City of Portland Transition

Public comment form

Thank you for your interest in the City of Portland's transition to a new form of government! Please use this form to submit questions or comments specifically related to this transition.

All questions received may be subject to disclosure upon request under Oregon's Public Records law.

If you have questions about public comment submission or would like to submit an attachment, please email transition@portlandoregon.gov.

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* 1. Name?

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* 2. Email address?

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* 3. Zip code?

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* 4. Are you submitting comments for an organization?

Yes

If yes, please indicate which one.

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* 5. Please select the topic(s) related to your public comment. Please select all that apply.

Transition Management: Implementation of charter reform, timelines, approach, staffing, budget, etc.

Ranked Choice Voting: Implementation of RCV, voting access or barriers, cost and financing of campaigns for elected office, etc.

Geographic Districts & the Independent District Commission:: Recommendations on districting or criteria, districting process of the IDC, district-based offices, districting impacts, etc.

Form of Government & Salary Commission: Roles & responsibilities of elected officials, city administrator, or city manager, salaries of city electees or leaders, council procedures, etc.

Service Delivery & Bureau Management: City services, city bureaus or offices, city staff, new or desired infrastructure services, existing infrastructure services, capital planning or spending, etc.

City Code & Administrative Rules: Codes and rules that should be considered and/or how they should be written.

City Budgeting: Budget process, resource allocation, funding priorities, public engagement on budgeting, etc.

Community Education & Engagement: Community partnerships, public committees like Government Transition Advisory Committee, public presentations and campaigns, feedback processes, etc.

Charter Review Phase II: Proposals referred to the 2024 ballot and/or proposals recommended to City Council.

Other: Anything else that does not fit well in the previous categories.

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* 6. Public comment:

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* 7. Do you want to be added to our email updates?

Yes - Monthly Transition Updates

Yes - Independent District Commission Updates Only

No - I do not want updates