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The shortfall stems from updated revenue forecasts for state highway funds and parking, anticipated citywide administrative cost increases, planned interagency costs and other new expenditures in the five-year forecast, Williams said. \"After six years of budget decisions that have required us ... we are where we are today,\" Williams said, adding the bureau must \"maintain minimal operability where possible\" and manage risk and liability.

The committee heard a line-by-line explanation of where PBOT's revenues and expenses flow. Jeremy Patton, PBOT deputy director for finance and administration, described the bureau\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000's budget structure, saying most of PBOT's resources are restricted to capital programs or specific fees and grants and that about $90 million of flexible GTR funding remains after required expenditures. \"We're cutting $38,000,000 off of that $90,\" Patton said, noting the reduction equals a little over 40% of flexible programming.

PBOT officials laid out specific proposed reductions that would affect service delivery if adopted. Highlights included:
- Capital planning and project development: elimination of several grant-match funds and cuts to planning, outreach and engineering oversight for projects such as Outer Division, Outer Stark, 148th and Foster; reduced in-house traffic modeling and reliance on consultants (Art Pierce, deputy director for planning projects).
- Permitting and right-of-way compliance: cuts to compliance staff and sidewalk-posting inspections, increasing a backlog the bureau listed as about 5,400 cases (Alex Fejerano, deputy director, engineering services).
- Parking and enforcement: hiring 14 parking enforcement officers to reach 80 total, but halving funding for parking sign installation and adjustments and reducing shared revenue to three parking districts by about 75% (Wendy Collie, deputy director, transportation operations). PBOT would maintain existing automated enforcement equipment but could not expand cameras beyond current 20 speed and 17 intersection cameras.
- Derelict RV removals: capacity to remove roughly 550 RVs annually would fall to about 140 under the proposal (Wendy Collie).
- Signals and street lighting: a proposed cut of about $4.2 million in discretionary maintenance would preserve repairs only on the city's high-crash corridors and intersections, and lead to reduced repair of ornamental downtown lights and limits on ADA push-button installations (Wendy Collie).
- Street maintenance and cleaning: elimination of pavement markings such as crosswalk paint, reduced paving/crack sealing, and elimination of commercial and arterial street sweeping programs; continued core functions but with reduced staffing and longer response times (Jody Yates, maintenance operations).

Williams stressed that some expenses are legally or contractually required and cannot be cut, including ADA curb ramp work tied to a settlement agreement. Committee members pressed for numeric detail on individual reductions and asked for dollar figures on discrete items; staff said they would provide those figures.

Committee discussion also covered possible mitigation steps: the bureau put forward revenue options that could reduce the gap to roughly $18 million in the city administrator\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000's proposal, including a potential $80 million limited revenue bond for ADA ramps that PBOT estimates would free about $12 million annually in later years. Williams and staff also pointed to possible revenue increases such as higher parking rates (estimated at just under $7 million annually if adopted), TNC surcharges and fee adjustments as part of longer-term discussions.

Councilors repeatedly asked for itemized dollar amounts for each cut to inform upcoming votes on the mayor's and city administrator's budgets. Several called the presentation \"sobering\" and urged the bureau and council to pursue stable transportation funding.

The committee did not take final action; PBOT presented the reduction options for committee input and said it would return with more detailed numbers and follow-up briefings.

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Albina Vision Trust executive director Wynta (spelled in the record as presented) told the committee the organization has worked for nearly a decade to shape a plan that would \"restitch Albina\" and address harms caused when I-5 divided the neighborhood. \"We have brought together community, political, and technical expertise to embrace the fact that there will be change to deliver better outcomes for all of Portland,\" Wynta said, and she asked councilors to \"stand with us\" in delivering a reconnected district that draws on more than $488 million in federal Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods funding awarded to projects in the area.

JT Flowers, director of government affairs for Albina Vision Trust, said the federal funds target highway covers and neighborhood reconnection and argued the project bundles climate, community and economic goals. \"Our 94-acre footprint makes us the largest restorative redevelopment in the entire United States,\" Flowers said, and he urged council support for the full package of covers integrated with other investments.

Opponents from No More Freeways, represented by Chris Smith and Joe Courtright, urged caution. Smith said the group's legal strategy seeks an environmental impact statement that evaluates alternatives including pricing and transit, and he called for \"lids not lanes.\" Courtright, an urban policy researcher, presented public-record cross-sections and an Arup independent cover assessment that he said show the ODOT design is wider than needed and would allow substantially more lanes if restriped. \"Arup ... said ODOT has designed a roadway that is at least 40 feet wider than it needs to be,\" Courtright said, and he warned that design choices have tripled or quadrupled cost estimates since the project's initial planning.

Committee members asked technical and fiscal questions and pressed for further briefings. Councilor Smith said she favored the cover concept but requested ODOT appear to explain engineering and financing; other members asked PBOT to return with additional detail about how city priorities and obligations intersect with the state-led project. Several councilors raised concerns about the potential for widening to induce additional traffic and the risk that covers could be delayed or unfunded while widening proceeds.

No formal action was taken. Chair Clark said the committee would invite ODOT and PBOT to return to clarify details, and she signaled further briefings on the Rose Quarter and other major projects.

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\"Asset management is a huge concern for me,\" Clark said, describing the draft concept as a vehicle to create a citywide strategy and a financial plan to address deferred maintenance across city-owned assets. Clark said the city auditor would release an audit of the city's asset-management practices and that the committee should prepare to respond.

Councilors generally endorsed a cross-bureau approach. Councilor Green urged the committee to use the reorganization of city service areas to create a holistic, standardized approach to asset management, noting that system-development charge policy and other revenue and investment decisions should be examined in that light. \"This will help us get a handle on those liabilities,\" Green said.

Several councilors requested more time to review the draft before converting it into legislation. Councilor Smith said she supported the overall goal but wanted additional time to digest details. Committee members agreed to return to the concept in May and to allow the public hearing process if an ordinance is drafted.

The proposed asset-management work would expand beyond transportation to include water, sewer, public safety, parks and other city assets. Clark said the goal is a standardized approach to condition assessment, risk-based prioritization and an associated financial plan to address chronic underinvestment. Clark and committee members framed the work as longer-term and cross-cutting; no ordinance or budget action was adopted at the hearing.

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Portland transportation bureau outlines $38 million GTR shortfall, proposes deep service cuts

Albina Vision Trust urges full Rose Quarter package; opponents press for alternatives and narrower scope

Committee chair outlines draft citywide asset-management ordinance after auditor—————————————— notice; seeks input