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Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the regular meeting of the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. Commissioner Singleton is joining virtually and Commissioner Brim Edwards is excused at 1215. She will be joined virtually if the vote on R3 hasn't happened yet. Audience members, I want to start by asking you to please silence your electronic devices. I would also like to remind you that in addition to the audience in this room, we have people watching and listening online. So please consider your language and comments and testimony today. Today's meeting is a hybrid board meeting. Some presenters and guests will appear in person.

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and some will appear virtually.

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For those presenting virtually,

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please meet your mic when not speaking,

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and when presenting, make sure to unmute your mic

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and turn on your camera.

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For those joining us in person to provide public testimony

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or present, please turn your mic on

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when you begin speaking and off when you've completed your remarks.

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For all presenters, please date your name for the record

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before speaking or responding to questions.

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I announced last week, but wanted to announce it again today

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to make sure everyone hears it.

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In recent weeks, people have asked to yield time to others.

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We want to make sure that everyone has a chance

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to give testimony during our board meeting, so I will no longer be allowing people to yield

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time during their testimony.

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May I have a motion on the consent agenda?

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So moved.

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Shannon, can I get a second?

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Second.

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Sorry, it took me a minute.

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That's okay.

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Thank you.

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Commissioner Brum Edwards moves.

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Commissioner Singleton seconds approval of the consent calendar.

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Commissioner Singleton.

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Aye.

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Commissioner Brum Edwards.

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Aye.

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Chair Vega Peterson.

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Aye.

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The consent calendar is approved.

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Opportunity for public comment on non-agenda matters.

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This is a time for the board to hear public testimony and offer board deliberation.

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When it is your turn to speak, I'll call you to the presenters table.

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I will set a timer for three minutes when you begin speaking and announce when your time is up.

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At which point please wrap up your sentence.

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Chair, we received seven folks signed up, which were shared with board members and staff.

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I'll call four people at a time.

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We have Anna Aziz-Kani, Jamie Whitaker, and Sarah Fisher.

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can go ahead and begin.

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There you go.

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Good morning.

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My name is Anna Aziz-Kani, and I'm here again for the fourth time.

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And I want to just summarize some of the things that we've brought to your attention

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about Kennel cough at the Multnomah County.

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Animal shelter and how it highlights some of the other issues at the shelter.

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Every time to prepare for me coming here, I read pages and pages of public records

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It's about specific dogs, and I'm haunted by some of the things that I read.

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I spend sleepless nights thinking about these helpless dogs and how powerless I am in my ability to care for that, or to help them.

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But I want to remind you that you guys are here because you have the power to make these changes for them.

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So you heard about Winnie, a dog that had a severe skin condition that was put on productive custody.

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so that because they thought the owners were negligent,

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she got kennel cough, and then by the time she was properly

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diagnosed by a vet, she had advanced pneumonia

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and was euthanized within hours.

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You heard about Marge who only got medical care

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because a volunteer was persistent

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about making sure that she got seen.

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She got seen, got taken to a foster because of the volunteer.

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She asked me and a retired vet, Dr. Robin Jones,

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Jones to go and see her because she thought her symptoms were way too severe to be kennel cough.

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Dr. Jones said that from her experience, she probably had developed advanced pneumonia,

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but wasn't certain she advised the foster on what to say to animal health.

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And then subsequently the volunteer was fired for speaking to us because of her concerns.

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She was second-guessing what she was seeing.

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There have been many dogs presented as healthy for adoption, where the adopters went home

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and realized that there was something really wrong with the dog.

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I spoke to three of these adopters.

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I brought those cases to your attention.

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That was Jade, Thor, and Millie, two of these adopters that spent over $1,000 caring for their

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dog because they went to the ER and the doctor was like, this dog is dying.

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You have to do all of these things because they have advanced pneumonia.

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There's other many other cases where the dog was adopted out to a home with another dog.

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So you are sending these animals out with some type of disease out into the community

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putting them at risk.

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And the worst part of that is that multiple county shelter hasn't even properly established

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whether these dogs have kennel cough or if they have canine influenza or atypical canine

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infectious respiratory disease.

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So we don't know what we're sending out into the community to be spread.

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There's no medical director and the vets and the animal texts are prescribing and diagnosing.

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Diagnosing situations and prescribing medications.

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This is in violation of the veterinary practice act chapter 87, division 30,

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which states that no one other than a vet may diagnose and prescribe medication.

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This is the law because what's happening is these people are misdiagnosing and

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missing very important symptoms.

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I just have one other thing to say.

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I was sent a response to some of the things that we've brought up by, I think, your assistant,

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where the Department of Community Services said that from their sample size 37% of the dogs had upper

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respiratory infection and 5% of those had developed ammonia.

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So, okay, thank you.

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Let me just say these last numbers.

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So that would mean that within 2024, 1,151 dogs would have had pneumonia.

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and 57, I mean, would have had Ken O'Connor cough

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and 57 of those would have developed pneumonia.

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Thank you.

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And if you want to leave any written testimony,

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and then we, Marino, make sure we all see it

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so we can get the full, your full remarks.

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Thank you.

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One more check for Jamie Whitaker,

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and then we have injured and pissed off and lightning.

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I'm Jamie Whitaker.

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Good morning.

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I'm a parent whose child attends a K through 12

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Portland Public School in Northwest Portland,

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and call the Metropolitan Learning Center.

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You're likely familiar with a group

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that I work with called the Friends of Cooch Park

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or diligently working on making the park safe for kids.

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However, we need your urgent help and action

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and we need a proactive approach instead of a reactive approach

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to keep the kids safe.

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During the first week of kindergarten, last September,

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there was an incident that you may have heard about in the news

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with an individual with the machete.

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sorry,

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not violent. But I had to walk past with my five-year-old.

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Oh, I'm so sorry.

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Weeks later, the parkron.

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Do you want to come back later? Okay, no, we got it.

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A few weeks later, the park rangers showed me some photographs of six fenders that were in the park

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police.

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He was there on Friday, come Monday morning.

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They were still there.

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I emailed the mayor's office, Portland Public Schools,

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the police department, sex offender in the park,

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and I got calls back from each person that I contacted.

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There was a lot of sympathy that there hasn't been a lot of action.

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I've learned a drive around the city block to look for the safest route

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to walk my daughter to school.

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We're constantly being shouted at, she's been called the C word, the F word, the E word.

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It is rare that there's not an incident walking my daughter to school,

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I mean that this is the world that we live in.

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It's written out much better, sorry.

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There's actual, tangible steps that the city and the parks department and

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and Portland Public Schools can take to make change.

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I'm not trying to solve the House's crisis.

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I'm not trying to solve the fentanyl crisis.

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I want active steps that are gonna keep these kids safe.

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There are hundreds of kids at Portland Public Schools

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that use Cooch Park.

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These kids don't have a field, they don't have sports.

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They weren't even allowed to use the playground for years,

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which is why parents don't want to say anything.

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Time.

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I'm asking today that the city please,

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I know Jessica came out and walked around the area,

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but we need action.

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And there's actual things that can happen.

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We need to close the Lou.

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It draws people in.

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We were sent the person who designed the Lou.

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She said no, we're not going to get rid of it.

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She designed the Lou.

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I know I'm out of time.

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There's other things in my letter,

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but we need collaboration.

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with the city and the school and the parks.

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Thank you.

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And lead your written remarks and we'll make sure

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that we read them in.

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Thank you so much so far for coming.

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Ensured and pissed off and lightning.

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Quote marks.

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My name's injured and pissed off.

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And I say that X-rays and bones don't lie.

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The same is true with organs

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in the body and blood tests. They don't lie, but doctors pervericate, lawyers pervericate,

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politicians pervericate, all the time about bones and x-rays and injuries. That's the reason why

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I took my name, Andrew and Pistach.

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There's a few papers that I'll hand in as well,

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but I wanted to read this one.

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It's concerning City Council Chamber,

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five votes, three, eight, two, three, four,

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nine, two, February 5th.

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And I went there to sign up in December.

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second I believe it was and I returned the past city or the next city council meeting with

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no opening, with an opening for you for

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a statement. They're only supposed to schedule

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for two months. That would be December, month and January. And they're not just

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scheduled anything more, but this paper clearly, they didn't want me to talk about the

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injuries and things. And of course, I'm facing eviction. There's a paper here and I have

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medical statements where I went to the hospital from here last week and I apologize to the

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the people that had signed up to speak, they apparently weren't allowed to go online

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or wouldn't be able to, so they didn't get to speak and I apologize for that.

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And here's medical papers from OHSU of all things they want me to continue to go back to them for treatment.

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Well, that's the reason why I ended up like this.

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There's 27 people a day that get paralyzed.

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I'm not paralyzed, but I had two fractures to my vertebrae.

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It's T-12 and L-1.

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They controlled the arms and the legs.

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And as I was saying, I'd met John Kitsoper, Johnny, at the Pendleton Armory.

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I gave him a statement that had been printed in the E.O. paper and he said that I was injured

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in Idaho.

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Well, that's just, yeah, I was injured in Idaho and like I said, the statements I stand

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on.

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Thank you.

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I'm glad to see you back.

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Good morning.

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Yes, my name is Lightning.

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I represent Lightning, superhumanity, R&D, lab X.

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Again, when we're talking that deflection center and the security around that preschool,

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I think you just heard a speaker and why that's necessary.

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Pay for their security, make them an offer, make sure that property is well secured when you're operating your deflection center.

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Make sure that it's taken care of.

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Issue number two on the support of housing services measure.

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Again, looking at all the data,

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you've definitely got the money coming in there.

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That is the one, opposed to the clean energy fund or the pre-school for all-

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All, when you look at the numbers based on those charts, you do not want to give up that money, you do not want to put this up in front of the voters again to where it can jeopardize everything. You can make some minor changes here and there between the county and the metro, but as far as putting that up in front of the voters, that would be the biggest mistake you'll ever do from the chair and the commissioners. Because if that fails, you lose

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everything and the people in the communities right now are fighting every type of tax they can and they're trying to

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Make sure they don't have to pay anything in the future. So again

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Everyone's picking on Elon Musk again and to Elon I

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have a

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Suggestion and I know you already know about this business. I want you to buy South of East art auction I

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Do not want the Saudis to end up taking control of that as you know?

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they want to start moving a lot of the artwork into various areas.

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I want that to be stopped, in my opinion, if you buy South of the B's auction, you will

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be right at the forefront.

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You will make sure that the people in the United States will know what art is being presented,

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what the values are, what the prices are.

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And again, this will also be an accelerator for XAI, also for GROC.

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And you will find many advantages that whatever your value is that you purchase that, you will go up 100 times.

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Again, that is one of your most important investments to make.

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Pick that up right now as you know they're hurting right now financially.

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And again, that will take in the real estate aspect of it, the luxury homes, and

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also will take in the classic car aspects of it, the auctions.

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And you need to be right at the forefront of this, right in the middle of this because again the Saudis are making a move.

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They're going to try to take control of this and they will begin moving all of the most precious art out of the United States.

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That has to be stopped and you need to stop it right now.

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Purchase, set the b's, art auction, be at the forefront.

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It's a wonderful investment for you to make.

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Thank you.

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Next online, we have Laura Curry.

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Laura, are you able to unmute and begin?

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I am, thank you so much.

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So first I want to thank Chairwoman Vega for coming and touring my Northwest community.

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I'm from stadium hood, and my heart goes out to the mom with the student at Metropolitan

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School.

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I live in the neighborhood.

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I understand what's going on.

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I'm here to speak about two assaults that personally happened to me in my area.

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Again, it's the Northwest, I'm part of stadium hood.

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So, I was assaulted, my phone was stolen, you know, it's a thing, but more importantly,

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I was assaulted when another time I had my bicycle and a man threatened to kill me

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and said, be your dead.

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And I thankfully had my bike between myself and this person, and I was by a roadway, so I could call out.

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Nobody stopped this person back to off.

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I made a police report immediately, but at the same time, and I shared this with Chairwoman Vega in our walkthrough.

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at the same time, there was another person with a knife that was threatening students at the Catholic

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elementary school, which is Kitty Corner from where I live. So, while the housing crisis and

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the fentanyl crisis will not be remedied overnight, and I understand that, we in the Northwest

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neighborhood, and this includes Kooch Park, this includes the Metropolitan School, all the schools in

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the Stadiumhood neighborhood. There are many elementary schools, daycares. We need to have

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action. We need to see that things are changing. Right now, outside my window, there's somebody that's

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sleeping off of fentanyl high.

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So this is every day.

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And the real effects of this on our children

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and our citizens, when the mom says,

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I'm sorry for crying, oh my lord, don't be sorry.

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This is real and your feelings are real.

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And the reason you're crying is because this is not

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and cannot be normal.

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This is not the way that a city lives

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and this is not the social contract, thank you,

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that we are signed up for.

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So please, let's work together,

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but I want this to be fixed.

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On my final note, Chairwoman Vega,

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the issues that I share with Karen Sherry,

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with the rest of the stadium hood are real.

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We support each other,

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and that is why we yield our time to each other,

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not to eliminate other people,

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but because we are in support of each other,

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because we're out here, we're out of your loan.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Next is Karen Sherry.

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Karen, are you able to unmute and begin?

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Could you speak up a little bit?

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It's a little hard to hear you.

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Can you try again?

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Just a little louder.

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Yes, I think it will probably, it'll probably.

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It's a little bit difficult to hear,

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so if you could speak up a little bit more.

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Well, I can't get my video working either, so I have no idea what's going on.

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We can hear you well now.

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Okay.

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Good morning.

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My name is Karen T. Ray.

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First, I do want to thank chairwoman Peterson for coming to stadium to do a walk around.

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We hope we can do another one next month with our new district commissioner and the chairwoman

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as well.

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And thank you Natalie for arranging it and sewing up to our problem solvers meeting with

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the city. Go on to any social media platform and you will see thousands of

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comments from people regarding the state of the county and the city. People are

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leaving to the live work elsewhere, less people are coming to live work, and fewer

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people are coming to visit Portland. We are talked about on the national level

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too and not in a good way. How did we get here? Where do we go from here?

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There's frustration with leadership. Many community members have spread the deep

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fence of frustration with the county's leadership and ability to address pressing issues,

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leading service options in neglect and apathy. Why are we always over-budget when the numbers

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don't seem to match with their supposedly spent on? Where is the missing might?

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There's feelings of defeat. Citizens often describe feelings of defeat and hopelessness

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believing that their concerns are being ignored, which diminishes their trust in local government.

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How can leadership assert people what they say doesn't go on deaf ears so they don't feel defeated?

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There's calls for accountability, strong demand for accountability from care women, Peterson, with citizens urging her to actively engage with a community and address her concerns rather than remaining distance and pretenses.

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While we finally got the care woman to tell me to our area, many people feel it was a political

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strength on her part. However, I'm responding to those people that we got her out there because

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we spoke up, which is what they need to start doing no matter if they are with for homeless or

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mentally ill. I commend Injured and his staff for showing up at these meetings just as much as I

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I have, and I'm glad to see that he is better today than who was last week.

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A community is not just voice in complaints, but is also advocating for change, emphasizing

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the need for proactive measures and responsive governance that prioritizes the needs of residents.

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I'm hoping city and hood advocacy will inspire others in the community to step up to the plate.

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The county needs more community input and all city county leaders to be more involved

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of walking and talking in the communities on the streets.

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Many comment highlight how the lack of leadership

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has tangible effects on daily life in the community,

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such as increased crime and adequate public services

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and deteriorating infrastructure.

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The city has an excellent resource phase

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where people can connect with various city services

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to get help.

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Not a lot of people know that.

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Maybe we need to start marketing centers.

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Despite individual concerns,

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So I can raise the sounds in the back.

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Time is up.

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I think you guys have all had my written comments as well.

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Thank you. We'll make sure that they get distributed.

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Chair, that is all the public testimony this morning.

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All right. Thank you, Maureen.

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I can move on to our one.

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Our one resolution approving the FAC1 project plan

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to proceed with construction at the Harrison Community Village Project.

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So moved.

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Second.

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Commissioner Stegman moves.

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Commissioner Myron's second approval of R1.

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So today we have the chance to continue our process of adding critical shelter beds

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to support people in need.

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This alternative shelter site, part of the larger community sheltering strategy, moving

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conservatively toward forward by the Joint Office and homeless response systems.

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I want to say HSD, I want to say like normalize that.

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But we'll be a new program to shelter people who experience homelessness and need to

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save place to stay along with the services so that they can remain off the streets and move to housing.

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Adding shelter beds is a cornerstone of our strategies and this facility will add 38 new shelter units

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in a part of Multnomah County that desperately needs additional capacity in this area.

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This is the third recent investment in services in this part of the county,

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including adding shelter beds at the Oak Street Village and adding day

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services and shelter beds at the East County Homelessness Resource Center will

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also provide with many thanks to outgoing commissioner Laurie Steigman for her

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advocacy and prioritizing our investments in the ECHRC. This has been an ongoing

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project that we are doing our best to build from the ground up. In August of

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2024 the Joint Office shared plans with key partners including the Montevilla

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neighborhood association. A significant amount of outreach happened in advance of a December

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5th community meeting to ensure that there will be a large turnout to hear about the

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center and learn about the plans and next steps. The Monteville neighborhood association

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advertised this meeting in their newsletter and staff went door-to-door with flyers within

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a quarter mile radius of the site to make sure that the neighborhood was given plenty of

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opportunity to hear more, ask questions, and provide feedback. While this is just the beginning,

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and this site will require much more direct work with the community in order to meet Multnomah County's commitment to this neighborhood.

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I'm glad we've made these thoughtful first steps.

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We will have at least 12 months for this site to come online, which will give us many additional months to work closely with the neighborhood associations in Manavilla,

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as well as the many neighbors, both residents and businesses, who will help us create the framework necessary to build and maintain this site in collaboration with this community.

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In addition to this new site, there are other opportunities for neighborhood improvement.

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The sighting of the shelter gives us the chance to work with jurisdictional partners

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to look at adding sidewalks where there aren't any with the Portland Bureau of Transportation.

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The Joint Office of Homeless Service staff are in the process of initiating that conversation

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now.

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Additionally, through feedback on site design, efforts will be made to minimize safety concerns

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about students walking to school and will be working with Portland Public Schools on this.

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I appreciate the team's outreach engagement work that has begun, but there's still significant

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more work to do, including establishing a provider for operations and services at this

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site.

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They will also be developing a good neighbor agreement with neighbors.

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Now I'm happy to turn things over to Dan Field and a plumb, Austin Vannet and Zach Carole

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who are working with many people to bring this shelter closer to fruition.

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Thank you all for being here and I will turn it over to you.

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Thank you chair appreciate that introduction and I also appreciate your remarks.

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I'm Dan Field the Director of the Joint Office of Homeless Services for now.

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I mean the the joint office name part for now.

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Not the Director of Heart for now.

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But you never know.

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Before I start I just want to thank Marina and Travis Gray is in County Administration for allowing us to host a screening here in this room last night.

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just about 14 hours ago we had a screening of no place to grow old and I think

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some of you have heard that. It's a documentary filmed in Portland. It's about

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the homeless crisis and the housing crisis. They've had some screenings since

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September. We're going to try and organize another one here. It really powerfully

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speaks to the work that we are all doing and all of you are doing as our

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elected officials. So if you haven't had a chance to see it, I strongly recommend

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that and again we'll try and get another screening here for that but I wanted to just recognize

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the work that's going on in the community to bring those stories forward. I don't have

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a formal role in the presentation today but I wanted to be here personally to demonstrate

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my commitment to this project and to the work that we're going to talk about today with some

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of you around community engagement and other project related issues. This is really difficult

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We're asking communities to embrace some of our most vulnerable and allow them into their

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community in a way that puts them on a road.

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So hopefully back into permanent housing. That presents a lot of challenges. We'll talk about some of that today. I think our track record, the county is good and getting better. We just completed our negotiations with a nearby shelter. It took a lot of work. I commend the community leaders for leaning in with us. I commend county staff for their work on that and what that shows us is that it can be done and that it's hard work, but we can be successful at it.

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And I'm quite confident that we'll follow a similar pattern here with this project today.

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So with that I'm really pleased to turn it over to my colleague and a plum and let her

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kick us off.

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Good morning for the record.

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My name is Anna Plum.

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I use she and her pronouns and I'm the deputy director for the Homeless Services Department.

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Yeah, and we are here to approve the FAQ-1 under floor project plan for construction for

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the Harrison Community Village alternative shelter.

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Next slide, please.

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In today's briefing, we will start by talking a little bit about giving a view of the context

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map and the rendering of the site. We'll talk briefly about the goals and objectives

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of the project and the history so far. We'll speak around our community engagement around

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this project, and we'll also go through the scope, site layout, budget and funding source

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and project schedule, and then we will request your approval to move forward with a project

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plan under administrative procedure.

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I'm going to pass it to Austin to talk a little

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a little bit about the site context.

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Good morning.

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Sorry.

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Austin Vanette, I manage the construction portion

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of this project and this is our site context map.

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As you can see, where the project is located,

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the physical address is 18, 18 Southeast, 82nd Street.

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So it is just north of the division and,

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anyways, the next slide please.

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And this is our rendering that shows

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the adjoining properties and nearby structures as well as the location on the corner of the property.

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And you can see the pod location and the structures were pushed towards the front of 82nd.

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That was intentional to keep away from as much as possible the adjoining properties.

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Next slide please.

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So I'll speak a little bit.

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We're all having microphone issues.

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I will speak a little bit to the goals and objectives of this project.

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So this is another project under the Community Sheltering Strategy which is a part of the Homelessness Response Action Plan.

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Again, these are some of the beds that were originally in the FY 2024 budget, but had a longer design and construction timeline to them.

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So the goal is to expand our capacity to provide safety off the streets for

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members of our community who are experiencing homelessness.

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This will be a low barrier site that provides cultural responsive services.

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And I want to speak a little bit to the concept of low barrier because I think sometimes people get a little bit nervous about that concept.

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It is a value of the joint office that our sites are primarily low barrier because everyone has a right to safety off the streets.

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But I want to be clear that low barrier does not mean no accountability.

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Low barrier shelter sites have policies and procedures, they have expectations for their guests, and they have agreements with the community.

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Low barrier means that folks can access that site even if they are experiencing issues such as addiction, but

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it does not mean that they are able to behave in a way that is dangerous to themselves or others while on that site or near that site.

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That relates to the next bullet, which is that we are providing an environment of safety

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and support for our guests.

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The site will include programming and case management that supports people who are

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living there or visiting it.

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There will be a no visitor policy actually so that folks cannot have visitors on site without

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express permission.

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For example, somebody may have a case manager who doesn't, how is there come visit them on

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site, but they will not be able to have visitors.

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And it includes support programs that are person-centered and trauma-informed.

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Next slide, please.

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This is a brief history of this site and this project.

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Multnomah County acquired this site in December of 2022, used to be an RV dealership.

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We have been working with facilities and property management division like our friend Austin

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to develop the design of the Harrison Community Village site.

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We began our community engagement in August of 2024, although I know some engagement happened

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around the purchase of the site but I was not here for that so I cannot speak to those details.

466
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And we began doing initial community engagement in intensively in August of this year.

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As noted by the chair in December, we distributed a mailer and held our first community event.

468
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And I'm going to pass it to Zach Curle to talk more in depth about our community engagement that has taken place so far and our plans for future community engagement.

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Can you go to the next slide?

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00:34:48,220 --> 00:34:52,820
Good morning, my name is Zach Curle, I work for the Joint Office of Homeless Services.

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and I oversee our community engagement efforts for this particular project.

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00:35:00,340 --> 00:35:05,900
We have, I've got a lot of text on these slides, these next two slides, so I'm just going

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to give you an overview, a key chair for providing some context to the community engagement

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that we've done to date.

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We really have begun and earnest the full community engagement effort in November.

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We developed a project site where we had information about how to communicate with the joint

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00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:34,020
office and to learn a little bit about the designs on November 18th, at which time we

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shared with community partners upon O-A-I-C-O, the Montevilla Neighborhood Association's Slavic

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Emanuel Church and our Portland Public Schools within near proximity which include Bridger

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00:35:48,460 --> 00:35:49,900
Harrison Park and Clark.

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00:35:51,140 --> 00:36:00,020
We also shared at that time the digital flyer and the project page with our district commissioner

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Brem Edwards to share through her media outlets as well.

483
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:11,600
Monovilli Neighborhood Association provided an announcement of our future community event

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at the time on November 26th, and as was mentioned before, we did canvassing with mailers

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within a half mile radius of the future shelter site.

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00:36:24,860 --> 00:36:31,200
The reason we did canvassing was that there was an unforeseen delay in part because of

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the holidays and getting that mailed.

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We did actually do a mailer, it went out to 628 addresses on December 4th, so we're continuing to get that message out to individuals.

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And following our committee meeting on December 5th, we collected feedback from community, there were over 60 individuals who were in attendance.

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and with those questions, we've developed responses, hosted those on our project website, which is at johs.us-1818-80-second-have, I believe.

491
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But I can follow up with that information.

492
00:37:18,740 --> 00:37:46,360
But so those questions and answers were submitted yesterday morning in an effort to and also to the board and our community and partners including PPS who followed up with sharing information to their constituents, their school communities, we can go to the next slide.

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So, our intention is to continue this intensive effort of committee engagement, while we're still at the very early stages of the project, we're over a year out, we're being very intentional in keeping those partners engaged.

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We've had solid communications with Portland Public Schools, chief of staff, and former chair,

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00:38:09,300 --> 00:38:15,180
Debra Kaffory, and the principals, and made a commitment to host a second community engagement

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00:38:15,180 --> 00:38:17,180
event at one of the schools.

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What we've heard from constituents to date is general concerns around safe routes to schools.

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And the crossing of 80 seconds, as well as broader conversation of our community engagement

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00:38:32,140 --> 00:38:35,820
strategy and our development of a second site in Montevilla.

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00:38:36,220 --> 00:38:42,520
That's an area of concern and interest, obviously, for a joint office that we're trying to address.

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00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:49,420
We've incorporated language within our good neighbor agreement, commitment to the community for

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00:38:49,420 --> 00:38:55,620
Oak Street Village that we're not intending to over-develop within Montevilla and

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00:38:55,620 --> 00:39:11,760
explain the rationale of developing two sites here on 82nd in my neighborhood, which is largely these are public county owned properties, and we're responding urgently to the greater need of expanding shelter.

504
00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:21,660
This is not uncommon, this is not a Multnomah County or joint office effort, the city of Portland is also pursuing developing sites on city owned property.

505
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and this is an effort to urgently and rapidly respond to the crisis.

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I think the other element with safe rest schools were invested in meeting with Peabot and

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00:39:36,020 --> 00:39:44,580
PPS to continue to consider the potential impact of students and their families crossing

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00:39:44,580 --> 00:39:51,220
those intersections, walking past a managed and secure shelter site that's going to be

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00:39:51,220 --> 00:39:56,780
serving 38 adults and providing case management and treatment.

