{ "meetingId": "2026-08-05-1", "title": "Portland City Council AM Session 08/05/26", "date": "2026-08-05T19:00:00-07:00", "duration": 233, "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD8erzI72Fg", "videoId": "UD8erzI72Fg", "agendaUrl": "https://www.portland.gov/council/agenda/2026/8/5", "agendaItems": [ { "number": 2, "title": "Public comment", "type": "Public communication", "url": "https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/public-communication/august-5-2026-public-communications" }, { "number": 4, "title": "Reappoint Marcelino Alvarez and Eric Cress to the Prosper Portland Board of Commissioners for terms to expire September 5, 2029", "type": "Report", "url": "https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2026-224" }, { "number": 5, "title": "Authorize a non-binding term sheet with Rip City Management LLC and Trail Blazers Holdings, LLC outlining the terms for Moda Center arena renovation, operating and lease agreements that will keep the Portland Trail Blazers playing in Portland for at least 20 more years", "type": "Resolution", "url": "https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/moda-term-sheet-0" } ], "summary": "**The City Council took a full day of testimony but no vote on a non-binding term sheet to keep the Trail Blazers in Portland for 20 more years, continuing the matter to August 6 for deliberation and to August 12 for a final vote ([03:52:08](meeting:2026-08-05-1@03:52:08)).**\n\n## Term sheet for the Moda Center draws hours of testimony\n\nCouncil President Jamie Dunphy (District 1) opened the Moda Center item by telling the public what the term sheet is and is not. It \"has not been subjected to back-and-forth negotiations,\" he said, but was drafted by the city's legal and negotiating team as a \"reasonable first draft,\" and the Trail Blazers had not engaged in the process ([00:29:49](meeting:2026-08-05-1@00:29:49)). He reminded the room that \"Portland City Councilors are not the city's negotiators\" — by charter, the mayor and his team negotiate, and the council's role is advice, consent, and approval of public funds ([00:29:49](meeting:2026-08-05-1@00:29:49)). Councilor Loretta Smith (District 1) confirmed the term sheet is non-binding ([00:36:44](meeting:2026-08-05-1@00:36:44)).\n\nCouncilors previewed amendments they will formally introduce later. Steve Novick (District 3) described three: raising the ticket revenue user fee from 6% to 7%, directing all non-Blazer event parking revenue to the city, and asking the Blazers to keep giving $2 million a year through the Blazer Foundation ([00:33:00](meeting:2026-08-05-1@00:33:00)). Mitch Green (District 4) said his amendment would strike the post-renovation contribution to lower the city's exposure to **$120 million rather than $400 million** ([00:34:00](meeting:2026-08-05-1@00:34:00)). Angelita Morillo (District 3) proposed a bond-impact analysis and a street-pricing requirement for concessions ([00:35:21](meeting:2026-08-05-1@00:35:21)). Sameer Kanal (District 2) offered an amendment raising the user fee to 7% and the property-tax offset from $3 million to $4 million a year; he later corrected the record to say his escalator change goes from 5% to 6%, not 7% ([03:52:28](meeting:2026-08-05-1@03:52:28)). City Administrator Raymond C. Lee told Candace Avalos (District 1) the term sheet gives a framework but \"does not box us in\" from negotiating other terms ([00:39:15](meeting:2026-08-05-1@00:39:15)).\n\n## What the public said\n\nInvited supporters framed the deal as unlocking money that otherwise does not exist. Mike Phelan of the We Are Rip City coalition said the city investment unlocks **$365 million in state funding** bonded against team revenues — \"money that doesn't exist without the team being here\" ([00:44:00](meeting:2026-08-05-1@00:44:00)). Claire Hamill, president of the Portland Fire, cited a $150 million privately funded training center and urged WNBA-standard facilities ([00:53:33](meeting:2026-08-05-1@00:53:33)). Megan Conway of Travel Portland said visitors spent $5.5 billion and created 35,000 jobs in 2025 ([01:15:43](meeting:2026-08-05-1@01:15:43)). Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Peterson said \"this is a deal we must get done\" and previewed county conditions ([02:12:18](meeting:2026-08-05-1@02:12:18)).\n\nService workers described a wage gap at the arena. Bea Marston of Unite Here Local 8 said Portland'5 venue cooks make $29.25 an hour while a Moda Center cook posting listed $20 ([01:35:31](meeting:2026-08-05-1@01:35:31)). Gisela Marroquin of SEIU Local 49 said she now earns $22.25 an hour with a union after years at about $8 without one ([01:38:40](meeting:2026-08-05-1@01:38:40)). A concessions worker, Alex DeRora, said a unionized counterpart across the street makes $9 more an hour ([01:43:49](meeting:2026-08-05-1@01:43:49)).\n\nOpponents questioned the process and the priorities. Richard McNeil (District 3) said \"we're negotiating in the dark\" with no independent evaluation and no list of needed repairs from the team ([01:45:42](meeting:2026-08-05-1@01:45:42)). Adriana Locke contrasted the $365 million state commitment with **$421 million in expected Medicaid cuts** ([02:08:27](meeting:2026-08-05-1@02:08:27)). Chris Olson (District 2) noted the city bought the arena for $1 and that owner Tom Dundon is worth over $2 billion ([02:04:00](meeting:2026-08-05-1@02:04:00)). Several speakers, including Benjamin Gilbert of the Portland Democratic Socialists of America and Darren Herzberg (District 4), said the deal \"must not be funded with PCEF dollars\" from the Portland Clean Energy Fund ([02:05:00](meeting:2026-08-05-1@02:05:00)). Claire Russell (District 3) said San Diego saw only \"a small dip in economic output for one year\" after the Chargers left in 2017 ([03:13:52](meeting:2026-08-05-1@03:13:52)). Alex Dangey (District 2) put the city's roughly $120 million at about $6 million a year against a maintenance fund of $18 million last year ([02:34:00](meeting:2026-08-05-1@02:34:00)).\n\nThe record captured a sharp moment during testimony: after an unnamed speaker's time expired, a voice on the record said, \"Insane. Thank you. Fucking insane.\" ([02:04:44](meeting:2026-08-05-1@02:04:44)). A later testifier told the NBA commissioner he would be \"the worst NBA commissioner of all time\" and called the owner \"a grade-A douchebag\" ([03:41:07](meeting:2026-08-05-1@03:41:07)).\n\n## Prosper Portland reappointments confirmed\n\nThe council confirmed the reappointment of Marcelino Alvarez and Eric Cress to the Prosper Portland Board **12-0** ([00:29:19](meeting:2026-08-05-1@00:29:19)). Kanal said one reappointee was in office when the council considered an **$8.5 million** settlement for people displaced from Lower Albina by a proposed Legacy Emanuel Hospital expansion, and said he had secured a commitment that Prosper will publicly discuss whether it should contribute $1 million toward that settlement, with $7.5 million from the city ([00:26:47](meeting:2026-08-05-1@00:26:47)).\n\n## Public communications and federal update\n\nFour people spoke in the open-comment period. Jennifer McMillan of AFSCME Local 3135 urged the council to fill Home Forward board vacancies, saying the board has run without a full complement for more than six months with one-third of seats empty ([00:16:29](meeting:2026-08-05-1@00:16:29)). Kathleen Sadat criticized how councilors treat one another: \"I don't want to see you paid to bicker. I don't want to pay you to call one another names or disparage one another\" ([00:20:18](meeting:2026-08-05-1@00:20:18)). Kanal clarified that Home Forward appointments removed from a committee agenda were withdrawn by the mayor, not delayed by the council ([00:23:48](meeting:2026-08-05-1@00:23:48)). City Administrator Lee said a permanent chemical-ammunitions ban rule is set to take effect around August 26 ([00:24:00](meeting:2026-08-05-1@00:24:00)).\n\n## What's next\n\nThe Moda Center term sheet was continued for deliberation on August 6 at 2:00 pm and for a final vote on August 12 at 9:30 am; councilors were asked to file their amendments with the clerk by the end of August 5 ([03:52:28](meeting:2026-08-05-1@03:52:28)). Chair Vega Peterson said the Multnomah County board would vote August 6 on a resolution guiding its negotiations with the city ([02:12:18](meeting:2026-08-05-1@02:12:18)). The building owner in the federal land-use matter has until September 8 to file a final writ of review ([00:24:00](meeting:2026-08-05-1@00:24:00)).", "summaryText": "The City Council took a full day of testimony but no vote on a non-binding term sheet to keep the Trail Blazers in Portland for 20 more years, continuing the matter to August 6 for deliberation and to August 12 for a final vote (03:52:08).\n\nCouncil President Jamie Dunphy (District 1) opened the Moda Center item by telling the public what the term sheet is and is not. It \"has not been subjected to back-and-forth negotiations,\" he said, but was drafted by the city's legal and negotiating team as a \"reasonable first draft,\" and the Trail Blazers had not engaged in the process (00:29:49). He reminded the room that \"Portland City Councilors are not the city's negotiators\" — by charter, the mayor and his team negotiate, and the council's role is advice, consent, and approval of public funds (00:29:49). Councilor Loretta Smith (District 1) confirmed the term sheet is non-binding (00:36:44).\n\nCouncilors previewed amendments they will formally introduce later. Steve Novick (District 3) described three: raising the ticket revenue user fee from 6% to 7%, directing all non-Blazer event parking revenue to the city, and asking the Blazers to keep giving $2 million a year through the Blazer Foundation (00:33:00). Mitch Green (District 4) said his amendment would strike the post-renovation contribution to lower the city's exposure to $120 million rather than $400 million (00:34:00). Angelita Morillo (District 3) proposed a bond-impact analysis and a street-pricing requirement for concessions (00:35:21). Sameer Kanal (District 2) offered an amendment raising the user fee to 7% and the property-tax offset from $3 million to $4 million a year; he later corrected the record to say his escalator change goes from 5% to 6%, not 7% (03:52:28). City Administrator Raymond C. Lee told Candace Avalos (District 1) the term sheet gives a framework but \"does not box us in\" from negotiating other terms (00:39:15).\n\nInvited supporters framed the deal as unlocking money that otherwise does not exist. Mike Phelan of the We Are Rip City coalition said the city investment unlocks $365 million in state funding bonded against team revenues — \"money that doesn't exist without the team being here\" (00:44:00). Claire Hamill, president of the Portland Fire, cited a $150 million privately funded training center and urged WNBA-standard facilities (00:53:33). Megan Conway of Travel Portland said visitors spent $5.5 billion and created 35,000 jobs in 2025 (01:15:43). Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Peterson said \"this is a deal we must get done\" and previewed county conditions (02:12:18).\n\nService workers described a wage gap at the arena. Bea Marston of Unite Here Local 8 said Portland'5 venue cooks make $29.25 an hour while a Moda Center cook posting listed $20 (01:35:31). Gisela Marroquin of SEIU Local 49 said she now earns $22.25 an hour with a union after years at about $8 without one (01:38:40). A concessions worker, Alex DeRora, said a unionized counterpart across the street makes $9 more an hour (01:43:49).\n\nOpponents questioned the process and the priorities. Richard McNeil (District 3) said \"we're negotiating in the dark\" with no independent evaluation and no list of needed repairs from the team (01:45:42). Adriana Locke contrasted the $365 million state commitment with $421 million in expected Medicaid cuts (02:08:27). Chris Olson (District 2) noted the city bought the arena for $1 and that owner Tom Dundon is worth over $2 billion (02:04:00). Several speakers, including Benjamin Gilbert of the Portland Democratic Socialists of America and Darren Herzberg (District 4), said the deal \"must not be funded with PCEF dollars\" from the Portland Clean Energy Fund (02:05:00). Claire Russell (District 3) said San Diego saw only \"a small dip in economic output for one year\" after the Chargers left in 2017 (03:13:52). Alex Dangey (District 2) put the city's roughly $120 million at about $6 million a year against a maintenance fund of $18 million last year (02:34:00).\n\nThe record captured a sharp moment during testimony: after an unnamed speaker's time expired, a voice on the record said, \"Insane. Thank you. Fucking insane.\" (02:04:44). A later testifier told the NBA commissioner he would be \"the worst NBA commissioner of all time\" and called the owner \"a grade-A douchebag\" (03:41:07).\n\nThe council confirmed the reappointment of Marcelino Alvarez and Eric Cress to the Prosper Portland Board 12-0 (00:29:19). Kanal said one reappointee was in office when the council considered an $8.5 million settlement for people displaced from Lower Albina by a proposed Legacy Emanuel Hospital expansion, and said he had secured a commitment that Prosper will publicly discuss whether it should contribute $1 million toward that settlement, with $7.5 million from the city (00:26:47).\n\nFour people spoke in the open-comment period. Jennifer McMillan of AFSCME Local 3135 urged the council to fill Home Forward board vacancies, saying the board has run without a full complement for more than six months with one-third of seats empty (00:16:29). Kathleen Sadat criticized how councilors treat one another: \"I don't want to see you paid to bicker. I don't want to pay you to call one another names or disparage one another\" (00:20:18). Kanal clarified that Home Forward appointments removed from a committee agenda were withdrawn by the mayor, not delayed by the council (00:23:48). City Administrator Lee said a permanent chemical-ammunitions ban rule is set to take effect around August 26 (00:24:00).\n\nThe Moda Center term sheet was continued for deliberation on August 6 at 2:00 pm and for a final vote on August 12 at 9:30 am; councilors were asked to file their amendments with the clerk by the end of August 5 (03:52:28). Chair Vega Peterson said the Multnomah County board would vote August 6 on a resolution guiding its negotiations with the city (02:12:18). The building owner in the federal land-use matter has until September 8 to file a final writ of review (00:24:00).", "summaryLede": "The City Council took a full day of testimony but no vote on a non-binding term sheet to keep the Trail Blazers in Portland for 20 more years, continuing the matter to August 6 for deliberation and to August 12 for a final vote.", "sections": [ { "title": "Wednesday, August 5, 2026", "startTime": "00:06:28.492", "endTime": "03:52:39.556", "items": [ { "title": "Agenda approval", "startTime": "00:08:28.901", "endTime": "00:08:36.215", "agendaItemNumber": 1 }, { "title": "Public communications", "startTime": "00:08:36.215", "endTime": "00:24:19.172", "agendaItemNumber": 2 }, { "title": "Council President update", "startTime": "00:24:19.172", "endTime": "00:25:45.057", "agendaItemNumber": 3 }, { "title": "Reappoint Marcelino Alvarez and Eric Cress to the Prosper Portland Board of Commissioners for terms to expire September 5, 2029", "startTime": 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"text": "Here today.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-25", "start": 430.081, "end": 430.307, "text": "Ryan.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-26", "start": 430.824, "end": 430.937, "text": "Here.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-27", "start": 431.616, "end": 432.328, "text": "Dunphy.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-28", "start": 432.748, "end": 432.861, "text": "Here.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-29", "start": 433.896, "end": 436.305, "text": "And could we please call, uh, read the rules of decorum for the chamber?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-30", "start": 437.31, "end": 437.793, "text": "Good morning.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-31", "start": 437.906, "end": 439.26, "text": "Welcome to the Portland City Council.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-32", "start": 439.614, "end": 445.385, "text": "To testify before council in person or virtually, you must sign up in advance in 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482.051, "text": "State your name for the record.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-45", "start": 482.115, "end": 483.367, "text": "Your address is not necessary.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-46", "start": 483.56, "end": 485.968, "text": "If you're a lobbyist, identify the organization you represent.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-47", "start": 486.611, "end": 489.742, "text": "Virtual testifiers should unmute themselves when the council clerk calls your name.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-48", "start": 489.966, "end": 490.207, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-49", "start": 490.705, "end": 491.62, "text": "Thank you very much, colleagues.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-50", "start": 491.668, "end": 496.758, "text": "We have a few things to get through before I know the main show is here, what I suspect almost everybody's here for.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-51", "start": 497.593, "end": 500.885, "text": "Our first item is, as every week, is agenda approval.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-52", "start": 501.607, "end": 506.456, "text": "Are there any requests to amend the agenda, to reorder items, or reschedule an item to a future meeting date?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-53", "start": 508.536, "end": 508.719, "text": "No.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-54", "start": 508.902, "end": 510.966, "text": "Uh, do I have unanimous consent to approve the agenda?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-55", "start": 512.814, "end": 513.953, "text": "The agenda is approved.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-56", "start": 514.685, "end": 515.385, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-57", "start": 516.215, "end": 517.988, "text": "Item 2, can we please call public communications?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-58", "start": 521.047, "end": 524.624, "text": "First up, we have Galeb Ben Inhotep El.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-59", "start": 527.669, "end": 528.12, "text": "I'm coming.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-60", "start": 529.28, "end": 529.733, "text": "Come on down.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-61", "start": 530.651, "end": 531.209, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-62", "start": 531.307, "end": 532.848, "text": "We'll wait just a second as you come on downstairs.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-63", "start": 538.132, "end": 539.591, "text": "Is this the time where I tell a joke?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-64", "start": 539.64, "end": 539.899, "text": "Yes.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-65", "start": 540.062, "end": 540.37, "text": "Okay.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-66", "start": 540.532, "end": 540.759, "text": "Please.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-67", "start": 541.585, "end": 544.52, "text": "What has 5 toes and isn't your foot?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-68", "start": 545.995, "end": 546.659, "text": "It's my foot.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-69", "start": 549.216, "end": 550.527, "text": "Oh my God.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-70", "start": 550.996, "end": 551.903, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-71", "start": 552.032, "end": 554.849, "text": "I was going to ask if it was like a frog's foot or some other animal.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-72", "start": 556.068, "end": 556.493, "text": "I know.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-73", "start": 558.438, "end": 560.499, "text": "You need, you need 9 votes to relieve a council president.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-74", "start": 563.292, "end": 572.259, "text": "Mr. President, as someone with 4 toes on one foot and 3 on the other, I must take offense at your toeist— Apologies, Councilor Novick.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-75", "start": 574.673, "end": 575.337, "text": "Welcome, sir.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-76", "start": 575.597, "end": 576.569, "text": "Introduce yourself for the record.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-77", "start": 576.617, "end": 577.995, "text": "You're welcome to share your pronouns, and you have 3 minutes.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-78", "start": 578.74, "end": 580.337, "text": "Hello, um, good morning.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-79", "start": 580.788, "end": 584.45, "text": "I am Galib Benimotebel, and I'm domiciled in District 4.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-80", "start": 585.951, "end": 590.126, "text": "As someone who regularly attends these meetings and other committee meetings as well.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-81", "start": 591.463, "end": 600.187, "text": "I have consistently sought to bring about sustainable, constructive solutions to this chamber.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-82", "start": 601.537, "end": 610.819, "text": "Through every public testimony and committee meeting, one thing has resonated resoundingly in my ears and hopefully in yours as well, and that is the word change.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-83", "start": 612.346, "end": 628.558, "text": "Today I am formally offering my services to the City of Portland as a candidate for the change management position that may open up in the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, if it ever becomes available or if it has already.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-84", "start": 629.932, "end": 638.003, "text": "Based strictly on traditional credentialing, I possess some college education, no actual degree as of yet.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-85", "start": 638.73, "end": 649.404, "text": "I have an NCCR certification, which means that I'm pretty good with 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671.929, "end": 686.513, "text": "Portland has sown a transformation in me, a lived, real-world experience of change, structural adaptation, transparency, and complete and total accountability.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-92", "start": 688.46, "end": 710.582, "text": "To truly lead change within any organization or municipality, one must understand what It means to rebuild from the ground up and have actually done the work within themselves first.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-93", "start": 715.315, "end": 719.22, "text": "The fruits of that transformation, I would be remiss to deny Portland.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-94", "start": 720.458, "end": 723.383, "text": "And there is one saying in this situation that I think applies very well here.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-95", "start": 724.494, "end": 726.585, "text": "Use your heart, not your eyes.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-96", "start": 728.547, "end": 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"speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-179", "start": 1221.695, "end": 1223.618, "text": "I've been an activist and a bureaucrat.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-180", "start": 1224.243, "end": 1228.668, "text": "I've held positions with the City of Portland, Multnomah County, and Oregon state government.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-181", "start": 1229.229, "end": 1240.963, "text": "I have been involved in advocating for people of all colors, women, poor people, the disabled, and along with Keyston Lowry, I hope to craft our city's civil rights ordinance protecting the LGBTQ community.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-182", "start": 1241.011, "end": 1241.171, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-183", "start": 1242.54, "end": 1243.992, "text": "LGBTQ+ communities.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-184", "start": 1244.913, "end": 1245.365, "text": "There's only—.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, 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overall functioning of this council.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-191", "start": 1288.137, "end": 1292.172, "text": "There is a difference between advocacy and governing.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-192", "start": 1294.589, "end": 1297.302, "text": "We elected you to govern.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-193", "start": 1299.433, "end": 1302.452, "text": "We hired you to set policy and facilitate change.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-194", "start": 1303.287, "end": 1310.595, "text": "We want you to work together without recreating in Portland what we currently see at the federal level.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-195", "start": 1313.47, "end": 1318.789, "text": "Please keep manifestations of your personal likes and dislikes out of council chambers.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-196", "start": 1319.874, "end": 1321.819, "text": "They are not the business of the people.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-197", "start": 1324.126, "end": 1332.555, "text": "In your position as city councilor, I encourage you to continue to expand your knowledge of the people of Portland and pay attention to what we say.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-198", "start": 1334.506, "end": 1348.961, "text": "I ask that you develop your positions on policy by using relevant— at minimum, relevant data, documented need, available resources, the opinions of those affected by the policy.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-199", "start": 1349.01, "end": 1349.124, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-200", "start": 1350.055, "end": 1354.367, "text": "And how the policy expresses the values of the city of Portland.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-201", "start": 1354.866, "end": 1358.067, "text": "And I expect each of you to reflect those values.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-202", 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1429.222, "text": "Thank you very much, Keelan.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-215", "start": 1429.399, "end": 1430.347, "text": "Uh, Councilor Kanal.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-216", "start": 1430.845, "end": 1432.323, "text": "Yeah, thank you, Council President.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-217", "start": 1432.532, "end": 1437.835, "text": "Um, I just wanted to clarify something because it, uh, for— it came up in, um, Miss McMillan's testimony.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-218", "start": 1438.079, "end": 1439.39, "text": "Um, there were Yes.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-219", "start": 1439.47, "end": 1453.504, "text": "There were some Home Forward board appointments that were placed onto an upcoming Committee of the Whole agenda, and then they were removed from it, and it might have appeared that that was because of a council decision to delay that or to withhold that conversation.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" 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Councilor Kanal.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-227", "start": 1472.39, "end": 1475.003, "text": "Colleagues, our 3rd item on the agenda is the presidential update.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-228", "start": 1475.051, "end": 1483.067, "text": "I'm going to hear— turn it over to City Administrator Lee to see if there's any status updates regarding our ongoing responses to federal interventions in the city.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-229", "start": 1483.324, "end": 1483.949, "text": "City Administrator.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-230", "start": 1484.654, "end": 1487.123, "text": "Thank you, Council President, and good morning, City Council.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-231", "start": 1487.876, "end": 1494.386, "text": "The parties have conferred and will continue to work with the court to set a briefing and hearing schedule.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-232", "start": 1494.887, "end": 1505.889, "text": "The building owner has until September the 8th, 2026, to file its final writ of review challenging, uh, the city's hearing officer's decision.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-233", "start": 1506.582, "end": 1514.286, "text": "That will then put the issue squarely, uh, in the hands of the County Circuit Court for consideration.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-234", "start": 1515.045, "end": 1517.013, "text": "And this is related to the land use.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-235", "start": 1518.026, "end": 1524.788, "text": "As we look at the chemical ammunitions, as you know, the period for comment closed earlier.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-236", "start": 1525.974, "end": 1531.341, "text": "We are looking at the permanent ban rule to go into effect around August 26th.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-237", "start": 1532.367, "end": 1534.963, "text": "I believe we do have staff here to answer any questions.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-238", "start": 1535.027, "end": 1544.993, "text": "I know Councilor Morillo had questions as it relates to maybe some of the comments as it relates to that have coming out of the public comment period that we can address as well.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-239", "start": 1545.057, "end": 1545.249, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-240", "start": 1545.673, "end": 1547.212, "text": "And that's the latest that we have.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-241", "start": 1548.145, "end": 1549.258, "text": "Thank you very much, City Administrator.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-242", "start": 1550.486, "end": 1551.222, "text": "Colleagues, any questions?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-243", "start": 1553.589, "end": 1554.934, "text": "Okay, thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-244", "start": 1556.099, "end": 1557.445, "text": "Keelan, can we please move to item number 4?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-245", "start": 1558.943, "end": 1570.661, "text": "Document 2026-224, reappoint Marcelino Alvarez and Eric Kress to the Prosper Portland Board of Commissioners for terms to expire September 5th, 2029.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-246", "start": 1570.76, "end": 1571.564, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-247", "start": 1571.947, "end": 1576.2, "text": "Colleagues, this is a, uh, report coming to us out of, uh, the Committee of the Whole.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-248", "start": 1576.33, "end": 1582.249, "text": "We have had some conversation about this, but we are— have folks available, uh, in the room for technical or clarifying questions.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-249", "start": 1582.798, "end": 1585.627, "text": "And I understand there are some folks signed up for public testimony.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-250", "start": 1586.581, "end": 1595.471, "text": "Um, colleagues, before we invite testimony, are there any technical or clarifying questions about these appointments?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-251", "start": 1595.794, "end": 1597.799, "text": "We will not be having a second, uh, presentation.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-252", "start": 1599.849, "end": 1605.784, "text": "Okay, Keelan, can we please call public testimony on this item if there's anybody signed up?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-253", "start": 1606.472, "end": 1607.122, "text": "No one signed up.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-254", "start": 1607.269, "end": 1608.471, "text": "Okay, my notes are wrong.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-255", "start": 1608.585, "end": 1608.894, "text": "Great.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-256", "start": 1609.723, "end": 1610.341, "text": "Councilor Kanal.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-257", "start": 1611.511, "end": 1613.202, "text": "Thank you, uh, Council President.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-258", "start": 1613.98, "end": 1617.473, "text": "Um, I'll try to make this brief just because I know we have the main event, as you put it, to get to.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-259", "start": 1617.94, "end": 1622.029, "text": "Um, during the Committee of the Whole, I asked questions of one of the 2 reappointees.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-260", "start": 1622.126, "end": 1626.46, "text": "Both are reappointees, but one was appointed One was appointed in April of this year for the first time.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-261", "start": 1626.525, "end": 1627.567, "text": "No concerns about that.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-262", "start": 1627.615, "end": 1641.042, "text": "The other was in office during the time which the City Council considered the increase of a settlement to folks who were displaced from Lower Albina by the proposed expansion of Legacy Emanuel Hospital.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-263", "start": 1641.17, "end": 1646.977, "text": "At the time, we were told that Prosper would consider chipping in its share of it.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-264", "start": 1647.041, "end": 1651.003, "text": "That information does not appear to have made its way onto a Prosper agenda.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-265", "start": 1651.051, "end": 1651.179, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-266", "start": 1651.532, "end": 1671.976, "text": "And so I asked an appointee, a proposed reappointee, I should say, if he would be willing to request that that be something that Prosper discuss publicly, not to commit to a particular outcome, but to have the conversation about whether it makes sense for an $8.5 million settlement to be $7.5 million from the city and $1 million from Prosper.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-267", "start": 1672.36, "end": 1677.407, "text": "I feel sufficiently comfortable with the response I got to know that that will be on an agenda.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-268", "start": 1677.471, "end": 1680.163, "text": "And I spoke to the Deputy City Administrator who liaises with Prosper.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-269", "start": 1680.211, "end": 1680.355, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-270", "start": 1680.694, "end": 1681.533, "text": "With Prosper as well.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-271", "start": 1681.807, "end": 1690.054, "text": "So, um, I— it may have appeared that there was, um, opposition or reason for that, but just wanted to clarify that, and I'll be comfortable voting yes on both appointees today.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-272", "start": 1690.216, "end": 1690.458, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-273", "start": 1690.604, "end": 1691.977, "text": "Thank you very much, Councilor Kanal.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-274", "start": 1692.866, "end": 1694.805, "text": "Colleagues, any further discussion about these appointments?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-275", "start": 1697.871, "end": 1699.593, "text": "Seeing none, Keelan, can we please call the roll?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-276", "start": 1701.133, "end": 1704.374, "text": "For this report, we'll want a motion to accept the report.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-277", "start": 1704.6, "end": 1705.735, "text": "Can I have a motion to accept?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-278", "start": 1706.76, "end": 1706.922, "text": "Second.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-279", "start": 1707.019, "end": 1710.005, "text": "Councilor Kanal moves, Vice President Clark seconds.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-280", "start": 1710.525, "end": 1711.58, "text": "Oh, I'm sorry, Zimmerman.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-281", "start": 1711.807, "end": 1713.056, "text": "I see everybody screwed up.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-282", "start": 1713.121, "end": 1717.402, "text": "I always hear dark, deep voices from the left side of me.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-283", "start": 1717.725, "end": 1721.109, "text": "Not— um, could we please, uh, call the roll now?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-284", "start": 1726.039, "end": 1731.828, "text": "Okay, so for this report moved by Councilor Zimmerman, seconded by Clark, Koyama Lane.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-285", "start": 1732.196, "end": 1732.357, "text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-286", "start": 1732.92, "end": 1733.273, "text": "Morillo.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-287", "start": 1733.643, "end": 1733.691, "text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Angelita Morillo" }, { "id": "cue-288", "start": 1734.302, "end": 1734.624, "text": "Novick.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-289", "start": 1736.312, "end": 1738.884, "text": "Deep Voices from the Left is a great book from the 1930s, by the way.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-290", "start": 1739.109, "end": 1739.157, "text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Steve Novick" }, { "id": "cue-291", "start": 1740.572, "end": 1740.829, "text": "Clark.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-292", "start": 1741.279, "end": 1741.328, "text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Olivia Clark" }, { "id": "cue-293", "start": 1742.646, "end": 1742.79, "text": "Green.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-294", "start": 1744.334, "end": 1744.51, "text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-295", "start": 1745.78, "end": 1746.086, "text": "Zimmerman.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-296", "start": 1746.295, "end": 1747.484, "text": "I'll sign it for you, Novick.", "speaker": "Jamie 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1756.671, "text": "Ryan.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-307", "start": 1757.092, "end": 1757.173, "text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-308", "start": 1758.69, "end": 1758.706, "text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-309", "start": 1759.208, "end": 1761.603, "text": "The appointments are confirmed with a vote of 12 ayes.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-310", "start": 1762.445, "end": 1763.174, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-311", "start": 1763.287, "end": 1765.294, "text": "Can we please call item number 5?