[0:36] >> chair kafoury: good morning.

[0:38] If you would take your seats,

[0:39] we're going to get started.

[0:41] We have a full agenda.

[0:42] We have a special presentation.

[0:44] We're going to kick off our

[0:45] meeting with the multnomah

[0:48] county honor guard.

[0:50] >>> please stand for the

[0:56] presentation of the color.

[2:14] [Pledge of allegiance]

[2:55] .

[2:56] >> ladies and gentlemen, please

[3:06] be seated.

[3:07] >> chair kafoury: thank you for

[3:08] coming this morning.

[3:10] May I have a motion on the

[3:11] consent calendar?

[3:12] >> so moved.

[3:14] >> second.

[3:16] >> chair kafoury: moved and

[3:17] seconded.

[3:18] Approval, all those in favor say

[3:19] aye.

[3:19] >> aye.

[3:20] >> chair kafoury: the consent

[3:22] calendar is approved.

[3:24] We have public comment this

[3:25] morning?

[3:25] >> yes.

[3:27] We have 17 signed up.

[3:28] Opportunity for public comment

[3:31] on non-agenda matters.

[3:33] Testimony limited to three

[3:33] minutes.

[3:37] This is time for the public to

[3:40] hear -- for the board to hear

[3:40] public comment.

[3:44] Luke gilmer, tiffany hammer,

[4:08] benjamin dragon and julia baron.

[4:09] >> hello.

[4:11] I want to thank you, all, for

[4:13] your time and also our

[4:16] commissioners' time.

[4:18] I'm tiffany hammer and share a

[4:20] story and bring about awareness

[4:22] to the cut backs of our da and

[4:24] public safety.

[4:26] I'm a property owner in goose

[4:28] hallow and one block from psu.

[4:31] We started to notice the jump in

[4:34] the size of illegal camping

[4:36] around us and on our street

[4:37] southwest 14th and montgomery.

[4:39] All of us had two recent

[4:42] attempted break ins in our homes

[4:43] requiring police to remove them.

[4:45] We've been attacked and

[4:46] threatened.

[4:50] I won't even mention the loss of

[4:53] possessions.

[4:57] In August 2017, two illegal

[4:59] campers watched me leave but I

[5:01] came back too soon with my

[5:01] little boy.

[5:04] One hid in the bush while the

[5:06] other camper jumped my fence to

[5:07] break in through the back.

[5:10] I parked my car and we walked up

[5:12] that's when I noticed the same

[5:14] camper who broke inside a month

[5:15] before was back again and she

[5:18] started yelling to the backyard

[5:21] to another camper saying the

[5:25] cops were coming then he came

[5:26] barreling over the fence yelling

[5:28] at us and chased us to our car

[5:31] and got us trapped inside.

[5:33] He became aggressive.

[5:36] I called 911 for help.

[5:38] Cops came, took the weapon and

[5:40] let him go.

[5:41] No arrest.

[5:44] And warned him not to come to my

[5:45] street or property.

[5:48] About two hours later, he came

[5:49] back for me.

[5:50] Stood right in front of my

[5:51] property again.

[5:55] I called the police again and

[5:57] cleared the entire encampment.

[5:59] No prosecution has happened yet.

[6:00] It's a long process.

[6:02] This is considered a petty

[6:03] crime; right?

[6:05] We understand there is a direct

[6:08] correlation living next to an

[6:08] encampment.

[6:09] Also the shared helpless feeling

[6:11] of being the victim.

[6:14] In the past two weeks alone, my

[6:16] neighbor who helps me water the

[6:20] roses was attacked by an illegal

[6:20] camper.

[6:22] This career criminal was living

[6:25] at the portable rv trailer the

[6:27] city put there and out on

[6:27] probation.

[6:30] This is another petty crime;

[6:30] right?

[6:33] My other neighbors had a brick

[6:36] thrown at them through their

[6:36] window.

[6:38] Still traumatized suffered

[6:39] another petty crime in January.

[6:41] Petty crimes are a big deal to

[6:43] us especially if you have to

[6:46] stare in the eyes of the

[6:48] offender camping in front of

[6:49] your home.

[6:51] They show warning signs saying

[6:53] they are going to f us up or

[6:56] holding weapons like lead pipes.

[6:58] I encourage you to walk past

[7:00] these encampments at dusk or

[7:02] during the summertime.

[7:04] And mind you, they are using

[7:06] portable gas tanks and in our

[7:08] neighborhood alone, we've had

[7:15] five propane tank explosions.

[7:17] Is that the three minutes?

[7:20] After my home break in, I'm

[7:22] reading the oregonian.

[7:26] This same guy was being featured

[7:29] in the article as unfairly being

[7:32] untargeted as over 220 arrests.

[7:33] >> chair kafoury: thank you.

[7:37] And my staff person right here,

[7:38] would you go talk with him

[7:39] please?

[7:41] He can talk with you.

[7:41] Thanks.

[7:44] Who is next?

[7:48] >> I'm benjamin drayson.

[7:50] Thanks for the chance to address

[7:51] the board.

[7:54] I apologize for the grim nature.

[7:56] I've given you a written copy

[7:58] that includes the da case.

[8:00] on September 1st in 2018, I was

[8:02] assaulted by a large and

[8:04] powerful individual on the city

[8:05] streets in broad day light.

[8:07] This happened in front of my

[8:09] family including my two minor

[8:10] children.

[8:12] Thanks to my good luck and

[8:14] assistance by the portland

[8:16] police, my injuries were limited

[8:18] to some facial cuts and bruises

[8:21] and I had my eye gouged.

[8:24] I required a tetanus shot.

[8:27] One of the responding policeman

[8:28] informed me my attacker was

[8:30] already on probation.

[8:31] I learned they had nine other

[8:32] cases against them.

[8:34] The great majority closed with

[8:35] no action.

[8:37] The attack happened over a

[8:37] weekend.

[8:39] On monday, I called the da's

[8:41] office to press charges and the

[8:43] attacker had already been

[8:43] released.

[8:45] The da was polite but informed

[8:47] me I should have no expectation

[8:49] the office treat this in a

[8:54] serious matter and the best -- I

[8:56] wrote a letter to the da's

[8:57] office.

[8:59] I included a link in my written

[8:59] statement.

[9:01] I filed a claim for compensation

[9:04] as a crime victim which gave me

[9:06] a chance to attach documentation

[9:08] of my injurys and the attacker

[9:09] was arrested for another

[9:10] assault.

[9:11] These things were enough to

[9:13] cause the da's office to take

[9:15] another look at the case.

[9:17] Ultimately, they prosecuted for

[9:18] assault 4 which is a felony due

[9:20] to the presence of my minor

[9:21] children.

[9:22] The case was resolved in March

[9:26] with the attacker pleading no

[9:28] contest and agreeing to a

[9:29] one-year sentence.

[9:30] I'm satisfied with the

[9:32] resolution but deeply disturbed

[9:35] by much of what I learned.

[9:37] I implore an assault on a police

[9:40] officer can result in

[9:41] non-custodial sentence.

[9:44] My attacker had been released

[9:45] without anyone seriously

[9:48] examining the details or the

[9:49] criminal history.

[9:52] The da handling the case told me

[9:53] if a jury saw the evidence and

[9:55] heard my testimony, they would

[9:56] return a guilty verdict.

[9:58] Because of the resource

[10:01] constraints they are under, they

[10:03] must be very choosy about which

[10:04] cases they pursue.

[10:06] We have a system of law which

[10:07] gives a great deal of protection

[10:09] to the accused.

[10:13] Oregon has laws which makes

[10:14] violent crime difficult to

[10:15] pursue.

[10:16] For our system to work, we have

[10:18] to fund it adequately and I

[10:19] can't think of a better use for

[10:22] my tax dollars.

[10:23] We need a district attorney's

[10:25] office to evaluate cases prior

[10:27] to arraignment and keep

[10:28] dangerous individuals off the

[10:29] street.

[10:30] Most importantly, a district

[10:32] attorney who brings charges

[10:34] against all cases of violent

[10:35] crime without needing to triage

[10:37] them to the few they can afford

[10:38] to pursue.

[10:39] That's all I got.

[10:41] >> chair kafoury: thank you for

[10:44] coming today.

[10:45] Good morning.

[10:46] >> good morning.

[10:47] Julia baron.

[10:49] I'm here to voice my concern of

[10:50] the victim of the violent

[10:53] criminal component inside of

[10:54] multnomah county and the lack of

[10:57] funding for the sheriff's

[10:57] department.

[10:59] I'm hoping by being here today

[11:00] gives me peace.

[11:02] On March 1st, our home was

[11:03] broken into.

[11:05] They stole our keys inside the

[11:06] home stealing our truck.

[11:07] This is a felony.

[11:09] They modified our truck, changed

[11:14] our license, destroyed our

[11:15] vehicle.

[11:17] This drug addicted homeless

[11:19] couple committed numerous other

[11:20] felonies using our truck.

[11:22] They spent less than a couple

[11:23] hours in jail.

[11:25] And then reappeared in our

[11:26] neighborhood.

[11:27] How does this occur?

[11:31] They broke into my home.

[11:33] I should feel safe in my own

[11:33] home.

[11:34] I no longer do.

[11:40] They committed mument --

[11:41] multiple felonies.

[11:43] My partner was assaulted

[11:44] February of 2018.

[11:48] The police knew exactly who the

[11:49] astale ant was.

[11:52] I pay a tremendous amount in

[11:55] taxes and feel held hostage by

[11:57] the count kwlee commissioners,

[11:59] city council members who can't

[12:01] work together to keep us safe.

[12:02] What is the point of funding

[12:04] schools, mental health

[12:05] facilities when you can't keep

[12:06] any of us safe?

[12:09] When you can't protect life,

[12:10] liberty and property rights,

[12:12] it's really that basic.

[12:14] It seems apparent we need more

[12:18] detention center space.

[12:18] We are talking about keeping us

[12:19] safe.

[12:23] The voters voted to fund a

[12:28] detention center.

[12:31] And the September are we need

[12:32] now is a fraction of the price.

[12:33] enough is enough.

[12:35] You need to keep us safe.

[12:36] You are accountable to me.

[12:39] The exact thing we need the

[12:40] most.

[12:43] And now you are holding us

[12:45] hostage with our safety for

[12:46] what?

[12:47] More funding.

[12:49] Get rid of pet projects.

[12:52] I'm all for shelters but we need

[12:56] our sheriff department funded.

[12:56] We need to get the criminals off

[12:56] the street.

[12:57] We're not solving the problems

[12:59] by having shelters.

[13:01] We need to have detention

[13:04] centers that will give them the

[13:05] counseling they need.

[13:07] The criminal component is hurt

[13:07] being us.

[13:10] We are the affected by the crime

[13:12] and intimidation or the crime

[13:14] committed here not being kept

[13:16] safe by allowing this to

[13:16] continue.

[13:17] By not keeping us safe.

[13:20] As a biracial female, I think

[13:22] about life, liberty and the

[13:24] pursuit of happiness.

[13:26] When it threatens our life, our

[13:28] homes, we have to say no more.

[13:31] You are not keeping us safe.

[13:34] You have to uphold your part of

[13:35] the social contract.

[13:41] Fund the jails and fund the da.

[13:43] >> good morning.

[13:44] Luke gilmer.

[13:46] I'm a resident in downtown

[13:48] portland at the end of secretary

[13:50] west park blocks at the edge of

[13:51] portland state.

[13:53] And I supplied you with the map

[13:56] to show you.

[13:57] I'm the neighborhood watch

[13:58] coordinator.

[13:59] We had crime break out in the

[14:00] last five years.

[14:04] Three years ago, we formed our

[14:06] neighborhood watch group.

[14:09] and on the second page, I list

[14:11] the issues.

[14:13] I think we're in an area where

[14:15] there's a lot of homelessness

[14:18] because of I-405 and highway 26

[14:20] going through our area.

[14:21] We're also high density

[14:22] residential and commercial.

[14:26] So it's a great place if you are

[14:29] wanting to can or solicit sex or

[14:31] do other things to support

[14:32] habits in the drug area.

[14:35] So we have a lot of homeless

[14:35] camming.

[14:37] It is a high crime area.

[14:39] I won't go into all the

[14:41] specifics but it's been getting

[14:42] worse and two and-a-half weeks

[14:44] ago, my husband was attacked

[14:47] leaving a starbucks, grabbed

[14:48] from behind, slugged in the face

[14:52] and only was protected by the

[14:53] barista who came running out

[14:54] screaming.

[14:56] And that is an on-going case

[14:59] with the portland police right

[14:59] now.

[15:01] I believe speaking as the

[15:02] neighborhood watch coordinator

[15:04] that most of our neighbor s

[15:05] s we're

[15:07] coming to the conclusion this is

[15:09] drug addiction driving the

[15:10] homelessness and the drug

[15:13] addiction driving the mental

[15:14] illness.

[15:16] We do not believe this is by a

[15:16] self problem.

[15:19] We are really upset with the

[15:22] repeat criminal offenders.

[15:24] They are becoming way more bold

[15:27] year by year as they feel more

[15:32] and more impunity and not having

[15:33] to do anything about crime.

[15:36] If I take a look and getting

[15:39] very involved in this, I would

[15:41] put blame about 30% on the city

[15:46] of portland for the lack of

[15:48] police officers and fighting our

[15:51] drugs which are flooding our

[15:53] city.

[15:54] And put the majority of the

[15:57] problem at the hands of

[15:57] multnomah county.

[16:00] The big issue is the lack of bed

[16:02] space right now.

[16:04] We're continually in jail

[16:05] overcrowding.

[16:08] We're in yellow state alert

[16:12] consistently often hitting red

[16:13] state.

[16:15] The budget cuts continue to hit

[16:18] which means we are having fewer

[16:20] prosecution of crimes and no

[16:22] accountability for the criminal

[16:23] behavior that's occurring.

[16:27] Repeat offenders are immediately

[16:29] released.

[16:30] Don't go light on crime.

[16:31] I believe that we should be able

[16:33] to hold repeat offenders.

