{ "meetingId": "2026-09-10-fgc-1", "title": "Portland City Council Finance & Governance Committee (Whole) 09/10/26", "date": "2026-09-10T09:30:00-07:00", "duration": 116, "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fARSRqPmcuo", "videoId": "fARSRqPmcuo", "agendaUrl": "https://www.portland.gov/council/agenda/committee-whole/2026/9/10", "agendaItems": [ { "number": 1, "title": "Committee Chair updates and continued September 2026 City Administrator update", "type": "Presentation", "url": "https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/presentation/placed-file/2026-313" }, { "number": 2, "title": "Appoint Omar K. Salomon to the Steering and Oversight Committee for the Homelessness Response System for a one-year term to expire September 30, 2027", "type": "Report", "url": "https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/appoint-omar-k-salomon-steering-and-oversight-committee-homelessness" } ], "summary": "**The Finance and Governance Committee of the Whole voted 9-0 to refer the appointment of Omar K. Salomon to the Homelessness Response System's Steering and Oversight Committee to the full City Council with a recommendation to accept, with three members absent** ([01:53:22](meeting:2026-09-10-fgc-1@01:53:22)).\n\nCouncilor Sameer Kanal (District 2) presided in the absence of Council President Jamie Dunphy (District 1), who had a preplanned absence. Councilors Olivia Clark (District 4) and Loretta Smith (District 1) were also absent. Councilor Eric Zimmerman (District 4) arrived at 10:45 a.m.\n\n## Homelessness oversight appointment\n\nThe committee heard the nomination of Salomon, owner of Zocotl, a juice and smoothie bar with two Portland locations, to fill the business-sector seat on the Steering and Oversight Committee. Jillian Schoney of the Homelessness Response System staff said the seat is one of five non-voting positions and that its holder must be nominated by a chamber of commerce; Salomon was elevated by the Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber ([01:22:54](meeting:2026-09-10-fgc-1@01:22:54)). Policy advisor Robin Johnson described a roughly four-month recruitment reaching **17 chambers and business associations**, of which two recommended candidates; Salomon was the single person meeting the standards.\n\nSalomon told the committee he had been a business owner about eight years and previously worked as a social worker with families experiencing or at risk of homelessness ([01:27:51](meeting:2026-09-10-fgc-1@01:27:51)). Councilor Dan Ryan (District 2) said he had pushed for independent members \"that aren't connected to the industry\" and encouraged Salomon to \"own your voice,\" adding he was \"a little bummed\" the seat is non-voting ([01:34:38](meeting:2026-09-10-fgc-1@01:34:38)). Zimmerman, who sits on the committee, said the business voice had \"been missing for a few months now.\"\n\nSchoney clarified that the oversight committee uses a two-step process: a consensus 3-2-1 vote by all members, then an official vote by the five voting members ([01:48:33](meeting:2026-09-10-fgc-1@01:48:33)). Councilor Mitch Green (District 4) said he had difficulty finding minutes and vote tallies from prior committee meetings and asked that summaries be made public. The motion, moved by Zimmerman and seconded by Councilor Elana Pirtle-Guiney (District 2), passed **9 aye, 3 absent**. The appointment is tentatively on the County Board of Commissioners' consent agenda for September 17.\n\n## 2020 protest police discipline reviews\n\nKanal questioned Deputy City Administrator Warren about reviews of six investigations into the Portland Police Bureau stemming from 2020, two involving former chiefs of police. Warren said the city has a past practice of having a neutral party review so that a current chief does not review a former chief, and that the mayor's office worked with the city attorney's office. She said the Bureau of Human Resources provided a recommendation to the mayor, who made the decision; she was Human Resources Director when the cases were assigned and continued the work in her interim role ([00:39:57](meeting:2026-09-10-fgc-1@00:39:57)). She described herself as a \"second recommender\" alongside Independent Police Review, and said the City Attorney's Office told her there is precedent, though it had not happened during her tenure as HR director.\n\nWarren said there were five cases: **\"2 were sustained, 3 were not sustained,\"** with one or two differing from Independent Police Review's recommendations ([00:44:31](meeting:2026-09-10-fgc-1@00:44:31)). Kanal asked how rapid response team members' assertions that they lacked sufficient training and support could be true yet warrant no corrective action; Warren said \"I can't speak to that specific\" and offered to follow up ([00:47:58](meeting:2026-09-10-fgc-1@00:47:58)). Kanal also objected to a memo passage — \"the Bureau was faced with dozens of uses of force an evening for a sustained period\" — saying the passive voice \"obscures the responsibility of the people who are using the force\" ([00:48:02](meeting:2026-09-10-fgc-1@00:48:02)). Warren said the intent \"was not to minimize the impacts\" but to describe the review process and case volume.\n\n## City Administrator update\n\nCity Administrator Raymond Lee, appearing remotely, took questions deferred from the prior week's full Council meeting. On the Equity Core realignment, Lee said internal discussions with bureaus continue and that the equity arm is the last unit to be realigned, telling the committee \"There is no other realignments outside of this that we will be really doing this fiscal year\" ([00:23:52](meeting:2026-09-10-fgc-1@00:23:52)). He confirmed to Ryan it is the only core realignment planned for the current year.\n\nGreen asked about the consultant contract for utility rate setting. Millicent Williams, interim deputy city administrator for public works, said she was on \"Day 3, 4\" and would meet the shared utility director Monday before reporting back ([00:27:44](meeting:2026-09-10-fgc-1@00:27:44)). Green urged the request for proposals to draw on local rate-making expertise tied to the Bonneville Power Administration and to reach out to the Citizens Utility Board and Oregon Public Utilities Commission; Williams said she would note the recommendations.\n\nKanal said Portland \"remained in the top 10 cities\" for gun violence reduction, at \"number 7,\" citing a **57% year-to-date reduction** ([00:35:03](meeting:2026-09-10-fgc-1@00:35:03)). He raised concern about a third sidewalk-cleaning contractor, \"Junk It Junk,\" joining the program in October and how it would treat houseless people's belongings; Lee said \"It's not trash, it's not junk\" and that belongings should be handled \"with dignity and respect,\" and that he would review the contract ([00:37:35](meeting:2026-09-10-fgc-1@00:37:35)).\n\n## Committee scheduling\n\nKanal reported that CEI Hub items were pulled from the Committee of the Whole by a four-councilor discharge and will go to a full council work session the afternoon of **September 17** ([00:12:12](meeting:2026-09-10-fgc-1@00:12:12)). He said future foreclosure batches will come to the Committee of the Whole. Pirtle-Guiney gave a City Life Committee update on a climate-policy session where panels said the city is \"not currently on track to meet our goals\" on 2030 carbon reduction, and previewed coming items including a Zimmerman measure on dynamic and surveillance pricing and a Novick resolution on immunity for oil companies.\n\n## What's next\n\nThe Salomon appointment goes to the full City Council on a consent agenda soon, at the Council President's discretion, and is tentatively on the County Board of Commissioners' consent agenda September 17. CEI Hub items are set for a full council work session the afternoon of September 17. Lee said an engagement work session is expected this month, with the date to be confirmed. Warren agreed to follow up on the rapid response team training question. The committee adjourned before a 2 p.m. work session the same day.", "summaryText": "The Finance and Governance Committee of the Whole voted 9-0 to refer the appointment of Omar K. Salomon to the Homelessness Response System's Steering and Oversight Committee to the full City Council with a recommendation to accept, with three members absent (01:53:22).\n\nCouncilor Sameer Kanal (District 2) presided in the absence of Council President Jamie Dunphy (District 1), who had a preplanned absence. Councilors Olivia Clark (District 4) and Loretta Smith (District 1) were also absent. Councilor Eric Zimmerman (District 4) arrived at 10:45 a.m.\n\nThe committee heard the nomination of Salomon, owner of Zocotl, a juice and smoothie bar with two Portland locations, to fill the business-sector seat on the Steering and Oversight Committee. Jillian Schoney of the Homelessness Response System staff said the seat is one of five non-voting positions and that its holder must be nominated by a chamber of commerce; Salomon was elevated by the Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber (01:22:54). Policy advisor Robin Johnson described a roughly four-month recruitment reaching 17 chambers and business associations, of which two recommended candidates; Salomon was the single person meeting the standards.\n\nSalomon told the committee he had been a business owner about eight years and previously worked as a social worker with families experiencing or at risk of homelessness (01:27:51). Councilor Dan Ryan (District 2) said he had pushed for independent members \"that aren't connected to the industry\" and encouraged Salomon to \"own your voice,\" adding he was \"a little bummed\" the seat is non-voting (01:34:38). Zimmerman, who sits on the committee, said the business voice had \"been missing for a few months now.\"\n\nSchoney clarified that the oversight committee uses a two-step process: a consensus 3-2-1 vote by all members, then an official vote by the five voting members (01:48:33). Councilor Mitch Green (District 4) said he had difficulty finding minutes and vote tallies from prior committee meetings and asked that summaries be made public. The motion, moved by Zimmerman and seconded by Councilor Elana Pirtle-Guiney (District 2), passed 9 aye, 3 absent. The appointment is tentatively on the County Board of Commissioners' consent agenda for September 17.\n\nKanal questioned Deputy City Administrator Warren about reviews of six investigations into the Portland Police Bureau stemming from 2020, two involving former chiefs of police. Warren said the city has a past practice of having a neutral party review so that a current chief does not review a former chief, and that the mayor's office worked with the city attorney's office. She said the Bureau of Human Resources provided a recommendation to the mayor, who made the decision; she was Human Resources Director when the cases were assigned and continued the work in her interim role (00:39:57). She described herself as a \"second recommender\" alongside Independent Police Review, and said the City Attorney's Office told her there is precedent, though it had not happened during her tenure as HR director.\n\nWarren said there were five cases: \"2 were sustained, 3 were not sustained,\" with one or two differing from Independent Police Review's recommendations (00:44:31). Kanal asked how rapid response team members' assertions that they lacked sufficient training and support could be true yet warrant no corrective action; Warren said \"I can't speak to that specific\" and offered to follow up (00:47:58). Kanal also objected to a memo passage — \"the Bureau was faced with dozens of uses of force an evening for a sustained period\" — saying the passive voice \"obscures the responsibility of the people who are using the force\" (00:48:02). Warren said the intent \"was not to minimize the impacts\" but to describe the review process and case volume.\n\nCity Administrator Raymond Lee, appearing remotely, took questions deferred from the prior week's full Council meeting. On the Equity Core realignment, Lee said internal discussions with bureaus continue and that the equity arm is the last unit to be realigned, telling the committee \"There is no other realignments outside of this that we will be really doing this fiscal year\" (00:23:52). He confirmed to Ryan it is the only core realignment planned for the current year.\n\nGreen asked about the consultant contract for utility rate setting. Millicent Williams, interim deputy city administrator for public works, said she was on \"Day 3, 4\" and would meet the shared utility director Monday before reporting back (00:27:44). Green urged the request for proposals to draw on local rate-making expertise tied to the Bonneville Power Administration and to reach out to the Citizens Utility Board and Oregon Public Utilities Commission; Williams said she would note the recommendations.\n\nKanal said Portland \"remained in the top 10 cities\" for gun violence reduction, at \"number 7,\" citing a 57% year-to-date reduction (00:35:03). He raised concern about a third sidewalk-cleaning contractor, \"Junk It Junk,\" joining the program in October and how it would treat houseless people's belongings; Lee said \"It's not trash, it's not junk\" and that belongings should be handled \"with dignity and respect,\" and that he would review the contract (00:37:35).