ORDINANCE NO. 177183

*  Intergovernmental Agreement with the Housing Authority of Portland for $40,000 to use Housing

Connections Services to support the Hope VI Relocation Effort, and receive payment (Ordinance)

The City of Portland ordains:

Section 1. The Council finds:

1.  City Commissioner Erik Sten is the Housing Commissioner for the City of Portland and charged with the accomplishment of housing policies and oversight of housing programs;

2.  HAP received a HOPE VI grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to redevelop Columbia Villa; and

3.  The City has adopted Resolution No. 36001 supporting the New Columbia HOPE VI grant, and

4.  HAP will redevelop Columbia Villa as a vibrant mixed-income community, reconnected to the surrounding neighborhood, and provide a variety of opportunities for low, moderate, and middle-income individuals and families, and

5.  HAP’s first responsibility to ensure overall success of the New Columbia Project is to effectively relocate current residents of Columbia Villa so that the construction phase of the project may proceed, and

6.  The City’s BHCD maintains Housing Connections, a web-based housing inventory database designed to assist both landlords and prospective tenants as tenants search for suitable housing in the Portland metropolitan area, and

7.  HAP and BHCD have identified Housing Connections as a valuable resource to be used during the relocation phase of the New Columbia Project and have entered into a partnership in order to implement Housing Connections as a primary relocation tool.

NOW, THEREFORE, The Council directs:

1.  The Commissioner of Public Affairs is hereby authorized to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Housing Authority of Portland in an amount not to exceed $40,000 in a form substantially in accordance with the agreement attached as Exhibit A (attached to original ordinance only).

2.  The Mayor and City Auditor are hereby authorized to receive payment in the amount of $40,000 for FY 2002-03, and FY 2003-04 described in the agreement attached as Exhibit A (attached to original ordinance only).

Section 2. The Council declares that an emergency exists so that there will be no delay in the delivery of services; therefore, this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Council.

Passed by the Council, JAN 08 2003

GARY BLACKMER

Commissioner Erik Sten            Auditor of the City of Portland

Tracy Lehto                By /s/Susan Parsons

December 5, 2002                Deputy  

BACKING SHEET INFORMATION

AGENDA NO. 17-2003

ORDINANCE/RESOLUTION/COUNCIL DOCUMENT NO. 177183