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Brownfield Investment Fund Receives $500,000
Maria Thi MaiWith more than 700 contaminated properties (Brownfields) across Portland, Commissioner Adams spearheaded an initiative to streamline the regulatory and redevelopment of these Brownfields by securing $500,000 to help property owners clean up and redevelop their property. This Brownfield Investment Fund will allow us to continue and build on the City's...
Posted by Maria Thi Mai on May 30, 2006
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Portland gets A+ credit rating
Maria Thi MaiIf you had money to invest, would you loan it to the City of Portland for building sewers? Someone would, since investors now hold about $1 billion in sewer system revenue bonds. Now the City has asked investors for another $270 million for sewer construction, mainly for ongoing combined sewer...
Posted by Maria Thi Mai on May 19, 2006
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Portland begins registering lobbyists
Mary Jo MarkleWelcoming increased transparency in the city, community organizations were the first to sign up as lobbying entities on Monday, April 3. Five organizations - City Club of Portland, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, the League of Women's Voters, Money in Politics Research Action Project, and ROSE Community Development - turned in their registration to the City Auditor, urging all organizations and businesses who lobby the city to register and comply with the city's regulation, which took effect on April 1...
Posted by Mary Jo Markle on April 18, 2006
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The City should extend its equal benefits law
Jesse BeasonLet me tell you about Kelly and Dolores. They've been a family for 17 years. While Dolores works as an electrician, Kelly stays at home to care for their 4-year-old son, Avery, and newborn baby girl, Evan. Dolores' health care policy covers employees, married spouses, biological children, stepchildren, adopted children and anyone an employee is caring for such as siblings, parents, grandchildren, nieces and nephews. But the policy does not cover domestic partners. It does not cover Kelly, her partner of nearly two decades. This is wrong...
Posted by Jesse Beason on April 10, 2006
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Five questions to help navigate Portland's new lobbying disclosure requirements
Mary Jo MarkleOn April 1, the city's requirements for disclosing lobbing activity go into effect. The city ordinance requires groups, business, and organizations that lobby city officials to register with the city and report their lobbying efforts. The first six months will be a trial period (see cover ordinance). During this time, let us know your thoughts about the requirements - what you like about them and how they may be improved...
Posted by Mary Jo Markle on March 31, 2006
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Where you clean your paintbrush may not clean the river
Maria Thi MaiWhere do you wash your paintbrushes? Depending on where you live, washing your paintbrush into the gutter of the street versus the sink could send pollutants to two different places. Most Portland businesses spend the time and money to handle materials responsibly. Now, thanks to five years of work and a unanimous City Council vote on March 22, the City has more muscle to deal with the few that don’t...
Posted by Maria Thi Mai on March 23, 2006
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Filed Under Environmental Services, Good Government, Livability & Environment
UPDATE: Council approves establishing confidence levels
Mary Jo MarkleOn Wednesday, March 8, Council unanimously approved forming a committee to establish confidence levels for city project cost estimates. The committee will determine the steps involved for a city project manager to attain a high level of confidence for a cost estimate as opposed to a low level of confidence...
Posted by Mary Jo Markle on March 8, 2006
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UPDATE: TRAM TOWNHALL MEETING
Roland ChlapowskiNOTICE: Commissioner Adams and Mayor Potter to hold a Town hall to discuss Tram issues. THE DATE HAS CHANGED FROM WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED. Sam values transparency and open government greatly. In the spirit of open government, he is sponsoring a Public Town hall to discuss the tram project currently...
Posted by Roland Chlapowski on March 6, 2006
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Portland Regulates Payday Lenders
Mary Jo MarkleMeet Maryann Olson. In order to pay for orthopedic shoes, she took out a $100 loan from a pay day lender. To make her payments, Maryann had to take out a series other loans. The spiral of debt continued until Maryann owed high interest loans to six different pay day...
Posted by Mary Jo Markle on February 24, 2006
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BLOG: Leave No Brick Unpainted...
