Portland City Council Public Works Committee — September 8, 2026
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[00:06:03] >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. AFTER
[00:06:07] A THREE DAY WEEKEND, IT'S A
[00:06:08] LITTLE CONFUSING. I'D LIKE TO
[00:06:11] CALL THE MEETING OF THE PUBLIC
[00:06:12] WORKS COMMITTEE TO ORDER. IT IS
[00:06:15] TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 8TH AT
[00:06:17] 933. DIANA, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL
[00:06:20] THE ROLL?
[00:06:21] >> GOOD MORNING. KOYAMA LANE
[00:06:23] HERE.
[00:06:24] >> GREEN.
[00:06:26] >> HERE.
[00:06:27] >> SMITH.
[00:06:29] >> KANAL HERE.
[00:06:31] >> OH, THERE WE GO. THANK YOU.
[00:06:32] CLARK.
[00:06:33] >> HERE. AND CLAIRE, CAN YOU
[00:06:37] PLEASE READ THE STATEMENT OF
[00:06:39] CONDUCT?
[00:06:39] >> THANK YOU CHAIR. GOOD
[00:06:40] MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE
[00:06:41] MEETING OF THE PUBLIC WORKS
[00:06:42] COMMITTEE. TO TESTIFY BEFORE
[00:06:43] THIS COMMITTEE IN PERSON OR
[00:06:45] VIRTUALLY. YOU MUST SIGN UP IN
[00:06:46] ADVANCE ON THE COMMITTEE AGENDA
[00:06:47] AT
[00:06:50] PORTLAND.GOV/COUNCIL/AGENDA/PUBC
[00:06:51] WORKS COMMITTEE OR BY CALLING
[00:06:53] 311. REGISTRATION FOR VIRTUAL
[00:06:55] TESTIMONY CLOSES ONE HOUR PRIOR
[00:06:56] TO THE MEETING. IN PERSON.
[00:06:58] TESTIFIERS MUST SIGN UP BEFORE
[00:06:58] THE AGENDA ITEM IS HEARD. IF
[00:07:01] PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN
[00:07:02] ON AN ITEM, INDIVIDUALS MAY
[00:07:03] TESTIFY FOR THREE MINUTES
[00:07:05] UNLESS THE CHAIR STATES
[00:07:06] OTHERWISE, YOUR MICROPHONE WILL
[00:07:07] BE MUTED. WHEN YOUR TIME IS
[00:07:08] OVER, THE CHAIR PRESERVES ORDER.
[00:07:11] DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT SUCH AS
[00:07:12] SHOUTING. REFUSING TO CONCLUDE
[00:07:13] YOUR TESTIMONY WHEN YOUR TIME
[00:07:14] IS UP, OR INTERRUPTING OTHERS
[00:07:16] TESTIMONY OR COMMITTEE
[00:07:17] DELIBERATIONS WILL NOT BE
[00:07:18] ALLOWED. IF YOU CAUSE A
[00:07:19] DISRUPTION, A WARNING WILL BE
[00:07:20] GIVEN. FURTHER DISRUPTION WILL
[00:07:22] RESULT IN EJECTION FROM THE
[00:07:23] MEETING. ANYONE WHO FAILS ONCE
[00:07:25] ANYONE WHO FAILS TO LEAVE ONCE
[00:07:26] EJECTED IS SUBJECT TO ARREST
[00:07:27] FOR TRESPASS. ADDITIONALLY, THE
[00:07:29] COMMITTEE MAY TAKE A SHORT
[00:07:30] RECESS AND RECONVENE VIRTUALLY.
[00:07:32] YOUR TESTIMONY SHOULD ADDRESS
[00:07:33] THE MATTER BEING CONSIDERED
[00:07:35] WHEN TESTIFYING. PLEASE STATE
[00:07:36] YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. IF
[00:07:37] YOU ARE A LOBBYIST, IDENTIFY
[00:07:38] THE ORGANIZATION YOU REPRESENT.
[00:07:40] AND FINALLY, VIRTUAL TESTIFIERS
[00:07:42] SHOULD UNMUTE THEMSELVES WHEN
[00:07:43] THE CLERK CALLS YOUR NAME.
[00:07:44] THANK YOU.
[00:07:47] >> THANKS, CLAIRE. COLLEAGUES,
[00:07:49] TODAY IT MAY BE A FAIRLY SHORT
[00:07:52] MEETING. WE HAD SOME ITEMS DROP
[00:07:55] OFF THE AGENDA. SO WHAT WE'RE
[00:07:57] FOCUSED ON TODAY IS PUBLIC
[00:07:59] PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. AND WE'RE
[00:08:02] FOCUSED MAINLY ON PARKS AND
[00:08:04] RECREATION. SO WE HAVE THE
[00:08:05] STAFF HERE TO GIVE US AN UPDATE
[00:08:07] ON COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND
[00:08:09] VOLUNTEERISM. AND THEY'RE GOING
[00:08:10] TO BE JOINED BY INVITED
[00:08:12] PANELISTS WHO WILL ILLUSTRATE
[00:08:13] SOME OF THIS WORK. AND THEN
[00:08:15] WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO TO THE
[00:08:17] PUBLIC. I THINK MAYBE WE ONLY
[00:08:18] HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP. WE
[00:08:20] HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGNED UP TODAY.
[00:08:21] OKAY, GOOD. SO, DIANA, COULD
[00:08:24] YOU PLEASE OPEN BOTH ITEMS ON
[00:08:26] TODAY'S AGENDA?
[00:08:28] >> ITEM NUMBER ONE. DOCUMENT
[00:08:30] NUMBER 2026-315. PARTNERING FOR
[00:08:34] PORTLAND'S PUBLIC SPACES. ITEM
[00:08:37] NUMBER TWO. DOCUMENT NUMBER
[00:08:41] 2026-316. PUBLIC HEARING ON
[00:08:43] PARTNERING FOR PORTLAND'S
[00:08:45] PUBLIC SPACES.
[00:08:46] >> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES.
[00:08:48] PORTLAND HAS A LONG HISTORY OF
[00:08:50] COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS HELPING
[00:08:51] TO STEWARD PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE
[00:08:54] THINGS, TO FUND THINGS, TO
[00:08:56] ACTIVATE OUR PARKS AND PUBLIC
[00:08:58] SPACES. AND THESE PARTNERSHIPS
[00:09:00] HAVE TAKEN MANY DIFFERENT FORMS.
[00:09:03] AND YOU'LL SEE THAT REPRESENTED
[00:09:05] ON THE PANELS TODAY. BUT
[00:09:07] TODAY'S IS REALLY AN
[00:09:08] OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ABOUT
[00:09:09] PROGRAMS THAT PORTLAND PARKS
[00:09:10] AND RECREATION HAS MADE OVER
[00:09:12] THE PAST YEAR. BUT ALSO TO HEAR
[00:09:15] CANDIDLY, I HOPE, FROM THE
[00:09:17] PARTNERS ABOUT THEIR
[00:09:18] EXPERIENCES. I CERTAINLY HEARD
[00:09:19] ABOUT SOME OF THOSE EXPERIENCES
[00:09:20] WHEN I WAS CAMPAIGNING, WHICH
[00:09:22] PARTLY LED TO MY INTEREST IN
[00:09:23] THIS TOPIC. WE WANT TO
[00:09:25] UNDERSTAND WHAT WORKS, WHAT
[00:09:27] GETS IN THE WAY, AND WHAT THE
[00:09:29] CITY COULD DO DIFFERENTLY. THIS
[00:09:32] CONVERSATION ISN'T ONLY ABOUT
[00:09:33] HOW TO USE PRIVATE, NONPROFIT
[00:09:37] OPERATORS TO RUN AND TAKE CARE
[00:09:38] OF SPACES, BUT ALSO HOW WE CAN
[00:09:41] TRULY ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY,
[00:09:43] ENCOURAGING VOLUNTEERISM AND
[00:09:45] ENGAGEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
[00:09:48] I'VE BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN
[00:09:49] THIS CONVERSATION, AND I'M
[00:09:51] FOCUSED ON TAKING CARE OF WHAT
[00:09:52] WE HAVE. AS YOU ALL KNOW, MY
[00:09:54] MANTRA AND GETTING OUT OF OUR
[00:09:56] OWN WAY TO ALLOW COMMUNITY
[00:09:58] MEMBERS TO WORK BESIDE US FOR
[00:09:59] THESE SPACES AND PROGRAMS,
[00:10:02] ENCOURAGING PARTNERSHIPS AND
[00:10:04] VOLUNTEERING NOT ONLY BENEFITS
[00:10:06] OUR WORK AT THE CITY, BUT IT
[00:10:08] GIVES PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY A
[00:10:09] SENSE OF BELONGING WITHIN THEIR
[00:10:12] COMMUNITY AND OWNERSHIP. I WAS
[00:10:14] REALLY EXCITED TO SEE LAST YEAR
[00:10:17] THAT WE NOT ONLY MET, BUT
[00:10:19] EXCEEDED MAYOR WILSON'S GOAL OF
[00:10:20] HITTING PRE-COVID LEVELS OF
[00:10:22] VOLUNTEERISM WITH, I THINK, AN
[00:10:25] INCREASE OF ABOUT 7.3% ABOVE
[00:10:28] 2019, WHICH IS GREAT. SO WE'RE
[00:10:30] FIRST GOING TO BE HEARING FROM
[00:10:32] OUR INTERIM PARKS DIRECTOR,
[00:10:34] AYE, MORILLO ART. ART PIERCE,
[00:10:35] ON THE PROGRESS MADE AROUND
[00:10:37] PARTNERSHIPS AND VOLUNTEERISM
[00:10:38] WITHIN THE BUREAU OVER THE PAST
[00:10:41] YEAR. AND AFTER THAT, WE'VE
[00:10:43] INVITED TWO PANELS OF PARTNERS
[00:10:45] FROM ALL FOUR OF OUR DISTRICTS
[00:10:47] TO SHARE ABOUT THE BENEFITS AND
[00:10:49] CHALLENGES OF WORKING WITH THE
[00:10:51] CITY. THIS CONVERSATION IS
[00:10:52] GOING TO HELP INFORM HOW
[00:10:54] PORTLAND APPROACHES
[00:10:56] PARTNERSHIPS GOING FORWARD, SO
[00:10:57] THAT WE CAN DEVELOP A FRAMEWORK,
[00:10:59] POTENTIALLY, THAT ALIGNS OUR
[00:11:01] POLICIES AROUND PARTNERSHIPS
[00:11:02] AND REMOVES ANY UNNECESSARY
[00:11:04] BARRIERS TO OUR COMMUNITY
[00:11:06] MEMBERS. SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE
[00:11:07] TO HAND IT OFF TO INTERIM
[00:11:09] DIRECTOR. ART, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
[00:11:11] HAPPY TUESDAY MORNING. YEAH,
[00:11:13] BRIGHT AND EARLY. WE'RE HAPPY
[00:11:14] TO.
[00:11:14] >> SEE YOU. SNEAKER MONDAY
[00:11:16] RIGHT? YES. SNEAKER MONDAY I
[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.
[00:24:54] >> THANK YOU, ART, FOR THAT.
[00:24:55] EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.
[00:24:57] COLLEAGUES, DO YOU HAVE ANY
[00:24:58] QUESTIONS BEFORE ART LEAVES THE
[00:25:00] DAIS? ANY COMMENTS? I THINK
[00:25:03] IT'S AMAZING HOW FAR PARKS HAS
[00:25:05] COME SINCE WE WERE ALL ELECTED.
[00:25:08] I HEARD WHEN I WAS OUT AND
[00:25:11] ABOUT, I HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT
[00:25:13] PARKS BEING TALKED TO THE HAND,
[00:25:15] AND NOW I THINK THIS IS A 180
[00:25:17] DEGREE SWITCH, AND I'M REALLY
[00:25:21] PROUD AND HAPPY ABOUT THAT. I
[00:25:24] LOVE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT
[00:25:26] HOSPITALITY AND A GRACIOUS
[00:25:27] WELCOME. I THINK THAT'S A
[00:25:29] WONDERFUL WAY TO LOOK AT THE
[00:25:30] PARKS AND THE JOY OF HOSTING
[00:25:33] PEOPLE IN PARKS. I THINK THAT'S
[00:25:34] VERY UPLIFTING AND I APPRECIATE
[00:25:36] THAT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
[00:25:38] HEARING THE PANELISTS, AND I
[00:25:39] HOPE THEY'LL BE VERY FRANK WITH
[00:25:41] US TOP TO BOTTOM. WE CAN LEARN
[00:25:43] FROM YOUR EXPERIENCES, AND I
[00:25:45] THANK YOU AGAIN. I ALSO I HOPE
[00:25:47] WE CAN COME BACK TO THE
[00:25:48] PROGRESS REPORT. I HAVE A FEW
[00:25:50] QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, TOO.
[00:25:51] >> GREAT. YEAH.
[00:25:53] >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. PLEASE.
[00:25:55] >> YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO SAY,
[00:25:57] CHAIR CLARK, THANK YOU FOR
[00:25:58] BRINGING THIS FORWARD. IT'S A
[00:25:59] WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE
[00:26:02] PORTLANDERS AND OUR PARK SYSTEM
[00:26:04] AND IN HELPING MAKE OUR PUBLIC
[00:26:05] SPACES BETTER. AND I JUST WANT
[00:26:07] TO KEEP BRINGING FORWARD AND
[00:26:09] MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO
[00:26:10] BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT TALKING
[00:26:12] ABOUT PARKS FUNDING AND HOW WE
[00:26:14] NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW
[00:26:15] WE ARE DOING THAT BETTER. AND
[00:26:18] WHEN WE MAKE CHOICES TO CUT
[00:26:20] FUNDING TO PARKS, THEN WE HAVE
[00:26:21] BIG GAPS. AND WE CAN'T EXPECT
[00:26:23] VOLUNTEERS TO FILL THE
[00:26:24] MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION GAPS
[00:26:26] FOR P, P AND R, YOU KNOW, THE
[00:26:29] RECENT LEVY WAS CRITICALLY
[00:26:31] IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT. BUT STILL,
[00:26:32] OUR PARK SYSTEM IS UNDERFUNDED
[00:26:35] AND REMAINS A REALLY VALUABLE
[00:26:36] PART OF PORTLANDERS PORTLAND'S
[00:26:38] CHARACTER AND LIVABILITY. WHEN
[00:26:40] I KNOCKED DOORS, I MEAN PEOPLE,
[00:26:42] PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HOW THEY
[00:26:43] MOVED TO PORTLAND FOR OUR PARKS
[00:26:45] AND REC. THEY ADD A LOT TO
[00:26:47] EVERYONE'S DAY TO DAY LIVES.
[00:26:48] THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[00:26:50] >> I'M SORRY. COUNCILOR KANAL
[00:26:51] DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT
[00:26:52] TO.
[00:26:52] >> A QUESTION? ACTUALLY?
[00:26:54] >> OKAY. EXCEPT FOR.
[00:26:55] >> YEAH, FOR DIRECTOR PEARSON
[00:26:57] AND MAYBE FOR OTHERS. BUT WHEN
[00:27:00] YOU TRACK VOLUNTEER HOURS, I
[00:27:02] NOTICE OVER HALF OF IT'S MARKED
[00:27:04] AS CITYWIDE. AND UNDER THAT IT
[00:27:05] HAS FIELD USE. AND I'M JUST
[00:27:07] CURIOUS IF, LIKE I RENTED A
[00:27:09] FIELD, DOES THAT COUNT AS A
[00:27:11] VOLUNTEER HOUR? HOW ARE YOU
[00:27:12] TRACKING? WHAT'S THE COMPONENT
[00:27:13] THAT THAT RELATES TO?
[00:27:14] >> I THINK IT'S THE DIRECT
[00:27:16] CONTRIBUTION. I DON'T THINK
[00:27:17] IT'S A FIELD RENTAL. IS THAT
[00:27:18] WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH, YEAH,
[00:27:20] YEAH.
[00:27:21] >> AND I'M CURIOUS. I THINK I
[00:27:23] KNOW THAT THIS IS NEW. AND SO
[00:27:25] OVER TIME, I'M SURE THAT YOU'LL
[00:27:26] BE WORKING ON DISAGGREGATION
[00:27:27] AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT I'M
[00:27:30] CURIOUS ABOUT TRYING TO
[00:27:31] UNDERSTAND BETTER. HOW WHAT
[00:27:35] WE'RE MEASURING BECAUSE I'M,
[00:27:38] WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THIS
[00:27:39] AFTERWARDS, BUT WE'RE HAVING
[00:27:41] AND MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING
[00:27:43] THAT'S AT A HIGHER LEVEL ON
[00:27:46] THIS SIDE OF THE DAIS. BUT WHAT
[00:27:48] WE'RE OFTEN HEARING DESCRIBED
[00:27:49] AS PARTNERSHIPS FROM PEOPLE WHO
[00:27:51] ARE WORKING OUTSIDE OF PARKS
[00:27:54] ARE NOT WHAT'S DESCRIBED HERE.
[00:27:55] SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
[00:27:57] BETTER IF THAT'S. REALLY JUST A
[00:28:01] RHETORICAL THING THAT'S BEING
[00:28:02] DESCRIBED ELSEWHERE AND THIS IS
[00:28:04] THE ACTUAL THING. OR IF I'M
[00:28:06] MISSING SOMETHING, DOES THAT
[00:28:07] MAKE SENSE IN TERMS OF LIKE.
[00:28:09] >> YEAH, MAYBE, MAYBE WE'LL LET
[00:28:10] THE FOLKS COME UP AND SPEAK AND
[00:28:12] WE'LL FIGURE OUT SORT OF BEST
[00:28:13] WAY TO ANSWER THAT.
[00:28:14] >> YEAH. COOL.
[00:28:15] >> THANK YOU.
[00:28:16] >> JUST TO BUILD ON THAT AS YOU
[00:28:18] BRING PEOPLE UP. COUNCILOR
[00:28:19] KANAL. I THINK THAT TODAY WE'RE
[00:28:20] ONLY LOOKING AT PARKS, BUT I
[00:28:22] THINK SOME OF THIS IS CITYWIDE,
[00:28:23] THAT THERE ARE OTHER BUREAUS
[00:28:25] THAT USE VOLUNTEERS AS WELL.
[00:28:26] >> YEAH, NO, I APPRECIATE THAT.
[00:28:27] TO BE CLEAR, I'M TALKING ABOUT
[00:28:29] THINGS LIKE THE PORTLAND TENNIS
[00:28:30] CENTER. OH, WHICH IS WITHIN
[00:28:31] PARKS, BUT IS A PRIVATIZATION
[00:28:33] BEING DESCRIBED AS A
[00:28:34] PARTNERSHIP. SO I'M TRYING TO
[00:28:37] JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING
[00:28:38] MEASURED.
[00:28:38] >> YEAH. THANK YOU. GREAT.
[00:28:40] LET'S HAVE OUR PANELISTS COME
[00:28:41] UP, IF YOU WILL. WELCOME. THANK
[00:28:44] YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING TIME OUT
[00:28:46] TO BE WITH US TODAY AND TO
[00:28:48] SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES RUNNING
[00:28:52] ORGANIZATIONS RELATING TO PARKS,
[00:28:54] HOW YOU GOT HERE WITH PARKS. I
[00:29:00] HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL OF YOU
[00:29:03] DIRECTLY ABOUT THIS OVER THE
[00:29:04] LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, SO I'M
[00:29:06] REALLY HAPPY TO SEE YOU HERE. I
[00:29:07] DON'T KNOW WHO WANTS TO KICK IT
[00:29:09] OFF, WHO'S LISTED FIRST? ANNA,
[00:29:13] ARE YOU?
[00:29:14] >> I'M READY.
[00:29:15] >> OKAY.
[00:29:15] >> GO FOR IT. THANKS. WELL,
[00:29:17] THANKS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
[00:29:18] TALK TO YOU ALL TODAY ABOUT HOW
[00:29:19] THE HOYT ARBORETUM FRIENDS
[00:29:21] WORKS. AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH
[00:29:23] PORTLAND PARKS AND REC.
[00:29:24] >> COULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF?
[00:29:25] >> YEAH, I'M ANNA GOLDRICH.
[00:29:28] THIS IS THE 40TH YEAR OF THE
[00:29:31] HOYT ARBORETUM. FRIENDS
[00:29:32] PARTNERING WITH P AND R. THIS
[00:29:35] IS MY 10TH YEAR OF WORKING WITH
[00:29:37] THE NONPROFIT HOYT ARBORETUM.
[00:29:38] FRIENDS. TODAY, I'M JUST GOING
[00:29:40] TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
[00:29:41] HOW THAT PARTNERSHIP WORKS FOR
[00:29:43] THE CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF HOYT
[00:29:45] ARBORETUM, WHICH IS THE NEARLY
[00:29:47] 200 ACRE PARK LOCATED IN
[00:29:49] WASHINGTON PARK. WHEN WE ARE
[00:29:53] DESCRIBING WHO DOES WHAT IN
[00:29:54] THIS PARTNERSHIP TO KEEP THINGS
[00:29:56] SIMPLE, WE TELL PEOPLE THAT
[00:29:57] PORTLAND PARKS AND REC IS
[00:29:59] RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TREES AND
[00:30:00] TRAILS AND THAT THE HOYT
[00:30:02] ARBORETUM FRIENDS DO THE PEOPLE
[00:30:04] THINGS IN THE PARK. WE PROGRAM
[00:30:05] THE PARK. THE MISSION OF THE
[00:30:07] FRIENDS IS TO CONNECT PEOPLE
[00:30:08] WITH TREES AT HOYT ARBORETUM.
[00:30:11] SOME OF THE WAYS WE DO THAT ARE
[00:30:13] BY STAFFING A VERY BUSY VISITOR
[00:30:16] CENTER THAT SAW OVER 350 VISITS
[00:30:18] LAST YEAR. WE CREATE AND
[00:30:21] PROVIDE VISITOR RESOURCES LIKE
[00:30:23] MAPS FOR KIDS AND ADULTS IN
[00:30:25] ENGLISH AND SPANISH, GUIDED
[00:30:28] TOURS, HIKES, AND SO ON. A
[00:30:31] MAJOR FOCUS FOR THE FRIENDS ARE
[00:30:33] EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR KIDS AND
[00:30:35] ADULTS, PARTICULARLY KIDS. LAST
[00:30:37] YEAR WE HOSTED OVER 7000
[00:30:40] PORTLAND AREA STUDENTS ON
[00:30:42] SCHOOL FIELD TRIPS. MOST OF
[00:30:44] THOSE WERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
[00:30:45] KIDS. THEY CAME FROM ALL OVER
[00:30:47] THE CITY AND THE REGION, AND
[00:30:49] MOST OF THEM WERE FROM TITLE
[00:30:51] ONE SCHOOLS OVER 75%. DURING
[00:30:54] THE SUMMER, WE RUN LOTS OF FREE
[00:30:56] FAMILY PROGRAMING LIKE FAMILY
[00:30:58] FOREST DAYS AND POP UP NATURE
[00:31:00] STATIONS. AND THEN THE THIRD
[00:31:02] WAY IS BY COORDINATING
[00:31:04] VOLUNTEER HOURS. LAST YEAR, WE
[00:31:06] BROUGHT IN OVER 11,000 HOURS OF
[00:31:09] VOLUNTEER TIME TO THE PARK.
[00:31:11] ABOUT HALF OF THAT SUPPORTS OUR
[00:31:13] PARKS COLLEAGUES THROUGH
[00:31:15] STEWARDSHIP EFFORTS. THINGS
[00:31:16] LIKE PULLING IV MULCHING TREES,
[00:31:19] FIXING TRAILS, AND THE OTHER
[00:31:21] HALF GOES TO PROVIDE VISITOR
[00:31:23] SERVICES, SUPPORT EDUCATION
[00:31:25] PROGRAMS AND SO ON. HOYT
[00:31:28] ARBORETUM FEATURES A GLOBAL
[00:31:30] TREE COLLECTION WITH OVER 2300
[00:31:32] SPECIES OF TREES, INCLUDING 67
[00:31:34] THAT ARE THREATENED OR
[00:31:36] ENDANGERED IN THE WILD. WE ARE
[00:31:38] A LEVEL THREE ACCREDITED
[00:31:40] ARBORETUM, WHICH MAKES US ONE
[00:31:41] OF THE TOP 100 ARBORETA IN THE
[00:31:44] WORLD, AND THAT'S BASED ON A
[00:31:46] COMBINATION OF FACTORS, SOME OF
[00:31:47] WHICH ARE PROVIDED BY PORTLAND
[00:31:48] PARKS AND REC, AND SOME OF
[00:31:50] WHICH ARE PROVIDED BY THE
[00:31:52] FRIENDS. LIKE PORTLAND, PARKS
[00:31:54] IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
[00:31:55] DIVERSITY OF THE TREES, HOW
[00:31:56] THEY'RE CARED FOR AND MANAGED.
[00:31:59] BUT THE FRIENDS PROVIDE A WIDE
[00:32:03] BREADTH OF AND ACCESSIBILITY OF
[00:32:05] PUBLIC PROGRAMING, AND WE BOTH
[00:32:07] CONTRIBUTE TO THE SCIENCE AND
[00:32:08] CONSERVATION WORK THAT HAPPENS
[00:32:10] IN THE ARBORETUM. OVER THE PAST
[00:32:13] 40 YEARS, THE FRIENDS HAVE
[00:32:14] FUNDED MANY CAPITAL
[00:32:16] IMPROVEMENTS AT HOYT ARBORETUM
[00:32:17] THAT MAKE THE PARKS SPECIAL AND
[00:32:19] DRAW MANY VISITORS, LIKE THE
[00:32:21] REDWOOD OBSERVATION DECK, THE
[00:32:23] CURRENT VISITOR CENTER AND
[00:32:25] CLASSROOM. ALL OF THE
[00:32:27] INTERPRETIVE AND WAYFINDING
[00:32:28] SIGNAGE THROUGHOUT THE PARK SO
[00:32:29] PEOPLE CAN FIND THEIR WAY
[00:32:31] AROUND OUR 12 MILES OF TRAILS
[00:32:33] AND LEARN ABOUT TREES WHILE
[00:32:34] THEY'RE DOING IT. A CURRENT
[00:32:37] PARTNERSHIP PROJECT INCLUDES
[00:32:40] INVOLVES THE UPDATING AND
[00:32:41] EXPANSION OF AN ACCESSIBLE
[00:32:43] TRAIL AT HOYT, THE BRISTLECONE
[00:32:45] PINE TRAIL, PORTLAND PARKS AND
[00:32:47] REC IS FUNDING THE MAJORITY OF
[00:32:48] THIS PROJECT WITH METRO LOCAL
[00:32:51] SHARE BOND FUNDS, AND THE
[00:32:52] FRIENDS ARE ADDING FUNDS THAT
[00:32:54] WE'VE RAISED, SOME OF THEM ALSO
[00:32:56] COMING THROUGH METRO TO IMPROVE
[00:32:58] A CONNECTOR TRAIL AND PROVIDE
[00:33:00] INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE IN THIS
[00:33:01] AREA, WHICH CURRENTLY LACKS
[00:33:03] SIGNAGE. PLANNING FOR THIS
[00:33:04] PROJECT STARTED IN 2019, AND WE
[00:33:07] EXPECT IT TO FINALLY BREAK
[00:33:09] GROUND NEXT MONTH. AND THEN THE
[00:33:13] FRIENDS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE
[00:33:14] QUIET PHASE OF A CAPITAL
[00:33:16] CAMPAIGN TO RAISE FUNDS FOR
[00:33:18] UPDATED, ENERGY EFFICIENT
[00:33:19] FACILITIES AT HOYT ARBORETUM.
[00:33:21] AS THE PARK APPROACHES ITS
[00:33:22] 100TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2028. THIS
[00:33:26] PROJECT WILL INCLUDE A NEW
[00:33:27] VISITOR CENTER WITH EXPANDED
[00:33:29] EDUCATIONAL SPACE, ALLOWING US
[00:33:31] TO SERVE MORE PORTLAND AREA
[00:33:33] STUDENTS. IT WILL INCLUDE MORE
[00:33:35] SPACE FOR OUR PLANT NURSERY,
[00:33:37] WHERE OUR PARKS TEAM CONDUCTS
[00:33:39] CLIMATE RESILIENCE RESEARCH AS
[00:33:41] THEY LOOK FOR TREES THAT WILL
[00:33:42] THRIVE IN OUR CHANGING CLIMATE
[00:33:44] OVER THE NEXT 50 TO 100 YEARS.
[00:33:48] HOYT ARBORETUM IS A UNIQUE
[00:33:50] PORTLAND PARK. IT'S LOVED BY
[00:33:51] MANY, INCLUDING HIKERS, RUNNERS,
[00:33:54] TREE ENTHUSIASTS, AND ALSO BY
[00:33:56] THE MANY TOURISTS WHO VISIT
[00:33:57] WASHINGTON PARK. IT'S HARD TO
[00:33:59] IMAGINE THAT PARK TODAY WITHOUT
[00:34:01] THE PRIVATE RESOURCES AND
[00:34:02] VOLUNTEERS THAT THE FRIEND
[00:34:03] BRING TO THE PARK EACH YEAR.
[00:34:05] AND THEN LASTLY, IF YOU'VE NOT
[00:34:07] BEEN TO HOYT ARBORETUM RECENTLY
[00:34:09] OR NOT FOR A WHILE, I INVITE
[00:34:11] YOU TO COME UP IN THE COMING
[00:34:12] MONTHS. ENJOY THE AMAZING FALL
[00:34:15] FOLIAGE IN OUR NATIONALLY
[00:34:16] RECOGNIZED MAPLE COLLECTION,
[00:34:18] WHICH FEATURES OVER 90
[00:34:19] VARIETIES OF MAPLES. THANK YOU.
[00:34:22] >> THANK YOU, ANNA. THAT'S
[00:34:24] TERRIFIC. I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE
[00:34:25] QUESTIONS FOR YOU. WHO'S NEXT?
[00:34:27] WE JUST.
[00:34:28] >> WE JUST GO DOWN THE LINE.