510
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I want to highlight just two more kind of community engagement efforts that we'll be pursuing in 2025.

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The first is obviously we're committed to a good neighbor agreement,

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good neighbor agreement outlines essentially what the joint office are provider and

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00:40:14,740 --> 00:40:19,100
their commitments and partner with City of Portland to manage and

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and ensure that any impacts of our commuting, sheltering strategy and our shelters are minimized.

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So we will be committed to meeting with commuting leaders so that we have a good neighbor agreement in the beginning of our opening of the shelter.

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And then I, the other, the, we'll have another meeting at the end of that good neighbor

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00:40:49,420 --> 00:40:53,560
agreement process to outline what's in the good neighbor agreement.

518
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There's included resources about, you know, what, how to reach out to our various contacts

519
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:10,960
within the county and the city to voice and continue the problem solving of our future projects.

520
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:17,360
So, I think with that, I will hand it over to Austin Vanette to close out a presentation.

521
00:41:19,720 --> 00:41:20,300
Thanks, Zach.

522
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:21,340
Next slide, please.

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00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:24,480
So, this is our project scope.

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The site will have 38 pods, which are the sleep and units.

525
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Eight of those will be ADA accessible.

526
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:37,640
There is an existing building on site, but due to costs to renovate that electrical mechanical

527
00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:42,840
structural improvements, it makes more sense financially to demolish that building.

528
00:41:43,500 --> 00:41:47,300
So that is what we are going to do, and then we are going to utilize the modular units

529
00:41:47,300 --> 00:41:53,520
which are basically retrofitted shipping containers for the sports services such as

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00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:58,800
bathroom, showers, laundry, kitchenette, and office spaces.

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We will also have some outdoor areas for pets and an outdoor covered area for gathering

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00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:09,360
for the community. The site will be

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fenced on all sides. The sides along

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the street will be a privacy fence

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with inserts and then on the back

536
00:42:18,580 --> 00:42:21,080
side we will do a wooden fence on the

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adjoining residential area property.

538
00:42:24,260 --> 00:42:24,840
Next slide please.

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00:42:27,420 --> 00:42:28,360
And this is our

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00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:31,760
layout of the site so you can see the

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38 pods. They are laid out on

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00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:37,400
angles to the main area which are the

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00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:39,300
support services on the left side.

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00:42:40,100 --> 00:42:45,880
So everything is lined up on the front towards 82nd, which serves a couple purposes when it

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00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:48,940
organizes a site and allows a view of the entire site.

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00:42:49,240 --> 00:42:54,480
But it also provides screening in some sound barrier from the road and protection from the

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00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:57,000
road to the actual residents on the site.

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So that is nice.

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And then you can see the grass areas there in the lower corner for the pet and then the

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00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:11,040
office locations. We still have access for emergency vehicles as well. There are two

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00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:16,840
entrances, but primarily the one you utilize towards the rear and those parking spots

552
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:21,660
that you're seeing, those are for staff and not participants, excuse me, staff and visitors

553
00:43:21,660 --> 00:43:23,900
only. Next slide, please.

554
00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:30,560
And these are our support units which I stated earlier are essentially

555
00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:35,260
retrofitted shipping containers, but you can kind of see the layouts that are similar to

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00:43:35,260 --> 00:43:41,180
a lot of them will have restrooms, longer facilities, next slide please.

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00:43:43,950 --> 00:43:52,150
And just another view of the sleep in units, the pods, these are set up to be individual

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00:43:52,150 --> 00:43:58,410
units for one bed per pod, but these will be new pods for this facility as well.

559
00:43:59,190 --> 00:44:00,210
And next slide please.

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00:44:01,370 --> 00:44:02,170
And our budget.

561
00:44:02,170 --> 00:44:06,070
So the budget is $4.1 million on this project.

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00:44:06,690 --> 00:44:11,870
A large portion of that is we on this particular project have to purchase the pods.

563
00:44:11,870 --> 00:44:15,170
We did not have them in our inventory as we did with the last project.

564
00:44:15,730 --> 00:44:17,530
So there's a substantial cost for that.

565
00:44:17,990 --> 00:44:20,470
But construction is a little over $1.8 million.

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00:44:21,010 --> 00:44:24,090
The containers which, again, those are reusable.

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00:44:24,410 --> 00:44:28,670
So if we ever decide to do anything with the site, those can be repurpose somewhere else.

568
00:44:28,670 --> 00:44:35,790
and in the pods, so the pods, 684,000, and then a little over 900,000 for

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00:44:35,790 --> 00:44:42,530
contingency and soft cost, and that is our budget, and that funding source was

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00:44:42,530 --> 00:44:49,550
safety off the streets, emergency shelters, emergency events, investment, 330208B,

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next slide folks,

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00:44:52,860 --> 00:44:59,460
and our schedule, this is our projected schedule that we'd like to

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Keep in mind.

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We're to maintain our delivery date of December. So right now we are developing the construction documents. We are at about a 50% plan review this week. We intend to hopefully go into permitting early in January and anticipate to have that permitting back somewhere March or April. And then we are going out to bid with a contractor.

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00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:36,760
and we will have that in place by July and construction beginning in July with

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00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:42,740
construction to completion date of early December 2025. Next slide, please.

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And at

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this time, the project team is seeking adoption of resolution on December

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00:45:50,130 --> 00:45:54,290
today to approve the fact one project plan to proceed with the construction of

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00:45:54,290 --> 00:45:58,230
Harrison Community Village project. We would like to thank you for your time

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and we welcome any questions or comments.

582
00:46:01,290 --> 00:46:05,590
Madam Chair, before we move to any questions and discussion,

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00:46:05,770 --> 00:46:10,050
I just want to flag that I am going to have an amendment

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00:46:10,050 --> 00:46:15,870
to the resolution, and at the appropriate time I can introduce it,

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and I've shared it, and I believe it's also posted.

586
00:46:20,770 --> 00:46:22,270
So I just want to note that.

587
00:46:22,910 --> 00:46:24,570
Thank you, Commissioner, I appreciate that.

588
00:46:24,730 --> 00:46:27,430
We do have several people signed up for public testimony,

589
00:46:27,430 --> 00:46:32,870
Monissa, I would love to hear from them, and then we'll move into the board comment where you can bring forward your amendment.

590
00:46:33,310 --> 00:46:33,910
Thank you.

591
00:46:34,490 --> 00:46:36,610
All right, Marina, can we proceed?

592
00:46:38,070 --> 00:46:47,730
Madam Chair, we received five verbal testimonies and four written testimonies which were shared with board members and staff.

593
00:46:48,170 --> 00:46:50,150
I'll call four people at a time.

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00:46:51,050 --> 00:46:56,490
Sarah Fisher, Laura Mulligan, Nancy Deal, and Erin Milano.

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00:46:56,490 --> 00:46:57,310
Okay,

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00:47:09,340 --> 00:47:10,380
good morning. You can begin.

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00:47:16,100 --> 00:47:21,820
Good morning. My name is Aaron Milano. I live six blocks from the proposed site and I have

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00:47:21,820 --> 00:47:25,480
various serious concerns about the safety of my elderly mother or my older mother who

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00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:31,300
lives just two blocks away from it. I urge you to vote no on the FAC one resolution. With

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00:47:31,300 --> 00:47:38,380
11,000 homeless in our county, 38 beds is a distraction, not a solution. You've been entrusted with

601
00:47:38,380 --> 00:47:42,520
With hundreds of millions of dollars and one-off projects like these, this is inadequate.

602
00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:50,020
The $6 million of capital that the county plans to outweigh for the 38 pods is over $150,000

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00:47:50,020 --> 00:47:50,580
per unit.

604
00:47:51,620 --> 00:47:55,020
At that run rate, it costs nearly $2 billion to solve today's crisis.

605
00:47:56,360 --> 00:48:01,180
For context, with that money, the county could fully subsidize rent for 38 individuals for

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00:48:01,180 --> 00:48:07,180
over a decade, or even buy a 30-unit apartment complex on Powell Boulevard, which is on the

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00:48:07,180 --> 00:48:13,100
market today. Additionally, staff has not provided any color around the long-term operating

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00:48:13,100 --> 00:48:19,820
cost of the facility. This simply isn't prudent and doesn't move the needle. You must be

609
00:48:19,820 --> 00:48:24,200
judicious with our tax dollars, especially since tax increases have been driving force

610
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:29,300
increasing the cost of housing and living in our county. This is only making our housing

611
00:48:29,300 --> 00:48:29,840
crisis worse.

612
00:48:32,330 --> 00:48:35,890
The site represents a rare opportunity for infill development that could create permanent

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00:48:35,890 --> 00:48:38,530
housing units serving many, many more people over time.

614
00:48:39,410 --> 00:48:42,990
Instead, as a temporary shelter space, this project will remove one of our few remaining

615
00:48:42,990 --> 00:48:48,450
buildable lots from the housing supply, exactly the opposite of what we need to be doing to tackle the larger problem.

616
00:48:49,910 --> 00:48:55,230
Beyond these concerns, this project conflicts with the city's broader community development efforts.

617
00:48:55,970 --> 00:48:59,870
The city is actively spending tens of millions of dollars to transform 80 second avenue,

618
00:48:59,870 --> 00:49:03,890
and increasing public safety, improving walkability,

619
00:49:04,950 --> 00:49:08,210
attracting small businesses, and making the neighborhoods more livable.

620
00:49:09,270 --> 00:49:13,410
Southeast 82nd has the opportunity to be so much more than it currently is,

621
00:49:14,310 --> 00:49:18,870
and the opportunity cost of continually targeting this area for temporary pod and

622
00:49:18,870 --> 00:49:24,790
RV parks, or counter to these goals, and could set back 82nds transformation for years to come.

623
00:49:26,470 --> 00:49:31,850
Addressing homelessness is important, and there are real concerns about the prudence of this specific project.

624
00:49:32,790 --> 00:49:35,430
Please don't let it distract you from the larger challenge at hand.

625
00:49:36,170 --> 00:49:43,310
I strongly urge you all to vote no today, and I ask that you work with the incoming mayor to evaluate this project against other more ambitious efforts.

626
00:49:43,970 --> 00:49:44,370
Thank you.

627
00:49:44,730 --> 00:49:45,070
Thank you.

628
00:49:45,610 --> 00:49:46,290
Good morning.

629
00:49:48,310 --> 00:49:49,270
Good morning, Chair.

630
00:49:49,270 --> 00:49:53,710
I have a good preacher's son and county board, I'm Sarah Fisher, I'm an Episcopal priest and

631
00:49:53,710 --> 00:49:59,390
street chaplain in East Portland, and I actually really appreciate everything that Aaron just said.

632
00:49:59,810 --> 00:50:03,450
And I have a question which is not part of my testimony, but

633
00:50:03,730 --> 00:50:18,390
my understanding when the two properties on 82nd were first purchased with the first press release that this was transitional temporary use of the property with an idea of building permanent.

634
00:50:19,270 --> 00:50:22,630
affordable housing in the future, so I'm curious about that.

635
00:50:24,350 --> 00:50:28,510
What I want to say about this is that I've spent time in Monavilla and

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00:50:28,510 --> 00:50:35,510
specifically on 82nd Avenue for over 20 years since helping to found raw hub sisters in 2003.

637
00:50:36,190 --> 00:50:43,250
And I understand the challenges that people who live in Monavilla homes have with their unhoused neighbors.

638
00:50:43,250 --> 00:50:49,250
tens and garbage blocking the sidewalk, feces and needles on their lawns,

639
00:50:49,250 --> 00:50:53,850
frightening behavior, all of it, no one wants to live that way.

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00:50:54,530 --> 00:51:00,530
The people who especially don't want to live that way are the people who are living outside.

641
00:51:01,250 --> 00:51:08,750
The solution for all of these neighbors is housing a roof, a door that locks,

642
00:51:08,750 --> 00:51:11,750
and readily available supportive services.

643
00:51:12,130 --> 00:51:14,130
Most of us have all of that.

644
00:51:14,390 --> 00:51:18,490
We just have different ways of talking about supportive services.

645
00:51:20,470 --> 00:51:23,010
People who live unsheltered in a neighborhood

646
00:51:23,010 --> 00:51:26,730
we all care about need shelter and support.

647
00:51:27,330 --> 00:51:30,390
They are already camped on sidewalks,

648
00:51:30,510 --> 00:51:32,190
near schools, and homes.

649
00:51:33,090 --> 00:51:35,670
Villages like the proposed Harrison Street Village

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00:51:35,670 --> 00:51:40,070
will only make things better for all residents of Montevilla,

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00:51:40,750 --> 00:51:43,890
those with roofs over their heads and those without.

652
00:51:44,730 --> 00:51:50,290
This past Tuesday, we heard from several of you about the value of working with urgency,

653
00:51:50,890 --> 00:51:52,030
courage and heart.

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00:51:52,730 --> 00:52:00,990
As you consider moving ahead with this project, please do so with urgency, courage and heart.

655
00:52:00,990 --> 00:52:07,550
and provide safe, supportive, appropriate shelter for housing Montevilla neighbors.

656
00:52:08,090 --> 00:52:13,570
I often describe my work as emptying the ocean with a teaspoon.

657
00:52:14,390 --> 00:52:17,490
And sometimes that's what the work looks like.

658
00:52:17,670 --> 00:52:20,610
You've all heard the starfish analogy.

659
00:52:21,310 --> 00:52:27,730
It matters to each starfish that you pick up and throw into a life-saving environment.

660
00:52:28,490 --> 00:52:33,850
People give me a hard time because I don't actually sleep in Montevilla every night.

661
00:52:34,410 --> 00:52:43,410
But I live not far from the Clinton triangle, which is a stone's throw from the new Avalon tiny home village on division.

662
00:52:44,090 --> 00:52:52,210
Both of these projects have been successful with the help of engaged neighbors, including the nearby Ebernath the Elementary School.

663
00:52:52,210 --> 00:52:58,190
neighbors who understand the need for multiple shelter sites in every neighborhood.

664
00:52:58,750 --> 00:52:59,170
Thank you.

665
00:52:59,510 --> 00:53:03,390
We can do this, please move ahead with this life-saving project.

666
00:53:03,910 --> 00:53:04,330
Thank you.

667
00:53:04,770 --> 00:53:05,370
Good morning.

668
00:53:07,120 --> 00:53:07,980
Good morning.

669
00:53:08,720 --> 00:53:14,520
My name is Laura Mulligan, and I am here testifying on behalf of the Montevilla Neighborhood Association,

670
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in which I serve as the vice president.

671
00:53:18,740 --> 00:53:23,100
Our intention with this testimony is to express our disappointment and our concern

672
00:53:23,100 --> 00:53:28,840
with the process and development of the proposed 1818 Southeast, 82nd Avenue Community Village.

673
00:53:29,420 --> 00:53:34,060
We ask that the board delay the approval of this item until further community engagement

674
00:53:34,060 --> 00:53:39,000
is done and the community has an opportunity to learn from the soon-to-open Oak Street

675
00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:39,400
Village.

676
00:53:40,220 --> 00:53:44,060
As I'm sure the board is aware, this is not the first time the county has stumbled in developing

677
00:53:44,060 --> 00:53:48,160
a community village in Montevilla, Oak Street Village, which is currently under construction

678
00:53:48,160 --> 00:53:52,900
with a planned opening this January was also mishandled from the start.

679
00:53:53,560 --> 00:53:57,860
The county initially failed to inform neighbors about the Oak Street site and include them

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00:53:57,860 --> 00:54:02,900
in the process. It was left to community members to organize and invite city and county

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00:54:02,900 --> 00:54:08,300
stakeholders to a meeting in order to get answers to their questions. It was that community

682
00:54:08,300 --> 00:54:14,020
led effort and the support of our community commissioner, Julia Brim Edwards, that led

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00:54:14,020 --> 00:54:16,740
led to the reset of the engagement process.

684
00:54:17,720 --> 00:54:21,860
Thank you, Commissioner, for considering the interests of Monavilla in this decision.

685
00:54:22,820 --> 00:54:26,140
However, the county has, once again, fallen short of our community to this expectation.

686
00:54:26,420 --> 00:54:30,980
The first community meeting for this site was held just two weeks ago on December 5th.

687
00:54:31,100 --> 00:54:35,600
And neighbors adjacent to the site were given short notice in the form of flyers on their doorstep.

688
00:54:36,020 --> 00:54:38,580
In some cases, just days before this meeting took place.

689
00:54:39,100 --> 00:54:42,940
It's our understanding that the county has known for months that this site would be moving forward.

690
00:54:42,940 --> 00:54:47,720
why then was direct notice not provided further in advance.

691
00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:53,880
Additionally, it is our belief that the December 5th meeting should have been framed as a community information and listening session.

692
00:54:54,020 --> 00:55:04,000
Instead, the scope of the meeting was narrowed to site design and subject matter experts knowledgeable in the broader project goals process and background were not made available.

693
00:55:04,620 --> 00:55:10,500
This limited the information the community was able to receive and increased frustration of many in attendance.

694
00:55:11,120 --> 00:55:16,140
Lastly, it was shared at the December 5 meeting that the JOHS has yet to meet with the leaders

695
00:55:16,140 --> 00:55:17,420
of the two neighboring schools.

696
00:55:17,900 --> 00:55:23,380
I heard a little differently just recently, but Harrison's park elementary and Bridger

697
00:55:23,380 --> 00:55:28,320
Creative Science Middle School, this site sits directly on the safe route to school for both

698
00:55:28,320 --> 00:55:33,120
of these facilities that neither school has been consulted at the time of the meeting, speaks

699
00:55:33,120 --> 00:55:37,240
to the backwards order, that's a operation that defines the current status of the community

700
00:55:37,240 --> 00:55:37,800
engagement.

701
00:55:38,740 --> 00:55:44,160
These lessons that should have been learned during the Oak Street Village process, the Montevill

702
00:55:44,160 --> 00:55:49,020
and Neighborhood Association and other community stakeholders want to be good partners and

703
00:55:49,020 --> 00:55:51,220
have worked for the past year on a good neighbor agreement.

704
00:55:52,080 --> 00:55:56,900
Our community understands the need for additional shelter sites in the critical role they play

705
00:55:56,900 --> 00:55:58,520
in the region's homelessness crisis.

706
00:55:58,680 --> 00:56:03,360
In fact, our community is already home to many services and sites, but please do not mistake

707
00:56:03,360 --> 00:56:05,300
our compassion for complacency.

708
00:56:05,300 --> 00:56:11,260
The burden of this crisis should not fall unequally on the shareholders of Montevilla.

709
00:56:11,460 --> 00:56:18,600
This vote to prove this additional site occurring before previous JOH project has a chance

710
00:56:18,600 --> 00:56:23,440
to open, feels rushed, and a missed opportunity for learning.

711
00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:24,340
Thank you.

712
00:56:25,020 --> 00:56:25,500
Thank you.

713
00:56:26,020 --> 00:56:26,960
Thank you very much.

714
00:56:29,110 --> 00:56:30,130
Thank you very much for your words.

715
00:56:30,430 --> 00:56:31,510
My name is Nancy Deal.

716
00:56:31,990 --> 00:56:36,470
I'd like to thank the Chair and the Multnomah County commissioners for this opportunity to

717
00:56:36,470 --> 00:56:39,350
the boys are concerned regarding the Harrison Community Village Project.

718
00:56:40,270 --> 00:56:45,270
I'd like to thank all of us for the homeless community in Portland to have a safe place to live off the streets.

719
00:56:45,990 --> 00:56:47,150
But what is the right solution?

720
00:56:47,650 --> 00:56:49,110
I live in the Mount of Illinois neighborhood.

721
00:56:49,650 --> 00:56:55,950
I'm concerned about the reposed site at 1818 Southeast 82nd for the Harrison Community Village Project for several reasons.

722
00:56:56,830 --> 00:57:04,290
From what I understand, this is the only opportunity to object to whether this is an appropriate site for a shelter within a mile of another shelter.

723
00:57:04,290 --> 00:57:09,530
J.O.H.S. has admitted because of a printer problem they did not give the customary notice

724
00:57:09,530 --> 00:57:10,810
of a proposed shelter.

725
00:57:11,450 --> 00:57:15,990
And a minimum, J.O.H.S. should conduct a second meeting after customary notice.

726
00:57:16,390 --> 00:57:19,810
They never gave the residents an opportunity to object to the site.

727
00:57:20,070 --> 00:57:22,270
I never received a mail or ever.

728
00:57:23,010 --> 00:57:29,030
There is already one shelter going in at 333 southeast 82nd, if the site at 1818 southeast

729
00:57:29,030 --> 00:57:30,590
82nd is also developed.

730
00:57:30,590 --> 00:57:35,550
That would be two shelters on the same street in the same neighborhood less than one mile apart.

731
00:57:35,870 --> 00:57:38,190
Why is Monteville getting two facilities?

732
00:57:38,550 --> 00:57:43,310
Shouldn't these projects be interspersed throughout the city of Portland so it's more fair?

733
00:57:43,650 --> 00:57:50,710
And why is the approval being rushed through so quickly without adequate public awareness by the community one week before the holidays?

734
00:57:51,270 --> 00:57:56,870
I was only notified of one meeting which was held on December 5th, 2024 by J.O. H.S.

735
00:57:56,870 --> 00:58:00,930
and that paper notice was found in my yard two days before the meeting.

736
00:58:01,510 --> 00:58:05,850
I understand the facility at 333 Southeast 82nd will be open soon.

737
00:58:06,390 --> 00:58:12,370
Why can't we see if any issues arise and how it can be improved before opening a second site so close to it?

738
00:58:13,030 --> 00:58:19,090
This site is also in a very close proximity to two schools, Bridger Creative Science School and Harrison Park Middle School.

739
00:58:19,550 --> 00:58:24,050
This facility is proposed to be low barrier so drugs can be used at the site.

740
00:58:24,050 --> 00:58:35,570
Are the schools aware, the facility is low barrier, how can the community be assured that drugs will not be sold outside on the streets close to these schools, or the crime will go up in the area.

741
00:58:36,170 --> 00:58:39,990
Or the campers will be attracted to the site and camp on the streets around it.

742
00:58:40,890 --> 00:58:46,470
I also want to add there are no grocery stores anywhere near the site, which seems bizarre.

743
00:58:46,470 --> 00:59:15,690
What types of services for mental health and drug abuse will be given to the people in the shelter is their data that states the temporary sleeping pod villages actually help get people into permanent housing solutions, which seems like that should be the end game, or that should be the end result here to get people into permanent housing for these many reasons again, I feel there should be more discussion with the community before proceeding with a vote to approve construction at 1818 southeast 82nd.

744
00:59:15,690 --> 00:59:16,870
Thank you for your time.

745
00:59:20,380 --> 00:59:23,080
Next we have Melanie Bobbitt online.

746
00:59:24,000 --> 00:59:25,560
Melanie, are you able to unmute and begin?

747
00:59:27,040 --> 00:59:27,780
Yes, thank you.

748
00:59:28,420 --> 00:59:29,940
Yes, I'm Melanie Bobbitt.

749
00:59:30,220 --> 00:59:33,000
My child is a student at Bridger Elementary School.

750
00:59:34,120 --> 00:59:35,860
First, I would like to say that I appreciate

751
00:59:35,860 --> 00:59:38,140
the hard work taking place to find solutions

752
00:59:38,140 --> 00:59:39,780
for the homeless crisis in Portland

753
00:59:40,360 --> 00:59:42,560
and to address the directly related crime

754
00:59:42,560 --> 00:59:44,660
in a rodent sense of safety in our community.

755
00:59:44,660 --> 00:59:56,240
I am a licensed social worker and 14-year Portland resident and my partner, the father of our two small children is a musician and local small business owner who has been here for 26 years.

756
00:59:56,820 --> 00:59:59,980
We're invested in our community and look forward to regaining...

757
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:29,520
Confidence that this is where we want to stay. We've been seriously questioning that the past handful of years, living in Montevilla and now on the outskirts of Montevilla because of the crime and safety threats we have directly repeatedly experienced with the rise of homelessness in our area. We do not accept a shelter site within a couple blocks of our kids elementary school as part of a solution. We did not vote to fund this work so that our tax dollars can be used to create another level of safety risk for us.

758
01:00:29,520 --> 01:00:34,760
that of our children at school, on top of the repeated crime and safety issues that will

759
01:00:34,760 --> 01:00:40,300
likely continue or worsen, would not one but two of these sites in our area, Oak Street

760
01:00:40,300 --> 01:00:46,760
Village and 1818 Southeast 82nd. I urge close consideration of the appers effect there

761
01:00:46,760 --> 01:00:49,760
will be on the neighborhood having two sites so close together.

762
01:00:50,960 --> 01:00:56,300
J.O.H.S. emphasizes all the regulation there will be on activity inside the sites, but

763
01:00:56,300 --> 01:01:00,920
And nothing more than a non-binding agreement about mapping what goes on on the other side

764
01:01:00,920 --> 01:01:03,720
of the fence and surely spreading into the neighborhood.

765
01:01:04,500 --> 01:01:09,800
A non-binding, good neighbor agreement does not provide sufficient confidence in how the

766
01:01:09,800 --> 01:01:11,080
risk will be mitigated.

767
01:01:11,800 --> 01:01:16,700
Drug activity, weapons, theft, and the heightened risk from residents of the site who are homeless

768
01:01:16,700 --> 01:01:22,260
because of sex offenses and other violent crimes that will be trickling into the neighborhood

769
01:01:22,260 --> 01:01:26,800
by those who leave the site to carry out the activities that are not permitted within it,

770
01:01:27,260 --> 01:01:32,160
and or those frequenting the perimeter of the site as we already see other existing sites.

771
01:01:32,760 --> 01:01:37,320
It is unacceptable to knowingly make children vulnerable to these activities

772
01:01:37,320 --> 01:01:43,620
and risk a single child being harmed in any way. No promises and reactive enforcement measures

773
01:01:43,620 --> 01:01:49,320
in a non-binding agreement will lessen this risk created by a site at this location.

774
01:01:50,720 --> 01:02:02,120
Continuing to compromise community safety and specifically threaten that for children in the name of being trauma informed is an unacceptable misapplication of those principles.

775
01:02:02,880 --> 01:02:18,680
Prioritizing low barriers over the safety of the community and specifically children to the extreme of not requiring criminal background checks and not explicitly prohibiting people with sex offenses or other violent crime histories as stated by J.O.H.S.

776
01:02:18,680 --> 01:02:20,640
is shocking and completely unacceptable.

777
01:02:22,400 --> 01:02:27,700
The Principles did release a statement on the 17th, which did not provide any information

778
01:02:27,700 --> 01:02:30,920
about this meeting or the opportunity for public testimony.

779
01:02:31,760 --> 01:02:38,380
JLHS has done the significance of today's vote, and the value of speaking up at this

780
01:02:38,380 --> 01:02:44,300
time is significant, today's vote on whether to allow the construction to begin that has

781
01:02:44,300 --> 01:02:47,880
It's been downplayed and not communicated to the community.

