Portland City Council

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 9:30 AM

City Hall, Council Chambers, 2nd Floor – 1221 SW Fourth Avenue, Portland, OR 97204

12 present4 motions4 votes11 agenda items

Roll call

Attendance

Angelita MorilloCouncilorPresent Candace AvalosCouncilorPresent Dan RyanCouncilorPresent Elana Pirtle-GuineyCouncilorPresent Eric ZimmermanCouncilorPresent Jamie DunphyCouncil PresidentPresent Loretta SmithCouncilorPresent Mitch GreenCouncilorPresent Olivia ClarkCouncil Vice PresidentPresent Sameer KanalCouncilorPresent Steve NovickCouncilorPresent Tiffany Koyama LaneCouncilorPresent

Ordered record

Agenda

1
Agenda approvalAgenda approval
Approved
10
Appoint Teresa Carr to the Home Forward Board of Commissioners for a term to expire February 4, 20302026-017 · Regular agenda
Adopted
11
Appoint and reappoint members to the Building Code Board of Appeal for terms to expire February 3, 20292026-018 · Regular agenda
Confirmed
2
Public CommentFebruary 4, 2026 Public Communications · Public communications
Placed On File
3
Agenda itemCommittee referral report
4
Add Nondiscrimination Requirements for Single-Occupant Restrooms in Places of Public Accommodation Code to establish equ2025-475 · Time certain
Passed To Second Reading As Amended
5
Amend Renaming City Streets Code to realign with Oregon Revised Statute 227.120 by redelegating decision-making authorit2026-007 · Consent agenda
Passed
6
Amend Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Code to allow a transfer of interest earned in FY 2023-24 for the FY 202026-011 · Consent agenda
Passed
7
Exempt certain code requirements under City Code Chapter 17.93 Renaming City Streets for the proposed renaming of a port2026-008 · Regular agenda
Passed
8
Require City Administrator to release public records in reference to unspent surplus funds and schedule an oversight hea2026-046 · Regular agenda
Adopted As Amended
9
Add Appointed Boards, Commissions and Committees Code (add Code Chapter 3.40)2025-471 · Regular agenda
Rescheduled

Procedure

Motions & amendments

Main

Motion to limit debate on the technical questions to the current queue: Moved by Kanal and seconded by Novick. (Aye (11): Avalos, Smith, Kanal, Ryan, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Novick, Clark, Green, Zimmerman, Dunphy; Nay (1): Pirtle-Guiney)

Connected matter

Main

Motion to accept the report: Moved by Avalos and seconded by Pirtle-Guiney.

Connected matter

Amendment

Motion to amend the Resolution as shown in Green 1: Moved by Green and seconded by Avalos. (Aye (12): Avalos, Smith, Kanal, Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Novick, Clark, Green, Zimmerman, Dunphy)

Connected matter

AmendmentFailed

Motion to amend the Resolution to replace the last Resolved Statement with "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Council direct the City Administrator to perform an investigation into the Portland Housing bureaus funds or work with the City Auditor to enter into an audit of these finances, beginning within the next month.": Moved by Pirtle-Guiney and seconded by Novick. (Aye (4): Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Novick, Clark; Nay (8): Avalos, Smith, Kanal, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Green, Zimmerman, Dunphy). Motion failed to pass.

Connected matter

Named positions

Votes

AgendaRecorded

Motion to limit debate on the technical questions to the current queue: Moved by Kanal and seconded by Novick. (Aye (11): Avalos, Smith, Kanal, Ryan, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Novick, Clark, Green, Zimmerman, Dunphy; Nay (1): Pirtle-Guiney)

Angelita MorilloYes Candace AvalosYes Dan RyanYes Elana Pirtle-GuineyNo Eric ZimmermanYes Jamie DunphyYes Loretta SmithYes Mitch GreenYes Olivia ClarkYes Sameer KanalYes Steve NovickYes Tiffany Koyama LaneYes

AgendaPassed

Council President Dunphy presided. Officers in attendance: Alan Yoder, Deputy City Attorney; Keelan McClymont, Council Clerk Councilor Kanal arrived at 9:31 a.m. Items 2026-017 and 2026-018 were pulled from the consent agenda and on a Y-12 roll call the balance of the consent agenda was approved (Aye (12): Avalos, Smith, Kanal, Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Novick, Clark, Green, Zimmerman, Dunphy). Council recessed at 11:15 a.m. and reconvened at 11:26 a.m. Council recessed at 1:10

Angelita MorilloYes Candace AvalosYes Dan RyanYes Elana Pirtle-GuineyYes Eric ZimmermanYes Jamie DunphyYes Loretta SmithYes Mitch GreenYes Olivia ClarkYes Sameer KanalYes Steve NovickYes Tiffany Koyama LaneYes

AgendaRecorded

Motion to amend the Resolution as shown in Green 1: Moved by Green and seconded by Avalos. (Aye (12): Avalos, Smith, Kanal, Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Novick, Clark, Green, Zimmerman, Dunphy)

AgendaFailed

Motion to amend the Resolution to replace the last Resolved Statement with "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Council direct the City Administrator to perform an investigation into the Portland Housing bureaus funds or work with the City Auditor to enter into an audit of these finances, beginning within the next month.": Moved by Pirtle-Guiney and seconded by Novick. (Aye (4): Pirtle-Guiney, Ryan, Novick, Clark; Nay (8): Avalos, Smith, Kanal, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Green, Zimmerman, Dunphy). Motion fail

Angelita MorilloNo Candace AvalosNo Dan RyanNo Elana Pirtle-GuineyYes Eric ZimmermanNo Jamie DunphyYes Loretta SmithNo Mitch GreenNo Olivia ClarkYes Sameer KanalNo Steve NovickYes Tiffany Koyama LaneNo