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February 19-20, 2025 Council Agenda

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

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In this agenda

Session Status
Recessed
Council in Attendance
Councilor Candace Avalos
Councilor Jamie Dunphy
Councilor Loretta Smith
Councilor Sameer Kanal
Councilor Dan Ryan
Council Vice President Tiffany Koyama Lane
Councilor Angelita Morillo
Councilor Steve Novick
Councilor Olivia Clark
Councilor Mitch Green
Councilor Eric Zimmerman
Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney

Council President Pirtle-Guiney presided.

Officers in attendance: Naomi Sheffield, Senior Deputy City Attorney; Rebecca Dobert, Deputy Council Clerk; Keelan McClymont, Council Clerk

Councilor Zimmerman arrived at 6:30 p.m.

Item 2025-024 was pulled from the consent agenda and on a Y-12 roll call the balance of the consent agenda was approved.

Council adjourned at 10:13 p.m. 

Agenda Approval

1

Council action
Approved as amended
Motion to move Item 2025-024 to the beginning of the Regular agenda: Moved by Kanal and seconded by Ryan. (Aye (11): Avalos, Dunphy, Smith, Kanal, Ryan, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Novick, Clark, Green, Pirtle-Guiney; Absent (1): Zimmerman)

Public Communications

2

Public Comment (Public Communication)
Document number
February 19, 2025 Public Communications
Council action
Placed on File

Consent Agenda

3

Authorize Bureau of Environmental Services to acquire certain permanent and temporary rights necessary for construction of the Oak Basin A – Sandy Blvd Trunk Project through exercise of the City’s eminent domain authority (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
192022
Document number
2025-029
Neighborhood
Kerns
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Environmental Services
Council action
Passed to second reading
Passed to second reading March 5, 2025 at 9:30 a.m.

4

Appoint Laura Campos to the Cully Tax Increment Finance District Community Leadership Committee for term to expire October 1, 2025 (Report)
Document number
2025-024
Neighborhood
Cully
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Housing Bureau
Previous agenda item document number 2025-024.
Council action
Confirmed
Item was pulled from the consent agenda for discussion.
Motion to accept the report: Moved by Kanal and seconded by Dunphy.
  • Aye (12):
    • Avalos
    • Dunphy
    • Smith
    • Kanal
    • Ryan
    • Koyama Lane
    • Morillo
    • Novick
    • Clark
    • Green
    • Zimmerman
    • Pirtle-Guiney

Regular Agenda

5

Accept the Portland Police Bureau report to City Council on the 2025 Portland Joint Terrorism Task Force (Report)
Document number
2025-028
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Police
Time requested
1 hour
Council action
Accepted
Motion to accept the report: Moved by Ryan and seconded by Smith.
  • Aye (12):
    • Avalos
    • Dunphy
    • Smith
    • Kanal
    • Ryan
    • Koyama Lane
    • Morillo
    • Novick
    • Clark
    • Green
    • Zimmerman
    • Pirtle-Guiney

6

Appoint Robert Day as Chief of Police (Resolution)
Resolution number
37699
Document number
2025-027
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
Time requested
90 minutes
Council action
Adopted
Motion to call the question: Moved by Clark and seconded by Zimmerman. Motion withdrawn.
  • Aye (12):
    • Avalos
    • Dunphy
    • Smith
    • Kanal
    • Ryan
    • Koyama Lane
    • Morillo
    • Novick
    • Clark
    • Green
    • Zimmerman
    • Pirtle-Guiney

Nine-Twelfths Agenda

7

Direct the City Administrator to submit a report of all unassigned funds for recent fiscal years (Resolution)
Resolution number
37700
Document number
2025-030
Introduced by
Councilor Loretta Smith
City department
City Budget Office
Time requested
20 minutes
Council action
Adopted As Amended
Motion to amend the resolution to replace the Resolved section with “NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of Portland, Oregon, directs the City Administrator to submit a written report to the Finance Committee detailing all financial activities related to unassigned grant funds for the current fiscal year to date, as well as the three preceding fiscal years. The City Council further requests that the City Administrator provide these findings no later than April 21, 2025, to inform Council and support its preparation of the FY 2025-26 budget,” and to amend the title to strike “Request City Auditor perform a special audit” and with replace with “Direct the City Administrator to submit a report”: Moved by Smith and seconded by Dunphy. (Aye (12): Avalos, Dunphy, Smith, Kanal, Ryan, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Novick, Clark, Green, Zimmerman, Pirtle-Guiney).
  • Aye (12):
    • Avalos
    • Dunphy
    • Smith
    • Kanal
    • Ryan
    • Koyama Lane
    • Morillo
    • Novick
    • Clark
    • Green
    • Zimmerman
    • Pirtle-Guiney

Session Status
Adjourned
Council in Attendance
Councilor Candace Avalos
Councilor Jamie Dunphy
Councilor Loretta Smith
Councilor Sameer Kanal
Councilor Dan Ryan
Council Vice President Tiffany Koyama Lane
Councilor Angelita Morillo
Councilor Steve Novick
Councilor Olivia Clark
Councilor Mitch Green
Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney

Council President Pirtle-Guiney presided.

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

Council adjourned at 2:42 p.m. 

Time Certain

8

Amend the Comprehensive Plan Map and Zoning Map for properties at 3508 NE 11th Ave and 1123 NE Fremont St at the request of Derek Metson, Greenbox Architecture (LU 24-073674 CP ZC) (Ordinance)
Document number
2025-026
Neighborhood
Sabin
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Permitting & Development
Time certain
2:00 pm
Time requested
3 hours
Council action
Tentatively accept the Hearing Officer’s recommendation of approval; prepare Findings
The evidentiary record is closed. No additional written or verbal testimony will be accepted.

Motion to tentatively approve the application for a comprehensive plan map amendment and zoning map amendment, uphold the recommendation of the Hearings Officer and ask staff to return with revised findings for Council to amend the Ordinance to reflect those revised findings on March 19, 2025 at 6:15 p.m.: Moved by Green and seconded by Ryan. (Aye (11): Avalos, Dunphy, Smith, Kanal, Ryan, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Novick, Clark, Green, Pirtle-Guiney; Absent (1): Zimmerman)

Continued to March 19, 2025 at 6:15 p.m. time certain.

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