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-312", "start": 1768.33, "end": 1789.41, "text": "Document 2026-280, authorize a non-binding term sheet with Rip City Management LLC and Trail Blazers Holdings LLC outlining the terms for Moda Center arena renovations operating and lease agreements that will keep the Portland Trail Blazers Thank you, colleagues.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-313", "start": 1789.41, "end": 1797.39, "text": "Before us today is a term sheet for the negotiation of a 20-year operating lease on the Moda Center between the City of Portland and the Portland Trail Blazers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-314", "start": 1797.69, "end": 1804.64, "text": "But for the sake of the public, I think it is important to ground us in this moment in time and the unusual circumstances we find ourselves in.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-315", "start": 1805.35, "end": 1814.71, "text": "We started this process with an understanding that on August 12th, you all would be voting on a negotiated term sheet that represents a general agreement between the city and the Portland Trail Blazers State, to extend the lease for 20 years.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-316", "start": 1814.71, "end": 1816.832, "text": "Thank you, Councilor Rip City Management, and the NBA.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-317", "start": 1817.763, "end": 1822.949, "text": "The term sheet that has been filed for your consideration has not been subjected to back-and-forth negotiations.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-318", "start": 1823.623, "end": 1840.177, "text": "It was drafted by the city's legal and negotiating team to reflect a reasonable starting point that reflects requirements contained in SB 1501 negotiated with Rip City Management, important benefits for Portland, and the outcomes that councilors have said that they would like to see addressed.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-319", "start": 1841.066, "end": 1845.998, "text": "After sharing a first draft with Rip City management, we expected that there would be some official back and forth.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-320", "start": 1847.027, "end": 1851.856, "text": "Had that happened, staff would be bringing council trade-offs and identifying openings.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-321", "start": 1852.61, "end": 1860.118, "text": "We would be having a meatier conversation about what is possible with our negotiating partner and what we want to prioritize within the window of possibility.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-322", "start": 1861.442, "end": 1862.379, "text": "But that did not happen.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-323", "start": 1864.025, "end": 1868.6, "text": "We were glad to have our, our Friends with the from the Blazers joined us in the work session last week.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-324", "start": 1869.307, "end": 1877.233, "text": "But as to the question of what the Blazers want to see in this term sheet for the future of the team in Portland, we are still waiting for the team to engage.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-325", "start": 1878.087, "end": 1892.879, "text": "The term sheet has been broadly acknowledged for what it is: a reasonable first draft that demonstrates that the city wants to keep the Blazers in Portland and maximize public benefits through long-term public partnerships and public investment.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-326", "start": 1893.899, "end": 1904.779, "text": "The final lease agreement in December must build on that, must be more comprehensive and describe what the future of the Moda Center looks like and what it means for Portland.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-327", "start": 1905.083, "end": 1908.753, "text": "To be clear, Portland City Councilors are not the city's negotiators.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-328", "start": 1909.266, "end": 1916.524, "text": "By charter, the mayor and our negotiating team are under his authority, and they are the negotiating body of our government.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-329", "start": 1917.582, "end": 1926.917, "text": "City Council's task is to give advice, Advice and consent on terms negotiated by our city team, the joint authority with the state and the Portland Trail Blazers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-330", "start": 1928.089, "end": 1935.185, "text": "Importantly, via our power of the purse, we must formally approve this and any negotiated deal that commits public funds.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-331", "start": 1937.108, "end": 1948.548, "text": "We have always called this a middle-of-the-bat proposal, and I'd agree, in some ways this opening proposal looks more like what we'd expect to see at the end of a negotiation than what some of us wanted to see as a first proposal.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-332", "start": 1949.809, "end": 1954.078, "text": "Anybody who's been following this conversation can see that the compromise is already built into this sheet.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-333", "start": 1955.057, "end": 1962.504, "text": "Our good faith and discipline is something to be proud of, balanced with recognition that there is absolutely more that we could be asking for.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-334", "start": 1963.242, "end": 1968.667, "text": "So to that end, today we will hear testimony from invited panelists and from the public on this term sheet.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-335", "start": 1969.148, "end": 1970.448, "text": "We expect it to take the full day.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-336", "start": 1971.395, "end": 1977.356, "text": "Tomorrow we will return as a body to discuss what we have heard before returning next week for a final vote.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-337", "start": 1979.431, "end": 1983.583, "text": "Last week, this body went through the term sheet in detail.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-338", "start": 1984.322, "end": 1986.458, "text": "There have been some minimal adjustments since that time.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-339", "start": 1987.397, "end": 1997.204, "text": "In the service of time and to ensure that everyone who has come here today has the opportunity to speak, I'd like to move now to hear from our invited guests and from the public.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-340", "start": 1997.43, "end": 2003.165, "text": "There are also, as I understand it, some Amendments that are being proposed.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-341", "start": 2003.229, "end": 2007.142, "text": "I'd like to recognize councilors to not to introduce them, but to explain them.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-342", "start": 2007.687, "end": 2013.251, "text": "We'll be formally introducing amendments tomorrow, but I'd like it so that the public could have an opportunity to hear what is on the table.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-343", "start": 2013.299, "end": 2017.437, "text": "So Councilor Novick and then Councilor Green.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-344", "start": 2017.95, "end": 2020.981, "text": "Thank you, Mr. President.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-345", "start": 2021.157, "end": 2022.841, "text": "And I have 3 amendments.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-346", "start": 2022.921, "end": 2027.619, "text": "One is to raise the ticket revenue user fee from 6% to 7%.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-347", "start": 2027.7, "end": 2031.682, "text": "7%, With the additional percent to be spent as the city sees fit.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-348", "start": 2032.308, "end": 2039.18, "text": "Another is to state that the city gets 100% of non-Blazer event parking revenues.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-349", "start": 2039.854, "end": 2049.167, "text": "And the third would be to ask the Blazers to commit that they will continue to make $2 million a year in charitable donations to the community through the Blazer Foundation.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-350", "start": 2050.131, "end": 2050.837, "text": "Thank you, Councilor Novick.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-351", "start": 2050.998, "end": 2053.165, "text": "Councilor Green and Morillo.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-352", "start": 2053.502, "end": 2054.289, "text": "Yeah, thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-353", "start": 2054.546, "end": 2057.452, "text": "My amendment does 2 broad objectives.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-354", "start": 2057.517, "end": 2082.405, "text": "The first is to add clarifying language about the duties and authorities of the joint authority that we will be establishing by the term sheet to provide both a role for, you know, council to appoint someone, but also to remove someone, to have more accountability over the process and to make sure that they know that they're supposed to be approving expenditures that are in the public interest.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-355", "start": 2082.55, "end": 2083.551, "text": "So that's the first piece.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-356", "start": 2084.31, "end": 2103.904, "text": "The second piece strikes whole cloth, the post-renovation contribution over the course of 20 years, keeping more free cash flow for the city to choose to invest in the Moda Center if it wishes, but not encumber that entirety, which lowers the overall exposure to the city of Portland to $120 million, not $400 million.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-357", "start": 2104.707, "end": 2116.628, "text": "And then there are some edits in the financial impact statements side of the resolution itself that strike claims that are unsubstantiated in the 2023 economic impact analysis.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-358", "start": 2116.917, "end": 2117.799, "text": "So that's what the amendments do.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-359", "start": 2118.2, "end": 2118.457, "text": "Thanks.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-360", "start": 2118.586, "end": 2119.003, "text": "Thank you, Councilor.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-361", "start": 2119.083, "end": 2119.933, "text": "Councilor Murillo, do you have anything?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-362", "start": 2121.329, "end": 2122.356, "text": "Thank you, Council President.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-363", "start": 2122.436, "end": 2124.346, "text": "I have 2 amendments that I'm bringing forward.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-364", "start": 2125.02, "end": 2132.95, "text": "The first one is Morillo 1, and it says that 30 days before the council votes on a formal definitive document or any ordinance that Councilor Smith.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-365", "start": 2132.95, "end": 2132.95, "text": "Thank you, Mayor.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-366", "start": 2132.95, "end": 2132.95, "text": "I have a question for Deputy City Administrator Donnie Oliveira.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-367", "start": 2132.95, "end": 2144.25, "text": "So when the council authorizes city bonds, basically anything that has to do with the city committing financials, that we have to get information about how those funds are going to be used and the potential impacts on our city funds moving forward.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-368", "start": 2145.23, "end": 2158.71, "text": "So one of the things that I specifically listed is if we're going to be bonding, how that's going to impact other projects that council has already approved, like SIP, the Sidewalk Improvement Plan, because obviously there's only so much of that that we can do.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-369", "start": 2159.332, "end": 2183.193, "text": "The second amendment is just about— sorry, the second amendment is about street pricing and just making sure that when folks are attending the Moda Center, it's just part of a fair deal that they're going to be able to get regular 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"cue-375", "start": 2203.316, "end": 2203.766, "text": "Councilor Smith?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-376", "start": 2204.65, "end": 2205.929, "text": "No, it's a technical question.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-377", "start": 2206.075, "end": 2207.776, "text": "Okay, Mr. President, thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-378", "start": 2207.986, "end": 2214.536, "text": "Um, I want to make sure that folks know that this term sheet is a non-binding term sheet.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-379", "start": 2215.178, "end": 2215.884, "text": "Is that correct?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-380", "start": 2216.928, "end": 2217.505, "text": "That is correct.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-381", "start": 2217.81, "end": 2218.629, "text": "Okay, thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-382", "start": 2218.934, "end": 2219.592, "text": "Thank you, Councilor Smith.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-383", "start": 2220.153, "end": 2220.715, "text": "Councilor Knoll.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-384", "start": 2221.582, "end": 2222.288, "text": "Thank you, Councilor Dunphy.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-385", "start": 2222.384, "end": 2223.893, "text": "I'm also considering 2 amendments.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-386", "start": 2224.23, "end": 2228.788, "text": "Um, one of them, evidently, uh, Councilor Novick and I had some similar notes at Lippe Piers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-387", "start": 2229.044, "end": 2242.461, "text": "Um, one is to, uh, increase the user fee to 7%, but it also, um, includes an increase in the, um, property tax offset from, um, $3 million to $4 million a year and from 5% to 7% in the escalator.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-388", "start": 2242.862, "end": 2245.314, "text": "So that's 3 components of a single amendment.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-389", "start": 2245.666, "end": 2267.957, "text": "The other is to the resolution itself, which would add a be it further resolved noting that in the use or potential use of restricted funds would require a standard city evaluation process, which includes the receipt of information from Rip City Management and/or Trailblazers Holding, including an itemized list of things that may be eligible.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-390", "start": 2268.856, "end": 2284.157, "text": "For restricted funds with sufficient time to conduct the standard process for each restricted fund to ensure that we're not putting ourselves in a position where we might feel forced or feel compelled to waive that process for PSF or other restricted funds.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-391", "start": 2284.415, "end": 2284.706, "text": "Thanks.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-392", "start": 2285.302, "end": 2286.291, "text": "Thank you, Councilor Kanal.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-393", "start": 2286.372, "end": 2288.583, "text": "Councilor Maru.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-394", "start": 2288.632, "end": 2299.428, "text": "Just to add an additional clarifying question, while the term sheet is non-binding, What we move forward with here today is what our city team can negotiate based on, correct?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-395", "start": 2299.654, "end": 2299.992, "text": "Correct.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-396", "start": 2300.169, "end": 2306.66, "text": "So anything that is in this term sheet moving forward are the only things that our negotiating team is going to carry out for us?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-397", "start": 2308.42, "end": 2309.745, "text": "Okay, thank you, Councilor Morillo.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-398", "start": 2310.133, "end": 2310.683, "text": "Councilor Avalos.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-399", "start": 2313.869, "end": 2315.971, "text": "I guess I do have one more follow-up on that.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-400", "start": 2316.553, "end": 2320.174, "text": "Yes, I understand that that is essentially the ceiling, right?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-401", "start": 2320.288, "end": 2325.729, "text": "The term sheet is the ceiling, and that is what the negotiating team believes they have authority to do.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-402", "start": 2325.826, "end": 2343.775, "text": "But if there are opportunities along the negotiation where maybe, you know, the Blazers say, oh, actually we don't want this thing that we actually want, are— does the negotiating team feel like they will be able to pursue like better terms on our behalf?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-403", "start": 2343.855, "end": 2346.322, "text": "And I don't know how you define better, which is why I'm asking.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-404", "start": 2346.419, "end": 2350.902, "text": "I'm trying to understand how they are going to be— what they feel their limitations are.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-405", "start": 2351.031, "end": 2351.095, "text": "Okay.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-406", "start": 2355.535, "end": 2376.733, "text": "So I will turn it to the city administrator, but I will also just say that my understanding is the negotiating team, we are empowering them to go, and if there is a requirement for additional terms or things where some— for example, if something on this term sheet is simply unworkable with the Blazers, but there is a different path forward that they will be able to come and, you know, come back to the council and present to council.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-407", "start": 2376.798, "end": 2376.944, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-408", "start": 2377.02, "end": 2377.741, "text": "Provided more with us.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-409", "start": 2377.918, "end": 2379.73, "text": "And City Administrator, if you can help from there.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-410", "start": 2380.179, "end": 2383.355, "text": "You're 100% correct, Council President and Councilor Avalos.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-411", "start": 2383.772, "end": 2405.585, "text": "You know, this does give us a framework, but it does not box us in from the standpoint of there's other things that come up that previously have not come up as a part of these negotiations that it is off the table for us to be able to negotiate to bring back the best possible terms and conditions to the City Council.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-412", "start": 2406.67, "end": 2417.28, "text": "And a follow-up on that is— and we don't have to talk about it right now, but maybe a question for you to think about and help find a solution.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-413", "start": 2417.61, "end": 2424.25, "text": "Help me understand, what are the ways that you're going to inform council about new developments, right?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-414", "start": 2424.25, "end": 2436.07, "text": "Like, I just want to make sure— I know that we've got the joint authority, obviously that's their main job, but again, if there is a new opportunity that is enticing or you all like aren't sure if it's something that you want to do, Something what are the ways that you're going to inform council about that?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-415", "start": 2436.076, "end": 2438.047, "text": "That we would be interested in?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-416", "start": 2438.175, "end": 2443.72, "text": "Is that something that, you know, will be brought to an executive session and say, hey, new development, what do you think?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-417", "start": 2444.409, "end": 2453.623, "text": "Is it something where along this— between now and December, council can or should update this term sheet, or update—.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-418", "start": 2453.879, "end": 2457.116, "text": "Maybe not the term sheet, but the resolution, or write another resolution?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-419", "start": 2457.164, "end": 2464.551, "text": "I'm just trying to understand from this point because I know that we're trying to put our best foot forward with this term sheet.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-420", "start": 2464.599, "end": 2474.613, "text": "I hope that we can strengthen it with some of these amendments, but I just want to understand what are the other places you believe Council will be able to give more feedback along the way.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-421", "start": 2475.895, "end": 2493.425, "text": "If there's any changes or things that we need to have council to take under consideration, that would be done in executive session for negotiation terms to give us consensus on where the council is wanting us to proceed with negotiations with the Trail Blazers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-422", "start": 2494.259, "end": 2501.969, "text": "And Councilor, as Council President, I think it is my responsibility to ensure that councilors are not surprised by something that arrives on their desks in December.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-423", "start": 2502.338, "end": 2507.291, "text": "The public deserves to understand where things are going, and the councilors deserve progress updates as we receive them.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-424", "start": 2507.34, "end": 2512.213, "text": "So I will be ensuring that this council continues to get good information.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-425", "start": 2513.335, "end": 2513.752, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-426", "start": 2513.96, "end": 2534.48, "text": "And I'll just say to end, the reason I'm trying to put this I want to know if there are going to be chances for us to maybe propose other things, or again, if there are new developments that arise, that we will have some flexibility or some authority to say, hey, yeah, let's take on this opportunity.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-427", "start": 2535.49, "end": 2538.83, "text": "So that's, that's why I'm planting this and getting clarity.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-428", "start": 2538.83, "end": 2543.15, "text": "But I appreciate that it sounds like we will have space in exec session to further discuss that.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-429", "start": 2543.15, "end": 2543.25, "text": "Councilor Smith, I appreciate that.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-430", "start": 2545.998, "end": 2551.058, "text": "Thank you, Councilor.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-431", "start": 2551.461, "end": 2552.283, "text": "Yes, absolutely.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-432", "start": 2552.428, "end": 2553.121, "text": "Councilor Pervikini.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-433", "start": 2553.862, "end": 2554.878, "text": "Thank you, Council President.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-434", "start": 2554.926, "end": 2559.315, "text": "I just want to put a finer point on the conversation that Councilor Avalos was just having.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-435", "start": 2559.428, "end": 2563.608, "text": "I think it was important because we heard 2 different perspectives on what this term sheet means.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-436", "start": 2565, "end": 2586.531, "text": "Should we and should the public see whatever— wherever we end up, When we do a final vote, as what the council and the city through us is saying seems like a fair proposal, since to 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"That's my understanding, yes.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-443", "start": 2601.785, "end": 2602.749, "text": "Okay, thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-444", "start": 2603.776, "end": 2604.643, "text": "Thank you, Councilor Pirtle-Guiney.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-445", "start": 2605.494, "end": 2631.026, "text": "Okay, to start us, we have a panel, a number of panels of invited testimony, and so I'm going to be calling up our invited testifiers, and then we will move to public testimony, and that will be our entire show today, is we are going to be hearing from all of you up and until so to start, I'd like to invite up Mike Phelan, Victoria Lara, and Kara Staretemeyer Phillips from the We Are Rip City Coalition to kick us off.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-446", "start": 2634.98, "end": 2635.175, "text": "Good morning.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-447", "start": 2635.647, "end": 2638.544, "text": "Good 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people, and creating unforgettable experiences for our kids who otherwise would never have had those opportunities.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-687", "start": 4037.7, "end": 4045.764, "text": "As a matter of fact, Scoot Henderson is hosting a back-to-school event for the community at our Blazers Club in a couple of weeks on August 22nd.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-688", "start": 4046.59, "end": 4052.815, "text": "Trailblazers like Scoot are continuing a tradition of community engagement that stretches back generations.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-689", "start": 4054.415, "end": 4057.398, "text": "But my support today extends well beyond the Trailblazers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-690", "start": 4059.055, "end": 4062.927, "text": "A vibrant Moda Center is an important economic engine for our city.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-691", "start": 4063.753, "end": 4072.825, "text": "It brings people downtown, 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commitments for stadiums are common.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-807", "start": 4769.083, "end": 4769.275, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-808", "start": 4769.757, "end": 4773.674, "text": "And in fact, they are becoming the industry standard on the West Coast and in many parts of the country.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-809", "start": 4774.188, "end": 4788.202, "text": "We've seen firsthand local, regional, and national examples showcasing that major sports and entertainment venues can operate successfully with clear expectations like these in place that cover all phases of a project.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-810", "start": 4788.796, "end": 4798.827, "text": "By ensuring that jobs created and maintained at the Moda Center are good family-supporting jobs, the city is helping chart a path where our region's best days are ahead of us.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-811", "start": 4799.389, "end": 4814.415, "text": "And the labor movement stands ready to partner with you as you adopt a strong term sheet next week and as you negotiate a fair deal and a long-term future for the Moda Center that places working people and a community-led future for Lower Albina at its core.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-812", "start": 4814.784, "end": 4817.831, "text": "Thank you for your work and the opportunity to engage in this conversation.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-813", "start": 4818.617, "end": 4819.563, "text": "Thank you all very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-814", "start": 4819.739, "end": 4820.076, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-815", "start": 4821.022, "end": 4824.297, "text": "That concludes our invited panel of testifiers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-816", "start": 4824.474, "end": 4826.418, "text": "The time is currently 10:45.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-817", 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"speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-842", "start": 5764.132, "end": 5768.709, "text": "I used to be on public assistance, but through the years we have fought for and won better standards.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-843", "start": 5769.566, "end": 5772.315, "text": "Our cooks make $29.25 an hour.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-844", "start": 5772.784, "end": 5775.21, "text": "Our dishwashers make $26.25 an hour.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-845", "start": 5775.857, "end": 5780.435, "text": "A recent posting for a cook at Moda Center on Indeed showed an hourly wage of $20.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-846", "start": 5781.98, "end": 5792.252, "text": "P5 workers are eligible for good union Full family health insurance, we pay $50 a month, and we get that if we work 960 hours in a year.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-847", "start": 5792.605, "end": 5796.635, "text": "Moda Center workers do 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officers just blocks away.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-920", "start": 6178.106, "end": 6178.767, "text": "Sorry.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-921", "start": 6180.281, "end": 6185.959, "text": "When I started working as a security officer 30 years ago, I didn't have a union.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-922", "start": 6186.653, "end": 6188.817, "text": "They paid us $9.25 an hour.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-923", "start": 6189.398, "end": 6191.869, "text": "There is no way you can get by on that.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-924", "start": 6192.656, "end": 6196.358, "text": "And they charged $300 a month for health insurance.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-925", "start": 6196.998, "end": 6199.209, "text": "We organized a union in 2012.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-926", "start": 6200.043, "end": 6205.827, "text": "I make $21 an hour now, and we have good insurance for only $80 a month.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-927", "start": 6207.253, "end": 6216.914, "text": "When I got breast cancer, it was affordable health insurance I got, the union that kept me alive and not buried in medical bills.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-928", "start": 6218.052, "end": 6223.3, "text": "Every worker at the Moda Center deserves a good job, Fair pay, benefits, and respect.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-929", "start": 6223.927, "end": 6227.466, "text": "You can help make that happen by supporting this term sheet.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-930", "start": 6228.334, "end": 6228.736, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-931", "start": 6229.476, "end": 6230.2, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-932", "start": 6232.257, "end": 6235.873, "text": "Hello, my name is Alex Jarora, and I'm a concessions worker at the Moda Center.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-933", "start": 6236.371, "end": 6241.145, "text": "I work for the Trail Blazers' contracted food service provider, which is the largest food service corporation in the world.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-934", "start": 6241.761, "end": 6243.43, "text": "I have over 500 coworkers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-935", "start": 6244.272, "end": 6261.168, "text": "First off, I want to thank City Council for putting forward a Moda Center funding term sheet that includes a labor piece Special thanks to Councilors Dunphy, Koyama Lane, and Pirtle-Guiney for listening to Moda Center workers' concerns, and an extra special thank you to Mitch Green, who is in my district and has vocally supported a labor peace agreement.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-936", "start": 6261.827, "end": 6265.937, "text": "A labor peace agreement is a path to a union contract without threatening the public interest.", 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for your time and for your commitment to Oregon's working families.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1013", "start": 6635.922, "end": 6636.63, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1014", "start": 6639.137, "end": 6642.399, "text": "Good morning, Council President Dunphy and council members.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1015", "start": 6643.234, "end": 6644.729, "text": "For the record, my name is Jose Avalos.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1016", "start": 6645.227, "end": 6651.085, "text": "I am a business representative and a member of OPCMIA Local 555 Concrete Finishers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1017", "start": 6652.953, "end": 6656.911, "text": "I serve on the executive board of the Columbia Pacific Building Trades Council.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1018", "start": 6657.986, "end": 6662.366, "text": "Local 555 represents more than 700 workers across Oregon.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1019", "start": 6663.425, "end": 6672.874, "text": "For many Portlanders and Oregonians, projects like this create real pathways into family-supporting careers throughout state-registered apprenticeship programs.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1020", "start": 6674.19, "end": 6682.019, "text": "They also keep current apprentices and journey-level workers employed, earning wages and supporting their families.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1021", "start": 6683.256, "end": 6683.866, "text": "Delaying—.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1022", "start": 6684.686, "end": 6693.956, "text": "Delay could put vital state funding at risk and create uncertainty for workers, contractors, and the success of the project.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1023", "start": 6694.341, "end": 6702.342, "text": "This is the opportunity to turn public investment into good jobs, stronger apprenticeship pathways, and long-term benefits for working families.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1024", "start": 6703.242, "end": 6717.062, "text": "I respectfully urge the council to move this agreement forward without delay and help ensure this project delivers for Portland, for Oregon, and for workers who build other communities, our communities.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1025", "start": 6717.496, "end": 6720.15, "text": "Thank you for the time and consideration.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1026", "start": 6720.591, "end": 6721.213, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1027", "start": 6724.825, "end": 6728.288, "text": "Good morning, Council President Dunphy, members of Portland City Council, Mayor Keith Wilson.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1028", "start": 6728.482, "end": 6737.469, "text": "My name is Elijah Hoffman, and I'm a business agent with Teamsters Local 162, and I'm here today representing Teamsters 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6772.178, "text": "Construction, food and beverage, manufacturing, air and ground transportation, and the extensive supply chain of goods and services into and out of the Moda Center.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1034", "start": 6773.045, "end": 6783.931, "text": "Teamsters are all about jobs, good jobs, jobs that allow workers to provide for their families with job security in their earning years and secure retirement in their golden years.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1035", "start": 6784.349, "end": 6788.748, "text": "Good jobs are the foundation of a strong community and a thriving economy.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1036", "start": 6789.557, "end": 6794.398, "text": "Let's all work together for good jobs at the Moda Center and support the term sheet and funding package for Moda.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1037", "start": 6794.961, "end": 6799.512, "text": "We appreciate your time and consideration in this matter and stand ready to partner with the city in this endeavor.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1038", "start": 6799.866, "end": 6804.816, "text": "We want the Moda Center to succeed and benefit our entire economy and our entire community.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1039", "start": 6805.089, "end": 6805.652, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1040", "start": 6806.359, "end": 6806.696, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1041", "start": 6806.921, "end": 6807.709, "text": "Thank you all very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1042", "start": 6810.677, "end": 6819.746, "text": "Our next panel of testifiers include Burke Nelson, Rich Richard McNeil, Jordan Lewis, Catherine Juergens, Brian Owendoff.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1043", "start": 6822.133, "end": 6823.021, "text": "Come on down, folks.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1044", "start": 6823.085, "end": 6826.636, "text": "I see some folks coming from upstairs too, so whoever's sitting down, welcome.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1045", "start": 6826.733, "end": 6827.814, "text": "Burke, why don't you kick us off?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1046", "start": 6828.04, "end": 6830.656, "text": "Okay, good morning everyone.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1047", "start": 6830.833, "end": 6833.19, "text": "Good morning, Mayor and members of Portland City Council.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1048", "start": 6833.732, "end": 6843.6, "text": "On behalf of National Association of Minority Contractors, NAMAC, Oregon chapter, we write in support of the resolution approving the proposed terms for the Moda Center Arena thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1049", "start": 6843.6, "end": 6851.94, "text": "The City of Portland has approved a $1.5 billion renovation and post-renovation operations term sheet and authorizing negotiations toward a long-term lease agreement with the Portland Trail Blazers and Rip City Management.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1050", "start": 6852.54, "end": 6866.85, "text": "As advocates of equitable economic development, workforce inclusion, and long-term investment in Oregon's infrastructure, NEMAC recognizes the significance of this opportunity for the City of Portland, the regional economy, and the diverse contracting community we represent.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1051", "start": 6867.34, "end": 6873.37, "text": "The Moda Center is not only a premier sports and entertainment venue, it is a critical economic asset that generates thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1052", "start": 6873.37, "end": 6873.65, "text": "Thank you, Mayor Wilson.