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Portland committee forwards six Development Review Advisory Committee appointments to full council

5968633 · October 21, 2025
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Portland Permitting and Development staff recommended reappointing two DRAC members and appointing four new members; the Homelessness and Housing Committee voted 5-0 to send the report to full council with a recommendation to accept.

Portland Permitting and Development recommended two reappointments and four first-term appointments to the Development Review Advisory Committee (DRAC), and the Homelessness and Housing Committee voted to send the bureau's report to the full City Council with a recommendation to accept.

DRAC, the city's advisory body for permitting and development review established in 2001, currently holds 17 seats meant to represent a broad range of development and community perspectives. At the committee meeting on Oct. 21, bureau staff described DRAC's role as advising on timely, predictable and consistent application of development-related regulations and said members serve three-year terms, with one optional reappointment for a second three-year term.

Deputy Director Ilsad Hajiev and liaison Ross Caron presented the slate of candidates. Staff recommended reappointing Jennifer Sandhaus to a second…

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