WEBVTT 1 00:06:11.307 --> 00:06:12.733 Good morning, everybody. 2 00:06:12.783 --> 00:06:15.232 I'm calling to order this meeting of the Portland City Council. 3 00:06:15.281 --> 00:06:19.430 It is 9:31 on Wednesday, July 29th. 4 00:06:20.305 --> 00:06:21.245 Keelan, could we please call the roll? 5 00:06:21.911 --> 00:06:22.526 Good morning. 6 00:06:22.802 --> 00:06:23.353 Koyama Lane. 7 00:06:24.988 --> 00:06:26.819 I'm on a rerouted bus, but I am here. 8 00:06:28.197 --> 00:06:28.588 Murillo. 9 00:06:28.817 --> 00:06:28.980 Here. 10 00:06:30.055 --> 00:06:30.380 Novick. 11 00:06:31.178 --> 00:06:31.293 Here. 12 00:06:32.107 --> 00:06:32.350 Clark. 13 00:06:32.725 --> 00:06:32.839 Here. 14 00:06:33.475 --> 00:06:33.687 Green. 15 00:06:34.288 --> 00:06:35.095 Happy to be here. 16 00:06:35.579 --> 00:06:36.288 Zimmerman. 17 00:06:36.708 --> 00:06:36.884 Here. 18 00:06:37.916 --> 00:06:38.303 Avalos. 19 00:06:39.062 --> 00:06:39.384 Smith. 20 00:06:40.110 --> 00:06:40.480 Kanal. 21 00:06:40.754 --> 00:06:40.884 Here. 22 00:06:41.641 --> 00:06:42.060 Pirtle-Guiney. 23 00:06:42.269 --> 00:06:42.798 Here. 24 00:06:42.911 --> 00:06:43.298 Good morning. 25 00:06:44.293 --> 00:06:44.502 Ryan. 26 00:06:44.920 --> 00:06:45.178 Here. 27 00:06:45.822 --> 00:06:46.110 Dunphy. 28 00:06:46.689 --> 00:06:47.043 Here. 29 00:06:47.750 --> 00:06:49.904 And can we please read the rules of decorum for the chamber? 30 00:06:51.281 --> 00:06:51.733 Good morning. 31 00:06:52.009 --> 00:06:53.704 Welcome to the Portland City Council. 32 00:06:53.785 --> 00:06:59.745 To testify before council in person or virtually, you must sign up in advance on the council agenda at www.portland.gov/council/agenda. 33 00:07:02.843 --> 00:07:06.454 Information on engaging with council can be found on the council clerk's webpage. 34 00:07:07.031 --> 00:07:11.557 Individuals may testify for 3 minutes unless the presiding officer states otherwise. 35 00:07:12.055 --> 00:07:14.350 Your microphone will be muted when your time is over. 36 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:16.774 The presiding officer preserves order. 37 00:07:17.045 --> 00:07:25.600 Disruptive conduct such as shouting, refusing to conclude your testimony when your time is up, or interrupting others' testimony or council deliberations will not be allowed. 38 00:07:26.194 --> 00:07:28.168 If you cause a disruption, a warning will be given. 39 00:07:28.665 --> 00:07:32.656 Further disruption will result from ejection— result in ejection from the meeting. 40 00:07:32.913 --> 00:07:36.166 Anyone who fails to leave once ejected is subject to arrest for trespass. 41 00:07:36.776 --> 00:07:39.709 Additionally, council may take a short recess and reconvene virtually. 42 00:07:40.302 --> 00:07:42.497 Your testimony should address the matter being considered. 43 00:07:42.946 --> 00:07:44.788 When testifying, state your name for the record. 44 00:07:44.869 --> 00:07:46.199 Your address is not necessary. 45 00:07:46.391 --> 00:07:49.420 If you are a lobbyist, identify the organization you represent. 46 00:07:49.838 --> 00:07:53.427 Virtual testifiers should unmute themselves when the council clerk calls your name. 47 00:07:53.747 --> 00:07:54.084 Thank you. 48 00:07:54.629 --> 00:07:55.254 Thank you very much. 49 00:07:56.072 --> 00:08:04.752 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. 50 00:08:05.396 --> 00:08:08.326 I hope it gets worked so that folks can get here on time tomorrow. 51 00:08:09.459 --> 00:08:11.641 Our first item on the agenda is agenda approval. 52 00:08:11.819 --> 00:08:18.315 Colleagues, is there any— are there any requests to amend the agenda, to reorder items, or reschedule an item to a future meeting date? 53 00:08:19.833 --> 00:08:20.093 Nope. 54 00:08:20.418 --> 00:08:22.581 Do I have unanimous consent to approve the agenda? 55 00:08:23.230 --> 00:08:23.653 I do. 56 00:08:23.913 --> 00:08:25.165 The agenda is approved. 57 00:08:25.214 --> 00:08:27.197 Keelan, can we please call public communications? 58 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:31.442 First up, we have John Hollister. 