Authorize the City Attorney to provide written notice to the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development of intent by City Council to consider a moratorium…

WHEREAS, ORS 197.520 establishes procedures for a city considering adoption of a moratorium on construction or land development, including written notice to the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD); andWHEREAS, the Portland City Council wishes to consider whether a temporary moratorium should be adopted on the development of facilities necessary to support commercial unmanned aircraft systems; andWHEREAS, providing notice to DLCD initiates the 45-day notice period required by ORS 197.520 and does not itself adopt a moratorium or amend the City's development regulations; andNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Attorney is authorized and directed, on behalf of the City of Portland, to provide written notice to DLCD pursuant to ORS 197.520 of the City Council's intent to consider such a moratorium; andBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that, for purposes of Council's consideration of whether to adopt a moratorium on the development of facilities necessary to support commercial unmanned aircraft systems, Council delegates to the Council President authority to take or authorize any additional procedural, administrative, intergovernmental, or legal action related to that consideration that would otherwise require authorization of Council, including directing the City Attorney's Office to act on behalf of the City; this delegation does not include authority to adopt the moratorium or take any action that applicable law requires to be approved by the governing body itself.