{ "meetingId": "2026-07-29-1", "title": "Portland City Council AM Session 07/29/26", "displayTitle": "City Council · morning", "date": "2026-07-29T19:00:00-07:00", "duration": 51, "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DaGjSejyF4", "videoId": "5DaGjSejyF4", "agendaUrl": "https://www.portland.gov/council/agenda/2026/7/29", "agendaItems": [ { "number": 2, "title": "Public comment", "type": "Public communication", "url": "https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/public-communication/placed-file/july-29-2026-public-communications" }, { "number": 4, "title": "Consider appeals of the Design Commission’s approval of a voluntary Central City Master Plan Review and Adjustment Review for the Lloyd Center Central City Master Plan (LU 25-091308 CCMS AD)", "type": "Report", "url": "https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/findings-adopted/2026-217" }, { "number": 5, "title": "Amend Partial and Full Exemptions of System Development Charges for Affordable Housing Developments Code to temporarily remove income requirements for homeownership units (amend Code Section 30.01.095)", "type": "Ordinance", "url": "https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192210" }, { "number": 6, "title": "Add Electric Vehicle Charging Systems Funding Code (add Code Chapter 26.11)", "type": "Ordinance", "url": "https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192211" } ], "summary": "**The council passed an ordinance removing income requirements for publicly subsidized affordable-homeownership units on an 8-3 vote, over objections that it turns a targeted program into a broad market subsidy** ([00:48:43](meeting:2026-07-29-1@00:48:43)). This digest covers the Wednesday, July 29 morning session, presided over by Council President Jamie Dunphy (District 1); Councilor Candace Avalos (District 1) was absent.\n\n## Income limits dropped from homeownership subsidy\n\nThe ordinance amends the city's system development charge exemption code to temporarily remove income requirements for homeownership units, aligning it with an SDC waiver passed last fall. It passed on a second reading, with Councilors Tiffany Koyama Lane (District 3), Eric Zimmerman (District 4), and Elana Pirtle-Guiney (District 2) voting no ([00:48:43](meeting:2026-07-29-1@00:48:43)).\n\nKoyama Lane said homes \"supposed to be reserved for families that make less than **$128,000**\" would become available to people earning more, naming \"teachers and nurses and the people who make your coffee\" ([00:39:50](meeting:2026-07-29-1@00:39:50)). Pirtle-Guiney warned that removing income limits could \"turn[] a public investment into a broad market subsidy,\" citing a 2023 Harvard study that found **$25,000** in down payment assistance is \"often the sweet spot\" and most impactful for Black and Latina households. She said the **$3 million** in rent assistance the council passed this year, redirected as $25,000 grants, \"would have helped 120 Portland families\" toward homeownership ([00:35:19](meeting:2026-07-29-1@00:35:19)).\n\nCouncilor Loretta Smith (District 1) supported the measure and pushed back on the down payment focus, noting the existing Down Payment Assistance Program gives \"up to $120,000 per person\" plus $2 million set aside in the prior budget, and said credit scores and job history are bigger barriers than cash ([00:43:37](meeting:2026-07-29-1@00:43:37)). Councilor Mitch Green (District 4) also supported it, arguing the waiver gives developers \"on average of **$25,000 to $30,000** of headroom\" to keep building affordable homeownership, and that letting experienced firms fold would replace them with providers lacking that commitment ([00:45:02](meeting:2026-07-29-1@00:45:02)). Green added that down payment assistance under the North Northeast Preference Policy averaged \"something like $300,000 per household\" over 10 years. Councilor Sameer Kanal (District 2) supported it but asked City Administrator Raymond Lee for analysis of the waiver's impact; Lee said he was not certain and offered to bring housing staff ([00:41:59](meeting:2026-07-29-1@00:41:59)). Pirtle-Guiney said she is developing standalone legislation on down payment assistance.\n\n## Fallout from prior week's \"daddy\" remark\n\nBoth public testimony and dais comments returned to a dispute from the previous week. Councilor Angelita Morillo (District 3) said she \"was not directing my comment to Councilor Smith\" and was \"making a comment generally about someone invoking a different patriarchal authority,\" adding that Smith \"was repeatedly interrupting me, so I ended up speaking to her directly through those interruptions\" and that she has \"immense respect\" for Smith's work ([00:24:23](meeting:2026-07-29-1@00:24:23)).\n\nSmith rejected the explanation. She said she had asked \"who are you calling daddy?\" and Morillo replied \"he's your daddy, not my daddy,\" and that trying to re-explain it \"just make[s] it worse\" ([00:26:32](meeting:2026-07-29-1@00:26:32)). Smith said the episode had reached national news and her mother, called the statement disrespectful to her late father, and said, \"I feel like I am sitting on a reality TV show, a really bad reality TV show. And I am a Black woman... And I do not deserve to be disrespected and mistreated like this.\"\n\n## Public communications\n\nFive people spoke. Jack Dickinson criticized Smith's conduct and said Avalos \"was absolutely right last week\" that decorum \"is the responsibility of the council president to deal with\" ([00:13:14](meeting:2026-07-29-1@00:13:14)). When Smith raised a point of order during his testimony, Dunphy overruled her: \"There's no point of order during a public communication. He's allowed to address individuals\" ([00:12:34](meeting:2026-07-29-1@00:12:34)). Diane Sussman offered three environmental proposals: require businesses running air conditioning to keep doors closed at 85 degrees or higher, make a downtown city-owned garage EV-only and free for the first year, and expand composting to multifamily housing ([00:15:04](meeting:2026-07-29-1@00:15:04)). Annette Johnson spoke of homelessness on Woodstock and vacant apartments on 73rd and Foster, said \"about 10 people dead in the morgue this week from fentanyl overdose,\" and asked for an apology to Smith ([00:17:43](meeting:2026-07-29-1@00:17:43)). Pastor Robin Wisner recited a list of Black historical figures ending \"Loretta Smith, a Black woman\" ([00:20:59](meeting:2026-07-29-1@00:20:59)). John Hollister spoke about the Moda Center, saying owner groups in Nashville and Kansas City \"just can't wait for you guys to mess it up\" ([00:11:54](meeting:2026-07-29-1@00:11:54)).\n\n## Lloyd Center appeals denied\n\nThe council voted to deny both appeals of the Design Commission's approval of the Lloyd Center Central City Master Plan, upholding the decision with a technical change to condition 8C and adopting the findings. Councilor Dan Ryan (District 2) moved and Councilor Olivia Clark (District 4) seconded; the vote was **10 in favor with 2 absent** (Koyama Lane and Avalos) ([00:34:33](meeting:2026-07-29-1@00:34:33)). Dunphy noted the body had tentatively voted 10-1 to deny on July 8.\n\n## EV charging fund\n\nThe council passed an ordinance adding an electric vehicle charging systems funding code, introduced by Zimmerman and drawing on the Portland Clean Energy Fund, on a second reading, **11 to 0 with Avalos absent** ([00:50:00](meeting:2026-07-29-1@00:50:00)). Green noted it moved with \"about 6 minutes of discussion\" the prior week ([00:49:13](meeting:2026-07-29-1@00:49:13)).\n\n## Federal response\n\nLee told the council that litigation over the writs of review is continuing and that Permitting & Development received **21 comments** on an administrative rule whose comment period closed July 26, with a final version expected soon ([00:30:19](meeting:2026-07-29-1@00:30:19)). Kanal asked whether the city was granting opposing counsel more time; Lee said \"I don't believe so\" and would follow up.\n\n## What's next\n\nPirtle-Guiney said she will bring standalone legislation on down payment assistance and ask the council to identify funds for it; Kanal and Green said they want to join that work. Kanal asked for analysis of the SDC waiver's impact, which Lee agreed to pursue. Lee said the City Attorney's Office is setting a briefing schedule and hearing dates in the federal litigation and will update the council, and that Director Kooch will bring the finalized administrative rule in a coming council update. The council recessed until its Thursday afternoon session.", "summaryText": "The council passed an ordinance removing income requirements for publicly subsidized affordable-homeownership units on an 8-3 vote, over objections that it turns a targeted program into a broad market subsidy (00:48:43). This digest covers the Wednesday, July 29 morning session, presided over by Council President Jamie Dunphy (District 1); Councilor Candace Avalos (District 1) was absent.\n\nThe ordinance amends the city's system development charge exemption code to temporarily remove income requirements for homeownership units, aligning it with an SDC waiver passed last fall. It passed on a second reading, with Councilors Tiffany Koyama Lane (District 3), Eric Zimmerman (District 4), and Elana Pirtle-Guiney (District 2) voting no (00:48:43).