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Portland Development Corporation approves ARPA microenterprise grants and $10,000 Brownfields assessment gap; minutes adopted
Summary
The Portland Development Corporation approved staff recommendations to award remaining ARPA microenterprise grants, authorized up to $10,000 for a Phase 2 environmental site assessment at 197 Oxford Street, and adopted three sets of meeting minutes.
The Portland Development Corporation approved staff recommendations to award remaining ARPA microenterprise grants, authorized up to $10,000 in PDC funds for a Phase 2 environmental site assessment at 197 Oxford Street, and adopted three sets of meeting minutes.
Board members voted on the package of ARPA microenterprise grants after an executive session to review confidential applicant material. The motion to approve staff recommendations passed by roll call; recorded votes were Jonathan (yes), Sam (yes), Eamonn/Eamon (yes), Scott Kleinman (yes), Beverly (yes) and the meeting chair (yes).
The board also approved use of up to $10,000 of PDC funds to pay for a Phase 2 environmental site assessment, a supplemental hazardous building materials survey and a geotechnical investigation at 197 Oxford Street, the site of the former homeless shelter. The PDC staff described that the City previously received a $500,000 EPA assessment grant and that the Phase 2 work is part of commitments tied to that grant; the total cost for the Phase 2 scope is $93,550. For the 197 Oxford Street motion, one board member stated a potential conflict and abstained; the remaining members voted in favor and the motion carried with at least the four affirmative votes required.
The board adopted minutes for meetings dated Dec. 19, 2024; Jan. 16, 2025; and Jan. 29, 2025. The minutes were approved; abstentions were recorded for at least some members on particular sets of minutes (vote details for these routine approvals were not fully specified in the transcript).
Votes at a glance: - December 19, 2024 meeting minutes — outcome: approved; vote details: not specified in transcript. - January 16, 2025 meeting minutes — outcome: approved; vote details: not specified in transcript. - January 29, 2025 meeting minutes — outcome: approved; vote details: not specified in transcript. - ARPA microenterprise grant awards (staff recommendations) — outcome: approved by roll call (Jonathan: yes; Sam: yes; Eamon/Eamonn: yes; Scott Kleinman: yes; Beverly: yes; Chair: yes). - Brownfields / 197 Oxford Street: authorize up to $10,000 in PDC funds for Phase 2 ESA, supplemental HBMS and geotechnical investigation (total Phase 2 cost $93,550) — outcome: approved (recorded abstention by one member; other members voted yes).
How the votes were handled: motions to move into executive session preceded the ARPA grant approvals; executive-session material informed the board’s vote but the grant approvals were taken in open session by roll call.
Background and next steps: staff noted the PDC has administered an EPA $500,000 assessment grant used for environmental assessments across the city and that the 197 Oxford Street site is expected to transfer from Reveler to Avesta as part of a multi-site development. For the ARPA grants, staff thanked Nancy and Liam Benson (underwriter) for preparing the recommendations. For the Brownfields item, staff said the Phase 1 assessment and a site-specific quality assurance plan are complete and described the intended Phase 2 scope; PDC staff will execute the task order with the qualified environmental professional (TRC) if the funding authorization is used.
The meeting adjourned with no additional formal actions reported.
