--- title: "Portland City Council AM Session 09/30/26" date: 2026-09-30T19:00:00-07:00 durationMinutes: 42 videoUrl: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7FqmEiORho" --- # Portland City Council AM Session 09/30/26 **The council passed the Psychedelic Health and Safety Code 10-0, with two members absent, after holding four more ordinances for a second reading on Oct. 7 during a short Wednesday session led by Council Vice President Olivia Clark.** With Council President Jamie Dunphy (District 1) on an excused absence and Councilor Dan Ryan (District 2) also out, Vice President Olivia Clark (District 4) presided over a condensed agenda that recessed before 10:09 a.m. until Thursday afternoon. ## Psychedelic code adopted On its second reading, the council adopted an ordinance adding a Psychedelic Health and Safety Code to city code, passing **10-0 with Dunphy and Ryan absent** ([00:24:42](https://portland.windowbox.app/meetings/2026-09-30-1?t=1482)). The measure was introduced by Councilors Mitch Green (District 4), Elana Pirtle-Guiney (District 2), Angelita Morillo (District 3), and Tiffany Koyama Lane (District 3). Pirtle-Guiney thanked advocates and "Commander Shaning with the Portland Police Bureau who worked alongside us to make sure that this did in fact align with their current practices" ([00:22:34](https://portland.windowbox.app/meetings/2026-09-30-1?t=1354)). Koyama Lane said hearing the first-reading testimony was "really moving" ([00:23:16](https://portland.windowbox.app/meetings/2026-09-30-1?t=1396)). ## Fire fee schedule and three transportation items advance Four ordinances cleared their first reading and were set for a second reading on **Oct. 7**. The council advanced an amended Portland Fire & Rescue fee schedule, which aligns permit, inspection, and service fees closer to the cost of providing them, removes the permit fee for retail fireworks sales in structures or tents, and adds fees for fire-system testing and an annual laser display permit. Council Policy Analyst Kevin Alvarez said the Community and Public Safety Committee approved one amendment removing the emergency clause ([00:31:20](https://portland.windowbox.app/meetings/2026-09-30-1?t=1880)). Councilor Sameer Kanal (District 2) said he offered that amendment to give the public 12 days rather than 5 to react before the fees take effect, adding he supports the increases and wants Fire to reach full cost recovery "within the next year" ([00:36:56](https://portland.windowbox.app/meetings/2026-09-30-1?t=2216)). Angela Wright, budget analyst for Fire, told Koyama Lane there is no directly comparable surrounding jurisdiction because Portland runs one fire bureau while neighbors operate as districts ([00:33:48](https://portland.windowbox.app/meetings/2026-09-30-1?t=2028)). Pirtle-Guiney asked that the move to full cost recovery not inadvertently remove fee incentives for safety systems ([00:38:26](https://portland.windowbox.app/meetings/2026-09-30-1?t=2306)). Two Bureau of Transportation ordinances authorizing the acquisition of temporary property rights through the city's eminent domain authority — for the Southeast Division Street project between 148th and 174th and the Southeast Stark Street project between 111th and 151st — passed to second reading. Council Policy Analyst Claire Adamsick said both were heard in the Public Works Committee on Sept. 22 with a do-pass recommendation and drew no public testimony. A fourth ordinance amending city code to allow advertising on city-owned streetcar benches and shelters also advanced without public testimony. ## Federal enforcement update City Administrator Raymond C. Lee told the council there were no new developments in the ICE facility litigation, with a hearing on the building owner's appeals still set for **Nov. 20** ([00:18:51](https://portland.windowbox.app/meetings/2026-09-30-1?t=1131)). Asked by Kanal about activity beyond the facility, Lee said the city is seeing "a, a big increase in the amount of detentions" and that ICE's approach is "more discreet than what it was in the prior year" ([00:20:33](https://portland.windowbox.app/meetings/2026-09-30-1?t=1233)). Lee said people who miss mass immigration hearings are automatically placed on the deportation list and advised affected residents to check their hearing status twice a day. He said the city's Immigrant Affairs lead would brief the Committee of the Whole later this year. ## Public comment focused on street safety Four people spoke during public communications, three on traffic safety. Robin Gelfand said her 11-year-old daughter was hit two weeks earlier by a driver turning right on red at Southeast 47th and Stark while crossing with a walk sign, breaking her ankle ([00:06:17](https://portland.windowbox.app/meetings/2026-09-30-1?t=377)). She asked the council to add the intersection to the city's no-turn-on-red list and to install high-visibility crosswalk markings and a leading pedestrian interval, citing PBOT data that no-turn-on-red signage can cut crashes 9% and studies showing leading pedestrian intervals can reduce pedestrian-vehicle collisions by as much as 60%. Koyama Lane said PBOT's interim director had outlined planned safety improvements for the area, including speed cushions and larger reflectorized signal heads ([00:09:16](https://portland.windowbox.app/meetings/2026-09-30-1?t=556)). Morgan Oyster Sands echoed Gelfand and urged the council to direct Vision Zero to run an annual adult driver awareness campaign. Michelle Dewberry, board chair of the Portland chapter of Families for Safe Streets and mother of a 1-year-old killed by a driver in a crosswalk, described the Stop Super Speeders bill for the 2027 legislative session, which