\n\nKanal reported that CEI Hub items were pulled from the Committee of the Whole by a four-councilor discharge and will go to a full council work session the afternoon of September 17 (00:12:12). He said future foreclosure batches will come to the Committee of the Whole. Pirtle-Guiney gave a City Life Committee update on a climate-policy session where panels said the city is \"not currently on track to meet our goals\" on 2030 carbon reduction, and previewed coming items including a Zimmerman measure on dynamic and surveillance pricing and a Novick resolution on immunity for oil companies.\n\nThe Salomon appointment goes to the full City Council on a consent agenda soon, at the Council President's discretion, and is tentatively on the County Board of Commissioners' consent agenda September 17. CEI Hub items are set for a full council work session the afternoon of September 17. Lee said an engagement work session is expected this month, with the date to be confirmed. Warren agreed to follow up on the rapid response team training question. 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598.375, "text": "And Christopher, will you please read the statement of conduct?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-27", "start": 599.7, "end": 601.869, "text": "Welcome to the meeting of the Finance and Governance Committee of the Whole.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-28", "start": 601.982, "end": 612.327, "text": "To testify before this committee in person or virtually, you must sign up in advance on the committee agenda at www.portland.gov/council/agenda/committee-whole or by calling 311.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-29", "start": 612.376, "end": 614.529, "text": "Information on engaging with the committee can be found at this link.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-30", "start": 614.77, "end": 617.517, "text": "Registration for virtual testimony closes 1 hour prior to the meeting.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-31", "start": 617.726, "end": 620.397, "text": "In-person testifiers must sign 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637.34, "end": 639.476, "text": "Further disruption will result in ejection from the meeting.", "speaker": "Rebecca Dobert" }, { "id": "cue-38", "start": 639.829, "end": 642.462, "text": "Anyone who fails to leave once ejected is subject to arrest for trespass.", "speaker": "Rebecca Dobert" }, { "id": "cue-39", "start": 642.735, "end": 645.385, "text": "Additionally, the committee may take a short recess and reconvene virtually.", "speaker": "Rebecca Dobert" }, { "id": "cue-40", "start": 645.449, "end": 645.577, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Keelan McClymont" }, { "id": "cue-41", "start": 645.754, "end": 645.947, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-42", "start": 646.958, "end": 647.872, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-43", "start": 648.081, "end": 654.292, "text": "I'll note that today we have our Council President and Vice President have preplanned absences.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-44", "start": 654.34, "end": 655.736, "text": "We do have a couple folks online.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-45", "start": 655.8, "end": 660.647, "text": "So if you're watching at home and seeing this looks pretty empty up here, we do have a couple folks online as well.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-46", "start": 661.963, "end": 664.322, "text": "Today we're gonna be doing only 2 items on the agenda.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-47", "start": 664.386, "end": 665.911, "text": "One is a little bit of a 2-parter.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-48", "start": 666.007, "end": 671.464, "text": "The Chair update will also include a continuation of the City Administrator update.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-49", "start": 671.528, "end": 683.056, "text": "You may recall that last week at the full Council meeting, there was a, Uh, packed agenda, and, um, the city administrator update was something that we felt could, could kind 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"text": "All right, with that, I will ask if Rebecca, could you please read item 1?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-55", "start": 722.304, "end": 729.095, "text": "Item 1, committee chair updates and continued September 2026 city administrator update, document number 2026-313.", "speaker": "Rebecca Dobert" }, { "id": "cue-56", "start": 732.167, "end": 732.842, "text": "Great, thanks everyone.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-57", "start": 732.89, "end": 733.95, "text": "I'm getting printed copies.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-58", "start": 733.998, "end": 737.242, "text": "They are online as well, um, for the chair update.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-59", "start": 737.37, "end": 749.511, "text": "And, you know, towards the end of this one, we are going to hear from, um, uh, I think actually the date— huh, we're going to actually skip the committee update because it would have been Chair Clark today, I think.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-60", "start": 749.736, "end": 751.887, "text": "Um, or no, actually it's your turn, isn't it?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-61", "start": 752.08, "end": 753.686, "text": "My, my apologies, it is City Life Committee.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-62", "start": 753.766, "end": 755.87, "text": "That's an error in the, uh, in the report.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-63", "start": 755.918, "end": 758.322, "text": "So we'll hear from, uh, Chair Thank you.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-64", "start": 758.438, "end": 760.467, "text": "Councilor Pirtle-Guiney, before we get to the city administrator.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-65", "start": 762.729, "end": 767.994, "text": "All right, so the big things to note here, you'll notice that I'll mention 3 things.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-66", "start": 768.059, "end": 773.393, "text": "One is we erroneously did not include 3.02 in the unscheduled items last time.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-67", "start": 773.473, "end": 777.089, "text": "So my apologies for that last week.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-68", "start": 777.154, "end": 778.235, "text": "So that's been added back.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-69", "start": 778.364, "end": 784.459, "text": "The second thing which came up yesterday is that foreclosures have been added back to the unscheduled agenda items list.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-70", "start": 785.317, "end": 796.827, "text": "You may recall that yesterday when we were talking about this, Council President Dunphy noted that although the batch that we were dealing with on the council agenda yesterday had come through the Housing and Permitting Committee, that future ones would come to the Committee of the Whole.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-71", "start": 797.807, "end": 803.461, "text": "Um, so that is something that, that's been decided there, but I don't have the timeline, so it's in the unscheduled items.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-72", "start": 803.926, "end": 810.672, "text": "The third thing I wanted to mention is you'll notice that CEI Hub items are no longer reflected on the meeting calendar.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-73", "start": 811.298, "end": 818.397, "text": "Last week there was a 4-councilor discharge to pull this item to the full council rather than having it routed through the Committee of the Whole.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-74", "start": 819.007, "end": 827.264, "text": "The plan for the CEI Hub items is now to discuss them at a full council work session on the afternoon of September 17th.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-75", "start": 827.504, "end": 832.603, "text": "So my guess will— that'll be 2 o'clock, and then the items will proceed to the full council shortly after.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-76", "start": 833.372, "end": 840.956, "text": "Please feel free to reach out to my office or to the council president's office if you have any questions about how these items will be routed or how they'll be heard.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-77", "start": 842.287, "end": 847.385, "text": "So those are the, the 3 updates to this first section here, and the second section is sort of related.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-78", "start": 847.883, "end": 854.741, "text": "I did want to flag that we are putting the future of downtown— we're going to be adding in some folks to that group, work group.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-79", "start": 854.789, "end": 859.062, "text": "This is on page 3, to join with the vice chairs on planning out that agenda item.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-80", "start": 859.126, "end": 868.635, "text": "I know we're asking all 3 of the District 4 councilors, and then based on their responses, see how much space we have left, because obviously we can't have a majority of this group do that.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-81", "start": 869.551, "end": 875.799, "text": "And then I'll be reaching out to Councilors Novick, Murillo, Clark, and Zimmerman about how to start planning for the street renaming code conversation.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-82", "start": 876.14, "end": 877.374, "text": "And how we do that discussion.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-83", "start": 879, "end": 881.628, "text": "Um, yeah, that's all I have for my part.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-84", "start": 881.742, "end": 884.468, "text": "So any questions for me before we go on to Chair Pirtle-Guiney?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-85", "start": 886.853, "end": 888.372, "text": "When is the future of downtown?", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-86", "start": 889.035, "end": 898.369, "text": "It's not currently scheduled, but I think it, uh, there was a, there was a request to have it moved later than what is showing on this, uh, update.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-87", "start": 899.001, "end": 904.885, "text": "Um, so I'm still discussing, and I want to talk to the vice chairs about it, but I haven't had a chance yet because our schedule hasn't aligned yet.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-88", "start": 905.543, "end": 906.249, "text": "Okay.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-89", "start": 906.554, "end": 909.956, "text": "Um, I'm not— I personally don't have a strong opinion either way.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-90", "start": 910.004, "end": 911.641, "text": "I just want to make sure it works for everybody who's—.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-91", "start": 911.849, "end": 916.567, "text": "I don't know who brought the title, so I'm not sure what the intention of the agenda is.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-92", "start": 917.145, "end": 921.365, "text": "Uh, Future Downtown was, uh, you'll see it's actually— my apologies, I was incorrect.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-93", "start": 921.413, "end": 923.146, "text": "It's on November 12th right now, penciled in.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-94", "start": 923.884, "end": 927.607, "text": "Um, the— that's my placeholder title.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-95", "start": 927.671, "end": 931.282, "text": "If, uh, those who are planning the agenda item would like to retitle it, I welcome it.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-96", "start": 931.442, "end": 934.635, "text": "That's just how it was discussed when we first debated having a Committee of the Whole.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-97", "start": 935.052, "end": 939.399, "text": "We are moving our planning meeting to a different time than Wednesdays at noon, I understand.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-98", "start": 939.48, "end": 944.436, "text": "So that's why we have a planning meeting discussion here at this meeting, because we haven't had one in a while.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-99", "start": 944.837, "end": 944.917, "text": "Yeah.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-100", "start": 944.965, "end": 946.938, "text": "So I look forward to understanding what that means.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-101", "start": 947.067, "end": 957.397, "text": "I know that I've been in conversations with Chair Pirtle-Guiney about how we have to get economic development back on the calendar somewhere on this council, since it's one of our biggest issues.