59 00:08:33.258 --> 00:08:35.024 I don't know, they're just all closed. 60 00:08:38.220 --> 00:08:47.740 Took me an extra half hour to get here, so— Welcome. 61 00:08:47.788 --> 00:08:49.317 Go ahead and introduce yourself for the record. 62 00:08:50.890 --> 00:08:52.133 My name is John Hollister. 63 00:08:54.993 --> 00:09:13.874 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. 64 00:09:14.196 --> 00:09:15.706 And so just a suggestion. 65 00:09:16.605 --> 00:09:36.681 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 hall in Lakeville, Minnesota. 66 00:09:37.770 --> 00:09:41.057 An older woman at the mic said, I can't trust Obama. 67 00:09:41.136 --> 00:09:42.980 I have read about him and he's an Arab. 68 00:09:44.342 --> 00:09:47.341 John McCain immediately interrupted and took the microphone back. 69 00:09:47.404 --> 00:09:50.386 He replied, no, ma'am, no, ma'am, he's a decent family man. 70 00:09:50.434 --> 00:09:50.658 He's a Muslim. 71 00:09:51.317 --> 00:09:58.407 Citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues, and that's not what this campaign is about. 72 00:09:59.658 --> 00:10:07.743 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. 73 00:10:08.417 --> 00:10:12.989 The actual words were, no ma'am, followed by his defense of Obama's character. 74 00:10:13.774 --> 00:10:23.626 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. 75 00:10:24.388 --> 00:10:34.652 There was also another memorable campaign event in which McCain told the crowd, I admire Senator Obama and his accomplishments. 76 00:10:34.974 --> 00:10:40.197 I want everyone to be respectful because that's the way politics should be considered in America. 77 00:10:41.145 --> 00:10:46.293 He said that after members of the audience booed Obama's name. 78 00:10:47.412 --> 00:11:04.576 That October 10th, 2008 exchange is widely remembered as one of the defining moments of the 2008 presidential campaign because McCain publicly corrected one of his own supporters rather than allowing a false or derogatory claim about Obama to stand. 79 00:11:05.666 --> 00:11:09.368 God, wouldn't that be just— wouldn't that be awesome if we could do that? 80 00:11:10.809 --> 00:11:11.740 Not who's my daddy. 81 00:11:12.668 --> 00:11:17.701 Not, not the, the, uh, um, not to fuck yourself in the heart. 82 00:11:18.038 --> 00:11:20.604 The, the, um, it's— come on, people. 83 00:11:20.893 --> 00:11:22.801 It's— let's, let's get some work done. 84 00:11:23.138 --> 00:11:27.548 Oh, by the way, I've talked to some inside people about, um, the Moda Center. 85 00:11:28.028 --> 00:11:29.006 Don't worry about what you do. 86 00:11:29.168 --> 00:11:29.856 They're already gone. 87 00:11:30.114 --> 00:11:36.673 There are groups, there are owner groups in Nashville and Kansas City. 88 00:11:36.769 --> 00:11:39.847 They're bidding and just can't wait for you guys to mess it up. 89 00:11:40.153 --> 00:11:46.054 But great job on getting the lawyer from, from Seattle that lost it for, uh, um, for Seattle. 90 00:11:46.102 --> 00:11:47.418 So great job, guys. 91 00:11:47.529 --> 00:11:47.947 Keep it up. 92 00:11:48.010 --> 00:11:48.106 Thank you. 93 00:11:48.722 --> 00:11:51.096 And have a great day. 94 00:11:54.200 --> 00:11:55.427 Next up, we have Jack Dickinson. 95 00:11:58.679 --> 00:11:58.938 Welcome. 96 00:12:00.495 --> 00:12:02.846 Introduce yourself for the record. 97 00:12:03.090 --> 00:12:03.673 3 minutes. 98 00:12:04.549 --> 00:12:06.868 My name for the record is Jack Dickinson. 99 00:12:08.100 --> 00:12:13.452 Councilor Smith, last week at one point you interrupted one of your colleagues to imply that she was threatening the mayor. 100 00:12:14.277 --> 00:12:18.126 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. 101 00:12:26.806 --> 00:12:32.056 I constantly see you interrupting people with points of order that are not in fact points of order. 102 00:12:33.148 --> 00:12:33.677 Point of order. 103 00:12:34.096 --> 00:12:35.846 There's no point of order during a public communication. 104 00:12:35.894 --> 00:12:37.291 He's allowed to address individuals. 105 00:12:38.285 --> 00:12:41.450 Interesting that you played into my exact next prepared response. 