\n\nKoyama Lane said homes \"supposed to be reserved for families that make less than $128,000\" would become available to people earning more, naming \"teachers and nurses and the people who make your coffee\" (00:39:50). Pirtle-Guiney warned that removing income limits could \"turn[] a public investment into a broad market subsidy,\" citing a 2023 Harvard study that found $25,000 in down payment assistance is \"often the sweet spot\" and most impactful for Black and Latina households. She said the $3 million in rent assistance the council passed this year, redirected as $25,000 grants, \"would have helped 120 Portland families\" toward homeownership (00:35:19).\n\nCouncilor Loretta Smith (District 1) supported the measure and pushed back on the down payment focus, noting the existing Down Payment Assistance Program gives \"up to $120,000 per person\" plus $2 million set aside in the prior budget, and said credit scores and job history are bigger barriers than cash (00:43:37). Councilor Mitch Green (District 4) also supported it, arguing the waiver gives developers \"on average of $25,000 to $30,000 of headroom\" to keep building affordable homeownership, and that letting experienced firms fold would replace them with providers lacking that commitment (00:45:02). Green added that down payment assistance under the North Northeast Preference Policy averaged \"something like $300,000 per household\" over 10 years. Councilor Sameer Kanal (District 2) supported it but asked City Administrator Raymond Lee for analysis of the waiver's impact; Lee said he was not certain and offered to bring housing staff (00:41:59). Pirtle-Guiney said she is developing standalone legislation on down payment assistance.\n\nBoth public testimony and dais comments returned to a dispute from the previous week. Councilor Angelita Morillo (District 3) said she \"was not directing my comment to Councilor Smith\" and was \"making a comment generally about someone invoking a different patriarchal authority,\" adding that Smith \"was repeatedly interrupting me, so I ended up speaking to her directly through those interruptions\" and that she has \"immense respect\" for Smith's work (00:24:23).\n\nSmith rejected the explanation. She said she had asked \"who are you calling daddy?\" and Morillo replied \"he's your daddy, not my daddy,\" and that trying to re-explain it \"just make[s] it worse\" (00:26:32). Smith said the episode had reached national news and her mother, called the statement disrespectful to her late father, and said, \"I feel like I am sitting on a reality TV show, a really bad reality TV show. And I am a Black woman... And I do not deserve to be disrespected and mistreated like this.\"\n\nFive people spoke. Jack Dickinson criticized Smith's conduct and said Avalos \"was absolutely right last week\" that decorum \"is the responsibility of the council president to deal with\" (00:13:14). When Smith raised a point of order during his testimony, Dunphy overruled her: \"There's no point of order during a public communication. He's allowed to address individuals\" (00:12:34). Diane Sussman offered three environmental proposals: require businesses running air conditioning to keep doors closed at 85 degrees or higher, make a downtown city-owned garage EV-only and free for the first year, and expand composting to multifamily housing (00:15:04). Annette Johnson spoke of homelessness on Woodstock and vacant apartments on 73rd and Foster, said \"about 10 people dead in the morgue this week from fentanyl overdose,\" and asked for an apology to Smith (00:17:43). Pastor Robin Wisner recited a list of Black historical figures ending \"Loretta Smith, a Black woman\" (00:20:59). John Hollister spoke about the Moda Center, saying owner groups in Nashville and Kansas City \"just can't wait for you guys to mess it up\" (00:11:54).\n\nThe council voted to deny both appeals of the Design Commission's approval of the Lloyd Center Central City Master Plan, upholding the decision with a technical change to condition 8C and adopting the findings. Councilor Dan Ryan (District 2) moved and Councilor Olivia Clark (District 4) seconded; the vote was 10 in favor with 2 absent (Koyama Lane and Avalos) (00:34:33). Dunphy noted the body had tentatively voted 10-1 to deny on July 8.\n\nThe council passed an ordinance adding an electric vehicle charging systems funding code, introduced by Zimmerman and drawing on the Portland Clean Energy Fund, on a second reading, 11 to 0 with Avalos absent (00:50:00). Green noted it moved with \"about 6 minutes of discussion\" the prior week (00:49:13).\n\nLee told the council that litigation over the writs of review is continuing and that Permitting & Development received 21 comments on an administrative rule whose comment period closed July 26, with a final version expected soon (00:30:19). Kanal asked whether the city was granting opposing counsel more time; Lee said \"I don't believe so\" and would follow up.\n\nPirtle-Guiney said she will bring standalone legislation on down payment assistance and ask the council to identify funds for it; Kanal and Green said they want to join that work. Kanal asked for analysis of the SDC waiver's impact, which Lee agreed to pursue. Lee said the City Attorney's Office is setting a briefing schedule and hearing dates in the federal litigation and will update the council, and that Director Kooch will bring the finalized administrative rule in a coming council update. The council recessed until its Thursday afternoon session.", "summaryLede": "The council passed an ordinance removing income requirements for publicly subsidized affordable-homeownership units on an 8-3 vote, over objections that it turns a targeted program into a broad market subsidy. 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"speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-41", "start": 456.776, "end": 459.709, "text": "Additionally, council may take a short recess and reconvene virtually.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-42", "start": 460.302, "end": 462.497, "text": "Your testimony should address the matter being considered.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-43", "start": 462.946, "end": 464.789, "text": "When testifying, state your name for the record.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-44", "start": 464.869, "end": 466.199, "text": "Your address is not necessary.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-45", "start": 466.392, "end": 469.421, "text": "If you are a lobbyist, identify the organization you represent.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-46", "start": 469.838, "end": 473.428, "text": "Virtual testifiers should unmute themselves when the council clerk calls your name.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-47", "start": 473.748, "end": 474.085, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-48", "start": 474.63, "end": 475.255, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-49", "start": 476.072, "end": 484.753, "text": "Well, first and foremost, I'd like to, uh, thank the hard workers at Multnomah County who are out there repairing the Hawthorne Bridge and the Morrison Bridge this morning during rush hour.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-50", "start": 485.397, "end": 488.327, "text": "I hope it gets worked so that folks can get here on time tomorrow.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-51", "start": 489.46, "end": 491.641, "text": "Our first item on the agenda is agenda approval.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-52", "start": 491.819, "end": 498.316, "text": "Colleagues, is there any— are there any requests to amend the agenda, to reorder items, or reschedule an item to a future meeting date?", "speaker": "Jamie 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Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-61", "start": 527.789, "end": 529.317, "text": "Go ahead and introduce yourself for the record.