782
01:02:51,320 --> 01:02:51,760
Thank you.

783
01:02:52,180 --> 01:02:52,680
Thank you.

784
01:02:52,880 --> 01:02:53,160
May I?

785
01:02:57,330 --> 01:02:58,030
So sorry.

786
01:02:58,690 --> 01:02:59,250
That's all right.

787
01:02:59,430 --> 01:02:59,890
Is it other?

788
01:03:01,490 --> 01:03:02,230
No chair.

789
01:03:02,390 --> 01:03:05,350
That is all the public testimony for today.

790
01:03:05,870 --> 01:03:06,030
Okay.

791
01:03:06,150 --> 01:03:06,570
Thank you, Marina.

792
01:03:07,110 --> 01:03:13,030
We'll bring J.O.J. back up and then we'll go to the board for questions and comments.

793
01:03:25,440 --> 01:03:25,700
All right.

794
01:03:26,100 --> 01:03:26,420
Thank you.

795
01:03:26,480 --> 01:03:27,680
We will start with commissioner segment.

796
01:03:29,680 --> 01:03:30,280
Thank you.

797
01:03:30,460 --> 01:03:31,020
Thank you chair.

798
01:03:31,460 --> 01:03:32,140
Excuse me.

799
01:03:32,140 --> 01:03:39,060
I mean, so I had a few questions, I do see Margie, I don't know if you have any transportation.

800
01:03:39,660 --> 01:03:43,000
People in here are talking about the safe routes to school.

801
01:03:43,860 --> 01:03:57,200
And if there is a designated, I'm not sure with the process that there is to designate a safe route to school around a particular school.

802
01:03:57,200 --> 01:03:58,220
Hi.

803
01:04:02,040 --> 01:04:07,060
Oh, for the record, my name is Margie Bradway. She hers. I am the director of community services.

804
01:04:07,300 --> 01:04:16,040
I currently have up on my laptop. Plan safe routes to school projects by Peabot website because I'm doing research as I listen to this.

805
01:04:16,380 --> 01:04:21,740
So I want to say for the record that I'm talking on the fly and I need to confirm what I see with my colleagues at Peabot.

806
01:04:22,140 --> 01:04:30,460
It does look like they have either plan to invest or will invest in several locations in the project area.

807
01:04:30,460 --> 01:04:34,560
And then according to this map, which I need to verify with my colleagues at Peabot,

808
01:04:34,900 --> 01:04:40,940
they have made several routes in that area eligible for investment with the Fixing Our

809
01:04:40,940 --> 01:04:41,640
Streets program.

810
01:04:41,880 --> 01:04:45,560
So if you remember the Fixing Our Streets bond was renewed last year.

811
01:04:45,940 --> 01:04:47,600
There's a safe routes to school bucket.

812
01:04:48,040 --> 01:04:50,480
The projects in that bucket were not identified.

813
01:04:51,060 --> 01:04:56,580
What they did instead is they identified routes that are eligible for investment with those

814
01:04:56,580 --> 01:04:57,020
dollars.

815
01:04:57,020 --> 01:05:08,420
And that's what I need to confirm with my colleagues at Peabot, but this is what their current map shows, and I'm happy to share that with our colleagues at Joint Office of Homelessness and work on that together.

816
01:05:08,880 --> 01:05:10,380
You did great on the fly market.

817
01:05:11,340 --> 01:05:15,320
Well, I used to manage that program, and I was part of the original fixing our streets.

818
01:05:15,680 --> 01:05:16,220
Thank you.

819
01:05:16,320 --> 01:05:18,020
Thank you.

820
01:05:18,020 --> 01:05:18,820
Yeah,

821
01:05:21,280 --> 01:05:34,300
so clearly I just wanted to make sure that there was a path forward to do what we're I think we are asking we'll be asking and what the community is asking for so it sounds like there is so that's great.

822
01:05:35,260 --> 01:05:49,060
Zach, I know I had asked you about the mailers and you had responded that it goes out to residents within a quarter of a mile but then I also heard you say today that maybe you can this half a mile.

823
01:05:49,060 --> 01:05:58,420
So can you talk about that no so we can vist within that same quarter mile we spent two days to deliver to

824
01:05:59,140 --> 01:06:01,320
Probably close to 600 residents

825
01:06:02,360 --> 01:06:05,810
In anticipation that the delay of getting a

826
01:06:06,900 --> 01:06:10,320
Flyer in people's mailboxes would have been too late

827
01:06:10,980 --> 01:06:17,600
So we did the best we can under the circumstances and to augment our outreach

828
01:06:17,600 --> 01:06:25,800
That's why we reached out to community partners like Montevilla neighborhood association, which did a newsletter, Pano, AYCO.

829
01:06:27,260 --> 01:06:33,520
Also, I believe Commissioner Bram Edwards also publicized on her newsletter.

830
01:06:34,240 --> 01:06:46,320
So, trying to find ways to be communicative in different ways to community while being really specific and focused on what

831
01:06:46,320 --> 01:06:51,080
area is most likely going to be of a higher impact where we want engagement.

832
01:06:51,900 --> 01:06:56,280
Great, thank you. And can someone maybe provide me a little bit of a history

833
01:06:56,280 --> 01:07:02,480
lesson about how there came to be two sites that were so geographically close

834
01:07:02,480 --> 01:07:03,240
to one another?

835
01:07:07,280 --> 01:07:08,680
Is it Commissioner Singleton?

836
01:07:09,160 --> 01:07:11,920
All the commissioners have been there. She wants to jump in.

837
01:07:12,000 --> 01:07:16,260
I have. You probably voted. Didn't the commission vote to purchase the sites?

838
01:07:18,600 --> 01:07:25,080
No? No. I will just share Commissioner Stegman when I was in-term director at the Joint

839
01:07:25,080 --> 01:07:29,840
Office. Both of these properties were up for sale around the same time, and they were

840
01:07:29,840 --> 01:07:37,400
part of a number of properties that the Joint Office purchased for short-term use for

841
01:07:37,400 --> 01:07:41,660
shelter, but also thinking about the long-term use and thinking about them as land-banking

842
01:07:41,660 --> 01:07:48,480
opportunities for future development great and I think that answers the questions that if we

843
01:07:48,480 --> 01:07:54,260
wanted to turn these shelter sites into permanent housing we could in the future so that's great thank

844
01:07:54,260 --> 01:08:03,240
you commissioner singleton I'm wondering is there any data around our shelter sites do we do studies

845
01:08:03,240 --> 01:08:10,520
are is access available that measures either an increase or decrease in public safety near our shelters

846
01:08:13,320 --> 01:08:14,980
And maybe it's public safety calls.

847
01:08:15,860 --> 01:08:24,260
I'm just wondering what kind of data is there a way to measure the impact that shelters have on a neighborhood or community.

848
01:08:24,960 --> 01:08:27,680
I don't have any data on that right now, but we can look and follow up.

849
01:08:27,760 --> 01:08:31,920
And I will say that we partner closely with the city of Portland.

850
01:08:32,360 --> 01:08:36,320
I can't remember the name of the office, Portland Solutions, yes, no.

851
01:08:38,940 --> 01:08:47,520
We partner closely, so what a really standard part of our good neighbor agreement is prioritization of like, this is not exactly what you're asking, but

852
01:08:47,520 --> 01:08:58,580
as it camps that might crop up in that area that is designated, so it's a common part of our agreements that we work with the city of Portland in that engagement area to have higher priority for situations that arise in that engagement area.

853
01:08:58,580 --> 01:09:11,580
And that's great Anna and I guess that what I'm getting at is I think residents bringing valid concerns that they are experiencing a lot of challenges in their neighborhoods until unsafe.

854
01:09:13,300 --> 01:09:24,480
And I guess the optimists in me believes that if we are citing these shelters in neighborhoods that have a lot of people experience homelessness.

855
01:09:24,480 --> 01:09:41,040
I would expect that the public safety would increase, not decrease, but I understand why somebody would feel that that may not be true.

856
01:09:41,360 --> 01:09:46,580
And so I'm just wondering or asking if there's a way we can actually start measuring that.

857
01:09:47,920 --> 01:10:04,580
Commissioner Stegman, one of the learnings I had in the Monovilla, the Oak Street Village process was that bringing a shelter village to a community turns in undeveloped, unmanaged site into a semi-developed, highly managed site.

858
01:10:04,580 --> 01:10:21,240
The other thing just to build on what Anna and Zach were referring to in the Oak Street Village process the city was at our side throughout the process of those community meetings and they actually made a commitment for increased scrutiny, if you will, or attention to the area surrounding.

859
01:10:21,740 --> 01:10:29,880
So you've got a provider who is heavily invested in the area surrounding the facility that they're responsible for the community.

860
01:10:29,880 --> 01:10:37,980
You have a city and all the resources of public space management resources that they bring who now is heavily invested and committed to that property

861
01:10:37,980 --> 01:10:47,140
So I don't have exact data about activity before and after but common sense tells me that when you've got a community resources focused on a location

862
01:10:47,140 --> 01:10:51,220
Things are going to be better and that's what's happening here

863
01:10:52,400 --> 01:10:54,320
Zach, did you have anything you wanted to add?

864
01:10:54,520 --> 01:10:57,140
Sure, yeah, Zach Curl with Joint Office.

865
01:10:58,000 --> 01:11:02,820
So I was just going to comment to what's within the Good Neighbor Agreement for Oak Street Village.

866
01:11:03,220 --> 01:11:08,320
We're employing in recent years and partnership with the City of Portland.

867
01:11:08,780 --> 01:11:11,740
What's called a community advisory committee or a CAC.

868
01:11:12,460 --> 01:11:18,320
This was employed with the reference that I believe Sarah Fisher shared about Clinton Triangle.

869
01:11:18,320 --> 01:11:30,460
And it's an effort to continue to have the conversations that were started within the good neighbor agreement ongoing to be able to review and consider some of the impacts.

870
01:11:31,120 --> 01:11:46,120
And within the Oak Street Village, good neighbor agreement, which we imagine will be very similar to this future shelter that there was a reporting section in which we worked closely with Montevilla Neighborhood Association and

871
01:11:46,120 --> 01:11:47,920
the Monteville East Taver Business Association

872
01:11:48,180 --> 01:11:51,760
to identify what data sources we want to be considering

873
01:11:51,760 --> 01:11:55,240
and looking at to assess that impact ongoing.

874
01:11:56,160 --> 01:11:56,880
Oh, that's great.

875
01:11:57,160 --> 01:11:59,680
Okay, so it looks like you will be tracking this.

876
01:12:00,040 --> 01:12:02,940
And I mean, I think it would be really important

877
01:12:03,420 --> 01:12:06,360
for us to look at tracking and measuring this

878
01:12:06,900 --> 01:12:07,900
at all of our shelters.

879
01:12:08,240 --> 01:12:12,120
Like we can tell qualitative stories,

880
01:12:12,120 --> 01:12:14,140
but sometimes it doesn't feel

881
01:12:14,140 --> 01:12:22,100
the way that our residents are feeling, so I think that data is a way to say

882
01:12:22,100 --> 01:12:26,860
actually things have gotten better, or they haven't, and if they haven't,

883
01:12:27,060 --> 01:12:29,980
then that's a data we need to know so that we can address it as well.

884
01:12:30,520 --> 01:12:36,020
So thank you so much. I know that, you know, this is, I know people are frustrated,

885
01:12:36,420 --> 01:12:41,140
but, you know what, we're getting a shelter ingress into, so just saying that I know

886
01:12:41,140 --> 01:12:48,540
I know that it feels like maybe a particular area is getting more of their fair share of services.

887
01:12:49,360 --> 01:12:58,060
But all parts of the county are receiving services and I'm grateful for that because we will have our East County Homeless Services Center.

888
01:12:58,520 --> 01:13:05,320
The first of its kind it will be a day center with I think 48 enough capacity for 48 people.

889
01:13:05,720 --> 01:13:09,980
And while 38 or 48 yes, those are small standalone numbers.

890
01:13:09,980 --> 01:13:18,200
members, but cumulatively they add up to 500 beds in our community sheltering strategy,

891
01:13:18,560 --> 01:13:21,820
which will eventually add up to 1,000 beds.

892
01:13:22,520 --> 01:13:26,000
So these small numbers, they do make a difference.

893
01:13:26,400 --> 01:13:28,120
So thank you so much for presenting.

894
01:13:29,520 --> 01:13:34,140
Thank you, Commissioner Brim Edwards, and I think it's a good time to move forward the

895
01:13:34,140 --> 01:13:34,260
amendment.

896
01:13:34,260 --> 01:13:38,360
I'm going to do that at the end because I have both questions and some statements.

897
01:13:40,180 --> 01:13:45,400
So for 50 years, I've lived within a mile of this site and the other site.

898
01:13:46,480 --> 01:13:51,680
So it's not just something that I've heard from the community.

899
01:13:51,900 --> 01:14:02,260
It's like Montevilla has been, say, for 50 years of place where I've just been part of my

900
01:14:02,260 --> 01:14:08,880
life. And I would say it's not that people feel there's elevated levels of crime, there are

901
01:14:08,880 --> 01:14:15,400
elevated levels of crime. If you just look at the 911 and non-emergency data over the last two

902
01:14:15,400 --> 01:14:24,080
years, it's very high. And also, it's not just they feel they're getting more, they actually are.

903
01:14:24,200 --> 01:14:30,640
If you look at them at the sort of map of the county and where things are cited,

904
01:14:31,400 --> 01:14:35,020
it's not evenly distributed across the county.

905
01:14:35,400 --> 01:14:37,720
And I think that's something that we need to talk about.

906
01:14:37,920 --> 01:14:40,640
So I just want to sort of share that framing.

907
01:14:43,840 --> 01:14:48,240
Also, to Laura Mulligan, hopefully got your last name right,

908
01:14:48,860 --> 01:14:50,480
for the Montevilla neighborhood association,

909
01:14:51,840 --> 01:14:58,600
you ask about a delay and after I attended the community meeting,

910
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:29,540
December, I ask for that as well. I didn't feel, I don't feel the county is ready to move ahead. I was informed there wouldn't be support for that, which is why I'm going to bring forward an amendment, because I think that actually would have been the right thing to do. The county has owned the property for two years, so there was ample time to do, I think, more engagement, not just informing the community.

911
01:15:30,900 --> 01:15:50,600
So disappointing that while the county owned the property had plans for it, the actual time for people to come and get some questions answered, and about more than just the design, because the reality is that meeting was focused on we're only here to talk about the design.

912
01:15:50,600 --> 01:15:59,640
not a lot of the other issues that you raised, which really I don't think is the, given

913
01:15:59,640 --> 01:16:06,620
this, is the only past before the commission, the right framing for the start of our community

914
01:16:06,620 --> 01:16:08,320
engagement because people had a lot of questions.

915
01:16:12,510 --> 01:16:17,610
And I'm going to say since I joined the commission, I've championed the addition of shelter beds

916
01:16:17,610 --> 01:16:21,550
so that people have basic services, safety, and a pathway to housing.

917
01:16:21,970 --> 01:16:27,470
It's appalling that the city and county has not taken more urgent action to provide greater amounts of shelter.

918
01:16:28,170 --> 01:16:32,030
So I'm very supportive of our overall community sheltering strategy.

919
01:16:32,710 --> 01:16:39,970
And I believe it should be a county wide community sheltering strategy, not just focused on one neighborhood.

920
01:16:42,230 --> 01:16:47,030
This property was purchased before I joined the county and I think I would have asked,

921
01:16:47,030 --> 01:16:51,230
a lot of questions at the front end if I had been and clearly it was a decision of the chair

922
01:16:51,230 --> 01:16:57,730
and the department to purchase the property but I think there are in order to make this a

923
01:16:57,730 --> 01:17:02,350
workable site and I'm going to get to some of the design issues to make it workable both for the

924
01:17:02,350 --> 01:17:09,150
people there and the community is going to require a fair amount of resources and the question is like

925
01:17:10,230 --> 01:17:17,010
was this the best site given some of the complexities of it and it also the question

926
01:17:17,010 --> 01:17:24,450
And I would ask is there's, as one of the speakers noted, there is a huge community-wide

927
01:17:25,120 --> 01:17:32,930
effort around 80-second, better 80-second, to really change that vital transportation.

928
01:17:34,970 --> 01:17:43,530
And you know, a place where people live, workshop, the 80-second avenue bus is the most used

929
01:17:43,530 --> 01:17:51,350
route in the in the climate system. So it's just a question of like having a fence along

930
01:17:51,350 --> 01:17:57,150
the entire order. I don't think when I look at the plans that's not what the vision is

931
01:17:57,150 --> 01:18:02,150
for better 80 second. So thinking about then again this long-term plan for housing versus

932
01:18:03,490 --> 01:18:13,330
a offence property along 80 second. So I'm going to ask some questions about the

933
01:18:13,330 --> 01:18:16,510
design and there

934
01:18:21,700 --> 01:18:40,840
were some representations made about the community engagement and I because I attended the meeting and I have lots of conversations with neighborhood and I also had conversations with many people in the school community.

935
01:18:41,760 --> 01:18:45,260
I think we should say what it was and what it wasn't.

936
01:18:47,300 --> 01:18:54,540
The meeting didn't actually answer a lot of questions, and the fact that it was, the people

937
01:18:54,540 --> 01:18:59,080
had, and the fact that it was so focused just on, this is only about the design, not

938
01:18:59,080 --> 01:19:04,140
about all the other things that you've raised that are real concerns, whether it's kids

939
01:19:04,140 --> 01:19:14,260
going to school, or their routes to school, or just where things, who the provider was

940
01:19:14,260 --> 01:19:15,780
going to be how things would be run.

941
01:19:18,460 --> 01:19:22,380
So a lot of answers didn't get provided at that

942
01:19:22,380 --> 01:19:27,340
meeting and so people that get them yesterday. Also people weren't informed that they could

943
01:19:27,340 --> 01:19:32,760
come to this meeting with a here's how you sign up for public comment, here's how you reach

944
01:19:32,760 --> 01:19:34,300
out to other commissioners.

945
01:19:36,740 --> 01:19:42,160
So I'm clear there was plenty of time in advance to have those

946
01:19:42,160 --> 01:20:07,980
Those conversations, in addition, the engagement with Portland Public Schools was more just informing them that this is happening versus having a meeting in which I feel parents could have, and school staff could have had their questions answered it was less engagement and more just informed that we're moving ahead.

947
01:20:10,300 --> 01:20:17,300
So my amendment is going to talk about the type of engagement that really needs to happen

948
01:20:17,300 --> 01:20:23,140
in order for this project to move forward in a successful way.

949
01:20:24,300 --> 01:20:27,980
And I think we're really lucky that we have somebody like Margie Redway who's sitting

950
01:20:27,980 --> 01:20:31,620
in the audience who can just answer a question on the fly, but we shouldn't be doing this

951
01:20:31,620 --> 01:20:39,000
on the fly and it's not very reassuring to me that we haven't done some of that ramp

952
01:20:39,000 --> 01:20:41,120
up before we have our boat here today.

953
01:20:43,880 --> 01:20:49,340
So with that, I'm going to ask

954
01:20:52,280 --> 01:20:53,380
a couple questions.

955
01:20:53,380 --> 01:20:54,560
the,

956
01:20:57,670 --> 01:20:58,690
I'm

957
01:21:01,540 --> 01:21:03,860
going to start with a slide which

958
01:21:11,630 --> 01:21:16,130
is the site layout.

959
01:21:21,240 --> 01:21:24,120
So Milstreet and 80 seconds.

960
01:21:26,520 --> 01:21:31,080
So Milstreet is the street that comes off of 80 seconds that you've designated as the

961
01:21:31,080 --> 01:21:41,740
entrance. And there you've also, there is a bust, so for the purposes of the other commission

962
01:21:41,740 --> 01:21:49,460
I've shared with you, I think, what is probably a more complete map so you can visually understand

963
01:21:49,460 --> 01:21:50,760
what's happening here.

964
01:21:51,080 --> 01:21:57,320
So on 82nd and Mill Street there's both a bus stop and a light.

965
01:22:00,040 --> 01:22:00,600
And

966
01:22:03,860 --> 01:22:12,340
I haven't seen Margie's map, but I'm assuming that I know that Mill Street is a major, it's

967
01:22:12,340 --> 01:22:19,580
It's the only crossing in a number of almost a third of a mile in either direction to get across 80 second for school kids.

968
01:22:20,360 --> 01:22:31,120
And if commissioners, if you can see the 80 second and a mill, and then you've got Harrison Park middle school, and the Harrison Park within two blocks of this.

969
01:22:32,340 --> 01:22:40,560
Given that there's no whether ability placed across 80 second, other than 80 second and mill, which is really the corner of the site.

970
01:22:42,860 --> 01:22:59,980
Tell me about how you see the interface between our shelter site and the entrances with that being the sort of major route for students to walk on to get to Harrison Park School.

971
01:23:02,200 --> 01:23:06,100
Like how that fits with the design with

972
01:23:12,180 --> 01:23:13,300
no sidewalks by the way.

973
01:23:16,720 --> 01:23:21,580
In terms, it's kind of a two-layered question, and I think both of us may have to respond.

974
01:23:22,280 --> 01:23:29,460
But in terms of the design efforts, so those drives that you're seeing are established

975
01:23:29,460 --> 01:23:35,920
on that site, so we utilize those aprons for design purposes in terms of cost savings

976
01:23:35,920 --> 01:23:41,580
and the RE exists, and you're right, there's a bus stop right there in that corner.

977
01:23:43,580 --> 01:23:56,600
So I think that that was our design intent was this site already existed that way and we didn't want to have that main opportunity on the front, but in terms of it was a use car it was a use car lot or

978
01:23:57,280 --> 01:24:01,540
beforehand. I mean, so that it wasn't daily in and out of.

979
01:24:04,760 --> 01:24:09,380
So what I would emphasize is one of the reasons that we focused on the design in that first

980
01:24:09,380 --> 01:24:14,080
community meeting is to have exactly the conversation that you're wanting to have right now about

981
01:24:14,080 --> 01:24:15,560
questions you have about the design.

982
01:24:16,000 --> 01:24:20,220
This vote does not finalize the design, it allows us to do the work that will finalize

983
01:24:20,220 --> 01:24:20,660
the design.

984
01:24:20,820 --> 01:24:25,820
And so the vote to move forward allows us to move forward so we can meet our timelines

985
01:24:25,820 --> 01:24:30,800
and add shelter to the community, but this design is not absolutely final and we can still

986
01:24:30,800 --> 01:24:34,280
have the conversations that you're wanting to have about, is there a different way the

987
01:24:34,280 --> 01:24:37,560
entrance could work, what would that do to the number of pods, what would that do to

988
01:24:37,560 --> 01:24:41,820
where we cite the community stuff. So we are still capable of having those conversations

989
01:24:41,820 --> 01:24:45,720
and we actually are working on some efforts to have some more concentrated conversations

990
01:24:45,720 --> 01:24:49,800
about that with the community as well. So those conversations can still happen.

991
01:24:51,400 --> 01:24:58,720
So from the, but I understand the meeting that that I attended was about design.

992
01:25:00,060 --> 01:25:06,360
And so you heard feedback what what design changes have happened since based on the feedback

993
01:25:06,360 --> 01:25:07,020
from that meeting.

994
01:25:09,280 --> 01:25:14,880
That meeting was relatively recent so we haven't made any changes yet, but we are we I think

995
01:25:14,880 --> 01:25:16,240
we have we're making some efforts.

996
01:25:16,420 --> 01:25:21,100
There were some folks who wanted to speak more about the design and it was they have asked

997
01:25:21,100 --> 01:25:25,700
for some follow-up conversations and potentially like a survey to get more impact on the design

998
01:25:25,700 --> 01:25:27,200
itself. So we're still working through that.

999
01:25:30,260 --> 01:25:35,500
And that entire stretch of Mill Street currently has no sidewalks, so a student crosses

1000
01:25:35,500 --> 01:25:45,120
that street. There's now sort of ingress and egress on Mill Street with no sidewalks. What

1001
01:25:45,120 --> 01:25:51,820
What sort of commitments do you have from Peabot that they will address that?

1002
01:25:52,820 --> 01:25:54,180
It's a mess right now.

1003
01:25:54,340 --> 01:25:59,580
It's tons of deep puddles and piles of debris.

1004
01:25:59,920 --> 01:26:00,100
Correct.

1005
01:26:00,560 --> 01:26:05,580
So, currently, if you're there right now, there's a considerable amount of construction vehicles

1006
01:26:05,580 --> 01:26:10,640
that Peabot has staged on that site, on the south edge of Mel Street.

1007
01:26:11,570 --> 01:26:16,340
My understanding is that Peabot is going to be developing sidewalks on the block of our

1008
01:26:16,340 --> 01:26:17,980
shelter on both sides of the street.

1009
01:26:18,660 --> 01:26:23,100
I do not know if they're going to develop sidewalks all the way down the stretch of Mill.

1010
01:26:23,800 --> 01:26:28,060
That's a conversation that Peabot has jurisdiction over, and

1011
01:26:28,060 --> 01:26:37,780
I want to ensure that it is our intention to advocate for the community as a county office and

1012
01:26:37,780 --> 01:26:41,080
representing the county's interests on public and safety.

1013
01:26:41,080 --> 01:26:46,920
to have Peabot have that strongly consider the extension of sidewalks.

1014
01:26:47,620 --> 01:26:57,980
There's things that are in a different field that I am not familiar and not strong on about the impact of those mature trees and those kinds of things.

1015
01:26:58,460 --> 01:27:09,780
But I do know that it is our genuine effort to ensure that stretch that's alongside the shelter is safe for

1016
01:27:11,600 --> 01:27:20,660
for pedestrians, and I also want to acknowledge that on the north edge of the shelter with these entrants and exits, they're not open to the shelter.

1017
01:27:21,260 --> 01:27:30,380
They are closed secured gates, and they're managed by both participants of the shelter and shelter staff.

1018
01:27:30,380 --> 01:27:58,520
So it's not, and we've also mentioned around programming that there's not going to be a guest policy and you know, so basically the entrance and exits, it's not going to be a queue of people waiting for services or in an out of a bunch of cars or residents, the participants are going to be able to exit, obviously if they have a going to a job and whatnot.

1019
01:27:58,520 --> 01:28:08,480
And we also want to make sure that we have service providers to be able to have access including utilities to be able to remove trash from the facility.

1020
01:28:08,980 --> 01:28:14,260
But it's not a like open air entry to the shelter.

1021
01:28:15,020 --> 01:28:25,600
And again, I will continue to work with Peabot to advocate that there's opportunities to access that.

1022
01:28:25,600 --> 01:28:36,460
you know, the schools at Harrison Park and Bridger for those who are walking along Mill to either redirect that or ensure that those walking paths are

1023
01:28:36,460 --> 01:28:44,200
safe and, you know, as removed as we can from the shelter and the perceived security concerns and safety concerns.

