Portland City Council Public Works Committee — September 8, 2026
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[00:11:18] LIKE THAT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD
[00:11:19] MORNING CHAIR CLARK AND MEMBERS
[00:11:21] OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE.
[00:11:22] MY NAME IS ART PIERCE, AND I'M
[00:11:23] PLEASED TO BE SPEAKING WITH YOU
[00:11:25] TODAY AS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR
[00:11:26] OF PORTLAND PARKS AND
[00:11:27] RECREATION. WHILE I'M NEW TO
[00:11:29] PORTLAND PARKS, I HAVE 28 YEARS
[00:11:30] OF EXPERIENCE SERVING PORTLAND,
[00:11:31] UTILIZING TRANSPORTATION
[00:11:32] RESOURCES TO CREATE GREATER
[00:11:33] ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY AND
[00:11:35] LEVERAGING OUR STREETS TO
[00:11:36] UNLOCK COMMUNITY VISION AND
[00:11:37] PAIRING THAT VISION WITH PUBLIC
[00:11:39] AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT. I'VE
[00:11:41] ALWAYS SEEN PUBLIC SERVICE AS
[00:11:42] AN EXTENSION OF THE HOSPITALITY
[00:11:44] INDUSTRY. WE ARE CONSTANTLY
[00:11:46] RECREATING A CITY IN ORDER TO
[00:11:47] RETAIN AND ATTRACT RESIDENTS
[00:11:49] AND BUSINESSES, AND CREATE A
[00:11:50] PLACE THAT WE ALL WANT TO
[00:11:51] CONTRIBUTE TO. THERE IS DEEP
[00:11:56] PRIDE IN PORTLAND. PEOPLE
[00:11:59] DEEPLY LOVE THIS CITY.
[00:12:00] BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS WANT
[00:12:02] TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CITY, BUT
[00:12:03] NEED TO SEE THEMSELVES IN A
[00:12:05] SHARED FUTURE. VISION
[00:12:07] INNOVATION OCCURS WHEN THE
[00:12:08] GOVERNMENT SECTOR CAN HELP
[00:12:09] CURATE COMMUNITY, PUBLIC AND
[00:12:11] PRIVATE RESOURCES TO CREATE
[00:12:13] SHARED OUTCOMES. HOW WE SHOW UP
[00:12:15] AS PUBLIC SERVANTS MATTERS AND
[00:12:17] CAN EITHER AMPLIFY OR STIFLE
[00:12:19] THAT COLLABORATION. PORTLAND
[00:12:23] PARKS OVERSEES 15% OF THE LAND
[00:12:26] AREA IN PORTLAND. THAT'S A
[00:12:27] SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC RESOURCE
[00:12:28] THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE, CONTINUE
[00:12:30] TO BE UPLIFTED TO SUPPORT THIS
[00:12:32] MOMENT FOR PORTLAND, TO CREATE
[00:12:33] HEALTHIER NATURAL AREAS TO
[00:12:34] CREATE GREATER COMMUNITY.
[00:12:36] WELCOME, TO CREATE GREATER
[00:12:37] BELONGING, UPLIFTING TO CREATE
[00:12:39] A CITY WE ARE PROUD TO LIVE,
[00:12:40] WORK AND PLAY IN. IN MY FIRST
[00:12:44] TWO MONTHS AT PARKS, I HAVE
[00:12:45] BEEN STRUCK BY HOW DIRECTLY
[00:12:46] PORTLAND PARKS DAILY ACTIVITIES
[00:12:48] ARE FOCUSED ON THE ACT OF
[00:12:50] HOSPITALITY. I'VE TERMED THIS
[00:12:51] THE HIDDEN WORK OF HOSPITALITY.
[00:12:53] BECAUSE A GOOD HOST HAS
[00:12:54] ANTICIPATED YOUR NEEDS BEFORE
[00:12:56] YOU ARRIVE, SO THE EXPERIENCE
[00:12:57] IS FRICTIONLESS ENJOYMENT,
[00:12:59] WHETHER THAT IS CURATING OUR
[00:13:00] NATURAL AREAS, THE DAY TO DAY
[00:13:02] CARE OF OUR PARKS AND SPORTS
[00:13:03] FIELDS, MAINTENANCE AND
[00:13:05] OPERATIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY
[00:13:06] CENTERS. ALL OF THAT IS AN ACT
[00:13:07] OF GRACIOUS WELCOME OF
[00:13:09] HOSPITALITY. AND THESE ARE
[00:13:11] INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PUBLIC
[00:13:12] ASSETS THAT IMPACT EVERY
[00:13:14] PORTLANDERS DAILY LIFE. THERE
[00:13:15] IS SO MUCH POTENTIAL TO SHARE
[00:13:16] THIS RESPONSIBILITY AND THE JOY
[00:13:18] OF HOSTING WITH COMMUNITY AND
[00:13:20] WITH PRIVATE PARTNERS. ABOUT A
[00:13:24] YEAR AGO, PORTLAND PARKS WAS
[00:13:25] GIVEN A CLEAR CHARGE. TAKE A
[00:13:26] HARD LOOK AT HOW PARKS WORKS
[00:13:28] WITH PARTNERS AND VOLUNTEERS.
[00:13:30] MAKE IT EASIER FOR PORTLANDERS
[00:13:31] TO WORK WITH US AND INCREASE
[00:13:33] VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION BEYOND
[00:13:34] WHERE WE WERE BEFORE COVID. SO
[00:13:36] WE GOT TO WORK. TODAY, I WANT
[00:13:38] TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE FOUND, WHAT
[00:13:39] HAS CHANGED, AND WHERE WE SEE A
[00:13:41] MUCH BIGGER OPPORTUNITY AHEAD.
