August 30-31, 2023 Council Agenda

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City Hall – 1221 SW Fourth Avenue, Portland, OR 97204

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Meeting Minutes

In this agenda

Wednesday, August 30, 2023 9:30 am

Session Status

Recessed

Council in Attendance

Mayor Ted Wheeler

Commissioner Carmen Rubio

Commissioner Dan Ryan

Commissioner Rene Gonzalez

Commissioner Mingus Mapps

Mayor Wheeler presided.

Officers in attendance: Beth Woodard, Deputy City Attorney; Keelan McClymont, Council Clerk

Item 715 was pulled from the Consent Agenda and on a Y-5 roll call the balance of the Consent Agenda was adopted.

Council recessed at 9:43 a.m. and reconvened at 9:45 a.m.

Council recessed at 11:28 a.m. and reconvened at 11:40 a.m.

Council recessed at 11:54 a.m.

Communications

709

Request of Kelly Beiermann to address Council regarding crime in our beloved city (Communication)

Document number

709-2023

Council action

Placed on File

710

Request of Coleman Gariety to address Council regarding Measure 110 (Communication)

Document number

710-2023

Council action

Placed on File

711

Request of Andre Tokayuk to address Council regarding Portland Police Bureau (Communication)

Document number

711-2023

Council action

Placed on File

712

Request of Michael Akselrud to address Council regarding illegal fireworks (Communication)

Document number

712-2023

Council action

Placed on File

713

Request of Ryan Tobias to address Council regarding houselessness (Communication)

Document number

713-2023

Council action

Placed on File

Time Certain

714

Unify permitting functions to improve City delivery of development review and permitting services (Resolution)

Resolution number

37628

Introduced by

Commissioner Carmen Rubio

Mayor Ted Wheeler

Commissioner Rene Gonzalez

Commissioner Mingus Mapps

Commissioner Dan Ryan

City department

Permitting & Development

Time certain

9:45 am

Time requested

45 minutes

Council action

Adopted

Aye (5):
- Rene Gonzalez
- Mingus Mapps
- Carmen Rubio
- Dan Ryan
- Ted Wheeler

Consent Agenda

715

Reappoint Tia Palafox, Joseph Torres Ortiz, Byron Vaughn, and Robin Wisner to the Portland Committee on Community-Engaged Policing for terms to expire August 31, 2025 (Report)

Document number

715-2023

Introduced by

Mayor Ted Wheeler

City department

Community Safety Division

Council action

Confirmed

Agenda item 715 was pulled from the Consent Agenda for discussion.
Motion to accept the report: Moved by Mapps and seconded by Ryan.

Aye (5):
- Rene Gonzalez
- Mingus Mapps
- Carmen Rubio
- Dan Ryan
- Ted Wheeler

716

*Revise sewer and stormwater rates, charges and fees in accordance with the FY 2023-24 Sewer User Rate Study (amend Ordinance 191293 and amend ENB-4.20) (Emergency Ordinance)

Ordinance number

191431

Introduced by

Commissioner Mingus Mapps

City department

Environmental Services

Council action

Passed

Aye (5):
- Rene Gonzalez
- Mingus Mapps
- Carmen Rubio
- Dan Ryan
- Ted Wheeler

717

*Accept grant and authorize Intergovernmental Agreement for $1,999,384 with the U.S. Department of Transportation for a Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation Grant and appropriate $1,490,712 in FY 2023-24 (Emergency Ordinance)

Ordinance number

191432

Introduced by

Commissioner Mingus Mapps

City department

Transportation

Council action

Passed

Aye (5):
- Rene Gonzalez
- Mingus Mapps
- Carmen Rubio
- Dan Ryan
- Ted Wheeler

718

Approve and terminate limited tax exemptions for properties under the Homebuyer Opportunity Limited Tax Exemption Program (Resolution)

Resolution number

37627

Introduced by

Commissioner Carmen Rubio

City department

Housing Bureau

Council action

Adopted

Aye (5):
- Rene Gonzalez
- Mingus Mapps
- Carmen Rubio
- Dan Ryan
- Ted Wheeler

719

Accept and appropriate a grant for $352,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration to research a Legacy Business Preservation Project (Ordinance)

Ordinance number

191437

Introduced by

Commissioner Carmen Rubio

City department

Planning and Sustainability (BPS)

Council action

Passed to second reading

Passed to second reading September 6, 2023 at 9:30 a.m.

