Kate Sykes

Winter warming shelter funding ($1.25M opioid settlement funds)

Affects how the city's opioid settlement funds are allocated.

CMP Greater Portland Transmission Upgrades

Residents worry ratepayers could bear significant costs and that alternative solutions may be cheaper; a ratepayer cost assessment was requested.

Forest Avenue Pedestrian Crossings

City match of $56,250 for York Street design, with the state paying $168,750.

Rent Board Rules of Procedure revision (Article XI)

Unknown — enforcement changes could shift compliance and administrative costs between tenants, landlords and the city, but no figures are on record.

Proposed changes to Creative Portland

The presentation covered the return on the city's existing investment in Creative Portland; specific figures were to be outlined in the workshop.

Rent control enforcement and tenant protections

City Manager West flagged likely budget, staffing, and consultant costs — the IT director estimates an online registration database will require hiring a consultant.

Boyd/Cumberland Affordable Housing TIF

TIF and credit enhancement tools shift future tax increment toward affordable housing development.

2026-2027 Winter Warming Emergency Shelter

Seeds of Hope got $360,000 of the city's $688,000 request from MaineHousing.

New buyer at the Portland Fish Exchange

A new buyer could increase auction competition, though no dollar figure was attached.

Peaks Island Council Rules

Small-business grant program changes

Up to $85,000 in PDC loan funds were under consideration for the two businesses.

Rent increase applications at four Portland buildings

Approved increases add roughly $115 to $180 per month to affected units, with tenants at 439 Congress dodging an $18.64 increase for now.

Council rules and Peaks Island Council

The assessment was already reduced from $812,200 to $651,100, saving roughly $1,930 in taxes; the denial means no further reduction.

Hearts of Pine stadium rezoning at 92 Cassidy Point Drive

The applicant cited a $16.5 million annual economic impact and 145 jobs from the club's first season; the Port Authority countered that the Port of Portland handled $3.8 billion in trade in 2025.

Northeast Air jetport lease extension

$10.1 million comes from Jetport unrestricted funds, not the general fund.

Service Pier 1 closure

Up to $8,000 for the second opinion, with a temporary shoring fix once estimated at $302,000.

First Light Commons parking fees

$151,000 budgeted for the First Light Commons commission from FY26 funds.

Jewel Box bus shelter deaccessioned

Lambert Woods North Funding Gap

$375,000 from the housing trust fund.

Civilian Police Review Board Training

A labor challenge could cost the city in litigation and further delay the board's launch.

Endorse updated Debt Management Policy and Chapter 2/Chapter 14 amendments

Adjournment

Major Site Plan approval — 43 St. Lawrence Street (PL-003653-2026)

Conditional Zoning Agreement Amendment C-58 — 76 Congress Street (ZN-003712-2026)

Workshop item tabled — 41 Ashmont Street (PL-003618-2026)

Suspension of rules to eliminate non-agenda public comment

Motion to enter executive session

Postponement of Order 70-26/27 (winter warming shelter funding)

Adjournment

Approval of minutes from the September 21 meeting

Recommendation of Reimagining Franklin Street design to City Council

Postponement of Vision Zero update and median strip ordinance

Minutes from September 21

Approval of September 16, 2026 Meeting Minutes

Conservation priorities: Acrobatic Dogs and Hadlock Field Family

Relocation of Glimpse sculptures at Portland Jetport

Recommendation to Maine Historic Preservation Commission — National Register Nomination for Harvey Gamage

Motion to adjourn

Approval of October 6, 2026 meeting minutes

Approval of October 5, 2026 Council Minutes

Motion to enter executive session

Postponement of Order 70-26/27 (winter warming shelter funding)

Approval of October 6, 2026 meeting minutes

Order 57-26/27 — $375,000 for Lambert Woods North

Order 64-26/27 — FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant

Order 65-26/27 — DHHS Drug-Free Communities Grant

Approval of minutes from September 15 meeting

Nordic Maine purchase and sale agreement, Portland Technology Park units 3 and 5

Resolution requesting land-use code text amendment regarding data centers

Order 38-26/27 — EPA Brownfields Assessment Cooperative Agreement ($500,000)

Order 39-26/27 — EPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Amendment ($1,000,000)

Approval of July 21, 2026 meeting minutes

Additional $375,000 from Jill C. Duson Housing Trust Fund for Lambert Woods North

Amendment to Cumberland Housing AHTIF District

CDBG Priority Setting Task Force Final Report

passage

amend

passage as an emergency

waive the second read

Order 36-26/27 — Traffic schedule amendment for Fore Street

Opposed dedicating public street space to private vehicle parking without considering bike lanes and active transportation goals.

Order 37-26/27 — $151,500 grant for Portland Jetport TSA K9 Unit

passage as an emergency

Order 24-26/27 — $225,000 for ADS-B Transponders in 57 Jetport Vehicles

Order 26-26/27 — $10,000 Housing Opportunity Program Grant for Land Use Code Work

She viewed the grant as funding administrative code work rather than directly helping people obtain housing.

Order 31-26/27 — Amendment to City Code Re: Entertainment Businesses in B-3 and WCZ Zones

Hope Acts / Hope House Housing Trust Fund request

Executive session — Portland Technology Park property

Order 12-26/27 — Accept $2,380,250 Portland Parks Conservancy donation for First Light Commons

Order 13-26/27 — UNE subaward, $383,262 for Nourish ME rural health program

Order 15-26/27 — Emergency amendment exempting single-day event permits from 100-foot buffer

The Prime, 197 Oxford Street — AHTIF District recommendation

Wants more information on the complex Reveler/Avesta financial arrangements before supporting it.

Dashaway Commons, 15-19 Cedar Street — AHTIF District recommendation

Concerned about the housing replacement arrangement with the Boys and Girls Club.

42 Atlantic Street — AHTIF District amendment recommendation

recommend to the City Council approval of this AHTIF District

passage

amend

Order 139-25/26 — PILOT Policy ( FAILED)

Longstanding concern about the eroding taxable base and rising property taxes on residents.

Sykes Amendment 1 to PILOT Policy ( FAILED)

Transparency about nearly $4 billion in tax-exempt property is essential for taxpayers.

Order 252-25/26 — Hearts of Pine Women's Team

Wants documented equitable-use terms for the public facility before expanding access.

Bullett Amendment to Order 253 (Data Center Ban)

The ban is overbroad and could block small networked computing uses; the issue needs broader committee treatment.

Motion to enter executive session

Recommend to City Council for Amendment to Hearts of Pine Lease Agreement at Fitzpatrick Stadium

Approval of April 21, 2026 meeting minutes

Recommendation to City Council: Hearts of Pine lease amendment (women's team)

Wanted equity for the women's team spelled out in the agreement, including equal locker room and training facility access.

Adjournment

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passage

passage

FY27 budget Amendment #1: family shelter funding increase

FY27 budget: Ali amendment to Fournier Amendment #3A (50-cent meter increase, 8 p.m. enforcement)

Argued parking is a user fee paid by choice and should bear cost burdens rather than homeowners.