[00:13:44] OUR FOCUS ON HOW WE INVITE
[00:13:45] PORTLANDERS INTO THE WORK OF
[00:13:47] CARING FOR, INVESTING IN
[00:13:48] PROGRAMING AND ACTIVATING THEIR
[00:13:50] PUBLIC SPACES. YOU WILL SEE
[00:13:52] THIS ON THE ON THE SLIDE. THAT
[00:13:54] PARTNERSHIP IS NOT NEW TO PARKS
[00:13:55] AND RECREATION. WE HAVE
[00:13:57] HUNDREDS OF GROUPS THAT WORK
[00:13:58] ALONGSIDE US EVERY DAY TO
[00:14:00] PROVIDE CRITICAL CARE AND
[00:14:02] SERVICES. EACH OF OUR DIVISIONS
[00:14:03] HAS 25 TO 90 RECOGNIZED
[00:14:06] EXTERNAL PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS.
[00:14:11] PORTLAND PARKS AND REC MANAGES
[00:14:13] AN ENORMOUS AND DIVERSE SYSTEM
[00:14:14] OF PUBLIC ASSETS, AND THAT NEED
[00:14:16] AND THE NEEDS ACROSS THAT
[00:14:18] SYSTEM ARE SIGNIFICANT, AND
[00:14:20] GOVERNMENT CANNOT MEET EVERY
[00:14:21] OPPORTUNITY BY ITSELF. THAT
[00:14:23] DOES NOT MEAN REPLACING PUBLIC
[00:14:24] INVESTMENT WITH PRIVATE
[00:14:26] INVESTMENT. PUBLIC PARKS AND
[00:14:27] RECREATION FACILITIES ARE
[00:14:28] PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY, BUT
[00:14:30] THERE IS TREMENDOUS CAPACITY IN
[00:14:31] THE CITY. COMMUNITY
[00:14:33] ORGANIZATIONS BRING
[00:14:33] RELATIONSHIPS AND KNOWLEDGE.
[00:14:35] VOLUNTEERS BRING TIME AND
[00:14:36] TALENT, NONPROFIT, PHILANTHROPY
[00:14:38] AND BUSINESSES BRING PROGRAMING,
[00:14:40] EXPERTISE AND RESOURCES. OUR
[00:14:42] JOB IS TO CONNECT THAT CAPACITY
[00:14:44] TO A PUBLIC PURPOSE. WHEN THE
[00:14:48] PARKS BUREAU STARTED THIS WORK,
[00:14:49] WE HEARD A CONSISTENT MESSAGE
[00:14:51] PORTLANDERS WANT TO PARTNER
[00:14:52] WITH PARKS, BUT WE AREN'T
[00:14:53] ALWAYS EASY TO PARTNER WITH.
[00:14:56] PROPOSALS COME THROUGH
[00:14:57] DIFFERENT DOORS, AGREEMENTS CAN
[00:14:58] TAKE A LONG TIME, AND WE DON'T
[00:15:00] HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE OF
[00:15:01] OUR PARTNERSHIPS OR THEIR
[00:15:03] CONTRIBUTIONS. SO WE STARTED
[00:15:05] WITH THE BASICS. WE. WE
[00:15:06] INVENTORIED PARTNERSHIPS. WE
[00:15:08] ENGAGED PARTNERS AND FRIENDS
[00:15:09] GROUPS, IMPROVED VOLUNTEER
[00:15:10] TRACKING, AND BEGAN CREATING
[00:15:12] CLEAR PATHWAYS FOR COMMUNITY
[00:15:13] IDEAS. THE QUESTION DRIVING THE
[00:15:15] WORK HAS BEEN SIMPLE HOW DO WE
[00:15:17] MAKE PORTLAND PARKS AND REC
[00:15:19] EASIER TO PARTNER WITH WHILE
[00:15:21] PROTECTING THE PUBLIC INTEREST?
[00:15:23] ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE
[00:15:24] LEARNED IS THAT PARTNERSHIP AT
[00:15:26] PARKS IS MUCH BIGGER THAN
[00:15:27] PHILANTHROPY. PARTNERS OPERATE,
[00:15:30] FACILITIES, PROVIDE PROGRAMING,
[00:15:31] STEWARD NATURAL AREAS, IMPROVE
[00:15:32] PUBLIC SPACES, RAISE MONEY,
[00:15:34] SPONSOR PROGRAMS, AND ORGANIZE
[00:15:36] VOLUNTEERS. WHEN WE PUT THOSE
[00:15:38] RELATIONSHIPS TOGETHER, WE
[00:15:39] FOUND SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT.
[00:15:41] PORTLAND PARKS AND REC WORKS
[00:15:42] WITH MORE THAN 100 PARTNER
[00:15:44] ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING 40
[00:15:45] ACTIVE SITE BASED PARTNERSHIPS
[00:15:47] PROVIDING REGULAR STEWARDSHIP,
[00:15:49] ACTIVATION AND MAINTENANCE
[00:15:49] SUPPORT ACROSS THE CITY. THE
[00:15:52] INTERNATIONAL ROSE TEST GARDEN
[00:15:54] VOLUNTEERS ARE A GREAT EXAMPLE.
[00:15:55] THIS YEAR, HUNDREDS OF THEM
[00:15:57] WERE ESSENTIAL IN KEEPING THE
[00:15:58] GARDEN LOOKING ITS BEST AND
[00:15:59] SERVING THOUSANDS OF VISITING
[00:16:01] GUESTS. THEY CONTRIBUTED OVER
[00:16:03] 2200 VOLUNTEER HOURS ALONGSIDE
[00:16:05] OUR LAND STEWARDSHIP TEAMS,
[00:16:07] DEADHEADED ROSES, AND CONDUCTED
[00:16:08] GROUP TOURS TO WELL OVER 1300
[00:16:11] VISITORS. THIS IS SUBSTANTIAL
[00:16:13] COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND
[00:16:15] THEY COME BACK AND HELP EVERY
[00:16:17] SEASON. OUR OPPORTUNITY IS TO
[00:16:18] MAKE WHAT WE HAVE WORK BETTER
[00:16:21] AND GROW IT. THIS IS ONE OF THE
[00:16:25] RESULTS I'M REALLY EXCITED TO
[00:16:27] SHARE. WE WERE GIVEN A SPECIFIC
[00:16:29] DIRECTIVE FROM THE MAYOR GET
[00:16:30] VOLUNTEER HOURS BACK ABOVE OUR
[00:16:32] PRE-COVID LEVELS. OUR FY 2019
[00:16:34] BENCHMARK WAS 400,052 170 HOURS.
