Council Agenda
The Council Agenda is the weekly list of items to come before the City Council. The agenda is available on Friday for the following week's Council meetings.
Individual items to the agenda will be linked as they become available. These items are only a convenience copy and will not reflect any changes made during Council meetings.
Written testimony on agenda items may be sent to the Councll Clerk at cctestimony@portlandoregon.gov
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PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL
City Hall – 1221 SW Fourth Avenue
Council Agenda for October 16, 2019 (printable version)
WEDNESDAY, 9:30 AM, OCTOBER 16, 2019 |
COMMUNICATIONS |
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953 Request of Stan Herman to address Council regarding your constituents question (Communication) |
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954 Request of Amy Wilson to address Council regarding 3.96 Code change (Communication) |
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955 Request of John Teply to address Council regarding Neighborhood Associations (Communication) |
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956 Request of Avery Pickard to address Council regarding 3.96 Code change (Communication) |
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957 Request of Claire Coleman-Evans to address Council regarding the proposed changes to Code 3.96 (Communication) |
TIMES CERTAIN |
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958 TIME CERTAIN: 9:45 AM – Accept the Quarterly Technology Oversight Committee Report from the Chief Administrative Officer (Report introduced by Mayor Wheeler) 30 minutes requested |
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*959 TIME CERTAIN: 10:15 AM – Authorize a grant agreement with United Way of the Columbia-Willamette, in an amount not to exceed $600,000 for Portland-directed activities within a coordinated statewide Hard to Count campaign for the 2020 Census (Ordinance introduced by Commissioner Eudaly) 30 minutes requested |
CONSENT AGENDA – NO DISCUSSION |
Mayor Ted Wheeler |
Portland Housing Bureau |
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960 Reappoint Nate McCoy to the Portland Housing Advisory Commission for a term to expire October 16, 2021 (Report) |
Commissioner Amanda Fritz |
Water Bureau |
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961 Authorize an agreement with Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency for the co-location of radio equipment in the amount of $162,000 (Ordinance) |
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962 Authorize the Water Bureau to enter into an agreement with the Water Research Foundation, to participate in the Water Environment Research Foundation Project in an amount not to exceed $65,000 (Ordinance) |
REGULAR AGENDA |
MORNING |
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963 Authorize the Bureau of Human Resources to establish processes and procedures necessary to support Affinity Group work and membership Citywide (Resolution introduced by Mayor Wheeler and Commissioner Fritz) 15 minutes requested |
Mayor Ted Wheeler |
Bureau of Police |
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*964 Authorize a $391,694 U.S. Department of Justice law enforcement and criminal justice community grant agreement and appropriate $300,000 in law enforcement and criminal justice funds for FY 2019-20 (Ordinance) 20 minutes requested |
City Budget Office |
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*965 Adopt the FY 2019-20 Fall Supplemental Budget and make other budget-related changes (Ordinance) 1 hour requested |
Office of Management and Finance |
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966 Authorize $30 million of revenue bonds for North Macadam Urban Renewal Area (Ordinance) 10 minutes requested |
Portland Housing Bureau |
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*967 Amend subrecipient contracts with Community Energy Project by $290,000 and Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives, Inc. by $70,000 to support home repair services (Ordinance; amend Contract Nos. 32001943 and 32001942) 15 minutes requested |
WEDNESDAY, 2:00 PM, OCTOBER 16, 2019 |
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968 TIME CERTAIN: 2:00 PM – Appeal of the Southwest Hills Residential League against the Hearings Officer’s decision to approve, with conditions, a 1-lot partition with concurrent environmental and planned development review adjacent to 1315 SW Broadway Dr (Hearing introduced by Mayor Wheeler; LU 18-119056 LDP EN PD) 2 hours requested Item 968-2a Hearing Notice July 16 |
REGULAR AGENDA |
AFTERNOON |
Commissioner Chloe Eudaly |
Bureau of Transportation |
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*969 Amend a contract with TriMet related to the operations and maintenance of the Portland Streetcar system to add payment to TriMet for operations, maintenance and other services for FY 19/20 through FY 23/24 in an amount not to exceed $47,930,176 (Ordinance; amend Contract No. 30002872) 10 minutes requested |
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*970 Authorize the Bureau of Transportation to acquire certain permanent and temporary rights necessary for construction of the Connected Cully Sidewalk Infill project, through the exercise of the City’s Eminent Domain Authority (Ordinance) |
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971 Declare intent to initiate local improvement district formation proceedings to construct street, sidewalk, and stormwater improvements to NE Couch St from NE 97th Ave to NE 99th Ave and to NE Davis St from NE 97th Ave to NE 100th Ave in the NE Couch - Davis St Local Improvement District (Resolution; C-10068) 30 minutes requested |
Commissioner Nick Fish |
Bureau of Environmental Services |
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972 Amend Public Improvements Code to make requesting and participating in Bureau of Environmental Services administrative reviews more customer-friendly (Ordinance; amend Code Chapters 17.32 through 17.39) 10 minutes requested |
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973 Authorize the Bureau of Environmental Services to acquire certain permanent and temporary property rights necessary for construction of the SW Capitol Hwy Stormwater Improvements Project No. E10939 through the exercise of the City’s Eminent Domain Authority (Ordinance) 15 minutes requested |
Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty |
Fire & Police Disability & Retirement |
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*974 Extend benefits currently provided to eligible members of the Fire and Police Disability, Retirement and Death Benefit Plan (Ordinance) 15 minutes requested |
THURSDAY, 2:00 PM, OCTOBER 17, 2019 |
DUE TO LACK OF AGENDA THERE WILL BENO THURSDAY 2:00 PM MEETING |
NOTE: “Time Certain” indicates that an item will not be heard by Council prior to the time specified.
Communications items are three minutes each. Regular Agenda items taking longer than five minutes have the time estimate noted next to the item.
The * indicates an emergency ordinance, which takes effect immediately if passed. Non-emergency ordinances require two readings and a 30-day waiting period before taking effect. Resolutions, reports, etc., adopted by Council are effective after adjournment.
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