*Authorize Director of the Community Safety Division to execute grant agreements for gun violence reduction programs

The City of Portland ordains: Section 1. The Council finds: The City of Portland provides project management for outgoing grants to provide community-based organizations funding that reflects priorities the Mayor and City Council identified to build a more family-friendly city and increase public safety. Funding for City gun violence reduction programs is included in the adopted budget and the budget monitoring process. Currently, an ordinance is required to award grants to community-based organizations funded through the city’s budget process. The ordinance process for outgoing grants requires significant time for the agreements to be fully executed. Due to the increase in gun violence, the City of Portland needs to expedite agreements and amendments to expand resources to provide external support that is desperately needed. Currently, the Mayor must sign each Gun Violence Reduction grant agreement after the ordinance is passed by Council. NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs: The Community Safety Director is authorized to execute agreements and amendments related to gun violence prevention grants provided (1) the City's financial obligations under the agreements, including amendments, do not exceed $500,000 per agreement and (2) Council approves funding for the agreements in the City's budget. The requirements of City Policy FIN-2.04 are waived as applied to grant agreements executed by the Community Safety Director in accordance with this ordinance. The authority granted to the Community Safety Director in section A of this ordinance expires on June 30, 2023. Section 2. The Council declares that an emergency exists in order to avoid harmful delay in funding violence prevention programs; therefore, this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Council.