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[8:37] » Yes. >> And I'll be counselor.

[8:40] Perfect. >> Good afternoon. It is September 8th at

[8:44] 2:03 p.m. I am calling to order today's meeting of the Civic City Life

[8:52] Committee. Thank you all for being here today. Wendy, could you please call the

[8:57] role?

[9:10] » While you're getting your microphone working, I will just apologize that

[9:12] we're starting a few minutes late. My computer screen was doing some sort of

[9:17] weird blitzy thing. >> And calling the role, uh, Mario

[9:24] here. Zimmerman absent. Avalos

[9:30] » present. Virtually >> Ryan

[9:32] » here. >> Hurdle Guini

[9:35] » here. Thank you. And colleagues, we have a new uh council operations staff person

[9:42] starting today or starting last week I guess, but we didn't have a meeting last

[9:46] week. Kevin, welcome and thank you for being here. Could you please start us

[9:50] off with our rules of decorum? Thank you.

[9:53] Welcome to the meeting of the city life committee. To testify testify before

[9:57] this committee in person or virtually, you must sign up in advance on the

[10:00] committee agenda at www.portland.gov/countselagenda/city-life-committee

[10:10] or by calling 311. Information on engaging with the committee can be found

[10:14] at this link. Registration for virtual testimony closes 1 hour prior to the

[10:18] meeting. In-person testifiers must sign up before the agenda item is heard. If

[10:23] public testimony will be taken on an item, individuals may testify for three

[10:28] minutes unless a chair states otherwise. Your microphone will be muted when your

[10:32] time is over. The chair preserves order. Disruptive conduct such as shouting,

[10:36] refusing to conclude your testimony when your time is up, or interrupting others

[10:41] testimony, or committee deliberations will not be allowed. If you cause a

[10:45] disruption, a warning will be given. Further disruption will result in

[10:48] ejection from the meeting. Anyone who fails to leave once ejected is subject

[10:52] to arrest for trespass. Additionally, the committee may take a short recess

[10:57] and reconvene virtually. Your testimony should address the matter being

[11:00] considered. When testifying, one, state your name for the record. If you are a

[11:05] lobbyist, identify the organization you represent. And two, virtual testifiers

[11:09] should unmute themselves when the clerk calls your name. Thank you.

[11:14] » Thank you very much, Kevin. Colleagues, today we will have three uh we have

[11:19] three things on our agenda. We will take public input on city life committee

[11:24] related topics. We will hear from the uh folks bringing us Portland geek week and

[11:30] the sneaky squatch search. And then we will spend the bulk of our meeting

[11:35] talking about climate and our city's climate policy. I'll speak more to that

[11:41] last agenda item when we get there, but we have a packed agenda. So, for now,

[11:45] I'd like to lead us right into our first agenda item. Wendy, could you please

[11:50] call our public input agenda item? >> Thank you. Yes. Item number one,

[11:55] document number 2026-317, [clears throat]

[11:58] public input on city life committee topics. We have four people signed up.

[12:03] Um, the first two I'll call up, Galib L and Joseph Howard. Please come on up.

[12:10] » Welcome. Thank you both for being here.

[12:17] Just a reminder, you'll hear a uh two timer. One indicating you have 30

[12:24] seconds left and then a second one indicating your time is up. Please state

[12:28] your name for the record and get started.

[12:33] » Uh my name is Charles Joseph Howard.

[12:37] » Go right ahead and begin. >> I defer to you. Okay. Um, good

[12:44] afternoon, Chair Per Pleg Guinea and members of the committee. My name is

[12:48] Charles Joseph Howard. I'm a District 4 constituent and a public sector strategy

[12:53] consultant and an active volunteer with Potluck in the Park here in the Pearl.

[12:59] I want to bring to you an observation from the pavement and a lowcost, high

[13:04] impact opportunity to make the city's existing resources work smarter. When I

[13:10] began volunteering in February of last year, we served roughly 250 meals a

[13:15] Sunday. Last month, we did not have a single week below 400. Recently, we

[13:22] broke our postco record, serving just shy of 600 meals in one afternoon.

[13:29] Roughly 60 to 70% of the people we serve return to the same exact few hundred

[13:35] square feet on the north pl park park blocks at the same time every Sunday

[13:42] from an operations perspective. That is remarkable.

[13:46] The city has a population with significant needs voluntarily assembling

[13:50] in a predictable predictable location every [clears throat] single week.

[13:55] Many struggle with addiction, mental health challenges, or both.

[14:00] First responder dispatches during service are not uncommon. Sometimes with

[14:04] for violence and sometimes for overdoses.

[14:08] Yet, in 18 months on the pavement, I personally have not seen a single city

[14:13] outreach presence taking advantage of that window.

[14:17] I know Portland has the resources, but as you all know, the problem is that

[14:22] having a resource and successfully connecting it are two very different

[14:26] things. The problem is the connection gap.

[14:31] Someone trapped in addiction may not know to call 311. [clears throat] They

[14:35] might not have a phone, internet access, or the mental stability to navigate the

[14:40] system. But every Sunday, they know where we

[14:44] are. potluck has already solved one of

[14:47] outreach's hardest problems. Where and when to find people and how to

[14:53] establish trust. I'm not asking you to create yet another

[14:57] program. I'm asking the city to strategically deploy existing outreach,

[15:01] behavioral health, and benefits navigation resources directly into this

[15:06] existing Sunday touchpoint. Meet the people where they already are.

[15:12] Measure those results. Determine whether earlier intervention

[15:18] can turn someone's next interaction into a path toward recovery rather than an

[15:23] ambulance or a police car. That's compassionate policy. It's also

[15:29] smarter government. My professional background is in public

[15:33] sector strategy and implementation. I would gladly help your teams think

[15:37] through how an integration like this could work.

[15:41] Our first responders deserve it. But I think most importantly, the Portlanders

[15:47] trapped in these cycles deserve it. >> We'll show them there's a way out of the

[15:51] valley. >> I'll leave my information with the

[15:54] clerk. And >> if I could also encourage you to make

[15:57] this testimony at Mult County as well. >> Oh, I'm sorry, Councelor. I'm so

[16:03] » I I agree with Council Zimmerman. That's why my hand was up. And thank you for

[16:06] your service. Thank you so much. Everything you said was really easy to

[16:10] follow, but I think a lot of people don't realize that the county has the

[16:13] majority of the staff that do that type of work as they have the office of

[16:18] homelessness at the county. Their meetings are Tuesday, Thursday,

[16:22] » Thursday mornings. >> Yeah, they have the when it comes to

[16:27] outreach workers, mental health workers, that that really falls within their

[16:31] wheelhouse to Council Ryan's points and your testimony was great and I would

[16:35] encourage you to share it with them as well. Um, and if you're in district 4,

[16:39] you're represented by Commissioner Moyer like I am. And uh, I'll definitely share

[16:43] your testimony with them as well. And for the I think three that we have at

[16:48] the city because we hired them because the county wasn't making it out to

[16:51] spots, we'll certainly share that. >> We do have those workers at the city, we

[16:55] can make sure to pass that on. And I think the advice to make sure that the

[17:00] city and the county are both hearing from you on this is important. Thank you

[17:03] so much for being here. And really your point about meeting people where they

[17:07] are is so important. I always make this comment to the county about the the max

[17:11] trains and along um along the trime service lines as well and I never see

[17:17] one outreach worker there. So thank you. >> Thank you.

[17:21] » Thank you.

[17:25] » Mr. Al, go right ahead. >> Oh, I'm sorry.

[17:31] Wow. I'm sorry. That was that was inspiring what he just said and did

[17:36] here. Um, greetings beloved committee members. Um, I am Khaled Binel. My

[17:41] doicile is in district 4. And let me get right to it. In the book a ran's Atlas

[17:48] shrugged. Um, one character, I believe it was either Francisco Diano or John G

[17:53] said that wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

[17:59] If I think therefore I am then according to that logic I overthink therefore I am

[18:07] [clears throat] wealthy. Not sure if you suffer the same

[18:10] affliction but I find myself thinking at times even when I don't want to. I'm

[18:15] always thinking about something. I actually signed up for testimony just to

[18:19] say hello and spread my love unconditionally and freely to you guys.

[18:24] Then I got to thinking darn affliction. thought about a thought

[18:29] that I had the other day when I was thinking about a wonderful world.

[18:33] So, in thinking about what to talk about here, I thought might as well check the

[18:39] agenda to see if I had any thoughts on an agenda item. [clears throat] Imagine

[18:43] my surprise when I saw a presentation for Target Zero.

[18:48] A presentation for a wonderful world. An ambitious well- imagined plan being

[18:56] implemented to be realized by 2050 with [clears throat] a 50% goal to be

[18:59] achieved by 2030. Some ambitions deserve support.

[19:05] That's what target zero is. There should be no expense spared in achieving that

[19:10] target. It saves lives, ecosystems, and most

[19:15] importantly, it puts us back in a harmonious dance with nature. A dance

[19:19] that's more necessary for us than it is nature.

[19:23] As a civilian born of the land upon which my ancestors achieved a harmonious

[19:27] balance, I understand the benefit of tying our infrastructure and economic

[19:33] footprint to our carbon footprint. The benefit,

[19:38] abundance. Think a power grid free to the city,

[19:44] cheap to the resident with the surplus being sold to other municipalities.

[19:50] I have submitted a document to the council for the clerk's committee's re I

[19:53] mean [clears throat] I have submitted a document to the

[19:57] council clerk for the committee's review.

[20:00] This I would like to see in front of the council in whole or in parts if

[20:04] possible. However, as long as it's progressive

[20:09] something towards this target, be whatever comes. Just know this much.

[20:15] » I truly do love you all unconditionally. Thank you.

[20:21] » Thank you. Thank you for being here and we'll take a look at what you submitted.

[20:24] » Thank you. >> Lynn Felton is joining us online. Lynn,

[20:29] go ahead and unmute and begin your comments.

[20:36] Committee Chair Counselors Lynf Felton D1 constituent

[20:41] as you are thinking of equitable distributions of climate burdens and

[20:46] benefits I would like you to think of East Portland specifically I would like

[20:52] you to be curious about the interstate bridge remodel project with tolling and

[20:57] its impact on East Portland according to Oregon walks a third party

[21:03] study showed that presently 130,000 trips daily go across Interstate Bridge.

[21:08] With tolling, that'll go down to 80,000. Some of those will disappear, but tens

[21:14] of thousands of those will become diversion traffic into East Portland.

[21:19] We already know that East Portland has multiple public health issues with the

[21:23] highest number of high crash corridors in the city and the highest temperatures

[21:28] during a heat dome with minimal climate resiliency built into the area.

[21:35] Into that mix will be dumped tens of thousands of new daily commuter trips.

[21:42] You may say this is a state issue, a regional issue, which is true, but you

[21:48] have ways to influence that discussion and to protect East Portland. As you

[21:53] know, Portland's Office of Government Relations can advocate for funded

[21:56] diversion traffic mitigation plans for IBR in the upcoming session. as you you

[22:02] can persuade the mayor at JPAC that there needs to be more robust

[22:08] measures than a study and to advocate for funded diversion traffic mitigation.

[22:16] I5 is closing for repairs. Is there any study traffic counts on the impacts to

[22:21] East Portland? Where is the curiosity and care?

[22:27] We are part of a whole. You know, here's the perspective from East Portland.

[22:33] Portland's big initiatives. Moda Center surrounding development waterfront

[22:37] reimagined grants received for an emissionfree delivery zone in downtown.

[22:42] East Portland gateway boarded up the Columbia River at our doorstep but

[22:47] barely accessible. Natural green infrastructure like the

[22:51] Columbia Slooh inaccessible. a tsunami of traffic heading our way and nearing a

[22:59] plan, a study out there, let alone funded.

[23:06] Now is the time for all counselors to be curious about what you can do to prevent

[23:12] that tsunami of traffic from creating once again climate burdens that once

[23:19] again fall disproportionately to East Portland. Thank you.

[23:26] » Thank you very much for being here with us today.

[23:30] » Shares is joining us online. Sharice, go ahead and unmute.

[23:35] Good afternoon, counselors. This I'm Shereice Bach. She her and the climate

[23:40] policy director at 350 PDX, an organization working toward climate

[23:46] justice in Portland. And wanted to also speak to the climate action plan today.

[23:52] cosign on that last comment of paying attention to the I5 bridge replacement

[23:57] and also district one in all of this and wanted to particularly draw your

[24:03] attention to remembering the climate justice audit that was done by the city

[24:07] auditor earlier this year and also just to note that in the news just this last

[24:12] week the United Nations environment program came out with a new report

[24:17] showing that globally we're going to overshoot the 1.5° Celsius of warming

[24:23] that scientists say we need to stay below in order to

[24:28] uh not feel the worst effects of climate change. And so they're saying we need to

[24:33] as quickly as possible move away from fossil fuels in stay below two degrees

[24:38] and then get back down to below 1.5 degrees as soon as possible. So although

[24:44] the United States is struggling to take climate action right now, cities are

[24:48] where much of the pollution is. So we can still do our part and make a

[24:52] significant positive impact and the rest of the world is really moving towards

[24:56] zero emissions energy and transportation.

[25:00] And so the more Portland can participate in that, the less we're left behind in

[25:04] the global economy. So I appreciate and endorse the work

[25:09] that the office of sustainability is doing to develop a new climate action

[25:13] plan with the sustainability and climate commission. And as I said, wanting to

[25:18] draw your attention to the climate justice audit that the auditor auditor

[25:21] did in February of this year. That audit identified that in addition to

[25:26] continuing to work on climate change mitigation, we also need to work on our

[25:31] adaptation strategies to ensure the safety of those who are feeling climate

[25:35] change first and worst. Additionally, it identified the problem

[25:40] of not enough authority for the sustainability office. Though the office

[25:44] is right under the mayor and city administrator, the chief sustainability

[25:48] officer has no direct link to oversight of bureaus and service areas tasked with

[25:52] working on climate and sustainability related projects. And a third finding of

[25:57] that audit was that the sustainability office lacks funding. So although it's

[26:01] great to develop another climate action plan, it just sits on a shelf unless the

[26:05] city council directs funds for implementation.

[26:09] Next year, the city will also begin working on a new PAF climate investment

[26:13] plan. And so I encourage everyone to consider how to strategically use the

[26:18] PAF funds that are allocated to projects within the city budget to help move the

[26:21] climate action plan forward if they're focused on equity and affordability. But

[26:26] PEF can't be the answer for everything. So integrating climate and

[26:30] sustainability awareness into every project the city does and into the whole

[26:34] budgeting process needs to occur in order to make it useful to do another

[26:39] climate action plan. Thank you very much.

[26:42] » Thank you very much for joining us today.

[26:45] » That concludes public input. Okay, colleagues, we are going to move

[26:49] to our next agenda item, which is a little bit of a shift away from the uh

[26:54] last two pieces of testimony on climate before we head back there. Uh Wendy,

[27:00] could you please call agenda item two? >> Yes. Item number two, document number

[27:04] 2026-318, Portland Geek Week and Sneaky Sasquatch.

[27:10] » Thank you, Colle. >> Sneaky Squatch.

[27:12] » Sneaky Squatch. Uh we are going to hear from a couple of uh leaders in our

[27:20] community who are bringing us geek week as well as our own council president.

[27:27] Geek Week is the latest. It starts this coming week I believe opportunity to

[27:34] bring Portlanders together and get us out into the community and really lean

[27:39] into some of the things that make this a fantastic space. And if you did not get

[27:44] an opportunity to notice our new Sasquatch friend in the atrium on your

[27:49] way in, I encourage everybody to head downstairs after this meeting to uh to

[27:55] see that addition to city hall. But with that, I am going to turn it over to our

[28:00] guests. Thank you so much for being here today.

[28:03] » Hello. Thank you for uh uh allowing me to speak with you. Um, councilors,

[28:10] council president, thank you for being here. Um, I'm David Ray Croft, uh,

[28:17] constituent of District 3, um, and, uh, advocate for, uh, our streets and

[28:24] neighborhoods and the quirky life that is, uh, Portland. Um, so what is Geek

[28:31] Week PDX? It is a citywide festival celebrating the quirky, the nerdy, and

[28:38] the creative in Portland. Um, it's the only event of its kind in

[28:44] the world. So there are lots of comic conventions, there are lots of

[28:52] um festivals, there are lots of uh events that gather people together.

[29:01] But nowhere else in the world is there a city that so uniquely demonstrates on a

[29:10] daily basis um the creative vitality that is geek

[29:15] culture. Uh I think a great example of that is when we decided as a city to

[29:23] protest ice. We did not throw rocks, we inflated frogs.

[29:28] That is the nerdy heart of our uh of our community.

[29:35] Um so Geek Week PDX is only about three years old. It's not about three years

[29:41] old. It is in fact this is our third year of putting it on um in a row. Uh

[29:47] we've gone from an idea that a couple of nerds had running around the city um to

[29:53] 101 nights of programming in a 10-day period of time that involves over 200

[30:00] small businesses, community groups, and organizations.

[30:04] Um why does that matter? Because it takes

[30:10] place in every district. There are events happening in district one,

[30:15] district two, downtown, central east side, and everywhere in

[30:22] between. A great example of that is the Sneaky Sasquatch art hunt. It's sort of

[30:28] like the the uh Leica Crows and that it is a citywide art hunt, but it's

[30:35] completely grassroots. It is an idea that was put out into the

[30:41] ether and over 25 artists have created unique works of art. We c you can start

[30:46] downstairs with the 8-foot statue made from recycled

[30:52] garbage bags. Um and has been turned into a wonderful work of art. There are

[30:58] nine pieces within walking distance of the front door. Um, I encourage

[31:02] everybody to to take a look and see what you can find. Um, it's a way to inspire

[31:09] not only the artistic community to get involved, but to inspire people uh to

[31:14] explore maybe beyond their front door and go somewhere they haven't been yet.

[31:21] Um, last but not least, I want to touch touch on the impact of nerd culture. Um

[31:27] because there is no such thing as geek culture or nerd culture. It is just

[31:33] culture. It is food nerds. It is sneaker nerds. It is

[31:41] craft nerds. Um it is geeks of all walks of life. As a matter of fact, in the

[31:47] city of Portland, there are more than 300,000 of us. Um, if you take us all

[31:54] together, we're probably the uh the largest constituency.

[31:59] Um, last year during Geek Week, if you take all of the events, we had 20,000

[32:05] people participating. That's a stadium full of people, but

[32:10] instead of in one place at one time, they are in they are 40 groups of 40

[32:16] people in 200 small businesses 10 nights in a row. Um that is economic impact.

[32:26] That is a way to drive ongoing and sustainable uh business. Um, so,

[32:34] uh, to to finish out, um, it's really I really wanted to highlight not only the

[32:43] events of Geek Week, which you can find at geekweek pdx.com.

