PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

City Hall  -  1221 SW Fourth Avenue

WEDNESDAY, 9:30 AM, SEPTEMBER 26, 2007

 

Disposition:

 

THOSE PRESENT WERE:  Mayor Potter, Presiding; Commissioners Adams, Leonard and Saltzman, 4.

 

 

Communications

 

 

 1131    Request of Hector Lara Cervantes to address Council regarding unauthorized state and federal research demonstrations and experiments  (Communication)

 

PLACED ON FILE

 1132    Request of Walter Valenta to address Council regarding update on the plan to cut trees on Bridgeton Rd and subsequent restraining order  (Communication)

 

PLACED ON FILE

TIME CERTAINS

 

 

 1133    TIME CERTAIN: 9:30 AM -  Authorize License Agreement with the Japanese Garden Society of Oregon to operate and manage the Japanese Garden in Washington Park  (Ordinance introduced by Commissioner Saltzman)

 

PASSED TO

 SECOND READING

OCTOBER 3, 2007

AT 9:30 AM

 1134    TIME CERTAIN: 10:00 AMAccept the Children’s Bill of Rights City of Portland youth engagement inventory  (Report introduced by Mayor Potter)

               (Y-4)

ACCEPTED

 1135    TIME CERTAIN: 10:30 AMUpdate the Mt. Tabor Master Plan  (Resolution introduced by Commissioner Saltzman)

               (Y-4)

36539

 

CONSENT AGENDA – NO DISCUSSION

 

 

Mayor Tom Potter

 

 

Office of Management and Finance – Business Operations

 

*1136    Authorize acquisition of 10 replacement 2-yard dump trucks  (Ordinance)

               (Y-4)

 

 

 

 

181292

Office of Management and Finance – Revenue Bureau

 

*1137    Authorize Intergovernmental Agreement with Portland State University for fiscal and staffing analysis of the Revenue Bureau Business License Fee/ Multnomah County Business Income Tax  (Ordinance)

               (Y-4)

181293

Police Bureau

 

*1138    Amend an Intergovernmental Agreement with Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon and the City of Gresham to increase the number of officers assigned to the TriMet Transit Police managed by Portland Police Bureau  (Ordinance; amend Contract No. 52544)

               (Y-4)

181294

 

Commissioner Sam Adams

 

 

Bureau of Environmental Services

 

  1139     Accept completion of Tanner Phase 4B Upper Burnside Sewer Separation and authorize final payment to Tri-State Construction, Inc. Project No. 7625  (Report; Contract No. 36531)

               (Y-4)

ACCEPTED

*1140    Accept sub-recipient grant award from the Johnson Creek Watershed Council in the amount of $560,250 for East Powell Butte Floodplain Restoration at Alsop-Brownwood  (Ordinance)

               (Y-4)

181295

*1141    Authorize the Director of the Bureau of Environmental Services to execute an easement with the Union Pacific Railroad for construction of tunnel as part of the East Side Combined Sewer Overflow Tunnel Project No. 7594  (Ordinance)

 

REFERRED TO COMMISSIONER OF

PUBLIC UTILITIES

 1142    Authorize grant application for Stephens Creek Confluence Habitat Enhancement Project to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association Community Based Restoration Project grant program  (Ordinance)

 

PASSED TO

 SECOND READING

OCTOBER 3, 2007

AT 9:30 AM

 1143    Authorize an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Port of Portland for cost sharing of joint National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Municipal Stormwater permit compliance activities  (Second Reading Agenda 1115)

               (Y-4)

181296

 

Commissioner Dan Saltzman

 

 

Office of Sustainable Development

 

*1144    Adopt a Waste Reduction Program and execute an Intergovernmental Agreement with Metro to receive Metro Waste Reduction Challenge Funds in the amount of $250,280 in FY 07-08  (Ordinance)

               (Y-4)

181297

 1145    Execute an Intergovernmental Agreement for $220,000 from Metro to help fund the BlueWorks program that provides businesses with free recycling, waste prevention and sustainable purchasing assistance throughout Portland  (Second Reading Agenda 1117)

               (Y-4)

181298

 1146    Authorize a three-year Intergovernmental Agreement with Portland State University in the amount of $88,020 to implement Portland Public Event Recycling Program  (Second Reading Agenda 1118)