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-62", "start": 530.891, "end": 532.133, "text": "My name is John Hollister.", "speaker": "John Hollister" }, { "id": "cue-63", "start": 534.993, "end": 553.874, "text": "Um, I don't know if one of you guys can make a motion to— I talked to the guards ahead of time, and I have a Native American friend that would be more than happy to come in like 7:30 in the morning and smudge this room, because the energy here, I'm just feeling it, it's palpable.", "speaker": "John Hollister" }, { "id": "cue-64", "start": 554.196, "end": 555.706, "text": "And so just a suggestion.", "speaker": "John Hollister" }, { "id": "cue-65", "start": 556.606, "end": 576.681, "text": "Um, what what I'd like to do is go back in time and to, to talk about an event that happened on Friday, October 10th, 2008, during a John McCain presidential campaign town 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"start": 599.659, "end": 607.743, "text": "The phrase, we don't do that, is often used online to describe McCain's reaction, but it's not the exact words he used in that famous exchange.", "speaker": "John Hollister" }, { "id": "cue-73", "start": 608.417, "end": 612.989, "text": "The actual words were, no ma'am, followed by his defense of Obama's character.", "speaker": "John Hollister" }, { "id": "cue-74", "start": 613.775, "end": 623.627, "text": "Over the years, many people have paraphrased the moment as McCain essentially says, we don't do that here, because he refused to tolerate personal attacks on false smears against his opponent.", "speaker": "John Hollister" }, { "id": "cue-75", "start": 624.388, "end": 634.652, "text": "There was also another memorable campaign event in which McCain told the crowd, I admire Senator Obama and his accomplishments.", "speaker": "John Hollister" }, { "id": "cue-76", "start": 634.974, "end": 640.197, "text": "I want everyone to be respectful 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heart.", "speaker": "John Hollister" }, { "id": "cue-82", "start": 678.038, "end": 680.604, "text": "The, the, um, it's— come on, people.", "speaker": "John Hollister" }, { "id": "cue-83", "start": 680.893, "end": 682.801, "text": "It's— let's, let's get some work done.", "speaker": "John Hollister" }, { "id": "cue-84", "start": 683.138, "end": 687.548, "text": "Oh, by the way, I've talked to some inside people about, um, the Moda Center.", "speaker": "John Hollister" }, { "id": "cue-85", "start": 688.029, "end": 689.007, "text": "Don't worry about what you do.", "speaker": "John Hollister" }, { "id": "cue-86", "start": 689.168, "end": 689.857, "text": "They're already gone.", "speaker": "John Hollister" }, { "id": "cue-87", "start": 690.114, "end": 696.673, "text": "There are groups, there are owner groups in Nashville and Kansas City.", "speaker": "John Hollister" }, { "id": "cue-88", "start": 696.769, "end": 699.848, "text": "They're bidding and just can't wait for you guys to mess 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"speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-97", "start": 723.09, "end": 723.674, "text": "3 minutes.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-98", "start": 724.55, "end": 726.868, "text": "My name for the record is Jack Dickinson.", "speaker": "Jack Dickinson" }, { "id": "cue-99", "start": 728.1, "end": 733.453, "text": "Councilor Smith, last week at one point you interrupted one of your colleagues to imply that she was threatening the mayor.", "speaker": "Jack Dickinson" }, { "id": "cue-100", "start": 734.277, "end": 738.127, "text": "If we're talking about threats, I think it's worth remembering that last year you threatened to shoot multiple people who crossed over this desk.", "speaker": "Jack Dickinson" }, { "id": "cue-101", "start": 746.806, "end": 752.056, "text": "I constantly see you interrupting people with points of order that are not in fact points of order.", "speaker": "Jack Dickinson" }, { "id": "cue-102", "start": 753.148, "end": 753.678, "text": "Point of order.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-103", "start": 754.096, "end": 755.846, "text": "There's no point of order during a public communication.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-104", "start": 755.894, "end": 757.291, "text": "He's allowed to address individuals.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-105", "start": 758.286, "end": 761.45, "text": "Interesting that you played into my exact next prepared response.", "speaker": "Jack Dickinson" }, { "id": "cue-106", "start": 767.44, "end": 779.52, "text": "You constantly bring people up, city staff up here, not to ask them questions in good faith, but in an attempt to extort a very specific wording out of them that you then use as apparent justification for a vote you have already made.", "speaker": "Jack Dickinson" }, { "id": "cue-107", "start": 781.89, "end": 794.9, "text": "When I hear you say you don't like giving up your power easily, and I square that with how I see you behave yourself, the conclusion that I'm left with is that you don't care about preserving Councilwoman Smith's ability to represent District 1.", "speaker": "Jack Dickinson" }, { "id": "cue-108", "start": 794.9, "end": 795.58, "text": "You care about preserving Loretta Smith's ability to represent District 1.", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-109", "start": 795.58, "end": 795.8, "text": "I don't care about preserving anyone's ability to represent District 1.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-110", "start": 800.622, "end": 807.972, "text": "I think people who know me would describe me as a patient person, but over the past year and a half, I am frankly at my wit's end.", "speaker": "Jack Dickinson" }, { "id": "cue-111", "start": 809.111, "end": 810.652, "text": "And my frustration is not just with you.", "speaker": "Jack Dickinson" }, { "id": "cue-112", "start": 810.732, "end": 812.096, "text": "It is predominantly with you.", "speaker": "Jack Dickinson" }, { "id": "cue-113", "start": 812.578, "end": 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times when I'm listening to these meetings online and I have to take off my headphones or pause for a minute because I don't have the bandwidth to deal with a 4th grade classroom.", "speaker": "Jack Dickinson" }, { "id": "cue-119", "start": 851.562, "end": 858.082, "text": "Ultimately, if we're talking about this kind of stuff within the context of decorum, Councilor Avalos was absolutely right last week.", "speaker": "Jack Dickinson" }, { "id": "cue-120", "start": 858.13, "end": 860.804, "text": "This is the responsibility of the council president to deal with.", "speaker": "Jack Dickinson" }, { "id": "cue-121", "start": 861.126, "end": 865.727, "text": "And if you're not prepared to handle that responsibility, don't jump in at the 13th vote.", "speaker": "Jack Dickinson" }, { "id": "cue-122", "start": 868.682, "end": 875.651, "text": "I don't think there is a world in which either Elana Pirtle-Guiney or Sameer Kanal would have allowed it to get to this point.", "speaker": "Jack 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minutes.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-130", "start": 904.709, "end": 909.948, "text": "Yeah, my name is Diane Sussman, and I live at 1005 Southwest Park Avenue.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-131", "start": 910.446, "end": 914.514, "text": "I'm not a registered lobbyist for any organization, nor do I represent any group.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-132", "start": 915.137, "end": 915.489, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-133", "start": 916.035, "end": 929.265, "text": "Other than the miserable sweat-soaked people battling our every summer heat, I wonder for years why Portland, which considers itself something of a green giant, so profoundly lags California and Washington State in this regard.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-134", "start": 929.907, "end": 938.214, "text": "One millennial who grew up here said that Portland made a big push on environmental programs in the '90s, then it just stopped, and we've been patting ourselves on the back ever since.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-135", "start": 938.326, "end": 940.379, "text": "So I have 3 modest proposals.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-136", "start": 941.213, "end": 947.964, "text": "First, require businesses to keep their doors closed when temperatures are 85 degrees or higher and they are running the AC.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-137", "start": 948.669, "end": 952.614, "text": "New York City has such a law, and San Francisco has such a law and doesn't even need it.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-138", "start": 953.32, "end": 961.017, "text": "It's galling to see places like Anthropologie, CB2, and CaroCo cool their stores to refrigerator temperatures and keep their doors open.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-139", "start": 961.578, "end": 962.829, "text": "We all depend on the grid.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-140", "start": 963.261, "end": 967.351, "text": "It's unconscionable to think that this kind of waste can exist side by side with people who have no AC.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-141", "start": 967.431, "end": 967.591, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-142", "start": 968.152, "end": 969.387, "text": "And whose very lives are at stake.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-143", "start": 969.996, "end": 975.175, "text": "We may not be able to provide AC fast enough to people who need it, but we can at least apportion it wisely.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-144", "start": 975.768, "end": 979.664, "text": "Back it up with a hotline number that people can call for repeat offenders.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-145", "start": 980.193, "end": 983.031, "text": "If businesses don't comply, let them serve as cooling centers.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-146", "start": 983.608, "end": 987.296, "text": "I'd love to sit on CB2's fine couches in 98-degree weather.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-147", "start": 988.033, "end": 992.763, "text": "Make one downtown city-owned garage EV only and free for the first year.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-148", "start": 993.468, "end": 996.178, "text": "Install chargers and stripe spaces for smaller cars.