[00:34:30] OKAY. GOOD MORNING. I'M KATHRYN
[00:34:32] SCHROEDER, AND I'M FROM THE
[00:34:35] COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER IN
[00:34:37] SOUTHEAST PORTLAND. THANKS TO
[00:34:40] THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE FOR
[00:34:42] INVITING ME HERE TODAY. I AM
[00:34:43] BOARD TREASURER OF THE PORTLAND
[00:34:47] PARKS AND RECREATION'S
[00:34:49] NONPROFIT PARTNER, ALSO BY THE
[00:34:51] SAME NAME, COMMUNITY MUSIC
[00:34:52] CENTER. SO IT'S CONFUSING TO A
[00:34:54] LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE THE PR
[00:34:57] PROGRAM IS NAMED COMMUNITY
[00:34:59] MUSIC CENTER IN SOUTHEAST
[00:35:00] PORTLAND AT 34TH AND FRANCIS IN
[00:35:02] AN OLD FIREHOUSE. AND THE
[00:35:04] NONPROFIT IS ALSO NAMED THE
[00:35:05] COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER. SO P
[00:35:09] AND R HAS BEEN OPERATING A
[00:35:11] MUSIC SCHOOL BY THAT NAME FOR
[00:35:13] 71 YEARS, NEARLY THREE QUARTERS
[00:35:16] OF A CENTURY. THE CITY'S
[00:35:18] PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NONPROFIT
[00:35:20] WITH THE SAME NAME WAS FORMED
[00:35:22] 66 YEARS AGO, AND THIS
[00:35:25] PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN
[00:35:27] UNCEASINGLY SUPPORTING THE
[00:35:28] CITY'S MUSIC PROGRAMING SINCE
[00:35:30] THEN. I DON'T WANT TO REITERATE
[00:35:33] A LOT OF WHAT DIRECTOR PIERCE
[00:35:34] SAID IN HIS COMMENTS, BUT SOME
[00:35:36] OF MINE ARE THE SAME. THE CITY
[00:35:38] AND THE NONPROFITS CONTRACT
[00:35:41] MOSTLY OUTLINES WHO PAYS FOR
[00:35:43] WHAT AND IN WHAT WAYS. WE EACH
[00:35:46] SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN
[00:35:47] PROGRAMING. THE NONPROFIT HAS
[00:35:49] NO PAID STAFF, AND WE DON'T OWN
[00:35:52] ANY REAL ESTATE. ITS PRIMARY
[00:35:55] ASSETS ARE FINANCIAL AND AN
[00:35:58] EXTENSIVE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
[00:36:00] COLLECTION OF ABOUT $1 MILLION,
[00:36:02] ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN DONATED
[00:36:04] AND SOME WE'VE PURCHASED. WHEN
[00:36:06] STUDENTS NEED INSTRUMENTS OF A
[00:36:08] CERTAIN SORT AND THE NONPROFIT
[00:36:11] LEASES THESE INSTRUMENTS WITH
[00:36:13] THE CITY'S SUPPORT TO CMC
[00:36:16] STUDENTS AT GREATLY REDUCED
[00:36:19] RATES. SO THE NONPROFIT
[00:36:21] MAINTAINS THE INSTRUMENT
[00:36:23] COLLECTION. WE HAVE A CONTRACT
[00:36:27] MUSICIAN WHO TAKES CARE OF THEM,
[00:36:29] AND THEN THE CITY WE PAY THE
[00:36:30] CITY TO HELP INTERFACE WITH THE
[00:36:33] STUDENTS TO RENT THOSE
[00:36:35] INSTRUMENTS. CLEARLY, LONGEVITY
[00:36:38] IN THIS MUSIC PROGRAM IS A HUGE
[00:36:40] SUCCESS FOR THE CITY, BUT THE
[00:36:43] BIGGEST SUCCESS IS THE
[00:36:44] EXCEPTIONAL MUSIC EDUCATION
[00:36:45] OFFERED BY TALENTED TEACHING
[00:36:47] STAFF WHO ARE CITY EMPLOYEES TO
[00:36:50] TENS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS,
[00:36:52] AGED YOUTH THROUGH SENIORS FOR
[00:36:55] MANY DECADES. HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL
[00:36:58] CMC ALUM INCLUDE ESPERANZA
[00:37:01] SPALDING AND BEN LANDSVERK,
[00:37:04] AMONG MANY OTHERS, AND MANY OF
[00:37:06] THE TEACHING STAFF HAVE TAUGHT
[00:37:08] AT THE CENTER FOR DECADES AND
[00:37:10] ARE HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED
[00:37:12] MUSICIANS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT.
[00:37:14] THERE ARE MANY PRIVATE MUSIC
[00:37:16] SCHOOLS IN THE PORTLAND METRO
[00:37:17] AREA. HOWEVER, MOST CANNOT
[00:37:19] OFFER ACCESS WITHOUT FINANCIAL
[00:37:22] BARRIERS. ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE
[00:37:25] RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS WORKED
[00:37:26] WELL IS THAT THE CITY PROVIDES
[00:37:27] A DEDICATED PLACE FOR THE MUSIC
[00:37:29] CENTER. AS I SAID, THE
[00:37:31] NONPROFIT DOES NOT OWN ANY REAL
[00:37:33] ESTATE. SO EVEN WITH THE
[00:37:36] CENTER'S BUILDING, WHICH IS AN
[00:37:38] OLD FIREHOUSE ON SOUTHEAST 34TH
[00:37:41] AND FRANCIS SUFFERING FROM
[00:37:43] EXTREME DEFERRED MAINTENANCE
[00:37:44] AND BEING AN UNREINFORCED
[00:37:47] MASONRY BUILDING, HAVING A
[00:37:49] SPACE IS CRITICAL TO ITS
[00:37:51] SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE. LOOKING
[00:37:53] FOR SAFER AND MUSIC EDUCATION
[00:37:56] SPECIFIC SPACE? IT WOULD BE
[00:37:57] GREAT FOR THE CITY TO PARTNER
[00:38:00] WITH THE NONPROFITS SUPPORT,
[00:38:03] WHICH WE ARE WILLING TO PROVIDE
[00:38:05] WITH A HOUSING PROJECT OR A
[00:38:07] MULTI-USE PROPERTY FOR A NEW
[00:38:10] HOME FOR THE MUSIC SCHOOL. THE
[00:38:14] PARTNERSHIP HAS ALSO WORKED
[00:38:15] WELL FOR SO LONG, IN LARGE PART
[00:38:16] DUE TO THE GREAT SUPPORT AND
[00:38:18] CONSTANT INTERACTION BETWEEN
[00:38:20] THE NONPROFIT'S BOARD AND ITS
[00:38:22] MEMBERS AND THE CITY'S MUSIC
[00:38:25] PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND MUSIC
[00:38:28] COORDINATOR ON SITE AT THE
[00:38:29] CENTER, THAT'S GREGORY DUBAY
[00:38:31] AND DANIEL REYES, WHO ARE GREAT
[00:38:35] TO WORK WITH. AND WITH THEIR
[00:38:38] ENGAGEMENT, THE NONPROFIT CAN
[00:38:39] PROVIDE SOME NIMBLENESS IN
[00:38:42] PROGRAMING AND CREATIVE MUSIC
[00:38:44] RELATED ACTIVITIES, ALL WITHIN
[00:38:46] THE CITY. PROTOCOLS AND
[00:38:48] POLICIES. CHALLENGES IN THE
[00:38:51] PARTNERSHIP ARE MOSTLY WITH
[00:38:52] LACK OF COMMUNICATION WITH
[00:38:54] UPPER MANAGEMENT IN P AND R,
[00:38:56] AND ALSO WITH WHAT SEEMS LIKE
[00:38:58] CONTINUAL CHANGE IN PERSONNEL.
[00:39:01] AND THE SILOED DEPARTMENTAL
[00:39:03] STRUCTURE OF THE CITY LEADS TO
[00:39:05] INEFFICIENCIES. ALSO, OUR
[00:39:08] PARTNERSHIP OFTEN FEELS AS IF
[00:39:09] WE'RE CONSTANTLY ON THE BACK
[00:39:11] BURNER WITH A LACK OF
[00:39:14] CONTINUITY IN UPPER CITY
[00:39:16] MANAGEMENT STAFF AND WITHOUT
[00:39:18] REGULAR ENGAGEMENT WITH HIGHER
[00:39:20] LEVEL CITY STAFF. EVEN THOUGH
[00:39:22] THE CURRENT NONPROFIT CITY
[00:39:24] AGREEMENT REQUIRES THIS
[00:39:26] ENGAGEMENT, IT IS NEARLY
[00:39:28] IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE NONPROFIT TO
[00:39:30] ENGAGE IN ANY LONG TERM
[00:39:31] PLANNING TO SUPPORT THE CITY
[00:39:33] WITH PROGRAMING AND, MORE
[00:39:35] IMPORTANTLY, FINDING A NEW
[00:39:36] SPACE. THE NONPROFIT HAS HAD
[00:39:39] SUCCESS ENGAGING WITH SPECIFIC
[00:39:41] CITY COUNCILORS, BUT ACCESS TO
[00:39:43] UPPER LEVEL STAFF HAS BEEN
[00:39:45] PROBLEMATIC. IT WOULD BE GREAT
[00:39:48] IF CITY PARTNERS COULD BE REAL
[00:39:50] PARTNERS, ENGAGED WITH CITY
[00:39:51] MANAGEMENT AND STAFF WHEN
[00:39:53] PLANNING OR GOAL SETTING IS
[00:39:54] DONE BY THE CITY. THE
[00:39:57] NONPROFIT'S MISSION IS
[00:39:59] AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO
[00:40:01] OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL AGES TO
[00:40:02] LEARN ABOUT, MAKE AND ENJOY
[00:40:04] MUSIC AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
[00:40:07] IS UNCONTROVERTED THAT MUSIC
[00:40:08] EDUCATION SUPPORTS PEOPLE OF
[00:40:10] ALL AGES WITH SOCIAL, ACADEMIC,
[00:40:13] EMOTIONAL AND COGNITIVE HEALTH.
[00:40:17] SUGGESTIONS FOR A BETTER
[00:40:18] PARTNERSHIP WOULD INCLUDE
[00:40:19] REGULAR LISTENING SESSIONS LIKE
[00:40:21] THIS ONE THAT WE'RE HAVING
[00:40:22] BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE
[00:40:24] PARTNERS, AND IN ADDITION,
[00:40:27] TRADING REAL SPECIFICS, NOT
[00:40:29] GENERALITIES LIKE TODAY. AND
[00:40:31] THEN LISTEN TO THE PARTNERS
[00:40:33] LONG TERM PLANS AND COMMIT TO
[00:40:36] SUPPORTING THOSE PLANS WHERE
[00:40:38] OUR PRIORITIES ALIGN. AN
[00:40:41] OVERALL PRINCIPLE OF WHETHER
[00:40:42] AND HOW TO PRIVATIZE P AND R
[00:40:45] OFFERINGS OR NOT TO PRIVATIZE
[00:40:47] THEM IS DIFFICULT AS AN OVERALL
[00:40:50] POLICY, AS YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN
[00:40:52] IN TWO OF US TALKING, THE
[00:40:54] PARTNERS ARE UNIQUE WITH
[00:40:56] DIFFERENT GOALS, LEADERSHIP,
[00:40:59] AND YOU KNOW, WE EACH HAVE
[00:41:00] DIFFERENT FINANCIAL STRUCTURES.
[00:41:02] AND SO WHAT WORKS FOR A QUASI
[00:41:05] PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR
[00:41:07] ONE, MIGHT NOT WORK FOR ANOTHER.
[00:41:09] BUT YET, YOU KNOW, THE
[00:41:10] PARTNERSHIP IS STILL VITAL TO A
[00:41:12] HEALTHY CITY. CMC NONPROFIT IS
[00:41:17] READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO
[00:41:18] CONTINUE PARTNERING WITH THE
[00:41:19] CITY, PROVIDING A SAFE,
[00:41:21] INCLUSIVE SPACE FOR ALL AGES TO
[00:41:23] ENGAGE IN EXCEPTIONAL MUSIC
[00:41:25] EDUCATION AND COME SEE A FREE
[00:41:28] CONCERT THERE ANY TIME YOU WILL
[00:41:29] BE INSPIRED. THANKS FOR YOUR
[00:41:32] WORK AND DOING THIS. LISTENING
[00:41:33] AND DISCERNING.
[00:41:35] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CATHERINE.
[00:41:37] I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU
[00:41:38] HAD TO SAY. I SEE A LOT OF
[00:41:40] PARALLELS WITH THE MULTNOMAH
[00:41:41] ARTS CENTER. YES.
[00:41:42] >> I HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM
[00:41:44] THIS AFTERNOON.
[00:41:44] >> OH, GOOD. EXCELLENT.
[00:41:45] >> WE MEET A LOT TOGETHER.
[00:41:47] >> THAT YOU DO SOME OF THE SAME
[00:41:49] ISSUES. YES. PARTICULARLY ON
[00:41:51] UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE. OKAY.
[00:41:55] NEXT.
[00:41:57] >> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING,
[00:41:59] CHAIR CLARK AND MEMBERS OF THE
[00:42:01] PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MY NAME
[00:42:03] IS SUBASHINI GANESAN FORBES,
[00:42:05] AND I AM THE CURRENT CHAIR OF
[00:42:08] THE BOARD. THE VOLUNTEER BOARD,
[00:42:10] IF I MAY ADD, OF THE PORTLAND
[00:42:13] PARKS FOUNDATION. I'M GRATEFUL
[00:42:15] TO DIRECTOR ART PIERCE, PARIS
[00:42:18] EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND
[00:42:19] PARTNERSHIP MANAGER KELLY
[00:42:20] TORRES AND PVHS EXECUTIVE
[00:42:23] DIRECTOR JESSICA GREEN FOR
[00:42:26] INVITING ME TO SPEAK WITH ALL
[00:42:27] OF YOU ABOUT PORTLAND PARKS
[00:42:30] FOUNDATION. I'LL CALL IT PPF
[00:42:31] FROM NOW ON AND OUR SHARED
[00:42:34] HISTORY OF 25 YEARS WITH
[00:42:36] PORTLAND PARKS AND REC, P AND R
[00:42:40] REALLY, FOR CONTEXT, I WANT TO
[00:42:42] SAY I COME TO YOU TODAY AS A
[00:42:44] LONG TERM PORTLANDER WHO FOR
[00:42:46] THE LAST 18 YEARS HAS SERVED
[00:42:49] OUR CITY, OUR REGION AND STATE
[00:42:52] IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES TO
[00:42:54] CELEBRATE AND PROMOTE ARTS,
[00:42:57] CULTURE, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND
[00:42:58] THE OVERALL VIBRANCY AND
[00:43:00] LIVABILITY FOR HUNDREDS OF
[00:43:02] THOUSANDS OF CREATIVES WHO CALL
[00:43:04] OUR CITY, COUNTY AND STATE HOME.
[00:43:08] IN ADDITION TO BEING THE CHAIR
[00:43:10] OF THE BOARD AT PPF, I'M A
[00:43:12] CHOREOGRAPHER. I FOUNDED A
[00:43:14] NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED
[00:43:16] NEW EXPRESSIVE WORKS. I SERVE
[00:43:18] AS BOARD MEMBER FOR THE MILLER
[00:43:20] FOUNDATION AND CURRENTLY AM THE
[00:43:23] ARTIST LEAD FOR METRO FUTURE
[00:43:26] VISION 50. I'VE ALSO SERVED AS
[00:43:28] THE CITY'S CREATIVE LAUREATE
[00:43:34] BETWEEN 2018 AND 2022, AND
[00:43:36] SINCE 2018, I'VE BEEN A PART OF
[00:43:38] THE REVITALIZATION OF THE
[00:43:40] INTERSTATE FIREHOUSE CULTURAL
[00:43:42] CENTER, FIRST AS COMMUNITY
[00:43:45] ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER AND
[00:43:47] OVER THE YEARS AS A CORE MEMBER
[00:43:48] OF THE TEAM. SO I'M SAYING ALL
[00:43:50] OF THIS TO PROVIDE YOU CONTEXT
[00:43:52] THAT I COME TO YOU WITH HISTORY
[00:43:55] AND COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC
[00:43:57] PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. AND SO NOW
[00:43:59] ON TO PORTLAND PARKS FOUNDATION.
[00:44:02] IT'S REALLY A BIG TASK TO
[00:44:05] ENCAPSULATE THE RELATIONSHIP
[00:44:06] THAT PPF HAS WITH PNR. I'M
[00:44:09] GOING TO GIVE YOU AS MUCH AS I
[00:44:11] CAN THROUGH WORDS, AND
[00:44:13] HOPEFULLY YOU'LL FORM IMAGES.
[00:44:15] BUT OUR FEARLESS LEADER,
[00:44:16] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JESSICA
[00:44:17] GREEN, DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION,
[00:44:21] AND WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU LATER
[00:44:23] IF THAT'S ALSO HELPFUL. YEAH,
[00:44:25] SO PPF WAS FOUNDED IN 2001.
[00:44:29] WE'RE CELEBRATING OUR 25TH
[00:44:31] ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR. AND WE
[00:44:33] WERE FOUNDED AS PART OF
[00:44:35] PACKER'S 2020 VISION PLAN. AND
[00:44:39] THIS VISION PLAN CALLED TO
[00:44:41] ESTABLISH A PARKS FOUNDATION TO
[00:44:43] BRING NEW RESOURCES AND
[00:44:45] EXPERTISE TO LONG TERM
[00:44:48] STEWARDSHIP OF PARKS AND
[00:44:51] RECREATION. JOEY POPE, WHO'S A
[00:44:54] FOUNDING BOARD MEMBER IN JULY
[00:44:56] 2001, SAID THIS. AND I FEEL
[00:44:58] IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALLY BRING
[00:44:59] IT BACK BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE
[00:45:01] WE'RE STILL IN THE SPACE, SHE
[00:45:03] SAID. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT
[00:45:05] WE'RE HERE TO RAISE MUCH NEEDED
[00:45:07] MONEY FOR PARKS. THERE'S SUCH A
[00:45:10] DISCREPANCY BETWEEN AREAS SUCH
[00:45:11] AS CALI AND GRANTS PARK. WE
[00:45:14] NEED TO REACH FOR WHAT SEEMS
[00:45:17] IMPOSSIBLE AND THINK IN THE
[00:45:18] LONG TERM. SO PPF WE ARE HERE,
[00:45:23] WE HELP PEOPLE, HELP PARKS. FOR
[00:45:27] 25 YEARS, PPF HAS WORKED WITH
[00:45:30] INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITIES AND
[00:45:32] ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS PORTLAND
[00:45:34] TO TRANSFORM OUR PARKS
[00:45:36] POTENTIALS INTO BEAUTIFUL
[00:45:38] REALITIES FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY.
[00:45:42] WE ARE PACKERS CHIEF
[00:45:45] PHILANTHROPIC PARTNER. WE'VE
[00:45:46] BUILT AND CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN
[00:45:48] TRUSTWORTHY RELATIONSHIPS WITH
[00:45:50] LOCAL AND REGIONAL, INDIVIDUAL,
[00:45:53] ORGANIZATIONAL, CORPORATE, AND
[00:45:55] PHILANTHROPIC ENTITIES. THROUGH
[00:45:56] THESE RESOURCES, WE'VE BROUGHT
[00:45:58] NEEDED FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR
[00:46:00] CAPITAL PROJECTS ACROSS THE
[00:46:02] PARK SYSTEM. FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
[00:46:05] WE ARE PACKERS HUMAN CENTERED,
[00:46:08] COMMUNITY DRIVEN, STRATEGIC
[00:46:10] THOUGHT PARTNERS. I THINK I GOT
[00:46:13] ALL THOSE THINGS TOGETHER. OUR
[00:46:15] HUMAN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
[00:46:17] BUREAU IS NOTEWORTHY. A PARKS
[00:46:20] AND REC BOARD MEMBER IS AN EX
[00:46:23] OFFICIO BOARD MEMBER AT PPF,
[00:46:25] CURRENTLY REPRESENTED BY PATTY
[00:46:26] MILLS, PPF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
[00:46:28] JESSICA GREEN SITS AS
[00:46:31] EX-OFFICIO ON THE PR BOARD, AND
[00:46:34] THERE'S REGULAR WEEKLY
[00:46:36] COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATIONS AND
[00:46:37] CHECK INS AMONGST EVERYBODY FOR
[00:46:40] THIS KIND OF STRATEGIC WORK.
[00:46:44] PPF IS ALSO YOUR MOBILIZER AND
[00:46:48] PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
[00:46:49] SUPPORT WING PPF PARTNERS WITH
[00:46:52] ABOUT 200 OVER FRIENDS GROUPS
[00:46:54] ACROSS THE CITY IN VARYING
[00:46:56] SCALES. THROUGH OUR DEEP
[00:46:58] CONNECTIONS WITH THESE FRIENDS
[00:46:59] GROUPS, WE SUPPORT THEIR
[00:47:01] CAPACITY, THEIR PROBLEM SOLVING
[00:47:04] STRATEGIES, AND SOMETIMES THEIR
[00:47:07] RELATIONSHIPS WITH PR, AND WE
[00:47:09] CONTINUE TO BUILD A MUCH NEEDED
[00:47:12] PARKS NETWORK. PPF IS ALSO YOUR
[00:47:16] PARTNER IN LONG TERM
[00:47:18] SUSTAINABILITY WORK. WE'VE BEEN
[00:47:19] A KEY PLAYER IN BOTH LEVY
[00:47:22] BALLOTS OVER THE PAST SEVEN
[00:47:24] YEARS. WE'RE ALSO DEEPLY
[00:47:26] INVESTED AND IN CONVERSATION
[00:47:28] WITH P AND R LEADERSHIP ON
[00:47:30] SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIC THINKING
[00:47:31] AND PLANNING FOR HEALTHY FUTURE
[00:47:34] FINANCIAL STRUCTURES. SO THIS
[00:47:36] LIST CAN REALLY GO ON, BUT
[00:47:39] MAYBE WE CAN SHIFT GEARS AND
[00:47:41] THINK ABOUT HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT
[00:47:44] THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS BROUGHT TO
[00:47:47] OUR CITY IN THE LAST 25 YEARS.
[00:47:52] PARKS ARE A TANGIBLE AND
[00:47:53] PHYSICAL OCCURRENCE THROUGHOUT
[00:47:55] OUR CITY. THEY'RE BASTIONS OF
[00:47:57] DEMOCRACY BECAUSE THEY'RE
[00:47:58] PUBLIC SPACES, AND PUBLIC
[00:48:00] SPACES NEED TO FEEL SAFE. AND
[00:48:03] THAT'S THE WORK THAT WE DO.
[00:48:07] SOME OF OUR MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS OF
[00:48:09] PLACE AND COMMUNITY IMPACT
[00:48:11] INCLUDE THE BARBARA WALKER
[00:48:13] CROSSING IN NORTHWEST PORTLAND,
[00:48:15] WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN 2019.
[00:48:17] THE FOUNDATION MANAGED THE
[00:48:19] ENTIRE PROJECT, AND THAT
[00:48:21] INCLUDED RAISING OVER $3
[00:48:23] MILLION TO BUILD A FOOTBRIDGE,
[00:48:24] OF COURSE, OVER WEST BURNSIDE,
[00:48:26] AND OUR PARTNERSHIP MEMBERS
[00:48:28] INCLUDED P AND R FOR SURE, AND
[00:48:31] ALSO METRO PBOT PLAYGROUND
[00:48:36] REPLACEMENTS ACROSS THE CITY
[00:48:37] HAS ALSO BEEN A REAL GOAL.
[00:48:40] SINCE 2023. WE'VE BEEN RAISING
[00:48:42] FUNDS AND SOMETIMES WE MATCH
[00:48:45] FUNDS AND SOMETIMES WE RAISE
[00:48:46] ALL THE FUNDS. IT'S BEEN A
[00:48:48] LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION AND IT'S
[00:48:52] IN ALL QUADRANTS. SOME OF THESE
[00:48:54] PLAYGROUNDS INCLUDE ROSE CITY
[00:48:56] PLAYGROUND, RAYMOND PARK,
[00:48:57] GEORGE PARK AND PORTLAND
[00:48:58] HEIGHTS. WE'VE ALSO BEEN
[00:49:01] SUPPORTING WITH FUNDING AND
[00:49:03] SECURING MONEY FOR THE NORTH
[00:49:04] PARK BLOCKS EXPANSION. THAT
[00:49:07] HAPPENED 2025, LATE 25 TO 26,
[00:49:10] AND THIS PROJECT LIVES IN P AND
[00:49:13] R, WHICH MEANS P AND R IS
[00:49:15] CONDUCTING THE WHOLE PROJECT.
[00:49:16] AND THIS WILL EXTEND THE NORTH
[00:49:18] PARK BLOCKS TO INCLUDE THE PNC
[00:49:20] BLOCK, WHICH IS THE BLOCK
[00:49:23] BETWEEN NORTHWEST HOYT AND
[00:49:25] GLISAN STREETS. O'BRYANT SQUARE,
[00:49:29] WHICH IS NOW DARCEL PARK, RIGHT.
[00:49:32] DURING MARCH 2023, WE AT PPF
[00:49:36] PARTNERED WITH SEVERAL
[00:49:37] COLLABORATORS, INCLUDING THE
[00:49:39] HARVARD LOEB FELLOWSHIP, PSU
[00:49:42] CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEREST
[00:49:44] DESIGN, AND NRW TO BUILD A WAY
[00:49:48] TO GATHER IDEAS, HOPES AND
[00:49:50] WORRIES FROM NEARLY 1000
[00:49:53] PORTLANDERS ON HOW A NEW PUBLIC
[00:49:55] SPACE AT O'BRIEN SQUARE COULD
[00:49:57] SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES. SO THAT
[00:49:59] INCLUDED WEBINARS, SURVEYS,
[00:50:03] STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS,
[00:50:06] AND EVEN WORKSHOPS THAT WERE
[00:50:08] PARTICULARLY FOR 14 MEMBER
[00:50:09] SAFETY, MAINTENANCE AND
[00:50:10] MANAGEMENT GROUPS. SO WE KNOW
[00:50:13] WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW, RIGHT?
[00:50:15] PEF'S INITIAL GROUNDBREAKING
[00:50:17] WORK HAS NOW LED TO WHAT WE ALL
[00:50:19] ENJOY TODAY AS DARCEL PLAZA AND
[00:50:23] RETURN OF THE ELK IN MAY 2022,
[00:50:26] WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY A
[00:50:28] GENEROUS DONOR, PPF BEGAN WORK
[00:50:31] ON A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE
[00:50:33] REHAB OF THE DAVID P THOMPSON
[00:50:35] ELK FOUNTAIN AND THE RETURN TO
[00:50:38] ITS HISTORIC HOME ON SOUTHWEST
[00:50:40] MAIN STREET. WE RAISED AS MUCH
[00:50:44] OF THE NECESSARY 160 $160,000
[00:50:48] FROM OUR PART OF THE DEAL,
[00:50:49] THROUGH 65 DONORS WE SUPPORTED
[00:50:52] IN THE CREATION OF AN IMPROVED
[00:50:54] DESIGN OF THE FOUNTAIN BY
[00:50:56] HIRING THE EXPERIENCED HISTORIC
[00:50:58] PRESERVATION FIRM ARCHITECTURAL
[00:51:00] RESOURCE GROUP, AND WE HELPED
[00:51:02] RAISE MONEY FOR A WORTHY RETURN
[00:51:05] PARTY, IF YOU WILL, OF THE ELK
[00:51:07] FOUNTAIN IN APRIL THIS YEAR.
[00:51:12] CURRENTLY, WE'RE TACKLING
[00:51:14] SHEMANSKI FOUNTAIN TO SUPPORT
[00:51:16] FURTHER DOWNTOWN REVIVAL GOALS.
[00:51:19] WE ALSO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
[00:51:21] OUR FRIENDS AND ALLIES, OUR
[00:51:23] PARKS NETWORK SUPPORT SYSTEM.
[00:51:24] AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE
[00:51:26] SUPPORT TWO YEARLY FRIENDS AND
[00:51:28] ALLIES SUMMITS AND THE SPRING
[00:51:31] SUMMIT ANNOUNCED A SMALL GRANTS
[00:51:33] THAT PPF PROVIDES PARKS
[00:51:36] CENTERED NONPROFITS ACROSS OUR
[00:51:38] CITY TO PROVIDE IMPORTANT WORK,
[00:51:40] AND THE FALL SUMMIT IS MORE OF
[00:51:42] A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND
[00:51:44] NETWORKING SPACE THAT PROVIDES
[00:51:46] WORKSHOPS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
[00:51:48] MEMBERS OF FRIENDS GROUPS TO
[00:51:50] COLLABORATE AND COLON. OKAY, SO
[00:51:55] I HOPE BY NOW, IF YOU ALREADY
[00:51:58] DON'T KNOW, YOU'RE SEEING THE
[00:51:59] VARYING WAYS WE HELP PEOPLE,
[00:52:02] HELP PARKS. SO THE HISTORY AND
[00:52:05] PARTNERSHIP RELATIONSHIPS WE
[00:52:06] BRING TO THE TABLE ARE DEEP AND
[00:52:08] THEY ARE VARIED. AS YOU, THE
[00:52:11] COMMITTEE, CONSIDER THE IMPACT
[00:52:13] OF PUBLIC PRIVATE, NONPROFIT
[00:52:15] PARTNERSHIP MODELS AS A
[00:52:17] BONAFIDE AVENUE FOR CURRENT AND
[00:52:19] FUTURE CITY OF PORTLAND
[00:52:21] ENRICHMENT. I DO URGE YOU TO
[00:52:23] TALK TO ALL OF US PARTNERS AT
[00:52:25] GREATER LENGTH. THIS IS BECAUSE
[00:52:28] MEASURING THE SUCCESS OR
[00:52:30] FAILURE OF PARTNERSHIPS PURELY
[00:52:31] BASED ON COMPLETION OF A
[00:52:35] CAPITAL PROJECT, THE COMPLETION
[00:52:37] OF A PROJECTED GOAL AND
[00:52:39] OBJECTIVES WERE MET SOMETIMES
[00:52:41] CAN UNDERMINE OR COMPLETELY
[00:52:44] IGNORE THE MOST IMPORTANT
[00:52:46] FACTOR OF A PARTNERSHIP. AND
[00:52:48] THAT FACTOR IS THE HUMAN TO
[00:52:49] HUMAN CONNECTION, RELATIONSHIP,
[00:52:52] TRUST, BUILDING AND DESIGN
[00:52:54] THINKING AND INNOVATION THAT
[00:52:57] OCCURS. SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO
[00:52:58] MEASURE THINGS LIKE HOW MANY
[00:53:00] VOLUNTEER HOURS HAVE BEEN
[00:53:01] ACCOMPLISHED, HOW MANY PARK
[00:53:03] STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT
[00:53:04] BACK TO WORKABLE CONDITIONS,
[00:53:06] AND HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE
[00:53:07] INCREASED THEIR USAGE OF ANY
[00:53:09] GIVEN PARK PROPERTY IN OUR CITY.