106 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:59.519 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. 107 00:13:01.889 --> 00:13:14.899 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. 108 00:13:14.899 --> 00:13:15.580 You care about preserving Loretta Smith's ability to represent District 1. 109 00:13:15.580 --> 00:13:15.799 I don't care about preserving anyone's ability to represent District 1. 110 00:13:20.621 --> 00:13:27.971 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. 111 00:13:29.110 --> 00:13:30.652 And my frustration is not just with you. 112 00:13:30.731 --> 00:13:32.096 It is predominantly with you. 113 00:13:32.577 --> 00:13:37.071 But like, Councilor Murillo, I really don't know what you were going for last week. 114 00:13:37.793 --> 00:13:46.121 I think I would like to have a serious conversation about whether or not Councilor Smith is abdicating her role as a city councilor to serve as a spokesperson for Keith Wilson. 115 00:13:46.171 --> 00:13:46.635 I think that's a fair point. 116 00:13:47.182 --> 00:13:56.019 But that conversation has just become nigh impossible to have in good faith because you've poisoned the narrative well with the daddy comment. 117 00:13:57.350 --> 00:14:00.013 There are just too many distractions coming out of this body. 118 00:14:00.173 --> 00:14:10.455 There are 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. 119 00:14:11.562 --> 00:14:18.081 Ultimately, if we're talking about this kind of stuff within the context of decorum, Councilor Avalos was absolutely right last week. 120 00:14:18.129 --> 00:14:20.803 This is the responsibility of the council president to deal with. 121 00:14:21.125 --> 00:14:25.726 And if you're not prepared to handle that responsibility, don't jump in at the 13th vote. 122 00:14:28.682 --> 00:14:35.650 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. 123 00:14:36.426 --> 00:14:48.504 And I think if there's going to be— If you're willing to levy the rules of decorum against the people who come here who only have 3 minutes a month to speak. 124 00:14:48.618 --> 00:14:51.956 I think we can do a better job of, of doing that amongst yourselves. 125 00:14:52.296 --> 00:14:52.875 So thank you. 126 00:14:53.844 --> 00:14:54.489 Thank you very much. 127 00:14:56.440 --> 00:14:58.115 Next up we have Diane Sussman. 128 00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:02.138 Welcome. 129 00:15:02.235 --> 00:15:04.613 Please introduce yourself for the record, and you have 3 minutes. 130 00:15:04.708 --> 00:15:09.947 Yeah, my name is Diane Sussman, and I live at 1005 Southwest Park Avenue. 131 00:15:10.446 --> 00:15:14.514 I'm not a registered lobbyist for any organization, nor do I represent any group. 132 00:15:15.136 --> 00:15:15.489 Thank you. 133 00:15:16.034 --> 00:15:29.264 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. 134 00:15:29.907 --> 00:15:38.214 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. 135 00:15:38.326 --> 00:15:40.379 So I have 3 modest proposals. 136 00:15:41.212 --> 00:15:47.964 First, require businesses to keep their doors closed when temperatures are 85 degrees or higher and they are running the AC. 137 00:15:48.668 --> 00:15:52.614 New York City has such a law, and San Francisco has such a law and doesn't even need it. 138 00:15:53.320 --> 00:16:01.017 It's galling to see places like Anthropologie, CB2, and CaroCo cool their stores to refrigerator temperatures and keep their doors open. 139 00:16:01.577 --> 00:16:02.828 We all depend on the grid. 140 00:16:03.260 --> 00:16:07.350 It's unconscionable to think that this kind of waste can exist side by side with people who have no AC. 141 00:16:07.431 --> 00:16:07.591 Thank you. 142 00:16:08.152 --> 00:16:09.386 And whose very lives are at stake. 143 00:16:09.995 --> 00:16:15.174 We may not be able to provide AC fast enough to people who need it, but we can at least apportion it wisely. 144 00:16:15.768 --> 00:16:19.663 Back it up with a hotline number that people can call for repeat offenders. 