[00:16:39] LAST YEAR, WE RECORDED 396,000
[00:16:42] HOURS, AND THIS YEAR OVER
[00:16:46] 485,000 HOURS. THAT IS 89,000
[00:16:48] MORE HOURS THAN LAST YEAR, A
[00:16:51] 22.5% INCREASE IN MORE THAN
[00:16:53] 3300 HOURS ABOVE OUR PRE-COVID
[00:16:54] BENCHMARK. USING THE
[00:16:56] INDEPENDENT SECTOR VALUE OF
[00:16:58] VOLUNTEERS TIME THAT REPRESENTS
[00:17:00] APPROXIMATELY 16.9 MILLION IN
[00:17:02] VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY
[00:17:04] CONTRIBUTION. BUT I WANT TO BE
[00:17:06] MORE PRECISE IN WHAT DROVE THAT
[00:17:08] INCREASE. THIS ISN'T JUST
[00:17:10] 89,000 NEW HOURS OF BRAND NEW
[00:17:12] SERVICE. IT REFLECTS AN
[00:17:13] INCREASED ACTIVITY AND A MUCH
[00:17:15] STRONGER SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING
[00:17:16] WHAT PORTLAND'S ARE ALREADY
[00:17:17] CONTRIBUTING. WE IMPLEMENTED AN
[00:17:19] ONLINE DIGITAL SOFTWARE PROGRAM,
[00:17:21] ADDED STAFF CAPACITY AROUND
[00:17:23] VOLUNTEER DATA, IMPROVED
[00:17:24] REPORTING ACROSS NRW, AND WE
[00:17:26] ALSO REENGAGE ORGANIZATIONS
[00:17:28] WHOSE CONTRIBUTIONS HAD NOT
[00:17:29] ALWAYS BEEN CONSISTENTLY
[00:17:30] CAPTURED. SO THE ACHIEVEMENT IS
[00:17:33] TWOFOLD. WE SURPASSED THE
[00:17:34] MAYOR'S GOAL, AND WE BUILT A
[00:17:35] BETTER SYSTEM FOR SUSTAINING
[00:17:36] AND MEASURING VOLUNTEERISM. NOW
[00:17:39] WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE
[00:17:40] OPPORTUNITIES ARE ACCESSIBLE
[00:17:41] THROUGHOUT PORTLAND. I ALSO
[00:17:45] WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING THAT
[00:17:46] COUNCIL HAS HEARD PREVIOUSLY
[00:17:48] ABOUT OUTSIDE INVESTMENT.
[00:17:49] COUNCILORS PREVIOUSLY SAW
[00:17:50] COMPARATIVE INFORMATION FROM
[00:17:51] THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND
[00:17:53] SHOWING PORTLAND IN THE LOWER
[00:17:54] HALF OF THE TOP TEN SYSTEMS FOR
[00:17:56] PRIVATE AND NONPROFIT
[00:17:57] INVESTMENT. WHAT IS IMPORTANT
[00:17:58] TO UNDERSTAND IS THE TRUST FOR
[00:18:00] PUBLIC LAND WAS MEASURING
[00:18:01] SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC DIRECT
[00:18:03] SPENDING BY A HANDFUL OF
[00:18:05] NONPROFITS. IT WAS NOT
[00:18:06] MEASURING THE SIZE OR STRENGTH
[00:18:07] OF PORTLAND PARKS AND RECS
[00:18:09] OVERALL PARTNERSHIP NETWORK. IF
[00:18:10] A NONPROFIT SPENDS ITS OWN
[00:18:12] MONEY MAINTAINING A PARK, THAT
[00:18:13] COUNTS AS PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
[00:18:15] IF A NONPROFIT RAISES MONEY,
[00:18:16] GIVES IT TO PARKS AND REC, AND
[00:18:18] WE SPEND IT ON A PARK, TPL
[00:18:20] COUNTS THAT AS PUBLIC SPENDING.
[00:18:22] SO THAT EARLIER COMPARISON
[00:18:23] DIDN'T CAPTURE THE FULL
[00:18:25] PARTNERSHIP PICTURE. I ALSO
[00:18:28] THINK THERE'S SOMETHING USEFUL
[00:18:29] IN THAT FINDING. THERE'S ROOM
[00:18:31] FOR US TO GROW. PORTLAND CAN
[00:18:32] ATTRACT MORE DIRECT, PRIVATE
[00:18:34] AND PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENT
[00:18:36] LIKE OTHER CITIES HAVE, AND WE
[00:18:37] SHOULD. WE HAVE SUBSTANTIAL
[00:18:39] PARTNERSHIP ECOSYSTEM ALREADY.
[00:18:40] AND THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE
[00:18:42] BUILD ON IT? ANOTHER MAJOR PART
[00:18:45] OF THIS WORK IS WHAT HAPPENS
[00:18:47] WHEN SOMEBODY HAS AN IDEA FOR A
[00:18:49] PARK. HISTORICALLY, THERE
[00:18:50] HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN AN OBVIOUS
[00:18:51] FRONT DOOR FOR THOSE IDEAS.
[00:18:53] THAT ISN'T JUST FRUSTRATING.