[00:53:11] BUT LET'S BE CLEAR PARTNERSHIPS
[00:53:13] CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN PRODUCT,
[00:53:17] BUT DEBILITATING IN HUMAN
[00:53:19] RELATIONSHIPS. THE PARK
[00:53:21] STRUCTURE MIGHT BE COMPLETED ON
[00:53:22] TIME, ON BUDGET AND TO
[00:53:24] STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE. BUT
[00:53:25] THE HUMANS WHO WORKED ON THAT
[00:53:29] PROJECT COULD BE LEFT EXHAUSTED,
[00:53:31] FEELING DISAPPOINTED BY HOW
[00:53:32] THEY WERE TREATED AND UNSURE OF
[00:53:35] HOW TO ENTER THAT NEXT PROJECT.
[00:53:37] PARTNERSHIP. DUE TO EXISTING
[00:53:39] NON-HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP
[00:53:40] PATTERNS, THESE SITUATIONS ARE
[00:53:43] NOT INSURMOUNTABLE. WE ALREADY
[00:53:45] SHOWCASE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL
[00:53:47] RESULTS THAT COME FROM
[00:53:48] PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT
[00:53:50] AND COMMUNITY BASED
[00:53:52] ORGANIZATIONS. NOW, IT FEELS
[00:53:54] LIKE WE'RE BEING GIVEN THAT
[00:53:56] OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER
[00:53:57] AND BUILD A MORE HUMAN CENTERED
[00:54:00] APPROACH TO ALLOW FOR SUSTAINED
[00:54:02] AND TRULY COLLABORATIVE WAYS.
[00:54:04] WHAT HISTORICAL BUREAUCRATIC
[00:54:06] MECHANISMS COULD BE REDESIGNED
[00:54:08] OR REPLACED? WHAT DOES IT MEAN
[00:54:10] TO ALLOW PARTNERING CBOS TO
[00:54:12] TRULY FIND OWNERSHIP AND PRIDE
[00:54:15] IN THE PARTNER PROJECTS, RATHER
[00:54:18] THAN FEELING OVERWHELMED BY
[00:54:20] PAPERWORK, RED TAPE, AND OTHER
[00:54:22] BUREAUCRATIC SYSTEMS THAT FOLKS
[00:54:24] WITHIN THE BUREAU TAKE AS
[00:54:26] BUSINESS AS USUAL. WE AT PPF
[00:54:29] ARE HERE TO INVIGORATE AND
[00:54:31] DESIGN WITH YOU. I'M LOOKING
[00:54:32] FORWARD TO DIGGING INTO THIS
[00:54:34] CONVERSATION, THE QUESTIONS YOU
[00:54:35] WILL HAVE FOR US, AND IF YOU
[00:54:37] HAVEN'T ALREADY, PLEASE SIGN UP
[00:54:40] FOR SEPTEMBER 23RD. FUTURE OF
[00:54:43] WATERFRONT PARK. MEET THE
[00:54:45] DESIGN TEAM AT PORTLAND ART
[00:54:47] MUSEUM. IT GIVES COMMUNITY A
[00:54:49] CHANCE TO MEET THREE DESIGNERS
[00:54:51] WORKING ON OUR INNOVATIVE PLANS
[00:54:53] FOR WATERFRONT PARK. PPF IS A
[00:54:56] PROUD SPONSOR OF THIS EVENT AND
[00:54:59] A COMMUNITY PARTNER. JOIN US
[00:55:01] AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[00:55:03] >> THANK YOU FOR A VERY
[00:55:05] COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF
[00:55:07] WHAT YOU DO. THE GREAT BREADTH
[00:55:10] IS IT SUBASHI.
[00:55:12] >> SUBASHINI. YOU CAN CALL ME
[00:55:13] SUBA SUBA.
[00:55:14] >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[00:55:15] I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
[00:55:17] FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS. LET'S MOVE
[00:55:18] TO ASHLEY. HI. WELCOME.
[00:55:20] >> HI. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
[00:55:22] I'M ASHLEY MURRAY, THE
[00:55:24] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
[00:55:24] SELLWOOD COMMUNITY HOUSE. AND
[00:55:26] I'M SO THANKFUL TO BE HERE
[00:55:27] TODAY, BOTH JUST BEING IN
[00:55:30] CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL AND
[00:55:31] THESE OTHER WONDERFUL COMMUNITY
[00:55:33] PARTNERS. I'VE ALREADY BEEN
[00:55:34] TAKING NOTES. YOU GUYS ARE
[00:55:35] DOING SUCH INCREDIBLE WORK IN
[00:55:36] THIS CITY. A LITTLE BIT OF
[00:55:38] BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT
[00:55:40] OUR ORGANIZATION. SELLWOOD
[00:55:42] COMMUNITY HOUSE WAS DROPPED
[00:55:43] FROM THE CITY BUDGET IN 2019,
[00:55:46] ALONG WITH THE FULTON HILLSIDE
[00:55:48] AND LAURELHURST DANCE STUDIO.
[00:55:51] AND WE HAVE BEEN WE'VE BEEN
[00:55:53] OPERATING NOW FOR SEVEN YEARS,
[00:55:55] WHICH IS SO EXCITING. SO I'M
[00:55:57] GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT
[00:55:59] ABOUT NOW. WE HAVE FOUR
[00:56:01] LOCATIONS AND WE'VE JUST GROWN
[00:56:03] EXPONENTIALLY. AND I'M SO PROUD
[00:56:04] OF SHARING KIND OF WHAT
[00:56:07] PARTNERSHIP MAKES POSSIBLE IN
[00:56:08] OUR CITY FOR SO MANY PEOPLE. SO
[00:56:10] AT THE BEGINNING OF 2019, WE
[00:56:12] TOOK ON THIS BUILDING THAT HAD
[00:56:15] SEVERE MAINTENANCE BACKLOG,
[00:56:17] REALLY REDUCED PROGRAMMATIC
[00:56:19] HOURS AND PROGRAMS. AND TODAY
[00:56:22] THAT THAT BUILDING IS, YOU KNOW,
[00:56:24] OUR THRIVING FLAGSHIP
[00:56:27] INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY HUB.
[00:56:28] WE'RE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 9
[00:56:32] A.M. TO 9 P.M. WE HAVE THE
[00:56:33] SHACK IN SELLWOOD PARK, WHICH
[00:56:35] IS FREE RECREATION, SERVING 63
[00:56:38] ZIP CODES THIS SUMMER FOR FREE
[00:56:41] RECREATION AND PROGRAMING FROM
[00:56:44] 9 A.M. TO 9 P.M. FOR TEN
[00:56:45] CONSECUTIVE WEEKS. IN THE
[00:56:46] SUMMER, WE HAVE PLAYLAB, WHICH
[00:56:48] IS OUR PFA SITE, WELCOMING THIS
[00:56:51] WEEK, OUR FIRST 20 PFA STUDENTS
[00:56:54] AND OUR LAURELHURST DANCE
[00:56:55] STUDIO, WHICH IS OUR FOURTH
[00:56:57] LOCATION NOW. SO THROUGH SEVEN
[00:57:00] YEARS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
[00:57:02] REALLY SERVE AN ESSENTIAL
[00:57:04] PUBLIC SERVICE WITH ZERO PUBLIC
[00:57:06] INVESTMENT. I THINK THAT'S
[00:57:07] SOMETHING THAT MAKES OUR
[00:57:09] ORGANIZATION A LITTLE BIT
[00:57:10] DIFFERENT, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT
[00:57:12] RECEIVING ANY PUBLIC FUNDING
[00:57:13] FROM THE CITY, AND I'M GLAD
[00:57:16] MAYBE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT
[00:57:17] ABOUT HOW WE ARE FUNDED. I
[00:57:19] THINK SOMETIMES THERE'S
[00:57:19] ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT YOUR
[00:57:21] SUCCESSFUL AND I WONDER WHAT IS
[00:57:23] MAKING YOU SUCCESSFUL. SO OUR
[00:57:26] BUDGET, WHEN WE KIND OF
[00:57:27] RECEIVED IT FROM THE CITY, WAS
[00:57:28] HOVERING RIGHT ABOUT $500,000.
[00:57:30] THERE WAS A $30,000 DEFICIT
[00:57:33] EVERY YEAR. RIGHT NOW WE'RE
[00:57:34] ABOUT $3.2 MILLION. BUT FROM
[00:57:38] THAT, JUST 5 TO 7% IS
[00:57:41] INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS. 3 TO 5%
[00:57:44] IS GRANTS. THOSE GRANTS ARE
[00:57:47] OFFERING FREE PROGRAMS ANYWHERE
[00:57:49] FROM TEEN YOUTH EMPLOYMENT,
[00:57:51] MENTORSHIP TO FREE
[00:57:52] OPPORTUNITIES FOR SENIORS AND A
[00:57:54] LOT OF PARENT EDUCATION. AND
[00:57:56] MOST OF OUR BUDGET IS MADE UP
[00:57:57] OF PROGRAMMATIC SERVICE FEES.
[00:57:59] BUT I THINK, AGAIN, WHAT MAKES
[00:58:00] THAT UNIQUE IS WE ARE JUST THE
[00:58:04] WE KNOW IT'S SO EXPENSIVE TO DO
[00:58:06] KID PROGRAMS IN PORTLAND. THE
[00:58:08] ONLY OTHER PROGRAM THAT IS MORE
[00:58:11] AFFORDABLE THAN OURS IS
[00:58:12] PORTLAND PARKS AND RECREATION.
[00:58:13] SO I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING
[00:58:15] THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO HOW
[00:58:17] NIMBLE WE ARE. 80% OF OUR
[00:58:19] OPERATING BUDGET IS REALLY
[00:58:22] ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMS. WE HAVE A
[00:58:24] ROBUST SCHOLARSHIP THAT WE.
[00:58:26] RIGHT AROUND $140,000 A YEAR IN
[00:58:30] SCHOLARSHIPS. AND THAT'S
[00:58:31] SOMETHING THAT WE'RE JUST
[00:58:32] REALLY PROUD OF. SO WHEN PEOPLE
[00:58:34] LOOK AT HOW ARE YOU GUYS SO
[00:58:36] SUCCESSFUL, IT'S REALLY BEING
[00:58:38] NIMBLE, RESPONSIVE TO COMMUNITY
[00:58:40] NEED. AND I HAVE AN INCREDIBLE
[00:58:42] HARD WORKING STAFF YEAR ROUND.
[00:58:44] WE HAVE ABOUT 50 PEOPLE ON
[00:58:46] PAYROLL DURING THE SUMMER. THAT
[00:58:47] SWELLS TO ABOUT 90. ALL OF MY
[00:58:50] STAFF RECEIVES A LIVING WAGE,
[00:58:53] 100% OF THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE
[00:58:55] PREMIUM PAID FOR, AND 90% OF
[00:58:57] OUR LEADERSHIP STAFF ARE
[00:58:59] PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS, AND WE
[00:59:01] OFFER FREE CHILDCARE TO EVERY
[00:59:03] SINGLE PERSON WORKING. AND SO
[00:59:05] WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT IS
[00:59:07] MAKING THIS POSSIBLE, IT IS
[00:59:09] PORTLANDERS THAT ARE POWERING A
[00:59:12] REALLY JUST TRANSFORMATIVE
[00:59:14] PARTNERSHIP HERE IN PORTLAND.
[00:59:18] SOMETHING THAT ELSE THAT'S
[00:59:20] REALLY EXCITING ABOUT WHAT
[00:59:21] WE'RE DOING IS JUST REALLY
[00:59:23] FILLING THIS NEED EVERY YEAR,
[00:59:24] GOING TO THE BUDGET HEARINGS
[00:59:26] AND SEEING, LIKE ANYTHING FROM
[00:59:28] GOLDEN BALL BEING, YOU KNOW,
[00:59:29] POTENTIALLY ON THE CHOPPING
[00:59:30] BLOCK TO BLOCK TO COMMUNITY
[00:59:33] CENTERS, I THINK INSTEAD OF
[00:59:35] LOOKING AT IT BLACK AND WHITE
[00:59:36] OF IS THERE MONEY IN THE BUDGET?
[00:59:38] CAN WE SAY YES? OR IF THERE'S
[00:59:40] NO MONEY IN THE BUDGET, WE'RE
[00:59:41] GOING TO HAVE TO SAY NO. I
[00:59:42] THINK WHAT OUR ORGANIZATION
[00:59:44] REALLY EXEMPLIFIES IS THE
[00:59:46] CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING TO
[00:59:48] MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SERVING
[00:59:50] PORTLANDERS IN THE WAY THAT WE
[00:59:52] ARE FEELING MOST PROUD ABOUT,
[00:59:54] BUT IN A REALLY CREATIVE WAY.
[00:59:56] AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING
[00:59:57] THAT WE ARE DOING REALLY WELL
[00:59:59] AT THE COMMUNITY HOUSE. AND I
[01:00:01] KNOW PERSONALLY, MY KIDS ARE IN
[01:00:03] HIGH SCHOOL NOW, BUT I WAS A
[01:00:05] SINGLE PARENT, REALLY, IF I
[01:00:07] LOOK BACK AT EVERY ENRICHMENT
[01:00:09] OPPORTUNITY MY GIRLS HAD
[01:00:10] GROWING UP, IT WAS THROUGH
[01:00:11] PORTLAND PARKS AND RECREATION.
[01:00:13] THEY RECEIVED ONE WEEK OF
[01:00:15] SWIMMING LESSONS EVERY YEAR.
[01:00:16] THAT WAS THE FREE WEEK OF
[01:00:17] SWIMMING LESSONS. WE WOULD GO
[01:00:19] TO LADYBUG WALKS AT LEECH
[01:00:21] BOTANICAL GARDENS. EVERY SINGLE
[01:00:23] MOMENT OF MY CHILD'S HISTORY OF
[01:00:26] ANYTHING THAT FELT ENRICHING,
[01:00:28] THAT I FELT REALLY PROUD OF
[01:00:29] OFFERING THEM WAS THROUGH
[01:00:30] PORTLAND PARKS AND RECREATION.
[01:00:32] SO NOT JUST THROUGH HOW WE'RE
[01:00:34] SHOWING UP IN THE PARTNERSHIP
[01:00:36] SPACE. I REALLY LOOK AT THIS IS
[01:00:38] THIS THE OPPORTUNITY OF I CAN'T
[01:00:40] SIT BACK AND THINK MORE THINGS
[01:00:42] ARE GETTING DROPPED FROM THE
[01:00:43] BUDGET. I WANT TO THINK ABOUT
[01:00:45] CREATIVE WAYS THAT WE CAN
[01:00:46] CONTINUE TO NOT JUST MAINTAIN
[01:00:48] LEVEL OF SERVICE, BUT REALLY
[01:00:49] INCREASE LEVEL OF SERVICE
[01:00:51] CITYWIDE. SO SOMETHING WE'RE
[01:00:53] REALLY PROUD OF TOO, IS WE'VE
[01:00:55] OUR ORGANIZATION TOOK THE
[01:00:57] INITIATIVE, SUPPORTED BY KELLY
[01:00:59] TORRES AND THE PARKS BUREAU, TO
[01:01:01] INITIATE THE PROJECT AT PSU,
[01:01:03] WITH THE MURP PROGRAM
[01:01:05] IDENTIFYING. A LOT OF PEOPLE
[01:01:07] THINK, WELL, WE CAN'T DO THAT.
[01:01:09] THAT ONLY WORKS IN SELLWOOD.
[01:01:10] AND I'M REALLY HOPEFUL TO KIND
[01:01:12] OF SHOW ANYONE THAT HOPEFULLY
[01:01:14] WILL COME TOUR THE COMMUNITY
[01:01:15] HOUSE AND SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING.
[01:01:17] WE REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS
[01:01:19] PARTNERSHIP AND THIS PILOT IS
[01:01:21] CAN COMPLETELY TRANSFORM THE
[01:01:23] CITY AND IS POSSIBLE IN EVERY
[01:01:25] SINGLE DISTRICT, IN EVERY
[01:01:26] SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD OF PORTLAND.
[01:01:28] AND I THINK HOW WE'RE HOPEFULLY
[01:01:30] USING THE PILOT THAT WE ARE
[01:01:32] WORKING ON IN SELLWOOD, BUT
[01:01:34] WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS AT
[01:01:36] PSU TO IDENTIFY AND COLLECT THE
[01:01:38] DATA AND WHAT ARE THE POINTS
[01:01:40] AND THE CONVERSATIONS WE NEED
[01:01:41] TO HAVE TO GET US THERE. SO TO
[01:01:44] MOVE FROM THIS CAN'T HAPPEN
[01:01:46] CITYWIDE TO WHAT KIND OF
[01:01:48] CONVERSATIONS CURIOSITY AND
[01:01:50] INVESTMENT NEEDS TO GET PUT
[01:01:51] FORTH TO GET US THERE, BECAUSE
[01:01:53] ALL PORTLANDERS DESERVE
[01:01:54] THRIVING COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY
[01:01:57] CAN WORK. YOU KNOW, WE EMPLOY
[01:01:59] SO MANY PARENTS, AND I FEEL
[01:02:01] LIKE THAT IS AN AREA OF WHEN WE
[01:02:03] TALK ABOUT LIVABILITY AND COST
[01:02:05] RIGHT NOW, IT'S AN AREA THAT
[01:02:07] WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS ANOTHER
[01:02:08] CITY ISSUE TOO. IT'S NOT JUST
[01:02:11] TRANSACTIONAL OF COMING AND
[01:02:12] TAKING A CLASS. IT'S REALLY
[01:02:14] CREATING A SPACE WHERE YOU GET
[01:02:15] TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS, BUILD
[01:02:17] TRUST WITH ONE ANOTHER, FEEL
[01:02:20] LIKE YOU CAN LIVE IN A SPACE,
[01:02:21] WORK IN A SPACE, AND PLAY IN A
[01:02:23] SPACE IS REALLY WHAT MAKES
[01:02:25] THRIVING COMMUNITIES. AND I
[01:02:26] FEEL LIKE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT
[01:02:28] WE HAVE WITH THE CITY FOR THE
[01:02:30] FIRST FIVE YEARS WAS MOSTLY
[01:02:31] JUST AS A LEASEE, WE JUST
[01:02:33] LEASED THE BUILDING, AND I
[01:02:35] THINK WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO
[01:02:36] INVEST IN A MORE INTENTIONAL
[01:02:38] WAY. AND WE HAVE BEEN
[01:02:40] CONTINUOUSLY SHOWING UP AND
[01:02:41] HOPEFULLY BEEN CREATIVE THOUGHT
[01:02:43] PARTNERS WHEN WE SEE THINGS ARE,
[01:02:45] YOU KNOW, GETTING DROPPED FROM
[01:02:46] THE BUDGET OR AREN'T ABLE TO
[01:02:48] MEET THE COMMUNITY NEED. I
[01:02:50] REALLY HOPE THAT WE'RE SEEING
[01:02:51] AS A TRUSTED THOUGHT PARTNER
[01:02:52] AND FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN GET
[01:02:54] THERE, NOT JUST FOR OUR
[01:02:56] COMMUNITY, BUT ALL PORTLANDERS.
[01:02:58] I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERY
[01:02:59] PARENT WHO'S STRESSED ABOUT THE
[01:03:01] LIVABILITY IN THIS CITY NEVER
[01:03:03] HAS TO JEOPARDIZE TAKING THEIR
[01:03:05] CHILD TO A SWIM LESSONS, OR
[01:03:07] PARTICIPATE IN AN ACTIVITY, OR
[01:03:08] GO MEET ANOTHER SINGLE PARENT
[01:03:10] AT OPEN PLAY FOR A DOLLAR.
[01:03:12] THOSE THINGS WERE COMPLETELY
[01:03:14] CHANGED. THE TRAJECTORY OF MY
[01:03:15] LIFE AND ALSO MY CHILDREN'S
[01:03:17] LIFE. AND I THINK THAT IS
[01:03:18] SOMETHING IS THAT WE COULD
[01:03:19] AGREE ON, HOPEFULLY CITYWIDE.
[01:03:22] AND MAYBE ONE DAY THERE'LL BE A
[01:03:24] COMMUNITY HOUSE AND AN
[01:03:25] ACTIVATED PARK IN EVERY SINGLE
[01:03:27] NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I THINK THAT
[01:03:28] WOULD BE TRANSFORMATIVE FOR OUR
[01:03:30] CITY. AND I'M REALLY LOOKING
[01:03:32] FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE
[01:03:33] CONVERSATIONS. SO THANK YOU.
[01:03:35] >> THANK YOU, ASHLEY. THANK YOU
[01:03:36] SO MUCH. IS IT GINA?
[01:03:38] >> IT'S GINA. YES, WELCOME.
[01:03:41] THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE
[01:03:46] OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY. I
[01:03:47] WAS KIND OF THE ASKED TO
[01:03:51] PARTICIPATE AT THE LAST MINUTE.
[01:03:52] SO I'M GOING TO BE PRETTY
[01:03:54] IMPROMPTU. AND BUT MY NAME IS
[01:03:57] GINA WOOLLEY. I AM THE
[01:03:59] PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD FOR A
[01:04:02] RELATIVELY NEW. UNLIKE MY
[01:04:04] COLLEAGUES HERE. ORGANIZATION
[01:04:07] THAT'S WORKING WITH PARKS
[01:04:08] CALLED FRIENDS OF I. FCC,
[01:04:11] FRIENDS OF FCC AND SUBA EVEN
[01:04:13] MENTIONED IT. I'LL GIVE YOU A
[01:04:15] LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT HOW
[01:04:17] WE GOT HERE. WE WERE FORMED IN
[01:04:20] 2023. SO RELATIVELY RECENTLY,
[01:04:23] BUT OUR HISTORY GOES BACK TO
[01:04:27] 2018, WHEN COMMISSIONER AMANDA
[01:04:31] FRITZ ASKED, ASSEMBLED A GROUP,
[01:04:35] A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE,
[01:04:37] TO DETERMINE WHAT TO DO WITH
[01:04:40] THE THE INTERSTATE FIREHOUSE
[01:04:42] CULTURAL CENTER THAT. SO I. FCC
[01:04:45] STANDS FOR INTERSTATE FIREHOUSE
[01:04:47] CULTURAL CENTER, THE. THE
[01:04:49] INTERSTATE FIREHOUSE CULTURAL
[01:04:51] CENTER HAS BEEN A HISTORIC
[01:04:54] PLACE FOR BLACK AND BIPOC
[01:04:57] ARTISTS TO PERFORM, TO CREATE,
[01:05:01] TO HAVE THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY
[01:05:04] TO BE ON STAGE TO, TO HAVE
[01:05:07] THEIR PICTURES HUNG ON THE WALL.
[01:05:10] AND IT, IT WAS FORMED IN 1982
[01:05:14] BY COMMISSIONER CHARLES JORDAN
[01:05:17] IS. HE TOOK AN OLD FIREHOUSE
[01:05:20] AND REACTIVATED IT AND CREATED
[01:05:23] A CULTURAL ARTS CENTER THERE.
[01:05:27] AND IT OPERATED PRIMARILY AS A
[01:05:31] QUASI CITY ORGANIZATION IN. OUT
[01:05:34] OF THE FIREHOUSE FOR UNTIL 2000,
[01:05:38] ABOUT 2014. AND THE PROBLEM IS,
[01:05:44] IS THAT AS A PUBLICLY DEPENDENT
[01:05:48] CULTURAL ARTS ORGANIZATION, IT
[01:05:50] WASN'T RAISING A LOT OF MONEY.
[01:05:54] THE MAJORITY OF THE BUDGET WAS
[01:05:55] BEING FINANCED BY THE CITY, AND
[01:05:58] IT COULDN'T SURVIVE ESSENTIALLY
[01:06:01] THERE. THERE WERE ALSO ISSUES
[01:06:03] IN WITH THE BUILDING. THERE ARE
[01:06:05] ISSUES WITH THE BUILDING THAT
[01:06:07] MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO CREATE A
[01:06:10] REVENUE STREAM FROM THE
[01:06:12] ACTIVITIES THAT YOU SHOWCASE,
[01:06:14] BECAUSE YOU CAN ONLY DO ONE
[01:06:16] THING AT A TIME, EVEN THOUGH
[01:06:17] IT'S A 900 ZERO SQUARE FOOT
[01:06:19] BUILDING AND HAS MULTIPLE A
[01:06:21] DANCE STUDIO, AN ART GALLERY, A
[01:06:25] 99 SEAT THEATER, YOU CAN ONLY
[01:06:28] HAVE ONE ACTIVITY GOING ON AT A
[01:06:30] TIME BECAUSE OF THE SOUND BLEED,
[01:06:32] THERE ISN'T THE OPPORTUNITY TO,
[01:06:37] YOU KNOW, SIMULTANEOUSLY
[01:06:39] PROGRAM THIS BUILDING AND, AND
[01:06:41] REALLY EFFECTIVELY UTILIZE IT.
[01:06:44] THE SPACE THAT IS SO
[01:06:45] DESPERATELY NEEDED BY THE
[01:06:47] ARTISTIC COMMUNITY. SO WHEN
[01:06:51] COMMISSIONER FITZ JOINED US
[01:06:54] TOGETHER, SHE WANTED US TO, TO
[01:06:56] GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT HOW
[01:06:58] TO OPERATE IFC IN THE FUTURE.
[01:07:02] THERE WERE NINE OF US. WE'VE
[01:07:04] ALL BEEN VOLUNTEERING FOR SINCE
[01:07:09] 2018 ON THIS PROJECT. NONE OF
[01:07:11] US HAVE BEEN PAID. WE WE HAVE
[01:07:15] WORKED TIRELESSLY TO TRY TO
[01:07:19] PRESERVE, REJUVENATE, AND
[01:07:22] REVITALIZE AND CREATE A PLAN
[01:07:25] FOR HOW TO REVITALIZE THIS
[01:07:28] FACILITY TO BRING IT BACK TO
[01:07:29] LIFE. THIS IS A FACILITY THAT
[01:07:33] HAS WEIGHT IN IN THE MIND OF
[01:07:38] THE BLACK COMMUNITY. IT, IT, IT
[01:07:40] IS A PLACE THAT MANY PEOPLE SAW
[01:07:43] THEIR FIRST PLAY. WE'VE HAD SO
[01:07:45] MANY PEOPLE SINCE WE
[01:07:47] REACTIVATED IFC COME IN AND SAY,
[01:07:48] I SAW MY FIRST PLAY AS A KID IN
[01:07:54] HIGH SCHOOL AND NOW I'M WRITING
[01:07:56] PLAYS. I, YOU KNOW, SAW I HAD
[01:08:01] HUNG MY FIRST ART GALLERY. I
[01:08:03] MEAN, MY FIRST ART. DISPLAY IN
[01:08:09] THIS GALLERY, AND NOW I SELL
[01:08:12] THINGS NATIONALLY. SO IT'S BEEN
[01:08:16] A, AN INCUBATOR FOR OUR
[01:08:21] COMMUNITY ARTISTS TO ACTUALLY
[01:08:25] STEP ONTO THE STAGE, DEVELOP
[01:08:28] CONFIDENCE, DEVELOP SKILLS, AND
[01:08:32] BASICALLY BECOME MENTORS FOR
[01:08:34] OTHER YOUNGER FOR THE NEXT
[01:08:36] YOUNGER GENERATION. SO HOW
[01:08:38] WE'VE PROGRESSED FROM 2018 IS
[01:08:40] IN 2019, WE PRODUCED A REPORT
[01:08:43] FOR PARKS AND THE CITY, AND
[01:08:46] THERE WERE THREE THE COMMUNITY
[01:08:49] ADVISORY, THE FCC COMMUNITY
[01:08:50] ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THE
[01:08:53] THREE THE THREE RECOMMENDATIONS
[01:08:54] WERE THAT IT WOULD THAT FCC
[01:08:56] WOULD BE REDEVELOPED AND
[01:08:58] EXPANDED TO SERVE AS A CENTER
[01:08:59] FOR BLACK AND BIPOC ARTS AND
[01:09:02] CULTURE. THAT. IT WOULD BE THAT
[01:09:04] THE. A DETAILED FEASIBILITY
[01:09:06] STUDY WOULD BE CONDUCTED TO
[01:09:08] EXPLORE THE VIABILITY OF THIS
[01:09:11] OPTION, AND THAT A PUBLIC
[01:09:12] PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WOULD BE
[01:09:13] FORMED WITH PNR TO ADVANCE THE
[01:09:16] PROJECT AND TO EXPLORE THESE
[01:09:20] POSSIBILITIES. AND WE'VE MADE A
[01:09:21] LOT OF PROGRESS ON THAT. SO IN
[01:09:25] 2020, THE WORKING WITH PARKS,
[01:09:28] THE COMMUNITY THAT I. FCC
[01:09:30] COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE,
[01:09:32] WORKING WITH PARKS WERE ABLE TO
[01:09:35] GET THE FEASIBILITY STUDY
[01:09:37] FUNDED THROUGH THE PNR2020
[01:09:42] LOCAL OPTION LEVY. AND WE HAD
[01:09:45] STRONG ADVOCACY FROM ALL OF OUR,
[01:09:48] OUR OUR MEMBERS FROM THE CAC.
