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September 3-4, 2025 Council Agenda

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

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Meeting Minutes

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

Council President Pirtle-Guiney presided.

Officers in attendance: Linly Rees, Chief Deputy City Attorney; Rebecca Dobert, Acting Council Clerk

Document Number 2025-303 was pulled from the consent agenda. The balance of the consent agenda was approved with a vote of (Aye (12): Koyama Lane, Morillo, Novick, Clark, Green, Zimmerman, Avalos, Dunphy, Smith, Kanal, Ryan, Pirtle-Guiney).

Council recessed at 11:20 a.m.

Agenda approval

1

Council action
Approved
The agenda was approved by unanimous consent.

Public communications

2

Public Comment (Public communication)
Document number
September 3, 2025 Public Communications
Time requested
15 minutes
Council action
Placed on file

Committee referral report

3

Committee referral list

Time requested: 5 minutes

City Administrator update

4

September 2025 City Administrator Report (Presentation)
Document number
2025-324
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Former City Administrator Michael Jordan
Time requested
10 minutes
Council action
Placed on file

Time certain

5

Amend City Code to reduce permit submittal requirements and temporarily suspend City-imposed development upgrade requirements (amend Code Chapters 11.50, 11.60, 24.85, and 33.258, and allow exception to Code Subsection 17.88.020 B.) (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
192095
Document number
2025-314
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
Councilor Angelita Morillo
Council President Jamie Dunphy
City department
Community and Economic Development Service Area
Time certain
10:00 am
Time requested
45 minutes
Previous agenda item
Council action
Passed to second reading
Passed to second reading September 24, 2025 at 9:45 a.m. time certain

Consent agenda

6

Approve Council Minutes for August 6-14, 2025 (Report)
Document number
2025-325
Introduced by
Auditor Simone Rede
City department
Auditor's Office
Council Clerk
Council action
Approved
  • Aye (12):
    • Koyama Lane
    • Morillo
    • Novick
    • Clark
    • Green
    • Zimmerman
    • Avalos
    • Dunphy
    • Smith
    • Kanal
    • Ryan
    • Pirtle-Guiney

7

Reappoint Adam Abplanalp and appoint Craig Freeman to the Revenue Division Appeals Board (Report)
Document number
2025-303
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Revenue Division
Previous agenda item
Council action
Confirmed
Item was pulled from the consent agenda for discussion.
Motion to accept the report: Moved by Avalos and seconded by Kanal.
  • Aye (12):
    • Koyama Lane
    • Morillo
    • Novick
    • Clark
    • Green
    • Zimmerman
    • Avalos
    • Dunphy
    • Smith
    • Kanal
    • Ryan
    • Pirtle-Guiney

Regular agenda

8

Authorize Bureau of Transportation to acquire certain permanent and temporary property rights necessary for construction of the 82nd Avenue: Glisan and Davis Signal Improvements Project through the exercise of the City’s Eminent Domain Authority (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
192092
Document number
2025-286
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Transportation
Time requested
5 minutes
Second reading agenda item
Council action
Passed
  • Aye (12):
    • Koyama Lane
    • Morillo
    • Novick
    • Clark
    • Green
    • Zimmerman
    • Avalos
    • Dunphy
    • Smith
    • Kanal
    • Ryan
    • Pirtle-Guiney

9

Amend Council Organization and Procedure Code to include Council rule on tie-breaking (amend Code Section 3.02.030) (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
192093
Document number
2025-186
Introduced by
Councilor Tiffany Koyama Lane
Time requested
10 minutes
Second reading agenda item
Council action
Passed as amended
  • Aye (10):
    • Koyama Lane
    • Morillo
    • Novick
    • Clark
    • Green
    • Avalos
    • Dunphy
    • Kanal
    • Ryan
    • Pirtle-Guiney
  • Nay (2):
    • Zimmerman
    • Smith

10

Adopt Council Regular Meeting Schedule pursuant to Code Subsection 3.02.010.C.1 (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
192094
Document number
2025-300
Introduced by
Councilor Sameer Kanal
Councilor Candace Avalos
Council President Jamie Dunphy
Time requested
10 minutes
Second reading agenda item
Council action
Passed as amended
  • Aye (12):
    • Koyama Lane
    • Morillo
    • Novick
    • Clark
    • Green
    • Zimmerman
    • Avalos
    • Dunphy
    • Smith
    • Kanal
    • Ryan
    • Pirtle-Guiney

11

Amend Parking Space Reservation Code to allow for flexibility in the distribution of responsibilities (amend Code Section 16.20.460) (Ordinance)
Ordinance number
192097
Document number
2025-301
Introduced by
Mayor Keith Wilson
City department
Transportation
Time requested
15 minutes
Previous agenda item
Council action
Passed to second reading
Passed to second reading September 17, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.

Session status
Adjourned
Members in attendance
Councilor Tiffany Koyama Lane
Councilor Angelita Morillo
Councilor Steve Novick
Council Vice President Olivia Clark
Councilor Mitch Green
Councilor Eric Zimmerman
Councilor Candace Avalos
Councilor Loretta Smith
Councilor Sameer Kanal
Councilor Dan Ryan
Councilor Elana Pirtle-Guiney

Council President Pirtle-Guiney presided.

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

 

Councilor Kanal arrived at 2:02 p.m.

Council adjourned at 3:41 p.m.

Time certain

12

Presentation of Ombudsman and Audit Services results from January - June 2025 (Report)
Document number
2025-326
Introduced by
Auditor Simone Rede
City department
Auditor's Office
Time certain
2:00 pm
Time requested
45 minutes
Council action
Placed on file

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