[32:46] Um, not only to inspire you to go out and explore the the amazing artwork that

[32:53] people have volunteered and donated and created. Um but really to understand

[33:01] that there are a lot of us um there are more

[33:06] trivia nights in one week played in bars in in the city of Portland than there

[33:14] are sports bar broadcasts in an entire year. So tells you a little bit about

[33:20] what inspires the people of Portland. Um, and I wanted to share a little bit

[33:27] about what uh the the hidden mass masses that you may not be aware of. Thank you.

[33:35] » Thank you so much, Council President. >> Thank you. Thank you, colleagues. Um,

[33:39] for the record, my name is Jamie Duny. I serve as the president of the Portland

[33:42] City Council and a District 1 city councelor. Um, I have done no scientific

[33:46] research to back this claim up, but Portland is the nerdiest city in

[33:49] America. Um, and you know, I uh believe I hold the title of the nerdiest city

[33:56] counselor in Portland history. From the Batman poster in my office to the Darth

[34:00] Vader belt buckle I'm wearing every day or the Ninja Turtle tattoo that you

[34:03] cannot see. Um, I also, uh, you know, I love living in Portland because it is a

[34:10] place that allows you to have your geek flag fly. Um, I am a prop maker in my

[34:16] private time. Um, I make a lot of uh recreations of Star Wars masks and

[34:20] things from Marvel movies. Um, and I I also get to be one of the nerds who

[34:26] walks around the convention center at a Comic Con every year. So, um, you won't

[34:29] see me this year because I'll have a mask on, but um, and lastly, my team

[34:34] hoped that I would come to this uh, meeting dressed as Sasquatch in order to

[34:38] advertise this uh, Sasquatch hunt, but unfortunately, I don't have a Sasquatch

[34:43] costume quite yet. I'm really thankful to be part of this year's uh kickoff and

[34:47] thank you councelor Purdleghini for bringing this to the city life committee

[34:50] and for continuing to champion this. I think it's really important. Anything

[34:54] that gets people out of their houses and out into the community and around each

[34:57] other and building the sense of community that Portland is known for is

[35:01] really important. So whether it's the uh the crow scavenger hunt that's

[35:05] associated with the Leica's celebration of the new movie Wildwood or now the

[35:09] squatch Sasquatch hunt for Geek Week, there's going to be a lot of really good

[35:12] reasons for people to get out and go explore the city. Try and find these

[35:16] statues and find something new that you've never seen in the city that you

[35:19] have. I will spend the next month out there looking around and I hope that

[35:23] everybody at home will come and join us. I really want to thank PDX Monsters for

[35:26] creating the Sasquatch Hunt and I really want to thank David right here for uh

[35:31] the third week or third year of Geek Week PDX for all the hard coordination

[35:36] that is to wrangle all these nerds. So, thank you for all your work and I hope

[35:39] everybody will get out their house and enjoy them themselves.

[35:43] » Thank you. >> Thank you. And David, do we have any of

[35:45] the artists with us up here? I'm not sure if anybody made it upstairs.

[35:49] » They they did not. they uh they had to scurry to their day jobs. [laughter]

[35:54] » Pass along our gratitude for all of the amazing creations that they have given

[35:59] to our city uh to enjoy over the next week and a half. Colleagues, are there

[36:03] any questions for David before we move on?

[36:07] » Councelor Ryan. >> David, [clears throat] I just want to

[36:09] acknowledge your steadfast persistence on this. I remember you coming to my

[36:13] office in late 2023 and uh here you are and it it's working and I'm not going to

[36:20] dispute the findings. That's for sure. But um

[36:22] » I can actually validate that city. [laughter]

[36:26] » So thank you for um loving the city and getting people activated and having joy

[36:30] again. I really appreciate it. I'm really proud of you. It's great work.

[36:35] For folks who are interested in learning about the 101 programs that are

[36:39] happening over 10 days, what is the best place to find a comprehensive list of

[36:43] all of the Geek Week activities? >> Yeah, so uh the best place is geekweek

[36:48] pdx.com. Um and we have them categorized by um

[36:55] day. So every day you can see what's going on that night. uh or well night

[37:00] and day and uh also by interest. So cosplay, Dungeons and

[37:07] Dragons, food and wine, whatever you're into.

[37:11] » Fantastic. Thank you so much. And thank you for bringing together all of the

[37:15] various nerdoms that uh we know exist in our city into one place so that folks

[37:21] can can realize what a broad range of interests there are and how much the

[37:26] folks who pursue those interests really have in common when it comes to caring

[37:30] about the culture of our city. >> Thank you.

[37:33] » Thank you both. >> Thank you.

[37:38] We are going to move on to our third agenda item. And Wendy, can you please

[37:43] call that agenda item for us? >> Thank you. Yes. Item number three,

[37:48] document number 2026-319, council action on climate in

[37:53] anticipation of 2030. >> Thank you. And colleagues, we have four

[37:58] presentations before us. I am going to give us a little bit of an overview

[38:01] because this is something that I actually think is quite important. Then

[38:05] we will hear from our vice chair and from councelor Murio who chaired the

[38:10] committee that previously or co-chared the committee that previously took on

[38:14] this work. Today is a really important conversation and one that we haven't

[38:20] gotten to dive into yet in this committee. Among the many important

[38:25] topic areas that we cover here, perhaps none is more pressing in terms of its

[38:32] broader impact than the topic of topic of climate. Anthropogenic climate change

[38:38] remains the greatest threat to people, to a healthy habitable planet, to the

[38:45] future of humanity. And despite this, governments across the globe, including

[38:50] our own, the United States nationally, have rolled back their climate progress,

[38:57] have rolled back their implementing policies, and have begun to put us

[39:01] further out of reach from our climate goals.

[39:05] We'll hear more about the city's climate goals from our first presenter, but as a

[39:09] reminder, the city of Portland's stated goal is to achieve a 50% reduction from

[39:16] our 1990 emission levels by 2030 and get to net zero by 2050.

[39:22] 2030 is 4 years from now. Let's be clear, though this sounds big,

[39:29] these are not actually bold goals. They are the bare minimum that international

[39:35] experts have said we need to accomplish in order to achieve our obligations to

[39:41] our planet and to our neighbors. And yet we know it will take bold

[39:46] actions to get there. We are merely one city and our impact alone won't turn the

[39:51] tide. But we should not fool ourselves into thinking that means that our

[39:56] contributions are unimportant because we can reduce emissions and the power of

[40:02] our example is significant. This I hope is all the more clear as we

[40:08] see the dangerous impact of climate inaction on the news every day.

[40:13] It is worth noting that just this weekend, the most recent incident of

[40:20] devastating flash floods in Nepal intensified by climate change claimed

[40:26] the lives of more than 1,000 people. The impacts are real.

[40:34] Colleagues, today is not the start of this conversation.

[40:37] This council undertook important work on climate and sustainability last year

[40:42] through a committee led by councilors Mario Murio and Novik

[40:46] and we were a leader on this topic years before that. But it is, I hope, a moment

[40:52] for our city to renew our focus as we hear just how far we are from our goals.

[40:59] We have some big decisions ahead of us. We will adopt a new climate action plan

[41:04] in 2028. And that same year, we will adopt a new

[41:09] 5-year climate investment plan to direct PF dollars towards critical achieve

[41:16] critical undertakings. Our first presentation today will be

[41:20] from our chief sustainability officer, Vivian Satderfield, who will overview

[41:25] Portland's climate goals, our progress or lack of progress, and outline some of

[41:31] the key decision points ahead. We also have a significant amount of work to do

[41:36] though in the private sector. Work we cannot legislate quite as uh directly

[41:43] but which we can incentivize especially in our transportation and industry

[41:47] sectors. Industry today will be a focus as well

[41:51] because we already have important critically important work underway in

[41:56] this sector. done right, done the Portland way, industry can provide

[42:01] highquality, high wage union jobs to people in our community, bettering

[42:07] enabling those who choose to live in Portland to actually be able to afford

[42:11] to do so. industry provides vital goods and

[42:15] services to Portlanders, contributes to the ta tax base that funds our essential

[42:20] public services and programs, and at the same time, it can

[42:25] minimize their burden on our environmental challenges, the chief of

[42:29] which is the unprecedented and colossal threat of global climate change, but

[42:34] only if we are intentional about ensuring industry here does so.

[42:40] inaction is not acceptable. And therefore, our

[42:44] second presentation today will be from the many stakeholders who are a part of

[42:49] the clean industry partnership facilitated by their executive director,

[42:53] Jules Bailey, who will share more with us about the work that is underway there

[42:57] and the opportunity for more. Third, we'll turn to a presentation by a

[43:02] fantastic group, the climate optimists. This is a group that was working with

[43:07] our former uh committee last year and which uh we have been waiting for a long

[43:14] time to hear from on city council. There's a tendency in climate

[43:18] discussions to frame choices as trade-offs between jobs and emission

[43:21] reductions, between growth and sustainability. And that framing we know

[43:26] is outdated and short-sighted. What we will hear today from the climate

[43:29] optimists points toward a different path. One where climate action drives

[43:34] economic opportunity, where innovation lowers costs, where doing things in an

[43:40] environmental way is also doing things in a smart economic way. I've asked the

[43:46] climate optimists represented by their executive director, Jason Lewis, to

[43:50] share some of their win-win climate ideas with us. The ideas could save the

[43:55] city money, improve livability, or achieve city goals alongside major

[44:01] climate action. And then finally, we'll turn to a presentation by the Multma

[44:05] County Youth Commission, Climate and Sustainability Committee. I'll take a

[44:10] moment here to uh brag on my own offic's Youth Commission liaison, Hazel Chan,

[44:16] who brought this issue forward to me. She will join her colleague Enzo Karpio

[44:22] to share with us some of the work that they are hoping to take on. We know that

[44:28] too many young Portlanders feel like we are not moving fast enough on climate. I

[44:34] have heard directly from young Portlanders who tell me that they think

[44:38] that with all of the immediate crisis facing our city, we've lost sight of the

[44:42] biggest before us, our work on climate. that frustration is warranted and our

[44:48] responsibility is not just to acknowledge your concerns but to meet

[44:51] them with action. Credible, measurable progress that demonstrates we are not

[44:56] stepping back but stepping in. And to that end, I've asked Hazel and Enzo to

[45:01] present what their committee is working on and what they hope to see as a way

[45:06] for us to better have a finger on the pulse of what we need to be doing to

[45:11] meet the calls of young people in our community to take bold action.

[45:16] I want to note that while some of the things we hear about may involve PAF

[45:20] dollars or be solvable with PAF dollars, today is not a conversation about PAF

[45:24] broadly. It is a conversation about how we address our own climate goals and the

[45:30] needs of our community. Pace is but one tool to get there, one that we will

[45:34] certainly talk more about over the coming year as we lead toward building

[45:38] our next climate action plan. But I hope we don't get high centered on PA in our

[45:43] conversations today. So colleagues, let's make today about

[45:47] focus, about not losing sight of the progress that we must make on climate,

[45:53] about finding the path forward that does not pit climate against good jobs,

[45:57] economic growth, or social justice because they are all critical.

[46:02] Portland desperately needs that hard to defi, hard to find, hard to grasp Green

[46:09] New Deal. But we have to ca craft it carefully, deliberately and together. I

[46:15] hope that by the end of the day today, we will have some new ideas for how we

[46:18] can do that that we may be able to move forward on jointly as a committee as we

[46:24] complete our work over the next few months. With that, I am going to turn it

[46:28] over to my vice chair, councelor Zimmerman. Councelor,

[46:32] » uh, thank you, chair, and thanks for just framing it up that way. I think

[46:34] those are great opening remarks. Um I I know that you know Multma County just

[46:39] took their uh up their climate just justice update and I and I was thinking

[46:44] about that and I think there's some room for us to be aligned um from a city of

[46:48] Portland perspective and I think that's probably the right approach. Way too

[46:52] many times in this community we see the two largest governments um not and this

[46:56] is one where I think we can get it right. Um I kind of think of it in terms

[47:00] of what's the win-wins climate solution and the future of Portland. And for me,

[47:05] I just want to frame that up in terms of, you know, we have an opportunity for

[47:10] creating family wage jobs as we think through the funds that we use, how we

[47:16] use them uh on climate related projects. I think that that is the the first step

[47:22] of getting serious to this was getting ideas out there and some of those have

[47:26] been going great and the next phase is to make sure that they're growing great

[47:30] for everybody who's involved with them. And so, um, I think that this can be

[47:34] achieved through ensuring that the city projects that are,

[47:39] you know, utilizing compliance and standards similar to what we did with

[47:43] the electrical vehicle. Um, that gives us an opportunity to kind of take the

[47:48] high road, be a responsible contracting organization,

[47:53] uh, make sure that we're legally defensible and enforceable because I

[47:56] think when we do that, and we're just coming off of Labor Day, right? When we

[48:00] do that, it means that Portland dollars stay with Portland workers, stay with

[48:03] families who are in Portland, who can see a future here, who are contributing

[48:06] to the greater good and uh climate impacts. And I just think that that's an

[48:11] important thing to keep centered here. At least that's where my eyes will be

[48:14] while I'm while I'm centering this conversation. So, thanks for framing it

[48:17] up. Thanks for um putting this all together. Thank you.

[48:21] » Thank you, Vice Chair. And before we jump into our first presentation,

[48:23] Councelor Mario, you helped to lead a lot of this work last year. if you can

[48:28] just share a little bit with us about what we're picking up from, that would

[48:31] be fantastic. >> Yeah, thanks so much. Um, and sorry I

[48:36] can't be there today. I have uh I blame Novik for whatever cold he spread around

[48:39] the District 3 office. Um, but thanks everyone for being there. I was the

[48:44] co-chair of the climate committee along with councelor Novik uh before that

[48:47] committee was dissolved and sort of reconvened into this and we covered a

[48:52] lot of different uh topics that were very important. Um, we talked about the

[48:57] CI hub. We talked about sort of the myth of renewable fuels as an option that's

[49:02] going to save us in this new economy um, and in this new world. And we talked

[49:07] about the electrification of city buildings. Those were just a few of the

[49:10] items that we covered. But I think that a central focus of what we discussed

[49:14] really was um, I think what councelor Purlein said is correct, right? We are

[49:21] in an urgent moment. We are seeing thousands of people die at a time and

[49:25] those are predominantly happening in the global south and other areas that are

[49:29] going to be impacted first due to the United States exporting a lot of the

[49:33] harm uh that we do to the environment to other countries and benefiting from

[49:37] that. So we have a responsibility to take action no matter how small or big

[49:41] at the local level in order to address that. And in large part, my focus as a

[49:47] committee chair was not just to talk about the good fuel things that we could

[49:51] do at the climate committee or at the local level, but to also address the

[49:55] greenwashing that happens. Um there are a lot of fuel companies in Portland that

[50:00] are going to tell us that we have um magical options for renewable fuels that

[50:04] are just as combustible and flammable as other fuel storage types. Um and that

[50:09] still exists along the Wamtt River. We have discussions here at council right

[50:13] now about the Zenith oil train, the franchise transfer of uh Zenith to a new

[50:19] company and we have to do our due diligence when it's politically

[50:22] inconvenient. Um because as was stated before, it's my generation and younger

[50:28] that is going to bear the brunt of these climate impacts. Um I just turned 30

[50:32] this year. The vast majority of my friends are not having kids and are not

[50:36] starting families because they don't know what type of world we're going to

[50:39] leave them with. And so I would urge my colleagues to say that we're actually

[50:44] not going to be moving at a moderate, slow, deliberate pace on these things

[50:48] because we don't have time to move at a moderate, slow, deliberate pace. We have

[50:52] to take aggressive action where and when we can and that was the goal of the

[50:56] climate committee before. Um, this committee is in a strange spot because

[50:59] we have to balance the needs of industry and climate. um it doesn't have a focus

[51:03] specifically on climate anymore, but I hope that we will take that very

[51:08] seriously and weigh it differently because there are no jobs uh if Oregon

[51:13] burns down. So, I will leave it at that. >> Thank you, councelor.

[51:20] Colleagues, I am going to turn it over to Vivian Satderfield, our city's chief

[51:24] sustainability officer, to lead off our work here today talking about Portland's

[51:29] climate action plan. Thank you, Vivian. >> Great. Thank you, Chair Ple, Guinea,

[51:33] Vice Chair Zimmerman, members of the committee. For the record, I'm Vivian

[51:36] Satderfield. I'm your chief sustainability officer and a very proud

[51:40] climate and sustainability nerd. Um, I appreciate the invitation to join you

[51:44] today and for the opportunity to begin today's discussion on climate policy. My

[51:48] presentation is going to pull on a few of the threads that um, Chair Pleg

[51:51] Guinea helped um, offer today and give a little bit more detail um, in that and I

[51:56] think it'll go nicely also with the subsequent panels that we have uh, here

[52:00] today.

[52:03] One moment, please.

[52:09] As Vice Chair Zimmerman observed, um, Portland and Multmo County have been

[52:12] tracking local carbon emissions for more than 30 years using an annual

[52:16] sector-based emissions inventory. It's helpful to remember that city council

[52:20] declared a climate emergency in 2020 and directed city bureaus to restore a safe

[52:25] climate for all Portlanders, which requires that we meet two carbon

[52:28] reduction targets. By 2030, we must slash Portland's climate warming carbon

[52:34] emissions 50% or more compared to 1990 levels. That's an ambitious but

[52:38] necessary goalpost for us to achieve net zero by 2050 as called for in the Paris

[52:43] agreement and our own policy documents. By 2050, we must reduce carbon emissions

[52:48] to net zero. These goals are grounded in climate science and shared by the United

[52:53] Nations and the numerous networks and agreements that the city of Portland is

[52:56] signatory to, which informs our approach to addressing one of the most pressing

[53:00] but solvable challenges of current generations.

[53:04] Over the years, council has adopted a range of ongoing programs and policy

[53:09] initiatives grouped by the sectors by which carbon comes from. That's

[53:13] electricity, buildings, transportation, and industry. And you'll hear more from

[53:18] the second panel about our strategy for the industrial sector to reduce

[53:21] emissions, pollution, and waste, and follow inclusive practices that benefit

[53:25] workers and fence line communities. So, just to ground us in the data here,

[53:32] as previously mentioned, Portland and Multim County have been tracking local

[53:35] local carbon emissions since 1990. We have a long history of climate action

[53:40] collaboration with Multma County, but there are also specific data sets used

[53:44] for the emissions inventory that are only available at the county level. The

[53:49] numbers I'm sharing today are from 2023, and that's because our emissions

[53:54] inventories run about two years behind because of how long it takes fuel sales

[53:58] data to move through federal reporting. We are just ahead of this fall's release

[54:02] of the 2024 data, which we'll be reporting and sharing out this fall.

[54:08] We hit peak peak emissions in 2000. As of 2023, Portland's emissions are 26%

[54:15] below 1990 levels. And that's a real departure from the United States as a

[54:19] country, which is still only about 2% below 1990.

