ORDINANCE No. 179876

*Accept technical assistance grant from Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development in the amount of $50,000 for the Working Harbor Reinvestment Strategy (Ordinance).

The City of Portland Ordains:

Section 1. The Council finds:

1.  The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) invited the City of Portland Bureau of Planning to apply for a 2005-2007 Periodic Review and Technical Assistance Grant, which can be applied to projects that support economic development, streamlined planning and zoning processes, and intergovernmental agreements.

2.  Ordinance No. 179720 authorized the City of Portland to apply to DLCD for a technical assistance grant to supplement work on the Working Harbor Reinvestment Strategy. The reinvestment strategy is part of the River Plan, an area planning project underway for the Willamette riverfront.

3.  The reinvestment strategy will be a 10-year program of coordinated public investments in the harbor industrial districts by the City of Portland Office of Transportation, Bureau of Environmental Services, and Water Bureau, Portland Development Commission, and Port of Portland.

4.  The DLCD has awarded the City of Portland Grant Number TA-U-07-025 in the amount of $50,000 to partially pay for consultants’ assistance with analysis of infrastructure needs. Bureau of Planning staff and project partners primarily will develop the strategy in-house, with consultants’ work to be completed during the Winter of FY 2005-2006.

5.  The Economic Development section of the Bureau of Planning will manage Grant Number TA-U-07-025 in conjunction with project partners.

6.  There is no requirement for the City to provide match to this grant. There will be a local contribution totaling approximately $167,000 from the following agencies: Bureau of Planning; Portland Development Commission; Port of Portland; Portland Office of Transportation; Bureau of Environmental Services; Water Bureau.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs:

a.  The Mayor is hereby authorized to accept on behalf of the City a 2005-2007 Periodic Review and Technical Assistance Grant in the amount of $50,000 from the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development for FY 2005-2006.

b.  Per instructions from the Financial Planning Division, the budget for Planning will be adjusted in the Winter Budget Monitoring Process.          

Section 2. The Council declares an emergency exists so that the DLCD Grant described in Section 1 may be appropriated without delay; therefore, this Ordinance shall take full force and effect on and after the date of its passage by the Council.

Passed by the Council:  January 18, 2006    GARY BLACKMER

Auditor of the City of Portland

Prepared by:              By /S/ Susan Parsons

Deputy

Mayor Tom Potter

Steve Kountz, Senior Planner

December 30, 2005

BACKING SHEET INFORMATION

AGENDA NO. 56-2006

ORDINANCE/RESOLUTION/COUNCIL DOCUMENT NO. 179876