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The City of Portland ordains:

Section 1. The Council finds:

1. On November 4, 2020, Council approved the Oregon Public Works Emergency Response Cooperative Assistance Agreement by Ordinance No. 190187; and
    
2. That State Law (ORS Chapter 401.480, and ORS Chapter 190) provides for collaboration among public and private agencies; and
    
3. That such collaboration is common in the law enforcement and in fire service; and
    
4. That such collaboration in between public works agencies is also of significant value in response and recovery operations in an emergency; and
    
5. That such collaboration between public works has been in place among the governments of the State of Oregon for over twenty-two years and thus needs to be renewed; and
    
6. That such collaboration is in the tradition and public interest of the Portland Metropolitan area and should be developed and expanded.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs:

1. The Mayor and Auditor are authorized to execute the Oregon Public Works Emergency Response Cooperative Assistance Agreementbetween the City of Portland, the Oregon Department of Transportation and others attached as Exhibit A; and
2. That this agreement supersedes Ordinance 190187 dated November 4, 2020; Agreement 30004048, Ordinance No. 186530 dated April 11, 2014; 181991, dated July 2, 2008; Ordinance No. 176697, dated July 10, 2002; Agreement No. 50999, dated February 4, 1998 (Ordinance No. 171867); Agreement No. 28302, dated October 14, 1992 (Ordinance No. 165883); and No. 26840, dated January 30, 1991 (Ordinance No. 163828); and
3. That the Oregon Public Works Emergency Response Cooperative Assistance Agreement be a non-exclusive agreement and that other agencies be encouraged to become parties to it; and
4. That the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management is authorized to execute the documentation for this agreement due to the multiple disciplines currently and potentially involved.