145 00:16:20.192 --> 00:16:23.030 If businesses don't comply, let them serve as cooling centers. 146 00:16:23.607 --> 00:16:27.296 I'd love to sit on CB2's fine couches in 98-degree weather. 147 00:16:28.033 --> 00:16:32.763 Make one downtown city-owned garage EV only and free for the first year. 148 00:16:33.467 --> 00:16:36.177 Install chargers and stripe spaces for smaller cars. 149 00:16:36.434 --> 00:16:40.030 Recoup some of the revenue by ticketing the scofflaws in year 1. 150 00:16:41.250 --> 00:16:47.625 In year 2 and beyond, charge an amount that covers for the energy use of charging stations plus an additional parking fee. 151 00:16:48.395 --> 00:16:53.597 Require all new hotels and multifamily housing to install free EV chargers in their buildings and garages. 152 00:16:54.208 --> 00:16:57.902 Expand composting to multifamily housing, not just single-family homes. 153 00:16:58.528 --> 00:17:02.107 Seriously, which type of housing generates more compostable materials? 154 00:17:02.525 --> 00:17:06.202 The type with a lot of people in one building or those with a few people in one building. 155 00:17:06.941 --> 00:17:13.234 Make the program enticing by letting residents pick up free city-made compost for their gardens several times a year. 156 00:17:13.780 --> 00:17:14.873 Palo Alto does that. 157 00:17:14.984 --> 00:17:18.726 It's a virtuous payback system that makes people look upon such programs fondly. 158 00:17:19.401 --> 00:17:26.513 Hype the program further by leaving out bags of city-made compost complete with cute city label at all community gardens. 159 00:17:26.625 --> 00:17:26.994 Thank you. 160 00:17:27.332 --> 00:17:28.070 Thank you. 161 00:17:28.558 --> 00:17:29.125 Thank you very much. 162 00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:33.156 Next up we have Annette Johnson. 163 00:17:37.172 --> 00:17:37.590 Hello. 164 00:17:38.123 --> 00:17:38.493 Good morning. 165 00:17:38.541 --> 00:17:39.847 3 minutes, right? 166 00:17:40.218 --> 00:17:41.346 Yeah, so I'm gonna make it quick. 167 00:17:41.443 --> 00:17:43.362 Please introduce yourself for the record and you have 3 minutes. 168 00:17:43.425 --> 00:17:43.845 Annette Johnson. 169 00:17:43.925 --> 00:17:44.797 I go by Nettie. 170 00:17:46.252 --> 00:17:47.240 Um, I'm a lot of things. 171 00:17:47.467 --> 00:17:49.101 I, I worked on the bridge and stuff. 172 00:17:49.165 --> 00:17:49.959 I'm a flagger. 173 00:17:50.688 --> 00:17:54.718 Um, I'm disabled, been disabled since '08. 174 00:17:55.435 --> 00:17:59.219 Was homeless, heroin addict, prison, all that, right? 175 00:17:59.282 --> 00:18:05.246 I got 22 years clean, and I'm making my way in life as a productive member of society. 176 00:18:06.656 --> 00:18:14.432 And a lot of my family members tell me, don't make— tell people this one statement, 'cause it makes me look ignorant. 177 00:18:15.088 --> 00:18:25.428 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. 178 00:18:25.653 --> 00:18:27.047 I said, she didn't bring me here. 179 00:18:27.271 --> 00:18:27.448 I-5. 180 00:18:27.511 --> 00:18:27.800 I-5. 181 00:18:29.179 --> 00:18:31.407 And she said, well, they brought your ancestors. 182 00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:34.244 And then I— she— and then she realized I didn't know. 183 00:18:34.902 --> 00:18:37.403 Fast forward, I'm in District 4. 184 00:18:37.852 --> 00:18:39.920 There's homelessness all up on Woodstock. 185 00:18:40.336 --> 00:18:42.836 There's vacant apartments on 73rd and Foster. 186 00:18:42.964 --> 00:18:44.407 People need places to live. 187 00:18:44.904 --> 00:18:53.401 They don't have the access for somebody to come out there and show them how to give the application the way I did in order to get here. 188 00:18:55.124 --> 00:19:03.104 As a vendor at Street Roots, I meet all kinds of people on Woodstock, and I stood for Keith Wilson. 189 00:19:03.541 --> 00:19:05.182 I thought Portland needed a change. 190 00:19:06.109 --> 00:19:12.098 But the one thing I'm advocating for, and this is on another level, is interpreters for Black people. 191 00:19:12.742 --> 00:19:14.047 Like, we need an interpreter. 