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1053", "start": 6876.59, "end": 6889.91, "text": "The Rose Quarter campus contributes more than $600 million annually in economic impact, supports nearly 6,000 jobs, and generates approximately $290 million in labor income throughout the region.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1054", "start": 6889.91, "end": 6899.09, "text": "Preserving and strengthening an economic engine through strategic reinvestment is an important step towards sustaining Portland's competitiveness and long-term economic vitality.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1055", "start": 6900.427, "end": 6906.804, "text": "We understand that this resolution is non-binding and represents the beginning of a negotiation process rather than a final funding commitment.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1056", "start": 6907.318, "end": 6915.06, "text": "Nevertheless, approving the term sheet is a necessary step in advancing discussions with the Trailblazers organization, Multnomah County, and the state of Oregon.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1057", "start": 6915.51, "end": 6926.899, "text": "The state's commitment of $365 million, together with anticipated county participation, presents a significant opportunity to leverage outside investment in a city-owned asset while maintaining public ownership of the facility.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1058", "start": 6928.521, "end": 6934.364, "text": "For these reasons, NAMAC respectfully urges Portland City Council to approve this resolution and continue negotiations.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1059", "start": 6934.782, "end": 6936.66, "text": "Thank you for your consideration and leadership.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1060", "start": 6937.767, "end": 6938.57, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1061", "start": 6939.357, "end": 6939.726, "text": "Good morning.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1062", "start": 6939.774, "end": 6940.77, "text": "My name is Richard McNeil.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1063", "start": 6940.882, "end": 6951.012, "text": "I'm a resident in District 3, and I am quite upset about the process that this term sheet creation has followed to date.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1064", "start": 6951.975, "end": 6953.885, "text": "There has been very little public input.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1065", "start": 6954.929, "end": 6960.245, "text": "Hastily arranged City Council conferences in several districts.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1066", "start": 6961.112, "end": 6970.362, "text": "We don't have an independent evaluation of the Moda Center repairs and upgrades that are needed, nor do we have a list from the Trailblazers of what those would include.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1067", "start": 6971.406, "end": 6972.675, "text": "We're negotiating in the dark.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1068", "start": 6972.932, "end": 6980.399, "text": "We don't even have alternate operators who have evaluated what the opportunity cost of operating the Moda Center would be.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1069", "start": 6980.463, "end": 6980.945, "text": "Councilmember Herbold.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1070", "start": 6983.79, "end": 6986.2, "text": "We need public answers to these questions.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1071", "start": 6988.45, "end": 6996.312, "text": "And according to the Moda Trailblazer organization, their public answers would not be well received by the public.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1072", "start": 6996.976, "end": 6998.011, "text": "I think that says it all.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1073", "start": 7000.199, "end": 7011.762, "text": "I strongly suggest that we take more time to figure out a term sheet that works for Portland every dollar that we spend needs to come back into the coffers of Portland City.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1074", "start": 7012.019, "end": 7014.221, "text": "We do not have funds available.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1075", "start": 7015.33, "end": 7020.224, "text": "We're already cutting parks and critical city services.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1076", "start": 7020.887, "end": 7023.424, "text": "We do not have the money to invest.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1077", "start": 7024.465, "end": 7024.713, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1078", "start": 7025.475, "end": 7026.188, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1079", "start": 7028.7, "end": 7029.704, "text": "Hello, Portland City Council.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1080", "start": 7029.753, "end": 7030.577, "text": "My name is Jordan Lewis.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1081", "start": 7030.626, "end": 7034.285, "text": "I'm a volunteer lobbyist for the Portland Democratic Socialists of America.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1082", "start": 7034.927, "end": 7041.627, "text": "First, if any NBA execs are watching this right now, I just want to say the hostage situation has affected my enjoyment of the brand.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1083", "start": 7042.124, "end": 7045.571, "text": "I did not grow up enjoying sports, but this spring I watched my first Blazers game.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1084", "start": 7045.747, "end": 7048.857, "text": "I had fun, but recent negotiations have given me the ick.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1085", "start": 7049.418, "end": 7057.338, "text": "I was at a bar during the playoffs and happened to see the Knicks, a team who stuck through this— through their— the Knicks, a team who stuck with their city through hard times.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1086", "start": 7057.69, "end": 7058.299, "text": "Imagine that.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1087", "start": 7058.958, "end": 7061.864, "text": "And they won the championship after like a 50-year drought.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1088", "start": 7062.827, "end": 7065.508, "text": "That was a powerful moment, which the team knew would come.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1089", "start": 7065.877, "end": 7069.137, "text": "Their brand matters and moving damages the brand.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1090", "start": 7069.651, "end": 7074.596, "text": "If the Knicks can handle 1976 New York City, the Blazers can handle 2026 Portland.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1091", "start": 7075.174, "end": 7078.369, "text": "Last week, the Blazers execs showed up just to trash the city.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1092", "start": 7078.642, "end": 7081.275, "text": "They publicly accused the city of going woke and going broke.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1093", "start": 7081.676, "end": 7086.484, "text": "You know, the whole, there are poor people outside, Fix it now routine.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1094", "start": 7086.983, "end": 7093.963, "text": "They whinged about high taxes while asking Portland taxpayers to give them $900 million, which— make that make sense.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1095", "start": 7094.334, "end": 7098.658, "text": "If our problems are so bad, maybe $900 million would be better spent fixing those problems.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1096", "start": 7098.948, "end": 7101.32, "text": "I'd like the team to stop speaking out of both sides of their mouths.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1097", "start": 7101.449, "end": 7105.988, "text": "If they really loved this city and wanted to stay here, they wouldn't be charging $1 billion for the privilege of staying here.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1098", "start": 7106.518, "end": 7109.96, "text": "This can't be a transformative investment and a bid to maintain what we have at the same time.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1099", "start": 7110.073, "end": 7110.185, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1100", "start": 7111.42, "end": 7116.975, "text": "At the moment, it's trendy to bash coastal blue cities and venerate the almighty Sunbelt of Arizona, Texas, North Carolina.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1101", "start": 7117.537, "end": 7119.416, "text": "Our own governor has done it with her Prosperity Council.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1102", "start": 7119.56, "end": 7122.081, "text": "All I have to say is, yes, Portland has some problems.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1103", "start": 7122.177, "end": 7132.871, "text": "We may never butcher a pig as quickly and cheaply as child laborers in Raleigh, and we may not build suburban tract homes on wetlands like Houston does, but we have a lot going on, and I think the Blazers know that and they'll stay here.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1104", "start": 7133.176, "end": 7133.433, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1105", "start": 7133.61, "end": 7134.686, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1106", "start": 7136.563, "end": 7142.302, "text": "Brian Owendoff, District 4, former member of the Rose Quarter Advisory Committee.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1107", "start": 7142.815, "end": 7145.299, "text": "This debate is far more about basketball.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1108", "start": 7145.443, "end": 7148.425, "text": "It's about whether Portland can remain competitive as a major league city.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1109", "start": 7148.97, "end": 7150.589, "text": "The question isn't who owns the Moda Center.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1110", "start": 7151.006, "end": 7152.721, "text": "The question truly is who has the leverage.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1111", "start": 7153.474, "end": 7154.933, "text": "In third place is the city.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1112", "start": 7155.542, "end": 7157.851, "text": "The city owns the arena, but the ownership is not leverage.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1113", "start": 7158.107, "end": 7162.595, "text": "The city purchased Moda Center for $1 because it came with hundreds of millions of dollars of deferred maintenance.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1114", "start": 7163.173, "end": 7174.042, "text": "The city's proposed investment is only a fraction of that total, while asking the owner to accept relocation restrictions, lease commitments, and other conditions.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1115", "start": 7174.25, "end": 7179.973, "text": "Some are reasonable, but we need to recognize that Tom Dundon is under no obligation to accept any of these.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1116", "start": 7181.047, "end": 7182.186, "text": "Tom Dundon is in second place.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1117", "start": 7182.25, "end": 7184.51, "text": "He invested $4 million to acquire the Trail Blazers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1118", "start": 7184.574, "end": 7188.005, "text": "Like any business owner, he has a fiduciary responsibility to maximize the franchise's long-term value.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1119", "start": 7188.053, "end": 7188.454, "text": "Councilmember Herbold.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1120", "start": 7189.223, "end": 7195.008, "text": "If other markets offer greater long-term economic opportunities, he has leverage to move, but he cannot move without the NBA.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1121", "start": 7195.216, "end": 7196.915, "text": "The NBA is first place.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1122", "start": 7196.995, "end": 7199.366, "text": "The league holds the ultimate decision-making authority.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1123", "start": 7200.136, "end": 7202.042, "text": "No relocation happens without the NBA.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1124", "start": 7202.139, "end": 7205.183, "text": "So the negotiation is not really about convincing Tom Dundon.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1125", "start": 7205.263, "end": 7210.311, "text": "It's about convincing the NBA that remains committed to being a viable NBA market.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1126", "start": 7210.696, "end": 7214.317, "text": "My recommendation is simple: reduce political rhetoric.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1127", "start": 7214.381, "end": 7214.509, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1128", "start": 7214.93, "end": 7230.171, "text": "Stop treating this as a fight with the owner and focus on negotiating a financially responsible agreement that protects taxpayers, modernizes the arena, and demonstrates to the NBA and the world that Portland is serious about keeping the Trail Blazers for generations to come.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1129", "start": 7230.413, "end": 7230.786, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1130", "start": 7231.627, "end": 7232.679, "text": "Thank you all very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1131", "start": 7236.15, "end": 7237.756, "text": "Catherine, Catherine is joining us online.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1132", "start": 7239.09, "end": 7239.455, "text": "Welcome, Catherine.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1133", "start": 7239.522, "end": 7240.603, "text": "My name is Catherine Durgan.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1134", "start": 7240.896, "end": 7242.387, "text": "And I live and work in District 4.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1135", "start": 7242.9, "end": 7248.462, "text": "I moved to Portland in 2001, answering the call of a city that was affordable, creative, and dynamic.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1136", "start": 7248.847, "end": 7250.498, "text": "Much has happened in those 25 years.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1137", "start": 7251.092, "end": 7252.502, "text": "Politicians have come and gone.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1138", "start": 7252.839, "end": 7254.763, "text": "Whole neighborhoods have been built from the ground up.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1139", "start": 7255.26, "end": 7257.376, "text": "The New York Times fell in and out of love with us.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1140", "start": 7257.825, "end": 7260.518, "text": "We built a tram, but we didn't build enough housing.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1141", "start": 7260.79, "end": 7266.529, "text": "We mismanaged a homelessness crisis impacting the livability of all residents, and we took sustained economic.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1142", "start": 7266.61, "end": 7267.587, "text": "Economic growth for granted.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1143", "start": 7268.324, "end": 7273.339, "text": "Through all of this, one thing has stayed the same: our Portland Trail Blazers.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1144", "start": 7273.916, "end": 7289.507, "text": "From Bill Walton and the championship team to Wallace and Stoudemire in the conference finals, to the short-lived dream of Oden, Roy, and Aldridge, to the best moments of our GOAT Damian Lillard— since 1970, the Blazers have united us in heartbreak and in joy.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1145", "start": 7290.421, "end": 7293.497, "text": "This is what I want you to remember when debating the term sheet in front of you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1146", "start": 7294.027, "end": 7306.01, "text": "I urge you to consider the benefits that can't be enumerated by a hired economist, to try and calculate the ROI of hope, to quantify the power of inspiring Blazer mania in future generations.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1147", "start": 7306.619, "end": 7312.314, "text": "I ask you to seriously consider the immense long-term damage of losing something important and irreplaceable.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1148", "start": 7312.972, "end": 7316.453, "text": "Portland should do big things that bring civic pride to its residents.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1149", "start": 7316.982, "end": 7318.827, "text": "We believe that Portland can thrive.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1150", "start": 7319.148, "end": 7320.575, "text": "We can build a modern Moda Center.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1151", "start": 7320.64, "end": 7326.979, "text": "That is an anchor to a revived Albina and a reimagined Lloyd, and we can keep our team here for decades to come.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1152", "start": 7327.367, "end": 7327.723, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1153", "start": 7328.014, "end": 7328.613, "text": "Go Blazers.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1154", "start": 7329.631, "end": 7330.149, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1155", "start": 7331.327, "end": 7342.39, "text": "Our next panel of testifiers include Christopher Olsen, Katie Woodruff, EJ Wilsniewski, Donald Kenny, Adriana Locke.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1156", "start": 7344.469, "end": 7345.306, "text": "Come on down, folks.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1157", "start": 7351.43, "end": 7353.457, "text": "Whoever's sitting down, you're welcome to go first.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1158", "start": 7353.522, "end": 7354.577, "text": "Please introduce yourself for the record.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1159", "start": 7354.643, "end": 7355.418, "text": "You got 90 seconds.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1160", "start": 7359.61, "end": 7360.286, "text": "Okay, go ahead.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1161", "start": 7360.85, "end": 7361.413, "text": "Right in the middle here.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1162", "start": 7362.203, "end": 7362.782, "text": "Who, oh, me?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1163", "start": 7362.927, "end": 7363.024, "text": "Sure.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1164", "start": 7363.346, "end": 7363.845, "text": "Yeah, my bad.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1165", "start": 7363.926, "end": 7364.119, "text": "Sorry.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1166", "start": 7364.393, "end": 7364.683, "text": "All good.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1167", "start": 7365.263, "end": 7366.567, "text": "Um, yeah, okay.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1168", "start": 7366.664, "end": 7373.542, "text": "So I'm all for sports and community events, and respectfully, those who appeal to the loss of a basketball team miss the point.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1169", "start": 7374.135, "end": 7380.24, "text": "Keith Wilson, when asked if he was prepared to lose the Blazers, said it would result in job and population loss.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1170", "start": 7380.689, "end": 7384.118, "text": "He said, quote, I can't fathom losing the Blazers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1171", "start": 7384.615, "end": 7386.842, "text": "I'm not prepared to lose the Blazers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1172", "start": 7387.82, "end": 7399.694, "text": "You're not prepared to lose a basketball team with a 52% win-loss ratio who haven't won a championship since 1977, rarely make the playoffs, and only play 41 home games a year.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1173", "start": 7399.934, "end": 7403.828, "text": "I'm sure you could replace that with different talent if you lost them.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1174", "start": 7405.142, "end": 7407.626, "text": "Homelessness is increasing under Keith Wilson's leadership.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1175", "start": 7408.01, "end": 7416.567, "text": "The city of Portland and Multnomah closed 6 shelters, which resulted in layoffs at my job, and the mayor is not prepared to lose a basketball team.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1176", "start": 7417, "end": 7424.435, "text": "Tina wants to give $365 million to renovations, yet just proposed a $421 million cut to Medicaid.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1177", "start": 7425.655, "end": 7430.486, "text": "This state right now is on fire.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1178", "start": 7430.952, "end": 7437.132, "text": "We are inheriting a world that's burning from climate change, and the mayor is unprepared to lose a basketball team.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1179", "start": 7437.517, "end": 7442.685, "text": "You walk outside and you'll see crumbling infrastructure in our roads and our transportation system.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1180", "start": 7443.086, "end": 7446.505, "text": "Sick and homeless people are everywhere in desperate need of help.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1181", "start": 7446.987, "end": 7448.255, "text": "Real work needs to be done.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1182", "start": 7448.592, "end": 7449.234, "text": "Real work.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1183", "start": 7449.651, "end": 7452.669, "text": "And that real work is not getting done because it's tied to someone's profit.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1184", "start": 7452.733, "end": 7452.845, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1185", "start": 7453.394, "end": 7455.788, "text": "Instead, we are here arguing over $600 million.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1186", "start": 7456.144, "end": 7461.286, "text": "$600 million for Dundon and Hawkins, who admit they have— they don't have a plan.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1187", "start": 7463.05, "end": 7465.293, "text": "They don't know what they'll need the $600 million for.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1188", "start": 7465.584, "end": 7467.069, "text": "They only have concepts of a plan.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1189", "start": 7469.844, "end": 7470.7, "text": "This is shameful.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1190", "start": 7471.62, "end": 7471.83, "text": "It is.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1191", "start": 7472.185, "end": 7473.299, "text": "And it makes you look weak.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1192", "start": 7473.542, "end": 7476.577, "text": "You're lying to us, and you know that you're lying to us.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1193", "start": 7477.013, "end": 7478.079, "text": "Thank you for being here.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1194", "start": 7478.75, "end": 7479.484, "text": "Concepts of a plan.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1195", "start": 7479.598, "end": 7481.214, "text": "A plan that is a black box.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1196", "start": 7481.312, "end": 7481.704, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1197", "start": 7482.84, "end": 7483.716, "text": "Unfortunately, that's your time.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1198", "start": 7484.398, "end": 7484.869, "text": "Insane.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1199", "start": 7485.292, "end": 7486.331, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1200", "start": 7488.474, "end": 7489.09, "text": "Fucking insane.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1201", "start": 7489.43, "end": 7494.325, "text": "Whoever wants to jump in.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1202", "start": 7496.1, "end": 7496.614, "text": "I'll go next.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1203", "start": 7496.759, "end": 7498.334, "text": "Uh, good morning, members of the council.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1204", "start": 7498.768, "end": 7499.636, "text": "My name is Donald Kenny.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1205", "start": 7500.151, "end": 7506.129, "text": "For 17 years, I've owned and operated Spirit of '77, just a short walk from the Moda Center in the Lloyd District.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1206", "start": 7506.621, "end": 7517.985, "text": "Spirit of '77 has been Portland's Blazers bar community, and members of our community have been coming through our doors before games and returning afterwards and building traditions around this team.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1207", "start": 7518.931, "end": 7520.648, "text": "This is about more than basketball, however.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1208", "start": 7520.857, "end": 7526.199, "text": "The Moda Center hosts roughly 150 events a year, and more than 100 of those are not Trail Blazers games.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1209", "start": 7526.873, "end": 7530.98, "text": "And those alternate uses will dwindle to none without this investment.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1210", "start": 7531.606, "end": 7540.802, "text": "If you come out tonight before the Benson Boone concert or tomorrow before the Portland Fire game, you'll see the value of the Rose quarter is not an abstract economic impact number to us.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1211", "start": 7541.46, "end": 7546.855, "text": "I see it in our employees, our local vendors, and the families and members of the community who support our business.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1212", "start": 7547.818, "end": 7556.536, "text": "The city purchased this building in 2024 to gain control, a greater control over its future and make an investment possible and negotiate a long-term agreement.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1213", "start": 7556.889, "end": 7557.789, "text": "And that moment is now.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1214", "start": 7558.575, "end": 7563.167, "text": "The entire Lloyd District represents less than 0.5% of Portland's land area.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1215", "start": 7563.633, "end": 7570.63, "text": "And less than 2,000 registered voters, and it contains some of the city's most important civic convention entertainment and transportation infrastructure.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1216", "start": 7571.095, "end": 7578.285, "text": "Public investment in a public building should secure something meaningful in return, and a binding 20-year commitment and real protection against relocation.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1217", "start": 7578.799, "end": 7580.372, "text": "The Blazers are not a replaceable tenant.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1218", "start": 7580.741, "end": 7589.295, "text": "If they leave, Portland still owns the building and its future costs, enormous future costs, but loses the anchor tenant paying rent that makes this building possible.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1219", "start": 7590.178, "end": 7591.142, "text": "Portland is showing up.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1220", "start": 7591.318, "end": 7593.068, "text": "Now the NBA needs to show up as well.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1221", "start": 7593.646, "end": 7595.782, "text": "Let's move to a growth mindset for our city.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1222", "start": 7596.039, "end": 7597.516, "text": "I urge you to move forward with this term sheet.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1223", "start": 7598.287, "end": 7598.913, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1224", "start": 7600.374, "end": 7601.964, "text": "Hey, good morning, councilors.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1225", "start": 7602.156, "end": 7609.205, "text": "My name is Chris Olson, and I'm coming to you today as an Oregon taxpayer and resident of District 2 who doesn't live too far away from the Moda Center.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1226", "start": 7609.783, "end": 7614.825, "text": "There are 2 reasons that we are in this mess right now, and it's really simple: billionaires and corporate Democrats.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1227", "start": 7615.483, "end": 7621.387, "text": "In 2024, the corporate Democrats on the Old Portland City Council purchased the Motor Center for a dollar from the Blazers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1228", "start": 7621.82, "end": 7626.793, "text": "And as I've heard it said before, when you're buying anything for a dollar, it's buying a liability and not an asset.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1229", "start": 7627.258, "end": 7634.814, "text": "The billionaire Paul Allen's family knew that dumping their largest liability onto the people of Portland would make the sale of the Blazers more attractive to new ownership.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1230", "start": 7635.215, "end": 7646.135, "text": "And the corporate Democrats on the Old Portland City Council and in Salem sold us out by prioritizing the profits of a billionaire over the interests of working people, and I urge this council not to make the same mistake with this term sheet.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1231", "start": 7646.824, "end": 7662.865, "text": "The Moda Center is now our stadium whether we like it or not, so public investment is reasonable, but footing the entire bill is not, especially when corporations have received hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks at the state level, which led to cuts in education, public transportation, and road maintenance, to name a few.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1232", "start": 7663.426, "end": 7668.284, "text": "Plus, on top of that, Kotek says that over $400 million in Medicaid cuts are expected.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1233", "start": 7668.942, "end": 7676.282, "text": "And at the same time, the city of Portland has had its largest budget deficit ever, leading to layoffs and cuts in services working people rely on.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1234", "start": 7676.811, "end": 7685.339, "text": "But there's really only one enemy here, and that's Tom Dundon, who purchased the Blazers intending to rip off Portlanders instead of investing into the community or even the team that he bought.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1235", "start": 7685.5, "end": 7688.615, "text": "Remember, when working people are in tight spots, we cut back.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1236", "start": 7689.193, "end": 7690.526, "text": "We have to make sacrifices.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1237", "start": 7691.04, "end": 7696.313, "text": "And the people here need healthcare, safe roads, green infrastructure, and schools, and those should be our priorities.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1238", "start": 7696.748, "end": 7704.072, "text": "The term sheet must include private investment, and the man who's worth over $2 billion can spend a little bit more money on the team he just bought.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1239", "start": 7704.587, "end": 7704.853, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1240", "start": 7705.335, "end": 7706.017, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1241", "start": 7707.92, "end": 7710.426, "text": "Good day, City Council, and my fellow Oregonians.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1242", "start": 7710.846, "end": 7712.301, "text": "Uh, my name is Adriana Locke.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1243", "start": 7713.384, "end": 7723.589, "text": "Oregon is bracing for $421 million in cuts to Medicaid next year, so when I heard that the state legislature approved $365 million to renovate the Moda Center, I felt deeply betrayed.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1244", "start": 7724.537, "end": 7731.704, "text": "At a time when so many of us are having to tighten our belts, investing so much public money requires a careful scrutiny that I did not see.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1245", "start": 7732.46, "end": 7738.198, "text": "My small business is within walking distance of the Moda Center, but we don't benefit from its business.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1246", "start": 7739.18, "end": 7744.505, "text": "Like 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McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1253", "start": 7762.344, "end": 7769.205, "text": "It's important that the opportunity of a new lease does not cost us the infrastructure that allows all businesses to thrive.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1254", "start": 7770.118, "end": 7779.475, "text": "The Blazers are a beloved Oregon tradition, but gone are the days of Paul Allen investing millions of his own money in the places and teams that he loved.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1255", "start": 7779.991, "end": 7788.225, "text": "It's a shame that the new owners don't share his community-minded values, love of the team, or respect for the thousands of jobs that hang in the balance.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1256", "start": 7788.713, "end": 7792.583, "text": "But that's why we elected you, to be good stewards of our city.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1257", "start": 7793.299, "end": 7800.201, "text": "We need you to play a different game and find a way forward to create good jobs without risking state and local public funds.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1258", "start": 7802.514, "end": 7803.112, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1259", "start": 7803.655, "end": 7804.956, "text": "Katie is joining us online.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1260", "start": 7810.132, "end": 7811.184, "text": "Katie, you're muted.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1261", "start": 7822.193, "end": 7822.551, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1262", "start": 7823.9, "end": 7824.371, "text": "Good morning.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1263", "start": 7824.875, "end": 7826.126, "text": "My name is Katie Woodruff.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1264", "start": 7826.926, "end": 7830.533, "text": "I believe professional sports means so much more than the Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1265", "start": 7831.495, "end": 7834.495, "text": "The Trail Blazers are not simply a team that plays here.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1266", "start": 7834.945, "end": 7837.816, "text": "They are a part of how Portland sees itself.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1267", "start": 7838.618, "end": 7849.351, "text": "In 1977, our incredible team brought Portland its first and only NBA championship, creating a connection that has lasted for generations.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1268", "start": 7850.009, "end": 7854.469, "text": "Clyde Drexler once said the Blazers and their fans had a unique relationship.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1269", "start": 7855.175, "end": 7856.778, "text": "I'm not sure there is I think that's a great question.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1270", "start": 7856.843, "end": 7861.377, "text": "I don't think there's ever been a love affair between an NBA team and its fan base like we had.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1271", "start": 7862.115, "end": 7864.422, "text": "That is Rip City.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1272", "start": 7865.352, "end": 7876.377, "text": "Opposing teams prepare for the raucous energy inside the Moda Center because our fans don't simply attend games, they create that atmosphere.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1273", "start": 7876.633, "end": 7880.206, "text": "That connection reaches beyond the arena in so many ways.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1274", "start": 7880.719, "end": 7890.879, "text": "It lives in our youth programs, our neighborhood courts revitalized by the city and the Trail Blazers, giving young people a place to play, build confidence, and feel they belong.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1275", "start": 7891.457, "end": 7899.949, "text": "It lives in the first game our kids attend at Moda, their first Blazer jersey, or simply watching with a family who remember 1977.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1276", "start": 7900.688, "end": 7905.392, "text": "Yes, there is an economic conversation here, but there is also a human one.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1277", "start": 7906.146, "end": 7908.458, "text": "The Trail Blazers are a part of who Portland is.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1278", "start": 7908.602, "end": 7908.875, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1279", "start": 7909.133, "end": 7911.684, "text": "And we must protect that connection.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1280", "start": 7912.427, "end": 7919.423, "text": "Mayor, council members, please do what it takes for our kids and generations to come.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1281", "start": 7919.957, "end": 7920.702, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1282", "start": 7920.912, "end": 7921.544, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1283", "start": 7923.292, "end": 7928.726, "text": "Uh, colleagues, I'm going to invite up one of our panelists who was an invited panelist earlier but wasn't able to make it.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1284", "start": 7928.856, "end": 7933.151, "text": "Uh, we have Chair of Multnomah County, Jessica Vega Peterson.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1285", "start": 7937.134, "end": 7937.728, "text": "Welcome, Chair.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1286", "start": 7938.514, "end": 7939.236, "text": "Thank you so much.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1287", "start": 7939.397, "end": 7940.697, "text": "I really appreciate the flexibility.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1288", "start": 7940.761, "end": 7942.607, "text": "Thank you all for having this discussion day.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1289", "start": 7943.088, "end": 7946.025, "text": "Good morning, Council President Dunphy and Portland City Councilors.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1290", "start": 7946.539, "end": 7947.871, "text": "My name is Jessica Vega Peterson.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1291", "start": 7948.08, "end": 7949.091, "text": "I'm the Multnomah County Chair.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1292", "start": 7949.267, "end": 7951.498, "text": "Thank you for providing me the opportunity to speak today.