[00:18:54] IT'S ALSO AN EQUITY ISSUE. WE
[00:18:57] ARE WORKING TOWARDS A CLEARER
[00:18:58] PARK PROPOSAL PROCESS WITH WITH
[00:19:00] A VISIBLE ENTRY POINT,
[00:19:02] UNDERSTANDABLE CRITERIA, AND
[00:19:03] ACCOUNTABILITY FOR GETTING
[00:19:04] PEOPLE AN ANSWER. NOT EVERY
[00:19:06] IDEA WILL WORK, BUT THERE WILL
[00:19:08] BE CLEAR AND EQUITABLE SYSTEM
[00:19:09] FOR HOW THESE IDEAS ARE
[00:19:10] SUBMITTED AND VETTED. THAT
[00:19:14] LEADS PROBABLY TO THE MOST
[00:19:15] IMPORTANT POLICY QUESTION OF
[00:19:16] THIS WORK. PARTNERSHIP CREATES
[00:19:18] OPPORTUNITY, BUT PARTNERSHIP
[00:19:20] DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY CREATE
[00:19:21] EQUITY. SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE
[00:19:24] ESTABLISHED NONPROFITS,
[00:19:25] FUNDRAISING NETWORKS, AND
[00:19:26] PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE
[00:19:28] GOVERNMENT. OTHERS HAVE
[00:19:29] TREMENDOUS IDEAS AND COMMITMENT,
[00:19:31] BUT MUCH LESS ORGANIZATIONAL
[00:19:33] CAPACITY. SO WE HAVE TO THINK
[00:19:34] MORE BROADLY ABOUT VALUE. A
[00:19:36] NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION
[00:19:37] MOBILIZING NEIGHBORS CREATES
[00:19:39] VALUE. A CULTURALLY SPECIFIC
[00:19:40] ORGANIZATION REACHING VISIT,
[00:19:42] REACHING RESIDENTS WE HAVEN'T
[00:19:44] REACHED CREATES VALUE. A
[00:19:45] RECREATIONAL PROVIDER
[00:19:47] ACTIVATING AN UNDERUSED PARK
[00:19:48] ALSO CREATES VALUE. EQUITY
[00:19:50] DOESN'T MEAN TURNING AWAY
[00:19:51] INVESTMENT FROM COMMUNITIES
[00:19:52] THAT HAVE RESOURCES. IT MEANS
[00:19:53] GROWING THE PIE WHILE
[00:19:55] INTENTIONALLY EXPANDING. WHO
[00:19:57] HAS ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY. AND
[00:20:01] THIS IS WHERE THE NEXT PHASE
[00:20:02] GETS EXCITING. WE DON'T HAVE TO
[00:20:04] WAIT FOR PARTNERSHIPS
[00:20:05] OPPORTUNITIES TO FIND US. WE
[00:20:06] CAN BE PROACTIVE IN OUR PURSUIT.
[00:20:08] OUR NEW WORK WITH PORTLAND
[00:20:09] STATE UNIVERSITY IS A GREAT
[00:20:11] EXAMPLE. THIS IS IN RESPONSE
[00:20:12] SPECIFICALLY TO COUNCILOR
[00:20:14] SMITH'S REQUESTS ABOUT
[00:20:16] PARTNERSHIPS IN DISTRICT ONE.
[00:20:18] THIS FALL UNDER THE LEADERSHIP
[00:20:19] OF FORMER PARKS BOARD CHAIR
[00:20:21] DOCTOR CORBIN, APPROXIMATELY 42
[00:20:23] GRADUATE STUDENTS WILL FOCUS ON
[00:20:24] ALL 15 NEIGHBORHOODS IN
[00:20:25] DISTRICT ONE LOOKING AT PARK
[00:20:27] ACCESS, ACTIVATION, COMMUNITY
[00:20:29] NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
[00:20:30] PARTNERSHIP. DISTRICT ONE WAS
[00:20:32] INTENTIONAL. WE WANT TO
[00:20:33] UNDERSTAND WHAT PARTNERSHIP
[00:20:34] LOOKS LIKE, WHERE THERE MAY NOT
[00:20:36] BE ALREADY WELL ESTABLISHED
[00:20:37] NONPROFIT AND FUNDRAISING
[00:20:38] INFRASTRUCTURE SURROUNDING
[00:20:39] EVERY PARK. WHERE ARE THE
[00:20:41] UNDERUSED ASSETS? WHERE DO
[00:20:43] RESIDENTS, WHAT DO RESIDENTS
[00:20:44] WANT? WHO ALREADY IS DOING GOOD
[00:20:46] WORK AND WHERE CAN PARKS HELP?
[00:20:48] OUR GOAL IS TO CULTIVATE
[00:20:49] PARTNERSHIP WHERE IT CAN MAKE
[00:20:50] THE GREATEST DIFFERENCE. SO
[00:20:54] WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? WE
[00:20:56] KNOW PORTLAND ALREADY HAS
[00:20:57] SIGNIFICANT PARTNERSHIP
[00:20:59] ECOSYSTEM, MORE THAN MORE THAN
[00:21:01] 100 PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, 40
[00:21:03] SITE BASED PARTNERSHIPS,
[00:21:07] 485,391 VOLUNTEER HOURS THIS
[00:21:08] WEEK, REPRESENTING NEARLY 17
[00:21:10] MILLION IN COMMUNITY
[00:21:12] CONTRIBUTION. NOW WE NEED TO
[00:21:13] BUILD ON IT. WE NEED A CLEAR
[00:21:15] FRONT DOOR, CONSISTENT
[00:21:16] STANDARDS, BETTER MEASURES OF
[00:21:17] VALUE, MORE OUTSIDE INVESTMENT
[00:21:19] AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
[00:21:20] WHERE THE PARTNER OPPORTUNITIES
[00:21:21] ARE, WHO HAS ACCESS TO THEM.
[00:21:25] THAT IS THE WORK WE ARE TAKING
[00:21:26] ON THIS FISCAL YEAR. BUT THERE
[00:21:28] ARE LARGER POLICY CONVERSATION
[00:21:30] WITH COUNCIL IN THIS. WHAT DO
[00:21:33] WE WANT PARTNERSHIPS TO
[00:21:34] ACCOMPLISH? WHERE SHOULD WE
[00:21:36] ACTIVELY SEEK IT AND HOW DO WE
[00:21:37] USE PARTNERSHIP NOT JUST TO
[00:21:39] BRING MORE RESOURCES TO OUR
[00:21:40] PARK SYSTEM, BUT TO EXPAND
[00:21:42] OPPORTUNITY ACROSS PORTLAND?