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-149", "start": 996.435, "end": 1000.031, "text": "Recoup some of the revenue by ticketing the scofflaws in year 1.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-150", "start": 1001.251, "end": 1007.625, "text": "In year 2 and beyond, charge an amount that covers for the energy use of charging stations plus an additional parking fee.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-151", "start": 1008.396, "end": 1013.598, "text": "Require all new hotels and multifamily housing to install free EV chargers in their buildings and garages.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-152", "start": 1014.209, "end": 1017.902, "text": "Expand composting to multifamily housing, not just single-family homes.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-153", "start": 1018.528, "end": 1022.108, "text": "Seriously, which type of housing generates more compostable materials?", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-154", "start": 1022.526, "end": 1026.203, "text": "The type with a lot of people in one building or those with a few people in one building.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-155", "start": 1026.941, "end": 1033.235, "text": "Make the program enticing by letting residents pick up free city-made compost for their gardens several times a year.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-156", "start": 1033.781, "end": 1034.873, "text": "Palo Alto does that.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-157", "start": 1034.985, "end": 1038.726, "text": "It's a virtuous payback system that makes people look upon such programs fondly.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-158", "start": 1039.401, "end": 1046.514, "text": "Hype the program further by leaving out bags of city-made compost complete with cute city label at all community gardens.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-159", "start": 1046.626, "end": 1046.995, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Diane Sussman" }, { "id": "cue-160", "start": 1047.332, "end": 1048.071, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-161", "start": 1048.559, "end": 1049.125, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-162", "start": 1051.46, "end": 1053.157, "text": "Next up we have Annette Johnson.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-163", "start": 1057.172, "end": 1057.591, "text": "Hello.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-164", "start": 1058.123, "end": 1058.494, "text": "Good morning.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-165", "start": 1058.542, "end": 1059.848, "text": "3 minutes, right?", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-166", "start": 1060.218, "end": 1061.347, "text": "Yeah, so I'm gonna make it quick.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-167", "start": 1061.444, "end": 1063.362, "text": "Please introduce yourself for the record and you have 3 minutes.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-168", "start": 1063.426, "end": 1063.845, "text": "Annette Johnson.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-169", "start": 1063.926, "end": 1064.797, "text": "I go by Nettie.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-170", "start": 1066.253, "end": 1067.24, "text": "Um, I'm a lot of things.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-171", "start": 1067.467, "end": 1069.101, "text": "I, I worked on the bridge and stuff.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-172", "start": 1069.166, "end": 1069.959, "text": "I'm a flagger.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-173", "start": 1070.688, "end": 1074.718, "text": "Um, I'm disabled, been disabled since '08.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-174", "start": 1075.436, "end": 1079.219, "text": "Was homeless, heroin addict, prison, all that, right?", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-175", "start": 1079.283, "end": 1085.246, "text": "I got 22 years clean, and I'm making my way in life as a productive member of society.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-176", "start": 1086.657, "end": 1094.432, "text": "And a lot of my family members tell me, don't make— tell people this one statement, 'cause it makes me look ignorant.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-177", "start": 1095.089, "end": 1105.428, "text": "But when I found out that Blacks were slaves, I was in the Redding jail, and the girl, Black girl, told the white guard, if you didn't like us here, don't bring— you shouldn't have brought us here.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-178", "start": 1105.653, "end": 1107.047, "text": "I said, she 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{ "id": "cue-192", "start": 1154.111, "end": 1158.332, "text": "Like, sometimes we speak with our hands or we speak whatever, and it's misunderstood.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-193", "start": 1159.482, "end": 1164.499, "text": "But if you go back to the history of slavery, that relationship was always misunderstood.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-194", "start": 1165.333, "end": 1174.037, "text": "And when the lady here from District 4, Angelita, spoke to this lady here, Loretta Smith, I believe— no, that's not Loretta Smith, is it?", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-195", "start": 1174.293, "end": 1174.485, "text": "Are you?", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-196", "start": 1174.694, "end": 1174.982, "text": "Okay.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-197", "start": 1176.313, "end": 1177.034, "text": "It hurt me.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-198", "start": 1177.659, "end": 1179.166, "text": "You know, I have a Black daughter.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-199", "start": 1179.615, "end": 1181.699, "text": "I have Black people, college graduates.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-200", "start": 1181.747, "end": 1183.702, "text": "They want to be somebody, right?", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-201", "start": 1184.472, "end": 1189.665, "text": "And it's mathematically impossible for a white man to birth a Black woman.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-202", "start": 1190.835, "end": 1198.287, "text": "So either her understanding is not up to this standard here, because you guys are making a fool of yourself.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-203", "start": 1198.495, "end": 1199.842, "text": "You look foolish to the city.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-204", "start": 1200.659, "end": 1204.698, "text": "And if you drive down the street, aluminum foil covers the streets of Portland.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-205", "start": 1205.002, "end": 1206.22, "text": "Why isn't that important?", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-206", "start": 1206.765, "end": 1211.06, "text": "There's about 10 people dead in the morgue this week from fentanyl overdose.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-207", "start": 1212.054, "end": 1214.778, "text": "But this city want to talk about Donald Trump.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-208", "start": 1215.003, "end": 1216.637, "text": "I don't care who's the president, really.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-209", "start": 1217.196, "end": 1221.637, "text": "But that statement, I wish you would give her an apology, and I wish y'all get it together.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-210", "start": 1222.267, "end": 1222.687, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-211", "start": 1223.091, "end": 1223.995, "text": "Thank you very much for being here.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-212", "start": 1226.66, "end": 1227.902, "text": "Oh, don't forget your sunglasses.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-213", "start": 1228.611, "end": 1230.015, "text": "Oh, those are expensive too.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-214", "start": 1230.095, "end": 1230.305, "text": "Shit.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-215", "start": 1231.838, "end": 1234.644, "text": "Hell, I worked 2 days for these.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-216", "start": 1234.854, "end": 1235.548, "text": "Have a good day.", "speaker": "Annette Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-217", "start": 1235.905, "end": 1236.034, "text": "2.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-218", "start": 1237.669, "end": 1239.546, "text": "Next up, we have Galena Easterly.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-219", "start": 1245.691, "end": 1247.049, "text": "Galena Easterly.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-220", "start": 1249.652, "end": 1252.368, "text": "Our alternate today is Pastor Robin Wisner.