would require the worst speeding offenders to install speed-limiting technology. She cited a 20% rise in annual Oregon traffic deaths over 10 years, serious injuries more than doubling, and more than one-third of catastrophic crashes involving speeding, and said 75% of drivers with suspended licenses drive anyway ([00:15:22](https://portland.windowbox.app/meetings/2026-09-30-1?t=922)). A fourth speaker, water-treatment operator Arthur Leroy Baldwin IV, criticized the city water utility's hiring process over cannabis use. With the agenda finished early, Clark offered extra time for discussion. Alvarez addressed the absent Dunphy on the record: "we didn't go quickly just to spite you... we're trying to move fast because of you" ([00:41:08](https://portland.windowbox.app/meetings/2026-09-30-1?t=2468)). ## What's next The four first-reading ordinances — the Fire fee schedule as amended, the two PBOT eminent-domain authorizations, and the streetcar advertising code change — return for a second reading **Oct. 7 at 9:30 a.m.** The litigation hearing on the ICE facility appeals is set for **Nov. 20**, and Lee said the city's Immigrant Affairs lead will brief the Committee of the Whole later this year. The council was scheduled to reconvene Thursday afternoon for time-certain hearings on the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub. --- ## Agenda approval **Olivia Clark** [2:14] Keelan, this is Councilor Smith. I'm online. Thanks, Councilor Smith. Paul, I'd like Keelan to chamber 7. Thank you. I'm also online. **Keelan McClymont** [2:39] This is Councilor Morillo. **Michelle Dewberry** [2:44] Thanks, Councilor Morillo. **Morgan Oyster Sands** [2:45] Uh, we hear you, Councilor Smith and Morillo, loud and clear. **Olivia Clark** [2:49] I'll let them start rounding up chambers. Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Hello, good morning. Uh, this is the meeting of the Portland City Council. It's called We're called to order at 9:32. Keelan, will you please call the roll? **Keelan McClymont** [4:14] Good morning. Koyama Lane? **Tiffany Koyama Lane** [4:18] Here. **Keelan McClymont** [4:19] Morillo? **Angelita Morillo** [4:21] Here. **Keelan McClymont** [4:22] Novick? **Steve Novick** [4:22] Here. **Keelan McClymont** [4:24] Green? **Mitch Green** [4:24] Here. **Keelan McClymont** [4:25] Zimmerman? Avalos? **Candace Avalos** [4:29] Here. **Keelan McClymont** [4:31] Dunphy? Smith? **Loretta Smith** [4:33] Here. **Keelan McClymont** [4:34] Small? **Sameer Kanal** [4:35] Here. **Keelan McClymont** [4:35] Here. Clark. **Olivia Clark** [4:40] Here. Thank you, Keelan. And Mike, our attorney, will you please read the rules of decorum? **Keelan McClymont** [4:48] Yes, thank you. Welcome to the Portland City Council. To testify before council in person or virtually, you must sign up in advance on the council agenda at www.portland.gov/council/agenda. Information on engaging with council can be found on the council clerk's webpage. Individuals may testify for 3 3 minutes unless presiding officer states otherwise. Your microphone will be muted when your time is over. The presiding officer preserves order. Disruptive conduct such as shouting, refusing to conclude your testimony when your time is up, or interrupting others' testimony or council deliberations will not be allowed. If you cause a disruption, a warning will be given. Further disruption will result in ejection from the meeting. Anyone who fails to leave once ejected is subject to arrest for trespass. Additionally, council may take a short recess and reconvene virtually. Your testimony should address the matter being considered. When testifying, state your name for the record. Your address is not necessary. If you are a lobbyist, identify the organization you represent. Virtual testifiers should unmute themselves when the council clerk calls your name. **Eric Zimmerman** [5:49] Thank you. **Olivia Clark** [5:51] Thank you, Mike. Uh, the first item today, colleagues, is approval of the September 30th agenda. May I have unanimous consent to approve the agenda? ## Public communications ### 2. Public comment (Public communication) **Olivia Clark** [6:01] Seeing, uh, no objections, the agenda is approved. Keelan, can you please, uh, start us off with public communication? **Keelan McClymont** [6:08] Yes, thank you. First up, we have Robin Gelfand. **Olivia Clark** [6:15] Good morning, Robin. **Robin Gelfand** [6:17] Good morning. My name is Robin Gelfand. 2 weeks ago, my 11-year-old daughter was hit by a vehicle while biking to school. Shortly after she entered a crosswalk with a walk sign, a driver pulled forward to turn right on red. This took place at Southeast 47th and Stark Street, half a mile from 2 PPS schools, Glencoe Elementary and Mount Tabor Middle School. I'm here today to advocate for increased safety measures at intersections near schools, and in particular Southeast 47th and Stark. PBOT has identified Stark as a top 10 high-crash network street, and 47th and Stark is particularly dangerous for 2 reasons. It's an offset intersection, which creates confusion for drivers about who has the right of way, causing them to focus on navigating around other vehicles instead of looking out for pedestrians and cyclists. Additionally, drivers heading south on 47th can't see pedestrians approaching the crosswalk due to a stone wall that stands 6 feet tall at the corner. We've seen countless close calls there, and another child who lives on our block has also been hit by a vehicle in the same intersection. Because of these risk factors and the proximity to 2 schools, I'm asking the council to support implementation of 3 safety measures at 47th and Stark: a no-turn-on-red