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Council pulls small Powell Boulevard lot from consent; members debate land banking and keep disposition on track
Summary
Councilors discussed a proposed surplus-property sale of a roughly 2,900-square-foot vacant lot on Powell Boulevard, debated citywide asset-management and land-banking strategies, and moved the disposition ordinance to second reading while several members urged developing a citywide property inventory and retention policy.
Portland City Councilors on Sept. 18 discussed a staff proposal to declare a small, roughly 2,900-square-foot city-owned lot on Powell Boulevard surplus and authorize the city administrator to sell it at fair market value. Councilor Dunphy had pulled the item from consent to prompt a broader discussion about city property management and land banking.
Maddie Sauter, director of the Bureau of Fleet and Facilities, explained the city’s current surplus disposition process: when a landowning bureau determines a property is surplus, Fleet and Facilities advertises the property internally and allows other bureaus time to express interest; if no bureau pursues acquisition, staff notify nearby…
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