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-221", "start": 1259.043, "end": 1266.393, "text": "I, uh, I find myself uncomfortable sitting here.", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-222", "start": 1268.676, "end": 1280.372, "text": "The reason why is because I'm a Black man in the city of Portland, and I want to state this because it was stated about somebody's daddy, the daddy of Portland.", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-223", "start": 1282.491, "end": 1285.457, "text": "I will start here, and I usually don't do this.", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-224", "start": 1285.571, "end": 1294.318, "text": "People who know me well, I've supported— I think I've met everyone here on this council and supported everyone on this council.", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-225", "start": 1296.101, "end": 1304.765, "text": "So me to stand here and give you a 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Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-232", "start": 1334.345, "end": 1340.879, "text": "Who was the founder of blood plasma and director of the Red Cross blood bank?", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-233", "start": 1341.95, "end": 1342.947, "text": "Dr. Charles Drew.", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-234", "start": 1343.617, "end": 1344.321, "text": "A Black man.", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-235", "start": 1345.662, "end": 1350.876, "text": "Who invented the world's first stop light stop and gas mask.", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-236", "start": 1351.443, "end": 1353.517, "text": "Garrett Morgan, a Black man.", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-237", "start": 1354.67, "end": 1361.344, "text": "Who made the first clock to give time in America and wrote the first almanac?", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-238", "start": 1361.992, "end": 1365.43, "text": "Benjamin Banneker, a Black man.", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-239", "start": 1366.898, "end": 1372.613, "text": "Who was the founder of the city of Chicago in 1772?", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-240", "start": 1373.402, "end": 1375.533, "text": "Jean-Baptiste A Black man.", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-241", "start": 1377.08, "end": 1383.11, "text": "Who was the woman who led countless slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad?", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-242", "start": 1384.332, "end": 1385.12, "text": "Harriet Tubman.", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-243", "start": 1385.796, "end": 1386.567, "text": "A Black woman.", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-244", "start": 1388.08, "end": 1395.998, "text": "Who served as the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 and was American Attorney in Arthur?", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-245", "start": 1397.3, "end": 1398.177, "text": "Michelle Obama.", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-246", "start": 1398.657, "end": 1399.286, "text": "A Black woman.", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-247", "start": 1400.968, "end": 1411.541, "text": "Who was born in 1966 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and is an American politics and businesswoman who is a member of the Portland City Council District 1?", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-248", "start": 1412.6, "end": 1414.83, "text": "Loretta Smith, a Black woman.", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-249", "start": 1415.905, "end": 1421.199, "text": "Before I leave, I would like to say these last words in a protest.", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-250", "start": 1421.986, "end": 1423.333, "text": "Say it loud!", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-251", "start": 1423.606, "end": 1427.424, "text": "I'm tired of the fraud!", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-252", "start": 1427.922, "end": 1428.868, "text": "Say it loud!", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-253", "start": 1440.332, "end": 1443.971, "text": "I'm a Black man in the city of Portland.", "speaker": "Robin Wisner" }, { "id": "cue-254", "start": 1445.83, "end": 1446.733, "text": "Thank you for your time.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-255", "start": 1451.127, "end": 1453.388, "text": "That completes communications.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-256", "start": 1455.062, "end": 1455.56, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-257", "start": 1460.927, "end": 1462.984, "text": "Councilor Morillo.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-258", "start": 1463.562, "end": 1465.491, "text": "Thank you, Council President.", "speaker": "Angelita Morillo" }, { "id": "cue-259", "start": 1465.973, "end": 1468.447, "text": "Thank you to folks that have come and testified about this.", "speaker": "Angelita Morillo" }, { "id": "cue-260", "start": 1468.865, "end": 1484.519, "text": "And I just wanted to take a moment to say that I agree with the people that have come to testify, that I agree, I think things got pretty heated last week, and I was doing it sort of in service of saving some of the employees that had come to Councilor Smith.", "speaker": "Angelita Morillo" }, { "id": "cue-261", "start": 1484.616, "end": 1485.018, "text": "Thank you, Mayor.", "speaker": "Angelita Morillo" }, { "id": "cue-262", "start": 1485.066, "end": 1494.277, "text": "I want to thank everyone who came out to our offices, who were worried about the services that were going to be cut, and also the very real humans that we work with who are not going to be working with us any longer, who are not going to be serving Portlanders.", "speaker": "Angelita Morillo" }, { "id": "cue-263", "start": 1495.752, "end": 1505.392, "text": "I also want to take a moment to clarify that I, I don't know if this makes it any better, but I will say I was not directing my comment to Councilor Smith.", "speaker": "Angelita Morillo" }, { "id": "cue-264", "start": 1506.774, "end": 1523.943, "text": "I was making a comment generally about someone invoking a different patriarchal authority to come and settle disputes for the council rather than us working it out amongst ourselves after I repeatedly came with extremely large compromises for the ordinance.", "speaker": "Angelita Morillo" }, { "id": "cue-265", "start": 1524.361, "end": 1526.337, "text": "It was in no way about Councilor Smith.", "speaker": "Angelita Morillo" }, { "id": "cue-266", "start": 1526.996, "end": 1532.443, "text": "She was repeatedly interrupting me, so I ended up speaking to her directly through those interruptions.", "speaker": "Angelita Morillo" }, { "id": "cue-267", "start": 1532.941, "end": 1543.78, "text": "But I do want to take a moment to clarify that because I think the meaning and I did want to take a point of privilege to clarify that.", "speaker": "Angelita Morillo" }, { "id": "cue-268", "start": 1544.23, "end": 1546.434, "text": "I don't think that necessarily makes my actions better.", "speaker": "Angelita Morillo" }, { "id": "cue-269", "start": 1546.739, "end": 1555.898, "text": "I was talking about the vast majority of moderates on council who I think were using the mayor when I really wanted them to work with us and compromise with us and negotiate with us.", "speaker": "Angelita Morillo" }, { "id": "cue-270", "start": 1556.381, "end": 1561.289, "text": "But I understand how that would have been taken by certain members of the community and how that is interpreted.", "speaker": "Angelita Morillo" }, { "id": "cue-271", "start": 1561.42, "end": 1562.437, "text": "And I certainly never intended to use the mayor in that way.", "speaker": "Angelita Morillo" }, { "id": "cue-272", "start": 1562.486, "end": 1562.683, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Angelita Morillo" }, { "id": "cue-273", "start": 1563.388, "end": 1574.056, "text": "Wanted to give that impression, neither to the community members nor to Councilor Smith, because while we disagree at times, I do have immense respect for a lot of the work she does and how she fights for the community.", "speaker": "Angelita Morillo" }, { "id": "cue-274", "start": 1574.554, "end": 1581.783, "text": "And sometimes we do get frustrated with each other, but I know at the end of the day she is trying to fight for District 1, and I have immense respect for that.", "speaker": "Angelita Morillo" }, { "id": "cue-275", "start": 1582.137, "end": 1586.153, "text": "So I just wanted to say my piece on that, and thank you to the folks who came and gave feedback.", "speaker": "Angelita Morillo" }, { "id": "cue-276", "start": 1586.202, "end": 1587.262, "text": "I am taking it to heart.", "speaker": "Angelita Morillo" }, { "id": "cue-277", "start": 1587.808, "end": 1588.965, "text": "Thank you, Councilor Morillo.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-278", "start": 1589.094, "end": 1589.479, "text": "Councilor Smith.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-279", "start": 1592.885, "end": 1602.009, "text": "Council President, I'd like to take a point of, you know, personal, um, yeah, privilege.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-280", "start": 1602.54, "end": 1602.589, "text": "Yes.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-281", "start": 1602.637, "end": 1607.745, "text": "So this whole thing has kind of shook me up a bit.