[16:36] They should not be instantly

[16:37] released as they are now within

[16:38] hours.

[16:39] And I believe that we need to be

[16:41] able to processing crime for

[16:43] those of us who are citizens and

[16:45] would like to hear.

[16:46] >> chair kafoury: thank you.

[16:48] Thanks for coming.

[16:55] >> Dr. Theadora songas.

[17:03] I can't read the first name.

[17:16] And mya reedbeck.

[17:17] >> chair kafoury: you can begin.

[17:20] >> good morning, chair and

[17:21] commissioners.

[17:23] I'm Dr. Songas.

[17:25] I'm an environmental health

[17:26] scientist with 30 years service

[17:29] in the public sector working to

[17:30] present the health affects to

[17:32] environmental pollutants.

[17:33] Thank you for this opportunity

[17:34] to speak.

[17:36] We are more and more aware that

[17:38] fossil fuel infrastructure

[17:40] presents on-going unacceptable

[17:42] health risks to the community.

[17:45] The transport storage and export

[17:49] of crude and tar sans oil is an

[17:51] obvious problem increasing these

[17:52] risks.

[17:53] Multnomah county has resolved to

[17:55] limit crude oil transport by

[17:57] rail through the county.

[18:00] But this is not enough.

[18:02] We've seen oil units sitting in

[18:04] densely populated areas.

[18:07] Increases in the numbers of unit

[18:13] trains on their way to the

[18:15] zeneth facility.

[18:19] Discourage and shut down this

[18:19] illegal operation.

[18:19] Second, we ask for your support

[18:21] in funding a study to understand

[18:24] the true risks associated with

[18:25] the fossil fuel industry.

[18:26] This study could determine where

[18:29] and what the risks are including

[18:31] location, seismic risks, risks

[18:34] to low income and communities of

[18:34] color.

[18:36] How existing infrastructure

[18:39] contributes to air and water

[18:39] pollution.

[18:42] How the risks May be reduced and

[18:47] the cost to society.

[18:49] This study could give us

[18:50] critical information which to

[18:51] act.

[18:55] We thank commission ere meieran

[18:57] for the scoping risk assessment.

[18:58] And thank you all for your help

[19:03] in addressing these concerns.

[19:03] >> chair kafoury: thank you.

[19:04] Good morning.

[19:06] >> good morning.

[19:09] Uvia morella.

[19:11] I'm here for the oregon

[19:12] physicians social responsibility

[19:15] and also as a homeowner and

[19:17] business owner.

[19:19] Even though many of you have

[19:21] already read the resolution from

[19:23] the collie association of

[19:25] neighbors, I would like to take

[19:26] this opportunity to add this to

[19:31] the public record.

[19:33] Whereas transporting crude oil

[19:36] by rail poses events risk to the

[19:37] community and the environment

[19:40] from accidents, potential spills

[19:41] and explosion.

[19:43] Whereas increasing the volume of

[19:46] trains increase the overall

[19:50] amount of diesel pollution

[19:51] impacting the health of people

[19:53] who live near the rail line.

[19:55] The terminal facility site is

[19:58] prone to soil that could cause

[20:02] tank failure during abduction

[20:05] zone earthquake or other seismic

[20:06] event.

[20:09] Whereas loading crude oil on to

[20:12] tankers poses unique risk on to

[20:17] the willamette river.

[20:19] Poses risk to the health of the

[20:22] river salmon and other marine

[20:23] life.

[20:26] Whereas some tar sans trains

[20:30] have added hydrogen sulfide that

[20:31] require special safety equipment

[20:34] in case of spill, leak or

[20:34] disaster.

[20:36] Including use of a self

[20:39] contained breathing apparatus.

[20:44] That first responders are ill

[20:45] prepared for.

[20:48] The rail line carries oil

[20:49] trains.

[20:51] Collie neighborhood has been one

[20:53] of the lease served communities

[20:56] in portland with 44% of

[20:57] population being people of color

[20:59] from the 2010 census.

[21:01] A percentage expected to

[21:04] increase in the 2020 census.

[21:06] Whereas the greater pains of

[21:08] environmental pollution fall

[21:10] upon the poor people, people of

[21:13] color, marginalized people who

[21:16] lack the mobility to escape from

[21:17] pollution and lack access to

[21:19] high quality affordable

[21:21] healthcare and whose needs have

[21:24] been traditionally ignored in

[21:25] environmental planning.

[21:29] Whereas the city of portland's

[21:31] climate action plan acknowledges

[21:33] the need to reduce greenhouse

[21:36] gas emissions to mitigate the

[21:38] affects are the most polluting

[21:41] form of fossil fuel.

[21:43] The association of neighbors

[21:47] strongly opposes zeneth energy

[21:48] expansion and all projects for

[21:50] new or expanded facilities that

[21:52] will result in an increase in

[21:55] the transport or storage in

[21:56] portland.

[22:00] Urges the portland city council,

[22:01] multnomah county commission,

[22:02] agencies and officials to deny

[22:06] all support and permits for

[22:07] zeneth energy.

[22:09] The portland city council,

[22:10] multnomah county agencies and

[22:12] officials to pass a more for I

[22:14] couldn't mean and deny all

[22:17] future permits for new or

[22:19] expanded fossil fuel facilities.

[22:21] The neighborhood really needs

[22:22] you right now.

[22:24] >> chair kafoury: if you wish to

[22:25] turn that in, we can distribute

[22:28] that to the commissioners.

[22:30] Good morning.

[22:31] >> good morning.

[22:33] Thank you very much for this

[22:34] opportunity, chair and

[22:36] commissioners, to speak.

[22:41] My name is ragna merit.

[22:44] I'm here representing our 2000

[22:45] health professionals and public

[22:47] health advocates.

[22:49] I want to thank you and the

[22:51] office of sustainability for the

[22:52] careful and thorough analysis

[22:55] that resulted in the 2016 oil

[22:59] train report and for your

[23:03] actions to

[23:04] actions.

[23:07] Now as you've heard, concern

[23:10] zeneth is shipping crude by rail

[23:11] through multnomah county into

[23:12] the northwest portland where

[23:15] it's moved on to ships for

[23:15] export.

[23:17] Crude oil contains high levels

[23:20] of toxins that when released

[23:22] through a leak or spill threaten

[23:24] the lives of residents.

[23:26] We are concerned about the

[23:31] increase risk of exposure to

[23:34] hydrogen sulfide.

[23:36] Exposure to benzene causes

[23:38] leukemia, anemia and other

[23:42] diseases of bone and blood

[23:42] marrow.

[23:44] Even small amounts present a

[23:47] health risk to personnel

[23:48] transporting the crude oil as

[23:50] well as the public in case of

[23:51] accidents.

[23:54] It's an irritant affecting

[23:56] oxygen utilization and the

[23:58] central nervous system.

[24:00] The ability to smell the gas

[24:02] that's lost even though the gas

[24:03] is present.

[24:05] Death can result from exposure

[24:08] of levels as small as 100 parts

[24:10] per million.

[24:14] It's highly corrosive.

[24:21] Over time can corrode pipelines

[24:23] and the concerns were brought

[24:26] just a couple weeks ago when the

[24:28] rail car exploded as it was

[24:30] being cleaned out and injuring

[24:31] four more.

[24:34] We ask that you continue to

[24:36] carefully scrutinized the

[24:38] activities and all those

[24:40] corporations which are working

[24:44] to ship crude or tar sans and

[24:47] please take all possible

[24:49] measures to protect the health

[24:51] and safety of our county

[24:55] residents including funding the

[24:56] fossil fuel study through your

[24:58] next budget.

[24:59] Thank you very much.

[25:00] >> chair kafoury: thank you.

[25:00] Good morning.

[25:01] >> good morning.

[25:02] Thank you for having us here

[25:03] today.

[25:08] My name is mya reedbeck.

[25:10] We are also very concerned about

[25:14] the increase in dangerous fossil

[25:16] fuel infrastructure right now

[25:19] that's happening both from the

[25:21] zeneth oil expansion and broader

[25:23] market trends bringing more

[25:26] crude oil trains in portland.

[25:27] We as well as many of our

[25:30] partners are very supportive of

[25:32] multnomah county funding a

[25:33] fossil fuel risk assessment that

[25:35] can look at the full extent of

[25:37] the risks we face here from both

[25:41] our stationary fossil fuel

[25:42] infrastructure, that includes

[25:46] the 11 terminals as well as

[25:48] smaller distributors and our

[25:51] mobile fossil fuel

[25:52] infrastructure.

[25:54] Traens that travel through,

[25:57] trucks and marine tankers.

[25:59] We know it's not a question of

[26:02] when there will be a spill,

[26:04] leak, derailment or other

[26:05] disaster.

[26:06] It's a question of when.

[26:09] We've seen what a disaster can

[26:09] look like.

[26:11] And we need to act before that

[26:13] happens here in portland and

[26:14] multnomah county.

[26:18] I want to thank commissioner

[26:20] meieran for the phase one

[26:22] scoping study and like to call

[26:24] on you to vote for that to pass

[26:26] and we're working hard with the

[26:28] city of portland for them to

[26:30] join you all in funding this

[26:32] study so we can look at the full

[26:35] extent of the risks that we

[26:36] face.

[26:38] We know that information is key

[26:39] for our first responders to be

[26:42] best prepared if there is a

[26:44] disaster and that information

[26:45] will help our government

[26:47] officials plan better for the

[26:48] end of the fossil fuel industry.

[26:50] I want to thank the commission

[26:53] for voting yes on the 100%

[26:56] renewable energy resolutions in

[26:58] 2017 setting a long-term course

[27:01] for an energy transition away

[27:03] from dangerous fossil fuel

[27:06] infrastructure to safer

[27:07] renewable energy.

[27:09] As we make that transition, we

[27:11] need policies in place to hold

[27:14] polluters accountable for the

[27:15] pollution they have lent here

[27:17] and phase one scoping study is

[27:18] the first step for future

[27:20] policies that we can take to

[27:22] better protect our health and

[27:23] safety and hold polluters

[27:25] accountable for the risks they

[27:27] bring to our community.

[27:29] Thank you so much.

[27:30] >> chair kafoury: thank you.

[27:35] >> lightning, jennifer jasset,

[28:03] maggi and joe walsh.

[28:04] >> chair kafoury: you can begin.

[28:04] >> yes.

[28:07] My name is lightning.

[28:09] I represent lightning super

[28:09] humanity.

[28:12] Pertaining to the super fund

[28:14] clean up site that I hold the

[28:16] state, governor brown, the city

[28:20] and all the previous

[28:22] administration responsible for

[28:25] that super fund site, I want it

[28:28] to be fully subsidized, I want

[28:30] representatives to go to dc and

[28:31] get that infrastructure money

[28:33] and deepen the channel and

[28:36] remove all the contaminated

[28:39] settlement so we don't bankrupt

[28:42] the business owners given

[28:44] regulations and enforcements

[28:47] where they chose who wanted to

[28:48] enforce upon.

[28:49] And through investigations that

[28:51] will be determined and it will

[28:53] be certain people removed out of

[28:55] their jobs by the epa.

[28:58] By the epa, they will remove

[29:01] them out of their jobs for that

[29:02] incompetent work they've done on

[29:03] that super fund clean up.

[29:06] Let me ask you the professionals

[29:07] sitting up here.

[29:09] mayor ted wheeler likes to swim

[29:11] on the river and he thinks you

[29:13] can swim through super fund

[29:14] clean up site.

[29:15] Let me ask you one thing.

[29:18] I talked to the epa people

[29:20] personally and they said you

[29:21] know what?

[29:23] He's foolish, he's a clown.

[29:24] He doesn't know what he's

[29:25] talking about.

[29:26] Let me ask you sitting up here

[29:28] the professionals.

[29:31] Do you have one sign posted by

[29:34] the super fund clean up from

[29:35] multnomah county that says do

[29:37] not swim in the river?

[29:40] This is a super fund clean up

[29:41] site.

[29:44] Do you have one sign posted?

[29:46] I don't think you do, do you?

[29:47] You know why?

[29:49] Because you are not going to do

[29:50] anything either.

[29:51] You are going to sit here, do

[29:53] all your studies that we're

[29:53] talking about.

[29:55] We're going to fund you all that

[29:57] money and from the year 2000 on

[30:00] the super fund clean up, what

[30:01] have you done?

[30:03] I could take a shovel and remove

[30:06] more contaminated sediment today

[30:09] than you've done since the year

[30:09] 2000.

[30:12] And you want pay raises?

[30:14] You want all that handed to you

[30:15] from the public.

[30:17] Why don't you do your job.

[30:19] I'm not going to sit up here and

[30:21] give you accolades and hope I

[30:24] get some of that grant money

[30:25] cause I could care less about

[30:27] your money.

[30:29] You don't do anything on the

[30:31] river but pollute it and you

[30:33] don't want to clean it up.

[30:34] Guess what?

[30:35] You are going to be forced to

[30:38] clean it up now by the epa.

[30:39] they are going to come down upon

[30:41] you so heavy, you don't know

[30:42] what's coming yet.

[30:45] And let me tell you, governor

[30:46] brown, you better get out of

[30:48] your chair and get something

[30:50] done on this and quit making

[30:52] your excuses and trying to

[30:53] bankrupt all the business owners

[30:54] along the river.

[30:56] It's not going to happen.

[30:58] Get it cleaned up.

[30:58] It's your mess.

[31:01] Clean it up.

[31:03] Now, another issue, chair, that

[31:04] 333 building you purchased and I

[31:06] know you are having issues.

[31:10] Remember, those are our numbers.

[31:11] 33

[31:12] 333

[31:13] 3333.

[31:14] It's called karma.

[31:16] I'll be waiting for your report

[31:18] on the overview on my property

[31:20] dealing on those issues.

[31:21] >> chair kafoury: thank you.

[31:21] >> remember.

[31:24] Karma is everything in this

[31:25] world.

[31:28] Have a wonderful day.

[31:30] >> chair kafoury: you too.

[31:30] Good morning.

