City Council - workshop

Very well, welcome back everyone. We will resume our work session, the next topic being the legislative priorities of the Oregon City League. Well, should we give Sara a hand? We will simply give Sara a hand.

Please.

Very well, we are here to review our legislative priorities for 2027-2028. J'ai 27 options parmi lesquelles choisir. Nous devrons soumettre un vote sur les cinq sur lesquels nous nous accordons. Nous avons donc entendu officiellement quatre d'entre vous jusqu'à présent. Donc il y a un certain chevauchement. You'll see on the spreadsheet, but tonight we can listen to the councillor Scott, the councillor Stani and see where you are. Before, it was ideal, because now we're going to have a long conversation.

No, not for me.

You can register my vote on the local control of public voices on Emoderne, the second one.

and you can put one on the necessary financing and the rationalization of housing production. So my reflection on the first was a bit selfish, I said to myself, well, I want that so that everyone has access to telecoms, to internet infrastructures, etc. But I also want it because we have a problem with high-speed and I want to launch offer calls so that we can put it en oeuvre, n'est-ce pas? Donc je le veux pour nous, mais je pense que tout le monde en Oregon devrait en bénéficier. Et que veux-je d'autre? Je ne le vois pas comme ça. Je considère désormais cela comme un service public, pas comme un luxe. Donc surtout alors que nous essayons de nous tourner vers l'avenir. Oui, je vais également voter pour celle-là.

Trois de mes cinq votes sont déjà faits. Do you want to talk about one of the other options that have several votes or because there were some that I could choose?

Did Dan submit his?

No, I don't think so.

Do you want to do it? The first, the second. And then the laws on public meetings. Oh, I also see this one.

Of clarity.

J'ai mis la mine dessus, mais ma seule réflexion était, pourquoi dois-je vous clarifier quelque chose qui est un bazar que vous avez créé ? N'est-ce pas ? C'est-à-dire, pourquoi est-ce celle-là ?

Est-ce celle pour nous ou celle pour la législature ? C'est juste dire, universellement, de le corriger, parce que cela crée tout le monde qui... Donc, pour le... Je n'ai pas choisi ça, car c'est l'une des principales priorités de la LLC. Donc ça va se faire. Donc si nous voulons... Pouvons voter pour l'autre chose. Pouvez voter pour l'autre chose. On the subject. That's why I didn't choose it. I know, I know perfectly well that it's one of the... Okay.

Because the LOC gave us this training a year ago, or I don't remember when, and it was horrible. This training is mandatory.

It's imposed by the state.

I know that the LOC has filed a complaint. But they made everyone in this room believe that if you open your mouth, if you like a Facebook post, etc., it's a meeting in series.

It's a meeting in series. I didn't do that. I did the strict necessary. But I have the impression that the LOC aggravates the problem. So, to be clear, the LLC had to use the moron model. But did not develop it.

Very good. The morons, because I don't want to blame them for that. They didn't know what they were doing.

Okay. Probably highlight the majority. Craig just suggested that I highlight the points where we have a lot of common ground or We have four, actually.

And then you have open votes if someone wants to. The laws on reunification.

But we don't need to do lobbying. So I like the strengthening of economic development and the workforce. Once again, I think that we have, you know, across all sectors, we must invest in the training of our workforce and try to get... I choose this one.

Ce n'est pas vraiment un avantage direct pour la ville, mais c'est un avantage collectif pour la population.

Et vous savez, si je peux obtenir plus de programmes professionnels, plus d'options pour que nos travailleurs soient mieux formés, je suis totalement pour.

Donc si nous allons... Just the law on public meetings, if we assume that the LOC will take care of it, then I will move my vote to this subject on the handover.

And to the one I wrote down, which simply consists of exhorting them to increase the tax to 911. You know the... You said you were going to do that. Well, I mean, yes, because I am the president of the 911 committee, or commission, no matter how you call it. But you only have 40% of their costs come from this phone tax, 911. The rest comes from our general fund.

So there is... You can transfer my vote of the law on the meetings to the treaty on the labor hand. I thought I could cross, but it didn't work. I think only 40% come from...

Only 40% of the operating costs of 911 come from the phone tax. The rest comes from the general fund of all the member organizations of the cities of the county by Aaron.

Who pays the 900 tax?

Users, so your mobile phone. You have a mobile phone, you contribute, you have a fixed line, you contribute.

You have another one?

Yes, the 9th line. I'll put a vote on this one.

And then the 21st.

The 21st. You did a good job. We're here now.

I still have one vote available. What do we have? I need two more.

Well, let's see. We have two of them in the affordable energy while supporting the network. So the reason why I put one in there is essentially that I saw a graph on how... You know, in America, we have produced so much energy over the last decade. China has developed its energy because they don't have oil, up to so much energy. And I say to myself, oh, we're pulling. We're pulling a bullet in the foot here because Oregon is not an energy producer. So we should still look at this modernization by spreading it to micro generators. By spreading, once again, this is part of the creation of the infrastructure for, you know, one of the reasons why the Chinese were able to produce so much solar energy, it's because they invested in it, and they can now produce these panels so that they cover all their parking with it, and they cover the middle of their, the median strip of their highways with it. And it's just because they are really good market. And so, as a result, all their energy is cheaper now. And I say to myself, damn, I would have liked to do this 10 years ago. Because now, you know, we have this problem in Iran and we are stuck on it. And so, a part of me just wants to continue to reinforce that. That's why I put my vote there. I only have two, so it allows me.

