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The City of Portland ordains:

Section 1. The Council finds:

1. The City believes all Portlanders should have equitable access to arts and culture – a value that was reaffirmed when the Council approved "Our Creative Future," a new cultural plan for the Portland metro region, on May 22, 2024.  
2. The City supports arts and culture through three distinct funding mechanisms: 
   1. General Fund appropriations; 
   2. The Percent for Art Program, pursuant to Portland City Code (PCC) Chapter 5.74 (Acquisition of Public Art) (known as Percent for Art); and 
   3. The Arts Education and Access Fund, pursuant to PCC Chapter 5.73 (Arts Education and Access Income Tax).
3. Since 1995, the Regional Arts & Council (RACC) has been the primary provider of arts-related services and steward of these funds.
4. The relationship between the City and RACC has been memorialized through City Code and a series of sole-source contracts.
5. The current contract was not renewed and expired on its own terms as of July 1, 2024, as part of the City's decision to change its arts service delivery model and establish a new Office of Arts & Culture within the Vibrant Communities Service Area.
6. To reflect this new structure, and the City's transition to a new form of government, the City Council adopted amendments to PCC Chapter 5.73 ("Arts Education and Access Income Tax") via Ordinance No. 191605, effective March 1, 2024, that replaced references to RACC with references to the “City Arts Program” and made other minor language changes.
7. Ordinance No. 191605 also included in Exhibit B thereto amendments that become effective January 1, 2025. This ordinance does not alter the language in Exhibit B to Ordinance No. 191605.
8. The City Arts Program was recently renamed the “Office of Arts & Culture.”
9. This ordinance replaces references in Chapter 5.73 to “City Arts Program” with the “Office of Arts & Culture” to reflect the name change.
10. This ordinance also amends Chapter 5.74 ("Public Art") to codify the City's new service delivery model for supporting arts and culture. 
11. This ordinance further replaces references to RACC in Section 5.04.510 and Chapter 5.74 with the “Office of Arts & Culture.” 
12. The City Council recently reconfigured the Office of Management and Finance and Bureau of Revenue and Financial Services via Ordinance No. 191740, effective July 1, 2024, that, among other actions, eliminated the Office Management and Finance, separated the functions of the Bureau of Revenue and Financial Services into specialized divisions and programs, and created the “Revenue and Financial Services Division” to take over the revenue functions previously carried out by the Bureau of Revenue and Financial Services.
13. This ordinance replaces references in Chapters 5.73 and 5.74 to either the “Office of Management and Finance” or the “Revenue Division” with “Revenue and Financial Services Division” or the “Office of Arts & Culture,” depending on the context.
14. The ordinance amends Chapter 5.74 to have bureaus participating in the Percent for Art program transfer revenues to the Office of Arts & Culture rather than to RACC.
15. In addition, City Code Section 7.02.830, "Collection and Remittance of Donations to the Regional Arts & Culture Council," is deleted in its entirety because it has gone unused for several years, and there are other options to make donations to RACC on various City websites.

NOW, THEREFORE, The Council directs:

1. Amend City Code Section 5.04.510 as shown in Exhibit A.
2. Amend City Code Chapter 5.73 as shown in Exhibit B.
3. Amend City Code Chapter 5.74 as shown in Exhibit C.
4. Repeal City Code Section 7.02.830 Collection and Remittance of Donations to the Regional Arts & Culture Council.