Portland Environmental Management Office

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City of Portland Fiscal Year 2026-27 Proposed Budget City Administrator > City Administrator > Portland Environmental Management Office Portland Environmental Management Office Budget Revenues by Fund 2023-24 Actuals 2024-25 Actuals 2025-26 Revised Budget 2026-27 Proposed External Revenues $0 $69,000 $976,315 $5,392,969 General Fund $0 $49,000 $744,315 $0 Grants Fund $0 $20,000 $232,000 $0 PDX Clean Energy Community Benefits $0 $0 $0 $5,392,969 Fund Internal Revenues $0 $5,400,030 $7,591,460 $2,426,149 General Fund $0 $5,400,030 $7,591,460 $2,426,149 PDX Clean Energy Community Benefits $0 $0 $0 $0 Fund Grand Total $0 $5,469,030 $8,567,775 $7,819,118 Program Expenses by Major Object Program expenses only include personnel, internal materials and services, external materials and services, and capital. 2023-24 Actuals 2024-25 Actuals 2025-26 Revised Budget 2026-27 Proposed External Materials and $0 $2,977,873 $7,118,114 $5,099,991 Services Internal Materials and $0 $438,224 $428,041 $555,369 Services Personnel $0 $745,266 $1,021,620 $2,163,758 Grand Total $0 $4,161,363 $8,567,775 $7,819,118 Program Description and Goals The Public Environment Management Office (PEMO) core goal is to keep Portland's neighborhoods and business districts clean, safe, and welcoming by coordinating City services that resolve trash, graffiti, nuisance issues, and other public realm problems. 115

City of Portland Fiscal Year 2026-27 Proposed Budget PEMO improves everyday livability by pairing outreach and intake with swift response strategies. We perform significant outreach and engagement efforts to inform our work. Our resolution initiatives include safety lighting, activations, coordination, and environmental design that strengthen community identity and livability. PEMO also now serves as a core operational partner in the City's emerging Storefront Support Program unified response, providing cross bureau coordination to reinforce the vitality and identity of Portland's commercial corridors. Services PEMO has three core service areas: Problem Solver Network: Outreach and engagement; site analysis; site visits; coordination; rapid nuisance removal and safety response; support for storefront and neighborhood vibrancy; environmental-design strategies; community partnerships; facilitation of services. Sidewalk Cleaning, Pedestrian Level Tree Lighting, and Activations: Sidewalk cleaning; biohazard removal; litter and debris removal; pedestrian tree-lighting; activations that support neighborhood vibrancy; activations that support economic vitality; murals; traffic wraps; art; asset maintenance. Storefront Support Coordination, Program Policy, and Administration: small businesses engagement; coordination; data analysis; performance management; program policies; program reporting, citywide strategy; program strategy. Equity Impacts PEMO coordinates 14 geographically specific “problem solver” meetings across almost every part of the City every two weeks. These meetings are open to all those who live and work in that area. Attendees receive information, resources, and often immediate assistance to address the most pressing livability issues facing their community and business district. The problem solver meetings are attended by outside governmental entities, such as Multnomah County officials, Portland Police Bureau leaders, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) officials, and others. These meetings provide quick access to a wide variety of government resources and information about their programs that might otherwise be time-consuming for individuals to achieve on their own. PEMO is City-wide and operates nimbly to meet the needs of Portland's neighborhoods and districts facing adverse livability concerns. Changes to Program In FY 26–27, PEMO proposes expanding its services to meet a broader range of needs in business districts and storefront clusters across the city, with a particular focus on East Portland. Program changes include increased problem-solver outreach and business-coordination efforts, expanded district trash removal, and enhanced cleaning of sidewalks along urban walking routes. These efforts also include pedestrian-safety improvements through tree lighting and public-space activations. The program further proposes leveraging PEMO's new storefront support coordination model, aligning data-analysis capabilities, and improving intake options using existing resources. The FY 26–27 request includes $2.4 million in ongoing General Fund resources and $5.4 million in Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF) resources for work directly connected to climate and stormwater health, such as keeping trash and biohazards out of storm drains, and for improving walking routes along high-crash corridors and Safe Routes to School areas through lighting and activations. 116

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