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-102", "start": 957.734, "end": 960.685, "text": "And downtown's such a big part of it, as everyone knows.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-103", "start": 960.733, "end": 962.161, "text": "That's where a lot of the revenue comes from.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-104", "start": 964.422, "end": 967.202, "text": "Yeah, I appreciate you, uh, highlighting that, Chair Ryan.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-105", "start": 967.379, "end": 972.89, "text": "And just for transparency on that, we do have a planning meeting for the, the chair and vice chairs to talk about it.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-106", "start": 973.083, "end": 978.347, "text": "And as everyone has noticed, I'm sure recently our council meetings have run long and that's eaten up our time.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-107", "start": 978.832, "end": 980.335, "text": "So, uh, we're, we're rescheduling.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-108", "start": 981.13, "end": 987.808, "text": "Um, all right, uh, I'll pass it over for our, uh, committee update to Chair Pirtle-Guiney from the City Life Committee.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-109", "start": 987.856, "end": 988.469, "text": "Thank you, Council President.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-110", "start": 989.575, "end": 991.438, "text": "Thank you, Chair Kanal.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-111", "start": 992.706, "end": 1000.543, "text": "I really appreciate these opportunities for us to each reflect on our committee and share what we're doing and hear a little bit more about committees we're not sitting on.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-112", "start": 1001.201, "end": 1012.185, "text": "I want to start this week by highlighting the work that the City Life Committee did on Tuesday, where we had a committee session focused on climate policy.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-113", "start": 1012.763, "end": 1025.051, "text": "This was, I think, a really important opportunity for us to take a step back from individual policies coming forward and think strategically about how we are advancing Portland's climate goals across our portfolio of work.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-114", "start": 1025.756, "end": 1047.171, "text": "We heard from multiple panels, all of whose presentations urged us to recommit to our 2030 carbon reduction goals, pair high-level strategy with evidence-based initiatives, build on some strong cross-sector interest in working collaboratively on climate issues that's already underway, And across the board do more.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-115", "start": 1047.957, "end": 1052.565, "text": "We heard from our Chief Sustainability Officer.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-116", "start": 1052.774, "end": 1062.053, "text": "We heard from a group that is bringing together city bureaus, community activists, and our business industry to create a clean industry partnership.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-117", "start": 1062.984, "end": 1077.789, "text": "We heard from a number of members of our Multnomah Youth Commission and from a group called the Climate Optimists who look for win-win situations that pair 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these broader policy conversations had space, but that they were also tied to tangible actions.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-122", "start": 1116.845, "end": 1123.564, "text": "And that presentation from the Climate Optimists was an important way to make sure we were really tying into tangible actions that we can take.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-123", "start": 1125.06, "end": 1144.947, "text": "Previously, since I last presented, the City Life Committee has also heard a number of pretty big issues that have already advanced we moved forward the resolution that will initiate city action on working with a community partner to develop city-owned land surrounding the Moda Center and Veterans Memorial Coliseum, something this council passed unanimously.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-124", "start": 1145.605, "end": 1155.672, "text": "We also spent an entire session and then some on the resolution we passed just yesterday directing the administration to engage in future planning for our city venues.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-125", "start": 1156.94, "end": 1162.897, "text": "Looking ahead, you have in front of you a sheet of paper that says City Life Draft Year-End Schedule.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-126", "start": 1162.961, "end": 1163.009, "text": "Yes.", "speaker": "Rebecca Dobert" }, { "id": "cue-127", "start": 1163.506, "end": 1168.093, "text": "And I think we are getting this to the clerk to make sure that it is posted online as well.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-128", "start": 1168.718, "end": 1171.236, "text": "And this is a draft subject to change.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-129", "start": 1171.3, "end": 1185.429, "text": "Please don't hold us to the specifics here, but this includes everything that has currently been brought forward to the City Life Committee where folks, either councilors or the 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certain types of dynamic pricing and surveillance pricing within our retail establishments.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-137", "start": 1270.958, "end": 1279.457, "text": "And a resolution looking at some of the job-related risks that our firefighters face that we currently don't have protections for them on.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-138", "start": 1280.115, "end": 1284.893, "text": "And then a resolution from Councilor Novick around immunity for big oil companies.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-139", "start": 1285.754, "end": 1287.168, "text": "So those are our next 2 meetings.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-140", "start": 1288.198, "end": 1293.377, "text": "You've got the rest of what our year will look like laid out here, and I'm happy to take any questions.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-141", "start": 1295.97, "end": 1296.981, "text": "Thank you, Chair Pirtle-Guiney.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-142", "start": 1297.356, "end": 1300.358, "text": "I'll just wait to see if anyone would like to get in the queue and ask any questions.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-143", "start": 1303.553, "end": 1305.462, "text": "I wanted to ask one.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-144", "start": 1306.681, "end": 1313.805, "text": "Do you know if there's information available for— on October 27th, I note the declaring 2 parcels of land as surplus property.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-145", "start": 1314.543, "end": 1319.934, "text": "You know if there's information available already on what those are, or if we've just been given the title as we often are?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-146", "start": 1321.057, "end": 1322.26, "text": "Let me find out.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-147", "start": 1322.725, "end": 1324.442, "text": "I do not remember offhand.", "speaker": "Elana 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discuss the, um, city administrator update, um, and for the purpose of protecting the rest of the agenda and the rest of that meeting for the items on the City Council agenda, we kind of deferred that to here.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-154", "start": 1367.029, "end": 1376.119, "text": "So the item is— the report itself is reposted on this, on the chair update item online, but you can also find it in last week's City Council agenda.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-155", "start": 1376.521, "end": 1380.712, "text": "And if there were any questions that anyone wanted to ask, we wanted to give space for that here.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-156", "start": 1382.061, "end": 1384.197, "text": "I have some, but I would be happy to defer to anyone else who'd like to go first.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-157", "start": 1384.246, "end": 1384.647, "text": "I have a couple.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-158", "start": 1385.193, "end": 1388.373, "text": "Okay, I'll get started.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-159", "start": 1388.791, "end": 1391.875, "text": "Um, thank you for being here, uh, Administrator Lee.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-160", "start": 1392.726, "end": 1396.758, "text": "Um, there's a lot of good news in here, and I wanted to just, uh, start with that.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-161", "start": 1396.983, "end": 1405.335, "text": "I did want to, um, ask that if, if you could give a little bit more information on where we're at with the Equity Core realignment.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-162", "start": 1405.415, "end": 1410.427, "text": "I noted that in the report it talks about it being part of the fall TAL.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-163", "start": 1410.652, "end": 1418.798, "text": "But I'm not 100% sure if you can kind of give the sort of paragraph level of, um, what exactly we're— we should be expecting 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it relates to kind of expected outcomes for services to be rendered.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-178", "start": 1540.112, "end": 1541.106, "text": "Yes.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-179", "start": 1541.283, "end": 1551.562, "text": "We'll be doing that same thing with our technology arm, our HR arm, and then last to follow up would be that equity arm.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-180", "start": 1552.043, "end": 1558.874, "text": "There is no other realignments outside of this that we will be really doing this fiscal year.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-181", "start": 1559.275, "end": 1566.315, "text": "We want to assess from lessons learned as it relates to how do we better do realignments moving forward from a communications standpoint.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-182", "start": 1567.279, "end": 1579.379, "text": "And implementation standpoint, but we're committed to ensuring that whatever we move forward with is ensuring that our government is operating in the most efficient, effective, and economical manner.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-183", "start": 1581.264, "end": 1582.215, "text": "Thanks, Administrator Lee.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-184", "start": 1582.489, "end": 1584.39, "text": "I'll pass it over to Councilor Green.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-185", "start": 1586.72, "end": 1588.28, "text": "Thank you, City Administrator Lee.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-186", "start": 1589.502, "end": 1590.773, "text": "Thanks for joining us today.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-187", "start": 1591.079, "end": 1597.563, "text": "I have a question about— there's, there's an update on Koyama Lane 11A, which is utility rate setting.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-188", "start": 1598.382, "end": 1618.595, "text": "Um, I, I, I see in there that, um, it says the, uh, public utilities group will be retaining, um, the service area will be retaining a consultant to engage with, um, uh, the, the study work as well as the community engagement.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-189", "start": 1618.707, "end": 1622.286, "text": "And I, I, I'd just like to know a little bit about Like, what is that RFP?", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-190", "start": 1622.369, "end": 1623.375, "text": "What's the scope of that?", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-191", "start": 1625.013, "end": 1630.737, "text": "And whether or not any local utility analysts are involved in that.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-192", "start": 1631.624, "end": 1640.259, "text": "Yeah, I don't know if we have anyone from our DCA office that can speak to that component of it, and I'll allow them to come to the dais to speak.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-193", "start": 1643.928, "end": 1647.635, "text": "There's some folks looking at each other here, so I don't know if they're checking who it would be.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-194", "start": 1648.295, "end": 1657.692, "text": "And by the way, while anyone may be coming up, I did want to express a lot of appreciation for all the staff who are making time a second time for this, uh, city administrator update, for being here.