Subject: PCEF CIP at Council today at 3pm
From: "Baraso, Sam" <[email-masked]>
To: "Baraso, Sam" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Gilmore, Rachel" <[email-masked]>, "Lister, Cady" <[email-masked]>, "Valdez, Jaimes" <[email-masked]>, "Stover, Elizabeth" <[email-masked]>, "Reed, Magan" <[email-masked]>, Ciara Pressler <[email-masked]>, Tracy Smith <[email-masked]>, camerina.galvan.arias <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:27:22 -0700

Hi PCEF Committee,

We have our first reading of the Climate Investment Plan at City Council later today (9/20) at 3pm&#128170;&#127998;&#128588;&#128513;. Currently, there are no amendments filed, so we’re hoping for a smooth session at Council. If all goes well, we will move to a 2nd reading and a vote next Wednesday, 9/27, though today is when they will hear the presentation and public testimony.

You can watch the session through City Council’s youtube stream<https://youtu.be/gSXqCL5AQSQ> which can also be accessed from the Council agenda page<https://www.portland.gov/council/agenda>. Note that we are agenda item 798<https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/adopt-portland-clean-energy-community-benefits-funds-climate-investment>. For context, below is the run of show for the presentation.

  1.  Mayor introduces item and turns over to Comm. Rubio
  2.  Comm. Rubio opening remarks and turns it over to Donnie
  3.  Donnie gives introduction, speaks to slides 1 – 8 (8 minutes), turns over to Sam
  4.  Sam presents slides 9 – 21 (22 minutes), introduces invited testimony
  5.  Invited speakers (13 min)
        *   Ranfis Villatoro, PCEF Committee Co-Chair
             *   Speaks to overall process and range of input
        *   Nik Blosser, PGE
             *   Speaks to collaboration, grid benefits of EE investments
        *   Robin Wang, PCEF Committee Member
             *   Speaks to PCEF investments broadly framing the opportunity for substantial leverage
        *   Yashar Vasef, Friends of Trees
             *   Speaks to tree canopy investments
        *   Indi Namkoong, Verde
             *   Speaks to transportation decarbonization investments
  6.  Sam thanks speakers, asks for questions, discusses next steps, ends presentation (2 minutes)
  7.  Council hears public testimony
  8.  Council discussion (30 min)

Let me know if you have any questions. You can see who is signed up to provide public testimony here<https://app.smartsheet.com/b/publish?EQBCT=d430bca554bc45368c8e15125f259437> and you can find written testimony submissions here<https://app.smartsheet.com/b/publish?EQBCT=60ad279109734e7c926a03706c75e290> (item #798). You can sign up to provide additional public testimony as well here<https://www.portland.gov/council-clerk/testimony-registration?session_id=11610>, though do reach out and let me know if you plan to do that. Linked here<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uDcknDcuPv5diyjn8wtiT4yYV3D0c2aO/view?usp=sharing> are Committee talking points on the CIP that we recently updated.

Separately, we have a Committee meeting tomorrow evening. I will send a separate email about that later this am. Apologies in advance for the late agenda.

-Sam

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Sam Baraso, he/him/his
Program Manager, Portland Clean Energy Fund
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