Sam AdamsThis morning, the Oregon Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Measure 37, thereby ensuring that Measure 37 will continue to have a powerful impact on land use regulations in Portland. City Council has recently seen what I think was a terrible unintended consequence of Measure 37: applications for larger-than-life billboards...
Posted by Sam Adams on February 21, 2006
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Sam Helps Kick-off: CASH TAX ASSISTANCE SITE
Jane AmesCASH (Creating Assets, Savings and HOPE)Kick-Off Event: Lloyd Center, 3rd floor between the Food Court and Nordstroms. Thank you to a wonderful set of Partners: CASH; Executive Director Jim Harper; AARP; Social Venture Partners; and the IRS, with leadership from Senior Tax Specialist, Kathy Howel. We are here for the...
Posted by Jane Ames on February 16, 2006
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Discussion of FPD&R Amendments underway
Mary Jo MarkleCity Council formed a reform team that will discuss how to amend the Fire and Police Disability and Retirement Fund. Council staff, FPDR Board members, city police and fire unions, citizen representative of the independent review committee members, and a member of the City Club of Portland are all participating...
Posted by Mary Jo Markle on February 2, 2006
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Tram Audit Findings Support Adams' Actions
Tom MillerOn Wednesday, February 01, 2006 the Portland Development Commission (PDC) released the findings of the audit it commissioned at the direction of Portland Mayor Tom Potter and City Commissioner Sam Adams to review the Portland Aerial Tram project. The audit, completed by independent consulting firm Pinnell/Busch, Inc., had 5 key...
Posted by Tom Miller on February 1, 2006
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The Community Visioning Project
Jane AmesLiesl Wendt is the Vision Project Manager in Mayor Potter's Office. I asked her to write a guest blog to introduce people to the Visioning Project and invite your participation. Please take part in defining Portland's future. You might have heard about the Portland Community Vision Project - a City-supported,...
Posted by Jane Ames on January 29, 2006
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Walkabout in Multnomah Village
Maria Thi MaiAfter much rescheduling, Commissioner Adams visited Multnomah Village as part of his Business Association Walkabouts. Multnomah Village is one of 11 Business Associations selected for a pilot program to have Environmental Services and Transportation Community Liaisons. These Liaisons are intended to provide a single point of contact for navigating City...
Posted by Maria Thi Mai on January 6, 2006
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Filed Under APNBA, Environmental Services, Events, Front Page, Good Government, Livability & Environment, Office of Transportation, Southwest Portland, Transportation
Sam Declines Salary Increase, Cites Budget Shortfalls
Brian RussellOn June 24, 2005, Sam requested that his salary be frozen as the city is facing general fund budget shortfalls. I do not believe it is appropriate for me to accept a pay increase given that the City of Portland has to cut an estimated $19 million from its General...
Posted by Brian Russell on December 29, 2005
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"What has the City Done for My Neighborhood lately?"
Mary Jo MarkleWe are getting screwed by City government! Why does downtown get its streets paved and we don't? We are being ignored. During visits to neighborhood and business associations over the past 14 years, Sam repeatedly hears questions and concerns about equity in how the city distributes resources among neighborhoods. As...
Posted by Mary Jo Markle on December 29, 2005
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Pilot Program Gives Business District Associations Helping Hands
Mary Jo MarkleIn an effort to strengthen the connection between city government and the city’s business districts, Sam launched the pilot phase of a liaison program within his city bureaus on September 21, 2005. Eleven business districts were assigned an employee each from the Bureau of Environmental Services and the Portland Office...
Posted by Mary Jo Markle on December 29, 2005
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Dumpsters on Your Sidewalk?
Mary Jo MarkleAfter years of receiving complaints from citizens about dumpsters on city sidewalks, Michael Mills, the City's Ombudsman, approached Sam and Commissioner Dan Saltzman about forming a task force to evaluate the issue. On September 29, 2005, Council passed a resolution establishing the task force of public and private interests. The...