restriction, high-visibility crosswalk markings, and a leading pedestrian interval. PBOT traffic data shows that no-turn-on-red signage can reduce crashes at intersections by 9%. In the case of my daughter's collision, a no-turn-on-red restriction would have made a material difference. Thank you. Last month, the council passed the No Turn on Red ordinance, and we are requesting that 47th and Stark be added to the list of intersections receiving No Turn on Red signage. Secondly, we're requesting a high-visibility crosswalk marking to replace the current faded transverse lines. And finally, we're requesting a leading pedestrian interval to give pedestrians a head start before drivers get a green light. Studies show that LPIs can reduce pedestrian-vehicle collisions by as much as 60%. Thank you. As noted in the Vision Zero action plan, redundancy is crucial. If one layer of the system fails, another layer must be in place to prevent serious injury. Adding no turn on red signage, high visibility crosswalk markings, and a leading pedestrian interval to 47th and Stark are common sense moves that would create necessary safety layers for our kids and neighbors. Thankfully, my daughter only suffered a broken ankle from the collision. But it could have been much worse. We should not have to wait for a fatality for these common sense changes to be made. Thank you. **Olivia Clark** [9:04] Thank you, Robyn. I think on behalf of all of us, we really regret that this happened to your daughter, and rest assured we'll bring this back up in the Public Works Committee. Thank you for being here today. **Tiffany Koyama Lane** [9:13] Vice President, is it possible for me to—. **Keelan McClymont** [9:15] Absolutely. Say a couple things? **Tiffany Koyama Lane** [9:16] Um, I just really wanted to appreciate you for coming out and sharing your story. I know that We also have gotten to sit down, and thank you for sharing this and for your advocacy. I also appreciate DCA Williams and our new PBOT interim director who have responded quickly to some questions that I've asked and have shared what PBOT's safety improvements and projects they have that are planned for that area, which include a few different things like speed cushions and looking into larger reflectorized traffic signal heads, and also some near-term improvements PBOT has considered or would recommend. And so my office is going to continue this conversation and we'll be in contact with you. And thank you so much, and I'm really sorry that this happened to your child, and I'm glad that she's okay. And I heard that many kids at Mount Tabor Middle School are baking her goodies. I hope those keep on coming her way. **Olivia Clark** [10:10] Thank you, Councilor Koyama Lane. And thank you again, Robin, for being here today. Keelan. **Keelan McClymont** [10:15] Next up we have Morgan Oystersands. **Morgan Oyster Sands** [10:21] Good morning, nice to see you all. My name is Morgan Oyster Sands. I am an advocate for outdoor accessibility. I love Portland. I chose very carefully to move here 12 years ago, in part because I could go from a 2-car household to one relying on public transportation, city infrastructure, and biking. In the last month, I've witnessed or been in many biking near misses, and 2 people I know were hit by cars while biking, one of them an 11-year-old little girl. I was invited to speak, um, from my friend Robin, and I just want to echo everything she said and agree with everything. I hope you act on those things. I've loved the recent Vision Zero initiatives. And our work is not nearly finished. To better mitigate risk, we need to collect stats on near misses as well as accidents. With a self-reporting mechanism, our city can invest more into safe streets, including protected bike lanes and expanding the no-turn-on-red restrictions. I have read the Vision Zero action plan, and it appears that transportation safety, education materials, and programming are only for school-aged children who are walking and biking. We need to educate adult drivers. To my councilors from District 2, I was there at the City Club panel where you said you would put pedestrian safety as a priority. I implore City Council to direct Vision Zero to create an annual adult driver awareness campaign. The time is now. This is at a boiling point for bikers. An educational campaign is low cost and can be mobilized quickly. We can't have Bike Summer, we can't have City Bike Bus if bikers are being harassed, hit, or killed. Portlanders deserve safe streets. Please prioritize pedestrian and bike safety now. Thank you. **Olivia Clark** [12:37] Thank you, Morgan. Thanks for coming today. **Keelan McClymont** [12:41] Next up, we have Anne Casper. Anne. Next, we have Arthur Baldwin. **Raymond C. Lee** [13:05] Welcome. **Arthur Leroy Baldwin IV** [13:05] Hello, Council. Hello, neighbors. My name is Arthur Leroy Baldwin IV. I worked for Broward County, Florida, and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians as a water and wastewater treatment plant operator at the very water plant adjacent to a modern holocaust at Alligator Alcatraz. This is where I studied chlorine reactions. I took my operator training courses. I passed my state exam, and I worked the job for many years. When my political beliefs were discovered by my state, I was banished, harassed by Border Patrol, and made a refugee. I kept working with pumps and tanks in the private industry to stay sharp. I studied fermentation and cleaning chemicals to stay interested. I moved here to work at your utility, a last chance to practice my trade of passion and choice in my home country. Well, what is it that holds me back now? It is that I speak too freely to