Next Up at City Council, 12/10 – 11, 2008

This coming week’s Portland City Council Agenda is here.

There are lots of interesting items on Wednesday morning, including these Time Certain hearings:

*1684 TIME CERTAIN: 9:30 AM – Authorize settlement of claims with Northwest Natural Gas Company (Ordinance introduced by Commissioner Saltzman)

1685 TIME CERTAIN: 10:00 AM – Establish the 82nd Avenue Prostitution Advisory Committee to provide oversight for City anti-prostitution efforts on 82nd Ave and to advise the Police Bureau and City Council (Resolution introduced by Commissioner Saltzman)

On the Regular Agenda, this particularly important tax package to help businesses:

1706 Amend the Business License Law to accelerate the timing of the First Year Adjustment Credit to one tax year, clarify special industry apportionment rules and clarify the effective date of the change to an after the fact tax (Ordinance introduced by Mayor Potter and Commissioners Adams, Fish, Leonard and Saltzman; amend Code Sections 7.02.610 D and 7.02.860 C)

Then these Time Certain items on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons:

1717 TIME CERTAIN: 2:00 PM – Citizen Review Committee and Independent Police Review progress report (Report introduced by Auditor Blackmer)

1718 TIME CERTAIN: 3:00 PM – Improve land use regulations through the Regulatory Improvement Code Amendment Package 4 (Ordinance introduced by Mayor Potter; amend Title 17 and Title 33)

1719 Revise Retail Sales and Service regulations for Division Main Street through the Regulatory Improvement Code Amendment Package 4 (Ordinance introduced by Mayor Potter; amend Title 33)

1720 TIME CERTAIN: 2:00 PM – Honor recipients of the 2008 Spirit of Portland Awards (Presentation introduced by Mayor Potter)

Please excuse my perfunctory posting. I have a head cold, and don’t feel I have adequate brain power to make intelligent comments.