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1293", "start": 7952.622, "end": 7957.757, "text": "This is part of a large debate that's happening right now over the Motor Center renovations, and rightly so.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1294", "start": 7958.094, "end": 7965.752, "text": "It is a large public investment in a civic asset, and both the City of Portland and Multnomah County just went through a grueling budget process.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1295", "start": 7966.523, "end": 7968.177, "text": "Today is a critical discussion.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1296", "start": 7968.771, "end": 7977.971, "text": "The action that the state, Multnomah County, and the City of Portland collectively do or do not take at this moment will have an enormous impact on the future of Portland and Multnomah County.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1297", "start": 7978.806, "end": 7992.008, "text": "I want to make the case that despite legitimate concerns and a frustrating negotiating process with the Blazers, this is a deal we must get done, and it must be a deal that benefits our entire community.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1298", "start": 7992.761, "end": 7994.78, "text": "These are not mutually exclusive concepts.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1299", "start": 7995.165, "end": 7998.353, "text": "In fact, they must be paired together for us to reach a deal.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1300", "start": 7999.154, "end": 8005.516, "text": "Tomorrow, the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners will vote on a resolution that will guide our negotiations with you, the City of Portland.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1301", "start": 8006.301, "end": 8012.806, "text": "Our resolution will lay out the terms we expect to be included as the city, the owner of the Moda Center, negotiates directly with the Blazers.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1302", "start": 8012.854, "end": 8013.751, "text": "Thank you, Councilor Tiffany Koyama Lane.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1303", "start": 8014.778, "end": 8022.126, "text": "I believe many of the conditions I'm hopeful our board will approve tomorrow are aligned with what I have heard from many of you during this public discussion.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1304", "start": 8022.816, "end": 8028.399, "text": "To start with, we need a commitment that this deal will ensure the Blazers stay in Portland for at least the next 20 years.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1305", "start": 8029.233, "end": 8031.126, "text": "But this is so much bigger than the Blazers.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1306", "start": 8031.864, "end": 8035.249, "text": "We need a deal that includes strong community and neighborhood benefits.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1307", "start": 8035.891, "end": 8040.11, "text": "A significant Moda Center renovation should serve as the foundation of a Roseway thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1308", "start": 8040.11, "end": 8040.11, "text": "Councilor Herbold, you have the floor.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1309", "start": 8040.11, "end": 8040.11, "text": "Thank you, Mayor.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1310", "start": 8040.11, "end": 8052.2, "text": "I urge the council to support the deal to purchase the West Quarter and Lower Albina revitalization in partnership with local community organizations like the Albina Vision Trust, who are already doing transformational work to reconnect and renew this historic neighborhood.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1311", "start": 8052.51, "end": 8061.49, "text": "Our deal should include robust labor agreements that ensure good-paying union jobs are part of the renovation and future operations and maintenance.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1312", "start": 8061.49, "end": 8068.383, "text": "With this condition, we have heard robust support from local unions, including SEIU, the Teamsters, and IATSE.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1313", "start": 8069.057, "end": 8080.504, "text": "They understand how crucial a deal is to preserving current jobs provided by Moda Center activity and how beneficial new job 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this work.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1318", "start": 8111.654, "end": 8124.095, "text": "We might not get every term we ask for, but we must start with a strong line of what we want to see and what it will ultimately get approval, both by the votes of our respective governments and the approval of the community we are elected to serve.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1319", "start": 8125.026, "end": 8127.657, "text": "This is an incredibly important moment for our region.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1320", "start": 8128.587, "end": 8140.283, "text": "If we don't have a long-term turnaround in our economic trajectory, Multnomah County's budget, the City of Portland's budget, the state's budget, our school district's budgets will all be suffering for years to come.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1321", "start": 8141.005, "end": 8144.871, "text": "A renovated, activated Moda Center is a key part to that recovery.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1322", "start": 8145.802, "end": 8154.47, "text": "The Moda Center is a crucial economic engine for our county, and it's imperative that we negotiate in good faith to sustain this civic asset for future generations.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1323", "start": 8155.39, "end": 8166.25, "text": "It not only generates hundreds of jobs at its on-site operations, there are thousands more impacted outside of the Moda, from the people living and visiting the area to the small businesses throughout the neighborhood.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1324", "start": 8167.112, "end": 8169.092, "text": "In front of us is an opportunity.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1325", "start": 8169.832, "end": 8178.904, "text": "I implore you to take action today to move Portland one step closer to joining the state of Oregon and Multnomah County in our shared commitment to our region's economy and overall well-being.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1326", "start": 8179.494, "end": 8179.837, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1327", "start": 8180.328, "end": 8180.983, "text": "Thank you, Chair.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1328", "start": 8181.392, "end": 8181.932, "text": "Lovely to see you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1329", "start": 8184.13, "end": 8192.746, "text": "Our next panel of testifiers include Diane Riley, Benjamin Gilbert, Eric Bailey, Gabriel Pascuzzi, Cash Carter.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1330", "start": 8193.166, "end": 8194.607, "text": "Come on down, folks.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1331", "start": 8194.899, "end": 8198.581, "text": "As you're arriving, uh, you know, whoever wants to sit down gets to go first.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1332", "start": 8198.808, "end": 8199.959, "text": "Introduce yourself for the record.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1333", "start": 8200.349, "end": 8201.954, "text": "You're welcome to share your pronouns, and you got 90 seconds.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1334", "start": 8204.862, "end": 8206.291, "text": "Hi, my name is Diane Riley.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1335", "start": 8206.789, "end": 8208.138, "text": "I use she and her pronouns.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1336", "start": 8209.117, "end": 8216.278, "text": "I'm honored to be here today and show up with all of the Portlanders and people who are speaking today.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1337", "start": 8216.985, "end": 8222.54, "text": "I, I can't say that there's a lot that I disagree with from any of the people who have testified.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1338", "start": 8222.942, "end": 8223.921, "text": "We are in a dilemma.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1339", "start": 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every incentive to rip Rip City off.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1382", "start": 8457.61, "end": 8461.918, "text": "Anyone who votes to hand public money away without private investment will have an albatross around them.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1383", "start": 8462.402, "end": 8465.71, "text": "The city survey, survey showed clear public opposition to a giveaway.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1384", "start": 8465.968, "end": 8467.371, "text": "So let's make sure this isn't a giveaway.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1385", "start": 8468.129, "end": 8469.87, "text": "This must not be funded with PCF dollars.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1386", "start": 8470.531, "end": 8475.012, "text": "Robbing our climate adaption fund while we're covered in smoke would be outrageous.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1387", "start": 8475.745, "end": 8481.008, "text": "We need more public process, need to keep our 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thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1395", "start": 8498.355, "end": 8502.737, "text": "My name is, uh, Cash Carter and my pronouns are him.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1396", "start": 8503.571, "end": 8504.144, "text": "God is great.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1397", "start": 8504.889, "end": 8506.131, "text": "But I have something to say.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1398", "start": 8506.196, "end": 8508.583, "text": "Blazer fans, I'm sorry to tell you, the team is moving.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1399", "start": 8509.26, "end": 8510.309, "text": "We are being relocated.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1400", "start": 8510.873, "end": 8511.228, "text": "But to where?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1401", "start": 8511.906, "end": 8512.777, "text": "The NBA Finals.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1402", "start": 8513.64, "end": 8514.923, "text": "The NBA Championship.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1403", "start": 8515.378, "end": 8516.516, "text": "And that starts today.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1404", "start": 8519.292, "end": 8521.429, "text": "With that being said, we got 5 years.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1405", "start": 8522.506, "end": 8527.551, "text": "Now reimagine what an NBA Championship parade would look like if we won right now.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1406", "start": 8528.209, "end": 8529.755, "text": "Would we have enough law enforcement?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1407", "start": 8530.593, "end": 8532.535, "text": "To secure that perimeter?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1408", "start": 8533.182, "end": 8533.684, "text": "What's the answer?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1409", "start": 8535.964, "end": 8536.545, "text": "No.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1410", "start": 8536.803, "end": 8538.579, "text": "How long would that parade look like?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1411", "start": 8539.321, "end": 8542.291, "text": "Look at our current big parade for the Rose Festival.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1412", "start": 8542.613, "end": 8545.956, "text": "It gets shorter and shorter and shorter every year.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1413", "start": 8546.36, "end": 8555.719, "text": "So that means our city is not in alignment to win a championship right now, but we have 5 years or less to get ready for that.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1414", "start": 8556.186, "end": 8558.11, "text": "To envision that, to see that.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1415", "start": 8558.687, "end": 8564.073, "text": "Go outside, see that route, see what empty building is sitting there.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1416", "start": 8565.259, "end": 8567.824, "text": "Envision what business is going to be there.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1417", "start": 8568.69, "end": 8572.201, "text": "Envision what food vendors are going to fill that parade route.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1418", "start": 8573.13, "end": 8580.456, "text": "And most importantly, envision what Portland musicians besides Damian Lillard are going to be performing at that parade.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1419", "start": 8581.194, "end": 8581.867, "text": "Where's it going to be at?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1420", "start": 8583.216, "end": 8585.094, "text": "This is not Paul Allen's team anymore.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1421", "start": 8586.106, "end": 8590.666, "text": "We have an outsider who came here, and sometimes the best things are seen from the outside.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1422", "start": 8591.228, "end": 8595.13, "text": "And he's telling us that our vision does not align with his vision.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1423", "start": 8595.659, "end": 8596.125, "text": "He's a winner.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1424", "start": 8596.719, "end": 8597.329, "text": "I'm a winner.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1425", "start": 8598.068, "end": 8601.922, "text": "The year I, I worked for the Timbers, they won a championship.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1426", "start": 8602.644, "end": 8605.968, "text": "That building at the Moda Center, my father helped build that.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1427", "start": 8606.016, "end": 8607.268, "text": "His name is on the building.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1428", "start": 8607.365, "end": 8607.525, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1429", "start": 8608.009, "end": 8609.708, "text": "I came home every day.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1430", "start": 8610.048, "end": 8610.857, "text": "I came home every day.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1431", "start": 8611.18, "end": 8611.957, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1432", "start": 8613.024, "end": 8615.662, "text": "Last thing I want to stand here and say— Sorry, we're at time.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1433", "start": 8616.21, "end": 8616.694, "text": "Sorry.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1434", "start": 8617.307, "end": 8618.727, "text": "Thank you very much, friend.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1435", "start": 8619.534, "end": 8619.792, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1436", "start": 8620.034, "end": 8620.357, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1437", "start": 8621.067, "end": 8621.857, "text": "Thank you all very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1438", "start": 8623.45, "end": 8626.821, "text": "Uh, checking to see if Gabriel Pascuzzi is here.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1439", "start": 8632.372, "end": 8633.987, "text": "Next up we have Rowan Harvey.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1440", "start": 8634.513, "end": 8640.057, "text": "Devin Ruiz, Jonathan Pulvers, Quinn Hadley, Eden Krolwich.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1441", "start": 8642.919, "end": 8643.899, "text": "Come on down, folks.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1442", "start": 8645.605, "end": 8646.622, "text": "Take your time, don't rush.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1443", "start": 8650.85, "end": 8651.641, "text": "Devin, why don't you kick us off?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1444", "start": 8652.73, "end": 8653.44, "text": "Good morning, Council.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1445", "start": 8653.504, "end": 8654.344, "text": "My name is Devin Ruiz.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1446", "start": 8654.521, "end": 8661.849, "text": "I live in District 2, and I'm a registered lobbyist for NextUp, a nonprofit organization that works to achieve a more just and equitable Oregon for young people.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1447", "start": 8662.604, "end": 8671.694, "text": "Nearly every time I've stood in front of this council, it's been to plead with each of you to consider the affordability crisis, crisis that young people are facing as they're building their lives in Portland.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1448", "start": 8672.224, "end": 8685.298, "text": "We are here today because losing the Blazers is being dangled above our city by a billionaire who is unwilling to spend his money on a team he purchased, all while sporting events and concerts are becoming a luxury working Portlanders are priced out of.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1449", "start": 8686.117, "end": 8690.726, "text": "Working-class Portlanders are already consistently asking for safety nets and investments in the city.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1450", "start": 8690.774, "end": 8697.263, "text": "Councilmember if we agree to a term sheet that doesn't actually have material benefits or revenue, I'm afraid of what our city will lose.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1451", "start": 8698.034, "end": 8701.327, "text": "The Blazers are not working with the city or the fans they claim to love.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1452", "start": 8701.937, "end": 8710.193, "text": "They should be making investments in our city, significantly contributing to union jobs, revitalization, our school district, things that will make Portland better.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1453", "start": 8710.707, "end": 8716.49, "text": "Instead, we are being rushed into a deal that will only drive Portland's affordability crisis further while a billionaire becomes richer.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1454", "start": 8717.03, "end": 8728.55, "text": "As Councilor Avalos mentioned last week, other groups that get funding from the city are subjected to a rigorous process that the Blazers, as we saw in the KATU article last night, are refusing to answer simple questions.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1455", "start": 8729.18, "end": 8734.55, "text": "We urge Portland City Council to require private capital investment for renovations to be secured for any agreement.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1456", "start": 8734.84, "end": 8742.26, "text": "We support Morillo 1 for more transparency and oversight of city bonds, Morillo 2 for street pricing inside of Moda Center, and support Green Avalos.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1457", "start": 8742.26, "end": 8743.92, "text": "Portlanders should know where the money they pay in property taxes is going.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1458", "start": 8743.92, "end": 8743.96, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1459", "start": 8744.295, "end": 8748.699, "text": "We are giving to this project is sourced from, all while having a limit for that contribution.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1460", "start": 8749.118, "end": 8751.07, "text": "I will submit my full written testimony.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1461", "start": 8751.134, "end": 8751.473, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1462", "start": 8751.714, "end": 8752.181, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1463", "start": 8759.187, "end": 8761.155, "text": "Hi everyone, my name is Idan Krawlowitz.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1464", "start": 8762.109, "end": 8763.775, "text": "Thank you very much for your hard work on this.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1465", "start": 8764.924, "end": 8766.848, "text": "This isn't a referendum on whether we love the Blazers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1466", "start": 8766.945, "end": 8769.679, "text": "I think you can see— look around the room and say that everyone loves the Blazers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1467", "start": 8770.765, "end": 8775.468, "text": "I support investing public dollars to keep them in Portland, but public investment deserves a public return.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1468", "start": 8776.367, "end": 8783.447, "text": "Today you're being asked to commit more than $1 billion in public resources to a city-owned arena that, as proposed, returns less than 10 cents on every taxpayer dollar invested.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1469", "start": 8784.185, "end": 8787.781, "text": "2 Years ago, the city estimated about $253 million in needed improvements.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1470", "start": 8788.182, "end": 8791.682, "text": "Today we're considering more than twice that amount, yet the public still hasn't seen what the money buys.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1471", "start": 8792.661, "end": 8796.626, "text": "We've been told that the choice today is a weak deal today or a dark arena tomorrow.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1472", "start": 8796.674, "end": 8797.943, "text": "Councilmember that's a false choice.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1473", "start": 8798.779, "end": 8802.071, "text": "This term sheet may be technically non-binding, but it is politically binding.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1474", "start": 8802.794, "end": 8805.605, "text": "It tells the Blazers and the NBA what you won't fight for.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1475", "start": 8806.81, "end": 8809.364, "text": "So put a true market rate proposal on the table.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1476", "start": 8809.942, "end": 8813.444, "text": "Meaningful private investment, revenue sharing, fair rent, and real economic returns.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1477", "start": 8813.556, "end": 8816.801, "text": "These are things many other cities, even small market teams, receive.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1478", "start": 8817.813, "end": 8830.772, "text": "And if Portland truly has no choice, if no fair market partnership is possible, If meaningful public protections are unacceptable and taxpayers are simply expected to pay whatever is demanded, then the public deserves to hear that plainly.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1479", "start": 8831.75, "end": 8832.807, "text": "Don't call it a partnership.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1480", "start": 8833.368, "end": 8835.179, "text": "Tell the public there is no negotiation.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1481", "start": 8836.012, "end": 8836.829, "text": "I don't believe that's true.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1482", "start": 8837.839, "end": 8839.057, "text": "I believe the Blazers want to stay.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1483", "start": 8839.618, "end": 8844.441, "text": "I believe the NBA wants the Blazers in Portland, and I believe a fair market partnership is possible.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1484", "start": 8845.146, "end": 8848.383, "text": "The only way we'll find out is if this council has the courage to ask for one.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1485", "start": 8848.431, "end": 8848.559, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1486", "start": 8848.84, "end": 8849.141, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1487", "start": 8849.843, "end": 8850.512, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1488", "start": 8853.52, "end": 8854.649, "text": "All right, good morning, councilors.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1489", "start": 8854.746, "end": 8855.939, "text": "My name is Rowan Harvey.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1490", "start": 8856.278, "end": 8862.392, "text": "I'm a D3 resident and a field organizer with Next Up, a civic home for diverse young people to build up their organizational power.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1491", "start": 8862.747, "end": 8869.398, "text": "And I'm here to urge you to continue to push for clear private capital investments and to pass both Murillo 1 and 2 and the Green Avalos Amendment.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1492", "start": 8869.913, "end": 8879.228, "text": "This Moda Center controversy began because some of our public officials in office at the state, county, and city levels decided for the public that we didn't need to be a part of the discussion at any point.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1493", "start": 8880.272, "end": 8888.625, "text": "They decided that the public didn't know what was best for them, which is apparently giving millions of our tax dollars to a Texas billionaire instead of negotiating a better deal on our behalf.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1494", "start": 8889.252, "end": 8894.216, "text": "Working-class young people are being priced out of attending large-scale sports events and concerts at our local venues.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1495", "start": 8894.649, "end": 8904.867, "text": "We deserve to have our voices heard and taken seriously, and what we're saying is we don't want to pay for upgraded locker rooms and executive suites when we can barely afford our own rent Groceries, childcare, you name it.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1496", "start": 8907.37, "end": 8914.441, "text": "We want better-paying jobs so maybe we can afford to attend an event at this beloved venue, something a lot of us can afford maybe once or twice a year.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1497", "start": 8915.202, "end": 8927.414, "text": "Dundon doesn't just get to waltz into our city, buy our team, and demand us to foot millions, again with minimal community input, to renovate a venue that people who live, work, and play here cannot afford to access.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1498", "start": 8927.916, "end": 8930.165, "text": "If he wants an upgraded arena, then he can pay his part.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1499", "start": 8930.751, "end": 8936.415, "text": "And find capital, private capital investments, and buying a team he clearly doesn't care about isn't it.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1500", "start": 8937.44, "end": 8940.234, "text": "We urge you to require private capital investment for the renovation.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1501", "start": 8940.363, "end": 8948.141, "text": "We support Morillo 1 for more transparency and oversight of city bonds and Morillo 2 for street pricing inside the Moda Center and the Avalos Green Amendment.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1502", "start": 8948.384, "end": 8948.806, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1503", "start": 8948.936, "end": 8950.542, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1504", "start": 8951.548, "end": 8952.975, "text": "Jonathan is joining us online.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1505", "start": 8954.92, "end": 8959.202, "text": "Thank you, President Dunphy, Vice President Clark, Mayor Wilson and councilors, my name is Jonathan Pulvers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1506", "start": 8959.331, "end": 8960.764, "text": "I'm a lifelong Blazer fanatic.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1507", "start": 8960.86, "end": 8962.856, "text": "I'm here as part of Rip City, Not Ripoff.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1508", "start": 8963.275, "end": 8965.142, "text": "I live in Southeast Portland, right near Brooklyn.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1509", "start": 8965.81, "end": 8977.055, "text": "I watched with sadness last week as top Blazer brass came before you, forced to say things that they obviously don't behest of the father of Stanley Cup winner Dax Dundon.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1510", "start": 8977.57, "end": 8992.504, "text": "His venality is the apotheosis of a years-long campaign of municipal negging, showing contempt for the team the fans and the city, and manipulating our shared love for Portland and the Blazers into a demand for tax cuts and subsidies for large companies and wealthy individuals.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1511", "start": 8993.259, "end": 8999.603, "text": "Make no mistake, the term sheet that you approve next week will be as good as it gets for the public in these negotiations.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1512", "start": 9000.31, "end": 9007.554, "text": "I deeply appreciate that all 12 of you have shown a willingness to examine the facts and precedents and to stand up for our city.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1513", "start": 9008.277, "end": 9015.016, "text": "There is no earthly reason that we can't make a deal that is as good as other crappier mid-sized markets have made with their sports teams.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1514", "start": 9015.549, "end": 9023.116, "text": "A partnership that brings revenue back to the city in the form of private capital, rent, naming rights, pilot, etc.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1515", "start": 9023.422, "end": 9025.471, "text": "Please include these items in your term sheet.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1516", "start": 9026.004, "end": 9033.787, "text": "Give your negotiating team the strongest hand that it can play over the next, next 4 months.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1517", "start": 9034.225, "end": 9039.067, "text": "The chips, and you'll have a decision to thank you so much for your time and your consideration.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1518", "start": 9039.341, "end": 9040.439, "text": "Go Portland, go Blazers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1519", "start": 9041.101, "end": 9045.943, "text": "Thank you, Jonathan, and thank you for maybe saying apotheosis for the first time in City Council history.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1520", "start": 9048.653, "end": 9051.049, "text": "I'm checking to see if Quinn Hadley is here.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1521", "start": 9054.804, "end": 9068.792, "text": "Next up we have Brian Steelman, Annie Ellison, Brianne Margolin, Welcome, folks.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1522", "start": 9071.834, "end": 9074.309, "text": "Whoever wants to jump in.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1523", "start": 9075.93, "end": 9080.066, "text": "Good morning, Mayor and city councilors.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1524", "start": 9080.342, "end": 9081.688, "text": "My name is Brienne Margolin.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1525", "start": 9082.191, "end": 9086.828, "text": "I'm a native Oregonian, and I've lived, worked, and built my life in the Portland community for over 20 years.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1526", "start": 9087.939, "end": 9095.586, "text": "Some of my earliest memories are of my mom carefully painting the Blazers pinwheel on my cheek before home games.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1527", "start": 9095.858, "end": 9104.835, "text": "Those weren't just memories of basketball, they were memories of family traditions, community, and the excitement of cheering on our home team.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1528", "start": 9106.037, "end": 9115.943, "text": "Whether you're there for sports, music, family entertainment, or graduation, it's a place where people come together To create lasting memories.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1529", "start": 9116.761, "end": 9120.126, "text": "I'm here today in support of authorizing the term sheet.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1530", "start": 9120.687, "end": 9133.218, "text": "This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity— hundreds of millions of dollars in annual economic output and $450 million in funding that would otherwise not be available to help preserve this public treasure.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1531", "start": 9134.084, "end": 9147.686, "text": "As negotiations continue, I encourage the city to keep its eye on the prize, put its strongest commitment on the table and not let relatively small financial differences stand in the way of an agreement that can actually cross the finish line.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1532", "start": 9148.584, "end": 9154.956, "text": "Just as Portlanders invest in our parks because they enrich our lives, we should also invest in Moda Center.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1533", "start": 9155.485, "end": 9158.904, "text": "It too is a public asset that deserves long-term stewardship.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1534", "start": 9159.674, "end": 9161.439, "text": "Great cities invest in their future.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1535", "start": 9161.68, "end": 9170.842, "text": "They preserve the public places that bring people together, welcome visitors, That's the kind of community we all deserve.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1536", "start": 9171.394, "end": 9173.084, "text": "Please authorize the term sheet.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1537", "start": 9173.344, "end": 9173.75, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1538", "start": 9174.156, "end": 9174.773, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1539", "start": 9176.917, "end": 9178.717, "text": "Good afternoon, councilors and mayor.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1540", "start": 9179.086, "end": 9183.424, "text": "My name is Brian Steelman and I own a restaurant called Porque No, and I live and work in District 2.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1541", "start": 9183.858, "end": 9190.238, "text": "I'm not here to talk about tax mechanisms or term sheets, and I'm not here to point any fingers at an owner that needs to find a heart.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1542", "start": 9191.218, "end": 9192.568, "text": "I am here to convey a few things.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1543", "start": 9192.761, "end": 9194.899, "text": "One, that I love this city very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1544", "start": 9195.192, "end": 9201.788, "text": "And I want to negotiate— I want us to negotiate a fair deal for the Moda Center remodel, like so many other cities that are of our size.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1545", "start": 9202.511, "end": 9208.722, "text": "Secondly, I want to tell you what a Trail Blazers or Fire home game night actually looks like at my restaurant.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1546", "start": 9209.075, "end": 9218.561, "text": "And most importantly, I also want to speak about 2 transformational projects happening on Lower Albina called Albina Vision Trust and the 1803 Fund, which are working to make historical wrongs right.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1547", "start": 9219.267, "end": 9224.596, "text": "And we have to do everything in our capacity to make sure that these 2 organizations have all the wind in their sails To do this work.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1548", "start": 9225.592, "end": 9228.885, "text": "I opened my business on North Mississippi near the Moda Center 21 years ago.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1549", "start": 9228.981, "end": 9235.245, "text": "Our first winter was dreadfully slow, and the only weeknights that created enough business to actually break even during that first winter were Blazer home game nights.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1550", "start": 9235.727, "end": 9242.923, "text": "And accepting Chalupa coupons for free tacos when the Blazers scored 100 points were part of Porque No gaining momentum.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1551", "start": 9243.935, "end": 9249.749, "text": "To this day, when business owners slow— when business slows in the winter, those Blazer and Fire games add extra joy to the whole neighborhood.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1552", "start": 9252.254, "end": 9254.004, "text": "I'm going to skip to the most important part.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1553", "start": 9254.1, "end": 9264.246, "text": "Most importantly, modernizing the Moda Center is essential for the future of the Albina District, supporting the investments that Albina Vision Trust and 1803 is making in a neighborhood that has experienced generations of displacement.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1554", "start": 9264.856, "end": 9269.159, "text": "A renovated arena will help support housing, more businesses, more jobs, and more investment in our central city.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1555", "start": 9269.207, "end": 9273.477, "text": "And these visions of these 2 organizations are foundational to what Portland can look like in the future.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1556", "start": 9273.766, "end": 9281.109, "text": "The ED of Albina Vision Trust, Winohana, Ms. Winohana said something very pertinent when giving testimony at the Multnomah County last month.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1557", "start": 9281.432, "end": 9288.295, "text": "She explained how the Lower Albina area was cleared of majority Black housing to make room for the veteran memorial and motor center.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1558", "start": 9289.086, "end": 9291.445, "text": "And to not maintain it would be a travesty.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1559", "start": 9292.253, "end": 9292.883, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1560", "start": 9295.02, "end": 9296.363, "text": "Hi, Alex Dangey, District 2.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1561", "start": 9297.237, "end": 9299.114, "text": "I want to talk a little bit about numbers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1562", "start": 9299.276, "end": 9303.822, "text": "So we're talking about $120 million in public Public funding for a 20-year lease, right?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1563", "start": 9304.048, "end": 9306.67, "text": "So if you divide that, that's $6 million a year.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1564", "start": 9306.816, "end": 9313.053, "text": "And just for a taxpayer's perspective, the arts tax brings in between $10 and $13 million every year.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1565", "start": 9313.117, "end": 9317.449, "text": "So we're talking about an amount of money that's maybe half the arts tax, right?