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The City of Portland ordains: 

Section 1. The Council finds:

1. These grant agreements provide financial and limited staff assistance resources from the City of Portland Office of Community & Civic Life to five organizations for the purpose of supporting civic engagement services for under-engaged communities, such as immigrants and refugees, through the Diversity and Civic Leadership (DCL) program.

2. The goal of these grant agreements is to enhance civic engagement among under-engaged communities, such as immigrant and refugee communities, to improve community livability, public health and public safety, organizational capacity and self-empowerment at the community level. The five DCL organizations are critical partners working with Civic Life to implement concrete action steps organized around three interdependent goals:

   1. Increase community building and civic engagement opportunities for under-engaged communities such as immigrant and refugee communities working toward equitable outcomes for all Portlanders.
   2. Support communities in pursuing forms of governance that reflect their lived experience, values, and aspirations. Design cohort-based models for civic engagement in collaboration with bureaus to address city livability issues.

   3. Build connections across community and advocacy groups. Promote inclusive education, art, and play.

3. The outcome of DCL projects results in new community leaders having an expanded understanding of the City's governance structure, improved communications and expanded public involvement opportunities with City bureaus, and new partnerships between under-engaged community organizations, immigrant and refugee organizations, neighborhood district coalitions, and other community-based groups.

4. A total of $771,000 in General Fund dollars is allocated in the Office of Community & Civic Life FY 2024-25 requested budget for distributing these grants as part of the Diversity and Civic Leadership Program. This total consists of $371,000 in on-going and $400,000 in one-time funding to maintain the previous FY 2023-24 allocation to these grantees and includes additional cost of living adjustments.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs:

1. The Director of the Office of Community & Civic Life is authorized to execute Grant Agreements in a form similar to Exhibit A, provided such agreements have been approved as to form by the City Attorney, with the five nonprofit Diversity Civic Leadership organizations in the amounts listed below for FY 2024-25:
   
   Unite Oregon (Center for Intercultural Organizing): $154,200
   Latino Network: $154,200
   The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO): $154,200
   Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA): $154,200
   The Urban League of Portland, Inc.: $154,200
   TOTAL: $771,000
2. The Mayor and Auditor are hereby authorized to pay the grant funds from the General Fund.
3. Amendments and renewals to the grant agreements may be agreed to and executed by the Director of the Office of Community & Civic Life or their designee, including but not limited to scope of work and budget for FY 2024-25, and for FY 2025-26 provided Civic Life’s FY 2025-26 budget has been approved by City Council, provided such amendments and renewals have been approved as to form by the City Attorney .
4. The competitive solicitation requirements in City Policy FIN-2.04 are waived as applied to the grant agreements authorized by this ordinance.

Section 2. The Council declares that an emergency exists because a delay would unnecessarily delay the City’s ability to perform the activities authorized by the grant; therefore, this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Council.