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-195", "start": 1657.983, "end": 1660.394, "text": "I know that your schedules are incredibly busy and appreciate it.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-196", "start": 1661.139, "end": 1663.244, "text": "Welcome.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-197", "start": 1664.054, "end": 1664.475, "text": "Good morning.", "speaker": "Millicent Williams" }, { "id": "cue-198", "start": 1664.605, "end": 1664.945, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Millicent Williams" }, { "id": "cue-199", "start": 1665.188, "end": 1668.895, "text": "Millicent Williams, uh, interim deputy city administrator for public works.", "speaker": "Millicent Williams" }, { "id": "cue-200", "start": 1669.623, "end": 1670.804, "text": "Um, thank you for the question.", "speaker": "Millicent Williams" }, { "id": "cue-201", "start": 1671.079, "end": 1673.781, "text": "I am sorry that I'm not able to answer that question yet.", "speaker": "Millicent Williams" }, { "id": "cue-202", "start": 1673.91, "end": 1676.402, "text": "I am still getting myself up to speed.", "speaker": "Millicent Williams" }, { "id": "cue-203", "start": 1676.693, "end": 1680.529, "text": "I'll be meeting with the, uh, shared utility director on Monday.", "speaker": "Millicent Williams" }, { "id": "cue-204", "start": 1681.082, "end": 1694.433, "text": "Running through all of the key areas of concern and will be happy to report back to this body about what I am able to glean from that conversation and to support the ongoing conversation that needs to happen here.", "speaker": "Millicent Williams" }, { "id": "cue-205", "start": 1695.38, "end": 1695.701, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-206", "start": 1695.749, "end": 1697.723, "text": "And I recognize you just stepping into this role.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-207", "start": 1698.253, "end": 1700.371, "text": "Day 3, 4, yes.", "speaker": "Millicent Williams" }, { "id": "cue-208", "start": 1700.901, "end": 1703.372, "text": "And you haven't stepped out of your other role, so you're—.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-209", "start": 1703.452, "end": 1705.699, "text": "I have not, but looking forward to digging in.", "speaker": "Millicent Williams" }, { "id": "cue-210", "start": 1705.779, "end": 1706.549, "text": "I know this is important.", "speaker": "Millicent Williams" }, { "id": "cue-211", "start": 1706.597, "end": 1716.665, "text": "There are several key priorities even as we initiated the work, the city administrator shared with me the things that he knew that I would need to prioritize.", "speaker": "Millicent Williams" }, { "id": "cue-212", "start": 1717.098, "end": 1717.787, "text": "This is but one.", "speaker": "Millicent Williams" }, { "id": "cue-213", "start": 1717.899, "end": 1730.771, "text": "There are several other key areas of concern, all of which I know this body would be interested in knowing that I am intentional around supporting the conversation and getting to some solutions.", "speaker": "Millicent Williams" }, { "id": "cue-214", "start": 1731.668, "end": 1731.941, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-215", "start": 1732.229, "end": 1756.317, "text": "I'll just share a little bit what I shared with DCA Donna Paul on, you know, on this topic, is we do have a pretty robust local bench of expertise on rate-making and sort of— it's just because Bonneville Power Administration is here and there's a whole cottage industry of people who engage in our very public rate-making process.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-216", "start": 1756.397, "end": 1761.71, "text": "And so I would want us to not lose that local level, even though that's electric utility work.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-217", "start": 1761.774, "end": 1761.902, "text": "Sure.", "speaker": "Millicent Williams" }, { "id": "cue-218", "start": 1761.95, "end": 1765.915, "text": "It's still a lot of those municipal utilities also do water and sewer.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-219", "start": 1766.59, "end": 1766.911, "text": "Yeah.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-220", "start": 1767.216, "end": 1771.519, "text": "And so making sure our RFP looks locally as well, I think, will be important.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-221", "start": 1771.567, "end": 1776.368, "text": "And then I'm glad to see that PUB is mentioned there as an engagement partner.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-222", "start": 1776.93, "end": 1785.039, "text": "I would also think about reaching out to Citizens Utility Board, which is routinely engaged with Oregon Public Utilities Commission.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-223", "start": 1786.5, "end": 1789.021, "text": "They might have an interest in this as well, and it might strengthen the process.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-224", "start": 1789.149, "end": 1791.554, "text": "so those are my suggestions.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-225", "start": 1791.732, "end": 1792.686, "text": "Thanks for the recommendations.", "speaker": "Millicent Williams" }, { "id": "cue-226", "start": 1792.783, "end": 1802.065, "text": "We will certainly note those, and you will likely see an update in the information that's shared to ensure that we are including that wider range of stakeholders.", "speaker": "Millicent Williams" }, { "id": "cue-227", "start": 1802.421, "end": 1802.76, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-228", "start": 1804.912, "end": 1805.673, "text": "Thanks, Councilor Green.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-229", "start": 1805.721, "end": 1806.919, "text": "We'll go to Councilor Ryan next.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-230", "start": 1808.092, "end": 1809.158, "text": "Thank you, Chair.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-231", "start": 1809.288, "end": 1811.081, "text": "Raymond Lee, CA Lee, good to see you.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-232", "start": 1811.178, "end": 1814.038, "text": "I think it's the first time I've seen you without a suit on.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-233", "start": 1815.79, "end": 1816.961, "text": "Anyway, you're always so dapper.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-234", "start": 1817.643, "end": 1819.455, "text": "My question is more of a curiosity.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-235", "start": 1819.808, "end": 1825.918, "text": "I was listening to your statements about core realignment and then about the equity system.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-236", "start": 1826.126, "end": 1828.035, "text": "That's been a conversation about 4 years.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-237", "start": 1829.173, "end": 1831.162, "text": "You know, do you integrate it centrally?", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-238", "start": 1831.579, "end": 1833.295, "text": "How is it integrated within the bureaus?", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-239", "start": 1833.359, "end": 1841.747, "text": "So I'm really pleased that you're going to get to the bottom of that, because I know back in 2023, that was a confusion point.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-240", "start": 1842.164, "end": 1843.656, "text": "And I appreciate that.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-241", "start": 1844.41, "end": 1851.359, "text": "Did I also hear that that's the only core realignment system that you're looking at this fiscal year, or is it just that's the only one you're looking at right now?", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-242", "start": 1852.595, "end": 1855.051, "text": "Only one that I'm looking at this year, in this current year.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-243", "start": 1855.5, "end": 1868.789, "text": "What I told everyone from an organizational standpoint, I wanted to ensure that the realignments that we went through this previous year, that all those have been implemented appropriately.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-244", "start": 1869.286, "end": 1875.093, "text": "But also have kind of an after-action after we've gone through all this to kind of get lessons learned.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-245", "start": 1875.157, "end": 1879.985, "text": "How can we better do these type of realignments in the future?", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-246", "start": 1881.076, "end": 1892.77, "text": "How can we apply that so we are better at how we engage with employees, how we are engaging with the outcomes that we're trying to deliver upon with these realignments?", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-247", "start": 1893.427, "end": 1896.218, "text": "Engagement and also equity.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-248", "start": 1896.716, "end": 1905.502, "text": "Uh, was some of the things that we were doing, just at the tail end of the engagement work outside of HR, procurement, and IT.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-249", "start": 1906.048, "end": 1908.73, "text": "But those are things that are still being worked through today.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-250", "start": 1909.742, "end": 1932.012, "text": "And we'll be having a work session around engagement work in the near future before we finalize anything as it relates to the outcomes that we're trying to obtain through engagement alignment, I want to make sure there's clear direction from the City Council of what those deliverables are that you want to see us deliver on as administration.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-251", "start": 1932.927, "end": 1934.997, "text": "Okay, and when, when is that work session?", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-252", "start": 1935.896, "end": 1937.212, "text": "I'd have to look.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-253", "start": 1937.356, "end": 1939.282, "text": "council president may know if he's in the room.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-254", "start": 1939.587, "end": 1943.182, "text": "I know we've been working with his office to actually have a separate work session.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-255", "start": 1943.278, "end": 1944.514, "text": "I believe it's this month though.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-256", "start": 1945.766, "end": 1946.922, "text": "And I'm happy to hear that.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-257", "start": 1946.97, "end": 1953.926, "text": "I think getting on top of that In the first quarter, second quarter is a lot better than doing it in June.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-258", "start": 1954.92, "end": 1955.08, "text": "Yeah.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-259", "start": 1955.545, "end": 1965.783, "text": "And so I hear translation then is that a lot happened last year and there's a lot of lessons to learn from and there'll be adjustments.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-260", "start": 1965.959, "end": 1971.839, "text": "So it's not like core realignment's on a pause, it's more that it's in a continuous improvement state.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-261", "start": 1973.249, "end": 1973.585, "text": "Always.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-262", "start": 1973.666, "end": 1996.674, "text": "And I think as an organization, we're approaching everything from a continuous improvement I think as we go through this and you think about all the transition that staff has gone through, through this transition and transformational period of this organization, it's just trying to— pace and timing is going to be key in how we move forward with realignment work moving forward.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-263", "start": 1997.011, "end": 2011.717, "text": "And I just want to make sure the organization is equipped from a cultural standpoint and a resource standpoint to be able to make sure that realignments are done in a way that is efficient for the organization and also beneficial to the employees.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-264", "start": 2011.862, "end": 2018.851, "text": "And employees feel like they were engaged in this process and it just wasn't happening to them but happening with them.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-265", "start": 2018.995, "end": 2022.353, "text": "And I, I think all of us respect what you just said.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-266", "start": 2022.787, "end": 2023.14, "text": "Uh, thank you.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-267", "start": 2023.189, "end": 2030.033, "text": "We look forward to that work session so we can, um, do the tough work and learn, um, from what did work and what didn't work.", "speaker": "Dan 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Ryan.