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1566", "start": 9317.723, "end": 9320.528, "text": "If you bonded it, maybe it's like $9 million a year or something, right?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1567", "start": 9320.916, "end": 9324.973, "text": "I'm surprised we're having this many public hearings about $9 million a year.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1568", "start": 9327.3, "end": 9341.498, "text": "You know, we own 3 arenas, Moda Center, Memorial Coliseum, Last year, the Blazers attendance matched the entire visitor count at Providence Park, and it was more than 2 times the attendance at Memorial Coliseum.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1569", "start": 9342.511, "end": 9348.07, "text": "The money that we get from tickets and parking for all 3 of those arenas goes into a fund that pays for maintenance.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1570", "start": 9348.118, "end": 9350.094, "text": "That was an $18 million fund last year.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1571", "start": 9350.544, "end": 9360.744, "text": "And as somebody stated, we would lose, you know, $5 to $8 million of that fund if the Blazers left, meaning that we would have to We have less money to maintain 3 facilities that we still own.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1572", "start": 9363.04, "end": 9364.376, "text": "But we are investing in the buildings.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1573", "start": 9364.44, "end": 9369.206, "text": "We spent $25 million last year renovating Memorial Coliseum.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1574", "start": 9369.995, "end": 9375.118, "text": "Per person, per visitor, it's basically the same amount as this $120 million that we're talking about for the Blazers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1575", "start": 9375.634, "end": 9376.166, "text": "One more thing.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1576", "start": 9377.326, "end": 9381.905, "text": "I don't think it's worth including the property tax offset in the term sheet.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1577", "start": 9382.147, "end": 9386.409, "text": "That's $99 million over 20 years that we're asking from, for the team.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1578", "start": 9386.808, "end": 9392.812, "text": "When they've said they don't want to spend any money and Councilor Canales, you're suggesting making it more, they're going to say no.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1579", "start": 9393.767, "end": 9394.042, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1580", "start": 9394.496, "end": 9395.127, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1581", "start": 9396.683, "end": 9398.427, "text": "Good afternoon.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1582", "start": 9398.927, "end": 9403.867, "text": "Annie Ellison, many affiliations here as an individual from Rose City Park.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1583", "start": 9405.427, "end": 9408.274, "text": "I moved to Portland because it was the center of the universe for me.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1584", "start": 9408.66, "end": 9411.249, "text": "I was a young queer woman athlete.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1585", "start": 9411.893, "end": 9412.713, "text": "Now I'm just a queer.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1586", "start": 9413.994, "end": 9419.053, "text": "A lot of this conversation around the Moda Center has been focused on the men's NBA.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1587", "start": 9419.361, "end": 9419.685, "text": "Okay.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1588", "start": 9420.561, "end": 9422.815, "text": "I became a Thorns season ticket holder in 2014.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1589", "start": 9423.496, "end": 9428.039, "text": "Portland had the best supported women's club in the world at that time.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1590", "start": 9428.509, "end": 9432.765, "text": "Any sport, any country, planet Earth, that, that's who we are.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1591", "start": 9433.524, "end": 9436.366, "text": "And we also had the best players in the world.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1592", "start": 9437.076, "end": 9438.917, "text": "This is a world-class city for women's sports.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1593", "start": 9438.982, "end": 9439.095, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1594", "start": 9440.027, "end": 9444.139, "text": "And not unrelated to women's sports, this is a world-class city to be a queer.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1595", "start": 9444.448, "end": 9447.568, "text": "Okay, speaking from experience, definitely to be a queer parent.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1596", "start": 9448.444, "end": 9451.323, "text": "And there is something about that to be incredibly proud of.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1597", "start": 9452.261, "end": 9468.213, "text": "So the invitation is, when you get like morally stuck with this deal, because I know that's what a lot of you are grappling with, like think about the women athletes, coaches, and fans who fought for the women's game not to be an afterthought.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1598", "start": 9468.582, "end": 9474.672, "text": "You know, at this moment, Moda Center is not sufficient to attract the best athletes in the W. That's just a fact.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1599", "start": 9474.752, "end": 9476.263, "text": "So don't treat them like afterthoughts.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1600", "start": 9476.697, "end": 9480.778, "text": "We are hosting the NCAA Final Four in 2030, and it is not the men's Final Four.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1601", "start": 9481.179, "end": 9481.388, "text": "Okay?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1602", "start": 9482.224, "end": 9486.69, "text": "Ask yourself, is what you're about to say, do, tweet good for the fire?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1603", "start": 9487.285, "end": 9488.281, "text": "Is it good for the W?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1604", "start": 9488.362, "end": 9489.583, "text": "Is it good for women's sports?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1605", "start": 9489.631, "end": 9491.896, "text": "Because if it's good for women's sports, it's good for Portland.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1606", "start": 9491.945, "end": 9492.105, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1607", "start": 9492.284, "end": 9492.529, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1608", "start": 9493.248, "end": 9495.03, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1609", "start": 9495.227, "end": 9495.701, "text": "Thank you all.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1610", "start": 9502.75, "end": 9504.517, "text": "Uh, Sean O'Connor.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1611", "start": 9507.361, "end": 9514.146, "text": "Next up we have Dr.— uh, oh, I'm sorry, I don't think they are here.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1612", "start": 9514.662, "end": 9519.742, "text": "Uh, Everett Creel, Matthew Gilbert, Keely Hughes.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1613", "start": 9520.5, "end": 9521.71, "text": "Darren Hertzberg.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1614", "start": 9522.662, "end": 9527.001, "text": "Israel Palacios.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1615", "start": 9544.087, "end": 9547.177, "text": "I'd give another joke while they're walking down, but that didn't go well last time.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1616", "start": 9547.241, "end": 9547.676, "text": "Anybody else?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1617", "start": 9552.697, "end": 9557.37, "text": "Okay.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1618", "start": 9560.702, "end": 9563.55, "text": "Mr. President.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1619", "start": 9563.842, "end": 9564.359, "text": "Councilor Novick.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1620", "start": 9564.667, "end": 9565.849, "text": "I'm sure they'll be down here lickety-brindle.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1621", "start": 9572.396, "end": 9574.023, "text": "It's a Bill Shanley line.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1622", "start": 9575.58, "end": 9576.688, "text": "Lickety brindle up the middle.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1623", "start": 9578.54, "end": 9580.177, "text": "Appreciate it.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1624", "start": 9581.328, "end": 9582.414, "text": "Welcome down, folks.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1625", "start": 9582.949, "end": 9584.618, "text": "Whoever wants to jump in, feel free to go first.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1626", "start": 9586.596, "end": 9587.831, "text": "Uh, sure, I can go first.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1627", "start": 9588.059, "end": 9589.473, "text": "Uh, my name is Darren Herzberg.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1628", "start": 9589.603, "end": 9591.115, "text": "I am a resident of District 4.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1629", "start": 9591.327, "end": 9593.928, "text": "Thank you, City Council, for coming out here and listening to us.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1630", "start": 9595.326, "end": 9596.753, "text": "This term sheet is not acceptable.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1631", "start": 9597.49, "end": 9598.901, "text": "You can negotiate better than this.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1632", "start": 9600.135, "end": 9601.979, "text": "The Moda Center does need to be renovated.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1633", "start": 9602.059, "end": 9603.213, "text": "There are things we need to take care of.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1634", "start": 9603.277, "end": 9605.217, "text": "We have 4 to 5 years to negotiate this.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1635", "start": 9605.922, "end": 9619.997, "text": "It's not like the Blazers are just going to pop out of here, not to mention we have a lot of other fantastic teams that have already been mentioned, considering— I mean, there's, there's a lot to consider here, but we are facing one of the most catastrophic wildfire seasons in Oregon's history.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1636", "start": 9620.91, "end": 9637.303, "text": "We have houselessness on the rise, unemployment on the rise, teachers are being fired, TriMet lines are being cut, people are losing their health insurance, and we're concerned about a $600 million Moda Center renovation largely funded by taxpayers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1637", "start": 9637.816, "end": 9669.099, "text": "And we have not— like, I cannot believe that we have considered using PCEF funds, climate funds that are intended for the most vulnerable communities here in Portland, to fund a, a Moda Center renovation at the behest of a Texas billionaire who doesn't live here and really seems to have come here to take advantage of our unfortunate situation of, of paying a dollar for a, a, a Moda Center that needs millions in renovations.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1638", "start": 9669.244, "end": 9671.637, "text": "So obviously this is a cheap deal for him.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1639", "start": 9672.248, "end": 9682.52, "text": "You need to negotiate better on the behalf of Portland and Portlanders, and don't work with the billionaires who are trying to screw us over hand over fist.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1640", "start": 9683.652, "end": 9684.299, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1641", "start": 9687.55, "end": 9697.785, "text": "Okay, so listen, I really understand everyone who is arguing to, you know— Don't forget to say your name.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1642", "start": 9697.994, "end": 9698.107, "text": "What?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1643", "start": 9698.317, "end": 9698.946, "text": "Don't forget to say your name.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1644", "start": 9699.22, "end": 9699.43, "text": "What?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1645", "start": 9699.64, "end": 9700.349, "text": "Say your name for the record.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1646", "start": 9700.414, "end": 9700.801, "text": "Oh, sorry.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1647", "start": 9700.995, "end": 9701.785, "text": "My name's Everett.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1648", "start": 9702.106, "end": 9703.261, "text": "I use he/him pronouns.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1649", "start": 9703.357, "end": 9703.886, "text": "Good.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1650", "start": 9704.111, "end": 9720.888, "text": "I really understand everyone who does not want to accept the deal because, like the guy who went before me mentioned, you know, climate change, houselessness, but I feel like to lose the Blazers would be a real bummer.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1651", "start": 9721.112, "end": 9722.861, "text": "I'm a huge fan.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1652", "start": 9724.015, "end": 9730.447, "text": "I know, yeah, well, I feel like just the sense of community in Portland for the Blazers is amazing.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1653", "start": 9731.155, "end": 9736.043, "text": "What other city do you go to and you see trash cans painted for the Blazers?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1654", "start": 9736.543, "end": 9736.866, "text": "You know?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1655", "start": 9738.657, "end": 9741.094, "text": "Yeah, my friends, we bond over the Blazers.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1656", "start": 9741.159, "end": 9743.406, "text": "And yeah, I'm not just talking about me.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1657", "start": 9743.568, "end": 9750.831, "text": "Like, everyone who's been to a Blazers game knows, like, what other city sells out just regular season games?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1658", "start": 9751.334, "end": 9753.54, "text": "You know, that's how important the Blazers are to us.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1659", "start": 9753.621, "end": 9755.729, "text": "So I really hope they stay.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1660", "start": 9757.227, "end": 9770.72, "text": "Also, you know, let's be honest, Portland doesn't have a bunch of huge attractions that pull people downtown like Seattle or some of the cities near us, but the Blazers, they really bring people out into Portland.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1661", "start": 9770.944, "end": 9776.633, "text": "My parents say, you know, Portland's on the rise again, and the Blazers are really part of that, you know.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1662", "start": 9776.953, "end": 9780.527, "text": "They bring people here and they really help the community shine.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1663", "start": 9781.52, "end": 9781.793, "text": "So thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1664", "start": 9781.841, "end": 9782.097, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1665", "start": 9782.634, "end": 9783.567, "text": "Thank you very much for being here.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1666", "start": 9789.233, "end": 9790.982, "text": "Hello, my name is Israel Palacios.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1667", "start": 9791.031, "end": 9793.622, "text": "I'm a current college student at the University of Washington.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1668", "start": 9793.995, "end": 9795.42, "text": "I've grown up here in Portland all my life.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1669", "start": 9796.43, "end": 9803.459, "text": "Growing up, the Moda Center has been an integral part of my life, from Blazer games to my mom's El Grito event to March Madness games this past spring.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1670", "start": 9804.464, "end": 9806.372, "text": "But the Moda Center isn't just another stadium.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1671", "start": 9806.566, "end": 9808.069, "text": "It is an iconic place in the heart of Portland.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1672", "start": 9808.914, "end": 9816.75, "text": "A place that has witnessed historical achievements in sports like the Portland Fire's first game back, as well as hundreds of artists and organizations that have performed there over the years.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1673", "start": 9817.745, "end": 9824.023, "text": "Some of my fondest memories have been going with my friends and family to experience these live events, and it's hard to picture Portland without the Moda Center.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1674", "start": 9825.051, "end": 9833.433, "text": "Going to school at the University of Washington has opened my eyes to what it's like to lose a sports team you once cherished, as many of my friends and their families remember that day back in 2008.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1675", "start": 9834.106, "end": 9838.66, "text": "You go up to anyone in the city of Seattle and ask them if they miss the Sonics, the answer would be yes.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1676", "start": 9839.334, "end": 9844.834, "text": "You look at a city like Oakland, which has lost every major sports team it once had, and the impact it's had on their communities.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1677", "start": 9845.427, "end": 9852.065, "text": "That perspective makes me realize I cannot imagine the city without one of its most iconic brands that millions of people tune into every year.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1678", "start": 9852.723, "end": 9861.029, "text": "With the amount of money it generates and the millions of people who go there every year, it should be a place that is invested in and cared for for years to come, as the memories it has given Portlanders can never be forgotten.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1679", "start": 9861.093, "end": 9861.237, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1680", "start": 9862.13, "end": 9870.67, "text": "All in all, the Moda Center will forever be a place I love and cherish for the memories and experiences I have been lucky enough to have, and it will always have a special place in my heart and in the heart of every Portlander.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1681", "start": 9870.987, "end": 9871.404, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1682", "start": 9872.072, "end": 9872.706, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1683", "start": 9875.592, "end": 9877.672, "text": "Matthew Gilbert and Keeley Hughes.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1684", "start": 9881.43, "end": 9891.017, "text": "Next up we have Claire Denalin-Manson, Lupe W., David Bloom, Jessica Wadley, Jim Rice.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1685", "start": 9895.346, "end": 9896.25, "text": "Come on down, folks.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1686", "start": 9897.763, "end": 9898.474, "text": "Thanks so much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1687", "start": 9908.435, "end": 9909.798, "text": "Take us away, right here in the middle.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1688", "start": 9910.123, "end": 9910.821, "text": "Yeah.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1689", "start": 9911.6, "end": 9913.045, "text": "Thanks for meeting with us, City Council.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1690", "start": 9914.619, "end": 9915.268, "text": "My name's Lupe.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1691", "start": 9915.333, "end": 9916.193, "text": "I'm in District 4.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1692", "start": 9917.605, "end": 9922.772, "text": "Rip City, Not Ripoff City shows that this deal will cost taxpayers $1.1 billion.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1693", "start": 9924.353, "end": 9929.885, "text": "Texas billionaire Tom Dundon is holding our city hostage, and I don't think we should negotiate with an extortionist.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1694", "start": 9931.137, "end": 9938.658, "text": "He won't even tell us where our money will go, so we only guess it'll mostly be spent on his luxury booth and making our seats smaller like in other cities.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1695", "start": 9939.643, "end": 9952.119, "text": "The Trailblazers are contracted at Moda through 2030, so this false urgency and the corrupt secrecy of Project Mount Hood that our mayor and governor colluded in is even more infuriating.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1696", "start": 9953.097, "end": 9954.7, "text": "Let me tell you what's really urgent.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1697", "start": 9955.598, "end": 9960.618, "text": "Hundreds of thousands of Oregonians are struggling to survive, and you are cutting vital services.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1698", "start": 9961.211, "end": 9962.766, "text": "Homeless services, cut.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1699", "start": 9963.071, "end": 9963.712, "text": "Education, cut.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1700", "start": 9964.049, "end": 9965.909, "text": "Councilmember Loretta Smith.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1701", "start": 9966.407, "end": 9969.63, "text": "Healthcare cut, public transit cut.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1702", "start": 9970.914, "end": 9973.095, "text": "I mean, this city isn't even ADA compliant.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1703", "start": 9973.961, "end": 9981.067, "text": "And now Oregon has record-breaking wildfires like the one in Warm Springs, and we've got a government that is denying FEMA funds to us.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1704", "start": 9981.82, "end": 9986.007, "text": "Yes, we have a government actively preventing our own taxpayer money from being used to help us.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1705", "start": 9986.247, "end": 9986.985, "text": "Sound familiar?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1706", "start": 9987.755, "end": 10002.409, "text": "And that is exactly what you would be doing by stealing over a billion dollars from all of these vital services and handing it over to the most I've recently seen Bruce Springsteen, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, and multiple basketball games at the Moda Center.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1707", "start": 10003.07, "end": 10006.536, "text": "If the Moda Center is good enough for the Boss, it's good enough for me.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1708", "start": 10008.351, "end": 10009.031, "text": "Thank you so much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1709", "start": 10013.114, "end": 10013.949, "text": "Whoever wants to jump in.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1710", "start": 10015.949, "end": 10017.113, "text": "My name is David Bloom.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1711", "start": 10017.291, "end": 10019.748, "text": "I am a small business owner.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1712", "start": 10020.216, "end": 10021.607, "text": "I own the Civic Taproom.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1713", "start": 10021.752, "end": 10023.595, "text": "It is a beer bar right next to the Moda Center.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1714", "start": 10023.792, "end": 10026.137, "text": "To the Timbers Stadium, Providence Park.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1715", "start": 10026.748, "end": 10032.756, "text": "And I know for a fact, as being a business next to an arena, the impact that it has.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1716", "start": 10033.335, "end": 10037.142, "text": "And we have now secured a long lease with them, right?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1717", "start": 10037.753, "end": 10041.994, "text": "All— if the Timbers were to leave, my business closes.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1718", "start": 10042.251, "end": 10045.801, "text": "All the other businesses around in Goose Hollow would close.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1719", "start": 10046.042, "end": 10050.685, "text": "I mean, we are strictly a business based off of events.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1720", "start": 10051.022, "end": 10052.111, "text": "And people coming and going.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1721", "start": 10052.801, "end": 10061.966, "text": "So if the Blazers were to leave, all those businesses around— you heard from Spirit of '77, all those like Lazy Day Brewing— those, those businesses are impacted.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1722", "start": 10062.159, "end": 10070.636, "text": "And I just want you to remember that, that when we're not just— when we're agreeing for this term sheet of 20 years, it's 20 years of stability for those businesses too.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1723", "start": 10071.213, "end": 10071.517, "text": "Okay?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1724", "start": 10071.934, "end": 10076.036, "text": "And for all this talk about Tom Dundon and all these things, I mean, he's a businessman.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1725", "start": 10076.164, "end": 10076.997, "text": "He's a businessman.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1726", "start": 10077.463, "end": 10085.539, "text": "Okay, he invested $800 million around Raleigh with his real estate firm because it was a good business opportunity.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1727", "start": 10086.053, "end": 10094.386, "text": "Now, if we sign a 20-year lease with him and the Blazers and we show Portland's on the rise, he will also invest money around his arena.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1728", "start": 10094.884, "end": 10095.639, "text": "So think about that.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1729", "start": 10095.848, "end": 10096.923, "text": "He has done it before.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1730", "start": 10097.437, "end": 10098.063, "text": "Let him do it again.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1731", "start": 10099.203, "end": 10099.444, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1732", "start": 10099.926, "end": 10100.552, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1733", "start": 10106.188, "end": 10107.777, "text": "Hi, my name is Claire Dunderline Manson.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1734", "start": 10108.194, "end": 10118.052, "text": "I am publicity director for Pink Martini, an avid concertgoer, casual Blazers fan, and enthusiastic Fire season ticket holder, and a proud longtime Albina neighborhood resident.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1735", "start": 10118.389, "end": 10122.547, "text": "But I'm not here as a fan, but as a passionate teller of Portland's continuing story.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1736", "start": 10122.981, "end": 10125.694, "text": "From where I stand, this vote has a PR problem.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1737", "start": 10126.192, "end": 10136.826, "text": "You've heard from plenty of people passionately arguing that This is fiscally detrimental to a city to pay for the development in a time of undeniable high human need and deep budgetary deficits.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1738", "start": 10137.419, "end": 10145.918, "text": "Many others today have said that an already strained spirit and character of the city cannot afford to lose the Blazers, and we must do whatever we can to keep the team here.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1739", "start": 10146.479, "end": 10171.962, "text": "I believe this narrative is a false dichotomy and that Portland does not have to, and in fact cannot, get into the trap of either standing up to or bending to the whim of an outside billionaire in the service of This is why it is so important to clearly articulate the how this renovation can make economic sense for our city beyond just, quote, the benefits to the Blazers, as well as the why it makes emotional sense to the character of the city.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1740", "start": 10172.46, "end": 10179.268, "text": "After hearing from so many today, I hope you understand that many of your constituents see this vote as an unfair trade-off of good vibes for bad budget.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1741", "start": 10179.701, "end": 10193.221, "text": "We've heard proposals that substantially protect and benefit Portlanders that justify and reward the city for investment instead of just i have faith that this council has the best interest of Portland and all its residents.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1742", "start": 10193.544, "end": 10205.289, "text": "It is incumbent upon you to take the time to ink the best deal for the city, to show your work, and to clearly articulate it so that all Portlanders can cheer for the Moda Center as loud as we cheer for events, artists, and the teams who play inside.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1743", "start": 10206.733, "end": 10207.523, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1744", "start": 10210.8, "end": 10213.363, "text": "My name is Jim Rice, small business owner here in Portland.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1745", "start": 10214.614, "end": 10220.336, "text": "Daily we watch businesses, living wage jobs, and tax revenue leaving.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1746", "start": 10220.544, "end": 10223.847, "text": "We're ranked 80th out of 81 cities for investment.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1747", "start": 10224.552, "end": 10230.05, "text": "You all just finished fighting over the budget cuts, and next year is going to be worse.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1748", "start": 10231.188, "end": 10240.709, "text": "We all watched city council members with what appeared to be an anti-billionaire agenda protesting the new owners of the Trail Blazers, forcing him to clarify the obvious.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1749", "start": 10241.308, "end": 10245.328, "text": "Portland is competing with other cities, and we're losing.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1750", "start": 10247.61, "end": 10256.027, "text": "Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, after seeing businesses leaving and facing a $488 million budget deficit, finally admitted that her actions weren't being helpful.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1751", "start": 10257.591, "end": 10259.135, "text": "These actions are not being helpful.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1752", "start": 10261.626, "end": 10266.897, "text": "We lose when— the question is, is why would businesses actually want to come here?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1753", "start": 10267.378, "end": 10268.007, "text": "What are we doing?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1754", "start": 10268.281, "end": 10269.28, "text": "Are we attracting them?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1755", "start": 10270.941, "end": 10279.073, "text": "When we lose the Blazers to Nashville or a dozen other eager competitive cities, we lose a lot.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1756", "start": 10279.17, "end": 10280.231, "text": "We lose tax revenue.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1757", "start": 10280.376, "end": 10281.47, "text": "We lose businesses.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1758", "start": 10281.582, "end": 10282.595, "text": "We lose jobs.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1759", "start": 10283.11, "end": 10285.651, "text": "It's an overall impact on the entire city.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1760", "start": 10286.407, "end": 10289.242, "text": "We need the Blazers more than the owner needs us.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1761", "start": 10289.951, "end": 10297.908, "text": "We need to be recruiting the Trail Blazers owner, not We're at a crossroads.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1762", "start": 10298.931, "end": 10309.11, "text": "Will we, will we be the ones to be able to stop the doom loop that we've been entered into, or are we going to continue down that loop?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1763", "start": 10310.042, "end": 10310.348, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1764", "start": 10310.669, "end": 10311.296, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1765", "start": 10312.196, "end": 10313.385, "text": "Jessica's joining us online.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1766", "start": 10316.33, "end": 10316.728, "text": "Good morning.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1767", "start": 10317.607, "end": 10319.067, "text": "My name is Jessica Wadley, and I'm a resident of Woodlawn.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1768", "start": 10319.372, "end": 10322.292, "text": "I am a Portland resident and devoted Trail Blazers fan.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1769", "start": 10323.287, "end": 10330.474, "text": "I never feel more like a Portlander than when I'm standing in the Moda Center screaming alongside 20,000 other Blazer maniacs.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1770", "start": 10331.164, "end": 10336.586, "text": "The Blazers are part of our civic identity, our shared history, and the cultural fabric of this city.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1771", "start": 10337.34, "end": 10338.576, "text": "I want them to remain here.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1772", "start": 10339.586, "end": 10345.185, "text": "Beloving this team does not require Portland to accept any deal placed in front of us.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1773", "start": 10346.872, "end": 10348.349, "text": "I bring a message for Tom Dundon.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1774", "start": 10349.12, "end": 10350.984, "text": "Owning something does not make you special.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1775", "start": 10352.092, "end": 10353.521, "text": "Portland built Rip City.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1776", "start": 10354.26, "end": 10356.493, "text": "We celebrated this team during its greatest years.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1777", "start": 10357.007, "end": 10360.589, "text": "We kept showing up through the difficult ones, and you were nowhere to be found.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1778", "start": 10361.408, "end": 10373.39, "text": "Having the money to purchase a franchise does not excuse anyone from basic soft skills— respect, communication, good faith, and an understanding of the community whose loyalty gives this asset its value.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1779", "start": 10373.454, "end": 10373.775, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1780", "start": 10374.353, "end": 10377.771, "text": "Are what close deals, not bullying, not posturing.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1781", "start": 10378.846, "end": 10386.036, "text": "The proposal asks the public to contribute up to $573 million, including as much as $120 million from the city.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1782", "start": 10386.79, "end": 10392.503, "text": "There are worthwhile protections here, but Portlanders deserve transparency and certainty before that money is committed.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1783", "start": 10393.369, "end": 10409.052, "text": "While Portland City Council is doing a good job bringing this term sheet forward, it is incumbent on the team to work productively if they want to convince us that they're actually serious about continuing the legacy of the Blazers in this please keep negotiating, but do not confuse urgency with surrender.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1784", "start": 10409.553, "end": 10416.025, "text": "Keep the Blazers in Portland while securing a deal that is fair, enforceable, transparent, and worthy of the city that created Rip City.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1785", "start": 10416.469, "end": 10416.88, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1786", "start": 10417.456, "end": 10418.261, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1787", "start": 10421.049, "end": 10429.135, "text": "Next up we have Emerson Odom, Julie Garner, Tom Kilbane, Skyland Wonders, Jay Banky.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1788", "start": 10433.692, "end": 10434.494, "text": "Welcome, folks.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1789", "start": 10435.067, "end": 10437.489, "text": "Feel free, please go ahead, start us off here.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1790", "start": 10439.4, "end": 10448.505, "text": "All right, um, hello, I'm Emerson Odom, and I want to speak about why the city should pay for the renovations for Moda Center, uh, to avoid relocation for the Trail Blazers.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1791", "start": 10449.655, "end": 10451.614, "text": "Portland and the Blazers go hand in hand.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1792", "start": 10451.776, "end": 10453.978, "text": "You can't have one without the other.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1793", "start": 10454.675, "end": 10459.186, "text": "The Blazers put Portland on the map and have brought Portlanders together for nearly 60 years.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1794", "start": 10459.923, "end": 10467.316, "text": "From Bill Walton to Clyde Drexler to Damian Lillard, these players have become cultural icons that mean so much to our city.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1795", "start": 10468.118, "end": 10472.528, "text": "Rip City is a huge part of the community here, and the Trail Blazers are more than just a basketball team.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1796", "start": 10473.891, "end": 10475.976, "text": "They are a rallying point for this city and state.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1797", "start": 10476.762, "end": 10482.407, "text": "As one of the most historic franchises in basketball, we cannot lose the Blazers, and we will not let Tom Dundon steal our team.