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Package 23,726 requests realigning the Enhanced Services District (ESD) Coordinator program from Community and Economic Development into the City Administrator's Portland Solutions team. The program consists of 1.0 FTE and is funded ~55% from ESD fee withholdings and ~45% General Fund. The request is not recommended. A ~$50k budget gap for FY25-26 exists and may be addressed through General Fund reallocation or renegotiation with the three ESDs: Downtown Clean and Safe, Central Eastside Together, and Lloyd ESD.

Key points (each cites a PDF page):

Package realigns Enhanced Services District Coordinator (1.0 FTE) from Community and Economic Development Service Area to Portland Solutions team within City Administrator portfolio (p. 149)
Program funding: approximately 55% from withholdings of fees collected on behalf of ESDs, 45% from General Fund (p. 149)
ESD Coordinator serves as City's contract administrator and primary liaison to three established Enhanced Services Districts: Downtown Clean and Safe, Central Eastside Together, and Lloyd ESD (p. 149)
Position was created in response to 2020 audit of ESD program (p. 149)
Realignment reduces ongoing General Fund portion of ESD budget by $7,915 (p. 149)
Program facing budget gap of approximately $50k for FY25-26, to be addressed through General Fund reallocation from Portland Solutions portfolio or renegotiation with the three ESDs (p. 149)
Recommendation status: Not Recommended (p. 149)
All recommended funding totals are $0 across expense and revenue categories (p. 149)

💰 $0 · $7,915 · $50k · 👥 1.0 FTE · 📋 Enhanced Services District Coordinator · Portland Solutions · Downtown Clean and Safe · Central Eastside Together · Lloyd ESD · 🏛️ City Administrator · Community and Economic Development Service Area

23,726

Source: PDF p. 149 · raw: 149

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23,726 - CA-Portland Solutions Enhanced Service District Realignment Service Area City Administrator DCA Michael Jordan Bureau Name City Administrator Director Michael Jordan Funding Type Name Realignment Status: Not Recommended Package Desc Expense Recommended Total This request realigns the Enhanced Services District Coordinator (ESD) program out of the External Materials and Services $0 Community and Economic Development Service Area and into the Portland Solutions team within Internal Materials and Services $0 the City Administrator’s portfolio. The program consists of 1.0 permanent FTE with overhead and benefits, a small number of supervisory hours, and small amounts of professional service contract Personnel $0 funds. $0 The ESD Coordinator is the City’s contract administrator and primary liaison to the City’s three established Enhanced Services Districts: Downtown Clean and Safe, Central Eastside Together, and Revenue Recommended Total Lloyd ESD. The position plays a key role in oversight of the districts and was created in response to an audit of the ESD program in 2020. In addition, the ESD Coordinator is the primary City staff General Fund Discretionary $0 responsible for working with existing neighborhood business districts interested in establishing an ESD. Program resources come from withholdings from fees collected on behalf of the ESDs (~55%), Interagency Revenue $0 and General Fund (~45%). $0 Service Impacts Service impacts from transferring the program are anticipated to be minimal. The Portland Solutions team works with many of the same community stakeholders and organizations and coordinates service delivery among some of the same City agencies as the ESD Coordinator, so there may be some synergies. Note that the ESD Coordinator program is facing a budget gap for FY25-26 of approximately $50k which may be the subject of a decision package submitted through the City Administrators budget. This request reduces the ongoing General Fund portion of the Enhanced Service District's budget by $7,915. Program resources come from withholdings from fees collected on behalf of the ESDs (~55%), and General Fund (~45%). Note that the ESD Coordinator program is facing a budget gap for FY25-26 of approximately $50k. The budget gap will be addressed either by reallocating General Fund resources from other parts of Portland Solutions portfolio or renegotiating the program resources that come from the three Enhanced Service Districts: Downtown Clean and Safe, Central Eastside Together and Lloyd ESD. Equity Impacts There is no known equity impact associated with transferring the program to the City Administrator’s portfolio. Maintaining the program has a significant equity impact as the ESD Coordinator is responsible for implementing transparency and inclusion program improvements recommended in the 2020 Audit as well as providing information about the ESD program to interested associations across the city.

Parent: Package Details · PDF: p. 149