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September 13-14, 2023 Council Agenda

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

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Meeting Minutes

Session Status
Recessed
Council in Attendance
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
Councilor Dan Ryan
Former Commissioner Rene Gonzalez
Former Commissioner Mingus Mapps

Mayor Wheeler presided.

Officers in attendance: Alan Yoder, Deputy City Attorney; Keelan McClymont, Council Clerk

Item 768 was pulled from the Consent Agenda and on a Y-5 roll call the balance of the Consent Agenda was adopted.

Council recessed at 10:46 a.m. and reconvened at 10:47 a.m.

Council recessed at 11:32 a.m. and reconvened at 11:44 a.m.

Council recessed at 12:52 p.m.

Public Communications

758

Request of Robert Butler to address Council regarding violation of equity for small business compared to large business (Public Communication)
Document number
758-2023
Council action
Placed on File

759

Request of Mimi German to address Council regarding the people asked for justice verses the state of City Council (Public Communication)
Document number
759-2023
Council action
Placed on File

760

Request of Patrick Cashman to address Council regarding misuse of emergency ordinances (Public Communication)
Document number
760-2023
Council action
Placed on File

761

Request of Danielle Maillard to address Council regarding fatal crash review committee initiation (Public Communication)
Document number
761-2023
Council action
Placed on File

762

Request of Ann Buzaid to address Council regarding abandoned vehicles (Public Communication)
Document number
762-2023

Time Certain

763

Amend the local improvement district boundary and create a new assessment zone for the NE 46th Ave and Bryant St Local Improvement District to construct stormwater improvements on NE 42nd Ave and on NE Columbia Blvd (C-10065) (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191456
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Mingus Mapps
City department
Transportation
Environmental Services
Time certain
9:45 am
Time requested
20 minutes
Council action
Passed to second reading
Passed to second reading September 20, 2023 at 9:30 a.m.

764

Accept FY 2022-23 Disbursement of Cannabis Emergency Relief Fund Report (Report)
Document number
764-2023
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
City department
Permitting & Development
Time certain
10:05 am
Time requested
15 minutes
Council action
Accepted As Amended
Motion to amend the report: Moved by Rubio and seconded by Wheeler. (Y-5)
Rule requiring motion to accept the report as amended suspended by consent.
  • Aye (5):
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Ted Wheeler

765

Accept 2022 Annual Report by the Cannabis Policy Oversight Team (Report)
Document number
765-2023
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
City department
Permitting & Development
Time certain
10:20 am
Time requested
15 minutes
Council action
Accepted
Motion to accept the report: Moved by Mapps and seconded by Ryan.
  • Aye (5):
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Ted Wheeler

766

Proclaim September 2023 to be Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (Proclamation)
Document number
766-2023
Introduced by
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
Time certain
10:35 am
Time requested
20 minutes
Council action
Placed on File

767

Appoint Agha Zain to the Noise Review Board for term to end September 12, 2026 (Report)
Document number
767-2023
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
City department
Permitting & Development
Time certain
10:55 am
Time requested
10 minutes
Council action
Confirmed
Motion to accept the report: Moved by Mapps and seconded by Gonzalez.
  • Aye (5):
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Ted Wheeler

Consent Agenda

768

Amend Business License Law Code to require certain tax returns be filed electronically (amend Code Section 7.02.510) (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191450
Introduced by
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
City department
Revenue Division
Second reading agenda item 744.
Council action
Passed
Agenda item 768 was pulled from the Consent Agenda for discussion.
  • Aye (5):
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Ted Wheeler

769

Update salary grade for City Traffic Engineer classification (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191446
Introduced by
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
City department
Human Resources
Second reading agenda item 745.
Council action
Passed
  • Aye (5):
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Ted Wheeler

770

Amend Designation of Streets, Avenues, Boulevards, and Drives Code to assign Court and affirm Place as a street name suffix (amend Code Section 17.92.030) (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191452
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Mingus Mapps
City department
Transportation
Council action
Passed to second reading
Passed to second reading September 20, 2023 at 9:30 a.m.

771

Rename SW Westpoint Ct to SW West Point Ct on Multnomah County Assessor map to match existing addresses and to match an existing street name sign (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191453
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Mingus Mapps
City department
Transportation
Council action
Passed to second reading
Passed to second reading September 20, 2023 at 9:30 a.m.

