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Council adopts Portland Urban Forest Plan with targeted amendments prioritizing low‑canopy neighborhoods
Summary
After debate and amendments, Portland City Council adopted the Urban Forest Plan. Amendments clarified priority investments in low‑canopy and low‑income neighborhoods and added district‑level performance measures; one funding‑workgroup amendment failed.
Portland City Council adopted the Portland Urban Forest Plan on Oct. 22 after a series of amendments and debate focused on prioritizing low‑canopy and low‑income neighborhoods and on how to plan for funding maintenance and sidewalk impacts.
Councilor Dan Ryan (note: transcript uses several variants for councilor names) and Councilor Jamie Dunphy led amendments to ensure that implementation and maintenance planning prioritize low‑income and low‑canopy areas (notably District 1/East Portland) and to require district‑level performance measures. Those…
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