192 00:19:14.111 --> 00:19:18.332 Like, sometimes we speak with our hands or we speak whatever, and it's misunderstood. 193 00:19:19.481 --> 00:19:24.499 But if you go back to the history of slavery, that relationship was always misunderstood. 194 00:19:25.333 --> 00:19:34.037 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? 195 00:19:34.292 --> 00:19:34.484 Are you? 196 00:19:34.693 --> 00:19:34.981 Okay. 197 00:19:36.313 --> 00:19:37.034 It hurt me. 198 00:19:37.659 --> 00:19:39.165 You know, I have a Black daughter. 199 00:19:39.615 --> 00:19:41.699 I have Black people, college graduates. 200 00:19:41.747 --> 00:19:43.701 They want to be somebody, right? 201 00:19:44.471 --> 00:19:49.664 And it's mathematically impossible for a white man to birth a Black woman. 202 00:19:50.835 --> 00:19:58.287 So either her understanding is not up to this standard here, because you guys are making a fool of yourself. 203 00:19:58.494 --> 00:19:59.842 You look foolish to the city. 204 00:20:00.659 --> 00:20:04.698 And if you drive down the street, aluminum foil covers the streets of Portland. 205 00:20:05.001 --> 00:20:06.220 Why isn't that important? 206 00:20:06.765 --> 00:20:11.059 There's about 10 people dead in the morgue this week from fentanyl overdose. 207 00:20:12.054 --> 00:20:14.778 But this city want to talk about Donald Trump. 208 00:20:15.002 --> 00:20:16.636 I don't care who's the president, really. 209 00:20:17.195 --> 00:20:21.636 But that statement, I wish you would give her an apology, and I wish y'all get it together. 210 00:20:22.267 --> 00:20:22.686 Thank you. 211 00:20:23.090 --> 00:20:23.994 Thank you very much for being here. 212 00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:27.902 Oh, don't forget your sunglasses. 213 00:20:28.611 --> 00:20:30.015 Oh, those are expensive too. 214 00:20:30.095 --> 00:20:30.305 Shit. 215 00:20:31.837 --> 00:20:34.644 Hell, I worked 2 days for these. 216 00:20:34.854 --> 00:20:35.548 Have a good day. 217 00:20:35.904 --> 00:20:36.034 2. 218 00:20:37.669 --> 00:20:39.546 Next up, we have Galena Easterly. 219 00:20:45.691 --> 00:20:47.048 Galena Easterly. 220 00:20:49.652 --> 00:20:52.367 Our alternate today is Pastor Robin Wisner. 221 00:20:59.042 --> 00:21:06.393 I, uh, I find myself uncomfortable sitting here. 222 00:21:08.675 --> 00:21:20.372 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. 223 00:21:22.490 --> 00:21:25.457 I will start here, and I usually don't do this. 224 00:21:25.570 --> 00:21:34.317 People who know me well, I've supported— I think I've met everyone here on this council and supported everyone on this council. 225 00:21:36.101 --> 00:21:44.765 So me to stand here and give you a correction or try to speak to you as if I'm a moral authority or someone to tell you what's right or wrong, I think you already know that. 226 00:21:46.173 --> 00:21:56.756 But I do have to stand for what traumatized me, what sent me through an area when I heard about the Daddy of Portland, my daddy. 227 00:21:59.087 --> 00:22:00.439 I termed this Say It Loud. 228 00:22:01.221 --> 00:22:02.244 I'm Black and I'm proud. 229 00:22:04.589 --> 00:22:07.760 Who was the first man to set foot on the North Pole? 230 00:22:09.371 --> 00:22:10.304 Matthew Henderson. 231 00:22:12.348 --> 00:22:12.961 A Black man. 232 00:22:14.345 --> 00:22:20.878 Who was the founder of blood plasma and director of the Red Cross blood bank? 233 00:22:21.950 --> 00:22:22.946 Dr. Charles Drew. 234 00:22:23.616 --> 00:22:24.320 A Black man. 235 00:22:25.662 --> 00:22:30.875 Who invented the world's first stop light stop and gas mask. 236 00:22:31.442 --> 00:22:33.517 Garrett Morgan, a Black man. 237 00:22:34.670 --> 00:22:41.344 Who made the first clock to give time in America and wrote the first almanac? 238 00:22:41.991 --> 00:22:45.430 Benjamin Banneker, a Black man. 239 00:22:46.897 --> 00:22:52.613 Who was the founder of the city of Chicago in 1772? 240 00:22:53.402 --> 00:22:55.532 Jean-Baptiste A Black man. 241 00:22:57.079 --> 00:23:03.109 Who was the woman who led countless slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad? 242 00:23:04.332 --> 00:23:05.119 Harriet Tubman. 