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 23, 2019 (printable version)
WEDNESDAY, 9:30 AM, OCTOBER 23, 2019 |
COMMUNICATIONS |
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975 Request of Stan Penkin to address Council regarding Code 3.96 (Communication) |
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976 Request of Evelyne Moyo to address Council regarding safety issues in the City (Communication) |
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977 Request of Dee White to address Council regarding the failure of the Water Bureau to deliver safe drinking water to its customers (Communication) |
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978 Request of Rachel Davies to address Council regarding Code 3.96 (Communication) |
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979 Request of Gloria Bouchor Luzader to address Council regarding houseless pods on N Richmond St in St Johns (Communication) |
TIMES CERTAIN |
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980 TIME CERTAIN: 9:45 AM – Proclaim November 1-2, 2019 to be Day of Dead (Proclamation introduced by Mayor Wheeler and Commissioner Fritz) 30 minutes requested |
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*981 TIME CERTAIN: 10:15 AM – Authorize $631,321 total in grant funds for the 2019 Cannabis Social Equity Grant Program in the Office of Community & Civic Life (Ordinance introduced by Commissioner Eudaly) 45 minutes requested Item 981 Exhibit C SE Works Inc Item 981 Exhibit D Hope Pre-Apprentice Program Item 981 Exhibit E Voz Workers Rights Education Project Item 981 Exhibit F Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc Item 981 Exhibit G Metropolitan Public Defender Services Inc |
CONSENT AGENDA – NO DISCUSSION |
Mayor Ted Wheeler |
Office of Management and Finance |
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*982 Pay bodily injury lawsuit of Patricia Barger in the sum of $10,000 involving the Portland Police Bureau (Ordinance) |
Commissioner Chloe Eudaly |
Bureau of Transportation |
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*983 Authorize Intergovernmental Agreement with Oregon Department of Transportation for the All Roads Transportation Safety Rumble Strips and Conflict Markings Project in the amount of $415,082 (Ordinance) |
Commissioner Amanda Fritz |
Water Bureau |
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984 Authorize an agreement with Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency for the co-location of radio equipment in the amount of $162,000 (Second Reading Agenda 961) |
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985 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 (Second Reading Agenda 962) |
Commissioner Nick Fish |
Bureau of Environmental Services |
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*986 Authorize the Director of the Bureau of Environmental Services to sign a property deed for Property Line Adjustment 19-141810-PR at 9442 NE 13th Ave and 1313-1315 NE Gertz Rd to create a new parcel (Ordinance) |
REGULAR AGENDA |
Mayor Ted Wheeler |
Office of Management and Finance |
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987 Accept Guaranteed Maximum Price of $12,762,854 from HP Civil, Inc. for the construction of the Sullivan's Crossing Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge Project (Procurement Report - RFP No. 00001037) 15 minutes requested |
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988 Authorize $30 million of revenue bonds for North Macadam Urban Renewal Area (Second Reading Agenda 966) |
Commissioner Amanda Fritz |
Water Bureau |
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989 Authorize the acquisition of 1.87 acres of real property at 35319 SE Carpenter Ln in the amount of $800,000 to be used for the Bull Run Filtration Project (Ordinance) 10 minutes requested |
Commissioner Nick Fish |
Bureau of Environmental Services |
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*990 Authorize the Director of the Bureau of Environmental Services to execute lease documents for space in Pioneer Tower necessary for bureau operations (Ordinance) |
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991 Amend Public Improvements Code to make requesting and participating in Bureau of Environmental Services administrative reviews more customer-friendly (Previous Agenda 972; amend Code Chapters 17.32 through 17.39) 10 minutes requested |
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992 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 (Previous Agenda 973) 15 minutes requested |
Parks & Recreation |
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993 Accept the Year 4 Report on the $68 million Parks 2014 General Obligation Bond (Report) 20 minutes requested |
WEDNESDAY, 2:00 PM, OCTOBER 23, 2019 |
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994 TIME CERTAIN: 2:00 PM – Amend the Seismic Design Requirements for Existing Buildings Code related to required placarding and tenant notification for unreinforced masonry buildings and associated timeline and documentation of compliance (Ordinance introduced by Commissioner Hardesty; repeal Ordinance Nos. 189201, 189309, 189399, and 189479; amend Code Chapter 24.85) 30 minutes requested |
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995 TIME CERTAIN: 2:30 PM – Create, appoint members, adopt bylaws and authorize the Bureaus of Emergency Management and Development Services to convene an Unreinforced Masonry Building Workgroup (Resolution introduced by Commissioner Hardesty) 30 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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