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Portland council approves CDBG allocations, CIP amendments and $10.1M Jetport parking appropriation
Summary
The council passed the FY26–27 CDBG action plan with amendments, approved several consent calendar items including municipal entertainment licenses, and appropriated $10.1 million for design of a Phase 3 parking garage at Portland International Jetport. Council debated school HVAC restorations and public-art funding adjustments.
Portland’s City Council approved the annual action plan for FY 2026–27 funding under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), including allocations and council amendments to support homelessness prevention, small nonprofits and neighborhood projects.
During public comment, representatives from Through These Doors, Greater Portland Family Promise and Catholic Charities urged preservation or increases in specific grants; Michelle Lam of Greater Portland Family Promise described a $221,000 program recommendation and urged council support for a $50,000 amendment to preserve transitional housing services.
Council debated and approved two small amendments to the recommended CDBG allocations that reallocated modest sums (including $20,000 from a property sale) to local food programs and homelessness prevention. The revised CDBG plan was then passed as amended.
On capital spending, the council considered companion bond-appropriation orders to fund the city’s FY 2027 Capital Improvement Program, and debated multiple amendments including restoring $1.6 million for HVAC work at Portland High School and Lincoln Middle School. Councillors stressed the need to balance school facility needs, long-term CIP planning and taxpayer impacts.
The council also approved an order appropriating $10,100,000 from Jetport unrestricted funds to begin design on Phase 3 of a parking garage and to improve and expand a public surface lot at Portland International Jetport. Supporters said the move addresses real parking needs and benefits regional travel; Chair Phillips and local residents commended staff and neighborhood collaboration.
What the council recorded: consent calendar orders approving entertainment and outdoor dining permits passed; staff clarified why the city seeks entertainment licenses for some city-owned venues (to ensure consistent management standards). The council also confirmed mayoral appointments read into the record, including Diane Herman’s appointment to the Civilian Police Review Board.
What’s next: staff will finalize grant agreements and exhibit updates to the CIP and will return to council as implementation items proceed; the Jetport appropriation moves design work into procurement and planning phases.