[00:21:44] YOU WILL SEE POTENTIAL ELEMENTS
[00:21:45] OF A PARTNERSHIP FRAMEWORK. WE
[00:21:47] ARE EXPLORING ON THE RIGHT ON
[00:21:48] THIS SLIDE. THESE ARE QUESTIONS
[00:21:50] WE SHOULD ANSWER. JUST INSIDE
[00:21:52] BUREAUCRACY. SO TODAY WE ARE
[00:21:54] MODELING THE TYPE OF
[00:21:55] CONVERSATIONS THAT WE ARE
[00:21:56] CURRENTLY HAVING WITH OUR
[00:21:57] PARTNERS. WE HAVE INVITED A FEW
[00:21:58] OF THEM HERE TODAY TO SHARE
[00:22:00] THEIR EXPERIENCES AND INSIGHTS
[00:22:01] WITH YOU. THIS STORY IS
[00:22:05] DOCUMENTED IN THE FY 2526
[00:22:08] PARTNERSHIP AND VOLUNTEERISM
[00:22:10] REPORT THAT WE'RE PROUD TO
[00:22:11] SHARE WITH YOU TODAY, AND WOULD
[00:22:12] WELCOME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE
[00:22:13] FOR ACCEPTANCE WITH THE WHOLE
[00:22:15] COUNCIL. I THINK YOU EACH HAVE
[00:22:16] IT IN FRONT OF YOU HERE. BEFORE
[00:22:18] I TURN IT TO OUR PARTNERS, I
[00:22:20] WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PEOPLE
[00:22:21] BEHIND THIS WORK THE PARKS
[00:22:22] PARTNERSHIP AND EXTERNAL
[00:22:23] AFFAIRS TEAM, KELLY TORRES,
[00:22:24] JEAN BASS, MEGAN DIRKS, KELSEY
[00:22:27] ATKINSON AND SARAH MYERS HAVE
[00:22:28] BEEN RELENTLESSLY DRIVING THIS
[00:22:30] EFFORT FOR MORE THAN A YEAR,
[00:22:31] OVERCOMING SO MANY OBSTACLES
[00:22:33] ALONG THE WAY, AND I WANT TO
[00:22:34] SPECIFICALLY APPRECIATE KELLY'S
[00:22:35] EFFORT IN LEADING THIS, THIS
[00:22:36] TEAM AND ARRANGING FOR THE
[00:22:38] GREAT SESSION BEFORE YOU TODAY.
[00:22:40] THAT SMALL TEAM IS BUILDING
[00:22:41] MUCH OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE
[00:22:43] BEHIND WHAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT
[00:22:44] TODAY. THEY'VE ESTABLISHED OUR
[00:22:46] PARTNERSHIP FRAMEWORK, TRACK
[00:22:47] AND MANAGE PARTNER
[00:22:48] RELATIONSHIPS, OVERSEE PARKS
[00:22:50] PROPOSALS, INTAKE AND VETTING,
[00:22:51] AND HANDLE THE DAY TO DAY
[00:22:53] LOGISTICS THAT MAKE
[00:22:54] PARTNERSHIPS WORK. BUT THEY ARE
[00:22:55] ONLY PART OF THE STORY. ACROSS
[00:22:57] PORTLAND PARKS AND RECREATION,
[00:22:58] DOZENS OF EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING
[00:23:00] REPRESENTED STAFF, WORK IN OUR
[00:23:02] PARKS AND FACILITIES EVERY DAY,
[00:23:04] SPENDING HOURS TRAINING
[00:23:05] VOLUNTEERS, COORDINATING
[00:23:06] PROJECTS, PROVIDING TOOLS AND
[00:23:08] BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH
[00:23:09] PORTLANDERS WHO WANT TO
[00:23:11] CONTRIBUTE. OTHER STAFF ARE
[00:23:13] ENSURING THAT OUR ASSETS AND
[00:23:14] FACILITIES ARE A HOSPITABLE
[00:23:16] PLACE TO DIRECT YOUR ENERGY.
[00:23:17] THAT CAPACITY MATTERS, AND THE
[00:23:19] CURRENT LACK OF RESOURCES
[00:23:20] STRAINS OUR STAFF EVERY DAY AND
[00:23:22] LIMITS THEIR ABILITY TO ENGAGE
[00:23:23] EFFECTIVELY WITH PARTNERS. WE
[00:23:25] TALK ABOUT PARTNERSHIP AS A WAY
[00:23:26] TO BRING RESOURCES, ENERGY AND
[00:23:28] IDEAS INTO OUR PARK SYSTEM, AND
[00:23:31] IT ABSOLUTELY CAN DO THAT. BUT
[00:23:33] PARTNERSHIP ITSELF REQUIRES
[00:23:35] INVESTMENT. VOLUNTEERS NEED
[00:23:36] SOMEONE TO COORDINATE WITH
[00:23:37] COMMUNITY IDEAS, NEED SOMEONE
[00:23:38] TO RESPOND. PARTNERS NEED
[00:23:40] AGREEMENTS AND GUIDANCE IN
[00:23:41] RELATIONSHIPS THEY CAN COUNT ON.
[00:23:42] AND IF WE WANT TO EXPAND THESE
[00:23:45] OPPORTUNITIES INTO COMMUNITIES
[00:23:46] THAT HAVEN'T HISTORICALLY HAD
[00:23:47] THE SAME ACCESS, THAT TAKES
[00:23:49] INTENTIONAL WORK, TOO. WE ARE
[00:23:51] DOING THIS AT A TIME WHEN
[00:23:53] RESOURCES ACROSS THE BUREAU ARE
[00:23:54] GETTING LEANER EVERY YEAR. SO
[00:23:55] AS WE THINK ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS,
[00:23:56] I HOPE WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE
[00:23:59] RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF CITY
[00:24:00] CAPACITY THAT HELPS UNLOCK THIS
[00:24:02] MUCH LARGER COMMUNITY
[00:24:03] COLLABORATION. WE HAVE SHOWN
[00:24:05] THIS YEAR THAT THE OPPORTUNITY
[00:24:07] IS THERE. PORTLANDERS WANT TO
[00:24:09] CONTRIBUTE, OUR PARTNERS WANT
[00:24:10] TO DO MORE, AND WE ARE GETTING
[00:24:11] BETTER AT OPENING THE DOOR. OUR
[00:24:13] CHALLENGE IS TO OPEN. THAT IS
[00:24:15] TO KEEP THAT DOOR OPEN, GROW
[00:24:16] WHAT IS WORKING, AND EXTEND THE
[00:24:19] OPPORTUNITY TO MORE PORTLANDERS
[00:24:20] AND MORE PARTS OF THE CITY.