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-282", "start": 1608.753, "end": 1613.613, "text": "I was going to speak this morning, but you all know me.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-283", "start": 1619.239, "end": 1623.073, "text": "Um, when people mislead you, I try to set the record straight.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-284", "start": 1623.814, "end": 1626.697, "text": "I disagree with Councilor Murillo.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-285", "start": 1627.921, "end": 1631.293, "text": "I asked the question, who are you calling daddy?", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-286", "start": 1632.6, "end": 1636.052, "text": "And she said, he's your daddy, not my daddy.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-287", "start": 1637.117, "end": 1638.214, "text": "That was what was said.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-288", "start": 1638.488, "end": 1642.534, "text": "So she did say that the mayor of this city was my daddy.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-289", "start": 1642.583, "end": 1642.905, "text": "I did not say that.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-290", "start": 1644.491, "end": 1655.303, "text": "Um, and to come here this morning and try to re-explain what she said— it's been all on the news all over the United States.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-291", "start": 1655.352, "end": 1657.079, "text": "My mother called me about it yesterday.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-292", "start": 1658.506, "end": 1667.47, "text": "And so whatever you do when you make a mistake, you have to say what the mistake is.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-293", "start": 1667.537, "end": 1667.921, "text": "You can't change it.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-294", "start": 1667.988, "end": 1669.006, "text": "Councilwoman Smith, I'm sorry.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-295", "start": 1669.378, "end": 1670.378, "text": "The words are out there.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-296", "start": 1670.846, "end": 1674.171, "text": "And you did say your daddy and looked at me.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-297", "start": 1675.7, "end": 1676.766, "text": "You didn't say moderates.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-298", "start": 1677.428, "end": 1678.607, "text": "You didn't say anything.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-299", "start": 1678.946, "end": 1681.918, "text": "I asked the question, who are you calling daddy?", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-300", "start": 1682.435, "end": 1684.502, "text": "And you said he's your daddy, not my daddy.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-301", "start": 1685.261, "end": 1686.892, "text": "Go back and look at the tape.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-302", "start": 1687.942, "end": 1689.249, "text": "So you can't come and explain.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-303", "start": 1689.621, "end": 1690.557, "text": "You just make it worse.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-304", "start": 1691.452, "end": 1700.91, "text": "And so when I'm in a situation like this, this whole explanation is It's given me additional hostile environment because it's not the truth.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-305", "start": 1704.332, "end": 1714.49, "text": "I don't have any problem with accepting anybody's apology or recollection of something because sometimes we get it wrong.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-306", "start": 1715.166, "end": 1723.931, "text": "But I do appreciate the people who came here today who really were traumatized by it.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-307", "start": 1725.602, "end": 1741.038, "text": "And the statement was disrespectful to my dad, who passed away of cancer, who his last few days he was, he was in a lot of pain.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-308", "start": 1743.53, "end": 1763.749, "text": "And to disrespect him and my mother and my family To flippantly, for a quick laugh and social media content, it wasn't worth it.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-309", "start": 1764.057, "end": 1764.803, "text": "I didn't like it.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-310", "start": 1765.546, "end": 1766.514, "text": "It's toxic.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-311", "start": 1767.289, "end": 1779.825, "text": "And I feel like I'm on a— instead of being on a very honorable city council, I feel like I am sitting on a reality TV show, a really bad reality TV show.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-312", "start": 1781, "end": 1783.964, "text": "And I am a Black woman.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-313", "start": 1785.513, "end": 1789.047, "text": "I have a degree from Oregon State University.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-314", "start": 1789.66, "end": 1792.161, "text": "I'm a former business owner.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-315", "start": 1792.322, "end": 1794.155, "text": "I'm a mother and I'm a grandmother.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-316", "start": 1794.887, "end": 1798.856, "text": "And I do not deserve to be disrespected and mistreated like this.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-317", "start": 1801.958, "end": 1807.839, "text": "Thank you, colleagues.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-318", "start": 1808.439, "end": 1816.871, "text": "Our next item on our agenda is our regular update from City Administrator Lee with regard to status of the ongoing response to federal interventions in the city.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-319", "start": 1817.032, "end": 1818.569, "text": "City Administrator, any updates?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-320", "start": 1819.33, "end": 1820.454, "text": "Yes, Council President.", "speaker": "Raymond C. Lee" }, { "id": "cue-321", "start": 1821.703, "end": 1825.136, "text": "The litigation is continuing over the writs of review.", "speaker": "Raymond C. Lee" }, { "id": "cue-322", "start": 1825.868, "end": 1832.937, "text": "Our City Attorney's Office is conferring with opposing counsel on a briefing schedule and hearing dates as well.", "speaker": "Raymond C. Lee" }, { "id": "cue-323", "start": 1833.697, "end": 1840.051, "text": "We will update the City Council once we have our next steps of the hearing dates and those things will be set.", "speaker": "Raymond C. Lee" }, { "id": "cue-324", "start": 1840.47, "end": 1851.183, "text": "As a reminder, on June 26th, PP&D posted an administrative rule related to the facility for public comment.", "speaker": "Raymond C. Lee" }, { "id": "cue-325", "start": 1851.7, "end": 1855.135, "text": "That public comment period has now closed as of July 26th.", "speaker": "Raymond C. Lee" }, { "id": "cue-326", "start": 1857.988, "end": 1863.507, "text": "PP&D received 21 comments during the public comment period.", "speaker": "Raymond C. Lee" }, { "id": "cue-327", "start": 1864.084, "end": 1868.384, "text": "Staff have reviewed the comments and are preparing the final version.", "speaker": "Raymond C. Lee" }, { "id": "cue-328", "start": 1869.154, "end": 1872.491, "text": "We expect to have that final version shortly.", "speaker": "Raymond C. Lee" }, { "id": "cue-329", "start": 1872.763, "end": 1878.427, "text": "Council can expect more information from Director Kooch coming soon in a council update.", "speaker": "Raymond C. Lee" }, { "id": "cue-330", "start": 1879.02, "end": 1879.357, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Raymond C. Lee" }, { "id": "cue-331", "start": 1879.806, "end": 1881.988, "text": "Thank you very much, City Administrator Lee.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-332", "start": 1882.213, "end": 1883.127, "text": "Uh, Councilor Kanal.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-333", "start": 1884.379, "end": 1885.389, "text": "Thank you, Council President.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-334", "start": 1885.501, "end": 1886.48, "text": "Thank you, Administrator Lee.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-335", "start": 1886.785, "end": 1901.929, "text": "I wanted to ask, um, in the context of conferring, um, prior to your starting as city administrator, our attorneys agreed to a— um, or sorry, not necessarily our attorneys, the city agreed to an extension.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-336", "start": 1902.282, "end": 1915.822, "text": "And I'm just wanting to make sure that we're not providing any additional time throughout this process as we confer with 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"text": "Colleagues, as a reminder, these appeals are pursuant to the Design Commission's decision to approve a Central City Master Plan at the Lloyd Center site.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-343", "start": 1955.111, "end": 1965.354, "text": "On July 8th, this body voted 10 to 1 to tentatively deny the appeals and uphold the Design Commission's decision with technical changes to condition of approval C.8.C.