1024
01:28:44,900 --> 01:28:54,160
Yeah, since no design changes happened from the feedback that's occurred to date, I would

1025
01:28:54,160 --> 01:29:05,620
really suggest that feedback around the design be posted and shared so that people can

1026
01:29:05,620 --> 01:29:09,560
see whether their feedback is being accepted or not, because often what people feel is like,

1027
01:29:09,560 --> 01:29:15,620
I came to a meeting, I gave feedback and that was a check the mark activity and it didn't

1028
01:29:15,620 --> 01:29:22,260
result in any actual adjustment. So I think it's going to be really important that will people

1029
01:29:22,260 --> 01:29:27,120
give feedback or ask questions that we are able to provide some specific, like how it got addressed

1030
01:29:27,620 --> 01:29:30,940
versus just like, you know, you had an opportunity to share what your concerns was.

1031
01:29:31,960 --> 01:29:41,420
Another concern that this, which is linked on this slide, but the site layout, the eastern

1032
01:29:41,420 --> 01:29:48,880
edge actually is adjacent to like all of Mill Street or essentially single family homes.

1033
01:29:50,440 --> 01:29:59,640
And immediately adjacent is a, is this somebody's home who came to the meeting who hadn't had

1034
01:29:59,640 --> 01:29:59,960
a lot of

1035
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:03,180
I noticed it was an outwardly gentleman with his daughter.

1036
01:30:05,970 --> 01:30:20,710
When we have something that's immediately adjacent, what sort of engagement will happen with that specific individual? I mean, they're going to have a real impact on sort of their property. What kind of, what does that engagement look like?

1037
01:30:23,980 --> 01:30:33,760
So this is that girl again, well, I was unfortunately sick for that meeting. But we will say that

1038
01:30:33,760 --> 01:30:37,880
But commitment to reaching out to that particular local neighbor.

1039
01:30:38,890 --> 01:30:43,500
We also, within the good neighbor agreement, we're talking about the programming and

1040
01:30:43,500 --> 01:30:49,500
those impacts would invite the opportunity for that kind of engagement.

1041
01:30:49,780 --> 01:30:56,640
But on the design side, it sounds like the recommendation direction from you is to reach out directly

1042
01:30:56,640 --> 01:31:05,960
and tried to, you know, offer an opportunity for further engagement around the east boundary of the shelter.

1043
01:31:06,900 --> 01:31:13,420
And I will say that there are certain limitations around what can cannot be done,

1044
01:31:13,680 --> 01:31:17,300
around the height of fencing and that kind of thing within permitting.

1045
01:31:18,560 --> 01:31:24,240
And but we've intentionally tried to design a draft that you see today,

1046
01:31:24,240 --> 01:31:29,480
around reducing any sound and potential traffic

1047
01:31:29,480 --> 01:31:33,940
that could be, you know, an impact to that resident.

1048
01:31:36,260 --> 01:31:40,280
So in addition to all the other community members,

1049
01:31:40,720 --> 01:31:43,320
I mean, I hope special attention gets placed,

1050
01:31:43,380 --> 01:31:48,240
because that will have a real impact on somebody's home.

1051
01:31:48,900 --> 01:31:51,680
And I think we should make every effort

1052
01:31:51,680 --> 01:31:52,920
to try and be a good neighbor.

1053
01:31:56,400 --> 01:32:04,040
Then is there an answer to the question that was raised by Sarah Fisher and I'm noting

1054
01:32:04,040 --> 01:32:09,760
when again when I got on the county commission that it was originally purchased to be sort

1055
01:32:09,760 --> 01:32:12,700
of it was pitched as housing I'm

1056
01:32:15,360 --> 01:32:18,840
just curious how long is this temporary we're making a

1057
01:32:18,840 --> 01:32:25,280
huge investment I'm pretty significant investment for 38 so how long is this going to be in place

1058
01:32:25,280 --> 01:32:27,120
and like what is the longer-term plan?

1059
01:32:27,840 --> 01:32:31,980
So as Commissioner Singleton noted, the idea was that this property could be used for

1060
01:32:31,980 --> 01:32:35,140
either a temporary shelter or for permanent housing in the future.

1061
01:32:35,680 --> 01:32:41,460
The plan is to use it for now and you're right, it's considerable investment for at least

1062
01:32:41,460 --> 01:32:44,940
several years as alternative shelter that does not preclude us from then developing housing

1063
01:32:44,940 --> 01:32:45,460
on that site.

1064
01:32:46,600 --> 01:32:55,920
And so the cent costs are all the site costs, but the sort of pods and other infrastructure is mobile.

1065
01:32:56,600 --> 01:33:02,020
The pods and the buildings that are the, what are they, what are they called?

1066
01:33:03,280 --> 01:33:04,600
Ship and conators, thank you.

1067
01:33:05,120 --> 01:33:05,800
Those are reusable.

1068
01:33:06,100 --> 01:33:11,680
Sometimes pods that we try to make sure, again, we haven't determined exactly how this will look on this site.

1069
01:33:11,680 --> 01:33:17,160
But it is a standard part of this kind of shelter to do checks on the pods to make sure that they're being cared for

1070
01:33:17,160 --> 01:33:20,060
but the people who are living in them so that they can be reused as needed.

1071
01:33:20,540 --> 01:33:27,120
So we do, we put a lot of work in to make sure the pods are themselves maintained so that they can be moved or used again as needed.

1072
01:33:29,320 --> 01:33:32,500
Great, it's just, like I say, a huge investment.

1073
01:33:33,780 --> 01:33:38,860
And the last piece before I share my amendment is that

1074
01:33:38,860 --> 01:33:59,180
But when I ask about some of the specific issues that the neighbors and the community had raised, which I think are very valid issues, it was we don't have a provider yet, and once we have a provider, we'll be able to share kind of what are the county, what the commitments will be around the site.

1075
01:33:59,180 --> 01:34:09,540
And I really would encourage the county as part of this process to set so like what are our expectations for the provider?

1076
01:34:10,520 --> 01:34:15,640
So it's not like the provider is going to like you have total flexibility to run this however you want.

1077
01:34:16,660 --> 01:34:25,060
I mean the county I think because it's being run on our behalf that we should have some base level of commitments that like this is what the what we expect to provider.

1078
01:34:27,580 --> 01:34:33,540
in terms of if they are going to be running a site for the county, here's the framework

1079
01:34:33,540 --> 01:34:38,160
of the county commitments versus that's up to the provider.

1080
01:34:38,560 --> 01:34:45,940
Because what I've heard from county staff is that there are some sort of base level

1081
01:34:45,940 --> 01:34:46,440
requirements.

1082
01:34:46,900 --> 01:34:50,340
And so we should just say that versus like we have to get a provider or we can tell you

1083
01:34:50,340 --> 01:34:50,480
that.

1084
01:34:50,640 --> 01:34:52,760
It's like we know that we're going to try and be a good neighbor.

1085
01:34:52,760 --> 01:34:56,860
and some of the things I think that are in the Oak Street good neighbor agreement.

1086
01:34:57,700 --> 01:35:01,300
Those would be things we would pick up and it would be expectations for whoever is the

1087
01:35:01,300 --> 01:35:02,560
provider selected.

1088
01:35:03,480 --> 01:35:08,880
And I think that will actually answer a lot of community questions versus like we have

1089
01:35:08,880 --> 01:35:12,860
to wait because I think we already know that we're going to make some commitments.

1090
01:35:13,820 --> 01:35:17,120
I just want to say I agree commissioner I think we could have done a better job of communicating.

1091
01:35:17,220 --> 01:35:19,280
Here's some basic things that you can expect.

1092
01:35:19,280 --> 01:35:22,980
I think we could have communicated that better and we will make sure that gets communicated.

1093
01:35:23,660 --> 01:35:28,240
Yeah, and even if the meeting is about the design, we know that people are going to come about,

1094
01:35:28,620 --> 01:35:32,340
you know, and have questions about the everything else because this is the one opportunity really

1095
01:35:34,840 --> 01:35:38,200
before the commission votes on the investment to have that.

1096
01:35:38,920 --> 01:35:43,120
I think it would be helpful because I think it would address a lot of people's concerns.

1097
01:35:44,000 --> 01:35:53,440
So, I'm the amendment that I'm going to offer and I talked about some of my concerns the

1098
01:35:53,440 --> 01:36:01,340
day after the meeting with the chair and shared that with the joint office is the amendment

1099
01:36:01,340 --> 01:36:06,440
I'm going to be offering is that prior to the opening of the site the county and does

1100
01:36:06,440 --> 01:36:10,340
any partners including the neighborhood and business associations and PPS representatives

1101
01:36:10,340 --> 01:36:14,160
will negotiate and commit to their best efforts to secure assigned good neighbor agreement.

1102
01:36:14,160 --> 01:36:39,600
which includes provider commitments and then the second piece is prior to the opening of the site, the county will work with the Portland Bureau of Transportation, Portland Public Schools to ensure there's a safe routes to schools plan for students traveling to nearby schools and given Mill Street is a major intersection and transportation route for students and prior to the opening of the site, the county will work with the nearby school communities to hear and address school community concerns.

1103
01:36:42,410 --> 01:36:49,830
So, that is the amendment should I offer it and make a motion and maybe

1104
01:36:52,490 --> 01:36:53,370
put on the table

1105
01:36:53,370 --> 01:36:55,070
but then finish with the question.

1106
01:36:55,130 --> 01:36:55,850
Does that work?

1107
01:36:56,110 --> 01:36:56,230
Yeah.

1108
01:36:56,350 --> 01:36:56,470
Okay.

1109
01:36:56,870 --> 01:37:10,710
So, I'm going to move that amendment to the, do I have a second?

1110
01:37:12,850 --> 01:37:17,750
Commissioner Brim Edwards moves, Commissioner Myron seconds, consideration of the amendment

1111
01:37:17,750 --> 01:37:18,610
as described.

1112
01:37:19,750 --> 01:37:19,930
All right.

1113
01:37:20,430 --> 01:37:20,870
Thank you.

1114
01:37:21,390 --> 01:37:25,510
So, we'll go, we'll continue with the board questions.

1115
01:37:25,510 --> 01:37:33,650
We are on the amendment, but obviously this can, the amendment ties to the underlying resolution

1116
01:37:33,650 --> 01:37:34,090
as well.

1117
01:37:34,270 --> 01:37:36,230
So, Commissioner Singleton, I want to turn it over to you.

1118
01:37:38,740 --> 01:37:39,300
Thank you, Chair.

1119
01:37:39,300 --> 01:37:47,920
And thank you Commissioner Brim Edwards for your your comments and participation and the amendment that you brought forward.

1120
01:37:48,640 --> 01:38:03,920
I do want to just kind of highlight a couple of things. One, the absolutely the idea of redevelopment and I appreciate the joint offices, understanding and perspective of future opportunity of this site.

1121
01:38:03,920 --> 01:38:25,360
I think it's really important that part of what you're doing even though it's a temporary site for now is continuing to engage with the city of Portland as the conversations about redevelopment on 82nd happened and be looking at the timeline for any future development opportunities that we want to pursue for actual permanent housing.

1122
01:38:25,360 --> 01:38:34,120
As our first public commenter I think very accurately stated is the actual goal here is getting folks into permanent housing.

1123
01:38:35,080 --> 01:38:43,840
I did hear a question as well from commenter about data and alternative shelters sites and housing placement.

1124
01:38:44,500 --> 01:38:50,920
So I think it's important to just note that we do have some early data on that from a study out of PSU.

1125
01:38:50,920 --> 01:38:58,800
But I think if the joint office could continue to update us as you're doing housing placements

1126
01:38:58,800 --> 01:39:04,900
of housing by type, I want to keep hearing about housing placements out of congregate,

1127
01:39:04,980 --> 01:39:10,600
all shelter sites, all of the different types, hotel, motel, shelters, so that we continue

1128
01:39:10,600 --> 01:39:14,640
to understand where we're having the best results for our community.

1129
01:39:14,640 --> 01:39:26,980
I think I heard you say that you're going to work with some of the bigger camps when

1130
01:39:26,980 --> 01:39:32,460
there's like a camp sweep in that conversation with the city regarding folks having priority

1131
01:39:32,460 --> 01:39:34,100
access into this site.

1132
01:39:34,460 --> 01:39:41,140
Is there any plan to include neighbors and businesses who often have knowledge of people sleeping

1133
01:39:41,140 --> 01:39:46,340
in the community that they can help get folks referred in an access so that it's not just

1134
01:39:46,340 --> 01:39:52,240
reliant on a larger camp, but some of the folks who might be more solo sleeping in this community.

1135
01:39:54,570 --> 01:39:57,790
Great question. So I didn't speak to that specifically, but it's still a great question.

1136
01:39:58,090 --> 01:40:04,030
We were speaking about the fact that the city prioritizes removal of, they still have to follow the 72-hour

1137
01:40:04,030 --> 01:40:09,150
rules, but they prioritize removal of camps in the engagement area. But I think the question of like

1138
01:40:09,150 --> 01:40:18,870
access to that site and whether we prioritize folks who are camping in the neighborhood is a great one and it's a conversation we will engage in with our providers and with the community as well.

1139
01:40:20,530 --> 01:40:22,850
So I think that communication, that conversation is ongoing.

1140
01:40:24,050 --> 01:40:35,310
We do in the existing Good Neighbor Agreements have really clear, we try to be really clear about different communication channels for the community if it's reporting like a problem who they should report it to.

1141
01:40:35,310 --> 01:40:38,190
And what's the best way to get their question answered?

1142
01:40:38,390 --> 01:40:43,050
And there's, we kind of give a tear of, if it's urgent, if there's something that hears you contact on site, right?

1143
01:40:43,390 --> 01:40:46,430
If it's not an urgent thing, but it's a question that you have, this is your avenue.

1144
01:40:46,650 --> 01:40:50,170
So our good neighbor agreements outline really clearly, and we partner with the city on this.

1145
01:40:50,510 --> 01:40:53,570
On this, where folks should go, if they have an issue that they would like resolves?

1146
01:40:54,630 --> 01:41:00,610
Can I just jump in commission Singleton to add to that with regard to the proximity issue?

1147
01:41:00,610 --> 01:41:04,630
I think one thing that's evolved in the last couple of years, primarily because of

1148
01:41:04,630 --> 01:41:08,910
Oak Street Village and also because of East County Homeless Resource Center is a

1149
01:41:08,910 --> 01:41:13,550
discussion with the community around how that particular property and set of

1150
01:41:13,550 --> 01:41:19,150
services at the shelter will serve people in that neighborhood. And I don't know what

1151
01:41:19,150 --> 01:41:24,450
the long-term history is on that, but I think we are recommitting that in those

1152
01:41:25,230 --> 01:41:28,830
instances where the neighborhood is actively engaged with us, we're going to

1153
01:41:28,830 --> 01:41:32,910
prioritized people in the neighbourhood. So, for example, Oak Street Village was originally

1154
01:41:32,910 --> 01:41:37,530
envisioned as being able to serve people coming out of their cars. And those, at least

1155
01:41:37,530 --> 01:41:41,210
initially, we're going to be cars that were parked in the neighbourhood, not in other

1156
01:41:41,210 --> 01:41:46,010
parts of Portland. East County Homeless Services Center, we've had an extensive discussion

1157
01:41:46,010 --> 01:41:51,610
with City of Crescent Leaders around the same idea that we will not be prioritizing people

1158
01:41:51,610 --> 01:41:56,430
from outside of that immediate community. In fact, we will be prioritizing people from

1159
01:41:56,430 --> 01:42:01,550
the community. So it's not something that's going to be ironclad or always perfect but the

1160
01:42:01,550 --> 01:42:07,550
commitment is there to listen to the community and engage with community including unhoused

1161
01:42:07,550 --> 01:42:13,050
members of that community. We're living in that part of Multnomah County and prioritize

1162
01:42:13,050 --> 01:42:17,690
them for services available at that site. One other thing I would add is I think that also relates

1163
01:42:17,690 --> 01:42:22,470
to the work we're doing to coordinate our outreach efforts. And I hear you asking what's the role

1164
01:42:22,470 --> 01:42:26,130
of like house neighbors and saying, hey, I see this person, they need help, like, is

1165
01:42:26,130 --> 01:42:26,570
their space.

1166
01:42:27,150 --> 01:42:28,450
So I think that's an interesting question.

1167
01:42:28,570 --> 01:42:32,250
There are, you know, right now folks can call 3-1-1 and connect with somebody from the

1168
01:42:32,250 --> 01:42:33,610
City of Portland navigation team.

1169
01:42:33,810 --> 01:42:37,750
And how does that look as we continue to work together on outreach coordination as a really

1170
01:42:37,750 --> 01:42:38,210
good question?

1171
01:42:38,270 --> 01:42:42,570
So that's something we can address in that outreach work group that we're working through right

1172
01:42:42,570 --> 01:42:46,450
now to think about how we engage our house neighbors in that particular process.

1173
01:42:48,790 --> 01:42:49,430
Thank you.

1174
01:42:49,430 --> 01:42:55,150
So I really appreciate that and I know that we have data in our previous point in time counts

1175
01:42:55,150 --> 01:42:58,690
that people are generally sleeping in the neighborhood where their last residence was.

1176
01:42:59,370 --> 01:43:04,910
So I think this is a really good way to ensure that we are providing those opportunities

1177
01:43:04,910 --> 01:43:09,270
because folks want to stay where they know and so getting them into these spaces where

1178
01:43:09,270 --> 01:43:14,570
they can actually access permanent housing placement support services I think is really critical.

1179
01:43:15,990 --> 01:43:24,610
So one last piece that I wanted to raise is I know that it is a challenge on what can

1180
01:43:24,610 --> 01:43:29,210
be shared when and when you have the right information around community engagement.

1181
01:43:29,830 --> 01:43:34,290
I think I mentioned recently that when you're in the middle of a real estate transaction

1182
01:43:34,290 --> 01:43:35,610
that's really complicated.

1183
01:43:36,330 --> 01:43:40,790
But I do think it's important and I will just say we didn't even have a template for

1184
01:43:40,790 --> 01:43:46,090
a good neighbor agreement when I started at the joint office. And so this is not a long

1185
01:43:46,090 --> 01:43:50,870
term that you all are kind of really trying to pick up something that I think started a

1186
01:43:50,870 --> 01:43:57,270
little late in the history of the joint office. So with that said, I do think it's important

1187
01:43:57,270 --> 01:44:02,490
to start to be really clear about your work plan and your engagement and your timeline so

1188
01:44:02,490 --> 01:44:09,330
that people know when to expect the ability to have these conversations whether it's before

1189
01:44:09,330 --> 01:44:11,950
for a fact one, or as it's all going

1190
01:44:11,950 --> 01:44:13,790
in what those topic areas would be.

1191
01:44:14,450 --> 01:44:16,390
I think it's really important to have a community

1192
01:44:16,390 --> 01:44:18,190
gauge of it plan and timeline

1193
01:44:18,190 --> 01:44:20,750
so that you can bring a little more transparency

1194
01:44:20,750 --> 01:44:21,850
to this process.

1195
01:44:24,130 --> 01:44:26,170
And that is it for me.

1196
01:44:26,390 --> 01:44:26,690
Thank you.

1197
01:44:27,690 --> 01:44:29,250
Thank you, Commissioner Myron.

1198
01:44:34,480 --> 01:44:36,260
Okay, so

1199
01:44:38,270 --> 01:44:40,530
I first wanna go way back

1200
01:44:40,530 --> 01:44:42,510
to the beginning of the presentation

1201
01:44:42,510 --> 01:44:48,650
where director field spoke about the film, no place to grow old.

1202
01:44:50,710 --> 01:44:57,090
Literally my last board meeting, bringing up something I've been crying out about for eight years.

1203
01:44:58,050 --> 01:44:59,910
And that's because you saw a movie.

1204
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:29,040
We should be about it a year and a half after you started. We should not have to rely on a film to know that the fastest growing newly homeless population with unique innumerable vulnerabilities is our senior adults. It's been the case since I started on the board and the joint office has done literally nothing about the title wave or tsunami or whatever natural disaster analogy you want to use. The vulnerabilities include many disabilities.

1205
01:45:29,780 --> 01:45:35,780
I'm curious, do we have a dedicated ADA person working in the joint office to ensure these

1206
01:45:35,780 --> 01:45:39,480
issues are addressed, similar to what they have at PHB?

1207
01:45:41,640 --> 01:45:43,300
We do not have a dedicated ADA position.

1208
01:45:44,660 --> 01:45:51,660
How do we address issues around discrimination based on ADA at the joint office, or whatever

1209
01:45:51,660 --> 01:45:52,500
we're calling it now?

1210
01:45:56,410 --> 01:46:02,210
Although we don't have a dedicated person, we have a focus on ADA incorporating every project

1211
01:46:02,210 --> 01:46:07,030
And so, for example, we're working with the provider right now on the Oak Street Village

1212
01:46:07,030 --> 01:46:13,010
project around ADA access to some of the services on that site, and that's partisan back

1213
01:46:13,010 --> 01:46:14,530
and forth we're having with that provider.

1214
01:46:15,110 --> 01:46:19,610
You noticed in this site, there are some ADA dedicated units, so I think even without

1215
01:46:19,610 --> 01:46:22,670
a dedicated staff person we can still address ADA concerns.

1216
01:46:23,290 --> 01:46:27,510
It was also one of the aspects of the community sheltering strategy that our sites be accessible.

1217
01:46:27,510 --> 01:46:35,530
So we follow all ADA laws and rules, it's very important to us, and it is a part of all of our projects.

1218
01:46:36,850 --> 01:46:43,210
I'm one thing about how do you know you're following all the rules if you don't have an ADA person that's addressing them?

1219
01:46:47,250 --> 01:46:56,950
I'm asking about more than facilities because I believe that our coordinated access application might violate some

1220
01:46:56,950 --> 01:47:02,330
provisions, anti-discrimination provisions that there are a number of things that are procedural

1221
01:47:02,330 --> 01:47:08,290
or a process oriented or policy oriented that might, and that's what I'm more concerned

1222
01:47:08,290 --> 01:47:08,750
about.

1223
01:47:09,190 --> 01:47:12,270
So we don't have a specific person about that.

1224
01:47:12,650 --> 01:47:17,630
So Commissioner Mike, I just, I just, I do connect how these questions are with this matter.

1225
01:47:17,630 --> 01:47:20,410
Commissioner, a director feel brought it up.

1226
01:47:20,530 --> 01:47:23,830
That's, I wouldn't have addressed it if he had not brought it up in the beginning, so kind

1227
01:47:23,830 --> 01:47:25,030
of open that door a bit.

1228
01:47:25,030 --> 01:47:29,850
But it does tie to this because it ties to all of the work that's being done.

1229
01:47:30,630 --> 01:47:37,890
I just want to point to a constituent that contacted me with a story that I can't even fully

1230
01:47:37,890 --> 01:47:38,290
process.

1231
01:47:38,330 --> 01:47:39,370
It's so traumatic.

1232
01:47:39,650 --> 01:47:41,670
But she is a senior disabled.

1233
01:47:42,290 --> 01:47:43,470
Is it about this site, though?

1234
01:47:44,990 --> 01:47:47,650
Yes, because she wouldn't be able to access this site.

1235
01:47:48,670 --> 01:47:53,350
So can we, if you have something you want to share, can I be the person who is in board

1236
01:47:53,350 --> 01:47:53,730
comments?

1237
01:47:54,870 --> 01:47:57,170
Okay, I'll make it in board comments, that's fine.

1238
01:47:57,830 --> 01:48:01,550
So, and I am going to ask you to remember a lot of the nice things you said about me

1239
01:48:01,550 --> 01:48:08,570
on Tuesday during my service recognition celebration, those things that you said I speak from

1240
01:48:08,570 --> 01:48:14,850
my heart and from my vast experience working on the front line, that my passion can be mistaken

1241
01:48:14,850 --> 01:48:19,890
for disagreement, but it's because the focus is on the people we serve and those dying on

1242
01:48:19,890 --> 01:48:20,890
our streets every day.

1243
01:48:20,890 --> 01:48:31,710
So keep all of that in mind as I make these comments and ask questions because I'm not going to go along to get along on my final board meeting for my final one of my final votes.

1244
01:48:33,170 --> 01:48:40,370
All of this needs to change on a systems level that fiscally in a humanitarian and effective way makes sense.

1245
01:48:40,370 --> 01:48:54,310
And this project, I feel, and the way that it's been approached is emblematic of everything wrong with how we address shelter and shelter strategy.

1246
01:48:55,610 --> 01:49:03,530
So, I want to point to what so many folks brought up from the community that have not been engaged.

1247
01:49:03,530 --> 01:49:11,450
What I think we brought the property two years ago, and real engagement started in November.

1248
01:49:14,810 --> 01:49:19,910
What, how can we do that and consider it engagement?

1249
01:49:20,470 --> 01:49:21,890
It's simply not.

1250
01:49:22,470 --> 01:49:28,010
People have been dying and living on our streets in horrific conditions for two years

1251
01:49:28,010 --> 01:49:29,930
since the county purchased this property.

1252
01:49:29,930 --> 01:49:37,530
We're going to be getting a domicile unknown report that is going to be horrific of the increase

1253
01:49:37,530 --> 01:49:39,910
in the number of people dying on our street.

1254
01:49:40,590 --> 01:49:42,890
And we had this property sitting here for two years.

1255
01:49:45,790 --> 01:49:53,430
Only, meanwhile, down the street, there's been another similar sort of fiasco about a piece

1256
01:49:53,430 --> 01:49:56,770
of land that was across the street that's supposed to be a safe park site.

1257
01:49:56,770 --> 01:50:01,090
the lowest hanging fruit, it should be of shelters.

1258
01:50:02,070 --> 01:50:04,110
We should have been able to do something with that.

1259
01:50:04,190 --> 01:50:06,950
I think that was even longer ago than this site that was purchased.

1260
01:50:08,270 --> 01:50:13,330
But all of it, it languishes for years, and then literally at the very last minute,

1261
01:50:14,090 --> 01:50:19,530
last board meeting, we had a fact one because it has to be done at the last minute.

1262
01:50:20,190 --> 01:50:25,490
It's not just this, it is a pattern of every single thing brought to this board.

1263
01:50:25,490 --> 01:50:34,550
So I appreciate Laura from the Montevilla Neighborhood Association speaking in all the community members who spoke.

1264
01:50:37,880 --> 01:50:45,000
I would like to see the actual so-called shelter strategy overarching shelter strategy because for me,

1265
01:50:47,090 --> 01:50:50,450
the only strategy I see is ready fire aim.

1266
01:50:50,450 --> 01:51:01,990
It relies on providers to come in and save the joint office to come up with a plan or a deflection center and then holding the board, nonprofits and neighbors hostage.

1267
01:51:03,530 --> 01:51:17,350
The default seems to be to prevent bringing anything to this board, unless it's absolutely required by law to keep it behind closed doors as long as possible, examples of deflection.