Posted by Mary Jo Markle on December 29, 2005
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Tougher Oversight of City contract disputes
Mary Jo MarkleConcerned about the complaints he heard from subcontractors - especially woman and minority-owned firms - about city general contractors, Sam worked to enable the City Ombudsman to review contract disputes. On May 17, Council unanimously passed a resolution requiring all city contractors who hire subcontractors to have established contract dispute...
Posted by Mary Jo Markle on December 29, 2005
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ADAMS SHINES LIGHT ON CITY HALL LOBBYING
David GonzalezToday, at the final City Council meeting of the year, Commissioner Sam Adams, along with Commissioners Saltzman and Sten passed a landmark ordinance that requires many City Hall lobbyists to register with the City Auditor. Passing the ordinance was a hard-fought battle for Adams, who made lobbyist registration a cornerstone...
Posted by David Gonzalez on December 21, 2005
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Fiscal Responsibility: Fire and Police Disability and Retirement system
Mary Jo MarkleThe Portland Fire and Police Disability and Retirement (FPDR) system costs have been a growing concern for Portland. The system has an unfunded liability of over $1.5 billion. Sam co-sponsored a Council resolution that created a nine-person independent review committee to analyze the FPDR system, explore potential options and make...
Posted by Mary Jo Markle on December 19, 2005
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Citizens Gain Place in City Budget Decision-Making
Mary Jo MarkleDue to a state law prohibiting citizen participation on Portland’s budget committee, the public has always lacked a direct role in shaping the city’s budget. Realizing the experience and expertise Portland citizens could offer the city’s budget process, Sam led the initiative to amend the appropriate State statute, this past...
Posted by Mary Jo Markle on December 19, 2005
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New Neighborhood Grants Program Funded
Sam AdamsIn the FY 2005-06 Requested Budget, the Office of Neighborhood Involvement (ONI) proposed cuts to neighborhood mediation, graffiti abatement and seniors service programs. Working with Commissioner Erik Sten we rejected these proposed cuts to key community services. Instead, we trimmed the ONI's central administration to create a $500,000 Community Investment...
Posted by Sam Adams on December 19, 2005
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Citizens' Advocate
gjohnstonA Citizens’ Advocate is one of the best friends you have in City Hall. If you have a city-related problem with anything or anyone, I’m ready to help you to resolve your issues. Sam created my position to make sure no one is overlooked or forgotten. I work to guarantee...
Posted by gjohnston on December 19, 2005
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Disclosing City Lobbying
Mary Jo MarkleFor 12 years as a staffer and chief-of-staff in the Mayor's office, Sam witnessed instances where the public would have benefited from knowing what was happening behind the scenes. As a candidate, he pledged to disclose that lobbying to the public. After a year of shaping the lobbying regulation draft...
Posted by Mary Jo Markle on December 19, 2005
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Lobbying Regulation Will Be Heard Again By Council
Mary Jo MarkleOn December 14, Commissioner Adams will reintroduce to Council an ordinance requiring city lobbying entities to register and report their activities. The lobbying regulation, co-sponsored by Commissioner Saltzman and Commissioner Sten, has benefited from from over 10 months of public input. The disclosure required by the lobbying regulation asks business,...
Posted by Mary Jo Markle on December 9, 2005
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PUBLIC FORUM ON TRANSPORTATION BUDGET PRIORITIES
Sam AdamsPlease join me for the most important discussion on Portland's transportation priorities in years, and for years to come. It is only with the public's input that I will make the wisest choices on where to direct the Office of Transportation's budget. Please come - and be ready to tackle...
Posted by Sam Adams on December 7, 2005
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Bridging the Gap- PDOT Budget Review Task Force Meets
Sam AdamsAs you might already know, the Portland Office of Transportation (PDOT) is facing a significant gap between its revenues and its expenditures. Currently, it's projected that we are facing roughly an $8 million annual shortfall in PDOT's General Revenue Fund, or about $43 million over 5 years. The two main...
Posted by Sam Adams on December 7, 2005
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Stormwater Discount Passes Council
Maria Thi Mai
City Council approved a resolution yesterday (Wednesday. November 30) to deliver stormwater discounts beginning in September 2006. The resolution, introduced by Commissioner Sam Adams, sets a timetable for starting discounts and retroactive credits, establishes the basic program elements, calls for aggressive marketing and outreach activities, and targets special efforts to serve low income ratepayers. In addition...