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-278", "start": 2104.72, "end": 2115.437, "text": "I, I did want to note, to, uh, add to, uh, Administrator Lee's comment, um, Council President is absent today, um, but we'll check with his team if we can get, uh, information on the date for that work session.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-279", "start": 2116.658, "end": 2121.599, "text": "I'm next in the queue, so I wanted to just kind of continue a little bit here.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-280", "start": 2121.808, "end": 2129.493, "text": "First, I did want to highlight that once again, Portland remained in the top 10 cities in the United States for its gun violence reduction efforts.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-281", "start": 2129.669, "end": 2130.519, "text": "I think we're number 7.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-282", "start": 2130.953, "end": 2144.83, "text": "57% Year-to-date reduction in gun violence is a pretty notable thing, and I wanted to commend you, Administrator Lee, in your role as administrator and in your role as interim DCA for Public Safety, as well as the whole service area for that.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-283", "start": 2144.942, "end": 2145.327, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-284", "start": 2145.456, "end": 2147.205, "text": "I know the work has been significant.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-285", "start": 2147.253, "end": 2154.476, "text": "Relatedly, I am grateful for the PBOT PPB collaboration with relation to the messaging around motorcycle safety.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-286", "start": 2154.926, "end": 2159.019, "text": "I hope that that leads to even more down the line and appreciate it.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-287", "start": 2159.42, "end": 2170.961, "text": "For those who have been tracking the Vision Zero updates, we have an increase in traffic deaths this year and it is primarily driven by motorcycle, by deaths of people who are on motorcycles.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-288", "start": 2171.812, "end": 2175.056, "text": "So I think anything we can do there Is a good place to focus.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-289", "start": 2176.679, "end": 2179.154, "text": "I did want to ask 2 questions.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-290", "start": 2179.812, "end": 2185.555, "text": "One, and I'm not sure if this is something that's part of it, but I wanted to ask how we're going to be part of the decision-making process.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-291", "start": 2185.683, "end": 2188.775, "text": "But I would like to ask about how we are messaging around it.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-292", "start": 2189.322, "end": 2196.27, "text": "I noticed that there is a 3rd contractor which is joining the PMO sidewalk cleaning program in October.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-293", "start": 2196.945, "end": 2208.369, "text": "And generally speaking, the people who are doing the sidewalk cleaning are interacting with folks are houseless and are going to be involved in sometimes their stuff.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-294", "start": 2208.673, "end": 2249.307, "text": "Uh, and the, the name of the contractor is Junk It Junk, and I'm curious about how that is going to play, um, out in the community, uh, with folks who are often separated from their items and how we can get to a place where we're not conveying a sense of heartlessness And I, I imagine that can't be— that's not part of our, um, procurement standards directly, but I am concerned that that, uh, although maybe in their other work makes a lot of sense, in the context of this particular line of work might be something that we would need to, um, accommodate for and mitigate the harm of.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-295", "start": 2249.948, "end": 2253.732, "text": "I just wanted to kind of put that on the record and ask if you had any thoughts on that, CA Lee.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-296", "start": 2255.111, "end": 2256.089, "text": "No thoughts on that.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-297", "start": 2256.137, "end": 2268.691, "text": "I'd have to look at that individual but what I will share with you, Councilor Kanal, is anytime we're doing this type of work throughout the city, we want to make sure we're doing it in a respectable manner.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-298", "start": 2270.023, "end": 2274.728, "text": "We know that the belongings that people have, this is their life belongings.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-299", "start": 2274.904, "end": 2277.281, "text": "They are carrying these things with them every day.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-300", "start": 2277.827, "end": 2281.423, "text": "It's not trash, it's not junk, it's nothing like that.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-301", "start": 2281.487, "end": 2285.963, "text": "It's their personal belongings, and we want to make sure We're treating them with dignity and respect.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-302", "start": 2286.46, "end": 2301.154, "text": "And anytime we're trying to clean a public right-of-way to ensure that that is safe and secure and clean as well, but respect the people that we are encountering and that we're dealing with to make sure that work is performed at a high level.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-303", "start": 2301.843, "end": 2304.807, "text": "But I will take a look at that individual contract.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-304", "start": 2304.967, "end": 2310.191, "text": "I'll have my team make a note of that to get some more details as it relates to the actual work.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-305", "start": 2310.736, "end": 2313.925, "text": "Uh, that will be performed and how that work will be performed long term.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-306", "start": 2315.143, "end": 2315.559, "text": "Thanks.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-307", "start": 2316.2, "end": 2329.132, "text": "The other question I had, and I appreciate you responding to this one, um, is maybe something that I, I would ask, um, if DCA Warren might be the best person to answer it, or someone from the mayor's office.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-308", "start": 2330.526, "end": 2341.458, "text": "There were— there was a report about 6 different, um, uh, investigations into PPB From 2020, of which 2 of them related to former chiefs of police.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-309", "start": 2342.215, "end": 2350.566, "text": "And there were reports about them being different recommendations coming from independent police review or internal affairs.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-310", "start": 2351.116, "end": 2355.709, "text": "And I had 2 questions about the specifically the 2 related to the former chiefs of police.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-311", "start": 2356.388, "end": 2372.4, "text": "One is, as someone who's worked in the system for a while, I can't recall a previous time where the decision on whether or not to accept the discipline recommendations was made by the DCA as opposed to the chief and the mayor.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-312", "start": 2373.553, "end": 2386.644, "text": "And I wanted to, to understand sort of the, the rationale for that as well as the legal authority for that, um, and just understand why that position was involved in it at all.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-313", "start": 2386.916, "end": 2387.685, "text": "That's the first question.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-314", "start": 2387.733, "end": 2389.96, "text": "I'll get to the second one, which is about the decision itself.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-315", "start": 2390.601, "end": 2392.7, "text": "Um, so I'm not sure if you wanted to start.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-316", "start": 2392.764, "end": 2393.661, "text": "DCA Warren is here.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-317", "start": 2395.089, "end": 2396.789, "text": "Yes, I'll give it to DCA Warren to start out.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-318", "start": 2397.206, "end": 2398.153, "text": "Okay, thanks.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-319", "start": 2398.698, "end": 2399.725, "text": "Thank you, Councilor Kanal.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-320", "start": 2399.773, "end": 2401.49, "text": "For the record, DCA Warren.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-321", "start": 2402.228, "end": 2409.719, "text": "Um, you know, the investigation presented some unique circumstances through the 2020 protest.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-322", "start": 2410.249, "end": 2438.672, "text": "Um, you know, one of the, uh, persons who were subject to investigation was a residing chief during the time the city does have a past practice of asking for a neutral party to review outside of the Portland Police Bureau so that folks who are at the same rank are not reviewing.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-323", "start": 2438.736, "end": 2445.233, "text": "So a current chief of police is not reviewing a previously residing chief of police.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-324", "start": 2445.281, "end": 2445.926, "text": "I think that's a good idea.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-325", "start": 2446.707, "end": 2449.401, "text": "Activities and making decisions related to that.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-326", "start": 2450.171, "end": 2464.539, "text": "So we did work— the mayor's office did work in consultation with the city attorney's office in prior instances to ensure integrity of the investigation, avoid any conflict of interest.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-327", "start": 2465.229, "end": 2472.333, "text": "The Bureau of Human Resources has provided that recommendation to the mayor, and the mayor has made the decision.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-328", "start": 2472.927, "end": 2489.201, "text": "At the time that this decision was made, I was the Human Resources Director, and it was determined that by the mayor that it was appropriate for me to review the cases and provide him with a recommendation that he would then ultimately make a decision based on.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-329", "start": 2489.875, "end": 2501.429, "text": "Okay, so just to clarify on that, that means that although at the time of the reporting you're in the role you're in now, the involvement in this was in the that's correct.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-330", "start": 2501.493, "end": 2504.638, "text": "It originally was assigned to me as the Human Resources Director.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-331", "start": 2505.023, "end": 2512.306, "text": "When I transitioned into the interim role, we had a follow-up conversation and decided we should just keep the consistency and I would finish it out.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-332", "start": 2513.365, "end": 2524.899, "text": "Would you describe it— is it more accurate to state that you were a second recommender in that role, along with independent police review, to the mayor who ultimately made the decision?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-333", "start": 2525.336, "end": 2532.228, "text": "Or is it more accurate to say Independent Police Review made a recommendation to you and the mayor, who were the deciders, quote unquote?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-334", "start": 2533.745, "end": 2536.005, "text": "It would be the first.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-335", "start": 2536.166, "end": 2538.313, "text": "So IPR did their investigation.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-336", "start": 2539.414, "end": 2540.936, "text": "They completed reports.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-337", "start": 2541.502, "end": 2544.934, "text": "They then handed that off to me for review.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-338", "start": 2545.145, "end": 2552.447, "text": "I then reviewed all of their recommendations and reports, and then I provided a follow-up recommendation to the mayor.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-339", "start": 2553.177, "end": 2556.117, "text": "Um, we reviewed that information and then he made a decision.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-340", "start": 2557.064, "end": 2568.277, "text": "Okay, I, I think it's appropriate to ask this from a, a process question because I'm not familiar with it happening this way before.