Exhibit A

Plain-language summary

Metro gives $1.6 million in planning grants, including Waterfront Park

Metro awarded three planning grants paid for by a regional tax on construction projects. The money pays for design and planning work at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, the county-owned Vance property in Gresham, and the waterfront in West Linn. A fourth request, from Prosper Portland for the former Regal theater site at Southeast Division Street and 166th Avenue, was not funded.

Decision: Passed, 7 to 0.
Who it affects: People who use Tom McCall Waterfront Park and residents near the Vance site in Gresham and the West Linn waterfront.
Money: Total of $1,622,400: $750,000 to Portland Parks & Recreation to design the whole Waterfront Park redevelopment; $480,000 to Multnomah County for a development plan for the 90-acre Vance property; $392,400 to West Linn for the first phase of its waterfront plan. This reaches Metro's $4 million grant target for 2026.
Next: Metro staff will finalize project plans and grant agreements with each recipient. There will be no more grant rounds in 2026; funding opens again in January 2027.
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Written by AI from the official record and checked automatically. October 1, 2026