[31:33] >> good morning.

[31:35] Jennifer jaffet.

[31:37] I am a community member.

[31:43] I am showing up for our

[31:48] community and the black

[31:58] community and -- from her

[32:01] position from the diane wade

[32:02] house.

[32:05] I'm really glad I'm coming after

[32:08] that guy.

[32:10] Because I'm passionate.

[32:11] But I was so excited about this,

[32:16] I only had a few hours sleep.

[32:18] You are going to be hearing the

[32:20] same thing again and again and

[32:21] again.

[32:22] Probably like the gentleman next

[32:25] to me talking about the river.

[32:28] this is not going away.

[32:31] So I'm going to read a little

[32:35] bit from the recent scanner news

[32:39] article by sandra sorenson

[32:42] published May 16, 2019.

[32:45] The former director of

[32:48] portland's first afro-centric

[32:51] women's transition home

[32:53] addressed the multnomah county

[32:57] board of commissions, this was

[32:59] here, on May 9th, not too long

[33:03] ago, to object to her abrupt

[33:08] firing in April.

[33:10] Which came soon after positive

[33:13] performance reviews and glowing

[33:16] media coverage that touted her

[33:17] experience with the criminal

[33:18] justice system.

[33:21] That is not going away.

[33:24] Alicia moss was promoted to

[33:29] program director in December.

[33:35] Funded by a $2 million grant.

[33:40] From macarthur safety and

[33:41] justice challenge.

[33:42] Watch the money.

[33:44] $2 million grant.

[33:49] The house formally opened in

[33:51] early April.

[33:55] Which to go off script, that's

[33:58] actually what caught my eye and

[34:00] connected me with anisha.

[34:05] I was so excited about seeing

[34:07] the chair cut the ribbon to this

[34:08] house.

[34:12] And when she got fired, I asked

[34:17] to friend her.

[34:19] I'm not going away.

[34:22] I would like to read a quote

[34:31] from chair kafoury from oregon

[34:33] writer max bernstein.

[34:35] This is a group of people for

[34:37] whom government has really

[34:40] failed over and over again said

[34:40] county chair.

[34:42] We're not willing to allow that

[34:43] to happen again.

[34:45] These women deserve to have a

[34:47] program developed by them and

[34:47] for them.

[34:50] I recognize that my time is up

[34:52] but I also would like to

[34:57] recommend that county take away

[34:59] county contracts from the

[34:59] county.

[35:01] Especially no-bid contracts.

[35:04] They don't deserve them.

[35:05] >> chair kafoury: thank you.

[35:10] Appreciate your comments.

[35:14] All right.

[35:14] Maggie?

[35:15] You are up.

[35:18] >> I am maggie.

[35:18] 54.

[35:20] Never been arrested, never been

[35:22] in jail and I'm homeless and I

[35:25] run portland homeless town hall

[35:27] and here's what I want to say.

[35:28] I want to say that the county

[35:31] and the city and the state have

[35:35] had multiple opportunities over

[35:44] decades.

[35:47] To help people who are disabled

[35:51] and cherry picked by hud and

[35:54] exist out on the street and

[35:56] warehoused for years and years

[36:05] in shelters and sro programs.

[36:08] Instead of using funding to

[36:10] harass and arrest homeless

[36:13] people who are disabled either

[36:15] mentally or physically whether

[36:17] they are elder lee

[36:21] ly or have

[36:22] alzheimers, al tichl, all sorts

[36:25] of issues, not just addiction

[36:27] issues as a person who has never

[36:30] been addicted myself.

[36:33] And you've had multiple

[36:34] opportunities to use the funding

[36:40] for term -- permanent supportive

[36:42] housing that has input by

[36:43] consumers.

[36:46] What you do is you continue to

[36:47] communicate with bureaucracies

[36:54] and contractors that are poverty

[36:59] -- like the nra and the nfl as a

[37:00] non-profit.

[37:04] They are foreign and domestic

[37:06] contractors doing this for

[37:06] profit.

[37:09] So they take advantage of all

[37:11] those images of people on the

[37:14] streets for their fund-raising.

[37:20] And the shelters are

[37:20] unregulated.

[37:21] Use a little bit of money to run

[37:23] the shelters.

[37:26] If they are religious, they

[37:28] don't have to open up their

[37:30] finances to the feds, the state

[37:34] or the county or the city.

[37:35] So they do whatever they want

[37:36] and unregulated.

[37:41] Now, I would like to see another

[37:44] entity formed that would take

[37:47] the testimony of consumers about

[37:48] what kind of programming they

[37:52] would like to see designed both

[37:55] in the housing sense and the

[37:59] programming sense.

[38:01] That would be accessible to

[38:08] them, reachable to them.

[38:12] They are going to snow you over

[38:14] and over again.

[38:17] No one is going to want to be in

[38:18] them because they are not

[38:19] appropriate.

[38:23] And I would like to say that

[38:25] quote again.

[38:28] Let's get rid of the hypocrisy.

[38:29] >> chair kafoury: thank you.

[38:30] >> good morning.

[38:31] Joe walsh.

[38:33] I represent individuals for

[38:34] justice.

[38:37] First of all, I would like to

[38:42] thank you for the visual on the

[38:43] screen.

[38:44] The deaf community has yelled

[38:46] and jumped up and down for

[38:47] sometime over that.

[38:50] And now that you have it, it's

[38:50] impressive.

[38:52] So thank you for that.

[38:55] Also, thank you for showing up

[39:00] at the protests of what I call

[39:03] anti-woman's right to choose

[39:06] thing that is going on in this

[39:08] country with alabama and

[39:10] probably nine other states that

[39:15] I know of are passing terrible,

[39:17] terrible laws.

[39:18] They are all constitutional and

[39:19] they know it.

[39:21] They are concerned about the

[39:21] supreme court.

[39:24] We May have a supreme court that

[39:25] knows something is on

[39:26] constitution.

[39:29] Going to do it anyway.

[39:30] That's our fear that when it

[39:32] gets to the supreme court, they

[39:35] are going to say, yeah, you

[39:48] know, row -- roe v wade.

[39:50] Yesterday, the council approved

[39:55] $25 million over five year

[39:55] period

[39:56] period.

[39:56] The contract for the clean up

[39:58] and the sweeps.

[40:03] $5 million a year.

[40:15] To clean you.

[40:17] When the subcontractors take the

[40:19] items people really need to

[40:21] survive on the street that they

[40:23] put them in storage and the

[40:26] people come and collect them.

[40:31] Do me a favor, call the joint

[40:36] office.

[40:38] And ask them how many people

[40:39] show up and get their stuff

[40:39] back.

[40:42] I asked the city attorney a

[40:46] couple years ago.

[40:47] He said zero.

[40:52] I was surprised.

[40:52] Zero.

[40:56] Nobody shows up.

[40:58] He says the reason they don't

[40:59] show up is we have warrants out

[41:00] on them.

[41:01] They are demanding their stuff

[41:04] from the cops and they get

[41:07] arrested.

[41:08] Have you seen the data?

[41:10] The data comes out they arrest

[41:11] more homeless people than

[41:12] anybody else.

[41:14] When you have people coming here

[41:18] wining to you about the homeless

[41:21] people, why don't one of you ask

[41:23] what have you done?

[41:29] For ten years we have begged for

[41:31] port-a-potties and needle

[41:32] collections and begged to get

[41:34] more social workers in there.

[41:36] When people come to wine to you,

[41:37] understand we have been begging

[41:38] for ten years.

[41:41] They are doing it for five

[41:41] minutes.

[41:42] >> chair kafoury: I'm sorry,

[41:45] your time is up.

[41:47] >> got a red light.

[41:53] Sorry.

[41:59] >> minister timothy Mcnare,

[42:01] jannell brown and annette

[42:11] johnson.

[42:19] >> chair kafoury: you can begin,

[42:27] sir.

[42:27] Sir.

[42:29] >> good morning.

[42:31] My name is minister timothy

[42:35] luther Mcnare and I'm going to

[42:37] read into the record injustices

[42:41] that are going on in the black

[42:43] community.

[42:46] And this is a quote from an

[42:50] article by abby stamp.

[42:51] One people of color are forced

[42:55] to engaged in dominant culture

[42:57] programming and two, the

[43:01] criminal system has

[43:03] disproportionately harmed

[43:06] communities of color by over

[43:09] policing the drugs and the

[43:11] impact of institutional lives

[43:16] racism color lines for

[43:17] .

[43:19] The effort is about repairing

[43:22] some of the harm done by the

[43:25] dominant white power structure.

[43:28] It is incumbent on justice

[43:37] leadership to say they have

[43:39] harmed communities of color and

[43:42] start to acknowledge that harm.

[43:45] And provide an alternative

[43:47] specifically to help african

[43:51] american women and men leave the

[44:08] justice system.

[44:13] Case 18cv 42370 in the circuit

[44:14] court for the state of oregon

[44:20] for the county of multnomah.

[44:25] Mcnare vs multnomah county

[44:29] sheriff department, two unnamed

[44:32] sheriffs, patrick brisescol,

[44:34] paul adams, both of whom are

[44:36] parole officers in the oregon

[44:38] department of corrections.

[44:42] And this is about the travesty

[44:44] of the injustice being inflicted

[44:48] upon those who are trying to

[44:52] transition back into society but

[44:56] they are coming into society

[44:59] with a disadvantage when they

[45:05] are being treated with bias.

[45:07] It's like they are setting us up

[45:12] for failure and there's nothing

[45:16] just about that at all.

[45:20] For me, my position in this is

[45:24] to bring or shine a light on the

[45:27] type of injustices that are

[45:29] being inflicted upon the black

[45:30] community.

[45:31] Thank you for your time.

[45:32] >> chair kafoury: thank you for

[45:33] coming this morning.

[45:34] Good morning.

[45:35] >> good morning.

[45:37] Annette johnson.

[45:40] I'm a street vendor on 45th and

[45:41] southeast woodstock.

[45:45] I'm here on behalf of Ms. Anisha

[45:46] here.

[45:47] I'm a student.

[45:50] I was trying to find a site to

[45:54] do my dadc2.

[45:56] I was referred to the diane wade

[45:57] house.

[46:00] I googled it and found out

[46:01] something had transpired there.

[46:06] So I started paying attention to

[46:09] what took place with Ms. Anisha.

[46:11] So I'm going to read the quote.

[46:15] I was late today but I'm here on

[46:15] behalf of her asking the

[46:16] commissioner here whoever you

[46:21] guys are to listen to what she's

[46:22] saying.

[46:24] When you take a program and

[46:27] build it, I met Ms. Wade one

[46:28] time and she gave me a ride and

[46:31] I didn't realize she was a law

[46:34] enforcement but she did that and

[46:36] when they said they had a diane

[46:37] wade program for women coming

[46:42] out of prison, I served five

[46:44] prison terms with 15 years in

[46:44] recovery.

[46:47] However, I wanted to participate

[46:50] as a cadc 2.

[46:53] And that's when I found out that

[46:56] the lady here was abruptly taken

[46:58] out of the program for whatever

[47:01] reason and my prayers is that

[47:03] you will be able to look through

[47:05] this and grant whatever it is

[47:07] she's here to present.

[47:13] If a -- falicia davis said the

[47:14] absence and lack of explanation

[47:16] from bridges to change why she

[47:20] was dismissed were retraumatized

[47:22] her and other clients.

[47:27] I feel nervous since she left.

[47:30] We have severe ptsd.

[47:32] We felt safe.

[47:36] Then we felt like a tornado

[47:38] ripped through our lives and

[47:41] treating us like how we were

[47:44] when we were little when we got

[47:46] molested or raped or something.

[47:47] It's just unfamiliar.

[47:49] We didn't talk about it and you

[47:52] swept it on the rug.

[47:54] [Phone ringing]

[47:56] >> sorry about that.

[47:58] That's how it's being treated.

[48:00] Current client falicia davis and

[48:03] I've heard this story since I am

[48:06] a writer and vendor that there's

[48:08] a terrible Miss Justice at the

[48:10] diane wade house and the women

[48:11] that were presented to come

[48:13] there from the department of

[48:16] correction to get the help they

[48:17] needed could identify with her

[48:19] and understand and she was

[48:21] helping them and bridges to

[48:25] change who was a predominantly

[48:27] white european company somehow

[48:29] or another oversees something

[48:31] there and they insisting on

[48:34] putting anybody there other than

[48:35] somebody that will help the

[48:36] women see their way out.

[48:37] Thank you.

[48:38] >> chair kafoury: thank you.

[48:41] >> good morning.

[48:42] Jannell brown.

[48:46] I'm here on behalf of anisha

[48:50] because I believe injustice was

[48:51] done.

[48:53] I'd like to read a quote.

[48:55] The effort is about repairing

[48:57] some of the harm done by the

[49:00] dominant white power structure.

[49:04] It is incumbent to say the

[49:05] justice system harmed

[49:07] communities of color and this is

[49:09] an international attempt to

[49:13] start to acknowledge that harm

[49:16] and provide alternative

[49:18] specifically to help african

[49:20] american women and justice

[49:23] system and get on the stable

[49:24] lives.

[49:26] And that's what -- I have

[49:27] something I'd like to read from

[49:30] one of the workers 245 worked at

[49:36] the house that was open with

[49:36] anisha.

[49:39] And one of the staff that is

[49:42] still employed.

[49:45] Her name is chantelle white.

[49:47] Setting departure from the diane

[49:50] wade house left her hand-picked

[49:54] staff devastated.

[49:56] She was passionate, a team

[49:56] leader.

[49:58] She encouraged me to go to

[50:01] school and loving to our

[50:01] clients.

[50:04] Currently employed staff member

[50:06] sonia freeman.

[50:10] I feel victimized.

[50:14] Diane wade house residents

[50:16] assist

[50:17] assist.

[50:19] After the ribbon cutting, it

[50:22] seemed like the glitz and

[50:24] glamour left and the real faces

[50:25] came out.