1268
01:51:17,350 --> 01:51:20,450
and avoid bringing anything to the neighbors

1269
01:51:20,450 --> 01:51:22,590
until the plan is cooked.

1270
01:51:22,950 --> 01:51:24,670
And it's sort of like you tell them we're gonna do

1271
01:51:24,670 --> 01:51:29,810
and make a superficial effort to act like we're listening.

1272
01:51:31,410 --> 01:51:36,330
You hold all of us hot, the nonprofits, it's the same thing.

1273
01:51:36,470 --> 01:51:38,730
You invite them to the table at the very last minute.

1274
01:51:39,150 --> 01:51:42,030
They have to be there because they rely

1275
01:51:42,030 --> 01:51:43,310
and you for all of their funding.

1276
01:51:43,690 --> 01:51:46,130
I mean, you hold all of us hostage

1277
01:51:46,130 --> 01:51:49,350
because you leadership holds all the power.

1278
01:51:49,950 --> 01:51:51,910
Speaking out is labeled disruptive,

1279
01:51:52,570 --> 01:51:54,210
and you demean our community members

1280
01:51:54,210 --> 01:51:56,270
when they speak to the safety of themselves,

1281
01:51:56,590 --> 01:51:57,830
their children, and their families.

1282
01:51:59,090 --> 01:52:01,210
They don't come to the last minute table.

1283
01:52:01,530 --> 01:52:03,390
You said or don't say something that you like.

1284
01:52:04,050 --> 01:52:06,490
You label them nimbi or disagreeable.

1285
01:52:09,800 --> 01:52:14,160
You hold all the cards as chair, as the joint office,

1286
01:52:15,100 --> 01:52:17,480
and all the real people being impacted

1287
01:52:17,480 --> 01:52:24,340
at the mercy of a dysfunctional organization that just says it cares but doesn't act like it cares

1288
01:52:24,340 --> 01:52:32,960
for the people we serve. Then, do you have questions? Sure, even as you asked the board to engage in

1289
01:52:32,960 --> 01:52:38,020
sort of supporting this project and the board I know is going to dutifully rubber stamp it as it does.

1290
01:52:38,140 --> 01:52:44,300
Commissioner, again, you're talking, you're implying motives to how people are voting and what

1291
01:52:44,300 --> 01:52:47,000
What's my motive that I'm applying?

1292
01:52:47,140 --> 01:52:48,320
That it is a rubber stamp.

1293
01:52:48,560 --> 01:52:49,980
I mean, everybody is coming to stamp.

1294
01:52:49,980 --> 01:52:57,820
I think it's, okay, I will, I, okay, they will vote for it, whether or not it's a rubber stamp.

1295
01:52:58,560 --> 01:53:04,520
But you don't, you haven't mentioned the Cenderland RV Park that's closing, that directly impacts

1296
01:53:04,520 --> 01:53:05,860
this conversation today.

1297
01:53:06,300 --> 01:53:10,280
That site has almost doubled the number of units as this one does, and it's working great

1298
01:53:10,280 --> 01:53:16,640
as a RV, say, Park site, and it's being closed for no real reason.

1299
01:53:17,760 --> 01:53:20,640
How is this accounted for in our shelter strategy?

1300
01:53:20,860 --> 01:53:22,920
Like when you say we're adding 38 beds,

1301
01:53:23,260 --> 01:53:28,340
how do you account for the fact that we're minusing 70 beds?

1302
01:53:29,200 --> 01:53:31,920
Like how do those, because we don't hear anything about that,

1303
01:53:31,920 --> 01:53:38,100
and in a strategy where that kind of site is unique

1304
01:53:38,100 --> 01:53:39,680
and stands out as a beacon,

1305
01:53:39,680 --> 01:53:40,680
and it's being closed.

1306
01:53:41,680 --> 01:53:43,440
Where does that get accounted for?

1307
01:53:48,260 --> 01:53:48,920
Thanks commissioner.

1308
01:53:49,460 --> 01:53:51,920
We are aware of the closure of the Sunderland site

1309
01:53:51,920 --> 01:53:53,360
we're partnering with the city of Portland

1310
01:53:53,360 --> 01:53:55,040
on making sure the folks that are in that site

1311
01:53:55,040 --> 01:53:56,080
have places to go.

1312
01:53:56,820 --> 01:53:59,840
And as we look forward to new elected administrations

1313
01:53:59,840 --> 01:54:01,020
on both sides of the river,

1314
01:54:01,220 --> 01:54:02,500
we'll be working together to ensure

1315
01:54:02,500 --> 01:54:03,980
that our community sheltering strategy

1316
01:54:03,980 --> 01:54:07,020
and the plan that the mayor has are complimentary

1317
01:54:07,020 --> 01:54:09,500
and working together under the homelessness response action plan.

1318
01:54:10,360 --> 01:54:15,200
So theoretically, places to go would be, this news site, we're going to open for a whole

1319
01:54:15,200 --> 01:54:21,740
bunch of money over years when we have one that's working perfectly and is a great example

1320
01:54:21,740 --> 01:54:23,240
and we should be replicating it.

1321
01:54:23,480 --> 01:54:26,020
That doesn't sound like a great sheltering strategy.

1322
01:54:26,340 --> 01:54:31,880
So I guess this is symbolic of everything that I feel that over eight years, the office

1323
01:54:31,880 --> 01:54:33,340
has said it doesn't do.

1324
01:54:33,840 --> 01:54:34,980
It's a non-strategy.

1325
01:54:34,980 --> 01:54:44,780
And I appreciate Sarah Fisher, I appreciate so much about you, and your work, and the organization, you help to establish.

1326
01:54:45,180 --> 01:54:48,880
And you serve so many with your heart and soul.

1327
01:54:49,560 --> 01:54:54,320
But you spoke to emptying the ocean with a teaspoon, or you spoke to the individual starfish.

1328
01:54:54,980 --> 01:54:59,200
And that is your work, you do that, you have that teaspoon.

1329
01:54:59,200 --> 01:55:01,660
our work is different at the county.

1330
01:55:01,820 --> 01:55:06,580
We need to manage the ocean, 10,000 people are unsheltered-ish.

1331
01:55:07,340 --> 01:55:13,880
This is 37 out of 10,000 here without the bigger strategy of where the other 90,

1332
01:55:14,060 --> 01:55:16,720
however many, 9,000, however many are going to go.

1333
01:55:17,200 --> 01:55:21,340
We purchased the site for $2.3 million that didn't come before the board.

1334
01:55:21,860 --> 01:55:23,260
Then there's going to be construction.

1335
01:55:24,040 --> 01:55:25,720
Don't know what that's going to be.

1336
01:55:25,720 --> 01:55:31,960
The plus a service provider who we don't know who it is, like what could we have done as the alternative?

1337
01:55:32,300 --> 01:55:36,800
Like no one can argue we need every space possible.

1338
01:55:37,480 --> 01:55:45,540
Our question is, what did you consider as alternatives for use of these funds in this money and this site?

1339
01:55:47,930 --> 01:55:55,670
This site has been an established part of the community sheltering plan which was designed by a work group of providers and elected officials and staff from the joint office.

1340
01:55:55,670 --> 01:56:03,770
So this this is a part of the plan. It has been a part of the plan the whole time and it is the the we feel the best use of these funds for this purpose.

1341
01:56:06,120 --> 01:56:17,380
I know I'm leaving so you can run out the clock and don't have to get me the information. I would love it if you could about how this cost benefit analysis was made in the scheme of an entire sheltering strategy.

1342
01:56:18,560 --> 01:56:47,200
When you have all of that charted out with the actions, not check boxes, but actual implementation steps, I would love to see that because all of this feels like governance by price release, what I've said, and it's happening, even as I speak, it sounds like you chair you called me right before this to say there's a plan you've been working on with the new and old mayors and it'll be 200 units of extreme weather shelter.

1343
01:56:47,880 --> 01:56:52,320
We don't know about, and when I asked you about how it's being funded, it wasn't clear.

1344
01:56:52,880 --> 01:56:54,280
It's like, well, we don't have the details.

1345
01:56:54,780 --> 01:56:57,180
We put these things out there without the details.

1346
01:56:57,360 --> 01:56:58,500
We need to know the details.

1347
01:56:58,760 --> 01:57:00,320
That's our job as the county.

1348
01:57:01,120 --> 01:57:09,900
So I'll just finish that I came in as a commissioner with as the greatest fan.

1349
01:57:10,100 --> 01:57:15,320
Like I was your cheerleader for the joint office, the support of housing service measure.

1350
01:57:15,320 --> 01:57:22,340
I was a fierce advocate, but everything I've seen from the front row seat as a policymaker,

1351
01:57:22,500 --> 01:57:28,120
as a frontline provider, since I've got here, has eroded my trust to the point of non-existence.

1352
01:57:28,680 --> 01:57:34,140
It's negative trust. My default now is to not believe what you say, because I feel trust

1353
01:57:34,140 --> 01:57:41,220
distrust has been earned. I hope you will earn it back, and I don't think I'm just speaking for

1354
01:57:41,220 --> 01:57:45,140
myself. I think I'm speaking for a lot of people in the public who feel this way.

1355
01:57:46,000 --> 01:57:52,080
I hope you will earn that trust back and that it will be brought to the incoming board.

1356
01:57:52,640 --> 01:57:58,340
We brought back for the public and my biggest hope is that the new board will hold you to account.

1357
01:57:58,580 --> 01:58:05,680
We'll have the courage to ask the deeper questions that people prefer not to be asked to speak like I'm speaking now,

1358
01:58:05,680 --> 01:58:08,160
which people prefer that I don't do.

1359
01:58:09,220 --> 01:58:13,120
I, to have the courage to vote, no one speak out on things.

1360
01:58:14,080 --> 01:58:15,700
Not just on individual projects,

1361
01:58:15,700 --> 01:58:17,040
but looking at bigger systems.

1362
01:58:17,320 --> 01:58:23,730
It's ironic and even poetic in a tragic way.

1363
01:58:23,850 --> 01:58:26,270
I guess that this is one of my final votes

1364
01:58:26,270 --> 01:58:28,330
on my final day at a board meeting.

1365
01:58:28,730 --> 01:58:31,210
Because I feel it's every emblematic

1366
01:58:31,210 --> 01:58:34,170
of everything wrong with how the county does business.

1367
01:58:34,170 --> 01:58:58,850
and in terms of engaging with the public planning, delay, use of funds, accountability, I pray that we, I don't pray, I don't ever pray, but I hope and advocate for a deep forensic and performance audit of the joint office because things I see are not right.

1368
01:58:58,850 --> 01:59:10,610
As I've said before, I regret that I have but one final no vote to give to my county, but it will be a no vote on the overarching thing.

1369
01:59:10,830 --> 01:59:11,630
I support the amendment.

1370
01:59:12,490 --> 01:59:13,450
Great, thank you.

1371
01:59:13,550 --> 01:59:16,210
Marina, can we have a roll call vote on the amendment, please?

1372
01:59:17,050 --> 01:59:17,790
Commissioner Mayeron?

1373
01:59:18,370 --> 01:59:18,570
Aye.

1374
01:59:18,930 --> 01:59:19,910
Commissioner Singleton?

1375
01:59:21,010 --> 01:59:21,570
Aye.

1376
01:59:22,130 --> 01:59:22,910
Commissioner Brim Edwards?

1377
01:59:23,330 --> 01:59:23,530
Aye.

1378
01:59:23,890 --> 01:59:24,650
Commissioner Stegman?

1379
01:59:24,950 --> 01:59:25,130
Aye.

1380
01:59:25,490 --> 01:59:26,250
Chair Vega Peterson?

1381
01:59:26,710 --> 01:59:27,790
Aye, the amendment passes.

1382
01:59:27,790 --> 01:59:36,570
So now we return to deliberation on the underlying item and everyone has had a chance to

1383
01:59:36,570 --> 01:59:36,950
speak.

1384
01:59:37,090 --> 01:59:38,910
I want to see if we're ready for the vote.

1385
01:59:41,290 --> 01:59:42,630
Just a final comment.

1386
01:59:44,590 --> 01:59:49,070
First of all, thank you to my fellow commissioners for approving the amendment.

1387
01:59:49,610 --> 01:59:57,850
I do, I think our work, our community wants us to address homelessness and increase the

1388
01:59:57,850 --> 01:59:59,970
amount of shelters and provide better-

1389
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:28,540
There are options for people living on the streets without basic services, and at the same time for us to have continued trust and support for our work. And for the community to champion our work, we need to upper game in how we engage the community. It can't just be informing them. It needs to be in a way in which there's real engagement. They get answers to the questions, even if they don't like the answers.

1390
02:00:28,540 --> 02:00:34,720
that they understand what our process is and they don't feel that it's all just happening

1391
02:00:34,720 --> 02:00:38,620
to them because if you're on the east side of Portland you feel often that things are

1392
02:00:38,620 --> 02:00:41,660
going to happen to you and then you don't have a lot of say.

1393
02:00:42,960 --> 02:00:49,080
So I hope that the amendments provide space for the community, both the school community

1394
02:00:49,080 --> 02:00:53,580
the impairments, neighbors to have that engagement.

1395
02:00:53,960 --> 02:01:00,440
I think we saw in the Oak Street project that there was acting engagement from the neighborhood

1396
02:01:00,440 --> 02:01:04,600
association, from neighbors, from businesses, and reached an agreement.

1397
02:01:04,900 --> 02:01:11,560
And now the county needs to make sure that we implement it with fidelity and that we make

1398
02:01:12,110 --> 02:01:17,040
sure that we live up to those commitments because it will be a signal to just down the street

1399
02:01:17,040 --> 02:01:23,720
to how we're going to operate at Harrison Park and I think we should look at some of the

1400
02:01:23,720 --> 02:01:28,940
lessons learned from this and how do we incorporate them going forward because if we look at

1401
02:01:28,940 --> 02:01:34,000
the number of people we need to shelter in the community. This isn't going to be the

1402
02:01:34,000 --> 02:01:41,220
only time we need to do it. So I really appreciate the community bringing

1403
02:01:41,220 --> 02:01:49,920
their concerns and the joint office staff for actively engaging them and I hope this next year

1404
02:01:51,020 --> 02:01:56,220
we see have a successful conclusion to the Good Neighbour agreements that we have a safe

1405
02:01:56,220 --> 02:02:02,620
route to the school plan. I just want to also mention that during the meeting I went on to the

1406
02:02:02,620 --> 02:02:09,480
website and it seems like we could be dropping in more information that would be starting to add

1407
02:02:09,480 --> 02:02:16,000
that's these questions. I don't see in there. Yesterday I got a, you know, a nice detail

1408
02:02:16,000 --> 02:02:20,140
the outline of when the big chunks of work around the engagement and the planning and

1409
02:02:20,140 --> 02:02:24,760
the provider process were going to happen, but I'm not seeing it necessarily on the website.

1410
02:02:25,060 --> 02:02:32,620
And again, continuing to push this information out because information empowers people

1411
02:02:33,260 --> 02:02:39,160
to be able to make their voices heard, to engage. And, you know, hopefully we have a successful

1412
02:02:39,480 --> 02:02:45,200
opening and a successful engagement with our community and that we are going to continue to build

1413
02:02:45,200 --> 02:02:48,680
that trust because it's absolutely going to be fundamental for our work ahead.

1414
02:02:49,760 --> 02:02:54,360
Thank you, thank you, Commissioner. So I just have a few remarks and then we'll go to the vote.

1415
02:02:55,080 --> 02:03:02,580
I mean I so you know every single time we create a shelter whether it is Arbor Lodge in North

1416
02:03:02,580 --> 02:03:08,160
Portland whether it is the East County homeless resource center that is happening in Gresham

1417
02:03:08,160 --> 02:03:10,080
and whether it is the partnerships that we do

1418
02:03:10,080 --> 02:03:12,140
with the city and opening up the tax sites, right?

1419
02:03:12,260 --> 02:03:18,000
There is always, the process of doing it is just as important

1420
02:03:18,000 --> 02:03:20,540
as what we are doing and what we were building there

1421
02:03:20,540 --> 02:03:24,500
because we know that in order for our shelter strategy

1422
02:03:24,500 --> 02:03:27,600
to be successful in order to address our crisis of homelessness

1423
02:03:27,600 --> 02:03:30,200
and in order to really move people through the pathway

1424
02:03:30,200 --> 02:03:36,200
into permanent housing, we need to have these resources

1425
02:03:36,200 --> 02:03:43,600
throughout our community, and so I appreciate having had lived in East Portland for 18 years,

1426
02:03:43,760 --> 02:03:50,880
having formally represented this district that there has been an ongoing need for resources

1427
02:03:50,880 --> 02:03:57,740
to that are available for the people who are experiencing homelessness who live right

1428
02:03:57,740 --> 02:03:58,500
in this area.

1429
02:03:58,680 --> 02:04:02,820
This has been the case since I became a commissioner and even before that.

1430
02:04:03,400 --> 02:04:12,120
I think that, you know, of key piece of the success of this is really working to ensure that people from the neighborhood are prioritized for access to shelter.

1431
02:04:12,280 --> 02:04:13,840
That is something that is a priority for me.

1432
02:04:13,920 --> 02:04:19,780
I've said it multiple times because we want these to be resources for all of the neighbors there.

1433
02:04:20,340 --> 02:04:28,160
I think that the joint office has made big improvements in how you are engaging with the community.

1434
02:04:28,160 --> 02:04:32,840
I think making sure that that is consistent and robust through all of this work

1435
02:04:33,700 --> 02:04:35,260
Has to continue to happen

1436
02:04:36,660 --> 02:04:37,140
and

1437
02:04:37,140 --> 02:04:39,320
I know that there are

1438
02:04:40,480 --> 02:04:45,060
Conversations that are happening with PPS that they will be happening and have been happening with P.

1439
02:04:45,120 --> 02:04:48,720
But I will say like the fact that there are no sidewalks here the fact that

1440
02:04:48,720 --> 02:04:52,660
Mill Street has been a greenway in East Portland for years

1441
02:04:52,660 --> 02:04:57,980
I mean my family and I would take that route as we would as we were driving or as we were biking down to

1442
02:04:58,160 --> 02:05:03,120
amount table, like that has been the case for years here. So I think what we're trying

1443
02:05:03,120 --> 02:05:09,920
to do is add resources and then hopefully, you know, use this as a way to really spur

1444
02:05:09,920 --> 02:05:15,720
some conversation and investment about the need and the priorities, whether it is, you

1445
02:05:15,720 --> 02:05:21,060
know, children and families who are walking to school, or whether it is, you know, people

1446
02:05:21,060 --> 02:05:24,000
who are using it for a greenery, or whether it is the people who are using the businesses

1447
02:05:24,000 --> 02:05:28,580
This is where the services that are going on, 82nd Avenue, this is a piece of it, but

1448
02:05:28,580 --> 02:05:33,480
we have to continue our commitment to the Shelter and Strategy that we have and the work

1449
02:05:33,480 --> 02:05:34,400
that is going on here.

1450
02:05:34,620 --> 02:05:40,840
So, we have a year runway before this will be open, there is going to be a lot of opportunity

1451
02:05:40,840 --> 02:05:44,960
and my expectation that there are going to be a lot of conversations that are happening

1452
02:05:44,960 --> 02:05:49,700
with partners and stakeholders that we have done that model and we will continue to do that

1453
02:05:49,700 --> 02:05:56,240
model as we move forward but I mean engaging with the provider when the provider is selected

1454
02:05:56,240 --> 02:06:00,860
and really making sure that the community understands that that relationship in that

1455
02:06:00,860 --> 02:06:05,820
network. I think you have made a good start with the oak street and made really big strides

1456
02:06:05,820 --> 02:06:10,780
in that area and you know I know that will be the case here. So just appreciate this, appreciate

1457
02:06:10,780 --> 02:06:16,540
everyone who came out. I'm so glad the community did come out to talk about this because your

1458
02:06:16,540 --> 02:06:21,680
your voices are important and do have impact on our work and the way that these things move forward.

1459
02:06:22,180 --> 02:06:22,680
So thank you.

1460
02:06:22,820 --> 02:06:24,200
Marina, can we have a roll call vote?

1461
02:06:24,840 --> 02:06:25,700
Commissioner Mayeron?

1462
02:06:26,060 --> 02:06:26,640
No.

1463
02:06:26,960 --> 02:06:27,760
Commissioner Singleton?

1464
02:06:29,180 --> 02:06:29,760
Aye.

1465
02:06:30,540 --> 02:06:31,660
Commissioner Brim Edwards?

1466
02:06:32,300 --> 02:06:32,540
Yes.

1467
02:06:32,940 --> 02:06:33,680
Commissioner Stegman?

1468
02:06:34,020 --> 02:06:34,180
Aye.

1469
02:06:34,560 --> 02:06:35,360
Chair Vega-Peterson?

1470
02:06:35,700 --> 02:06:35,840
Aye.

1471
02:06:36,020 --> 02:06:36,960
The resolution is adopted.

1472
02:06:38,380 --> 02:06:44,500
R2, ordinate submitting MCC chapter 39 of the zoning code to add a reference to standards applying

1473
02:06:44,500 --> 02:06:52,400
I am applicable in the significant environmental concern for streams overlay zone and declaring an emergency.

1474
02:06:53,400 --> 02:06:54,340
So moved.

1475
02:06:55,300 --> 02:06:56,080
Commissioner Mayer moves.

1476
02:06:56,200 --> 02:06:58,360
Commissioner Stegman seconds approval of R2.

1477
02:06:58,560 --> 02:06:58,980
Good morning.

1478
02:07:00,040 --> 02:07:04,320
Good morning, Chair Peterson and good morning commissioners.

1479
02:07:04,380 --> 02:07:09,520
For the record, I'm Kevin Cook, senior planner with the Department of Community Services.

1480
02:07:09,520 --> 02:07:15,060
This is, I'm joined this morning by Deputy Planning Director Adam Barber.

1481
02:07:16,180 --> 02:07:22,860
And this is, this ordinance before you today is really just a simple fix.

1482
02:07:23,680 --> 02:07:33,980
Back on last month on November 21st, the board passed an ordinance number 1330, which relates

1483
02:07:33,980 --> 02:07:39,580
leads to amendments to significant environmental concern regulations.

1484
02:07:40,640 --> 02:07:52,700
And unfortunately, that ordinance, we inadvertently left out a single piece of standard that relates

1485
02:07:52,700 --> 02:07:56,300
to stream overlays and their protections.

1486
02:07:56,300 --> 02:08:05,500
And so what this ordinance does, it simply adds that piece back and we do request adoption

1487
02:08:05,500 --> 02:08:13,540
by emergency so that the effective date lines up which is December 21st.

1488
02:08:14,200 --> 02:08:16,460
So that's really it in a nutshell.

1489
02:08:16,780 --> 02:08:21,440
I can certainly answer any specific questions if you have them for me or for Adam.

1490
02:08:22,000 --> 02:08:22,300
Great.

1491
02:08:22,700 --> 02:08:23,660
Thank you so much.

1492
02:08:23,660 --> 02:08:24,820
I would like to appreciate you being here.

1493
02:08:25,560 --> 02:08:27,540
Do we have any questions on this item?

1494
02:08:31,330 --> 02:08:33,150
We're going to do we have any public testimony on this item.

1495
02:08:33,590 --> 02:08:34,370
Okay, thank you.

1496
02:08:34,450 --> 02:08:35,230
Can we have a roll call vote?

1497
02:08:36,090 --> 02:08:37,010
Commissioner Mayeron?

1498
02:08:37,670 --> 02:08:38,150
Aye.

1499
02:08:38,550 --> 02:08:39,310
Commissioner Singleton?

1500
02:08:40,430 --> 02:08:40,910
Aye.

1501
02:08:41,410 --> 02:08:42,270
Commissioner Brum Edwards?

1502
02:08:42,670 --> 02:08:42,810
Aye.

1503
02:08:43,210 --> 02:08:43,950
Commissioner Stegman?

1504
02:08:44,250 --> 02:08:44,410
Aye.

1505
02:08:44,790 --> 02:08:45,450
Chair Vega Peterson?

1506
02:08:45,910 --> 02:08:46,030
Aye.

1507
02:08:46,190 --> 02:08:48,290
The ordinance is adopted by emergency.

1508
02:08:48,910 --> 02:08:49,510
Thank you.

1509
02:08:50,270 --> 02:08:53,870
All right, three, resolution approving the library capital bond program.

1510
02:08:53,870 --> 02:09:04,190
St. John's Library Project plans to proceed with construction per administrative procedure, FAC-1, and authorizing the county chair to execute a guaranteed maximum price amendment.

1511
02:09:04,670 --> 02:09:06,110
So moved. Second.

1512
02:09:06,510 --> 02:09:07,290
Commissioner Mayer removes.

1513
02:09:07,490 --> 02:09:10,290
Commissioner segment seconds approval of our three.

1514
02:09:10,510 --> 02:09:17,250
So we have our some folks on our library project team here today on November 13th.

1515
02:09:17,250 --> 02:09:21,410
I think several of us were delighted to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the St. John's Library.

1516
02:09:21,410 --> 02:09:32,810
that day I was also glad to connect with community members, many of whom voiced concerns about losing their library services in St. John's and what with this mean, especially with the closest library being three miles away.

1517
02:09:33,530 --> 02:09:41,070
I'm very happy to hear that the library is actively working with the St. John's Neighborhood Association to address as many of the concerns as possible.

1518
02:09:41,070 --> 02:09:43,930
for example, community members from St. John's

1519
02:09:43,930 --> 02:09:46,010
and the North Portland community should know

1520
02:09:46,010 --> 02:09:47,570
that we are going to have a library program

1521
02:09:47,570 --> 02:09:50,990
at your local community centers, as well as mobile library visits

1522
02:09:50,990 --> 02:09:52,970
at Cathedral Park on a regular basis.

1523
02:09:53,710 --> 02:09:55,770
These will provide access to Wi-Fi, computers,

1524
02:09:56,010 --> 02:09:58,030
and printing, scanning, and copying services.

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02:09:58,650 --> 02:10:02,210
Library, director, Annie Lewis is not here today,

1526
02:10:02,630 --> 02:10:05,410
but we'd like folks to, if we want to hear more about this work.

1527
02:10:06,470 --> 02:10:07,970
With the back one today though,

1528
02:10:08,050 --> 02:10:10,370
we're talking about the construction of the new facility.

1529
02:10:10,370 --> 02:10:15,710
Multnomah County Library is starting construction at one of its vital renovations and expansions.

1530
02:10:16,050 --> 02:10:20,830
The St. John's Library is going to grow to approximately 8,500 square feet, which preserves

1531
02:10:20,830 --> 02:10:23,190
the original Carnegie building and adds a new addition.

1532
02:10:23,770 --> 02:10:30,010
I actually had the opportunity to go out into the East County Library site last night and

1533
02:10:30,010 --> 02:10:34,590
it was amazing and incredible to see what is being built there and it's just again so exciting

1534
02:10:34,590 --> 02:10:38,150
to see all of this work happening for this investment in our community.

