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23,631 - Restructure Summer Free for All Program Service Area Vibrant Communities DCA Sonia Schmanski Bureau Name Portland Parks & Recreation Director Adena Long Funding Type Name Reduction Status: Recommended Package Desc Expense Recommended Total Program operations including community application process, event planning, marketing timelines, External Materials and Services ($199,626) hiring, training, event production, and season closeouts would remain the same. Personnel ($31,749) There is no change to full-time permanent staffing levels. Casual/seasonal staffing levels would be ($231,375) adjusted proportionate to the number of events. Revenue Recommended Total Total number of events is reduced from 47 to 21 (-55%), while quality and caliber of events remain largely the same. The two signature festivals (Washington Park Summer Festival (WPSF), East General Fund Discretionary ($231,375) Portland Summer Arts Festival (EPSAF) are intact, with one day cut from WPSF (three days to two ($231,375) days). EPSAF is scaled back to feature local artists instead of nationally known artists. The number of movies, concerts and special events is reduced by more than half. Concerts only include “large” events. This proposal reduces two 4-month Recreation Leader positions to one. Marketing budget is reduced (no advertising, photo/video). This reduction will take place beginning September 1, 2025. Service Impacts As long as full-time permanent staffing levels remain intact, program levels could scale back up in future fiscal years while maintaining smooth and continuous operations. If future fiscal years call for continued program reductions, cuts to permanent staffing levels will need to be considered. Equity Impacts Summer Free For All’s Cultural Events advance the City Core Values of: Collaboration - Almost every event is produced in partnership with a community groups and organizations. They apply for a SFFA event and co-design every aspect of their event in partnership with SFFA‘s program team. Anti-Racism and Equity – This summer, 37% of SFFA’s partners (16 out of 43) represented or serve culturally specific communities and/or low-income groups. 55% of staff (11 out of 20), 77% of food vendors (17 out of 22), 88% of the performing artists (52 out of 59) represented Black people, Indigenous people and people of color. Reductions in SFFA events will result in turning away many community partners through the application process. Portland Parks and Recreation can minimize equity impacts by prioritizing groups representing the Bureau’s Centered Communities. This will result in turning away a high number of neighborhood associations representing affluent areas and dominant culture.

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