[50:28] And I just want to say it's

[50:30] unfair and I'm still an employee

[50:33] there and I see that all the

[50:35] struggle the women are still

[50:36] facing without the care and the

[50:39] support that anisha has been

[50:41] bringing to the table said

[50:44] currently employed staff

[50:49] February chantelle white.

[50:52] So for me, I remember looking at

[50:55] the media and the news and this

[50:58] has been my friend for a long

[50:58] time.

[51:01] When I seen her on the media,

[51:04] the news with kate brown and all

[51:07] the rest of them and holding

[51:09] hands at the time of creating

[51:13] this program to get this $2

[51:13] million.

[51:15] They were all at the front with

[51:15] her.

[51:17] My question is where are they at

[51:18] now?

[51:20] Where are the people that was

[51:22] there to help her create this

[51:24] program and hold her hand in

[51:25] guidance with her to get that

[51:26] grant?

[51:27] None of them is here today to

[51:31] help fight for her for what they

[51:33] believed in at the time.

[51:36] And that grant is not being used

[51:37] accurately.

[51:40] Supposed to be used 75%

[51:40] dominantly african american in

[51:41] that house.

[51:50] I know my time is uphold on.

[51:51] Haven't even placed people in a

[51:54] position because they got to

[51:56] answer to somebody that there's

[51:57] not african americans being

[52:00] placed in those positions.

[52:04] I'm done.

[52:08] >> my name is anisha cochran and

[52:10] I want to speak to the hustle

[52:13] and oppression of culturally

[52:15] specific programs.

[52:16] In multnomah county we have

[52:18] consistently allowed our

[52:20] leadership to create culturally

[52:23] specific programs that are being

[52:26] ran by white dominant

[52:29] organizations and leadership and

[52:31] white dominant politicians.

[52:34] How can it be a culturally

[52:35] specific program that's meant to

[52:37] better the culturally specific

[52:40] communities but the people being

[52:43] paid the most are white and

[52:45] people being worked the hardest

[52:45] are black.

[52:49] There is a level of oppression

[52:50] in these organizations.

[52:54] The clients and the staff are

[52:54] afraid.

[52:57] And we are tired of talking

[53:00] about it and asking for help.

[53:02] Tired of being taken pictures of

[53:03] us in the media.

[53:05] When we call it out and we say

[53:07] this is racism, this is

[53:08] oppression, what you are doing

[53:10] to us is wrong and nothing is

[53:11] being done about it.

[53:19] In the non-profit agency, the --

[53:21] there is an addendum that

[53:22] multnomah county and other

[53:25] counties like it do not have

[53:28] culp ability or implicit to when

[53:30] things go wrong.

[53:32] When we hold them accountable,

[53:34] the non-profit takes the bulk of

[53:36] the damage and multnomah county

[53:37] gets off scott free.

[53:38] But multnomah county is the one

[53:39] that is in charge.

[53:41] They are in charge of the hiring

[53:43] and firing.

[53:44] They are the most paid.

[53:46] The people at the top of the

[53:47] food chain are the most paid for

[53:49] these programs.

[53:51] They control what clients come

[53:53] in and out.

[53:58] But when the shit falls in a bad

[54:01] way, the non-profit are the ones

[54:03] that can be held accountable.

[54:04] We think that is wrong.

[54:06] As angry as I have been, I don't

[54:08] think they are the ones

[54:09] culpable.

[54:10] I think multnomah county it's on

[54:12] your web site, you are taking

[54:13] credit for creating this black

[54:13] program.

[54:15] It's on the da's web site.

[54:18] The pictures are taken with your

[54:18] politicians.

[54:20] You guys are just as responsible

[54:22] for bridges of change legally in

[54:23] every way possible.

[54:25] If you want to take the credit

[54:27] and have the power, that when it

[54:30] falls wrong, you need to be

[54:32] accountable and I don't care any

[54:32] more.

[54:34] We're standing up and coming to

[54:36] the table and asking for what we

[54:48] need and we are not going away.

[54:54] >> jessica jonston, reese rice

[55:14] and charles bridgecrane johnson.

[55:15] >> good morning.

[55:18] My name is jessica johnson and

[55:20] I'm 31 years old.

[55:23] I'm speaking on behalf of anisha

[55:24] cochran.

[55:27] I would like to read something

[55:28] to you guys.

[55:33] This is recent firings of anisha

[55:35] cochran and other highlights of

[55:37] issues of equity at multnomah

[55:38] county.

[55:41] On September 5th, 2017, the

[55:43] chair along with county

[55:45] commissioners voted unanimously

[55:48] to develop a county wide

[55:51] workforce equity strategy from

[55:54] this the workforce equity

[55:55] strategic plan was created.

[55:57] The adoption of such plan

[55:58] according to the chair is a

[56:02] stark reminder of the toll that

[56:04] institutionalized in systemic

[56:07] racism takes on our employees

[56:08] and community.

[56:12] On several occasions, the chair

[56:13] recognized employees

[56:14] specifically black employees are

[56:16] the most discriminated against

[56:18] while employed at multnomah

[56:20] county are involved in

[56:22] investigations more than any

[56:23] other protective class report

[56:27] being monitored and heavily

[56:29] scrutinized are not promoted,

[56:32] retained and do not make it

[56:35] beyond probationary periods for

[56:37] racism and other forms of

[56:38] discrimination in 2018.

[56:41] The chair directed the multnomah

[56:47] county chief operating officer

[56:50] to investigate such claims.

[56:53] However, despite promises of

[56:54] improvement, the well

[56:57] established pattern of

[56:59] discrimination problems with

[57:01] implementing meaningful

[57:02] mechanism of equity and

[57:04] inclusion persists.

[57:06] In other words, for many black

[57:08] employees, talk of diversity,

[57:11] equity and inclusion are just

[57:12] that.

[57:12] Talk.

[57:17] The recent firing behind the

[57:21] firing of trisha tillman and

[57:23] 100,000 to black employees.

[57:26] Not to mentioning on-going

[57:27] investigations of racial

[57:29] discrimination involving black

[57:30] employees at multnomah county.

[57:32] Does little to nothing to

[57:34] reassure black employees that

[57:35] things will be different in

[57:37] multnomah county under the

[57:40] leadership of chair kafoury.

[57:44] Black employees pursue legal

[57:44] redress.

[57:48] Multnomah county is all too

[57:50] ready to settle and implement a

[57:53] gag order.

[57:54] Conversely, people particularly

[57:57] managers involved in racist and

[58:00] discriminatory behaviors May be

[58:01] employed at multnomah county.

[58:05] This is not victory nor does it

[58:07] encourage others experiencing

[58:08] racism to come forward.

[58:11] This works to the county's

[58:11] benefit.

[58:16] The firing of cochran upset

[58:17] supporters of the diane wade

[58:18] house.

[58:19] The housing treatment center

[58:21] with the cultural focus on black

[58:23] women recentering society after

[58:25] serving them in jail.

[58:26] I know my time is up.

[58:27] >> chair kafoury: your time is

[58:28] up.

[58:30] If you would like to submit your

[58:34] testimony, we're happy to read

[58:34] it.

[58:35] It.

[58:36] >> I'll do that too but thank

[58:40] you.

[58:41] >> chair kafoury: charles, you

[58:47] are ready to go.

[58:49] >> chickens be coming home to

[58:50] roast.

[58:52] My name is charles bridgecrane

[58:53] johnson.

[58:55] Usually I like to go last.

[58:57] I wish I had arranged things

[59:00] better so that could have been

[59:02] the closing.

[59:04] Unfortunately, I'm last so I'm

[59:08] going to talk about

[59:10] intersectionality and how the

[59:11] injustices against our african

[59:12] american community are talked

[59:14] about problems in the criminal

[59:17] justice system that spill over

[59:18] on to all people.

[59:21] We opened up with people talking

[59:23] about repeat criminal activity

[59:29] over in southwest and y'all are

[59:29] responsible.

[59:30] Y'all have the facts and you are

[59:32] not working with them.

[59:34] Now, today in the last seven

[59:36] days are a good day.

[59:40] If you go on the web site no

[59:44] emergency releases for 7 days.

[59:46] However, the people that you pay

[59:49] to make those decisions really

[59:51] need support and supervision to

[59:53] do better.

[59:56] For 14 days, they had the poor

[1:00:00] judgment to hold berry joe.

[1:00:01] Berry joe got out as an

[1:00:02] emergency release.

[1:00:07] Held from the 1st to the 14th.

[1:00:11] He's loud, but there's nothing

[1:00:12] in his record except the police

[1:00:15] not liking him that should lead

[1:00:17] to him being held for 14 days

[1:00:18] while you are releasing people

[1:00:20] breaking into homes and

[1:00:21] assaulting women and children.

[1:00:22] You need to really reconnect

[1:00:26] with the sheriff and whoever

[1:00:32] this authority is that does the

[1:00:32] matrix.

[1:00:35] The minister spoke about people

[1:00:38] trying to reintegrate from

[1:00:39] society from oregon department

[1:00:41] of corrections.

[1:00:44] I meet these people because we

[1:00:45] don't have proper support from

[1:00:46] the state.

[1:00:50] I meet them in the tpi day room.

[1:00:52] How good can a constituent feel

[1:00:55] about there's probably not going

[1:00:58] to be reoffender of that guy

[1:01:00] where he had free laundry, free

[1:01:03] sheets but no liberty and surely

[1:01:05] he'll never commit another crime

[1:01:07] again appreciating him to look

[1:01:08] for a job.

[1:01:14] So you need to work -- the super

[1:01:16] majority of democrats is

[1:01:20] unwilling to craft a package.

[1:01:22] They should be sending a measure

[1:01:24] 97 thing back to the voters.

[1:01:25] We're smarter now.

[1:01:26] We can approve something like

[1:01:26] that.

[1:01:28] I don't know what they are going

[1:01:29] to do down there.

[1:01:30] I don't know what the governor

[1:01:32] or chief staff will present if

[1:01:34] they are put on the spot about

[1:01:35] why we're not improving the

[1:01:37] revenue picture and don't have

[1:01:37] it done.

[1:01:38] Should have been the first thing

[1:01:40] at the beginning of the session

[1:01:42] not leaving these loose ends

[1:01:44] around so the teachers had to

[1:01:45] rally.

[1:01:48] I do want to say thanks,

[1:01:51] everybody.

[1:01:52] >> chair kafoury: appreciate

[1:01:54] your comments today.

[1:01:56] >> r.1.

[1:01:59] Proclaiming observance of

[1:02:00] memorial day, May 27, 2019 in

[1:02:06] multnomah county, oregon.

[1:02:09] >> chair kafoury: commissioner s

[1:02:10] s

[1:02:13] move and second.

[1:02:17] Approval of r

[1:02:26] .1.

[1:02:27] >> good morning.

[1:02:29] Thank you so much for coming.

[1:02:31] >> good morning, chair.

[1:02:34] My name is lawrence russell.

[1:02:36] I'd like to thank everyone in

[1:02:37] attendance today.

[1:02:40] This is a very important event

[1:02:43] and I'm lawrence russell and I'm

[1:02:44] current

[1:02:46] currently a co-chair position

[1:02:50] with the veterans employee

[1:02:53] resource group with denise

[1:02:54] harthrope.

[1:02:54] She's not here.

[1:02:55] I'm speaking for her today.

[1:02:58] And work in central purchasing.

[1:03:00] Thank you for the opportunity to

[1:03:01] speak.

[1:03:03] It's my honor to be asked to

[1:03:05] share how important it is to

[1:03:06] observe memorial day.

[1:03:11] Also to briefly share my

[1:03:12] experience with working with

[1:03:13] multnomah county.

[1:03:14] With honor and respect.

[1:03:16] It's very important to stop,

[1:03:19] respect and honor those who

[1:03:20] bravely serve their country.

[1:03:22] Stop and remember the ones who

[1:03:26] made the ultimate sacrifice who

[1:03:29] served and currently still on

[1:03:31] active duty.

[1:03:33] Defending our countries for our

[1:03:35] freedom way of life.

[1:03:39] If I May, I would like to ask

[1:03:41] the audience anyone that served

[1:03:43] in the united states armed

[1:03:45] services or family member of

[1:03:46] someone that's in the united

[1:03:49] states armed services, would you

[1:03:51] please stand.

[1:04:02] [Applause]

[1:04:03] >> thank you very much.

[1:04:10] And thank you for your service.

[1:04:13] Coming from the military, being

[1:04:16] a veteran in the early 90s or

[1:04:18] the early 90s that I had trouble

[1:04:21] getting to a job and finding

[1:04:23] somewhere to land so I can serve

[1:04:23] again.

[1:04:25] Because I'm a servant.

[1:04:27] And finally, going through a lot

[1:04:31] of experiences, being an intern,

[1:04:33] working in another agency,

[1:04:35] getting to multnomah county, I

[1:04:38] felt like this is my chance to

[1:04:42] serve again and my office

[1:04:45] offered ample opportunity for

[1:04:46] improvement and service.

[1:04:50] I'd like to thank them for that.

[1:04:54] Given me the ability to learn

[1:04:55] and volunteer opportunities in

[1:04:56] multnomah county.

[1:04:58] I just wanted to be brief.

[1:05:00] I'd just like to say this is

[1:05:01] very important and thank you for

[1:05:02] letting me have this opportunity

[1:05:04] to speak on behalf of the

[1:05:06] veterans who serve their

[1:05:06] country.

[1:05:07] >> chair kafoury: thank you for

[1:05:09] your service and thank you for

[1:05:10] serving multnomah county.

[1:05:12] >> good morning, chair and

[1:05:13] members of the board of

[1:05:14] commissioners.

[1:05:16] Thanks for having me here this

[1:05:17] morning.

[1:05:19] My name is kim.

[1:05:22] I'm the programs supervisor for

[1:05:24] veteran services and veteran of

[1:05:25] the united states coast guard.

[1:05:27] On memorial day, I'd like to

[1:05:30] give historical context to the

[1:05:33] holiday if you'll indulge me.

[1:05:37] in May 1868, decoration day was

[1:05:38] informally established as a time

[1:05:41] to decorate the graves with

[1:05:42] spring flowers.