my constituents, that I enjoy to smoke a joint after work, and because of this, I must cede my work to a more inept candidate. How infuriating! How discouraging! You should reevaluate your hiring process for your water utility. Smoking a joint after work should not make someone disqualified for working on the water supply. I see it as a systemic disenfranchisement and a crime by the whole of government, a policy you can choose to ignore, just as access to clean drinking water was ignored for the detainees. I yield my time. **Olivia Clark** [15:11] Thank you. **Keelan McClymont** [15:16] Next up, we have Michelle Dewberry joining online. **Michelle Dewberry** [15:22] Good morning, councilors, and thank you for your time. My name is Michelle Dewberry, and I'm the board chair of the Portland chapter of Families for Safe Streets, and I am the mom of Seamus Dewberry, a 1-year-old boy who was killed by a careless driver in a Portland crosswalk. I want to share a bit of information and context about a bill that Families for Safe Streets is working on along with Oregon Walks. That is called the Stop Super Speeders Bill. We are working on this for the 2027 state legislative session. And I know that Councilor Koyama Lane has asked that this bill be included in the council's legislative priorities for 2027. Oregon roads are among the most dangerous in the nation. Consistently ranking higher than the national average in fatalities per vehicle miles traveled. In the last 10 years, there has been a 20% increase in annual traffic deaths in Oregon, and the number of serious injuries has more than doubled. More than one-third of these catastrophic crashes involve speeding. The Stop Super Speeders bill provides a tool to address this problem by requiring the worst speeding offenders to yes. —Technology onto their vehicles. ISA prevents acceleration beyond the posted speed limit. And there are several states, including our neighbors to the north in Washington, who have passed super speeders legislation, and several more who are considering it in the coming year. This bill targets only the most egregious offenders, so folks who are going 100 miles or more over the posted speed limit. Or more over the speed limit, or 40 or more in a school zone, repeat speeding offenders, drivers who cause a crash or a serious injury where speed was a factor, or street racing. And we know that the current approach of issuing fines and license suspension does not work because 75% of drivers with a suspended license will drive anyway, largely because in most places there is not a safe, affordable, or reliable alternative to driving. Thank you. In terms of logistics, this is modeled after ignition interlock devices, which are installed on vehicles to prevent folks who have been convicted of DUI from driving under the influence. It's very similar. It would allow people who are convicted of speeding-related offenses to continue to participate in society. They can go to work, they can take their kids to school, and we recognize that is really important. I listened to the discussion yesterday, and I want to address concerns around data privacy brought by Councilor Kanal. So I just want to assure you all that our bill has been vetted by data privacy experts, and the legislation includes limitations on the scope and the use of data collection. So the data is encrypted, it's anonymized, the data cannot be sold or shared, and it must be destroyed after the person leaves the program. Okay. So this morning I sent you an email with our one-pager, a policy white paper, and a link to a presentation we made at the Senate Judiciary Committee a few weeks ago, and I hope that addresses your concerns. But if you have questions, please feel free to reach out. Thank you. **Olivia Clark** [18:31] Thank you, Michelle. Thanks for being with us today. We appreciate you. **Keelan McClymont** [18:35] Our alternate today is Ivana. That completes public communications. **Olivia Clark** [18:43] Thank you, Keelan. We'll now receive an update from CA Lee on the city's response to federal intervention in Portland. **Raymond C. Lee** [18:51] Thank you, Council Vice President. Uh, no new updates on the ICE facility litigation, just a reminder that the hearing is still set for November the 20th, uh, to consider the appeals filed by the building owner. And that's it. **Olivia Clark** [19:09] Thank you, thank you for that update. ## Council President update ### 3. Federal response update **Olivia Clark** [19:12] Okay, Keelan, can you please call item number 4? I'm sorry, Oh, you want to ask a question? Sorry. Go for it. **Sameer Kanal** [19:20] Thanks, Madam Vice President. City Attorney, thanks for the update. Are there any updates on anything other than the ICE facility with relation to federal response? **Raymond C. Lee** [19:28] No, not at this time. What we'll be doing, we have some updates that will be given to council as it relates to our program as a sanctuary city. We'll be briefing council on that progress. And I think 6x6s are individuals, but we're scheduling those out now. To give an update on our process for city staff, uh, knowing the process if we do have interaction with ICE, uh, agents on our actual property. What is that protocol? **Sameer Kanal** [20:00] That's great. And I know a little later down, uh, towards the end of the calendar year, we'll be inviting in our Immigrant Affairs lead to, uh, brief at the Committee of the Whole, um, and we'll announce that as soon as the date's settled. But, uh, in terms of, um, the ICE activity or federal, I guess, government activity, there's been beyond just the facility, there's been an increase in— and so I would love to see if there's anything