Overview
- The City Council held public testimony Wednesday about a non‑binding draft term sheet that would commit roughly $120 million in city funds toward a $575M–$600M renovation of the Moda Center.
- Trail Blazers president Dewayne Hankins sent a mass email urging fans to attend Wednesday’s hearing or sign a petition to support keeping the team in Portland.
- Newly public internal team emails show Blazers executives expressed frustration with the city’s written questions, the organization chose not to provide a written response, and those emails became public after the team’s counsel forwarded the thread to the city attorney.
- The Columbia Pacific Building Trades Council reported that ownership agreed to negotiate a Project Labor Agreement for the renovation, addressing a key labor demand from city negotiators.
- A city vote on Aug. 12 and pending Multnomah County approvals are now pivotal to meet a year‑end deadline to secure the Legislature’s $365 million bond and to reduce the risk that stalled talks increase relocation pressure.