[1:05:45] It was regionally celebrated

[1:05:48] until 1971 when congress

[1:05:49] designated a national holiday

[1:05:52] and renamed it memorial day.

[1:05:54] By 1971, memorial day was

[1:05:56] expanded to honor all of those

[1:06:01] who died in american wars and

[1:06:04] includes remembrance of service

[1:06:04] members.

[1:06:06] Encourages all-americans to

[1:06:07] pause wherever they are at 3

[1:06:10] P.M. Local time on memorial day

[1:06:11] for a minute of silence to

[1:06:12] remember and honor those who

[1:06:15] have died in service to our

[1:06:15] nation.

[1:06:17] As you May have noticed when you

[1:06:19] entered today, multnomah county

[1:06:20] is very lucky to have been

[1:06:22] chosen to host a powerful

[1:06:24] exhibit of photos taken by

[1:06:25] veterans in their care partners

[1:06:29] who participated in a va funded

[1:06:33] project to determine the photos

[1:06:36] to tell a story on survivors of

[1:06:37] traumatic brain injury.

[1:06:40] From now to June 27th, this

[1:06:44] exhibit will be on display.

[1:06:46] On this holiday of remember

[1:06:49] ambulance, many veterans carry

[1:06:50] invisible wounds.

[1:06:52] Much of that is due to lack of

[1:06:54] research into treatment options.

[1:06:57] A barrier that the research team

[1:06:58] associated with this project is

[1:07:01] attempted to remedy.

[1:07:03] I'm pleased to introduce sarah

[1:07:04] for the portland based project

[1:07:05] team.

[1:07:06] >> thank you, kim.

[1:07:06] Good morning.

[1:07:09] My name is sarah.

[1:07:13] I'm an anthropologist and

[1:07:15] researcher in va.

[1:07:16] I want to thank multnomah county

[1:07:18] and the commissioners and kim,

[1:07:21] in particular, for helping us

[1:07:23] develop this partnership and

[1:07:25] bring this exhibit to the room

[1:07:26] and if you look around, it's all

[1:07:27] around us.

[1:07:28] The exhibit is a product of

[1:07:30] department of veteran affairs

[1:07:31] funded research.

[1:07:33] A study conducted in portland

[1:07:36] and new orleans and the study is

[1:07:37] building them up upon previous

[1:07:40] work by my partner who led the

[1:07:41] team in new orleans.

[1:07:43] The current study was conducted

[1:07:45] over three years and the pieces

[1:07:47] that surround you represent

[1:07:49] contributions from 56 unique

[1:07:50] participants.

[1:07:51] Some of them are here today with

[1:07:52] us.

[1:07:54] Photo voice for those who don't

[1:07:57] know is a method that asks

[1:07:58] participants to take pictures of

[1:08:02] their lives and we elicit their

[1:08:04] stories who go on to bring to

[1:08:05] life these pictures.

[1:08:09] Our focus was on traumatic brain

[1:08:12] injury and the affects this has

[1:08:14] on post 9/11 veterans and their

[1:08:15] care givers.

[1:08:18] Photo voice allows for a

[1:08:19] conversation to develop that

[1:08:34] otherwise might not be

[1:08:34] happening.

[1:08:35] It's a process that seeks to

[1:08:35] educate researchers,

[1:08:35] participants, clinicians and the

[1:08:35] communities that we reside in.

[1:08:35] The experience of living with a

[1:08:35] brain injury is not limited to

[1:08:36] veterans, however.

[1:08:37] There is a combat experience

[1:08:41] where repeat exposure May have

[1:08:42] different lasting outcomes we're

[1:08:44] still working to understand.

[1:08:46] But tbi is something that can

[1:08:49] affect a range of individuals

[1:08:51] and these can be acquired

[1:08:53] through concussions, sports

[1:08:54] injuries, car accidents, that

[1:08:56] kind of thing.

[1:09:01] Tbi like ptsd is an invisible

[1:09:01] injury.

[1:09:04] As articulated in the works that

[1:09:10] surround us and often m ways

[1:09:13] those around them are not even

[1:09:14] aware of.

[1:09:16] There are catalogs around the

[1:09:17] space and I invite you to take

[1:09:20] one to learn more and get

[1:09:21] additional information also

[1:09:23] available online about this

[1:09:25] research and other va supported

[1:09:27] research taking place with the

[1:09:31] goal of improving healthcare

[1:09:31] delivery.

[1:09:33] I want to thank my team in

[1:09:36] portland who made this work

[1:09:38] possible, brian bender, jessica

[1:09:40] weiss and center to improve

[1:09:42] veteran involvement and care at

[1:09:43] the portland va.

[1:09:45] Very lucky to have contributors

[1:09:47] here and want to make sure they

[1:09:48] have a chance to introduce

[1:09:49] themselves.

[1:09:50] When you signed up for this

[1:09:52] study, none of us could have

[1:09:54] predicted we'd be here this

[1:09:54] morning.

[1:09:57] Thank you to the county for

[1:09:59] partnering with us as it's

[1:10:07] intended to be.

[1:10:11] >> before the board of county

[1:10:12] commissioners for multnomah

[1:10:19] county oregon, proclaiming

[1:10:21] observance, the county court

[1:10:24] board of commissioners finds

[1:10:26] memorial day we pay tribute to

[1:10:30] the fallen heroes who died

[1:10:31] defending our country which

[1:10:36] america was founded.

[1:10:38] Today americans in corners of

[1:10:41] our country serve with

[1:10:43] distinction in the armed forces.

[1:10:46] We express our deepest

[1:10:48] appreciation to individuals in

[1:11:00] uniform who gave their last

[1:11:01] measure of devotion -- and hope

[1:11:04] they find comfort in knowing

[1:11:06] loved ones die with honor.

[1:11:10] It is our duty to preserve the

[1:11:12] legacy of those americans and

[1:11:15] remains in charge of the work of

[1:11:18] peace, freedom, justice, equity

[1:11:20] in conjunction with memorial day

[1:11:23] May the 27th, 2019.

[1:11:25] Multnomah county is proud to

[1:11:27] recognize the individuals who

[1:11:30] serve to protect us.

[1:11:32] The board of commissioners

[1:11:35] proclaims in observance of

[1:11:37] memorial day May the 27th, 2019

[1:11:39] on the day we remember and honor

[1:11:42] all county residents who have

[1:11:43] lived, died in the service of

[1:11:44] our country.

[1:11:46] We encourage all multnomah

[1:11:48] county to remember and honor

[1:11:51] these individuals as well.

[1:11:58] Adopted on May 27th, 2019.

[1:12:00] >> chair kafoury: thank you.

[1:12:01] Did you have comments?

[1:12:02] >> commissioner meieran: I

[1:12:03] think we have a second panel

[1:12:04] here to present.

[1:12:06] We're doing it out of order

[1:12:06] today.

[1:12:08] So starting with the

[1:12:10] proclamation and panels and have

[1:12:25] some closing comments.

[1:12:27] >> thank you for giving us time.

[1:12:29] I served during the surge.

[1:12:31] I'd like to take my time today

[1:12:36] to urge all of you to remember

[1:12:47] that we are not good at fixing

[1:12:50] them when they come up.

[1:12:51] We do not have mental health

[1:12:52] available for people although

[1:13:04] the va is here.

[1:13:07] For me, personally, as a female,

[1:13:09] it was hard to feel at home at

[1:13:12] the va.

[1:13:15] I went and found services

[1:13:18] elsewhere and found studies ask

[1:13:18] surveys.

[1:13:22] I have a very unique point of

[1:13:25] view.

[1:13:29] This project for me was

[1:13:31] extremely difficult and

[1:13:32] vulnerable.

[1:13:35] I thought it was a wonderful way

[1:13:37] to include people who have

[1:13:38] supported me.

[1:13:40] My husband john who will speak

[1:13:43] next and while this is a great

[1:13:45] project, it does highlight we

[1:13:47] need to invest more in mental

[1:13:48] health but in the state of

[1:13:50] oregon.

[1:13:58] Needs to be more available.

[1:14:00] >> hello.

[1:14:03] I'm sean gallagher.

[1:14:06] Thank you for letting us speak.

[1:14:13] I feel like this program was

[1:14:15] great to share what it's like to

[1:14:19] have tbi or to live with someone

[1:14:23] with tbi and how that can change

[1:14:30] your life in big ways and small.

[1:14:36] It's a slow process but this has

[1:14:39] really helped the visual medium

[1:14:41] is a good way to share these

[1:14:42] things.

[1:14:43] So I encourage you all to check

[1:14:48] out the photos and just kind of

[1:14:50] absorb it and think about it.

[1:14:52] Thank you very much.

[1:14:52] >> chair kafoury: thank you.

[1:14:53] Good morning.

[1:14:54] >> good morning.

[1:14:56] Thank you for the opportunity to

[1:14:57] speak.

[1:14:59] My name is john naybert.

[1:15:02] I was also participant.

[1:15:04] I'm a 21 year army veteran.

[1:15:07] I've done three combat tours.

[1:15:11] When I came home, I was

[1:15:14] diagnosed with m tbi, mild

[1:15:16] traumatic brain injury due to

[1:15:18] three ied blasts during the two

[1:15:29] years in iraq.

[1:15:33] Also severe ptsd and suffered a

[1:15:37] stroke due to the ied blasts.

[1:15:40] When Dr. Ono came and approached

[1:15:43] me about this project, I was

[1:15:45] hesitant

[1:15:46] hesitant.

[1:15:49] Like my fellow service member

[1:15:51] said we don't like to talk about

[1:15:53] us or what we've done.

[1:15:58] so this was a good way to share

[1:16:00] with people who haven't been in

[1:16:01] combat or people who haven't

[1:16:17] served. Another project I'm

[1:16:21] involved in is an longitudinal

[1:16:23] study for people with ptsd.

[1:16:25] Helping the va better understand

[1:16:32] what we go through.

[1:16:35] Why we choose to not reintegrate

[1:16:37] into society.

[1:16:39] I was not planning on coming

[1:16:43] here, I'll be quite honest.

[1:16:44] And trying to drive down here, I

[1:16:47] was ready to turn around and go

[1:16:47] back home.

[1:16:52] I live on acreage in northeast

[1:16:53] clark county.

[1:16:56] My closest neighbor is five

[1:17:01] acres away.

[1:17:02] And that's where I stay.

[1:17:05] I know that's not an option all

[1:17:07] the time.

[1:17:10] So these programs like the vas

[1:17:12] putting on is both beneficial

[1:17:14] for you to understand where we

[1:17:17] are but beneficial for us.

[1:17:22] It helps us to not stay where

[1:17:23] we're at.

[1:17:25] And to understand that we do --

[1:17:27] we are part of our society

[1:17:27] still.

[1:17:29] Thank you for your time.

[1:17:29] >> chair kafoury: thank you.

[1:17:31] And thank you for coming today.

[1:17:47] [Applause]

[1:17:48] >> chair kafoury: do we have

[1:17:50] comments from the board?

[1:17:52] Commissioner meieran?

[1:17:57] Or do you want to cap it off?

[1:17:58] >> commissioner meieran: either

[1:17:58] way.

[1:18:01] We can just do everything in

[1:18:05] reverse today.

[1:18:08] Maybe I shouldn't have

[1:18:11] volunteered to speak first.

[1:18:16] I am so honored to bring this

[1:18:17] proclamation forward today to

[1:18:20] recognize memorial day where we

[1:18:22] can honor the memory and the

[1:18:25] courage of the people who died

[1:18:28] fighting for our freedom.

[1:18:32] And also I am honored to help

[1:18:34] launch the photo voice exhibit

[1:18:37] that's here before us today.

[1:18:40] It's truly incredible and I hope

[1:18:42] everyone has a chance to really

[1:18:47] take some time and read and see

[1:18:50] and learn.

[1:18:52] Thank you to everyone who is

[1:18:53] here today who spoke and shared

[1:18:55] your story.

[1:18:58] I know some people have already

[1:19:02] left which I understand and john

[1:19:06] May be driving home no if you as

[1:19:09] we speak.

[1:19:11] But for having the courage to

[1:19:14] come out and share with us.

[1:19:17] Your experiences really help us

[1:19:31] to understand the meaning of

[1:19:33] memorial day and the invisible

[1:19:35] wounds that were described. I

[1:19:36] first heard a presentation about

[1:19:39] this research effort during the

[1:19:41] veterans task force meeting.

[1:19:45] I am a co-chair on the county

[1:19:51] easily a son to that group.

[1:19:59] And it truly blew me away.

[1:20:02] It raises awareness of two

[1:20:04] crucial issues.

[1:20:05] First, the powerful reminder of

[1:20:07] the life-threatening challenges

[1:20:11] our veterans face defending our

[1:20:13] country.

[1:20:15] They are truly life changing for

[1:20:19] a veteran, their family and it

[1:20:22] moves in circles throughout

[1:20:24] their community.

[1:20:28] This reminds us of all of your

[1:20:29] sacrifices.

[1:20:32] Raises awareness about brain

[1:20:35] injury which affects many people

[1:20:37] not just veterans.

[1:20:40] I see people who are recovering

[1:20:46] from these injuries regularly.

[1:20:48] And it seems more and more so.

[1:20:51] The thing is that so often they

[1:20:53] come in to the emergency

[1:20:54] department because there's

[1:20:56] nowhere else for them to go.

[1:20:59] And they stay in the emergency

[1:21:02] department for days and weeks

[1:21:04] and languish there because there

[1:21:06] is such a lack of understanding

[1:21:10] of tbi in the community and

[1:21:12] there are so few places for

[1:21:15] people to go.

[1:21:18] And so it is so important to be

[1:21:20] raising awareness of traumatic

[1:21:22] brain injury and this is a

[1:21:24] phenomenal exhibit that helps

[1:21:25] with that.

[1:21:26] Each of the pieces comprising

[1:21:28] the exhibit tells a story.

[1:21:30] And I look forward to having the

[1:21:31] opportunity to review and

[1:21:34] reflect on each of them over the

[1:21:35] coming weeks.