[00:24:22] THAT IS WHY WE WANTED WANTED
[00:24:24] YOU TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM OUR
[00:24:25] PARTNERS, NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT
[00:24:26] IS WORKING, BUT WHERE
[00:24:28] PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN HARD,
[00:24:29] WHERE SYSTEMS CAN GET IN THE
[00:24:30] WAY, AND WHERE PORTLAND CAN DO
[00:24:32] THINGS DIFFERENTLY. WITH THAT,
[00:24:34] I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SPECIAL
[00:24:36] GUESTS TO THE DAIS, THEIR PARKS
[00:24:38] PARTNERS WHO REPRESENT ALL FOUR
[00:24:40] DISTRICTS, OR AT LEAST WE WE
[00:24:41] TRIED WE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE
[00:24:43] DROP OUT AT THE LAST MOMENT,
[00:24:44] AND THEY WILL INTRODUCE
[00:24:45] THEMSELVES AND THEIR IMPACTFUL
[00:24:46] WORK. ALL RIGHT. I THINK I'LL
[00:24:51] JUMP OUT OF THE WAY AND LET
[00:24:53] THEM COME UP.

--- Response: culture, authority and developing criteria (01:59:56–02:03:01) ---
[01:59:56] >> WELL, YES. THANK YOU FOR THE
[01:59:57] THE THOUGHTS. I HAVE BEEN
[01:59:59] JOTTING DOWN A LOT OF NOTES. SO
[02:00:00] THERE'S A LOT AS YOU AS YOU
[02:00:02] KNOW, I'M TWO MONTHS INTO MY
[02:00:05] DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF PARKS.
[02:00:06] SO A LOT OF IT, I'M ON THE SAME
[02:00:08] LEARNING JOURNEY THAT YOU ARE.
[02:00:09] WE'RE BETTER UNDERSTANDING. I
[02:00:11] DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. I GUESS
[02:00:13] ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M
[02:00:14] NOTING IS, AND WE HIGHLIGHTED
[02:00:15] IN THE PRESENTATION, IS THIS
[02:00:18] SHIFT TOWARDS TRYING TO CREATE
[02:00:19] A CULTURE OF PARTNERSHIP AND
[02:00:20] SORT OF WHAT THAT REALLY WHAT
[02:00:22] THAT ENDS UP REALLY MEANING AND
[02:00:23] HOW MUCH CHANGE MANAGEMENT IS
[02:00:26] INVOLVED IN TRANSMITTING THAT,
[02:00:28] WHICH I THINK WAS WELL LED
[02:00:31] UNDER SONIA'S LEADERSHIP AS
[02:00:32] DIRECTOR. AND I'M SORT OF
[02:00:33] INHERITING THAT MOMENTUM IN
[02:00:34] TERMS OF THE CREATION OF A TEAM
[02:00:36] THAT IS FOCUSED IN ON CURATING
[02:00:38] PARTNERSHIPS, THE BETTER
[02:00:39] UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE'RE
[02:00:41] USING THAT WORD, EVEN AS
[02:00:42] COUNCILOR KANAL HAS BEEN
[02:00:43] RAISING LIKE, WHAT DOES THE
[02:00:44] PARTNERSHIP MEAN? AND THEN
[02:00:48] TALKING ABOUT HOW TO SHIFT THE
[02:00:49] SORT OF POSTURE OF A BUREAU.
[02:00:51] AND I THINK WHEN A BUREAU HAS
[02:00:54] GONE THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGE,
[02:00:55] IT SORT OF RETRACTS INTO A SORT
[02:00:57] OF MORE DEFENSIVE POSTURE, AND
[02:00:58] PARTICULARLY WHEN THERE'S A LOT
[02:00:59] OF RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS. AND I
[02:01:00] THINK I'VE SEEN IT AT PBOT, AND
[02:01:02] I'M SEEING IT NOW WITH SORT OF
[02:01:04] AS I'M GETTING TO UNDERSTAND
[02:01:05] HOW PARKS IS FUNCTIONING,
[02:01:06] THERE'S A LOT OF SORT OF
[02:01:08] DEFENSIVE POSTURE. AND SO WHAT
[02:01:09] I SEE, ONE OF THE KEY ROLES FOR
[02:01:11] MY JOB IS HOW TO SORT OF SHIFT
[02:01:13] THAT POSTURE TO ONE THAT IS A
[02:01:15] LITTLE BIT MORE RELAXED AND
[02:01:16] COMPOSED AND A LITTLE BIT MORE
[02:01:18] OPEN TOWARDS WHAT IT MEANS TO
[02:01:19] BE PARTNERSHIPS, TO DO
[02:01:20] PARTNERSHIPS, BUT ALSO THAT
[02:01:21] WE'RE BEING REALLY CLEAR AS
[02:01:23] BUREAU LEADERSHIP ON WHAT ARE
[02:01:25] THE SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES OF
[02:01:27] ENTERING INTO A PARTNERSHIP. IT
[02:01:28] CAN'T BE THAT YOU'RE JUST
[02:01:29] ATTRACTING MORE ATTENTION TO
[02:01:30] YOUR ONE FACILITY. THAT IS YOUR
[02:01:32] PET FACILITY, THAT IT NEEDS TO
[02:01:34] BE THAT YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING
[02:01:35] THERE'S LIMITATIONS TO THAT.
[02:01:36] AND SO THAT'S, I THINK
[02:01:37] UNDERLYING A LOT OF THE
[02:01:39] CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HEARING
[02:01:40] TODAY IS HOW DO WE BRING THE
[02:01:42] THE CULTURE OF PARTNERSHIP AS
[02:01:44] THE OVERALL BUREAU, BUT ALSO
[02:01:45] SOME REALISM ABOUT WHAT WHAT'S
[02:01:47] POTENTIAL FOR US TO BRING? I DO
[02:01:49] ALSO THINK THE SHARED
[02:01:51] FRUSTRATION OF WHO MAKES
[02:01:52] DECISIONS AND HOW GET. HOW DO
[02:01:54] WE GET DECISIONS MADE IS
[02:01:55] SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK
[02:01:56] TOGETHER ON. WHILE COUNCIL MAY
[02:01:58] BE THE FINAL DECIDER OF A
[02:02:00] PROCESS. I'VE HAD 28 YEARS OF
[02:02:02] BRINGING THOUGHTFUL PROPOSALS
[02:02:04] TO COUNCIL FOR THEIR DECISION.
