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City Council holds regular meetings at 9:30 a.m. on the first Wednesday and 6:00 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month. If there is sufficient business, additional meetings are held the following Wednesday or Thursday at 2:00 p.m.

July 16-17, 2025 Council Agenda (Special and Regular Meeting)

City Hall, Council Chambers, 2nd Floor – 1221 SW Fourth Avenue, Portland, OR 97204

In accordance with Portland City Code and state law, City Council holds hybrid public meetings, which provide for both virtual and in-person participation. Councilors may elect to attend remotely by video and teleconference, or in-person. The City makes several avenues available for the public to listen to and watch the broadcast of this meeting, including the City's YouTube Channel, the Open Signal website, and Xfinity Channel 30 and 330.

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Agenda Updates

Last updated July 14, 2025 at 3:20 p.m.

Councilor Clark is absent July 16 & 17.
Councilor Dunphy is absent July 17.

2025-281 has a proposed amendment by Councilor Green. 
2025-194 is requested to be rescheduled to a future meeting date by Councilor Clark's Office.
2025-253 is pulled from the consent agenda for discussion and requested to be referred back to Mayor Wilson's Office.
2025-204 is requested to be rescheduled to a future meeting date by Councilor Koyama Lane's Office.

In this agenda

Special meeting scheduled by request of Councilors Zimmerman, Green, Koyama Lane, Dunphy, Morillo, Ryan, Novick, Smith, Avalos as required by City Code Subsection 3.02.010 D.

Regular Agenda

1

Document number
2025-281
Introduced by
Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney
Councilor Steve Novick
Councilor Angelita Morillo
City department
Parks & Recreation
Time requested
90 minutes
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Agenda Approval

2

Council will vote to approve the agenda, to reorder items on the agenda, or to add an item to the next meeting’s agenda.

Public Communications

3

Public Comment (Public Communication)
Document number
July 16, 2025 Public Communications
Time requested
15 minutes

Committee Referral Report

4

Time requested
5 minutes

City Administrator Report

5

Document number
2025-282
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
City Administrator Michael Jordan
Time requested
15 minutes

Consent Agenda

6

Document number
2025-247
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Transportation
Previous agenda item
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7

Previous agenda item
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8

Previous agenda item
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10

Document number
2025-274
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Housing Bureau
Previous agenda item
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11

Document number
2025-235
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Parks & Recreation
Previous agenda item
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12

Document number
2025-253
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Human Resources
Previous agenda item
Item was pulled from the consent agenda for discussion and requested to be referred back to Mayor Wilson's Office.
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13

Document number
2025-259
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
DOJ Settlement
Previous agenda item
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14

Document number
2025-262
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Planning and Sustainability (BPS)
Previous agenda item
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15

Document number
2025-269
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Arts & Culture
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Regular Agenda

16

Time requested
25 minutes
Second reading agenda item
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17

Document number
2025-219
Introduced by
Councilor Olivia Clark
Councilor Mitch Green
Time requested
30 minutes
Previous agenda item
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18

Time requested
40 minutes
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19

Time requested
30 minutes
Previous agenda item
Item has been requested to be rescheduled to a future meeting date by Councilor Clark's Office.
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Time Certain

20

Time certain
2:00 pm
Time requested
45 minutes
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Regular Agenda

21

Document number
2025-197
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Planning and Sustainability (BPS)
Second reading agenda item
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22

Document number
2025-186
Introduced by
Council Vice President Tiffany Koyama Lane
Time requested
1 hour
Previous agenda item
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23

Document number
2025-204
Introduced by
Council Vice President Tiffany Koyama Lane
Councilor Angelita Morillo
Councilor Olivia Clark
Councilor Mitch Green
Councilor Loretta Smith
Time requested
45 minutes
Previous agenda item
Item has been requested to be rescheduled to a future meeting date by Councilor Koyama Lane's Office.
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