Dunphy Delivers: Policy & Budget Wins

Motion to increase the Golf T fee to $5 to generate additional revenue for Parks operations. Estimated revenue from this fee increase is $1 million, which will be allocated to prioritize Parks spending.

• Increase interfund cash transfer from the Golf Fund to Portland Parks & Recreation General Fund by $1,000,000 from increased Golf T fee collections.

• Increase Bureau Program Expenses within Portland Parks & Recreation by $1,000,000. • Update Attachments A-H as needed to reflect this change.

Dunphy 05 – Motion to Amend the Budget for Leach Botanical Garden Transitional Support

Motion to allocate funding for Leach Botanical Garden to protect District 1’s only community garden partner as it transitions to full financial independence.

• Increase Bureau Program Expenses in the Parks General Fund by $100,000 from the Parks Levy Contingency Fund to provide a final year of transitional support to District 1’s only Community Garden Partner.

• Increase Fund Transfer Expense in the Parks Levy Fund by $100,000.

• Decrease Contingency in the Parks Levy Fund by $100,000.

Dunphy 07 - Motion to Amend the Budget to Restore Noise Office Coordinator I Position

Motion to restore the Coordinator I position in the Noise Office, which is a core element of regulatory capacity in the city's nighttime and music economy.

• Increase Bureau Program Expenses within Portland Permitting and Development, Development Services Fund by $146,000 to restore the Coordinator I position.

• Decrease Contingency within Development Services Fund of Portland Permitting and Development by $146,000 to balance.

Dunphy 10 – Motion to Amend Attachment D and add a budget note to measure East Portland services to ensure equitable distribution of PBOT and Parks discretionary Funds

City Council directs the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) and Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) to conduct a comparative analysis of discretionary spending across Council districts, with specific attention to programming, maintenance, and capital projects in East Portland. Bureaus shall report back to Council by November 1, 2025, detailing how discretionary funds have been allocated and identifying any disparities. This directive responds to historic underinvestment in East Portland and aims to prevent future budget decisions from deepening existing inequities in access to public services.

Dunphy 13 – Motion to update funding source for Vision Zero programming from General Fund to General Transportation Revenues generated from increased TNC fees

Rescinds the redirection of $677,664 of General Fund resources to Vision Zero programming that was directed in the FY 2025-26 Approved Budget under Dunphy 8 – Motion to redirect General Fund in PBOT to Vision Zero Programming.
General Fund resources will return to funding the original intent of those allocations, including: Derelict RV programming, street sweeping, Out of the Mud programming, Sunday Parkways, sustainability programming, and Director Park parking revenue losses.
Increase Bureau Program Expenses within the Portland Bureau of Transportation, Transportation Operating Fund by $677,664 to continue Vision Zero program funding. • Decrease contingency within the Transportation Operating Fund by $677,664 to balance.

Green 09/Dunphy 2 - Motion to Amend the Budget to Reduce External Materials and Services Spending and add funding for Housing, Arts, and Operational Capacity

Motion to reduce one-time general fund allocations for External Materials and Services across all bureaus proportionally by 2%, after factoring in exceptions for Outgoing Grant Subrecipients, Outgoing Grant – Beneficiary, and Outgoing loan disbursements, and exclude cuts to Prosper Portland’s External Materials and Services, to make available $1,523,577 in General Fund Discretionary resources, $192,371 in General Fund Overhead Resources, and $851,485 in Other Revenue. Allocate $1,880,000 at designated amounts based on the following amendments:

Green 3 – Fund Portland Street Response Program Evaluation at $200,000
Green 6 – Provide one-time grant to Portland Center Stage at $200,000
Clark 2 - Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub Staffing at $170,000
Dunphy 2 - Fund Arts Economic Development at $365,000
Kanal 4 – Funding for Community Centers, Aquatics, the Portland Tennis Center PM hours, and Alternative Community Service at $265,000
Kanal 4 – Restoring funding for 1 Parks Service Dispatcher at $130,000
Morillo 9 – Restore analyst positions in the City Budget Office at $350,000
Dunphy 2 Details: Increase Bureau Program Expense in the Office of Community & Economic Development General Fund by $190,000 and 1.0 FTE to manage vacant space activation work; by $25,000 to fund a website to support local artists in finding space; by $100,000 to activate ten storefront installations; by $50,000 for community event grants ($1,000-$5,000 per event).

Koyama Lane 07 – Prosper Budget- Motion to Add Funding to Summerworks, NextGen, Film and Events, and Large Event Stability (Collaborator)

Motion to fund $300,000 to Summerworks Youth Employment Initiative,
$200,000 for NextGen Youth Services,
$450,000 to the Film and Events Office, and
$50,000 to the Large Event Stability grant program by decreasing funding within the Strategic Investment Fund in Prosper Portland.

Dunphy Delivers: Policy & Budget Wins

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