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This package proposes transferring the Enhanced Services District (ESD) Coordinator program from the Community & Economic Development Service Area to the Portland Solutions team within the City Administrator's portfolio. The single-FTE position oversees three established ESDs (Downtown Clean and Safe, Central Eastside Together, Lloyd ESD) and supports development of new district proposals. The program faces a ~$50k budget gap for FY25-26. No funding is recommended for this realignment, and service impacts are expected to be minimal due to overlapping stakeholder relationships.

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Package 23,639 proposes moving the ESD Coordinator program from Community & Economic Development to Portland Solutions within the City Administrator's portfolio (p. 743)
ESD Coordinator is a single FTE position responsible for oversight of three established Enhanced Services Districts: Downtown Clean and Safe, Central Eastside Together, and Lloyd ESD (p. 743)
ESD Coordinator program funding comes from withholdings from fees collected on behalf of ESDs (~55%) and General Fund (~45%) (p. 743)
Program is facing a budget gap of approximately $50k for FY25-26 that may be subject to a City Administrator's budget decision package (p. 743)
Status of this realignment package is Not Recommended with $0 recommended for External Materials and Services, Personnel, and Revenue (p. 743)
Position was created in response to a 2020 audit of the ESD program and is responsible for implementing transparency and inclusion improvements from that audit (p. 743)

💰 $50k · 👥 1 FTE · 📋 Enhanced Services District Coordinator · Downtown Clean and Safe · Central Eastside Together · Lloyd ESD · Portland Solutions · 🏛️ Office of Community and Economic Development · City Administrator's Office

23,639

Source: PDF p. 743 · raw: 743

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23,639 - C&ED-ESD-Program Transfer to Portland Solutions Service Area Community & Economic Development DCA Donnie Oliveira Bureau Name Office of Community and Econ Development Director Donnie Oliveira Funding Type Name Realignment Status: Not Recommended Package Desc Expense Recommended Total This action, if approved, will move the Enhanced Services District Coordinator program out of the External Materials and Services $0 CEDSA and into the Portland Solutions team within the City Administrator’s portfolio. The program Personnel $0 consists of a signal FTE with overhead and benefits, a small number of supervisory hours, and small amounts of professional service contract funds. The ESD Coordinator is the City’s contract $0 administrator and primary liaison to the City’s three established Enhanced Services Districts: Downtown Clean and Safe, Central Eastside Together, and Lloyd ESD. The position plays a key role Revenue Recommended Total 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 responsible for working with existing General Fund Discretionary $0 neighborhood business districts interested in establishing an ESD. Program resources come from Interagency Revenue $0 withholdings from fees collected on behalf of the ESDs (~55%), 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. Equity Impacts There are no known equity impacts 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. 743