Portland City Council

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM

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

12 present4 motions4 votes16 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
*Create the Sumner-Parkrose-Argay-Columbia Corridor Tax Increment Financing District Debt Service Fund2025-115 · Consent agenda
Passed
11
*Create the Westside Tax Increment Financing District Debt Service Fund2025-116 · Consent agenda
Passed
12
*Pay settlement of Janet Krasner bodily injury lawsuit for $200,000 involving the Portland Parks & Recreation Bureau2025-126 · Regular agenda
Passed
13
*Pay settlement of Robert Medon employee discrimination lawsuit for $100,000 involving the Portland Parks & Recreation B2025-127 · Regular agenda
Passed
14
*Pay settlement of Amber Williams bodily injury claim for $81,589 resulting from a motor vehicle collision involving the2025-128 · Regular agenda
Passed
15
Require the City Administrator to study alternative housing financing and ownership models and deliver a report of findi2025-101 · Regular agenda
Adopted As Amended
16
Amend Affordable Housing Code to add prohibition of anti-competitive rental practices including the sale and use of algo2025-045 · Regular agenda
Continued
2
Public CommentApril 2, 2025 Public Communications · Public communications
Placed On File
3
Amend the Comprehensive Plan Map and Zoning Map for properties at 3508 NE 11th Ave and 1123 NE Fremont St at the request2025-026 · Time certain
Passed As Amended
4
Agenda itemTime certain
5
April 2, 2025 City Administrator Report2025-125 · Time certain
Placed On File
6
*Create the 82nd Avenue Tax Increment Financing District Debt Service Fund2025-111 · Consent agenda
Passed
7
*Create the East 205 Tax Increment Financing District Debt Service Fund2025-112 · Consent agenda
Passed
8
*Create the Central Eastside Corridor Tax Increment Financing District Debt Service Fund2025-113 · Consent agenda
Passed
9
*Create the Lloyd-Holladay Tax Increment Financing District Debt Service Fund2025-114 · Consent agenda
Passed

Procedure

Motions & amendments

Main

Motion to add "including identification of impediments such as Zoning Code, permitting process, and financing gaps" to the last Resolved statement: Moved by Green and seconded by Zimmerman. (Aye (12): Kanal, Ryan, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Novick, Clark, Green, Zimmerman, Avalos, Dunphy, Smith, Pirtle-Guiney)

Connected matter

Amendment

Motion to amend the Resolution to add two Whereas statements at the end and to add a new Section 6 to the second Resolved statement: Whereas the 2022 State of Housing in Portland report shows that in 2022 the average Latino and Native American families could not afford a 3-bedroom house in any neighborhood in Portland, and the average Black family could not afford a 1-bedroom home in any neighborhood in Portland; and Whereas the N/NE preference policy seeks to address many of these disparities and the city already has partners like the Albina Vision Trust poised to build 1000s of units under this preference policy, 6. analysis of pilot zones available for near-term implementation of social housing models at scale, including within the Albina Vision project area and other neighborhoods within the N/NE Preference Policy area: Moved by Pirtle-Guiney and seconded by Smith. (Aye (12): Kanal, Ryan, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Novick, Clark, Green, Zimmerman, Avalos, Dunphy, Smith, Pirtle-Guiney

Connected matter

Main

Motion to end debate and call the question: Moved by Green and seconded by Novick. (Aye (12): Kanal, Ryan, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Novick, Clark, Green, Zimmerman, Avalos, Dunphy, Smith, Pirtle-Guiney)

Connected matter

Main

Motion to add an additional Whereas statement second to last: Whereas, based on 2020 U.S. Census data for Portland, the average Black household brings in about $3,000 in monthly income, Latino households earn $4,500, and Native American households earn nearly $5,000. In comparison to white Portland households who earn $6,400 on average each month. The report shows that white residents can afford a home in about one-third of Portland’s neighborhoods – mostly adjacent to the City’s eastern border: Moved by Smith and seconded by Green. (Aye (12): Kanal, Ryan, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Novick, Clark, Green, Zimmerman, Avalos, Dunphy, Smith, Pirtle-Guiney)

Connected matter

Named positions

Votes

AgendaRecorded

Motion to add "including identification of impediments such as Zoning Code, permitting process, and financing gaps" to the last Resolved statement: Moved by Green and seconded by Zimmerman. (Aye (12): Kanal, Ryan, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Novick, Clark, Green, Zimmerman, Avalos, Dunphy, Smith, Pirtle-Guiney)

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 to add two Whereas statements at the end and to add a new Section 6 to the second Resolved statement: Whereas the 2022 State of Housing in Portland report shows that in 2022 the average Latino and Native American families could not afford a 3-bedroom house in any neighborhood in Portland, and the average Black family could not afford a 1-bedroom home in any neighborhood in Portland; and Whereas the N/NE preference policy seeks to address many of these disparities a

AgendaRecorded

Motion to end debate and call the question: Moved by Green and seconded by Novick. (Aye (12): Kanal, Ryan, Koyama Lane, Morillo, Novick, Clark, Green, Zimmerman, Avalos, Dunphy, Smith, Pirtle-Guiney)

AgendaRecorded

Motion to add an additional Whereas statement second to last: Whereas, based on 2020 U.S. Census data for Portland, the average Black household brings in about $3,000 in monthly income, Latino households earn $4,500, and Native American households earn nearly $5,000. In comparison to white Portland households who earn $6,400 on average each month. The report shows that white residents can afford a home in about one-third of Portland’s neighborhoods – mostly adjacent to the City’s eastern border: