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>> Good afternoon. It is September 8th at

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

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Committee. Thank you all for being here
today. Wendy, could you please call the

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» While you're getting your microphone
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we're starting a few minutes late. My
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weird blitzy thing.
>> And calling the role, uh, Mario

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here. Zimmerman
absent. Avalos

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» present. Virtually
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» here.
>> Hurdle Guini

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» here. Thank you. And colleagues, we have
a new uh council operations staff person

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starting today or starting last week I
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week. Kevin, welcome and thank you for
being here. Could you please start us

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off with our rules of decorum? Thank
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Welcome to the meeting of the city life
committee. To testify testify before

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this committee in person or virtually,
you must sign up in advance on the

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committee agenda at
www.portland.gov/countselagenda/city-life-committee

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or by calling 311. Information on
engaging with the committee can be found

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at this link. Registration for virtual
testimony closes 1 hour prior to the

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meeting. In-person testifiers must sign
up before the agenda item is heard. If

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public testimony will be taken on an
item, individuals may testify for three

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minutes unless a chair states otherwise.
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time is over. The chair preserves order.
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refusing to conclude your testimony when
your time is up, or interrupting others

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testimony, or committee deliberations
will not be allowed. If you cause a

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disruption, a warning will be given.
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ejection from the meeting. Anyone who
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to arrest for trespass. Additionally,
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and reconvene virtually. Your testimony
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considered. When testifying, one, state
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lobbyist, identify the organization you
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should unmute themselves when the clerk
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» Thank you very much, Kevin. Colleagues,
today we will have three uh we have

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three things on our agenda. We will take
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related topics. We will hear from the uh
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the sneaky squatch search. And then we
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talking about climate and our city's
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last agenda item when we get there, but
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I'd like to lead us right into our first
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call our public input agenda item?
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document number 2026-317,
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public input on city life committee
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Um, the first two I'll call up, Galib L
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» Welcome. Thank you both for being here.

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Just a reminder, you'll hear a uh two
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seconds left and then a second one
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your name for the record and get
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» Uh my name is Charles Joseph Howard.

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» Go right ahead and begin.
>> I defer to you. Okay. Um, good

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afternoon, Chair Per Pleg Guinea and
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Charles Joseph Howard. I'm a District 4
constituent and a public sector strategy

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consultant and an active volunteer with
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I want to bring to you an observation
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impact opportunity to make the city's
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began volunteering in February of last
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Sunday. Last month, we did not have a
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broke our postco record, serving just
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Roughly 60 to 70% of the people we serve
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square feet on the north pl park park
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from an operations perspective. That is
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The city has a population with
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in a predictable predictable location
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Many struggle with addiction, mental
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First responder dispatches during
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for violence and sometimes for
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Yet, in 18 months on the pavement, I
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outreach presence taking advantage of
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I know Portland has the resources, but
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having a resource and successfully
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things.
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Someone trapped in addiction may not
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might not have a phone, internet access,
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system.
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are.
potluck has already solved one of

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outreach's hardest problems.
Where and when to find people and how to

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establish trust.
I'm not asking you to create yet another

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program. I'm asking the city to
strategically deploy existing outreach,

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behavioral health, and benefits
navigation resources directly into this

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existing Sunday touchpoint.
Meet the people where they already are.

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Measure those results.
Determine whether earlier intervention

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can turn someone's next interaction into
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ambulance or a police car.
That's compassionate policy. It's also

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smarter government.
My professional background is in public

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sector strategy and implementation. I
would gladly help your teams think

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through how an integration like this
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Our first responders deserve it. But I
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trapped in these cycles deserve it.
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valley.
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clerk. And
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this testimony at Mult County as well.
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» I I agree with Council Zimmerman. That's
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your service. Thank you so much.
Everything you said was really easy to

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follow, but I think a lot of people
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majority of the staff that do that type
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homelessness at the county. Their
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outreach workers, mental health workers,
that that really falls within their

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wheelhouse to Council Ryan's points and
your testimony was great and I would

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encourage you to share it with them as
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you're represented by Commissioner Moyer
like I am. And uh, I'll definitely share

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your testimony with them as well. And
for the I think three that we have at

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the city because we hired them because
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spots, we'll certainly share that.
>> We do have those workers at the city, we

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can make sure to pass that on. And I
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city and the county are both hearing
from you on this is important. Thank you

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so much for being here. And really your
point about meeting people where they

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are is so important. I always make this
comment to the county about the the max

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trains and along um along the trime
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one outreach worker there. So thank you.
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» Mr. Al, go right ahead.
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Wow. I'm sorry. That was that was
inspiring what he just said and did

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here. Um, greetings beloved committee
members. Um, I am Khaled Binel. My

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

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shrugged. Um, one character, I believe
it was either Francisco Diano or John G

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said that wealth is the product of man's
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If I think therefore I am then according
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[clears throat] wealthy.
Not sure if you suffer the same

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affliction but I find myself thinking at
times even when I don't want to. I'm

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always thinking about something. I
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say hello and spread my love
unconditionally and freely to you guys.

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Then I got to thinking
darn affliction. thought about a thought

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that I had the other day when I was
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So, in thinking about what to talk about
here, I thought might as well check the

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

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my surprise when I saw a presentation
for Target Zero.

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A presentation for a wonderful world.
An ambitious well- imagined plan being

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implemented to be realized by 2050 with
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achieved by 2030. Some ambitions deserve
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That's what target zero is. There should
be no expense spared in achieving that

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target.
It saves lives, ecosystems, and most

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importantly, it puts us back in a
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that's more necessary for us than it is
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As a civilian born of the land upon
which my ancestors achieved a harmonious

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balance, I understand the benefit of
tying our infrastructure and economic

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footprint to our carbon footprint. The
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abundance.
Think a power grid free to the city,

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cheap to the resident with the surplus
being sold to other municipalities.

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I have submitted a document to the
council for the clerk's committee's re I

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

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council clerk for the committee's
review.

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This I would like to see in front of the
council in whole or in parts if

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possible. However, as long as it's
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something towards this target, be
whatever comes. Just know this much.

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» I truly do love you all unconditionally.
Thank you.

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» Thank you. Thank you for being here and
we'll take a look at what you submitted.

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» Thank you.
>> Lynn Felton is joining us online. Lynn,

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go ahead and unmute and begin your
comments.

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Committee Chair Counselors Lynf Felton
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as you are thinking of equitable
distributions of climate burdens and

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benefits I would like you to think of
East Portland specifically I would like

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you to be curious about the interstate
bridge remodel project with tolling and

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its impact on East Portland
according to Oregon walks a third party

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study showed that presently 130,000
trips daily go across Interstate Bridge.

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With tolling, that'll go down to 80,000.
Some of those will disappear, but tens

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of thousands of those will become
diversion traffic into East Portland.

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We already know that East Portland has
multiple public health issues with the

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highest number of high crash corridors
in the city and the highest temperatures

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during a heat dome with minimal climate
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Into that mix will be dumped tens of
thousands of new daily commuter trips.

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You may say this is a state issue, a
regional issue, which is true, but you

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have ways to influence that discussion
and to protect East Portland. As you

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know, Portland's Office of Government
Relations can advocate for funded

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diversion traffic mitigation plans for
IBR in the upcoming session. as you you

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can persuade the mayor at JPAC
that there needs to be more robust

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measures than a study and to advocate
for funded diversion traffic mitigation.

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I5 is closing for repairs. Is there any
study traffic counts on the impacts to

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East Portland?
Where is the curiosity and care?

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We are part of a whole. You know, here's
the perspective from East Portland.

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Portland's big initiatives. Moda Center
surrounding development waterfront

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reimagined grants received for an
emissionfree delivery zone in downtown.

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East Portland gateway boarded up the
Columbia River at our doorstep but

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barely accessible.
Natural green infrastructure like the

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Columbia Slooh inaccessible. a tsunami
of traffic heading our way and nearing a

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plan, a study
out there, let alone funded.

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Now is the time for all counselors to be
curious about what you can do to prevent

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that tsunami of traffic from creating
once again climate burdens that once

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again fall disproportionately to East
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» Thank you very much for being here with
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» Shares is joining us online. Sharice, go
ahead and unmute.

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Good afternoon, counselors. This I'm
Shereice Bach. She her and the climate

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policy director at 350 PDX, an
organization working toward climate

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justice in Portland. And wanted to also
speak to the climate action plan today.

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cosign on that last comment of paying
attention to the I5 bridge replacement

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and also district one in all of this and
wanted to particularly draw your

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attention to remembering the climate
justice audit that was done by the city

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auditor earlier this year and also just
to note that in the news just this last

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week the United Nations environment
program came out with a new report

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showing that globally we're going to
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that scientists say we need to stay
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uh not feel the worst effects of climate
change. And so they're saying we need to

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as quickly as possible move away from
fossil fuels in stay below two degrees

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and then get back down to below 1.5
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the United States is struggling to take
climate action right now, cities are

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where much of the pollution is. So we
can still do our part and make a

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significant positive impact and the rest
of the world is really moving towards

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zero emissions energy and
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And so the more Portland can participate
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the global economy.
So I appreciate and endorse the work

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that the office of sustainability is
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plan with the sustainability and climate
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draw your attention to the climate
justice audit that the auditor auditor

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did in February of this year. That audit
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continuing to work on climate change
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adaptation strategies to ensure the
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change first and worst.
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of not enough authority for the
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is right under the mayor and city
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officer has no direct link to oversight
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working on climate and sustainability
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that audit was that the sustainability
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great to develop another climate action
plan, it just sits on a shelf unless the

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city council directs funds for
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Next year, the city will also begin
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plan. And so I encourage everyone to
consider how to strategically use the

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PAF funds that are allocated to projects
within the city budget to help move the

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climate action plan forward if they're
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PEF can't be the answer for everything.
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sustainability awareness into every
project the city does and into the whole

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budgeting process needs to occur in
order to make it useful to do another

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climate action plan. Thank you very
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» Thank you very much for joining us
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» That concludes public input.
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to our next agenda item, which is a
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last two pieces of testimony on climate
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could you please call agenda item two?
>> Yes. Item number two, document number

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2026-318,
Portland Geek Week and Sneaky Sasquatch.

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» Thank you, Colle.
>> Sneaky Squatch.

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» Sneaky Squatch. Uh we are going to hear
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community who are bringing us geek week
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Geek Week is the latest. It starts this
coming week I believe opportunity to

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bring Portlanders together and get us
out into the community and really lean

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into some of the things that make this a
fantastic space. And if you did not get

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an opportunity to notice our new
Sasquatch friend in the atrium on your

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way in, I encourage everybody to head
downstairs after this meeting to uh to

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see that addition to city hall. But with
that, I am going to turn it over to our

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guests. Thank you so much for being here
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» Hello. Thank you for uh uh allowing me
to speak with you. Um, councilors,

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council president, thank you for being
here. Um, I'm David Ray Croft, uh,

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constituent of District 3, um, and, uh,
advocate for, uh, our streets and

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neighborhoods and the quirky life that
is, uh, Portland. Um, so what is Geek

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Week PDX? It is a citywide festival
celebrating the quirky, the nerdy, and

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the creative in Portland.
Um, it's the only event of its kind in

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the world. So there are lots of comic
conventions, there are lots of

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um festivals, there are lots of
uh events that gather people together.

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But nowhere else in the world is there a
city that so uniquely demonstrates on a

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daily basis
um the creative vitality that is geek

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culture. Uh I think a great example of
that is when we decided as a city to

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protest ice. We did not throw rocks, we
inflated frogs.

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That is the nerdy heart of our uh of our
community.

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Um so Geek Week PDX is only about three
years old. It's not about three years

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old. It is in fact this is our third
year of putting it on um in a row. Uh

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we've gone from an idea that a couple of
nerds had running around the city um to

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101 nights of programming in a 10-day
period of time that involves over 200

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small businesses, community groups, and
organizations.

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Um
why does that matter? Because it takes

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place in every district. There are
events happening in district one,

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district two, downtown,
central east side, and everywhere in

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between. A great example of that is the
Sneaky Sasquatch art hunt. It's sort of

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like the the uh Leica Crows and that it
is a citywide art hunt, but it's

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completely grassroots.
It is an idea that was put out into the

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ether and over 25 artists have created
unique works of art. We c you can start

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downstairs with the 8-foot statue made
from recycled

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garbage bags. Um and has been turned
into a wonderful work of art. There are

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nine pieces within walking distance of
the front door. Um, I encourage

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everybody to to take a look and see what
you can find. Um, it's a way to inspire

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not only the artistic community to get
involved, but to inspire people uh to

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explore maybe beyond their front door
and go somewhere they haven't been yet.

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Um, last but not least, I want to touch
touch on the impact of nerd culture. Um

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because there is no such thing as geek
culture or nerd culture. It is just

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culture. It is food nerds. It is sneaker
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craft nerds. Um it is geeks of all walks
of life. As a matter of fact, in the

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city of Portland, there are more than
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together, we're probably the uh the
largest constituency.

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Um, last year during Geek Week, if you
take all of the events, we had 20,000

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people participating.
That's a stadium full of people, but

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instead of in one place at one time,
they are in they are 40 groups of 40

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people in 200 small businesses 10 nights
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That is a way to drive ongoing and
sustainable uh business. Um, so,

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uh, to to finish out, um, it's really I
really wanted to highlight not only the

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events of Geek Week, which you can find
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Um, not only to inspire you to go out
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people have volunteered and donated and
created. Um but really to understand

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that there are a lot of us um there are
more

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trivia nights in one week played in bars
in in the city of Portland than there

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are sports bar broadcasts in an entire
year. So tells you a little bit about

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what inspires the people of Portland.
Um, and I wanted to share a little bit

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about what uh the the hidden mass masses
that you may not be aware of. Thank you.

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» Thank you so much, Council President.
>> Thank you. Thank you, colleagues. Um,

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for the record, my name is Jamie Duny. I
serve as the president of the Portland

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City Council and a District 1 city
councelor. Um, I have done no scientific

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research to back this claim up, but
Portland is the nerdiest city in

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America. Um, and you know, I uh believe
I hold the title of the nerdiest city

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counselor in Portland history. From the
Batman poster in my office to the Darth

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Vader belt buckle I'm wearing every day
or the Ninja Turtle tattoo that you

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cannot see. Um, I also, uh, you know, I
love living in Portland because it is a

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

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private time. Um, I make a lot of uh
recreations of Star Wars masks and

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things from Marvel movies. Um, and I I
also get to be one of the nerds who

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walks around the convention center at a
Comic Con every year. So, um, you won't

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see me this year because I'll have a
mask on, but um, and lastly, my team

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hoped that I would come to this uh,
meeting dressed as Sasquatch in order to

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advertise this uh, Sasquatch hunt, but
unfortunately, I don't have a Sasquatch

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costume quite yet. I'm really thankful
to be part of this year's uh kickoff and

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thank you councelor Purdleghini for
bringing this to the city life committee

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and for continuing to champion this. I
think it's really important. Anything

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that gets people out of their houses and
out into the community and around each

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other and building the sense of
community that Portland is known for is

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really important. So whether it's the uh
the crow scavenger hunt that's

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associated with the Leica's celebration
of the new movie Wildwood or now the

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squatch Sasquatch hunt for Geek Week,
there's going to be a lot of really good

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reasons for people to get out and go
explore the city. Try and find these

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statues and find something new that
you've never seen in the city that you

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have. I will spend the next month out
there looking around and I hope that

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everybody at home will come and join us.
I really want to thank PDX Monsters for

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creating the Sasquatch Hunt and I really
want to thank David right here for uh

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the third week or third year of Geek
Week PDX for all the hard coordination

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that is to wrangle all these nerds. So,
thank you for all your work and I hope

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everybody will get out their house and
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» Thank you.
>> Thank you. And David, do we have any of

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the artists with us up here? I'm not
sure if anybody made it upstairs.

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» They they did not. they uh they had to
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» Pass along our gratitude for all of the
amazing creations that they have given

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to our city uh to enjoy over the next
week and a half. Colleagues, are there

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any questions for David before we move
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» Councelor Ryan.
>> David, [clears throat] I just want to

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acknowledge your steadfast persistence
on this. I remember you coming to my

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office in late 2023 and uh here you are
and it it's working and I'm not going to

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dispute the findings. That's for sure.
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» I can actually validate that city.
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» So thank you for um loving the city and
getting people activated and having joy

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again. I really appreciate it. I'm
really proud of you. It's great work.

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For folks who are interested in learning
about the 101 programs that are

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happening over 10 days, what is the best
place to find a comprehensive list of

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all of the Geek Week activities?
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pdx.com.
Um and we have them categorized by um

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day. So every day you can see what's
going on that night. uh or well night

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and day and uh also by
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Dragons, food and wine, whatever you're
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» Fantastic. Thank you so much. And thank
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various nerdoms that uh we know exist in
our city into one place so that folks

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can can realize what a broad range of
interests there are and how much the

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folks who pursue those interests really
have in common when it comes to caring

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about the culture of our city.
>> Thank you.

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» Thank you both.
>> Thank you.

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We are going to move on to our third
agenda item. And Wendy, can you please

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call that agenda item for us?
>> Thank you. Yes. Item number three,

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document number 2026-319,
council action on climate in

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anticipation of 2030.
>> Thank you. And colleagues, we have four

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presentations before us. I am going to
give us a little bit of an overview

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because this is something that I
actually think is quite important. Then

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we will hear from our vice chair and
from councelor Murio who chaired the

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committee that previously or co-chared
the committee that previously took on

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this work. Today is a really important
conversation and one that we haven't

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gotten to dive into yet in this
committee. Among the many important

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topic areas that we cover here, perhaps
none is more pressing in terms of its

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broader impact than the topic of topic
of climate. Anthropogenic climate change

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remains the greatest threat to people,
to a healthy habitable planet, to the

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future of humanity. And despite this,
governments across the globe, including

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our own, the United States nationally,
have rolled back their climate progress,

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have rolled back their implementing
policies, and have begun to put us

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further out of reach from our climate
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We'll hear more about the city's climate
goals from our first presenter, but as a

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reminder, the city of Portland's stated
goal is to achieve a 50% reduction from

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our 1990 emission levels by 2030 and get
to net zero by 2050.

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2030 is 4 years from now.
Let's be clear, though this sounds big,

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these are not actually bold goals. They
are the bare minimum that international

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experts have said we need to accomplish
in order to achieve our obligations to

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our planet and to our neighbors.
And yet we know it will take bold

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actions to get there. We are merely one
city and our impact alone won't turn the

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tide. But we should not fool ourselves
into thinking that means that our

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contributions are unimportant because we
can reduce emissions and the power of

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our example is significant.
This I hope is all the more clear as we

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see the dangerous impact of climate
inaction on the news every day.

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It is worth noting that just this
weekend, the most recent incident of

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devastating flash floods in Nepal
intensified by climate change claimed

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the lives of more than 1,000 people.
The impacts are real.

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Colleagues, today is not the start of
this conversation.

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This council undertook important work on
climate and sustainability last year

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through a committee led by councilors
Mario Murio and Novik

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and we were a leader on this topic years
before that. But it is, I hope, a moment

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for our city to renew our focus as we
hear just how far we are from our goals.

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We have some big decisions ahead of us.
We will adopt a new climate action plan

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in 2028.
And that same year, we will adopt a new

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5-year climate investment plan to direct
PF dollars towards critical achieve

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critical undertakings.
Our first presentation today will be

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from our chief sustainability officer,
Vivian Satderfield, who will overview

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Portland's climate goals, our progress
or lack of progress, and outline some of

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the key decision points ahead. We also
have a significant amount of work to do

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though in the private sector. Work we
cannot legislate quite as uh directly

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but which we can incentivize especially
in our transportation and industry

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sectors.
Industry today will be a focus as well

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because we already have important
critically important work underway in

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this sector. done right, done the
Portland way, industry can provide

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highquality, high wage union jobs to
people in our community, bettering

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enabling those who choose to live in
Portland to actually be able to afford

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to do so.
industry provides vital goods and

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services to Portlanders, contributes to
the ta tax base that funds our essential

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public services and programs, and at the
same time, it can

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minimize their burden on our
environmental challenges, the chief of

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which is the unprecedented and colossal
threat of global climate change, but

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only if we are intentional about
ensuring industry here does so.

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inaction
is not acceptable. And therefore, our

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second presentation today will be from
the many stakeholders who are a part of

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the clean industry partnership
facilitated by their executive director,

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Jules Bailey, who will share more with
us about the work that is underway there

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and the opportunity for more. Third,
we'll turn to a presentation by a

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fantastic group, the climate optimists.
This is a group that was working with

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our former uh committee last year and
which uh we have been waiting for a long

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time to hear from on city council.
There's a tendency in climate

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discussions to frame choices as
trade-offs between jobs and emission

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reductions, between growth and
sustainability. And that framing we know

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is outdated and short-sighted. What we
will hear today from the climate

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optimists points toward a different
path. One where climate action drives

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economic opportunity, where innovation
lowers costs, where doing things in an

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environmental way is also doing things
in a smart economic way. I've asked the

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climate optimists represented by their
executive director, Jason Lewis, to

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share some of their win-win climate
ideas with us. The ideas could save the

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city money, improve livability, or
achieve city goals alongside major

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climate action. And then finally, we'll
turn to a presentation by the Multma

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County Youth Commission, Climate and
Sustainability Committee. I'll take a

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moment here to uh brag on my own offic's
Youth Commission liaison, Hazel Chan,

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who brought this issue forward to me.
She will join her colleague Enzo Karpio

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to share with us some of the work that
they are hoping to take on. We know that

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too many young Portlanders feel like we
are not moving fast enough on climate. I

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have heard directly from young
Portlanders who tell me that they think

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that with all of the immediate crisis
facing our city, we've lost sight of the

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biggest before us, our work on climate.
that frustration is warranted and our

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responsibility is not just to
acknowledge your concerns but to meet

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them with action. Credible, measurable
progress that demonstrates we are not

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stepping back but stepping in. And to
that end, I've asked Hazel and Enzo to

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present what their committee is working
on and what they hope to see as a way

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for us to better have a finger on the
pulse of what we need to be doing to

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meet the calls of young people in our
community to take bold action.

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I want to note that while some of the
things we hear about may involve PAF

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dollars or be solvable with PAF dollars,
today is not a conversation about PAF

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broadly. It is a conversation about how
we address our own climate goals and the

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needs of our community. Pace is but one
tool to get there, one that we will

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certainly talk more about over the
coming year as we lead toward building

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our next climate action plan. But I hope
we don't get high centered on PA in our

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conversations today.
So colleagues, let's make today about

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focus, about not losing sight of the
progress that we must make on climate,

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about finding the path forward that does
not pit climate against good jobs,

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economic growth, or social justice
because they are all critical.

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Portland desperately needs that hard to
defi, hard to find, hard to grasp Green

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New Deal. But we have to ca craft it
carefully, deliberately and together. I

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hope that by the end of the day today,
we will have some new ideas for how we

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can do that that we may be able to move
forward on jointly as a committee as we

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complete our work over the next few
months. With that, I am going to turn it

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over to my vice chair, councelor
Zimmerman. Councelor,

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» uh, thank you, chair, and thanks for
just framing it up that way. I think

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those are great opening remarks. Um I I
know that you know Multma County just

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took their uh up their climate just
justice update and I and I was thinking

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

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Portland perspective and I think that's
probably the right approach. Way too

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many times in this community we see the
two largest governments um not and this

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is one where I think we can get it
right. Um I kind of think of it in terms

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of what's the win-wins climate solution
and the future of Portland. And for me,

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I just want to frame that up in terms
of, you know, we have an opportunity for

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creating family wage jobs as we think
through the funds that we use, how we

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use them uh on climate related projects.
I think that that is the the first step

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of getting serious to this was getting
ideas out there and some of those have

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been going great and the next phase is
to make sure that they're growing great

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for everybody who's involved with them.
And so, um, I think that this can be

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achieved through ensuring that the city
projects that are,

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you know, utilizing compliance and
standards similar to what we did with

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the electrical vehicle. Um, that gives
us an opportunity to kind of take the

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high road, be a responsible contracting
organization,

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uh, make sure that we're legally
defensible and enforceable because I

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think when we do that, and we're just
coming off of Labor Day, right? When we

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do that, it means that Portland dollars
stay with Portland workers, stay with

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families who are in Portland, who can
see a future here, who are contributing

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to the greater good and uh climate
impacts. And I just think that that's an

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important thing to keep centered here.
At least that's where my eyes will be

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while I'm while I'm centering this
conversation. So, thanks for framing it

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up. Thanks for um putting this all
together. Thank you.

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» Thank you, Vice Chair. And before we
jump into our first presentation,

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Councelor Mario, you helped to lead a
lot of this work last year. if you can

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just share a little bit with us about
what we're picking up from, that would

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be fantastic.
>> Yeah, thanks so much. Um, and sorry I

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can't be there today. I have uh I blame
Novik for whatever cold he spread around

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the District 3 office. Um, but thanks
everyone for being there. I was the

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co-chair of the climate committee along
with councelor Novik uh before that

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committee was dissolved and sort of
reconvened into this and we covered a

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lot of different uh topics that were
very important. Um, we talked about the

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CI hub. We talked about sort of the myth
of renewable fuels as an option that's

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going to save us in this new economy um,
and in this new world. And we talked

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about the electrification of city
buildings. Those were just a few of the

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items that we covered. But I think that
a central focus of what we discussed

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really was um, I think what councelor
Purlein said is correct, right? We are

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in an urgent moment. We are seeing
thousands of people die at a time and

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those are predominantly happening in the
global south and other areas that are

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going to be impacted first due to the
United States exporting a lot of the

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harm uh that we do to the environment to
other countries and benefiting from

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that. So we have a responsibility to
take action no matter how small or big

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at the local level in order to address
that. And in large part, my focus as a

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committee chair was not just to talk
about the good fuel things that we could

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do at the climate committee or at the
local level, but to also address the

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greenwashing that happens. Um there are
a lot of fuel companies in Portland that

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are going to tell us that we have um
magical options for renewable fuels that

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are just as combustible and flammable as
other fuel storage types. Um and that

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still exists along the Wamtt River. We
have discussions here at council right

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now about the Zenith oil train, the
franchise transfer of uh Zenith to a new

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company and we have to do our due
diligence when it's politically

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inconvenient. Um because as was stated
before, it's my generation and younger

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that is going to bear the brunt of these
climate impacts. Um I just turned 30

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this year. The vast majority of my
friends are not having kids and are not

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starting families because they don't
know what type of world we're going to

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leave them with. And so I would urge my
colleagues to say that we're actually

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not going to be moving at a moderate,
slow, deliberate pace on these things

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because we don't have time to move at a
moderate, slow, deliberate pace. We have

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to take aggressive action where and when
we can and that was the goal of the

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climate committee before. Um, this
committee is in a strange spot because

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we have to balance the needs of industry
and climate. um it doesn't have a focus

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specifically on climate anymore, but I
hope that we will take that very

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seriously and weigh it differently
because there are no jobs uh if Oregon

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burns down. So, I will leave it at that.
>> Thank you, councelor.

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Colleagues, I am going to turn it over
to Vivian Satderfield, our city's chief

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sustainability officer, to lead off our
work here today talking about Portland's

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climate action plan. Thank you, Vivian.
>> Great. Thank you, Chair Ple, Guinea,

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Vice Chair Zimmerman, members of the
committee. For the record, I'm Vivian

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Satderfield. I'm your chief
sustainability officer and a very proud

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climate and sustainability nerd. Um, I
appreciate the invitation to join you

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today and for the opportunity to begin
today's discussion on climate policy. My

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presentation is going to pull on a few
of the threads that um, Chair Pleg

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

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think it'll go nicely also with the
subsequent panels that we have uh, here

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today.

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One moment, please.

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As Vice Chair Zimmerman observed, um,
Portland and Multmo County have been

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tracking local carbon emissions for more
than 30 years using an annual

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sector-based emissions inventory. It's
helpful to remember that city council

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declared a climate emergency in 2020 and
directed city bureaus to restore a safe

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climate for all Portlanders, which
requires that we meet two carbon

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reduction targets. By 2030, we must
slash Portland's climate warming carbon

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emissions 50% or more compared to 1990
levels. That's an ambitious but

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necessary goalpost for us to achieve net
zero by 2050 as called for in the Paris

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agreement and our own policy documents.
By 2050, we must reduce carbon emissions

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to net zero. These goals are grounded in
climate science and shared by the United

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Nations and the numerous networks and
agreements that the city of Portland is

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signatory to, which informs our approach
to addressing one of the most pressing

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but solvable challenges of current
generations.

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Over the years, council has adopted a
range of ongoing programs and policy

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initiatives grouped by the sectors by
which carbon comes from. That's

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electricity, buildings, transportation,
and industry. And you'll hear more from

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the second panel about our strategy for
the industrial sector to reduce

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emissions, pollution, and waste, and
follow inclusive practices that benefit

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workers and fence line communities.
So, just to ground us in the data here,

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as previously mentioned, Portland and
Multim County have been tracking local

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local carbon emissions since 1990. We
have a long history of climate action

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collaboration with Multma County, but
there are also specific data sets used

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for the emissions inventory that are
only available at the county level. The

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numbers I'm sharing today are from 2023,
and that's because our emissions

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inventories run about two years behind
because of how long it takes fuel sales

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data to move through federal reporting.
We are just ahead of this fall's release

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of the 2024 data, which we'll be
reporting and sharing out this fall.

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We hit peak peak emissions in 2000. As
of 2023, Portland's emissions are 26%

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below 1990 levels. And that's a real
departure from the United States as a

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country, which is still only about 2%
below 1990.

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That 26% below 1990 figure is only 1%
above our lowest point ever during the

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2020 first year of the pandemic. So,
we've essentially erased the

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post-pandemic rebound.
Notably, in the period when emissions

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have declined to 26%, the population has
increased 38% and job growth is at 35%.

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But 26% is not where we need to be to
hit 2030. We need roughly a 5.5

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reduction every year from here. about
320,000 metric tonses of CO2 annually.

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From 2030 to 2050, that pace eases
slightly to about 230,000 tons a year.

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So, the next four years are the steepest
climb we will face in this entire

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effort. What we decide now in this
budget cycle and the next determines

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whether we make that climb or fall
further behind it.

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Unsurprisingly, the top sources of our
emissions come from electricity.

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Gasoline was referred to as natural gas
and diesel. Gasoline emissions are down,

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but diesel is up an alarming 69% since
1990. And that's driven most entirely by

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freight and delivery demand.
Natural gas emissions are up as well,

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18% overall. The residential sector
alone is up 62% since 1990. It's the one

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major fuel source moving in the wrong
direction because there's no market

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pressure shifting consumers away from it
the way there is with gas prices

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on electricity. The emissions inventory
runs on the regional grid mix and it's

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still 67% generated by fossil fuels. A
few notes here. State law requires

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utilities to hit 80% by 2030 and to
eliminate 100% of greenhouse gas

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emissions by 2040. And it's worth
stating here, the city's own goal via

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the 100% renewable resolution has
committed us to achieving 100% renewable

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electricity by 2035.
Since electricity is our currently our

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00:56:31,839 --> 00:56:38,000
number one emissions source, we can't
reach our adopted goals without the

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utilities also hitting their mandated
80% reduction in emissions by 2030.

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Due to the cost of procuring or
developing new renewable resources, we

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don't really expect the utilities to
significantly increase that 33%

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renewable rate until the state deadline.
[clears throat]

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Achieving the 2050 net zero target
requires extensive action across all

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sectors.
By sector, transportation and commercial

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00:57:03,680 --> 00:57:11,440
buildings are our two biggest sources,
40% and 24% of emissions, respectively,

651
00:57:09,200 --> 00:57:16,960
followed by residential buildings at 18%
and industrial emissions at 12%. So,

652
00:57:14,720 --> 00:57:21,119
something to sit with is that nearly 2/3
of what we need to cut comes from how

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00:57:18,640 --> 00:57:24,319
people get around and how buildings use
energy.

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There are also the sectors where we've
seen some real progress. For example,

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since 1990, industrial emissions are
down 58%, residential is down 27%.

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Transportation is down only 13% and is
an area where our ongoing efforts to

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00:57:38,240 --> 00:57:44,720
work with regional, state, and federal
partners is needed to massively

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00:57:41,920 --> 00:57:49,200
decarbonize and transform how we get the
places we need to go. You'll hear in one

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00:57:47,280 --> 00:57:53,520
of the subsequent panels today about how
important mass transit is to that goal.

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And so I want to give some appreciation
and acknowledgement um and thank the

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council for expanding that access to
city employees just this week.

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The climate emergency work plan was our
prior climate action plan with 47

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actions across decarbonization and
resilience, many of which we're still

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executing today. In 2020, the Bureau of
Planning and Sustainability hired a

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00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:22,000
consultant to build a decarbonization
pathways model to help understand what

666
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it would take to achieve the targets
adopted through the climate emergency

667
00:58:23,760 --> 00:58:29,520
declaration.
The purpose of the tool is to help

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policymakers and the public visualize
the scale and combinations of specific

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00:58:32,079 --> 00:58:39,359
climate strategies needed to meet net
zero called pathways. This tool can

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00:58:37,520 --> 00:58:44,000
model different reduction scenarios and
was recently aligned and updated with

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00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:47,359
updated inventories and newly adopted
state policies. You can click on this

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00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:52,720
link and play around with a lot of those
assumptions. It's a very powerful and

673
00:58:49,440 --> 00:58:56,400
really cool tool um that you can uh
offer various inputs into and see some

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00:58:55,040 --> 00:59:01,280
of the challenges of what it's taking
all of us to try to reach net zero. The

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00:58:59,119 --> 00:59:05,680
top line however is that net zero is
still possible by 2050.

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The change in the baseline trajectory
alone since the previous version of this

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00:59:07,440 --> 00:59:14,880
pathway tool shows what can be achieved
with focused action, improved building

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00:59:12,319 --> 00:59:18,319
energy codes and state level grid
decarbonization policy which have

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00:59:16,720 --> 00:59:22,799
shifted the baseline dramatically
towards net zero. It'll take continual

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00:59:20,960 --> 00:59:27,559
effort to ensure those goals are met,
but the near-term impacts are

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00:59:24,559 --> 00:59:27,559
significant.

682
00:59:27,760 --> 00:59:35,359
Okay, I'm going to widen the lens here
for a moment. Everything so far has

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counted emissions produced inside Multma
Countyy's boundary. Consumption-based

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emissions count something entirely
different. The full life cycle impact of

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what Multimma County residents and
governments buy and use. That's

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materials, food, goods, services,
wherever in the world that production

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00:59:51,680 --> 00:59:58,720
happens. That's increasingly important
in our globalized economy. Here you can

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00:59:56,799 --> 01:00:02,079
see Multim County consumption-based
emissions compared to our local

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emissions.
In 2015, Portland was the first city in

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01:00:05,119 --> 01:00:13,119
the world to publish a cityscale
consumption-based emissions inventory.

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01:00:10,880 --> 01:00:18,480
This ven diagram is useful because it
shows the comparison in scale between

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01:00:15,920 --> 01:00:22,640
Portland's two types of emissions
inventories while simultaneously telling

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01:00:21,040 --> 01:00:26,559
the story of the impact of our
consumption globally.

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01:00:24,960 --> 01:00:30,400
Total emissions are 20 million, but
sector-based emissions are only 7.1

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01:00:28,720 --> 01:00:37,119
million compared to consumption-based
emissions at 18.8 million. This shows

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01:00:33,359 --> 01:00:41,359
that 65% of our emissions resulting from
our consumption are not produced within

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01:00:39,599 --> 01:00:44,480
our boundaries.
When looking at these emissions through

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01:00:42,720 --> 01:00:49,200
a life cycle lens, it's clear that our
traditional methods of climate planning

699
01:00:46,160 --> 01:00:53,599
that focus solely on use and disposal
phase emissions are just far too

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01:00:51,040 --> 01:00:57,839
limited. However, it's difficult to
reduce production phase emissions when

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01:00:55,599 --> 01:01:01,440
most production occurs outside our city
boundaries. This challenge is heightened

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01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:06,240
by continued outsourcing of
manufacturing and supply chains to other

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01:01:03,440 --> 01:01:11,040
countries. And this requires us to use
both supply and demand side

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01:01:08,559 --> 01:01:14,400
interventions, influencing production
supply chains where we can and

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01:01:12,799 --> 01:01:18,240
addressing the demand for those products
when we can't. However, the city of

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Portland can use its own purchasing
power to shift demand. A great example

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01:01:20,319 --> 01:01:27,680
of this is Portland's own lowcarbon
concrete procurement policy, which

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01:01:24,960 --> 01:01:32,240
requires suppliers of concrete of for
city infrastructure projects to disclose

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01:01:29,760 --> 01:01:36,000
carbon emissions and supply lower carbon
concrete, changing the local demand for

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01:01:34,480 --> 01:01:39,400
lowcarbon concrete with our own
purchasing power.

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01:01:39,440 --> 01:01:45,920
So, let's look at our consumption and
sector trends together.

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01:01:44,240 --> 01:01:50,880
Consumption-based emissions are
increasing year-over-year as local

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01:01:48,079 --> 01:01:57,480
emissions have declined. We are solving
one problem while a second larger one

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01:01:53,680 --> 01:01:57,480
grows underneath it.

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01:01:58,720 --> 01:02:03,839
Our net zero pathway is a modeled
scenario. It includes building

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01:02:02,160 --> 01:02:08,960
electrification accelerating starting
now. Electric vehicle adoption climbing

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01:02:06,960 --> 01:02:13,599
with all new passenger vehicles sold in
the state of Oregon being mandated to be

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01:02:11,119 --> 01:02:17,839
electric by 2035.
heavyduty vehicle electrification

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01:02:15,440 --> 01:02:22,057
beginning in 2027.
Renewable fuels replacing all fossil

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01:02:20,079 --> 01:02:25,920
fuels that's left. Pardon
[clears throat] me. This all requires

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01:02:23,839 --> 01:02:29,760
sustained state and local policy
starting now.

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01:02:28,160 --> 01:02:34,079
Rapid action starting now is essential
to longerterm success and minimizing

723
01:02:31,920 --> 01:02:38,160
cumulative emissions.
Delaying action now means steeper cuts

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01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:41,599
are required later to achieve Portland's
necessary climate goals, which on the

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01:02:40,000 --> 01:02:45,760
one hand will potentially increase the
cost and disruptiveness of necessary

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01:02:43,760 --> 01:02:49,440
climate actions, and on the other hand,
will lower the chances of meeting the

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01:02:47,119 --> 01:02:52,559
2050 goal.
The difference in cumulative emissions

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01:02:50,880 --> 01:02:57,040
if the city takes action now versus
waiting until 2030 could result in more

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01:02:54,640 --> 01:03:01,599
than 15 million tons of additional GHG
emissions more than 25% higher than

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01:02:59,760 --> 01:03:06,040
cumulative emissions under the rapid
action net zero scenario.

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And so that brings me to the work
required of us to meet that challenge. I

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01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:15,599
want to highlight findings from the city
auditor's recent climate justice audit.

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01:03:13,839 --> 01:03:19,200
The audit found that while in Portland
has committed to climate justice,

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01:03:17,359 --> 01:03:23,359
significant gaps remain in implementing
effective strategies to follow through

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01:03:20,799 --> 01:03:27,839
on our climate commitments. The audit
had five recommendations in response.

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01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:31,200
One, the city needs clear central
authority to guide and coordinate

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01:03:29,200 --> 01:03:35,599
climate policy across bureaus for
consistent climate action and

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01:03:32,799 --> 01:03:40,160
prioritization. My role was elevated in
our new form of government to help

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01:03:36,960 --> 01:03:44,079
address this. Two, we need to consider
climate cost considerations. City

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01:03:42,480 --> 01:03:48,240
Administrator Lee responded that we need
to coordinate climate budgeting in our

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01:03:45,680 --> 01:03:52,160
next climate action plan which also
required required by C40, one of the

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01:03:50,720 --> 01:03:55,680
global networks that we're associated
with

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01:03:53,760 --> 01:03:59,920
alongside the Portland Clean Energy
Fund's next climate investment plan and

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01:03:57,520 --> 01:04:04,880
the city budget office. Our next climate
action plan does plan to address this.

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01:04:02,960 --> 01:04:08,799
Three, we need to integrate climate
adaptation and mitigation. And I want to

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01:04:07,359 --> 01:04:11,920
spend a moment here because this is
where I think we've actually been

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01:04:09,839 --> 01:04:16,559
incomplete. Everything I've shown you so
far is just mitigation, reducing the

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01:04:14,160 --> 01:04:20,400
emissions that we produce. But even if
Portland hit net zero tomorrow, we would

749
01:04:18,400 --> 01:04:25,039
still face the heat, fire, and flooding
risk already locked in by a um by a

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01:04:22,640 --> 01:04:28,640
century of global emissions. Our next
climate plan must reduce emissions and

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01:04:26,880 --> 01:04:34,559
prepare Portlanders for the impacts
already coming. Resilience is not a nice

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01:04:31,839 --> 01:04:39,599
to have alongside mitigation. It's the
other half of the same obligation, and

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01:04:36,319 --> 01:04:42,960
our next plan treats it that way.
Four, we need to develop a

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01:04:41,359 --> 01:04:46,640
prioritization framework for the next
climate action plan. As part of the

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01:04:45,039 --> 01:04:49,760
development for the next climate action
plan, we are working with staff, subject

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01:04:48,480 --> 01:04:55,359
matter experts, and the city's
performance lab to accomplish this.

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01:04:52,960 --> 01:04:59,520
And five, community is a critical
partner, especially our frontline

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01:04:57,599 --> 01:05:03,359
communities in all aspects of climate
work. We're currently working on a

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01:05:01,599 --> 01:05:07,680
citywide climate engagement strategy
which will include engagement for the

760
01:05:04,799 --> 01:05:13,720
next climate action plan and PAF's next
CIP to ensure we're meeting community

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01:05:10,720 --> 01:05:13,720
priorities.

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01:05:15,039 --> 01:05:19,119
The Sustainability and Climate
Commission has already taken up the

763
01:05:17,520 --> 01:05:22,880
charge to identify near-term climate
actions that the city can take while

764
01:05:20,799 --> 01:05:27,119
we're developing the next climate action
plan. You'll hear from the co-chairs of

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01:05:25,359 --> 01:05:31,680
the policy and implementation committee
in describing the touch points council

766
01:05:28,880 --> 01:05:34,960
can anticipate in the CAP development.
And you can expect to hear from the

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01:05:33,359 --> 01:05:39,839
policy implementation committee when
their first recommendation is ready.

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01:05:38,079 --> 01:05:45,839
I want to address three areas where we
can take near-term action on resilience.

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01:05:43,920 --> 01:05:52,160
The climate change risk assessment
identifies heat as one of our most

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01:05:47,839 --> 01:05:58,559
urgent threats. We expect roughly 6060
days each year with a heat index above

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01:05:54,720 --> 01:06:05,359
80° F. That's 3 weeks more than in the
past. We're also looking at increases of

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01:06:01,200 --> 01:06:09,039
9 to 11 days of extreme fire danger.
Earlier this year, as part of another

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01:06:06,799 --> 01:06:13,920
panel in front of this committee, I
emphasized the opportunity to align our

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01:06:11,039 --> 01:06:17,440
energy and resilience strategies. That
could look like adopting carbon

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01:06:15,280 --> 01:06:21,119
performance and cooling standards for
buildings to become more resilient to

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01:06:19,200 --> 01:06:26,240
hotter days.
Advancing resilient hubs citywide,

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01:06:24,160 --> 01:06:31,359
adopting a smart surfaces approach,
which means investing in trees, solar,

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01:06:29,119 --> 01:06:39,160
reflective, and permeable surfaces, cool
roofs that can reduce urban heat, save

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01:06:34,319 --> 01:06:39,160
energy, and lower long-term costs.

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01:06:39,200 --> 01:06:44,640
Another idea is the municipal energy
strategy because Oregon is at a critical

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01:06:43,119 --> 01:06:48,400
juncture in the energy transition
because of landmark statewide

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01:06:45,920 --> 01:06:52,400
legislation over the last several years.
These developments require a fresh look

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01:06:50,319 --> 01:06:56,799
and a reframing of energy policy and
practices at the local level. At the

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01:06:54,559 --> 01:07:00,960
same time, PAF is helping to reshape the
local landscape for clean energy

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01:06:58,720 --> 01:07:04,880
investments.
The city of Portland has several key

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01:07:02,640 --> 01:07:08,640
roles in this transition. As a leader in
lowering carbon emissions from our own

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01:07:06,480 --> 01:07:13,599
operations,
as an energy consumer and rateayer, as

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01:07:11,440 --> 01:07:18,319
an advocate at statewide legislative and
regulatory tables, and as an investor in

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01:07:16,079 --> 01:07:22,960
clean energy projects and energy justice
communities. A first step in this

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01:07:20,720 --> 01:07:28,960
strategy is to invest in a centralized
energy management information system for

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01:07:25,760 --> 01:07:33,280
city facilities to track energy usage,
identify energy saving opportunities,

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01:07:31,280 --> 01:07:38,400
and lay the foundation for a connected
network of city facilities.

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01:07:35,920 --> 01:07:43,119
Long-term, integrate sophisticated
energy management controls to operate

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01:07:40,720 --> 01:07:48,599
city facilities as resilience hubs and
as a connected micro grid and virtual

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01:07:45,280 --> 01:07:48,599
power plant.

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01:07:48,640 --> 01:07:53,359
And as I mentioned earlier, climate
budgeting. [clears throat and snorts]

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01:07:51,760 --> 01:07:56,880
Climate budgeting is an iterative
process which which embeds climate

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01:07:55,039 --> 01:08:01,920
targets and considerations into
decision-making on policies, actions,

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01:07:59,200 --> 01:08:06,000
and budgets. Findings from cities that
have already successfully implemented

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01:08:03,680 --> 01:08:10,880
climate budgeting, such as Oslo and New
York City, show that climate budgeting

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01:08:08,480 --> 01:08:16,319
is most effective when treated not as an
environmental add-on, but as a reform of

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01:08:13,440 --> 01:08:20,960
public financial management, translating
climate goals into actionable fiscal

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01:08:18,799 --> 01:08:24,400
strategies.
Staff are working on a proposal on

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01:08:22,719 --> 01:08:27,799
climate budgeting pilot for the next
fiscal year.

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01:08:28,799 --> 01:08:33,679
So, while the Sustainability and Climate
Commission is working on near-term

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01:08:32,239 --> 01:08:37,920
actions, they're also developing the
next climate action plan with an immense

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01:08:35,600 --> 01:08:41,279
amount of support from staff. I'm
leading executive leadership input, and

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01:08:39,839 --> 01:08:44,880
this includes the mayor, city
administrator, all DCAs, bureau

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01:08:43,199 --> 01:08:48,560
directors, and ultimately I'll be
bringing the climate action plan to the

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01:08:46,480 --> 01:08:52,480
council for adoption.
The project lead, Ela Visa Livingstone,

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01:08:50,880 --> 01:08:56,560
is working with staff teams and the
sustainability and climate commission

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01:08:53,920 --> 01:09:00,080
under my direction. I want to say a word
about PA here because while I do know

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01:08:58,560 --> 01:09:04,640
that council understands that program
separately, but it's worth connecting

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01:09:01,759 --> 01:09:08,960
the dots here. PEF's climate investments
are directly capacitating and

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01:09:06,400 --> 01:09:13,359
accelerating this work. The next climate
action plan and PAF's next climate

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01:09:11,199 --> 01:09:16,960
investment plan must be coordinated to
deliver on our climate and community

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01:09:14,960 --> 01:09:22,319
commitments. And this includes
coordination across priorities,

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01:09:18,960 --> 01:09:25,279
implementation, and climate budgeting.
The sustainability and climate

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01:09:23,679 --> 01:09:29,279
commission beginning in October will
host eight workg groupoup sessions each

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01:09:27,199 --> 01:09:34,400
month for a year to develop the next
climate action plan. The commission is

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01:09:31,920 --> 01:09:37,759
public facing and they'll be offering
the um the role of vetting and is

822
01:09:36,560 --> 01:09:43,719
ultimately the steering committee for
the cap process. They will also lead

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01:09:40,319 --> 01:09:43,719
community engagement.

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01:09:44,080 --> 01:09:49,679
These are the eight focus areas which
are tied to our sources of emissions and

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01:09:47,759 --> 01:09:53,600
community needs. I'm not going to spend
more time on this slide. is a lot of

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01:09:51,199 --> 01:09:58,000
words. Um, but it's just to serve as a
resource for you. I would now like to

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01:09:56,640 --> 01:10:03,360
invite the co-chairs of the
sustainability and climate commission to

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01:10:00,159 --> 01:10:07,360
discuss city council touch points.
>> Thank you.

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01:10:05,679 --> 01:10:10,239
» Welcome. Thank you both for being here.
And if you want to go ahead and

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01:10:08,560 --> 01:10:14,880
introduce yourselves and jump right in,
we'd appreciate hearing from you.

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01:10:12,159 --> 01:10:19,040
» Sure. Thank you, CSO Vivian. Uh, for the
record, my name is Vivc Shandis. I

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01:10:17,040 --> 01:10:24,880
co-chair the uh, policy and
implementation committee. I use hehim

833
01:10:21,040 --> 01:10:29,040
pronouns and um I'm here I'm here to
talk a little bit about the CAP. Uh the

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01:10:26,880 --> 01:10:34,400
commission spent its summer working on
the CAP work plan and deliberating

835
01:10:32,400 --> 01:10:39,120
district specific recommendations and
considerations. We're already reached

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01:10:37,120 --> 01:10:44,400
out we've already reached out to council
uh to offer our time and discuss work

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01:10:41,920 --> 01:10:49,120
plan the district considerations and
we're trying to understand the

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01:10:45,679 --> 01:10:53,440
priorities for the next cap. Um, I
really we all really appreciate your

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01:10:51,199 --> 01:10:57,760
generous generosity with the time and
and um meeting with us uh for these

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01:10:56,000 --> 01:11:01,440
discussions. Later this month, the
commission will hear from staff about

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01:10:59,440 --> 01:11:05,920
climate change risk assessment so we can
provide our input. This report will be

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01:11:03,600 --> 01:11:10,560
finalized this fall and we highly
recommend that committee invite CSO

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01:11:08,159 --> 01:11:14,159
Viviian to brief you on this. Uh I'll
pass it over to co-chair charity um to

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01:11:13,440 --> 01:11:19,199
close us out.
>> Thank you co-chair VC. For the record,

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01:11:16,400 --> 01:11:22,640
my name is co-chair Charity Feain. I use
she her pronouns and I am also the

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01:11:21,440 --> 01:11:27,360
co-chair of the policy and
implementation committee of the

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01:11:24,320 --> 01:11:32,320
sustainability and climate commission.
In the spring, the commission will begin

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01:11:30,159 --> 01:11:38,000
community engagement on the next climate
action plan. You will hear from us and

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01:11:35,920 --> 01:11:43,120
we hope we can activate your pathways to
engage your constituents and we will

850
01:11:40,320 --> 01:11:48,239
invite you to key engagement events
later in 2027. The commission will host

851
01:11:46,000 --> 01:11:54,960
a a CAP discussion draft for public
comment. This is outside of the council

852
01:11:51,440 --> 01:12:00,159
public comment period. We hope to again
capture your input at this point so that

853
01:11:57,920 --> 01:12:06,640
it can be integrated into the draft that
we will submit to you for adoption.

854
01:12:03,199 --> 01:12:12,640
At any time, we welcome
sessions with you to co-create this

855
01:12:08,719 --> 01:12:17,120
plan. and 2028 council will hopefully
adopt the plan along with the climate

856
01:12:14,640 --> 01:12:21,520
budgeting. We hope all engagement
leading up to that time will incorporate

857
01:12:19,199 --> 01:12:26,880
your and your constituents constituents
concepts and desires in a plan that will

858
01:12:25,040 --> 01:12:32,560
be implementable.
The commission and CSO Viven will hand

859
01:12:29,600 --> 01:12:39,440
you a prioritized plan. We'll do the
work and we need you to fund it. By

860
01:12:36,880 --> 01:12:43,400
virtue of the decisions you make, you
will make this plan real.

861
01:12:43,600 --> 01:12:49,360
And that concludes our presentation.
Thank you. Colleagues, we're running a

862
01:12:48,159 --> 01:12:53,120
little bit behind, but I want to make
sure we have a few minutes for

863
01:12:50,640 --> 01:13:00,035
questions. Does anybody have questions
for Vivian or for our uh for our

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01:12:57,120 --> 01:13:02,055
co-chairs?
[clears throat]

865
01:13:02,960 --> 01:13:13,440
» Okay. Um I will just ask a quick
question which is it sounds like we'll

866
01:13:10,080 --> 01:13:19,520
be hearing more on the the process for
council engagement and the timeline

867
01:13:16,159 --> 01:13:24,400
there. Uh but are there
specific things we should be preparing

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01:13:21,600 --> 01:13:28,880
for now as counselors to make sure that
we are ready to engage with you all and

869
01:13:26,400 --> 01:13:33,840
to have conversations about the plan as
you uh sit down with our offices.

870
01:13:32,159 --> 01:13:38,719
Appreciate the question, Chair Pearl
Guinea. Um, we believe that through your

871
01:13:37,120 --> 01:13:43,280
this unique form of government in which
you have the connections with and

872
01:13:40,480 --> 01:13:46,480
representation by district, um, that the
touch points will really be any sort of

873
01:13:44,880 --> 01:13:50,960
engagement that you already are having
in district. Um, and we encourage open

874
01:13:49,040 --> 01:13:56,159
lines of communication to let us know
how we can be invited uh to to help

875
01:13:53,679 --> 01:14:00,080
table or to help um be in attendance in
order to hear those uh climate

876
01:13:58,000 --> 01:14:04,080
discussions if they do come up um in
those district specific engagements and

877
01:14:02,159 --> 01:14:07,040
also the direct outreach that the
sustainability and climate commissioners

878
01:14:05,520 --> 01:14:12,239
have already been doing to district
offices um to meet one-on-one to help uh

879
01:14:10,000 --> 01:14:15,199
create those um feedback loops.
>> Great. So it sounds like as well as the

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01:14:13,760 --> 01:14:18,800
work with us, there's an opportunity to
partner on some of the outreach in our

881
01:14:16,880 --> 01:14:22,560
districts, which absolutely is probably
important for us to take you up on

882
01:14:20,719 --> 01:14:24,480
pretty quickly here before you get too
much further down the work that you're

883
01:14:24,159 --> 01:14:28,239
doing.
>> Correct. It's also the benefit of having

884
01:14:25,840 --> 01:14:31,679
a 20 person commission is that um these
are all incredible ambassadors for this

885
01:14:30,159 --> 01:14:35,120
work of developing the climate action
plan.

886
01:14:32,640 --> 01:14:39,840
» Great. Thank you so much. Um and I'll
just note because I look like I'm alone

887
01:14:36,880 --> 01:14:45,120
up here. Councilors Mario and Avalos are
online and watching and listening and

888
01:14:42,960 --> 01:14:49,199
with us in this meeting as well. So, we
do still have a committee quorum. Uh,

889
01:14:47,520 --> 01:14:52,000
thank you all for the presentation. I
know we're all looking forward to

890
01:14:50,560 --> 01:14:56,640
learning more about how we can take
specific actions to get us back on track

891
01:14:54,080 --> 01:15:01,760
at the city.
Our

892
01:14:59,120 --> 01:15:05,920
next presentation is on industrial
decarbonization and I'd like to call up

893
01:15:03,760 --> 01:15:10,320
Jules Bailey who is leading the clean
industry partnership. Senresa Cooper

894
01:15:08,640 --> 01:15:15,440
with the Bureau of Planning and
Sustainability. Kate Merrill with

895
01:15:12,400 --> 01:15:21,199
Prosper Portland. Mary Pavetto with
Neighbors for Clean Air. Corky Collier

896
01:15:18,640 --> 01:15:25,280
with the Columbia Corridor Association.
Randall Fzen with the Columbia Pacific

897
01:15:22,960 --> 01:15:29,040
Building Trades. and Beth Gilden from
Portland State University. And Jules,

898
01:15:27,600 --> 01:15:32,640
I'm not sure if we can fit everybody up
at once, but we can squeeze chairs or if

899
01:15:30,880 --> 01:15:34,960
you want to do it in two panels, that is
fine as well.

900
01:15:33,440 --> 01:15:38,480
» I think we'll hit you in waves, Madam
Chair. I think we'll start with this

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01:15:36,480 --> 01:15:41,360
four and then bring up the closers.
>> Sounds good.

902
01:15:39,280 --> 01:15:45,440
» All right. Well, thank you for the
opportunity, Madam Chair. For the

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01:15:42,960 --> 01:15:48,960
record, I'm Jules Bailey. And I guess
after the initial presentation here, I'm

904
01:15:47,440 --> 01:15:52,560
struck with the question, how do you
know when it's Geek Week in Portland? I

905
01:15:51,120 --> 01:15:55,520
grew up in Southeast Portland. It seems
like it's every day, but

906
01:15:53,679 --> 01:15:59,280
» every week is geek week and fore just
that for one week we bring all of the

907
01:15:57,199 --> 01:16:04,000
events into one space so it's easier to
find new things to go to.

908
01:16:00,800 --> 01:16:07,360
» I love it. I think the throughine here
actually with this presentation and I'm

909
01:16:06,000 --> 01:16:12,239
making my colleagues nervous here by
going off script, but uh is uh I'm

910
01:16:11,040 --> 01:16:17,440
reminded of the quote from Anthony
Bourdain uh when he said that Portland

911
01:16:14,719 --> 01:16:21,600
is a city of obsession and it's a place
where you can find what you're

912
01:16:19,440 --> 01:16:24,400
passionate about and dig in. And it's
something that I've been passionate

913
01:16:23,280 --> 01:16:28,640
about for a long time is the
intersection of how we solve our climate

914
01:16:26,560 --> 01:16:32,719
crisis and grow jobs. And I know that
that speaks for a lot of people here and

915
01:16:30,719 --> 01:16:38,320
how we make it good for the community as
well. And if we think back to just as

916
01:16:34,880 --> 01:16:43,120
recently as 2021, the business community
and community groups and climate

917
01:16:40,800 --> 01:16:47,360
activists and the city were at odds
about how we move forward as

918
01:16:44,719 --> 01:16:51,760
specifically on the issue of industrial
decarbonization. As you heard um from

919
01:16:49,840 --> 01:16:56,560
Vivian Satderfield's presentation,
indust industry in Portland is one of

920
01:16:53,840 --> 01:16:59,920
the tricky areas to decarbonize. You
have a lot of heavy industry. You have a

921
01:16:58,239 --> 01:17:06,000
lot of uh industries that are very
important to job creation to uh to our

922
01:17:03,440 --> 01:17:10,239
economic future and that also have as
part of their their work uh carbon

923
01:17:08,719 --> 01:17:17,040
emissions. And so how do you get in and
do that? And we took a page from an

924
01:17:13,679 --> 01:17:22,080
international model in Denmark that has
led the way in doing a public private

925
01:17:20,320 --> 01:17:26,800
partnership around industrial
decarbonization

926
01:17:23,679 --> 01:17:30,640
and taking that here and making it our
own and making it uniquely Portland is

927
01:17:29,120 --> 01:17:35,199
something that we've been able to do
because of the collaboration that's

928
01:17:32,640 --> 01:17:39,280
happened across a number of different
sectors. The Portland Metro Chamber has

929
01:17:37,440 --> 01:17:43,120
been a partner in this and has asked me
as well as the partners to be the

930
01:17:41,280 --> 01:17:46,320
initial executive director to help uh
get this effort off the ground and we're

931
01:17:44,480 --> 01:17:51,199
calling this effort uh the Portland
Partnership for Clean Industry. There's

932
01:17:49,440 --> 01:17:54,719
a lot of moving piece p pieces to this
and we're only at the beginning of the

933
01:17:52,480 --> 01:17:58,239
collaboration but it is remarkable and
it's the kind of collaboration that PF

934
01:17:56,880 --> 01:18:04,320
and I know we're not here to talk only
about PF but PF has has catalyzed uh

935
01:18:01,760 --> 01:18:08,320
this collaboration and that's because it
takes everyone together to grow industry

936
01:18:06,880 --> 01:18:11,840
while reducing carbon and other
pollution. The public sector, the

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01:18:10,159 --> 01:18:16,159
private sector, community groups,
business groups, researchers, and labor.

938
01:18:14,560 --> 01:18:20,800
And really that's the Portland Clean
Energy Fund at its best. Uh the Portland

939
01:18:18,719 --> 01:18:25,040
Metro Chamber's Charitable Institute has
taken the baton to provide fiscal

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01:18:23,199 --> 01:18:28,640
stability to the partnership at this
initial startup phase and with a stated

941
01:18:27,280 --> 01:18:32,560
commitment from the chamber to the goal
of meeting the carbon reduction targets

942
01:18:30,400 --> 01:18:37,760
in the city of Portland climate action
plan. So we could present to the

943
01:18:35,520 --> 01:18:41,280
committee for hours on this topic. Uh
we're all a bit obsessed with it, but

944
01:18:39,760 --> 01:18:45,840
we'll only get a chance to scratch the
surface today. and we're really glad you

945
01:18:43,920 --> 01:18:49,520
could take up this topic of clean
industry and we'd love to come back to

946
01:18:47,679 --> 01:18:53,520
talk to you many times to update you on
our progress and let you know uh what's

947
01:18:51,600 --> 01:18:56,320
going on. But for this particular
session, you're going to hear from each

948
01:18:54,719 --> 01:19:02,000
of the partners that's working together
to get dollars deployed quickly to bring

949
01:18:58,880 --> 01:19:05,679
down emissions and to spur innovation.
So, I'd like to turn it over to Senresa

950
01:19:04,159 --> 01:19:10,000
Cooper with the Bureau of Planning
Sustainability. She's going to talk

951
01:19:07,600 --> 01:19:14,000
about the industrial sector and how BPS
and PAF have seated this partnership.

952
01:19:12,560 --> 01:19:17,760
And then you'll hear from a number of
the other partners, both public and

953
01:19:16,239 --> 01:19:21,120
private, who are collaborating together
to make sure that we're getting dollars

954
01:19:19,679 --> 01:19:24,560
and resources where they need to be for
a good carbon and economic future.

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01:19:23,760 --> 01:19:28,480
Senesa,
>> thank you. Uh good afternoon, chair and

956
01:19:27,040 --> 01:19:33,280
members of the committee. Thanks for
having us. Uh for the record, my name is

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01:19:30,320 --> 01:19:36,239
Sona Cooper. I use she her pronouns and
I'm a member of the climate policy team

958
01:19:35,040 --> 01:19:40,880
at the Bureau of Planning and
Sustainability. And today I'm going to

959
01:19:38,320 --> 01:19:47,080
give a brief overview of the Clean
Industry Initiative and the Pacefind

960
01:19:42,880 --> 01:19:47,080
Industrial Modernization Grant.

961
01:19:47,679 --> 01:19:53,360
The Clean Industry Initiative is a
collaborative effort to reduce

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01:19:51,520 --> 01:19:57,840
industrial carbon emissions, air
pollution, and waste while supporting

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01:19:55,600 --> 01:20:03,040
equitable economic development and a
just transition for communities and

964
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:07,920
industrial workers. This work started as
a pretty small partnership led by BPS,

965
01:20:06,080 --> 01:20:13,760
Prosper Portland, and Portland State
University. But over time, it's grown to

966
01:20:10,880 --> 01:20:18,719
encompass a much larger tent of people
and organizations that are all committed

967
01:20:16,400 --> 01:20:21,719
to a future vision of our industrial
sector.

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01:20:22,400 --> 01:20:29,679
As you saw in Vivian's presentation,
industry comprises about 12% of our

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01:20:27,840 --> 01:20:34,239
sector-based local sector-based
greenhouse gas emissions. And as Jules

970
01:20:32,400 --> 01:20:39,440
said, this these types of emissions are
hard to abate. Um, industrial carbon

971
01:20:37,120 --> 01:20:45,199
emissions require very expensive
solutions that may be new to the market

972
01:20:42,080 --> 01:20:50,560
or they're very complex uh customized
systems that are can be difficult for uh

973
01:20:48,159 --> 01:20:56,320
companies to secure.
Uh the city began working in earnest on

974
01:20:53,040 --> 01:21:02,000
industrial missions in 2020. We have
gotten a lot done in the last six years.

975
01:20:59,120 --> 01:21:07,120
In 2022, we conducted a landscape
analysis of our industrial sector. And

976
01:21:04,480 --> 01:21:12,159
that study told us what types of
manufacturing we have here in Portland,

977
01:21:09,360 --> 01:21:17,280
how much uh carbon those those types of
manufacturing produce, and priority

978
01:21:14,159 --> 01:21:21,920
areas that we should be focused on. That
study also looked at international best

979
01:21:19,440 --> 01:21:26,159
practices for clean industry. And what
we found is that around the world, the

980
01:21:24,480 --> 01:21:30,159
most successful projects took a
collaborative governance approach with

981
01:21:28,080 --> 01:21:37,440
partners from multiple sectors all
working towards a shared goal.

982
01:21:33,679 --> 01:21:41,280
In 2023, we received $300,000 from the
US Department of Energy to strengthen

983
01:21:39,760 --> 01:21:45,440
our relationships with industrial
businesses to identify potential

984
01:21:43,600 --> 01:21:51,920
projects and prepare them for coming
investment. And that led us to 2024 when

985
01:21:49,440 --> 01:21:56,000
the BPS climate team submitted a
competitive proposal to the PF

986
01:21:54,080 --> 01:21:59,520
collaborating for climate action funding
solicitation.

987
01:21:57,679 --> 01:22:04,080
That funding was intended for government
entities partnered with community

988
01:22:01,360 --> 01:22:09,760
coalitions to enact transformative
climate projects. We received $20

989
01:22:06,880 --> 01:22:15,280
million from that funding solicitation
to launch a firstofits-kind program that

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01:22:12,880 --> 01:22:20,239
invests in industrial decarbonization
and community and economic benefits over

991
01:22:17,679 --> 01:22:24,639
a 5-year period.
And we're very excited to announce that

992
01:22:22,719 --> 01:22:30,440
next month we will be officially
launching that grant. It's called the

993
01:22:26,000 --> 01:22:30,440
Industrial Modernization Grant.

994
01:22:31,840 --> 01:22:39,520
Now I know that industry means a lot of
different things to Portlanders as we've

995
01:22:37,120 --> 01:22:43,120
heard as we've heard from you on the dis
as well as lots of the speakers here.

996
01:22:41,600 --> 01:22:48,080
The industrial sector is really
important here. It is a major employer.

997
01:22:46,000 --> 01:22:53,920
It's a driver of our local economy and
it has been that way for over a century.

998
01:22:50,239 --> 01:22:58,000
Portland is a manufacturing town. At the
same time, heavy industry has also been

999
01:22:56,239 --> 01:23:02,719
a source of harm and environmental
injustice to many communities living in

1000
01:23:00,080 --> 01:23:08,239
Portland. So, any investments that we
make into this sector must contribute to

1001
01:23:05,360 --> 01:23:13,199
the well-being of both our economy and
and our community.

1002
01:23:10,880 --> 01:23:17,280
Every partner that you see on this slide
brings a different perspective,

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01:23:15,120 --> 01:23:21,760
relationship, and expertise when it
comes to industry. What we all share

1004
01:23:19,760 --> 01:23:25,440
though is a vision of a resilient
industrial economy that serves all

1005
01:23:23,679 --> 01:23:31,360
Portlanders.
BPS climate team is the official grantee

1006
01:23:28,560 --> 01:23:37,120
from PAF, but this program is jointly
led by a coalition of local government,

1007
01:23:34,880 --> 01:23:42,000
economic development, environmental
justice, higher education, workforce

1008
01:23:39,840 --> 01:23:48,199
development, and technical experts who
all bring a nuanced understanding of

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01:23:44,560 --> 01:23:48,199
industry in Portland.

1010
01:23:49,199 --> 01:23:55,280
And every every organization on that
last slide is connected to numerous

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01:23:53,440 --> 01:24:00,000
other collaborators that are also
aligned with this work. The support from

1012
01:23:57,840 --> 01:24:03,440
community- based organizations and
business stakeholders has been

1013
01:24:01,440 --> 01:24:08,400
especially valuable in shaping the
program. What you see on this slide here

1014
01:24:05,679 --> 01:24:12,320
is a very non-exhaustive list of some
other groups that have that are not

1015
01:24:10,239 --> 01:24:16,560
directly funded by the program but who
have been involved in its development.

1016
01:24:14,639 --> 01:24:21,520
We are constantly engaging with new
partners as the program comes to life

1017
01:24:18,960 --> 01:24:27,280
and you will see this list change as the
work continues to grow. This is PA's

1018
01:24:24,719 --> 01:24:31,679
first ever investment into industry and
we do not take that lightly whatsoever.

1019
01:24:29,920 --> 01:24:35,679
As stewards of the funding, we
understand that we have a responsibility

1020
01:24:33,520 --> 01:24:39,920
to uphold the principles of PUF through
these dollars and we can do that while

1021
01:24:37,600 --> 01:24:44,480
also supporting economic development and
transformative climate action. Now I'll

1022
01:24:42,639 --> 01:24:47,760
turn it over to Kate Merrill of Prosper
Portland.

1023
01:24:46,239 --> 01:24:51,679
» Good afternoon chair and council
members. My name is Kate Merrill and I

1024
01:24:50,000 --> 01:24:56,560
am the metals and machinery industry
liaison for Prosper Portland's business

1025
01:24:54,400 --> 01:25:00,639
advancement team. [sighs and gasps] Our
team is part of the economic development

1026
01:24:58,719 --> 01:25:04,880
department under the direction of Andrew
Fitzpatrick. We work alongside the

1027
01:25:03,199 --> 01:25:10,159
office of small business and the
inclusive business resource network to

1028
01:25:07,440 --> 01:25:14,960
ensure that Portland Portlanders have
access to quality jobs. Prosper

1029
01:25:13,120 --> 01:25:20,560
Portland's business advancement team
focuses on supporting growing businesses

1030
01:25:17,280 --> 01:25:25,440
that sell goods and services outside of
the region. Our assistance enables

1031
01:25:22,880 --> 01:25:30,719
businesses to expand and invest in
Portland, creating more living wage

1032
01:25:27,920 --> 01:25:36,560
jobs, growing an inclusive economy, and
maintaining and increasing the city's

1033
01:25:33,120 --> 01:25:42,000
tax base. The manufacturers we support
include some of Portland's renowned food

1034
01:25:39,199 --> 01:25:46,400
brands, knife producers, and ship makers
that are growing their businesses in

1035
01:25:43,520 --> 01:25:52,560
Portland. Manufacturing creates access
to quality jobs and career pathways

1036
01:25:49,760 --> 01:25:57,840
for uh Portlanders, including job
seekers seekers without a traditional

1037
01:25:55,440 --> 01:26:02,800
four-year college degree.
This $20 million grant from PAF supports

1038
01:26:00,880 --> 01:26:07,440
these manufacturers and industrial
facilities in modernizing their

1039
01:26:05,280 --> 01:26:11,920
facilities and processes while
benefiting the community directly,

1040
01:26:09,440 --> 01:26:16,320
reducing pollutants and reducing the
carbon emissions that are leading to

1041
01:26:14,239 --> 01:26:22,000
climate change. The grant will also
leverage over $3.5 million in private

1042
01:26:19,920 --> 01:26:26,800
private investment.
The industrial modernization grant which

1043
01:26:24,239 --> 01:26:31,600
will be administered by Prosper Portland
will be granted in several rounds. This

1044
01:26:29,520 --> 01:26:36,480
grant comes on the heels of the building
energy efficiency grant which is

1045
01:26:33,920 --> 01:26:41,040
primarily targeted to small commercial
businesses and this has been

1046
01:26:38,320 --> 01:26:47,280
administered successfully by prosper
Portland for PF over the last year. This

1047
01:26:44,400 --> 01:26:52,719
first grant will round will launch in
October. Uh and it will be for energy

1048
01:26:50,080 --> 01:26:58,239
saving and process improvement projects
up to 300,000 per grant. Um there will

1049
01:26:56,159 --> 01:27:04,800
be additional rounds of larger grants
available beginning in early 2027.

1050
01:27:01,600 --> 01:27:09,600
Uh there is a 25% match requirement on
all funding for businesses. And we will

1051
01:27:07,520 --> 01:27:14,320
also have workforce and green building
policies in place that Prosper Portland

1052
01:27:12,239 --> 01:27:18,159
implements for all construction over
$300,000

1053
01:27:15,920 --> 01:27:22,080
to ensure fair and equal workforce
engagement and sustainable building

1054
01:27:20,639 --> 01:27:27,280
standards.
The program design has been informed by

1055
01:27:24,560 --> 01:27:31,600
the partners at this table and a cohort
of nonprofit environmental and community

1056
01:27:29,679 --> 01:27:38,320
groups convened by neighbors for clean
air uh which Mary Pivido will um be pre

1057
01:27:35,760 --> 01:27:43,679
presenting on in just a bit. [sighs]
Uh we have also solicited feedback from

1058
01:27:41,840 --> 01:27:47,440
industry and community and we look
forward to working with all those

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01:27:45,040 --> 01:27:52,480
partners as we develop guidelines for
the second round of funding next year.

1060
01:27:49,920 --> 01:27:57,120
Uh the industrial modernization grant
reflects the values and goals of city's

1061
01:27:55,120 --> 01:28:02,639
economic development plan advance
Portland and PF's objectives of

1062
01:28:00,400 --> 01:28:07,280
decarbonization decarbonization
inclusive growth and innovation

1063
01:28:05,040 --> 01:28:12,159
equitable wealth creation and
highquality green jobs. We look forward

1064
01:28:10,000 --> 01:28:17,440
to sharing our progress with you and
I'll get back to Jules.

1065
01:28:14,880 --> 01:28:21,440
» All right.
Go one more slide.

1066
01:28:20,000 --> 01:28:24,906
it. This is actually really cool. And
just to editorialize for a second,

1067
01:28:23,199 --> 01:28:28,159
Portland's a maker town. And
[clears throat] just through this

1068
01:28:25,840 --> 01:28:31,840
effort, we've gotten to see a lot of
really amazing businesses that are doing

1069
01:28:30,639 --> 01:28:36,080
very cool things that are putting
Portland on the map in a lot of targeted

1070
01:28:33,679 --> 01:28:38,800
industries. The trick now is how do we
map dollars into those businesses to

1071
01:28:37,760 --> 01:28:42,719
make sure that they're able to be
competitive by having efficient

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01:28:40,880 --> 01:28:46,560
processes and lowering carbon emissions
at the same time. You can see this slide

1073
01:28:45,120 --> 01:28:49,760
that's up there now and it talks a
little bit about the constellation

1074
01:28:47,679 --> 01:28:54,719
that's around this Portland partnership
for clean industry. And just to make it

1075
01:28:51,600 --> 01:28:58,239
clear, we have a large amount of the PAF
dollars that are going through Prosper

1076
01:28:56,480 --> 01:29:02,400
for the decarbonization grants. We have
a little bit of dollars that are

1077
01:28:59,520 --> 01:29:06,560
catalyzing this standup effort through
the Portland Partnership for Clean

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01:29:03,840 --> 01:29:10,159
Industry. And the goal here is to take
those dollars and turn them into more

1079
01:29:08,480 --> 01:29:13,920
through philanthropic partnerships,
through leveraged business investments,

1080
01:29:11,840 --> 01:29:17,760
through other things so that we can take
seed money, stand up an organization

1081
01:29:16,000 --> 01:29:20,880
that's independent, and be able to
deliver those dollars directly into

1082
01:29:19,360 --> 01:29:24,400
projects in collaboration with
businesses to make them more

1083
01:29:22,080 --> 01:29:27,920
competitive, to help them grow, and to
provide a model to the world that we can

1084
01:29:26,080 --> 01:29:32,159
be proud of. You can go to the next
slide.

1085
01:29:29,679 --> 01:29:37,199
So what we do is we have last mile
capital projects that are investable.

1086
01:29:35,199 --> 01:29:41,120
What does last mile capital mean? The
good news is there's a lot of different

1087
01:29:39,280 --> 01:29:44,400
layers of financing that are available
for some of these businesses. They might

1088
01:29:42,800 --> 01:29:48,080
have private loans that might make it
work. They might have Energy Trust of

1089
01:29:46,400 --> 01:29:53,920
Oregon incentives. There are other
grants and programs that Kaden Senesa

1090
01:29:50,800 --> 01:29:59,120
talked about. where the PPCI can come in
is with a flexible uh final dollar that

1091
01:29:57,840 --> 01:30:03,360
says, "Hey, we're going to take this
project to a place that it works for

1092
01:30:01,120 --> 01:30:08,000
your business right now." And I can give
you a a specific example. Uh we're

1093
01:30:06,400 --> 01:30:11,600
talking to one particular business right
now. I won't name it, but it's an

1094
01:30:09,360 --> 01:30:17,520
industrial business um that's looking at
doing some fuel conversions from propane

1095
01:30:14,560 --> 01:30:23,440
to electrical uh for some of its its
equipment and forklifts and using solar

1096
01:30:20,560 --> 01:30:26,320
to power that uh electrical. That's a
great thing for that business. Uh it's

1097
01:30:25,360 --> 01:30:30,080
going to make that business more
efficient and more competitive. It's

1098
01:30:27,920 --> 01:30:33,280
also great for climate. It's expensive.
And so layering on all of those

1099
01:30:31,920 --> 01:30:36,880
different incentives and then coming in
with those last mile dollars can take

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01:30:35,280 --> 01:30:41,360
that kind of project from something that
hypothetically might be say a 15 or

1101
01:30:39,440 --> 01:30:45,199
16year payback down to something that
has a much more immediate return for

1102
01:30:43,199 --> 01:30:49,199
those businesses and makes it viable to
be able to move forward. That's the kind

1103
01:30:47,280 --> 01:30:52,800
of thing that we can document that we
can verify that we can show the

1104
01:30:50,880 --> 01:30:56,080
emissions reduction and then we can take
that to philanthropy. We can take it to

1105
01:30:54,719 --> 01:30:59,760
investors. We can take it to private
groups and say, "Hey, if you want to put

1106
01:30:57,760 --> 01:31:03,360
your dollars here, we can deploy those
in a way that are going to make

1107
01:31:01,360 --> 01:31:06,560
meaningful differences on the margins
for bringing down carbon for businesses

1108
01:31:05,199 --> 01:31:11,920
in this sector that's hard to
decarbonize. So, the end goal here is an

1109
01:31:10,239 --> 01:31:16,320
independent partnership where the public
and the private sectors channel this

1110
01:31:14,639 --> 01:31:19,920
sort of highly leveraged capital from
philanthropy, business, and government

1111
01:31:18,159 --> 01:31:24,000
into industrial projects that
traditional financing might not

1112
01:31:21,440 --> 01:31:27,520
otherwise be able to make complete. And
it's that last mile dollar that makes

1113
01:31:25,760 --> 01:31:31,520
good projects pencil that's that's
really special and attractive to

1114
01:31:28,880 --> 01:31:36,000
missiondriven funders. So with the
initial PF investment, we'll have a few

1115
01:31:33,760 --> 01:31:40,480
small pilots over the course of the next
uh couple of years. We'll be partnering

1116
01:31:38,480 --> 01:31:44,960
really closely with Prosper Portland and
their $20 million and promoting that

1117
01:31:42,880 --> 01:31:49,440
finding helping find businesses that can
take advantage of that. But we have a

1118
01:31:46,800 --> 01:31:52,960
discreet discreet set of dollars. and
then we'll send projects to Prosper

1119
01:31:51,280 --> 01:31:57,360
Portland while retaining the ability to
pursue nimble discrete opportunities of

1120
01:31:55,760 --> 01:32:00,800
our own. So these roles are
complimentary and they're not

1121
01:31:58,960 --> 01:32:07,120
duplicative. We're doing two different
things. So

1122
01:32:04,320 --> 01:32:11,840
the the other opportunity here is to
make sure that we are uh having a high

1123
01:32:10,159 --> 01:32:17,760
quality labor investment in these
projects and that we are uh operating

1124
01:32:14,719 --> 01:32:21,199
them transparently. uh that we can do
marketverified success, we can attract

1125
01:32:19,679 --> 01:32:24,080
more private and philanthropic capital
and we can work with our research

1126
01:32:22,400 --> 01:32:30,560
partners to ensure that we're getting
the best and most robust and stickiest

1127
01:32:27,280 --> 01:32:34,280
uh to use a phrase uh results over time.
You can go to the next slide.

1128
01:32:34,719 --> 01:32:40,320
So essentially we have three years on
this grant and to prove the model and

1129
01:32:38,480 --> 01:32:44,560
track new investments. So we're starting
with the build, the implement and then

1130
01:32:42,480 --> 01:32:47,920
the grow. So the first year is about
building the infrastructure,

1131
01:32:45,840 --> 01:32:51,040
establishing the board, the stakeholder
advisory group. We have a lot of

1132
01:32:49,600 --> 01:32:54,719
different actors. You saw some of them
on the slide there, but there's a lot of

1133
01:32:52,719 --> 01:33:00,400
people with a lot of deep expertise in
this in Portland. We have a great group

1134
01:32:57,120 --> 01:33:04,000
of 30 plus individuals representing uh
public, private, nonprofit, and others

1135
01:33:02,239 --> 01:33:07,040
that are informing this work and making
sure that we have both technical

1136
01:33:05,520 --> 01:33:10,080
capacity and are connected to the
community.

1137
01:33:08,560 --> 01:33:14,080
uh we're going to partner tightly with
Prosper Portland, bring in technical

1138
01:33:11,840 --> 01:33:18,800
assistance and identify the investments.
Then year two is implementation. So we

1139
01:33:17,199 --> 01:33:22,560
identify the projects in year one. Year
two we start to then say okay we can

1140
01:33:20,400 --> 01:33:26,800
move these projects into funding and
implementation. And then year three is

1141
01:33:24,480 --> 01:33:30,320
really about measurement, reporting,
telling the story and growing the pool

1142
01:33:28,400 --> 01:33:36,639
with new investment and then starting
the cycle all over again. So the city

1143
01:33:33,679 --> 01:33:41,520
can help us in in three practical ways.
Um, first, you've heard it on many

1144
01:33:39,520 --> 01:33:45,760
things before, but I'll say it again.
Uh, coordinating permitting,

1145
01:33:43,199 --> 01:33:49,280
infrastructure, utility, uh, just making
sure that all the bureaus are aligned on

1146
01:33:47,280 --> 01:33:52,400
problem solving. We've seen the ability
of the city, uh, to move very quickly on

1147
01:33:51,199 --> 01:33:55,600
some of these things. And so, getting
some of these things done and being in

1148
01:33:53,679 --> 01:34:00,880
partnership with these businesses just
makes everything a lot easier and gets

1149
01:33:57,600 --> 01:34:06,239
gets folks to Yes, a lot faster. Uh, we
just don't want them to stall between

1150
01:34:02,719 --> 01:34:09,600
institutions. Uh second uh aligning city
funding and project pathways so that

1151
01:34:07,920 --> 01:34:14,000
businesses can reach the correct pro
program without navigating the system

1152
01:34:11,360 --> 01:34:18,080
alone and BPS and Prosper are doing
remarkable work uh on that and making

1153
01:34:16,480 --> 01:34:21,360
sure that they're working directly
handinand glove with a lot of these

1154
01:34:19,440 --> 01:34:26,880
businesses. It's very hightouch and it's
very effective. And then third, insist

1155
01:34:24,800 --> 01:34:30,719
on transparent outcomes and independent
evaluation. Not only conventional

1156
01:34:29,360 --> 01:34:35,199
economic development measures, but
carbon, pollution, public benefit,

1157
01:34:32,960 --> 01:34:38,159
equity, community impact, and cost. And
that's one of the ways that we're

1158
01:34:36,320 --> 01:34:43,199
partnering very directly with our
research partners who you'll hear from.

1159
01:34:40,880 --> 01:34:46,719
So, we want to reinforce the operating
commitments here that as we're growing

1160
01:34:45,040 --> 01:34:50,719
this sector of the economy that we're
also using the highest quality labor

1161
01:34:48,480 --> 01:34:55,600
that's available. And the reality is we
want the job run the job done right the

1162
01:34:53,040 --> 01:34:59,600
first time every time. Uh it doesn't
help anybody if these investments don't

1163
01:34:57,760 --> 01:35:03,280
produce the kinds of savings that
they're supposed to uh produce. And so

1164
01:35:01,920 --> 01:35:06,800
that's why we have a commitment to
working with really high quality labor

1165
01:35:05,199 --> 01:35:10,320
to measure and report and then to use
these credible results to really market

1166
01:35:08,960 --> 01:35:15,440
Portland as a place where industrial
businesses can grow while reducing

1167
01:35:12,639 --> 01:35:18,000
pollution and emissions. So I want to
transition to some of those partners

1168
01:35:16,639 --> 01:35:21,199
that I talked about. Now, we're gonna
first hear from Mary Peivo and then

1169
01:35:19,760 --> 01:35:26,719
we'll bring up the next panel and you'll
hear from those as well. Mary,

1170
01:35:24,000 --> 01:35:33,040
» thank you. Good afternoon. My name is
Mary Pivato, co-director of Neighbors

1171
01:35:29,199 --> 01:35:37,840
for Clean Air. Thank you, Chair Purlei.
Thank you, Commorers

1172
01:35:35,360 --> 01:35:42,400
here in the room and those who are with
us virtually. Um, I really am honored

1173
01:35:40,560 --> 01:35:47,120
and appreciate the opportunity to speak
today about the community work that's um

1174
01:35:45,600 --> 01:35:52,320
involved with the industrial
modernization grants. I want to say that

1175
01:35:49,840 --> 01:35:58,480
it was a great honor um to be selected
as a partner in this and it was a

1176
01:35:56,239 --> 01:36:06,639
terrifying responsibility to represent
community um in this work. Um BF adds

1177
01:36:03,440 --> 01:36:12,639
another layer of scrutiny um and
accountability to community

1178
01:36:08,960 --> 01:36:16,880
uh um and it's a huge opportunity. So I
I just want to speak a little bit to how

1179
01:36:14,960 --> 01:36:23,120
community has been involved and engaged
and I will say that because of um the uh

1180
01:36:20,400 --> 01:36:28,639
experience that I've had doing advocacy
work for over 15 years um in this area,

1181
01:36:26,159 --> 01:36:34,239
I knew that you know you don't represent
community as one person. And we started

1182
01:36:31,360 --> 01:36:40,639
our work almost from the get-go to do
over 25 individual conversations um with

1183
01:36:38,639 --> 01:36:44,400
community organizations and other
leaders many of whom have been very

1184
01:36:42,560 --> 01:36:49,679
involved with establishing peacef
helping you know um create uh that as

1185
01:36:47,840 --> 01:36:54,400
well as doing ongoing very important
work. From that we narrowed it down to

1186
01:36:52,000 --> 01:36:58,000
folks who were very interested um in
this uh work. There have been many

1187
01:36:56,480 --> 01:37:02,800
community members who have been involved
over the years with the clean industry

1188
01:37:01,280 --> 01:37:10,000
convening that have been happening
through the uh over the last five or six

1189
01:37:06,239 --> 01:37:14,639
years. And we narrowed it down to a
collection of um individual

1190
01:37:12,080 --> 01:37:19,040
organizations that we uh designate as
our co-design team, meaning very much

1191
01:37:16,560 --> 01:37:23,760
that this is not a committee of folks
showing up reviewing information. This

1192
01:37:21,440 --> 01:37:27,600
was very much intended to be a
collaborative working group that were

1193
01:37:25,920 --> 01:37:32,880
going to come up with the community
benefits that we would um a list and and

1194
01:37:30,560 --> 01:37:39,199
criteria that we would be passing on to
the other partners in the organization.

1195
01:37:35,600 --> 01:37:42,719
So you'll see in this um group
collection of indivi individual

1196
01:37:40,960 --> 01:37:50,159
organizations that's represented a lot
of different expertise and um uh I want

1197
01:37:47,679 --> 01:37:54,400
to say we were not afraid to bring in
the skeptics and critics. In fact I feel

1198
01:37:52,480 --> 01:37:58,080
very strongly that those voices should
be at the table and should really be

1199
01:37:55,920 --> 01:38:03,280
helping inform us. Better to inform us
as we're creating than to just complain

1200
01:38:00,159 --> 01:38:07,600
or crit um criticize later. So we have
really important voices and people that

1201
01:38:05,600 --> 01:38:14,800
are involved in this that have very
strong um reputations uh in climate work

1202
01:38:12,239 --> 01:38:20,880
um also in community work, workforce
development work uh particularly uh in

1203
01:38:17,440 --> 01:38:25,520
BIPO populations and and communities. So
that was the intentionality around the

1204
01:38:22,960 --> 01:38:29,360
the uh final decision around who the
codeesign team was was the different

1205
01:38:27,199 --> 01:38:36,159
expertise that would all be at the table
informing and and sharing their thoughts

1206
01:38:31,760 --> 01:38:42,080
with us. Um next slide. So I want to say
though that we also asked for one thing

1207
01:38:39,360 --> 01:38:46,159
of people um other than general
interest. We asked and I really

1208
01:38:43,920 --> 01:38:53,840
appreciated your talk about the um
optimism uh uh group um uh we asked for

1209
01:38:50,960 --> 01:38:58,000
the same thing. And so we started out as
we um embarked on our meetings, we

1210
01:38:55,920 --> 01:39:03,280
started out with actually getting
everybody to agree to one statement of

1211
01:39:00,400 --> 01:39:06,880
purpose um in terms of what the group uh
was committed to doing. and that was

1212
01:39:05,040 --> 01:39:11,920
that fundamentally they were optimistic
and confident that we could be

1213
01:39:08,639 --> 01:39:16,880
successful that we can reduce carbon
emissions, we can support our local

1214
01:39:14,320 --> 01:39:21,840
industry and economy and we can all do
that with meaningful community benefits

1215
01:39:19,440 --> 01:39:27,840
and I thought that that optimism and
sense of purpose was critical to our

1216
01:39:25,040 --> 01:39:31,920
success. Um and and so it was a very
important beginning point for us. So

1217
01:39:30,320 --> 01:39:36,639
then we went through the process of
everybody bringing their interest and

1218
01:39:34,960 --> 01:39:41,119
expertise. We learned a lot from
Prosper, from other partners to

1219
01:39:39,040 --> 01:39:46,159
understand really the granting process,
what that takes. Um and so but we also

1220
01:39:44,639 --> 01:39:50,400
wanted to figure out where can we
distinguish this from other grants that

1221
01:39:48,639 --> 01:39:55,760
are already out there that are trying to
do sustainability work because we do

1222
01:39:52,400 --> 01:40:00,639
believe that PF brings some additional
criterion and um requirements. So that

1223
01:39:58,320 --> 01:40:06,000
was also we would work from what we
already understand about energy trust

1224
01:40:02,719 --> 01:40:10,880
grants or B trust sustainability grants
and start to see where we could be

1225
01:40:07,760 --> 01:40:16,800
additive to other granting to ensure
that PAF is really delivering another

1226
01:40:13,360 --> 01:40:20,880
layer of value um to the community. So,
I will say after we've been through this

1227
01:40:18,639 --> 01:40:26,560
and Prosper and the city and our
partners took on our benefit criteria to

1228
01:40:24,159 --> 01:40:33,040
feed into this first trunch of money
that's coming out later this year. Um,

1229
01:40:29,440 --> 01:40:37,119
we then actually revisited uh with
individual conversations what we called

1230
01:40:35,040 --> 01:40:41,600
temperature checks of all the individual
participants, the community members that

1231
01:40:39,119 --> 01:40:46,800
I showed you before. And out of that I
just want to give you you know with with

1232
01:40:43,840 --> 01:40:50,239
you can um so out of that I just want to
give you an idea of where people are

1233
01:40:48,480 --> 01:40:56,159
standing today of feeling they've
participated now in this collaborative

1234
01:40:52,960 --> 01:40:59,840
for about 18 months and they haven't
seen any money go out the door yet in

1235
01:40:57,920 --> 01:41:03,840
investments to industry but we wanted to
find out how they're feeling about it

1236
01:41:01,679 --> 01:41:08,480
and I will say people are continue to
remain optimistic they continue to feel

1237
01:41:06,639 --> 01:41:13,440
that they've been heard and that their
the community benefits can be embedded

1238
01:41:11,280 --> 01:41:17,760
in this grant. And they're excited.
They're actually excited that if this is

1239
01:41:15,360 --> 01:41:21,360
a real indication of what local um
industry leadership and business

1240
01:41:19,280 --> 01:41:25,760
leadership is offering, they're excited
about this direction and they're eager

1241
01:41:24,000 --> 01:41:29,600
to continue to work on it. That was the
other thing we asked because we've got

1242
01:41:27,199 --> 01:41:33,679
as Jules laid out
three plus years ahead of us and they

1243
01:41:31,920 --> 01:41:38,000
are continued to excited to be part of
this which I thought was really good.

1244
01:41:35,360 --> 01:41:41,280
And I just want to share one quote from
one of the members because I thought

1245
01:41:39,440 --> 01:41:46,800
this was a really great indication of
what they feel like the process has been

1246
01:41:42,880 --> 01:41:51,119
to um uh to date and they were very
happy to be part of this process. They

1247
01:41:48,960 --> 01:41:55,840
saw the uniqueness of it that it was
cross- sector. We did bring in all the

1248
01:41:53,280 --> 01:42:00,880
partners, businesses and we really
shared information and people felt that

1249
01:41:58,080 --> 01:42:06,400
that was very unusual to truly bring a
collaborative process forward that's

1250
01:42:03,840 --> 01:42:10,639
values community input at the equal
level of the other inputs. And so I just

1251
01:42:09,280 --> 01:42:15,440
thought that it was really important to
share that because again we are in the

1252
01:42:13,199 --> 01:42:19,679
middle of process that is very hard for
community to sustain and I feel really

1253
01:42:17,520 --> 01:42:23,520
really confident and great about um the
ongoing work here. So, thank you very

1254
01:42:21,679 --> 01:42:26,960
much,
>> chair. With your leave, we'll bring up

1255
01:42:25,199 --> 01:42:31,679
our other panel members, but we'll be
here if you have questions.

1256
01:42:28,960 --> 01:42:37,400
» That's great. Thank you. And thank you
to the three of you for sharing

1257
01:42:33,600 --> 01:42:37,400
information with us.

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01:42:39,040 --> 01:42:43,840
» I know I'm up next because I like
following Mary. She's great to work

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with.
So is Beth. And

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I'm digging a hole here. I'm going to
stop. My name is Corky Collier,

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executive director of the Columbia
Corridor Association. A few months ago,

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I was introducing this program to a big
aluminum company in in the Columbia

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01:42:57,040 --> 01:43:03,040
Corridor, and I talked about how carbon
reduction is good for business, and the

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plant manager interrupted me and said,
"I've got five big ovens venting heat

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into the air. Can we do something with
that?" I said, "Yeah, I think we can do

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something with that." And then there's
the food manufacturer in North Portland

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that's considering extracting starch
from their wash water for washing

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01:43:18,159 --> 01:43:24,400
vegetables so they can reuse the water
more a little bit more before sending it

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to the sewage treatment plant. And then
a few months after that I'm having

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coffee with a landscape company and I
asked them if they could use water with

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starch and little bits of vegetable in
it to water plants. That would save the

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food manufacturer from sending waste
sending off waste water and the

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landscaper from buying fresh water. And
all of this saves carbon emissions.

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There's a thirst out there for
industrial decarbonization. We saw this

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with our with our Department of Energy
grant that Sunresa mentioned. She I

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don't think she mentioned that that
second place in the nation.

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People want to do this but they lack the
resources and the knowledge. There are

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some simple projects like electrical
connections for uh idling food delivery

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vehicles. And then there's the more
interesting projects like one I

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discussed with the silicon chip plant
about upgrading their heating and

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cooling systems with new equipment which
is tied into a district heating and

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cooling system for a nearby housing
project. These projects are based on

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partnerships which are based on trust.
This program is a tremendous step toward

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building those partnerships and making
those more complicated projects pencil

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out. And here's why this is important.
When we create projects with multiple

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partners, we get multiple carbon
reductions. Kind of a two for one sale.

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This program helps us create complex
projects that create jobs, reduce

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carbon, grow the economy, and improve
resilience. and maybe, just maybe, it'll

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make Portland the US leader in
industrial decarbonization.

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Thanks.
>> Awesome. Good afternoon, uh, Chair Purle

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Guinea. I'm Randall Fzen and also the
rest of the committee members, too.

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Thank you. Um, I'm Randall Freezen with
the Columbia Pacific Building Trades

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Council. Uh, we represent over 20,000
workers in the Portland Metropolitan and

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Southwest Washington region. Uh labor is
committed to the intersection of equity,

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economic growth, and sustainable
environment. PAF plays a critical role

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in catalyzing transformational projects,
and the funding is doing something

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remarkable here. A large portion of
dollars are going through Prosper

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Portland, which will help get big
projects going quickly. But there are

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also catalytic dollars going through the
new business Portland Partnership for

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Clean Industry. This innovative and this
is innovative and will put Portland on

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the map.
The PPCI is still identifying projects

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01:45:47,840 --> 01:45:54,159
and organizing outside capital to match
and exceed PAP dollars, but it has

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already made commitments to use the best
quality labor possible. When investments

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01:45:56,880 --> 01:46:03,679
in business reduce carbon, create
community benefits, and support good

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01:46:00,639 --> 01:46:07,360
jobs, that's where Portland wins.
Quality labor means projects done right

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the first time, and more trust from
businesses that the investment will hold

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over time.
We look forward to partnering with the

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partnership as it rolls out as an
adviser, as part of the project

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pipeline, and as a resource for the
workforce that can make these projects

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the best they can be. Thank you for the
opportunity to voice our support for

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this important work today. Appreciate
it.

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» Hello. Thank you for having us. I'm
excited to speak with you. My name is

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Beth Gilden. I am the sustainability and
resilience partnership manager at the

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Center for Public Service at Portland
State and the lead for the clean

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industry initiative.
I've had the opportunity to work with

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the partners here through the PAF funded
industrial modernization grant program,

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but also the larger vision that
everybody's shared with you today. I

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believe that our vision bridging
alignment and bridging sectors and

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01:46:55,280 --> 01:47:02,960
creating alignment across different
interests, a strategy driven by both

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01:46:59,360 --> 01:47:06,800
values and expertise, a focus on genuine
collaboration and trust building, and

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critically following through to
implementation, we can pull off

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something truly transformational for
Portland.

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Portland State is contributing to this
larger vision by supporting effective

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collaboration, partnership alignment,
and identifying funding pathways to

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implement projects that support our
shared goals. We're also asking what the

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Clean Industry Initiative is producing
for the community. Successful

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implementation means dedicating real
resources here, prioritizing this work

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over other choices, and being strategic
about where we invest. That's something

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we would not want to do without
measurement and evaluation.

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The typical ways we measure success in
economic development or carbon

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01:47:44,320 --> 01:47:49,760
accounting might not fit here. Those
measures are useful, but they don't

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necessarily tell us whether we're
reaching our complex goals or producing

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a real public value.
So, as part of our work, we're asking

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what are the actual public benefits, who
benefits, what are the equity and

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environmental implications, what are the
costs, and how do we know what

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adjustments to make along the way? My
colleagues in PSU's economics and public

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01:48:10,320 --> 01:48:15,119
administration departments are
developing a program to help answer

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those questions.
From the university perspective, their

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role is to provide an independent look
at programs costs, benefits, and

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01:48:20,480 --> 01:48:27,280
outcomes. And they provide feedback to
us about where we are achieving and

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01:48:24,960 --> 01:48:32,080
where we might need to improve our work.
Their work draws on academic expertise,

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01:48:29,760 --> 01:48:35,760
but it's grounded in data from the
industrial modernization grant and other

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01:48:33,920 --> 01:48:40,719
work they were doing and uses a
transparent methodology to describe the

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impacts. As this initiative expands, the
Portland State role can grow to support

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related regional scale research
questions, invest in talent development,

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01:48:46,880 --> 01:48:53,119
and be a resource for technical
challenges presented by decarbonization

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01:48:50,400 --> 01:48:57,040
and energy transition. If we get this
right, we will demonstrate how to build

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01:48:54,800 --> 01:49:01,199
a distinctly Portland model of economic
development that aligns the city,

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01:48:59,760 --> 01:49:05,679
businesses, community based
organizations, and academia around

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01:49:02,960 --> 01:49:09,520
shared goals. We will deliver on our
environmental values and provide an

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example that other cities can learn
learn from and we can be proud of in

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Portland.

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» Madam Chair, I know we are o over time
and I said at the beginning that we

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could talk for hours about this. We
could. There's so much to talk about

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here and we look forward to coming back
and talking with this committee as much

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as possible and keeping you updated. And
with that, we'll conclude the

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presentation. Thank you so much for
allowing us to present.

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» Thank you all for being a part of the
conversation today. I do want to move us

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toward a quick break, but committee
members, are there any uh quick

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01:49:40,320 --> 01:49:47,520
questions that we need to ask now before
we move on and then uh come back to it

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in committee discussion later?
>> Will the panel members be here after the

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break? Do you have at least a few people
who are able to stay to the end?

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» Yes.
>> Okay.

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01:49:54,159 --> 01:50:00,159
» Thanks.
>> Perfect. Thank you. And I just want to

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highlight before we take a break the
emphasis that I heard through many

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speakers on equity and making sure that
this is not only the alignment of

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environmental and economic, but that we
get that third E of equity and our

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impact as well. I think having all three
of those values coming together in this

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work is is part of the critical sweet
sauce. I want to thank you Vivian for

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our one meeting about the big picture. I
feel listened to that I wanted to really

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see cross collaboration. Um usually this
doesn't happen and that's why we're not

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getting the results that we need. So
it's hard but it's necessary. Thank you.

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» Okay. Thank you all. We are going to
take a 10 minute break. We will be back

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here at 3:55 to hear from our final two
panels and then have time for a quick

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council discussion about what some next
steps might be for us to take. With

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that, we will take a quick break. Thank
you.

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» Hello.

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>> Next time

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» All

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Heat. Heat.

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» Thank you all for giving us that quick
break. We are going to get started again

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as soon as we have a quorum back of
committee. To that end, councilors Murio

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02:01:28,960 --> 02:01:35,679
and Avalos, do I have either or both of
you back yet?

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» Yes, I'm here.
>> Fantastic. And counselor Avalos. So, we

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02:01:38,880 --> 02:01:46,639
have a quorum back. We are going to go
ahead and jump right into our third

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presentation today with Jason Lewis,
executive director for the climate

1426
02:01:48,159 --> 02:01:54,719
optimists. And I know councelor Ryan
will be back momentarily. Uh thank you

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all for bearing with us for a quick
break and Jason go right ahead. Thank

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you.
>> We tried to make it happen during the

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climate committee and so then the change
of committees. So appreciate this is

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coming to fruition.
So briefly [clears throat] uh as

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mentioned I'm the executive director of
climate optimists. Uh we're a Portland

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02:02:14,800 --> 02:02:21,760
based organization focused on educating
people on climate solutions and ways to

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advance those solutions.
uh through a number of mediums uh

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podcast, newsletter, uh events, etc. Um
you know, I this topic in terms of

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climate change in Portland is is special
to me. I'm a native Oregonian. Uh grew

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up on a farm in the northeast corner of
the state and have spent uh 20 years of

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02:02:38,560 --> 02:02:45,760
my career working in the energy sector
in various capacities uh including

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building wind farms in in the US and
Canada.

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02:02:48,960 --> 02:02:54,400
So, I know we've talked about this a
little bit already, but I think it's

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worth uh just stepping back and talking
about, you know, a case for a bolder

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02:02:56,800 --> 02:03:05,199
climate response. Um, I think first and
foremost, this is something that matters

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to Portlanders. Uh, the data I have here
are from uh Multma County. Um, but as

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you can see, you've got roughly 80% of
Portlanders that are worried and want to

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see us hit that net zero mark by 2050.
Um, in addition, while [clears throat]

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most people feel like, you know,
addressing climate change falls to state

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02:03:25,119 --> 02:03:32,239
and national, um, still twothirds of
people feeling like local officials

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02:03:30,320 --> 02:03:36,639
should be doing more. And I would argue
that's all the more important given the

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current administration and the the roll
backs that we're seeing.

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As we all know, impacts are worsening.
Um I think it's worth just calling out

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some of the events that we've seen so
far just this year. Uh know someone

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02:03:48,880 --> 02:03:56,639
mentioned the tragic events in Nepal
earlier. Um there was heavy flooding in

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02:03:54,080 --> 02:04:04,480
India that resulted in 50 deaths and
700,000 folks displaced. uh in Europe uh

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02:04:01,040 --> 02:04:09,840
the extreme heat there has led to 35,000
heat related deaths and and if we look

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02:04:07,040 --> 02:04:15,520
more locally uh even in Oregon we had a
record low snowpack this year which not

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02:04:13,040 --> 02:04:19,960
surprisingly led to a record wildfire
season uh that is still continuing

1456
02:04:20,000 --> 02:04:26,480
but you know I think the most important
point to be made here is that is that

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transformation is possible and you know
as somebody who is kind of engrossed in

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this a climate geek, if you will. Um,
it's fun to see all the progress being

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made in other places in the world. Um,
the EU, for instance, just this year hit

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a milestone where they produced uh 50%
of their electricity from renewables,

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which is pretty outstanding.
The city of Paris has been diligently

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working on getting more folks on bikes
and was able to double their numbers to

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11% of trips by bike uh in just the last
couple years.

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And China we all think of as a leader in
EVs and no doubt uh 50% of new car sales

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there are now electric. Uh for context
the US it sits at about 7%. So we've got

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ways to go.
And then finally uh the city of Boston

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last year uh became the first city in
the US um to require that all new

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buildings are net zero carbon upon
opening which is which is pretty

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dramatic.
So, what's a win-win climate

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opportunity? First and foremost, uh it
provides multiple benefits. I think the

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focus with climate solutions tends to
get caught up in just reducing

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emissions. But the reality is that in
many cases, climate solutions also

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provide health benefits. They help with,
you know, road safety. They uh help with

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affordability. And I think it's
important not to lose sight of those

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02:05:50,880 --> 02:05:57,040
things.
I think it's also important to have

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02:05:55,199 --> 02:06:01,520
climate actions that provide a a high
return on investment. Um the reality is

1477
02:05:59,119 --> 02:06:06,920
that money is always finite and we want
to ensure that gets stretched uh to its

1478
02:06:03,920 --> 02:06:06,920
maximum.

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02:06:06,960 --> 02:06:14,159
In addition, win-win opportunities
should build momentum. Uh we need to

1480
02:06:11,520 --> 02:06:20,480
close a gap and so having things that
help get the ball rolling is is really

1481
02:06:16,560 --> 02:06:24,719
essential. And then finally, um, in our
context here, we're talking about things

1482
02:06:22,080 --> 02:06:28,880
that that address policy gaps. Uh,
there's obviously a lot of great work,

1483
02:06:26,560 --> 02:06:33,360
um, underway in city bureaus and with
PAF. Um, some of these concepts we're

1484
02:06:31,679 --> 02:06:36,840
floating are just things where we see
additional opportunity.

1485
02:06:37,440 --> 02:06:44,159
So, the first one we wanted to talk
about uh is reducing bike town rates.

1486
02:06:42,239 --> 02:06:48,000
Um, I don't know how many folks have
been on a bike town bike in the last

1487
02:06:46,000 --> 02:06:52,880
year. Um, but I can tell you that it's
not cheap. Um, Lyft, the operator has

1488
02:06:51,040 --> 02:06:57,199
raised rates a couple times and we are
now at the upper end of the range. Uh,

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02:06:55,679 --> 02:07:02,480
looking at some of the cities we
examined, um, we think reducing those

1490
02:07:00,159 --> 02:07:06,079
rates could not only bring about some
modest emission [clears throat]

1491
02:07:03,360 --> 02:07:09,920
reductions, but more importantly really
help encourage more people to get on

1492
02:07:07,599 --> 02:07:13,760
bikes. Um, you know, you have one good
ride on a bike that, you know, leads to

1493
02:07:12,159 --> 02:07:18,960
the next and then hopefully, you know,
those sort of things becoming habits.

1494
02:07:16,960 --> 02:07:21,920
Um, with high gasoline prices, I think
having a good way to get around by bike

1495
02:07:20,560 --> 02:07:26,159
also helps with transportation
affordability.

1496
02:07:23,440 --> 02:07:32,079
Um, in addition to helping with local
air quality, health outcomes, and

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02:07:28,880 --> 02:07:36,159
reducing traffic congestion.
In each of these, we were sort of asked

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02:07:33,599 --> 02:07:41,440
to come up with a kind of hypothetical
scenario. Um, with reducing bike town

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02:07:38,800 --> 02:07:49,040
rates, we said, well, what if we were to
uh cut the rates by 75% and that led to

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02:07:45,599 --> 02:07:53,599
a 50% increase. What would that mean?
Uh, in the context of emissions, uh,

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02:07:51,199 --> 02:07:59,920
we'd be talking about roughly 400,000
more miles traveled by bike per year in

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02:07:56,400 --> 02:08:05,480
the city than by car. um and you'd have
a revenue shortfall you'd have to fill

1503
02:08:01,920 --> 02:08:05,480
uh roughly 60%.

1504
02:08:07,599 --> 02:08:16,079
Uh second opportunity uh we wanted to
highlight is kind of an expansion of

1505
02:08:12,000 --> 02:08:20,079
car-free zones. Um there are some small
blocks, you know, each folks probably

1506
02:08:18,480 --> 02:08:25,040
has some in their neighborhood where,
you know, been closed off to cars. Some

1507
02:08:21,840 --> 02:08:29,119
of that, you know, because of COVID. Um
we also have a green loop project that

1508
02:08:26,960 --> 02:08:35,440
many of you are probably aware about. Um
but we want to see you know basically

1509
02:08:31,119 --> 02:08:40,719
car-free zones uh at scale and the
reason for that um admittedly carfree

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02:08:37,920 --> 02:08:45,280
zones are not going to yield direct
emission reductions at least not very

1511
02:08:42,400 --> 02:08:50,239
measurable. Um but I think critically
they demonstrate the value of having

1512
02:08:47,119 --> 02:08:54,480
areas without vehicles. And when you
talk about having to build the cycling

1513
02:08:52,719 --> 02:08:58,880
and pedestrian infrastructure we need to
move folks around, um it's important to

1514
02:08:57,360 --> 02:09:02,239
have the community at large be
supportive of those sort of

1515
02:09:00,079 --> 02:09:06,639
improvements.
In our case, uh you know, having

1516
02:09:03,920 --> 02:09:10,560
car-free zones downtown offers the
potential to revitalize things, right?

1517
02:09:08,400 --> 02:09:15,520
Uh becomes, you know, and attract
attract locals down, attract tourists.

1518
02:09:13,360 --> 02:09:20,119
Um in addition to providing you know
other again health and air quality

1519
02:09:17,119 --> 02:09:20,119
benefits

1520
02:09:20,320 --> 02:09:28,639
in in terms of scenarios here uh the
most obvious one for us uh is to

1521
02:09:25,360 --> 02:09:33,440
accelerate the green loop buildout. Um
it's my understanding it's been in

1522
02:09:30,159 --> 02:09:39,119
planning since at least 2018
uh now going on roughly a decade. Um,

1523
02:09:36,719 --> 02:09:42,960
and so, you know, looking to some of
these other car-free zone projects,

1524
02:09:40,719 --> 02:09:48,320
while it's hard to compare apples to
apples, uh, the the photo here of a

1525
02:09:45,920 --> 02:09:54,800
street in Vienna, um, their major
shopping district, uh, basically started

1526
02:09:51,040 --> 02:09:59,040
in 2011 as a concept and in 2015 was
implemented. And so, we think being able

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02:09:57,280 --> 02:10:02,920
to accelerate that Green Loop project
could bring big benefits.

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02:10:04,239 --> 02:10:11,199
Uh the third opportunity we wanted to
touch upon uh is focused on expanding EV

1529
02:10:08,480 --> 02:10:15,520
charging at rental properties. Um we
recognize that, you know, one of the

1530
02:10:13,679 --> 02:10:20,880
biggest impediments to owning an EV is
having access to charging. As a EV owner

1531
02:10:18,320 --> 02:10:24,320
myself, uh I can't say I, you know, want
to be having to travel around and to try

1532
02:10:22,800 --> 02:10:29,599
to charge at high-speed charging. It's
far more expensive. Um, as far as the

1533
02:10:27,760 --> 02:10:34,800
current state is concerned, we do have
good EV ready requirements for new

1534
02:10:31,760 --> 02:10:40,320
construction. Um, but access to charging
at rental properties is very limited.

1535
02:10:37,360 --> 02:10:47,880
Um, and while PF does accept grants for
charging, um, there have been limited

1536
02:10:43,119 --> 02:10:47,880
sort of dollars out there so far.

1537
02:10:48,239 --> 02:10:53,920
Of course, benefits. Everybody who
purchases an electric vehicle, uh, that

1538
02:10:52,079 --> 02:10:58,800
results in direct emission benefits for
the city. Um, it also having charging

1539
02:10:56,960 --> 02:11:03,520
removes a key ownership barrier for
people who might not [clears throat]

1540
02:11:00,159 --> 02:11:08,320
otherwise consider buying an EV. And you
know, while we tend to focus on or hear

1541
02:11:05,840 --> 02:11:13,199
the media focus on the price of EVs,
luxury EVs, uh, the reality is

1542
02:11:10,960 --> 02:11:17,119
purchasing a used EV, the cost of
ownership is is at the is at the end of

1543
02:11:15,599 --> 02:11:23,440
the spectrum, right? It's some of the
cheapest driving you can do is in a is

1544
02:11:19,440 --> 02:11:27,920
in a used EV, especially with $5 gallon
of gasoline.

1545
02:11:26,079 --> 02:11:32,719
As far as a potential scenario is
concerned, um you know, we envision

1546
02:11:30,960 --> 02:11:37,040
something like an incentive program that
leads to say, you know, a thousand

1547
02:11:34,960 --> 02:11:42,320
additional charging ports spread
throughout the city and in turn, you

1548
02:11:39,360 --> 02:11:47,040
know, seeing two EVs for every charging
port that's put in. Uh in that scenario,

1549
02:11:45,760 --> 02:11:52,800
we'd be looking at, you know, the
equivalent of taking roughly 1500 cars

1550
02:11:49,440 --> 02:11:57,520
off the road. um and a financial impact
if looking at incentives that we looked

1551
02:11:54,960 --> 02:12:01,239
at in New York um probably around $3
million price tag.

1552
02:12:02,480 --> 02:12:09,520
And not to leave out buildings, uh our
final opportunity uh is really about

1553
02:12:07,199 --> 02:12:14,320
focusing on incentivizing greener new
housing. Um the city is obviously in the

1554
02:12:12,320 --> 02:12:19,440
midst of trying to increase housing
supply. Um, we feel like it'd be a huge

1555
02:12:17,599 --> 02:12:23,931
missed opportunity if those new housing
units aren't fully electric and high

1556
02:12:22,159 --> 02:12:29,171
efficiency.
[clears throat] Excuse me.

1557
02:12:26,159 --> 02:12:32,480
Um, PAF does have dollars.
[clears throat] PA does have dollars uh

1558
02:12:30,800 --> 02:12:38,079
that they're, you know, have available
for um affordable housing, you know,

1559
02:12:35,280 --> 02:12:41,440
complexes 20 units and above. Um, but
when you start talking about incentives

1560
02:12:39,920 --> 02:12:46,639
beyond that, they're they're pretty
nominal.

1561
02:12:44,320 --> 02:12:52,320
Uh obviously the benefits of having a
you know a greener new housing stock is

1562
02:12:49,280 --> 02:12:56,239
direct emission reductions. Uh I think
maybe equally important it improves

1563
02:12:54,159 --> 02:13:01,679
housing affordability. When we talk
about utility rates going up that

1564
02:12:58,159 --> 02:13:05,840
trajectory is not set to change and so
you know having a home that consumes

1565
02:13:03,280 --> 02:13:10,159
less energy means less out-of- pocket
money for future tenants and and

1566
02:13:07,840 --> 02:13:14,239
homeowners.
And then you know additionally you know

1567
02:13:12,000 --> 02:13:18,880
having a home that operates on electric
you improve air quality internally and

1568
02:13:17,280 --> 02:13:22,960
you know the benefit of doing this with
new housing is as you can imagine it's

1569
02:13:21,119 --> 02:13:28,520
far more expensive to come back later
and and try to do this um to existing

1570
02:13:25,520 --> 02:13:28,520
buildings.

1571
02:13:29,199 --> 02:13:37,119
As far as the scenario is concerned, um
given that our existing, you know, kind

1572
02:13:33,599 --> 02:13:41,360
of housing supply, uh new units coming
out about 5,000 a year, we said, well,

1573
02:13:39,119 --> 02:13:45,440
you know, in an ideal world, 90, you
know, 90% of those would be fully

1574
02:13:43,040 --> 02:13:48,480
electric and high efficiency.
Um admittedly, [clears throat] when we

1575
02:13:47,040 --> 02:13:54,079
started to go down the path of trying to
estimate emissions and costs for those,

1576
02:13:51,520 --> 02:13:59,280
um you really need more data in order to
do that. Um, and partially it's about

1577
02:13:56,960 --> 02:14:03,360
deciding what kinds of incentives need
to be put forth. You know, is it

1578
02:14:00,719 --> 02:14:08,639
streamlining permitting? Is it, you
know, property tax abatement? Is it cash

1579
02:14:05,840 --> 02:14:13,079
incentives, etc. But do feel like
there's a a big opportunity there.

1580
02:14:13,840 --> 02:14:20,320
So, uh, in summary, win-win climate
actions improve affordability and

1581
02:14:18,400 --> 02:14:23,920
livability in the city. I think it's
really important as we're looking at

1582
02:14:21,520 --> 02:14:28,320
climate actions to to remember that this
isn't just about reducing emissions.

1583
02:14:25,840 --> 02:14:31,760
These things come with other benefits.
Um, and it's about building momentum.

1584
02:14:30,239 --> 02:14:36,560
You know, we have an emissions gap to
close and having things that we can do

1585
02:14:34,719 --> 02:14:40,800
that give us some of that incremental
progress while we're getting to the more

1586
02:14:38,480 --> 02:14:46,159
transformative actions uh I think is
really essential. Um and so sort of

1587
02:14:44,719 --> 02:14:49,920
leaving you with a kind of high level
recommendations uh from us, I think, you

1588
02:14:48,719 --> 02:14:53,360
know, and we heard some of this here
today, but recommitting to the 2030

1589
02:14:52,320 --> 02:14:56,719
targets, you know, if we're going to
achieve them, I think everybody needs to

1590
02:14:54,880 --> 02:15:02,960
be on board with the the work that
that's going to take. Um establishing

1591
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:07,440
climate metrics, uh not just metrics for
tracking the progress of an action, but

1592
02:15:04,960 --> 02:15:13,280
also metrics for helping us select our
climate actions. again like there's a

1593
02:15:10,800 --> 02:15:16,480
lot of potential solutions out there. Um
they're not all, you know, apples to

1594
02:15:15,119 --> 02:15:20,880
apples. Some of them are far more
expensive for the amount of mission

1595
02:15:18,320 --> 02:15:25,440
reduction that they generate.
And then, you know, our, you know, I

1596
02:15:23,840 --> 02:15:29,840
guess challenge to you would be to pick
some actions in the next year and find

1597
02:15:27,840 --> 02:15:34,560
some you can refine and and implement
while the the broader climate action

1598
02:15:31,520 --> 02:15:39,599
plan is is being formed. And you know,
at the end of the day, we we need a high

1599
02:15:37,199 --> 02:15:43,520
level strategy. The beauty is with uh
with climate action um we know what the

1600
02:15:42,159 --> 02:15:49,119
solutions are. It's just a matter of
figuring out about how best to to

1601
02:15:45,199 --> 02:15:54,800
implement those solutions. So
>> thank you so much and thank you for in

1602
02:15:51,920 --> 02:15:58,800
bringing these forward having that that
section there about what this could

1603
02:15:57,280 --> 02:16:03,040
actually look like and what the impact
would be and what the cost would be.

1604
02:16:00,320 --> 02:16:07,360
Being able to really see those tradeoffs
spelled out as we think about some of

1605
02:16:04,560 --> 02:16:12,880
these proposals is helpful. Of course.
>> Colleagues, any other quick questions?

1606
02:16:10,960 --> 02:16:15,760
» Councelor Ryan.
>> Well, [clears throat] you use the word

1607
02:16:13,920 --> 02:16:21,119
quick. Can you tell me why?
>> Uh, we have about five minutes left for

1608
02:16:18,639 --> 02:16:23,599
this presentation before we move to our
youth commission representatives.

1609
02:16:22,800 --> 02:16:29,199
» Okay, great.
>> And so, I just don't want a a meandering

1610
02:16:25,920 --> 02:16:32,960
10-minute uh response to any of the
proposals.

1611
02:16:30,880 --> 02:16:37,359
Well, it's too bad we don't have more
time right now because I was listening

1612
02:16:35,679 --> 02:16:41,519
to the whole thing and it was really
fascinating. So, I'll just get rid of my

1613
02:16:39,679 --> 02:16:44,719
notes and look at Vivian. I think if you
came up that'd be helpful.

1614
02:16:42,800 --> 02:16:47,599
» We'll have time for discussion on all
the presentations at the end. We still

1615
02:16:46,240 --> 02:16:49,359
have one more presentation.
>> Sorry.

1616
02:16:48,000 --> 02:16:52,559
» This is for quick questions specific.
>> You commission is connected. Of course,

1617
02:16:50,800 --> 02:16:56,960
it's not a separate presentation. Yes.
>> All right.

1618
02:16:53,599 --> 02:16:59,359
» I um I stand corrected. So, thank you
and I can't wait to hear the on my youth

1619
02:16:58,880 --> 02:17:03,359
commission.
>> And happy I talked to Deon already.

1620
02:17:01,200 --> 02:17:06,240
Happy to provide additional context on
this stuff.

1621
02:17:04,160 --> 02:17:07,920
» You'll be around when we do our debrief.
>> What's that?

1622
02:17:06,719 --> 02:17:09,920
» You'll be here after the youth
commission to do the big picture.

1623
02:17:09,439 --> 02:17:11,200
Thanks.
>> Yep.

1624
02:17:10,559 --> 02:17:14,880
» Thank you so much.
>> Sorry about that. I wasn't falling.

1625
02:17:12,719 --> 02:17:17,200
» That's okay. One more presentation in
this.

1626
02:17:16,719 --> 02:17:20,719
[gasps]
>> There are even more groups we could have

1627
02:17:18,719 --> 02:17:28,080
invited. [laughter]
Uh, I would like to move us to our final

1628
02:17:26,000 --> 02:17:35,120
panel, which is our representatives from
the Multma Youth Commission. And Hazel,

1629
02:17:32,240 --> 02:17:38,000
if you want to bring, is it you and Enzo
or do you have other folks coming up as

1630
02:17:36,880 --> 02:17:40,160
well?
>> Just us.

1631
02:17:38,639 --> 02:17:44,960
» Okay, perfect. Why don't you guys come
on up and if you can introduce

1632
02:17:42,800 --> 02:17:48,240
yourselves and then we'll have your
names on the record and you can get

1633
02:17:46,399 --> 02:17:52,719
right into the materials that you
brought to share. Uh thank you. Um good

1634
02:17:50,800 --> 02:17:56,240
afternoon committee members. Uh it's a
pleasure to be here and I want to thank

1635
02:17:54,479 --> 02:18:01,359
uh city life chair Ple Guiny for
inviting the Multi Youth Commission to

1636
02:17:58,639 --> 02:18:05,679
this meeting. Uh my name is Hazel. I
live in district 2 and I am a junior at

1637
02:18:03,359 --> 02:18:09,519
Jefferson High School. I am also a
member of the transit equity and

1638
02:18:07,200 --> 02:18:14,639
environmental advocacy subcommittee of
the Multma Youth Commission.

1639
02:18:12,880 --> 02:18:18,960
» Good afternoon counselors. My name is
Enzo. I also live in district 2 [snorts]

1640
02:18:17,120 --> 02:18:23,840
and I am a junior at Reynolds High
School. I am on the Month Youth

1641
02:18:21,359 --> 02:18:26,880
Commission where I serve as the co-chair
for the education youth for

1642
02:18:25,359 --> 02:18:32,240
subcommittee.
Uh next slide please.

1643
02:18:30,000 --> 02:18:37,840
Housed under the office of community and
civic life. The Monomoth youth

1644
02:18:34,399 --> 02:18:42,399
commission or NYC is the official youth
policy body of the city of Portland and

1645
02:18:40,160 --> 02:18:47,439
Monomoth County.
The goals of the Monomuth Youth

1646
02:18:44,240 --> 02:18:54,800
Commission are to uplift youth voices in
city and county decision making as well

1647
02:18:50,240 --> 02:18:58,240
as advocate for issues outlined in our
um city and county's own youth bullet

1648
02:18:56,559 --> 02:19:03,280
rights.
Currently, the youth bullet rights is

1649
02:19:00,559 --> 02:19:09,599
undergoing this process of being updated
as it was created by the NYC two decades

1650
02:19:06,080 --> 02:19:15,040
ago. it is lacking in certain issues
that are more prevalent now than in the

1651
02:19:11,359 --> 02:19:19,280
past. We will be reaching out to all of
you in the upcoming year as we continue

1652
02:19:16,719 --> 02:19:23,679
through that process. However,
additionally, the Monom Youth Commission

1653
02:19:21,920 --> 02:19:27,760
divides its work into three
subcommittees. One of which is the

1654
02:19:26,000 --> 02:19:33,679
Transit Equity and Environmental
Advocacy Committee, which aims to

1655
02:19:30,960 --> 02:19:38,559
protect youth in our community from the
impacts of climate change and reduce

1656
02:19:36,080 --> 02:19:43,080
barriers to accessing public transit for
youth. Uh, next slide, please.

1657
02:19:43,120 --> 02:19:49,439
Um, let's get into our transit
subcommittee's three current

1658
02:19:46,240 --> 02:19:54,160
initiatives. Youth pass, a tryate youth
survey, and climate mini grants.

1659
02:19:52,240 --> 02:19:59,920
Uh, are we on the next slide? Slide
three. Thank you. Uh, youth pass is the

1660
02:19:57,439 --> 02:20:04,240
free try pass available to all PPS
students and a small number of youth

1661
02:20:01,920 --> 02:20:09,439
from two neighboring school districts.
NYC's ultimate vision is youth pass for

1662
02:20:06,720 --> 02:20:13,920
all youth in trimet service area. The
MultiA Youth Commission started

1663
02:20:10,960 --> 02:20:18,720
advocating for Youth Pass in 2005, but
the cost of public transit for youth was

1664
02:20:16,000 --> 02:20:23,520
already a recognized concern. A few
years before, Sisters in Action for

1665
02:20:20,960 --> 02:20:27,200
Power, an organization made up of Girls
and Women of Color, successfully

1666
02:20:25,280 --> 02:20:32,080
campaigned for free transit passes for
low-income youth in the PPS district.

1667
02:20:29,840 --> 02:20:35,920
The Multma Youth Commission's efforts
along with other partner youth

1668
02:20:33,680 --> 02:20:40,960
organizations have since expanded the
program to include all high schoolers in

1669
02:20:38,240 --> 02:20:46,319
PPS as well as eligible students in the
David Douglas and Park Road districts.

1670
02:20:43,840 --> 02:20:51,280
The NYC sees multiple benefits to youth
pass. Aside from reducing Oregon's

1671
02:20:48,880 --> 02:20:55,280
chronic absenteeism rate, free public
transportation opens up more job

1672
02:20:53,359 --> 02:20:59,760
opportunities for youth, promotes
extracurricular participation, and most

1673
02:20:58,000 --> 02:21:03,439
appropriate for the topic at hand, it
builds lifelong transit users who would

1674
02:21:01,840 --> 02:21:07,760
make a measurable difference in the
city's carbon emissions. Increased

1675
02:21:05,680 --> 02:21:13,600
writership has immediate as well as
long-term climate impacts. Our idea for

1676
02:21:11,280 --> 02:21:17,439
a tryate survey for youth emerged when
we learned that Trimet is prohibited

1677
02:21:15,359 --> 02:21:21,520
from gathering demographic data on
people under 18 years of age. Meaning

1678
02:21:19,920 --> 02:21:26,319
that youth perspectives are not
currently represented in their attitude

1679
02:21:23,439 --> 02:21:30,720
and awareness survey. In response, we
have created a youth spec a youth

1680
02:21:28,960 --> 02:21:35,040
specific survey which will be
distributed to schools in the next few

1681
02:21:32,560 --> 02:21:40,160
months. We are hoping to identify why
youth writership remains low and what

1682
02:21:37,280 --> 02:21:46,240
steps we can take to make try more safe,
reliable, and affordable for youth.

1683
02:21:43,439 --> 02:21:50,000
Finally, we have the community 101 grant
which is made possible thanks to pass

1684
02:21:48,160 --> 02:21:56,720
through funds of the Oregon Community
Foundation. Every year, our committee

1685
02:21:52,720 --> 02:22:01,359
gives out $7,500 in grants to youthled
youth serving organizations within the

1686
02:21:58,640 --> 02:22:05,680
tri county area. Previous grant
recipients include Trash for Peace and

1687
02:22:03,680 --> 02:22:10,479
the Oregon Rohhinga Myanmar Muslim
Society. Trash for Peace is using their

1688
02:22:08,399 --> 02:22:14,880
grant to hire a student coordinator for
a bicycle repair shop in Fairview. And

1689
02:22:12,960 --> 02:22:19,600
the Oregon Rohhinga Myanmar Muslim
Society is conducting a report on heat

1690
02:22:17,280 --> 02:22:24,840
islands around tryate stops in East
Portland and Gresham. Next slide,

1691
02:22:21,840 --> 02:22:24,840
please.

1692
02:22:26,240 --> 02:22:34,000
Now we will get into the Monom Youth
Commission's climate priorities. Our

1693
02:22:31,040 --> 02:22:38,479
first priority is equitable access to
the benefits of the city's climate

1694
02:22:36,319 --> 02:22:44,000
efforts.
Going back to our youth transmit survey,

1695
02:22:41,439 --> 02:22:48,960
we know cost is a barrier to writing
public transit.

1696
02:22:46,319 --> 02:22:54,080
Additionally, other environmentally
friendly initiatives also come at high

1697
02:22:51,359 --> 02:23:00,399
price for everyday people.
Solar panels are too expensive for many

1698
02:22:56,560 --> 02:23:06,479
property owners and proper recycling
requires people to navigate a changing

1699
02:23:02,800 --> 02:23:10,319
and somewhat complicated system.
Therefore, one of our climate priorities

1700
02:23:08,479 --> 02:23:15,120
is to make sustainable choices
accessible for everyone. When thinking

1701
02:23:13,120 --> 02:23:19,280
about climate projects that involve
public participation,

1702
02:23:17,040 --> 02:23:24,000
it is important to consider who can
participate and if it's not everyone,

1703
02:23:21,920 --> 02:23:28,960
then what we can do to minimize the
barriers.

1704
02:23:26,479 --> 02:23:33,359
Our second priority is to include youth
in the climate conversation, especially

1705
02:23:31,920 --> 02:23:40,000
when speaking about the long-term
visions for the city. As a youth

1706
02:23:36,240 --> 02:23:44,160
commission, we see youth as one of the
most important demographics when talking

1707
02:23:41,680 --> 02:23:51,680
about the environment.
Climate action plans are proposals for a

1708
02:23:47,280 --> 02:23:57,359
future that our generation will inherit.
And if governments and corporations fail

1709
02:23:55,120 --> 02:24:02,880
to adequately address climate change,
the youth of today will have to live and

1710
02:23:59,359 --> 02:24:08,560
see those results.
Therefore, youth have a very big reason

1711
02:24:06,160 --> 02:24:13,520
to be deeply concerned about
environmental issues as well as bringing

1712
02:24:11,120 --> 02:24:18,080
their essential perspectives to the
table.

1713
02:24:14,960 --> 02:24:22,560
Thirdly, the Monom Youth Commission has
worked with Portland Parks urban

1714
02:24:19,760 --> 02:24:26,800
forestry team in the past and recognizes
the need to increase tree coverage in

1715
02:24:24,720 --> 02:24:33,120
significantly
um in low canopy in low canopy areas.

1716
02:24:30,960 --> 02:24:39,520
In Portland, low-income and minority
neighborhoods have significantly lower

1717
02:24:35,840 --> 02:24:45,280
coverage with a tree canopy that's over
two and a half times denser in the area

1718
02:24:42,479 --> 02:24:51,120
west of the Wamtt than it is in the east
of the Wamid. The number comes from the

1719
02:24:48,720 --> 02:24:56,800
July report from the urban forestry
division of Portland parks and wreck.

1720
02:24:54,399 --> 02:25:02,720
Planting and caring for trees will help
mitigate extreme heat, poor air quality,

1721
02:25:00,720 --> 02:25:07,680
and storm water runoff in historically
marginalized neighborhoods.

1722
02:25:05,280 --> 02:25:13,040
It is an economic project that offers
substantial and long-lasting benefits

1723
02:25:10,479 --> 02:25:17,680
for the city's environment.
>> In conclusion, and above all is a work

1724
02:25:15,600 --> 02:25:22,640
to center and prioritize youth pass
expansion. We know that research shows

1725
02:25:20,240 --> 02:25:27,120
youth access to transit builds the next
generation of transit riders and a fully

1726
02:25:25,200 --> 02:25:32,240
inclusive and expansive youth pass
program would reduce congestion and

1727
02:25:29,120 --> 02:25:36,399
carbon pollution. This is why we will
continue our advocacy efforts and ask

1728
02:25:34,399 --> 02:25:41,280
that you include this in our next
climate plan. Uh so that covers all that

1729
02:25:39,280 --> 02:25:44,960
we have for council today. Thank you for
your time. We are happy to answer any

1730
02:25:43,040 --> 02:25:49,280
questions and our contact page is on the
last slide.

1731
02:25:46,560 --> 02:25:52,800
Thank you so much for being here today.
And I'll word this a little bit

1732
02:25:50,800 --> 02:25:58,960
differently this time. Any questions
specific to this panel before we move to

1733
02:25:55,359 --> 02:26:04,000
the broader discussion and questions
that cross the different panels?

1734
02:26:02,240 --> 02:26:08,880
» I just want to thank Hazel, you're
Hazel, right? Enzel, um, for being here.

1735
02:26:06,960 --> 02:26:11,840
Thanks for the presentation. I thought
it had been a while since you've been

1736
02:26:10,160 --> 02:26:16,160
advocating for that youth pass. Yeah.
2005. Mayor Potter was really big on

1737
02:26:14,399 --> 02:26:22,240
that. So I like [clears throat] that
every um group that comes on continues

1738
02:26:19,040 --> 02:26:27,920
to carry that uh message forward. So
good work that you have a streamline of

1739
02:26:24,800 --> 02:26:30,720
um productivity and I have to say I miss
being the liazison to the youth

1740
02:26:29,280 --> 02:26:34,720
commission which I was for a few years
in the old form of government. So it's

1741
02:26:32,800 --> 02:26:36,479
good to see both of you.
>> She goes to Jefferson High School,

1742
02:26:35,920 --> 02:26:39,600
right?
>> All right. In our district. Yeah.

1743
02:26:38,000 --> 02:26:42,720
» In our district. And if you would like
to work with a youth commissioner, you

1744
02:26:41,280 --> 02:26:46,080
can still do that even though you're not
the city liaison anymore.

1745
02:26:45,439 --> 02:26:49,040
» Really?
>> Yes.

1746
02:26:46,720 --> 02:26:52,319
» Who knew? Okay. [snorts]
>> Um I'll just note as we're talking about

1747
02:26:51,040 --> 02:26:56,880
youth pass that there's a
>> I just wanted I thought you were

1748
02:26:54,399 --> 02:27:01,920
» No, I just want to ask Vivian. Are you
um making certain that all of these uh

1749
02:26:59,600 --> 02:27:07,640
committees that I see in the the slides
earlier that they have seats at the

1750
02:27:04,160 --> 02:27:07,640
table for youth?

1751
02:27:08,399 --> 02:27:15,439
That was one of their ask. So, I want to
hear how we're doing on that.

1752
02:27:13,760 --> 02:27:19,439
» Yeah, I appreciate the question. Um,
councelor Ryan, for the record, Vivian

1753
02:27:17,120 --> 02:27:21,840
Satderfield, CSO. Um, I can speak for
the Sustainability and Climate

1754
02:27:20,640 --> 02:27:26,319
Commission, which does have four
dedicated youth seats, and council did

1755
02:27:23,920 --> 02:27:30,160
confirm, um, all of those members. Uh,
you'll recall that the youth seats

1756
02:27:27,840 --> 02:27:35,120
actually expire on a year basis rather
than the rest of the adult commissioners

1757
02:27:32,080 --> 02:27:39,439
expire on a four-year basis. But all the
new the new ones that we'll talk about

1758
02:27:36,880 --> 02:27:43,120
in depth in a minute um do they also are
they going to be targeted to have youth

1759
02:27:40,880 --> 02:27:47,439
at the table for some of them?
>> Um I am unsure. Uh the sustainability

1760
02:27:46,240 --> 02:27:50,160
and climate commission is the only
commission that's attached to my office

1761
02:27:48,880 --> 02:27:58,080
and therefore the only one that has
respon that um I can seat. Um

1762
02:27:54,640 --> 02:28:02,720
however I do know that the uh the
>> community environment government

1763
02:28:00,319 --> 02:28:05,600
workforce contractor I mean some of them
make sense maybe some of them don't

1764
02:28:04,720 --> 02:28:10,640
» ah I understand
>> the current collaborate collaborators

1765
02:28:08,479 --> 02:28:13,439
» I understand now um I can describe a
little bit more about the climate action

1766
02:28:11,920 --> 02:28:17,359
planning process and why there are those
focus areas youth empowerment is one of

1767
02:28:15,359 --> 02:28:20,800
the crosscutting focus areas we have in
the climate action plan and all of our

1768
02:28:19,120 --> 02:28:26,792
youth commissioners are dedicated to
that that crosscutting focus area

1769
02:28:23,280 --> 02:28:28,560
» that help. Thanks.
[clears throat]

1770
02:28:26,800 --> 02:28:33,760
» Thank you. And I'll just note as we talk
about a youth pass that uh try

1771
02:28:31,200 --> 02:28:38,960
writership is free up until age seven
and PPS students get that pass though

1772
02:28:36,960 --> 02:28:44,640
it's not comprehensive enough yet when
they enter high school but youth between

1773
02:28:41,520 --> 02:28:50,000
the ages of seven and uh entering high
school who are within PPS still have to

1774
02:28:47,280 --> 02:28:54,640
pay that youth fair. So, we have a lot
of work to do, I think, broadly on this.

1775
02:28:52,960 --> 02:28:58,640
Thank you both so much for being here. I
think we're going to move into our

1776
02:28:56,240 --> 02:29:05,120
broader conversation and dis and
questions right now. And colleagues, I

1777
02:29:02,080 --> 02:29:12,720
know that there's been a lot that we
have thrown at you over the last uh two

1778
02:29:08,960 --> 02:29:16,800
hours or so. I'll note that across the
presentations there have been some

1779
02:29:14,319 --> 02:29:23,280
themes. Themes around recommitting to
our 2030 targets. Themes around making

1780
02:29:19,920 --> 02:29:28,399
sure our work is datadriven. We know
what will have the largest impact on

1781
02:29:25,840 --> 02:29:32,399
carbon reduction. We know what has the
highest cost and we know what has the

1782
02:29:30,160 --> 02:29:36,640
highest impact on people and the
day-to-day lives of individuals in our

1783
02:29:34,240 --> 02:29:40,560
community. And starting with those
solutions that have high impact is

1784
02:29:38,560 --> 02:29:44,160
always a good place to start. A lot of
that work has been done. We're getting

1785
02:29:42,160 --> 02:29:50,080
down to the next level of work that has
to happen. Uh but we can continue to be

1786
02:29:46,319 --> 02:29:55,920
data driven. We know that we need to
couple the highle strategy. What

1787
02:29:52,960 --> 02:30:00,240
policies are we trying to move toward?
Things like getting more people into

1788
02:29:57,920 --> 02:30:05,120
transit writership with the
evidence-based initiatives. What do we

1789
02:30:02,399 --> 02:30:09,359
know is working in other communities
that we haven't yet taken on that we

1790
02:30:06,800 --> 02:30:15,120
should make sure to adopt? And we know
that there is cross- sector interest.

1791
02:30:12,000 --> 02:30:18,720
There is cross community commitment. And
when we work collaboratively, we

1792
02:30:17,120 --> 02:30:24,800
collaboratively
uh we can have longerterm solutions that

1793
02:30:22,319 --> 02:30:29,040
really work to sustain our community.
And we heard some of that with councelor

1794
02:30:26,960 --> 02:30:34,640
Ryan's questions about making sure that
our

1795
02:30:30,720 --> 02:30:38,240
youth members of our climate commission
are engaged in every piece of the

1796
02:30:36,319 --> 02:30:43,040
climate plan. But I think there are
probably more pieces we should explore

1797
02:30:39,920 --> 02:30:48,960
there as well. I would like to open it
up to broad discussion and questions for

1798
02:30:46,640 --> 02:30:54,640
any of our panels and counselors Avalos
and Mario. We have representatives from

1799
02:30:51,520 --> 02:31:01,520
all of our panels still in the room. But
I also hope that if you heard something

1800
02:30:58,319 --> 02:31:08,479
today that you would like us to take on
as a committee that you point that out

1801
02:31:04,399 --> 02:31:13,040
because we had concrete proposals from a
few of the panels that we heard from and

1802
02:31:11,680 --> 02:31:18,479
if there are things we should start
working on now to make sure that we're

1803
02:31:15,120 --> 02:31:22,800
moving as Mr. Lewis said before we get
to the next climate action plan, uh,

1804
02:31:20,880 --> 02:31:27,200
let's air those and see if those are
things that have broad support across

1805
02:31:25,040 --> 02:31:32,760
the across the committee that we might
be able to take on. Councelor Avalos, go

1806
02:31:29,600 --> 02:31:32,760
right ahead.

1807
02:31:35,200 --> 02:31:43,280
Thank you. [sighs] Um, [gasps]
I'm processing your question. Let me see

1808
02:31:41,439 --> 02:31:48,960
if I can come up with an answer by the
end of my um, comments. But yeah, thank

1809
02:31:46,240 --> 02:31:54,560
you again to everyone who uh has been
here today to present. I think that this

1810
02:31:51,520 --> 02:32:00,240
conversation has been really good to not
just focus on our goals but actually

1811
02:31:57,200 --> 02:32:05,200
what um steps we're needing to take um
to actually make meaningful progress

1812
02:32:02,240 --> 02:32:09,280
towards them. Um and you know, climate
policy we know has to be beyond just

1813
02:32:07,600 --> 02:32:13,200
setting these ambitious targets of which
we have many. Um, but we need these

1814
02:32:11,760 --> 02:32:16,800
policies that are going to actually
reduce emissions. And we need to be

1815
02:32:15,520 --> 02:32:20,880
thoughtful, too, about how those
policies affect people's housing costs

1816
02:32:18,960 --> 02:32:25,280
and health and jobs and everyday lives.
And I think it's important we continue

1817
02:32:22,399 --> 02:32:31,760
to connect those dots. Um because I know
uh trust me as somebody who entered the

1818
02:32:27,359 --> 02:32:37,840
environmental justice world um I was I I
didn't make as many connections um uh to

1819
02:32:36,080 --> 02:32:43,040
the way that environmental justice
connects to racial and economic justice

1820
02:32:40,800 --> 02:32:48,399
for example. And so um I think it's good
that we elevate that continuously.

1821
02:32:46,080 --> 02:32:52,000
Um that is very much also the approach
that I'm taking with my climate and

1822
02:32:50,319 --> 02:32:56,880
health standards policy that you know
I've emailed to council you I've been

1823
02:32:54,080 --> 02:33:02,000
keeping you uh apprised of that. We've
done some really good outreach and uh it

1824
02:32:59,200 --> 02:33:06,640
will be coming to committee uh in a few
weeks. that um you know, the goal of

1825
02:33:04,160 --> 02:33:10,800
that policy is really to meaningfully
reduce emissions from our buildings

1826
02:33:08,479 --> 02:33:15,040
while also thinking intentionally about
things like tenant protections and

1827
02:33:12,399 --> 02:33:18,560
affordability and um in indoor air
quality and public health and also how

1828
02:33:17,200 --> 02:33:22,880
we're going to support buildings that
may need help making that transition. uh

1829
02:33:21,040 --> 02:33:26,479
really encouraged by the sustainability
and climate commission um recently

1830
02:33:24,800 --> 02:33:30,960
voting to make the climate and health
standards their primary policy priority

1831
02:33:29,040 --> 02:33:35,359
and emphasized the urgency of getting
this work across the finish line and

1832
02:33:33,040 --> 02:33:38,640
also u Multma County recently adopted
their climate justice plan which also

1833
02:33:37,120 --> 02:33:43,161
recommends many of the same building
actions that we're pursuing through the

1834
02:33:40,399 --> 02:33:46,720
climate and health standards. So um
[clears throat] to me that speaks to you

1835
02:33:45,280 --> 02:33:51,120
know further confirmation that this is
an area that we all know uh is the

1836
02:33:48,880 --> 02:33:55,120
direction that we need to go in and uh
we also need to do the hard work of

1837
02:33:53,040 --> 02:34:00,240
implementing it well because policy to
implementation is always uh key as we

1838
02:33:57,600 --> 02:34:03,120
know um and I don't think too that the
choice should be between ambitious

1839
02:34:01,680 --> 02:34:08,319
climate policy and things like
affordability for example um the harder

1840
02:34:06,399 --> 02:34:12,960
and more important work uh that we have
is to design these policies that

1841
02:34:10,000 --> 02:34:16,080
accomplish both. Um, I also have a
personal connection to some of that

1842
02:34:14,399 --> 02:34:20,880
industry work that we were hearing about
today. In 2022, I had the opportunity to

1843
02:34:18,479 --> 02:34:25,680
travel to Denmark to study industrial
symbiosis and see firsthand how industry

1844
02:34:23,600 --> 02:34:29,920
and government community can work
together differently. Obviously, Denmark

1845
02:34:28,080 --> 02:34:34,080
is a very different place than Portland,
Oregon, and America for that matter. Um,

1846
02:34:32,240 --> 02:34:38,800
but there are important lessons there
and I'm really uh encouraged to see

1847
02:34:36,479 --> 02:34:43,040
that. Um, what came out of that being
the Portland Clean Industry Hub

1848
02:34:40,960 --> 02:34:46,720
initiative, uh, I'm really glad to see
that we're continuing to move forward

1849
02:34:44,560 --> 02:34:51,120
and evolving towards this broader
partnership. Um, and just in general

1850
02:34:48,960 --> 02:34:55,200
that we're, you know, continuing to use
that model, um, that we learned from in

1851
02:34:53,359 --> 02:34:59,120
Denmark. And that's, uh, there's a
larger lesson there that we also don't

1852
02:34:56,880 --> 02:35:04,000
have to reinvent every climate solution
ourselves. Um in fact there are so many

1853
02:35:02,319 --> 02:35:08,800
uh policies moving across the country
that I think we as a committee as far as

1854
02:35:06,399 --> 02:35:13,280
like actions um you know should be
looking to and just seeing what are

1855
02:35:10,640 --> 02:35:18,560
things that are emerging issues that we
can um start to adapt here in Portland.

1856
02:35:16,640 --> 02:35:23,520
And so that's the lens that I'm bringing
to this conversation. And I have a

1857
02:35:19,920 --> 02:35:27,359
couple of questions um you know around
uh maybe I'll start with um the youth

1858
02:35:26,000 --> 02:35:32,960
commission since they were our last
presentation. But I've got some

1859
02:35:28,880 --> 02:35:36,800
questions of the industry folks. Um, and
just depending on time, we'll see what

1860
02:35:34,479 --> 02:35:39,600
other questions I have. But, um, you
know, we started to talk at the end

1861
02:35:38,000 --> 02:35:43,920
there about what we heard from the youth
commission, which is, uh, one of their

1862
02:35:41,280 --> 02:35:49,280
goals of equitable access, um, of youth
to these, you know, uh, ways to

1863
02:35:46,720 --> 02:35:55,040
participate, um, and, you know, have an
ongoing, uh, meaningful role in shaping

1864
02:35:52,160 --> 02:35:58,640
climate policy. I know that the uh
having the youth commissioners on the

1865
02:35:56,800 --> 02:36:03,120
sustainability and climate commission is
great um because we have intentional

1866
02:36:00,960 --> 02:36:07,040
spaces for them. But I guess just wanted
to hear from the youth, you know, maybe

1867
02:36:05,439 --> 02:36:12,080
there are things that you are seeing
either not around, you know, near us in

1868
02:36:09,760 --> 02:36:15,600
the region, maybe in other states where
um local governments are taking action

1869
02:36:13,840 --> 02:36:19,359
to work with youth and would love to
hear if you have any thoughts about um

1870
02:36:17,840 --> 02:36:24,160
any tangible things you think we should
be doing better.

1871
02:36:21,280 --> 02:36:29,120
Yeah, I'm looking to see if Hazel's able
to come back up or anybody else from the

1872
02:36:25,920 --> 02:36:34,000
youth commission to weigh in on where we
might as a city be able to do better

1873
02:36:32,000 --> 02:36:39,560
about engaging
uh your peers in a way that we're not

1874
02:36:36,160 --> 02:36:39,560
currently doing.

1875
02:36:43,439 --> 02:36:49,120
Thank you for letting us put you on the
spot.

1876
02:36:47,120 --> 02:36:54,640
Um, yeah, I think I might need a little
bit more time to think about that. Um,

1877
02:36:51,520 --> 02:36:59,200
we also, um, the transit equity and
environmental advocacy committee is

1878
02:36:56,479 --> 02:37:06,080
starting up again in a couple weeks. Um,
and we might talk about talk more about

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like, uh, uh, citywide um, climate
interests and stuff once that starts up

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again.
>> Great. Councelors, are you open to a

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02:37:12,160 --> 02:37:17,680
delayed response where we might be able
to get some input on more specific and

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02:37:16,240 --> 02:37:22,319
concrete things that we could be doing
better?

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02:37:19,840 --> 02:37:27,600
» Yes, absolutely. And I would just add to
that um I just got an email a couple

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02:37:24,479 --> 02:37:31,840
hours ago of Opal unfortunately uh
closing officially, but there in their

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02:37:29,920 --> 02:37:37,040
email they mentioned that the bus riders
united is continuing on through a

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02:37:34,720 --> 02:37:41,439
different fiscal sponsor. Uh I know that
has been a space where youth in

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02:37:38,640 --> 02:37:44,640
particular have organized. Um and so uh
I think they would be great to see how

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02:37:42,960 --> 02:37:48,479
we can just in general get all of these
groups together and and start looking

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02:37:46,319 --> 02:37:53,439
towards solutions um especially as we're
looking at these trimet cuts um and uh

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02:37:51,280 --> 02:37:58,240
closing that gap of access for youth to
our trimet system uh is critical. And

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02:37:56,160 --> 02:38:02,880
frankly, um, if we're talking about
writership and needing to improve it, I

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02:38:00,560 --> 02:38:08,640
feel like that would be such a huge, um,
way to increase wrership by giving

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02:38:05,200 --> 02:38:13,359
access to all youth, um, to to the bus
so that they can get around and and, um,

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02:38:10,720 --> 02:38:18,880
you know, make the most of their, uh,
time in the city. And so, yeah, would

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02:38:15,760 --> 02:38:23,040
love to have a followup with you um, and
happy to continue supporting efforts for

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that. So, thanks for thinking about that
question and look forward to talking

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more.
>> Great. Thank you, counselor.

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» Um,
>> thank you. Um, let's see. Let me just

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02:38:30,399 --> 02:38:36,000
move on quickly to one more question.
Um, I guess I just wanted to

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02:38:35,294 --> 02:38:42,479
[clears throat]
hear more, uh, as far as the industry

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02:38:39,200 --> 02:38:47,600
hub. Um, you know, I appreciate, um,
that we're hearing that the industry hub

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02:38:44,640 --> 02:38:52,319
has been seemingly successful in really
bringing together some quite different

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02:38:50,000 --> 02:38:56,080
sectors and to have this conversation.
So bringing business and labor and

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02:38:54,399 --> 02:39:00,319
community and environmental orgs and
government into the same place. And so

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02:38:58,000 --> 02:39:04,880
would love to just hear uh from anyone
if they're willing to share what are we

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02:39:02,319 --> 02:39:09,120
learning from that collaboration um that
could inform how we approach other areas

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02:39:06,800 --> 02:39:13,040
of climate policy because I think my
underlying message there is that you

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02:39:11,280 --> 02:39:17,120
know we need to do more to be more
crosscutting uh about and thinking about

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02:39:15,680 --> 02:39:20,720
climate policy in all our
decision-making. So yeah, I would love

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02:39:18,479 --> 02:39:25,200
to hear any lessons you've learned uh
building this broad coalition that we

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could um take and apply.
>> Yeah,

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» counselor. I see folks looking to decide
who from that panel is the best person

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02:39:30,000 --> 02:39:36,920
to come up. So we're going to give them
Okay, perfect.

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[laughter]

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» Do you want to go first?
>> Sure. Ask a good question and you get

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02:39:40,720 --> 02:39:46,640
all of us coming up eager to talk about
it. Uh counselor, this is Jules Bailey

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for the record. Um I think that's a
great really really really important

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02:39:48,240 --> 02:39:55,840
question and um I think coming
especially from a place historically

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02:39:54,000 --> 02:40:00,000
where there was a lot of tension between
the different groups that are now part

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02:39:57,120 --> 02:40:05,680
of it and now um collaborating on this I
think one of the takehomes that I have

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02:40:01,920 --> 02:40:10,000
is that um a focus on results matters
that uh really being clear about what

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02:40:08,240 --> 02:40:13,439
we're trying to achieve and bringing
together the expertise from different

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02:40:11,520 --> 02:40:16,000
communities to be able to achieve it
together and making sure that

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02:40:14,399 --> 02:40:20,800
everybody's at the table and has a
chance to inform that process about what

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02:40:18,720 --> 02:40:28,319
we're trying to achieve and then have
confidence in uh the results I think has

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02:40:23,920 --> 02:40:31,520
built uh a lot of trust. Um and you know
we we're not there yet. I don't want to

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02:40:30,000 --> 02:40:36,960
declare victory on this. We're still
getting this this set up. And so, um,

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02:40:34,800 --> 02:40:40,640
you know, continuing to make sure that
we are, uh, having those conversations,

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02:40:39,680 --> 02:40:45,120
that we're meeting with stakeholder
advisory groups, that we're continuing

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to, uh, bring people into the process,
learn from their expertise, and stay

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humble about it, I think is really
really important going forward, uh, as

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we proceed on the next three years of of
mapping these investments into these

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businesses. And then we're as we said
working with um wi with our research

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02:41:00,720 --> 02:41:07,920
partners to ensure that what we're
achieving is documentable and verifiable

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and responds back to the concerns that
we heard at the front end. So I think

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that transparency is really important.
>> Yeah. Um for the record, Sunresa Cooper

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from the Bureau of Planning and
Sustainability. Uh thank you for the

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question. Um, one thing that we do in
every meeting that we have is we read

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our vision statement aloud. Um, and that
vision statement, I don't have it in

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02:41:29,760 --> 02:41:36,240
front of me, but it it talks about
basically all the shared goals that we

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02:41:33,760 --> 02:41:41,600
have around a resilient economy,
industry that is thriving, communities,

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um, safe from harm. It's basically like
our north star that we're aiming for.

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And we ground our us our meetings in
that every single time we talk to each

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other. And I do think that that keeps us
on the right track because we we brought

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02:41:56,720 --> 02:42:02,160
these kind of disperate partners
together with the recognition that

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02:41:59,600 --> 02:42:07,200
everyone has their own lane, their own
constituents, their own um kind of

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02:42:05,280 --> 02:42:14,720
strategies that they might use, but we
are united in a single goal. And um we

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we recognize that everyone might take a
slightly different path to get to the

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02:42:16,160 --> 02:42:24,640
goal, but we are all working in the same
direction. And there have definitely

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02:42:21,920 --> 02:42:27,439
been times when we have disagreed. But
the other thing that we do in our

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02:42:25,920 --> 02:42:32,479
meetings sometimes is we hash it out.
we, you know, we're not always getting

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02:42:29,920 --> 02:42:37,439
along perfectly because we do take
different approaches and have different

1953
02:42:33,920 --> 02:42:41,520
perspectives and working really for a
long time with the commitment that we

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02:42:39,120 --> 02:42:47,359
all have the same vision has kept us on
track towards that. Um, it will be kind

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02:42:44,720 --> 02:42:52,240
of a test when we actually start putting
the money out there and seeing the

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projects that come out of it. But so far
uh personally I have seen a huge

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02:42:53,920 --> 02:43:02,160
improvement in the relationships between
all of our different um group members of

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02:42:59,200 --> 02:43:09,280
our group. Uh Portland State University
actually as part of their evaluation is

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02:43:05,280 --> 02:43:13,760
doing a I think every six months or so
like an internal evaluation to look at

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the health of our partnership. So we all
take a survey to see how well we trust

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02:43:16,880 --> 02:43:24,800
each other. do we understand our roles
and um have agreement in what we're

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02:43:22,080 --> 02:43:28,720
working towards and that
we've only done once so far so I can't

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say how how that's going to change over
time but anecdotally we we do trust each

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02:43:32,560 --> 02:43:39,280
other we work together really well and I
think that that grounding in the vision

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and returning to that regularly is
definitely something that we can pull

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forward into other climate policies

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02:43:48,960 --> 02:43:58,080
Thank you for those answers. And um
yeah, I think that part of why I raise

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it too is that um Mary from Neighbors
for Clean Air said uh at some point

1969
02:44:00,479 --> 02:44:07,279
today um that it was an enormous
responsibility to represent community

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and I'm really grateful that um she
understands that. I know she understands

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02:44:08,399 --> 02:44:16,560
that. Hi Mary, good to see you. Um I
think that uh it is a big responsibility

1972
02:44:13,600 --> 02:44:21,120
to represent community because one thing
that stood out to me when I went on that

1973
02:44:18,800 --> 02:44:26,479
trip to um Denmark, I was the only
person on the trip representing an

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02:44:23,279 --> 02:44:30,720
environmental justice community org. And
so I spent the trip kind of, you know,

1975
02:44:29,040 --> 02:44:34,880
being that voice and just saying, well,
what do the neighbors think? For

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02:44:32,080 --> 02:44:39,040
example, we're we're touring the the um
industry and you know, I like the smell

1977
02:44:37,279 --> 02:44:42,399
is not great, right? And then there's
there's obviously like fumes and all

1978
02:44:40,720 --> 02:44:46,880
these things and it's like oh sure like
they're showing us the ways that all of

1979
02:44:43,920 --> 02:44:52,720
these industries are sharing um waste so
that they aren't wasting it. Um but also

1980
02:44:50,080 --> 02:44:56,560
um when I would ask questions like that
I didn't always get satisfying answers.

1981
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Often people would say well what do you
mean or well we haven't asked directly.

1982
02:44:59,680 --> 02:45:08,479
And so I just say that because um we
need to pay extra attention to ensuring

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02:45:06,000 --> 02:45:13,760
communities voices are part of that. I'm
glad they're at the table. I just want

1984
02:45:10,160 --> 02:45:19,120
us to not let those be outweighed. Um
and again ensuring that um we're

1985
02:45:16,160 --> 02:45:23,200
creating systems in our as we're
continuing to make these plans and um

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you know set these visions as a city
that we're involving youth, we're

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02:45:24,720 --> 02:45:32,720
involving community, we're talking to
people directly impacted in a geographic

1988
02:45:29,279 --> 02:45:36,880
area but also uh more broadly um by
these things. And I think that there's

1989
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absolutely ways to make it harmonious.
Um but it does take effort and it does

1990
02:45:39,120 --> 02:45:48,800
take um the city I believe being
responsible taking the responsibility of

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02:45:45,680 --> 02:45:52,399
um ensuring that community is uh brought
along and so that's why I raised that.

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I'm really grateful for your answer. I
think that you all have been doing a

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02:45:53,600 --> 02:45:59,120
good job of bringing together um
partners and I love what you said that

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02:45:57,520 --> 02:46:03,439
yeah, you're not always going to agree
and great duke it out, right? That's how

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02:46:01,520 --> 02:46:07,920
you make great policy by having everyone
at the table and so happy to support

1996
02:46:05,840 --> 02:46:11,840
with my office. Um like I said, I've got
a big policy that's moving soon that I'm

1997
02:46:10,240 --> 02:46:15,680
really excited to bring to council and
to talk about because it is something

1998
02:46:13,520 --> 02:46:20,399
that the nation has seen a trend
towards. It is something that um the

1999
02:46:18,080 --> 02:46:24,240
commissions have uh you know endorsed
and uh the recent news that we're

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hearing. We really need to act quickly
on lowering emissions. And so again,

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thank you for this panel and I look
forward to your continued partnership.

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That's all for now. Thanks.
>> Well said.

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» Thank you.
>> Thank you, counselor. Councelor Mario,

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go right ahead.
>> Thank you. Um thank you everyone so much

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for your presentations today. I think it
was really lovely to hear the different

2006
02:46:42,640 --> 02:46:48,560
ideas that came out of community. Um,
and I think that those are uh I just

2007
02:46:47,120 --> 02:46:52,240
took a lot of the bike towns this week
when my bike broke and they are very

2008
02:46:50,479 --> 02:46:55,040
expensive and I think if they were more
affordable, more people would use them.

2009
02:46:53,439 --> 02:46:59,120
So, I think there are easy uh things
like that that we can do to try to

2010
02:46:56,479 --> 02:47:04,720
adjust how people move through the city.
Um, I think I'm uh it was I I don't want

2011
02:47:03,120 --> 02:47:08,080
to turn this into a whole PF discussion,
so I won't do that, but I guess I'll

2012
02:47:06,240 --> 02:47:12,800
just name for the city staff that and
maybe for my colleagues as well that it

2013
02:47:10,319 --> 02:47:18,399
was really interesting to hear how much
of PF dollars goes to uh private

2014
02:47:16,160 --> 02:47:23,600
businesses and industry in order for
them to um be become up to the green

2015
02:47:21,680 --> 02:47:28,240
standard that they're supposed to be.
Um, and uh I'm not even saying that's a

2016
02:47:26,720 --> 02:47:32,399
bad thing or a good thing. I'm just
noting that and it's interesting to see

2017
02:47:30,080 --> 02:47:37,040
so much of the opposition coming out of
the business industry on PA when it

2018
02:47:34,560 --> 02:47:41,680
seems like the way it's been rerouted to
go straight back to them for these

2019
02:47:39,040 --> 02:47:46,000
upgrades um seems like it's very
beneficial to industry. So, I think it

2020
02:47:44,240 --> 02:47:49,279
would be helpful to see, and I think
community has asked for this a lot, and

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02:47:47,840 --> 02:47:53,279
even as a counselor, I feel like I've
asked for this and not necessarily

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02:47:50,560 --> 02:48:00,880
gotten it, a full breakdown of how PF
dollars uh go to private businesses, to

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02:47:58,000 --> 02:48:06,479
industry versus going to an individual
constituent's household to help them fix

2024
02:48:03,359 --> 02:48:11,359
um their roof and get it solar upgraded,
right? I think getting to see who is

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02:48:08,880 --> 02:48:16,160
benefiting from those PF dollars and how
on a onetoone scale is helpful while

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02:48:13,680 --> 02:48:20,640
also noting that obviously if you help
an industry decarbonize then that's

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02:48:19,040 --> 02:48:25,920
going to have a larger impact than an
individual's house. Um, but this

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02:48:23,920 --> 02:48:30,560
presentation just sort of raised that
question in me because um, you would

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02:48:29,200 --> 02:48:35,840
think from the way that people talk
about PAF that it's uh, actively harming

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02:48:33,680 --> 02:48:39,760
businesses or something and then we hear
that so much of this money goes back to

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02:48:37,520 --> 02:48:45,279
them. Um, and and I'm just very curious
about how those dollars are used. Um,

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02:48:42,800 --> 02:48:48,720
and I think it goes I've heard from, you
know, it goes to nonprofits, goes to

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02:48:47,120 --> 02:48:53,279
private businesses, and then people have
to apply for the PF grants to upgrade

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02:48:50,880 --> 02:48:57,680
their their homes, and there's a pretty
strict cut off for individuals trying to

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02:48:55,279 --> 02:49:01,680
upgrade um to get their water bill,
electricity bill down because you have

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02:49:00,160 --> 02:49:05,600
to reach a certain income, and if you're
$1 above that, then then you get cut off

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02:49:03,680 --> 02:49:09,439
from certain programs. So, council, I
just I want to note for you that we

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don't have PAF representatives in the
room right now. So, I think these are

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02:49:12,240 --> 02:49:18,399
important points. I just want to make
sure that you know that folks from that

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02:49:16,160 --> 02:49:21,040
program are not in the room to hear
them.

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» Yeah, that's okay. I think the other
industry folks that received these

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dollars should hear this as well. Um, I
think that's fine for them. Um, and I'm

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02:49:26,160 --> 02:49:30,960
sure Vivian Satderfield can help us
later get those dollars, but I think

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02:49:29,439 --> 02:49:35,120
that having that breakdown in this
committee would be really important for

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02:49:32,560 --> 02:49:40,399
us to see. Um, and for the public to
have that transparency around how those

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02:49:36,960 --> 02:49:43,439
dollars are used. So, um, because at the
end of the day, I think that we can pass

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02:49:42,000 --> 02:49:46,720
a lot of policies, but the thing that we
struggle with at the city right now is

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the financials of who gets access to
what funds and when. Um, and it seems

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02:49:49,760 --> 02:49:56,160
like every time there's a way to use
city dollars, especially within the

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02:49:53,920 --> 02:50:02,160
clean energy movement, it goes into the
private sector for things that they're

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02:49:57,840 --> 02:50:05,520
they can do for upgrades. Um, and I'm
I'm just thinking about that a lot as I

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02:50:03,760 --> 02:50:08,000
think about the city's finances. So,
thanks for that.

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02:50:07,600 --> 02:50:11,600
Thank [clears throat and snorts] you
councelor Councelor Ryan.

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02:50:09,520 --> 02:50:15,760
» Yes, thank you chair and uh it was
really a great presentation. It's uh

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02:50:13,439 --> 02:50:19,520
provided me with something that you know
I promoted for decades in my own

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02:50:17,359 --> 02:50:23,600
professional career which is um building
those cross- sector tables and

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02:50:22,048 --> 02:50:28,720
[clears throat] having measurable goals
and um doing continuous improvement

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02:50:26,479 --> 02:50:34,080
results based facilitation so you don't
have biased facilitators which is often

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02:50:30,720 --> 02:50:37,520
too the case. So, um I'm I'm scratching
at something here that that's very

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02:50:35,840 --> 02:50:42,800
pleasing and it's something that's been
desperately needed in government all

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over the place. Um don't I know um it's
been exhausting trying to build it um in

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government. Uh I don't know, maybe it's
election cycles that get in the way, but

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it's really hard for um government um
electeds to oversee that organic

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02:50:55,040 --> 02:51:01,359
objective type work. And so the only way
it's going to work is if it goes beyond

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02:50:59,600 --> 02:51:07,840
election cycles that you build something
really strong. And so I think what I

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02:51:04,000 --> 02:51:12,800
heard today by who's in the room, which
is unique unfortunately. So thank you

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for being a part of this um to hear
those stories. So Vivian, when I was

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02:51:15,120 --> 02:51:21,040
earlier looking at the current
collaborators,

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02:51:18,560 --> 02:51:26,319
are these four groups that was
advertised, are they frequently meeting

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02:51:23,359 --> 02:51:30,000
now? And if so,
how often do they meet? How long have

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02:51:28,479 --> 02:51:32,640
they been meeting? And who's staffing
them?

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» I'm sorry. Uh, councelor Ryan, do you
mind refreshing my memory on the the

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which four groups
>> your presentation provided us with the

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current collaborators? They were listed
under community and environment,

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02:51:42,720 --> 02:51:48,240
government, business, utilities
services, that's a big kitchen sink one,

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02:51:46,720 --> 02:51:50,960
and workforce and contractor
development. Is that not what I heard

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today?
>> Uh, it was. I'm sorry. I just didn't

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02:51:52,479 --> 02:51:58,000
catch that part on the microphone. Um,
we've just started the climate action

2079
02:51:56,080 --> 02:52:02,080
planning development process and so
we'll be having a more public facing

2080
02:51:59,600 --> 02:52:05,439
component. That's the staff level uh
focus areas that have been gathering uh

2081
02:52:04,080 --> 02:52:07,600
currently.
>> So are they meeting currently?

2082
02:52:07,040 --> 02:52:09,520
» Yes, they are.
>> These groups, how long have they been

2083
02:52:09,040 --> 02:52:14,800
meeting?
>> Uh we just launched the climate action

2084
02:52:11,279 --> 02:52:17,920
planning process last month internally.
>> So they're really new. You guys have had

2085
02:52:16,399 --> 02:52:20,880
your first meetings basically.
>> Correct.

2086
02:52:18,640 --> 02:52:23,120
» Okay. So we're we're we're seeing this
at the very beginning state

2087
02:52:22,080 --> 02:52:25,279
» getting it on the ground floor. That's
correct.

2088
02:52:23,359 --> 02:52:27,760
» Sunres's coming up.
>> Hi.

2089
02:52:25,840 --> 02:52:31,840
» Hi councelor. Sunresa Cooper again for
the record. Um I the slide that you're

2090
02:52:30,160 --> 02:52:38,240
referring to is actually from my
presentation which is about the clean

2091
02:52:34,560 --> 02:52:42,720
industry presentation. Um the current
collaborators

2092
02:52:39,760 --> 02:52:48,640
the the categories are really just for
sort [snorts] of visual organization.

2093
02:52:44,560 --> 02:52:53,359
They're not defined uh subgroups. um the
one that was community and environment

2094
02:52:50,319 --> 02:52:59,359
is the only one and that is the same set
of individuals or organizations that

2095
02:52:55,359 --> 02:53:06,000
were in the um co-design group that Mary
Pido discussed. Um the rest of the folks

2096
02:53:02,319 --> 02:53:10,399
on that list are just uh examples of a
lot of the people that we have at the

2097
02:53:07,680 --> 02:53:14,399
table. We have many people that do uh
kind of different configurations of

2098
02:53:12,080 --> 02:53:18,240
convening partners. So, um, the Portland
Partnership for Clean Industry, they

2099
02:53:16,800 --> 02:53:22,640
have a stakeholder group that meets
regularly. We have a community

2100
02:53:20,160 --> 02:53:27,120
stakeholder group that meets regularly.
We have lots of other individuals that

2101
02:53:24,880 --> 02:53:34,319
we have sort of one-on-one touch points
with. Um, so those aren't defined

2102
02:53:31,520 --> 02:53:39,600
uh groups, I would say, but it's the
categories were mainly to organize the

2103
02:53:36,880 --> 02:53:44,800
slide bit.
So there isn't a group under business

2104
02:53:42,960 --> 02:53:49,359
utilities and services that's meeting
monthly. There's only the one that's

2105
02:53:47,359 --> 02:53:53,680
community environment.
Is that what I just heard?

2106
02:53:51,920 --> 02:53:57,920
I am confused officially [laughter]
because this slide

2107
02:53:56,160 --> 02:54:02,160
» got me excited because I finally saw
what I've been asking for which is

2108
02:53:59,600 --> 02:54:05,920
actually cross- sector engagement where
I'm hoping we have a northstar where I'm

2109
02:54:04,399 --> 02:54:09,760
hoping we have communitywide indicators
where I'm hoping you had really really

2110
02:54:08,160 --> 02:54:14,240
difficult meetings with a lot of tension
in the room to decide upon those. Yes, I

2111
02:54:12,800 --> 02:54:18,720
have a background in this. I know it
takes a lot of tough meetings with

2112
02:54:16,240 --> 02:54:21,840
tension to get there, but we're never
going to reach climate goals in

2113
02:54:20,160 --> 02:54:26,800
Portland, Oregon, which has been failing
miserably in the state and the and the

2114
02:54:24,000 --> 02:54:31,520
city of talking a lot about this, but
not producing results.

2115
02:54:29,359 --> 02:54:37,120
» I think there may be three strings here
we need to pull. One is where and how

2116
02:54:34,319 --> 02:54:40,960
are those cross- sector conversations
happening because I think they are

2117
02:54:38,479 --> 02:54:44,080
happening in this group. The second is
are there specific

2118
02:54:42,479 --> 02:54:47,040
» you can sell it for them but I kind of
want to hear it

2119
02:54:45,279 --> 02:54:50,160
» yes yes but I want I want to suggest
that we hear this in three pieces

2120
02:54:48,880 --> 02:54:53,200
because there's that question that
you're asking there's the question

2121
02:54:51,760 --> 02:54:57,120
around are there these specific
breakouts and then there's a question

2122
02:54:55,120 --> 02:55:01,680
around whether that translates to work
happening within the climate action plan

2123
02:54:59,840 --> 02:55:06,080
separate from the slide that you're
looking at which I should have noticed

2124
02:55:03,520 --> 02:55:10,800
when you first had it um had a question
about it I apologize that came from the

2125
02:55:08,720 --> 02:55:13,840
presentation from our um
>> well I'm just kind of in real time

2126
02:55:12,240 --> 02:55:17,439
experiencing this where I got excited
about what I thought I heard and now I'm

2127
02:55:15,520 --> 02:55:20,560
hearing something different. So
>> counselor it's a great question to get

2128
02:55:18,720 --> 02:55:24,160
to get to the heart of it here.
>> Um

2129
02:55:21,840 --> 02:55:25,840
» we have a regular meeting I mean just to
get very tactical.

2130
02:55:25,359 --> 02:55:31,120
» Thank you.
>> We have a meeting every other week in

2131
02:55:28,960 --> 02:55:34,640
which we have the business community
represented by a couple different

2132
02:55:32,479 --> 02:55:38,800
voices. We have in fact several
different voices. We have uh uh

2133
02:55:36,880 --> 02:55:45,040
community environmental. We have the
public sector. We have uh we have uh uh

2134
02:55:42,800 --> 02:55:48,319
technical providers. We have a lot of
different people. And this is literally

2135
02:55:46,479 --> 02:55:54,080
every other week we're getting together
in a standing meeting. And it's in that

2136
02:55:50,640 --> 02:55:59,600
meeting that we even have as uh Sesa
mentioned surveys going out and saying

2137
02:55:57,600 --> 02:56:02,399
how comfortable are you with these
people in the meeting and what is

2138
02:56:00,880 --> 02:56:06,800
happening and is this vision clear and
what's happen? And it is it can be hard

2139
02:56:05,040 --> 02:56:10,800
sometimes to see the results of that and
say, "Oh, yeah, that's that's me. I

2140
02:56:09,680 --> 02:56:14,080
haven't done a very good job of
explaining this to everybody else. I

2141
02:56:12,240 --> 02:56:17,120
need to go and explain my side of this
back to them or there isn't a lot of

2142
02:56:15,680 --> 02:56:21,520
trust that's been built here. We need to
dive into this area more regularly." But

2143
02:56:19,920 --> 02:56:24,319
those groups are We have a meeting
tomorrow.

2144
02:56:22,399 --> 02:56:27,840
» Yeah. So, we have a meeting tomorrow. Uh
and and there are a lot of tough

2145
02:56:26,560 --> 02:56:34,000
conversations that are happening there
that are cross- sectoral. All of that is

2146
02:56:30,319 --> 02:56:36,560
very tactical and it's focused on, okay,
how are we going to stand this up? What

2147
02:56:35,279 --> 02:56:38,720
is this going to look like? How are we
going to actually make these

2148
02:56:37,359 --> 02:56:42,319
investments? What's the relationship
between the Prosper grants and the

2149
02:56:40,479 --> 02:56:44,479
Portland Partnership for Clean Industry?
How are we making sure that we're

2150
02:56:43,439 --> 02:56:48,000
reporting back to the public
effectively? How are we integrating

2151
02:56:46,080 --> 02:56:52,240
research and evaluation into this? All
of that is happening and those

2152
02:56:50,000 --> 02:56:55,920
conversations are regular and ongoing.
And then all of that is then rolling up

2153
02:56:54,000 --> 02:57:01,279
into this sort of larger work of how the
industrial sector then plugs into the

2154
02:56:58,479 --> 02:57:07,279
overarching climate action plan. Um and
that's been I think really effective and

2155
02:57:03,279 --> 02:57:10,240
and and frankly um uh I've never been
part of a problem of a process like that

2156
02:57:09,279 --> 02:57:14,560
before.
>> Oh, it's great when you use the word

2157
02:57:11,920 --> 02:57:20,080
comfortable that word I want to pause on
that word. If the answer is no, I'm not

2158
02:57:17,600 --> 02:57:26,399
comfortable. What's the person's
response that's asking that question?

2159
02:57:23,680 --> 02:57:31,600
» Um, that's a great question. So, so I
will say that that um I think at one

2160
02:57:28,560 --> 02:57:34,160
point I had done a a less than stellar
job of maybe explaining some of the

2161
02:57:32,960 --> 02:57:37,600
things that we were working on in the
Portland Partnership for Clean Industry

2162
02:57:35,760 --> 02:57:41,359
side and it was a little bit muddled on
how that intersected with some of the

2163
02:57:39,200 --> 02:57:43,840
work that Prosper was doing. And so it
was just helpful to understand that and

2164
02:57:42,560 --> 02:57:47,600
to be able to explain it better to
people and and then get some feedback

2165
02:57:46,000 --> 02:57:53,359
directly in real time. And those are the
kinds of conversations that we get to

2166
02:57:49,680 --> 02:57:56,240
have in that that group. And it um I
think makes for a much better, much more

2167
02:57:54,880 --> 02:57:59,600
collaborative working environment to be
able to have that level of trust. It's

2168
02:57:57,680 --> 02:58:03,920
hard to get off the rails when you're
literally sitting across the table from

2169
02:58:01,200 --> 02:58:08,640
each other every other week and talking
about the issues that are arising.

2170
02:58:06,000 --> 02:58:12,479
» Yeah. I think I'm just reminiscing on um
when I did this type of work called

2171
02:58:10,880 --> 02:58:15,200
collective impact work and my staff
would come back and say, "That was a

2172
02:58:13,920 --> 02:58:20,640
really hard meeting. There was so much
tension." And I'd be like, great, that's

2173
02:58:17,760 --> 02:58:24,080
good news. And so instead of doing that
Portland polite thing where there's must

2174
02:58:22,720 --> 02:58:28,000
be good people in the meeting and bad
people in the meeting, like that's not

2175
02:58:25,760 --> 02:58:33,439
working. So what I hope that you start
to do, and I thought I was trying to

2176
02:58:29,520 --> 02:58:38,800
hear this, is what are the shared goals?
What are the shared metrics

2177
02:58:36,399 --> 02:58:42,640
that we're all going to look at? And
then of course, the real work is in some

2178
02:58:40,560 --> 02:58:46,880
of those subindicators.
Who's staffing that type of continuous

2179
02:58:44,720 --> 02:58:50,720
improvement type thinking that is
necessary for this group to be effective

2180
02:58:49,120 --> 02:58:54,479
and successful?
>> Before you answer the staffing part,

2181
02:58:52,319 --> 02:58:57,439
» why is Metro not a part of by the way
when they're like basically an

2182
02:58:55,920 --> 02:58:59,439
environmental organization? Just
curious. But yeah,

2183
02:58:58,240 --> 02:59:02,800
» just to comment very quickly on your
first part of your question, then talk

2184
02:59:00,800 --> 02:59:06,720
about the staffing part of it. But uh
that's why Senesa talked about reading

2185
02:59:05,520 --> 02:59:10,240
out the vision statement at the
beginning every single time. What are we

2186
02:59:08,160 --> 02:59:14,080
here to achieve? And let's get everybody
focused on the same thing. And that has

2187
02:59:11,840 --> 02:59:17,520
been incredibly helpful. And then to say
we're all in the room trying to solve

2188
02:59:15,680 --> 02:59:20,640
the exact same problem from different
perspectives. That's where a lot of that

2189
02:59:18,960 --> 02:59:22,800
trust building happens. To your to your
point, I don't know if you want to speak

2190
02:59:21,840 --> 02:59:27,040
about staffing, but
>> Sure. Thank you. Um to your question

2191
02:59:24,960 --> 02:59:32,080
about the continuous improvement and
who's leading that. Um Portland State

2192
02:59:29,520 --> 02:59:36,720
University has been a really fantastic
partner and leader in our coalition

2193
02:59:33,760 --> 02:59:43,200
around that. Um they have, you know,
academic expertise doing the more

2194
02:59:40,399 --> 02:59:49,680
quantitative carbon accounting um and
the uh kind of tracking of outcomes from

2195
02:59:47,120 --> 02:59:55,600
the grants themselves, but also they are
looking internally at how our how well

2196
02:59:53,279 --> 03:00:01,439
we work together, what we can do to
improve those relationships, improve our

2197
02:59:57,840 --> 03:00:05,600
workflow. Um, and that really I think
speaks to what I mentioned earlier about

2198
03:00:04,080 --> 03:00:11,279
how everyone kind of has their own
expertise, their own lane that they

2199
03:00:07,520 --> 03:00:16,800
bring to this work. And um, that's a
major strength of Portland State

2200
03:00:12,960 --> 03:00:22,560
University as a convenor as um, a highly
respected institution in our city. They

2201
03:00:19,359 --> 03:00:24,880
really uh, stand out in that role in
this group.

2202
03:00:23,680 --> 03:00:31,040
» That's helpful. Who Who's the
philanthropic partners so far?

2203
03:00:28,240 --> 03:00:34,160
Um, I've been working with a number of
folks that I don't want to name on the

2204
03:00:32,800 --> 03:00:37,600
record right now because they're not
officially part of it yet. Uh, but I'd

2205
03:00:36,640 --> 03:00:43,560
be happy to have a follow-up
conversation.

2206
03:00:38,800 --> 03:00:43,560
» Great. Love to be helpful there. Um,

2207
03:00:43,920 --> 03:00:52,399
I think what I want to just say is um
that in district 2, we um represent the

2208
03:00:50,560 --> 03:00:57,279
working waterfront. We are where the
Columbia and the Wamut come together and

2209
03:00:54,399 --> 03:01:03,760
there are a lot of great jobs along the
waterfront there. We also have a high

2210
03:01:00,080 --> 03:01:09,520
industry um footprint. Um those are jobs
that are family wage jobs. We're also

2211
03:01:07,040 --> 03:01:12,800
losing some of those midsize companies.
A week doesn't go by where I don't hear

2212
03:01:11,040 --> 03:01:16,399
about another one relocating usually
just to Clark County unfortunately.

2213
03:01:14,880 --> 03:01:21,359
Well, no that's not unfortunate. It's
really expensive for a business to move.

2214
03:01:18,720 --> 03:01:27,600
So, this is a red alert about the fact
that Portland has to figure out how to

2215
03:01:23,840 --> 03:01:34,399
be a place where green industry really
takes off and we've lost a lot of time

2216
03:01:31,040 --> 03:01:40,319
trying to be perfect and it's not good.
And so, how can we start to accept the

2217
03:01:37,600 --> 03:01:45,040
messiness of this kind of work and have
the courage to take steps and to measure

2218
03:01:42,560 --> 03:01:48,080
what that success looks like even if it
makes about half the table

2219
03:01:46,560 --> 03:01:50,319
uncomfortable?
That's my hope for all of you.

2220
03:01:49,760 --> 03:01:53,479
» Amen.
>> Thank you.

2221
03:01:53,840 --> 03:01:59,760
» Thank you, counselor.
>> Oh, can I just add one more thing? Who

2222
03:01:57,600 --> 03:02:02,399
was Jason Lewis? Is that your name?
>> Yes.

2223
03:02:00,399 --> 03:02:08,160
» Um, I am going to call you out. Um, it's
positive. It was so refreshing to hear

2224
03:02:05,840 --> 03:02:15,200
datadriven dialogue and that you're
actually measuring

2225
03:02:10,479 --> 03:02:20,080
what you want success for. And I just
hope that when the measurements don't go

2226
03:02:18,160 --> 03:02:25,279
the way that an optimist would want, we
try to figure out why and then we reload

2227
03:02:23,120 --> 03:02:26,960
again. That's continuous improvement.
>> Indeed,

2228
03:02:25,600 --> 03:02:31,840
» big part of continuous improvement, as
you know, is acceptance of the truth and

2229
03:02:29,760 --> 03:02:35,439
then try to move it to a better place by
changing behaviors.

2230
03:02:33,760 --> 03:02:38,160
» My background is in engineering, so well
versed on.

2231
03:02:36,160 --> 03:02:42,080
» Thank you. And usually adults are the
toughest to work with in terms of

2232
03:02:40,160 --> 03:02:45,760
behavior change. When I did work in
education, the kids were fine. But boy,

2233
03:02:44,160 --> 03:02:49,200
it was really hard to get adults to
change behavior,

2234
03:02:47,439 --> 03:02:52,479
» hence looping to the addiction crisis.
So, please know that this is so

2235
03:02:50,880 --> 03:02:58,560
important. Thank you. Thanks for being
at the table. Don't give up. You won't

2236
03:02:54,800 --> 03:03:03,120
always be popular there. [laughter]
>> Thank you, counselor. Uh, we have just a

2237
03:03:01,120 --> 03:03:07,600
few minutes left, so I'll hold my
questions, but I do want to note a

2238
03:03:05,359 --> 03:03:11,520
couple of things. Uh colleagues, we
heard some specific concrete actions

2239
03:03:09,760 --> 03:03:16,080
today that we were asked to consider
taking and I hope that each of you

2240
03:03:13,200 --> 03:03:21,359
considers those. We still have time in
some of our meetings later this year

2241
03:03:17,760 --> 03:03:25,200
that I am uh making sure we don't fill
too rapidly. My staff is in the back of

2242
03:03:23,920 --> 03:03:30,720
the room saying no, we don't, but I
think we have one meeting with a little

2243
03:03:26,560 --> 03:03:35,200
time. Uh so that if we have policies we
want to take on as a committee, we can

2244
03:03:32,399 --> 03:03:40,240
do so. And there were some standalone
asks as well as things that we'll need

2245
03:03:37,279 --> 03:03:45,359
to roll into other work and questions
that we should just start asking as as

2246
03:03:42,800 --> 03:03:50,720
habit about the impact of some of the
decisions that we make that I hope this

2247
03:03:48,000 --> 03:03:55,920
committee can take on.
I want to note when I hear about the

2248
03:03:52,880 --> 03:04:00,800
work in the industrial sector that I
think this is critical work and I hope

2249
03:03:57,760 --> 03:04:06,319
that the next step I know there's a lot
to do still on this step but I hope that

2250
03:04:03,520 --> 03:04:12,880
the next step is thinking about how the
solutions that you are currently working

2251
03:04:08,399 --> 03:04:17,760
on can focus on replicable solutions on
scalable solutions on [snorts]

2252
03:04:15,279 --> 03:04:21,439
exportable solutions
finding a solution for one company that

2253
03:04:19,760 --> 03:04:25,200
lowers their carbon footprint and
increases their bottom line, which

2254
03:04:23,359 --> 03:04:32,640
hopefully is then put toward paying
folks more who work there. [gasps] um is

2255
03:04:29,200 --> 03:04:39,279
incredibly important, but with limited
public resources, we need to make sure

2256
03:04:34,720 --> 03:04:45,200
that we are supporting work that can
move to other companies within Portland

2257
03:04:41,920 --> 03:04:50,479
and hopefully get marketed outside of
our city and help bring dollars into our

2258
03:04:48,000 --> 03:04:56,800
city while exporting solutions to other
cities. That allows us to lower the cost

2259
03:04:53,680 --> 03:04:59,760
per solution. I think my colleague noted
some concern about the amount of money

2260
03:04:58,319 --> 03:05:04,080
we're putting in. Let's make sure that
we're stretching it as far as we can.

2261
03:05:01,920 --> 03:05:09,120
But it also allows us to ensure that our
impact in reducing carbon emissions goes

2262
03:05:06,319 --> 03:05:15,600
beyond just our own city borders, which
we will have to do if we really want to

2263
03:05:11,439 --> 03:05:22,720
make a change bigger than ourselves.
Um, with that, I will wrap us up though

2264
03:05:20,399 --> 03:05:28,240
there is a lot more that we all could
say. Thank you to everybody who was a

2265
03:05:25,520 --> 03:05:33,359
part of our panels today. This is such
critical work and there is so much more

2266
03:05:30,240 --> 03:05:37,920
work that we can and absolutely will
take on. I appreciate everyone making

2267
03:05:35,760 --> 03:05:42,000
the time and I just will note a thank
you to my team because I know it took a

2268
03:05:39,920 --> 03:05:47,439
lot of work to coordinate this many
panels on a single topic and I as always

2269
03:05:45,760 --> 03:05:51,200
appreciate the work that my staff puts
into making things happen for our

2270
03:05:48,960 --> 03:05:56,760
committee. Colleagues, we will be back
in two weeks. With that I will adjourn

2271
03:05:53,520 --> 03:05:56,760
our meeting.

2272
03:05:58,708 --> 03:06:00,728
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2273
03:06:07,224 --> 03:06:09,243
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2274
03:06:12,464 --> 03:06:14,483
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