[1:21:37] I'm also hopeful that members of

[1:21:39] the public especially veterans

[1:21:41] who want to view the exhibit

[1:21:42] will have opportunities to do so

[1:21:45] at our public meetings and at

[1:21:48] least one event organized for

[1:21:49] the community specifically.

[1:21:50] Thank you, again, to everyone

[1:21:53] who told their stories here

[1:21:57] today

[1:21:59] today.

[1:22:08] And thank you, again to sarah

[1:22:10] and everyone.

[1:22:12] I also want to thank the

[1:22:13] sheriff's office for providing

[1:22:14] the honor guard here today which

[1:22:18] was really moving and

[1:22:20] particularly, I know kim left.

[1:22:31] But kim who has been amazing.

[1:22:35] Aging in disability and veteran

[1:22:36] services division and their

[1:22:38] energy in bringing this amazing

[1:22:39] exhibit here today.

[1:22:43] I know it required significant

[1:22:47] logistical organization and I'm

[1:22:47] so glad it happened.

[1:22:51] >> thank you, chair.

[1:22:54] I've been thinking about

[1:22:54] proclamations.

[1:22:57] We do a fair number of

[1:22:58] proclamations and one of the

[1:23:00] things that strikes me is that

[1:23:02] part of what's so important

[1:23:05] about them is the theme of

[1:23:05] stories.

[1:23:09] We saw it in -- I'm thinking of

[1:23:12] missing and murdered women

[1:23:14] proclamation, asian american

[1:23:16] heritage month proclamation.

[1:23:18] I could go on and on.

[1:23:19] And what you have brought to us

[1:23:23] both your personal stories, the

[1:23:25] exhibit continue that theme in a

[1:23:26] powerful way.

[1:23:28] We talk a lot about data and

[1:23:30] data is incredibly important.

[1:23:33] The stories behind the data give

[1:23:36] the data meaning and help us

[1:23:37] understand what we need to be

[1:23:40] doing with the data.

[1:23:43] I did have a chance to look at

[1:23:45] the booklet you've put together

[1:23:49] of these images and text.

[1:23:51] And they are all powerful.

[1:23:53] An image of a man carrying these

[1:23:57] two giant pumpkins.

[1:24:01] And the text talks about those

[1:24:02] pumpkins are an image of the

[1:24:05] weight he carries and the care

[1:24:07] partner talks about she walks in

[1:24:09] the shadow of his experiences.

[1:24:11] That combination of image and

[1:24:13] text really spoke to me in terms

[1:24:17] of understanding both the impact

[1:24:19] of the injuries and the

[1:24:22] concentric circles created from

[1:24:29] that impact.

[1:24:30] So thank you for being here,

[1:24:32] sharing your stories and the

[1:24:34] service all of you veterans have

[1:24:36] provided to the country.

[1:24:39] Thank you.

[1:24:43] >> thanks to all of you who were

[1:24:45] here and spoke.

[1:24:47] Hopefully they are listening and

[1:24:50] thank you for bringing this

[1:24:52] forward today.

[1:24:55] I think memorial day is

[1:24:57] important to honor those who

[1:24:58] have died while fighting for

[1:24:59] this country.

[1:25:00] Something that historically has

[1:25:03] been a way of our country really

[1:25:04] acknowledging this together, the

[1:25:07] impact we've had over a million

[1:25:08] people die in different wars

[1:25:10] throughout the ages.

[1:25:12] But I think what we've talked

[1:25:15] about today and what this

[1:25:17] exhibit really powerfully brings

[1:25:21] home is the nature has changed.

[1:25:23] While we're having fewer deaths,

[1:25:24] we still have deaths.

[1:25:27] We see that on the highways as

[1:25:28] we drive down.

[1:25:30] When I was in the legislature,

[1:25:33] we had many remembrances.

[1:25:36] We're having more and more

[1:25:40] people come home who survive but

[1:25:43] carrying the wounds of war with

[1:25:43] them.

[1:25:46] And that's what we also need to

[1:25:48] remember and that's what this

[1:25:50] exhibit had he beens us do.

[1:25:53] It's been great to have a chance

[1:25:55] to go and look at it and read

[1:25:56] the stories.

[1:25:59] The way it's presented is poetic

[1:26:02] and powerful and really helped

[1:26:05] bring home what people are

[1:26:07] living with and helps us to

[1:26:07] remember.

[1:26:08] So I thank you for that and

[1:26:11] really honored to support this

[1:26:12] proclamation today.

[1:26:13] >> thank you, chair.

[1:26:15] Thank you, commissioner, for

[1:26:16] bringing forward this

[1:26:17] proclamation and thank you, all,

[1:26:19] for being here today.

[1:26:21] I have the opportunity to speak

[1:26:24] at an event this weekend in my

[1:26:27] district to honor our veterans

[1:26:31] that are both still with us and

[1:26:32] those that are not.

[1:26:35] Thank you for your service.

[1:26:37] Lied like to share history.

[1:26:39] I'm wearing a pop py.

[1:26:42] The practice of that was

[1:26:47] inspired by the poem called

[1:26:48] inflanders field.

[1:26:54] The pop pies flow that mark our

[1:26:58] place and in the sky.

[1:27:00] scarce heard amid the guns

[1:27:01] below, we are the dead.

[1:27:06] Short days ago, we lived, felt

[1:27:08] dawn, saw sunset glow, loved and

[1:27:12] were loved and now we lie in

[1:27:13] flanders field.

[1:27:19] Take up the -- be yours to hold

[1:27:27] it high, we shall not sleep, the

[1:27:35] poppies grow in flanders field.

[1:27:38] I'm so grateful you all are here

[1:27:41] and the survivors of families

[1:27:45] are here to join us to honor all

[1:27:47] of the thousands of veterans

[1:27:49] that have lost their lives.

[1:27:50] Thank you, all, so much.

[1:27:51] And thank you for this

[1:27:52] incredible exhibit.

[1:27:54] I look forward to reading each

[1:27:59] and every story.

[1:28:01] >> I want to thank you as well.

[1:28:04] And like my colleagues have all

[1:28:07] noted, your testimony and this

[1:28:11] exhibit are reminders of the

[1:28:13] invisible injuries our veterans

[1:28:15] bring home with them and the

[1:28:17] impact of those injuries on the

[1:28:23] people who love them.

[1:28:26] Thank you, all, for coming

[1:28:26] today.

[1:28:28] Thank you to those who came

[1:28:30] forward to share stories.

[1:28:32] Those of us who have not been in

[1:28:34] your position to get a small

[1:28:37] taste of what you live with each

[1:28:46] and everyday.

[1:28:49] It's important for those of us

[1:28:51] to understand what you are going

[1:28:52] through.

[1:28:54] The exhibit we're seeing on the

[1:28:55] walls here is so important.

[1:28:57] I do hope we get the opportunity

[1:28:59] for folks to come look at it.

[1:29:02] Not only are the photos

[1:29:04] beautiful and the stories

[1:29:06] beautiful, but it's important, I

[1:29:09] think, as the commissioner

[1:29:09] voted.

[1:29:12] While on memorial day, we

[1:29:16] remember and praise and honor

[1:29:22] those who passed, it's equally

[1:29:25] and not more important to

[1:29:26] recognize and praise those are

[1:29:27] still with us.

[1:29:29] This is a hard one.

[1:29:32] I also wanted to say I'm not

[1:29:34] surprised that behind us is this

[1:29:38] woman named sarah ono who I've

[1:29:39] known since she was that tall.

[1:29:41] Wonderful to see you again.

[1:29:43] All those in favor vote aye.

[1:29:44] >> aye.

[1:29:45] >> chair kafoury: the

[1:29:47] proclamation is adopted.

[1:29:47] Thank you.

[1:29:55] [Applause]

[1:29:57] >> r.2.

[1:29:59] Approve resolution to allow

[1:30:06] amendment of contract

[1:30:07] dcs-cnstr-10190-2019 for more

[1:30:12] than amount allowable under pcrb

[1:30:14] rules.

[1:30:16] >> commissioner meieran: moved

[1:30:18] and seconded.

[1:30:20] >> good morning, chair,

[1:30:21] commissioners.

[1:30:24] I am ian cannon, transportation

[1:30:26] director in the department of

[1:30:30] community services.

[1:30:34] And tough

[1:30:38] transition from really

[1:30:46] heavy stuff.

[1:30:49] The first one is about our

[1:31:02] contract of repairs made.

[1:31:04] The contract has gone over by

[1:31:05] 25%.

[1:31:06] The drivers of that were at the

[1:31:08] request of the public.

[1:31:12] Although, we had the road closed

[1:31:20] for local traffic.

[1:31:23] And find themselves where they

[1:31:24] couldn't turn around and

[1:31:26] couldn't get out.

[1:31:28] We added flaggers to that.

[1:31:30] And some of the cost items in

[1:31:35] the contract ran longer or ran

[1:31:35] over.

[1:31:38] In addition we had to fix

[1:31:40] somebody's driveway to

[1:31:41] accommodate their vehicles as we

[1:31:46] moved the road some.

[1:31:48] so this contract is funded by

[1:31:51] federal emergency funds, 90%

[1:31:53] federally funded.

[1:31:55] So we just need to be able to --

[1:31:57] and just for the background on

[1:32:00] the contracting rule, the

[1:32:01] purchasing manager has the

[1:32:03] authority to increase the

[1:32:05] contract up to 20% over its

[1:32:07] original amount when the

[1:32:08] contract goes over original

[1:32:11] amount by more than 20%, we come

[1:32:13] to the board to get permission

[1:32:14] to go forward.

[1:32:16] So this will allow us to write

[1:32:18] the change order to closeout the

[1:32:20] contract and pay the contractor

[1:32:23] for the work they've done.

[1:32:24] >> chair kafoury: questions or

[1:32:27] comments for ian?

[1:32:29] >> I do.

[1:32:32] So thank you for bringing this

[1:32:36] forward.

[1:32:36] So you said it's like 10% the

[1:32:37] county is responsible for?

[1:32:40] >> uh-huh, yeah.

[1:32:41] >> are there any things that

[1:32:43] aren't getting done?

[1:32:45] >> well, so in this particular

[1:32:48] case, the amount of money is

[1:32:50] about $10,000 or less than that

[1:32:53] the county is going to have to

[1:32:56] come out of the road fund.

[1:32:57] And to be a little spoiler

[1:33:00] alert, the next item is a lot

[1:33:01] more significant.

[1:33:04] >> I'll ask the same question

[1:33:04] then.

[1:33:07] >> I'll give you a more full

[1:33:08] answer.

[1:33:12] >> thank you.

[1:33:13] >> chair kafoury: the next item

[1:33:16] you May have more questions on.

[1:33:17] All right.

[1:33:20] All those in favor vote aye.

[1:33:21] >> aye.

[1:33:22] >> chair kafoury: the resolution

[1:33:23] is adopted.

[1:33:25] >> r.3.

[1:33:27] Approving an amendment to

[1:33:31] increase the contract amount for

[1:33:42] contract

[1:33:44] dcs-svcsgen-667-2018-conv with

[1:33:46] wildish standard paving company

[1:33:50] to complete construction of the

[1:33:53] arata road project.

[1:33:56] >> chair kafoury: moved and

[1:33:57] seconded.

[1:34:00] We needed a moment of breathing

[1:34:01] after that one.

[1:34:02] >> okay.

[1:34:09] So this is force similar

[1:34:11] situation where the contract

[1:34:14] amount will be more than the

[1:34:17] contract amount by more than

[1:34:20] 20%.

[1:34:23] This was for the a rshgs

[1:34:23] r

[1:34:25] arata road

[1:34:26] project.

[1:34:28] We're adding accessibility

[1:34:32] basically, ada accessibility and

[1:34:34] bicycle accessibility in a road

[1:34:37] that's been under served.

[1:34:44] So this will be an important

[1:34:44] project.

[1:34:46] As we've been working on this,

[1:34:49] we've had a number of

[1:34:49] challenges.

[1:34:53] Those include boulders under

[1:34:57] ground where we're doing pipe

[1:35:04] work.

[1:35:06] Under ground utilities in

[1:35:10] locations we didn't expect.

[1:35:12] The combination of these things

[1:35:15] has led to design changes and

[1:35:16] delay of the project.

[1:35:17] We were originally planning for

[1:35:19] this project to be a one-season

[1:35:22] project and weeven had to close

[1:35:23] it down over the winter.

[1:35:27] We've started up again now so

[1:35:30] it's become a two-season

[1:35:31] project.

[1:35:36] So the net impact is increase in

[1:35:38] the contract.

[1:35:41] This cost will be managed within

[1:35:42] the road fund.

[1:35:44] It doesn't have a general fund

[1:35:44] impact.

[1:35:47] all of this cost is going to

[1:35:49] have to be covered by the

[1:35:50] county's road fund.

[1:35:54] There's no reimbursement for

[1:35:54] this cost overrun.

[1:35:58] We are achieving that by

[1:36:00] delaying other work we had

[1:36:02] anticipated this year including

[1:36:06] a culvert replacement and an

[1:36:07] overlay.

[1:36:10] And also not doing chip seal on

[1:36:11] our roadway system.

[1:36:14] It is having an impact to our

[1:36:21] ability to maintain our system.

[1:36:25] We are changing our procedures

[1:36:28] to prevent this from happening

[1:36:30] or provide a higher level of

[1:36:31] assurance.

[1:36:34] So that includes things like

[1:36:36] what we call pot holing.

[1:36:38] Digging up at least a hole out

[1:36:41] in the field to locate these

[1:36:46] utilities before we start the

[1:36:46] world

[1:36:58] work so we can contirm they are.

[1:37:00] That they move them to where

[1:37:03] they said they were going to.

[1:37:09] That's tiffany hammer more --

[1:37:12] it's a very challenging game.

[1:37:15] They are required by permits

[1:37:16] basically to move when we need

[1:37:19] to do the projects but getting

[1:37:21] them to do it is a challenge.