[54:24] That 26% below 1990 figure is only 1% above our lowest point ever during the

[54:32] 2020 first year of the pandemic. So, we've essentially erased the

[54:36] post-pandemic rebound. Notably, in the period when emissions

[54:40] have declined to 26%, the population has increased 38% and job growth is at 35%.

[54:48] But 26% is not where we need to be to hit 2030. We need roughly a 5.5

[54:54] reduction every year from here. about 320,000 metric tonses of CO2 annually.

[55:02] From 2030 to 2050, that pace eases slightly to about 230,000 tons a year.

[55:09] So, the next four years are the steepest climb we will face in this entire

[55:12] effort. What we decide now in this budget cycle and the next determines

[55:17] whether we make that climb or fall further behind it.

[55:22] Unsurprisingly, the top sources of our emissions come from electricity.

[55:26] Gasoline was referred to as natural gas and diesel. Gasoline emissions are down,

[55:32] but diesel is up an alarming 69% since 1990. And that's driven most entirely by

[55:38] freight and delivery demand. Natural gas emissions are up as well,

[55:43] 18% overall. The residential sector alone is up 62% since 1990. It's the one

[55:50] major fuel source moving in the wrong direction because there's no market

[55:54] pressure shifting consumers away from it the way there is with gas prices

[56:00] on electricity. The emissions inventory runs on the regional grid mix and it's

[56:05] still 67% generated by fossil fuels. A few notes here. State law requires

[56:11] utilities to hit 80% by 2030 and to eliminate 100% of greenhouse gas

[56:16] emissions by 2040. And it's worth stating here, the city's own goal via

[56:21] the 100% renewable resolution has committed us to achieving 100% renewable

[56:26] electricity by 2035. Since electricity is our currently our

[56:31] number one emissions source, we can't reach our adopted goals without the

[56:35] utilities also hitting their mandated 80% reduction in emissions by 2030.

[56:41] Due to the cost of procuring or developing new renewable resources, we

[56:46] don't really expect the utilities to significantly increase that 33%

[56:50] renewable rate until the state deadline. [clears throat]

[56:54] Achieving the 2050 net zero target requires extensive action across all

[56:58] sectors. By sector, transportation and commercial

[57:03] buildings are our two biggest sources, 40% and 24% of emissions, respectively,

[57:09] followed by residential buildings at 18% and industrial emissions at 12%. So,

[57:14] something to sit with is that nearly 2/3 of what we need to cut comes from how

[57:18] people get around and how buildings use energy.

[57:22] There are also the sectors where we've seen some real progress. For example,

[57:26] since 1990, industrial emissions are down 58%, residential is down 27%.

[57:32] Transportation is down only 13% and is an area where our ongoing efforts to

[57:38] work with regional, state, and federal partners is needed to massively

[57:41] decarbonize and transform how we get the places we need to go. You'll hear in one

[57:47] of the subsequent panels today about how important mass transit is to that goal.

[57:51] And so I want to give some appreciation and acknowledgement um and thank the

[57:55] council for expanding that access to city employees just this week.

[58:02] The climate emergency work plan was our prior climate action plan with 47

[58:06] actions across decarbonization and resilience, many of which we're still

[58:11] executing today. In 2020, the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability hired a

[58:16] consultant to build a decarbonization pathways model to help understand what

[58:20] it would take to achieve the targets adopted through the climate emergency

[58:23] declaration. The purpose of the tool is to help

[58:27] policymakers and the public visualize the scale and combinations of specific

[58:32] climate strategies needed to meet net zero called pathways. This tool can

[58:37] model different reduction scenarios and was recently aligned and updated with

[58:41] updated inventories and newly adopted state policies. You can click on this

[58:46] link and play around with a lot of those assumptions. It's a very powerful and

[58:49] really cool tool um that you can uh offer various inputs into and see some

[58:55] of the challenges of what it's taking all of us to try to reach net zero. The

[58:59] top line however is that net zero is still possible by 2050.

[59:04] The change in the baseline trajectory alone since the previous version of this

[59:07] pathway tool shows what can be achieved with focused action, improved building

[59:12] energy codes and state level grid decarbonization policy which have

[59:16] shifted the baseline dramatically towards net zero. It'll take continual

[59:20] effort to ensure those goals are met, but the near-term impacts are

[59:24] significant.

[59:27] Okay, I'm going to widen the lens here for a moment. Everything so far has

[59:32] counted emissions produced inside Multma Countyy's boundary. Consumption-based

[59:38] emissions count something entirely different. The full life cycle impact of

[59:42] what Multimma County residents and governments buy and use. That's

[59:46] materials, food, goods, services, wherever in the world that production

[59:51] happens. That's increasingly important in our globalized economy. Here you can

[59:56] see Multim County consumption-based emissions compared to our local

[1:00:00] emissions. In 2015, Portland was the first city in

[1:00:05] the world to publish a cityscale consumption-based emissions inventory.

[1:00:10] This ven diagram is useful because it shows the comparison in scale between

[1:00:15] Portland's two types of emissions inventories while simultaneously telling

[1:00:21] the story of the impact of our consumption globally.

[1:00:24] Total emissions are 20 million, but sector-based emissions are only 7.1

[1:00:28] million compared to consumption-based emissions at 18.8 million. This shows

[1:00:33] that 65% of our emissions resulting from our consumption are not produced within

[1:00:39] our boundaries. When looking at these emissions through

[1:00:42] a life cycle lens, it's clear that our traditional methods of climate planning

[1:00:46] that focus solely on use and disposal phase emissions are just far too

[1:00:51] limited. However, it's difficult to reduce production phase emissions when

[1:00:55] most production occurs outside our city boundaries. This challenge is heightened

[1:01:00] by continued outsourcing of manufacturing and supply chains to other

[1:01:03] countries. And this requires us to use both supply and demand side

[1:01:08] interventions, influencing production supply chains where we can and

[1:01:12] addressing the demand for those products when we can't. However, the city of

[1:01:16] Portland can use its own purchasing power to shift demand. A great example

[1:01:20] of this is Portland's own lowcarbon concrete procurement policy, which

[1:01:24] requires suppliers of concrete of for city infrastructure projects to disclose

[1:01:29] carbon emissions and supply lower carbon concrete, changing the local demand for

[1:01:34] lowcarbon concrete with our own purchasing power.

[1:01:39] So, let's look at our consumption and sector trends together.

[1:01:44] Consumption-based emissions are increasing year-over-year as local

[1:01:48] emissions have declined. We are solving one problem while a second larger one

[1:01:53] grows underneath it.

[1:01:58] Our net zero pathway is a modeled scenario. It includes building

[1:02:02] electrification accelerating starting now. Electric vehicle adoption climbing

[1:02:06] with all new passenger vehicles sold in the state of Oregon being mandated to be

[1:02:11] electric by 2035. heavyduty vehicle electrification

[1:02:15] beginning in 2027. Renewable fuels replacing all fossil

[1:02:20] fuels that's left. Pardon [clears throat] me. This all requires

[1:02:23] sustained state and local policy starting now.

[1:02:28] Rapid action starting now is essential to longerterm success and minimizing

[1:02:31] cumulative emissions. Delaying action now means steeper cuts

[1:02:36] are required later to achieve Portland's necessary climate goals, which on the

[1:02:40] one hand will potentially increase the cost and disruptiveness of necessary

[1:02:43] climate actions, and on the other hand, will lower the chances of meeting the

[1:02:47] 2050 goal. The difference in cumulative emissions

[1:02:50] if the city takes action now versus waiting until 2030 could result in more

[1:02:54] than 15 million tons of additional GHG emissions more than 25% higher than

[1:02:59] cumulative emissions under the rapid action net zero scenario.

[1:03:06] And so that brings me to the work required of us to meet that challenge. I

[1:03:10] want to highlight findings from the city auditor's recent climate justice audit.

[1:03:13] The audit found that while in Portland has committed to climate justice,

[1:03:17] significant gaps remain in implementing effective strategies to follow through

[1:03:20] on our climate commitments. The audit had five recommendations in response.

[1:03:26] One, the city needs clear central authority to guide and coordinate

[1:03:29] climate policy across bureaus for consistent climate action and

[1:03:32] prioritization. My role was elevated in our new form of government to help

[1:03:36] address this. Two, we need to consider climate cost considerations. City

[1:03:42] Administrator Lee responded that we need to coordinate climate budgeting in our

[1:03:45] next climate action plan which also required required by C40, one of the

[1:03:50] global networks that we're associated with

[1:03:53] alongside the Portland Clean Energy Fund's next climate investment plan and

[1:03:57] the city budget office. Our next climate action plan does plan to address this.

[1:04:02] Three, we need to integrate climate adaptation and mitigation. And I want to

[1:04:07] spend a moment here because this is where I think we've actually been

[1:04:09] incomplete. Everything I've shown you so far is just mitigation, reducing the

[1:04:14] emissions that we produce. But even if Portland hit net zero tomorrow, we would

[1:04:18] still face the heat, fire, and flooding risk already locked in by a um by a

[1:04:22] century of global emissions. Our next climate plan must reduce emissions and

[1:04:26] prepare Portlanders for the impacts already coming. Resilience is not a nice

[1:04:31] to have alongside mitigation. It's the other half of the same obligation, and

[1:04:36] our next plan treats it that way. Four, we need to develop a

[1:04:41] prioritization framework for the next climate action plan. As part of the

[1:04:45] development for the next climate action plan, we are working with staff, subject

[1:04:48] matter experts, and the city's performance lab to accomplish this.

[1:04:52] And five, community is a critical partner, especially our frontline

[1:04:57] communities in all aspects of climate work. We're currently working on a

[1:05:01] citywide climate engagement strategy which will include engagement for the

[1:05:04] next climate action plan and PAF's next CIP to ensure we're meeting community

[1:05:10] priorities.

[1:05:15] The Sustainability and Climate Commission has already taken up the

[1:05:17] charge to identify near-term climate actions that the city can take while

[1:05:20] we're developing the next climate action plan. You'll hear from the co-chairs of

[1:05:25] the policy and implementation committee in describing the touch points council

[1:05:28] can anticipate in the CAP development. And you can expect to hear from the

[1:05:33] policy implementation committee when their first recommendation is ready.

[1:05:38] I want to address three areas where we can take near-term action on resilience.

[1:05:43] The climate change risk assessment identifies heat as one of our most

[1:05:47] urgent threats. We expect roughly 6060 days each year with a heat index above

[1:05:54] 80° F. That's 3 weeks more than in the past. We're also looking at increases of

[1:06:01] 9 to 11 days of extreme fire danger. Earlier this year, as part of another

[1:06:06] panel in front of this committee, I emphasized the opportunity to align our

[1:06:11] energy and resilience strategies. That could look like adopting carbon

[1:06:15] performance and cooling standards for buildings to become more resilient to

[1:06:19] hotter days. Advancing resilient hubs citywide,

[1:06:24] adopting a smart surfaces approach, which means investing in trees, solar,

[1:06:29] reflective, and permeable surfaces, cool roofs that can reduce urban heat, save

[1:06:34] energy, and lower long-term costs.

[1:06:39] Another idea is the municipal energy strategy because Oregon is at a critical

[1:06:43] juncture in the energy transition because of landmark statewide

[1:06:45] legislation over the last several years. These developments require a fresh look

[1:06:50] and a reframing of energy policy and practices at the local level. At the

[1:06:54] same time, PAF is helping to reshape the local landscape for clean energy

[1:06:58] investments. The city of Portland has several key

[1:07:02] roles in this transition. As a leader in lowering carbon emissions from our own

[1:07:06] operations, as an energy consumer and rateayer, as

[1:07:11] an advocate at statewide legislative and regulatory tables, and as an investor in

[1:07:16] clean energy projects and energy justice communities. A first step in this

[1:07:20] strategy is to invest in a centralized energy management information system for

[1:07:25] city facilities to track energy usage, identify energy saving opportunities,

[1:07:31] and lay the foundation for a connected network of city facilities.

[1:07:35] Long-term, integrate sophisticated energy management controls to operate

[1:07:40] city facilities as resilience hubs and as a connected micro grid and virtual

[1:07:45] power plant.

[1:07:48] And as I mentioned earlier, climate budgeting. [clears throat and snorts]

[1:07:51] Climate budgeting is an iterative process which which embeds climate

[1:07:55] targets and considerations into decision-making on policies, actions,

[1:07:59] and budgets. Findings from cities that have already successfully implemented

[1:08:03] climate budgeting, such as Oslo and New York City, show that climate budgeting

[1:08:08] is most effective when treated not as an environmental add-on, but as a reform of

[1:08:13] public financial management, translating climate goals into actionable fiscal

[1:08:18] strategies. Staff are working on a proposal on

[1:08:22] climate budgeting pilot for the next fiscal year.

[1:08:28] So, while the Sustainability and Climate Commission is working on near-term

[1:08:32] actions, they're also developing the next climate action plan with an immense

[1:08:35] amount of support from staff. I'm leading executive leadership input, and

[1:08:39] this includes the mayor, city administrator, all DCAs, bureau

[1:08:43] directors, and ultimately I'll be bringing the climate action plan to the

[1:08:46] council for adoption. The project lead, Ela Visa Livingstone,

[1:08:50] is working with staff teams and the sustainability and climate commission

[1:08:53] under my direction. I want to say a word about PA here because while I do know

[1:08:58] that council understands that program separately, but it's worth connecting

[1:09:01] the dots here. PEF's climate investments are directly capacitating and

[1:09:06] accelerating this work. The next climate action plan and PAF's next climate

[1:09:11] investment plan must be coordinated to deliver on our climate and community

[1:09:14] commitments. And this includes coordination across priorities,

[1:09:18] implementation, and climate budgeting. The sustainability and climate

[1:09:23] commission beginning in October will host eight workg groupoup sessions each

[1:09:27] month for a year to develop the next climate action plan. The commission is

[1:09:31] public facing and they'll be offering the um the role of vetting and is

[1:09:36] ultimately the steering committee for the cap process. They will also lead

[1:09:40] community engagement.

[1:09:44] These are the eight focus areas which are tied to our sources of emissions and

[1:09:47] community needs. I'm not going to spend more time on this slide. is a lot of

[1:09:51] words. Um, but it's just to serve as a resource for you. I would now like to

[1:09:56] invite the co-chairs of the sustainability and climate commission to

[1:10:00] discuss city council touch points. >> Thank you.

[1:10:05] » Welcome. Thank you both for being here. And if you want to go ahead and

[1:10:08] introduce yourselves and jump right in, we'd appreciate hearing from you.

[1:10:12] » Sure. Thank you, CSO Vivian. Uh, for the record, my name is Vivc Shandis. I

[1:10:17] co-chair the uh, policy and implementation committee. I use hehim

[1:10:21] pronouns and um I'm here I'm here to talk a little bit about the CAP. Uh the

[1:10:26] commission spent its summer working on the CAP work plan and deliberating

[1:10:32] district specific recommendations and considerations. We're already reached

[1:10:37] out we've already reached out to council uh to offer our time and discuss work

[1:10:41] plan the district considerations and we're trying to understand the

[1:10:45] priorities for the next cap. Um, I really we all really appreciate your

[1:10:51] generous generosity with the time and and um meeting with us uh for these

[1:10:56] discussions. Later this month, the commission will hear from staff about

[1:10:59] climate change risk assessment so we can provide our input. This report will be

[1:11:03] finalized this fall and we highly recommend that committee invite CSO

[1:11:08] Viviian to brief you on this. Uh I'll pass it over to co-chair charity um to

[1:11:13] close us out. >> Thank you co-chair VC. For the record,

[1:11:16] my name is co-chair Charity Feain. I use she her pronouns and I am also the

[1:11:21] co-chair of the policy and implementation committee of the

[1:11:24] sustainability and climate commission. In the spring, the commission will begin

[1:11:30] community engagement on the next climate action plan. You will hear from us and

[1:11:35] we hope we can activate your pathways to engage your constituents and we will

[1:11:40] invite you to key engagement events later in 2027. The commission will host

[1:11:46] a a CAP discussion draft for public comment. This is outside of the council

[1:11:51] public comment period. We hope to again capture your input at this point so that

[1:11:57] it can be integrated into the draft that we will submit to you for adoption.

[1:12:03] At any time, we welcome sessions with you to co-create this

[1:12:08] plan. and 2028 council will hopefully adopt the plan along with the climate

[1:12:14] budgeting. We hope all engagement leading up to that time will incorporate

[1:12:19] your and your constituents constituents concepts and desires in a plan that will

[1:12:25] be implementable. The commission and CSO Viven will hand

[1:12:29] you a prioritized plan. We'll do the work and we need you to fund it. By

[1:12:36] virtue of the decisions you make, you will make this plan real.

[1:12:43] And that concludes our presentation. Thank you. Colleagues, we're running a

[1:12:48] little bit behind, but I want to make sure we have a few minutes for

[1:12:50] questions. Does anybody have questions for Vivian or for our uh for our

[1:12:57] co-chairs? [clears throat]

[1:13:02] » Okay. Um I will just ask a quick question which is it sounds like we'll

[1:13:10] be hearing more on the the process for council engagement and the timeline

[1:13:16] there. Uh but are there specific things we should be preparing

[1:13:21] for now as counselors to make sure that we are ready to engage with you all and

[1:13:26] to have conversations about the plan as you uh sit down with our offices.

[1:13:32] Appreciate the question, Chair Pearl Guinea. Um, we believe that through your

[1:13:37] this unique form of government in which you have the connections with and

[1:13:40] representation by district, um, that the touch points will really be any sort of

[1:13:44] engagement that you already are having in district. Um, and we encourage open

[1:13:49] lines of communication to let us know how we can be invited uh to to help

[1:13:53] table or to help um be in attendance in order to hear those uh climate

[1:13:58] discussions if they do come up um in those district specific engagements and

[1:14:02] also the direct outreach that the sustainability and climate commissioners

[1:14:05] have already been doing to district offices um to meet one-on-one to help uh

[1:14:10] create those um feedback loops. >> Great. So it sounds like as well as the

[1:14:13] work with us, there's an opportunity to partner on some of the outreach in our

[1:14:16] districts, which absolutely is probably important for us to take you up on

[1:14:20] pretty quickly here before you get too much further down the work that you're

[1:14:24] doing. >> Correct. It's also the benefit of having

[1:14:25] a 20 person commission is that um these are all incredible ambassadors for this

[1:14:30] work of developing the climate action plan.

[1:14:32] » Great. Thank you so much. Um and I'll just note because I look like I'm alone

[1:14:36] up here. Councilors Mario and Avalos are online and watching and listening and

[1:14:42] with us in this meeting as well. So, we do still have a committee quorum. Uh,

[1:14:47] thank you all for the presentation. I know we're all looking forward to

[1:14:50] learning more about how we can take specific actions to get us back on track

[1:14:54] at the city. Our

[1:14:59] next presentation is on industrial decarbonization and I'd like to call up

[1:15:03] Jules Bailey who is leading the clean industry partnership. Senresa Cooper

[1:15:08] with the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability. Kate Merrill with

[1:15:12] Prosper Portland. Mary Pavetto with Neighbors for Clean Air. Corky Collier

[1:15:18] with the Columbia Corridor Association. Randall Fzen with the Columbia Pacific

[1:15:22] Building Trades. and Beth Gilden from Portland State University. And Jules,

[1:15:27] I'm not sure if we can fit everybody up at once, but we can squeeze chairs or if

[1:15:30] you want to do it in two panels, that is fine as well.

[1:15:33] » I think we'll hit you in waves, Madam Chair. I think we'll start with this

[1:15:36] four and then bring up the closers. >> Sounds good.

[1:15:39] » All right. Well, thank you for the opportunity, Madam Chair. For the

[1:15:42] record, I'm Jules Bailey. And I guess after the initial presentation here, I'm

[1:15:47] struck with the question, how do you know when it's Geek Week in Portland? I

[1:15:51] grew up in Southeast Portland. It seems like it's every day, but

[1:15:53] » every week is geek week and fore just that for one week we bring all of the

[1:15:57] events into one space so it's easier to find new things to go to.

[1:16:00] » I love it. I think the throughine here actually with this presentation and I'm

[1:16:06] making my colleagues nervous here by going off script, but uh is uh I'm

[1:16:11] reminded of the quote from Anthony Bourdain uh when he said that Portland

[1:16:14] is a city of obsession and it's a place where you can find what you're

[1:16:19] passionate about and dig in. And it's something that I've been passionate

[1:16:23] about for a long time is the intersection of how we solve our climate

[1:16:26] crisis and grow jobs. And I know that that speaks for a lot of people here and

[1:16:30] how we make it good for the community as well. And if we think back to just as

[1:16:34] recently as 2021, the business community and community groups and climate

[1:16:40] activists and the city were at odds about how we move forward as

[1:16:44] specifically on the issue of industrial decarbonization. As you heard um from

[1:16:49] Vivian Satderfield's presentation, indust industry in Portland is one of

[1:16:53] the tricky areas to decarbonize. You have a lot of heavy industry. You have a

[1:16:58] lot of uh industries that are very important to job creation to uh to our

[1:17:03] economic future and that also have as part of their their work uh carbon

[1:17:08] emissions. And so how do you get in and do that? And we took a page from an

[1:17:13] international model in Denmark that has led the way in doing a public private

[1:17:20] partnership around industrial decarbonization

[1:17:23] and taking that here and making it our own and making it uniquely Portland is

[1:17:29] something that we've been able to do because of the collaboration that's

[1:17:32] happened across a number of different sectors. The Portland Metro Chamber has

[1:17:37] been a partner in this and has asked me as well as the partners to be the

[1:17:41] initial executive director to help uh get this effort off the ground and we're

[1:17:44] calling this effort uh the Portland Partnership for Clean Industry. There's

[1:17:49] a lot of moving piece p pieces to this and we're only at the beginning of the

[1:17:52] collaboration but it is remarkable and it's the kind of collaboration that PF

[1:17:56] and I know we're not here to talk only about PF but PF has has catalyzed uh

[1:18:01] this collaboration and that's because it takes everyone together to grow industry

[1:18:06] while reducing carbon and other pollution. The public sector, the

[1:18:10] private sector, community groups, business groups, researchers, and labor.

[1:18:14] And really that's the Portland Clean Energy Fund at its best. Uh the Portland

[1:18:18] Metro Chamber's Charitable Institute has taken the baton to provide fiscal

[1:18:23] stability to the partnership at this initial startup phase and with a stated

[1:18:27] commitment from the chamber to the goal of meeting the carbon reduction targets

[1:18:30] in the city of Portland climate action plan. So we could present to the

[1:18:35] committee for hours on this topic. Uh we're all a bit obsessed with it, but

[1:18:39] we'll only get a chance to scratch the surface today. and we're really glad you

[1:18:43] could take up this topic of clean industry and we'd love to come back to

[1:18:47] talk to you many times to update you on our progress and let you know uh what's

[1:18:51] going on. But for this particular session, you're going to hear from each

[1:18:54] of the partners that's working together to get dollars deployed quickly to bring

[1:18:58] down emissions and to spur innovation. So, I'd like to turn it over to Senresa

[1:19:04] Cooper with the Bureau of Planning Sustainability. She's going to talk

[1:19:07] about the industrial sector and how BPS and PAF have seated this partnership.

[1:19:12] And then you'll hear from a number of the other partners, both public and

[1:19:16] private, who are collaborating together to make sure that we're getting dollars

[1:19:19] and resources where they need to be for a good carbon and economic future.

[1:19:23] Senesa, >> thank you. Uh good afternoon, chair and

[1:19:27] members of the committee. Thanks for having us. Uh for the record, my name is

[1:19:30] Sona Cooper. I use she her pronouns and I'm a member of the climate policy team

[1:19:35] at the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability. And today I'm going to

[1:19:38] give a brief overview of the Clean Industry Initiative and the Pacefind

[1:19:42] Industrial Modernization Grant.

[1:19:47] The Clean Industry Initiative is a collaborative effort to reduce

[1:19:51] industrial carbon emissions, air pollution, and waste while supporting

[1:19:55] equitable economic development and a just transition for communities and

[1:20:00] industrial workers. This work started as a pretty small partnership led by BPS,

[1:20:06] Prosper Portland, and Portland State University. But over time, it's grown to

[1:20:10] encompass a much larger tent of people and organizations that are all committed

[1:20:16] to a future vision of our industrial sector.

[1:20:22] As you saw in Vivian's presentation, industry comprises about 12% of our

[1:20:27] sector-based local sector-based greenhouse gas emissions. And as Jules

[1:20:32] said, this these types of emissions are hard to abate. Um, industrial carbon

[1:20:37] emissions require very expensive solutions that may be new to the market

[1:20:42] or they're very complex uh customized systems that are can be difficult for uh

[1:20:48] companies to secure. Uh the city began working in earnest on

[1:20:53] industrial missions in 2020. We have gotten a lot done in the last six years.

[1:20:59] In 2022, we conducted a landscape analysis of our industrial sector. And

[1:21:04] that study told us what types of manufacturing we have here in Portland,

[1:21:09] how much uh carbon those those types of manufacturing produce, and priority

[1:21:14] areas that we should be focused on. That study also looked at international best

[1:21:19] practices for clean industry. And what we found is that around the world, the

[1:21:24] most successful projects took a collaborative governance approach with

[1:21:28] partners from multiple sectors all working towards a shared goal.

[1:21:33] In 2023, we received $300,000 from the US Department of Energy to strengthen

[1:21:39] our relationships with industrial businesses to identify potential

[1:21:43] projects and prepare them for coming investment. And that led us to 2024 when

[1:21:49] the BPS climate team submitted a competitive proposal to the PF

[1:21:54] collaborating for climate action funding solicitation.

[1:21:57] That funding was intended for government entities partnered with community

[1:22:01] coalitions to enact transformative climate projects. We received $20

[1:22:06] million from that funding solicitation to launch a firstofits-kind program that

[1:22:12] invests in industrial decarbonization and community and economic benefits over

[1:22:17] a 5-year period. And we're very excited to announce that

[1:22:22] next month we will be officially launching that grant. It's called the

[1:22:26] Industrial Modernization Grant.

[1:22:31] Now I know that industry means a lot of different things to Portlanders as we've

[1:22:37] heard as we've heard from you on the dis as well as lots of the speakers here.

[1:22:41] The industrial sector is really important here. It is a major employer.

[1:22:46] It's a driver of our local economy and it has been that way for over a century.

[1:22:50] Portland is a manufacturing town. At the same time, heavy industry has also been

[1:22:56] a source of harm and environmental injustice to many communities living in

[1:23:00] Portland. So, any investments that we make into this sector must contribute to

[1:23:05] the well-being of both our economy and and our community.

[1:23:10] Every partner that you see on this slide brings a different perspective,

[1:23:15] relationship, and expertise when it comes to industry. What we all share

[1:23:19] though is a vision of a resilient industrial economy that serves all

[1:23:23] Portlanders. BPS climate team is the official grantee

[1:23:28] from PAF, but this program is jointly led by a coalition of local government,

[1:23:34] economic development, environmental justice, higher education, workforce

[1:23:39] development, and technical experts who all bring a nuanced understanding of

[1:23:44] industry in Portland.

[1:23:49] And every every organization on that last slide is connected to numerous

[1:23:53] other collaborators that are also aligned with this work. The support from

[1:23:57] community- based organizations and business stakeholders has been

[1:24:01] especially valuable in shaping the program. What you see on this slide here

[1:24:05] is a very non-exhaustive list of some other groups that have that are not

[1:24:10] directly funded by the program but who have been involved in its development.

[1:24:14] We are constantly engaging with new partners as the program comes to life

[1:24:18] and you will see this list change as the work continues to grow. This is PA's

[1:24:24] first ever investment into industry and we do not take that lightly whatsoever.

[1:24:29] As stewards of the funding, we understand that we have a responsibility

[1:24:33] to uphold the principles of PUF through these dollars and we can do that while

[1:24:37] also supporting economic development and transformative climate action. Now I'll

[1:24:42] turn it over to Kate Merrill of Prosper Portland.

[1:24:46] » Good afternoon chair and council members. My name is Kate Merrill and I

[1:24:50] am the metals and machinery industry liaison for Prosper Portland's business

[1:24:54] advancement team. [sighs and gasps] Our team is part of the economic development

[1:24:58] department under the direction of Andrew Fitzpatrick. We work alongside the

[1:25:03] office of small business and the inclusive business resource network to

[1:25:07] ensure that Portland Portlanders have access to quality jobs. Prosper

[1:25:13] Portland's business advancement team focuses on supporting growing businesses

[1:25:17] that sell goods and services outside of the region. Our assistance enables

[1:25:22] businesses to expand and invest in Portland, creating more living wage

[1:25:27] jobs, growing an inclusive economy, and maintaining and increasing the city's

[1:25:33] tax base. The manufacturers we support include some of Portland's renowned food

[1:25:39] brands, knife producers, and ship makers that are growing their businesses in

[1:25:43] Portland. Manufacturing creates access to quality jobs and career pathways

[1:25:49] for uh Portlanders, including job seekers seekers without a traditional

[1:25:55] four-year college degree. This $20 million grant from PAF supports

[1:26:00] these manufacturers and industrial facilities in modernizing their

[1:26:05] facilities and processes while benefiting the community directly,

[1:26:09] reducing pollutants and reducing the carbon emissions that are leading to

[1:26:14] climate change. The grant will also leverage over $3.5 million in private

[1:26:19] private investment. The industrial modernization grant which

[1:26:24] will be administered by Prosper Portland will be granted in several rounds. This

[1:26:29] grant comes on the heels of the building energy efficiency grant which is

[1:26:33] primarily targeted to small commercial businesses and this has been

[1:26:38] administered successfully by prosper Portland for PF over the last year. This

[1:26:44] first grant will round will launch in October. Uh and it will be for energy

[1:26:50] saving and process improvement projects up to 300,000 per grant. Um there will

[1:26:56] be additional rounds of larger grants available beginning in early 2027.

[1:27:01] Uh there is a 25% match requirement on all funding for businesses. And we will

[1:27:07] also have workforce and green building policies in place that Prosper Portland

[1:27:12] implements for all construction over $300,000

[1:27:15] to ensure fair and equal workforce engagement and sustainable building

[1:27:20] standards. The program design has been informed by

[1:27:24] the partners at this table and a cohort of nonprofit environmental and community

[1:27:29] groups convened by neighbors for clean air uh which Mary Pivido will um be pre

[1:27:35] presenting on in just a bit. [sighs] Uh we have also solicited feedback from

[1:27:41] industry and community and we look forward to working with all those

[1:27:45] partners as we develop guidelines for the second round of funding next year.

[1:27:49] Uh the industrial modernization grant reflects the values and goals of city's

[1:27:55] economic development plan advance Portland and PF's objectives of

[1:28:00] decarbonization decarbonization inclusive growth and innovation

[1:28:05] equitable wealth creation and highquality green jobs. We look forward

[1:28:10] to sharing our progress with you and I'll get back to Jules.

[1:28:14] » All right. Go one more slide.

[1:28:20] it. This is actually really cool. And just to editorialize for a second,

[1:28:23] Portland's a maker town. And [clears throat] just through this

[1:28:25] effort, we've gotten to see a lot of really amazing businesses that are doing

[1:28:30] very cool things that are putting Portland on the map in a lot of targeted

[1:28:33] industries. The trick now is how do we map dollars into those businesses to

[1:28:37] make sure that they're able to be competitive by having efficient

[1:28:40] processes and lowering carbon emissions at the same time. You can see this slide

[1:28:45] that's up there now and it talks a little bit about the constellation

[1:28:47] that's around this Portland partnership for clean industry. And just to make it

[1:28:51] clear, we have a large amount of the PAF dollars that are going through Prosper

[1:28:56] for the decarbonization grants. We have a little bit of dollars that are

[1:28:59] catalyzing this standup effort through the Portland Partnership for Clean

[1:29:03] Industry. And the goal here is to take those dollars and turn them into more

[1:29:08] through philanthropic partnerships, through leveraged business investments,

[1:29:11] through other things so that we can take seed money, stand up an organization

[1:29:16] that's independent, and be able to deliver those dollars directly into

[1:29:19] projects in collaboration with businesses to make them more

[1:29:22] competitive, to help them grow, and to provide a model to the world that we can

[1:29:26] be proud of. You can go to the next slide.

[1:29:29] So what we do is we have last mile capital projects that are investable.

[1:29:35] What does last mile capital mean? The good news is there's a lot of different

[1:29:39] layers of financing that are available for some of these businesses. They might

[1:29:42] have private loans that might make it work. They might have Energy Trust of

[1:29:46] Oregon incentives. There are other grants and programs that Kaden Senesa

[1:29:50] talked about. where the PPCI can come in is with a flexible uh final dollar that

[1:29:57] says, "Hey, we're going to take this project to a place that it works for

[1:30:01] your business right now." And I can give you a a specific example. Uh we're

[1:30:06] talking to one particular business right now. I won't name it, but it's an

[1:30:09] industrial business um that's looking at doing some fuel conversions from propane

[1:30:14] to electrical uh for some of its its equipment and forklifts and using solar

[1:30:20] to power that uh electrical. That's a great thing for that business. Uh it's

[1:30:25] going to make that business more efficient and more competitive. It's

[1:30:27] also great for climate. It's expensive. And so layering on all of those

[1:30:31] different incentives and then coming in with those last mile dollars can take

[1:30:35] that kind of project from something that hypothetically might be say a 15 or

[1:30:39] 16year payback down to something that has a much more immediate return for

[1:30:43] those businesses and makes it viable to be able to move forward. That's the kind

[1:30:47] of thing that we can document that we can verify that we can show the

[1:30:50] emissions reduction and then we can take that to philanthropy. We can take it to

[1:30:54] investors. We can take it to private groups and say, "Hey, if you want to put

[1:30:57] your dollars here, we can deploy those in a way that are going to make

[1:31:01] meaningful differences on the margins for bringing down carbon for businesses

[1:31:05] in this sector that's hard to decarbonize. So, the end goal here is an

[1:31:10] independent partnership where the public and the private sectors channel this

[1:31:14] sort of highly leveraged capital from philanthropy, business, and government

[1:31:18] into industrial projects that traditional financing might not

[1:31:21] otherwise be able to make complete. And it's that last mile dollar that makes

[1:31:25] good projects pencil that's that's really special and attractive to

[1:31:28] missiondriven funders. So with the initial PF investment, we'll have a few

[1:31:33] small pilots over the course of the next uh couple of years. We'll be partnering

[1:31:38] really closely with Prosper Portland and their $20 million and promoting that

[1:31:42] finding helping find businesses that can take advantage of that. But we have a

[1:31:46] discreet discreet set of dollars. and then we'll send projects to Prosper

[1:31:51] Portland while retaining the ability to pursue nimble discrete opportunities of

[1:31:55] our own. So these roles are complimentary and they're not

[1:31:58] duplicative. We're doing two different things. So

[1:32:04] the the other opportunity here is to make sure that we are uh having a high

[1:32:10] quality labor investment in these projects and that we are uh operating

[1:32:14] them transparently. uh that we can do marketverified success, we can attract

[1:32:19] more private and philanthropic capital and we can work with our research

[1:32:22] partners to ensure that we're getting the best and most robust and stickiest

[1:32:27] uh to use a phrase uh results over time. You can go to the next slide.

[1:32:34] So essentially we have three years on this grant and to prove the model and

[1:32:38] track new investments. So we're starting with the build, the implement and then

[1:32:42] the grow. So the first year is about building the infrastructure,

[1:32:45] establishing the board, the stakeholder advisory group. We have a lot of

[1:32:49] different actors. You saw some of them on the slide there, but there's a lot of

[1:32:52] people with a lot of deep expertise in this in Portland. We have a great group

[1:32:57] of 30 plus individuals representing uh public, private, nonprofit, and others

[1:33:02] that are informing this work and making sure that we have both technical

[1:33:05] capacity and are connected to the community.

[1:33:08] uh we're going to partner tightly with Prosper Portland, bring in technical

[1:33:11] assistance and identify the investments. Then year two is implementation. So we

[1:33:17] identify the projects in year one. Year two we start to then say okay we can

[1:33:20] move these projects into funding and implementation. And then year three is

[1:33:24] really about measurement, reporting, telling the story and growing the pool

[1:33:28] with new investment and then starting the cycle all over again. So the city

[1:33:33] can help us in in three practical ways. Um, first, you've heard it on many

[1:33:39] things before, but I'll say it again. Uh, coordinating permitting,

[1:33:43] infrastructure, utility, uh, just making sure that all the bureaus are aligned on

[1:33:47] problem solving. We've seen the ability of the city, uh, to move very quickly on

[1:33:51] some of these things. And so, getting some of these things done and being in

[1:33:53] partnership with these businesses just makes everything a lot easier and gets

[1:33:57] gets folks to Yes, a lot faster. Uh, we just don't want them to stall between

[1:34:02] institutions. Uh second uh aligning city funding and project pathways so that

[1:34:07] businesses can reach the correct pro program without navigating the system

[1:34:11] alone and BPS and Prosper are doing remarkable work uh on that and making

[1:34:16] sure that they're working directly handinand glove with a lot of these

[1:34:19] businesses. It's very hightouch and it's very effective. And then third, insist

[1:34:24] on transparent outcomes and independent evaluation. Not only conventional

[1:34:29] economic development measures, but carbon, pollution, public benefit,

[1:34:32] equity, community impact, and cost. And that's one of the ways that we're

[1:34:36] partnering very directly with our research partners who you'll hear from.

[1:34:40] So, we want to reinforce the operating commitments here that as we're growing

[1:34:45] this sector of the economy that we're also using the highest quality labor

[1:34:48] that's available. And the reality is we want the job run the job done right the

[1:34:53] first time every time. Uh it doesn't help anybody if these investments don't

[1:34:57] produce the kinds of savings that they're supposed to uh produce. And so

[1:35:01] that's why we have a commitment to working with really high quality labor

[1:35:05] to measure and report and then to use these credible results to really market

[1:35:08] Portland as a place where industrial businesses can grow while reducing

[1:35:12] pollution and emissions. So I want to transition to some of those partners

[1:35:16] that I talked about. Now, we're gonna first hear from Mary Peivo and then

[1:35:19] we'll bring up the next panel and you'll hear from those as well. Mary,

[1:35:24] » thank you. Good afternoon. My name is Mary Pivato, co-director of Neighbors

[1:35:29] for Clean Air. Thank you, Chair Purlei. Thank you, Commorers

[1:35:35] here in the room and those who are with us virtually. Um, I really am honored

[1:35:40] and appreciate the opportunity to speak today about the community work that's um

[1:35:45] involved with the industrial modernization grants. I want to say that

[1:35:49] it was a great honor um to be selected as a partner in this and it was a

[1:35:56] terrifying responsibility to represent community um in this work. Um BF adds

[1:36:03] another layer of scrutiny um and accountability to community

[1:36:08] uh um and it's a huge opportunity. So I I just want to speak a little bit to how

[1:36:14] community has been involved and engaged and I will say that because of um the uh

[1:36:20] experience that I've had doing advocacy work for over 15 years um in this area,

[1:36:26] I knew that you know you don't represent community as one person. And we started

[1:36:31] our work almost from the get-go to do over 25 individual conversations um with

[1:36:38] community organizations and other leaders many of whom have been very

[1:36:42] involved with establishing peacef helping you know um create uh that as

[1:36:47] well as doing ongoing very important work. From that we narrowed it down to

[1:36:52] folks who were very interested um in this uh work. There have been many

[1:36:56] community members who have been involved over the years with the clean industry

[1:37:01] convening that have been happening through the uh over the last five or six

[1:37:06] years. And we narrowed it down to a collection of um individual

[1:37:12] organizations that we uh designate as our co-design team, meaning very much

[1:37:16] that this is not a committee of folks showing up reviewing information. This

[1:37:21] was very much intended to be a collaborative working group that were

[1:37:25] going to come up with the community benefits that we would um a list and and

[1:37:30] criteria that we would be passing on to the other partners in the organization.

[1:37:35] So you'll see in this um group collection of indivi individual

[1:37:40] organizations that's represented a lot of different expertise and um uh I want

[1:37:47] to say we were not afraid to bring in the skeptics and critics. In fact I feel

[1:37:52] very strongly that those voices should be at the table and should really be

[1:37:55] helping inform us. Better to inform us as we're creating than to just complain

[1:38:00] or crit um criticize later. So we have really important voices and people that

[1:38:05] are involved in this that have very strong um reputations uh in climate work

[1:38:12] um also in community work, workforce development work uh particularly uh in

[1:38:17] BIPO populations and and communities. So that was the intentionality around the

[1:38:22] the uh final decision around who the codeesign team was was the different

[1:38:27] expertise that would all be at the table informing and and sharing their thoughts

[1:38:31] with us. Um next slide. So I want to say though that we also asked for one thing

[1:38:39] of people um other than general interest. We asked and I really

[1:38:43] appreciated your talk about the um optimism uh uh group um uh we asked for

[1:38:50] the same thing. And so we started out as we um embarked on our meetings, we

[1:38:55] started out with actually getting everybody to agree to one statement of

[1:39:00] purpose um in terms of what the group uh was committed to doing. and that was

[1:39:05] that fundamentally they were optimistic and confident that we could be

[1:39:08] successful that we can reduce carbon emissions, we can support our local

[1:39:14] industry and economy and we can all do that with meaningful community benefits

[1:39:19] and I thought that that optimism and sense of purpose was critical to our

[1:39:25] success. Um and and so it was a very important beginning point for us. So

[1:39:30] then we went through the process of everybody bringing their interest and

[1:39:34] expertise. We learned a lot from Prosper, from other partners to

[1:39:39] understand really the granting process, what that takes. Um and so but we also

[1:39:44] wanted to figure out where can we distinguish this from other grants that

[1:39:48] are already out there that are trying to do sustainability work because we do

[1:39:52] believe that PF brings some additional criterion and um requirements. So that

[1:39:58] was also we would work from what we already understand about energy trust

[1:40:02] grants or B trust sustainability grants and start to see where we could be

[1:40:07] additive to other granting to ensure that PAF is really delivering another

[1:40:13] layer of value um to the community. So, I will say after we've been through this

[1:40:18] and Prosper and the city and our partners took on our benefit criteria to

[1:40:24] feed into this first trunch of money that's coming out later this year. Um,

[1:40:29] we then actually revisited uh with individual conversations what we called

[1:40:35] temperature checks of all the individual participants, the community members that

[1:40:39] I showed you before. And out of that I just want to give you you know with with

[1:40:43] you can um so out of that I just want to give you an idea of where people are

[1:40:48] standing today of feeling they've participated now in this collaborative

[1:40:52] for about 18 months and they haven't seen any money go out the door yet in

[1:40:57] investments to industry but we wanted to find out how they're feeling about it

[1:41:01] and I will say people are continue to remain optimistic they continue to feel

[1:41:06] that they've been heard and that their the community benefits can be embedded

[1:41:11] in this grant. And they're excited. They're actually excited that if this is

[1:41:15] a real indication of what local um industry leadership and business

[1:41:19] leadership is offering, they're excited about this direction and they're eager

[1:41:24] to continue to work on it. That was the other thing we asked because we've got

[1:41:27] as Jules laid out three plus years ahead of us and they

[1:41:31] are continued to excited to be part of this which I thought was really good.

[1:41:35] And I just want to share one quote from one of the members because I thought

[1:41:39] this was a really great indication of what they feel like the process has been

[1:41:42] to um uh to date and they were very happy to be part of this process. They

[1:41:48] saw the uniqueness of it that it was cross- sector. We did bring in all the

[1:41:53] partners, businesses and we really shared information and people felt that

[1:41:58] that was very unusual to truly bring a collaborative process forward that's

[1:42:03] values community input at the equal level of the other inputs. And so I just

[1:42:09] thought that it was really important to share that because again we are in the

[1:42:13] middle of process that is very hard for community to sustain and I feel really

[1:42:17] really confident and great about um the ongoing work here. So, thank you very

[1:42:21] much, >> chair. With your leave, we'll bring up

[1:42:25] our other panel members, but we'll be here if you have questions.

[1:42:28] » That's great. Thank you. And thank you to the three of you for sharing

[1:42:33] information with us.

[1:42:39] » I know I'm up next because I like following Mary. She's great to work

[1:42:42] with. So is Beth. And

[1:42:46] I'm digging a hole here. I'm going to stop. My name is Corky Collier,

[1:42:49] executive director of the Columbia Corridor Association. A few months ago,

[1:42:53] I was introducing this program to a big aluminum company in in the Columbia

[1:42:57] Corridor, and I talked about how carbon reduction is good for business, and the

[1:43:01] plant manager interrupted me and said, "I've got five big ovens venting heat

[1:43:05] into the air. Can we do something with that?" I said, "Yeah, I think we can do

[1:43:10] something with that." And then there's the food manufacturer in North Portland

[1:43:14] that's considering extracting starch from their wash water for washing

[1:43:18] vegetables so they can reuse the water more a little bit more before sending it

[1:43:22] to the sewage treatment plant. And then a few months after that I'm having

[1:43:25] coffee with a landscape company and I asked them if they could use water with

[1:43:30] starch and little bits of vegetable in it to water plants. That would save the

[1:43:35] food manufacturer from sending waste sending off waste water and the

[1:43:38] landscaper from buying fresh water. And all of this saves carbon emissions.

[1:43:44] There's a thirst out there for industrial decarbonization. We saw this

[1:43:48] with our with our Department of Energy grant that Sunresa mentioned. She I

[1:43:52] don't think she mentioned that that second place in the nation.

[1:43:56] People want to do this but they lack the resources and the knowledge. There are

[1:44:01] some simple projects like electrical connections for uh idling food delivery

[1:44:06] vehicles. And then there's the more interesting projects like one I

[1:44:10] discussed with the silicon chip plant about upgrading their heating and

[1:44:13] cooling systems with new equipment which is tied into a district heating and

[1:44:18] cooling system for a nearby housing project. These projects are based on

[1:44:23] partnerships which are based on trust. This program is a tremendous step toward

[1:44:28] building those partnerships and making those more complicated projects pencil

[1:44:32] out. And here's why this is important. When we create projects with multiple

[1:44:37] partners, we get multiple carbon reductions. Kind of a two for one sale.

[1:44:43] This program helps us create complex projects that create jobs, reduce

[1:44:47] carbon, grow the economy, and improve resilience. and maybe, just maybe, it'll

[1:44:54] make Portland the US leader in industrial decarbonization.

[1:44:58] Thanks. >> Awesome. Good afternoon, uh, Chair Purle

[1:45:02] Guinea. I'm Randall Fzen and also the rest of the committee members, too.

[1:45:05] Thank you. Um, I'm Randall Freezen with the Columbia Pacific Building Trades

[1:45:08] Council. Uh, we represent over 20,000 workers in the Portland Metropolitan and

[1:45:13] Southwest Washington region. Uh labor is committed to the intersection of equity,

[1:45:19] economic growth, and sustainable environment. PAF plays a critical role

[1:45:23] in catalyzing transformational projects, and the funding is doing something

[1:45:27] remarkable here. A large portion of dollars are going through Prosper

[1:45:30] Portland, which will help get big projects going quickly. But there are

[1:45:35] also catalytic dollars going through the new business Portland Partnership for

[1:45:38] Clean Industry. This innovative and this is innovative and will put Portland on

[1:45:43] the map. The PPCI is still identifying projects

[1:45:47] and organizing outside capital to match and exceed PAP dollars, but it has

[1:45:52] already made commitments to use the best quality labor possible. When investments

[1:45:56] in business reduce carbon, create community benefits, and support good

[1:46:00] jobs, that's where Portland wins. Quality labor means projects done right

[1:46:05] the first time, and more trust from businesses that the investment will hold

[1:46:09] over time. We look forward to partnering with the

[1:46:12] partnership as it rolls out as an adviser, as part of the project

[1:46:15] pipeline, and as a resource for the workforce that can make these projects

[1:46:19] the best they can be. Thank you for the opportunity to voice our support for

[1:46:22] this important work today. Appreciate it.

[1:46:26] » Hello. Thank you for having us. I'm excited to speak with you. My name is

[1:46:30] Beth Gilden. I am the sustainability and resilience partnership manager at the

[1:46:34] Center for Public Service at Portland State and the lead for the clean

[1:46:37] industry initiative. I've had the opportunity to work with

[1:46:41] the partners here through the PAF funded industrial modernization grant program,

[1:46:46] but also the larger vision that everybody's shared with you today. I

[1:46:50] believe that our vision bridging alignment and bridging sectors and

[1:46:55] creating alignment across different interests, a strategy driven by both

[1:46:59] values and expertise, a focus on genuine collaboration and trust building, and

[1:47:05] critically following through to implementation, we can pull off

[1:47:08] something truly transformational for Portland.

[1:47:11] Portland State is contributing to this larger vision by supporting effective

[1:47:15] collaboration, partnership alignment, and identifying funding pathways to

[1:47:19] implement projects that support our shared goals. We're also asking what the

[1:47:23] Clean Industry Initiative is producing for the community. Successful

[1:47:27] implementation means dedicating real resources here, prioritizing this work

[1:47:32] over other choices, and being strategic about where we invest. That's something

[1:47:37] we would not want to do without measurement and evaluation.

[1:47:40] The typical ways we measure success in economic development or carbon

[1:47:44] accounting might not fit here. Those measures are useful, but they don't

[1:47:48] necessarily tell us whether we're reaching our complex goals or producing

[1:47:52] a real public value. So, as part of our work, we're asking

[1:47:57] what are the actual public benefits, who benefits, what are the equity and

[1:48:01] environmental implications, what are the costs, and how do we know what

[1:48:05] adjustments to make along the way? My colleagues in PSU's economics and public

[1:48:10] administration departments are developing a program to help answer

[1:48:13] those questions. From the university perspective, their

[1:48:16] role is to provide an independent look at programs costs, benefits, and

[1:48:20] outcomes. And they provide feedback to us about where we are achieving and

[1:48:24] where we might need to improve our work. Their work draws on academic expertise,

[1:48:29] but it's grounded in data from the industrial modernization grant and other

[1:48:33] work they were doing and uses a transparent methodology to describe the

[1:48:37] impacts. As this initiative expands, the Portland State role can grow to support

[1:48:43] related regional scale research questions, invest in talent development,

[1:48:46] and be a resource for technical challenges presented by decarbonization

[1:48:50] and energy transition. If we get this right, we will demonstrate how to build

[1:48:54] a distinctly Portland model of economic development that aligns the city,

[1:48:59] businesses, community based organizations, and academia around

[1:49:02] shared goals. We will deliver on our environmental values and provide an

[1:49:07] example that other cities can learn learn from and we can be proud of in

[1:49:11] Portland.

[1:49:15] » Madam Chair, I know we are o over time and I said at the beginning that we

[1:49:19] could talk for hours about this. We could. There's so much to talk about

[1:49:21] here and we look forward to coming back and talking with this committee as much

[1:49:24] as possible and keeping you updated. And with that, we'll conclude the

[1:49:27] presentation. Thank you so much for allowing us to present.

[1:49:31] » Thank you all for being a part of the conversation today. I do want to move us

[1:49:35] toward a quick break, but committee members, are there any uh quick

[1:49:40] questions that we need to ask now before we move on and then uh come back to it

[1:49:45] in committee discussion later? >> Will the panel members be here after the

[1:49:49] break? Do you have at least a few people who are able to stay to the end?

[1:49:53] » Yes. >> Okay.

[1:49:54] » Thanks. >> Perfect. Thank you. And I just want to

[1:49:57] highlight before we take a break the emphasis that I heard through many

[1:50:01] speakers on equity and making sure that this is not only the alignment of

[1:50:06] environmental and economic, but that we get that third E of equity and our

[1:50:10] impact as well. I think having all three of those values coming together in this

[1:50:15] work is is part of the critical sweet sauce. I want to thank you Vivian for

[1:50:20] our one meeting about the big picture. I feel listened to that I wanted to really

[1:50:24] see cross collaboration. Um usually this doesn't happen and that's why we're not

[1:50:29] getting the results that we need. So it's hard but it's necessary. Thank you.

[1:50:35] » Okay. Thank you all. We are going to take a 10 minute break. We will be back

[1:50:41] here at 3:55 to hear from our final two panels and then have time for a quick

[1:50:48] council discussion about what some next steps might be for us to take. With

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[2:01:20] » Thank you all for giving us that quick break. We are going to get started again

[2:01:24] as soon as we have a quorum back of committee. To that end, councilors Murio

[2:01:28] and Avalos, do I have either or both of you back yet?

[2:01:34] » Yes, I'm here. >> Fantastic. And counselor Avalos. So, we

[2:01:38] have a quorum back. We are going to go ahead and jump right into our third

[2:01:44] presentation today with Jason Lewis, executive director for the climate

[2:01:48] optimists. And I know councelor Ryan will be back momentarily. Uh thank you

[2:01:52] all for bearing with us for a quick break and Jason go right ahead. Thank

[2:01:57] you. >> We tried to make it happen during the

[2:02:02] climate committee and so then the change of committees. So appreciate this is

[2:02:06] coming to fruition. So briefly [clears throat] uh as

[2:02:10] mentioned I'm the executive director of climate optimists. Uh we're a Portland

[2:02:14] based organization focused on educating people on climate solutions and ways to

[2:02:19] advance those solutions. uh through a number of mediums uh

[2:02:23] podcast, newsletter, uh events, etc. Um you know, I this topic in terms of

[2:02:29] climate change in Portland is is special to me. I'm a native Oregonian. Uh grew

[2:02:34] up on a farm in the northeast corner of the state and have spent uh 20 years of

[2:02:38] my career working in the energy sector in various capacities uh including

[2:02:43] building wind farms in in the US and Canada.

[2:02:48] So, I know we've talked about this a little bit already, but I think it's

[2:02:52] worth uh just stepping back and talking about, you know, a case for a bolder

[2:02:56] climate response. Um, I think first and foremost, this is something that matters

[2:03:01] to Portlanders. Uh, the data I have here are from uh Multma County. Um, but as

[2:03:09] you can see, you've got roughly 80% of Portlanders that are worried and want to

[2:03:15] see us hit that net zero mark by 2050. Um, in addition, while [clears throat]

[2:03:20] most people feel like, you know, addressing climate change falls to state

[2:03:25] and national, um, still twothirds of people feeling like local officials

[2:03:30] should be doing more. And I would argue that's all the more important given the

[2:03:34] current administration and the the roll backs that we're seeing.

[2:03:40] As we all know, impacts are worsening. Um I think it's worth just calling out

[2:03:44] some of the events that we've seen so far just this year. Uh know someone

[2:03:48] mentioned the tragic events in Nepal earlier. Um there was heavy flooding in

[2:03:54] India that resulted in 50 deaths and 700,000 folks displaced. uh in Europe uh

[2:04:01] the extreme heat there has led to 35,000 heat related deaths and and if we look

[2:04:07] more locally uh even in Oregon we had a record low snowpack this year which not

[2:04:13] surprisingly led to a record wildfire season uh that is still continuing

[2:04:20] but you know I think the most important point to be made here is that is that

[2:04:24] transformation is possible and you know as somebody who is kind of engrossed in

[2:04:28] this a climate geek, if you will. Um, it's fun to see all the progress being

[2:04:33] made in other places in the world. Um, the EU, for instance, just this year hit

[2:04:38] a milestone where they produced uh 50% of their electricity from renewables,

[2:04:43] which is pretty outstanding. The city of Paris has been diligently

[2:04:48] working on getting more folks on bikes and was able to double their numbers to

[2:04:52] 11% of trips by bike uh in just the last couple years.

[2:04:58] And China we all think of as a leader in EVs and no doubt uh 50% of new car sales

[2:05:04] there are now electric. Uh for context the US it sits at about 7%. So we've got

[2:05:10] ways to go. And then finally uh the city of Boston

[2:05:14] last year uh became the first city in the US um to require that all new

[2:05:19] buildings are net zero carbon upon opening which is which is pretty

[2:05:23] dramatic. So, what's a win-win climate

[2:05:28] opportunity? First and foremost, uh it provides multiple benefits. I think the

[2:05:34] focus with climate solutions tends to get caught up in just reducing

[2:05:37] emissions. But the reality is that in many cases, climate solutions also

[2:05:42] provide health benefits. They help with, you know, road safety. They uh help with

[2:05:47] affordability. And I think it's important not to lose sight of those

[2:05:50] things. I think it's also important to have

[2:05:55] climate actions that provide a a high return on investment. Um the reality is

[2:05:59] that money is always finite and we want to ensure that gets stretched uh to its

[2:06:03] maximum.

[2:06:06] In addition, win-win opportunities should build momentum. Uh we need to

[2:06:11] close a gap and so having things that help get the ball rolling is is really

[2:06:16] essential. And then finally, um, in our context here, we're talking about things

[2:06:22] that that address policy gaps. Uh, there's obviously a lot of great work,

[2:06:26] um, underway in city bureaus and with PAF. Um, some of these concepts we're

[2:06:31] floating are just things where we see additional opportunity.

[2:06:37] So, the first one we wanted to talk about uh is reducing bike town rates.

[2:06:42] Um, I don't know how many folks have been on a bike town bike in the last

[2:06:46] year. Um, but I can tell you that it's not cheap. Um, Lyft, the operator has

[2:06:51] raised rates a couple times and we are now at the upper end of the range. Uh,

[2:06:55] looking at some of the cities we examined, um, we think reducing those

[2:07:00] rates could not only bring about some modest emission [clears throat]

[2:07:03] reductions, but more importantly really help encourage more people to get on

[2:07:07] bikes. Um, you know, you have one good ride on a bike that, you know, leads to

[2:07:12] the next and then hopefully, you know, those sort of things becoming habits.

[2:07:16] Um, with high gasoline prices, I think having a good way to get around by bike

[2:07:20] also helps with transportation affordability.

[2:07:23] Um, in addition to helping with local air quality, health outcomes, and

[2:07:28] reducing traffic congestion. In each of these, we were sort of asked

[2:07:33] to come up with a kind of hypothetical scenario. Um, with reducing bike town

[2:07:38] rates, we said, well, what if we were to uh cut the rates by 75% and that led to

[2:07:45] a 50% increase. What would that mean? Uh, in the context of emissions, uh,

[2:07:51] we'd be talking about roughly 400,000 more miles traveled by bike per year in

[2:07:56] the city than by car. um and you'd have a revenue shortfall you'd have to fill

[2:08:01] uh roughly 60%.

[2:08:07] Uh second opportunity uh we wanted to highlight is kind of an expansion of

[2:08:12] car-free zones. Um there are some small blocks, you know, each folks probably

[2:08:18] has some in their neighborhood where, you know, been closed off to cars. Some

[2:08:21] of that, you know, because of COVID. Um we also have a green loop project that

[2:08:26] many of you are probably aware about. Um but we want to see you know basically

[2:08:31] car-free zones uh at scale and the reason for that um admittedly carfree

[2:08:37] zones are not going to yield direct emission reductions at least not very

[2:08:42] measurable. Um but I think critically they demonstrate the value of having

[2:08:47] areas without vehicles. And when you talk about having to build the cycling

[2:08:52] and pedestrian infrastructure we need to move folks around, um it's important to

[2:08:57] have the community at large be supportive of those sort of

[2:09:00] improvements. In our case, uh you know, having

[2:09:03] car-free zones downtown offers the potential to revitalize things, right?

[2:09:08] Uh becomes, you know, and attract attract locals down, attract tourists.

[2:09:13] Um in addition to providing you know other again health and air quality

[2:09:17] benefits

[2:09:20] in in terms of scenarios here uh the most obvious one for us uh is to

[2:09:25] accelerate the green loop buildout. Um it's my understanding it's been in

[2:09:30] planning since at least 2018 uh now going on roughly a decade. Um,

[2:09:36] and so, you know, looking to some of these other car-free zone projects,

[2:09:40] while it's hard to compare apples to apples, uh, the the photo here of a

[2:09:45] street in Vienna, um, their major shopping district, uh, basically started

[2:09:51] in 2011 as a concept and in 2015 was implemented. And so, we think being able

[2:09:57] to accelerate that Green Loop project could bring big benefits.

[2:10:04] Uh the third opportunity we wanted to touch upon uh is focused on expanding EV

[2:10:08] charging at rental properties. Um we recognize that, you know, one of the

[2:10:13] biggest impediments to owning an EV is having access to charging. As a EV owner

[2:10:18] myself, uh I can't say I, you know, want to be having to travel around and to try

[2:10:22] to charge at high-speed charging. It's far more expensive. Um, as far as the

[2:10:27] current state is concerned, we do have good EV ready requirements for new

[2:10:31] construction. Um, but access to charging at rental properties is very limited.

[2:10:37] Um, and while PF does accept grants for charging, um, there have been limited

[2:10:43] sort of dollars out there so far.

[2:10:48] Of course, benefits. Everybody who purchases an electric vehicle, uh, that

[2:10:52] results in direct emission benefits for the city. Um, it also having charging

[2:10:56] removes a key ownership barrier for people who might not [clears throat]

[2:11:00] otherwise consider buying an EV. And you know, while we tend to focus on or hear

[2:11:05] the media focus on the price of EVs, luxury EVs, uh, the reality is

[2:11:10] purchasing a used EV, the cost of ownership is is at the is at the end of

[2:11:15] the spectrum, right? It's some of the cheapest driving you can do is in a is

[2:11:19] in a used EV, especially with $5 gallon of gasoline.

[2:11:26] As far as a potential scenario is concerned, um you know, we envision

[2:11:30] something like an incentive program that leads to say, you know, a thousand

[2:11:34] additional charging ports spread throughout the city and in turn, you

[2:11:39] know, seeing two EVs for every charging port that's put in. Uh in that scenario,

[2:11:45] we'd be looking at, you know, the equivalent of taking roughly 1500 cars

[2:11:49] off the road. um and a financial impact if looking at incentives that we looked

[2:11:54] at in New York um probably around $3 million price tag.

[2:12:02] And not to leave out buildings, uh our final opportunity uh is really about

[2:12:07] focusing on incentivizing greener new housing. Um the city is obviously in the

[2:12:12] midst of trying to increase housing supply. Um, we feel like it'd be a huge

[2:12:17] missed opportunity if those new housing units aren't fully electric and high

[2:12:22] efficiency. [clears throat] Excuse me.

[2:12:26] Um, PAF does have dollars. [clears throat] PA does have dollars uh

[2:12:30] that they're, you know, have available for um affordable housing, you know,

[2:12:35] complexes 20 units and above. Um, but when you start talking about incentives

[2:12:39] beyond that, they're they're pretty nominal.

[2:12:44] Uh obviously the benefits of having a you know a greener new housing stock is

[2:12:49] direct emission reductions. Uh I think maybe equally important it improves

[2:12:54] housing affordability. When we talk about utility rates going up that

[2:12:58] trajectory is not set to change and so you know having a home that consumes

[2:13:03] less energy means less out-of- pocket money for future tenants and and

[2:13:07] homeowners. And then you know additionally you know

[2:13:12] having a home that operates on electric you improve air quality internally and

[2:13:17] you know the benefit of doing this with new housing is as you can imagine it's

[2:13:21] far more expensive to come back later and and try to do this um to existing

[2:13:25] buildings.

[2:13:29] As far as the scenario is concerned, um given that our existing, you know, kind

[2:13:33] of housing supply, uh new units coming out about 5,000 a year, we said, well,

[2:13:39] you know, in an ideal world, 90, you know, 90% of those would be fully

[2:13:43] electric and high efficiency. Um admittedly, [clears throat] when we

[2:13:47] started to go down the path of trying to estimate emissions and costs for those,

[2:13:51] um you really need more data in order to do that. Um, and partially it's about

[2:13:56] deciding what kinds of incentives need to be put forth. You know, is it

[2:14:00] streamlining permitting? Is it, you know, property tax abatement? Is it cash

[2:14:05] incentives, etc. But do feel like there's a a big opportunity there.

[2:14:13] So, uh, in summary, win-win climate actions improve affordability and

[2:14:18] livability in the city. I think it's really important as we're looking at

[2:14:21] climate actions to to remember that this isn't just about reducing emissions.

[2:14:25] These things come with other benefits. Um, and it's about building momentum.

[2:14:30] You know, we have an emissions gap to close and having things that we can do

[2:14:34] that give us some of that incremental progress while we're getting to the more

[2:14:38] transformative actions uh I think is really essential. Um and so sort of

[2:14:44] leaving you with a kind of high level recommendations uh from us, I think, you

[2:14:48] know, and we heard some of this here today, but recommitting to the 2030

[2:14:52] targets, you know, if we're going to achieve them, I think everybody needs to

[2:14:54] be on board with the the work that that's going to take. Um establishing

[2:15:00] climate metrics, uh not just metrics for tracking the progress of an action, but

[2:15:04] also metrics for helping us select our climate actions. again like there's a

[2:15:10] lot of potential solutions out there. Um they're not all, you know, apples to

[2:15:15] apples. Some of them are far more expensive for the amount of mission

[2:15:18] reduction that they generate. And then, you know, our, you know, I

[2:15:23] guess challenge to you would be to pick some actions in the next year and find

[2:15:27] some you can refine and and implement while the the broader climate action

[2:15:31] plan is is being formed. And you know, at the end of the day, we we need a high

[2:15:37] level strategy. The beauty is with uh with climate action um we know what the

[2:15:42] solutions are. It's just a matter of figuring out about how best to to

[2:15:45] implement those solutions. So >> thank you so much and thank you for in

[2:15:51] bringing these forward having that that section there about what this could

[2:15:57] actually look like and what the impact would be and what the cost would be.

[2:16:00] Being able to really see those tradeoffs spelled out as we think about some of

[2:16:04] these proposals is helpful. Of course. >> Colleagues, any other quick questions?

[2:16:10] » Councelor Ryan. >> Well, [clears throat] you use the word

[2:16:13] quick. Can you tell me why? >> Uh, we have about five minutes left for

[2:16:18] this presentation before we move to our youth commission representatives.

[2:16:22] » Okay, great. >> And so, I just don't want a a meandering

[2:16:25] 10-minute uh response to any of the proposals.

[2:16:30] Well, it's too bad we don't have more time right now because I was listening

[2:16:35] to the whole thing and it was really fascinating. So, I'll just get rid of my

[2:16:39] notes and look at Vivian. I think if you came up that'd be helpful.

[2:16:42] » We'll have time for discussion on all the presentations at the end. We still

[2:16:46] have one more presentation. >> Sorry.

[2:16:48] » This is for quick questions specific. >> You commission is connected. Of course,

[2:16:50] it's not a separate presentation. Yes. >> All right.

[2:16:53] » I um I stand corrected. So, thank you and I can't wait to hear the on my youth

[2:16:58] commission. >> And happy I talked to Deon already.

[2:17:01] Happy to provide additional context on this stuff.

[2:17:04] » You'll be around when we do our debrief. >> What's that?

[2:17:06] » You'll be here after the youth commission to do the big picture.

[2:17:09] Thanks. >> Yep.

[2:17:10] » Thank you so much. >> Sorry about that. I wasn't falling.

[2:17:12] » That's okay. One more presentation in this.

[2:17:16] [gasps] >> There are even more groups we could have

[2:17:18] invited. [laughter] Uh, I would like to move us to our final

[2:17:26] panel, which is our representatives from the Multma Youth Commission. And Hazel,

[2:17:32] if you want to bring, is it you and Enzo or do you have other folks coming up as

[2:17:36] well? >> Just us.

[2:17:38] » Okay, perfect. Why don't you guys come on up and if you can introduce

[2:17:42] yourselves and then we'll have your names on the record and you can get

[2:17:46] right into the materials that you brought to share. Uh thank you. Um good

[2:17:50] afternoon committee members. Uh it's a pleasure to be here and I want to thank

[2:17:54] uh city life chair Ple Guiny for inviting the Multi Youth Commission to

[2:17:58] this meeting. Uh my name is Hazel. I live in district 2 and I am a junior at

[2:18:03] Jefferson High School. I am also a member of the transit equity and

[2:18:07] environmental advocacy subcommittee of the Multma Youth Commission.

[2:18:12] » Good afternoon counselors. My name is Enzo. I also live in district 2 [snorts]

[2:18:17] and I am a junior at Reynolds High School. I am on the Month Youth

[2:18:21] Commission where I serve as the co-chair for the education youth for

[2:18:25] subcommittee. Uh next slide please.

[2:18:30] Housed under the office of community and civic life. The Monomoth youth

[2:18:34] commission or NYC is the official youth policy body of the city of Portland and

[2:18:40] Monomoth County. The goals of the Monomuth Youth

[2:18:44] Commission are to uplift youth voices in city and county decision making as well

[2:18:50] as advocate for issues outlined in our um city and county's own youth bullet

[2:18:56] rights. Currently, the youth bullet rights is

[2:19:00] undergoing this process of being updated as it was created by the NYC two decades

[2:19:06] ago. it is lacking in certain issues that are more prevalent now than in the

[2:19:11] past. We will be reaching out to all of you in the upcoming year as we continue

[2:19:16] through that process. However, additionally, the Monom Youth Commission

[2:19:21] divides its work into three subcommittees. One of which is the

[2:19:26] Transit Equity and Environmental Advocacy Committee, which aims to

[2:19:30] protect youth in our community from the impacts of climate change and reduce

[2:19:36] barriers to accessing public transit for youth. Uh, next slide, please.

[2:19:43] Um, let's get into our transit subcommittee's three current

[2:19:46] initiatives. Youth pass, a tryate youth survey, and climate mini grants.

[2:19:52] Uh, are we on the next slide? Slide three. Thank you. Uh, youth pass is the

[2:19:57] free try pass available to all PPS students and a small number of youth

[2:20:01] from two neighboring school districts. NYC's ultimate vision is youth pass for

[2:20:06] all youth in trimet service area. The MultiA Youth Commission started

[2:20:10] advocating for Youth Pass in 2005, but the cost of public transit for youth was

[2:20:16] already a recognized concern. A few years before, Sisters in Action for

[2:20:20] Power, an organization made up of Girls and Women of Color, successfully

[2:20:25] campaigned for free transit passes for low-income youth in the PPS district.

[2:20:29] The Multma Youth Commission's efforts along with other partner youth

[2:20:33] organizations have since expanded the program to include all high schoolers in

[2:20:38] PPS as well as eligible students in the David Douglas and Park Road districts.

[2:20:43] The NYC sees multiple benefits to youth pass. Aside from reducing Oregon's

[2:20:48] chronic absenteeism rate, free public transportation opens up more job

[2:20:53] opportunities for youth, promotes extracurricular participation, and most

[2:20:58] appropriate for the topic at hand, it builds lifelong transit users who would

[2:21:01] make a measurable difference in the city's carbon emissions. Increased

[2:21:05] writership has immediate as well as long-term climate impacts. Our idea for

[2:21:11] a tryate survey for youth emerged when we learned that Trimet is prohibited

[2:21:15] from gathering demographic data on people under 18 years of age. Meaning

[2:21:19] that youth perspectives are not currently represented in their attitude

[2:21:23] and awareness survey. In response, we have created a youth spec a youth

[2:21:28] specific survey which will be distributed to schools in the next few

[2:21:32] months. We are hoping to identify why youth writership remains low and what

[2:21:37] steps we can take to make try more safe, reliable, and affordable for youth.

[2:21:43] Finally, we have the community 101 grant which is made possible thanks to pass

[2:21:48] through funds of the Oregon Community Foundation. Every year, our committee

[2:21:52] gives out $7,500 in grants to youthled youth serving organizations within the

[2:21:58] tri county area. Previous grant recipients include Trash for Peace and

[2:22:03] the Oregon Rohhinga Myanmar Muslim Society. Trash for Peace is using their

[2:22:08] grant to hire a student coordinator for a bicycle repair shop in Fairview. And

[2:22:12] the Oregon Rohhinga Myanmar Muslim Society is conducting a report on heat

[2:22:17] islands around tryate stops in East Portland and Gresham. Next slide,

[2:22:21] please.

[2:22:26] Now we will get into the Monom Youth Commission's climate priorities. Our

[2:22:31] first priority is equitable access to the benefits of the city's climate

[2:22:36] efforts. Going back to our youth transmit survey,

[2:22:41] we know cost is a barrier to writing public transit.

[2:22:46] Additionally, other environmentally friendly initiatives also come at high

[2:22:51] price for everyday people. Solar panels are too expensive for many

[2:22:56] property owners and proper recycling requires people to navigate a changing

[2:23:02] and somewhat complicated system. Therefore, one of our climate priorities

[2:23:08] is to make sustainable choices accessible for everyone. When thinking

[2:23:13] about climate projects that involve public participation,

[2:23:17] it is important to consider who can participate and if it's not everyone,

[2:23:21] then what we can do to minimize the barriers.

[2:23:26] Our second priority is to include youth in the climate conversation, especially

[2:23:31] when speaking about the long-term visions for the city. As a youth

[2:23:36] commission, we see youth as one of the most important demographics when talking

[2:23:41] about the environment. Climate action plans are proposals for a

[2:23:47] future that our generation will inherit. And if governments and corporations fail

[2:23:55] to adequately address climate change, the youth of today will have to live and

[2:23:59] see those results. Therefore, youth have a very big reason

[2:24:06] to be deeply concerned about environmental issues as well as bringing

[2:24:11] their essential perspectives to the table.

[2:24:14] Thirdly, the Monom Youth Commission has worked with Portland Parks urban

[2:24:19] forestry team in the past and recognizes the need to increase tree coverage in

[2:24:24] significantly um in low canopy in low canopy areas.

[2:24:30] In Portland, low-income and minority neighborhoods have significantly lower

[2:24:35] coverage with a tree canopy that's over two and a half times denser in the area

[2:24:42] west of the Wamtt than it is in the east of the Wamid. The number comes from the

[2:24:48] July report from the urban forestry division of Portland parks and wreck.

[2:24:54] Planting and caring for trees will help mitigate extreme heat, poor air quality,

[2:25:00] and storm water runoff in historically marginalized neighborhoods.

[2:25:05] It is an economic project that offers substantial and long-lasting benefits

[2:25:10] for the city's environment. >> In conclusion, and above all is a work

[2:25:15] to center and prioritize youth pass expansion. We know that research shows

[2:25:20] youth access to transit builds the next generation of transit riders and a fully

[2:25:25] inclusive and expansive youth pass program would reduce congestion and

[2:25:29] carbon pollution. This is why we will continue our advocacy efforts and ask

[2:25:34] that you include this in our next climate plan. Uh so that covers all that

[2:25:39] we have for council today. Thank you for your time. We are happy to answer any

[2:25:43] questions and our contact page is on the last slide.

[2:25:46] Thank you so much for being here today. And I'll word this a little bit

[2:25:50] differently this time. Any questions specific to this panel before we move to

[2:25:55] the broader discussion and questions that cross the different panels?

[2:26:02] » I just want to thank Hazel, you're Hazel, right? Enzel, um, for being here.