               (Y-4)

181299

 

Commissioner Erik Sten

 

 

Bureau of Housing and Community Development

 

*1147    Authorize Intergovernmental Agreement with the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries for $20,000 for the Civil Rights Enforcement Services Program and provide for payment  (Ordinance)

               (Y-4)

181300

*1148    Authorize Intergovernmental Agreement with Multnomah County for cooperation of units of local government to prepare and update the Consolidated Plan to meet affordable housing goals and to receive payment  (Ordinance)

               (Y-4)

181301

 

REGULAR AGENDA

 

 

 

Mayor Tom Potter

 

 

Office of Management and Finance – Business Operations

 

*1149    Authorize charitable organizations eligible to participate in the City 2008 Combined Charitable Campaign  (Previous Agenda 1068)

               (Y-4)

181302

Office of Management and Finance – Purchases

 

 1150    Accept bid of Dunn Construction for the Sellwood Reliever Sewer project for $2,787,538  (Purchasing Report - Bid No. 107775)

               (Y-4)

ACCEPTED

PREPARE CONTRACT

 1151    Accept bid of Carter & Company Inc. for the SE Foster Road Bridge at SE Barbara Welch Road project for $1,787,511  (Purchasing Report - Bid No. 107840)

                (Y-4)

ACCEPTED

PREPARE CONTRACT

   1152    Adopt findings, authorize an exemption to the competitive bidding process to the Bureau of Purchases pursuant to ORS 279 and City Code 5.34 and provide payment for construction of the Council Crest Park Tower Replacement Design-Build Project  (Ordinance)

 

PASSED TO

 SECOND READING

OCTOBER 3, 2007

AT 9:30 AM

Office of Management and Finance – Revenue Bureau

 

 1153    Amend Secondhand Dealer regulations  (Second Reading Agenda 1111; amend Code Chapter 14B.90)

               (Y-4)

181303

Office of Management and Finance – Technology Services

 

*1154    Authorize a five-year Intergovernmental Agreement with Portland Community College for a lease of space to erect, maintain and operate  a communication building and tower Antenna Facility with an option of a five-year renewal  (Ordinance)

               (Y-4)

181304

 

Commissioner Sam Adams

 

 

Office of Transportation

 

 1155    Vacate SE Kelton Street west of SE 28th Avenue subject to certain conditions and reservations  (Hearing; Ordinance; VAC-10040)

 

PASSED TO

 SECOND READING

OCTOBER 3, 2007

AT 9:30 AM

*1156    Amend contract with Alta Planning + Design for expansion, continued development, and implementation of the Safer Routes to School national model pilot program  (Ordinance; amend Contract No. 35788)

 

CONTINUED TO

OCTOBER 3, 2007

AT 9:30 AM

*1157    Amend Intergovernmental Agreement with Metro for the Lake Oswego to Portland Transit and Trail Alternatives Analysis Project to extend deadline and increase budget  (Ordinance; amend Contract No. 52733)

               (Y-4)

181305

*1158    Authorize contract with Axiom Decision Systems, Inc. to collect pavement distress data, develop quality control/quality assurance procedures, and train City staff on new data collection methods  (Ordinance)

               (Y-4)

181306

 1159    Adopt the Update of Transportation System Development Charge rate study, establish an update fee schedule effective January 1, 2008  (Previous Agenda 1084; amend Code Chapter 17.15)

 

PASSED TO

 SECOND READING

AS AMENDED

OCTOBER 3, 2007

AT 9:30 AM

 

Commissioner Dan Saltzman

 

 

Parks and Recreation

 

 1160    Accept grant from the State Marine Board in the amount of $330,500 for repairing the existing tie-up facilities at River Place  (Ordinance)

 

PASSED TO

 SECOND READING

OCTOBER 3, 2007

AT 9:30 AM

 

WEDNESDAY, 2:00 PM, SEPTEMBER 26, 2007

 

 

DUE TO LACK OF AN AGENDA

THERE WAS NO MEETING

 

 

NOTE:            “Time Certain” indicates that an item will not be heard by Council prior to the time specified.

                       

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GARY BLACKMER

                                         Auditor of the City of Portland

 

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