[01:09:51] AND WE HAD STRONG SUPPORT FROM
[01:09:53] THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY AT
[01:09:54] THE TIME, FORMER MAYOR TED
[01:09:57] WHEELER AND FORMER PR DIRECTOR
[01:10:01] ADINA LONG. WE WE HAD UNANIMOUS
[01:10:04] SUPPORT FOR MOVING THIS PROJECT
[01:10:06] FORWARD. SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET
[01:10:09] THE RESOURCES. IN 2021, WE
[01:10:12] WORKED WITH THE PNR2 AND THE
[01:10:16] AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE
[01:10:19] AN ALLOCATION OF AMERICAN
[01:10:21] RESCUE PLAN FUNDS, WHICH WOULD
[01:10:25] BE FOCUSED ON ARTIST SUPPORT
[01:10:27] AND RELIEF. AND THEN WE IN 2022,
[01:10:31] WE WORKED JOINTLY WITH P AND R
[01:10:35] TO DEVELOP AN ARTIST GRANT AND
[01:10:38] RESIDENCY PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE
[01:10:40] HOUSED IN I. FCC TO SUPPORT
[01:10:43] ARTIST RESIDENCIES OF NINE
[01:10:47] WEEKS OF FREE SPACE IN THE
[01:10:50] FACILITY AND 10 TO $12,000
[01:10:54] GRANTS TO THESE ARTISTS JUST TO
[01:10:57] DEVELOP THEIR WORK, TO HAVE A
[01:10:59] PLACE TO WORK AND TO BE IN
[01:11:03] COMMUNE WITH OTHER ARTISTS,
[01:11:05] WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
[01:11:07] AND THAT THOSE FUNDS WENT
[01:11:12] THROUGH MARCH OF 2025. THAT WAS
[01:11:13] A THREE YEAR GRANT. AND WE'VE
[01:11:16] ACTUALLY RUN A NUMBER OF
[01:11:18] ARTISTS THROUGH THE RESIDENCY
[01:11:19] PROGRAM. AND THEN WE HAVE IN
[01:11:25] 2023, WE FORMED IFC, FRIENDS OF
[01:11:29] IFC TO ADVANCE BOTH THE
[01:11:33] FEASIBILITY STUDY AND ALSO TO
[01:11:37] ACTUALLY WORKING WITH P AND R,
[01:11:39] AND ALSO TO RAISE ADDITIONAL
[01:11:42] DOLLARS TO KEEP THE ARTIST
[01:11:46] GRANT AND RESIDENCY PROGRAM
[01:11:48] OPERATING IN THESE INTERIM
[01:11:50] YEARS. WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO
[01:11:51] FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THIS
[01:11:53] FACILITY. SO WE HAVE RAISED
[01:11:56] WE'VE SECURED ADDITIONAL MONEY
[01:11:59] THROUGH PHILANTHROPIC
[01:12:01] ORGANIZATIONS LIKE MEYER
[01:12:03] COLLINS. WE ALSO HAVE A GRANT
[01:12:06] FROM THE THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND
[01:12:08] CULTURE, AND WE HAVE AN
[01:12:11] ADMINISTRATIVE GRANT THAT
[01:12:13] PRIMARILY ALLOWS US FROM PNR, A
[01:12:16] VERY SMALL ONE THAT ACTUALLY
[01:12:19] ALLOWS US TO OPERATE THE
[01:12:20] BUILDING. PPNR OPERATES THE
[01:12:22] BUILDING. SO THEY STILL THEY
[01:12:25] STILL DO ALL THE MAINTENANCE
[01:12:26] AND OPERATE THE BUILDING. BUT
[01:12:28] WE ESSENTIALLY MANAGE THE
[01:12:30] ENTIRE GRANT AND RESIDENCY
[01:12:31] PROGRAM. AND WE SIGNED A
[01:12:33] LICENSE AGREEMENT. FRIENDS OF
[01:12:35] IFC SIGNED A LICENSE AGREEMENT
[01:12:37] IN 2025. WHEN WE TOOK OVER THE
[01:12:42] ARTIST GRANT AND RESIDENCY
[01:12:44] PROGRAM TO OPERATE THAT PROGRAM
[01:12:47] OUT OF IFC. FOR THE NEXT FOR
[01:12:53] THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. SO WHAT
[01:12:57] WE'RE HOPING IS IN IN OUR FIRST
[01:13:00] CYCLE THAT WE RAN, THE FRIENDS
[01:13:02] OF IFC, FRIENDS OF IFC RAN, WE
[01:13:05] HAD 182 APPLICANTS FOR WHAT,
[01:13:10] WHAT ARE ESSENTIALLY LIMITED
[01:13:11] GRANTS. THEY'RE LIMITED BY THE
[01:13:13] AMOUNT OF MONEY. AND WE AWARDED
[01:13:16] 201,000 $209,000 TO RESIDENTS
[01:13:19] AND GRANTEES. IN OUR SECOND
[01:13:22] CYCLE THAT WE OPENED IN 2025,
[01:13:25] WE HAD 197 ARTISTS APPLY. SO
[01:13:29] THERE'S A TREMENDOUS NEED,
[01:13:31] WHICH YOU PROBABLY ALREADY ARE
[01:13:33] AWARE OF FOR ARTISTS TO HAVE
[01:13:35] SPACE. SO MANY ARTISTS HAVE NO
[01:13:37] SPACE TO WORK IN. MANY OF OUR
[01:13:39] ARTISTS MAKE UNDER $30,000 A
[01:13:42] YEAR. THEY DON'T HAVE THE
[01:13:44] RESOURCES TO TO PAY TO RENT
[01:13:47] SOME PLACE, AND THEY'RE TRYING
[01:13:49] TO BUILD THEIR CAREERS AND
[01:13:51] BUILD THEIR REPUTATION, AND
[01:13:53] THEY'RE WORKING OUT OF THEIR
[01:13:55] HOME OR THEIR APARTMENT. SOME
[01:13:56] OF THEM HAVE CHILDREN, SPOUSES,
[01:13:59] FAMILIES. SO JUST HAVING A
[01:14:01] PLACE THAT YOU HAVE A KEY TO,
[01:14:03] THAT YOU CAN GO IN AND MAKE
[01:14:05] YOUR WORK AND NOBODY'S
[01:14:08] BOTHERING YOU IS HAS BEEN A
[01:14:10] TREMENDOUS YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
[01:14:11] HAVE SAID HOW TREMENDOUSLY
[01:14:14] UPLIFTING THIS HAS BEEN TO THEM
[01:14:17] AND HOW ENCOURAGING IT'S BEEN
[01:14:18] FOR THEM IN THEIR CAREER. BUT
[01:14:20] WE HAD 197 APPLICANTS AND WE WE
[01:14:22] AWARDED $254,000 TO ARTISTS.
[01:14:28] AND WE ARE NOW WE JUST OPENED
[01:14:32] OUR THIRD CYCLE OF, OF FOR, FOR
[01:14:38] ARTIST RESIDENCIES AND GRANTS
[01:14:40] AT THE END OF THIS AUGUST. SO
[01:14:42] WE WILL BE RUNNING OUR CYCLE
[01:14:45] AND ANNOUNCING THE AWARDS FOR
[01:14:47] THE NEW RESIDENCIES AND GRANTS
[01:14:50] FOR NEXT YEAR IN PROBABLY
[01:14:55] DECEMBER. SO THE OTHER THING
[01:14:58] THAT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT FOR
[01:15:00] YOU TO KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE
[01:15:02] COMPLETED THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.
[01:15:04] SO THIS WAS A PARTNERSHIP, A
[01:15:08] VERY INTENSE PARTNERSHIP WITH
[01:15:10] PARKS AND THE THE FIRST AS THE
[01:15:14] CAC AND THEN AS FRIENDS OF IFC.
[01:15:19] ONCE IT WAS FORMED IN 2023, WE
[01:15:20] WORKED VERY CLOSELY AND WE
[01:15:23] ESSENTIALLY HAVE HELPED
[01:15:25] COMPLETE THIS REPORT. WE
[01:15:28] ESSENTIALLY DIDN'T FEEL THAT
[01:15:31] THE CONSULTANTS THAT WERE THAT
[01:15:33] WERE HIRED FROM OUT OF TOWN.
[01:15:35] AND THIS IS KIND OF THE WHOLE
[01:15:37] THING ABOUT THAT. YOU'VE HEARD
[01:15:39] SOME OF THE OTHER SOME OF MY
[01:15:41] OTHER COLLEAGUES TALK ABOUT THE
[01:15:44] IMPORTANCE OF WHEN YOU HAVE A
[01:15:45] COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED
[01:15:46] TO SERVE THAT IS SPECIFIC AND
[01:15:51] CULTURALLY DEFINED, THAT YOU
[01:15:53] HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE WHEN
[01:15:55] YOU'RE DOING THE CONSULTING
[01:15:56] WORK TO DEFINE WHAT A FUTURE
[01:16:00] FACILITY MIGHT LOOK LIKE. AND
[01:16:02] YOU ALSO NEED TO HAVE SOME
[01:16:04] GROUNDING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT
[01:16:05] YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, LOOKING
[01:16:07] AT THE FEASIBILITY OF CREATING
[01:16:09] IT. AND YOU CAN'T BE DRAWING ON
[01:16:11] NATIONAL JUST NATIONAL
[01:16:14] STATISTICS AND THEN TRYING TO
[01:16:17] OVERLAY THOSE ON PORTLAND.
[01:16:19] PORTLAND IS A VERY RICH AND
[01:16:23] DEEP COMMUNITY FOR THE ARTS AND
[01:16:25] CULTURE. WE HAVE. WE HAVE A
[01:16:27] LEGACY OF THAT. OREGON IN ONE
[01:16:31] OF THE NATIONAL STUDIES RANKED
[01:16:35] AS BEING THIRD OR FOURTH IN ITS
[01:16:39] PARTICIPATION IN ARTS AND
[01:16:40] CULTURE BY ITS CITIZENS. AND SO
[01:16:42] IT'S VERY YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO
[01:16:45] HAVE PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTAND
[01:16:46] PORTLAND. SO WHAT WE DID IS I'M
[01:16:49] A DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT.
[01:16:51] THAT'S WHAT I DO AS A LIVING. I
[01:16:53] UNDERSTAND DEVELOPMENT, I DO,
[01:16:55] BUT I DO MOSTLY DEVELOPMENT.
[01:16:56] THAT'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
[01:16:57] SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF US ON
[01:17:00] THE ORIGINAL CAC AND NOW ON THE
[01:17:03] FRIENDS OF IFC BOARD THAT DO
[01:17:05] THIS WORK. AND WE HAVE HELPED.
[01:17:08] WE HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY
[01:17:10] WITH PARKS STAFF, WITH THEIR
[01:17:13] PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND CAPITAL
[01:17:17] DEPARTMENTS TO ACTUALLY FINISH
[01:17:19] AND COMPLETE BRING ALL THE WORK
[01:17:22] THAT'S BEEN DONE BY MULTIPLE
[01:17:24] CONSULTANTS TOGETHER TO
[01:17:26] COMPLETE THIS REPORT, AND IT
[01:17:28] WILL BE ISSUED PROBABLY NEXT
[01:17:31] MONTH. IT'S UNDER REVIEW BY
[01:17:33] PARKS AND BY OUR BOARD, BUT
[01:17:37] IT'S IN A FINAL FORM FINALLY,
[01:17:40] AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO
[01:17:42] ACTUALLY BRING THIS FORWARD,
[01:17:44] BECAUSE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF
[01:17:45] WAYS THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE
[01:17:46] TO PARTNER WITH PARKS IN THE
[01:17:48] CITY TO MOVE THIS FEASIBILITY
[01:17:51] PROJECT FORWARD, TO CREATE THIS
[01:17:54] EXPANDED CENTER. WE ARE TALKING
[01:17:55] ABOUT CREATING AN EXPANDED
[01:17:57] CENTER. WE'RE TALKING THE
[01:18:01] INTERSTATE FIREHOUSE CULTURAL
[01:18:02] CENTER. IT FACILITY IS A
[01:18:05] HISTORIC BUILDING. SO THAT
[01:18:07] DEFINES WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T
[01:18:08] DO WHEN YOU REDEVELOP IT. SO
[01:18:11] WE'VE TAKEN ALL OF THAT INTO
[01:18:13] CONSIDERATION.
[01:18:14] >> OUR CONSULTANTS HAVE IN THE
[01:18:15] WORK, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING
[01:18:17] FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO SHARE
[01:18:19] THAT WITH YOU MOVING FORWARD.
[01:18:22] SO I'LL STOP THERE BECAUSE I'M
[01:18:27] RAMBLING, BUT I WHAT I WANT TO
[01:18:29] SAY TO YOU IS THAT WE THESE
[01:18:32] KIND OF PARTNERSHIPS ARE
[01:18:34] CRITICAL. AND IF YOU WANT TO DO
[01:18:35] WORK WITH COMMUNITIES AND
[01:18:38] NEIGHBORHOODS, PARTICULARLY
[01:18:39] THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED
[01:18:43] HISTORICALLY, LIKE THE BLACK
[01:18:44] COMMUNITY, THEN THESE ARE THE
[01:18:47] KIND OF PLACES THAT NEED TO BE
[01:18:49] PRESERVED AND THAT WE NEED TO
[01:18:50] BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THE
[01:18:52] CITY TO MAINTAIN, TO PRESERVE
[01:18:55] THEM AND TO MAINTAIN THE
[01:18:57] PROGRAMING IN THEM THAT SERVES
[01:18:59] THAT BROADER COMMUNITY. THANK
[01:19:01] YOU.
[01:19:02] >> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
[01:19:04] SHARING THAT. WHAT, 6 OR 7 YEAR
[01:19:07] TRAJECTORY? I DID GO TO A PLAY
[01:19:10] THERE ONCE. IT WAS ORIGINAL
[01:19:11] PLAY AND IT WAS FABULOUS, BUT
[01:19:12] THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO. SO
[01:19:14] I'M REALLY HAPPY TO GET THE
[01:19:16] UPDATE AND I'M SURE WE'LL WANT
[01:19:17] TO SEE THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY
[01:19:19] ONCE YOU GET IT DONE.
[01:19:20] COLLEAGUES, I'M GOING TO
[01:19:22] PROPOSE SOMETHING THAT BEFORE I
[01:19:25] ALLOW MY VICE CHAIR TO SPEAK,
[01:19:27] THAT WE DO A LIGHTNING ROUND
[01:19:28] HERE REAL QUICK, I WANT TO ASK
[01:19:30] ONE QUESTION AND THEN I WOULD
[01:19:31] LIKE TO HAVE THE TWO PEOPLE, I
[01:19:33] THINK JUST TWO PEOPLE WHO
[01:19:34] SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY
[01:19:36] HAVE THEM COME UP BEFORE WE
[01:19:37] START ASKING QUESTIONS. IS THAT
[01:19:39] OKAY WITH YOU ALL? THAT'S FINE.
[01:19:40] OKAY. SO. OH.
[01:19:41] >> I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE
[01:19:42] INVITED.
[01:19:43] >> OH, WE HAVE ANOTHER INVITED.
[01:19:45] OKAY.
[01:19:46] >> I'M JUST. YOU'RE TESTIFYING.
[01:19:47] >> OKAY. JUST A TESTIFIER. ALL
[01:19:48] RIGHT. BUT JUST REALLY QUICKLY.
[01:19:50] AND YOU. AND YOU CAN'T USE
[01:19:52] MONEY AS YOUR ANSWER. BUT I
[01:19:54] JUST JUST REALLY QUICKLY. I
[01:19:57] KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
[01:19:59] CHANGE IN PARKS. I THINK SOME
[01:20:00] OF YOU ARE FEELING IT AND
[01:20:02] EXPERIENCING IT, BUT I JUST
[01:20:03] WONDERED IF THERE WAS ONE THING
[01:20:04] THAT YOU COULD CHANGE RIGHT NOW,
[01:20:07] WHAT WOULD THAT BE? AND NOT NOT
[01:20:08] A MONEY ANSWER. WE ALL WANT
[01:20:10] MONEY, BUT THINK ABOUT THAT FOR
[01:20:13] A SECOND. IF YOU WANT TO COME
[01:20:14] BACK AND ANSWER THAT, WE CAN
[01:20:16] HAVE THE TESTIFIERS COME UP AND
[01:20:18] SPEAK TO US. BUT IF YOU'VE GOT
[01:20:20] SOMETHING RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF
[01:20:22] YOUR HEAD AND A LIGHTNING ROUND
[01:20:23] THAT YOU, YOU THINK THE ONE
[01:20:25] THING YOU'D LIKE TO CHANGE IN
[01:20:27] PARKS AND I. OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE
[01:20:29] EXPERIENCED SOME CHANGE. WHY
[01:20:30] DON'T YOU ALL THINK ABOUT THAT?
[01:20:31] WE'LL HAVE YOU BACK UP AND
[01:20:33] LET'S HAVE THE TWO, 2 OR 3
[01:20:34] PEOPLE WHO'VE SIGNED UP TO
[01:20:36] TESTIFY. COME ON UP AND THEN WE
[01:20:37] WILL INVITE YOU BACK UP BECAUSE
[01:20:39] I KNOW WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR
[01:20:41] ALL OF YOU AND YOUR EXCELLENT
[01:20:42] PRESENTATIONS.
[01:20:45] >> THANK YOU. YES, WE HAVE TWO
[01:20:46] PEOPLE SIGNED UP. WE HAVE ROBIN
[01:20:49] VEAZEY AND JANE MONSON. JANE IS
[01:20:52] JOINING US ONLINE. I BELIEVE
[01:20:55] SHE'S READY TO GO. SO, JANE, IF
[01:20:56] YOU WOULD LIKE TO UNMUTE AND
[01:20:58] BEGIN YOUR TESTIMONY, YOU'RE
[01:20:59] WELCOME TO.
[01:21:06] >> I'M SHARING MY SCREEN. I
[01:21:08] DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE CAN SEE IT
[01:21:09] OR NOT.
[01:21:11] >> WE'LL WORK ON THAT. THANK
[01:21:12] YOU.
[01:21:15] >> ANYHOW, I'M THE PRESIDENT,
[01:21:16] JOHNSON. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF
[01:21:18] THE EASTMORELAND NEIGHBORHOOD
[01:21:19] ASSOCIATION. AND CAN YOU SEE
[01:21:22] THE SCREEN YET OR NOT? OR IS
[01:21:26] THAT.
[01:21:27] >> COUNCILORS CAN SEE IT AND
[01:21:28] WE'LL GET WE'LL GET IT SHARED
[01:21:30] WITH THE REST SOON. THANK YOU.
[01:21:31] >> OKAY, SO THE THE THING
[01:21:33] YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN IS
[01:21:35] OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I'LL MAKE IT
[01:21:38] BIGGER. AND THAT RED LINE IS
[01:21:41] THE REED COLLEGE PLACE GREEN
[01:21:43] SPACE THAT'S LOCATED IN OUR
[01:21:45] NEIGHBORHOOD. IT BISECTS THE
[01:21:47] NEIGHBORHOOD INTO TWO, AND IT'S
[01:21:49] A MILE LONG AND IT'S ABOUT 25FT
[01:21:52] WIDE. AND IT'S LINED ON EACH
[01:21:55] SIDE WITH TREES, 250 TREES.
[01:22:01] IT'S BEEN DESCRIBED TO ME BY
[01:22:03] THE CITY AS A LINEAR PARK. AND
[01:22:07] IT'S A THERE'S A WELL-USED PATH
[01:22:10] RUNNING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF IT
[01:22:11] THAT EXTENDS FROM WOODSTOCK TO
[01:22:13] CRYSTAL SPRINGS BOULEVARD. IN
[01:22:16] 2008, THE CITY STOPPED WATERING
[01:22:18] AND MAINTAINING THE COLLEGE
[01:22:20] PLACE GREEN SPACE, AND IN 2013,
[01:22:25] THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
[01:22:27] ASSOCIATION STARTED RAISING
[01:22:28] MONEY TO HIRE A LANDSCAPE
[01:22:30] CONTRACTOR AND CONVINCED THE
[01:22:31] CITY TO LET THE NEIGHBORHOOD
[01:22:33] PAY THE WATER BILLS FOR THE
[01:22:37] IRRIGATION. SINCE 2013, OUR
[01:22:39] NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SPENT HUNDREDS
[01:22:40] OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO
[01:22:42] MAINTAIN THIS GREEN SPACE,
[01:22:43] INCLUDING THE REPAIR OF
[01:22:45] SPRINKLER HEADS AND VALVES THAT
[01:22:47] FAIL OR BREAK ON A REGULAR
[01:22:49] BASIS. THE SPACE IS HEAVILY
[01:22:51] USED BY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS
[01:22:52] WELL AS SURROUNDING AREAS. WHEN
[01:22:55] I BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE ANA
[01:22:57] IN MAY OF 2024, I WAS NOT
[01:23:00] COMFORTABLE WITH THE
[01:23:00] NEIGHBORHOOD MAINTAINING A CITY
[01:23:02] CONTROLLED PROPERTY WITHOUT A
[01:23:04] FORMAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY,
[01:23:06] I LEARNED THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD
[01:23:07] HAD ATTEMPTED TO GET A
[01:23:09] MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT IN 2021,
[01:23:11] BUT NOTHING EVER CAME OF IT. IN
[01:23:13] OCTOBER OF 2025, WE REVIVED OUR
[01:23:17] EFFORT AND SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL
[01:23:18] TO PBOT, WHO IS THE. THEY
[01:23:22] CONTROL THE RIGHT OF WAY, SO WE
[01:23:23] HAD TO START WORKING WITH THEM.
[01:23:25] THEY WORKED WITH PARKS AND REC
[01:23:27] AND CITY ATTORNEYS, AND IN MAY
[01:23:29] OF 2026, WE RECEIVED A RESPONSE
[01:23:33] TO OUR PROPOSAL. UNFORTUNATELY,
[01:23:36] THE INSURANCE LIABILITY
[01:23:38] REQUIREMENTS IN THE CITY'S
[01:23:39] RESPONSE WERE SIGNIFICANTLY
[01:23:41] HIGHER THAN THE COVERAGE
[01:23:42] PROVIDED TO US BY OUR DISTRICT
[01:23:44] FOR COALITION POLICY. IN
[01:23:47] ADDITION, THE LIABILITY
[01:23:48] COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS WERE
[01:23:50] HIGHER THAN THE ORIGINAL SORRY,
[01:23:54] WE'RE HIGHER THAN THE COVERAGE
[01:23:56] OUR COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPE
[01:23:57] CONTRACTOR CARRIES. IT HAS BEEN
[01:24:00] ALMOST A YEAR SINCE WE
[01:24:01] SUBMITTED OUR PROPOSAL TO THE
[01:24:03] CITY, AND THIS ISSUE HAS
[01:24:04] BROUGHT EVERYTHING. WITH THE
[01:24:05] AGREEMENT TO A SCREECHING HALT,
[01:24:08] WE ARE SCHEDULED TO HAVE A
[01:24:09] MEETING WITH PBOT TOMORROW
[01:24:12] MORNING, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT
[01:24:13] THE INSURANCE ISSUE CAN BE
[01:24:15] RESOLVED. EASTMORELAND
[01:24:17] NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN WILLING TO
[01:24:18] MAINTAIN THIS CITY'S ASSET FOR
[01:24:20] OVER TEN YEARS, AND HOPEFULLY
[01:24:22] THE WORK YOU'RE DOING TODAY
[01:24:24] WILL HELP MAKE THIS PROCESS
[01:24:26] EASIER FOR OTHERS, US, AND
[01:24:28] OTHERS TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY
[01:24:29] IN MAINTAINING ASSETS.
[01:24:34] >> THANK YOU JANE.
[01:24:39] >> ROBIN, YOU CAN GO AHEAD.
[01:24:40] >> OKAY. MY NAME IS ROBIN
[01:24:42] VEASEY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR
[01:24:44] CLARK, FOR INVITING ME TO
[01:24:46] TESTIFY TODAY. I'VE BEEN
[01:24:49] VOLUNTEERING IN HISTORIC
[01:24:50] TERWILLIGER PARKWAY, A LINEAR
[01:24:52] PARK IN SOUTHWEST PORTLAND OVER
[01:24:54] 30 YEARS NOW. I'VE COME TODAY
[01:24:57] TO EXPRESS MY FRUSTRATIONS WITH
[01:24:59] HOW PORTLAND PARKS THE
[01:25:01] WILDLANDS DIVISION, HAS BEEN
[01:25:03] TREATING FRIENDS OF TERWILLIGER,
[01:25:05] AN ALL VOLUNTEER NONPROFIT
[01:25:08] ORGANIZATION. I LEARNED MY LOVE
[01:25:10] OF RENTING AT DUNAWAY TRACK AND
[01:25:12] WANTED TO GIVE BACK. THUS BEGAN
[01:25:14] MY EFFORTS TO REMOVE IVY AND
[01:25:16] OTHER INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES IN
[01:25:19] THE PARKWAY AND SURROUNDING
[01:25:21] LANDS. FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS,
[01:25:23] FRIENDS OF TERWILLIGER HAS
[01:25:25] HOSTED AND LED VOLUNTEERS IN
[01:25:27] RESTORATION EVENTS IN THE
[01:25:29] PARKWAY. FOR THE PAST 20 PLUS
[01:25:31] YEARS, I'VE ORGANIZED, MET, AND
[01:25:34] WORKED WITH MULTNOMAH COUNTY
[01:25:36] ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY SERVICE
[01:25:39] CLIENTS IN PORTLAND PARKS. LAST
[01:25:41] YEAR, FRIENDS OF TERWILLIGER
[01:25:43] HOSTED OR CO-HOSTED 39
[01:25:46] RESTORATION WORK PARTIES,
[01:25:48] AMASSING OVER 2500 VOLUNTEER
[01:25:51] HOURS AND ENGAGING OVER 400
[01:25:55] VOLUNTEERS. IN 2020. 2009,
[01:25:59] FRIENDS WAS THE FIRST FRIENDS
[01:26:01] GROUP TO SIGN A STEWARDSHIP
[01:26:02] AGREEMENT WITH PARKS. AS A PART
[01:26:05] OF THIS AGREEMENT, BOTH
[01:26:06] PARTNERS COMMIT TO WORKING
[01:26:08] TOGETHER TO ENHANCE THE PARKWAY
[01:26:10] WITH STEWARDSHIP OF THE NATURAL
[01:26:13] AREAS AND IMPROVING
[01:26:15] ACCESSIBILITY IN THE DEVELOPED
[01:26:16] PARKS OF TERWILLIGER PARKWAY.
[01:26:19] TERWILLIGER PARKWAY IS A HYBRID
[01:26:21] PARK CONTAINING BOTH WILDLANDS
[01:26:23] AND DEVELOPED PARKS. PER OUR
[01:26:26] STEWARDSHIP AGREEMENT. FRIENDS
[01:26:28] OF TERWILLIGER RESPONSIBILITIES
[01:26:30] INCLUDE, AND I QUOTE,
[01:26:32] SUPPORTING ALL SCHEDULED
[01:26:33] STEWARDSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR
[01:26:36] VOLUNTEERS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
[01:26:38] PARKS THROUGH RECRUITMENT. BUT
[01:26:41] IT IS THE ULTIMATE
[01:26:43] RESPONSIBILITY OF FRIENDS OF
[01:26:45] TERWILLIGER TO RECRUIT AND
[01:26:46] RECOGNIZE VOLUNTEERS. WHEN
[01:26:49] FRIENDS OF TWILLER LEADS WORK
[01:26:51] PARTIES WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS
[01:26:52] SUCH AS BOY SCOUTS, COLLEGE AND
[01:26:54] UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, WE SHARE
[01:26:57] THE SIGN IN SHEETS AND
[01:26:59] VOLUNTEER INFORMATION WITH
[01:27:01] PARKS. FOR DECADES, VOLUNTEERS
[01:27:03] SIGNED UP THROUGH HANDS ON
[01:27:05] PORTLAND AND PARK STAFF READILY
[01:27:07] SHARED AND TRANSMITTED THESE
[01:27:09] SIGN IN SHEETS TO US. SADLY,
[01:27:12] SINCE PARK CITY NATURE HAS
[01:27:14] TAKEN THE SIGN IN AND INSURANCE
[01:27:16] WAIVERS FORMS INTERNALLY, THEY
[01:27:20] CLAIM THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO
[01:27:21] SHARE VOLUNTEERS CONTACT
[01:27:23] INFORMATION WITH US. THEIR
[01:27:26] PARTNER, FRIENDS OF TERWILLIGER,
[01:27:27] MAKES IT VERY EASY FOR THOSE
[01:27:29] PEOPLE TO UNSUBSCRIBE IF THEY
[01:27:31] SO CHOOSE. TO REITERATE PARKS
[01:27:34] BROCHURE ENDING STATEMENT.
[01:27:36] PORTLAND DOESN'T HAVE TO DO
[01:27:38] EVERYTHING ALONE, BUT WE SHOULD
[01:27:39] BE EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD AT
[01:27:41] PARTNERING WITH PEOPLE WHO WANT
[01:27:42] TO HELP. AND I SAY WE WANT TO
[01:27:46] HELP. SO HOW IS FRIENDS OF
[01:27:48] TERWILLIGER SUPPOSED TO RECRUIT
[01:27:49] FOR THESE EVENTS? IF WE'RE NOT
[01:27:51] ABLE TO REACH OUT TO PAST
[01:27:54] VOLUNTEERS?
[01:27:54] >> THANK YOU ROBIN. THANK YOU.
[01:27:56] THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME.
[01:27:57] AND IF YOU CAN HANG AROUND, I'M
[01:27:59] SURE YOU CAN TALK TO THE ACTING
[01:28:01] DIRECTOR OF PARKS ABOUT THAT
[01:28:02] VERY ISSUE. THANK YOU FOR
[01:28:03] COMING, COLLEAGUES. SHOULD WE
[01:28:05] CALL BACK UP THE PANEL? AND I
[01:28:09] THINK WE HAVE QUESTIONS AND WHY
[01:28:10] YOU ALL ARE COMING UP. COME ON
[01:28:12] BACK. I'M GOING TO ASK OUR VICE
[01:28:14] CHAIR, COUNCILOR SMITH.
[01:28:15] >> TO A LIGHTNING ROUND.
[01:28:17] >> WELL, YOU WANT YOU WANT TO
[01:28:19] DO THE LIGHTNING ROUND FIRST.
[01:28:20] >> THAT'S WHAT.
[01:28:21] >> YOU SAID. OKAY. WE'LL DO THE
[01:28:22] LIGHTNING ROUND. DO YOU HAVE
[01:28:24] ANSWERS TO THE QUESTION? WHAT'S
[01:28:25] THE ONE THING YOU WOULD CHANGE
[01:28:26] OTHER THAN MORE MONEY?
[01:28:28] >> OKAY.
[01:28:28] >> DO YOU WANT TO START OR.