1535
02:10:38,150 --> 02:10:43,090
So I'm going to turn it over to the project management team who is here to tell us more good morning

1536
02:10:44,730 --> 02:10:50,350
Good morning chair and commissioners. My name is Kate Vance. I use she her pronouns, and I'm the library

1537
02:10:50,870 --> 02:10:51,590
capital-bond

1538
02:10:52,170 --> 02:10:54,250
program deputy director for DCA

1539
02:10:55,250 --> 02:11:01,050
Good morning chair and commissioners. My name is Elise Henderson, and I am the PM for the St. John's library project

1540
02:11:02,870 --> 02:11:03,810
Next slide please

1541
02:11:04,430 --> 02:11:06,050
Thank you for having us here today.

1542
02:11:06,470 --> 02:11:10,950
I am headed out to East County Library right after this, so I will be there shortly.

1543
02:11:12,250 --> 02:11:17,250
And we are really excited to be here today because we are requesting our ninth and final

1544
02:11:17,250 --> 02:11:21,250
request to proceed with construction and our guaranteed maximum price amendments.

1545
02:11:21,470 --> 02:11:24,670
So this is the last of our major projects for the bond program.

1546
02:11:26,570 --> 02:11:32,810
And we will follow the program that we've for the agenda and outline that we've used on

1547
02:11:32,810 --> 02:11:37,450
all of our previous ones, we'll touch very briefly on the bond overview, we'll look at

1548
02:11:37,450 --> 02:11:44,210
the project goals, touch on the scope, give a design update, let you know where we're

1549
02:11:44,210 --> 02:11:49,650
at with the budget and schedule, and as well as sustainability and our an our diversity

1550
02:11:49,650 --> 02:11:53,890
participation before we request approval. Next slide please.

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02:11:56,380 --> 02:12:01,640
This graphic is exactly the same as our November graphic, so there have been no changes.

1552
02:12:04,950 --> 02:12:11,300
and next slide please and this graphic should also be familiar with you there

1553
02:12:11,300 --> 02:12:14,400
have been no changes since we last met and with that I will turn it over to

1554
02:12:14,400 --> 02:12:19,800
Elise to talk about the St. John's project. So St. John's library, oh, next slide.

1555
02:12:21,980 --> 02:12:25,460
St. John's library has one of the smallest footprints of the Milnoma County

1556
02:12:25,460 --> 02:12:29,840
libraries and as Kate mentioned it is the ninth and last of the major projects

1557
02:12:29,840 --> 02:12:35,060
of the bond program. So with this project the building will grow from about 5,000

1558
02:12:35,060 --> 02:12:40,480
square feet to just over 7,000 square feet on the same site and that doesn't include the

1559
02:12:40,480 --> 02:12:45,840
basement square footage. The original Carnegie building will remain with renovations like

1560
02:12:45,840 --> 02:12:51,560
seismic upgrades and some minor plan changes. The new 2,900 square foot addition which replaces

1561
02:12:51,560 --> 02:12:57,140
the addition that was built in the late 90s with the last bond program will be added behind

1562
02:12:57,140 --> 02:13:02,780
the original building at the back of the site. The design team, architects, coordinated

1563
02:13:02,780 --> 02:13:07,720
an extensive community engagement effort that included paid community design advocates

1564
02:13:07,720 --> 02:13:12,720
that worked with their diverse community groups and a variety of public meetings, surveys

1565
02:13:12,720 --> 02:13:18,540
and workshops. One of the community engagement activities was a public vote to select the

1566
02:13:18,540 --> 02:13:24,760
interior color palette. There were 766 votes cast, both online and in person. And the winning

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02:13:24,760 --> 02:13:31,040
color option was called Forest Park Views with the cool blues and greens and warm tones

1568
02:13:31,040 --> 02:13:32,560
reflecting the colors in nature.

1569
02:13:33,580 --> 02:13:36,720
Based on community input, the design features a new play

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02:13:36,720 --> 02:13:38,800
in learning space for children and families.

1571
02:13:39,360 --> 02:13:41,620
Flexible meeting spaces for community use,

1572
02:13:41,820 --> 02:13:44,700
a teen area with space for technology, homework,

1573
02:13:44,940 --> 02:13:48,460
and creative expression, upgraded technology and internet,

1574
02:13:48,840 --> 02:13:50,820
and new art that represents the community.

1575
02:13:51,440 --> 02:13:51,840
Next slide.

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02:13:55,500 --> 02:13:58,620
So this is a rendering of the exterior showing

1577
02:13:58,620 --> 02:14:01,260
the existing Carnegie structure with the new addition

1578
02:14:01,260 --> 02:14:04,200
behind it. Next slide.

1579
02:14:06,380 --> 02:14:10,040
And then moving inside, here's a rendering from the main entry with the

1580
02:14:10,040 --> 02:14:14,160
new welcome desk to the left and some of the adult collections just to the right of the image.

1581
02:14:14,760 --> 02:14:18,780
And then from the main entry, you'll be able to see all the way down through to the new edition

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02:14:19,440 --> 02:14:24,800
that will house the new play and learning space for children and families. The decorative feature that

1583
02:14:24,800 --> 02:14:31,160
you can see on the ceiling is a special art feature that Bora will create using images created from

1584
02:14:31,160 --> 02:14:33,140
some of the community engagement workshops.

1585
02:14:33,900 --> 02:14:34,340
Next slide.

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02:14:37,080 --> 02:14:40,260
And then this last rendering is of the new Woodframe

1587
02:14:40,260 --> 02:14:43,120
Edition, where it connects to the existing structure.

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02:14:43,740 --> 02:14:45,760
And it includes the new play and learning space

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02:14:45,760 --> 02:14:46,980
for children's and families.

1590
02:14:47,340 --> 02:14:49,480
And it'll also feature an installation

1591
02:14:49,480 --> 02:14:50,660
by the Crippurgeon Group.

1592
02:14:51,220 --> 02:14:53,380
And then beyond the kids' area is a door

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02:14:53,380 --> 02:14:54,940
to the new community flex room.

1594
02:14:55,620 --> 02:14:56,380
Next slide.

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02:14:58,470 --> 02:14:59,910
And then here's our floor plan.

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02:15:00,080 --> 02:15:29,920
The red arrow shows the main entry at the front of the original structure, and then upon entering, the first thing you'll see is the new welcome desk, which will have clear sightlines to the patron computer tables and adult collections. And as you move towards the right, there are two small flex rooms and an enclosed teen space, some flexible seating, and moving further towards the right is the children's seating area with the kids' tech area. And then the red square shows the footprint

1597
02:15:29,920 --> 02:15:32,440
of the new addition that homes the children's collection

1598
02:15:32,440 --> 02:15:36,640
in play area, a large flex room and staff area

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02:15:36,640 --> 02:15:39,080
with the new automated material handling unit.

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02:15:39,700 --> 02:15:40,080
Next slide.

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02:15:43,360 --> 02:15:46,420
So our current authorized budget is 13.3 million.

1602
02:15:47,180 --> 02:15:49,200
Our proposed guaranteed maximum price

1603
02:15:49,200 --> 02:15:51,340
with our general contractor, Howard S. Wright,

1604
02:15:51,740 --> 02:15:55,100
is 8.95 million, and that amount includes

1605
02:15:55,100 --> 02:15:58,200
about a 5% owners controlled contingency.

1606
02:15:59,140 --> 02:15:59,640
Next slide.

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02:16:02,080 --> 02:16:04,980
St. John's Library closed to the public in October.

1608
02:16:05,520 --> 02:16:09,940
Howard S. Wright mobilized at the start of this month shortly after the groundbreaking ceremony.

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02:16:10,720 --> 02:16:18,080
We are tracking substantial completion next winter at 2026 and then early spring 2026 opening.

1610
02:16:18,600 --> 02:16:23,080
We take a good news this week. We received our building permits, so it was approved and issued,

1611
02:16:23,260 --> 02:16:27,600
which is always a great milestone. And then with the approval of the GMP amendment,

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02:16:27,600 --> 02:16:31,580
We can target the GMP amendment execution in early January.

1613
02:16:32,720 --> 02:16:33,280
Next slide.

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02:16:36,310 --> 02:16:40,350
For sustainability, we are tracking well into lead gold at 67 points.

1615
02:16:41,370 --> 02:16:47,410
Are yet energy use intensity or EUI, which is a measure of the amount of energy used in a given building area?

1616
02:16:47,990 --> 02:16:49,510
The lower the number, the better.

1617
02:16:50,250 --> 02:16:58,190
And our designated EUI for St. John's at this point is 41.7, which exceeds the requirements for both lead and the Oregon energy code.

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02:16:59,070 --> 02:16:59,870
next slide.

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02:17:02,900 --> 02:17:07,960
Right now we are tracking about 26% COVID participation with more than half

1620
02:17:07,960 --> 02:17:15,540
of that from women owned businesses and our target goal for participation is 25%. And

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02:17:15,540 --> 02:17:17,100
with that I will turn it over to Kate.

1622
02:17:19,320 --> 02:17:21,740
Thank you Elise. Today we are asking the board

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02:17:21,740 --> 02:17:26,480
for approval to proceed with the next step in the construction phase and approving the GMP

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02:17:26,480 --> 02:17:32,060
amount for the St. John's Library. I will note that we do have our library colleagues

1625
02:17:32,060 --> 02:17:36,520
in the audience if they have if we have questions about service and with that I'll open it

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02:17:36,520 --> 02:17:37,640
up for questions and comments.

1627
02:17:40,990 --> 02:17:43,030
Thank you so much. Marina, do we have any public

1628
02:17:43,030 --> 02:17:44,610
testimony on this item? No, chair.

1629
02:17:47,630 --> 02:17:50,090
Oh, we have lightning. Okay. We will go to the board

1630
02:17:50,090 --> 02:17:52,790
for questions as soon as we get down the public testimony. Thank you.

1631
02:18:13,060 --> 02:18:14,160
Yes, my name is Lightning

1632
02:18:14,160 --> 02:18:18,400
and I represent Laney, superhumanity, R&D lab X.

1633
02:18:19,160 --> 02:18:21,980
I absolutely approve of this resolution.

1634
02:18:22,560 --> 02:18:28,220
And again, I want to commend the library for

1635
02:18:28,220 --> 02:18:31,880
doing outstanding work on their new libraries and their renovations.

1636
02:18:33,420 --> 02:18:40,020
Again, one of the services I want to make sure that patrons are up to date with would be, again, on chat.

1637
02:18:40,020 --> 02:18:47,280
that GPT and possibly CROC and offering those type of services to patrons in the library.

1638
02:18:47,740 --> 02:18:57,680
Again, just on the headphones that they use on the laptops, I really think that they need to upgrade those.

1639
02:18:58,180 --> 02:19:01,820
I think some of the headphones they have are really outdated.

1640
02:19:02,160 --> 02:19:06,000
I think they could actually be harming the ears of patrons.

1641
02:19:06,000 --> 02:19:16,640
and we need to get up with the latest technology and somehow have them be able to check those headphones out, use them.

1642
02:19:17,320 --> 02:19:25,040
Again, I'm more worried about their ears. I've used some of those old ones that they have and actually kind of hurts my ears.

1643
02:19:25,260 --> 02:19:32,400
So I've updated a real nice pair, but a lot of the patrons in there don't have that opportunity to go out and buy a nice pair.

1644
02:19:33,020 --> 02:19:37,020
So I think that's something to really look at from a health issue at Multnomah County.

1645
02:19:37,900 --> 02:19:42,520
And again, like I say, I really like the work on the Gresham Library Commissioner Stegman.

1646
02:19:42,640 --> 02:19:45,440
I know had a lot of influence on that.

1647
02:19:46,100 --> 02:19:48,840
And I really like what they're going to do there.

1648
02:19:49,400 --> 02:19:59,900
And as I've stated to Commissioner Stegman, I want to maybe use the same builders in the type of construction on the new Multnomah County Animal Services property.

1649
02:19:59,900 --> 02:20:06,200
I think that type of construction in the builders have done an outstanding job there.

1650
02:20:06,920 --> 02:20:11,040
And again, to give Mr. Remiron, it's been a pleasure.

1651
02:20:12,180 --> 02:20:17,880
You are the Red Rose of Multnomah County, and I sincerely mean that.

1652
02:20:18,980 --> 02:20:23,740
And to give Mr. Stegman, you are the Red Rose of Multnomah County.

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02:20:25,820 --> 02:20:32,620
enjoy your other things that you want to do and I'm sure you'll do quite well.

1654
02:20:33,660 --> 02:20:37,520
And it's been an absolute pleasure and a lot of times from my position when

1655
02:20:37,520 --> 02:20:42,180
you hear me kind of saying things and you kind of sit back and go oh why does

1656
02:20:42,180 --> 02:20:47,280
he say something like that? Well that's what public communication is. That's what

1657
02:20:47,840 --> 02:20:53,400
addressing the government with your grievances and having freedom of speech to

1658
02:20:53,400 --> 02:21:00,820
be able to say that in the council chambers is so very important and that's why more

1659
02:21:00,820 --> 02:21:06,740
people should join in to do public communication. And again, like I say, it's been an absolute

1660
02:21:06,740 --> 02:21:14,140
pleasure. Thank you. Thank you. All right. We'll go to the board for questions and comments

1661
02:21:14,140 --> 02:21:22,540
and we will start with Commissioner Remedowitz. I don't have any questions. I had an opportunity

1662
02:21:22,540 --> 02:21:26,520
this morning to go out and see what's happening with the East County Library and, oh, so exciting,

1663
02:21:26,720 --> 02:21:33,280
so I can't wait because I know it's in the future for North Portland, which I know it's

1664
02:21:33,280 --> 02:21:41,640
going to be an amazing library and it's already a beloved library, but even more so when it's been

1665
02:21:41,640 --> 02:21:46,280
improved, so fully supportive. Thank you. Commissioner Singleton.

1666
02:21:48,830 --> 02:21:51,350
Thank you. This was my neighborhood

1667
02:21:51,350 --> 02:21:57,650
library, so I am very excited about the future of this space. And do want to also, as

1668
02:21:57,650 --> 02:22:04,350
Chair Vega Peterson said, appreciate the library and staff for engaging with our

1669
02:22:04,350 --> 02:22:09,750
neighbors and making sure that we're finding spaces for some temporary services. And

1670
02:22:09,750 --> 02:22:16,170
also appreciate being availed of that information so I can be sharing it out amongst our district

1671
02:22:16,170 --> 02:22:22,510
two folks make sure people are updated. I have one question about the COVID goals in particular.

1672
02:22:23,490 --> 02:22:28,290
Do we have any breakdowns of what this translates to into dollars into these businesses,

1673
02:22:28,650 --> 02:22:32,170
or is that something that we can find as this construction moves forward?

1674
02:22:33,630 --> 02:22:37,910
Yes, we track all of that information. It's not part of our normal presentation to this,

1675
02:22:38,110 --> 02:22:41,810
but it is included. We do have that and I can make sure that we get that to you.

1676
02:22:41,810 --> 02:22:43,910
So, awesome. Thank you.

1677
02:22:44,490 --> 02:22:45,830
Thank you, Commissioner Myron.

1678
02:22:47,110 --> 02:22:52,890
I do not have any questions, but thank you so much for everything.

1679
02:22:53,030 --> 02:22:57,070
And I look forward to hearing about all of this exciting work

1680
02:22:58,310 --> 02:23:04,290
from the standpoint of just reading the news and finding out.

1681
02:23:04,670 --> 02:23:09,330
So, but I will always be there to support you and your work and the library.

1682
02:23:09,330 --> 02:23:10,210
Thank you.

1683
02:23:11,530 --> 02:23:12,230
Thank you.

1684
02:23:12,370 --> 02:23:12,650
Thank you.

1685
02:23:12,650 --> 02:23:12,950
Commissioner Segment.

1686
02:23:13,790 --> 02:23:14,310
Thank you, Chair.

1687
02:23:14,550 --> 02:23:15,170
Thank you, Kate.

1688
02:23:15,350 --> 02:23:15,710
Annelise.

1689
02:23:16,430 --> 02:23:19,970
And thank you for the opportunity to go out and do the beam signing.

1690
02:23:20,570 --> 02:23:24,030
I'm not sure why they scheduled it when they did, but I did get to sign the beam.

1691
02:23:24,270 --> 02:23:26,310
Not that anyone's going to excuse me.

1692
02:23:26,430 --> 02:23:29,130
See it because it will go on the top of the building.

1693
02:23:29,830 --> 02:23:37,310
But I just wanted to comment how much I appreciate and how important our libraries are.

1694
02:23:37,310 --> 02:23:44,390
and the refresh that I saw at Fairview and Troutdale and then you know the new

1695
02:23:44,390 --> 02:23:49,030
additions and of course the East County library. I don't think that there is a

1696
02:23:49,030 --> 02:23:57,850
time that our community needed it more than ever to have a place of healing and a

1697
02:23:57,850 --> 02:24:04,670
place of gathering and a place of hope and that's what the libraries have done

1698
02:24:04,670 --> 02:24:07,450
And then I see a chair, former chair,

1699
02:24:07,630 --> 02:24:11,890
Debra Cofore here, who led on that bond measure.

1700
02:24:12,110 --> 02:24:14,770
And I had the pleasure of working with her on it.

1701
02:24:15,790 --> 02:24:18,970
And it's really reverberating through our community

1702
02:24:19,400 --> 02:24:24,290
at a time when people need something to uplift their spirits.

1703
02:24:24,570 --> 02:24:25,890
So thank you so much for the work.

1704
02:24:28,110 --> 02:24:30,250
Yes, thank you so much for all this.

1705
02:24:30,390 --> 02:24:31,150
I don't have any questions.

1706
02:24:31,190 --> 02:24:32,470
I just really appreciate the work

1707
02:24:32,470 --> 02:24:34,070
that the library has done on this project.

1708
02:24:34,070 --> 02:24:35,990
and also the close work with the community.

1709
02:24:37,010 --> 02:24:39,850
And we are very excited to see this move forward.

1710
02:24:40,330 --> 02:24:41,050
So thank you.

1711
02:24:41,130 --> 02:24:42,390
Renek, can we have a roll call vote?

1712
02:24:43,030 --> 02:24:43,890
Commissioner Amirin.

1713
02:24:44,590 --> 02:24:45,190
Aye.

1714
02:24:45,550 --> 02:24:46,290
Commissioner Singleton.

1715
02:24:47,450 --> 02:24:48,050
Aye.

1716
02:24:48,510 --> 02:24:49,230
Commissioner Bram Edwards.

1717
02:24:49,730 --> 02:24:49,890
Yes.

1718
02:24:50,430 --> 02:24:51,290
Commissioner Stegman.

1719
02:24:51,650 --> 02:24:51,830
Aye.

1720
02:24:52,110 --> 02:24:52,710
Chair Vega Peterson.

1721
02:24:53,290 --> 02:24:53,430
Aye.

1722
02:24:53,650 --> 02:24:54,650
The resolution is adopted.

1723
02:24:55,270 --> 02:24:56,050
Thank you.

1724
02:24:56,910 --> 02:24:57,370
Thank you.

1725
02:24:57,990 --> 02:25:00,970
Our four, recognition of Commissioner Laurie Stegman.

1726
02:25:02,770 --> 02:25:06,650
So, oh, I thought it was just so much.

1727
02:25:06,910 --> 02:25:11,510
Oh, we can move our recognition for.

1728
02:25:13,810 --> 02:25:15,510
I'm glad you're getting the clean access ready.

1729
02:25:16,130 --> 02:25:21,610
So, I'm really, really happy to have this opportunity to kick off this tribute to my friend

1730
02:25:21,610 --> 02:25:23,050
and colleague Roy Stegman.

1731
02:25:23,810 --> 02:25:25,210
This is a really big day.

1732
02:25:25,470 --> 02:25:29,890
It brings me really great joy to welcome everyone who is here today to honor the work and the

1733
02:25:29,890 --> 02:25:31,630
legacy that you have built, Lori.

1734
02:25:32,390 --> 02:25:35,010
You know, this is really a momentous week at Multnomah County

1735
02:25:35,010 --> 02:25:37,150
where we've been saying our goodby to Commissioner

1736
02:25:37,150 --> 02:25:38,570
or Myron and Commissioner Stegman.

1737
02:25:39,550 --> 02:25:42,710
I have to say, I have nothing but praise for the steadfast

1738
02:25:42,710 --> 02:25:45,190
work, dedication, leadership, and representation

1739
02:25:45,190 --> 02:25:48,890
you have brought every single day as you serve district four

1740
02:25:48,890 --> 02:25:50,290
for the past eight years.

1741
02:25:52,490 --> 02:25:55,890
Lori and I both joined the board, as well as with Sharon

1742
02:25:55,890 --> 02:25:58,070
in 2017 and January.

1743
02:25:58,070 --> 02:26:02,750
And, Laurie, when you and I joined, both of us were providing diverse representation for our districts

1744
02:26:02,750 --> 02:26:10,210
and bringing, you know, this kind of community-servant leadership model to the county board of commissioners.

1745
02:26:10,690 --> 02:26:17,210
You are the first Korean-American and the first Asian-American elected to the Multnomah County Board of commissioners

1746
02:26:17,210 --> 02:26:22,850
in our, at that time, 162-year history, 170 years now.

1747
02:26:23,370 --> 02:26:27,650
And as such, you have truly given a voice to communities that had never had

1748
02:26:27,650 --> 02:26:31,190
one before at the moment, County Board. And that is something to be incredibly

1749
02:26:31,190 --> 02:26:36,130
proud of. That it was such a milestone at the time and it continues to be

1750
02:26:36,130 --> 02:26:39,790
critical to our ability to meet the needs of the broader communities who make up

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02:26:39,790 --> 02:26:44,750
this place that we call home. And I think that while you have represented your

1752
02:26:44,750 --> 02:26:48,770
district district for so well, I think in that unique role that you have had, you've

1753
02:26:48,770 --> 02:26:53,870
also serve so many people throughout the county who have looked to you for your leadership

1754
02:26:53,870 --> 02:26:55,150
and for your representation.

1755
02:26:58,530 --> 02:27:05,790
Your primary focus has been increasing our investments in the work that we do, especially

1756
02:27:05,790 --> 02:27:12,010
when it comes to social services, homelessness investments, all of the things that make up

1757
02:27:12,010 --> 02:27:17,790
our safety net for East County, and you have done that from infrastructure projects to so

1758
02:27:17,790 --> 02:27:22,490
many other things that you have champions and I think the East County

1759
02:27:22,490 --> 02:27:26,330
library that we are we're just talking about is an incredible example of that.

1760
02:27:26,850 --> 02:27:32,350
You have really taken your role seriously and moved forward work for the

1761
02:27:32,350 --> 02:27:37,190
county and work for your district that is impressive. That has really changed the

1762
02:27:37,190 --> 02:27:43,610
lives and improved the lives people in East County. I think that you bring an

1763
02:27:43,610 --> 02:27:54,390
incredible, just an incredible power and it's like this, this quiet power in the advocacy

1764
02:27:54,390 --> 02:27:59,790
that you do that you deeply admire but an authenticity of who you are and your understanding

1765
02:27:59,790 --> 02:28:04,930
of your community and your constituents and your understanding of this work that I deeply

1766
02:28:04,930 --> 02:28:12,210
admire and it has really resulted in some important steps forward and there have been so many

1767
02:28:12,210 --> 02:28:18,470
over the last eight years, but I'm gonna try to focus on a couple of the big

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02:28:18,470 --> 02:28:24,790
things that stand out over eight years here. You know, going all the way back

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02:28:24,790 --> 02:28:30,030
to the time when we thought the biggest thing that was gonna happen in 2020 was

1770
02:28:30,030 --> 02:28:30,650
a census.

1771
02:28:33,590 --> 02:28:39,410
You represented our county in the 2020 census and you have always kept

1772
02:28:39,410 --> 02:28:44,750
your focus as a small business owner on economic stimulus and development. And so the work that you

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02:28:44,750 --> 02:28:50,390
in your office did, even in light of a pandemic, even in light of how are we going to actually do

1774
02:28:50,390 --> 02:28:55,750
ace fences of people and at time when people are encouraged to not be around each other, your

1775
02:28:55,750 --> 02:29:00,950
flexibility, your ability to pivot. And I see your staff there, Becca and Mila and Jennifer.

1776
02:29:01,470 --> 02:29:06,190
Like it is just so incredible, the work that you were able to do during that time.

1777
02:29:07,310 --> 02:29:12,630
You have been the primary driver in not, in building not just one, but two community,

1778
02:29:13,310 --> 02:29:16,390
school health centers, and that is really incredible.

1779
02:29:17,370 --> 02:29:25,290
You've championed Vance Vision, the common application for use across all of Multnomah County's programs.

1780
02:29:26,070 --> 02:29:32,450
Most recently, and arguably most impressively, you have paved the way for an East County Homeless Resource Center

1781
02:29:32,450 --> 02:29:37,250
that creates exactly the footprint we need at exactly the time when we need it.

1782
02:29:37,910 --> 02:29:44,590
As the ECHRC joins many other shelters and truly expanding and diversifying our resources

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02:29:44,590 --> 02:29:48,350
to make sure that we're addressing homelessness across the entire county.

1784
02:29:50,470 --> 02:29:55,630
I think of the number of individuals, both like the young people, families, seniors,

1785
02:29:55,630 --> 02:29:59,970
are vulnerable neighbors whose lives have been impacted and supported by your vision.

1786
02:30:03,980 --> 02:30:10,860
I will say to me, it's like, there are so many things about what you've done, but to me,

1787
02:30:10,960 --> 02:30:19,900
what also stands out is the way that you've done it. You are tenacious in working on projects,

1788
02:30:20,260 --> 02:30:28,060
on issues. You're not afraid of hard work of getting the heart to the heart of the matters

1789
02:30:28,060 --> 02:30:31,560
and really like focusing on the things that you want to see done for your

1790
02:30:31,560 --> 02:30:37,200
district and for your community. You're not afraid of speaking your truth and how

1791
02:30:37,200 --> 02:30:42,760
things impact you personally in the work that we do. I think that it's so

1792
02:30:42,760 --> 02:30:46,620
amazing the way that you have stepped up and stepped into this work on a national

1793
02:30:46,620 --> 02:30:50,940
level through your work with the National Association of County of

1794
02:30:51,740 --> 02:30:57,140
counties through your advocacy, whether it's economic development, whether it

1795
02:30:57,140 --> 02:31:02,240
is looking at great ideas to bring back here to the county so we can do better at our

1796
02:31:02,240 --> 02:31:08,880
work. I think it's the way that you have really connected both with the Korean and

1797
02:31:08,880 --> 02:31:14,000
Korean American communities here, but also in Korea with the work that you've done here

1798
02:31:14,000 --> 02:31:21,260
and I think that as a proud Korean adoptee, you are bringing humor and optimism and a guiding

1799
02:31:21,260 --> 02:31:26,180
light to your leadership that you bring. Like I said, a multinational Oregon, but also

1800
02:31:26,180 --> 02:31:28,300
nationally and internationally as well.

