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Interim Agreement with Rediscover the Falls and Metro
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RECOMMENDED ACTION (Motion):
Staff recommends the Commission approve the Interim Agreement to Implement the Willamette Falls Legacy Project Agreement for the Public Partners to Help Launch the Rediscover the Falls as a Thriving Volunteer Support Group for the Willamette Falls Legacy Project and to Establish the Terms of the Working Relationship.
BACKGROUND:
The success of the Willamette Falls Legacy Project will require significant public and private support. It is anticipated that a recently formed nonprofit group will assist in advocacy, outreach, and fundraising for the Willamette Falls Legacy Project; namely, for the riverwalk. The nonprofit group, called Rediscover the Falls (RTF), seated a board this summer and established a mission and vision:
VISION: We advocate for the revitalization of the former mill site in Oregon City, for restoration and conservation of habitat, for historic and cultural interpretation, and for world-class public access to Willamette Falls.
MISSION: Through purposeful action, we engage and educate the public, collaborate with partners, and build sponsorship and enduring commitment to the public interest in the Willamette Falls Legacy Project.
Earlier this year, Oregon City approved an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Willamette Falls Legacy Project Partners that contains a two-year budget. That budget includes seed funding for the nonprofit “friends” group from both Metro and Oregon City.
Project staff and the RTF board have drafted an interim 9-month agreement that allows the public partners to help launch this thriving volunteer support group for the Willamette Falls Legacy Project, and to begin to establish the terms of the ongoing working relationship between RTF and the public partners
The agreement is a three-way contract among Metro, Rediscover the Falls and the City of Oregon City to grant funding for RTF to accomplish a defined set of tas...
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