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January 10-11, 2024 Council Agenda

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Council Chambers in City Hall are closed for renovations.

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Meeting Minutes

Session status
Recessed
Members 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: Naomi Sheffield, Senior Deputy City Attorney; Keelan McClymont, Council Clerk

Motion to elect Commissioner Mapps President of the Council: Moved by Wheeler and seconded by Rubio. (Y-5)

Motion to hold Council meetings at the 1900 Building, 1900 SW 4th Ave., beginning the week of January 16th, 2024 until Council Chamber renovations are complete at City Hall: Moved by Wheeler and seconded by Mapps. (Y-5)

The Consent Agenda was adopted on a Y-5 roll call.

Council recessed at 11:33 a.m. and reconvened at 11:43 a.m.
Council recessed at 1:11 p.m.

Public communications

1

Request of Joanne Rees to address Council regarding Reedway Safe Rest Village (Public communication)
Document number
1-2024
Council action
Placed on file

2

Request of Kathleen Sharp to address Council regarding parks in Northwest Portland (Public communication)
Document number
2-2024
Council action
Placed on file

3

Request of Micha Palmer to address Council regarding homelessness and property theft (Public communication)
Document number
3-2024
Council action
Placed on file

4

Request of Gregory Fisher to address Council regarding light rail lawsuit (Public communication)
Document number
4-2024
Council action
Placed on file

5

Request of Jan Verrinder to address Council regarding safe biking and pedestrian infrastructure (Public communication)
Document number
5-2024
Council action
Placed on file

Time certain

6

Proclaim the second week of January 2024 to be Slavic and Eastern European Heritage week (Proclamation)
Document number
6-2024
Introduced by
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
Former Commissioner Mingus Mapps
Time certain
9:45 am
Time requested
20 minutes
Council action
Placed on file

7

Accept the City of Portland 2024 Federal Legislative and Regulatory Agenda (Report)
Document number
7-2024
Introduced by
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
City department
Government Relations
Time certain
10:05 am
Time requested
30 minutes (1 of 2)
Council action
Accepted
Motion to accept the report: Moved by Mapps and seconded by Gonzalez.
  • Aye (5):
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Ted Wheeler

8

Accept the City of Portland 2024 State Legislative Agenda (Report)
Document number
8-2024
Introduced by
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
City department
Government Relations
Time certain
10:05 am
Time requested
30 minutes (2 of 2)
Council action
Accepted
Motion to accept the report: Moved by Ryan and seconded by Mapps.
  • Aye (5):
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Ted Wheeler

Consent agenda

9

*Approve revisions to the Human Resources Administrative Rules related to General and Administrative Leaves of Absence and Military Leave (amend HRAR 6.01 and 6.07) (Emergency ordinance)
Ordinance number
191570
Introduced by
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
City department
Human Resources
Council action
Passed
  • Aye (5):
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Ted Wheeler

10

*Authorize Intergovernmental Agreement with Peninsula Drainage District No. 1 for repair and short-term emergency response of the Portland International Raceway Pump Station (Emergency ordinance)
Ordinance number
191571
Introduced by
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
Council action
Passed
  • Aye (5):
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Ted Wheeler

11

Amend Business License Law Code related to Residential Rental Registration Program (amend Code Sections 7.02.100 and 7.02.890) (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191586
Introduced by
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
City department
Revenue Division
Council action
Passed to second reading
Passed to second reading January 17, 2024 at 9:30 a.m.

12

Accept and appropriate grant for $51,425 from the State of Oregon Department of Emergency Management for the FY 2023 State Homeland Security Program (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191572
Introduced by
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
City department
Police
Second reading agenda item 1059
Council action
Passed
  • Aye (5):
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Ted Wheeler

13

*Approve application under the Multiple-Unit Limited Tax Exemption Program under the Inclusionary Housing Program for Shortstack Fremont located at 32 NE Fremont St (Emergency ordinance)
Ordinance number
191573
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
City department
Housing Bureau
Council action
Passed
  • Aye (5):
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Ted Wheeler

14

Authorize the Portland Housing Bureau to charge direct, indirect, and administrative costs to bureau funds for effective and consistent administration of housing policy and programs (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191587
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
City department
Housing Bureau
Council action
Passed to second reading
Passed to second reading January 17, 2024 at 9:30 a.m.

15

*Accept and appropriate grant for $60,000 from State of Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development for the Housing Production Strategy – BIPOC Outreach Project (Emergency ordinance)
Ordinance number
191574
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
City department
Planning and Sustainability (BPS)
Council action
Passed
  • Aye (5):
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Ted Wheeler

16

Consent to the transfer of a residential solid waste, recycling, and composting collection franchise from Elmer’s Sanitary Service LLC to Waste Management of Oregon, Inc. (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191575
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
City department
Planning and Sustainability (BPS)
Second reading agenda item 1064.
Council action
Passed
  • Aye (5):
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Ted Wheeler

17

Authorize Intergovernmental Agreement with Portland Community College for services provided by the Community Legal and Educational Access and Referral Clinic in partnership with the Immigrant and Refugee Program (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191589
Introduced by
Councilor Dan Ryan
City department
Office of Community & Civic Life
Council action
Passed to second reading
Passed to second reading January 17, 2024 at 9:30 a.m.

