Dan Ryan

“Thank you, Council President. And first, thank you for holding this very challenging process, which will go on through December. So I know you were a reluctant Council President, but you're doing a really great job. Trying to bring us all together and keeping us civilized as we move through this very difficult conversation. Thank you, Council President. And thank you, negotiating team, for always being direct and clear. I know we've had a few salty conversations over the last couple days, and that will continue. And this is complicated, and I appreciate your perseverance and your clarity. Thank you. As many of you know by now, my heart is Rip City. I have a lot to say on this topic, and I'm proud that we are here today to come together as a majority to set up our negotiation team for success. My why on this is guided by both my head and my heart. Let me start with my heart. I was 8 in…”

“Yes, thank you, Council President, and thank you, co-sponsors. I have to admit, Councilor Smith, I went into your office yesterday and, um, I for some reason have had so many random people say you can't pass that. But I, I, like them, at first thought it was universal throughout the whole city on every stop sign, right? And A, that wouldn't be very realistic, and B, it wouldn't be too popular if it was every stop sign throughout the city when you're in an area that's quiet and there's no one around. And then when you targeted it on high crash corridors, when you had data that said these are the intersections where we're having the most pedestrian incidents, I was all in. So I appreciate the fact that you all edited this and made it a targeted use of pedestrian safety. And I'm, I'm in. So thank you. I do look forward to the findings. And so I hope that we have reports on the data. Than…”

“Well, $27 million is a big deal, so thank you. I'm glad we clarified that. Um, as an oversight body, I want us to have access to walk the site with engineers and construction managers Thank you. I've been to the City Hall Chambers before, during, and after the renovation, this grand renovation. Nothing like absorbing insights in person in real time. I'm really attached to this practice. It's an open door. It just should be standard. This may seem minor and unnecessary, but I don't think it is. And can we make sure that this better practice that builds trust in this agreement is visibly understandable? Maybe it doesn't need to be a part of the formal— I don't know, but I just want I want to make sure it's visible that as a councilor, I want that opportunity to do that type of hands-on oversight. That makes sense. Okay, great. And can we define 20 years? That's another one of those numb…”

“And really, it is good to see you. Let me repeat how important that is to be in person with you. The first question just gets to some brass tacks. What if the $573 million, the proposed public funding, is insufficient to fully fund the needed renovations of the arena? What happens to the project then? Will the team step up and fund the remaining project needs and potential cost overruns?”

“Thank you, Council President. And it's really a good morning, first of all. It's great to see you, Duane. I'm so glad you're excited to be here. That's good news to hear.”

“Yes, thank you, Council President. Earlier, Councilor Clark did a really good job of talking about the SeaTram. Is it SeaTram from Vancouver? Because C-TRAN isn't here, perhaps I want to follow up on that and underscore it. First of all, who will be responsible in this panel to make sure that C-TRAN gets this question? It's— thank you. It's TriMet. Because I really do think the shuttles to the Expo Center where there is a large parking lot, Metro will have to be a really good partner on this one, obviously, will be great in terms of Having that system in place. However, we didn't talk about 205, and the Red Line could also be used in that manner. And hopefully our friends at the port, PDX, has some temporary parking lots they could put out there in some of their long-term parking areas. I don't know, I'm just looking at the landmass out there. Or maybe— I think going all the way to Ga…”

“Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Dana Dickman, for showing up and giving a thorough update. When reviewing the data from '21 to '24, 2 things continue to stick out very clearly to me. Our homeless population, which makes up 2% of the population, represents 49% of the pedestrian deaths. And so I want to dig into that a little bit more. It's so sad. I'm focusing on this population and getting to the bottom of these challenges and being bold to actually improve services so that things can improve will always be my North Star. And with that in mind, I'm going to pivot to our meeting that we had in March. A little over 4 months ago, I was able to finally receive information that I asked for several years ago about the data coming from the coroner's office on who tracks the level of methamphetamines, um, AKA fentanyl and meth, in the bloodstream of those pedestrians who perished on our streets …”

“Okay. I think this does get up to council. Supply, and this amendment goes against the spirit of just trying to make a simple fix for a very specific policy. And now we could be adding a new unintended consequence. And sadly, this council has had a history of adding these type of amendments that add unintended consequences that have impacted the supply of housing in the city of Portland and low-income housing specifically. So I can't support this amendment.”

“Yeah, thanks. I think this is big picture and would thank you, Mr. Mayor. Thank you, Mr. Mayor, for your help with the testimony. It's good to see all of you. Thank you, Prosper Portland leadership, for being here. Mr. Wesley, Mr. Cruz. First, I will be supporting both you, Mr. Alvarez. Thanks for being here. It's been wonderful to listen to you. And also Mr. Kress' appointments. But this is more for Prosper leadership. I want to listen to you share thoughts on how we can learn from recent challenges that we've experienced. Some before you were here. I watched the developer walk— was it '21 or '22 on the Broadway corridor? It was— what year was that? Those years are all blended together, right? When the developer walked from the Broadway corridor, is that '22? '21? Yeah, somewhere in that. Okay, we're all saying it's one of those 2 years. Okay, got it. And that area is continues to si…”

“Yeah, thank you, Council President. This has been— because I'm in City Life, perhaps— you all have spent so much time here, and I appreciate that. I would ask if the sponsors would be okay if we put an asterisk on this as an emergency. I'm sure we have 9 votes, and so you don't have to keep coming back for additional times. Do I have a second?”

“Thank you, Council President. A lot has been said. This is the 4th time this has been discussed and it's evolved. I've agreed with both sides at times and disagreed with both sides. And, you know, good people can agree and disagree. My hope going forward in the next phase of realignment is that we are inspired by a vision. We're inspired by a vision on where we're going as an organization and who's charged to improve our services. That's what Portlanders want. And thanks for allowing me to stare at you, CAB. You're getting your sea legs under you. You still haven't been here that long, so this will be your first year to really be fully involved in a budget process, and I trust you. So how does this work match a focused strategic plan? So it can get less personal but more focused on a strategy on where we're going. We all want more certainty. I think both sides would agree with that on…”

“I am— again, we rushed this through, so this is a good conversation. I'm still slightly leaning to yes. I do think in the future we need to have better information on the details of the financials. And I know that it's a good market. But I think, Stephanie Howard, your comments both in the committee meeting when you presented and today make the case for a leader who's looking at the system and how to improve services. So I'd like to see with this capital investment and this change, what does success look like as you integrate these teams? What are some of— what's some of your hopes in terms of how the different departments integrate and work with one another? How do we bring in more community partners? When I go to the Peace Collaborative meetings, it's not lost on me that there's no one from the schools there. And increasingly the behavioral issues that go down much lower than they u…”