Where

Not listed on the city's meeting portal

Recordings of City Council meetings: the city's CivicClerk portal (opens in new tab).

What was decided

The council approved several orders including a utility easement termination, amendments to the 202 Woodford Street affordable housing TIF district and its credit enhancement agreement, and a zoning amendment for entertainment businesses in the B-3 and WCZ zones. It also accepted and appropriated grant funds for jetport equipment, historic preservation staff support, and housing development, and appointed Robert Foster to the Land Bank Commission. Several other orders, including funding for Hope House rehabilitation and a Department of Transportation agreement, received only a first reading.

Decisions recorded

• Approved the minutes of the Special City Council Meeting of 07.20.2026, 8-0. p. 1page 1 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Appointed Robert Foster to the Land Bank Commission, 8-0. p. 1page 1 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Accepted the Portland Public Art Committee Fiscal Year 2026 Annual Report and Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Plan, 8-0. p. 1page 1 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved termination and release of a utility easement between the City of Portland, Loring House Associates Limited Partnership, and the Portland Water District, 8-0. p. 2page 2 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved an amendment to the 202 Woodford Street Affordable Housing Development District and Tax Increment Financing District and adopted the amended Municipal Development Program, 8-0. p. 2page 2 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved an amended Credit Enhancement Agreement for the 202 Woodford Street Affordable Housing and Tax Increment Financing District, 8-0. p. 2page 2 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Accepted and appropriated $225,000 in FAA, State of Maine, and Jetport matching funds to install ADS-B transponders in 57 airfield vehicles, passed as an emergency, 8-0. p. 2page 2 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Accepted and appropriated a $25,000 Maine Historic Preservation Commission grant for staff support, passed as an emergency, 8-0. p. 2page 2 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Accepted and appropriated $10,000 from the State of Maine's Housing Opportunity Program for housing development, passed as an emergency, 7-1 with Councilor Sykes opposed. p. 3page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved an amendment to Portland City Code on entertainment businesses in the B-3 and WCZ zones, passed as an emergency, 8-0. p. 3page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)

The full text is in the city's PDF, linked below.

Minutes posted on the city website (PDF, 151 KB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved October 13, 2026.

Agenda

A copy of the agenda wasn't saved here. It is on the city website (opens in new tab).

Terms used here

first reading

An item's first presentation at a City Council meeting. An item the agenda says must be read on two separate days is voted on at a later meeting.

credit enhancement agreement

An agreement, under a tax increment financing (TIF) district, in which the city or town returns part of a development's new property tax to its owner.

executive session

A part of a public meeting closed to the public. Maine's Freedom of Access Act (1 M.R.S. § 405) allows it only for specific reasons, such as lawsuits, real estate, contracts, or personnel matters.

TIF

Tax increment financing: a district where some of the new property tax from development is set aside, for public projects or for the development itself.

All the terms in the glossary

Source

This meeting on the City of Portland's meeting portal (opens in new tab) (CivicClerk). First recorded by Portland Publick on October 13, 2026.