[01:28:30] >> I WOULD LOVE OUR BOARD,
[01:28:32] WOULD LOVE REGULAR MEETINGS.
[01:28:34] AND WHEN OUR CONTRACT WAS
[01:28:36] RENEGOTIATED IN 2020 WITH THE
[01:28:38] CITY, IT WAS WRITTEN IN THERE.
[01:28:41] WE WOULD LOVE REGULAR MEETINGS
[01:28:43] WITH CITY STAFF THAT CAN MAKE
[01:28:47] DECISIONS ABOUT PROPERTY. IN
[01:28:50] OUR CASE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN
[01:28:51] SEE, EVERY PARTNER HAS
[01:28:53] DIFFERENT ISSUES, BUT IN OUR
[01:28:54] CASE, WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO
[01:28:56] PARTNER WITH THE CITY FOR A NEW
[01:28:57] SPACE. AND, YOU KNOW, THE
[01:29:00] CITY'S BEEN RUNNING THE
[01:29:01] PROGRAMING. THAT SEEMS TO GO
[01:29:03] REALLY WELL WITH GREGORY AND
[01:29:04] DAVID OR DANIEL IN CHARGE. AND,
[01:29:07] YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH
[01:29:09] COVID AND PROGRAMING, BUT WE
[01:29:11] NEED A NEW SPACE. IT'S UNSAFE
[01:29:13] AND IT HAS A LOT OF DEFERRED
[01:29:17] MAINTENANCE. SO WE'D LIKE
[01:29:17] REGULAR MEETINGS TO MOVE THAT
[01:29:21] FORWARD.
[01:29:21] >> GREAT. OKAY, NEXT. WHO'S GOT
[01:29:23] AN IDEA?
[01:29:24] >> I'VE GOT ONE.
[01:29:25] >> ALL RIGHT.
[01:29:25] >> OKAY. I'M THINKING ABOUT
[01:29:28] PARTNERSHIPS. SO THAT'S WHAT
[01:29:29] I'M FOCUSED ON. OR ELSE I COULD
[01:29:30] SPEND ALL DAY THINKING IT WOULD
[01:29:33] BE GREAT IF THERE WAS A
[01:29:35] CLARIFICATION OF HOW TAXPAYER
[01:29:38] MONEY IS SPENT OR USED SO THAT
[01:29:41] ORGANIZATIONS LIKE OURS,
[01:29:42] PORTLAND PARKS FOUNDATION, THAT
[01:29:44] ARE RAISING ADDITIONAL MONEY
[01:29:46] FOR THE PARKS SYSTEM, CAN BE
[01:29:48] SEEN AS COMPLEMENTARY VERSUS
[01:29:52] CLOSING THE GAP THAT SOLUTIONS
[01:29:55] LIKE LEVIES AND BONDS ARE
[01:29:57] SUPPOSED TO DO. SO TO MAKE IT
[01:29:59] EVEN MORE CRYSTALLINE. CAN CAN
[01:30:02] WE GET HELP IN LANGUAGE THAT.
[01:30:05] THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION, WHY
[01:30:07] SHOULD I DONATE MONEY WHEN I'VE
[01:30:09] ALREADY PAID MY LEVY
[01:30:11] CONTRIBUTION?
[01:30:12] >> TERRIFIC. THANK YOU. WHO'S
[01:30:14] NEXT?
[01:30:15] >> I THINK FOR US, THE CITYWIDE
[01:30:18] STRATEGY TO RECREATION WITH
[01:30:19] CLEAR IMPACT GOALS, WHERE WE'RE
[01:30:21] ALL HEADING. I THINK IF WE
[01:30:22] DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING
[01:30:24] AND WORKING BACKWARDS, IT'S
[01:30:25] REALLY HARD FOR US TO SHOW UP
[01:30:27] AS THE MOST EFFECTIVE PARTNERS
[01:30:28] TO MEET THAT FOR PORTLANDERS.
[01:30:31] >> TERRIFIC. THANK YOU. GINA,
[01:30:34] ARE YOU NEXT? YOU CAN GRAB THE
[01:30:36] MIC.
[01:30:37] >> I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE
[01:30:39] HELPFUL. KIND OF PIGGYBACKING
[01:30:43] ON SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID
[01:30:45] EARLIER, TO HAVE SOMEBODY AT
[01:30:47] PARKS WHO CAN MAKE DECISIONS,
[01:30:50] NOT JUST THAT WE ARE
[01:30:51] COORDINATING WITH AS WE TRY TO
[01:30:53] MOVE FORWARD ON THESE PROJECTS,
[01:30:55] BUT THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO
[01:30:57] THROUGH THREE LEVELS OF
[01:31:00] APPROVAL AND REVIEW. SO IF IT
[01:31:04] NEEDS TO BE A COMMITTEE THAT
[01:31:05] WE'RE MEETING WITH THAT SO THAT
[01:31:07] ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE IN THE
[01:31:08] ROOM, AND WE CAN DO THAT WITH
[01:31:10] SOME KIND OF REGULARITY AS WE
[01:31:12] TRY TO MOVE A PROJECT LIKE THIS
[01:31:14] FEASIBILITY STUDY FORWARD,
[01:31:16] WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING THE
[01:31:17] CITY TO DO THINGS, TO PARTNER
[01:31:19] WITH US IN CERTAIN WAYS, TO DO
[01:31:22] THINGS TO MAKE THIS VIABLE. AND
[01:31:25] WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THAT INTO
[01:31:27] THE HARBOR AND THEN HAVE IT
[01:31:29] COME BACK OUT SEVERAL MONTHS
[01:31:31] LATER WHERE IT'S HAD TO BE
[01:31:34] PROCESSED INTERNALLY. SO I
[01:31:35] THINK THERE HAS TO BE SOMEBODY
[01:31:38] ASSIGNED ESSENTIALLY TO, TO BE
[01:31:42] ABLE TO SHEPHERD THAT AND
[01:31:45] ADVOCATE FOR THE WORK THAT
[01:31:47] WE'RE DOING TOGETHER INSIDE THE
[01:31:50] INSTITUTION.
[01:31:51] >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. ANNA,
[01:31:53] DO YOU HAVE ONE.
[01:31:54] >> SAME ISH CLEAR PATHWAYS FOR
[01:31:58] AND TIMELINES FOR DECISIONS?
[01:32:01] IT'S BEEN A REAL CHURN AT PARKS
[01:32:05] OVER THE LAST YEARS, AND THAT
[01:32:06] JUST MAKES IT HARD TO PULL OFF
[01:32:10] THESE LONG TERM PROJECTS LIKE
[01:32:12] WHAT WE'RE DESCRIBING. YEAH,
[01:32:14] GREAT.
[01:32:14] >> THANK YOU. I'VE TAKEN NOTE
[01:32:16] OF ALL OF THOSE. THANK YOU SO
[01:32:18] MUCH. STAY TUNED. WE HAVE OUR
[01:32:22] COUNCIL, OUR VICE CHAIR OF THE
[01:32:23] COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A
[01:32:25] STATEMENT OR QUESTION.
[01:32:27] >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM
[01:32:28] CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE
[01:32:29] PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU ALL
[01:32:30] BROUGHT FORWARD. AND JUST JUST
[01:32:33] A QUICK ANSWER TO TO MOST OF
[01:32:36] YOUR QUESTIONS, I WOULD SAY
[01:32:38] THERE THERE IS A PROCESS. WE
[01:32:40] HAVE A DEPUTY CITY
[01:32:42] ADMINISTRATOR. I MEAN, IT IT
[01:32:45] BEGINS AND ENDS WITH THE DEPUTY
[01:32:46] CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND THEN THE
[01:32:48] MAYOR, BECAUSE IF YOU NEED TO
[01:32:50] GET RESOURCES, THOSE RESOURCES
[01:32:52] ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE
[01:32:53] IDENTIFIED FROM THE MAYOR. AND
[01:32:57] I WOULD START WORKING WITH THE
[01:33:00] DCAS IF YOU CAN'T GET WHAT YOU
[01:33:03] NEED IN. THE UNFORTUNATE THING
[01:33:05] IS THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE
[01:33:06] ABLE TO GET ANY PROPERTY OR
[01:33:08] ANYTHING BECAUSE OF OUR CODES.
[01:33:10] IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO GO
[01:33:11] THROUGH COUNCIL TO, TO GET
[01:33:15] APPROVED. THERE'S THERE'S NOT
[01:33:16] GOING TO BE A STAFFER THAT
[01:33:17] YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO
[01:33:19] TO THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO
[01:33:20] WRITE OFF, OKAY, YOU CAN HAVE
[01:33:23] SOMETHING IN SELLWOOD. IT ALL
[01:33:25] HAS TO GO THROUGH COUNCIL AND
[01:33:26] VOTED ON ON COUNCIL. SO I KNOW
[01:33:28] IT'S FRUSTRATING, BUT I THINK
[01:33:30] IT CAN GET FAST TRACKED IF
[01:33:32] YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE DEPUTY
[01:33:35] CITY ADMINISTRATOR AND THE
[01:33:36] MAYOR'S OFFICE AND, AND OUR
[01:33:39] COMMITTEE, BECAUSE WE ARE THE
[01:33:41] ONES WHO WILL HAVE TO HAVE IT
[01:33:43] PUT ON OUR COMMITTEE FOR A SALE
[01:33:45] OR FOR A TRANSFER OR A
[01:33:48] PARTNERSHIP, AND THEN IT HAS TO
[01:33:49] GO UP TO THE COMMITTEE. I'M
[01:33:51] SORRY, I CAN'T GIVE YOU A
[01:33:55] PERSON THAT YOU CAN TALK TO
[01:33:56] THAT THAT WILL THAT WILL GIVE
[01:33:58] YOU THOSE RESOURCES WITHOUT
[01:33:59] HAVING TO COME THROUGH COUNCIL,
[01:34:02] ALL ALL OF THESE DECISIONS THAT
[01:34:03] YOU ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT ARE
[01:34:04] GOING TO HAVE TO COME THROUGH
[01:34:06] COUNCIL, AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE
[01:34:07] TO COME THROUGH COMMITTEE.
[01:34:08] IT'LL IT'LL COME THROUGH THE
[01:34:10] PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. BUT I
[01:34:11] HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YOU
[01:34:12] SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMEONE
[01:34:14] ASSIGNED TO YOU. AND THAT'S
[01:34:15] SOMETHING THAT THE CITY
[01:34:16] ADMINISTRATOR CAN DO. ASSIGN
[01:34:18] SOMEBODY TO YOUR PROJECT,
[01:34:20] WHETHER IT BE THE IFC. SEE
[01:34:22] SOMETHING IN SELLWOOD AND SAY,
[01:34:24] LOOK, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE
[01:34:25] REALLY WANT. THE COMMUNITY
[01:34:26] WANTS IT. AND THAT THAT WOULD
[01:34:28] BE THE APPROACH THAT I WOULD
[01:34:29] TAKE TO IT. LIKE I SAID,
[01:34:33] UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE CITY
[01:34:34] CODE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
[01:34:35] TO FOLLOW TO COME BACK TO US.
[01:34:37] WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SMILING
[01:34:38] FACES ANYWAY. AND I THINK IT'S
[01:34:42] IMPORTANT ALONG THE LINES THAT
[01:34:44] YOU ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT
[01:34:45] TODAY. I APPRECIATE THE
[01:34:48] PRESENTATIONS. FOCUS ON FINDING,
[01:34:50] YOU KNOW, NEW RESPONSIBLE
[01:34:53] OPERATING MODELS AND ALL THOSE
[01:34:54] MODELS. THEY STILL HAVE TO COME
[01:34:55] THROUGH COUNCIL. THE
[01:34:58] PRESENTATION SAYS PARKS IS
[01:34:59] EXPLORING NEW OPERATING MODELS
[01:35:01] FOR UNDERUTILIZED ASSETS. AND I,
[01:35:04] THIS WEEKEND I, I HAD MY STAFF
[01:35:06] PULL UP SURPLUS PROPERTIES IN
[01:35:09] THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. THEY HAD
[01:35:12] SURPLUS PROPERTIES. I LOOKED AT
[01:35:13] THOSE. AND THEN THEY HAD THE
[01:35:15] OTHER PROPERTIES THAT WERE NOT
[01:35:16] SURPLUS, BUT THEY WERE ON THEY
[01:35:17] WERE ON A LIST. AND SO WE'RE
[01:35:21] TRYING TO GET AN ENTIRE. ASSET
[01:35:28] INVENTORY OF VACANT PROPERTIES,
[01:35:31] UNDERUTILIZED IRREGULAR
[01:35:33] NON-RECREATIONAL PARCELS THAT
[01:35:34] COULD BE EVALUATED. BECAUSE ONE
[01:35:36] OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO DO
[01:35:38] IN THE IN THE THE CHAIR DOESN'T
[01:35:40] KNOW THIS, BUT WE'VE BEEN
[01:35:41] WORKING ON A PARTNERSHIP TO TRY
[01:35:43] TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN USE
[01:35:46] SURPLUS PROPERTIES FOR HOUSING.
[01:35:52] WHERE WE CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY
[01:35:54] FOR A COMMUNITY BASED DEVELOPER
[01:35:58] IN THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN
[01:36:00] DEVELOP THESE PROPERTIES. AND
[01:36:01] THESE PROPERTIES ARE OFF THE
[01:36:02] TAX ROLLS RIGHT NOW. AND TO BE
[01:36:05] ABLE TO PUT THESE PROPERTIES
[01:36:07] BACK ON THE TAX ROLL,
[01:36:08] PARTNERING WITH THE DEVELOPER
[01:36:09] SO THAT WE CAN PUT HOUSING IN
[01:36:11] OUR COMMUNITIES, THAT IS A A
[01:36:14] RESOLUTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO
[01:36:15] BE BRINGING FORWARD
[01:36:17] SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PUBLIC
[01:36:20] WORKS AGENCIES LIKE THE PARKS
[01:36:22] AND WATER DEPARTMENT AND AND
[01:36:24] ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS. AND I
[01:36:26] KNOW HOUSING IS DONE OUT OF
[01:36:27] ANOTHER OUT OF ANOTHER
[01:36:29] COMMITTEE, BUT WE HAVE LOTS OF
[01:36:32] PROPERTY THAT WE CAN THAT WE
[01:36:33] CAN ACTUALLY PARTNER WITH TO,
[01:36:35] TO DEAL WITH THIS HOUSING
[01:36:37] CRISIS. AND SINCE WE'VE TRIED
[01:36:38] TO DEAL WITH IT THROUGH THE
[01:36:40] SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CHARGES,
[01:36:42] THAT'S NOT WORKING AS AS FAST
[01:36:44] AS WE WANTED IT TO. WE THOUGHT
[01:36:47] THAT IF WE CUT THE SYSTEM
[01:36:49] DEVELOPMENT FEES, THAT THAT
[01:36:51] WOULD THAT WOULD MAKE
[01:36:53] DEVELOPERS COME OUT IN IN MASS
[01:36:56] AND PRODUCE HOUSING. BUT THE
[01:36:59] ISSUE IS ALSO ON THE OTHER SIDE.
[01:37:01] FOLKS ARE NOT GIVING MONEY ON
[01:37:03] THE PRIVATE SIDE TO DEVELOP
[01:37:05] PROPERTIES AT THE RATE THAT
[01:37:07] THEY WERE DOING. AND WE HAVE
[01:37:09] THIS LITTLE REPUTATIONAL THING
[01:37:10] THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN
[01:37:12] THE CITY OF PORTLAND THAT
[01:37:13] PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO LOAN TO US
[01:37:15] AS WE'RE DEVELOPING THESE KINDS
[01:37:17] OF PARTNERSHIPS. BUT I THINK
[01:37:20] THAT IT'S IMPORTANT AND IT'S
[01:37:22] NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR US TO
[01:37:24] GET OUR ECONOMY MOVING HERE IN
[01:37:25] PORTLAND AND TO TO MAINTAIN AT
[01:37:27] A CERTAIN RATE. SO THE QUESTION
[01:37:32] THAT I HAVE IS, IF COUNCIL
[01:37:37] DIRECTED BUREAUS TO COMPLETE A
[01:37:39] SURPLUS IN UNDERUTILIZED
[01:37:41] PROPERTY REVIEW, WHAT WOULD
[01:37:44] PARKS NEED NEED IN TERMS OF
[01:37:47] STAFFING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
[01:37:48] AND TIME TO PRODUCE THIS LIST
[01:37:52] OF POSSIBLE PROPERTIES WITHIN
[01:37:54] THE BIGGER REQUEST THAT WE HAVE
[01:37:58] OUT? WOULD THAT TAKE ADDITIONAL
[01:38:01] RESOURCES?
[01:38:02] >> ABSOLUTELY.
[01:38:04] >> IS THAT A QUESTION?
[01:38:05] >> YES, YES.
[01:38:07] >> FOR PARKS, I THINK IT'S FOR
[01:38:09] ART.
[01:38:10] >> YEAH.
[01:38:10] >> YEAH, IT'S.
[01:38:11] >> WELL, I CAN ADDRESS THAT FOR
[01:38:13] THE COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER.
[01:38:15] OKAY. SOMEWHAT. SO WE ALMOST
[01:38:19] THE NONPROFIT ALMOST HIRED A
[01:38:22] COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKER
[01:38:24] ON OUR OWN WITHOUT THE CITY TO
[01:38:27] LOOK FOR PROPERTY, FOR A NEW
[01:38:30] LOCATION FOR THE COMMUNITY
[01:38:31] MUSIC CENTER. WE DIDN'T DO THAT
[01:38:35] IN THE END FOR VARIOUS REASONS,
[01:38:37] BUT WE HAVE OFTEN REQUESTED OF
[01:38:40] THE CITY PROPERTY DEPARTMENT OR
[01:38:43] PEOPLE ABOUT SURPLUS PROPERTY,
[01:38:45] ESPECIALLY. WE. OUR. WE SERVE
[01:38:48] 50 ZIP CODES AMONG OUR STUDENT
[01:38:51] POPULATION, BUT WE REALLY WANT
[01:38:53] TO FOCUS ON EAST COUNTY BECAUSE
[01:38:56] THERE IS A DEARTH OF PERFORMING
[01:38:59] SPACE AND MUSIC SPACE OUT THERE.
[01:39:01] AND SO WE'VE OFTEN WANTED TO
[01:39:03] FIND SURPLUS PROPERTY THAT
[01:39:05] COULD BE DEVELOPED EITHER AS A
[01:39:09] MULTI-USE PROPERTY LIKE HOUSING.
[01:39:11] IN FACT, WE DID A BIG. OUR
[01:39:13] GREGORY DUBAY DID A BIG WORKUP
[01:39:15] FOR THE. IT WAS CLOSE IN 30TH
[01:39:18] AND POWELL. THAT DEVELOPMENT TO
[01:39:20] TO PUT THE COMMUNITY MUSIC
[01:39:21] CENTER ON THE MAIN FLOOR AND
[01:39:23] THEN HOUSING UP ABOVE BECAUSE
[01:39:24] WE WOULD IDEALLY WANT LIKE
[01:39:26] 10,000FT■!S. SO WE HAVE BEEN
[01:39:28] LOOKING AT THIS AND, AND OUR
[01:39:31] NONPROFIT IS READY TO SUPPORT
[01:39:34] FINANCIALLY DO FIND PROPERTY OR
[01:39:37] EVEN DEVELOP PROPERTY. BUT IF
[01:39:39] THE CITY HAD SURPLUS PROPERTY
[01:39:41] THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED, THAT
[01:39:43] WOULD BE FABULOUS.
[01:39:44] >> WELL, I SEE ONE ON.
[01:39:46] >> EVERY NONPROFIT'S.
[01:39:46] >> DIFFERENT BOULEVARD. WE HAVE
[01:39:48] A PROPERTY THAT IS ZONED C, M
[01:39:53] TWO, AND I THINK THAT'S
[01:39:56] COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TOO. I
[01:39:58] THINK YOU CAN DO EXACTLY WHAT
[01:39:59] YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND I
[01:40:00] WILL SEND YOU THE LINK BECAUSE
[01:40:02] I LOOKED AT THAT THIS WEEKEND
[01:40:04] ON POWELL. IT'S AN OPEN LOT
[01:40:05] THAT IS BUILDABLE. THAT IS THAT
[01:40:07] IS CONSIDERED A SURPLUS
[01:40:10] PROPERTY IN THE PARKS
[01:40:12] DEPARTMENT. SO THE OTHER THING,
[01:40:14] THE QUESTION THAT I THAT I
[01:40:16] WANTED TO ASK YOU, GINA, FOR
[01:40:18] YOUR PROJECT, YOU HAVE A
[01:40:20] FEASIBILITY STUDY. HOW MUCH HOW
[01:40:23] MUCH ARE YOU LOOKING FOR TO, TO
[01:40:25] COMPLETE THE IFC PROJECT?
[01:40:31] >> THE NUMBER FOR EXPANDING AND
[01:40:35] COMPLETING. THAT'S IN THE THE
[01:40:38] FEASIBILITY STUDY. IS ABOUT
[01:40:46] $35,035 MILLION. OKAY. BECAUSE
[01:40:47] WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EXPANDING,
[01:40:49] REBUILDING, RIGHT? COMPLETELY
[01:40:52] UPGRADING. THIS IS SOMETHING
[01:40:53] THAT THAT THE ONE OF THE VALUES
[01:40:56] OF A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
[01:40:58] IS WE CAN GO OUT AND DO A
[01:41:00] CAPITAL FUND DRIVE TO SUPPORT
[01:41:03] THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THAT
[01:41:05] BUILDING. WE WOULD HOPE THE
[01:41:07] CITY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
[01:41:08] THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN 2025,
[01:41:10] WE WERE PUT ON PARKS CAPITAL
[01:41:14] PROJECT LIST AS A CAPITAL
[01:41:17] PROJECT. IT. WE WERE ADDED TO
[01:41:19] THE LIST, BUT WE ABSOLUTELY
[01:41:21] UNDERSTAND.
[01:41:22] >> ARE YOU STILL ON THE LIST?
[01:41:24] >> YEAH, WE'RE STILL ON THE
[01:41:25] LIST UNLESS ART TELLS ME WE'RE
[01:41:26] NOT. BUT I MEAN, AS FAR AS I
[01:41:29] KNOW, WE'RE STILL ON THE LIST.
[01:41:30] BUT THE WE EXPECT THAT THIS
[01:41:32] WOULD BE A PARTNERSHIP AND WE
[01:41:34] WOULD FIGURE OUT LIKE, FOR
[01:41:35] EXAMPLE, WE NEED TO IN ORDER TO
[01:41:38] BUILD WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO
[01:41:40] BUILD, WE NEED TO TAKE DOWN THE
[01:41:42] WATER TOWER, WHICH IS NOT USED
[01:41:44] ANY LONGER. THAT'S TO THE EAST
[01:41:47] OF THE FACILITY. AND THAT
[01:41:50] PROPERTY NEEDS TO BE ASSIGNED
[01:41:51] TO PARKS SO THAT YOU HAVE A PAD
[01:41:54] THAT IS BIG ENOUGH FOR US TO
[01:41:55] BUILD THE 2200 ZERO SQUARE FOOT
[01:41:59] FACILITY THAT WE'RE TALKING
[01:42:00] ABOUT, THAT COULD BE PROGRAMED
[01:42:04] SIMULTANEOUSLY IN A NUMBER OF
[01:42:05] DIFFERENT WAYS. SO THOSE ARE
[01:42:08] THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS WE.
[01:42:09] >> AND THAT'S AND THAT'S IN
[01:42:10] DISTRICT TWO. SO I WANT TO HAVE
[01:42:12] A CONVERSATION, A DEEPER
[01:42:13] CONVERSATION WITH YOU ON THAT.
[01:42:14] I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT
[01:42:16] SOUNDS LIKE THE PARTNERSHIP
[01:42:17] WHERE THE PARTNERSHIP ALSO
[01:42:18] COULD COME IN IS WITH SOME SORT
[01:42:21] OF PRIVATE SECTOR, A PRIVATE
[01:42:24] SECTOR INDUSTRY THAT THAT WOULD
[01:42:27] BE INTERESTED IN THE IFCC.
[01:42:32] >> WELL, WE WOULD JUST BE
[01:42:33] RAISING MONEY. WE'RE WE'RE NOT
[01:42:35] LOOKING TO HAVE SOMEBODY BY
[01:42:39] IFCC OUR PLAN IS TO WORK IN
[01:42:42] PARTNERSHIP WITH PARKS AND THAT
[01:42:44] AT SOME POINT, POTENTIALLY THE
[01:42:46] FRIENDS OF IFC. C MIGHT OWN
[01:42:48] THIS, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE IN THE
[01:42:50] FIRST PROBABLY TEN YEARS OF THE
[01:42:53] PROJECT. THIS I MEAN, IT'S GET
[01:42:54] IT BUILT AND HAVE A PARTNERSHIP
[01:42:56] WHERE WE ARE PRIMARILY
[01:42:59] RESPONSIBLE FOR PROGRAMING IT.
[01:43:01] YOU GUYS OWN THE BUILDING, YOU
[01:43:03] KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A
[01:43:06] LOT TO BE TALKED ABOUT THIS
[01:43:08] THIS WILL ALL NEED WE'LL NEED A
[01:43:10] SESSION WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE
[01:43:12] AT THE TABLE TO WITH TO GO
[01:43:15] THROUGH OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND
[01:43:16] THEN TO DETERMINE WHICH OF
[01:43:18] THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS CAN MOVE
[01:43:19] FORWARD AND WHO'S GOING TO BE
[01:43:21] RESPONSIBLE, WHO'S GOING TO
[01:43:22] TAKE THE LEAD, AND HOW THOSE
[01:43:25] ARE GOING TO BE WORKED THROUGH
[01:43:26] THE CITY. SO YES.
[01:43:28] >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST,
[01:43:30] VICE CHAIR, THAT YOU MIGHT EVEN
[01:43:33] HAVE A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH
[01:43:35] ANNA ABOUT THEIR CAPITAL
[01:43:37] CAMPAIGN AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING
[01:43:39] TO CREATE A NEW VISITOR CENTER.
[01:43:42] I THINK THERE'S SOME SYNERGY
[01:43:44] BETWEEN YOU TWO THAT IT MIGHT
[01:43:45] BE GOOD FOR YOU ALL TO TALK TO
[01:43:47] EACH OTHER ABOUT THIS, BUT
[01:43:49] MAYBE WE CAN PURSUE THIS
[01:43:52] OFFLINE TOO.
[01:43:52] >> AND WE AND WE WILL. THANK
[01:43:54] YOU SO MUCH. YOUR SON CAME HERE
[01:43:57] LAST WEEK AND HE BLEW THE HOUSE
[01:43:58] OUT WITH HIS COMMENTS. AND I
[01:44:01] CAN TOTALLY SEE NOW WHERE HE
[01:44:02] GETS IT FROM.
[01:44:05] >> HE'S MUCH BETTER THAN I AM.
[01:44:07] AMAZING. BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT.
[01:44:09] >> AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU
[01:44:11] THAT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO TELL
[01:44:14] FOLKS ABOUT THEIR KIDS, NOT
[01:44:15] WHEN THEY'RE DOING BAD, BUT
[01:44:17] ALSO WHEN THEY'RE DOING GOOD.
[01:44:18] THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE IN. I'M A
[01:44:20] GRANDMOTHER, OKAY, SO YOU HAVE
[01:44:22] TO DO THAT. AND. COUNCILOR
[01:44:27] KANAL IS THE DISTRICT TWO
[01:44:31] COMMISSIONER. COUNCILOR. AND I
[01:44:33] WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND THAT YOU
[01:44:35] HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM,
[01:44:36] AND.
[01:44:36] >> I DEFINITELY WILL. WE'VE HAD
[01:44:38] WE'VE WE'VE HAD LITTLE BRUSHES.
[01:44:41] HE'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, AT
[01:44:43] DIFFERENT EVENTS, BUT WE WE
[01:44:45] HOPE TO HAVE ONCE WE HAVE A
[01:44:47] STUDY IN HAND THAT IS THAT WE
[01:44:50] CAN SHARE. WE. WE HOPE TO HAVE
[01:44:53] DISCUSSIONS WITH ALL OF THE THE
[01:44:56] COUNCILORS.
[01:44:57] >> OKAY. THANK YOU.
[01:44:58] >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL,
[01:44:59] SPEAKING OF COUNCILOR KANAL, I
[01:45:00] THINK HE'S NEXT IN THE QUEUE.
[01:45:03] >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CLARK, AND
[01:45:04] THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
[01:45:05] THANKS. DIRECTOR. PIERCE. KELLY.
[01:45:07] JUNE, MEGAN, KELSEY, SARAH,
[01:45:08] EVERYBODY FOR THAT. AND
[01:45:10] EVERYONE IN OUR PANEL. MOST OF
[01:45:11] MY QUESTIONS ARE REALLY FOR
[01:45:13] PARKS, BUT I DID WANT TO JUST
[01:45:15] START WHILE I HAVE IT HERE.
[01:45:16] THERE WAS A LOT OF STUFF I JUST
[01:45:18] KIND OF WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND
[01:45:20] ELEVATE. OBVIOUSLY YOU ALL KNOW
[01:45:21] WHAT YOU JUST SAID IT, BUT I
[01:45:23] WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THE
[01:45:24] STAFF WHO WATCH THIS LATER KNOW
[01:45:26] THAT WE CARE ABOUT IT. I THINK
[01:45:28] WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PARTNERSHIP,
[01:45:29] ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE IS,
[01:45:31] IS HOW THAT TERM IS BROADENED
[01:45:32] TO BE USED FOR THINGS THAT ARE
[01:45:34] NOT PARTNERSHIPS AT ALL. AND
[01:45:36] I'LL DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT
[01:45:37] MORE LATER. BUT I WANTED TO TO
[01:45:39] START BY SAYING HOYT ARBORETUM
[01:45:40] IS ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE
[01:45:42] OF, OF THAT, NOT ONLY BECAUSE
[01:45:43] OF THE PROGRAMING SIDE, BUT
[01:45:45] BECAUSE OF, I THINK PROGRAMING
[01:45:47] IS PROBABLY THE MOST IDEAL
[01:45:48] PLACE FOR IT. I ALSO DON'T WANT
[01:45:51] TO ERASE THE WORK YOU DO,
[01:45:53] HELPING WITH MAINTENANCE AS
[01:45:54] WELL IN TERMS OF THE, THE
[01:45:56] PHYSICAL SPACE AND ALL THAT.