maybe for next time, um, that we could hear about that and what we're doing, if anything, uh, to respond to the surge, the silent surge. **Raymond C. Lee** [20:33] 100%. We are seeing a, a big increase in the amount of detentions that are happening, uh, increase from the previous year. ICE approach to how they're handling these detentions and apprehending people is different, more discreet than what it was in the prior year. So we are and will be having conversations with council as it relates to the actual data that we're seeing and also our work with PERC to try to provide resources to help in those endeavors. We are seeing the mass hearings, and we are knowing that if people are not showing up for those mass hearings, hearings that they're automatically going on the deportation, uh, list. Uh, the legal information that we've been receiving for PERC and advice to give to individuals is to call the number to check on your, uh, immigration hearing twice a day because those things are changing very rapidly, uh, as it relates to just getting updates in the schedule being moved up, uh, for people's actual immigration hearing. **Sameer Kanal** [21:43] Okay, thanks. And, um, down the line, I'd also love to hear an update on any verification work that's been done. Thanks. **Raymond C. Lee** [21:49] Most definitely. **Olivia Clark** [21:49] Thank you, Councilor Kanal. I know, um, there have been surges. Definitely, we've read about those in Southern Oregon and now at the Portland Airport. Um, lots of activity. So I appreciate your asking those questions. Thank you, CA Lee. You're welcome. ## Regular agenda ### 4. Add Psychedelic Health and Safety Code (add Code Chapter 14B.140) (Ordinance) **Olivia Clark** [22:05] Uh, Keelan, now can we please read item 4? **Keelan McClymont** [22:08] Item 4, document 2026- Add psychedelic health and safety code. Add Code Chapter 14B.140. **Olivia Clark** [22:18] So colleagues, this is the second reading of an ordinance. Um, I don't know if anybody wants to make any, uh, further comments on it. We had an excellent, uh, hearing, great testimony, as I recall. Uh, Councilor Pirtle-Guiney, do you want to make a statement? **Elana Pirtle-Guiney** [22:34] You know, we had a lot of good discussion about this. I don't think we need to get back into the debate, but I just want to thank the, uh, advocates who brought forward their concerns and the, the idea behind moving this forward, our colleagues on the committee who put a lot of time and work into making sure we got the language to a place that could gain broad support, and also Commander Shaning with the Portland Police Bureau who worked alongside us to make sure that this did in fact align with their current practices and was something that, um, that would work seamlessly with how we do things in our city. **Olivia Clark** [23:09] Terrific. Thank you for all the work that you put into that and the co-sponsors. So without any other— oh, sorry, Councilor Koyama Lane. **Tiffany Koyama Lane** [23:16] I just wanted to quickly say, listening to the public testimony and my colleagues speak during the first reading was really moving. And I want to thank again everyone who shared their stories. You really made an impact on us, on myself. I'm glad that we can move quickly on this, hopefully as a unified council. It looks like that's how this is going. Yeah, I see many of our collective values really aligned in this ordinance. So yeah, you know, our concern for mental health, especially those who have experienced trauma, our respect for cultural diversity, spiritual diversity, our support for groundbreaking local wellness community, our concerns for how we focus on public safety resources, all of those are so important. I'm really proud that we can be moving this forward alongside many other jurisdictions throughout the country. Councilor Smith. **Olivia Clark** [24:11] Thank you, Councilor. I think we all ditto that very much. Great. Uh, Keelan, can you please call the roll? **Keelan McClymont** [24:21] Koyama Lane? **Tiffany Koyama Lane** [24:22] Aye. **Keelan McClymont** [24:23] Murillo? **Angelita Morillo** [24:25] Aye. **Keelan McClymont** [24:26] Novick? **Steve Novick** [24:26] Aye. **Keelan McClymont** [24:27] Green? **Mitch Green** [24:28] Aye. **Keelan McClymont** [24:29] Zimmerman? **Eric Zimmerman** [24:30] Aye. **Keelan McClymont** [24:31] Avalos? **Candace Avalos** [24:32] Aye. **Keelan McClymont** [24:33] Dunphy? **Jamie Dunphy** [24:34] Absent. **Keelan McClymont** [24:34] Smith? **Loretta Smith** [24:35] Aye. **Jamie Dunphy** [24:38] Aye. **Elana Pirtle-Guiney** [24:39] Aye. **Keelan McClymont** [24:39] Ryan, absent. Clark. **Olivia Clark** [24:41] Aye. **Keelan McClymont** [24:42] The ordinance passes with a vote of 10 ayes and 2 absent. **Olivia Clark** [24:46] Great, thanks everybody. Excellent work. ### 5. Authorize Bureau of Transportation to acquire certain temporary property rights necessary for construction of the SE Division Street – SE 148th to SE 174th Project through the exercise of the City’s Eminent Domain Authority (Ordinance) **Olivia Clark** [24:50] Keelan, can you please read item 5? **Keelan McClymont** [24:54] Item 5, document 2026-334, authorize Bureau of Transportation to acquire certain temporary property rights necessary for construction of the Southeast Division Street Southeast 148th to Southeast 174th project through the exercise of the city's eminent domain authority. **Olivia Clark** [25:15] Thank you, Keelan. I see Claire, uh, is at the helm here. I would just say that, uh, both items 5 and 6, we can talk about those at the same time. Uh, we were heard— they were heard in the Public Works Committee last week, and we, um, have