243 00:23:05.796 --> 00:23:06.567 A Black woman. 244 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:15.998 Who served as the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 and was American Attorney in Arthur? 245 00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:18.176 Michelle Obama. 246 00:23:18.656 --> 00:23:19.286 A Black woman. 247 00:23:20.968 --> 00:23:31.540 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? 248 00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:34.829 Loretta Smith, a Black woman. 249 00:23:35.904 --> 00:23:41.199 Before I leave, I would like to say these last words in a protest. 250 00:23:41.986 --> 00:23:43.333 Say it loud! 251 00:23:43.605 --> 00:23:47.423 I'm tired of the fraud! 252 00:23:47.922 --> 00:23:48.867 Say it loud! 253 00:24:00.332 --> 00:24:03.971 I'm a Black man in the city of Portland. 254 00:24:05.829 --> 00:24:06.732 Thank you for your time. 255 00:24:11.126 --> 00:24:13.387 That completes communications. 256 00:24:15.061 --> 00:24:15.559 Thank you. 257 00:24:20.926 --> 00:24:22.983 Councilor Morillo. 258 00:24:23.561 --> 00:24:25.490 Thank you, Council President. 259 00:24:25.972 --> 00:24:28.446 Thank you to folks that have come and testified about this. 260 00:24:28.865 --> 00:24:44.519 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. 261 00:24:44.615 --> 00:24:45.018 Thank you, Mayor. 262 00:24:45.066 --> 00:24:54.277 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. 263 00:24:55.751 --> 00:25:05.392 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. 264 00:25:06.773 --> 00:25:23.942 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. 265 00:25:24.361 --> 00:25:26.336 It was in no way about Councilor Smith. 266 00:25:26.996 --> 00:25:32.442 She was repeatedly interrupting me, so I ended up speaking to her directly through those interruptions. 267 00:25:32.941 --> 00:25:43.779 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. 268 00:25:44.230 --> 00:25:46.433 I don't think that necessarily makes my actions better. 269 00:25:46.739 --> 00:25:55.897 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. 270 00:25:56.381 --> 00:26:01.288 But I understand how that would have been taken by certain members of the community and how that is interpreted. 271 00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:02.436 And I certainly never intended to use the mayor in that way. 272 00:26:02.486 --> 00:26:02.682 Thank you. 273 00:26:03.387 --> 00:26:14.056 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. 274 00:26:14.554 --> 00:26:21.782 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. 275 00:26:22.136 --> 00:26:26.153 So I just wanted to say my piece on that, and thank you to the folks who came and gave feedback. 276 00:26:26.201 --> 00:26:27.261 I am taking it to heart. 277 00:26:27.807 --> 00:26:28.964 Thank you, Councilor Morillo. 278 00:26:29.094 --> 00:26:29.479 Councilor Smith. 279 00:26:32.884 --> 00:26:42.009 Council President, I'd like to take a point of, you know, personal, um, yeah, privilege. 280 00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:42.588 Yes. 281 00:26:42.636 --> 00:26:47.744 So this whole thing has kind of shook me up a bit. 282 00:26:48.752 --> 00:26:53.613 I was going to speak this morning, but you all know me. 283 00:26:59.239 --> 00:27:03.073 Um, when people mislead you, I try to set the record straight. 284 00:27:03.814 --> 00:27:06.696 I disagree with Councilor Murillo. 285 00:27:07.921 --> 00:27:11.292 I asked the question, who are you calling daddy? 286 00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:16.051 And she said, he's your daddy, not my daddy. 287 00:27:17.116 --> 00:27:18.213 That was what was said. 288 00:27:18.488 --> 00:27:22.534 So she did say that the mayor of this city was my daddy. 289 00:27:22.583 --> 00:27:22.904 I did not say that. 290 00:27:24.490 --> 00:27:35.303 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. 291 00:27:35.352 --> 00:27:37.078 My mother called me about it yesterday. 