[01:45:58] BUT I THINK PROGRAMING IS ONE
[01:45:59] OF THE MOST IDEAL FITS. SO THAT
[01:46:02] IS LIKE SQUARELY WITHIN WHAT
[01:46:03] WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. I
[01:46:07] APPRECIATE WHAT WAS SAID IN
[01:46:09] TERMS OF CMC, THE CAROUSEL
[01:46:13] LEADERSHIP AT PARKS. NORMALLY
[01:46:14] WE HAVE OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR
[01:46:17] IN COMMITTEE. I KNOW THAT HE
[01:46:19] REVIEWS THIS. SO I KNOW THAT
[01:46:20] THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE
[01:46:22] TRACKED. I PARTICULARLY
[01:46:24] APPRECIATE THAT YOU NOTED THE
[01:46:25] CONTRACT ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE.
[01:46:26] WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION
[01:46:28] ON THIS DAIS ABOUT USING TIME
[01:46:29] IN THE COMMITTEE, THE WHOLE FOR
[01:46:31] OVERSIGHT ON CONTRACT
[01:46:32] ACCOUNTABILITY. THAT'S STILL
[01:46:33] SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
[01:46:34] TRYING TO DO THAT FLOWS BOTH
[01:46:38] DIRECTIONS. AND I THINK FOR
[01:46:40] ANYBODY OUT THERE WHO'S A CITY
[01:46:41] CONTRACTOR, IF YOU'RE NOT
[01:46:42] GETTING FROM THE CITY STAFF,
[01:46:44] THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE,
[01:46:46] WHATEVER IS IN THE CONTRACT,
[01:46:48] PLEASE CALL A COUNSELOR. WE
[01:46:49] CARE ABOUT THIS STUFF. WE WANT
[01:46:51] TO BE HELPING ENSURE THAT THE
[01:46:53] ADMINISTRATION DOES WHAT WE'VE
[01:46:54] COMMITTED TO DOING.
[01:46:56] UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAY THAT
[01:46:57] WE'VE HAD CONTRACTING GO AT THE
[01:47:00] CITY HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY OPAQUE
[01:47:02] TO COUNSELORS. OFTEN, WE KNOW
[01:47:04] SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN YOU DO
[01:47:06] ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON UNTIL YOU
[01:47:07] TELL US THAT SOMETIMES WE DON'T
[01:47:09] EVEN KNOW THE CONTRACT EXISTS
[01:47:10] BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION
[01:47:11] DOESN'T BRIEF US. SO THAT'S
[01:47:13] ANOTHER REASON IT'S IMPORTANT
[01:47:14] TO CALL US AS WELL. SO I
[01:47:19] APPRECIATE THE PARKS FOUNDATION
[01:47:20] SO MUCH. I HAVE A CULLY PARK
[01:47:21] POSTER FROM YOU ALL HANGING IN
[01:47:23] MY OFFICE RIGHT NOW, BUT I
[01:47:26] REALLY APPRECIATED THE POINT
[01:47:27] YOU RAISED ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS,
[01:47:28] BEING ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN
[01:47:30] PRODUCT, BUT DEBILITATING IN
[01:47:32] TERMS OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS. I
[01:47:33] HEAR THAT A LOT. WE HEARD I WAS
[01:47:35] ON THE PARKS BOARD, AND I GOT
[01:47:37] TO KNOW JESSICA, WHO I SEE IN
[01:47:39] THE BACK OF A LOT THROUGH THAT
[01:47:41] PROCESS, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING
[01:47:43] WE HEARD TOO. YOU'RE NOT THE
[01:47:45] ONLY ONE RAISING THAT. AND I
[01:47:47] THINK IT'S IT'S REALLY
[01:47:48] IMPORTANT. I THINK HAVING A
[01:47:50] TEAM THAT IS, IS CENTERED ON
[01:47:51] THAT WHICH DIDN'T EXIST A
[01:47:52] COUPLE YEARS BACK. PARKS. AND
[01:47:56] HOPEFULLY I SEE DIRECTOR PEARCE
[01:47:58] TAKING NOTES AS WELL. SO THAT'S,
[01:47:59] THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE
[01:48:01] OFTEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE
[01:48:02] THING THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT
[01:48:03] NOW AND NOT WHAT'S THE NEXT
[01:48:05] OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE. AND I
[01:48:06] THINK WE HAVE EXAMPLES TO YOUR
[01:48:08] RIGHT OF PEOPLE WHO IT'S AN
[01:48:09] ONGOING RELATIONSHIP THAT'S IN
[01:48:11] THEORY, BETTER, I HOPE, YOU
[01:48:13] KNOW, IN TERMS OF THAT, BUT NOT
[01:48:15] ALWAYS. AND I APPRECIATE THAT
[01:48:17] THAT FRANCES ELLWOOD HOUSE ALSO
[01:48:18] THAT YOU SHARE THIS WITH OTHER
[01:48:19] NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL. THE, THE
[01:48:22] I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
[01:48:24] PROVIDE SPACE FOR OUR PARTNERS
[01:48:26] TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, TOO.
[01:48:27] I KNOW THERE'S THE SUMMITS, BUT
[01:48:29] ALSO OUR POTENTIAL PARTNERS
[01:48:30] THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S
[01:48:31] REALLY INTERESTING TO ME FOR
[01:48:34] IFK. YEAH, I APPRECIATE
[01:48:36] COUNCILOR SMITH RAISING THIS
[01:48:39] REMAINING COMMITTED PARTNER FOR
[01:48:40] THIS. I'VE REACHED OUT TO BOTH
[01:48:41] PARKS UNDER PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP.
[01:48:42] I'M HOPING TO MAKE SURE THAT
[01:48:44] THAT THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN
[01:48:45] SHARED OVER WITH YOU, DIRECTOR
[01:48:47] PIERCE, BUT ALSO WITH WATER.
[01:48:49] ABOUT THE WATER TOWER. I HAVE
[01:48:50] NOT HEARD BACK FROM WATER AT
[01:48:52] ALL. THEY ALSO WERE IN A
[01:48:55] LEADERSHIP TRANSITION AT THE
[01:48:56] TIME AS PART OF THE ONE WATER
[01:48:59] INITIATIVE. I THINK ONE OF THE
[01:49:00] REALLY BIG CHALLENGES THAT
[01:49:01] WE'VE BEEN FACING, WHICH IS
[01:49:03] PREDICTABLE AND NOT NECESSARILY
[01:49:05] BAD IF IT IS A ONE TIME THING,
[01:49:06] AS THE NEW GOVERNMENT CHANGES
[01:49:08] IN, IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A
[01:49:09] LOT OF CHANGE IN TOP LEVEL
[01:49:11] LEADERSHIP. I THINK ONE OF THE
[01:49:14] THINGS THAT GOT BROUGHT UP
[01:49:15] ABOUT HAVING PLACES TO GO,
[01:49:18] WHERE THE DECISION MAKERS ARE,
[01:49:19] THE WAY THAT WE'RE SEEING
[01:49:22] LEADERSHIP GO AT THE CITY,
[01:49:25] OFTEN EVERYBODY HAS TO GO UP
[01:49:26] THE CHAIN TO THE MAYOR AND WE
[01:49:28] DON'T CONTROL THE SCHEDULE. SO
[01:49:29] JUST TO BE FULLY BLUNT ABOUT IT,
[01:49:32] IF YOU YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T I GET
[01:49:35] ASKED ALL THE TIME, CAN YOU
[01:49:37] HELP ME TALK TO THE MAYOR ABOUT
[01:49:38] SOMETHING? I WISH I WOULD LOVE
[01:49:40] TO GET STUFF ON THE MAYOR'S
[01:49:41] CALENDAR. HE TAKES MY CALLS,
[01:49:43] BUT I DON'T CONTROL THE
[01:49:44] SCHEDULE. SO I THINK THAT'S A
[01:49:46] REALLY BIG CHALLENGE THAT THAT
[01:49:48] EVERYBODY'S DEALING WITH. AND I
[01:49:49] THINK IT'S WORTH JUST NAMING IT.
[01:49:50] WE NEED TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE
[01:49:52] THE ADMINISTRATION IS ABLE.
[01:49:54] THIS IS A COUNCIL MANAGER FORM
[01:49:56] OF GOVERNMENT. WE NEED TO HAVE
[01:49:57] MANAGEMENT ABLE TO MAKE
[01:49:59] DECISIONS SO THAT DIRECTOR
[01:50:01] PIERCE, IF NEEDED, WITH WITH
[01:50:02] THE C, A AND DEPUTY CITY
[01:50:04] ADMINISTRATOR CAN DO THAT. AND
[01:50:08] I ALSO REALLY WANTED TO TO
[01:50:11] DAYLIGHT. SO THE AINSWORTH
[01:50:12] LINEAR ARBORETUM IS ANOTHER
[01:50:14] SIMILAR TO THE REED COLLEGE
[01:50:15] PARKWAY. ANOTHER SITUATION
[01:50:17] WHERE A. I NOTED DIRECTOR
[01:50:19] WILLIAMS WAS IN. HERE IT
[01:50:20] INVOLVES BOTH PBOT AND PARKS
[01:50:22] AND THAT CREATES A COMPLICATION.
[01:50:23] I DON'T WANT TO. AND I WANT TO
[01:50:26] HELP GET PEOPLE IN THE ROOM
[01:50:27] TOGETHER ON THAT. I WASN'T
[01:50:28] AWARE OF THE REED PARKWAY THING,
[01:50:30] BUT I HAVE TOURED THE AINSWORTH
[01:50:32] LINEAR ARBORETUM AND I THINK
[01:50:34] THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE
[01:50:36] CAN DO WITH THAT SPACE. PUBLIC
[01:50:38] SPACE UTILIZATION IS SOMETHING
[01:50:40] THAT HAS NOT REALLY BEEN A CITY
[01:50:42] WIDE COORDINATED STRATEGY. I'M
[01:50:46] PERSONALLY NOT INTERESTED IN
[01:50:47] SELLING OFF CITY PROPERTIES
[01:50:49] UNTIL WE'RE 100% SURE THAT THEY
[01:50:50] ARE, IN FACT, SURPLUS AND OFTEN
[01:50:53] SURPLUS IN THE CITY'S
[01:50:55] DEFINITIONS HAS BEEN WE DON'T
[01:50:56] HAVE A CURRENT PLAN FOR IT. AND
[01:50:58] THOSE ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT
[01:50:59] THINGS, BOTH BECAUSE SOMETIMES
[01:51:02] BUREAUS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN
[01:51:05] IT, OR THEY DON'T THINK THEY
[01:51:06] HAVE THE FUNDING FOR A PROJECT
[01:51:07] THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A GOOD
[01:51:09] FIT ON THE PARTICULAR PROPERTY,
[01:51:10] AND THEY DON'T THINK THERE'S A
[01:51:11] PATH TO IT WITH THE COUNCIL,
[01:51:13] WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE TRUE.
[01:51:15] BUT IF THAT DECISION IS BEING
[01:51:16] MADE WITHOUT DAYLIGHT TO
[01:51:17] COUNCIL, IT OFTEN HAS A
[01:51:18] CHALLENGE THERE. THE OTHER
[01:51:19] THING THAT I WANTED TO DAYLIGHT
[01:51:21] FROM HER TESTIMONY IS THE. AND
[01:51:23] I BROUGHT THIS UP A MILLION
[01:51:24] TIMES WHEN I WAS ON THE PARKS
[01:51:26] BOARD. LIABILITY INSURANCE IS
[01:51:27] INSANELY HIGH FOR PARKS, AND
[01:51:31] IT'S HIGH. IF YOU'RE RENTING A
[01:51:33] FIELD, IT'S HIGH. IF YOU'RE
[01:51:34] TRYING TO DO A MUCH LARGER
[01:51:36] PROJECT, IT'S WAY TOO HIGH AND
[01:51:38] IT'S HIGHER THAN OUR PEERS. I
[01:51:40] PLAY DODGEBALL, I TRIED TO RENT
[01:51:42] DODGEBALL SPACE IN A IN A
[01:51:44] MUNICIPAL COMMUNITY CENTER.
[01:51:46] I'VE PLAYED IN MUNICIPAL
[01:51:47] COMMUNITY CENTERS IN DALLAS AND
[01:51:48] SEATTLE. IT'S A MUNICIPAL
[01:51:50] COMMUNITY CENTERS IN NEW YORK.
[01:51:51] IT'S NOT HERE. AND THE REASON
[01:51:52] IS COMPARED TO THE SUBURBS,
[01:51:54] WHERE WE DO HAVE ONE IN A
[01:51:55] SUBURBAN COMMUNITY CENTER HERE
[01:51:57] AND COMPARED TO PRIVATE
[01:51:58] COMMUNITY CENTERS, BUT ALSO
[01:51:59] COMPARED TO SEATTLE, IT'S TOO
[01:52:00] HIGH. THE LIABILITY INSURANCE
[01:52:02] IS HIGHER FOR THE SAME TYPE OF
[01:52:03] EVENT. AND SO IT'S NOT A
[01:52:05] QUESTION OF OBVIOUSLY WE NEED
[01:52:07] TO HAVE INSURANCE. I GET THAT,
[01:52:08] BUT IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF THE
[01:52:11] MINIMUM. IT'S IT'S THAT IT'S
[01:52:12] BECOME A BARRIER. ANOTHER
[01:52:13] CHALLENGE WITH BOOKING, BY THE
[01:52:15] WAY, AND THIS RELATES TO YOUR
[01:52:17] POINT ABOUT WE DO NOT HAVE A
[01:52:20] CITYWIDE RECREATION STRATEGY.
[01:52:22] THE PARKS BOARD HAS DISCUSSED
[01:52:24] IT, BUT I'M SO HAPPY YOU
[01:52:25] MENTIONED THAT WHEN I WAS ON
[01:52:27] THE PARKS BOARD, I WAS REALLY
[01:52:28] PUSHING FOR THAT. AND I KNOW
[01:52:29] OTHERS WHO'VE BEEN ON IT HAVE
[01:52:31] TALKED ABOUT IT AS WELL. BUT WE
[01:52:33] HAVE IF YOU TRY TO BOOK
[01:52:37] SOMETHING AND PARKS TAKES
[01:52:38] FOREVER TO GET BACK TO YOU, AND
[01:52:41] THEN YOU WAIT SO LONG TO GET
[01:52:43] THE INFORMATION BACK THAT
[01:52:44] YOU'VE CONFIRMED THE SPACE,
[01:52:45] THAT YOU CAN NO LONGER RUN THE
[01:52:46] EVENT YOU WANTED TO RUN AS
[01:52:48] EFFECTIVELY. SO YOU SAY, CAN I
[01:52:49] DO IT A LITTLE LATER? YOU HAVE
[01:52:51] TO PAY TWICE. SO YOU KNOW, AND
[01:52:54] LIABILITY INSURANCE IS ABOUT
[01:52:55] THE SAME. SO I DID AN EVENT
[01:52:57] WHERE I HAD TO PAY THREE TIMES
[01:52:58] WHAT I THOUGHT I WHAT THE, THE
[01:53:00] STATED RATE WAS ONE FOR THE
[01:53:01] ORIGINAL REGISTRATION, ONE FOR
[01:53:03] THE SECOND REGISTRATION, AND A
[01:53:04] THIRD TIME FOR EXORBITANTLY
[01:53:05] HIGH LIABILITY INSURANCE. AND
[01:53:07] THE LAST THING I WANTED TO
[01:53:08] MENTION FROM JUST KIND OF
[01:53:10] RUNNING THROUGH IS PUBLIC
[01:53:11] RECORDS SHOULD BE SHARED WHEN
[01:53:13] ASKED FOR. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO
[01:53:14] GO THROUGH PUBLIC RECORDS
[01:53:16] REQUESTS TO GET IT. AND
[01:53:17] VOLUNTEER INFORMATION IS
[01:53:18] ACTUALLY A PUBLIC RECORD. NOT
[01:53:20] ALL OF IT, BUT A LOT OF IT. SO
[01:53:22] I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT
[01:53:23] UP. AND I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE
[01:53:25] A CULTURE WHERE WE DON'T FORCE
[01:53:26] PEOPLE TO GO THROUGH AN ARDUOUS
[01:53:28] PROCESS. IF YOU JUST HAVE THE
[01:53:29] INFORMATION. I DON'T GET WHY
[01:53:30] THAT'S NOT BEING SHARED. THAT
[01:53:32] ACTUALLY REALLY IS FRUSTRATING.
[01:53:36] THE THE, THE QUESTION ABOUT
[01:53:38] WHERE TAXPAYER MONEY IS GOING.
[01:53:40] I WANT TO ENABLE YOU TO BE OUR
[01:53:42] BEST MESSENGERS, AS YOU OFTEN
[01:53:43] ARE AT THE PARKS FOUNDATION,
[01:53:45] FOR PEOPLE TO BE A PART OF IT,
[01:53:47] YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF
[01:53:49] CREDIBILITY THAN THE CITY. WE
[01:53:50] HAVE CREDIBILITY, BUT YOU HAVE
[01:53:51] A DIFFERENT TYPE AS WELL. AND
[01:53:53] ONE OF THE REALLY BIG
[01:53:55] CHALLENGES IS WHEN WE MAKE A
[01:53:57] PROMISE AT THE AT THE TIME OF A
[01:54:01] VOTE ON A LEVY, THAT WE ARE NOT
[01:54:03] GOING TO CUT SERVICES. IF YOU
[01:54:05] VOTE YES ON THE LEVY, AND THEN
[01:54:06] THE MAYOR PUTS UP A BUDGET THAT
[01:54:08] CUTS SERVICES IMMEDIATELY AFTER
[01:54:10] THAT, THAT DIMINISHES OUR
[01:54:11] CREDIBILITY IMMENSELY. AND WHEN
[01:54:14] WE TRY TO REVERSE IT AND CANNOT
[01:54:17] EASILY GET MORE THAN SIX VOTES
[01:54:21] TO REVERSE THAT AND HOLD TO OUR
[01:54:24] COMMITMENTS, IT IS INCREDIBLY
[01:54:26] FRUSTRATING BECAUSE MANY OF US
[01:54:28] IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH
[01:54:29] AND ON THE LEGISLATIVE SIDE
[01:54:30] WANTED TO HOLD TO THAT PROMISE,
[01:54:33] AND IT TOOK IT'S A VERY UNCLEAR
[01:54:37] ANSWER RIGHT NOW, AFTER ALL OF
[01:54:40] THE WORK, FOR MONTHS, TO TRY
[01:54:41] AND RESTORE SOME FUNDING TO
[01:54:43] PARKS, WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE
[01:54:44] EVEN CLOSE TO, TO MAINTAINING
[01:54:46] THE LEVEL OF SERVICE. BUT WE
[01:54:48] LOST SOME REALLY GOOD PROGRAMS,
[01:54:50] NOT JUST STAFF. WE TALK ABOUT
[01:54:51] STAFF A LOT AS AS THE THING
[01:54:53] BECAUSE WITH THE STAFF COMES
[01:54:54] THE WORK, BUT THE WORK DIDN'T
[01:54:56] GET DONE FOR PEOPLE AS WELL
[01:54:58] BECAUSE OF LAYOFFS AND THINGS
[01:55:00] RELATED TO A BUDGET THAT DID
[01:55:01] NOT COMPLY WITH THE PROMISE
[01:55:03] THAT WAS MADE. AND THAT WAS
[01:55:06] REALLY FRUSTRATING. AND I JUST
[01:55:08] WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT
[01:55:09] THERE ARE A LOT OF COUNSELORS
[01:55:10] WHO'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THAT
[01:55:12] TO TRY AND HOLD TO THAT. AND,
[01:55:13] AND ONE OF THE WAY THAT THAT'S
[01:55:15] RELATED IS I WANT YOU TO BE
[01:55:17] ABLE TO GO OUT AND SAY YOU'RE
[01:55:19] COMPLIMENTING, NOT NOT
[01:55:21] REPLACING OR SUPPLANTING
[01:55:24] BECAUSE IT'S NOT IT'S NOT WHAT
[01:55:26] WE SAID WAS GOING TO HAPPEN,
[01:55:28] BUT IT'S ALSO NOT GOOD
[01:55:29] GOVERNANCE IN THE SENSE THAT,
[01:55:30] THAT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE
[01:55:32] CONSIDERING PARTNERSHIP
[01:55:34] PRIVATIZATION. I MENTIONED THAT
[01:55:35] I ALSO THINK WE SHOULD BE
[01:55:36] CONSIDERING PARTNERSHIP AS
[01:55:39] BASICALLY RELYING ON PRIVATE ON
[01:55:41] DONOR DONOR FUNDS WHEN THE
[01:55:42] PUBLIC SECTOR CAN AND WAS
[01:55:44] PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF DOING IT.
[01:55:46] SO THERE'S A LOT MORE ON THE
[01:55:49] PORTLAND TENNIS CENTER THAT
[01:55:50] I'LL GET TO LATER, BUT I'LL
[01:55:52] STOP THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[01:55:54] THANKS, EVERYBODY.
[01:55:54] >> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR.
[01:55:56] COUNCILOR. KOYAMA LANE. YOU'RE
[01:55:58] NEXT IN THE QUEUE.
[01:55:59] >> THANKS, CHAIR. DOES EVERYONE
[01:56:00] KNOW THE ACTIVITY? ROSE, THORN
[01:56:03] AND BUD. YES, YES. OKAY. SO
[01:56:05] ROSE, I'M GOING TO SAY SOME
[01:56:06] THINGS THAT FEEL ROSY AND
[01:56:08] WONDERFUL AND THEN BUD THINGS
[01:56:09] I'M EXCITED ABOUT. THORNS.
[01:56:11] THINGS THAT FEEL THORNY, NOT SO
[01:56:12] GREAT. SO YOU ALL ARE MY ROSES
[01:56:14] AND THE OUR PORTLAND PARKS AND
[01:56:17] REC AMAZING STAFF AND OUR
[01:56:18] DIRECTOR. YOU ALL ARE MY ROSES.
[01:56:21] THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK
[01:56:22] YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION, YOUR
[01:56:24] SUPPORT, AND ALL THAT YOU GIVE
[01:56:25] TO REALLY MAKE OUR CITY BETTER.
[01:56:28] I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE
[01:56:29] NORTH STAR CIVIC FOUNDATION
[01:56:31] JUST PUBLISHED THEIR REPORT
[01:56:33] RECENTLY ENTITLED PORTLAND 2026
[01:56:36] YOUR CITY YOUR CHOICE REPORT.
[01:56:39] AND IT HIGHLIGHTS THAT
[01:56:40] PORTLANDERS NOTED THE MOST THE
[01:56:42] MOST SATISFYING ASPECTS OF
[01:56:43] LIVING IN PORTLAND ARE OUR
[01:56:45] PARKS AND OUTDOOR AREAS. SO
[01:56:47] THAT'S AMAZING. AND ALSO JUST
[01:56:50] WANT TO CONTINUE AND SAY THANK
[01:56:52] YOU TO THE PARKS FOUNDATION IN
[01:56:54] PARTICULAR, FOR THE WAYS THAT
[01:56:56] YOU JUST STEP IN SO
[01:56:58] ENTHUSIASTICALLY TO SUPPORT OUR
[01:56:59] COMMUNITY ALL AROUND THE CITY.
[01:57:01] BUT ESPECIALLY, THANK YOU FOR
[01:57:03] YOUR EFFORTS IN SUPPORTING TO
[01:57:05] HELP RAISE MATCHING FUNDS FOR
[01:57:07] THE MONTAVILLA PICNIC SHELTER
[01:57:08] AND JUST BEING RESPONSIVE TO
[01:57:10] WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE ASKING FOR.
[01:57:12] I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT
[01:57:14] I'M SO THRILLED TO SEE THE
[01:57:16] HISTORIC STUDIO AT LAURELHURST
[01:57:17] PARK BEING REACTIVATED, BEING
[01:57:20] REOPENED NOW MANAGED BY
[01:57:22] SELLWOOD COMMUNITY HOUSE.
[01:57:23] THAT'S WHERE MY SON TOOK HIS
[01:57:24] VERY FIRST BALLET CLASSES AS A
[01:57:26] TODDLER, SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE
[01:57:28] THAT SPACE BEING UTILIZED. AND
[01:57:30] MY STAFF REALLY ENJOYED THEIR
[01:57:31] RECENT TOUR AND WERE VERY, VERY
[01:57:34] IMPRESSED. IN TERMS OF BUD'S
[01:57:37] THINGS, I'M EXCITED ABOUT. I'M
[01:57:38] EXCITED TO EXPLORE MORE
[01:57:41] OPPORTUNITIES TO, OUTSIDE OF
[01:57:45] PARKS AND THINKING ABOUT HOW
[01:57:46] WE'RE PARTNERING, PARTNERING ON
[01:57:48] OUR PUBLIC SPACES AND
[01:57:50] CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION
[01:57:52] AROUND EVEN SOME BROADER
[01:57:53] COMMUNITY LED WORK. THAT
[01:57:55] INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, VISION ZERO
[01:57:58] AND WORK WITH PBOT ALSO AN
[01:58:01] UNDERSTANDING FOR WHAT CAN AND
[01:58:02] CAN'T BE CARRIED OUT BY, BY
[01:58:07] VOLUNTEERS, BUT THAT CAN HELP
[01:58:08] GET US CLOSER TO OUR SAFETY
[01:58:10] GOALS AND ALSO HOW WE CAN BE
[01:58:12] THINKING ABOUT THIS
[01:58:14] VOLUNTEERISM WORK WITH CIVIC
[01:58:16] LIFE, WITH ENGAGEMENT ON
[01:58:17] PROJECTS THAT ARE ENGAGING OUR
[01:58:20] COMMUNITY FROM FROM DIFFERENT
[01:58:22] GENERATIONS AND FROM ALL AROUND
[01:58:24] PORTLAND. ANOTHER BUD IS IS
[01:58:27] JUST THINKING ABOUT FUTURE
[01:58:29] EFFORTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS. AND
[01:58:31] AS WE'RE DOING MORE OF THESE,
[01:58:33] MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING
[01:58:35] AN EYE ACROSS THE, THE
[01:58:37] DIFFERENT FACILITIES AND
[01:58:38] PARTNERSHIPS, MAKING SURE THAT
[01:58:39] WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS AS WE
[01:58:41] ENGAGE IN PARTNERSHIPS ABOUT
[01:58:43] MAKING SURE THE PUBLIC'S GOING
[01:58:44] TO HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF
[01:58:46] ONGOING ACCESS TO FACILITIES.
[01:58:49] YOU KNOW, I'M WONDERING IF
[01:58:50] THERE ALREADY IS A CHECKLIST
[01:58:52] THAT WE CAN LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE
[01:58:54] CONSIDERING PARTNERSHIPS THAT
[01:58:56] COVER THINGS ABOUT LIKE HOW
[01:58:57] WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR LABOR
[01:58:58] PARTNERS EARLY AND OFTEN IN THE
[01:59:02] CONVERSATION. AND, AND THEN
[01:59:03] ALSO, LIKE I SAID BEFORE,
[01:59:04] MAKING SURE THAT WE VOLUNTEERS
[01:59:06] AREN'T FEELING LIKE THEY'RE
[01:59:07] BEING, THEY'RE PLUGGED TO
[01:59:08] BUDGET HOLES, BUT THAT THEY ARE
[01:59:10] ADDING AND GETTING TO IMPROVE
[01:59:13] THINGS. AND THOSE ARE MY BUDS.
[01:59:16] AND I WANT TO GIVE A CHANCE TO
[01:59:18] SEE IF DIRECTOR ART PIERCE
[01:59:21] WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING ABOUT.
[01:59:22] ARE THERE ANY CHECKLISTS KIND
[01:59:25] OF USED WHEN CONSIDERING
[01:59:27] PARTNERSHIPS ABOUT WHAT TYPES
[01:59:29] OF THINGS ARE ARE COVERED? AND
[01:59:35] THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE UP
[01:59:37] HERE WHILE I SAY MY THOUGHTS.
[01:59:38] >> TO SOME OF THAT WAS IN THE
[01:59:40] PRESENTATION. I THINK THE
[01:59:41] FLEDGLING CHECKLISTS, IF I'M
[01:59:42] NOT MISTAKEN.
[01:59:43] >> MAYBE WE CAN RELEASE THE
[01:59:44] PANELISTS.
[01:59:45] >> YEAH.
[01:59:45] >> RELEASE THE PANELISTS. THANK
[01:59:48] YOU. WE DON'T LEAVE THOUGH.
[01:59:50] DON'T LEAVE.
[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.
[02:03:02] >> SO AND I APPRECIATE YOUR
[02:03:03] FOCUS ON THE CULTURE PIECE,
[02:03:05] BECAUSE I DO HEAR OFTENTIMES
[02:03:07] FROM VOLUNTEERS, IT DOESN'T
[02:03:09] FEEL GREAT IF WE'RE TRYING TO
[02:03:11] SUPPORT AND THEN WE'RE GETTING
[02:03:12] ROADBLOCKS OR NOT GETTING NOT
[02:03:14] HAVING THAT COMMUNICATION BACK
[02:03:15] AND FORTH. AND SOMETIMES IT IS,
[02:03:17] IT'S THE CULTURE, IT'S THE
[02:03:18] FEELING AND WANTING TO KNOW
[02:03:19] THAT THERE ISN'T TOO BIG OF A
[02:03:21] WALL BETWEEN LIKE THE
[02:03:23] BUREAUCRACY AND PEOPLE THAT
[02:03:24] WANT TO SUPPORT IN THE PUBLIC.
[02:03:26] AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
[02:03:27] CREATING THAT FRAMEWORK, ARE
[02:03:29] THERE ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS OR
[02:03:31] TOUCH POINTS THAT YOU FEEL LIKE
[02:03:32] COME UP THE MOST THAT YOU FEEL
[02:03:34] LIKE ARE, ARE ONES THAT ARE THE
[02:03:37] BIGGEST HOT POINTS OR
[02:03:38] CHALLENGES?
[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
[02:04:53] POSSIBLE?