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1798", "start": 10482.471, "end": 10482.615, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1799", "start": 10483.193, "end": 10490.276, "text": "What I encourage the City Council to consider is that Dundon has already said he won't cover any costs to help with the Moda Center renovation costs.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1800", "start": 10490.822, "end": 10502.465, "text": "If you care about keeping the team in Portland, then you know that the city needs to pay for the renovations for Moda Center, not because it should be the city's responsibility, but because otherwise we face a major risk for losing our team.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1801", "start": 10503.187, "end": 10503.637, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1802", "start": 10504.536, "end": 10505.195, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1803", "start": 10505.998, "end": 10508.615, "text": "Good afternoon, councilors.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1804", "start": 10508.728, "end": 10509.659, "text": "My name is Julie Garner.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1805", "start": 10509.772, "end": 10510.622, "text": "From District 1.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1806", "start": 10511.376, "end": 10515.259, "text": "I'm a Rose City till I die Thorns supporter, in case you didn't notice.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1807", "start": 10516.094, "end": 10519.688, "text": "Well, I know what it means to love a team and what sports mean to this city.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1808", "start": 10520.442, "end": 10522.656, "text": "Yet every budget is a statement of values.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1809", "start": 10523.25, "end": 10525.625, "text": "Right now, Portland needs more affordable housing.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1810", "start": 10526.058, "end": 10530.326, "text": "We need to strengthen TriMet by increasing services for the people who depend on them every day.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1811", "start": 10530.952, "end": 10534.53, "text": "We need to ensure every Portlander has access to life's basic necessities.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1812", "start": 10534.963, "end": 10539.554, "text": "See, these are the kind of investments that strengthen our city and make everyday life more affordable.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1813", "start": 10540.486, "end": 10544.486, "text": "I know firsthand what it's like when every dollar matters just to get through the month.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1814", "start": 10545.064, "end": 10554.076, "text": "I'm actively looking for work, but I'm currently unemployed and rely on several public benefits like OHP and SNAP just to keep my head above water.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1815", "start": 10554.622, "end": 10557.706, "text": "Why shouldn't every public dollar be treated with the same care?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1816", "start": 10558.493, "end": 10562.316, "text": "Even valuable projects should be measured against more urgent public needs.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1817", "start": 10563.296, "end": 10568.096, "text": "When Portlanders are struggling to afford the basics, Our priorities should reflect that reality.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1818", "start": 10568.69, "end": 10577.738, "text": "What message does it send if we're prepared to commit more than half a billion taxpayer dollars to renovating a sports arena while so many basic public needs remain unmet?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1819", "start": 10578.637, "end": 10585.584, "text": "I don't believe Portland should be forced to choose between investing in its people and rewarding threats of relocation with public dollars.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1820", "start": 10586.402, "end": 10590.285, "text": "Our budget reflects our values, so let's invest in Portland first.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1821", "start": 10590.333, "end": 10590.445, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1822", "start": 10590.975, "end": 10591.199, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1823", "start": 10591.65, "end": 10592.341, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1824", "start": 10597.418, "end": 10601.602, "text": "Council President Dunphy, members of council, um, my name is Tom Kilbane.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1825", "start": 10602.18, "end": 10602.954, "text": "I live in District 4.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1826", "start": 10604.391, "end": 10608.959, "text": "We all know that Portland has been through a challenging few years, and we're seeing signs of recovery.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1827", "start": 10609.8, "end": 10616.139, "text": "One of the clearest signs of this recovery is the progress that we've seen on several large redevelopment projects in the central city.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1828", "start": 10616.922, "end": 10617.484, "text": "You know them all.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1829", "start": 10617.95, "end": 10623.762, "text": "OMSI, Albina Vision Trust, Lloyd Center, all promising to deliver vibrant new neighborhoods.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1830", "start": 10624.549, "end": 10629.253, "text": "Just across the river, we can add the city's Broadway corridor to that list.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1831", "start": 10630.329, "end": 10636.688, "text": "One of the things all these have in common is that they will require a significant amount of private investment to be successful.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1832", "start": 10637.779, "end": 10641.954, "text": "No matter how you feel about real estate investors, that's how these projects work.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1833", "start": 10642.693, "end": 10648.875, "text": "If the Blazers were to leave Portland, it would have a chilling effect on investor sentiment, which is already negative.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1834", "start": 10649.613, "end": 10653.258, "text": "It would make moving these projects forward even more difficult than it already is.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1835", "start": 10654.43, "end": 10658.155, "text": "I want to acknowledge the difficult position that the city is in.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1836", "start": 10658.814, "end": 10660.307, "text": "This is a strange negotiation.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1837", "start": 10661.062, "end": 10666.376, "text": "You have a counterparty that doesn't really seem to be at the table, which makes this especially challenging.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1838", "start": 10667.163, "end": 10670.519, "text": "And I recognize that you're working to protect taxpayer dollars.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1839", "start": 10671.178, "end": 10673.313, "text": "As a Portland taxpayer, I appreciate that.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1840", "start": 10674.325, "end": 10690.174, "text": "My ask is that you continue working together, give the negotiating team the support they need, and get a deal done, because it would be a serious blow to the Portland economy and to the Portland psyche for— to lose the Blazers right now.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1841", "start": 10691.026, "end": 10691.395, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1842", "start": 10691.909, "end": 10692.76, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1843", "start": 10694.077, "end": 10695.329, "text": "Jay is joining us online.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1844", "start": 10695.94, "end": 10697.048, "text": "Excellent.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1845", "start": 10697.53, "end": 10700.678, "text": "Hello everyone, my name is Jay Benke, she/they pronouns.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1846", "start": 10701.063, "end": 10705.64, "text": "I'm a child abduction and sex trafficking survivor who was trafficked right here in the Pacific Northwest.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1847", "start": 10706.042, "end": 10709.961, "text": "Among my many roles, I am also the co-founder of the Sex Trade Survivor Caucus.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1848", "start": 10710.523, "end": 10711.92, "text": "Portland is at a breaking point.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1849", "start": 10712.081, "end": 10713.687, "text": "Our city is a human trafficking hub.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1850", "start": 10713.992, "end": 10717.172, "text": "We don't have enough public defenders to move trafficking cases through the courts.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1851", "start": 10717.509, "end": 10719.533, "text": "We have the highest rate of sex offenders per capita.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1852", "start": 10719.854, "end": 10730.131, "text": "Oregon's women and girls experience rape at rates well above the national average, and our streets have a reputation across the country as some of the most dangerous and volatile places for people being bought and sold for sex acts.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1853", "start": 10730.548, "end": 10731.704, "text": "Our crisis is escalating.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1854", "start": 10732.282, "end": 10734.514, "text": "Oregon lost $15 million in VOCA funding.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1855", "start": 10734.948, "end": 10740.792, "text": "As a result, programs closed, services paused indefinitely, staff lost their jobs, victims have been left without support.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1856", "start": 10741.29, "end": 10744.581, "text": "The Oregon DOJ's Human Trafficking Division was essentially dismantled.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1857", "start": 10744.838, "end": 10754.681, "text": "Our state's only labor trafficking specialist was laid off and the remaining staff were reassigned, all while Oregon has consistently received an F on the National Human Trafficking Report Card.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1858", "start": 10755.259, "end": 10767.044, "text": "In a city where victims lack legal protections, services are disappearing, prosecutions are delayed, and trafficking happens in plain sight, especially around sporting events, orgs like mine are expected to fill the gaps with no support.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1859", "start": 10767.398, "end": 10772.777, "text": "Oregon, Multco, Portland, and the Blazers have contributed exactly $0 to our work.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1860", "start": 10773.323, "end": 10777.065, "text": "I didn't get to finish high school because I was abducted and trafficked to Oregon sex buyers.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1861", "start": 10777.483, "end": 10780.278, "text": "I nearly died from my injuries and live with permanent disabilities.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1862", "start": 10780.711, "end": 10796.083, "text": "If I can build an award-winning organization from and with nothing to help Portland's victims, then surely the owner of the Blazers can find a way to pay for some of his own paint and 2x4s so Portland can contribute to our growing human trafficking crisis.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1863", "start": 10796.276, "end": 10797.015, "text": "Thank you so much.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1864", "start": 10797.561, "end": 10798.557, "text": "Thank you so much for being here.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1865", "start": 10799.742, "end": 10801.808, "text": "Skyland Wonders.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1866", "start": 10806.345, "end": 10813.618, "text": "Next up we have Randy Swanson, Anthony D'Andrea, Tim Halliburton, Theo Cho, and Lay's Hendrick.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1867", "start": 10818.91, "end": 10820.291, "text": "Welcome.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1868", "start": 10820.388, "end": 10820.567, "text": "Hello.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1869", "start": 10823.004, "end": 10826.075, "text": "Go ahead and introduce yourself for the record and Go ahead.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1870", "start": 10826.333, "end": 10826.994, "text": "Good afternoon.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1871", "start": 10827.172, "end": 10828.333, "text": "It's nice to see your faces.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1872", "start": 10828.752, "end": 10832.704, "text": "Um, for the record, my name is Theo Cho, and thank you for letting me speak today.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1873", "start": 10835.163, "end": 10840.665, "text": "Relocating the Blazers would mean more than losing just a basketball team, but a part of our city's identity.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1874", "start": 10842.156, "end": 10854.81, "text": "As one of the city's only major pro sports teams, the Blazers have brought people together for generations and created countless unforgettable memories, from Damian Lillard 3s To Brandon Roy driving layups.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1875", "start": 10856.37, "end": 10862.963, "text": "Portland is known for having one of the most passionate and loyal fan bases in the NBA, and that connection can't be replaced.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1876", "start": 10864.082, "end": 10874.13, "text": "In my opinion, relocating the team now would just destroy 60 years of history between us and the city, and in my eyes would be a lose-lose for both the city and the team.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1877", "start": 10874.936, "end": 10889.258, "text": "I encourage the council to carefully consider all aspects of the Trail Blazers' impact on Portland, and that means not only the financial impact on the city but the community, culture, history, and future of the city before making any decisions.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1878", "start": 10889.873, "end": 10891.053, "text": "Thank you for your time and consideration.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1879", "start": 10892.19, "end": 10893.207, "text": "Thank you so much for being here today.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1880", "start": 10898.33, "end": 10899.668, "text": "Blaze is joining us online.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1881", "start": 10904.329, "end": 10905.351, "text": "Blaze, you're muted.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1882", "start": 10909.738, "end": 10910.043, "text": "Good morning.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1883", "start": 10910.156, "end": 10910.494, "text": "You hear me now?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1884", "start": 10911.266, "end": 10912.569, "text": "We can hear you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1885", "start": 10913.453, "end": 10913.904, "text": "Good morning.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1886", "start": 10914.161, "end": 10917.523, "text": "My name is Blaze Hondrick, and I was named after the Portland Trail Blazers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1887", "start": 10918.263, "end": 10925.718, "text": "Even though I currently reside in the state of Texas, I have been following the local media like 105.9 The Fan because I am still an Oregonian.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1888", "start": 10926.326, "end": 10930.381, "text": "Living in Texas, I understand the difference between the 2 states, unlike Tom Dundon.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1889", "start": 10930.992, "end": 10933.309, "text": "He doesn't understand 3 simple words.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1890", "start": 10933.956, "end": 10935.383, "text": "Keep Portland weird.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1891", "start": 10935.88, "end": 10936.618, "text": "It's who we are.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1892", "start": 10937.083, "end": 10937.98, "text": "We are different.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1893", "start": 10938.461, "end": 10942.854, "text": "Unlike Texas, we only have one team, and they are our identity.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1894", "start": 10943.575, "end": 10952.665, "text": "Forget about the billionaire for a second and understand that this is an opportunity to update our arena to allow the next generation of Blazers fans to love our team.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1895", "start": 10953.37, "end": 10956.737, "text": "For me, it's about taking my kids to games like my dad did with me.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1896", "start": 10957.699, "end": 10958.981, "text": "It may be all for business.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1897", "start": 10959.286, "end": 10961.227, "text": "For Tom, but for us it's personal.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1898", "start": 10961.949, "end": 10964.612, "text": "I mean, I even named my son after Brandon Roy.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1899", "start": 10964.853, "end": 10983.013, "text": "I'll stick to what makes this personal by ending with a few names: Harry Glickman, Paul Allen, Rick Adelman, Jerome Kersey, Kevin Duckworth, Drazen Petrovic, Clifford Robinson, Brian Wheeler, Maurice Lucas, Bill Walton, Dr. Jack Ramsey, and Mr. Rip City Bill Shanley.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1900", "start": 10983.446, "end": 10985.515, "text": "These people meant and still mean something.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1901", "start": 10986.574, "end": 10990.009, "text": "We are all Trail Blazers, and the Moda Center is our house.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1902", "start": 10990.506, "end": 10992.159, "text": "Let's make it as nice as we can.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1903", "start": 10992.673, "end": 10999.317, "text": "Vote yes, and let's show the NBA that we love our Blazers, because this isn't business, this is personal.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1904", "start": 10999.879, "end": 11005.271, "text": "If we show up in good faith, the NBA will not allow Tom to steal our team.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1905", "start": 11005.769, "end": 11011.547, "text": "Thank you for hearing me today, and I know I don't have a dog in the fight because I live there, but this is my team.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1906", "start": 11011.611, "end": 11011.755, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1907", "start": 11012.341, "end": 11014.43, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1908", "start": 11016.47, "end": 11022.396, "text": "Okay, uh, checking to see Randy Swanson, Anthony D'Andrea, Tim Halbur.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1909", "start": 11025.953, "end": 11033.046, "text": "Next up we have Sean McDavid, Debbie Kitchen, Mira Alt, Edith Gillis, Elijah Murillo.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1910", "start": 11038.906, "end": 11041.28, "text": "Take it away, Debbie.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1911", "start": 11041.778, "end": 11045.371, "text": "Good afternoon, Chair and, uh, council members.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1912", "start": 11045.708, "end": 11047.521, "text": "I really appreciate— I'm Debbie Kitchen.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1913", "start": 11047.794, "end": 11048.709, "text": "I live in District 2.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1914", "start": 11049.318, "end": 11051.452, "text": "I really appreciate the opportunity to be here today.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1915", "start": 11052.367, "end": 11058.929, "text": "Um, I know you've heard through all this testimony, um, that the arena is more than the Blazers.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1916", "start": 11059.105, "end": 11062.859, "text": "It includes the fire, it includes concerts, events, and graduation.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1917", "start": 11063.293, "end": 11071.047, "text": "I have fond memories of taking my daughter to Disney on Ice when she was about 6 years old and was gobsmacked by all the Disney characters.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1918", "start": 11071.577, "end": 11074.322, "text": "So, and then I'm a huge fan of the Fire.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1919", "start": 11074.514, "end": 11080.198, "text": "They have just been really wonderful to see, and I love that we are an epicenter for women's sports.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1920", "start": 11081.193, "end": 11090.711, "text": "I think what I wanna talk about today is just the importance of what you have before you and really urge City Council Councilor Smith.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1921", "start": 11090.839, "end": 11093.467, "text": "I would encourage the council to come together, find the path.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1922", "start": 11093.772, "end": 11099.236, "text": "I know all of you, and I know that all of you have what's best for Portland in your hearts.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1923", "start": 11099.797, "end": 11104.284, "text": "I see it all the time, every day, in the work that you do together as a council.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1924", "start": 11104.829, "end": 11108.835, "text": "And I think that a united Portland is much stronger.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1925", "start": 11109.412, "end": 11115.229, "text": "The division, it creates weakness, and, and it prevents the best deal from being achieved.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1926", "start": 11116.128, "end": 11123.064, "text": "So, you know, the whole space around winning hearts and minds of Portlanders, the Blazers have abandoned that.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1927", "start": 11123.674, "end": 11140.405, "text": "Take that space, jump in there, bring Portland together, find the common ground to get a deal that renovates our facility, creates a world-class arena, and keeps the Blazers here, the fire, and all the good things that can happen for our community.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1928", "start": 11140.486, "end": 11140.71, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1929", "start": 11141.08, "end": 11143.17, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1930", "start": 11144.58, "end": 11146.04, "text": "Whoever wants to jump in.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1931", "start": 11146.2, "end": 11148.24, "text": "Uh, hello, my name is Elijah Murillo.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1932", "start": 11148.36, "end": 11151.62, "text": "I'm a student athlete out of Jefferson High School and a really big Blazer fan.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1933", "start": 11151.66, "end": 11157.62, "text": "I just want to talk about my experience as a fan and just how the Blazers can help bring, bring the community together.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1934", "start": 11157.66, "end": 11163.83, "text": "You can't really find another place in Portland that can have 20,000 people cheering for the same thing, for a Blazers win.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1935", "start": 11164.14, "end": 11173.429, "text": "And as, as a fan, I'm always going to cherish those memories going to games with my dad, rooting for For the team who's in the bottom of the standings and also a team who's trying to compete for a playing spot.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1936", "start": 11174.878, "end": 11179.701, "text": "Even besides basketball, the Moda Center could bring a lot of opportunities to young kids.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1937", "start": 11179.846, "end": 11183.109, "text": "At my school, we had Michael Holton, who was an ex-Blazers announcer.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1938", "start": 11183.81, "end": 11195.825, "text": "He would bring people to the Moda Center and show them opportunities of jobs you can get besides being a basketball player and showing that you can do things for the NBA that aren't Being a basketball player.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1939", "start": 11197.17, "end": 11198.499, "text": "And yeah, that's kind of all I want to say.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1940", "start": 11198.563, "end": 11199.957, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1941", "start": 11200.168, "end": 11200.832, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1942", "start": 11203.787, "end": 11204.334, "text": "Good afternoon.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1943", "start": 11205.011, "end": 11210.488, "text": "Sean McDavitt, longtime Portland resident, uh, working in downtown Portland every day as well.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1944", "start": 11211.813, "end": 11215.96, "text": "This is a 2022 Trail Blazers Summer League championship shirt.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1945", "start": 11217.905, "end": 11219.067, "text": "Uh, it's my pride and joy.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1946", "start": 11219.946, "end": 11233.686, "text": "It brings me back On that day, a group of spare parts, has-beens, never-quite-will-bes, and never-weres celebrated on my TV screen without a hint of irony.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1947", "start": 11234.808, "end": 11246.206, "text": "The chosen leaders of that team celebrated too, offering feel-good platitudes seemingly meant only to either fuel their own delusions of grandeur or to appeal to the hearts of the people of Portland.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1948", "start": 11246.254, "end": 11246.35, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1949", "start": 11247.072, "end": 11254.407, "text": "To real sickos that lurk in obscure corners of the internet, or one particular member of my beloved Blazers group chat.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1950", "start": 11255.92, "end": 11257.765, "text": "This shirt is quite clearly a joke.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1951", "start": 11258.811, "end": 11259.284, "text": "It is satire.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1952", "start": 11261.1, "end": 11266.123, "text": "It pokes fun at what was a deeply painful era for the Blazer fans in the room.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1953", "start": 11267.36, "end": 11296.299, "text": "Fading hope, a hollowed-out core, a series of ego-driven poor decisions that set our opportunity at NBA relevance A leadership team that became complacent with previous unearned success, confused circumstance with superiority, and took their place among the Western Conference's elite for granted, only to fumble the ball so hard that they ran a once-in-a-generation civic treasure out of town.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1954", "start": 11297.824, "end": 11299.673, "text": "My shirt is also a powerful metaphor.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1955", "start": 11299.754, "end": 11300.062, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1956", "start": 11300.143, "end": 11302.284, "text": "Councilmember Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1957", "start": 11307.37, "end": 11308.998, "text": "Uh, Edith Gillis is joining us online.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1958", "start": 11315.469, "end": 11316.14, "text": "Edith, go ahead.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1959", "start": 11326.836, "end": 11328.599, "text": "My name is Edith Gillison, District 3.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1960", "start": 11328.696, "end": 11329.257, "text": "Can you hear me?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1961", "start": 11330.122, "end": 11330.908, "text": "We can hear you, Edith.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1962", "start": 11331.196, "end": 11342.931, "text": "The state requires cities in Oregon to be responsible for water, roads, clean air, public safety, housing, and democracy, mandating strict procedural financial planning and public safety rules.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1963", "start": 11343.123, "end": 11367.068, "text": "Portland City Council claimed that our priorities are to address our emergencies with housing, which is denied most Portlanders, climate justice and resilience, social economy, and economic justice, police accountability and public safety, earthquake disasters prevention and resilience and justice, and local sustainability with water, food security, Superfund site cleanup, and clean air and public health.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1964", "start": 11367.565, "end": 11376.47, "text": "Robbing all of those priorities and requirements in order to give charity to a billionaire extortionist is violating your mandate.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1965", "start": 11376.807, "end": 11387.246, "text": "The public treasure we need to invest in is our people who are otherwise being unhoused, trespassed, and repeatedly victimized by crimes.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1966", "start": 11388.82, "end": 11416.198, "text": "My happy memories of being in Portland with my family are creating kind acts, helping our unhoused, disabled, hungry, scared neighbors, not skipping meals and sanitary napkins to pay for overpriced tickets For passive audience that does not create the active, strong self-trust, self-respect, community courage, and hope that we need, as well as karma, for building a better Portland.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1967", "start": 11416.96, "end": 11418.777, "text": "Passive entertainment doesn't do it.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1968", "start": 11419.701, "end": 11425.266, "text": "What we need is to build stronger— change what you're requiring.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1969", "start": 11425.703, "end": 11427.126, "text": "Give us more time to think it through.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1970", "start": 11428.27, "end": 11429.247, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1971", "start": 11429.443, "end": 11434.737, "text": "I have no control over whether someone leaves but we have control over what we choose and what we choose.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1972", "start": 11437.587, "end": 11438.875, "text": "Thank you so much, Edith, for being here.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1973", "start": 11440.41, "end": 11442.984, "text": "Uh, checking to see if Mira Alt is here.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1974", "start": 11445.748, "end": 11453.077, "text": "Next up we have Alex Klein, Michael Johnson, Calvin Porterfield, Amira Sanders, Claire Russell.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1975", "start": 11456.49, "end": 11462.245, "text": "Come on down, folks, and Folks hanging out in the balcony, there are additional seats down here below if you are interested in coming down.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1976", "start": 11462.871, "end": 11469.023, "text": "My name is Alex Klein, and I'm a resident of District 2.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1977", "start": 11469.778, "end": 11476.348, "text": "I'm an attorney who works downtown, and I live 2 stops away from the Rose Quarter Transit Center at the 7th Avenue stop.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1978", "start": 11477.231, "end": 11480.556, "text": "The MAX is my primary mode of transportation, and I don't own a car.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1979", "start": 11481.745, "end": 11483.367, "text": "I used the Green Line to come here today.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1980", "start": 11484.554, "end": 11503.029, "text": "I bring up my reliance on TriMet because while the city, county, and state were colluding behind closed doors to give Tom Dundon $600 million in public dollars, while some elected representatives in this room were attending private parties celebrating that collusion, they also failed to fully fund TriMet.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1981", "start": 11503.959, "end": 11508.835, "text": "That real failure means that soon I would not be able to get on the line I rode to come here today.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1982", "start": 11508.883, "end": 11509.155, "text": "Councilmember Smith.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-1983", "start": 11510.135, "end": 11521.071, "text": "That's not completely on City Council, but it's one very tangible contrast to the lengths that elected leaders have gone to give a billionaire more money instead of investing in Portland.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1984", "start": 11521.954, "end": 11533.5, "text": "During a year where politicians have told the community that there isn't enough money to make our lives better, it is reprehensible to allocate millions without significant investor investment by the owner.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1985", "start": 11534.062, "end": 11547.232, "text": "I urge City Council to only approve public money for the billionaire Tom Dundon once there is a significant funding commitment from him and once City Council is provided with concrete plans for how our public dollars will be spent.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1986", "start": 11547.655, "end": 11548.045, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1987", "start": 11548.386, "end": 11549.036, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1988", "start": 11551.985, "end": 11552.888, "text": "Whoever wants to jump in?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1989", "start": 11555.351, "end": 11556.527, "text": "Hi, how y'all doing today?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1990", "start": 11557.655, "end": 11559.893, "text": "My name is Calvin Porterfield, pronouns he/him.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1991", "start": 11560.71, "end": 11565.918, "text": "I've lived in Portland my whole life, been a Portland Trail Blazers fan for as long as I can remember.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1992", "start": 11566.793, "end": 11571.955, "text": "And I just wanted to come here to say that we have time to come to a better, more transparent deal than this.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1993", "start": 11572.805, "end": 11578.961, "text": "A lot of this conversation is made up on the assumption that the Blazers will be snatched away at any minute.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1994", "start": 11579.313, "end": 11583.674, "text": "Tom Dundon doesn't have an immediate or easy way to move the Portland Trail Blazers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1995", "start": 11584.251, "end": 11589.445, "text": "I understand that some public investment in the Moda Center is perfectly reasonable.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1996", "start": 11589.557, "end": 11590.712, "text": "We do own the building.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1997", "start": 11592.347, "end": 11610.858, "text": "Pledging hundreds of millions of dollars at the behest of a billionaire who has basically given our city the middle finger since he realized it existed without a clear plan of where that money is going is criminal, especially when the city is already being asked to live with cuts to so many other public services.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1998", "start": 11612.238, "end": 11618.847, "text": "I just wanted to say that I hope that we can talk to Dundon in a language that he is all too familiar with.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-1999", "start": 11618.911, "end": 11619.119, "text": "Councilor Smith.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2000", "start": 11620.018, "end": 11625.528, "text": "Thank you for your time.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2001", "start": 11625.657, "end": 11627.058, "text": "I yield the remainder of mine.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2002", "start": 11627.735, "end": 11628.363, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2003", "start": 11632.06, "end": 11632.285, "text": "Hi there.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2004", "start": 11632.816, "end": 11634.763, "text": "My name is Claire Russell, she/her.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2005", "start": 11635.133, "end": 11638.738, "text": "I'm a small business owner in District 3 and a proud transsexual woman.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2006", "start": 11639.32, "end": 11643.268, "text": "I moved to Portland 4 years ago and have come to love and care deeply for the city.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2007", "start": 11643.881, "end": 11645.396, "text": "I have a cautionary tale for you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2008", "start": 11645.783, "end": 11647.443, "text": "I'm originally from San Diego, and I saw the same thing happen to my city.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2009", "start": 11647.55, "end": 11649.97, "text": "Saw the Chargers leave in 2017.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2010", "start": 11650.583, "end": 11655.827, "text": "San Diego agreed to renovation after renovation over the years, but it was never enough.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2011", "start": 11656.43, "end": 11661.265, "text": "Dean Spanos, billionaire owner of the Chargers, could not be satisfied in his greed.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2012", "start": 11661.83, "end": 11668.035, "text": "After the city refused to spend $1 billion on the latest demand for renovation, he moved the team to LA.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2013", "start": 11668.893, "end": 11669.785, "text": "Do you know what happened?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2014", "start": 11670.59, "end": 11674.092, "text": "San Diego had a very small dip in economic output for one year.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2015", "start": 11674.142, "end": 11674.224, "text": "Yeah.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2016", "start": 11674.502, "end": 11677.787, "text": "And then the city carried on with expected economic growth ever since.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2017", "start": 11678.268, "end": 11678.812, "text": "That's all.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2018", "start": 11679.389, "end": 11685.847, "text": "Compared to being in debt for the decade— for decades after accepting this renovation deal, I'd say that's not half bad.