sent them here with a do pass recommendation. We had a great conversation discussing safety and infrastructure improvements that are brought by these 2 ordinances. There was significant public engagement during the outreach process, and I'm thankful for my colleagues in PBOT, if you're here, for addressing and improving the safety on these 2 streets. So, Claire, do you want to talk about it? I think we may have some technical experts in the room as well. **Claire Adamsick** [25:56] Thank you, Vice President Clark. ### 6. Authorize Bureau of Transportation to acquire certain temporary property rights necessary for construction of the SE Stark St: 111th - 151st Ave Project through the exercise of the City’s Eminent Domain Authority (Ordinance) **Claire Adamsick** [25:58] Sorry, just to clarify, did you open item 6 as well or just 5? **Olivia Clark** [26:01] Can we open them at the same time? **Keelan McClymont** [26:03] Yeah. Would you like me to read both? **Olivia Clark** [26:04] Sure. Yeah. Thank you. **Keelan McClymont** [26:05] Yeah. Thanks, Claire. Item 6, document 2026-335, authorize Bureau of Transportation to acquire certain temporary property rights necessary for construction of the Southeast Stark Street 111th through 151st Avenue project through the exercise of the city's eminent domain authority. **Olivia Clark** [26:26] Thanks, Keelan. Claire. **Claire Adamsick** [26:29] Thank you again, Council Vice President and councilors. For the record, Claire Adamsick, Council Policy Analyst and staff to the Public Works Committee. So I will share a quick summary of both of these ordinances. The first ordinance, document number 2026-334, was heard in the Public Works Committee on September 22nd, where it was referred to full council with a recommendation to pass. This ordinance authorizes PBOT to acquire certain temporary property rights necessary Thank you. This ordinance authorizes the city to make necessary improvements to Southeast Division Street between 148th and 174th Avenues through exercise of the city's eminent domain authority pursuant to Section 9-108 of the city charter and Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 35. Exhibits 1 to 2 of this ordinance describe the slope modification and temporary construction easement needed to facilitate these improvements. I'll quickly share for the other ordinance, document number 2026-335, also heard in Public Works on September 22nd, This ordinance authorizes PBOT to acquire certain temporary property rights necessary for intersection improvements at Southeast 119th Avenue and Stark Street through exercise of the city's eminent domain authority pursuant to Section 9-108 of the city charter and ORS Chapter 35. Exhibits 1 to 4 of this ordinance describe the temporary construction easement needed to facilitate these improvements. I have a question. Yes. Both of these ordinances grant PBOT and the City Attorney's Office the authority to negotiate and offer just compensation for the required property interests. If negotiations are unsuccessful, the ordinance authorizes the initiation of condemnation proceedings to determine just compensation through the judicial process. The authority does not extend or alter the jurisdiction of the courts. Beyond what is appropriate or reserved for City Council determination. These ordinances further authorize the creation of a subfund in the amount estimated to be the just compensation for each interest property, which, if necessary, shall be deposited with the clerk of the court where an action is commenced. The full impact statement on both of the ordinances includes information on financial and budgetary impacts and community impacts and community involvement. And the committee did not receive verbal or written testimony on either of these items. Thank you. Prior to committee action. And that concludes the committee staff summary. Thank you. **Olivia Clark** [28:48] Thank you, Claire. Keelan, do we have anybody signed up on either of these items? **Keelan McClymont** [28:52] No one signed up. **Olivia Clark** [28:54] Okay. All right then. Um, any council discussion before we move this to a second reading? Any questions? Great. Okay. And we need another— we need to do the same for 6, item 6 as well. There's no council discussion. We can just move that to a second reading. Correct. All right, super. Thank you. Don't go far away, Claire. ### 7. Amend Advertising on Bus Benches Code to allow advertising on City streetcar benches and shelters (amend Code Chapter 17.45) (Ordinance) **Olivia Clark** [29:18] Um, let's see, Keelan, we need to have you please read item 7. **Keelan McClymont** [29:24] Okay, thank you. Document 2026-212, amend advertising on bus benches code to allow advertising on city streetcar benches and shelters. Amend Code Chapter Thank you. **Olivia Clark** [29:39] This is a long-awaited measure. Claire, take it away. **Claire Adamsick** [29:45] Thank you again, Council Vice President and councilors. Claire Adamczyk, Council Policy Analyst and staff to the Public Works Committee. This ordinance, document number 2026-212, was heard in the Public Works Committee on June 23rd and again on August 11th, where it was referred to the full council with a recommendation to pass. The ordinance amends City Code Chapter 17.45, as shown in Exhibit A of the ordinance, to allow the city to advertise on benches and transit shelters which are owned, operated, and maintained by the city for Portland Streetcar. The full impact statement on this item includes information on financial and budgetary impacts. No verbal or written testimony was submitted on this item prior to committee action, and that concludes the staff summary. Thank