[02:02:06] AND SO IT IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, I
[02:02:08] WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S
[02:02:09] AGENCY AT STAFF WITHIN THE
[02:02:10] PARKS BUREAU TO BRING TOGETHER
[02:02:12] THOUGHTFUL PROPOSALS AND BRING
[02:02:13] THAT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION,
[02:02:14] JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
[02:02:16] WE'RE DOING THE WORK. I THINK
[02:02:17] ONE OF THE INTERESTING
[02:02:19] CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE
[02:02:20] EXPERIENCING A LOT RIGHT NOW IS
[02:02:21] MANY PEOPLE FEEL AUTHORIZED TO
[02:02:23] SAY NO, BUT A LOT LESS PEOPLE
[02:02:25] FEEL AUTHORIZED TO SAY YES. AND
[02:02:27] SO HOW DO WE HOW DO WE FIGURE
[02:02:29] OUT HOW WE'RE SHIFTING THAT
[02:02:30] CONVERSATION TO SAY, OH, THAT
[02:02:31] SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA. LET'S
[02:02:33] SEE IF WE CAN GET TO A YES BY
[02:02:35] WORKING THAT, YOU KNOW, MORE
[02:02:36] FULLY THROUGH IN TERMS OF THE
[02:02:37] SPECIFIC CRITERIA THE TEAM IS
[02:02:39] WORKING ON EXACTLY THAT
[02:02:40] ACTIVITY RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD
[02:02:41] BE THE VARIOUS SORT OF MEASURES
[02:02:43] THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT
[02:02:45] THAT TELL US WHETHER THIS IS
[02:02:47] INDEED WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING
[02:02:48] TO BE. A PARTNERSHIP IS A
[02:02:49] PARTNERSHIP THAT WE THINK
[02:02:50] MERITS CO-INVESTMENT BY THE
[02:02:51] BUREAU, MERITS THE CONTRIBUTION
[02:02:54] OF FACILITIES AND STAFF TIME.
[02:02:55] ALL THOSE ALL THOSE ELEMENTS IS
[02:02:57] EXACTLY THE SORT OF THIS
[02:02:59] CURRENT FISCAL YEAR'S JOURNEY
[02:03:00] THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO BE ON.

--- Response: equity and public benefit (02:03:39–02:04:53) ---
[02:03:39] >> I THINK ONE OF THE, THE, THE
[02:03:42] GENERAL SORT OF DILEMMAS OF,
[02:03:43] YOU KNOW, OF GOVERNANCE IN
[02:03:45] GENERAL IS MAKING SURE THAT
[02:03:46] WE'RE PROVIDING A LEVEL OF
[02:03:49] THOUGHTFULNESS AROUND EQUITABLE
[02:03:50] ACCESS OF RESOURCES. AND SO
[02:03:52] EVEN ACCESS TO MY TIME OR THE
[02:03:54] MAYOR'S TIME OR YOUR TIME IS A
[02:03:55] FORM OF THAT DELIBERATION OF
[02:03:57] WHO DO WE GIVE ACCESS TO, TO
[02:03:59] TAKE A MEETING TO THEN DISCUSS
[02:04:01] THAT. AND SO I THINK AS WE'RE
[02:04:03] LOOKING AT HOW TO, YOU KNOW,
[02:04:05] EMBRACE OWNERSHIP AND RESOURCES
[02:04:07] WHERE WE CAN AND THINKING ABOUT
[02:04:09] HOW THAT ALLOWS US TO DIRECT
[02:04:11] BUREAU RESOURCES WHERE THERE
[02:04:13] MAY NOT BE AS, AS FERTILE OF A,
[02:04:15] OF A PARTNERSHIP AT LANDSCAPE.
[02:04:16] AND WE'RE PUTTING OUR ENERGY
[02:04:18] INTENTIONALLY IN THAT WAY. I
[02:04:19] THINK THAT THE WORK THAT PSU IS
[02:04:20] DOING WITH DOCTOR CORBETT, IT
[02:04:22] SOUNDS LIKE YOU ALL HAVE SOME
[02:04:23] FAMILIARITY WITH THAT, IS GOING
[02:04:24] TO HELP US TO REALLY
[02:04:26] INVESTIGATE AN AREA THAT DOES
[02:04:27] NOT HAVE AS DEEPLY OF A
[02:04:28] DEVELOPED ENVIRONMENT OF, YOU
[02:04:30] KNOW, HOW DO WE PULL OUT THE
[02:04:32] COMMUNITY INTEREST? HOW DO WE
[02:04:33] INVEST IN THEIR, THEIR
[02:04:34] NONPROFIT SECTOR CAPACITY?
[02:04:36] THOSE KIND OF PARTNERSHIPS IS
[02:04:38] REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED, WE
[02:04:39] NEED READY PARTNERS ON BOTH
[02:04:40] SIDES TO REALLY MAKE THAT WORK.
[02:04:42] AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE
[02:04:43] REALLY CRITICAL. AND THEN, OF
[02:04:45] COURSE, WHAT IS THE PUBLIC GOOD
[02:04:46] THAT WE'RE PERPETUATING WITH
[02:04:47] THIS PARTNERSHIP? WHAT ARE WE
[02:04:48] WHAT ARE WHAT IS THE PRODUCT
[02:04:50] THAT WE'RE PRODUCING TOGETHER
[02:04:51] THAT WOULDN'T OTHERWISE BE

--- Response: Tennis Center and Council process (02:08:40–02:11:28) ---
[02:08:40] THIS.
[02:08:40] >> YOU BET. WELL, MAYBE I'LL
[02:08:43] START WITH A, I GUESS A APOLOGY
[02:08:46] AROUND THE LEADERSHIP
[02:08:47] TRANSITION AND THE TIMING OF
[02:08:48] USTA. SO I, I WAS COMING ON
[02:08:52] JUST AS THEY WERE FINALIZING
[02:08:53] THE NEGOTIATION. SO IT WAS
[02:08:55] COMING UP TO SPEED VERY QUICKLY.
