable faster economic recovery.
Restaurant owner Deepak Kaul demonstrates changes takeout precautions put in place as a result of COVID-19.

Remote Video Re-inspections protect health, keep residential projects moving during COVID-19

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Published
This service of the Bureau of Development Services provides video re-inspections for corrections on permitted work, saving time and money for customers and the City.
This is a photo of an inspection, being conducted via video over a cellphone, of a newly installed furnace.

City of Portland selects new Chief Procurement Officer to guide public investments, improve equity programs

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Published
Biko Taylor brings expertise from public school districts, commitment to support small businesses
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Construction and Maintenance

Gresham trestle upgrades

Capital Improvement Project
Active
Fall 2020 to spring 2023 (vegetation monitoring continues through 2024)

Willamette River Crossing construction updates

Capital Improvement Project
Engineering And Design
2016 through 2023

Penridge Water Mains Replacement

Capital Improvement Project
Engineering And Design
Spring 2016 through Winter 2023

Beatrice Morrow

Housing
Completed – Opened Fall 2018

Washington Park Reservoirs construction updates

Capital Improvement Project
Under Construction
2016 through 2025
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Information Session: Wastewater Treatment Plants and Pump Stations Construction Price Agreements RFP

Bids and Proposals
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Available Online
Learn about upcoming opportunities for 2-year, $3 million contracts to provide on-call construction work for Environmental Services' wastewater treatment plants and pump stations.

Upcoming Events

Mill Park Community Gathering

Public Meeting
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Help shape the future of Mill Park!
Location
Mill Park

Information Session: Wastewater Treatment Plants and Pump Stations Construction Price Agreements RFP

Bids and Proposals
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Available Online
Learn about upcoming opportunities for 2-year, $3 million contracts to provide on-call construction work for Environmental Services' wastewater treatment plants and pump stations.

Development Review Advisory Committee (DRAC)

Public Meeting
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Available Online
This is the regular meeting of the Development Review Advisory Committee, held on the third Thursday of each month.

Lunch and Learn: Design Overlay Zone Amendments

Community Event
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Available Online
This free virtual session will provide more information on the recently adopted Design Overlay Zone Amendments and how they affect developments within design overlay zones.

Development Review Advisory Committee (DRAC)

Public Meeting
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Available Online
This is the regular meeting of the Development Review Advisory Committee, held on the third Thursday of each month.

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