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2019", "start": 11686.584, "end": 11692.658, "text": "Please do not let these billionaire owners of the Trail Blazers hold us all hostage for our tax dollars.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2020", "start": 11692.93, "end": 11696.504, "text": "Do not fear economic backlash because it will not come.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2021", "start": 11697, "end": 11702.694, "text": "Their promises of private donations do not make up for the strain this will cause to our city budget.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2022", "start": 11703.192, "end": 11711.525, "text": "These are scare tactics these billionaires and their lobbyist groups are using to manipulate us and use our love and adoration for our team against us.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2023", "start": 11712.023, "end": 11720.388, "text": "Let's support our local unions and businesses by funding the building of vitally needed public infrastructure instead of billionaire vanity projects.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2024", "start": 11720.934, "end": 11737.604, "text": "It is better for our local businesses to support things like Vienna-style public housing, health thank you very much.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2025", "start": 11741.822, "end": 11744.886, "text": "Okay, uh, Michael Johnson, Amira Sanders.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2026", "start": 11745.499, "end": 11751.153, "text": "Okay, uh, we're gonna circle back.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2027", "start": 11751.363, "end": 11753.446, "text": "Uh, Dr. J.W.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2028", "start": 11753.661, "end": 11754.487, "text": "Matt Hennessey.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2029", "start": 11760.544, "end": 11761.636, "text": "Hi, apologies, can you hear me?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2030", "start": 11763.955, "end": 11765.184, "text": "Oh, hi Lorena.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2031", "start": 11765.33, "end": 11767.87, "text": "Um, just a second, we haven't called you yet.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2032", "start": 11767.935, "end": 11770.459, "text": "Just a second.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2033", "start": 11773.884, "end": 11776.29, "text": "Okay, um, we'll move on.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2034", "start": 11776.5, "end": 11779.682, "text": "Next up we have Slater Waring.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2035", "start": 11780.441, "end": 11788.319, "text": "Lorena Gayette, Sean Sosnowiec, Nakia Hunter, Santino Juarez.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2036", "start": 11791.75, "end": 11792.68, "text": "Hey, Lorena, you want to kick us off?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2037", "start": 11798.679, "end": 11801.504, "text": "I'll let a few of the in-person people go first.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2038", "start": 11801.891, "end": 11802.892, "text": "You're good, go ahead.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2039", "start": 11804.555, "end": 11805.04, "text": "Oh, okay.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2040", "start": 11808.022, "end": 11811.916, "text": "My name— sorry, that's confusing.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2041", "start": 11812.044, "end": 11812.557, "text": "I apologize.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2042", "start": 11813.07, "end": 11814.191, "text": "My name is Lorena Gayette.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2043", "start": 11814.496, "end": 11824.239, "text": "I'm advocating for a worksheet that focuses on accountability towards the Moda Center as well as equity in regards to the shared responsibility for it.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2044", "start": 11825.184, "end": 11826.386, "text": "I'm going to be very, very honest.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2045", "start": 11826.594, "end": 11828.149, "text": "I am not usually a sports person.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2046", "start": 11828.197, "end": 11831.338, "text": "The last time I was at the Moda Center was for a Hozier concert.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2047", "start": 11832.379, "end": 11842.193, "text": "I still very much at understand the vital importance of sports to a community, but I am having a hard time swallowing the narrative being presented to me as a taxpayer.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2048", "start": 11843.286, "end": 11851.594, "text": "I find this a very difficult time to see this after some of the most recent budget negotiations and seeing how certain jobs were slashed.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2049", "start": 11851.658, "end": 11865.492, "text": "And now I'm being told that my tax dollars, while can't save as many city worker jobs, is able to completely help the Blazers owners to avoid their contractual obligations to be responsible to the necessary maintenance of the Moda Center.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2050", "start": 11866.96, "end": 11881.318, "text": "This is apparently an investment that's so important that Dundon— or that Dundon considers so important and necessary that he's not even willing to use his own money to even cover the cost of a consultation to provide a city with plans, just concept, or concept of a plan.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2051", "start": 11882.997, "end": 11891.691, "text": "I definitely feel like that's I find that this is a bit of a Darvo situation.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2052", "start": 11892.59, "end": 11907.748, "text": "I do want good things for the city and I want the Blazers to stay, but I also believe that that means that we need to make sure that 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McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2059", "start": 11923.477, "end": 11927.388, "text": "I also believe that this project is an opportunity to strengthen Portland's economy.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2060", "start": 11928.222, "end": 11939.489, "text": "The city owns this property, and as its stewards, you have the responsibility to ensure that any agreement with private partners who lease and profit from this public asset deliver a measurable return to the people of Portland.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2061", "start": 11940.467, "end": 11943.257, "text": "That means putting expectations in the contract from the beginning.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2062", "start": 11943.85, "end": 11956.004, "text": "Opportunities for Oregon workers, investment in apprenticeship, local contractors' participation, transparency reporting, and clear accountability for the communities that are— for the commitments that are made.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2063", "start": 11956.132, "end": 11956.645, "text": "Apologies.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2064", "start": 11957.319, "end": 11959.612, "text": "Public investment should create public opportunity.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2065", "start": 11959.948, "end": 11961.327, "text": "Let's build more than an arena.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2066", "start": 11961.552, "end": 11967.612, "text": "Let's build family wage careers, strengthen local businesses, and keep more than these dollars circulating in Portland's economy.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2067", "start": 11967.66, "end": 11968.125, "text": "Councilmember Herbold.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2068", "start": 11969.473, "end": 11975.642, "text": "That's how we protect the public investment and ensure that this project leaves a lasting benefit for generations to come.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2069", "start": 11976.175, "end": 11976.562, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2070", "start": 11977.144, "end": 11977.838, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2071", "start": 11979.37, "end": 11980.634, "text": "All right, cool.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2072", "start": 11981.12, "end": 11981.914, "text": "My name is Tino.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2073", "start": 11982.141, "end": 11986.338, "text": "I'm with the North Coast States Carpenters Union, and I just want to thank you guys for your time.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2074", "start": 11986.826, "end": 11994.889, "text": "Real quickly, I just want to— we heard a lot about today, and there's a lot of folks in this room that, man, a lot smarter than I am, but I just want to give my little 2 cents.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2075", "start": 11995.316, "end": 11999.548, "text": "If I can, you know, when we're talking about a project like this, we're talking about construction.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2076", "start": 12000.205, "end": 12009.711, "text": "And what's so valuable to construction that it brings to the city, man, is that, you know, I've heard a lot of people recently talk about mental health and suicide prevention and things like that.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2077", "start": 12010.24, "end": 12013.847, "text": "And I've seen many of you on your socials address that type of topic, man.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2078", "start": 12014.408, "end": 12015.065, "text": "But you know what, man?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2079", "start": 12015.129, "end": 12017.774, "text": "Portland doesn't need another program, man, or this and that.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2080", "start": 12017.838, "end": 12017.983, "text": "You know what?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2081", "start": 12018.335, "end": 12019.297, "text": "We need to get to work.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2082", "start": 12020.003, "end": 12021.189, "text": "We need to build buildings, man.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2083", "start": 12021.237, "end": 12024.157, "text": "Councilmember We need things to start happening in our city.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2084", "start": 12024.59, "end": 12026.691, "text": "Look outside at the construction market.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2085", "start": 12027.012, "end": 12027.798, "text": "It sucks.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2086", "start": 12028.36, "end": 12031.264, "text": "And some of you know what's happening in affordable housing.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2087", "start": 12031.89, "end": 12035.098, "text": "Not all those jobs are what they're supposed to be, you know?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2088", "start": 12035.484, "end": 12043.489, "text": "And I think this is a great opportunity to do it correctly, get responsible contracting, build with contractors that benefit the community.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2089", "start": 12044.003, "end": 12058.914, "text": "And I know the businesses and all the offshoot that it talks about, But what about the worker, the person that's getting up at 5, 6 o'clock in the morning, lacing up their boots, man, to go to a job that's close to their neighborhood where they can make some good money for the damn family, man?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2090", "start": 12059.413, "end": 12062.812, "text": "Let's, uh, I think there's so much opportunity at this table that we can bring, man.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2091", "start": 12063.118, "end": 12064.085, "text": "Thank you guys for your time.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2092", "start": 12065.113, "end": 12065.804, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2093", "start": 12070.114, "end": 12071.087, "text": "I'm happy to.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2094", "start": 12071.152, "end": 12072.336, "text": "I'll just jump in.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2095", "start": 12072.89, "end": 12074.01, "text": "My name's Sean.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2096", "start": 12074.01, "end": 12074.83, "text": "I'm here to support the renovation.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2097", "start": 12075.17, "end": 12081.71, "text": "I'm a humble citizen, husband, father of 3, worked downtown the last 14 years, born here.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2098", "start": 12081.71, "end": 12083.69, "text": "Clyde Drexler, Bill Shanley raised me.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2099", "start": 12084.69, "end": 12088.99, "text": "You know, I remember watching Damon Stoudamire when he was at Wilson High School as I was a kid.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2100", "start": 12088.99, "end": 12091.23, "text": "It was one of the most formative experiences of my youth.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2101", "start": 12092.39, "end": 12096.13, "text": "When he came back to play for the Blazers and I was in high school, it was like the prodigal son had returned.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2102", "start": 12096.33, "end": 12097.11, "text": "He gave $250,000.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2103", "start": 12097.67, "end": 12099.19, "text": "I still remember it so vividly.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2104", "start": 12099.19, "end": 12099.23, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2105", "start": 12099.232, "end": 12100.51, "text": "To the Portland Public Schools.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2106", "start": 12102.069, "end": 12110.171, "text": "You know, these leaders, you see Terry Porter, you see CJ McCollum, you see even Chris Dudley, you see, you know, Damian Lillard.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2107", "start": 12110.349, "end": 12116.12, "text": "Like, what they do goes way beyond anything, like, no disrespect to the consultants, like, you could possibly begin to quantify.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2108", "start": 12117.792, "end": 12121.857, "text": "So, you know, I know it's difficult, this ownership group.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2109", "start": 12122.068, "end": 12122.894, "text": "I don't get it.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2110", "start": 12122.959, "end": 12123.606, "text": "I really don't.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2111", "start": 12123.704, "end": 12124.238, "text": "I know it's hard.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2112", "start": 12124.352, "end": 12125.501, "text": "You guys are in a tough position.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2113", "start": 12125.566, "end": 12126.263, "text": "You didn't ask for this.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2114", "start": 12126.36, "end": 12127.691, "text": "You didn't run expecting to have to deal with this.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2115", "start": 12127.759, "end": 12128.529, "text": "So I really sympathize with you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2116", "start": 12128.615, "end": 12131.26, "text": "And I think, frankly, you're doing a You're doing a very admirable job.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2117", "start": 12131.26, "end": 12132.08, "text": "Please keep doing that.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2118", "start": 12132.08, "end": 12134.3, "text": "Keep taking the high road no matter what.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2119", "start": 12134.3, "end": 12136.64, "text": "Stay optimistic, stay positive.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2120", "start": 12137.52, "end": 12139.42, "text": "And I hope you vote for this next week.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2121", "start": 12139.42, "end": 12140.14, "text": "I really do.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2122", "start": 12140.14, "end": 12142.64, "text": "I know it's not perfect, but don't let perfect get in the way.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2123", "start": 12143, "end": 12143.88, "text": "It's non-binding.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2124", "start": 12143.88, "end": 12146.93, "text": "You move to negotiating the particulars of the lease.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2125", "start": 12147.18, "end": 12155.07, "text": "And even there, I would say whether it's a great deal, good deal, or even a below-average deal, like within a few months, certainly within a few years, no one will remember any of it.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2126", "start": 12155.18, "end": 12157.08, "text": "But if we lose this team, it'll be just crushing.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2127", "start": 12157.08, "end": 12157.12, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2128", "start": 12157.862, "end": 12159.907, "text": "So let's get this behind us.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2129", "start": 12160.004, "end": 12162.773, "text": "I appreciate the work that you're doing, and we support you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2130", "start": 12162.838, "end": 12163.401, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2131", "start": 12164.046, "end": 12164.657, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2132", "start": 12168.922, "end": 12172.578, "text": "Hi, my name is Slater Waring from District 4.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2133", "start": 12173.128, "end": 12179.396, "text": "I live in downtown, work in downtown.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2134", "start": 12182.49, "end": 12183.956, "text": "I mean, we all love the Blazers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2135", "start": 12184.426, "end": 12184.683, "text": "Right.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2136", "start": 12186.134, "end": 12188.116, "text": "Important team to the city.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2137", "start": 12188.777, "end": 12199.543, "text": "But when I talk to clients and friends in Milan and in London and in Tokyo and in Mumbai, you know what they know Portland for?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2138", "start": 12200.887, "end": 12201.664, "text": "Not the Blazers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2139", "start": 12202.733, "end": 12210.161, "text": "They know us for our microbreweries, for our culture, and for our music, for our queer community, for our restaurants, for Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2140", "start": 12210.82, "end": 12220.197, "text": "They know us for our incredible lounges and bars and quirky places and fashion, but they don't know us for the Blazers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2141", "start": 12220.614, "end": 12227.856, "text": "This idea that the Blazers is integral to outside investment because it's part of the city's identity, it's just not.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2142", "start": 12228.659, "end": 12241.925, "text": "I love having them here and I hope they'll stay, but like at the behest of Thomas Duncan, who is a MAGA Republican from Texas who has given money to the Trump campaign.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2143", "start": 12242.519, "end": 12251.55, "text": "We're subsidizing a billionaire's effort to fund the Blazers, who, if he funded it himself, he would still be a billionaire.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2144", "start": 12252.211, "end": 12265.643, "text": "And if he can't still be happy with billions of dollars, then he doesn't deserve billions of dollars or our hundreds of millions Thank you all very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2145", "start": 12268.1, "end": 12271.86, "text": "Um, okay, let's check in Dr. J.W.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2146", "start": 12271.924, "end": 12272.618, "text": "Matt Hennessey.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2147", "start": 12278.38, "end": 12281.471, "text": "Yes, thank you so much, and I'm ready when you're ready, if you can hear me.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2148", "start": 12282.099, "end": 12282.678, "text": "Yep, go ahead.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2149", "start": 12282.839, "end": 12283.193, "text": "Thanks.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2150", "start": 12283.805, "end": 12284.224, "text": "Wonderful.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2151", "start": 12284.272, "end": 12289.296, "text": "Thank you to the mayor, uh, President Dunphy, Vice President Clark, and the Portland City Councilors.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2152", "start": 12290.117, "end": 12306.606, "text": "Let me begin by saying that as a nearly 36-year Portlander who has lived and rather served in senior levels in business community, city and state administration, in the faith community, I love each of you and respect you and want you to play at the top of your game always.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2153", "start": 12307.504, "end": 12317.38, "text": "Some of you may not know me, but that doesn't diminish the fact that I respect and appreciate the work that you're elected to do and the challenges that that you are dealing with right now.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2154", "start": 12318.183, "end": 12330.177, "text": "I want to be a servant who says to you, number one, I really, really want to see, as you're making these decisions, the best decision possible.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2155", "start": 12330.45, "end": 12335.106, "text": "I support the 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"Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2160", "start": 12378.517, "end": 12381.824, "text": "Keep up the good work and know that there are many of us who support you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2161", "start": 12382.21, "end": 12384.634, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2162", "start": 12385.357, "end": 12393.559, "text": "Next up, we have Robert Millis, Lakota Toe, Lightning Super Creativity, Jim Atwood, and Samuel Chavez.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2163", "start": 12395.593, "end": 12396.674, "text": "Kick us off.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2164", "start": 12397.691, "end": 12398.03, "text": "Awesome.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2165", "start": 12398.691, "end": 12399.595, "text": "City Council, thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2166", "start": 12400.289, "end": 12401.209, "text": "My name is Lakota Tao.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2167", "start": 12401.564, "end": 12409.145, "text": "I'm a representative with the North Coast States Carpenters Union, and I'm here in support of funding for the Moda Center improvements.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2168", "start": 12409.75, "end": 12415.015, "text": "When people look at a project like this, they see the finished building, but I see the people who build it.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2169", "start": 12416.062, "end": 12425.351, "text": "The investment— this investment means family-wage jobs for skilled tradespeople and real opportunities for apprentices who are learning a craft while earning a paycheck.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2170", "start": 12426.684, "end": 12436.305, "text": "It gives young people a path to a rewarding career without taking on overwhelming debt while helping experienced workers continue supporting their families and contributing to our local economy.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2171", "start": 12437.22, "end": 12441.364, "text": "These projects don't just improve buildings, they strengthen communities.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2172", "start": 12441.557, "end": 12448.603, "text": "The wages earned on these jobs are spent at local businesses, restaurants, and stores creating benefits that extend far beyond the job site.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2173", "start": 12449.85, "end": 12454.208, "text": "As someone in the construction industry, I've seen firsthand how these opportunities can change lives.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2174", "start": 12454.96, "end": 12462.454, "text": "They develop highly skilled professionals, create long-term careers, and ensure projects are completed with quality, safety, and pride.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2175", "start": 12464.035, "end": 12466.777, "text": "This decision is about more than improving an arena.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2176", "start": 12467.019, "end": 12480.694, "text": "It's about investing in the people who build Portland, creating opportunities for the next generation of skilled workers thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2177", "start": 12481.52, "end": 12485.066, "text": "Please.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2178", "start": 12486.475, "end": 12487.09, "text": "Good afternoon.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2179", "start": 12487.447, "end": 12499.089, "text": "My name is Jim Atwood, and my father was born in Portland 104 years ago and lived his entire life here, and I've been here for 78 years myself, so I care deeply about the city.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2180", "start": 12500.97, "end": 12508.848, "text": "I think the elephant in the room is not just the funding of Moda Center, but it's our very high tax structure.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2181", "start": 12509.554, "end": 12524.699, "text": "We have the Portland City business license tax, the Multnomah County business income tax, the Preschool for All tax, the homeless tax, the TriMet payroll tax, and the self-employment tax, not to mention the corporate activity tax.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2182", "start": 12524.796, "end": 12525.798, "text": "Activity tax.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2183", "start": 12526.493, "end": 12531.648, "text": "So if you want to keep taxing the socks off of everybody, you're going to have to give them something for their money.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2184", "start": 12533.24, "end": 12537.333, "text": "We're not just supporting a billionaire here, we're supporting ourselves.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2185", "start": 12537.382, "end": 12541.508, "text": "The Blazers only play 41 regular season home games in the Moda Center.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2186", "start": 12541.669, "end": 12550.644, "text": "There's another 320 nights a year that are available for concert use and other uses and other sports teams that are all important.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2187", "start": 12550.772, "end": 12552.853, "text": "We're not just Just looking at the Blazers alone.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2188", "start": 12555.774, "end": 12560.562, "text": "So, and yeah, I've heard a lot of people want certain things in the agreement.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2189", "start": 12561.51, "end": 12566.11, "text": "Myself, I'd like you to have them sell hot dogs and sodas for the same price as Costco.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2190", "start": 12566.998, "end": 12572.176, "text": "But if everybody puts their own 2 bits worth into the deal, you won't get any deal at all.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2191", "start": 12572.241, "end": 12575.276, "text": "So I'd encourage you to make the deal as quickly as you can.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2192", "start": 12576.199, "end": 12579.294, "text": "Portland's a dying city, and I want you to do what you can to help it survive.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2193", "start": 12579.359, "end": 12579.505, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2194", "start": 12580.409, "end": 12580.762, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2195", "start": 12580.907, "end": 12582.482, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2196", "start": 12583.092, "end": 12583.735, "text": "Lightning?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2197", "start": 12583.864, "end": 12585.021, "text": "Yes, my name is Lightning.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2198", "start": 12585.085, "end": 12589.166, "text": "I represent Lightning Super Creativity Humanity Lab.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2199", "start": 12589.921, "end": 12592.894, "text": "Again, your economy is flatlined.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2200", "start": 12593.601, "end": 12594.758, "text": "You're trying to save it.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2201", "start": 12595.754, "end": 12596.702, "text": "You're getting desperate.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2202", "start": 12597.457, "end": 12604.206, "text": "You're going to give this group anything they want, how much money they want, the terms they want.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2203", "start": 12604.913, "end": 12605.459, "text": "And you know what?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2204", "start": 12606.275, "end": 12610.075, "text": "Your little, uh, standard in there on first-class standard arena.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2205", "start": 12611.443, "end": 12615.828, "text": "If you don't remove that, they're going to walk anyway, and they're going to challenge you in court.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2206", "start": 12615.926, "end": 12617.833, "text": "We're going to be in court again.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2207", "start": 12617.898, "end": 12619.17, "text": "They're going to relocate.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2208", "start": 12619.936, "end": 12620.718, "text": "They're going to relocate.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2209", "start": 12622.59, "end": 12625.6, "text": "Austin, possibly Vegas, is still in the running.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2210", "start": 12627.161, "end": 12628.335, "text": "Now here's why Vegas.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2211", "start": 12630.327, "end": 12632.359, "text": "Adam Silver needs to understand one thing.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2212", "start": 12632.474, "end": 12638.204, "text": "Your preference may be Portland, But that's not your job to make the final determination.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2213", "start": 12639.424, "end": 12643.711, "text": "Ask the commissioner, and you better get that straight real fast.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2214", "start": 12644.819, "end": 12646.328, "text": "They want to move to Las Vegas.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2215", "start": 12646.585, "end": 12655.786, "text": "They should have the opportunity to go to Las Vegas, and Las Vegas will be the most valuable NBA franchise in history.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2216", "start": 12657.086, "end": 12658.836, "text": "It will surpass everything.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2217", "start": 12658.949, "end": 12659.238, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2218", "start": 12660.714, "end": 12662.911, "text": "And they're already coming in bids at $10 billion.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2219", "start": 12663.36, "end": 12670.544, "text": "It'll go up to $12 billion, but Tom Dundon will go in with a relocation fee in place and he will win.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2220", "start": 12671.442, "end": 12676.397, "text": "He will win $8 billion to $12 billion on the relocation.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2221", "start": 12677.054, "end": 12681.689, "text": "He's not going to turn that away, and you're not going to stop him.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2222", "start": 12682.523, "end": 12686.003, "text": "Your little 5-year bridge agreement is nothing but a trap to trap him in.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2223", "start": 12686.083, "end": 12686.355, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2224", "start": 12686.631, "end": 12688.94, "text": "If he wants to leave, let him leave.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2225", "start": 12690.111, "end": 12690.648, "text": "Let him go.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2226", "start": 12691.74, "end": 12692.549, "text": "What's your problem?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2227", "start": 12693.133, "end": 12696.469, "text": "The fire could be your main marquee tenant.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2228", "start": 12697.101, "end": 12697.312, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2229", "start": 12697.36, "end": 12697.862, "text": "Let him go.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2230", "start": 12698.332, "end": 12698.867, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2231", "start": 12700.44, "end": 12701.056, "text": "Appreciate you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2232", "start": 12701.364, "end": 12705.954, "text": "Uh, Robert is joining us online.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2233", "start": 12710.845, "end": 12712.358, "text": "Robert, you can unmute.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2234", "start": 12713.455, "end": 12714.038, "text": "There we go.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2235", "start": 12716.111, "end": 12717.246, "text": "Hi, my name is Rob Millis.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2236", "start": 12717.667, "end": 12718.849, "text": "I live in District 4.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2237", "start": 12719.643, "end": 12730.071, "text": "There's nothing in this term sheet that supports redirecting $100 million, give or take, from the Portland Clean Energy Fund over to Moda Center improvements.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2238", "start": 12730.248, "end": 12747.952, "text": "There's a single sentence that refers to zero— net zero energy use, but it's incredibly vague and The details, even imagining that, could not possibly support some of the numbers that have been floated for redirection from funds that are already allocated.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2239", "start": 12748.691, "end": 12751.776, "text": "I want to put it in, in really basic terms.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2240", "start": 12752.724, "end": 12763.698, "text": "Businesses in Portland, large and small, have paid in advance for infrastructure, job training, climate risk management and mitigation that reaches all communities in the city.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2241", "start": 12763.763, "end": 12763.875, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2242", "start": 12765.161, "end": 12772.375, "text": "Redirecting this money for anything else betrays underserved communities and insults every business owner in the city.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2243", "start": 12773.13, "end": 12782.498, "text": "The final terms that we need to see are required budget specifics, specific lines for clean energy and green infrastructure projects.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2244", "start": 12783.398, "end": 12786.596, "text": "Anything else cannot use these funds.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2245", "start": 12787.672, "end": 12789.825, "text": "The second point I want to make is regarding complaints.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2246", "start": 12789.89, "end": 12794.226, "text": "By the Blazers management and new ownership over city ticketing fees.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2247", "start": 12795.046, "end": 12807.799, "text": "I would urge them, and I urge the NBA, to review and analyze and encourage competition between Ticketmaster, SeatGeek, StubHub, and other ticket sellers and resellers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2248", "start": 12808.458, "end": 12821.558, "text": "If we are taking 1 or 2 or 3% out of the pie, it actually benefits Ticketmaster more than it does thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2249", "start": 12825.332, "end": 12826.954, "text": "All right, uh, Samuel Chavez.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2250", "start": 12830.93, "end": 12840.205, "text": "Next up we have Danielle Syver, Connor Cash, Beverly Voiko, Brandon Pappy, Jared Essig.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2251", "start": 12842.41, "end": 12842.628, "text": "Welcome.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2252", "start": 12843.352, "end": 12844.093, "text": "Go ahead and jump in.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2253", "start": 12846.76, "end": 12847.759, "text": "Good afternoon, Council.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2254", "start": 12848.565, "end": 12850.467, "text": "For the record, my name is Danielle Syver.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2255", "start": 12851.128, "end": 12855.932, "text": "I'm here today as a longtime Washington County resident, a local employee, and a mom.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2256", "start": 12857.9, "end": 12861.808, "text": "Last year, my son was the victim and a witness of a violent crime in Portland.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2257", "start": 12862.841, "end": 12867.34, "text": "After a delayed response by police and emergency services, my son's best friend died.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2258", "start": 12868.431, "end": 12871.4, "text": "The toll that it has taken on our families has been indescribable.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2259", "start": 12872.54, "end": 12876.392, "text": "I hate sharing this story, but these stories are now the norm across Portland.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2260", "start": 12877.355, "end": 12894.464, "text": "I believe this murder could have been prevented with a regional belief in economic development, rebuilding the Silicon Forest and the Bioscience Network, investing in a return to downtown, and now more than ever ensuring that the Moda infrastructure is redeveloped for the next iteration of Oregon's sports economy.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2261", "start": 12896.43, "end": 12902.817, "text": "Currently, Oregon lacks business competitiveness as other states lure tech companies away for expansion.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2262", "start": 12903.173, "end": 12906.65, "text": "The parallels feel eerily similar to where we are today with the Moda Center.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2263", "start": 12907.783, "end": 12915.238, "text": "Approving the Moda redevelopment will have far-reaching impact at a time when many have lost confidence in Oregon's ability to compete in a global economy.