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Make your voice heard, contact City leaders
Are you interested in speaking to a City official or sharing your thoughts on City services? A great place to start is the City’s Contact an Elected Official webpage! There, you can provide comment or feedback on a topic, contact a specific official, request a meeting with an official, or ask them to speak at…
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Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
The City Auditor’s Office is proposing updates to some administrative rules for Archives & Records Management. View proposed changes! The changes are open for public comment. Comments must be received by 12 p.m. on June 2. Submit a Comment
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Apply for the Community Activities Fund!
The Civic Life Community Activities Fund program reimburses eligible volunteer-run organizations for community-building and civic engagement activity expenses. Applications are open through May 30, 2025, or until funds are gone, whichever comes first. This is a reimbursement program for expenses incurred between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025.
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Public Meetings Law Training
Public Meetings Law Training” to be provided by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 from 4-6:30 p.m. The event will be online and is open to the public. Please register for this training at least 24 hours in advance. Sign Up Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/dtGDqH8vQcmHgfEvPZlCCQ Public Meetings Law Training Date & Time: May 21, 2025 04:00…
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Portland Advances Centralized Organizational Structure to Enhance Efficiency and Collaboration
City Administrator Michael Jordan shared updates on Portland’s organizational structure, building on changes introduced in November 2023 during the transition to a mayor-council form of government. The streamlined structure consolidates six service areas into four, with core functions like communications, engagement, and equity undergoing realignment to unify approaches and optimize service delivery. Since the soft launch of…
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DEQ Invites the Public to Attend Public Hearings & Comment on the Conditions of Zenith Energy’s Proposed Air Quality Permit
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality invites the public to attend a public hearing and to comment on the conditions of Zenith Energy Terminals Holdings LLC’s proposed air quality permit, known officially as a Standard Air Contaminant Discharge Permit. Read the public notice which includes information about the draft permit and how to provide verbal…
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April 1st Budget Listening Session
DISTRICT FOUR! PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND, IMPORTANT TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF DISTRICT 4. THE MEETING GUIDELINES HAVE CHANGED, SEE BELOW. District 4: Budget Listening Session Share your thoughts on balancing the City’s budget at a listening session on Tuesday, April 1 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Budget listening sessions will…
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Urban Forest Plan Draft: Public Comments Deadline is April 13
Urban Forest Plan Draft: Public Comments Deadline is April 13 This is the last opportunity to provide input into the draft Urban Forest Plan, the important document that will guide and inform the tree code (Title 11) revision scheduled to start at the end of this year. This draft will be presented to the City…
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Budget Listening Sessions
Community members are invited to join the Portland Mayor and City Council members at one of several listening sessions, in-person or virtually, and share thoughts on how to balance the city’s budget, closing an historic gap between revenues and expenses. Budget listening sessions will be held in all four districts and virtually in March and…
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Power lines through Forest Park!
Portland General Electric is requesting approval to conduct utility improvements within their existing utility easement in Forest Park. These improvements include shifting the location of one power pole and rewiring a segment of existing transmission line to that new pole and installing two new poles to support a new, 1,400-foot-long segment of transmission lines. The…