18

Authorize Intergovernmental Agreement and Amendments between Metro and the City through the Bureau of Emergency Communications for regional mapping and Geographic Information System data not to exceed $85,000 (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191590
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Rene Gonzalez
City department
Emergency Communications (9-1-1)
Council action
Passed to second reading
Passed to second reading January 17, 2024 at 9:30 a.m.

19

*Accept grant for $1,780,591 from U.S. Department of Energy, authorize an Intergovernmental Agreement for the Park and Charge: Leveraging Utility Pole-Mounted Chargers to Increase Access to Overnight EV Charging in Portland, Oregon grant, and appropriate $750,000 in FY 2023-24 (Emergency ordinance)
Ordinance number
191576
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Mingus Mapps
City department
Transportation
Council action
Passed
  • Aye (5):
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Ted Wheeler

Regular agenda

20

Authorize City Attorney to pursue review by Writ of Mandamus of the Opinion and Order on Plaintiffs’ Motion for a preliminary injunction issued in Duncan v. City of Portland (Resolution)
Resolution number
37644
Introduced by
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
City department
City Attorney
Time requested
15 minutes
Council action
Adopted
  • Aye (5):
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Ted Wheeler

21

Adopt the Budget Calendar for FY 2024-25 (Resolution)
Resolution number
37645
Introduced by
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
City department
City Budget Office
Time requested
15 minutes
Council action
Adopted
  • Aye (5):
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Ted Wheeler

22

*Approve revisions to the Human Resources Administrative Rule for Gender Identity and Non-Discrimination (amend HRAR 2.04) (Emergency ordinance)
Ordinance number
191577
Introduced by
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
City department
Human Resources
Time requested
15 minutes
Council action
Passed
  • Aye (5):
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Ted Wheeler

23

Authorize Price Agreements with Hicks Striping & Curbing, LLC and Specialized Pavement Marking, LLC to furnish on-call traffic striping and signing for $1 million per agreement (Procurement Report - ITB 00002141) (Report)
Document number
23-2024
Introduced by
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
Time requested
15 minutes
Council action
Accepted - prepare contract
Motion to accept the report: Moved by Mapps and seconded by Rubio.
  • Aye (5):
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Ted Wheeler

24

*Pay settlement of Angelica Clark bodily injury lawsuit for $158,000 involving the Portland Police Bureau (Emergency ordinance)
Ordinance number
191578
Introduced by
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
City department
Risk Management
Time requested
15 minutes
Council action
Passed
  • Aye (5):
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Ted Wheeler

25

*Pay settlement of Rodya Hutwagner bodily injury lawsuit for $100,000 involving the Portland Bureau of Transportation (Emergency ordinance)
Ordinance number
191579
Introduced by
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
City department
Risk Management
Time requested
15 minutes
Council action
Passed
  • Aye (5):
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Ted Wheeler

26

Authorize revenue bonds to provide not more than $53,430,000 to finance Veterans Memorial Coliseum projects (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191593
Introduced by
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
Time requested
15 minutes
Council action
Passed to second reading
Passed to second reading January 17, 2024 at 9:30 a.m.

27

*Authorize contract with Washington Park Transportation Management Association for transportation and visitor management services (Emergency ordinance)
Ordinance number
191580
Introduced by
Councilor Dan Ryan
City department
Parks & Recreation
Time requested
10 minutes
Council action
Passed
  • Aye (5):
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Ted Wheeler

28

Amend Building Regulations Code to adopt portions of the 2021 International Building Code, the State of Oregon 2023 Edition of the Oregon Residential Specialty Code, and the 2022 Edition of the Oregon Structural Specialty Code (amend Code Sections 24.10.040 and 24.10.072, add Code Section 24.10.150) (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191581
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
City department
Permitting & Development
Second reading agenda item 1078
Council action
Passed
  • Aye (5):
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Ted Wheeler

29

Amend City Code to update certain boards of appeal terms, reduce the number of alternate members, and make other process changes (amend Code Titles 24, 25, 26, and 27) (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191582
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
City department
Permitting & Development
Second reading agenda item 1079
Council action
Passed
  • Aye (5):
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Ted Wheeler

30

*Amend Property Tax Exemption Code and System Development Charges for Affordable Housing Developments Code to temporarily enable homeownership opportunities for households earning up to 120 percent of median family income (amend Code Sections 3.102.040 and 30.01.095) (Emergency ordinance)
Ordinance number
191595
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
City department
Housing Bureau
Time requested
15 minutes
Council action
Passed to second reading as amended
Motion to remove the emergency clause: Moved by Rubio and seconded by Mapps. (Y-5)
Passed to second reading as amended January 17, 2024 at 9:30 a.m.