[02:08:56] AND SO WASN'T FULLY SORT OF
[02:08:58] VERSED IN THE HISTORY OF
[02:09:00] ACTUALLY THE COUNCIL
[02:09:01] DELIBERATIONS OVER THE LAST
[02:09:02] COUPLE OF YEARS THAT WERE SORT
[02:09:03] OF DIRECTING TOWARDS THIS OR
[02:09:05] THE COMMITMENTS THAT WERE MADE.
[02:09:07] SO I KNOW WE DID OUR BEST TO DO
[02:09:09] SOME QUICK BRIEFINGS OVER THE
[02:09:11] COURSE OF THE RECENT MONTHS TO
[02:09:13] MAKE SURE WE'RE UNDERSTANDING
[02:09:14] THE SORT OF MAJOR CONCERNS OF
[02:09:15] DIFFERENT COUNCIL OFFICES,
[02:09:16] INCLUDING YOU, AND MAKING SURE
[02:09:18] THAT WE WERE RELAYING THAT
[02:09:20] THROUGH THE NEGOTIATION WITH
[02:09:21] THE US TENNIS CENTER, AND ALSO
[02:09:22] SORT OF THE WHAT THE MEASURE OF
[02:09:24] WHETHER WE GOT TO A GOOD ENOUGH
[02:09:26] AGREEMENT IN TERMS OF THE
[02:09:28] COMMITMENT WITH THEM, FROM WHAT
[02:09:30] I HAVE OBSERVED, THAT THE US
[02:09:33] TENNIS CENTER IS A GOOD EXAMPLE,
[02:09:37] ACTUALLY, OF A COMMITTED
[02:09:38] NONPROFIT PARTNER THAT IS
[02:09:40] BRINGING AN ADDITIONAL SET OF
[02:09:42] RESOURCES AND ADDITIONAL SET OF
[02:09:43] SORT OF FOCUS AND CARE TOWARDS
[02:09:45] TENNIS. AND ACTUALLY, TENNIS
[02:09:47] CENTER STAFF HAVE APPROACHED ME,
[02:09:48] LETTING ME KNOW HOW EXCITED
[02:09:50] THEY ARE THAT THIS TRANSITION
[02:09:51] IS HAPPENING. AND, YOU KNOW,
[02:09:53] WE'VE SEEN THE GREAT EXAMPLE IN
[02:09:55] VANCOUVER AROUND THE SUCCESS OF
[02:09:57] THEIR TENNIS CENTER. ONCE USTA
[02:09:59] TOOK ON THAT PARTNERSHIP. AND
[02:10:01] SO I, I DO ACTUALLY THINK WHILE
[02:10:04] THE WE ALL, I THINK, HAVE MANY
[02:10:06] NERVOUS FEELINGS ABOUT CHANGE,
[02:10:08] I ACTUALLY THINK THAT THE THE
[02:10:11] WAY THE AGREEMENT IS LAID OUT
[02:10:12] IS, IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING
[02:10:13] THAT'S GOING TO BRING A LOT OF
[02:10:15] BENEFIT TO PORTLANDERS IN TERMS
[02:10:16] OF THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT THAT
[02:10:17] U.S. CENTERS BRINGING, AS WELL
[02:10:18] AS THEIR KIND OF CURATION OF
[02:10:20] THE FACILITY. BUT I CAN
[02:10:22] ACKNOWLEDGE THE, I GUESS THE,
[02:10:23] THE, THE SORT OF TENSION IN
[02:10:26] TERMS OF HOW TO NAVIGATE
[02:10:28] BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE
[02:10:30] AND THE COUNCIL OFFICES WHEN
[02:10:31] WE'RE DOING THIS. AND I THINK
[02:10:33] YOU'RE SPOT ON TO SAY THAT IF
[02:10:35] WE'RE GOING TO BE PURSUING MORE
[02:10:36] OF THESE PARTNERS, WE NEED TO
[02:10:38] HAVE A MORE TRANSPARENT
[02:10:39] METHODOLOGY THAT COUNCIL IS
[02:10:41] HELPING US UNDERSTAND AHEAD OF
[02:10:42] TIME SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SAY
[02:10:44] WE'RE FOLLOWING THE RULES WE
[02:10:45] MADE TOGETHER AS WE'RE
[02:10:46] PROCEEDING THROUGH A
[02:10:47] NEGOTIATION THAT EVERY COUNCIL
[02:10:48] MEMBER CAN'T BE IN. AND SO I
[02:10:50] THINK THIS, IN A WAY, IS, IS A
[02:10:52] REALLY A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT,
[02:10:54] WHERE I THINK WE CAN MORE
[02:10:55] SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE IN THE,
[02:10:56] IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS IF
[02:10:58] WE SPEND SOME MORE TIME WITH
[02:11:00] YOU DELIBERATING ON WHAT MAKES
[02:11:01] A GOOD PARTNERSHIP, WHAT ARE
[02:11:02] THE MEASURES OF GOOD
[02:11:03] PARTNERSHIP, THEN WE KNOW THAT
[02:11:05] WE'RE FOLLOWING THE DIRECTION
[02:11:06] THAT COUNCIL'S GIVEN AS POLICY,
[02:11:07] AS WE'RE PROCEEDING THROUGH
[02:11:09] NEGOTIATIONS, AND WHETHER WE'RE
[02:11:11] BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU,
[02:11:12] DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF
[02:11:13] DECISION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE
[02:11:14] OR BRINGING THAT THROUGH THE
[02:11:16] CITY ADMINISTRATOR, THE MAYOR,
[02:11:17] WE'RE A LITTLE LESS GROPING
[02:11:18] AROUND IN THE, YOU KNOW,
[02:11:19] WHETHER WE'RE BRINGING BACK THE
[02:11:20] RIGHT ROCK KIND OF FEELING AND
[02:11:22] MORE KNOW THAT WE'RE ON SOLID
[02:11:23] GROUND. SO I THINK IT'S IT'S
[02:11:25] FAIR CRITICISM. AND, YOU KNOW,
[02:11:27] ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FOR SURE.