you. **Olivia Clark** [30:26] Thank you, Claire. I would just guess we have no public testimony on this today either. **Keelan McClymont** [30:31] No one signed up. **Olivia Clark** [30:32] Great. Any questions from my colleagues? Great. Well, we will pass this on to a second reading. Thank you. ### 8. Amend Fire Regulations Fee Schedule (amend Portland Policy Document FIR-12.01) (Ordinance) **Olivia Clark** [30:40] All right, Keelan, will you please read item number 8? **Keelan McClymont** [30:45] Document 2026-300, amend fire regulations fee schedule, amend Portland policy document FIR-12.01. **Robin Gelfand** [30:56] Thank you. **Olivia Clark** [30:57] Um, do we have a committee staff person here to address this. It's, uh, Kevin. Is he online or— oh, he's in the back. Sorry, I didn't see you back there. Welcome. **Kevin Alvarez** [31:20] Good morning, Council Vice President and councilors. For the record, my name is Kevin Alvarez, Council Policy Analyst for the Community and Public Public Safety Committee. The ordinance before you, document number 2026-300, was heard in the Community and Public Safety Committee on September 1st, 2026, where it was moved to full council with a recommendation it be passed. The ordinance amends the fire regulations fee schedule contained in Portland Policy Document FIR-12.01, as shown in Exhibit A, to align the fees Portland Fire and Rescue Charges for permits, codes, enforcement inspections, fire reports, and miscellaneous services more closely with the cost of providing those services. The amendments remove the permit fee for retail storage or sale of fireworks in structures or tents, add a fee for the inspection, testing, and maintenance of fire systems, and add a fee for an annual laser display permit. On amendments, one amendment was approved by the Community and Public Safety Committee on September 1st, 2026. Aye. The amendment removed Section 2, which was the emergency clause. Impact statements. The full impact statement on this item includes a financial and budgetary impact, community impacts and community involvement, and economic and real estate development analysis. There was no verbal or written testimony provided prior to committee action. And that concludes the committee staff summary. **Olivia Clark** [32:45] Thank you, Kevin. Councilor Novick, do you want to make some remarks? **Sameer Kanal** [32:54] I, I really have nothing to add. I mean, we— committee was persuaded that, uh, FIRE had made the case that the changes are necessary to come closer to full cost recovery. **Olivia Clark** [33:03] Okay. Keelan, is there any public testimony? **Keelan McClymont** [33:06] No one signed up. **Elana Pirtle-Guiney** [33:08] Any questions? **Olivia Clark** [33:09] I, uh, Councilor Koyama Lane, you have your hand up. Is that a legacy? Legacy? **Tiffany Koyama Lane** [33:14] No, it's my hand up. **Olivia Clark** [33:15] Oh, it is a hand up. Okay. **Tiffany Koyama Lane** [33:16] Thank you. Thank you, Vice President. I see in the presentation from committee that there are comparisons to fees in other jurisdictions, others, you know, Austin, Denver, Detroit, San Francisco. I'm wondering if someone can explain how these fees would compare to cities in our region. How do we compare to Vancouver, Washington, Beaverton, Lake Oswego, Milwaukee? **Olivia Clark** [33:41] I think we have someone here from FYRE. Hi. Welcome. Please state your name for the record. **Angela Wright** [33:48] Hi, my name is Angela Wright. I'm the budget analyst for fire, and I did the city comparables. Um, one of the big challenges when we're looking at city comparables is that not all fire departments function the same. We are a fire bureau. Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue is a district. Um, so for example, Some fire departments have a much shorter fee schedule, so it's either not controlled directly by the fire department or— sorry, catch my breath from the stairs. Um, it is very— ours is much more extensive than some of the other comparable cities we are looking at. And then when we're looking at cities such as Seattle or Vancouver, Tualatin Valley, Clackamas, it's just very different because for like Clackamas and Tualatin Valley, they have cities within their jurisdictions that function separately, whereas we are one city under one fire department. So I was trying to find comparables in that similar city structures, similar fire bureau structure, and availability of information. **Tiffany Koyama Lane** [35:00] Okay, so just to clarify, there's no other there's nowhere around Portland that is comparable? **Angela Wright** [35:07] We could, yeah. That's the easiest way to explain it. **Tiffany Koyama Lane** [35:11] Okay. **Angela Wright** [35:12] Not directly. **Tiffany Koyama Lane** [35:15] And I'm wondering if someone can share about maybe some of the partnership or working in collaboration with permitting development around this. I know that we're talking often about how the administration can be finding opportunities to streamline planning and permitting that process. So as we're adding their fees, has there been Uh, consideration to making sure the impacts to the permitting process aren't overly burdensome. Can I hear about—. **Raymond C. Lee** [35:41] Yes, uh, Councilor, we are looking at how do we pull, uh, Fire Bureau— and this would be the last time you kind of have this offshoot of the Fire Bureau being on this standalone— we'll be rolling this into the process with the rest of the other fees that you have that we currently have now through permitting and development, similar as you see with PBOT, water and sewer, all those things being collectively done together. So this is kind of a relic of