May 9 2018 Portland City Council Proposed Unreinforced Masonry Amendments (no votes yet taken)
Below are the proposed amendments to the City of Portland Unreinforced Masonry Resolution
May 9, 2018 AMENDMENTS: UNREINFORCED
MASONRY RESOLUTION ITEM 458
MASONRY RESOLUTION ITEM 458
Direct Bureau
of Emergency Management, Bureau of Development Services, and Prosper Portland
to develop Unreinforced Masonry Building Mandatory Retrofit Implementation
Steps and return to Council for adoption within one year (Resolution introduced
by Mayor Wheeler and Commissioner Eudaly)
of Emergency Management, Bureau of Development Services, and Prosper Portland
to develop Unreinforced Masonry Building Mandatory Retrofit Implementation
Steps and return to Council for adoption within one year (Resolution introduced
by Mayor Wheeler and Commissioner Eudaly)
Saltzman amendment:
Require the wall to floor connections in
15 years as was recommended by the Policy Committee: Moved by Saltzman and seconded by
Wheeler.
15 years as was recommended by the Policy Committee: Moved by Saltzman and seconded by
Wheeler.
Fish amendments:
1. Add a final “WHEREAS” section that reads
as follows:
as follows:
WHEREAS, the City of Portland is
experiencing a housing crisis, and therefore has an interest in ensuring that
all options to preserve affordability have been explored, especially in URM
buildings where public dollars have been invested to guarantee long-term
affordable housing: Moved
by Fish and seconded by Eudaly.
experiencing a housing crisis, and therefore has an interest in ensuring that
all options to preserve affordability have been explored, especially in URM
buildings where public dollars have been invested to guarantee long-term
affordable housing: Moved
by Fish and seconded by Eudaly.
2.Strike a portion of the second and the
entirety of the third “BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED” section:
entirety of the third “BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED” section:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council
directs staff to develop code language to strengthen triggers in the existing
code related to seismic retrofitting of URM buildings, and to require
mandator retrofits of Class 3 and Class 4 URM buildings as described in the
Unreinforced Masonry Policy Committee Final Report, except not including wall
floor ties; and
directs staff to develop code language to strengthen triggers in the existing
code related to seismic retrofitting of URM buildings
mandator retrofits of Class 3 and Class 4 URM buildings as described in the
Unreinforced Masonry Policy Committee Final Report, except not including wall
floor ties; and
Class 4 buildings owner shall have twenty years to perform the described
retrofits; and
Moved by Fish and
seconded by Wheeler.
seconded by Wheeler.
3. Add an additional “BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED” section that reads as follows:
RESOLVED” section that reads as follows:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this working
group shall be subject to the boards and commissions reforms adopted on
November 8, 2017, via Resolution No. 37328, including mandatory conflict of
interest disclosure; and
group shall be subject to the boards and commissions reforms adopted on
November 8, 2017, via Resolution No. 37328, including mandatory conflict of
interest disclosure; and
Moved by Fish
and seconded by Wheeler.
and seconded by Wheeler.
Fritz amendment:
ADD the following text:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City
Council will develop a financial plan to bring all City-owned unreinforced
masonry buildings into compliance with the adopted mandatory seismic retrofitting
standards based on the assessed costs to retrofit; and
Council will develop a financial plan to bring all City-owned unreinforced
masonry buildings into compliance with the adopted mandatory seismic retrofitting
standards based on the assessed costs to retrofit; and
Moved by Fritz
and seconded by Eudaly.
and seconded by Eudaly.
Wheeler amendment:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that the City Council directs City staff to develop code language for the
adoption of a mandatory seismic retrofit program for Class 1 and Class 2
URM buildings as described in the Unreinforced Masonry Policy
Committee Final Report and return to Council for adoption within a year; and
that the City Council directs City staff to develop code language for the
adoption of a mandatory seismic retrofit program for Class 1 and Class 2
URM buildings as described in the Unreinforced Masonry Policy
Committee Final Report and return to Council for adoption within a year; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that City Council directs staff to develop code language to strengthen triggers
in the existing code related to seismic retrofitting of URM buildings, and to
require mandatory retrofits of Class 3 and Class 4 URM buildings as described
in the Unreinforced Masonry Policy Committee Final Report, except not including
wall-floor ties; and
that City Council directs staff to develop code language to strengthen triggers
in the existing code related to seismic retrofitting of URM buildings, and to
require mandatory retrofits of Class 3 and Class 4 URM buildings as described
in the Unreinforced Masonry Policy Committee Final Report, except not including
wall-floor ties; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that Class 3 and Class 4 buildings owner shall have twenty years to perform the
described retrofits; and
that Class 3 and Class 4 buildings owner shall have twenty years to perform the
described retrofits; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that the City Council directs City staff from the Bureau of Development
Services, Prosper Portland, and Bureau of Emergency Management, to formulate a
working group comprised of URM building owners, URM building tenants,
and other subject matter experts, charged with further evaluating
reasonable seismic retrofit requirements, support, incentives, and
timelines, for Class 3 and Class 4 URM buildings, and
return to Council within a year to report on their findings. This
includes identifying specific strategies to achieve wall-floor ties including
incentives, financing options, tax strategies, and hardship options. This also
includes an evaluation of the impacts on insurances rates for seismically
retrofitted buildings, including wall-floor ties.
that the City Council directs City staff from the Bureau of Development
Services, Prosper Portland, and Bureau of Emergency Management, to formulate a
working group comprised of URM building owners, URM building tenants,
and other subject matter experts, charged with further evaluating
reasonable seismic retrofit requirements, support, incentives, and
timelines, for Class 3 and Class 4 URM buildings, and
return to Council within a year to report on their findings. This
includes identifying specific strategies to achieve wall-floor ties including
incentives, financing options, tax strategies, and hardship options. This also
includes an evaluation of the impacts on insurances rates for seismically
retrofitted buildings, including wall-floor ties.
Moved by
Wheeler seconded by Fish.
Wheeler seconded by Fish.
No votes taken.
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