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-341", "start": 2568.357, "end": 2573.401, "text": "Can you— are there any previous times where the HR director was involved in this process?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-342", "start": 2573.771, "end": 2584.235, "text": "I understand this is not out, you know, these are not, uh, unionized positions, the chief of police, so I understand it's not in the normal structure that's but if you could, are you aware of previous conversations around this?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-343", "start": 2584.572, "end": 2589.508, "text": "Um, I have been told by the City Attorney's Office that there is precedence for this and it has happened before.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-344", "start": 2590.101, "end": 2594.267, "text": "Um, it has not happened while I have been the sitting Human Resources Director.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-345", "start": 2594.54, "end": 2597.376, "text": "Okay, so this is the only occasion that I've been involved in.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-346", "start": 2598.273, "end": 2600.421, "text": "Okay, and this is maybe the, the broader question.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-347", "start": 2601.318, "end": 2605.629, "text": "You know, Independent Police Review had a different recommendation than yours.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-348", "start": 2606.286, "end": 2616.257, "text": "Um, the memo that you wrote on in June was recommended not, um, imposing any, uh, discipline or response.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-349", "start": 2616.418, "end": 2642.683, "text": "And I wanted to ask about, you know, as we move forward, this is, um, particularly relevant in the context of current conversations around similar uses of force around chemical weapons that are happening today and the need to, to sort of you know, rid our city of the environmental scourge of that, but also from the perspective of public trust as we're setting up the new system that obviously you're very aware of and heavily involved in.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-350", "start": 2644.016, "end": 2654.005, "text": "And I wanted to ask about that and just sort of, to the degree that you're able to, because I understand there's some things you won't be able to say, to just kind of talk through the thought process as it relates.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-351", "start": 2654.553, "end": 2664.903, "text": "I understand that there are some that IPR made a different IPR didn't recommend for everybody, and so I'm just talking about the ones where they recommended a finding, a sustained finding, and you recommended not.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-352", "start": 2665.676, "end": 2669.369, "text": "Um, so for those, can you give a little bit more as to the thought process on that?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-353", "start": 2671.345, "end": 2671.977, "text": "Um, I can.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-354", "start": 2672.187, "end": 2682.955, "text": "So, um, you know, there, uh, were 5, um, cases, um, and, and for the record, 2 were sustained, 3 were not sustained.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-355", "start": 2683.897, "end": 2691.248, "text": "And there were, I believe, one or two that were different from the IPR's recommendation.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-356", "start": 2691.296, "end": 2693.27, "text": "And I'd have to refresh myself with all the pieces.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-357", "start": 2694.169, "end": 2715.38, "text": "And, you know, when I'm reviewing it, I'm looking at it from a perspective of did this individual do everything that they could in that moment to mitigate the, the potential charge that is being investigated.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-358", "start": 2716.915, "end": 2727.68, "text": "So in my documentation and the findings memo that I provided, I kind of outlined the why, right?", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-359", "start": 2727.809, "end": 2734.347, "text": "Which is in different instances, there was corrective action being taken place.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-360", "start": 2735.329, "end": 2742.318, "text": "Um, during the moment, and in other situations, there did not appear to be corrective action that was taking place.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-361", "start": 2744.156, "end": 2747.636, "text": "So that's the, the big, big picture basics on it.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-362", "start": 2750.481, "end": 2752.769, "text": "I want to just understand that last piece.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-363", "start": 2755.059, "end": 2769.51, "text": "When you say in different instances there was corrective action taking place during the moment and in other situations there weren't, Is that talking about the precedent, uh, for people in this type of role before, or are you saying that they actually imposed it on their— the people that reported to them?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-364", "start": 2769.959, "end": 2774.469, "text": "So let me be clear, when I'm talking about corrective action, I'm not talking about discipline, right?", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-365", "start": 2774.999, "end": 2785.271, "text": "Um, I'm talking about they took steps to work the process and create the, uh, and correct the outcomes that they were receiving on the other side of that, right?", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-366", "start": 2785.383, "end": 2797.197, "text": "So they were taking steps internally to look at policy, add additional personnel, really working hard to meet the policy standard.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-367", "start": 2798.311, "end": 2802.637, "text": "But based on the circumstances, they were not able to fully achieve that.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-368", "start": 2804.631, "end": 2804.954, "text": "Okay.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-369", "start": 2806.07, "end": 2809.966, "text": "I would ask, I guess, 2 final things on this, and that's— this is my last topic.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-370", "start": 2812.807, "end": 2838.483, "text": "One is, I note that multiple times in the reporting on this, in the background documents, and even referenced in your memo, it talks about members of the rapid response team asserting that they were not provided with sufficient training and support to underline the levels of uses of force that were used in 2020, including in August when, you know, the colloquial term Tear Gas Tuesday in August 2020.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-371", "start": 2838.579, "end": 2839.478, "text": "I think that's a fair statement.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-372", "start": 2841.629, "end": 2858.821, "text": "How is it, is it fair to say that the idea that that does not require any sort of corrective action to the people that were supervising and were responsible for that means that those assertions by RRT members were untrue?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-373", "start": 2859.526, "end": 2864.418, "text": "Or how is it possible that those could be true and yet nothing be done about it?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-374", "start": 2866.249, "end": 2868.937, "text": "I can't speak to that specific.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-375", "start": 2870.734, "end": 2876.084, "text": "So I mean, I would need to go back and review that specific piece.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-376", "start": 2878.108, "end": 2878.415, "text": "Okay.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-377", "start": 2878.738, "end": 2879.029, "text": "I may—.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-378", "start": 2879.223, "end": 2879.918, "text": "I can't speak to that.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-379", "start": 2880.597, "end": 2882.02, "text": "Follow up with that as well.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-380", "start": 2882.392, "end": 2882.845, "text": "Absolutely.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-381", "start": 2883.103, "end": 2884.235, "text": "Happy to have a follow-up.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-382", "start": 2885.09, "end": 2888.451, "text": "The last thing I wanted to say, and this is— I want to give you a chance to respond.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-383", "start": 2888.501, "end": 2889.124, "text": "It is more of a comment.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-384", "start": 2891.712, "end": 2893.935, "text": "This is on page 3 of the memos.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-385", "start": 2894.273, "end": 2897.558, "text": "You have, you know, sort of one file with all the different memos about the different cases.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-386", "start": 2898.14, "end": 2914.596, "text": "There's a line in here that says, compared to the Bureau— sorry, quote, compared to the Bureau's usual operation of around a dozen uses of forces a week, the Bureau was faced with dozens of uses of force an evening for a sustained period, end quote.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-387", "start": 2914.919, "end": 2924.714, "text": "The the use of passive voice there obscures the responsibility of the people who are using the force.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-388", "start": 2925.918, "end": 2933.104, "text": "Was faced— if I was faced with banging the gavel, that obscures the fact that I'm the one who banged the gavel to start this meeting.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-389", "start": 2934.099, "end": 2952.059, "text": "And I am concerned about, especially as we have conversations around force usage, the implication that the force that was used by Portland Police was something that was imposed upon them when it was choices that were made.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-390", "start": 2952.397, "end": 2956.942, "text": "Perhaps not by the individual officers, perhaps by their command staff, and I think there's a lot to talk about there.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-391", "start": 2957.473, "end": 2962.468, "text": "And whether or not that's misconduct or not is a separate question, let alone whether there should be corrective action or not.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-392", "start": 2962.532, "end": 2963.801, "text": "I recognize all of that.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-393", "start": 2964.139, "end": 2977.107, "text": "But in terms of the basic idea of who did the thing, and so I wanted to just kind of talk about the language that we use here because it sort of obfuscates what actually occurred and who did the thing that we're talking about.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-394", "start": 2977.924, "end": 2980.039, "text": "And I want to give you a chance, if you'd like, to respond to that.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-395", "start": 2980.087, "end": 2983.709, "text": "I don't want to just talk at you and cut the mic, but I did want to get that on the record.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-396", "start": 2984.414, "end": 2985.311, "text": "Thank you, Councilor.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-397", "start": 2985.391, "end": 2986.673, "text": "I appreciate the feedback.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-398", "start": 2987.314, "end": 2995.984, "text": "You know, I can speak to the intent was not to minimize the impacts of individuals who experienced use of force during that activity and time period, right?", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-399", "start": 2996.913, "end": 3008.454, "text": "The intent was to speak about the process itself around increase in numbers and the capability of folks to be able to keep up with the review process.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-400", "start": 3008.679, "end": 3014.106, "text": "So my focus was really limited and not on the intent or the impact to the individual.", "speaker": "DCA Warren" }, { "id": "cue-401", "start": 3014.973, "end": 3016.563, "text": "So, okay, thanks for that.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-402", "start": 3016.611, "end": 3018.49, "text": "I'll be following up on a couple of the things.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-403", "start": 3018.939, "end": 3022.343, "text": "CA Lee, I don't know if you had anything you wanted to add before I move on.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-404", "start": 3023.114, "end": 3023.965, "text": "No, not at this time.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-405", "start": 3024.522, "end": 3025.669, "text": "Okay, thank you very much.