Community Oversight
Bond Accountability Committee (BAC)
The next regularly scheduled BAC meeting is slated for Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025, from 5:30PM - 8:00PM. This meeting will be in person (location TBD). It can also be streamed online at: https://www.youtube.com/@ppsbondmodernizations/streams
The last BAC meeting was on April 23rd, 2025. To watch a recording of the meeting, click here. To view the meeting presentation, click here.
To sign up for public comment at the next BAC meeting. (Please submit your request by 2p.m. on meeting dates)
To sign up for public comment at a BAC meeting, please send an email to: schoolmodernization@pps.net with full name, topic, date requested meeting, school community, and contact phone number. Public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting with two 2-minute time slots. Requests for Public Comment will be processed in the order that they are received. Topics must be related to an item on the agenda. Written comments may be submitted to schoolmodernization@pps.net and these will be shared with the BAC.
Bond Accountability Committee Details
The Citizens Bond Accountability Committee (BAC) is made up of seven to ten members reflective, to the extent possible, of the diversity of Portland. The members shall have a reputation for fairness and transparency and experience in building design, construction, public contracting, budgeting, and/or auditing. The Board will appoint committee members and a chairperson or co-chairpersons. Read the Citizens Bond Accountability Committee charter.
The committee meets quarterly to review bond funded projects and offer advice to the School Board on:
- Whether bond revenues are expended only for the purpose for which the bond was approved
- Alignment with the goals and principles of the district’s Long Range Facilities Plan
- Alignment with the goals of the Business Equity Policy
- Lowering maintenance and construction costs while improving operating efficiency
- Historic preservation and school renovation
- Potential capital partnerships for joint and shared use of PPS facilities
- Implementation of appropriate ways to address seismic issues
- Compliance with ADA requirements
BAC Members
- Cara Turano, Chief Operating Officer, Technology Association of Oregon.
- Norm Dowty, Retired Construction Industry Executive.
- Greg DiLoreto, Past President, Chair of Committee on America's Infrastructure, American Society of Civil Engineers.
- Jonathon Truitt, Director of the Department of Development and Community Revitalization at Home Forward.
- Chris Dunning, Certified public accountant and CFO at Energy Trust of Oregon.
- Ryan Kinsella, Director of Capital Asset Management for Oregon Metro.
- Annie Kwon, a registered architect serving on the Executive Committee of the AIA Oregon Urban Design Panel.
- Jessica Dunham, Capital project manager for the City of Portland.
- Travis George, Director of Capital Finance at the Port of Portland.
BAC Charter & Background Information
BAC Charter 5-11-21
Charter Staff Report and Amendment 11.13.2018
Summary & Explanatory Statement
Implementation Plan
Background Materials
- Capital Construction Project Estimating Model
- Sustainability Principles of Design
- Principles of Historic Stewardship
- Principles of Accessibility and Beyond
- Long Range Facility Plan (LRFP) Executive Summary
- Board Policy 8.50.095-P PPS Equity in Public Purchasing and Contracting
- Board Policy 2.10.010-P PPS Racial Educational Equity Policy
Bond Performance Audits
Built into the PPS School Building Improvement Bond are regular, independent financial and performance audits that are presented to the Bond Accountability Committee and PPS School Board. The first of performance audits was presented to the school board in June of 2014 and they have continued to the present.
To view all the performance audits please visit the External Bond Performance Audits page here.