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The City of Portland ordains:

Section 1.  The Council finds:

1. The City of Portland (the “City”) consolidated the housing and economic opportunity functions that existed at the City’s Bureau of Housing and Community Development and Prosper Portland through Ordinance No. 182465 on January 7, 2009, and established the Portland Housing Bureau (PHB) to assume such housing functions; and moved economic opportunity functions to Prosper Portland.
2. Prosper Portland, as the duly-designated urban renewal agency of the City is granted broad powers under ORS 457 for the planning and implementation of urban renewal programs, projects and activities.
3. Prosper Portland’s urban renewal activities include housing rehabilitation, finance and development consistent with ORS Chapter 457.
4. The City Charter charges Prosper Portland with implementing the vision and goals of the City relating to affordable housing as adopted by the City Council.  In accord with City Ordinance number 184329, PHB is charged with developing Citywide housing policy and delivering programs that increase the supply of affordable housing, preventing and ending homelessness, and increasing homeownership for households of color.
5. PHB is responsible for implementation of the City’s housing policy, and is the representative bureau for the City of Portland as a participating jurisdiction receiving federal grant funds from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
6. In order to promote greater coordination between the housing rehabilitation, finance and development projects undertaken as urban renewal activities and the City’s housing policy implemented by PHB, and as authorized by ORS 457.210, Prosper Portland desires to contract with PHB for the implementation of that portion of Prosper Portland’s urban renewal activities involving affordable housing rehabilitation, finance and development and other affordable housing activities historically performed by Prosper Portland; Prosper Portland desires to provide federal grant-funded economic opportunity activities related to affordable housing and PHB desires to provide reimbursement for those activities.
7. Through this intergovernmental agreement, and the consolidation and clarification of roles, PHB will produce greater efficiencies and a better return on taxpayer investment.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs:

1. The Commissioner in Charge of PHB is hereby authorized to execute the Intergovernmental Agreement for Housing Rehabilitation, Finance and Development, Housing Support Services, and the Economic Opportunity Initiative substantially in accordance with the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “IGA”). 
2. The Mayor and City Auditor are hereby authorized to pay for the contract from City general funds, Community Development Block Grant, Portland Housing Bond fund and other funding sources in the PHB adopted budget.
3. The Director of PHB is hereby delegated the authority to modify, by amendment, the IGA, per its provisions.

Section 2. The Council declares that an emergency exists in order to continue the implementation of housing and economic opportunity functions; therefore, this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Council.