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-406", "start": 3027.83, "end": 3040.99, "text": "Seeing no one else in the queue, pausing for dramatic effect, I'll say thank you for the CA's update, and that'll conclude this item, and we can move on to the next.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-407", "start": 3041.038, "end": 3046.715, "text": "Thank you, CA Lee, for joining us remotely, and thanks again to all the staff for making time a second time for this.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-408", "start": 3049.672, "end": 3051.166, "text": "Rebecca, could we please call the second item?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-409", "start": 3052.242, "end": 3061.85, "text": "Item 2, appoint Omar K. Solomon to the Steering and Oversight Committee for the Homelessness Response System for a 1-year term to expire September 30th, 2027.", "speaker": "Rebecca Dobert" }, { "id": "cue-410", "start": 3062.284, "end": 3065.707, "text": "Document number 2026-310.", "speaker": "Rebecca Dobert" }, { "id": "cue-411", "start": 3066.623, "end": 3066.945, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-412", "start": 3067.089, "end": 3074.108, "text": "And I'm gonna invite up to present, yeah, Jillian Shoney from the—.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-413", "start": 3075.719, "end": 3077.262, "text": "I told him to aim for 10:45.", "speaker": "Jillian Schoney" }, { "id": "cue-414", "start": 3077.327, "end": 3078.61, "text": "He's not here yet.", "speaker": "Jillian Schoney" }, { "id": "cue-415", "start": 3078.854, "end": 3079.519, "text": "Oh, okay.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-416", "start": 3079.763, "end": 3080.835, "text": "So what do we want to do?", "speaker": "Jillian Schoney" }, { "id": "cue-417", "start": 3082.59, "end": 3083.152, "text": "That is—.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-418", "start": 3084.55, "end": 3086.253, "text": "I can't remember the full agenda.", "speaker": "Jillian Schoney" }, { "id": "cue-419", "start": 3086.799, "end": 3094.184, "text": "Yeah, it's, it's a little unusual to take a 28-minute-long break, um, but does anybody mind having a longer break than normal?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-420", "start": 3095.491, "end": 3095.911, "text": "No.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-421", "start": 3096.54, "end": 3098.283, "text": "Okay, everybody grab a coffee.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-422", "start": 3098.558, "end": 3100.559, "text": "We'll come back at 10:45.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-423", "start": 3100.881, "end": 3102.863, "text": "Uh, for those following at home, that is a 28-minute break.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-424", "start": 3103.04, "end": 3104.325, "text": "See you again in a little bit.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-425", "start": 3104.517, "end": 3104.871, "text": "Thanks.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-426", "start": 4929.297, "end": 4934.63, "text": "I'm just going to be super quiet with that.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-427", "start": 4934.775, "end": 4936.06, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-428", "start": 4936.141, "end": 4938.759, "text": "We're now going to come back from recess.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-429", "start": 4939.579, "end": 4940.623, "text": "Uh, thanks for bearing with us.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-430", "start": 4940.719, "end": 4956.013, "text": "I realized I didn't say, for those online, um, may have not had the mic pick it up earlier, uh, we were running a little early, but our next item has an employee who we had told a later time, so we took a break to align that, and I appreciate everyone bearing with us.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-431", "start": 4956.623, "end": 4967.504, "text": "At this point, we'll invite back up Jillian Schoney, Robin Johnson, as well as our nominee, Omar Salomon, and ask— I don't think we read it already, so Rebecca, would you please read?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-432", "start": 4968.258, "end": 4969.751, "text": "Oh, we did read the item into the record.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-433", "start": 4969.959, "end": 4970.361, "text": "Okay, great.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-434", "start": 4970.65, "end": 4971.436, "text": "Well, we're resuming that one.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-435", "start": 4972.014, "end": 4972.511, "text": "We're ready to go.", "speaker": "Jillian Schoney" }, { "id": "cue-436", "start": 4972.832, "end": 4973.619, "text": "Okay, thank you so much.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-437", "start": 4974.277, "end": 4974.726, "text": "Welcome.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-438", "start": 4974.902, "end": 4976.395, "text": "Thank you everyone for the accommodation.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-439", "start": 4977.246, "end": 4982.381, "text": "By way of reminder, the city and the county have worked in partnership on homelessness and housing since 1983.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-440", "start": 4982.702, "end": 4986.551, "text": "The Homelessness Response System is simply the latest iteration of that partnership.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-441", "start": 4987.113, "end": 4992.101, "text": "It is a shared oversight and accountability structure that primarily oversees 2 bodies of work.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-442", "start": 4992.726, "end": 5006.007, "text": "First, data-driven decision-making, primarily through the identification of performance 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"speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-511", "start": 5463.246, "end": 5467.076, "text": "And are providing revenue for the city and the county through their business taxes.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-512", "start": 5467.669, "end": 5469.928, "text": "And so you have a really big role to play.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-513", "start": 5470.137, "end": 5477.364, "text": "And so I'm just so grateful to read about your biography, just persevering through the fires at the Mercado.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-514", "start": 5477.989, "end": 5479.655, "text": "I remember that story vividly.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-515", "start": 5480.232, "end": 5481.322, "text": "And so you're that person.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-516", "start": 5481.45, "end": 5486.77, "text": "I remember some of the times you— I heard from you during that period, and that you now have 2 businesses.", "speaker": "Dan Ryan" }, { "id": "cue-517", "start": 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give 1 recommendation, or were there multiple from either of those?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-566", "start": 5772.711, "end": 5775.267, "text": "Each of them gave 1 recommendation in this round.", "speaker": "Robin Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-567", "start": 5776.43, "end": 5788.248, "text": "I know that this is a new setup, so the sample size is pretty small, small in terms of recruitments for this type of role, because as Councilor Ryan mentioned, Vice Chair Ryan mentioned, there's— it's not— this is a relatively new position.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-568", "start": 5788.88, "end": 5794.301, "text": "But from your knowledge, is that normal to get 2 of the 17 to apply?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-569", "start": 5796.518, "end": 5814.186, "text": "So on the first— so we have recruited for this seat twice, and we received 2 The first time, 2 direct responses from Chambers, and then 2 additional— no, no, no, that's— it was just 2 the first time.", "speaker": "Robin Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-570", "start": 5814.234, "end": 5815.452, "text": "Sorry, I was confusing it.", "speaker": "Robin Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-571", "start": 5815.773, "end": 5817.312, "text": "And then 2 the second time as well.", "speaker": "Robin Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-572", "start": 5817.392, "end": 5819.877, "text": "So yeah, in this realm, normal.", "speaker": "Robin Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-573", "start": 5820.197, "end": 5832.917, "text": "So previous to this position, I've worked in community engagement across Multnomah County and other statewide organizations, and we've— in other— at other recruiting for other positions, we've received Hundreds.", "speaker": "Robin Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-574", "start": 5833.37, "end": 5844.955, "text": "And so part of— and part of it is the process, uh, that was the process that was recommended and adopted sort of shrinks the candidate pool.", "speaker": "Robin Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-575", "start": 5845.149, "end": 5845.359, "text": "Yes.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-576", "start": 5845.473, "end": 5849.845, "text": "Um, and intensifies the level of outreach that we have to do because it's so specific.", "speaker": "Robin Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-577", "start": 5850.65, "end": 5861.975, "text": "Luckily, our team holds a lot of relationships across the county, the business world, And I was truly walking into businesses, introducing myself to people.", "speaker": "Robin Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-578", "start": 5862.023, "end": 5871.571, "text": "If someone said, oh, hey, you should go talk to this person, the owner of East Gleason Pizza, for instance, like, I went and talked to her and she's like, we just rebuilt our business because we just rebuilt our business.", "speaker": "Robin Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-579", "start": 5871.636, "end": 5873.029, "text": "I need to be sitting here for 6 months.", "speaker": "Robin Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-580", "start": 5873.077, "end": 5874.215, "text": "I can't do anything else.", "speaker": "Robin Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-581", "start": 5874.535, "end": 5880.351, "text": "And so part of that was to really hear and understand what's happening for business owners across the county.", "speaker": "Robin Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-582", "start": 5881.088, "end": 5886.985, "text": "And then, I mean, the sincere story is I went to talk to Omar because he was a business developer across the region.", "speaker": "Robin Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-583", "start": 5887.033, "end": 5889.009, "text": "And I said, Omar, do you know anyone?", "speaker": "Robin Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-584", "start": 5889.186, "end": 5889.941, "text": "And then we just kept talking.", "speaker": "Robin Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-585", "start": 5890.07, "end": 5890.873, "text": "I was like, oh, it's you.", "speaker": "Robin Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-586", "start": 5891.548, "end": 5897.445, "text": "So, um, and yeah, so it— all of us have done outreach.", "speaker": "Robin Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-587", "start": 5897.943, "end": 5905.96, "text": "So the process is person-to-person and, um, relational, but it, it takes months to fill these types of positions.", "speaker": "Robin Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-588", "start": 5906.635, "end": 5911.006, "text": "And not everyone wants to sit at a table like this, you know, at a table like the SOC.", "speaker": "Robin Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-589", "start": 5911.857, "end": 5912.307, "text": "Absolutely.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-590", "start": 5913.132, "end": 5927.378, "text": "Um, you know, as a son of a small business owner, uh, it's— I am very aware of how, how it is difficult to get the time and to even imagine that you might have it, um, at a, at a consistent time to do this.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-591", "start": 5927.507, "end": 5929.339, "text": "And obviously it's not a paid position.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-592", 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"end": 6534.876, "text": "And we all definitely understand.", "speaker": "Eric Zimmerman" }, { "id": "cue-686", "start": 6535.871, "end": 6536.031, "text": "What?", "speaker": "Jillian Schoney" }, { "id": "cue-687", "start": 6536.432, "end": 6538.294, "text": "I said, and that we all definitely understand.", "speaker": "Jillian Schoney" }, { "id": "cue-688", "start": 6539, "end": 6539.369, "text": "Yes.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-689", "start": 6540.685, "end": 6546.062, "text": "And then we move to the official vote by the 5 voting members, just for context.