[1:37:23] We're also developing a

[1:37:25] checklist for our project

[1:37:30] managers so they have a good

[1:37:33] guidance on the things they are

[1:37:36] looking for before we get out in

[1:37:45] the field.

[1:37:51] And a debrief and take those

[1:37:55] forward into future projects.

[1:37:56] >> chair kafoury: great.

[1:37:59] Questions or comments?

[1:38:00] >> thank you, chair.

[1:38:01] One question.

[1:38:07] Do we have any legal recourse?

[1:38:09] >> I would say I don't exactly

[1:38:11] know the answer to that.

[1:38:12] I think the attorney's office is

[1:38:14] working on that and we're

[1:38:16] investigating what avenues we

[1:38:17] May have to recover some of the

[1:38:21] cost from the utilities.

[1:38:24] >> and just a comment.

[1:38:25] As you've said here before and

[1:38:27] when we met, we appreciate the

[1:38:29] fact you are looking at the

[1:38:31] lessons learned about how we've

[1:38:33] minimized these overruns in the

[1:38:33] future.

[1:38:37] Thank you.

[1:38:39] >> I'm sure it's not fun for you

[1:38:40] to ask for this money.

[1:38:43] It hits hard when we have to do

[1:38:45] these kind of things.

[1:38:49] We want to be as good as

[1:38:49] possible.

[1:38:51] So I do appreciate you

[1:38:52] delineating the different things

[1:38:56] you are doing to avoid this in

[1:38:57] the future.

[1:38:58] That was my main question.

[1:39:01] I do think that it's important

[1:39:05] that we figure out how we can

[1:39:13] possibly get compensated or work

[1:39:14] better next time.

[1:39:19] This will continue to be an

[1:39:23] issue on the roads.

[1:39:23] >> chair kafoury: thank you.

[1:39:31] On my questions pertained to

[1:39:35] what could we have done

[1:39:36] differently, if anything, and

[1:39:40] what avenues can we pursue to

[1:39:44] make sure we optimize our

[1:39:49] recognition of these types of

[1:39:51] issues beforehand.

[1:39:55] And if there is any opportunity

[1:39:59] for legal action that we take

[1:40:03] that if we can or other

[1:40:03] opportunities.

[1:40:04] So thank you for the

[1:40:06] presentation today.

[1:40:11] Appreciate it.

[1:40:12] >> chair kafoury: I think my

[1:40:13] colleagues have said it all and

[1:40:15] you've done a lot of work to

[1:40:19] present this to us.

[1:40:21] While cost overruns are never

[1:40:23] fun, I appreciate it's also a

[1:40:24] learning opportunity and we're

[1:40:26] taking advantage of that aspect

[1:40:28] of this.

[1:40:30] All those in favor vote aye.

[1:40:31] >> aye.

[1:40:33] >> chair kafoury: the amendment

[1:40:36] is a -- resolution is adopted.

[1:40:37] >> thank you.

[1:40:38] >> r.4.

[1:40:44] Budget modification dca-11-19.

[1:40:49] Request for $150,000 a municipal

[1:40:53] broad band feasible study.

[1:40:57] >> chair kafoury: moved and

[1:40:57] seconded.

[1:41:01] >> good morning.

[1:41:06] My name is bob leek.

[1:41:08] About this time last year, the

[1:41:11] board placed $150,000 into the

[1:41:13] general fund contingency for

[1:41:16] this fiscal year related to a

[1:41:19] feasibility study about

[1:41:20] municipal broadband.

[1:41:22] And I'm here to ask for approval

[1:41:26] of a budget modification related

[1:41:32] to that $150,000 to move that

[1:41:34] from the general fund

[1:41:36] contingency to technology and

[1:41:37] innovation fund.

[1:41:43] On February 5th of this year, I

[1:41:45] came to the board and providing

[1:41:47] a briefing on the topic and

[1:41:49] indicated this would be the next

[1:41:53] step in our efforts as we think

[1:41:56] about the possibility of a

[1:41:57] municipal broad band option.

[1:41:58] The total cost of the

[1:42:01] feasibility study is estimated

[1:42:05] at 200 and $250,000.

[1:42:07] Worked with partners within the

[1:42:08] county to identify additional

[1:42:09] funding sources.

[1:42:16] And the partner support will be

[1:42:19] 100 and $125,000.

[1:42:22] City of wood village, fair view

[1:42:24] and portland.

[1:42:26] Dca, department of county assets

[1:42:28] will act as contracting agency

[1:42:29] and will accept those partner

[1:42:32] agency funds through

[1:42:34] intergovernmental agreements.

[1:42:38] And lastly, just to specify,

[1:42:40] this action will appropriate

[1:42:45] $150,000 from the general fund

[1:42:46] contingency.

[1:42:48] This is a one-time only

[1:42:49] appropriation for the

[1:42:51] feasibility study regarding the

[1:42:52] potential implementation of

[1:42:54] broad band in multnomah county

[1:42:56] and there are no anticipated

[1:42:58] on-going costs.

[1:42:59] I'll pause there and see if

[1:43:02] there's any questions that I can

[1:43:04] answer around this particular

[1:43:06] action that we're requesting.

[1:43:07] >> chair kafoury: questions or

[1:43:10] comments?

[1:43:11] All right.

[1:43:13] I think we've discussed this

[1:43:16] issue at length in previous

[1:43:17] meetings.

[1:43:19] We're glad to see we're finally

[1:43:19] moving forward.

[1:43:20] It's been a while.

[1:43:23] Hard to get all those people in

[1:43:26] place and this is a heavy lift,

[1:43:27] I know.

[1:43:28] I appreciate you coming forward

[1:43:30] today with this.

[1:43:31] All those in favor vote aye.

[1:43:32] >> aye.

[1:43:34] >> chair kafoury: the budget

[1:43:36] modification is approved.

[1:43:37] >> thank you.

[1:44:00] >> r.5.

[1:44:03] >> to recognize older s

[1:44:05] s americans

[1:44:05] month.

[1:44:09] I'd like to welcome our panel of

[1:44:10] speakers.

[1:44:15] Erin grahek, dave daley and

[1:44:26] joann herigel, oscar casey and

[1:44:26] dorri eshgs

[1:44:34] dorrie hawkeye.

[1:44:35] >> good morning and thank you.

[1:44:37] My name is erin.

[1:44:39] I'm the community services

[1:44:41] manager for aging disability and

[1:44:42] veteran services at the

[1:44:44] department of county human

[1:44:45] services.

[1:44:48] we are very excited to bring

[1:44:54] this proclamation to you, the

[1:44:57] vital aging network which is

[1:44:58] multnomah county's resource

[1:45:01] group representing older

[1:45:05] workers, commissioner meieran,

[1:45:07] peterson and community service

[1:45:08] providers.

[1:45:10] Thank you, once again, for

[1:45:13] taking time to recognize older

[1:45:13] americans month.

[1:45:16] This May we join with

[1:45:17] jurisdictions across the U.S. To

[1:45:19] really celebrate what the

[1:45:21] community of older adults is

[1:45:22] doing for us.

[1:45:25] And to be clear, that's a lot.

[1:45:28] People 60 and older make up

[1:45:31] nearly 20% of our community.

[1:45:34] As that cohort grows, they are

[1:45:36] showing no signs of slowing

[1:45:37] their pace.

[1:45:40] Consistent with this year's

[1:45:44] theme, they are seeking ways to

[1:45:46] connect, create and contribute

[1:45:50] to their families, friends and

[1:45:51] communities.

[1:45:52] I want to introduce again a

[1:45:54] group of folks who are living

[1:45:59] out this year's theme by making

[1:46:00] connections across the county

[1:46:03] and in salem for better services

[1:46:07] and continued safety for older

[1:46:07] adults.

[1:46:10] Some using collective and

[1:46:13] creative energy to share joy and

[1:46:15] delight and one who contributes

[1:46:17] their experience and time to

[1:46:20] smooth the path for children in

[1:46:23] early childhood settings.

[1:46:25] I am proud to lead and be part

[1:46:27] of the team that gets to witness

[1:46:29] this portion of the county's

[1:46:30] work.

[1:46:32] I remain inspired by the energy

[1:46:34] and vigor that these community

[1:46:36] members have for the work and

[1:46:38] service that they are

[1:46:39] performing.

[1:46:43] So, again, we have dave and

[1:46:48] joann who are co-facilitators.

[1:46:52] We'll be joined with dorri and

[1:46:54] we have oscar who participates

[1:46:56] in the foster grand parent

[1:46:56] program.

[1:46:58] >> commissioners, thank you for

[1:46:59] having us here.

[1:47:01] I was kind of struck by the

[1:47:02] earlier presentation.

[1:47:04] So I'll make my appearance today

[1:47:07] in honor of first lieutenant

[1:47:11] jimmy Mcquaid killed in action

[1:47:16] June 7, 1972.

[1:47:18] Thank you for this proclamation

[1:47:19] in advance.

[1:47:21] Way more than that, it's

[1:47:27] important to thank you for the

[1:47:31] sum or the you give 12 months a

[1:47:37] year.

[1:47:44] With the department and the

[1:47:49] services are hold here and to

[1:47:53] make sure that happens and make

[1:47:56] sure it continues to happen in

[1:48:01] the future.

[1:48:04] We were down in salem this last

[1:48:05] couple weeks.

[1:48:07] Something we talked about was

[1:48:07] project independence.

[1:48:09] The fact the legislature

[1:48:11] approved a study to show how

[1:48:13] that can be taken statewide and

[1:48:15] what the costs and implications

[1:48:16] would be.

[1:48:18] And I thank you for having your

[1:48:23] staff support that and it's a

[1:48:24] hugely important initiative

[1:48:26] because as you see all of us are

[1:48:28] getting a little older and

[1:48:29] there's a wave of us.

[1:48:31] If we have to put them in

[1:48:32] institutions, it's going to cost

[1:48:33] a lot of money.

[1:48:36] There's a lot better way to do

[1:48:39] it that and it's a pleasure for

[1:48:41] us to support that.

[1:48:42] I do have one little concern

[1:48:43] about it.

[1:48:45] It's going to take a lot of

[1:48:46] caseworkers to deliver.

[1:48:48] The money's going to be saved by

[1:48:50] the state medicaid program.

[1:48:52] The caseworkers out here in

[1:48:53] multnomah county, they are going

[1:48:54] to have to deliver those

[1:48:57] services to make that a reality.

[1:49:00] So I know that the department is

[1:49:00] concerned about getting the

[1:49:02] state to really look at the

[1:49:04] caseworker caseload and that's

[1:49:06] something that we really have to

[1:49:08] do if we're going to make

[1:49:09] project independence happen all

[1:49:10] over the state.

[1:49:13] It's our pleasure to be here and

[1:49:16] on behalf of the aging services

[1:49:18] advisory council, thanks again.

[1:49:19] >> chair kafoury: thank you.

[1:49:20] Good morning.

[1:49:21] >> good morning.

[1:49:23] My name is joann.

[1:49:25] I'm the deputy directorate

[1:49:26] elders in action.

[1:49:28] As many of you know, after 22

[1:49:30] years of service to the

[1:49:31] community, elders in action will

[1:49:33] be closing our doors on May

[1:49:33] 31st.

[1:49:37] Kind of a bummer but we're very

[1:49:39] hopeful the work that you all do

[1:49:41] and other community partners do

[1:49:44] will carry all of the efforts

[1:49:47] we've been involved in forward.

[1:49:49] Volunteers have been at the

[1:49:51] heart of our work.

[1:49:54] Volunteering keeps older adults

[1:49:59] connected and time, talent helps

[1:50:01] many rise above significant

[1:50:01] barriers.

[1:50:05] On behalf of elders in action

[1:50:07] staff, I'd like to thank you for

[1:50:12] the support and older adults

[1:50:12] community.

[1:50:16] Also like to plan a few seeds

[1:50:19] for budget cycles.

[1:50:26] The county's population is

[1:50:26] aging.

[1:50:31] There's over 100,000 people age

[1:50:32] 60 and over.

[1:50:34] And that number is climbing.

[1:50:35] With this shift toward older

[1:50:36] population come challenges for

[1:50:38] those experiencing the most

[1:50:41] significant barriers.

[1:50:44] The county's existing adult

[1:50:47] services meets some of the needs

[1:50:50] for older adults but can't

[1:50:51] significantly close the gap that

[1:50:52] exists today.

[1:50:55] The need for affordable housing,

[1:50:58] food security and medical and

[1:50:59] behavioral health services will

[1:51:01] continue to increase.

[1:51:04] Elder abuse affecting 1 in 10

[1:51:06] older adults will require

[1:51:08] community education and funding

[1:51:10] for appropriate response.

[1:51:12] As the county sets priorities

[1:51:14] and forms budgets, we hope you

[1:51:17] will prioritize older adults

[1:51:21] especially those most vulnerable

[1:51:23] and experiencing poor quality of

[1:51:24] life.

[1:51:25] And I want to thank you, again,

[1:51:29] for allowing us to speak today.

[1:51:32] We believe volunteers are vital

[1:51:39] to what we do and we appreciate

[1:51:39] support.

[1:51:40] Support.

[1:51:41] >> good morning.

[1:51:41] My name is oscar.

[1:51:44] I work for the foster grand

[1:51:45] parent program.

[1:51:47] And I'm the only male in the

[1:51:48] program which is sad.

[1:51:50] I used to think the program was

[1:51:53] for older women who didn't have

[1:51:54] nothing to do so they would hang

[1:51:55] out there.

[1:51:59] But when I got involved in the

[1:52:00] program, I didn't understand

[1:52:02] there was a lot of kids there

[1:52:03] who didn't have both parents.

[1:52:07] Kids there who needed one on one

[1:52:07] help.

[1:52:10] So one day a lady kim up and

[1:52:12] says thank you for being in the

[1:52:13] program.

[1:52:16] I really appreciate it because

[1:52:20] my son has no male influence in

[1:52:21] his life.

[1:52:24] and needed one on one help.

[1:52:27] And with him, everything was a

[1:52:27] truck.

[1:52:31] Cargo by, he said truck.

