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AGENDA REQUEST & STAFF REPORT
For Board Business Meeting of March 16,2015
DATE: March 13,2015
FROM: Judith Ure Administrative Services 541-330-4627
TITLE OF AGENDA ITEM:
Resolution No. 2015-022 authorizing participation in the 2015-17 Oregon Community Dispute
Resolution Grant Fund Program
PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS DATE? No.
BACKGROUND AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS:
Every two years, the University of Oregon's Oregon Office for Community Dispute Resolution
(OOCDR) makes funding available to eligible applicants through a publicly advertised application
process coordinated by counties in partnership with OOCDR. To qualify for the program, each county
must adopt a resolution stating its intent to participate and to engage in a selection process to award
grant funds to a local service provider. Following adoption of the resolution, the County will advertise
the application process and select a grantee to perform mediation services within its boundaries. The
University of Oregon will then enter into an agreement directly with the selected organization and make
grant payments without further County involvement. Additional information about the program can be
found in the attached letter from the OOCDR.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None. The OOCDR will enter into a grant agreement and disburse funds directly to the selected
grantee.
RECOMMENDATION & ACTION REQUESTED:
Adopt Resolution No. 2015-022 authorizing participation in the 2015-17 Oregon Community Dispute
Resolution Grant Fund Program.
ATTENDANCE: Judith Ure, Management Analyst, Department of Environmental Services
DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENTS:
Please return one (1) signed original of the resolution to Judith Ure.
o UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
School of Law
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ADMINISTRATION
FEB 5 2015
February 2, 2015
Judith Ure
Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
1300 N.W. Wall Street, Suite 200 '
Bend. OR 97701
Dear Judith Ure,
This is an invitation for Deschutes County to participate in the selection process
for the 2015-2017 Community Dispute Resolution Program (CORP) Grant
Funds pursuant to ORS 36.160.
Assuming funding for 2015-2017 is reauthorized by the 2015 Legislature at the
same level as the prior biennium, grant funds for Deschutes County will be
approximately $36,422 for the period July 1,2015 -June 30, 2017. The funding
for these grants is currently derived from an appropriation from the general fund
for the purpose of providing dispute resolution services in counties and will be
allocated per University of Oregon policy.
Enclosed is a review of all of the information necessary to proceed with the
Request for Application (RFA) process.
The first step in the local selection process is the County's adoption of a
resolution to participate. ORS 36,160 requires that a County notify the Oregon
Office for Community Dispute Resolution (OOCOR) of its intent to par1:icipate in
the selection process to award grant funds. A sample county resolution is
provided in the enclosed RFA packet. Upon your County's adoption of the
resolution, please send a copy to the OOCDR. Following is the timeline for the
2015-2017 grant process:
By March 13, 2015 County Commission adopts a resolution of desire to
participate in the process.
March 31.2015 Legal notice published by the County to announce the
application process (sample included). The County and
OOCDR make RFA packets available to applicants.
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Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. at the County
and OOCOR.
OOCOR issues notices of eligibility to applicants and
County.
Any appeals from applicants determined ineligible by
OOCOR must be received by 5:00 pm.
County 'Commission selects grantee(s) and notifies
OOCOR of selection.
OOCOR enters into Grant Agreement with the grantee(s).
According to University of Oregon policy, each County Commission needs to
designate a County dispute resolution program coordinator. OOCOR staff
provides technical assistance and advice to this County staff person to make
sure the process runs as smoothly as possible. If you have received this letter
and are not the County's dispute resolution program coordinator, please forward
these materials to the proper person.
OOCOR encourages collaboration in all phases of the grantee selection process.
In some Counties there will be only one interested and qualified applicant.
However, if your County receives applications from more than one qualified
applicant, we encourage you to have conversations with all applicants to
determine whether there are ways for them to work together to best provide
dispute resolution services in your County.
You may elect to opt out of the selection process if you desire. In that case, the
Oean of the University of Oregon School of Law will assume the county's role in
the process. If this is your choice, please provide OOCOR with a written notice
to opt out by March 13, 2015. A sample Opt Out notification form is available
upon request.
OOCOR will also provide you with electronic versions of the RFA, as well as a
sample 2015-2017 Grant Agreement. Feel free to contact me at 541-346-1623 if
you have any questions. Thank you in advance for your support.
:;i/O-?
Mark Quinlan, Administrator
Oregon Office for Community ~ispute Resolution
Enclosyrel:!
Requestfor Application (RFA) Packet For 2015-2017 OOCOR Grant Cycle
(includes Sample Resolution, Sample Notice, and Sample 2015-2017
Grant Agreement)
PAGE 1 OF 1 – RESOLUTION NO. 2015-022
For Recording Stamp Only
BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
A Resolution in the Matter of Participation in
Funding Activities of the Oregon Office for
Community Dispute Resolution
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RESOLUTION NO. 2015-022
WHEREAS, the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners believes that the settlement of disputes by
mediation may lead to more long-lasting and mutually satisfactory agreements; and
WHEREAS, mediation may reduce the need for time-consuming and costly litigation; and
WHEREAS, the Oregon Legislature has charged the State Board of Higher Education acting by and
through the University of Oregon on behalf of the University of Oregon School of Law (Grantor) with the
responsibility to foster the development of community mediation programs by making grant monies available to
participating Counties; and
WHEREAS, any county wishing to participate must formally notify Grantor of its intent to participate;
now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES
COUNTY, OREGON, as follows:
Section 1. Deschutes County hereby notifies Grantor of its desire to participate in the expenditure of
funds for community dispute resolution programs within Deschutes County and agrees to engage in a selection
process and to select as funding recipients those entities both qualified by the standards and guidelines adopted
by Grantor and capable of and willing to provide community dispute resolution services according to the rules
adopted by Grantor.
Section 2. This resolution shall take effect upon its adoption by Deschutes County.
Dated this _______ Day of ___ ________, 2015 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON
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ANTHONY DEBONE, Chair
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ALAN UNGER, Vice Chair
ATTEST:
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Recording Secretary
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TAMMY BANEY, Commissioner
REVIEWED
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LEGAL COUNSEL