292 00:27:38.506 --> 00:27:47.470 And so whatever you do when you make a mistake, you have to say what the mistake is. 293 00:27:47.537 --> 00:27:47.921 You can't change it. 294 00:27:47.988 --> 00:27:49.006 Councilwoman Smith, I'm sorry. 295 00:27:49.377 --> 00:27:50.377 The words are out there. 296 00:27:50.846 --> 00:27:54.171 And you did say your daddy and looked at me. 297 00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.766 You didn't say moderates. 298 00:27:57.428 --> 00:27:58.606 You didn't say anything. 299 00:27:58.945 --> 00:28:01.917 I asked the question, who are you calling daddy? 300 00:28:02.434 --> 00:28:04.501 And you said he's your daddy, not my daddy. 301 00:28:05.260 --> 00:28:06.892 Go back and look at the tape. 302 00:28:07.942 --> 00:28:09.249 So you can't come and explain. 303 00:28:09.621 --> 00:28:10.557 You just make it worse. 304 00:28:11.451 --> 00:28:20.910 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. 305 00:28:24.332 --> 00:28:34.490 I don't have any problem with accepting anybody's apology or recollection of something because sometimes we get it wrong. 306 00:28:35.165 --> 00:28:43.931 But I do appreciate the people who came here today who really were traumatized by it. 307 00:28:45.602 --> 00:29:01.038 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. 308 00:29:03.529 --> 00:29:23.749 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. 309 00:29:24.057 --> 00:29:24.803 I didn't like it. 310 00:29:25.546 --> 00:29:26.513 It's toxic. 311 00:29:27.288 --> 00:29:39.825 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. 312 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:43.963 And I am a Black woman. 313 00:29:45.512 --> 00:29:49.047 I have a degree from Oregon State University. 314 00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:52.161 I'm a former business owner. 315 00:29:52.321 --> 00:29:54.154 I'm a mother and I'm a grandmother. 316 00:29:54.886 --> 00:29:58.855 And I do not deserve to be disrespected and mistreated like this. 317 00:30:01.958 --> 00:30:07.838 Thank you, colleagues. 318 00:30:08.439 --> 00:30:16.871 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. 319 00:30:17.031 --> 00:30:18.568 City Administrator, any updates? 320 00:30:19.329 --> 00:30:20.453 Yes, Council President. 321 00:30:21.702 --> 00:30:25.135 The litigation is continuing over the writs of review. 322 00:30:25.867 --> 00:30:32.936 Our City Attorney's Office is conferring with opposing counsel on a briefing schedule and hearing dates as well. 323 00:30:33.696 --> 00:30:40.050 We will update the City Council once we have our next steps of the hearing dates and those things will be set. 324 00:30:40.470 --> 00:30:51.182 As a reminder, on June 26th, PP&D posted an administrative rule related to the facility for public comment. 325 00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:55.134 That public comment period has now closed as of July 26th. 326 00:30:57.988 --> 00:31:03.507 PP&D received 21 comments during the public comment period. 327 00:31:04.084 --> 00:31:08.384 Staff have reviewed the comments and are preparing the final version. 328 00:31:09.153 --> 00:31:12.490 We expect to have that final version shortly. 329 00:31:12.762 --> 00:31:18.426 Council can expect more information from Director Kooch coming soon in a council update. 330 00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.356 Thank you. 331 00:31:19.806 --> 00:31:21.988 Thank you very much, City Administrator Lee. 332 00:31:22.212 --> 00:31:23.126 Uh, Councilor Kanal. 333 00:31:24.378 --> 00:31:25.388 Thank you, Council President. 334 00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.480 Thank you, Administrator Lee. 335 00:31:26.785 --> 00:31:41.929 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. 336 00:31:42.281 --> 00:31:55.821 And I'm just wanting to make sure that we're not providing any additional time throughout this process as we confer with our opposing I don't believe so, but I'll have that conversation with our city attorney and follow up with council on that. 337 00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:57.409 Okay, thank you. 338 00:31:57.652 --> 00:31:59.522 Thank you, Councilor Knell. 