our old system of this being kind of this offshoot standalone. It'll be moved in together. We'll also be looking at our process as a whole as it relates to fees. As you know, we'll be going through some fee studying as well to comprehensive look at the costs associated with the fees and permitting of having businesses here in Portland. So when we look at this comprehensively, we'll be coming back to council as part of the budget process, which will kind of do a comprehensive analysis and kind of have a work session even before council is looking at adopting a future budget of looking at the impacts of the fees and permitting that we have moving forward. **Tiffany Koyama Lane** [36:51] Thank you for the information. **Olivia Clark** [36:53] Great. Councilor Kanal. **Sameer Kanal** [36:56] Thank you, Madam Vice President. I, uh, thanks Angela, thanks everybody involved. And I know there's some folks in the back from Fire as well. Um, I think the, the issue about combining with the, the normal cadence of fee, uh, uh, increases or, or revisions was something that got a little bit of discussion at, um, the Committee on Community and Public Safety. I think Councilor Zimmerman raised that as well, uh, there. I just wanted to I just want to speak to one little piece here. I, I put up the amendment that removed the emergency clause, which seems to be somewhat convenient given our attendance today. But, uh, but it was, it was largely because I, I very much support the increases. I just wanted to have the opportunity to separate these for, uh, consideration if anyone wanted to testify on the idea that their fees would be increased. Felt that that was appropriate to give them the 12 days instead of the 5 of having, you know, to be able to watch and all that. Which is different from the other fire item that we did last week, which was heard together at committee, um, which is about compliance with state law and did have a, a very significant urgency to it. And therefore the emergency clause remained intact there. Um, so wanted to give that information, but also say I, I very much support this. And I think, um, we will need to move a little further next time we, we do this in order to get to full cost recovery. Fire has a few places where we haven't allowed them to do that yet, and the fire budget has, um, suffered as a result of it. So I'm hoping that we can get there, um, within the next year after approving this. Thank you. **Olivia Clark** [38:19] We do have 9 people if you want to change your mind. Councilor Pirtle-Guiney. **Elana Pirtle-Guiney** [38:26] Thank you, Council Vice President. Um, you know, fees often affect behavior, and where we have fees or have or don't have fees can incentivize certain behaviors. It looked at my, um, reading of this, like, the only new fees or places where we were taking away fees or taking away discounts were on discounts that would incentivize certain safety systems, which I think are predominantly required now, and then the new fee for laser shows. But I'm wondering if there were any other new fees that I missed and if there was any discussion in committee about the balance in going to full cost recovery between using fees as a tool to incentivize certain behaviors or actions and making sure that we have those funds to fully fund our fire department. **Olivia Clark** [39:16] Do you, or Councilor Zimmerman, or other members of the committee want to address? **Elana Pirtle-Guiney** [39:19] Got 3 of you here. **Sameer Kanal** [39:21] Yeah, yeah, um, I can— I confess I don't remember if we had a discussion like that exactly. **Olivia Clark** [39:29] Any other committee members want to answer Councilor Pirtle-Guiney's questions? Apparently not. **Elana Pirtle-Guiney** [39:36] Okay, Councilor Kanal looks like maybe he has something to say. He's thinking. Okay, um, as we move toward cost recovery, I'd like to make sure that we're thinking about whether we are inadvertently changing some, um, some carrots that we have, some incentives that we have, and make sure that those are intentional intentional actions. I have no problem with this fee schedule moving forward, but I, I do hope that we're making sure that as we look at our budget bottom line, we're also looking at the tools that we have to make sure that folks are moving in the direction we're hoping they do in our city. **Olivia Clark** [40:19] Thank you, Councilor. I think CA Lee would agree with you, and when we move ahead, he'll take that into consideration, I'm sure. Uh, any other discussion? I don't see any other hands up, so we will pass this to a second reading as well. Um, unless there's any kind of discussion that people want to entertain, we're sitting here with some extra time if we need to have a conversation about anything. Otherwise, we're just going to adjourn until Thursday. That would be—. **Elana Pirtle-Guiney** [40:48] Point of information, Councilor. Um, are we adjourning today or are we recessing until tomorrow's meeting? **Keelan McClymont** [40:56] Yes. **Olivia Clark** [40:56] Oh, we're recessing. Okay, thank you for the clarification, Keelan. All right, we will recess, uh, today at 10:09 until tomorrow afternoon. I was in the queue. Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. **Kevin Alvarez** [41:08] Uh, just briefly, I just want to note, um, Councilor Dunphy, who I don't know where you are today, you have an excused absence, but we didn't go quickly just to spite you. Um, uh, this is, you know, we're trying to move fast because of you, so thank you. **Olivia Clark** [41:24] It was a pretty easy agenda. Okay, thank you, Councilor Green. Any other comments for the good of the order? All right, we are in recess. Thank you.