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The Council Agenda is the weekly list of items to come before the City Council. The agenda is available after 4:00 pm each Friday for the following week's Council meetings.

Individual items to the agenda will be linked as they become available. These items are only a convenience copy and will not reflect any changes made during Council meetings.

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Council Agenda for May 29, 2013 (Printable version)

PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

City Hall - 1221 SW Fourth Avenue

WEDNESDAY, 9:30 AM, MAY 29, 2013

Communications

484 Request of Kathryn Harrington to address Council to thank the City and Commission for efforts to provide a network of pedestrian and bicycle facilities (Communication)

485 Request of Silas Covert-Keefe to address Council regarding Gilbert-Place and economic development inEast Portland (Communication)

486 Request of Jim Baker to address Council regardingPortland streets (Communication)

487 Request of Joseph Gordon to address Council regarding fetal alcohol syndrome (Communication)

488 Request of Mary Rose Eng to address Council regarding the death of Aaron Swartz and Aaron's Law (Communication)

TIMES CERTAIN

489 TIME CERTAIN: 9:30 AM – Approval of the FY 2013-2014 Budget for the City ofPortland (Mayor convenes Budget Committee) 15 minutes requested

490 TIME CERTAIN: 9:45 AM – Approval of the FY 2013-2014 Portland Development Commission Budget (Mayor convenes Council as Portland Development Commission Budget Committee) 15 minutes requested

CONSENT AGENDA – NO DISCUSSION

Mayor Charlie Hales

*491 Authorize a grant agreement with Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc. in the amount of $54,387 to provide a Gang Impacted Family Team Coordinator for an aligned system of support for program stakeholders serving gang impacted youth and families (Ordinance)

Bureau of Environmental Services

*492 Authorize the Director of the Bureau of Environmental Services or their designee and the City Attorney to enter into a settlement agreement with Kathleen Benafel (Ordinance)

493 Authorize the Bureau of Environmental Services to acquire certain easements and other real property interests necessary for construction of the Skidmore Pump Station Upgrade Project No. E10291 through the exercise of the City's Eminent Domain Authority (Ordinance)

494 Authorize contract with Harper Houf Peterson Righellis, Inc. and provide payment for design services of the SE Hawthorne Sewer Improvements Project No. E08668 for $422,441 (SecondReading Agenda 460)

Office of Management and Finance

*495 Create a new represented classification of Community Garden Technician and establish an interim compensation rate for this classification (Ordinance)

*496 Authorize Intergovernmental Agreement in the amount of $160,000 between Portland Development Commission and Office of Management and Finance for the Union Station Tracks and Building Preliminary Engineering and Environment Review (Ordinance)

497 Grant a franchise to Zayo Group, LLC for telecommunications services for a period of 10 years (Second Reading Agenda 372)

Parks & Recreation

*498 Transfer funds to the Grant Field sports field and track improvement project (Ordinance)

499 Authorize acceptance of properties from the Portland Development Commission and assign them to Portland Parks & Recreation (Ordinance)

Water Bureau

500 Accept contract with Moore Excavation, Inc., for the construction of the Westside Header Relocation Phase 2 Project as complete, release retainage and authorize final payment (Report; Contract No. 30002064)

501 Authorize the Water Bureau to acquire a conservation and access easement on the YMCA Camp Collins property (Ordinance)

502 Authorize an Intergovernmental Agreement with Tualatin Valley Water District and City ofTualatin to conduct analysis and planning to evaluate capacity and design concepts for a temporary emergency pump station (Second Reading Agenda 469)

REGULAR AGENDA

Mayor Charlie Hales

Bureau of Development Services and Parks & Recreation

503 Amend tree regulations to change the effective date from July 1, 2013 to January 1, 2015 (Second Reading Agenda 471; amend Ordinance Nos. 184522 and 184524)

Bureau of Development Services

504 Amend fee schedules for building, land use services, neighborhood inspections, noise control, plumbing, signs and site development permits (Second Reading Agenda 452)

Bureau of Transportation

505 Adopt a new Bureau of Transportation policy to prioritize maintenance work on City owned and maintained local streets (Resolution)

*506 Authorize the Bureau of Transportation to execute real property deeds in the amount of $1,202,453 in Transportation System Development Charge Overlay Credits required for construction of the New Water Avenue Project; indemnify Oregon Museum of Science and Industry and the Oregon Department of Energy; authorize the naming and renaming of segments of SE Water Avenue; and authorize transfer of real property to TriMet (Ordinance) 15 minutes requested

507 Revise transportation fees, rates and charges for FY 2013-14 and fix an effective date (Second Reading Agenda 475)

508 Extend special rates and charges, and create new permit types for public works permitting services through FY 2013-2014 (Second Reading Agenda 476)

Office of Management and Finance

*509 Amend the City ofPortland Health Plan and the City ofPortland Cafeteria Plan to reflect necessary plan administrative and design changes as recommended by the Labor Management Benefits Committee and requested by Bureau of Human Resources for the City self-insured plans beginning July 1, 2013 (Ordinance) 15 minutes requested

Parks & Recreation

*510 Authorize agreements with Delta Development LLC and Sports Field Management, LLC to facilitate field improvements and license agreement forDeltaPark sports fields (Ordinance) 10 minutes requested

511 Amend provisions relating to duties of the Golf Advisory Committee (Ordinance; amend Code Chapter 3.86)

WEDNESDAY, 2:00 PM, MAY 29, 2013

512 TIME CERTAIN: 2:00 PM – Accept the Chief Administrative Officer second annual report of the General Obligation Bond Independent Citizen Committee (Report introduced by Mayor Hales) 45 minutes requested

REGULAR AGENDA

Mayor Charlie Hales

513 Extend a street closure pilot program in the Old Town Entertainment Districts through parts of NW 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th Avenues between W Burnside and NW Everett on certain days and during certain hours (Previous Agenda 481) 10 minutes requested

Office of Management and Finance

514 Amend contract with Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc., P.C. to increase contract amount by an additional $409,704 to provide additional consultant services for redevelopment of the ADA Title II Transition Plan for the City (Second Reading Agenda 483; amend Contract No. 30002636)

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

Communications items are three minutes each. Regular Agenda items taking longer than five minutes have the time estimate noted next to the item.

The * indicates an emergency ordinance, which takes effect immediately if passed. Non-emergency ordinances require two readings and a 30-day waiting period before taking effect. Resolutions, reports, etc., adopted by Council are effective after adjournment.

The above summary is published by the City Auditor as provided by Section 2-113 of the Charter and Ordinance No. 130672.

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LaVonne Griffin-Valade

Auditor of the City ofPortland

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Disclaimer: The official agenda including items is on file with the Council Clerk at City Hall. This online copy is for general information only. In the event of a conflict between the online copy and the official hard copy documents on file with the Council Clerk, the official hard copy shall prevail.

Contact Information: Questions concerning this agenda should be directed to Karla Moore-Love 503-823-4086 or Sue Parsons 503-823-4085.