[02:04:53] >> SO THANK YOU. THAT CONNECTS
[02:04:55] TO WHAT WE SEE IN OUR SCHOOL
[02:04:57] DISTRICTS TOO, AND WHERE, WHERE
[02:04:58] THE SUPPORT IS. OKAY. SO THAT
[02:05:01] LEADS ME INTO MY THORN, WHICH
[02:05:03] IS THE RECENT EXPERIENCE OF HOW
[02:05:05] THE PORTLAND TENNIS CENTER, THE
[02:05:08] OPERATIONS WHICH HAVE NOW BEEN
[02:05:10] TRANSFERRED ALREADY, HOW THAT
[02:05:12] PLAYED OUT AS A DISTRICT THREE
[02:05:15] COUNCILOR WHERE THE PORTLAND
[02:05:16] TENNIS CENTER IS. I HEARD
[02:05:17] SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS AND
[02:05:19] CONCERNS ABOUT THIS TRANSFER TO
[02:05:21] THE U.S. TENNIS ASSOCIATION.
[02:05:23] THEY WERE SHARED WITH PORTLAND
[02:05:25] PARKS AND REC. I THINK MANY OF
[02:05:27] THEM BEFORE YOU WERE HERE, AND
[02:05:28] MANY DIRECTLY TO ME THROUGH MY
[02:05:30] CONSTITUENT SERVICES. AND I'LL
[02:05:32] BE CLEAR THAT NOT EVERYONE WAS
[02:05:33] ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER. A LOT
[02:05:35] OF PEOPLE USE THE PORTLAND
[02:05:37] TENNIS CENTER FROM ALL AROUND
[02:05:38] PORTLAND. BUT I GOT QUESTIONS
[02:05:40] BECAUSE FOLKS WERE REALLY
[02:05:42] CONCERNED THAT THE ACCESS
[02:05:43] DISCOUNT PROGRAM WASN'T GOING
[02:05:45] TO BE HONORED AND THAT THEY
[02:05:47] WOULD LOSE ACCESS TO THIS SPACE.
[02:05:48] I HEARD CONCERNS AROUND
[02:05:51] MAINTENANCE AND ONGOING
[02:05:52] MAINTENANCE THAT, YOU KNOW,
[02:05:53] WHO'S GOING TO BE IN CHARGE OF
[02:05:55] THAT. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S
[02:05:57] CURRENTLY STILL THE CITY
[02:05:59] LABORERS FACILITY MAINTENANCE
[02:06:01] TECHS WHO ARE EXPECTED TO DO
[02:06:02] THE ONGOING WORK AT THE CENTER.
[02:06:04] I ALSO HEARD FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN
[02:06:05] USING THAT, THAT SPACE FOR A
[02:06:07] LONG TIME AND WERE ASKING ABOUT,
[02:06:10] YOU KNOW, CAN WE CAN WE PILOT
[02:06:11] THIS? CAN WE SEE HOW IT GOES?
[02:06:13] RATHER THAN COMMITTING TO
[02:06:14] DECADES AND COMMITMENTS WERE
[02:06:16] MADE TO US, I BELIEVE, AS
[02:06:18] COUNCIL, THAT THERE WERE GOING
[02:06:19] TO BE THERE'S GOING TO BE AN
[02:06:20] OPEN, ACCESSIBLE PROCESS AS THE
[02:06:23] AS PARKS MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
[02:06:25] I WAS EVEN TAPPED TO LEAD A
[02:06:29] TECHNICAL AMENDMENT, TECHNICAL
[02:06:30] AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE IN THE
[02:06:31] BUDGET, WHICH PROVIDED BUDGET
[02:06:33] AUTHORITY FOR PARTIAL OPERATION
[02:06:35] OF THE TENNIS CENTER AND THEN
[02:06:38] LISTED THAT THERE WOULD BE A.
[02:06:41] FOR. TO PROVIDE THE SPACE FOR
[02:06:42] CAREFUL AND THOUGHTFUL DECISION
[02:06:44] FOR A POTENTIAL TRANSITION. AND
[02:06:46] THEN I'VE HAD TO TELL MY
[02:06:48] CONSTITUENTS, OH, IT'S IT'S A
[02:06:49] DONE DEAL. IT ALREADY HAPPENED.
[02:06:51] THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR SIGNED
[02:06:52] TWO AGREEMENTS, A LEASE FOR THE
[02:06:54] PORTLAND TENNIS CENTER AND A
[02:06:55] LICENSE FOR SEASONAL PROGRAMING
[02:06:57] AT SIX OUTDOOR COURT SITES.
[02:07:00] THEY BOTH HAVE 25 YEAR TERMS
[02:07:01] WITH AUTOMATIC FIVE YEAR
[02:07:03] EXTENSIONS. HAVE LOOKED INTO
[02:07:05] THIS. OUR CITY ADMINISTRATOR
[02:07:06] LEGALLY HAS AUTHORITY TO DO
[02:07:08] THIS WITHOUT OUR COMMITTEE OR
[02:07:10] COUNCIL, BUT FROM MY
[02:07:12] PERSPECTIVE, WE WERE PROMISED
[02:07:13] MORE COMMUNICATION AND I
[02:07:15] PROMISED THE PUBLIC MORE
[02:07:16] COMMUNICATION FOR INPUT AND
[02:07:18] DIALOG. I DO SEE THANK YOU TO
[02:07:21] PARKS. I THINK SOME OF THE
[02:07:23] THINGS THAT I BROUGHT UP WERE
[02:07:25] CONSIDERED. I KNOW THAT RATHER
[02:07:27] THAN THE ACCESS DISCOUNT
[02:07:29] PROGRAM BEING HONORED, THERE'S
[02:07:30] NOW GOING TO BE LIKE A ONE YEAR
[02:07:33] COMPLIMENTARY ACCESS, BUT
[02:07:35] THAT'S ALSO DIFFERENT THAN,
[02:07:37] THAN LOSING THE ACCESS DISCOUNT
[02:07:39] PROGRAM. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW,
[02:07:42] AND I'M ALSO REALLY SURPRISED
[02:07:43] NOT TO SEE OUR CITY
[02:07:45] ADMINISTRATOR HERE BECAUSE I MY
[02:07:46] LAST MESSAGE BETWEEN MY OFFICE
[02:07:48] AND HIS OFFICE ABOUT THIS SAID
[02:07:50] THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FORWARD
[02:07:51] TO FURTHER CONVERSATIONS TODAY,
[02:07:53] SEPTEMBER 8TH, THAT THIS
[02:07:54] COMMITTEE ABOUT THIS. SO I JUST
[02:07:57] I DO WORRY BECAUSE THERE'S SO
[02:07:59] MUCH AMAZING STUFF THAT PEOPLE
[02:08:01] IN THIS ROOM ARE LEADING AND
[02:08:03] DOING THAT'S MAKING OUR CITY
[02:08:04] BETTER. I WORRY THAT SOMETHING
[02:08:07] LIKE THAT, HOW THIS WENT
[02:08:09] DAMAGES COMMUNITY TRUST AND CAN.
[02:08:15] CAN MAKE FUTURE TRANSFERS OR
[02:08:17] PROJECTS POSSIBLY TRICKY. AND
[02:08:18] JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
[02:08:20] WE'RE TAKING ACTIONS TO MAKE
[02:08:21] SURE THAT IT DOESN'T PAN OUT
[02:08:22] LIKE THIS AGAIN. AND I KNOW
[02:08:24] THAT YOU ARE THE NEW DIRECTOR,
[02:08:26] BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE WHY I WAS
[02:08:28] LIKE, I DON'T WANT ALL THESE
[02:08:30] PEOPLE TO HAVE TO SIT UP HERE
[02:08:32] FOR THIS PART BECAUSE IT'S NOT
[02:08:33] RELATED TO YOU ALL. BUT IF YOU
[02:08:35] CAN SPEAK AS MUCH AS YOU CAN,
[02:08:36] OR IF C A LI IS AVAILABLE,
[02:08:38] WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT
[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.
[02:11:28] >> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
[02:11:29] RESPONSE. AND TO BE CLEAR, MOST
[02:11:31] PEOPLE REACHED OUT AND SAID, I
[02:11:32] CAN SEE THIS BEING A GOOD DEAL.
[02:11:34] I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE
[02:11:36] ENGAGING THE PEOPLE THAT USE
[02:11:37] THE PORTLAND TENNIS CENTER. I'M
[02:11:39] LIKE, I DON'T PLAY TENNIS. LIKE
[02:11:40] YOU ALL TELL ME WHAT, WHAT
[02:11:42] MIGHT THE PROS AND CONS BE? AND
[02:11:43] I DO A CONSTITUENT COFFEE EVERY
[02:11:45] MONTH. AND SO I WAS LIKE ASKING,
[02:11:46] HEY, I COULD EVEN DO ONE THERE.
[02:11:48] I THINK EVEN JUST GIVING FOLKS
[02:11:50] THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HAVE
[02:11:53] SOME, SOME ENGAGEMENT, TO BE
[02:11:54] ABLE TO GIVE THEIR OPINIONS AND
[02:11:56] THEIR EXPERTISE. BECAUSE SOME
[02:11:58] OF WHAT PEOPLE DID TELL ME, I
[02:11:59] DID PASS ON TO YOU, WHICH I
[02:12:01] THINK WAS HELPFUL. SO YEAH,
[02:12:04] THAT'S A THORN AND HOPEFULLY A
[02:12:06] BUD FOR THE FUTURE IS WE JUST
[02:12:08] DO IT DIFFERENTLY AND A LITTLE
[02:12:09] BIT BETTER. AND I'M REALLY
[02:12:11] GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
[02:12:12] THANK YOU.
[02:12:14] >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR, AND
[02:12:15] THANK YOU. I REALLY DON'T THINK
[02:12:16] YOU NEED TO APOLOGIZE HAVING
[02:12:20] COME INTO THIS. I THINK A LOT
[02:12:22] OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
[02:12:23] TODAY IS CHANGE MANAGEMENT,
[02:12:24] STARTING WITH THE CHARTER
[02:12:25] CHANGE ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND
[02:12:27] NOW TO A WHOLE DIFFERENT ETHIC
[02:12:30] IN THE PARKS BUREAU. I'M GOING
[02:12:32] TO TURN THIS OVER TO COUNCILOR
[02:12:33] GREEN. BUT BEFORE I DO,
[02:12:35] COLLEAGUES, NORMALLY ABOUT THIS
[02:12:36] TIME, WE TAKE A BREAK. IF
[02:12:39] YOU'RE OKAY WITH GOING ANOTHER
[02:12:42] 1520 MINUTES, WE CAN KEEP GOING.
[02:12:46] OTHERWISE, TAKE A BREAK AND
[02:12:47] COME BACK. I DON'T. DO YOU HAVE
[02:12:49] A SENSE FOR THAT? WE'VE GOT TWO
[02:12:51] MORE PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE AFTER
[02:12:54] COUNCILOR GREEN. I'M FINE WITH
[02:12:56] JUST PLOWING THROUGH IF
[02:12:57] POSSIBLE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT,
[02:12:58] LET'S DO THAT. COUNCILOR GREEN.
[02:13:00] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR
[02:13:01] CLARK. AND THANK YOU TO
[02:13:03] EVERYONE WHO CAME TODAY TO KIND
[02:13:04] OF SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH
[02:13:07] THE PARK SYSTEM, OR SOMETIMES A
[02:13:10] LACK OF THE PARK SYSTEM IN YOUR
[02:13:11] PURVIEWS. BUT THEN I JUST SEE
[02:13:14] IT AS A SORT OF RECOMMITMENT TO
[02:13:15] THE CITY OF PORTLAND. AND SO I
[02:13:17] REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST
[02:13:19] KIND OF WANT TO RECITE SOME
[02:13:21] THINGS THAT I HEARD, AND I'M
[02:13:22] THANKFUL FOR THE LIGHTNING
[02:13:23] ROUND, BECAUSE THESE WERE ALL I
[02:13:25] ACTUALLY HEARD. BASICALLY
[02:13:27] EVERYTHING THAT IS ON MY LITTLE
[02:13:28] LIST OF THE THINGS THAT I WORRY
[02:13:30] ABOUT WITH RESPECT TO THIS
[02:13:31] STUFF. AND IT WAS VALIDATING.
[02:13:33] SO I THINK I JUST WANT TO
[02:13:34] UPLIFT GINA. I THINK YOU
[02:13:37] MENTIONED IT, WHICH WAS JUST
[02:13:38] JUST HAVING SOMEONE WITH SOME
[02:13:39] AUTHORITY BE ABLE TO INTERFACE
[02:13:41] WITH US. SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET
[02:13:43] TO YES, OR WE CAN GET TO KNOW,
[02:13:45] BUT JUST GET THERE IN SOME SORT
[02:13:47] OF MEANINGFUL LEVEL OF
[02:13:48] RESOLUTION. AND I KNOW DIRECTOR
[02:13:50] PIERCE THAT THAT'S I MEAN, I
[02:13:52] THINK YOU SHARE THAT THAT THAT
[02:13:55] DESIRE AS WELL. I KNOW WE HAVE
[02:13:57] TALKED ABOUT AT THIS DAIS IN
[02:13:59] THE BUDGET SETTING CONTEXT, BUT
[02:14:01] WHEN YOU'VE GOT THESE LAYERS OF
[02:14:04] THIS REPORTING CHAIN, THE SPAN
[02:14:05] OF CONTROL THING, THAT CREATES
[02:14:07] A LOT OF LAYERS OF MIDDLE
[02:14:09] MANAGEMENT, IT LEADS TO THAT
[02:14:11] TYPE OF OUTCOME. AND SO THE
[02:14:13] CITY ADMINISTRATOR IS ENGAGING
[02:14:14] ON THAT SPAN OF CONTROL STUDY
[02:14:16] AS WE SPEAK. MAYBE THAT'S WHY
[02:14:17] HE'S NOT HERE. IN THAT CASE,
[02:14:19] THEN HE CAN GET AN EXCUSE FROM
[02:14:21] ME ON THAT BECAUSE IT WAS MY
[02:14:22] BUDGET NOTE. BUT BUT I BUT I AM
[02:14:25] CONFIDENT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE
[02:14:26] GOING. AND SO I'M JUST
[02:14:27] REAFFIRMING MY COMMITMENT THAT
[02:14:30] THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO
[02:14:31] GO IS, IS PROVIDING SOME
[02:14:34] GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE AND
[02:14:36] DEMOCRATIC METHOD FOR FIGURING
[02:14:37] OUT HOW TO EMPOWER SOMEONE TO
[02:14:39] JUST SAY, THIS IS YOUR SCOPE.
[02:14:41] AND WITHIN THIS WORLD, YOU'VE
[02:14:42] GOT SOME LEVEL OF EXECUTIVE
[02:14:44] AUTHORITY. AND SO YOU CAN JUST
[02:14:45] GO AND MAKE DECISIONS. I THINK
[02:14:47] THAT WILL IMPROVE THE OUTCOME
[02:14:48] FOR A LOT OF FOLKS. I THINK
[02:14:51] I'VE BEEN APPRECIATED. YOU KNOW,
[02:14:55] SOME CLARIFICATION ON HOW
[02:14:57] TAXPAYER PAYER MONEY IS SPENT.
[02:14:58] I MEAN, THAT'S A HUGE PRIORITY
[02:15:00] OF MINE. I THINK ABOUT IN THE
[02:15:02] CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THEY HAVE
[02:15:04] A, I THINK, AN ELECTED
[02:15:05] CONTROLLER WHO HIS WHOLE THING
[02:15:07] IS JUST LIKE PAINFULLY DETAILED
[02:15:10] LEVEL OF JUST TRANSPARENT
[02:15:12] REPORTING ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN
[02:15:14] THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES BUDGET.
[02:15:16] AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED
[02:15:17] ABOUT NEEDING MORE, MORE LOOKS
[02:15:20] AT THAT JUST FROM THE
[02:15:21] STANDPOINT OF BEING ABLE TO SET
[02:15:23] A BUDGET. SO I JUST I WOULD SAY
[02:15:25] IF YOU'RE OUT THERE IN THE
[02:15:27] COMMUNITY, YOU'RE THINKING
[02:15:28] ABOUT, OKAY, THIS IS HARD TO TO
[02:15:29] GROK. IT'S ALSO HARD FOR
[02:15:30] COUNCILORS TOO. AND SO IF WE
[02:15:32] HAVE A HARD TIME PARSING OUT
[02:15:34] THE LEVEL OF EXPENDITURES THAT
[02:15:36] ARE GOING ON AND REALLY TRACING
[02:15:37] THE DOLLARS FROM POINT A TO
[02:15:39] POINT B TO C, IT CAN'T BE EASY
[02:15:41] FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO AND THEN
[02:15:44] DITTO, DITTO, DITTO TO CITYWIDE
[02:15:46] STRATEGY FOR REC WITH CLEAR
[02:15:48] GOALS. AT THE RISK OF CUTTING
[02:15:51] AGAINST THAT, I DO WANT TO
[02:15:53] RAISE ONE. ONE THING THAT I'VE
[02:15:55] HEARD FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS,
[02:15:56] WHICH IS A DESIRE TO FIND WAYS
[02:16:00] AS VOLUNTEERS AND WITH THEIR
[02:16:02] OWN MONEY TO GET PADDLE COURTS.
[02:16:05] I THINK THAT'S HOW YOU
[02:16:06] PRONOUNCE IT. BUT IT'S LIKE A
[02:16:07] IT'S LIKE A PLAY ON TENNIS.
[02:16:10] IT'S IT'S NOT QUITE TENNIS.
[02:16:11] IT'S NOT QUITE SQUASH. IT'S NOT
[02:16:12] QUITE PICKLEBALL. IT'S PADDLE.
[02:16:14] THANK YOU. I KNEW I WAS GOING
[02:16:16] TO BUTCHER THE PRONUNCIATION
[02:16:17] BECAUSE I'VE ONLY EVER SEEN IT
[02:16:19] WRITTEN. BUT YEAH, I MEAN WE'VE
[02:16:20] GOT, WE'VE GOT FOLKS WHO WANT
[02:16:22] TO PUT THESE COURTS IN
[02:16:23] WILLAMETTE PARK AND I THINK
[02:16:25] THAT THEY'VE BEEN TOLD NO. AND
[02:16:27] SO FIGURING OUT HOW TO FIGURE
[02:16:29] OUT HOW TO FACILITATE THOSE
[02:16:31] CONVERSATIONS, I THINK IS
[02:16:32] GERMANE TO EVERYTHING WE'VE
[02:16:33] BEEN TALKING ABOUT TODAY. I'M
[02:16:35] NOT TAKING A POSITION ON PADDLE
[02:16:36] AS A SPORT. I CAN TELL YOU, THE
[02:16:38] LAST TIME I PLAYED SQUASH, I
[02:16:40] NEARLY LOST AN EYE. AND SO
[02:16:44] MAYBE I'LL HAVE TO BE CAREFUL
[02:16:45] WHEN I PICK UP THAT SPORT. BUT.
[02:16:50] I THINK THAT IF WE'RE NOT
[02:16:52] FINDING WAYS TO TO BRING IN
[02:16:54] THESE THOUSANDS, HUNDREDS OF
[02:16:55] THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OR
[02:16:57] THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF VOLUNTEER
[02:16:59] ENERGY IN OUR COMMUNITY, THEN
[02:17:00] WE'RE JUST MISSING THE MARK.
[02:17:01] AND I THINK THAT'S VERY
[02:17:03] DIFFERENT THAN THIS, THIS IDEA
[02:17:04] OF PRIVATIZATION. YOU KNOW,
[02:17:06] WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ACTIVATING
[02:17:07] PEOPLE WHO WANT TO INVEST
[02:17:09] DIRECTLY IN OUR ASSETS, HELP US
[02:17:11] OUT FIND WAYS TO CLEAR THE IVY
[02:17:14] OUT OF TERWILLIGER PARK, YOU
[02:17:16] KNOW, THAT SORT OF THING. WE
[02:17:19] SHOULD BE FALLING OVER
[02:17:20] OURSELVES TO SAY YES TO THAT.
[02:17:22] BUT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD
[02:17:23] ALWAYS BE VERY SKEPTICAL, OR AT
[02:17:25] LEAST REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT
[02:17:26] THE PROCESS IS WHEN WE TRANSFER
[02:17:28] AN ASSET, EVEN IF IT'S IN A
[02:17:31] LONG TERM CONTRACT TERMS, WHEN
[02:17:32] WE WHEN WE SIGN A LONG TERM
[02:17:34] CONTRACT THAT GIVES OVER
[02:17:35] CONTROL OF AN ASSET TO A
[02:17:36] PRIVATE OPERATOR, THAT'S VERY
[02:17:37] DIFFERENT. AND WE NEED TO BE
[02:17:40] VERY CAREFUL ON THAT. COUNCILOR
[02:17:41] KOYAMA LANE. I APPRECIATE THAT
[02:17:42] YOU KIND OF RAISED UP THE
[02:17:44] TENNIS CENTER THING THAT'S BEEN
[02:17:45] ON MY MIND. IT'S IN YOUR
[02:17:47] DISTRICT, NOT MINE. I'M TRYING
[02:17:48] TO STAY FOCUSED ON MY DISTRICT
[02:17:50] THESE DAYS, BUT I'M ACTUALLY
[02:17:52] NOT CONVINCED THAT IT'S WITHIN
[02:17:53] THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S SCOPE
[02:17:54] TO SIGN THAT KIND OF A CONTRACT,
[02:17:56] BECAUSE THE CHARTER SAYS THE
[02:17:57] CITY ADMINISTRATOR HAS THE
[02:17:59] ABILITY, THROUGH THE MAYOR, TO
[02:18:01] NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE CONTRACTS,
[02:18:03] SO LONG AS IT'S CONSISTENT WITH
[02:18:04] THE BUDGET. AND SO 25 YEAR
[02:18:07] CONTRACT, I DON'T KNOW HOW
[02:18:08] THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH NEXT
[02:18:10] YEAR'S BUDGET OR THE YEAR AFTER
[02:18:11] THAT OR AFTER THAT. THAT SEEMS
[02:18:13] TO ME LIKE A COUNCIL
[02:18:14] DELIBERATION. AND SO THIS IS A
[02:18:15] CONVERSATION WE ABSOLUTELY NEED
[02:18:17] TO HAVE IN THE OPEN. I THE
[02:18:20] CONTRACT'S BEEN SIGNED, WE'RE
[02:18:21] TALKING ABOUT IT. BUT. YOU KNOW,
[02:18:25] WE WENT THROUGH A DIALOG IN
[02:18:28] WORK SESSION, I THINK IT WAS
[02:18:29] APRIL 30TH WHERE COUNCILORS
[02:18:31] FIRST GOT PITCHED ON THIS
[02:18:32] BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR NOT
[02:18:34] MAKING EXPENDITURES ON THE
[02:18:36] PORTLAND TENNIS CENTER. AND
[02:18:37] MANY OF US SAID, WELL, WAIT,
[02:18:38] WHAT? I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING
[02:18:40] TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND
[02:18:41] THIS AND A DECISION POINT. AND
[02:18:43] THAT'S WHERE THE TECHNICAL
[02:18:44] AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE CAME
[02:18:45] FROM, WHICH DID A PARTIAL YEAR
[02:18:46] FUNDING IN RECOGNITION THAT WE
[02:18:48] NEEDED TO SLOW IT DOWN A LITTLE
[02:18:51] BIT AND PUMP THE BRAKES AND
[02:18:52] TALK TO COUNCIL. AND THEN THIS
[02:18:54] CONTRACT JUST GOT SIGNED. AND
[02:18:55] THAT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, ART. YOU
[02:18:57] ENTERED INTO THIS. BUT WHAT I'M
[02:18:58] SAYING HERE IS THAT IS
[02:18:59] SOMETHING THAT DID NOT HAVE
[02:19:01] ENGAGEMENT AT THIS DAIS. AND I
[02:19:03] THINK IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A
[02:19:05] COUNCIL DECISION, AND WE CAN'T
[02:19:06] DO THAT AGAIN. SO I APPRECIATE
[02:19:09] YOU LISTENING THAT UP. BUT IT
[02:19:11] YOU CANNOT. SO IT WENT THROUGH
[02:19:13] THE ARTS AND ECONOMY COMMITTEE
[02:19:14] AS A PRESENTATION. AND AT THAT
[02:19:16] COMMITTEE ON DECEMBER 16TH,
[02:19:17] WHAT WE WERE TOLD IS THAT THIS
[02:19:19] WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR
[02:19:20] DECISION AND IT NEVER DID. SO.
[02:19:22] SO THE COMMITTEES DON'T MAKE
[02:19:23] DECISIONS FOR THIS WHOLE CITY.
[02:19:25] CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT
[02:19:27] COMMITTEES. AND SO THAT'S JUST
[02:19:29] WE NEED TO LEVEL SET ON WHAT
[02:19:30] THE FACTS WERE OF THAT. AND I
[02:19:32] THINK WE MISSED THE MARK ON
[02:19:34] THAT. I THINK I THINK I'LL
[02:19:36] LEAVE THAT THERE, BUT THANK YOU
[02:19:39] SO MUCH FOR ASSEMBLING THIS
[02:19:40] PANEL, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE
[02:19:42] WORK THAT YOU DO FOR OUR
[02:19:43] COMMUNITIES. THANKS.
[02:19:44] >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CREAN.
[02:19:45] I JUST WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE,
[02:19:47] TOO, THAT WHEN WE TRANSFERRED
[02:19:50] THE ASSET OF THE SEWARD
[02:19:51] COMMUNITY HOUSE, THERE WAS SOME
[02:19:53] SKEPTICISM UP HERE. I THINK WE
[02:19:55] HAD A I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A
[02:19:56] UNANIMOUS OR 11 TO 1 OR WHAT IT
[02:19:58] WAS, BUT I THINK NOW THE PROOF
[02:20:01] IS IN THE PUDDING, YOU KNOW,
[02:20:03] THAT THAT THAT INVESTMENT I
[02:20:06] MEAN, TURNING THAT OVER FOR A
[02:20:07] DOLLAR TO A COMMUNITY BASED
[02:20:09] ORGANIZATION THAT ALREADY
[02:20:10] RAISED $3 MILLION TO FIX IT UP.
[02:20:12] AND LOOK WHAT THEY'RE DOING NOW
[02:20:14] AT THE AT OTHER FACILITIES AND
[02:20:17] TRANSFERRING THAT TECHNOLOGY
[02:20:18] AROUND THE CITY. I THINK THAT
[02:20:19] WAS A GOOD DECISION. BUT THERE
[02:20:21] WAS SOME SKEPTICISM WHEN WE
[02:20:22] WHEN WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION. I
[02:20:24] DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL THAT.
[02:20:25] >> MAY I MAKE A COMMENT?
[02:20:27] >> I, I HEAR THAT AND ALSO WE
[02:20:29] WERE ABLE TO VOTE ON THAT.
[02:20:31] >> YES, WE DID. WE VOTED ON
[02:20:32] THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. I
[02:20:36] THINK COUNCILOR SMITH IS BACK
[02:20:37] IN THE QUEUE, FOLLOWED BY
[02:20:39] COUNCILOR KANAL.
[02:20:43] >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU,
[02:20:44] DIRECTOR PIERCE. AND I DON'T
[02:20:46] EXPECT YOU TO BE SUPERINTENDENT
[02:20:49] KEIZER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT
[02:20:50] BECAUSE HE HE SPENT 32 YEARS
[02:20:52] HERE BUILDING THIS WHOLE PARK
[02:20:54] SYSTEM, WHICH IS AMAZING AND
[02:20:57] OUTSTANDING. A COUPLE OF
[02:20:59] PARTNERSHIPS THAT I THINK THAT
[02:21:00] ARE WORTH TALKING ABOUT IS THE
[02:21:03] GOLF COURSE PARTNERSHIP. WE
[02:21:08] HAVE A PUBLIC GOLF COURSE IN
[02:21:10] EVERY DISTRICT EXCEPT DISTRICT
[02:21:14] ONE, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE HERON
[02:21:16] LAKES, THE ROSE CITY
[02:21:18] EASTMORELAND, AND WE HAVE TWO,
[02:21:20] AND THEN WE HAVE THE COLWOOD
[02:21:22] AND AND HURON LAKES IN DISTRICT
[02:21:24] TWO. AND SO I WAS WONDERING,
[02:21:27] WHILE WE'RE HAVING THIS
[02:21:28] CONVERSATION ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS,
[02:21:30] WE DO HAVE A A PUBLIC GOLF
[02:21:34] COURSE IN DISTRICT ONE. IT'S
[02:21:38] PRIVATELY OWNED, BUT IT'S A
[02:21:39] PUBLIC COURSE TO, TO EVERYONE.
[02:21:41] AND I WAS WONDERING IF THERE
[02:21:43] CAN BE SOME PARTNERSHIPS THAT
[02:21:46] WOULD EXTEND PARKS TO BE ABLE
[02:21:49] TO DO SOME SORT OF PARTNERSHIP
[02:21:53] WITH UNDERSERVED YOUTH, TO
[02:21:56] TEACH THEM HOW TO PLAY GOLF AND
[02:21:58] THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND IT'S
[02:22:01] OUT THERE AT THE DRAWING A
[02:22:03] BLANK. THE GOLF COURSE ON 140.
[02:22:07] GUINEVERE, A GOLFER AT
[02:22:11] GLENDOVEER. IF THERE'S
[02:22:12] SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO,
[02:22:13] SOME SORT OF PARTNERSHIP, OR IF
[02:22:16] YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN THE WORKS
[02:22:18] TO DO ANY SORT OF PARTNERSHIP
[02:22:19] WITH GLENDOVEER, BECAUSE WE
[02:22:22] DON'T HAVE A A CITY OWNED GOLF
[02:22:25] COURSE OUT THERE, AND I
[02:22:27] PARTICIPATED WITH THE LEISURE
[02:22:29] HOUR, THEIR SCHOLARSHIP
[02:22:32] TOURNAMENT A COUPLE OF WEEKS
[02:22:33] AGO. I WAS A SPONSOR TO, TO, TO
[02:22:36] THEIR WEEKEND AND IT WAS
[02:22:37] AMAZING AND OUTSTANDING. I, I
[02:22:39] HAD NO IDEA IT WAS AT HERON
[02:22:41] LAKES. I HAD NO IDEA THE
[02:22:43] HISTORY OF WHAT WENT ON. BUT
[02:22:46] YOU KNOW, SINCE SINCE WE'RE ALL
[02:22:47] BEING POLITICAL UP HERE. FOR
[02:22:52] THE RECORD, I DID NOT SUPPORT
[02:22:54] TAKING THE $450,000 OUT OF THE
[02:22:57] ENTERPRISE FUND TO GIVE TO
[02:23:00] SMALL DONOR, BECAUSE I DIDN'T
[02:23:02] THINK THAT THAT WAS APPROPRIATE.