31

Declare as surplus City-owned property at 3737 N Emerson St and adjacent recreational lot and authorize a public sale of the property (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191583
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Mingus Mapps
City department
Environmental Services
Second reading agenda item 1072
Council action
Passed
  • Aye (5):
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Ted Wheeler

32

*Authorize emergency construction contracts with Orr Inc., for an estimated amount of $1,885,610 for drinking water well repairs and upgrades (Emergency ordinance)
Ordinance number
191584
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Mingus Mapps
City department
Water
Time requested
5 minutes
Council action
Passed
  • Aye (5):
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Ted Wheeler

Session status
Recessed
Members in attendance
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
Councilor Dan Ryan
Former Commissioner Rene Gonzalez
Former Commissioner Mingus Mapps

Mayor Wheeler presided.

Commissioner Mapps arrived at 2:02 p.m.

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

Council recessed at 2:50 p.m. and reconvened at 3:00 p.m.

Council recessed at 6:19 p.m.

Time certain

33

Amend Property Tax Exemption for Multiple-Unit Housing Development Code and Inclusionary Housing Code to make technical corrections and adjust the property tax exemption for multiple-unit housing developments (suspend foregone revenue cap in Ordinance 188358; amend Code Chapter 3.103 and Code Section 30.01.120) (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191610
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
City department
Housing Bureau
Time certain
2:00 pm
Time requested
1 hour
Council action
Passed to second reading
Passed to second reading January 31, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Time Certain

34

Amend the Planning and Zoning Code to adopt temporary suspensions and permanent clarifications to development and process regulations as part of the Housing Regulatory Relief Project (amend Code Title 33) (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
191609
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
City department
Planning and Sustainability (BPS)
Time certain
3:00 pm
Time requested
2 hours

Oral record is closed. Written record closed January 12, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. 

Council action
Continued
Rubio Amendment 1 - Motion to align regulations with recent state law changes, remove out-of-date language, and change some regulations to align with Title 30 inclusionary housing processes: Moved by Rubio and seconded by Mapps. Vote not called.

Rubio Amendment 2 - Motion to clarify application of the ground floor window requirement in the Central City plan district: Moved by Rubio and seconded by Mapps. Vote not called.

Rubio Amendment 3 - Motion to further reduce Design Review procedures temporarily for affordable housing projects: Moved by Rubio and seconded by Mapps. Vote not called.

Gonzalez Amendment 4 - Motion to reinstate staff’s original proposal to temporarily suspend bird-safe glazing requirement in the River overlay zone and Central City plan district when a proposal includes a residential use: Moved by Gonzalez and seconded by Ryan. Vote not called.

Gonzalez Amendment 5 - Motion to Replace Planning Commission’s ecoroof recommendation with staff’s original proposal to temporarily suspend the ecoroof requirement in the Central City plan district when a proposal includes a residential use: Moved by Gonzalez and seconded by Ryan. Vote not called.

Gonzalez Amendment 6 - Motion to temporarily suspend the 35 day deadline to post the neighborhood contact sign and send notification to recognized organizations when a proposal includes a residential use: Moved by Gonzalez and seconded by Ryan. Vote not called.

Gonzalez Amendment 7 - Motion to amend directive D to add 33.475.235.B, 333.510.223.B, and 33.510.243.B.: Moved by Gonzalez and seconded by Ryan. Vote not called.

Continued to January 17, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Time Certain

Session status
Adjourned
Members in attendance
Former Mayor Ted Wheeler
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
Councilor Dan Ryan
Former Commissioner Rene Gonzalez
Former Commissioner Mingus Mapps

Mayor Wheeler presided.

Commissioner Ryan arrived at 2:02 p.m.

Officers in attendance: Linly Rees, Chief Deputy City Attorney; Keelan McClymont, Council Clerk

Council adjourned at 4:36 p.m.

Time certain

35

Consider appeal by the West Portland Park Neighborhood Association against the Hearings Officer’s decision to approve with conditions a Conditional Use Master Plan and Adjustment Review for improvements to athletic facilities at Jackson Middle School (LU 22-185273 CU MS AD) (Report)
Document number
92-2024
Introduced by
Former Commissioner Carmen Rubio
City department
Permitting & Development
Time certain
2:00 pm
Time requested
90 minutes
Council action
Tentatively deny appeal and uphold decision of Hearings Officer
Motion to the extent that there are new facts or other new evidence in the oral statements today or submitted in written testimony, the Council intends to reject and will not consider that evidence as part of their final decision, and that will be reflected in the findings: Moved by Mapps and seconded by Ryan. (Y-5)

Motion to tentatively deny appeal and uphold the decision of the Hearings Officer, ask the applicant to add the condition proposed on October 20, 2023, prepare revised findings, and work with staff to return to Council with revised findings: Moved by Wheeler and seconded by Mapps.

Prepare Findings for January 31, 2024 at 10:10 a.m. Time Certain
  • Aye (5):
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Ryan
    • Rene Gonzalez
    • Mingus Mapps
    • Ted Wheeler

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