[1:52:33] It took me a month and bus,

[1:52:36] truck and now, he knows what a

[1:52:36] bus is.

[1:52:39] What a truck is and even knows

[1:52:41] the color.

[1:52:45] And helps us to go out and help

[1:52:45] them.

[1:52:47] Thank you.

[1:52:50] >> chair kafoury: thank you.

[1:52:54] >> commissioners and everyone,

[1:53:02] I'm dorrie and I'm a ukul-holic.

[1:53:05] When I take the rush-hour

[1:53:07] traffic ride down to the senior

[1:53:11] center to join 19 other people.

[1:53:12] I taught school for 49 years and

[1:53:13] very active.

[1:53:16] Then retirement hit, cancer hit

[1:53:20] in 2013 and I scoured the

[1:53:23] internet and I found hollywood

[1:53:24] senior center.

[1:53:26] I've loved it and going ever

[1:53:26] since.

[1:53:28] Music is good for the soul.

[1:53:30] Touches feelings that words

[1:53:30] cannot.

[1:53:32] Studies have found that people

[1:53:35] with dementia and alzheimers can

[1:53:38] remember songs from their past

[1:53:40] and sing along.

[1:53:42] Stimulates -- music stimulates

[1:53:46] and lights up parts of the brain

[1:53:47] like nothing else.

[1:53:50] I was wondering if the tbi had

[1:53:52] music therapy.

[1:53:58] And it's hard to realize I am

[1:54:01] now a senior citizen.

[1:54:02] I'm grateful multnomah county

[1:54:04] funds the hollywood senior

[1:54:04] center.

[1:54:06] I see many needs being met there

[1:54:08] every time I go.

[1:54:10] Fun activities, people playing

[1:54:12] cards, the food bank, the food.

[1:54:14] But most of all the fellowship

[1:54:16] that occurs.

[1:54:24] It's a safe place and fulfills

[1:54:25] them.

[1:54:27] Interacts with the people out

[1:54:28] there.

[1:54:30] We visit, sing them happy

[1:54:31] birthday when it's their day.

[1:54:33] Maybe nobody else would.

[1:54:35] And we enjoy their comments and

[1:54:38] applause when we are playing.

[1:54:40] It's a win-win for everyone.

[1:54:42] The hollywood senior center is

[1:54:44] kind of like what youngsters

[1:54:45] have.

[1:54:51] The ywca.

[1:54:53] There's a lot of seniors out

[1:54:58] there that are not as fortunate

[1:54:58] as we are.

[1:55:02] And they have a place to go on a

[1:55:08] lonely day and it's always busy.

[1:55:11] And good for our well beings.

[1:55:14] We've put in over 300 in school

[1:55:18] kid's hands from donations.

[1:55:20] Helps our brains, our

[1:55:22] creativity.

[1:55:26] Miranda back there can yodle,

[1:55:28] play the spoons and harmonica

[1:55:31] and a little banjo too.

[1:55:33] Sally plays the wash board and

[1:55:34] the accordion.

[1:55:37] And many of us harmonize.

[1:55:39] The leader keith who couldn't be

[1:55:41] here today creates song

[1:55:42] arrangements that challenge us

[1:55:45] and keeps us enthusiastic about

[1:55:45] our music.

[1:55:48] By the way, jan, one of our

[1:55:51] members worked here for 24 years

[1:55:53] in the information technology

[1:55:55] and department of community

[1:55:55] justice.

[1:55:58] So she's happy to be here today.

[1:56:02] So we would like to offer

[1:56:05] invitation to join us at

[1:56:08] hollywood senior center and eat

[1:56:11] lunch after we've performed.

[1:56:13] And you see for yourself how

[1:56:16] these seniors benefit from their

[1:56:17] hollywood center.

[1:56:19] I've come to realize that it is

[1:56:20] more than a center.

[1:56:23] It's their home away from home.

[1:56:25] and the people there are their

[1:56:26] family.

[1:56:28] Someone to talk to, a place to

[1:56:30] just hang out.

[1:56:32] It's money well spent.

[1:56:34] And we hope anybody who is still

[1:56:37] here will still stay and listen

[1:56:39] to us play afterwards.

[1:56:41] It's for me and my music, I like

[1:56:43] being able to tell my friends

[1:56:47] I've made it to hollywood.

[1:56:47] [Laughing]

[1:56:51] >> I just don't tell them it's a

[1:56:54] senior center.

[1:57:00] [Applause]

[1:57:01] >> chair kafoury: do we have

[1:57:02] other speakers?

[1:57:03] >> no, that's everything.

[1:57:04] >> chair kafoury: thank you so

[1:57:04] much.

[1:57:06] So I'm very proud to bring

[1:57:09] forward this proclamation with

[1:57:11] my colleague.

[1:57:13] >> and I do want to acknowledge

[1:57:14] this is something we took over

[1:57:18] from commissioner smith who had

[1:57:19] done the older american month

[1:57:19] and we said we were going to

[1:57:22] step in and takeover to make

[1:57:24] sure it didn't get dropped when

[1:57:27] her term ended.

[1:57:28] So we're proud and happy to do

[1:57:29] this today.

[1:57:31] Thank you, all, so much for

[1:57:32] being here.

[1:57:34] It was really delightful.

[1:57:36] And erin, thank you for all the

[1:57:37] work you do.

[1:57:39] I know for multnomah county this

[1:57:42] is such an important part of the

[1:57:44] services and looking forward to

[1:57:45] the community members and the

[1:57:47] best way we know how is

[1:57:48] incredibly important in the work

[1:57:49] we do.

[1:57:51] Dave and joann, thank you for

[1:57:54] your on-going work for

[1:57:55] advocating for the senior

[1:57:56] community.

[1:57:57] I think this is one of those

[1:57:59] things like if we're lucky,

[1:58:02] we're all going to be older

[1:58:05] americans or older people some

[1:58:05] day.

[1:58:07] That is something we should

[1:58:07] embrace.

[1:58:09] And thank you, oscar, for your

[1:58:09] work.

[1:58:12] That was a really powerful story

[1:58:14] of how you're impacting the

[1:58:17] lives of someone else.

[1:58:20] I'm a strong believer in the two

[1:58:21] generational approach to

[1:58:25] investment and the way there's a

[1:58:26] reciprocal benefit for young and

[1:58:27] old.

[1:58:27] Thank you so much for sharing

[1:58:28] your story.

[1:58:29] And thank you so much.

[1:58:33] I'm looking forward to the

[1:58:35] wonderful music and we also have

[1:58:37] refreshments in the back.

[1:58:38] I think you guys are all

[1:58:40] providing examples of ways we

[1:58:44] can stay engaged, involved and

[1:58:50] continue to embrace the

[1:58:50] community.

[1:58:53] Thank you so much for being here

[1:58:53] today.

[1:58:54] >> thank you, all, so much for

[1:58:55] being here.

[1:58:57] This really is a delight.

[1:59:01] I was fortunate enough to visit

[1:59:01] the hollywood senior center and

[1:59:04] I got to serve pizza lunch on

[1:59:05] friday.

[1:59:08] And I can confirm that our older

[1:59:10] adults show absolutely no sign

[1:59:11] of slowing down.

[1:59:14] The group kept me on my toes and

[1:59:15] the other thing I can confirm is

[1:59:17] that what I saw was not only the

[1:59:19] services the senior center

[1:59:20] provides and thank you so much

[1:59:23] to amber and to your staff and

[1:59:25] your volunteers for that but

[1:59:26] that sense of community.

[1:59:31] I got to watch folks tease each

[1:59:32] other.

[1:59:33] Who was going to take an extra

[1:59:35] slice of pizza.

[1:59:37] It just was clear that not only

[1:59:39] have folks been coming for years

[1:59:43] and years and maybe decades, but

[1:59:44] that is a community and

[1:59:45] connection.

[1:59:46] It was wonderful to witness.

[1:59:49] I want to thank our staff here

[1:59:52] for all of the work, erin, for

[1:59:53] everything we do and just thank

[1:59:55] you for the roles you play in

[1:59:58] the lives of all of our

[2:00:04] community members.

[2:00:06] >> I too would just like to add

[2:00:08] my appreciation for the work

[2:00:11] that you do everyday for being

[2:00:15] here for this proclamation.

[2:00:25] It is so meaningful and I am

[2:00:27] proud to be the board liaison

[2:00:30] for the aging services advisory

[2:00:32] committee which is fantastic.

[2:00:34] Spoke at the aging building

[2:00:38] community and connections event

[2:00:41] conference who does a lot of

[2:00:44] work done on aging well.

[2:00:49] And that is so important in our

[2:00:49] community.

[2:00:53] I do work in the e-r sx

[2:00:59] and I see

[2:01:02] 100 three-year olds and talking

[2:01:04] about I sprained my ankle when I

[2:01:07] was out doing my 8 mile walk the

[2:01:08] other day.

[2:01:11] And sadly see the other end of

[2:01:14] the spectrum.

[2:01:16] And our job is to make sure

[2:01:18] everyone has the supports they

[2:01:24] need and the ability to age well

[2:01:30] and to have a community that

[2:01:30] integrate

[2:01:33] integrates everyone and I was

[2:01:36] really struck and I want to

[2:01:40] reference congresswoman paul's

[2:01:40] comments.

[2:01:42] She came to speak a couple weeks

[2:01:42] ago.

[2:01:46] The sister of our wonderful

[2:01:46] commissioner.

[2:01:50] And she is sponsoring a

[2:01:53] universal healthcare bill and

[2:01:56] that has the representative

[2:01:59] removed from us.

[2:02:03] So incredibly important.

[2:02:06] Wanting to flip the default for

[2:02:08] support for aging and make the

[2:02:10] default rather than people going

[2:02:14] into institutions or living

[2:02:16] facilities or other places.

[2:02:17] To make the default, people

[2:02:19] aging in place in their homes

[2:02:21] and supporting them in whatever

[2:02:23] way they need.

[2:02:27] So hugely important and we can

[2:02:32] do our own work while that's

[2:02:35] enacted at the federal level

[2:02:37] right now.

[2:02:39] Thank you to erin as william.

[2:02:41] And to all of you for being here

[2:02:44] today for the panel.

[2:02:52] And we will have some

[2:02:53] refreshmentes following this

[2:02:57] meeting and following our brief

[2:02:58] budget work session and would

[2:03:02] love for all of you to join us.

[2:03:02] I can't wait.

[2:03:07] And my mother in law who is

[2:03:10] amazing, plays the ukulele and

[2:03:12] goes to her group.

[2:03:15] So I'm so excited to hear all of

[2:03:20] you today.

[2:03:21] >> chair kafoury: we forgot to

[2:03:23] read the proclamation.

[2:03:27] >> oh, there's a proclamation.

[2:03:29] >> before the board of county

[2:03:30] commissioners for multnomah

[2:03:32] county, oregon proclaiming May

[2:03:35] 2019 older americans month in

[2:03:36] multnomah county.

[2:03:38] The multnomah county board of

[2:03:39] commissioners finds multnomah

[2:03:41] county celebrates older adults

[2:03:43] who enrich our community through

[2:03:47] their diverse life experiences

[2:03:50] and generosity in unique

[2:03:52] personal and invaluable ways.

[2:03:54] We are committed to

[2:03:55] strengthening our community by

[2:03:57] connecting with older adults,

[2:04:00] families, care givers and

[2:04:02] acknowledging many contributions

[2:04:05] to society and affirms older

[2:04:07] adults in our community by

[2:04:10] promoting home and

[2:04:11] community-based services by

[2:04:12] encouraging older adults to

[2:04:13] participate in community events

[2:04:16] and other activities and

[2:04:16] providing opportunities for

[2:04:20] older adults to work, volunteer,

[2:04:24] create, learn, lead and mentor.

[2:04:26] And multnomah county recognizes

[2:04:28] the contributions of older adult

[2:04:30] workforce both within county

[2:04:31] government and throughout the

[2:04:31] community.

[2:04:34] We champion workforce policies

[2:04:37] that support our older staff,

[2:04:40] family leave, employee resource

[2:04:43] groups, training and development

[2:04:44] for all workers.

[2:04:45] We appreciate and celebrate

[2:04:47] older adults who connect with

[2:04:50] friends, family and services to

[2:04:51] increase connection and

[2:04:54] independent living, create

[2:04:59] activities and contribute time,

[2:05:02] talent and experience.

[2:05:04] The board of commissioners

[2:05:06] proclaims May 2019 as older

[2:05:08] adult americans month.

[2:05:10] Time to celebrate and honor the

[2:05:12] contributions of older adults to

[2:05:15] the nation, our region and work

[2:05:16] here within multnomah county.

[2:05:18] We urge every resident to take

[2:05:20] time to recognize older adults

[2:05:22] and the people who serve them as

[2:05:34] vital members of our community.

[2:05:38] >> I have a 45 minute speech to

[2:05:40] give but I'm not going to give

[2:05:40] it.

[2:05:42] What's standing between us and

[2:05:44] music is me talking.

[2:05:45] And us voting.

[2:05:47] I want to thank everyone for

[2:05:48] coming today.

[2:05:50] I'm really looking forward to

[2:05:52] this music.

[2:05:55] Appreciate you staying for a

[2:05:58] long work session here today.

[2:05:59] thank you so much.

[2:06:04] We do have one -- two short bits

[2:06:06] of business after we vote.

[2:06:07] Please bear with us.

[2:06:09] Keep the excitement down while

[2:06:12] we wrap up a couple more things.

[2:06:14] Let's on vote on this.

[2:06:17] All those in favor vote aye.

[2:06:18] >> aye.

[2:06:18] >> chair kafoury: the

[2:06:21] proclamation is adopted.

[2:06:24] We've got two short items before

[2:06:25] we can adjourn.

[2:06:27] Does anybody have anything for

[2:06:28] the good of the order?

[2:06:31] This is the end of our board

[2:06:32] meeting.

[2:06:32] Nope?

[2:06:33] All right.

[2:06:35] One more thing and then party

[2:06:35] time.

[2:06:37] We are now going to have a very

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