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The City of Portland ordains:

Section 1.  The Council finds:

1. The Office of Management and Finance’s Community Safety Division (CSD) was created to more effectively streamline safety and emergency services provided to the Portland community;
2. The CSD Director has been tasked with facilitating the creation of the Behavioral Health Emergency Coordination Network (BHECN). The vision for BHECN is to provide a 24/7 single point of access for help for people experiencing a mental health or substance abuse crisis and requires consideration of the goals of law enforcement and the goals of the behavioral health system;
3. Lones Management Consulting, LLC (Lones) is the consultant assisting with development of this Network.  The BHECN will be transitioned to Multnomah County for management after this phase of the project is completed;
4. CSD has determined that the cost for the remaining work anticipated for this project will exceed the available amount of the Contract with Lones, and that it will need to add funds to complete the project;
5. The increase in funds to the Contract will exceed the procurement authority of the Chief Procurement Officer to amend Professional, Technical and Expert (PTE) contracts with values up to $1,250,000 per City Code 5.68.035;
6. CSD has sufficient funding within its FY 2022-23 budget appropriations to accommodate this amendment; and
7. It is beneficial to the City and community that this Contract my be amended as quickly as possible to avoid a lapse in the program.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs:

1. That the Chief Procurement Officer is authorized to amend an agreement between the City and Lones Management Consulting, LLC as outlined in a form similar to the amendment attached as Exhibit A.
2. The Bureau Director and the Project Manager are authorized to execute amendments to the scope of services or the terms and conditions of the Agreement, provided the changes do not increase the amount of compensation or increase the City's financial risk.

Section 2. The Council declares an emergency exists because a delay in executing the amendment may deprive the City of the benefits of the continuity of the CSD's efforts; therefore, this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Council.