Res. 2202 - Oregon Mayor's Association Taskforce COUNCIL BILL NO. 3201
RESOLUTION NO. 2202
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF WOODBURN, OREGON AUTHORIZING ITS SUPPORT
OF THE OREGON MAYORS ASSOCIATION'S TASKFORCE ON HOMELESSNESS'S
PROPOSAL TO PARTNER WITH THE STATE TO FUND LOCAL HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE
AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS OREGON'S CRISIS OF THE UNHOUSED
WHEREAS, the Oregon Mayors Association (OMA) created a Taskforce on
Homelessness, consisting of 25 mayors from across the state, in May of 2022, to
develop a response to homelessness that would help all communities statewide,
regardless of size, or location, to address Oregon's crisis of the unhoused; and
WHEREAS, over the summer and fall of 2022, the OMA Taskforce on
Homelessness met regularly to develop its homelessness plan, finalizing the same
on October 14, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the plan proposed by the OMA Taskforce on Homelessness calls
for a partnership between the state and Oregon's 241 cities to allow for the
establishment and expansion of local, community-based responses that provide
immediate shelter, needed services, and secure safety for unhoused
Oregonians; and
WHEREAS, the OMA Taskforce on Homelessness's plan requires the
enactment of two separate, yet parallel, budget proposals during the 2023
Legislative Session: (1 ) a budget package which provides direction allocation to
cities for homelessness response and prevention services; and (2) an allocation
that provides capital improvement funding for cities; and
WHEREAS, the budget package proposing a direction allocation to cities
for homelessness response and prevention services recommends providing each
city with funds in an amount equal to $40 per resident, in accordance with the
latest official population estimates from Portland State University, with no city
receiving less than $50,000 in direct funding, and requires the funds to be used
by the city, or a community partner of the city's choice, for homelessness
response and prevention services; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Woodburn supports the plan proposed by
the OMA Taskforce on Homelessness, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY OF WOODBURN RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1. All of the above recitals are true and correct and incorporated
herein by reference.
Section 2. The City Council hereby authorizes the
Mayor and City Administrator to:
® Sign letters of support of the plan proposed by the OMA Taskforce on
Homelessness;
® Speak with state legislators, the Governor, the Governor's staff, or other
state government officials in support of the plan proposed by the OMA
Taskforce on Homelessness; and,
® Provide testimony, either written or verbal, to the Oregon Legislature in
support of the plan proposed by the OMA Taskforce on Homelessness.
Section 3. The City Council recognizes and acknowledges that the plan
proposed by the OMA Taskforce on Homelessness may be subject to
amendment, and provided the spirit of the plan (direct allocation of funding
to cities and/or capital funds directed to Oregon cities) is maintained, the
authorization provided by Section 2 is applicable.
Section 4. This Resolution will take effect upon adoption.
Approved as to form:
City Attorney Date
Approved:
Frank Lonergqji,', Mayor
Passed by the Council 1.2, 2,4
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Heather Pierson, City Recorder
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