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-344", "start": 1965.744, "end": 1966.491, "text": "Councilmember Herbold.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-345", "start": 1967.912, "end": 1976.361, "text": "I would now entertain a motion to deny the appeals and uphold the Design Commission's decision with the technical changes to the condition as previously stated.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-346", "start": 1979.02, "end": 1979.872, "text": "Anybody want to move that for me?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-347", "start": 1980.998, "end": 1981.544, "text": "So moved.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-348", "start": 1981.689, "end": 1982.171, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-349", "start": 1982.429, "end": 1983.442, "text": "Second.", "speaker": "Olivia Clark" }, { "id": "cue-350", "start": 1983.554, "end": 1986.336, "text": "Councilor Ryan moves, Councilor Clark seconds.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-351", "start": 1986.932, "end": 1988.829, "text": "Colleagues, is there any further council discussion?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-352", "start": 1993.68, "end": 1994.514, "text": "What the vote is.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-353", "start": 1995.863, "end": 1996.168, "text": "Yes.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-354", "start": 1997.645, "end": 2008.114, "text": "Can we clarify, we are voting affirmatively to deny the appeal and uphold the hearing officer's decision on the master plan?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-355", "start": 2008.885, "end": 2009.046, "text": "Okay.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-356", "start": 2010.475, "end": 2011.631, "text": "And the new conditions.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-357", "start": 2011.695, "end": 2012.626, "text": "Okay, colleagues.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-358", "start": 2013.06, "end": 2015.34, "text": "So Keelan, can you please call the roll?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-359", "start": 2021.59, "end": 2023.323, "text": "Yeah, um, just, just a second.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-360", "start": 2023.469, "end": 2024.376, "text": "Give me one minute.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-361", "start": 2024.635, "end": 2024.732, "text": "Okay.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-362", "start": 2024.781, "end": 2025.51, "text": "And I'll check.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-363", "start": 2032.696, "end": 2034.478, "text": "Um, okay.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-364", "start": 2041.338, "end": 2047.016, "text": "Oh yeah, Councilor Koyama Lane had, uh, previously, uh, What's the word?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-365", "start": 2047.194, "end": 2049.155, "text": "Yeah, she had removed herself from the—.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-366", "start": 2049.155, "end": 2049.868, "text": "Great.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-367", "start": 2050.224, "end": 2050.775, "text": "So we are good.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-368", "start": 2051.083, "end": 2051.342, "text": "Yep.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-369", "start": 2051.569, "end": 2051.893, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-370", "start": 2052.396, "end": 2053.968, "text": "Koyama Lane is absent.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-371", "start": 2054.016, "end": 2054.811, "text": "Murillo?", "speaker": "Keelan 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"text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Eric Zimmerman" }, { "id": "cue-382", "start": 2066.141, "end": 2066.85, "text": "Avalos is absent.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-383", "start": 2066.899, "end": 2067.253, "text": "Smith?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-384", "start": 2068.479, "end": 2068.527, "text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Loretta Smith" }, { "id": "cue-385", "start": 2069.075, "end": 2069.333, "text": "Kanal?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-386", "start": 2070.333, "end": 2070.381, "text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-387", "start": 2072.69, "end": 2073.29, "text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-388", "start": 2073.29, "end": 2081.64, "text": "The motion carries with a vote of 10 ayes and 2 absent.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-389", "start": 2081.87, "end": 2086.67, "text": "Okay, the motion has passed, the appeals are denied, and the Design Commission's decision is upheld.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-390", "start": 2086.67, "end": 2088.29, "text": "Thank you all very much for being here.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-391", "start": 2089.03, "end": 2090.81, "text": "Can we please move to item number 5?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-392", "start": 2092.87, "end": 2100.97, "text": "Item 5, document 2026-205, amend partial and full exemptions of system development charges for affordable housing developments code to temporarily extend the exemption period for existing projects.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-393", "start": 2102.65, "end": 2105.767, "text": "Temporarily remove income requirements for homeownership units.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-394", "start": 2106.298, "end": 2109.802, "text": "Amend Code Section 30.01.095.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-395", "start": 2110.38, "end": 2112.638, "text": "Colleagues, this is the second reading of a non-emergency ordinance.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-396", "start": 2112.687, "end": 2114.117, "text": "Is there any further council discussion?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-397", "start": 2117.206, "end": 2117.932, "text": "Councilor Pirtle-Guiney.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-398", "start": 2119.628, "end": 2120.872, "text": "Thank you, Council President.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-399", "start": 2122.07, "end": 2127.261, "text": "I try to not jump in on second readings, but there were a few things I wanted to reiterate here.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-400", "start": 2128.715, "end": 2149.185, "text": "Because I strongly support the goal of expanding affordable homeownership opportunities, and I strongly support the goal of making sure that homes that are on the market in our city are able to sell and that we can continue to provide enough homes for people in our community.", "speaker": "Elana 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"Councilor Koyama Lane.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-428", "start": 2390.547, "end": 2391.623, "text": "Thanks, colleagues.", "speaker": "Tiffany Koyama Lane" }, { "id": "cue-429", "start": 2391.672, "end": 2393.085, "text": "I'm going to vote no on this item.", "speaker": "Tiffany Koyama Lane" }, { "id": "cue-430", "start": 2393.214, "end": 2394.772, "text": "I want to be clear about why.", "speaker": "Tiffany Koyama Lane" }, { "id": "cue-431", "start": 2395.801, "end": 2403.468, "text": "I and many others on this dais talk often about the importance of being able to both afford to live and work in Portland.", "speaker": "Tiffany Koyama Lane" }, { "id": "cue-432", "start": 2405.45, "end": 2405.66, "text": "This—.", "speaker": "Tiffany Koyama Lane" }, { "id": "cue-433", "start": 2405.967, "end": 2417.175, "text": "If this passes today, then homes that are supposed to be reserved for families that make less than $128,000 will be available to folks that make more than 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that passing this today is turning our backs on the original policy goals for that program.", "speaker": "Tiffany Koyama Lane" }, { "id": "cue-444", "start": 2488.724, "end": 2496.754, "text": "And I also want to acknowledge that our current system of offering tax incentives to spur housing production, you know, isn't necessarily working as it should.", "speaker": "Tiffany Koyama Lane" }, { "id": "cue-445", "start": 2497.155, "end": 2503.823, "text": "I'm hoping that we as a body and our staff can bring forward policies to innovate and tackle our housing challenges.", "speaker": "Tiffany Koyama Lane" }, { "id": "cue-446", "start": 2503.871, "end": 2504.239, "text": "Councilor Loretta Smith.", "speaker": "Tiffany Koyama Lane" }, { "id": "cue-447", "start": 2508.167, "end": 2512.719, "text": "Thank you, Councilor.", "speaker": "Tiffany Koyama Lane" }, { "id": "cue-448", "start": 2517.013, "end": 2518.012, "text": "Thank you, Councilor Koyama Lane.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-449", "start": 2518.238, "end": 2518.851, "text": "Councilor Kanal.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-450", "start": 2519.609, "end": 2520.512, "text": "Thank you, Council President.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-451", "start": 2520.577, "end": 2523.56, "text": "I appreciate both my colleagues bringing up concerns.