[2:26:06] Thanks for the presentation. I thought it had been a while since you've been

[2:26:10] advocating for that youth pass. Yeah. 2005. Mayor Potter was really big on

[2:26:14] that. So I like [clears throat] that every um group that comes on continues

[2:26:19] to carry that uh message forward. So good work that you have a streamline of

[2:26:24] um productivity and I have to say I miss being the liazison to the youth

[2:26:29] commission which I was for a few years in the old form of government. So it's

[2:26:32] good to see both of you. >> She goes to Jefferson High School,

[2:26:35] right? >> All right. In our district. Yeah.

[2:26:38] » In our district. And if you would like to work with a youth commissioner, you

[2:26:41] can still do that even though you're not the city liaison anymore.

[2:26:45] » Really? >> Yes.

[2:26:46] » Who knew? Okay. [snorts] >> Um I'll just note as we're talking about

[2:26:51] youth pass that there's a >> I just wanted I thought you were

[2:26:54] » No, I just want to ask Vivian. Are you um making certain that all of these uh

[2:26:59] committees that I see in the the slides earlier that they have seats at the

[2:27:04] table for youth?

[2:27:08] That was one of their ask. So, I want to hear how we're doing on that.

[2:27:13] » Yeah, I appreciate the question. Um, councelor Ryan, for the record, Vivian

[2:27:17] Satderfield, CSO. Um, I can speak for the Sustainability and Climate

[2:27:20] Commission, which does have four dedicated youth seats, and council did

[2:27:23] confirm, um, all of those members. Uh, you'll recall that the youth seats

[2:27:27] actually expire on a year basis rather than the rest of the adult commissioners

[2:27:32] expire on a four-year basis. But all the new the new ones that we'll talk about

[2:27:36] in depth in a minute um do they also are they going to be targeted to have youth

[2:27:40] at the table for some of them? >> Um I am unsure. Uh the sustainability

[2:27:46] and climate commission is the only commission that's attached to my office

[2:27:48] and therefore the only one that has respon that um I can seat. Um

[2:27:54] however I do know that the uh the >> community environment government

[2:28:00] workforce contractor I mean some of them make sense maybe some of them don't

[2:28:04] » ah I understand >> the current collaborate collaborators

[2:28:08] » I understand now um I can describe a little bit more about the climate action

[2:28:11] planning process and why there are those focus areas youth empowerment is one of

[2:28:15] the crosscutting focus areas we have in the climate action plan and all of our

[2:28:19] youth commissioners are dedicated to that that crosscutting focus area

[2:28:23] » that help. Thanks. [clears throat]

[2:28:26] » Thank you. And I'll just note as we talk about a youth pass that uh try

[2:28:31] writership is free up until age seven and PPS students get that pass though

[2:28:36] it's not comprehensive enough yet when they enter high school but youth between

[2:28:41] the ages of seven and uh entering high school who are within PPS still have to

[2:28:47] pay that youth fair. So, we have a lot of work to do, I think, broadly on this.

[2:28:52] Thank you both so much for being here. I think we're going to move into our

[2:28:56] broader conversation and dis and questions right now. And colleagues, I

[2:29:02] know that there's been a lot that we have thrown at you over the last uh two

[2:29:08] hours or so. I'll note that across the presentations there have been some

[2:29:14] themes. Themes around recommitting to our 2030 targets. Themes around making

[2:29:19] sure our work is datadriven. We know what will have the largest impact on

[2:29:25] carbon reduction. We know what has the highest cost and we know what has the

[2:29:30] highest impact on people and the day-to-day lives of individuals in our

[2:29:34] community. And starting with those solutions that have high impact is

[2:29:38] always a good place to start. A lot of that work has been done. We're getting

[2:29:42] down to the next level of work that has to happen. Uh but we can continue to be

[2:29:46] data driven. We know that we need to couple the highle strategy. What

[2:29:52] policies are we trying to move toward? Things like getting more people into

[2:29:57] transit writership with the evidence-based initiatives. What do we

[2:30:02] know is working in other communities that we haven't yet taken on that we

[2:30:06] should make sure to adopt? And we know that there is cross- sector interest.

[2:30:12] There is cross community commitment. And when we work collaboratively, we

[2:30:17] collaboratively uh we can have longerterm solutions that

[2:30:22] really work to sustain our community. And we heard some of that with councelor

[2:30:26] Ryan's questions about making sure that our

[2:30:30] youth members of our climate commission are engaged in every piece of the

[2:30:36] climate plan. But I think there are probably more pieces we should explore

[2:30:39] there as well. I would like to open it up to broad discussion and questions for

[2:30:46] any of our panels and counselors Avalos and Mario. We have representatives from

[2:30:51] all of our panels still in the room. But I also hope that if you heard something

[2:30:58] today that you would like us to take on as a committee that you point that out

[2:31:04] because we had concrete proposals from a few of the panels that we heard from and

[2:31:11] if there are things we should start working on now to make sure that we're

[2:31:15] moving as Mr. Lewis said before we get to the next climate action plan, uh,

[2:31:20] let's air those and see if those are things that have broad support across

[2:31:25] the across the committee that we might be able to take on. Councelor Avalos, go

[2:31:29] right ahead.

[2:31:35] Thank you. [sighs] Um, [gasps] I'm processing your question. Let me see

[2:31:41] if I can come up with an answer by the end of my um, comments. But yeah, thank

[2:31:46] you again to everyone who uh has been here today to present. I think that this

[2:31:51] conversation has been really good to not just focus on our goals but actually

[2:31:57] what um steps we're needing to take um to actually make meaningful progress

[2:32:02] towards them. Um and you know, climate policy we know has to be beyond just

[2:32:07] setting these ambitious targets of which we have many. Um, but we need these

[2:32:11] policies that are going to actually reduce emissions. And we need to be

[2:32:15] thoughtful, too, about how those policies affect people's housing costs

[2:32:18] and health and jobs and everyday lives. And I think it's important we continue

[2:32:22] to connect those dots. Um because I know uh trust me as somebody who entered the

[2:32:27] environmental justice world um I was I I didn't make as many connections um uh to

[2:32:36] the way that environmental justice connects to racial and economic justice

[2:32:40] for example. And so um I think it's good that we elevate that continuously.

[2:32:46] Um that is very much also the approach that I'm taking with my climate and

[2:32:50] health standards policy that you know I've emailed to council you I've been

[2:32:54] keeping you uh apprised of that. We've done some really good outreach and uh it

[2:32:59] will be coming to committee uh in a few weeks. that um you know, the goal of

[2:33:04] that policy is really to meaningfully reduce emissions from our buildings

[2:33:08] while also thinking intentionally about things like tenant protections and

[2:33:12] affordability and um in indoor air quality and public health and also how

[2:33:17] we're going to support buildings that may need help making that transition. uh

[2:33:21] really encouraged by the sustainability and climate commission um recently

[2:33:24] voting to make the climate and health standards their primary policy priority

[2:33:29] and emphasized the urgency of getting this work across the finish line and

[2:33:33] also u Multma County recently adopted their climate justice plan which also

[2:33:37] recommends many of the same building actions that we're pursuing through the

[2:33:40] climate and health standards. So um [clears throat] to me that speaks to you

[2:33:45] know further confirmation that this is an area that we all know uh is the

[2:33:48] direction that we need to go in and uh we also need to do the hard work of

[2:33:53] implementing it well because policy to implementation is always uh key as we

[2:33:57] know um and I don't think too that the choice should be between ambitious

[2:34:01] climate policy and things like affordability for example um the harder

[2:34:06] and more important work uh that we have is to design these policies that

[2:34:10] accomplish both. Um, I also have a personal connection to some of that

[2:34:14] industry work that we were hearing about today. In 2022, I had the opportunity to

[2:34:18] travel to Denmark to study industrial symbiosis and see firsthand how industry

[2:34:23] and government community can work together differently. Obviously, Denmark

[2:34:28] is a very different place than Portland, Oregon, and America for that matter. Um,

[2:34:32] but there are important lessons there and I'm really uh encouraged to see

[2:34:36] that. Um, what came out of that being the Portland Clean Industry Hub

[2:34:40] initiative, uh, I'm really glad to see that we're continuing to move forward

[2:34:44] and evolving towards this broader partnership. Um, and just in general

[2:34:48] that we're, you know, continuing to use that model, um, that we learned from in

[2:34:53] Denmark. And that's, uh, there's a larger lesson there that we also don't

[2:34:56] have to reinvent every climate solution ourselves. Um in fact there are so many

[2:35:02] uh policies moving across the country that I think we as a committee as far as

[2:35:06] like actions um you know should be looking to and just seeing what are

[2:35:10] things that are emerging issues that we can um start to adapt here in Portland.

[2:35:16] And so that's the lens that I'm bringing to this conversation. And I have a

[2:35:19] couple of questions um you know around uh maybe I'll start with um the youth

[2:35:26] commission since they were our last presentation. But I've got some

[2:35:28] questions of the industry folks. Um, and just depending on time, we'll see what

[2:35:34] other questions I have. But, um, you know, we started to talk at the end

[2:35:38] there about what we heard from the youth commission, which is, uh, one of their

[2:35:41] goals of equitable access, um, of youth to these, you know, uh, ways to

[2:35:46] participate, um, and, you know, have an ongoing, uh, meaningful role in shaping

[2:35:52] climate policy. I know that the uh having the youth commissioners on the

[2:35:56] sustainability and climate commission is great um because we have intentional

[2:36:00] spaces for them. But I guess just wanted to hear from the youth, you know, maybe

[2:36:05] there are things that you are seeing either not around, you know, near us in

[2:36:09] the region, maybe in other states where um local governments are taking action

[2:36:13] to work with youth and would love to hear if you have any thoughts about um

[2:36:17] any tangible things you think we should be doing better.

[2:36:21] Yeah, I'm looking to see if Hazel's able to come back up or anybody else from the

[2:36:25] youth commission to weigh in on where we might as a city be able to do better

[2:36:32] about engaging uh your peers in a way that we're not

[2:36:36] currently doing.

[2:36:43] Thank you for letting us put you on the spot.

[2:36:47] Um, yeah, I think I might need a little bit more time to think about that. Um,

[2:36:51] we also, um, the transit equity and environmental advocacy committee is

[2:36:56] starting up again in a couple weeks. Um, and we might talk about talk more about

[2:37:01] like, uh, uh, citywide um, climate interests and stuff once that starts up

[2:37:08] again. >> Great. Councelors, are you open to a

[2:37:12] delayed response where we might be able to get some input on more specific and

[2:37:16] concrete things that we could be doing better?

[2:37:19] » Yes, absolutely. And I would just add to that um I just got an email a couple

[2:37:24] hours ago of Opal unfortunately uh closing officially, but there in their

[2:37:29] email they mentioned that the bus riders united is continuing on through a

[2:37:34] different fiscal sponsor. Uh I know that has been a space where youth in

[2:37:38] particular have organized. Um and so uh I think they would be great to see how

[2:37:42] we can just in general get all of these groups together and and start looking

[2:37:46] towards solutions um especially as we're looking at these trimet cuts um and uh

[2:37:51] closing that gap of access for youth to our trimet system uh is critical. And

[2:37:56] frankly, um, if we're talking about writership and needing to improve it, I

[2:38:00] feel like that would be such a huge, um, way to increase wrership by giving

[2:38:05] access to all youth, um, to to the bus so that they can get around and and, um,

[2:38:10] you know, make the most of their, uh, time in the city. And so, yeah, would

[2:38:15] love to have a followup with you um, and happy to continue supporting efforts for

[2:38:21] that. So, thanks for thinking about that question and look forward to talking

[2:38:24] more. >> Great. Thank you, counselor.

[2:38:26] » Um, >> thank you. Um, let's see. Let me just

[2:38:30] move on quickly to one more question. Um, I guess I just wanted to

[2:38:35] [clears throat] hear more, uh, as far as the industry

[2:38:39] hub. Um, you know, I appreciate, um, that we're hearing that the industry hub

[2:38:44] has been seemingly successful in really bringing together some quite different

[2:38:50] sectors and to have this conversation. So bringing business and labor and

[2:38:54] community and environmental orgs and government into the same place. And so

[2:38:58] would love to just hear uh from anyone if they're willing to share what are we

[2:39:02] learning from that collaboration um that could inform how we approach other areas

[2:39:06] of climate policy because I think my underlying message there is that you

[2:39:11] know we need to do more to be more crosscutting uh about and thinking about

[2:39:15] climate policy in all our decision-making. So yeah, I would love

[2:39:18] to hear any lessons you've learned uh building this broad coalition that we

[2:39:22] could um take and apply. >> Yeah,

[2:39:25] » counselor. I see folks looking to decide who from that panel is the best person

[2:39:30] to come up. So we're going to give them Okay, perfect.

[2:39:34] [laughter]

[2:39:36] » Do you want to go first? >> Sure. Ask a good question and you get

[2:39:40] all of us coming up eager to talk about it. Uh counselor, this is Jules Bailey

[2:39:44] for the record. Um I think that's a great really really really important

[2:39:48] question and um I think coming especially from a place historically

[2:39:54] where there was a lot of tension between the different groups that are now part

[2:39:57] of it and now um collaborating on this I think one of the takehomes that I have

[2:40:01] is that um a focus on results matters that uh really being clear about what

[2:40:08] we're trying to achieve and bringing together the expertise from different

[2:40:11] communities to be able to achieve it together and making sure that

[2:40:14] everybody's at the table and has a chance to inform that process about what

[2:40:18] we're trying to achieve and then have confidence in uh the results I think has

[2:40:23] built uh a lot of trust. Um and you know we we're not there yet. I don't want to

[2:40:30] declare victory on this. We're still getting this this set up. And so, um,

[2:40:34] you know, continuing to make sure that we are, uh, having those conversations,

[2:40:39] that we're meeting with stakeholder advisory groups, that we're continuing

[2:40:42] to, uh, bring people into the process, learn from their expertise, and stay

[2:40:46] humble about it, I think is really really important going forward, uh, as

[2:40:50] we proceed on the next three years of of mapping these investments into these

[2:40:55] businesses. And then we're as we said working with um wi with our research

[2:41:00] partners to ensure that what we're achieving is documentable and verifiable

[2:41:06] and responds back to the concerns that we heard at the front end. So I think

[2:41:09] that transparency is really important. >> Yeah. Um for the record, Sunresa Cooper

[2:41:15] from the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability. Uh thank you for the

[2:41:18] question. Um, one thing that we do in every meeting that we have is we read

[2:41:24] our vision statement aloud. Um, and that vision statement, I don't have it in

[2:41:29] front of me, but it it talks about basically all the shared goals that we

[2:41:33] have around a resilient economy, industry that is thriving, communities,

[2:41:39] um, safe from harm. It's basically like our north star that we're aiming for.

[2:41:44] And we ground our us our meetings in that every single time we talk to each

[2:41:50] other. And I do think that that keeps us on the right track because we we brought

[2:41:56] these kind of disperate partners together with the recognition that

[2:41:59] everyone has their own lane, their own constituents, their own um kind of

[2:42:05] strategies that they might use, but we are united in a single goal. And um we

[2:42:12] we recognize that everyone might take a slightly different path to get to the

[2:42:16] goal, but we are all working in the same direction. And there have definitely

[2:42:21] been times when we have disagreed. But the other thing that we do in our

[2:42:25] meetings sometimes is we hash it out. we, you know, we're not always getting

[2:42:29] along perfectly because we do take different approaches and have different

[2:42:33] perspectives and working really for a long time with the commitment that we

[2:42:39] all have the same vision has kept us on track towards that. Um, it will be kind

[2:42:44] of a test when we actually start putting the money out there and seeing the

[2:42:48] projects that come out of it. But so far uh personally I have seen a huge

[2:42:53] improvement in the relationships between all of our different um group members of

[2:42:59] our group. Uh Portland State University actually as part of their evaluation is

[2:43:05] doing a I think every six months or so like an internal evaluation to look at

[2:43:11] the health of our partnership. So we all take a survey to see how well we trust

[2:43:16] each other. do we understand our roles and um have agreement in what we're

[2:43:22] working towards and that we've only done once so far so I can't

[2:43:26] say how how that's going to change over time but anecdotally we we do trust each

[2:43:32] other we work together really well and I think that that grounding in the vision

[2:43:36] and returning to that regularly is definitely something that we can pull

[2:43:41] forward into other climate policies

[2:43:48] Thank you for those answers. And um yeah, I think that part of why I raise

[2:43:54] it too is that um Mary from Neighbors for Clean Air said uh at some point

[2:44:00] today um that it was an enormous responsibility to represent community

[2:44:05] and I'm really grateful that um she understands that. I know she understands

[2:44:08] that. Hi Mary, good to see you. Um I think that uh it is a big responsibility

[2:44:13] to represent community because one thing that stood out to me when I went on that

[2:44:18] trip to um Denmark, I was the only person on the trip representing an

[2:44:23] environmental justice community org. And so I spent the trip kind of, you know,

[2:44:29] being that voice and just saying, well, what do the neighbors think? For

[2:44:32] example, we're we're touring the the um industry and you know, I like the smell

[2:44:37] is not great, right? And then there's there's obviously like fumes and all

[2:44:40] these things and it's like oh sure like they're showing us the ways that all of

[2:44:43] these industries are sharing um waste so that they aren't wasting it. Um but also

[2:44:50] um when I would ask questions like that I didn't always get satisfying answers.

[2:44:54] Often people would say well what do you mean or well we haven't asked directly.

[2:44:59] And so I just say that because um we need to pay extra attention to ensuring

[2:45:06] communities voices are part of that. I'm glad they're at the table. I just want

[2:45:10] us to not let those be outweighed. Um and again ensuring that um we're

[2:45:16] creating systems in our as we're continuing to make these plans and um

[2:45:21] you know set these visions as a city that we're involving youth, we're

[2:45:24] involving community, we're talking to people directly impacted in a geographic

[2:45:29] area but also uh more broadly um by these things. And I think that there's

[2:45:34] absolutely ways to make it harmonious. Um but it does take effort and it does

[2:45:39] take um the city I believe being responsible taking the responsibility of

[2:45:45] um ensuring that community is uh brought along and so that's why I raised that.

[2:45:50] I'm really grateful for your answer. I think that you all have been doing a

[2:45:53] good job of bringing together um partners and I love what you said that

[2:45:57] yeah, you're not always going to agree and great duke it out, right? That's how

[2:46:01] you make great policy by having everyone at the table and so happy to support

[2:46:05] with my office. Um like I said, I've got a big policy that's moving soon that I'm

[2:46:10] really excited to bring to council and to talk about because it is something

[2:46:13] that the nation has seen a trend towards. It is something that um the

[2:46:18] commissions have uh you know endorsed and uh the recent news that we're

[2:46:22] hearing. We really need to act quickly on lowering emissions. And so again,

[2:46:26] thank you for this panel and I look forward to your continued partnership.

[2:46:29] That's all for now. Thanks. >> Well said.

