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The City of Portland ordains:

Section 1. The Council finds:

1. The “Portland Open Space Sequence” (the “Sequence”) is an interconnected series of plazas consisting of the Source Fountain, Lovejoy Fountain, Pettygrove Park and the Ira Keller Fountain. 
2. The Sequence is internationally recognized as a seminal work of landscape architecture designed by Lawrence Halprin.  Over the years, the Sequence has suffered from deferred maintenance.
3. Formed in 2001, the Halprin Landscape Conservancy (Conservancy) is a public charity under Sections 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.  The Conservancy’s mission is to honor and preserve the Sequence by increasing awareness of the Sequence as an important city and national cultural resource; improving the Sequence according to the original vision of Lawrence Halprin; and assuring the Sequence’s upkeep at the level of a residential garden.
4. Since its formation, the Conservancy has advocated, raised funds, undertaken maintenance and improvement projects, provided programming, raised awareness, and stewarded the Sequence.
5. In 2011, the Conservancy entered into an agreement, authorized by Ordinance 184646, with the City to allow for the Conservancy to fundraise and undertake some enhanced repair and maintenance of the fountains and surrounding park areas in the Sequence beyond the work done by City staff.
6. The 2011 agreement has expired and the Conservancy and PP&R have negotiated a new Stewardship Agreement, attached as Exhibit A, that will allow the Conservancy to continue to donate its services to undertake certain enhanced repair and maintenance work in the Sequence, beyond the work done by City staff.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs:

1. The Director of Portland Parks & Recreation or designee, is authorized to execute the Stewardship Agreement, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A, with the Halprin Landscape Conservancy, and to negotiate and execute any amendments thereof, upon approval as to form by the City Attorney, and provided the amendments would not increase financial or legal risks to the City.