City of Portland - Measure 26-134
BALLOT TITLE
AMENDS CHARTER: DELETES OUTDATED EXPOSITION-RECREATION COMMISSION CHAPTER
QUESTION: Shall obsolete Exposition-Recreation Commission Chapter of Portland City Charter be deleted?
SUMMARY: Charter Chapter 14 provides for the creation and operation of the City Exposition-Recreation Commission. Charter Chapter 14 is no longer needed. The functions that were previously carried out by the City Exposition-Recreation Commission are now carried out by the Metropolitan Service District (Metro) through its Metropolitan Exposition and Recreation Commission under a 1989 agreement (as amended) among Portland and other government bodies. Any remaining rights or obligations of the former City Exposition-Recreation Commission vest in the City Council pursuant to the Charter and these agreements. This measure would delete Charter Chapter 14.
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
This measure amends the Portland City Charter. The City’s Charter Commission reviewed the Charter to identify parts of the Charter that the Commission determined are outdated, unenforceable or offensive, including Chapter 14. The Charter Commission recommends deletion of Chapter 14 of the Charter, Exposition-Recreation Commission because the chapter is obsolete. The functions previously carried out by the City Exposition-Recreation Commission are now carried out by the Metropolitan Service District (Metro) through its Metropolitan Exposition and Recreation Commission under a 1989 agreement (as amended) among Portland and other government bodies. Any remaining rights or obligations of the former City Exposition-Recreation Commission are otherwise vested in the City Council pursuant to the Charter and these agreements. This measure would delete Charter Chapter 14 without affecting City government structure or operations.
The Charter Commission referred this measure to the voters.
Submitted by
James H. Van Dyke
City Attorney
City of Portland