Eh bien, on est un peu partout, mais... Ouais, donc un seul était trop pour l'instant.

Mais j'avais aussi l'impression que c'était proche d'un autre sujet sur le soutien énergétique local. Accélérer, j'hésitais entre celui-là et le renforcement des infrastructures existantes. Je peux déplacer. Vous savez, je suppose. Je vais déplacer ma ligne 8 vers la 15. Puisque nous ne... Let's not do this one anymore.

You're going to move. To the cash register. So who do we have there? We have Dan. He also chose this one.

I did it just because I'm... I was... I have a fundamental disagreement with our public services commission. And their tariff fixation... You know, it was... Yeah, the energy tariff... Increased in a crazy way. And I don't think it's... where they changed the law a little or other to increase the rates of data centers, but... You know, that's it. There are just laws that should be changed in Salem when it comes to managing public services at the expense of...

I think that...

Yes, it's a bit of a conflict of interest.

I like enough the other. I like enough the accelerated local renewal.

Yes, both, because I had the impression that they were going together, no... We have to change the law on how public services are managed and refunded, as well as find new sources. I'm thinking of the SIC. If we can produce more locally, then we don't need to transport as much, right?

And with most, you know, with a lot of renewal, there is no reason not to produce more locally, right? Yes, I...

Yes. Okay, well, I voted for this one too, I just don't know if I can get it, we only have one on this one. So we can only submit five. Yes, we are at four for the moment.

But if we want to make one on energy, I propose it. I mean, I am already one of your votes, one of your votes there. So it suits me.

In both cases, it doesn't matter. If you want the reinforcement, I think this one is good too. Yes, it suits me. Because when I read, when I read that it was also in support of what Courtney Neuron is trying to do, to get some, you know, micro... generators, you know, spread out instead of, oh, we have to build this thing that is a huge source of pollution. And all the rest. So it should...

Yes, for me, that's why I like the local, isn't it? But as you said, many of them seem very redundant, even almost identical in some cases. So it suits me.

So what is the third one? Which is in green.

Financing and simplification for the construction of housing.

That's how I interpreted it. Like receiving these mandates without financing. Some have been financed.

For us to have... I voted for, but I just remember... Then yes, one, two. I think we have five, unless people make money.

Okay, which one would you say? The fifth is the strengthening of the economy and of work. Maintaining an affordable energy while supporting the strengthening and modernization of the network. Yes, I agree. I don't know anything about this subject. So if you all think it's important?

I mean, all the rest is just one vote. I imagine that the time... The answer for refugees is two votes. I won't say anything. My only reflection on this is that... In a world where we would have unlimited money, but the state has already invested a lot in it over the last decade, and it was my...

I need to see results. It was my thought. I want to see, I want to solve the problem, but I'm not sure that the state... Metro takes care of it.

Exactly. The state...

And the reality is that even if we choose five and everyone chooses five, no matter who comes, it will always defend those we do not choose. They just want to know which ones they insist on the most.

I found that the most precise was the street sign supported by the city.

I love this one. It is a person who has a very strong voice and who cannot install street signs as she wishes because of the law of the state. Yes that's it.

Nous avons nos cinq, nous avons nos directives. Tout le monde est d'accord ? Quelqu'un a-t-il autre chose à ajouter pour le bien du groupe ?

Faut les soumettre demain. J'ai une question. Vraiment, est-il facile ? Je sais que Taylor a eu quelques problèmes.

C'est très facile.

Mais je me dis qu'à l'avenir, c'est peut-être comme ça qu'on fera... Très facile.

Je suis juste venu ici et j'ai marqué... J'adore parce que ça crée un point de départ pour la conversation.

I'm glad you all voted because you were right. It was useful. I see. Okay, I agree with that. I should have done it. And I'll try to do it next time. The only thing that would have made things easier is if I could click on it to see. And we have to... Okay. Remember what she did there in another document. By taking turns, and as I always do that on my phone, it's really hard. No, but Kim, when you do that on your phone, it's really difficult. Why do I sit in front of my computer? But even when you do it on your computer, you don't do anything about it. The municipal council on Montserrat is so close to what I told you. You will receive an assignment. Did I just read that? How is it that it's not? And so I have to find it and go there. And again, I give a lot of time to life. And I'm happy to do it if it could be a little less... In the same order of ideas, but far in this category, there is the metro. The thing with the grants, like when you receive this huge file and it's like... 800 pages and then you have to go to the notation sheet when the file is Excel. It's a nightmare.

But I love the fact that in the file, you can click on the name. It takes you straight there.

But you know, I think I love having the full file, but I think you would need a sheet of a page on each... Yeah, thing too. Like that, I can look at the sheet of a page and look at the 27, I know, we're out of topic. Look at the 27 candidates, one page at a time. And then, if I want to go deeper into the full document of 300 pages, I can.

That's what we do for the CDG over there. The candidates make hundreds of pages. And the staff gives us a pile of one page.

With that, it would be very useful. Just make sure it works for you. Like that. Work session.