Posted by Maria Thi Mai on December 1, 2005
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Filed Under Environmental Services, Front Page, Good Government, Livability & Environment, News
CITY AUDITOR RELEASES 15th ANNUAL REPORT ON CITY GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE
Sam AdamsCITY AUDITOR RELEASES 15th ANNUAL REPORT ON CITY GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE The results are in, and Portland City Auditor Gary Blackmer today is releasing the 15th annual report on City government performance -- the 2004-05 Service Efforts and Accomplishments (SEA) report. The report also includes the results of the 15th annual...
Posted by Sam Adams on November 29, 2005
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What is a Brownfield?
Guest AuthorClark Henry is the Program Manager for the Bureau of Environmental Service's Brownfields Program. What in the world is a Brownfield? This and how can Brownfields create economic vitality for Portland were some of the questions that I helped answer on a tour with Commissioner Adams and his staff this...
Posted by Guest Author on November 28, 2005
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Filed Under 100 Businesses, APNBA, Environmental Services, Good Government
Baseball: MLB and PGE Park
Sam Adams-----Original Message----- From: Adams, Sam Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 3:39 PMTo: Logsdon, DaveCc: Miller, Tom; Kovatch, Ty; Cogen, Jeff; Durston, Bob; Hamilton, Nancy; Grewe, Tim; Acker, John; Leonard, Randy; Saltzman, Dan; Sten, Erik; Potter, TomSubject: RE: Florida Marlins Dave, Thanks for the update. As you know from my published...
Posted by Sam Adams on November 25, 2005
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HELP WANTED: Portland seeks citizens for city's Budget Committee
Mary Jo MarkleThe city is looking for citizens to assist in advising Council about city priorities and budget decisions. Facing necessary cuts in next year's budget, citizens on the budget committee will be able to weigh in on how city money is spent. Commissioner Adams led the effort to put 5 citizens...
Posted by Mary Jo Markle on November 22, 2005
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River Trust brings agency heads together
Maria Thi MaiLast Friday afternoon (Nov 18), Sam convened a meeting of federal and state agency directors to identify collectively environmental priorities for the coming year. The River Trust was originally initiated by Sam when he was Chief of Staff in the Mayor's Office and builds on the 2001 River Renaissance Vision....
Posted by Maria Thi Mai on November 21, 2005
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The High Cost of Low Price
Mary Jo Markle
Sam assured the crowd that attended the noontime screening of Wal-mart: The High Cost of Low Price in Sellwood's Moreland Theater, that he would do whatever he could to help stop a Walmart from setting up shop in Sellwood...
Posted by Mary Jo Markle on November 19, 2005
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Citizens Gain Seats at City Budget Making Table
Mary Jo MarklePortland City Council unanimously voted to add citizens to the city's budget committee in a Council session on Wednesday, November 9, 2005. 5 Portland residents will be selected to: recommend programs, operations and policies; provide advice about budget and service issues; and assist Council in planning for the future. The...
Posted by Mary Jo Markle on November 9, 2005
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Thoughts about the Drug-Free, Prostitution-Free Zone Changes and the Forums
Jane AmesI spent the evening of Nov. 1st at the forum held by Mayor Potter to discuss the current Drug-Free Exclusion and Prostitution-Free Exclusion Zone ordinances and the proposed changes. It was a good crowd of between 125-150 that gathered at Emanuel Temple in North Portland. I join others in thanking...
Posted by Jane Ames on November 2, 2005
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UPDATE: Lobbying Regulation
Mary Jo MarkleAfter ten months of developing a policy to disclose city lobbying activity (read The Oregonian article: When you get buy-in, things get complex), Council was set to vote on Commissioner Adams' lobbying regulation on October 19. However, a few days before the Council date, Commissioner Leonard handed Sam an alternative...
