I speak for myself. Right.
Alright, well, anything else off the record.
Let's get in and get out Julie. Okay.
All right. Looks like we're recording So good afternoon everyone, this is designed Commission for the 28th of October 2021. The Commission hearings room room 2500 be at 1900 Southwest Fourth Avenue is closed due to the coven 18 pandemic.
Therefore under Portland city code and state law, the Portland design commission is holding this meeting electronically, members of the design commission and city staff are attending remotely by video teleconference and through required public notice
the public is also invited to participate remotely, and can provide testimony and comment. During today's hearing, based on what's on our agenda that requires testimony and comment, or deserves testimony and comment.
The design commission is taking these steps as a result of the need to limit in person contact and promote social distancing during the pandemic, the pandemic is a threat to our public health, safety and welfare and is the reason we are meeting remotely
by electronic communications. Thanks to everyone for being patient flexible and understanding as we manage through this difficult situation to do the city's business.
So introductions first bureau of development services staff who are here today, beginning with Ben.
Benjamin Nielsen city planner with BDS, Tim.
Obama services or default hearings clerk rate, and then commissioners beginning with Don.
Oh, Don validator design commission member and turn it over to Chandra under Robinson design commission. sorry, sorry Sandra design commission, Jessica.
Jessica Molinari designed commission, Sam.
Rodriguez design Commissioner, I Julie.
First I'm gonna I'm gonna hand it to Brian.
Brian.
Brian McCarter design Commissioner Julie, and then me I'm Julie Livingston, thanks very much to everyone for being here today. Design commission members are private citizens appointed by the mayor to provide review of new construction or modeling of projects
projects within designated design zones. We are not paid that serve entirely as volunteers, more detailed information regarding the purpose and function of the commission can be found in the Portland zoning code.
So our agenda today is incredibly brief.
We will start with a survey of items for interest. And I think we will then likely find that there is only one thing to discuss that that is the West Portland Town Center
testimony that we will be providing the planning and sustainability commission. So I'm going to hand it over to Tim and say Tim is that really all we have today.
And that's it and I apologize on our end just the schedule moves so I really appreciate your flexibility. You know, we went to a lot of effort to create this extra date, and and the reason for creating it.
Just devolved a little bit in terms of why we thought we needed it. And frankly, I have been so busy this last week so we're like, you know what I think the commissioner.
Enjoy your break. As it turned out, since we rescheduled it and got you a reply to all the to the polls and find a space on this one day in October.
Ben had a case that fortunately needed to land sooner than later. And so, we're here for 10 minutes. That's really all I have the Portland city wide design guidelines review is been bumped to January 13.
We think that's a sweet spot in terms of cases coming in or not it is a little bit slower, but we hope on that day will kind of have a intro kind of 2022 design commission brouhaha, which will be elected officers city attorney refresher, and then a review
of those briefing guidelines among other things will probably also look at our state of the city, and how we may present ourselves before City Council.
Come, April 2022 So, think on that as we move forward but I'll circle back with that. That's all I got.
Thanks, Tim.
Benjamin Nielsen will hand it off to you. Thank you, Commissioner Livingston, I'm going to just try to be as quick as I can with this.
I am showing a draft of the letter to the planning and sustainability commission, about the West Portland Town Center plan that we discussed last week on Thursday.
And this version of the draft has just a few edits made by Commissioner Livingston herself, and I've received no other edits.
Up till now. So I just wanted to share this with you I did also send you all a copy of this earlier today.
So if I guess I'm going to turn it over to, to all of you to discuss if there's any need to discuss and.
And if not, once we're done with that, we can take a vote on adopting the letter and Commissioner Livingston you indicated previously that you would submit it.
So, yeah, I can, I can do that I have electronic signatures for all commissioners and can upload this to the map app.
So commissioners is everybody had the opportunity to read the letter.
Yes, I did you know I did too.
Good. Yeah.
Yeah.
I think, Ben did a great job of capturing the essence of what we discussed in that join meeting the important parts, a lot more discussed but this is, this was good.
Yep. Thank you, Ben if it's it's it's very clear and direct and it captures everything we discussed.
Great.
Thanks, Ben.
Thank you.
Yeah, okay, commissioners or if there isn't any substantive feedback Shall we have a motion and a second and then vote on submitting the testimony.
Let's do all move to submit the test testimony.
I was drafted, with the date for October 21 2021. I second.
Okay, Laura Will you call role.
Mr Molinar.
I wasn't at the last meeting but I do agree with the letter.
Is there any ish. What should I do, it's a matter, like still say us or should I not vote it off, because they'll say, Okay.
Yes.
commission McCarter. Yes, Mr. Rodriguez, am in the same boat as as Jessica but also I'm saying yes.
Commissioner Ballester. Yes.
Commissioner Robinson.
Yes, and chair Livingston, I also vote yes.
Okay so Ben I've got the current copy I will add signatures and upload it, no later than noon tomorrow.
Okay, great. Yeah, and use the map app and I think you know to do that. Yep.
Forward me a copy and I'll send that on to bureau planning and sustainability staff as well. Okay, okay, well do.
I think that's it commissioners, we do have a hearing date next Thursday and it's a big agenda. Oh no. Yeah,
I know. It might be done by 540. I mean we did revise it.
And, and, yeah,
you remind us what what's on the agenda.
Its first item, actually.
Sean Dre will recuse herself. First item which is a design advice request for Sandy pine story mass timber building a seal team building.
Nice, second item is Landis' review for non conforming upgrades at OPBO. That's right.
Yep. And then third item is the return of 550 MLK housing with TBD.
If you're in my optimism on the agenda, just to be clear on that one is the last, the.
I've been intimately involved with all them, and I think the last one that MLK not to get into it because it's an active case, but simply put it, it is returning as a work session.
It's not all coming for a full vote, okay focuses on the issue that needs to be discussed a little bit further. And then we anticipate the applicant continuing to another day to have a more formal hearing and discussion so okay.
It is designed to be an hour, because of that reason. Okay.
That's a good question. Thanks. I sorry I meant to reach out to you all before this year and I, you know, just. We got away from me, too many clicks. This week, too many clicks.
So, and then dinner after that so that's the fourth.
And then we reconvene on the 18th we've got a one week break.
Two weeks break to eat right right right right there's a.
We don't have any hearings Yeah. Correct, yeah. okay. Okay, good.
Okay. Right on.
Everyone, one new thing. Man, I, I sent her a little email to but if you could pass along our condolences to grace for her dad. Oh, do that. Yeah.
Oh, Grace Jeffrey's. Yeah. Oh, sorry. Okay. Yes, yes, that was, that was really fast. Wow.
we could, we could definitely do that.
Grace lose her mother fairly recently.
No, sister.
Oh yes, oh, and this is an Austin, Texas. Right.
And that's where the folks are.
I don't remember where they live because they were on a boat for the longest time I mean the guy was a sailor sailor so they sailed around, and so I don't know where he is and where they ended up living that last part that up doing that last part, but
if you if you wanted to, I know you all have Chris's email from one of the senior consultants as our probably a nice way to do him if you do a collection for, you know, flowers gifts whatever let all of us now.
Thanks. We'll do that.
You know I have to say on that case Riverfront, it's so complicated, and she did such a great job. Honestly, fabulous job of really making making a coherent for us to really understand it, and that is so valuable.
Yeah, she's appreciate hearing that too. Yeah, yeah, complex case.
Right.
Well sad news.