[2:46:31] » Thank you. >> Thank you, counselor. Councelor Mario,

[2:46:34] go right ahead. >> Thank you. Um thank you everyone so much

[2:46:38] for your presentations today. I think it was really lovely to hear the different

[2:46:42] ideas that came out of community. Um, and I think that those are uh I just

[2:46:47] took a lot of the bike towns this week when my bike broke and they are very

[2:46:50] expensive and I think if they were more affordable, more people would use them.

[2:46:53] So, I think there are easy uh things like that that we can do to try to

[2:46:56] adjust how people move through the city. Um, I think I'm uh it was I I don't want

[2:47:03] to turn this into a whole PF discussion, so I won't do that, but I guess I'll

[2:47:06] just name for the city staff that and maybe for my colleagues as well that it

[2:47:10] was really interesting to hear how much of PF dollars goes to uh private

[2:47:16] businesses and industry in order for them to um be become up to the green

[2:47:21] standard that they're supposed to be. Um, and uh I'm not even saying that's a

[2:47:26] bad thing or a good thing. I'm just noting that and it's interesting to see

[2:47:30] so much of the opposition coming out of the business industry on PA when it

[2:47:34] seems like the way it's been rerouted to go straight back to them for these

[2:47:39] upgrades um seems like it's very beneficial to industry. So, I think it

[2:47:44] would be helpful to see, and I think community has asked for this a lot, and

[2:47:47] even as a counselor, I feel like I've asked for this and not necessarily

[2:47:50] gotten it, a full breakdown of how PF dollars uh go to private businesses, to

[2:47:58] industry versus going to an individual constituent's household to help them fix

[2:48:03] um their roof and get it solar upgraded, right? I think getting to see who is

[2:48:08] benefiting from those PF dollars and how on a onetoone scale is helpful while

[2:48:13] also noting that obviously if you help an industry decarbonize then that's

[2:48:19] going to have a larger impact than an individual's house. Um, but this

[2:48:23] presentation just sort of raised that question in me because um, you would

[2:48:29] think from the way that people talk about PAF that it's uh, actively harming

[2:48:33] businesses or something and then we hear that so much of this money goes back to

[2:48:37] them. Um, and and I'm just very curious about how those dollars are used. Um,

[2:48:42] and I think it goes I've heard from, you know, it goes to nonprofits, goes to

[2:48:47] private businesses, and then people have to apply for the PF grants to upgrade

[2:48:50] their their homes, and there's a pretty strict cut off for individuals trying to

[2:48:55] upgrade um to get their water bill, electricity bill down because you have

[2:49:00] to reach a certain income, and if you're $1 above that, then then you get cut off

[2:49:03] from certain programs. So, council, I just I want to note for you that we

[2:49:07] don't have PAF representatives in the room right now. So, I think these are

[2:49:12] important points. I just want to make sure that you know that folks from that

[2:49:16] program are not in the room to hear them.

[2:49:19] » Yeah, that's okay. I think the other industry folks that received these

[2:49:22] dollars should hear this as well. Um, I think that's fine for them. Um, and I'm

[2:49:26] sure Vivian Satderfield can help us later get those dollars, but I think

[2:49:29] that having that breakdown in this committee would be really important for

[2:49:32] us to see. Um, and for the public to have that transparency around how those

[2:49:36] dollars are used. So, um, because at the end of the day, I think that we can pass

[2:49:42] a lot of policies, but the thing that we struggle with at the city right now is

[2:49:44] the financials of who gets access to what funds and when. Um, and it seems

[2:49:49] like every time there's a way to use city dollars, especially within the

[2:49:53] clean energy movement, it goes into the private sector for things that they're

[2:49:57] they can do for upgrades. Um, and I'm I'm just thinking about that a lot as I

[2:50:03] think about the city's finances. So, thanks for that.

[2:50:07] Thank [clears throat and snorts] you councelor Councelor Ryan.

[2:50:09] » Yes, thank you chair and uh it was really a great presentation. It's uh

[2:50:13] provided me with something that you know I promoted for decades in my own

[2:50:17] professional career which is um building those cross- sector tables and

[2:50:22] [clears throat] having measurable goals and um doing continuous improvement

[2:50:26] results based facilitation so you don't have biased facilitators which is often

[2:50:30] too the case. So, um I'm I'm scratching at something here that that's very

[2:50:35] pleasing and it's something that's been desperately needed in government all

[2:50:39] over the place. Um don't I know um it's been exhausting trying to build it um in

[2:50:44] government. Uh I don't know, maybe it's election cycles that get in the way, but

[2:50:48] it's really hard for um government um electeds to oversee that organic

[2:50:55] objective type work. And so the only way it's going to work is if it goes beyond

[2:50:59] election cycles that you build something really strong. And so I think what I

[2:51:04] heard today by who's in the room, which is unique unfortunately. So thank you

[2:51:10] for being a part of this um to hear those stories. So Vivian, when I was

[2:51:15] earlier looking at the current collaborators,

[2:51:18] are these four groups that was advertised, are they frequently meeting

[2:51:23] now? And if so, how often do they meet? How long have

[2:51:28] they been meeting? And who's staffing them?

[2:51:30] » I'm sorry. Uh, councelor Ryan, do you mind refreshing my memory on the the

[2:51:34] which four groups >> your presentation provided us with the

[2:51:38] current collaborators? They were listed under community and environment,

[2:51:42] government, business, utilities services, that's a big kitchen sink one,

[2:51:46] and workforce and contractor development. Is that not what I heard

[2:51:50] today? >> Uh, it was. I'm sorry. I just didn't

[2:51:52] catch that part on the microphone. Um, we've just started the climate action

[2:51:56] planning development process and so we'll be having a more public facing

[2:51:59] component. That's the staff level uh focus areas that have been gathering uh

[2:52:04] currently. >> So are they meeting currently?

[2:52:07] » Yes, they are. >> These groups, how long have they been

[2:52:09] meeting? >> Uh we just launched the climate action

[2:52:11] planning process last month internally. >> So they're really new. You guys have had

[2:52:16] your first meetings basically. >> Correct.

[2:52:18] » Okay. So we're we're we're seeing this at the very beginning state

[2:52:22] » getting it on the ground floor. That's correct.

[2:52:23] » Sunres's coming up. >> Hi.

[2:52:25] » Hi councelor. Sunresa Cooper again for the record. Um I the slide that you're

[2:52:30] referring to is actually from my presentation which is about the clean

[2:52:34] industry presentation. Um the current collaborators

[2:52:39] the the categories are really just for sort [snorts] of visual organization.

[2:52:44] They're not defined uh subgroups. um the one that was community and environment

[2:52:50] is the only one and that is the same set of individuals or organizations that

[2:52:55] were in the um co-design group that Mary Pido discussed. Um the rest of the folks

[2:53:02] on that list are just uh examples of a lot of the people that we have at the

[2:53:07] table. We have many people that do uh kind of different configurations of

[2:53:12] convening partners. So, um, the Portland Partnership for Clean Industry, they

[2:53:16] have a stakeholder group that meets regularly. We have a community

[2:53:20] stakeholder group that meets regularly. We have lots of other individuals that

[2:53:24] we have sort of one-on-one touch points with. Um, so those aren't defined

[2:53:31] uh groups, I would say, but it's the categories were mainly to organize the

[2:53:36] slide bit. So there isn't a group under business

[2:53:42] utilities and services that's meeting monthly. There's only the one that's

[2:53:47] community environment. Is that what I just heard?

[2:53:51] I am confused officially [laughter] because this slide

[2:53:56] » got me excited because I finally saw what I've been asking for which is

[2:53:59] actually cross- sector engagement where I'm hoping we have a northstar where I'm

[2:54:04] hoping we have communitywide indicators where I'm hoping you had really really

[2:54:08] difficult meetings with a lot of tension in the room to decide upon those. Yes, I

[2:54:12] have a background in this. I know it takes a lot of tough meetings with

[2:54:16] tension to get there, but we're never going to reach climate goals in

[2:54:20] Portland, Oregon, which has been failing miserably in the state and the and the

[2:54:24] city of talking a lot about this, but not producing results.

[2:54:29] » I think there may be three strings here we need to pull. One is where and how

[2:54:34] are those cross- sector conversations happening because I think they are

[2:54:38] happening in this group. The second is are there specific

[2:54:42] » you can sell it for them but I kind of want to hear it

[2:54:45] » yes yes but I want I want to suggest that we hear this in three pieces

[2:54:48] because there's that question that you're asking there's the question

[2:54:51] around are there these specific breakouts and then there's a question

[2:54:55] around whether that translates to work happening within the climate action plan

[2:54:59] separate from the slide that you're looking at which I should have noticed

[2:55:03] when you first had it um had a question about it I apologize that came from the

[2:55:08] presentation from our um >> well I'm just kind of in real time

[2:55:12] experiencing this where I got excited about what I thought I heard and now I'm

[2:55:15] hearing something different. So >> counselor it's a great question to get

[2:55:18] to get to the heart of it here. >> Um

[2:55:21] » we have a regular meeting I mean just to get very tactical.

[2:55:25] » Thank you. >> We have a meeting every other week in

[2:55:28] which we have the business community represented by a couple different

[2:55:32] voices. We have in fact several different voices. We have uh uh

[2:55:36] community environmental. We have the public sector. We have uh we have uh uh

[2:55:42] technical providers. We have a lot of different people. And this is literally

[2:55:46] every other week we're getting together in a standing meeting. And it's in that

[2:55:50] meeting that we even have as uh Sesa mentioned surveys going out and saying

[2:55:57] how comfortable are you with these people in the meeting and what is

[2:56:00] happening and is this vision clear and what's happen? And it is it can be hard

[2:56:05] sometimes to see the results of that and say, "Oh, yeah, that's that's me. I

[2:56:09] haven't done a very good job of explaining this to everybody else. I

[2:56:12] need to go and explain my side of this back to them or there isn't a lot of

[2:56:15] trust that's been built here. We need to dive into this area more regularly." But

[2:56:19] those groups are We have a meeting tomorrow.

[2:56:22] » Yeah. So, we have a meeting tomorrow. Uh and and there are a lot of tough

[2:56:26] conversations that are happening there that are cross- sectoral. All of that is

[2:56:30] very tactical and it's focused on, okay, how are we going to stand this up? What

[2:56:35] is this going to look like? How are we going to actually make these

[2:56:37] investments? What's the relationship between the Prosper grants and the

[2:56:40] Portland Partnership for Clean Industry? How are we making sure that we're

[2:56:43] reporting back to the public effectively? How are we integrating

[2:56:46] research and evaluation into this? All of that is happening and those

[2:56:50] conversations are regular and ongoing. And then all of that is then rolling up

[2:56:54] into this sort of larger work of how the industrial sector then plugs into the

[2:56:58] overarching climate action plan. Um and that's been I think really effective and

[2:57:03] and and frankly um uh I've never been part of a problem of a process like that

[2:57:09] before. >> Oh, it's great when you use the word

[2:57:11] comfortable that word I want to pause on that word. If the answer is no, I'm not

[2:57:17] comfortable. What's the person's response that's asking that question?

[2:57:23] » Um, that's a great question. So, so I will say that that um I think at one

[2:57:28] point I had done a a less than stellar job of maybe explaining some of the

[2:57:32] things that we were working on in the Portland Partnership for Clean Industry

[2:57:35] side and it was a little bit muddled on how that intersected with some of the

[2:57:39] work that Prosper was doing. And so it was just helpful to understand that and

[2:57:42] to be able to explain it better to people and and then get some feedback

[2:57:46] directly in real time. And those are the kinds of conversations that we get to

[2:57:49] have in that that group. And it um I think makes for a much better, much more

[2:57:54] collaborative working environment to be able to have that level of trust. It's

[2:57:57] hard to get off the rails when you're literally sitting across the table from

[2:58:01] each other every other week and talking about the issues that are arising.

[2:58:06] » Yeah. I think I'm just reminiscing on um when I did this type of work called

[2:58:10] collective impact work and my staff would come back and say, "That was a

[2:58:13] really hard meeting. There was so much tension." And I'd be like, great, that's

[2:58:17] good news. And so instead of doing that Portland polite thing where there's must

[2:58:22] be good people in the meeting and bad people in the meeting, like that's not

[2:58:25] working. So what I hope that you start to do, and I thought I was trying to

[2:58:29] hear this, is what are the shared goals? What are the shared metrics

[2:58:36] that we're all going to look at? And then of course, the real work is in some

[2:58:40] of those subindicators. Who's staffing that type of continuous

[2:58:44] improvement type thinking that is necessary for this group to be effective

[2:58:49] and successful? >> Before you answer the staffing part,

[2:58:52] » why is Metro not a part of by the way when they're like basically an

[2:58:55] environmental organization? Just curious. But yeah,

[2:58:58] » just to comment very quickly on your first part of your question, then talk

[2:59:00] about the staffing part of it. But uh that's why Senesa talked about reading

[2:59:05] out the vision statement at the beginning every single time. What are we

[2:59:08] here to achieve? And let's get everybody focused on the same thing. And that has

[2:59:11] been incredibly helpful. And then to say we're all in the room trying to solve

[2:59:15] the exact same problem from different perspectives. That's where a lot of that

[2:59:18] trust building happens. To your to your point, I don't know if you want to speak

[2:59:21] about staffing, but >> Sure. Thank you. Um to your question

[2:59:24] about the continuous improvement and who's leading that. Um Portland State

[2:59:29] University has been a really fantastic partner and leader in our coalition

[2:59:33] around that. Um they have, you know, academic expertise doing the more

[2:59:40] quantitative carbon accounting um and the uh kind of tracking of outcomes from

[2:59:47] the grants themselves, but also they are looking internally at how our how well

[2:59:53] we work together, what we can do to improve those relationships, improve our

[2:59:57] workflow. Um, and that really I think speaks to what I mentioned earlier about

[3:00:04] how everyone kind of has their own expertise, their own lane that they

[3:00:07] bring to this work. And um, that's a major strength of Portland State

[3:00:12] University as a convenor as um, a highly respected institution in our city. They

[3:00:19] really uh, stand out in that role in this group.

[3:00:23] » That's helpful. Who Who's the philanthropic partners so far?

[3:00:28] Um, I've been working with a number of folks that I don't want to name on the

[3:00:32] record right now because they're not officially part of it yet. Uh, but I'd

[3:00:36] be happy to have a follow-up conversation.

[3:00:38] » Great. Love to be helpful there. Um,

[3:00:43] I think what I want to just say is um that in district 2, we um represent the

[3:00:50] working waterfront. We are where the Columbia and the Wamut come together and

[3:00:54] there are a lot of great jobs along the waterfront there. We also have a high

[3:01:00] industry um footprint. Um those are jobs that are family wage jobs. We're also

[3:01:07] losing some of those midsize companies. A week doesn't go by where I don't hear

[3:01:11] about another one relocating usually just to Clark County unfortunately.

[3:01:14] Well, no that's not unfortunate. It's really expensive for a business to move.

[3:01:18] So, this is a red alert about the fact that Portland has to figure out how to

[3:01:23] be a place where green industry really takes off and we've lost a lot of time

[3:01:31] trying to be perfect and it's not good. And so, how can we start to accept the

[3:01:37] messiness of this kind of work and have the courage to take steps and to measure

[3:01:42] what that success looks like even if it makes about half the table

[3:01:46] uncomfortable? That's my hope for all of you.

[3:01:49] » Amen. >> Thank you.

[3:01:53] » Thank you, counselor. >> Oh, can I just add one more thing? Who

[3:01:57] was Jason Lewis? Is that your name? >> Yes.

[3:02:00] » Um, I am going to call you out. Um, it's positive. It was so refreshing to hear

[3:02:05] datadriven dialogue and that you're actually measuring

[3:02:10] what you want success for. And I just hope that when the measurements don't go

[3:02:18] the way that an optimist would want, we try to figure out why and then we reload

[3:02:23] again. That's continuous improvement. >> Indeed,

[3:02:25] » big part of continuous improvement, as you know, is acceptance of the truth and

[3:02:29] then try to move it to a better place by changing behaviors.

[3:02:33] » My background is in engineering, so well versed on.

[3:02:36] » Thank you. And usually adults are the toughest to work with in terms of

[3:02:40] behavior change. When I did work in education, the kids were fine. But boy,

[3:02:44] it was really hard to get adults to change behavior,

[3:02:47] » hence looping to the addiction crisis. So, please know that this is so

[3:02:50] important. Thank you. Thanks for being at the table. Don't give up. You won't

[3:02:54] always be popular there. [laughter] >> Thank you, counselor. Uh, we have just a

[3:03:01] few minutes left, so I'll hold my questions, but I do want to note a

[3:03:05] couple of things. Uh colleagues, we heard some specific concrete actions

[3:03:09] today that we were asked to consider taking and I hope that each of you

[3:03:13] considers those. We still have time in some of our meetings later this year

[3:03:17] that I am uh making sure we don't fill too rapidly. My staff is in the back of

[3:03:23] the room saying no, we don't, but I think we have one meeting with a little

[3:03:26] time. Uh so that if we have policies we want to take on as a committee, we can

[3:03:32] do so. And there were some standalone asks as well as things that we'll need

[3:03:37] to roll into other work and questions that we should just start asking as as

[3:03:42] habit about the impact of some of the decisions that we make that I hope this

[3:03:48] committee can take on. I want to note when I hear about the

[3:03:52] work in the industrial sector that I think this is critical work and I hope

[3:03:57] that the next step I know there's a lot to do still on this step but I hope that

[3:04:03] the next step is thinking about how the solutions that you are currently working

[3:04:08] on can focus on replicable solutions on scalable solutions on [snorts]

[3:04:15] exportable solutions finding a solution for one company that

[3:04:19] lowers their carbon footprint and increases their bottom line, which

[3:04:23] hopefully is then put toward paying folks more who work there. [gasps] um is

[3:04:29] incredibly important, but with limited public resources, we need to make sure

[3:04:34] that we are supporting work that can move to other companies within Portland

[3:04:41] and hopefully get marketed outside of our city and help bring dollars into our

[3:04:48] city while exporting solutions to other cities. That allows us to lower the cost

[3:04:53] per solution. I think my colleague noted some concern about the amount of money

[3:04:58] we're putting in. Let's make sure that we're stretching it as far as we can.

[3:05:01] But it also allows us to ensure that our impact in reducing carbon emissions goes

[3:05:06] beyond just our own city borders, which we will have to do if we really want to

[3:05:11] make a change bigger than ourselves. Um, with that, I will wrap us up though

[3:05:20] there is a lot more that we all could say. Thank you to everybody who was a

[3:05:25] part of our panels today. This is such critical work and there is so much more

[3:05:30] work that we can and absolutely will take on. I appreciate everyone making

[3:05:35] the time and I just will note a thank you to my team because I know it took a

[3:05:39] lot of work to coordinate this many panels on a single topic and I as always

[3:05:45] appreciate the work that my staff puts into making things happen for our

[3:05:48] committee. Colleagues, we will be back in two weeks. With that I will adjourn

[3:05:53] our meeting.

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Portland City Council City Life Committee 09/08/26

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