772

Rename SE 110th Dr to SE 111th Dr to align the street name with the SE 111th Ave and Foster Rd intersection (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191454
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Mingus Mapps
City department
Transportation
Council action
Passed to second reading
Passed to second reading September 20, 2023 at 9:30 a.m.

773

Accept grant and authorize Intergovernmental Agreement with Metro for $845,095 for the per-capita distribution and Business Food Waste Requirement (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191447
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
City department
Planning and Sustainability (BPS)
Second reading agenda item 748.
Council action
Passed
  • Aye (5):
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Ted Wheeler

774

*Amend approved application under the Multiple-Unit Limited Tax Exemption Program under the Inclusionary Housing Program for Graham Apartments located at 325 W/ NE Graham St to increase the number of restricted units (amend Ordinance 191180) (Emergency Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191448
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
City department
Housing Bureau
Council action
Passed
  • Aye (5):
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Ted Wheeler

775

*Transfer responsibility for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Homeless Management Information System grant to the Multnomah County Joint Office of Homeless Services (amend Ordinance 191363) (Emergency Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191449
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
City department
Housing Bureau
Council action
Passed
  • Aye (5):
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Ted Wheeler

Regular Agenda

776

Initiate foreclosure action on certain properties for the collection of delinquent City Liens placed against the properties (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191465
Introduced by
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
City department
Revenue Division
Treasury
Time requested
20 minutes
Council action
Passed to second reading as amended
Motion to amend the ordinance to reflect the removal of Property 9, 14214 SE Crystal Springs St., from the list of properties in the ordinance, to update Exhibit A to reflect this change, and to remove Exhibit B-9: Moved by Wheeler and seconded by Mapps. (Y-5)

Motion to amend the ordinance to reflect the removal of Property 3, 624-638 N Beech, from the list of properties in the ordinance, to update Exhibit A to reflect this change, and to remove Exhibit B-3: Moved by Wheeler and seconded by Mapps. (Y-5)

Motion to amend the title of the ordinance to read “Initiate foreclosure action on certain properties for the collection of delinquent City Liens placed against the properties": Moved by Wheeler and seconded by Mapps. (Y-5)

Passed to second reading September 20, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. as amended

Session Status
Recessed
Council in Attendance
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
Councilor Dan Ryan
Former Commissioner Rene Gonzalez
Former Commissioner Mingus Mapps

Mayor Wheeler presided.

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

Council recessed at 2:37 p.m.

Time Certain

777

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
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
City department
Planning and Sustainability (BPS)
Time certain
2:00 pm
Time requested
2 hours (1 of 2)
Previous agenda item 731.

Oral and written records are closed. View written testimony on Map App.

Council action
Continued As Amended
Motion to amend the Title 33 Ordinance package with substantive and technical changes: Moved by Rubio and seconded by Ryan. (Y-5)

Motion to amend Section 2 to read as follows, Directives D and F shall take effect on October 1, 2024. Directives A, B, C, and E will still take effect on March 1, 2024: Moved by Rubio and seconded by Mapps. (Y-5)

Continued to October 4, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Time Certain As Amended

778

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
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
City department
Permitting & Development
Time certain
2:00 pm
Time requested
2 hours (2 of 2)
Previous agenda item 732.

Oral and written records are closed. View written testimony on Map App.

Council action
Continued As Amended
Motion to update Directive B effective date to October 1, 2024: Moved by Mapps and seconded by Ryan. (Y-5)

Motion to add Finding 31 and Directive C: Moved by Mapps and seconded by Rubio. (Y-5)

Motion to add a new Section 2 to the Title 24 Ordinance to incorporate a severability clause: Moved by Rubio and seconded by Gonzalez. (Y-5)

Continued to October 4, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Time Certain As Amended

Session Status
Adjourned
Council in Attendance
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
Councilor Dan Ryan
Former Commissioner Rene Gonzalez
Former Commissioner Mingus Mapps

Mayor Wheeler presided.

Officers in attendance: Mike Porter, Deputy City Attorney; Rebecca Dobert, Acting Council Clerk

Council adjourned at 3:30.

Time Certain

779

*Add Downtown Business Incentive Credit Code to encourage new and extended leases in core business districts (add Code Section 7.02.875) (Emergency Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191451
Introduced by
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
City department
Revenue Division
Time certain
2:00 pm
Time requested
1 hour
Council action
Passed
  • Aye (5):
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Ted Wheeler

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