Tiffany Koyama Lane

“To this amendment, I actually really appreciate the conversation that we're having here around this. Honestly, I hear Councilor Pirtle-Guiney's concerns. We've had a lot of conversations around governance, how we'd love to see an ideal relationship between the different branches of government. I hear what she is saying, that ideally, we would like to have a single source of truth. We wouldn't have to put this in writing. And I will say, when we are— when we get to talking about the underlying, I do plan to ask on the dais the same thing that I asked for last time, which is to see what we're going to be asked to be voting on at least 30 days in advance, that we see it and that the public sees it. Last time, last week, I heard Council President say that is very reasonable. But the truth is also, I can ask and It is also important to get something in writing. And I would say while it is …”

“Thanks, Council President. Thank you, City Attorney Lee, for sharing in your report about the Path to Leadership program. My office had the opportunity to attend this year's cohort's presentation day, and we're really genuinely impressed by all of the good ideas and projects that came from our staff. So the Path to Leadership program is a 9-month program. It's a leadership development program for emerging city employee leaders who are not in a manager or supervisor role, and it's designed to build leadership skills, foster collaboration across city bureaus. I know that one of my staff on my council team staff was a member of a cohort in the past, and this is a really challenging time where we're navigating a lot of change and reductions, and my team has been so inspired to see many city staff showing up with energy and commitment to make our city services better. I know that 2 of the …”

“Thank you. I just want to say thank you again to my colleagues, especially Councilor Smith, and to the staff at PBOT, to Director Williams, to Dana Dickman, for all your support with this and with Vision Zero. And thank you to the community groups. Thank you, Councilor Smith, that you were willing to open your door and really hear them. Oregon Walks, Verde, BikeCloud, Families for Safe Streets. This is important work. It's really hard work, but it's heart work, and it takes a long time, but it's worth it. And I'm very proud to vote aye and hope that the rest of my colleagues join me in that.”

“I'm going to support this. This makes sense. I also just want to reiterate and get on the record what I believe I heard from Council President earlier, which is that his intention is that his team, including Kristen, who's been supporting this, is paying close attention, paying attention to hopefully amendments. I would ask the ones that are like 6-6 where there that there might be more support there, close to, close to 7. Um, we'll talk to the negotiating team, um, and then see if next week there are possibly some amendments that can be— I see Kristen nodding— um, brought to the resolution, and we can amend it next week since it is a resolution and still vote. So I just hope that I see, I feel assured. Kristen is nodding her head. We're paying attention. I know there's a lot of feelings. I know a lot of work was put into these amendments and just want to say, especially to the public…”

“I also want to highlight the folks from the city that have been really helpful. Dana Dickman, Shoshana, Director Williams, thank you so much. Thank you to folks from Families for Thank you. Thank you to the folks from Portland for Safe Streets, especially Sarah Risser, for helping us think about the amendment. Folks from Oregon Walks, Verde, different folks from neighborhood associations that played a role in looking at this, giving feedback, and engaging in different ways, whether it was kind of more broadly about this or also specifically helping us with the amendment. And I really appreciate that Mike Dennis thanked our staff, because Elijah, you have been amazing. You have— I know my team throws a lot at you, and we've Or trying to track you down and also Teamsing you, and you have been great. And same with Alan. And thank you for both of you for working together. Um, and thank yo…”

“Well, I'm just looking and seeing that we do have someone here to testify and signed up for that. And I am— Looking at my co-sponsor, Councilor Smith, for how you're feeling about this. But I know this is something that we were hoping to make sure is not, um, skipped over or bumped today.”

“Thank you. And I'm looking at slide 5. You can see it's It's like November 4th, and then a week later, hear from the Fire Bureau. I'm wondering if you all have been able to have conversations with leaders in our Fire Bureau or even the fire chief. Do you know some of their perspectives? And then secondary, looking at cities like Vancouver, Washington, Seattle that are moving forward with this, do you know how that Has worked with their fire bureaus? Have they been able to find some compromising, some working together, or can you share a little bit about that?”

“Thank you for being here. First, I wanted to say thank you and congratulations to the staff at PHB for working on this, for the work in securing the funding. I understand that these are long processes and appreciate the hard work and public engagement and dedication to this.”

“And then my last question is, can you speak to— I think this is kind of for the public— some of the questioning that we've heard from county commissioners, school board members, and constituents about like the payment in lieu of tax, the pilot, and if that can be extended beyond just Portland Public Schools but to other school districts. Can you lay that out and, and share a bit about why PPS is listed on there? Is it even possible to list all of the school districts within Portland? Is that something that would just be kind of uncommon and strange, or is it actually just not possible yeah, Councilor, thank you for the question.”

“Thank you. So the Blazers have repeatedly stated in the press and here that they have provided information to the city. But for example, we did not receive the requisite information for key decisions related to, say, the Portland Clean Energy Fund. Also, the team has not yet responded in writing to our negotiating team's questions. Can someone explain the Blazers' position on why the city has not received these key details?”

“Thanks, colleagues. I'm going to vote no on this item. I want to be clear about why. I and many others on this dais talk often about the importance of being able to both afford to live and work in Portland. This—. If this passes today, then homes that are supposed to be reserved for families that make less than $128,000 will be available to folks that make more than that. When I look at that number, I think about— Councilmember Smith. Fellow teachers and nurses and the people who make your coffee. I think that that was put there for a reason, and that amount was decided for a reason. When we passed the temporary SDC waiver exemption last fall, it was intended to spur new housing production. And while I understand that this change to the affordable housing SDC exemption program would make it So, you know, you can align that with the SDC waiver requirements. So both waiver programs are …”

“Sure. Thank you so much. Thank you so much for the presentation. Thank you, Chair. I love this idea of us being a united front as much as possible and working on this with as many committee members as we can. Yeah, this is something that I have been working on and talking about for months. Thank you, Councilor Green, for recognizing that work. No, there are a lot of issues around privacy, safety, permitting, Um, happy to see, see some stuff move forward. I have a couple questions for PBOT. I'm wondering if you know if AV companies that are operating in other cities have dedicated human staffers on call to address safety issues and other real-time troubleshooting. What have you found when looking into that, if you have?”