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Get StartedAn Act to Implement a Green New Deal for Portland requires that all building projects receiving $50,000 or more in public funds through grants by the City, Community Development Block Grants loans, HOME loans, Neighborhood Stabilization loans, tax increment financing, or other gifts, resources, property or things of value from the City, are built using up-to date environmental standards, with solar-ready or living roofs, and that workers on these projects receive additional worker pay and training. It requires that 25% of the units in new building developments of 10 units or more be affordable to people making 80% of the area median income, and increases the fee developers must pay to opt out of this requirement from $100,000 to $150,000 per unit. It also requires the City to annually publish and present a report detailing the city’s use of and reliance on fossil fuels including the following information:1) a survey of all new buildings built in Portland without fossil fuel based infrastructure; 2) a survey of green building technologies that have been implemented as alternatives to fossil fuels; 3) an assessment of the benefits of adopting this policy; 4) a survey of relevant legislation enacted at the state and local level; and 5) proposal for further changes to the City code to reduce the use of fossil fuels.
Do you favor the change in the City Ordinance(s) proposed by citizen petition as provided below? An Act to Implement a Green New Deal for Portland requires that all building projects receiving $50,000 or more in public funds through grants by the City, Community Development Block Grants loans, HOME loans, Neighborhood Stabilization loans, tax increment financing, or other gifts, resources, property or things of value from the City, are built using up-to date environmental standards, with solar-ready or living roofs, and that workers on these projects receive additional worker pay and training. It requires that 25% of the units in new building developments of 10 units or more be affordable to people making 80 % of the area median income, and increases the fee developers must pay to opt out of this requirement from $100,000 to $150,000 per unit. It also requires the City to annually publish and present a report detailing the city’s use of and reliance on fossil fuels including the following information:1) a survey of all new buildings built in Portland without fossil fuel based infrastructure; 2) a survey of green building technologies that have been implemented as alternatives to fossil fuels; 3) an assessment of the benefits of adopting this policy; 4) a survey of relevant legislation enacted at the state and local level; and 5) proposal for further changes to the City code to reduce the use of fossil fuels.
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