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2264", "start": 12916.146, "end": 12921.832, "text": "Locally, we can measure success with multi-level job creation, and this agreement means hundreds of construction jobs.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2265", "start": 12922.201, "end": 12933.734, "text": "It's going to take regional courage and investments in business opportunities to ensure that we have a tax base that protects our social safety net and our public services like law enforcement and the judicial system.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2266", "start": 12934.633, "end": 12937.685, "text": "Good luck, and thank you for your work to move this project forward.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2267", "start": 12938.023, "end": 12942.424, "text": "I'm confident that you can balance Oregon values while investing in this redevelopment.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2268", "start": 12943.628, "end": 12944.206, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2269", "start": 12947.776, "end": 12948.325, "text": "Whoever wants to go.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2270", "start": 12950.583, "end": 12951.874, "text": "Yeah, yeah.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2271", "start": 12952.116, "end": 12953.036, "text": "I'm Bev Voigtco.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2272", "start": 12953.423, "end": 12953.794, "text": "Go ahead.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2273", "start": 12954.456, "end": 12957.771, "text": "Okay, uh, thank you for the opportunity to speak.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2274", "start": 12958.58, "end": 12977.49, "text": "I want to just note that because others have— many others have come before me, some of my comments have already been noted, and that's that this is not just about the Blazers, that the Moda Center hosts a variety of events, everything from Arena concerts, hence the term arena.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2275", "start": 12978.121, "end": 12982.721, "text": "The fire, Cirque du Soleil, Disney on Ice, pro bull riding.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2276", "start": 12983.061, "end": 12985.654, "text": "It's a major community center.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2277", "start": 12986.886, "end": 12990.258, "text": "It needs renovation, and the costs will only rise.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2278", "start": 12990.65, "end": 12992.939, "text": "We have seen that with the I-5 project.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2279", "start": 12993.407, "end": 12995.326, "text": "Costs will not go down over the years.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2280", "start": 12998.391, "end": 12999.119, "text": "The council has.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2281", "start": 12999.47, "end": 13004.253, "text": "Express support for 2 Broadway show-ready venues.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2282", "start": 13006.77, "end": 13016.638, "text": "We have not demonstrated a need for 2 Broadway show-ready venues, let alone having a payment plan in place.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2283", "start": 13018.522, "end": 13020.792, "text": "Portland is struggling to recover.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2284", "start": 13021.597, "end": 13026.31, "text": "We've seen businesses close, restaurants close, buildings sell for pennies on the dollar.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2285", "start": 13028.707, "end": 13036.369, "text": "Truth in advertising, I am a Blazer season ticket holder, a season ticket holder for Broadway in Portland, and I live downtown.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2286", "start": 13037.012, "end": 13038.238, "text": "I have skin in the game.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2287", "start": 13039.013, "end": 13042.982, "text": "Please, please renovate the arena.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2288", "start": 13043.289, "end": 13044.402, "text": "It needs to get done.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2289", "start": 13045.08, "end": 13046.257, "text": "And thank you for your time.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2290", "start": 13046.82, "end": 13047.436, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2291", "start": 13050.723, "end": 13053.397, "text": "Brandon Pappy, District 2, uh, he/him pronouns.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2292", "start": 13055.681, "end": 13059.434, "text": "For many of us, childhood memories of attending games with our families are something we will never forget.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2293", "start": 13060.028, "end": 13063.814, "text": "Even as time passes and we lose the ones we love, we will never lose those precious moments.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2294", "start": 13064.198, "end": 13067.022, "text": "The Blazers have long been the foundation that holds this city together.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2295", "start": 13067.086, "end": 13068.353, "text": "They transcend basketball.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2296", "start": 13068.834, "end": 13074.914, "text": "Regardless of income disparities, backgrounds, or political divides, Oregonians can unite behind one thing: their love for the Blazers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2297", "start": 13075.363, "end": 13078.202, "text": "Through, through the highest highs and lowest lows, we support this team.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2298", "start": 13078.619, "end": 13081.169, "text": "Our love for the Blazers is so much— is about so much more than basketball.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2299", "start": 13081.506, "end": 13086.201, "text": "It is about love for our community, civic pride, and those few glorious hours we can rise together as one.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2300", "start": 13086.714, "end": 13088.701, "text": "But to Tom Dundon, all these things are meaningless.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2301", "start": 13089.038, "end": 13095.383, "text": "He views the Blazers as a dollar figure on a balance sheet, and he views every Oregonian that has spent years supporting this team as expendable.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2302", "start": 13095.624, "end": 13097.915, "text": "Tom Dundon does not care about this city, and he never will.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2303", "start": 13099.149, "end": 13102.691, "text": "We have all seen the implicit threat that if the funding is not approved, he will move the team.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2304", "start": 13103.075, "end": 13116.275, "text": "Tom Dundon has acted in bad faith from day one and continues to act As though if the funding is not approved and the team is moved, the very real consequence of thousands of Portland employees losing their livelihood will be the fault of the Portland City Council and not his own greed.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2305", "start": 13116.612, "end": 13118.04, "text": "Nothing could be further from the truth.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2306", "start": 13118.393, "end": 13122.66, "text": "Tom Dundon has shamelessly chosen to use the threat of losing this team to turn us against each other.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2307", "start": 13123.109, "end": 13132.399, "text": "I commend the Portland City Council for standing up for our city, and I admire their courage— and I admire their courage to do so with the knowledge that it could have consequences for their political careers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2308", "start": 13132.463, "end": 13132.559, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2309", "start": 13133.012, "end": 13141.137, "text": "I humbly request that members of this council continue to follow their hearts and do what is best for the entire city, not merely what is best for one man.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2310", "start": 13141.574, "end": 13142.109, "text": "Thank you for your time.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2311", "start": 13143.3, "end": 13143.923, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2312", "start": 13145.741, "end": 13146.667, "text": "Thank you all.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2313", "start": 13151.433, "end": 13158.079, "text": "Good morning, Portland City Council and U.S. representatives and senators for the state of Oregon.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2314", "start": 13158.739, "end": 13159.638, "text": "My name is Jared Essig.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2315", "start": 13159.702, "end": 13162.157, "text": "I'm speaking on my own behalf right now.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2316", "start": 13163.441, "end": 13171.177, "text": "I'd like to raise a national issue behind the Moda Center negotiation and ask this council to act on it as a city and not just as a landlord.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2317", "start": 13171.498, "end": 13172.108, "text": "Okay.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2318", "start": 13172.188, "end": 13174.66, "text": "The NBA's leverage over Portland isn't only about this one lease.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2319", "start": 13175.174, "end": 13176.393, "text": "Part of it comes from federal law.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2320", "start": 13177.019, "end": 13191.83, "text": "The Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 lets the NBA's 30 competing team owners pool and sell their broadcast rights together as a under ordinary antitrust law, 30 separate businesses agreeing together on price and output is illegal collusion.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2321", "start": 13192.841, "end": 13206.013, "text": "Now, Congress carved out the exemption to the Sherman Antitrust Act for professional sports leagues in 1961 for a broadcast television world that no longer exists, before cable streaming, before the league's new 11-year, $76 billion national media deal.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2322", "start": 13206.462, "end": 13211.22, "text": "That pooled bargaining power is what funds the NBA's leverage over every city that hosts Yeah.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2323", "start": 13211.22, "end": 13215.71, "text": "Including this one, and exists only because Congress chose to exempt it from the law every other industry has to follow.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2324", "start": 13217.56, "end": 13220.9, "text": "Portland City Council can't repeal a federal statute, but you can lobby the people who can.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2325", "start": 13221.14, "end": 13224.04, "text": "I'm asking you to send a formal request to Oregon's congressional delegation.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2326", "start": 13224.04, "end": 13226.349, "text": "By the way, I like to play ball more than watch ball.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2327", "start": 13226.4, "end": 13228.9, "text": "What if we had Beaverton playing Gresham in the Moda Center?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2328", "start": 13228.9, "end": 13231.74, "text": "What if we had intrastate or municipal sports leagues?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2329", "start": 13231.88, "end": 13234.32, "text": "Now, this corrupted high school athletics as well.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2330", "start": 13234.32, "end": 13235.9, "text": "I was a varsity athlete in high school.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2331", "start": 13236.435, "end": 13241.718, "text": "But what about sports players, not just healthcare for all and preschool?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2332", "start": 13242.15, "end": 13245, "text": "So the opposition needs to improve their game in opposing this.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2333", "start": 13245.684, "end": 13245.993, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2334", "start": 13246.823, "end": 13247.475, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2335", "start": 13250.375, "end": 13251.124, "text": "Connor Cash.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2336", "start": 13254.264, "end": 13267.542, "text": "Next up we have Christy Blumster, Marcus Berger, Bryce Claggett, Dave Veitchi, Welcome, folks.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2337", "start": 13267.59, "end": 13270.238, "text": "Come on down and introduce yourselves for the record.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2338", "start": 13270.479, "end": 13271.618, "text": "Hello, Council.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2339", "start": 13271.923, "end": 13272.806, "text": "My name is Brice.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2340", "start": 13273.384, "end": 13276.995, "text": "I'm a union letter carrier in North Portland.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2341", "start": 13277.043, "end": 13278.038, "text": "Shout out District 2.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2342", "start": 13278.808, "end": 13283.992, "text": "And also, nobody thanked City Attorney, Council Clerk, and the City Administrator for being here.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2343", "start": 13284.057, "end": 13285.565, "text": "Sorry the mayor couldn't make it.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2344", "start": 13286.849, "end": 13290.765, "text": "I really— I did not grow up in Portland, but I've lived here the majority of my adult life.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2345", "start": 13290.83, "end": 13296.442, "text": "Adult life, and I just want to say I really enjoy basketball.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2346", "start": 13297.036, "end": 13298.864, "text": "Never had a basketball team growing up.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2347", "start": 13299.361, "end": 13308.518, "text": "There's a concept I like talking about with my coworkers back when the Blazers tickets were $3 each, where the ticket fees were higher than the tickets themselves for the nosebleeds.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2348", "start": 13309.143, "end": 13312.735, "text": "The healing power of inexpensive NBA basketball.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2349", "start": 13313.617, "end": 13314.275, "text": "It is great.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2350", "start": 13314.9, "end": 13319.163, "text": "I, you know, I would be remiss If we were to lose our team.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2351", "start": 13319.912, "end": 13322.144, "text": "And now it's, you know, we have the fire.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2352", "start": 13324.01, "end": 13331.309, "text": "I just— the Moda Center investment, it just seems like a great thing for just all the different things in the arena.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2353", "start": 13331.39, "end": 13333.506, "text": "We're going to be on the hook for it regardless.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2354", "start": 13334.006, "end": 13336.212, "text": "It's better to take the state's money while we can.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2355", "start": 13337.275, "end": 13342.445, "text": "And I just would love to just push it forward and it'll really just put the whole ball on Tom Dundon.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2356", "start": 13342.516, "end": 13342.765, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2357", "start": 13343.104, "end": 13354.797, "text": "I don't think Adam Silver will possibly, uh, let it happen again because it opens up the possibility of somebody buying, say, the New York Knicks or the Las Vegas expansion and moving it back to Portland.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2358", "start": 13355.137, "end": 13359.827, "text": "I think it'll scare the other governors of the NBA Council, and that's just what I want to say.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2359", "start": 13360.652, "end": 13361.38, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2360", "start": 13363.935, "end": 13364.695, "text": "Whoever wants to go?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2361", "start": 13366.036, "end": 13367.118, "text": "I'll go.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2362", "start": 13367.652, "end": 13368.96, "text": "My name is Dave Vache.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2363", "start": 13369.364, "end": 13380.176, "text": "I'm a lifetime resident And, um, recently retired head custodian at Lew Allen School, which I think is the best school in PPS, in my opinion.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2364", "start": 13380.883, "end": 13383.132, "text": "Thank you for giving us a chance to speak today.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2365", "start": 13384.256, "end": 13388.015, "text": "I think that both sides need to do better.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2366", "start": 13389.155, "end": 13392.432, "text": "I'm kind of disappointed that it's gone this long.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2367", "start": 13393.251, "end": 13399.499, "text": "I think great leadership would get things done as soon as possible, and it's kind of disappointing that it's taken this long.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2368", "start": 13400.495, "end": 13415.588, "text": "But I believe that if the funding is— can be done for renovating the Moda, and also not just that, but the Rose Quarter, Albina District, and Lloyd District, I think it could be an economic boom.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2369", "start": 13416.054, "end": 13418.221, "text": "And some people are skeptical, but I'm not.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2370", "start": 13418.863, "end": 13423.022, "text": "I think if you get that funding done, it'll get jobs going.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2371", "start": 13423.536, "end": 13427.886, "text": "Multnomah County has lost thousands of jobs since the pandemic.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2372", "start": 13428.532, "end": 13433.632, "text": "Let's get all these things going, and I believe the economy would be going really good.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2373", "start": 13433.939, "end": 13434.391, "text": "One more thing.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2374", "start": 13435.131, "end": 13445.86, "text": "I think that there are 5 pro teams in Portland, and 4 of those 5 seem to love Portland and think Portland is great.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2375", "start": 13445.924, "end": 13460.083, "text": "I know they know that it can be better, but there's one outlier, and that's The ownership of the Blazers needs to be more genuine in saying how good Portland can be and not just say it's bad.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2376", "start": 13460.379, "end": 13460.709, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2377", "start": 13461.038, "end": 13462.289, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2378", "start": 13464.92, "end": 13465.356, "text": "I'll go.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2379", "start": 13466.309, "end": 13469.831, "text": "Um, my name is Joseph, uh, born and raised in Portland.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2380", "start": 13470.106, "end": 13473.987, "text": "Uh, parents are from here, grandparents are from here, and, uh, great-grandparents.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2381", "start": 13474.068, "end": 13479.042, "text": "Anyway, uh, multigenerational Portlander.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2382", "start": 13479.139, "end": 13486.579, "text": "And let's see, my mom and I go to a lot of Blazer games, and she was talking last night like, oh, there's a city council meeting tomorrow.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2383", "start": 13487.064, "end": 13487.515, "text": "We thought we'd come.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2384", "start": 13487.95, "end": 13490.172, "text": "And as I was listening, I was like, oh, I'll put my name on the thing.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2385", "start": 13490.236, "end": 13492.345, "text": "So I don't really have a ton prepared here.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2386", "start": 13492.957, "end": 13493.922, "text": "Sorry if I ramble.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2387", "start": 13494.083, "end": 13495.339, "text": "I know you guys are in a tough spot.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2388", "start": 13497.585, "end": 13514.217, "text": "I just want to say, I don't know, there's probably no chance that any NBA brass will hear this, but If Adam Silver is listening, if this kind of move, the fact that it's gotten this far, I want him to hear that.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2389", "start": 13514.522, "end": 13514.956, "text": "Where's the camera?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2390", "start": 13515.02, "end": 13521.046, "text": "I almost want to point at him and say this, but you'll be the worst NBA commissioner of all time, easily.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2391", "start": 13521.11, "end": 13523.241, "text": "I mean, there's only 5 of them, so it's not that hard.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2392", "start": 13523.306, "end": 13527.322, "text": "But do not let this thing happen.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2393", "start": 13527.371, "end": 13528.623, "text": "Use whatever leverage you can.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2394", "start": 13529.24, "end": 13533.663, "text": "You let a Kind of a grade-A douchebag of an owner to buy the team.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2395", "start": 13534.983, "end": 13537.671, "text": "And Tom Dundon, stay in Portland, okay?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2396", "start": 13537.881, "end": 13538.863, "text": "It'll work out.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2397", "start": 13539.33, "end": 13555.62, "text": "And I just want to say, of all the stuff, like all the use of taxpayer money, there's a lot of money that goes out to these nonprofits that, like, their actual product is dubious in what they do.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2398", "start": 13556.407, "end": 13566.657, "text": "And I know those are your constituents and your cronies and whatnot, but of any use of taxpayer money, this seems like the most obvious ROI of anything.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2399", "start": 13566.705, "end": 13574.707, "text": "Just take the economic stuff, but also, like, as many people said, the nonquantifiable aspect of what sports does to a city.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2400", "start": 13575.365, "end": 13577.422, "text": "Again, I think some guy said this earlier.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2401", "start": 13578.113, "end": 13580.121, "text": "What was I about to say?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2402", "start": 13580.234, "end": 13580.619, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2403", "start": 13580.684, "end": 13580.876, "text": "Sorry.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2404", "start": 13581.069, "end": 13581.664, "text": "Oh, overtime there.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2405", "start": 13581.744, "end": 13582.001, "text": "Sorry.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2406", "start": 13582.049, "end": 13582.483, "text": "Last thing.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2407", "start": 13582.836, "end": 13585.066, "text": "No one's going to remember the little small thing.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2408", "start": 13585.82, "end": 13587.039, "text": "Thanks, brother.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2409", "start": 13587.264, "end": 13587.825, "text": "Thanks, thanks.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2410", "start": 13587.905, "end": 13588.274, "text": "We're good, guys.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2411", "start": 13588.531, "end": 13588.836, "text": "We're good.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2412", "start": 13590.135, "end": 13590.199, "text": "Cool.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2413", "start": 13591.418, "end": 13591.915, "text": "All good.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2414", "start": 13592.3, "end": 13592.637, "text": "All good.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2415", "start": 13593.664, "end": 13594.498, "text": "Hi, I'm Marcus.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2416", "start": 13594.562, "end": 13599.102, "text": "I'm also a lifetime Portland resident, 3rd generation, just about to go on 50 years.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2417", "start": 13600.257, "end": 13606.625, "text": "Blazers represent team identity and culture, but really they've been embedded in the DNA of Rip City since before I was born.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2418", "start": 13607.395, "end": 13613.761, "text": "If you think about it, the NBA experience is about seeing the best basketball in the world, uh, and it includes climate-controlled arena.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2419", "start": 13613.889, "end": 13618.554, "text": "I mean, we've all seen football fans in Buffalo, New York freeze to death while they cheer on their team.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2420", "start": 13619.019, "end": 13623.989, "text": "We get to beat the rain and get out of the rain and enjoy world-class basketball in the Moda Center.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2421", "start": 13624.214, "end": 13629.279, "text": "I think that we deserve to have a world-class, state-of-the-art arena for this fan experience of it.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2422", "start": 13629.536, "end": 13633.576, "text": "And right now there's a lot to be lost on the table if we can't get a deal done.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2423", "start": 13634.153, "end": 13637.425, "text": "And by that I'm talking about The global brand of the Blazers.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2424", "start": 13637.859, "end": 13640.218, "text": "Right now we have a superstar from Israel.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2425", "start": 13640.908, "end": 13643.669, "text": "We have an emerging defensive ace, and that's Deni Avdija.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2426", "start": 13644.038, "end": 13649.367, "text": "We have an emerging defensive ace, Tammany Camara, who brings, uh, from Belgium, who brings a French-speaking audience with him.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2427", "start": 13649.977, "end": 13652.721, "text": "We just signed Jeremy Sochan from Poland to our roster.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2428", "start": 13653.106, "end": 13657.697, "text": "And let's not forget, last year we invested our draft pick in Young Hansen from China.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2429", "start": 13657.761, "end": 13664.338, "text": "He's currently the best basketball player from China if he actually becomes what we want them to be, that's a billion-person market.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2430", "start": 13664.938, "end": 13667.468, "text": "Can we be responsible and like leave that on the table?", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2431", "start": 13668.019, "end": 13668.684, "text": "Of course not.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2432", "start": 13669.708, "end": 13674.628, "text": "So let's get over the ideological bent on this eat the rich stuff and get this deal done.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2433", "start": 13675.116, "end": 13683.822, "text": "I mean, if we want to be responsible adults, let's do a better job managing the asset that's the Moda Center than say we did the PSU library last year when it got trashed.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2434", "start": 13684.97, "end": 13687.151, "text": "This is owed to the city of Portland and the stakeholders.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2435", "start": 13687.25, "end": 13687.529, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2436", "start": 13687.578, "end": 13688.234, "text": "I yield my time.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2437", "start": 13688.996, "end": 13689.707, "text": "Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2438", "start": 13692.23, "end": 13692.423, "text": "Yeah.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2439", "start": 13692.729, "end": 13694.259, "text": "Hi, my name is Connor Cash.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2440", "start": 13694.582, "end": 13699.044, "text": "I was, uh, born and raised in the Woodlawn neighborhood in Northeast Portland, home of Damon Stoudamire.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2441", "start": 13699.576, "end": 13704.571, "text": "I'm currently a student at PSU, and I work at the Safeway on campus bagging groceries.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2442", "start": 13705.169, "end": 13710.236, "text": "But the job I've had that I found the most passion in was being a volleyball referee for 5 years.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2443", "start": 13710.85, "end": 13712.326, "text": "The job as a referee is interesting.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2444", "start": 13712.956, "end": 13716.787, "text": "They tell you to If you perform your job perfectly, no one will notice.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2445", "start": 13717.862, "end": 13720.059, "text": "We— I grew up playing team sports.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2446", "start": 13720.332, "end": 13724.31, "text": "I was often the man setting screens, grabbing rebounds, and letting other people score.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2447", "start": 13725.401, "end": 13726.091, "text": "Sorry, I'm a little out of breath.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2448", "start": 13726.139, "end": 13727.182, "text": "I just sprinted to get here.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2449", "start": 13728.594, "end": 13731.513, "text": "I want to take this time to remind you guys that you are also a team.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2450", "start": 13732.283, "end": 13736.871, "text": "You are a team just like my Columbia Christian High School team, the Blazers, the Fire.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2451", "start": 13737.497, "end": 13738.315, "text": "You guys are a team.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2452", "start": 13738.796, "end": 13740.689, "text": "You guys aren't always going to get along together.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2453", "start": 13741.203, "end": 13747.718, "text": "You guys are going to have disagreements, but at the end of the day, if you guys perform your job perfectly, no one will notice.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2454", "start": 13748.504, "end": 13749.098, "text": "No one will cheer.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2455", "start": 13749.692, "end": 13750.639, "text": "No one will throw a parade.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2456", "start": 13751.232, "end": 13760.427, "text": "But I can guarantee, if you guys screw this up, if you lose my team, my mom's team, my grandma's team, my great-grandma's team, people will notice.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2457", "start": 13761.647, "end": 13769.543, "text": "If you think Portland can riot over something that happens across the country, wait until you see what happens When you take this team from us.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2458", "start": 13769.672, "end": 13780.012, "text": "I know you guys don't have this all in your control, but just remember, you are a team, and if you execute your job perfectly, there won't be any riots outside your house or your place of business.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2459", "start": 13780.767, "end": 13783.946, "text": "But if you guys fuck this up, I can't guarantee that that will happen.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2460", "start": 13784.861, "end": 13789.743, "text": "We need to team up together and realize that the only daddy that can save us is Adam Silver.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2461", "start": 13790.626, "end": 13793.147, "text": "So let's team up and work together.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2462", "start": 13793.211, "end": 13793.307, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2463", "start": 13793.679, "end": 13793.939, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2464", "start": 13794.669, "end": 13795.075, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2465", "start": 13796.195, "end": 13797.754, "text": "Uh, Christy Blumster.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2466", "start": 13801.921, "end": 13804.824, "text": "Our last, uh, testifier today is Michelle Ushelman.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2467", "start": 13811.319, "end": 13811.885, "text": "Welcome, Michelle.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2468", "start": 13812.273, "end": 13813.711, "text": "Good morning.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2469", "start": 13815.424, "end": 13817.477, "text": "Um, I'm going to say RIP City.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2470", "start": 13817.638, "end": 13828.323, "text": "I'm here And if I look familiar, it's because, um, I went viral in 2016.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2471", "start": 13828.921, "end": 13836.325, "text": "I am a 29-year survivor of domestic violence in the state of Oregon and one of the biggest cases in the state of Oregon.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2472", "start": 13836.942, "end": 13838.699, "text": "I speak for domestic violence.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2473", "start": 13838.877, "end": 13841.795, "text": "I'm a former Moda employee.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2474", "start": 13843.552, "end": 13853.958, "text": "When I went viral, The Obamas, Richard Branson, and Prince Harry came to my aid that day.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2475", "start": 13855.95, "end": 13861.683, "text": "Some of— I will not name— the Portland Trail Blazers came to my aid.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2476", "start": 13862.264, "end": 13866.851, "text": "They didn't know who I was, and they have a heart of gold.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2477", "start": 13868.102, "end": 13871.488, "text": "And I am pissed off, and not at you, Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2478", "start": 13872.233, "end": 13874.758, "text": "This is a decision which is like a pie.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2479", "start": 13875.406, "end": 13878.255, "text": "Everyone that knows me knows I am a solver.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2480", "start": 13879.88, "end": 13880.53, "text": "What do I do?", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2481", "start": 13880.986, "end": 13882.157, "text": "I solve problems.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2482", "start": 13882.986, "end": 13896.859, "text": "The, the fact is, when they are at away games, their people in the building of Moda and your 3 other buildings are events.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2483", "start": 13896.95, "end": 13897.142, "text": "Yes.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2484", "start": 13897.544, "end": 13906.503, "text": "The buck needs to be passed to every darn event, not the Portland Trail Blazers out of their pockets, but every event.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2485", "start": 13907.418, "end": 13909.184, "text": "Divided them up.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2486", "start": 13909.666, "end": 13916.537, "text": "You've got 3 buildings and the Blazers and those events, and that would solve this problem.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2487", "start": 13917.838, "end": 13928.106, "text": "And if you're gonna build a new building, make it available Thank you very much.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2488", "start": 13928.791, "end": 13929.705, "text": "Thank you for your time today.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2489", "start": 13930.34, "end": 13930.598, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2490", "start": 13930.856, "end": 13931.307, "text": "Thanks so much.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2491", "start": 13931.985, "end": 13933.162, "text": "That completes testimony.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2492", "start": 13933.679, "end": 13938.857, "text": "Okay, colleagues, having completed our testimony, we are reserving our time for discussion until tomorrow.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2493", "start": 13939.64, "end": 13942.265, "text": "And so, um, oh, I see Councilor Kanal.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2494", "start": 13943.602, "end": 13948.047, "text": "Yeah, I just wanted to update colleagues that the amendments I mentioned are filed.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2495", "start": 13948.128, "end": 13950.082, "text": "They'll be put Clerk's obviously got—.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-2496", "start": 13950.147, "end": 13952.796, "text": "Been doing a lot right now, so will soon be posted.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2497", "start": 13952.941, "end": 13955.124, "text": "And I wanted to correct a misstatement earlier.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2498", "start": 13955.349, "end": 13959.283, "text": "I said it would increase the escalator from 5 to 7%.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2499", "start": 13959.556, "end": 13960.038, "text": "I misspoke.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2500", "start": 13960.102, "end": 13961.788, "text": "It increases it from 5 to 6%.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2501", "start": 13962.575, "end": 13963.153, "text": "Thank you, Councilor.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2502", "start": 13964.212, "end": 13971.502, "text": "To that end, colleagues, as we are considering amendments for discussion tomorrow, if we could please reduce those to writing and get them to the clerk today.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2503", "start": 13972.546, "end": 13974.087, "text": "With that, we are in recess.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" }, { "id": "cue-2504", "start": 13974.233, "end": 13975.806, "text": "Until tomorrow at 2 o'clock.", "speaker": "Jamie Dunphy" } ] }