1801
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You know, we lost the straight talking poet, Nikki Giovanni recently, but her voice does

1802
02:31:36,560 --> 02:31:37,860
remind me of yours, Laurie.

1803
02:31:38,200 --> 02:31:42,020
She was always ready and willing to tell it like it is, and she said, if we don't like

1804
02:31:42,020 --> 02:31:43,760
the world we're living in, change it.

1805
02:31:44,240 --> 02:31:46,220
And if we can't change it, we change ourselves.

1806
02:31:46,600 --> 02:31:48,240
We can do something.

1807
02:31:48,860 --> 02:31:52,320
And Laurie, your actions have shown that you're ready to change the world we're living in.

1808
02:31:52,320 --> 02:31:57,500
your approaches to it and our ability as a broader comment can we do something

1809
02:31:57,500 --> 02:32:02,920
that makes a difference for each other. So I am so grateful to have had you

1810
02:32:02,920 --> 02:32:06,320
out as a colleague for the last eight years. You have my gratitude. You have my

1811
02:32:06,320 --> 02:32:11,560
respect. I know we have folks who are coming up here today to talk about you. So

1812
02:32:11,560 --> 02:32:16,440
I want to make space for those leaders who are here to say a few words. The first

1813
02:32:16,440 --> 02:32:21,040
is a very special surprise guest but I didn't even know who it was until this

1814
02:32:21,040 --> 02:32:27,680
morning, but I am very happy to invite former Chair Deborah Kafori down to speak some words

1815
02:32:27,680 --> 02:32:31,880
for Commissioner Laurie Stegman, and then we'll have the other folks join us home.

1816
02:32:40,290 --> 02:32:40,930
Good morning.

1817
02:32:44,980 --> 02:32:46,140
We've upgraded since your time.

1818
02:32:47,060 --> 02:32:47,600
I know.

1819
02:32:47,740 --> 02:32:49,040
I saw new doors.

1820
02:32:49,240 --> 02:32:51,540
I was like, wow, you guys are really going fancy.

1821
02:32:52,400 --> 02:32:54,280
So, Lori,

1822
02:32:56,320 --> 02:33:03,020
I had the pleasure of first meeting Lori Stegman when she was running for County Commissioner.

1823
02:33:04,140 --> 02:33:12,760
And I think like a lot of people, I wasn't quite sure about whether Lori was going to win the election.

1824
02:33:13,200 --> 02:33:19,100
I think she didn't start off with people thinking she was the frontrunner in that campaign.

1825
02:33:19,100 --> 02:33:26,280
I mean, let's be clear, she was Republican in Multnomah County, but Lori did what Lori does,

1826
02:33:26,540 --> 02:33:34,680
which is put her head down and work really, really hard. She managed to get the endorsements

1827
02:33:34,680 --> 02:33:41,260
of Republicans, Democrats, liberals, conservatives all across her district and actually all across the

1828
02:33:41,260 --> 02:33:46,520
whole of Multnomah County and she crushed it and she has done nothing but crush it since she came

1829
02:33:47,940 --> 02:33:51,820
I had a list of long list of things that Lori has done,

1830
02:33:52,800 --> 02:33:55,680
Chair of Vega Pears, and named almost every single one of them.

1831
02:33:56,480 --> 02:34:01,720
But I think that really the things that stick out to me are the things that Lori has done,

1832
02:34:01,820 --> 02:34:03,960
it's she's done because she leads with her heart.

1833
02:34:05,120 --> 02:34:10,080
Whatever issue she takes on, it's because she cares deeply about the people who are involved.

1834
02:34:10,080 --> 02:34:15,740
We can talk about the common app that she put together to make it easier for people to

1835
02:34:15,740 --> 02:34:17,680
sign up for benefits and services.

1836
02:34:18,320 --> 02:34:21,500
But she didn't do that because it was going to get her headlines or her name in the paper.

1837
02:34:21,660 --> 02:34:27,320
She did that because she cares about the people who are struggling to get their needs met.

1838
02:34:27,840 --> 02:34:30,600
She's always led with that at the forefront of her mind.

1839
02:34:31,740 --> 02:34:38,580
One of the things that Lori did that really impressed me and did garner her the national headlines

1840
02:34:38,580 --> 02:34:53,480
was when during the Trump administration, she stood up against the terrible, horrible things that he was spewing, that hurt people, people who really felt for because she herself was an immigrant.

1841
02:34:54,260 --> 02:34:58,520
And she changed her party in East County.

1842
02:34:58,520 --> 02:35:08,460
It was a very, very brave thing to do, and I think it was one of the shiny moments for me when I knew what an amazing, strong, powerful woman you are.

1843
02:35:09,460 --> 02:35:21,480
So I think people underestimate because they see her as a person who leaves with her heart, but need to remember that deep down inside Lori has a core of steel.

1844
02:35:21,480 --> 02:35:23,180
No, don't mess with her.

1845
02:35:23,940 --> 02:35:28,380
She gets stuff done, she gets stuff done and she doesn't care about the headlines.

1846
02:35:28,940 --> 02:35:34,180
And she's, it is, let's be clear, it's hard to be on this board and be from East County.

1847
02:35:34,420 --> 02:35:37,480
You don't get as much press, you don't get as much focus.

1848
02:35:38,400 --> 02:35:48,200
But instead of trying to pick fights with people and get her name in the paper because she said bombastic things, she decided to work hard and get things done.

1849
02:35:48,200 --> 02:35:54,480
And Lori leaves behind her a legacy that I would put up to any county commissioner in the history of Multnomah County.

1850
02:35:55,060 --> 02:36:01,140
She's amazing. She's fantastic. And the good news for all of us in Multnomah County is she's not leaving us.

1851
02:36:01,480 --> 02:36:06,200
She's still going to be working hard for the people of Multnomah County, which should not be a surprise to anyone.

1852
02:36:06,960 --> 02:36:12,280
Lori, I am so happy to call you a former colleague, but mostly a dear dear friend. Thank you.

1853
02:36:26,640 --> 02:36:30,060
All right, and now I would love to invite Greg Caldwell.

1854
02:36:31,300 --> 02:36:34,940
Good morning and we are so honored to have you here with us.

1855
02:36:35,160 --> 02:36:35,520
Thank you.

1856
02:36:39,660 --> 02:36:40,760
Can you hear me?

1857
02:36:41,140 --> 02:36:41,400
Yes.

1858
02:36:41,600 --> 02:36:41,820
Good.

1859
02:36:42,500 --> 02:36:47,440
Good morning everyone and thank you for being here today and thank you for the opportunity

1860
02:36:47,440 --> 02:36:56,120
to say a few words on this special occasion as we mark the continuation of the great work

1861
02:36:56,580 --> 02:37:00,600
and the remarkable career of Commissioner Laurie Stegman.

1862
02:37:00,600 --> 02:37:06,860
Over the years, Laurie has carried many official titles.

1863
02:37:07,100 --> 02:37:10,780
She's been candidate Laurie Stegman numerous times.

1864
02:37:10,780 --> 02:37:16,460
She's been the City Councillor in Gresham, as you know, and of course she is Commissioner

1865
02:37:16,460 --> 02:37:22,460
of Multnomah County at this time, but she has other titles as well.

1866
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She's a Korean adoptee, she's a business owner, and importantly she is the mother.

1867
02:37:29,260 --> 02:37:35,500
mother, which I think is very important, and her next step, as you know, she will be

1868
02:37:35,500 --> 02:37:43,780
director of Multnomah County's youth and family services. Her record of service continues,

1869
02:37:43,780 --> 02:37:50,380
and that's good to see. I first met Laurie when through my work as honorary

1870
02:37:50,380 --> 02:37:58,860
consul for the Republic of Korea. That was about, I think, 14 or 15 years ago when she was

1871
02:37:58,860 --> 02:38:05,920
member of the City Council in Gresham, and at that first meeting she proudly told me that she

1872
02:38:05,920 --> 02:38:15,220
was a Korean adoptee, but she convinced that she remembered very little about her early childhood

1873
02:38:15,220 --> 02:38:22,400
there, and that she knew very little about Korean culture or Korean history. But she said she had a

1874
02:38:22,400 --> 02:38:30,640
natural curiosity about the country and its people. About two years, one or two

1875
02:38:30,640 --> 02:38:35,560
years later, Laurie told me that she was going to visit South Korea. That would

1876
02:38:35,560 --> 02:38:42,100
be her first visit back to Korea after her adoption. And she was going there as

1877
02:38:42,100 --> 02:38:48,000
a member of the Gresham Sokcho delegation, a sister-city delegation. And she

1878
02:38:48,000 --> 02:38:53,180
She would spend some time in Sokcho, and then with her daughter Rachel, she was going

1879
02:38:53,180 --> 02:39:00,900
to stay an extra week and tour around Korea and to try to explore her Korean roots.

1880
02:39:01,840 --> 02:39:09,020
I thought that was a great, great idea at the time, and I helped her a little bit by

1881
02:39:09,020 --> 02:39:16,280
I said, well, there's a Korean adoptee here who takes adoptees back to Korea to look at

1882
02:39:16,280 --> 02:39:23,080
Korea and find their roots a bit. And she did that. She accompanied Laurie and Rachel on that tour.

1883
02:39:24,220 --> 02:39:30,140
For Laurie, I think it was an eye-opening experience, a transformational journey,

1884
02:39:30,980 --> 02:39:37,820
and I've always felt a little bit of pride in having some role in connecting her or reconnecting

1885
02:39:37,820 --> 02:39:45,740
her with her roots. Throughout her career, Laurie has been an advocate for adoptees, for immigrants,

1886
02:39:46,280 --> 02:39:51,900
for refugees and marginalized community members.

1887
02:39:52,420 --> 02:39:56,740
She's been a champion for underserved communities

1888
02:39:56,740 --> 02:40:00,360
and she has a track record working on policies

1889
02:40:00,360 --> 02:40:03,240
to improve housing stability,

1890
02:40:03,760 --> 02:40:05,840
economic mobility development,

1891
02:40:06,120 --> 02:40:08,020
as well as public safety.

1892
02:40:08,680 --> 02:40:12,140
And I think we can trace some of those interests

1893
02:40:12,140 --> 02:40:15,020
and some of that back to her roots

1894
02:40:15,020 --> 02:40:17,880
as a Korean-born adoptee.

1895
02:40:18,840 --> 02:40:22,060
She's leaving Multnomah County very soon

1896
02:40:22,060 --> 02:40:26,340
because of term limits, but she will serve admirably.

1897
02:40:26,520 --> 02:40:28,540
I'm sure as the county's youth

1898
02:40:28,540 --> 02:40:30,360
and family services director,

1899
02:40:31,280 --> 02:40:33,980
she will also serve as a model

1900
02:40:33,980 --> 02:40:37,380
of our ethnic communities here in Oregon.

1901
02:40:39,080 --> 02:40:41,880
She will serve as a model for the immigrants,

1902
02:40:41,880 --> 02:40:50,280
for citizens at large as well, and they will know what they, too, can achieve with hard work,

1903
02:40:51,220 --> 02:40:58,920
determination, a good education, and good common sense. So, Laurie, thank you for your outstanding

1904
02:40:58,920 --> 02:41:07,280
service to Multnomah County in your role as commissioner. Best of luck in your role as director of the

1905
02:41:07,960 --> 02:41:11,220
in your new job, best of luck in that.

1906
02:41:11,420 --> 02:41:14,660
And we in the Korean community are very proud of you.

1907
02:41:15,380 --> 02:41:16,160
Thank you.

1908
02:41:22,750 --> 02:41:24,150
Thank you, Councilor Caldwell.

1909
02:41:24,450 --> 02:41:28,710
And now I would like to invite one of the East County mayors

1910
02:41:29,110 --> 02:41:31,990
in the district that Lori represents to come down,

1911
02:41:32,130 --> 02:41:34,330
Mayor John Minor, from the City of Wood Village.

1912
02:41:48,250 --> 02:41:49,770
I've got a green light here.

1913
02:41:50,090 --> 02:41:51,850
Yeah, that one's, I don't have to do anything.

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02:41:52,210 --> 02:41:53,150
That's what works about the bus.

1915
02:41:53,890 --> 02:42:00,250
Well, I can tell you, as the mayor of Wood Village, this meeting's been much more exciting

1916
02:42:00,250 --> 02:42:06,070
than the ones we have at our city councils, and I've really enjoyed just sitting up there

1917
02:42:06,070 --> 02:42:07,110
and listening.

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As a mayor of one of our small cities out in East Baltimore County, including Trotdale,

1919
02:42:18,730 --> 02:42:45,390
Fairview and Wood Village. Excuse me. We know Gresham is out there, too. And Gresham, because of its size compared to our cities and political influence, we often feel, and I'm going to speak generally of our three cities, but I'm here representing Wood Village because I don't want to speak for those other mayors right now.

1920
02:42:45,390 --> 02:42:55,390
But we often feel like we're kind of lost in the maze of things because you obviously

1921
02:42:55,390 --> 02:43:04,170
have, and again I enjoyed listening to the conversations on homelessness, we feel

1922
02:43:04,170 --> 02:43:13,670
like we get lost but what Laurie has provided us is really a conduit and she knows and

1923
02:43:13,670 --> 02:43:20,490
meetings with the four mayors and sometimes three, not everybody necessarily agrees.

1924
02:43:21,570 --> 02:43:29,130
But she's been the conduit and she sat through meetings with some of the mayors on issues

1925
02:43:29,130 --> 02:43:36,390
of homeless, just like you're doing here, on issues of transportation, on issues of public

1926
02:43:36,390 --> 02:43:41,950
safety, and we all have those problems and we all have those challenges.

1927
02:43:41,950 --> 02:43:49,910
But Lori has been really a voice for our East County in particular for our three cities.

1928
02:43:50,890 --> 02:44:00,950
And as a mayor of Wood Village, I got to know her when I was on the East County Transportation Committee.

1929
02:44:01,470 --> 02:44:03,070
And I was serving as vice chair.

1930
02:44:03,470 --> 02:44:09,170
And what I witnessed about Lori as I watched that, as we've heard here,

1931
02:44:10,070 --> 02:44:21,170
She listens, she understands and works at understanding, and as she managed that group of people,

1932
02:44:21,690 --> 02:44:28,230
I was always impressed with her ability to be gracious when we know we're going off track.

1933
02:44:29,850 --> 02:44:33,590
And also aware of what we need to get done in those meetings.

1934
02:44:33,770 --> 02:44:38,190
But she was, as we've heard here,

1935
02:44:38,190 --> 02:44:46,270
she includes people. She includes everybody. And she gives all voices a chance to be heard.

1936
02:44:48,150 --> 02:44:55,130
When I became mayor, one of the first things I figured out is that I better get a little bit smarter

1937
02:44:55,130 --> 02:44:59,970
about the county government, because I-

1938
02:45:00,000 --> 02:45:29,980
I understood education and education in the county business. We're all equal opportunities for criticism. And we're pretty good targets for people. But I spent 35 years in education, both at the Reynolds High School District and retired in the Gresham Barlow School District as a superintendent. And during those years, I watched, and I understood,

1939
02:45:29,980 --> 02:45:39,620
the population we were dealing with, and it changed, and more services needed to be brought to East County.

1940
02:45:40,340 --> 02:45:46,600
And I know I worked with my constituency and the stakeholders at the time.

1941
02:45:47,420 --> 02:45:48,920
And Lori was on the City Council.

1942
02:45:49,480 --> 02:45:56,320
I believe Lori, you are right close to the City Council when I was in the district office.

1943
02:45:56,320 --> 02:46:03,100
But I know the development of Rockwood in that area, and Lori said a tremendous influence on that.

1944
02:46:04,740 --> 02:46:11,120
But I cited, we know Lori would be interested in the breakfast now then, so we periodically had a breakfast.

1945
02:46:11,740 --> 02:46:17,000
So I can have a chance to talk to her. And really through those breakfast meetings,

1946
02:46:18,320 --> 02:46:22,540
we really accomplished, I believe, because of her efforts.

1947
02:46:24,500 --> 02:46:30,560
Well, Cook's Plaza was spoken here today, the East Mall and the County Housing Shelter,

1948
02:46:30,900 --> 02:46:37,340
and we were beginning to have those conversations, and certainly she was a great influence

1949
02:46:37,340 --> 02:46:37,660
there.

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02:46:37,820 --> 02:46:45,300
Now, Laurie remembers the meeting when we showed up for some input, and it was a little bit

1951
02:46:45,300 --> 02:46:53,520
But like I heard here today, that there wasn't, there were a lot of people in that neighborhood

1952
02:46:53,520 --> 02:46:55,240
that weren't very happy what was happening.

1953
02:46:56,000 --> 02:47:01,840
So we had the conversation very briefly with Laurie and immediately we had a conversation

1954
02:47:01,840 --> 02:47:05,200
with a member of the joint office in our city.

1955
02:47:05,200 --> 02:47:16,180
The support that Lori has given to other activities that you may not have to get a lot of attention.

1956
02:47:16,420 --> 02:47:25,840
But we have obviously lots of populations of families and children in the East County that do not have access to recreational activities.

1957
02:47:25,840 --> 02:47:34,180
They don't have access to defined arts, the money is not there in school districts as we all know.

1958
02:47:34,180 --> 02:47:36,440
Well, they're not offering some of those things.

1959
02:47:36,940 --> 02:47:39,200
Well, Lori has been a great supporter of Plays.

1960
02:47:39,640 --> 02:47:44,060
And Plays is serving a number of individuals now.

1961
02:47:44,600 --> 02:47:50,380
And Lori, I'm going to give you an annual budget message.

1962
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But that's next year after we can go to breakfast or something.

1963
02:47:55,920 --> 02:47:57,300
But I want you to see that.

1964
02:47:57,420 --> 02:48:03,780
But just so you know, this last quarter, 800 plus kids were served through Plays.

1965
02:48:03,780 --> 02:48:08,240
and they don't have to pay a senate if they can afford it.

1966
02:48:08,840 --> 02:48:10,320
I want to talk about public safety.

1967
02:48:10,620 --> 02:48:16,500
She's been just a vicious advocate for the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office.

1968
02:48:16,660 --> 02:48:18,500
And that's our sheriff's.

1969
02:48:18,500 --> 02:48:21,900
That's our law enforcement in these counties with our three cities.

1970
02:48:22,140 --> 02:48:26,780
So, Laurie, you know, I'm Commissioner Stagman still,

1971
02:48:27,200 --> 02:48:29,580
but I'm happy for you.

1972
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I want to wish you good luck.

1973
02:48:31,360 --> 02:48:37,560
and your eight years of service is a city counselor. I'm looking forward to

1974
02:48:37,560 --> 02:48:42,000
continuing our work together when you take over your duties, the Director of

1975
02:48:42,000 --> 02:48:46,180
Children and Family Services. So good luck and thanks for your work.

1976
02:48:53,440 --> 02:48:54,140
Thank you so

1977
02:48:54,140 --> 02:48:59,840
much for being here mayor and now we have our next guest is Ivory Matthews who is

1978
02:48:59,840 --> 02:49:04,400
the Executive Director of Home Forward, a real leader in our community on

1979
02:49:04,400 --> 02:49:07,860
housing. So great to have you here this morning, Ivory.

1980
02:49:09,120 --> 02:49:11,940
Thank you. Good morning, commissioners.

1981
02:49:12,420 --> 02:49:19,780
Commissioner Laurie Stegman, an exceptional leader who has made a lasting impact on our community.

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As your term comes to a close, it is important to reflect on your remarkable contributions,

1983
02:49:27,220 --> 02:49:31,400
especially your advocacy for housing opportunities in East County.

1984
02:49:31,400 --> 02:49:48,120
Recently, your vision and leadership were instrumental in facilitating the donation of a county-owned parcel that will enable home forward to develop 85 new affordable homes for low-income families in Troutdale.

1985
02:49:48,800 --> 02:49:57,380
This area, like many others in our community, is currently facing a shortage of affordable homes for families.

1986
02:49:57,380 --> 02:50:01,580
However, this project represents more than just housing,

1987
02:50:01,900 --> 02:50:03,680
more than just the housing development,

1988
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it's a testament to the power partnerships and collaboration.

1989
02:50:08,640 --> 02:50:11,260
And what we can achieve when we come together

1990
02:50:11,260 --> 02:50:16,300
and marshal our collective resources to address a pressing issue.

1991
02:50:16,640 --> 02:50:19,640
With the support of Metro's affordable housing bond,

1992
02:50:20,040 --> 02:50:24,140
home for will transform the previously vacant county site

1993
02:50:24,140 --> 02:50:29,380
into a valuable community asset and a beacon of hope for the families in

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02:50:29,380 --> 02:50:34,620
Troutdale striving to make ends meet. Additionally, the development will

1995
02:50:34,620 --> 02:50:41,600
feature local art, play areas, a community room, and share computer access, all of

1996
02:50:41,600 --> 02:50:45,880
which will be available to residents and their neighbors. True to the spirit of

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02:50:45,880 --> 02:50:50,560
community, it will not only serve as residents, but also foster connections

1998
02:50:50,560 --> 02:50:57,620
among neighbors. The process of shepherding this land and donation was not without challenges,

1999
02:50:58,540 --> 02:51:05,100
but even when obstacles arose, Commissioner Stegman and her team worked tirelessly to ensure

2000
02:51:05,100 --> 02:51:12,660
the shared understanding of how this project aligned with the county's goals and how affordable housing

2001
02:51:12,660 --> 02:51:20,320
contributes to a more vibrant, inclusive community. Thanks to your efforts, you and your entire team,

2002
02:51:20,560 --> 02:51:31,560
The site, ideally located near public transportation, schools, downtown businesses and essential services will soon be home to 85 new families.

2003
02:51:32,200 --> 02:51:37,520
Commissioner Stagman, your leadership and dedication have been invaluable to this community.

2004
02:51:38,160 --> 02:51:47,060
On behalf of all who have benefited and all who will continue to benefit from your efforts, we at home forward extend our deepest gratitude.

2005
02:51:47,760 --> 02:51:56,300
Thank you for your service and commitment, your legacy will live on and the lives of the families who will soon call Troutdale home.

2006
02:51:56,940 --> 02:52:03,580
We wish you all the best in your future endeavors and we look forward to our continued partnership as you transition into your new role.

2007
02:52:04,100 --> 02:52:04,620
We love you.

2008
02:52:08,520 --> 02:52:09,000
So

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now we have a short video of the last eight years of commissioner segments time on the board and then we will go to the board for remarks and then we will turn it over to commissioner segment.

2010
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I know we have a reception afterwards as well, so don't go anywhere for that, but now we'll go ahead and have the video.

2011
02:52:30,740 --> 02:52:31,660
I

2012
02:52:41,740 --> 02:52:46,040
learned that I'm a lot stronger than I thought I was.

2013
02:52:46,280 --> 02:52:53,600
I remember walking across the bridge path here and I think we've all experienced the

2014
02:52:53,600 --> 02:53:00,880
imposter syndrome and thinking what lies ahead of me in these next eight years so to be

2015
02:53:00,880 --> 02:53:06,620
at the end of the eight years it really is astonishing how fast time flies.

2016
02:53:07,240 --> 02:53:13,220
One of the reasons that I ran is that many people know that I'm an immigrant, and I was born in

2017
02:53:13,220 --> 02:53:14,020
Seoul, South Korea.

2018
02:53:18,620 --> 02:53:21,120
It upgraded a lot, but maybe not the bandwidth, so what?

2019
02:53:41,200 --> 02:53:42,680
You do have another way to play it?

2020
02:53:43,540 --> 02:53:44,020
Okay.

2021
02:53:44,420 --> 02:53:44,840
One second.

2022
02:53:45,340 --> 02:53:46,500
Always technical difficulties.

2023
02:53:47,200 --> 02:53:47,280
Yes.

2024
02:53:48,560 --> 02:53:49,040
I

2025
02:54:16,240 --> 02:54:20,580
learned that I'm a lot stronger than I thought I was.

2026
02:54:20,580 --> 02:54:28,120
I remember walking across the bridge path here and I think we've all experienced the

2027
02:54:28,120 --> 02:54:34,620
imposter syndrome and thinking what lies ahead of me in these next eight years.

2028
02:54:34,960 --> 02:54:41,140
So to be at the end of the eight years, it really is astonishing how fast time flies.

2029
02:54:41,920 --> 02:54:47,840
One of the reasons that I ran is that many people know that I'm an immigrant and I was born in

2030
02:54:47,840 --> 02:54:54,580
South Korea. And I was adopted. And even though my parents were really amazing and my family was

2031
02:54:54,580 --> 02:55:01,820
free, we struggled financially. And along the way, we received a lot of services and benefits.

2032
02:55:02,240 --> 02:55:10,040
We didn't realize we were poor at times. But then I kind of started piecing everything together.

2033
02:55:10,040 --> 02:55:17,300
there, and then I started thinking about how we survived, and my dad was a logger, and

2034
02:55:17,300 --> 02:55:22,980
he broke his back when he was relatively young, and he received disability benefits.

2035
02:55:23,800 --> 02:55:28,580
And without those disability benefits, I don't know what my family would have done.

2036
02:55:28,920 --> 02:55:34,660
So I've always felt kind of this deep responsibility to pay it forward, because someone else paid

2037
02:55:34,660 --> 02:55:42,980
it forward for me. People that I have never met will never meet have helped me and I hope to do

2038
02:55:42,980 --> 02:55:49,820
the same for others. I am most proud of a lot of things. One of them being the Multnomah County

2039
02:55:50,540 --> 02:55:58,720
Flagship Library which is a 90,000 square foot library in one of the most low income neighborhoods

2040
02:56:00,160 --> 02:56:09,460
for so long East County has not received the level of investment that other parts of the county have and I couldn't have asked for more.

2041
02:56:09,700 --> 02:56:15,580
We're also doing the East County Public Resource Center, which will be the first day center in

2042
02:56:15,580 --> 02:56:20,040
in East Baltimore County to serve our house's population.

2043
02:56:20,620 --> 02:56:23,340
But, you know, while I talk about these big projects

2044
02:56:23,340 --> 02:56:26,740
and big ideas, really what comes to mind

2045
02:56:26,740 --> 02:56:30,780
are like individual times when myself or my office

2046
02:56:30,780 --> 02:56:32,040
has been able to help people.

2047
02:56:32,260 --> 02:56:35,160
I remember during the pandemic,

2048
02:56:35,780 --> 02:56:38,260
a woman had called and she was trying to get rental assistance

2049
02:56:38,260 --> 02:56:41,160
and she didn't have the appropriate paperwork.

2050
02:56:41,640 --> 02:56:44,960
She wasn't quite sure how to go or what website to go to

2051
02:56:44,960 --> 02:56:50,640
And long story short, we help this woman get rental assistance and so she didn't get

2052
02:56:50,640 --> 02:56:51,360
addicted.