Posted by Mary Jo Markle on November 1, 2005
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Police Recording System: FIX IT
Jane AmesThe Portland Police Department’s reporting, recording, filing and distribution system must be improved soon. Our focus need to be on what the most efficient path forward is, from right now. It's unacceptable that our officers are spending time handwriting reports which then are routed through an archaic and inefficient process...
Posted by Jane Ames on November 1, 2005
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BLOG: Notes on Discussion of Jobs, Taxes, and Budget Reform at City Council Retreat
Sam AdamsToday the City Council held a budget planning retreat for the fiscal year 2006-2007. Given that last year we were dealing with a $19 million two-year deficit, the good news is that more money is coming into the City’s coffers because of an uptick in transient lodging taxes and business...
Posted by Sam Adams on October 7, 2005
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BLOG: Stormwater and a Discount
Sam AdamsI am the City’s sewer Commissioner, so I will try and lay out the basic science and history of the issue in this blog entry. I will summarize what I propose to do next in a separate blog entry. Portland is 145 square miles. Each year, 37 inches of rain...
Posted by Sam Adams on October 7, 2005
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Federal Assistance for Infrastructure Projects
Tom MillerThe Bureau of Environmental Services needs to build a number of significant projects requiring major capital investments to meet federal regulations. Attached is a letter from Sam to Len Simon, the city's Washington D.C. based lobbyist, requesting additional focus on the need for federal dollars to assist with development of...
Posted by Tom Miller on September 30, 2005
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Swimming with salmon
Maria Thi MaiOn Monday, September 26th I hosted a meeting of regional salmon experts at the Portland Building. The meeting was a great reminder of how connected Portland is to the larger Northwest Region. From transportation to economics to environmental protection, what we do -- or don't do -- in Portland has...
Posted by Maria Thi Mai on September 29, 2005
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Task force will explore options for sidewalk dumpsters
Mary Jo MarkleCouncil passed a resolution on September 28, 2005, introduced by Sam and Commissioner Saltzman, forming a collaborative work group to explore potential options for removing dumpsters from city sidewalks. The work group will bring together business interests, city employees and citizens. The city's ombudsman, Michael Mills, approached Sam with the...
Posted by Mary Jo Markle on September 28, 2005
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Transportation Safety Summit
Sam AdamsMy number one priority as the Commissioner-in-charge of Portland's Office of Transportation is safety. As the recent spate of traffic-related deaths have shown us, there is a lot of progress that Portland can make in terms of making our streets -and travelling on them- safe. Please join us at our...
Posted by Sam Adams on September 28, 2005
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Addressing Funding Challenges in PDOT's Future
Sam AdamsWe are facing some serious financial challenges at the Office of Transportation- over $7 million a year, or about $43 million over a 5-year period. I am committed to addressing this in a way that focuses on fulfilling community priorities, cuts down on administrative waste, does not significantly cut important...
Posted by Sam Adams on September 28, 2005
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City and County will Design a System of Public Safety
Jane AmesCITY, COUNTY, And CITIZENS CRIME COMMISSIONER LAUNCH PUBLIC JOINT BUDGETING SAFETY PARTNERSHIP Introduced by Portland City Commissioner Sam Adams, City Council approved a resolution that puts in motion a process to jointly design and budget for our public safety system according to citizenry's priorities. People do not care about whether...
Posted by Jane Ames on September 28, 2005
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Sam Starts Community-City Liaison program
Mary Jo MarkleIn an effort to strengthen the connection between city government and the City’s business districts, Commissioner Sam Adams is launching a district liaison program within the Office of Transportation and the Bureau of Environmental Services. The Community Liaisons will be points of contact for navigating City services and information. In...
Posted by Mary Jo Markle on September 27, 2005
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How's the Review of the Fire and Police Disability and Retirement System Going?
Mary Jo MarkleIn a work session on Tuesday, September 20, Council met with the review committee studying the Fire and Police Retirement and Disability (FPDR) system to see how the process was going. The committee received preliminary reports from actuarial and disability consultants earlier this month. Analysis of the consultants' reports will...
Posted by Mary Jo Markle on September 21, 2005
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