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-452", "start": 2523.625, "end": 2530.353, "text": "I wanted to start by asking, has there been— what's the degree of analysis that's been done as to the impacts of this development?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-453", "start": 2530.622, "end": 2535.896, "text": "To whether or not that SDC waiver has impacted anything?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-454", "start": 2538.77, "end": 2539.526, "text": "Not 100% sure.", "speaker": "Raymond C. Lee" }, { "id": "cue-455", "start": 2539.591, "end": 2542.955, "text": "Let me get some, uh, housing staff here to kind of answer that question.", "speaker": "Raymond C. Lee" }, { "id": "cue-456", "start": 2543.631, "end": 2562.693, "text": "Yeah, I think maybe it, it doesn't necessarily have to be here, um, I think today, but I, I think it might be worth, um, and, and I know, um, working with Chair Avalos of that committee, but just to try to get some some understanding of that because I have also heard the same shared concern that Councilor Koyama Lane brought up.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-457", "start": 2563.559, "end": 2567.909, "text": "To Councilor Pirtle-Guiney, first, I appreciate you addressing homeownership.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-458", "start": 2568.792, "end": 2586.833, "text": "I wanted to kind of ask, I was hoping that there'd be another amendment today, but I'm happy to hear that you're continuing to work in a different legislative sort of vehicle, and I'd like to work with you on that if that's possible because I think Last week, last meeting.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-459", "start": 2587.172, "end": 2587.737, "text": "Yeah, that was last week.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-460", "start": 2588.221, "end": 2593.692, "text": "Uh, we had a, um, a conversation that was, I think, too short on this item.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-461", "start": 2594.113, "end": 2605.211, "text": "Um, and now we're in a second reading, so I understand how that's working, but I would like to, to continue that conversation because I think there were 2 ideas that were related to the topic.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-462", "start": 2605.276, "end": 2611.568, "text": "The other was in the other amendment that was proposed that could easily be their own legislative conversation.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-463", "start": 2611.616, "end": 2611.665, "text": "Okay.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-464", "start": 2612.022, "end": 2613.867, "text": "And I'd like to make sure that those don't get lost.", "speaker": 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"text": "Councilor Green.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-483", "start": 2702.245, "end": 2703.614, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-484", "start": 2704.885, "end": 2715.772, "text": "I encourage— I'm actually— I welcome the standalone legislation that Councilor Pirtle-Guiney is hinting towards when we come— that will come before this body.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-485", "start": 2716.145, "end": 2720.228, "text": "I think we should have a conversation about how we prioritize eminent domain.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-486", "start": 2721.646, "end": 2721.727, "text": "Yes.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-487", "start": 2721.969, "end": 2726.338, "text": "You know, down payment assistance and other tools to make homeownership a possibility.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-488", "start": 2726.387, "end": 2731.986, "text": "To Councilor Smith's point, credit access is oftentimes the largest 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"So in some sense, it works the same way as down payment assistance, if that's really what the dollar is.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-498", "start": 2804.72, "end": 2814.63, "text": "I'll note that in the North Northeast Preference Policy discussion, the average cost of each down payment assistance was something like $300,000 per household.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-499", "start": 2814.94, "end": 2820.62, "text": "So that's what that— over 10 years, that's what that program spent to get people into the homes.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-500", "start": 2820.62, "end": 2821.6, "text": "So those are the real numbers.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-501", "start": 2821.6, "end": 2822.14, "text": "It's not $25,000.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-502", "start": 2822.58, "end": 2823.04, "text": "It's not $300,000.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-503", "start": 2823.04, "end": 2823.08, "text": "It's $300,000.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-504", "start": 2823.08, "end": 2826.352, "text": "So you're saying that the It's a wraparound of down payment assistance.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-505", "start": 2826.416, "end": 2828.367, "text": "And so that's our benchmark.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-506", "start": 2828.496, "end": 2842.145, "text": "And in a number of new Eastside TIF districts, the community-driven leadership councils who are guiding how we're going to use the affordable housing set-aside dollars are prioritizing down payment assistance.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-507", "start": 2842.21, "end": 2848.585, "text": "And so we have a lot coming up that we can look to when we look at the data and think about how we prioritize.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-508", "start": 2848.649, "end": 2851.28, "text": "But I've I welcome a comprehensive approach to this.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-509", "start": 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"So I'll be supporting the underlying.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-515", "start": 2884.83, "end": 2885.394, "text": "Thank you, Councilor Green.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-516", "start": 2886.863, "end": 2890.156, "text": "Colleagues, seeing no one else in the queue for discussion, Keelan, can we please call the roll?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-517", "start": 2893.912, "end": 2900.148, "text": "Calling the roll on document 2026-205, Koyama Lane.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-518", "start": 2900.597, "end": 2900.854, "text": "Nay.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-519", "start": 2902.527, "end": 2902.575, "text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Angelita Morillo" }, { "id": "cue-520", "start": 2903.347, "end": 2903.685, "text": "Novick?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-521", "start": 2904.055, "end": 2904.103, "text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Steve Novick" }, { "id": "cue-522", "start": 2904.73, "end": 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"cue-532", "start": 2915.22, "end": 2915.656, "text": "Kanal?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-533", "start": 2916.934, "end": 2917.112, "text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-534", "start": 2917.58, "end": 2918.001, "text": "Pirtle-Guiney?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-535", "start": 2918.405, "end": 2918.551, "text": "No.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-536", "start": 2919.699, "end": 2919.99, "text": "Ryan?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-537", "start": 2920.33, "end": 2920.378, "text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-538", "start": 2920.993, "end": 2921.801, "text": "Dunphy?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-539", "start": 2922.108, "end": 2922.205, "text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-540", "start": 2923.014, "end": 2927.654, "text": "The ordinance passes with a vote of 8 ayes, 3 nos, and 1 absent.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-541", "start": 2928.306, "end": 2929.004, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-542", "start": 2929.183, "end": 2930.578, "text": "Can we please call item number 6?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-543", "start": 2931.39, "end": 2942.727, "text": "Item 6, document 2026-209, add electrical— or add electric vehicle charging systems funding code, add code chapter 26.11.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-544", "start": 2943.322, "end": 2945.587, "text": "Colleagues, this is the second reading of a non-emergency ordinance.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-545", "start": 2945.635, "end": 2946.888, "text": "Is there any further council discussion?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-546", "start": 2950.694, "end": 2951.164, "text": "Councilor Green.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-547", "start": 2953.449, "end": 2956.56, "text": "I just had to say this might be the fastest ordinance that's moved 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