720

Consent to the transfer of a residential solid waste, recycling and composting collection franchise from S&C Licensing, LLC to Recology Clackamas Inc. (Ordinance)

Ordinance number

191438

Introduced by

Commissioner Carmen Rubio

City department

Planning and Sustainability (BPS)

Council action

Passed to second reading

Passed to second reading September 6, 2023 at 9:30 a.m.

721

*Authorize an emergency price agreement with Rapid Response Bio Clean Inc. for janitorial services at Portland Parks & Recreation downtown restroom sites for September 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024 not to exceed $500,000 (Emergency Ordinance)

Ordinance number

191433

Introduced by

Commissioner Dan Ryan

City department

Parks & Recreation

Council action

Passed

Aye (5):
- Rene Gonzalez
- Mingus Mapps
- Carmen Rubio
- Dan Ryan
- Ted Wheeler

722

Approve Council Minutes for January 4, 2023 - March 30, 2023 (Report)

Document number

722-2023

Introduced by

Auditor Simone Rede

City department

Auditor's Office

Council Clerk

Council action

Approved

Aye (5):
- Rene Gonzalez
- Mingus Mapps
- Carmen Rubio
- Dan Ryan
- Ted Wheeler

Regular Agenda

723

Accept bid of 2KG Contractors Inc. for the Washington Park Hypochlorite Project for $1,509,561 (Procurement Report - ITB 00002122) (Report)

Document number

723-2023

Introduced by

Mayor Ted Wheeler

City department

Management and Finance

Time requested

15 minutes

Council action

Accepted - Prepare Contract

Motion to accept the report: Moved by Mapps and seconded by Gonzalez.

Aye (5):
- Rene Gonzalez
- Mingus Mapps
- Carmen Rubio
- Dan Ryan
- Ted Wheeler

724

Accept bid of ABC Roofing, a Tecta America Company, LLC for the 1900 Building Roof Improvements Project for $1,260,780 (Procurement Report - ITB 00002149) (Report)

Document number

724-2023

Introduced by

Mayor Ted Wheeler

City department

Management and Finance

Time requested

15 minutes

Council action

Accepted - Prepare Contract

Motion to accept the report: Moved by Mapps and seconded by Gonzalez.

Aye (5):
- Rene Gonzalez
- Mingus Mapps
- Carmen Rubio
- Dan Ryan
- Ted Wheeler

725

Accept bid of Tice Electric Company for the 1900 Building LED Lighting Upgrade Project for $1,283,043 (Procurement Report - ITB 00002152) (Report)

Document number

725-2023

Introduced by

Mayor Ted Wheeler

City department

Management and Finance

Time requested

15 minutes

Council action

Accepted - Prepare Contract

Motion to accept the report: Moved by Mapps and seconded by Ryan.

Aye (5):
- Rene Gonzalez
- Mingus Mapps
- Carmen Rubio
- Dan Ryan
- Ted Wheeler

726

Authorize Price Agreements with S-2 Contractors, Inc., Brix Paving Northwest, Inc., Granite Construction Company, and Just Bucket Excavating, Inc., for furnishing asphalt speed bumps, milling, and base repair for $1 million per agreement (Procurement Report - ITB 00002074) (Report)

Document number

726-2023

Introduced by

Mayor Ted Wheeler

City department

Management and Finance

Time requested

15 minutes

Council action

Accepted - Prepare Contract

Motion to accept the report: Moved by Mapps and seconded by Gonzalez.

Aye (5):
- Rene Gonzalez
- Mingus Mapps
- Carmen Rubio
- Dan Ryan
- Ted Wheeler

727

*Amend City Employee Benefits Program to reflect necessary plan design changes as recommended by the Labor Management Benefits Committee and as administratively required by the Bureau of Human Resources for the City plan offerings beginning October 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024 (Emergency Ordinance)

Ordinance number

191434

Introduced by

Mayor Ted Wheeler

City department

Management and Finance

Human Resources

Time requested

5 minutes

Council action

Passed

Aye (5):
- Rene Gonzalez
- Mingus Mapps
- Carmen Rubio
- Dan Ryan
- Ted Wheeler

728

Authorize application to the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance for the FY 2023 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant for $574,225 to assist the Portland-Metropolitan area law enforcement and criminal justice community to prevent and reduce crime and violence (Ordinance)

Ordinance number

191443

Introduced by

Mayor Ted Wheeler

City department

Police

Time requested

15 minutes

Council action

Passed to second reading

Passed to second reading September 6, 2023 at 9:30 a.m.