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-690", "start": 6546.864, "end": 6547.843, "text": "Thanks for that context.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-691", "start": 6548.148, "end": 6562.491, "text": "And, um, That actually sort of reminds me that as I was preparing for this nomination hearing, I was going back and trying to sort of look through the minutes of previous SOC meetings, and I found it difficult to find minutes.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-692", "start": 6562.828, "end": 6564.801, "text": "I think there are some recorded—.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-693", "start": 6565.299, "end": 6565.411, "text": "Yeah.", "speaker": "Jillian Schoney" }, { "id": "cue-694", "start": 6565.459, "end": 6574.973, "text": "The meetings are recorded, but it'd be helpful if the public could have access to maybe some vote tallies or some summaries of what some key decisions were made in there.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-695", "start": 6575.48, "end": 6579.356, "text": "'Cause I think it's very difficult to parse that and for folks to follow along.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-696", "start": 6579.453, "end": 6584.186, "text": "'Cause these are big decisions and big conversations that happen in there.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-697", "start": 6584.3, "end": 6588.173, "text": "And so I think it's important for us to be able to really understand what's happening there.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-698", "start": 6588.222, "end": 6590.817, "text": "So thanks for clarifying on how the voting stuff works.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-699", "start": 6590.866, "end": 6592.245, "text": "I'm glad that there is a 2-step process.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-700", "start": 6593.763, "end": 6599.177, "text": "I think that gets more opportunity for someone like Omar to help steer this.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-701", "start": 6599.258, "end": 6599.5, "text": "Yeah.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-702", "start": 6601.312, "end": 6617.359, "text": "That entrepreneurial thinking is actually very important because we're dealing with a situation right now where the resources that we have in the community to address our homelessness crisis are at risk, frankly, because voters are kind of like, I'm not seeing the problem being 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6635.295, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-710", "start": 6636.098, "end": 6640.931, "text": "Um, I just wanted to— anyone else want to get in the queue before I kind of ask for the, the motion here?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-711", "start": 6641.397, "end": 6650.051, "text": "Um, I just wanted to add, I, I agree with everything Councilor Ryan said about, um, it being a sacrifice to join, I'd say, any volunteer, um, putting in their time.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-712", "start": 6650.244, "end": 6650.485, "text": "It's a—.", "speaker": "Eric Zimmerman" }, { "id": "cue-713", "start": 6650.709, "end": 6652.379, "text": "It's something we're, we're grateful for as a city.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-714", "start": 6654.499, "end": 6669.396, "text": "I had a question that's not exactly related, but as someone who went to the Mercado frequently and obviously, like many, is looking forward to its eventual reopening and repopulation, all that stuff, do you have plans to go back?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-715", "start": 6670.733, "end": 6671.568, "text": "Not to the Mercado.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-716", "start": 6671.697, "end": 6682.656, "text": "We just opened a second location at the moment, and the Mercado has some limits on how many people can and come back.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-717", "start": 6682.785, "end": 6687.876, "text": "I think now they're going to have only 6 food carts and 2 other businesses.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-718", "start": 6688.181, "end": 6701.978, "text": "The space that was occupied by my business, it's been basically removed and they're expanding operations in the bar area, which I believe brings more revenue to the mercado.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-719", "start": 6702.556, "end": 6705.399, "text": "So they're doing that, but we're not—.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-720", "start": 6705.399, "end": 6706.475, "text": "Councilor Herbold.", "speaker": "Rebecca Dobert" }, { "id": "cue-721", "start": 6706.812, "end": 6710.654, "text": "Going back to the Mercado, we want to explore probably other areas.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-722", "start": 6712.22, "end": 6721.552, "text": "Right now we're on Division and we have a commissary kitchen there where we do the preparation for the other smaller locations.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-723", "start": 6722.445, "end": 6726.109, "text": "So right now we don't have any plans to go back to the Mercado.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-724", "start": 6726.206, "end": 6735.715, "text": "It's still in reconstruction and probably In water space, I could— thank you.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-725", "start": 6736.502, "end": 6736.695, "text": "Thanks.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-726", "start": 6736.759, "end": 6738.976, "text": "Well, I look forward to, to coming to one of your other locations.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-727", "start": 6739.233, "end": 6744.758, "text": "Um, all right, colleagues, um, this is a report, uh, introduced by Mayor Wilson.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-728", "start": 6744.87, "end": 6748.934, "text": "In order to refer it, we would need a motion to refer it to the full council with a recommendation.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-729", "start": 6749.448, "end": 6749.978, "text": "So moved.", "speaker": "Eric Zimmerman" }, { "id": "cue-730", "start": 6750.235, "end": 6750.653, "text": "Second.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-731", "start": 6750.91, "end": 6753.239, "text": "Okay, I'll take motion from Councilor Zimmerman.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-732", "start": 6753.287, "end": 6755.471, "text": "I think Councilor Pirtle-Guiney with the second.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-733", "start": 6756.098, "end": 6759.243, "text": "Um, is there any further— I beat you By a half second, sorry.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-734", "start": 6759.65, "end": 6762.428, "text": "Uh, any, any, um, further discussion on this item?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-735", "start": 6763.85, "end": 6765.265, "text": "All right, Rebecca, will you please call the roll?", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-736", "start": 6769.23, "end": 6777.553, "text": "Calling the roll on document 2026-310, uh, moved by Councilor Zimmerman, seconded by Councilor Pirtle-Guiney.", "speaker": "Rebecca Dobert" }, { "id": "cue-737", "start": 6778.149, "end": 6778.76, "text": "Koyama Lane?", "speaker": "Rebecca Dobert" }, { "id": "cue-738", "start": 6779.758, "end": 6779.774, "text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Tiffany Koyama Lane" }, { "id": "cue-739", "start": 6780.966, "end": 6781.449, "text": "Murillo?", "speaker": "Rebecca Dobert" }, { "id": "cue-740", "start": 6782.076, "end": 6782.125, "text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Angelita Morillo" }, { "id": "cue-741", "start": 6782.978, "end": 6783.396, "text": "Novick?", "speaker": "Rebecca Dobert" }, { "id": "cue-742", "start": 6783.717, "end": 6784.429, "text": "Thank you for serving.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-743", "start": 6784.607, "end": 6784.655, "text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Steve Novick" }, { "id": "cue-744", "start": 6785.578, "end": 6786.403, "text": "Clark, absent.", "speaker": "Rebecca Dobert" }, { "id": "cue-745", "start": 6786.484, "end": 6786.776, "text": "Green?", "speaker": "Rebecca Dobert" }, { "id": "cue-746", "start": 6787.601, "end": 6787.617, "text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Mitch Green" }, { "id": "cue-747", "start": 6788.184, "end": 6788.637, "text": "Zimmerman?", "speaker": "Rebecca Dobert" }, { "id": "cue-748", "start": 6788.977, "end": 6788.993, "text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Eric Zimmerman" }, { "id": "cue-749", "start": 6789.462, "end": 6789.77, "text": "Avalos?", "speaker": "Rebecca Dobert" }, { "id": "cue-750", "start": 6790.919, "end": 6790.968, "text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Candace Avalos" }, { "id": "cue-751", "start": 6792.456, "end": 6800.91, "text": "Thank you for being willing to serve.", "speaker": "Rebecca Dobert" }, { "id": "cue-752", "start": 6801.67, "end": 6801.702, "text": "Aye.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-753", "start": 6802.092, "end": 6808.989, "text": "And the motion to refer the report, document number 2026-310, to City Council with recommendation it be accepted.", "speaker": "Rebecca Dobert" }, { "id": "cue-754", "start": 6811.087, "end": 6814.902, "text": "Is accepted with 9 aye, 3 absent votes.", "speaker": "Rebecca Dobert" }, { "id": "cue-755", "start": 6815.873, "end": 6816.261, "text": "Thank you.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-756", "start": 6816.374, "end": 6818.541, "text": "Just 2 quick housekeeping notes before we adjourn.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-757", "start": 6818.605, "end": 6822.152, "text": "One, for this item, we expect that it'll go on a consent agenda.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-758", "start": 6823.31, "end": 6824.275, "text": "It's Council President's decision.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-759", "start": 6824.324, "end": 6826.746, "text": "I won't speak for when that would be, but soon.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-760", "start": 6828.662, "end": 6835.759, "text": "And then secondly, colleagues, this is— and anyone listening at home, this is welcoming week, and I wanted to take the opportunity to shout that out.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-761", "start": 6835.808, "end": 6839.969, "text": "There is a proclamation that is, I believe, being read right now over at the Portland building.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-762", "start": 6840.065, "end": 6846.476, "text": "And if anyone has the extra time, because we're adjourning a little early and you may want to join, uh, for that celebration, it is out front.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-763", "start": 6847.054, "end": 6847.488, "text": "What's welcoming?", "speaker": "Robin Johnson" }, { "id": "cue-764", "start": 6847.713, "end": 6850.091, "text": "Welcoming Week, uh, the proclamation.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-765", "start": 6851.553, "end": 6851.81, "text": "Yeah.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-766", "start": 6852.035, "end": 6872.3, "text": "And, um, so, uh, you know, we did just on the consent agenda yesterday approve, um, the nominees that came out of this committee to the, uh, New Portlanders Policy Commission and just wanted to, you know, thank our immigrant affairs lead, Bryn Alvarado, the mayor for the proclamation, and Wafa Almatari for her work in supporting all that.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-767", "start": 6872.428, "end": 6875.745, "text": "And if anyone has some time to go over there, please feel free to join me over there.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-768", "start": 6877.155, "end": 6877.973, "text": "Yeah, yeah.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-769", "start": 6878.197, "end": 6904.105, "text": "And just to clarify for folks listening who don't know, Welcoming Week is when we intentionally have events work programming to recognize New Portlanders, to recognize the work of the New Portland Policy Commission, and to make sure that immigrants and refugees within our community know that this is a welcoming city and that we see all of the value that they bring to our community.", "speaker": "Elana Pirtle-Guiney" }, { "id": "cue-770", "start": 6905.212, "end": 6905.981, "text": "Thanks for putting that in.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-771", "start": 6906.318, "end": 6906.575, "text": "Yeah.", "speaker": "Unidentified speaker" }, { "id": "cue-772", "start": 6907.28, "end": 6907.617, "text": "All right.", "speaker": "Robin Lee" }, { "id": "cue-773", "start": 6908.178, "end": 6912.717, "text": "With that, this meeting of the Committee of the Whole is adjourned.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" }, { "id": "cue-774", "start": 6912.765, "end": 6913.935, "text": "See you at 2 o'clock for the work session.", "speaker": "Sameer Kanal" } ] }