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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.

May 21, 2025 Council Agenda

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

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Agenda Updates

Last updated May 16, 2025 at 8:52 a.m.

Item 6, Document 2025-197, will be rescheduled to a future meeting.

In this agenda

Pre-gavel

Celebrating Older American Month and Age-Friendly Portland

Speakers:
Bandana Shrestha, State Director, AARP Oregon
Poison Waters, local personality

Agenda Approval

1

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

2

Public Comment (Public Communication)
Document number
May 21, 2025 Public Communications
Time requested
15 minutes

Committee Referral Report

3

Time requested
5 minutes

Regular Agenda

4

Document number
2025-178
Introduced by
Councilor Jamie Dunphy
Councilor Steve Novick
Councilor Mitch Green
Second reading agenda item.

5

Document number
2025-207
Introduced by
Councilor Dan Ryan
City department
Portland Children's Levy
Time requested
30 minutes
Verbal testimony time is limited to 2 minutes.
Testify on this item

6

Document number
2025-197
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Planning and Sustainability (BPS)
Time requested
20 minutes
Item will be rescheduled to a future meeting.

7

Time requested
30 minutes
Previous agenda item.
Verbal testimony time is limited to 2 minutes.
Testify on this item

8

Document number
2025-093
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Transportation
Time requested
30 minutes
Previous agenda item.
Verbal testimony time is limited to 2 minutes.
Testify on this item

9

Document number
2025-123
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Parks & Recreation
Second reading agenda item.

10

Document number
2025-132
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Water
Second reading agenda item.

11

Document number
2025-133
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Environmental Services
Second reading agenda item.

12

Document number
2025-134
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Environmental Services
Second reading agenda item.

13

Second reading agenda item.

14

Document number
2025-136
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Transportation
Second reading agenda item.

15

Document number
2025-137
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Permitting & Development
Second reading agenda item.

Time Certain

16

Document number
2025-208
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
City Budget Office
Time certain
11:45 am
Time requested
2 hours
Verbal testimony time is limited to 2 minutes.
Testify on this item

17

Document number
2025-209
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Prosper Portland
Time certain
1:45 pm
Time requested
1 hour
Verbal testimony time is limited to 2 minutes.
Testify on this item
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