729

Authorize a competitive solicitation and contract with the lowest responsive and responsible bidder and provide payment for construction of the Lombard Pump Station and Force Main Upgrade Project E10920 for an estimated amount of $10,200,000 (Ordinance)

Ordinance number

191444

Introduced by

Commissioner Mingus Mapps

City department

Environmental Services

Time requested

20 minutes

Council action

Passed to second reading

Passed to second reading September 6, 2023 at 9:30 a.m.

Four-Fifths Agenda

730

*Authorize Chief Human Resources Officer to enter into a five-year contract with Voya Financial for retirement plan administration, investment services, and deferred compensation record keeping services on behalf of the Bureau of Human Resources Benefits Office beginning September 1, 2023 (Emergency Ordinance)

Ordinance number

191435

Introduced by

Mayor Ted Wheeler

City department

Management and Finance

Human Resources

Time requested

10 minutes

Council action

Passed

Aye (5):
- Rene Gonzalez
- Mingus Mapps
- Carmen Rubio
- Dan Ryan
- Ted Wheeler

Wednesday, August 30, 2023 2:00 pm

Session Status

Recessed

Council in Attendance

Mayor Ted Wheeler

Commissioner Carmen Rubio

Commissioner Dan Ryan

Commissioner Rene Gonzalez

Commissioner Mingus Mapps

Mayor Wheeler presided.

Officers in attendance: Lauren King, Senior Deputy City Attorney; Keelan McClymont, Council Clerk

Council recessed at 4:05 p.m. and reconvened at 4:14 p.m.

Council recessed at 4:38 p.m.

Time Certain

731

Amend Title 33, Planning and Zoning, and the Zoning Map to reduce the impacts of future flooding on the city and prevent the degradation of floodplain habitat for endangered and threatened fish species (amend Code Title 33 and the Zoning Map) (Ordinance)

Ordinance number

191477

Introduced by

Commissioner Carmen Rubio

City department

Planning and Sustainability (BPS)

Time certain

2:00 pm

Time requested

3 hours (1 of 2)

Council action

Continued

Motion to amend the Title 33 Ordinance package with substantive and technical changes: Moved by Rubio and seconded by Ryan. Vote not called.

Oral record closed. Written record closed September 1, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.
Continued to September 13, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Time Certain

732

Amend Flood Hazard Areas Code to comply with Federal Emergency Management Agency National Flood Insurance Program requirements and modify compensatory excavation and removal requirements (amend Code Chapter 24.50 and 24.10) (Ordinance)

Ordinance number

191478

Introduced by

Commissioner Carmen Rubio

City department

Permitting & Development

Time certain

2:00 pm

Time requested

3 hours (2 of 2)

Council action

Continued

Oral record closed. Written record closed September 1, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.
Continued to September 13, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Time Certain

Thursday, August 31, 2023 2:00 pm

Session Status

Adjourned

Council in Attendance

Commissioner Carmen Rubio

Commissioner Dan Ryan

Commissioner Rene Gonzalez

Commissioner Mingus Mapps

Commissioner Rubio presided.

Commissioner Gonzalez left at 2:28 p.m.

Officers in attendance: Maja Haium, Senior Deputy City Attorney; Keelan McClymont, Council Clerk

Council adjourned at 2:55 p.m.

Time Certain

733

Authorize submission of a boundary change request to the State of Oregon to amend the Portland Enterprise Zone boundary (Resolution)

Resolution number

37629

Introduced by

Commissioner Carmen Rubio

Mayor Ted Wheeler

City department

Prosper Portland

Time certain

2:00 pm

Time requested

45 minutes (1 of 3)

Council action

Adopted

Aye (3):
- Mingus Mapps
- Dan Ryan
- Carmen Rubio
Absent (2):
- Rene Gonzalez
- Ted Wheeler

734

Designate the East Portland Enterprise Zone for electronic commerce (Resolution)

Resolution number

37630

Introduced by

Commissioner Carmen Rubio

Mayor Ted Wheeler

City department

Prosper Portland

Time certain

2:00 pm

Time requested

45 minutes (2 of 3)

Council action

Adopted

Aye (3):
- Mingus Mapps
- Dan Ryan
- Carmen Rubio
Absent (2):
- Rene Gonzalez
- Ted Wheeler

735

Authorize an Oregon Enterprise Zone statutory employment increase waiver for Daimler Truck (Resolution)

Resolution number

37631

Introduced by

Commissioner Carmen Rubio

Mayor Ted Wheeler

City department

Prosper Portland

Time certain

2:00 pm

Time requested

45 minutes (3 of 3)

Council action

Adopted

Aye (3):
- Mingus Mapps
- Dan Ryan
- Carmen Rubio
Absent (2):
- Rene Gonzalez
- Ted Wheeler