339 00:32:01.058 --> 00:32:02.890 Keelan, can we please call item number 4? 340 00:32:07.410 --> 00:32:19.686 Item 4, document 2026-217, 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 LU25-09130. 341 00:32:25.499 --> 00:32:26.289 Thank you very much. 342 00:32:26.337 --> 00:32:34.385 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. 343 00:32:35.111 --> 00:32:45.354 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. 344 00:32:45.743 --> 00:32:46.490 Councilmember Herbold. 345 00:32:47.912 --> 00:32:56.361 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. 346 00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.872 Anybody want to move that for me? 347 00:33:00.998 --> 00:33:01.544 So moved. 348 00:33:01.689 --> 00:33:02.171 Thank you. 349 00:33:02.429 --> 00:33:03.442 Second. 350 00:33:03.554 --> 00:33:06.336 Councilor Ryan moves, Councilor Clark seconds. 351 00:33:06.932 --> 00:33:08.828 Colleagues, is there any further council discussion? 352 00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.513 What the vote is. 353 00:33:15.863 --> 00:33:16.167 Yes. 354 00:33:17.644 --> 00:33:28.114 Can we clarify, we are voting affirmatively to deny the appeal and uphold the hearing officer's decision on the master plan? 355 00:33:28.884 --> 00:33:29.046 Okay. 356 00:33:30.474 --> 00:33:31.631 And the new conditions. 357 00:33:31.694 --> 00:33:32.625 Okay, colleagues. 358 00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:35.339 So Keelan, can you please call the roll? 359 00:33:41.589 --> 00:33:43.323 Yeah, um, just, just a second. 360 00:33:43.469 --> 00:33:44.375 Give me one minute. 361 00:33:44.634 --> 00:33:44.731 Okay. 362 00:33:44.780 --> 00:33:45.509 And I'll check. 363 00:33:52.695 --> 00:33:54.478 Um, okay. 364 00:34:01.337 --> 00:34:07.016 Oh yeah, Councilor Koyama Lane had, uh, previously, uh, What's the word? 365 00:34:07.193 --> 00:34:09.155 Yeah, she had removed herself from the—. 366 00:34:09.155 --> 00:34:09.867 Great. 367 00:34:10.224 --> 00:34:10.775 So we are good. 368 00:34:11.083 --> 00:34:11.342 Yep. 369 00:34:11.568 --> 00:34:11.893 Thank you. 370 00:34:12.396 --> 00:34:13.967 Koyama Lane is absent. 371 00:34:14.016 --> 00:34:14.811 Murillo? 372 00:34:16.286 --> 00:34:16.400 Aye. 373 00:34:17.244 --> 00:34:17.293 Aye. 374 00:34:18.152 --> 00:34:18.494 Novick? 375 00:34:18.867 --> 00:34:18.914 Aye. 376 00:34:19.304 --> 00:34:19.710 Stark? 377 00:34:20.001 --> 00:34:20.050 Aye. 378 00:34:20.650 --> 00:34:20.797 Green? 379 00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.192 Aye. 380 00:34:23.251 --> 00:34:23.583 Zimmerman? 381 00:34:25.753 --> 00:34:25.769 Aye. 382 00:34:26.141 --> 00:34:26.849 Avalos is absent. 383 00:34:26.898 --> 00:34:27.253 Smith? 384 00:34:28.478 --> 00:34:28.527 Aye. 385 00:34:29.074 --> 00:34:29.333 Kanal? 386 00:34:30.333 --> 00:34:30.380 Aye. 387 00:34:32.690 --> 00:34:33.289 Aye. 388 00:34:33.289 --> 00:34:41.639 The motion carries with a vote of 10 ayes and 2 absent. 389 00:34:41.869 --> 00:34:46.670 Okay, the motion has passed, the appeals are denied, and the Design Commission's decision is upheld. 390 00:34:46.670 --> 00:34:48.289 Thank you all very much for being here. 391 00:34:49.030 --> 00:34:50.809 Can we please move to item number 5? 392 00:34:52.869 --> 00:35:00.969 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. 393 00:35:02.650 --> 00:35:05.766 Temporarily remove income requirements for homeownership units. 394 00:35:06.297 --> 00:35:09.802 Amend Code Section 30.01.095. 395 00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:12.637 Colleagues, this is the second reading of a non-emergency ordinance. 396 00:35:12.686 --> 00:35:14.117 Is there any further council discussion? 397 00:35:17.206 --> 00:35:17.931 Councilor Pirtle-Guiney. 398 00:35:19.628 --> 00:35:20.871 Thank you, Council President. 399 00:35:22.070 --> 00:35:27.260 I try to not jump in on second readings, but there were a few things I wanted to reiterate here. 400 00:35:28.715 --> 00:35:49.184 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. 401 00:35:51.224 --> 00:36:01.898