2053
02:56:51,940 --> 02:56:57,080
And so that's what I think about are really just those small interactions that might

2054
02:56:57,080 --> 02:57:04,320
not mean a lot to the world, but certainly to those people that are struggling with challenges.

2055
02:57:05,000 --> 02:57:06,520
It means a lot to them.

2056
02:57:07,000 --> 02:57:14,260
I just learn everybody wants to be seen, everybody wants to be heard, and everyone has a voice.

2057
02:57:14,260 --> 02:57:17,520
and we should be listening to each other.

2058
02:57:17,860 --> 02:57:20,960
What most people don't know is that the county

2059
02:57:20,960 --> 02:57:24,620
impacts people's lives every single day.

2060
02:57:25,040 --> 02:57:26,480
From the time they leave their home

2061
02:57:26,480 --> 02:57:28,160
until the time that they get that.

2062
02:57:28,560 --> 02:57:31,320
All these different things from pest control,

2063
02:57:31,900 --> 02:57:34,140
to animal services, to bridges,

2064
02:57:34,900 --> 02:57:36,520
to the criminal justice system,

2065
02:57:37,260 --> 02:57:38,520
to all of our health clinics,

2066
02:57:38,860 --> 02:57:41,760
just the breadth of what the county does

2067
02:57:41,760 --> 02:57:48,160
is astounding. I would say to the youth, if you want to change the world, throw

2068
02:57:48,160 --> 02:57:53,000
your hat into the ring and make sure that your voice is heard and don't do

2069
02:57:53,000 --> 02:57:58,000
like what I did. Don't think that you're an imposter. You have every right to

2070
02:57:58,000 --> 02:58:04,980
hand up and be heard and don't be afraid because we're counting on you and we

2071
02:58:04,980 --> 02:58:09,660
know that you're gonna be able to help get our community to the place that it

2072
02:58:09,660 --> 02:58:10,320
needs to be.

2073
02:58:20,630 --> 02:58:23,050
That was really a beautiful video and I want just want to thank our county

2074
02:58:23,050 --> 02:58:28,070
communications department for all their work and putting it together. Mark, just got everyone

2075
02:58:28,070 --> 02:58:33,170
back there who was a part of it. Thank you so much. All right, so now we are going to turn it over

2076
02:58:33,170 --> 02:58:38,310
to the board for some comments. I'm going to actually start with Commissioner Brim Edwards because

2077
02:58:38,310 --> 02:58:42,890
we also, because there's always things going on at the end of the year, there's a swearing in for

2078
02:58:42,890 --> 02:58:47,550
the City of Portland new commissioners and mayor and so she has to leave for that. So I'm going to turn

2079
02:58:47,550 --> 02:58:49,090
I don't know if we're to you first, I can make sure.

2080
02:58:50,110 --> 02:58:52,030
And I was saying, if it wasn't my chief of staff,

2081
02:58:52,030 --> 02:58:53,710
things weren't in, I would be saying,

2082
02:58:53,890 --> 02:58:56,850
so I'm just my apologies, but I'm so glad I'm gonna have

2083
02:58:56,850 --> 02:59:03,410
an opportunity to share some thoughts before I leave this morning.

2084
02:59:05,150 --> 02:59:07,650
And so this is a second farewell this week.

2085
02:59:08,470 --> 02:59:11,570
I just got here and we're already saying goodbye.

2086
02:59:12,510 --> 02:59:15,010
At this time, it's to my fellow East Portland

2087
02:59:15,010 --> 02:59:20,490
and East County on neighbor, and also my hallway neighbor, Commissioner Stegman.

2088
02:59:21,470 --> 02:59:27,210
And it seems really appropriate that I started my day today driving out to East County.

2089
02:59:27,210 --> 02:59:31,270
It was a beautiful morning with Mount Hood in the background and beautiful sunrise.

2090
02:59:32,490 --> 02:59:36,430
And I was going out to sign the beam for the East County Library.

2091
02:59:37,550 --> 02:59:41,990
And as you get near, you can see like what is going to be.

2092
02:59:41,990 --> 02:59:51,150
and I think it's really going to be a lasting symbol of your tenure on the commission and it's

2093
02:59:51,150 --> 02:59:56,710
beautiful and it's going to be just an incredible asset for the community. So I'm glad I started

2094
02:59:56,710 --> 02:59:58,210
in that way just to give me inspiration.

2095
03:00:00,240 --> 03:00:29,720
So, I just want to say a couple things about our tenure. I can't go back in the time machine like the chair because I've just been here for your last years. But during our time together, you have been a consistent and stalwart voice for vulnerable populations, including immigrants and refugees, diverse communities, individuals facing evictions. You were a person who always spoke up to give voice to

2096
03:00:31,300 --> 03:00:36,820
concerns or needs that, and for individuals who might not have a voice speaking up for

2097
03:00:36,820 --> 03:00:43,680
them, I really appreciated that. You've also been a leader in standing up against anti-Asian

2098
03:00:43,680 --> 03:00:50,760
hate actions, especially in the last several years in which we know that those actions

2099
03:00:50,760 --> 03:00:56,140
have had such a huge impact on those in our community and so thank you for being the

2100
03:00:56,140 --> 03:01:00,940
leader and lending your voice from the county and also for your community.

2101
03:01:02,400 --> 03:01:07,540
At different moments, and it's always like I'd have to get the Kleenex pucks out, you

2102
03:01:07,540 --> 03:01:10,360
shared your journey of immigration to the US and Oregon.

2103
03:01:11,580 --> 03:01:17,220
And I know community members who followed a similar path identified with your story and

2104
03:01:17,220 --> 03:01:24,000
appreciated that a leader and decision maker here at the county knew in some way the challenges

2105
03:01:24,000 --> 03:01:26,580
is the hopes and dreams that come with being a new American.

2106
03:01:27,880 --> 03:01:33,560
And I know that your comments and you're talking about your journey helped them feel

2107
03:01:33,560 --> 03:01:35,440
like Oregon was their home.

2108
03:01:35,880 --> 03:01:36,600
So thank you for that.

2109
03:01:38,200 --> 03:01:45,140
I appreciated that as a new commissioner who had never worked very closely with the county

2110
03:01:45,140 --> 03:01:48,640
in a lot of other forms, but not of the county, you welcomed me to the board and you took the

2111
03:01:48,640 --> 03:01:54,260
time to share your county learnings and history and some very practical know-how's about

2112
03:01:54,260 --> 03:01:59,140
how to get around here in the county and at the board table.

2113
03:02:00,600 --> 03:02:05,840
You also taught me a lot about East County, so as what I felt like, what is this agenda

2114
03:02:05,840 --> 03:02:10,820
item that we have and I don't even know what this is or where it is and often it was because

2115
03:02:10,820 --> 03:02:17,020
I'm a Portlander and as for my focus, you took the time to share with me the history and

2116
03:02:17,020 --> 03:02:46,840
project, why it was important to the people in your district and I was great to have others come today and speak to the work because we don't necessarily always see that here in the Mobile County building so to hear your community bring it in and I so I've appreciated you educating me about more about East County and again also joining me with partner when we're speaking up for East Portland.

2117
03:02:46,840 --> 03:02:53,740
which we have a joining districts in the eastern part of Portland.

2118
03:02:55,300 --> 03:03:01,600
And I know this has been mentioned by others, but I couldn't speak to your service without

2119
03:03:01,600 --> 03:03:08,860
also referencing the common application. And really, I know when you first were talking to me about

2120
03:03:08,860 --> 03:03:15,260
it's like, oh, this can sound kind of wonky and technical administrative. But you think about what

2121
03:03:15,260 --> 03:03:30,320
But actually the common application means it's really a gateway and access to so many services and removing barriers and connecting individuals in this community to the safety net and ways in which haven't happened to the past.

2122
03:03:31,400 --> 03:03:37,280
So thank you for bringing that forward, another thing that will have implications for years to come.

2123
03:03:37,280 --> 03:03:45,600
I also want to offer my respect and honor your accomplishment as the first Asian American member of this board.

2124
03:03:46,300 --> 03:03:56,600
And again, I think the message it sends to the community that people feel like somebody else who shares my, not only shared my journey, but

2125
03:03:56,600 --> 03:04:00,260
shares my continuing journey on the board has been really important.

2126
03:04:01,060 --> 03:04:04,900
So I want to really share my appreciation for your eight years of service.

2127
03:04:04,900 --> 03:04:12,180
and not just service to the East County and your district but to the entire

2128
03:04:12,180 --> 03:04:13,260
county. Thank you, Laurie.

2129
03:04:21,020 --> 03:04:22,800
Thank you, and we'll go to Commissioner Myron.

2130
03:04:23,660 --> 03:04:24,520
Thank you.

2131
03:04:26,800 --> 03:04:32,580
So, I have worked at the other end of the

2132
03:04:32,580 --> 03:04:39,260
Dias and at the other end of a very, very, very, very long hallway from

2133
03:04:39,260 --> 03:04:45,860
Commissioner Stegman for eight years. And it has been quite an eight years.

2134
03:04:47,940 --> 03:05:02,100
And you do get to know someone in that amount of time and especially when you're going through a lot of the trauma that our county has been going through.

2135
03:05:02,100 --> 03:05:11,120
and I am so grateful for you and for all that you have done.

2136
03:05:12,300 --> 03:05:16,840
From day one you have just been a fierce advocate

2137
03:05:16,840 --> 03:05:18,820
for the needs of district one.

2138
03:05:20,360 --> 03:05:23,460
You speak up for those needs.

2139
03:05:23,940 --> 03:05:24,720
Every, what is it?

2140
03:05:24,940 --> 03:05:27,140
Everywhere, all the movie.

2141
03:05:27,740 --> 03:05:29,340
Every time, everywhere, all the ones, whatever.

2142
03:05:29,340 --> 03:05:35,520
but it's you are always doing it and it's just like a reflex now to think of

2143
03:05:35,520 --> 03:05:39,880
District 4 because you have made it so.

2144
03:05:42,100 --> 03:05:45,720
I love the work you've done around our

2145
03:05:45,720 --> 03:05:49,760
libraries and I think that was just such a fitting thank you Commissioner Bernad

2146
03:05:49,760 --> 03:05:55,120
Edwards for describing that scene and coming upon it and that will be such a

2147
03:05:55,120 --> 03:06:01,520
lasting testament to just some of the work that you have done at the county but really

2148
03:06:01,520 --> 03:06:02,160
big work.

2149
03:06:04,200 --> 03:06:11,840
I personally love how you've just advocated for and supported and pushed the

2150
03:06:11,840 --> 03:06:18,940
hope team which is just such a brilliant example of what we can all do together in shared

2151
03:06:18,940 --> 03:06:27,380
shared space to support those who are so vulnerable, living unsheltered outside, with

2152
03:06:27,760 --> 03:06:32,940
our public safety, with our share of softwares, as partners and supporters and neighbors,

2153
03:06:33,320 --> 03:06:39,860
and it is beautiful. It truly is a beacon of, yes, hope for our community and you have

2154
03:06:39,860 --> 03:06:48,220
been such an advocate and champion. And I too have to speak to the common application

2155
03:06:48,220 --> 03:06:50,760
because that's one, unlike Commissioner Bromabrums,

2156
03:06:50,840 --> 03:06:53,900
I think from the first second you mentioned it,

2157
03:06:54,340 --> 03:06:56,900
it was just like, oh my gosh, that is brilliant.

2158
03:06:57,080 --> 03:06:58,560
Of course, we need to do that.

2159
03:06:59,080 --> 03:07:04,120
It is something that may seem walking on its surface,

2160
03:07:04,700 --> 03:07:09,100
but the impact that will have on real people is profound,

2161
03:07:09,540 --> 03:07:11,080
and it's because you made that happen.

2162
03:07:12,160 --> 03:07:14,160
And not just like heard about it somewhere,

2163
03:07:14,320 --> 03:07:16,880
like you research it, you are the one who pursued it

2164
03:07:16,880 --> 03:07:24,260
and they did happen and you know I'd actually forgotten the census until

2165
03:07:24,800 --> 03:07:31,500
chair mentioned it but that's a huge one that you took on and did and then it all came

2166
03:07:31,500 --> 03:07:36,840
flooding back like oh my god yeah there was that and there's just so much that is oh your work

2167
03:07:36,840 --> 03:07:50,260
around anti-hate and around anti-Asian hate but around just against hate and not accepting

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that in our community and it was your idea to have commissioners speak and make these

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public service messages about anti-hate from our own perspectives that it was just such

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It's a wonderful, brilliant idea and to be honest, when I first heard about it, I don't want to make a video, I hate making videos, because I'm an introvert.

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But it was so valuable that I'm going to do it, and just the process of it was so powerful to me, and I know I heard from so many community members about all of those messages.

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03:08:31,860 --> 03:08:42,860
and it was it was just huge so you know over the years we may have disagreed on

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03:08:42,860 --> 03:08:51,860
some things and and I think you know that is it is important to be able to

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disagree and pressure test ideas and think about things but I have never for

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03:08:59,120 --> 03:09:09,640
one moment ever doubted your compassion and dedication and authenticity towards every

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03:09:09,640 --> 03:09:17,280
single person that we serve in the county. And I will cherish always the deep and thoughtful

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conversations that we had huddling together in your office over those chairs and sitting

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there and just talking about stuff. I will never forget those. So I don't think our work

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together is really, you know, our paths are undoubtedly going to be crossing because we share

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03:09:33,640 --> 03:09:45,000
the commitment to the same work and to the county. But it is it is a very emotional farewell

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03:09:45,920 --> 03:09:57,780
and and I just am grateful to you and is your where's your daughter? Did she come in? Okay Rachel okay

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I was like where is she? I was going to say she must be so proud of you. I'm like where is she and undoubtedly she is and so it's been wonderful having you know having her be sort of a part of the county as well like you it's she and you come as a you come as a package and that has been a beautiful thing too. So anyway, thank you and I wish it's weird. I don't know. I don't know how to close this out so I'm just going to stop.

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Okay. Thank you.

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Commissioner Singleton.

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Thank you. Commissioner Stegman, I have had

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the opportunity not to work with you so long as a commissioner, but in other aspects

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of our community work. I remember the first time I met you when we were dreaming up what

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became the Portland Housing Bond and you are a Gresham City Councillor and it started

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03:10:59,220 --> 03:11:05,800
our conversations about housing and homelessness and East County that continued all the way through my time

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when I was at the Joint Office for a brief period. I think that I've said this to you and I've

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03:11:12,380 --> 03:11:17,300
said this to many others. I think you're one of the best legislators that we've had and I appreciate

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having had the opportunity to learn from you. You are an example of how commissioners can and should

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engage with department directors. While I was at the joint office, you pushed me. You held

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us accountable to making sure that we were looking at opportunities to give services in East

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03:11:37,360 --> 03:11:45,900
County. I remember I started disaggregating data as well as dollars on geography at your insistence

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that we be addressing East County needs. I think additionally you do it with a willingness to learn

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and incorporate new information as you're really engaging with directors and with departments on the work of the county.

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And I can't say enough how much I appreciated that as a former director, but how much it taught me about how I can show up as a commissioner.

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And I think, you know, not only around things like purchasing Cook Plaza for the sheltering space, but that was about you prioritizing what the East County city.

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Not only community members, but elected wanted to see happen for that community. So you centering the community voice has is something that has not gone unrecognized.

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And I would say there was a little bit of mention of some of your work around the economic development, but I think I've also been privileged to have the opportunity to work a bit with you in some of the economic development work that the port is convening to address needs in East Multnomah County and that has also been a privilege to get to see you be not only at that table but continue to be a staunch advocate for the needs of the community members.

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So I just appreciate not only having had these opportunities to engage with you in the past but really look forward to continuing to get to work with you in the future.

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And thank you for being a great model and example for me.

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03:13:23,360 --> 03:13:28,780
Thank you so much, Commissioner Singleton. And now we will turn it over to Commissioner Lawrence.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your address to all of us.

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Okay.

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It seems incredibly apropos, and thank you, Commissioner Singleton, because you're part of this.

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That I end my term at our last board meeting with an all women majority minority board of

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county commissioners,

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which is exactly how I began my term.

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Representation matters and seeing people who reflect the makeup of our community instills greater integrity and trust.

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So I want to thank all of my colleagues both past and present for ensuring the voices of our constituents are heard.

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But before I begin my comments, I want to let you know that there's probably going to be tears, mostly mine, but it will be tears of gratitude and love.

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03:14:27,730 --> 03:14:35,250
of. I want to tell you all how much I appreciate each and every one of you. And while I haven't

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been able to meet every single one of our 6,000 employees, I know each one of them has contributed

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to the mosaic of good called Multnomah County. And that goes for our vendors, our CBOs and

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03:14:48,130 --> 03:14:55,190
nonprofits that we have with us, especially today. It's been an incredible privilege to lead

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03:14:55,190 --> 03:14:57,990
the urgent work of the county and it has been

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It has been one of my most rewarding and meaningful things that I have ever done in my life. I've always strived to do the most good for the most people. And I know that you all will continue to carry out that mission.

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I am so proud of the many accomplishments I've had the pleasure of seeing come different wishing during my turn from the building of the flagship East County Library to the Vance Division to the East County Homeless Resource Center.

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and countless other policies and investments.

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Thank you to all of the department and division managers

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03:15:46,660 --> 03:15:50,600
and staff that I've worked with these past eight years,

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03:15:51,240 --> 03:15:54,820
who are responsible for actually implementing these policies.

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03:15:55,760 --> 03:15:58,980
I leave knowing that these initiatives are in good hands

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and will take flight under your stewardship.

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And to my team, thank you for the great things

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we have achieved together.

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To land and worry, land stand up.

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Land is my policy and planning director for the past five and a half years.

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Land, thank you for bringing your sense of equity and

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03:16:30,570 --> 03:16:35,290
justice and ensuring those values were always embedded in our work.

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Your leadership to complete the 2020 census during a pandemic was instrumental in greater representation for

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03:16:45,870 --> 03:16:50,350
more again as we elected Andrea Salinas as our sixth representative.

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03:16:51,150 --> 03:16:56,490
Because of your efforts, census participation actually went up and

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resulted in increased federal funding to our state and county for a decade.

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03:17:02,210 --> 03:17:07,730
And because of your work on the common application, more people will have access to programs and

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benefits that will allow them to nourish their families, stay warm in the winter,

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and cool in the summer and become more self-sufficient.

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You truly have made our community more resilient and made sure that diverse perspectives and voices were always at the forefront of our policies.

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Thank you for always standing for what is good and right.

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Thank you, Lynn.

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And to Jennifer Lewis, Jen, wave your hand.

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03:17:41,940 --> 03:17:42,280
Oh my gosh.

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03:17:45,520 --> 03:17:47,740
Jen has put together this beautiful spread

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so don't leave because there's going to be food.

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Jen has been my constituent relations

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and communications liaison for the past three and a half years.

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Jen, thank you for keeping us all in line.

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Making sure I knew where to go, where I'm sure you were,

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there were probably times when you wanted to tell me where to go.

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03:18:07,200 --> 03:18:15,980
And she did, where to go, when to go, and how to get there, and for serving as the complaint

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03:18:15,980 --> 03:18:17,740
desk for county government.

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You have the skills of a master juggler, an air traffic controller, a social media manager,

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03:18:25,740 --> 03:18:28,600
and a wedding event planner all rolled into one.

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I'm so grateful for the urgency, efficiency, and organizational skills that you have brought

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to our team. Thank you for always making sure that the trains were running on time. Thank you, Jen.

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03:18:47,820 --> 03:18:52,420
And last but not least, and I know how Rebecca Savageard loves attention.

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Rebecca, stand up please.

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So Becca has been my chief of staff from day one.

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Becca, I think Charles Dickens' words reflect a pretty accurate description of our time together

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03:19:19,880 --> 03:19:27,960
these last eight years. It truly was the best of times and the worst of times. I

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03:19:27,960 --> 03:19:33,460
think you can all relate. I remember the first time we met and we forged a

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03:19:33,460 --> 03:19:39,160
partnership so deep that it was stood the storms of a pandemic, political upheaval,

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and a racial reckoning. But through all of that, because of you, I never lost my

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footing.

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You were and are my foundation, my rock and most of all my unicorn. I always

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03:19:58,000 --> 03:20:04,200
told her I want rainbows and unicorns and she never failed me. You not only made me

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a better elected but you made me a better person.

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You always encouraged me to take the high

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road when all I could see was the low road. Thank you for being a shoulder to lean on. A pillow

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03:20:18,390 --> 03:20:23,310
I will just scream into and for always making me laugh when I should be crying.

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Thank you, Becca.

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Okay, I'm almost done.

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I hope the work that my team and I have done over the last eight years has a significant

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impact on our community for generations to come.

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Thank you all for your support, your love, and your confidence.

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And finally, I want to share my hopes and dreams for each and every one of us that is beautifully

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03:20:56,400 --> 03:21:00,560
reflected in a poem by Max Irman called the Ciderata.

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Go placidly amid the noise and haste,

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03:21:05,940 --> 03:21:12,200
and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender,

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03:21:12,820 --> 03:21:21,000
the young good terms with all persons, speak your truth quietly and clearly and listen to others.

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Even the doll and the ignorant, they too have their story.

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03:21:26,760 --> 03:21:28,680
Avoid loud and aggressive persons.

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03:21:29,320 --> 03:21:31,000
They are vexations to the spirit.

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03:21:32,320 --> 03:21:36,700
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter.

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For always, there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

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03:21:41,640 --> 03:21:44,100
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

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03:21:45,160 --> 03:21:47,940
Keep interested in your own career, however humble.

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03:21:47,940 --> 03:21:52,200
It is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

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03:21:53,400 --> 03:21:58,220
Exercise caution in your business affairs for the world is full of trickery.

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03:21:59,360 --> 03:22:02,540
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is.

2293
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Many persons strive for high ideals and everywhere life is full of heroism.

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03:22:12,600 --> 03:22:15,980
Be yourself, especially do not fan affection,

2295
03:22:15,980 --> 03:22:20,360
neither be cynical about love or in the face of all

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03:22:20,360 --> 03:22:24,940
erity and disenchamment, it is perennial as the grass.

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03:22:26,480 --> 03:22:30,000
Take kindly the counsel of the years gracefully

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surrounding the things of you, nurture strength of

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spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune, but do not

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03:22:37,960 --> 03:22:40,640
distress yourself with dark imaginings.

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Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness beyond

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03:22:45,860 --> 03:22:53,720
a wholesome discipline be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the

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trees and the stars. You have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt

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the universe isn't folding as it should. Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you can see

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03:23:13,580 --> 03:23:22,460
him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your soul.

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With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful,

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03:23:32,860 --> 03:23:35,580
strive to be happy. Thank you.

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And now let's eat some food. Please join us in the back of the room

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And thank you all. Please hang around. I want to chat with you and I'll still be here for a couple of more weeks

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But thank you all so much and and Greg and ivory

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And everyone for your kind words and thoughts and your presence. Thank you. Thank you

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So that concludes our

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agenda we do have time for board brief or comments today

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So and Commissioner Murray. I know you had one thing that you wanted to share

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03:24:31,700 --> 03:24:37,440
Yes, thank you so much, Chair, and it's a hard act to follow, so I'll try to be very brief.

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I just wanted to call out it was on the consent agenda today, but the resolution affirming the board's commitment to address the risk created by the fossil fuel infrastructure located in the critical energy infrastructure hub.

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And I was just very proud and honored to bring this co-sponsor, this, with commission or singleton resolution within the first couple of weeks in office as that's awesome.

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That's both well, but it just it has been something that we as a board committed to five years ago.

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So we committed to hold polluters accountable for the dangers they expose us to and the

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risks they bring to our communities.

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And nowhere is this more apparent than this critical energy infrastructure hub, where there

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are over 630 giant fuel tanks containing toxic substances right in the middle of a cascadious

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abduction zone where earthquakes will happen and anyway catastrophic harm will result and

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this is on the consented agenda because a very full board meeting and b there has been

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so much we have done about this since the five years that I had brought this forward worked

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with Commissioner Giapal in District 2, nice partnership, D122, where we had a resolution

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committing to this work.

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We then had an analysis saying what is in those things, how old are they, what damage

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really is going to occur, and it's worse than you can imagine.

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It's really bad if harmful to humans devastating to the environment.

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So then we then got together said, what are we going to do about it?

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Meanwhile, the state did something to require these companies owning these fuels to be to mitigate the risks,

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to shore up their tanks to hold the feet, I can't speak, it's too much, to make sure that the tanks are up to

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current standards so that they can be as safe as possible to hold these combustible toxic polluting

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substances. So we have done a lot of work. It may feel plotting to me as an ear doctor, it felt

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like a glacial pace, but each step was essential. And we have gotten to the point where that work has

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laid the foundation, tried to bring forward an ordinance about this to put the policy into

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practice and act. So that ordinance didn't pass, but this board has clearly demonstrated

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its commitment.

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So, what this resolution does is it is a formal statement of that commitment.

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It is elevating the fact that this board, it is not stopping as our current board members leave.

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This commitment exists, and as our new board comes in, they are committed to it.

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Commissioner Singleton is a true champion, and I'm looking at you in my screen, I don't know what it looks at.

2344
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But I have just so appreciated your partnership, and I'm just grateful and confident that you are committed to this work.

2345
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And Commissioner Moire, who will be stepping in, I hope you will be the D1D2 partners leading this forward.

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The resolution calls for implementation and action of a financial risk assurance policy within the year.

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Hopefully soon but with the chair helping to shepherd that the dedication of John W of Chris Voss of the incredible advocates who put their time energy heart and soul into this and really made it happen.

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It just never would have without you it will it will happen and I'm just grateful for all of the hard work that went into this.

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sorry this is longer than I intended. I didn't have written talking points as always

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about things so anyway I'm very excited. Thank you so much.

2351
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I just want to echo that

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I look forward to our work on that and appreciate Commissioner Meirin's leadership on the CEI hub

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03:29:33,180 --> 03:29:38,580
so more to come and thank you everyone for keeping moving this work forward. It will not

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not just fall to the wayside.

2355
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Thank you.

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Commissioner Stigman.

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Let's eat.

2358
03:29:45,800 --> 03:29:45,920
Okay.

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I just want to say this is a really

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momentous for meaning because I am

2361
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saying goodbye to my two colleagues

2362
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who have been on this board as long

2363
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as I have and I will miss you.

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I also, though, just want to appreciate.

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Committee, commissioner Singleton, commissioner Brim Edwards, commissioners, elect, Jonathan

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Stixon and Moir. We had a really wonderful, thoughtful board retreat yesterday, and I am

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just grateful for them bringing their full selves to the retreat yesterday at Midland

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Library, another fantastic library in our renovation project. And I'm looking forward to continuing

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not just the work of the infrastructure hub, but also just all of the really great and important

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work we're doing at the county. So you are leaving this week, and that's pretty

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momentous, but you're leaving it in good hands to carry this work forward. There being no further

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business, we are adjourned.