[02:23:03] SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS
[02:23:04] THAT PEOPLE THINK THAT ARE NOT
[02:23:06] APPROPRIATE UP HERE THAT THAT
[02:23:08] ARE MORE POLITICAL THAN THAN
[02:23:10] APPROPRIATE. AND CITY
[02:23:12] ADMINISTRATOR LEE, HE DOESN'T
[02:23:13] COME TO THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
[02:23:15] HE COMES TO THE THE COMMUNITY
[02:23:17] AND PUBLIC SAFETY BECAUSE HE'S
[02:23:18] THE DCA, BUT NOT IN HIS ROLE.
[02:23:20] HE'S NOT REQUIRED TO BE HERE AS
[02:23:23] A CITY ADMINISTRATOR. SO WE
[02:23:24] WOULD BE ASKING SOME OF THOSE
[02:23:26] QUESTIONS THAT MY COLLEAGUES
[02:23:27] HAD TALKED ABOUT. AND SO I
[02:23:28] DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE YOU
[02:23:30] HAVE TO ANSWER THOSE TO ME,
[02:23:32] BECAUSE THAT IS A THAT IS
[02:23:34] SOMETHING THAT IS GIVEN IN THE
[02:23:35] CHARTER. THE CHARTER GIVES THE
[02:23:36] MAYOR AND THE CITY
[02:23:37] ADMINISTRATOR THE RIGHT TO DO
[02:23:39] CONTRACTS WITHOUT COMING TO
[02:23:40] COUNCIL, AND THAT IS THE REASON
[02:23:42] WHY NOT, BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING
[02:23:43] TO NOT BE TRANSPARENT. IT'S
[02:23:45] BECAUSE THAT IS IN THE CHARTER,
[02:23:47] AND THAT'S WHAT THE CHARTER
[02:23:49] GIVES THEM, THAT SCOPE OF WORK.
[02:23:50] BUT I THINK IN TERMS OF OUR
[02:23:52] PARKS, IF WE HAVE IDEAS, AND I
[02:23:55] KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN TALKING
[02:23:56] TO MY STAFF, I KNOW ELIJAH'S
[02:23:57] BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU
[02:23:59] BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING
[02:24:00] ABOUT THESE PUBLIC PRIVATE
[02:24:02] PARTNERSHIPS IN REGARDS TO
[02:24:03] MAKING
[02:24:04] >> ENSURE THAT WE WE COULD HELP
[02:24:05] WITH THE HOUSING ISSUE. AND
[02:24:08] WE'LL BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT
[02:24:09] THAT. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF A A
[02:24:12] COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE
[02:24:13] GOING TO BRING FORWARD IN TERMS
[02:24:15] OF RESOLUTIONS. ONE, IN REGARDS
[02:24:18] TO THE GOLF, BECAUSE I'D LIKE
[02:24:19] TO SEE THE FULL PICTURE AND US
[02:24:22] HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT,
[02:24:23] BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IT'S EASY
[02:24:25] TO TAKE PEOPLE'S MONEY WHEN YOU
[02:24:26] DON'T HAVE TO SEE THEM IN THEIR
[02:24:28] SUPPORTERS WHO REALLY RELY ON
[02:24:30] THESE KINDS OF THINGS. AND WHEN
[02:24:32] YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
[02:24:33] MAINTENANCE OF STUFF, I KNOW
[02:24:35] THAT ENTERPRISE FUND IS USED.
[02:24:38] IT COULD BE USED FOR ANYTHING,
[02:24:39] BUT THERE'S $43 MILLION WORTH
[02:24:42] OF BACK DEFERRED MAINTENANCE
[02:24:44] FOR THE GOLF. DEPARTMENT. AND I
[02:24:49] WAS LIKE 43 MILLION. AM I
[02:24:52] CORRECT ON THAT?
[02:24:53] >> THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, YES.
[02:24:54] >> YEAH. AND SO I GOT IT OFF
[02:24:56] THE WEBSITE. SO I'M JUST
[02:24:58] TELLING YOU WHAT I LEARNED AS I
[02:25:00] WAS, I WAS, I WAS LOOKING THIS
[02:25:01] UP, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO BE
[02:25:03] REALLY CLEAR AND I AM VERY OPEN
[02:25:05] AS THE VICE CHAIR OF PUBLIC
[02:25:08] WORKS, I'M VERY OPEN TO
[02:25:10] PARTNERSHIPS IN WAYS IN WHICH
[02:25:12] TO HELP US BECAUSE, AS YOU SAW
[02:25:14] WE HAD $175 MILLION DEFICIT TO
[02:25:18] OUR CURRENT OPERATING BUDGET TO
[02:25:20] FOR 2627. AND WE HAD TO CUT
[02:25:22] SOME OF THOSE. AND I WAS NOT
[02:25:24] HAPPY ABOUT THE CUTS THAT WERE
[02:25:26] MADE TO PARKS. I WAS NOT HAPPY
[02:25:28] ABOUT THE. THE THE OPPORTUNITY
[02:25:33] FOR US TO NOT LEVEL SET PARKS
[02:25:35] IN A WAY THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE
[02:25:37] BEEN. AND SO FOR ME, I WANT TO
[02:25:39] KEEP PARKS WHERE THEY'RE AT AND
[02:25:41] I WANT THEM TO GROW. AND I WANT
[02:25:42] THE MONIES THAT THE PUBLIC THAT
[02:25:45] THEY'RE PAYING EXTRA TO, TO, TO
[02:25:46] MAINTAIN THEM AND TO KEEP OUR
[02:25:48] FOLKS WHERE THEY ARE. BUT I
[02:25:51] REALLY WANT TO SET OUT, YOU
[02:25:53] KNOW, OFFLINE. I WANT TO BE
[02:25:55] ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
[02:25:57] WITH YOUR FOLKS ABOUT PARKS.
[02:25:59] AND THE OTHER THING THAT I
[02:26:01] LEARNED, AND I LEARNED ABOUT IT
[02:26:02] LAST WEEK, AND THEY TALKED
[02:26:03] ABOUT IT EARLIER ABOUT THE PSU
[02:26:06] PARTNERSHIP. I LIKE THAT
[02:26:08] THEY'RE GOING TO DO A, A KIND
[02:26:10] OF INVENTORY OF THE PARKS IN
[02:26:12] DISTRICT ONE AND FIND OUT WHAT
[02:26:14] ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
[02:26:15] THAT NEED TO BE UPDATED,
[02:26:17] UPGRADED. SO I WAS PLEASED TO,
[02:26:19] TO SEE THAT LAST WEEK BECAUSE
[02:26:22] PRESIDENT DUNPHY, HE HAD SENT
[02:26:23] OUT AN EMAIL TO THE DISTRICT
[02:26:25] ONE FOLKS AND TO, TO THE STAFF
[02:26:27] AND THE COUNSELORS AND SAYING,
[02:26:29] THIS IS HAPPENING. WE WANT YOU
[02:26:30] TO, TO, TO WORK. I IMMEDIATELY
[02:26:32] CHECK BACK. I'M IN, I'M IN. SO
[02:26:35] THANK YOU FOR THOSE KINDS OF
[02:26:36] THINGS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE
[02:26:40] PARTNERSHIPS. NO ONE DOES THIS
[02:26:42] THING ALONE. WE WE DO THIS WITH
[02:26:46] US LINKING ARMS WITH ONE
[02:26:48] ANOTHER AND TRYING TO FIGURE
[02:26:50] OUT HOW A WHOLE COMMUNITY WENT.
[02:26:53] BEFORE THIS MEETING THIS
[02:26:55] WEEKEND, I WAS LOOKING UP THE
[02:26:57] HISTORY OF SUPERINTENDENT
[02:26:59] KAISER. I MEAN, WHAT HE DID
[02:27:01] OVER 32 YEARS AS THE
[02:27:03] SUPERINTENDENT. AND THAT'S KIND
[02:27:04] OF LIKE UNHEARD OF OF THE
[02:27:08] SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND
[02:27:09] BRINGING ALL THESE
[02:27:10] OPPORTUNITIES FORWARD. AND I
[02:27:14] THAT'S WHERE I LEARNED WHERE
[02:27:15] THE PARKS, WHEN THE KAISER
[02:27:17] SHIPYARDS WERE BUILDING FOR
[02:27:18] WORLD WAR TWO, THAT A LOT OF
[02:27:21] WOMEN WENT INTO THE WORKFORCE
[02:27:23] AND PARKS BECAME OUR MAINSTAY
[02:27:27] TO HELP WITH RAISING OUR
[02:27:29] CHILDREN OF SORTS. AND THAT'S
[02:27:30] HOW WE BROUGHT PROGRAMS INTO
[02:27:32] THE INTO THE PARKS. I NEVER
[02:27:33] KNEW THAT. I NEVER I NEVER KNEW
[02:27:35] THAT THAT WAS THE REASON IN IN
[02:27:36] HOW THAT STARTED. I JUST
[02:27:38] THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST A SMART
[02:27:40] PLACE TO DO BECAUSE IT'S, YOU
[02:27:41] KNOW, WE HAVE SPACE AND
[02:27:42] RECREATION. AND SO, YOU KNOW,
[02:27:44] AS I WAS READING ABOUT THAT AND
[02:27:45] I WAS LIKE, THAT IS THAT IS
[02:27:47] AMAZING AND OUTSTANDING. SO I
[02:27:48] DO THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE A
[02:27:51] PARTNER IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND
[02:27:52] WE ALSO SOMETIMES HAVE TO
[02:27:54] PARTNER WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR
[02:27:56] THAT WILL MAKE ALL OF US REALLY
[02:28:00] PROUD TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A
[02:28:02] SYSTEM THAT THAT WORKS FOR
[02:28:05] EVERYBODY. AND THAT'S AND
[02:28:06] THAT'S WHAT MY CONCERN IS. SO I
[02:28:07] JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT I
[02:28:09] APPRECIATE THAT, AND I AND I
[02:28:11] APPRECIATE SOME OF THE
[02:28:12] PARTNERSHIPS THAT YOU'VE
[02:28:13] CREATED ALREADY. THEY'RE
[02:28:14] THEY'RE GOOD AND THEY'RE RIGHT
[02:28:15] ON POINT.
[02:28:16] >> THANK YOU.
[02:28:17] >> IT SOUNDS LIKE WE SHOULD SET
[02:28:19] UP A FOLLOW ON CONVERSATION
[02:28:20] AROUND THE GOLF PARTNERSHIP
[02:28:21] SPECIFICALLY.
[02:28:22] >> YES, BECAUSE I WANT TO GO TO
[02:28:24] ONE OF THE MEETINGS. I RAN INTO
[02:28:27] ONE OF AT DINNER. I'M ALWAYS I
[02:28:29] GO TO THE RED APPLE AND I SEE
[02:28:31] EVERYBODY. BUT ALSO WHAT'S HER
[02:28:34] NAME? CATHERINE. SHE'S ON THE
[02:28:38] SHE'S ON THE G. SHE SAW ME AT
[02:28:40] ANOTHER AT ANOTHER ORDINANCE
[02:28:43] FOR CESAR CHAVEZ. AND I SAW HER
[02:28:45] AT THE RED APPLE WHEN I WAS
[02:28:47] EATING ON TACO TUESDAY LAST
[02:28:49] WEEK. AND SO SHE STARTED
[02:28:50] TALKING ABOUT IT AND I SAID,
[02:28:53] OKAY, WE'LL WE'LL HAVE A
[02:28:54] CONVERSATION. BUT I HAD BEEN
[02:28:55] THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CONTINUE
[02:28:58] TO PARTNER. YES, WE DO NEED TO
[02:29:00] HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL
[02:29:01] CONVERSATION.
[02:29:02] >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR SMITH.
[02:29:04] COUNCILOR KANAL, WHY DON'T YOU
[02:29:05] BRING US HOME AND THEN WE'LL
[02:29:06] TRY TO CONCLUDE IN THE NEXT TEN
[02:29:08] MINUTES OR SO.
[02:29:09] >> GREAT, THANKS. YEAH. I
[02:29:11] APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING UP THE
[02:29:13] VOTE ON COMMUNITY HOUSES LAST
[02:29:15] DECEMBER. IT WAS IT WAS 10 TO 1
[02:29:17] IN THE END. I WAS THE ONE ON
[02:29:19] THAT. AND WITHOUT RELITIGATING
[02:29:21] IT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, MOST OF
[02:29:23] THE TIME THERE'S SOME REALLY
[02:29:24] EGREGIOUS THINGS. BUT MOST OF
[02:29:26] THE TIME, YOU KNOW, I THINK
[02:29:27] WHEN WE MAKE A DECISION, THAT'S
[02:29:29] THE DECISION. SO I'M, I'M, YOU
[02:29:30] KNOW, AND I APPRECIATE THE
[02:29:32] RECOGNITION THAT THERE WAS SOME
[02:29:33] SKEPTICISM. AND CERTAINLY NOT
[02:29:36] EVERYONE WAS ON THE SAME PAGE
[02:29:37] ABOUT HOW TO DO EVERYTHING. BUT,
[02:29:39] YOU KNOW, IT HAPPENED. IT'S
[02:29:40] GOING WELL. I'M NOT CONCERNED
[02:29:43] ABOUT THAT. BUT WHAT I THINK
[02:29:44] COUNCILOR KOYAMA LANE POINT WAS,
[02:29:46] IS THAT WE DID GET A CHANCE TO
[02:29:48] TALK ABOUT IT. COUNCILOR GREEN
[02:29:50] BROUGHT UP WHAT HAPPENED IN
[02:29:52] DECEMBER AT ARTS AND ECONOMY.
[02:29:53] HE ALSO BROUGHT UP WHAT
[02:29:54] HAPPENED IN. APRIL AT THE WORK
[02:29:59] SESSION. I DO WANT TO READ FROM
[02:30:02] A LITTLE PIECE HERE FROM A
[02:30:05] TRANSCRIPT OF WHAT HAPPENED
[02:30:06] WHEN WE APPROVED TECHNICAL
[02:30:08] AMENDMENT THREE, WHICH WAS I'M
[02:30:11] OVERSIMPLIFYING, BUT BASICALLY
[02:30:13] THERE WASN'T MONEY IN THE
[02:30:15] BUDGET ORIGINALLY FOR US TO BE
[02:30:17] SORRY FOR FOR FOR TENNIS CENTER
[02:30:19] BEYOND JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR.
[02:30:21] THIS GAVE PUT MONEY INTO EXTEND
[02:30:23] IT TILL DECEMBER 30TH AND SORT
[02:30:27] OF TALKED ABOUT THOUGHTFUL,
[02:30:28] THOUGHTFUL DELIBERATION.
[02:30:30] ET-CETERA. SO I JUST WANTED TO
[02:30:33] RAISE THIS HERE ON AMENDMENT.
[02:30:35] THIS IS ME ASKING ON AMENDMENT
[02:30:37] THREE. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR,
[02:30:39] MAY 18TH, 2026, 23 MINUTES INTO
[02:30:41] THE MEETING ON AMENDMENT THREE
[02:30:44] IS THE. IT TALKS ABOUT
[02:30:45] THOUGHTFUL DECISION MAKING AND
[02:30:47] IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POTENTIAL
[02:30:48] TRANSITION. I'M A LITTLE
[02:30:49] CURIOUS AS TO. THERE HASN'T YET
[02:30:50] BEEN A COUNCIL VOTE ON
[02:30:51] TRANSFERRING ANYTHING WITH US
[02:30:53] TO. AND THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL
[02:30:55] COUNCILORS WHO EXPRESSED
[02:30:57] CONCERN, TREPIDATION, WHATEVER
[02:30:58] WORD, HESITATION, LET'S SAY
[02:31:00] ABOUT IT. SO I'M I'M CURIOUS
[02:31:02] HOW MUCH THIS COMMITS US TO
[02:31:03] THAT COURSE OF ACTION WITHOUT A
[02:31:04] DEBATE AND SEE A. LEE RESPONDS.
[02:31:06] IT DOESN'T COMMIT YOU TO IT.
[02:31:09] COUNCIL OFFICIALLY HAS TO ADOPT
[02:31:10] THE. THE BUDGET WHICH. THIS
[02:31:11] WOULD BE A PART OF IT. THIS IS
[02:31:13] JUST AMENDING THE PORTION OF
[02:31:14] THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET. AS
[02:31:16] IT RELATES TO THIS WORK.
[02:31:17] COUNCIL OFFICIAL WILL MAKE THE
[02:31:18] DECISION AS IT RELATES TO THE
[02:31:20] OVERALL ADOPTED BUDGET, WHICH.
[02:31:21] THIS MAY BE INCLUDED. AS PART
[02:31:22] OF YOUR DELIBERATION WITH THIS
[02:31:24] AMENDMENT. MY QUESTION TO
[02:31:25] FOLLOW UP ON THAT. SO THE
[02:31:26] ADOPTED BUDGET IS WHERE THE
[02:31:27] DECISION ON TRANSFERRING THE
[02:31:29] PRIVATE ON TRANSFER, EXCUSE ME,
[02:31:31] ON TRANSFERRING ON PRIVATIZING
[02:31:33] THIS, THE PORTLAND TENNIS
[02:31:35] CENTER, IS THAT WHERE IT'S MADE
[02:31:36] OR IS THAT A SEPARATE
[02:31:38] STANDALONE ORDINANCE? AND THE
[02:31:40] RESPONSE WAS, IT'S THE
[02:31:41] APPROPRIATION OF THIS MONEY IS
[02:31:42] DONE THROUGH THE BUDGETING
[02:31:43] PROCESS. IF THERE'S
[02:31:45] DOCUMENTATION AS IT RELATES TO
[02:31:46] THE PRIVATIZATION OF THAT, THAT
[02:31:47] WOULD BE DONE SEPARATELY. AND I
[02:31:50] FOLLOWED UP AGAIN, OKAY. DOES,
[02:31:51] BUT WE'RE ONLY FUNDING HALF THE
[02:31:53] YEAR TO OPERATE THIS AT THE
[02:31:54] MOMENT. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW,
[02:31:56] UNLESS WE ADOPTED A SET A
[02:31:57] SECOND ORDINANCE, IF WE ADOPT
[02:31:59] THIS BUDGET, THE PORTLAND
[02:31:59] TENNIS CENTER WOULD CLOSE ON
[02:32:01] DECEMBER 31ST, POTENTIALLY. AND
[02:32:02] THE RESPONSE WAS YES. SO THOSE
[02:32:04] LAST TWO THINGS SHOWS THAT
[02:32:05] WHILE WE DID NOT FUND IT PAST
[02:32:07] DECEMBER 31ST IN THE BUDGET, IT
[02:32:09] WOULD CLOSE, MEANING IT WOULD
[02:32:10] NOT BE PRIVATIZED, ABSENT.
[02:32:12] THAT'S THE LAST QUESTION. THE
[02:32:13] SECOND TO LAST QUESTION IS THAT
[02:32:14] WE HAVE TO HAVE A SEPARATE
[02:32:16] CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. I DON'T
[02:32:17] I, I CAN'T THINK OF A THING I
[02:32:19] ENJOY LEARNING LESS OR A TIME I
[02:32:23] ENJOY LEARNING SOMETHING LESS
[02:32:24] THAN UP HERE THAT THAT A
[02:32:25] CONTRACT IS SIGNED, THAT THAT
[02:32:27] FOR 25 YEARS, THAT IS REALLY,
[02:32:30] REALLY LAST ON MY LIST OF, OF
[02:32:34] PREFERENCES. SO I DID WANT TO
[02:32:37] POINT OUT, BECAUSE I AGREE WITH
[02:32:39] THE WAY THAT PARKS HAS TALKED
[02:32:40] ABOUT THIS. COUNCILOR KOYAMA
[02:32:43] LANE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT
[02:32:45] THE, THE ACCESS DISCOUNT GOING
[02:32:47] AWAY AND MAKING THIS, YOU KNOW,
[02:32:48] MORE, MORE OF A PAY TO PLAY
[02:32:49] SITUATION. SLIDE 12 OF THIS
[02:32:52] SAID, PARTNERSHIP CREATES
[02:32:53] OPPORTUNITY, BUT PARTNERSHIP
[02:32:54] DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY CREATE
[02:32:56] EQUITY. YEAH. PARTNERSHIP
[02:32:57] EXPANDS NOT CONCENTRATES
[02:33:00] OPPORTUNITY. SO BY THOSE TWO
[02:33:01] DEFINITIONS, THIS PARTICULAR
[02:33:02] PART OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING
[02:33:03] ABOUT DOING AT THE TENNIS
[02:33:04] CENTER IS NOT A PARTNERSHIP.
[02:33:06] AND I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT
[02:33:07] YOU SAID ON SLIDE SIX.
[02:33:10] PARTNERSHIP DOES NOT REPLACE
[02:33:11] PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY.
[02:33:13] PARTNERSHIP EXPANDS WHAT PUBLIC
[02:33:14] RESOURCES CAN ACCOMPLISH. AND I
[02:33:17] THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT
[02:33:18] THIS IS EXPANDING WHAT PUBLIC
[02:33:20] RESOURCES CAN ACCOMPLISH. I
[02:33:21] THINK THAT PART'S FAIR, BUT NOT
[02:33:23] REPLACING PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY.
[02:33:25] WE WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THIS WITH
[02:33:26] ALL OF OUR LONG CONTRACTS, THIS
[02:33:28] IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT
[02:33:30] US. WE'VE SEEN THIS WITH URBAN
[02:33:31] ALCHEMY. WE'VE SEEN THIS WITH
[02:33:32] DOWNTOWN CLEAN AND SAFE. WE'VE
[02:33:34] SEEN THIS AROUND THAT WE JUST
[02:33:35] ABSOLVE OURSELVES AT THE
[02:33:37] ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE ONCE WE'VE
[02:33:39] CONTRACTED OUT AND SAID IT'S
[02:33:40] THEIR JOB. AND THAT'S PART OF
[02:33:41] WHY WE NEED TO DO CONTRACT
[02:33:43] ACCOUNTABILITY OVERSIGHT AT THE
[02:33:44] CITY. BUT WE STILL OWN THESE
[02:33:47] FACILITIES. WE STILL ARE
[02:33:49] RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
[02:33:50] WE'RE STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
[02:33:52] FOLKS THAT ARE IN OUR CARE WHEN
[02:33:54] THEY ARE, OR CUSTODY OR
[02:33:55] WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS. AND
[02:33:59] I'M PARTICULARLY CONCERNED
[02:34:00] BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO STILL
[02:34:01] OWN THE TENNIS CENTER, THAT
[02:34:04] WE'RE ABSOLVING OURSELVES OF
[02:34:06] THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ENSURING
[02:34:08] ACCESS THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND
[02:34:12] DOING IT IN A IN A
[02:34:14] NONTRANSPARENT WAY. SO I, I'M
[02:34:18] COMFORTABLE, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN
[02:34:19] COMFORTABLE LOSING VOTES. I
[02:34:19] MEAN, THAT HAPPENS, RIGHT? THIS
[02:34:21] IS A THIS IS AN ELECTED COUNCIL.
[02:34:24] I'M ONE OF 12. WE'RE ALL GOING
[02:34:25] TO HAVE TO LOSE VOTES. BUT THE
[02:34:27] IDEA OF NEVER EVEN DISCUSSING
[02:34:28] IT IN PUBLIC IS PROBLEMATIC.
[02:34:30] AND IT'S PARTICULARLY
[02:34:31] PROBLEMATIC THAT IT WAS
[02:34:32] COMMITTED TO US. AND NOW WE'VE
[02:34:36] HEARD THIS AT AT LEAST THREE
[02:34:37] DIFFERENT MEETINGS IN THIS ROOM.
[02:34:38] IT'S BEEN COMMITTED TO US THAT
[02:34:39] WE WOULD TALK ABOUT THIS AS A
[02:34:41] COUNCIL, AND THEN IT WAS DONE
[02:34:43] BEHIND OUR BACK. AND I'M GOING
[02:34:44] TO BE VERY SPECIFIC WHEN I SAY
[02:34:46] BEHIND OUR BACK, THAT IS NOT
[02:34:48] THAT THAT IS AN INTENTIONAL USE
[02:34:49] OF THE PHRASE. SO I'M PRETTY
[02:34:51] FRUSTRATED BY THAT. AND I'D
[02:34:52] LIKE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THIS. I
[02:34:54] AGREE WITH COUNCILOR GREEN
[02:34:55] BECAUSE ACTUALLY, AND I'LL JUST
[02:34:57] NOTE, ANYONE WHO HAS GOTTEN
[02:34:59] ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE
[02:35:00] BRIEFINGS ON THIS WOULD KNOW
[02:35:03] THAT THE THE FACTS ARE NOT THAT
[02:35:06] THE ADMINISTRATOR CAN DO THIS
[02:35:08] UNILATERALLY. LET ME REPEAT
[02:35:11] THAT. ANYONE WHO HAS GOTTEN
[02:35:12] ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE
[02:35:14] BRIEFINGS ON THIS WOULD KNOW
[02:35:15] THAT THE POWER IS NOT ABSOLUTE.
[02:35:17] HERE. THE QUOTE IS, AND THIS IS
[02:35:20] ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION 2-401J OF
[02:35:21] THE CHARTER. THE CITY
[02:35:23] ADMINISTRATOR MAY, QUOTE,
[02:35:24] AUTHORIZE, NEGOTIATE AND
[02:35:25] EXECUTE ALL CONTRACTS AND
[02:35:26] INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS
[02:35:28] CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY BUDGET,
[02:35:30] END QUOTE. SO I THINK WE SHOULD
[02:35:33] BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS
[02:35:35] WITH THE PUBLIC. IT DOES NOT
[02:35:36] MEAN ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY. IT
[02:35:38] MEANS THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL
[02:35:40] VOTES FOR THINGS IN THE BUDGET,
[02:35:43] THAT IS A CONSTRAINT ON THE
[02:35:45] AUTHORITY. AND FROM EVERYTHING
[02:35:46] I'VE HEARD AND AGAIN, I'M
[02:35:47] LEARNING TODAY ABOUT THE
[02:35:49] CONTRACT HAVING ALREADY BEEN
[02:35:50] SIGNED WHILE I'M IN THIS ROOM.
[02:35:55] EVERYTHING FROM FROM WHAT I
[02:35:57] KNOW FROM THAT, IT SOUNDS LIKE
[02:35:58] WE WENT OUT THAT THAT THAT WAS
[02:36:00] OUTSIDE OF THE AUTHORITY. AND
[02:36:02] SO I AGREE WITH COUNCILOR GREEN.
[02:36:03] THANK YOU, COUNCILOR CLARKE.
[02:36:04] >> THANK YOU. COUNCILOR KANAL.
[02:36:06] THAT'S OKAY. I JUST WANT TO
[02:36:08] WRAP THIS UP BY THANKING ALL OF
[02:36:10] YOU FOR SPENDING YOUR ENTIRE
[02:36:11] MORNING WITH US. I THINK IT WAS
[02:36:15] INVALUABLE WHAT YOU HAD TO
[02:36:16] OFFER US TODAY. AND I WANT TO
[02:36:19] USE SOMETHING I THINK THAT
[02:36:20] SHUBA SAID EARLIER, IS THAT
[02:36:23] PARKS ARE A BASTION OF
[02:36:25] DEMOCRACY. I REALLY APPRECIATE
[02:36:26] THAT TERM AND IN SO MANY
[02:36:29] DIFFERENT WAYS, AND I THINK
[02:36:31] THAT YOU ALL ARE CHAMPIONS OF
[02:36:33] DEMOCRACY AS A RESULT OF THAT.
[02:36:35] SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE
[02:36:37] LOTS TO FOLLOW UP ON. I'M SURE
[02:36:39] THAT YOU'LL WANT TO TALK TO OUR
[02:36:43] DIRECTOR HERE BEFORE EVERYBODY
[02:36:45] LEAVES. AND WE'LL BE FOLLOWING
[02:36:47] UP ON, ON THESE ISSUES AS WELL
[02:36:49] WITH THE PARKS BUREAU. AND WE
[02:36:51] REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARKS
[02:36:52] BUREAU LEADERSHIP. THE
[02:36:53] PRESENTATION ON YOUR FORWARD
[02:36:56] THINKING, CREATING A CULTURE OF
[02:36:58] PARTNERSHIP, ALL THAT CHANGE
[02:37:00] MANAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE TO GO
[02:37:01] THROUGH. WE ARE GOING THROUGH
[02:37:03] IT. IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME FOR
[02:37:06] PARKS BUREAU, AND I WOULD SAY
[02:37:07] ALL THE OTHER THE 26 BUREAUS TO
[02:37:09] GO THROUGH CHANGE MANAGEMENT AS
[02:37:10] WELL AS WE IMPLEMENT THE
[02:37:12] CHARTER. BUT YOU'RE AHEAD OF
[02:37:14] THE GAME. I REALLY APPRECIATE
[02:37:15] IT. I CAN FEEL THE RESULTS AND
[02:37:17] THERE'S MUCH MORE TO COME. BUT
[02:37:19] THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR BEING
[02:37:20] HERE ALL MORNING WITH US AND
[02:37:22] SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCES. WE
[02:37:23] REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO WITH
[02:37:26] THAT, COLLEAGUES, OUR NEXT
[02:37:29] MEETING IS ON SEPTEMBER THE
[02:37:32] 22ND. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
[02:37:33] VERY FULL AGENDA FOR THAT
[02:37:34] MEETING, INCLUDING THE RETURN
[02:37:35] OF OUR TRANSPORTATION FUNDING
[02:37:37] DISCUSSION AND THE
[02:37:38] IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TOUGH,
[02:37:40] ALONG WITH SEVERAL
[02:37:42] ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS FROM PBOT
[02:37:43] AND OUR COLLEAGUES IN FINANCE.
[02:37:46] SO WITH THAT, I WILL ADJOURN
[02:37:47] THE MEETING OF THE PUBLIC WORKS
[02:37:49] COMMITTEE.