Under what conditions could a community operator sustain accessible neighborhood services?
What the sources establish
The Council presentation describes community operation and private investment at Sellwood. The progress report also names The Shack at Sellwood Park and Laurelhurst Dance Studio. Those mentions establish examples, not a common budget or identical agreement terms.
Presentation, slide 11Progress report rosterFY2025–26 report; September 8, 2026 presentation. Reviewed 2026-09-12. Executed agreements, full operating costs and measured access outcomes are not supplied by these materials.
- City responsibilities to verify
- Public facility and retained ownership are described. Verify structural repairs, inspections, insurance, utilities, staffing support and capital obligations in the executed agreement.
- Partner responsibilities to verify
- Community operation and programming are described. Verify staffing, maintenance, utility payments, fee revenue, fundraising and the limits of responsibility by facility.
- Financial evidence
- No verified annual total or avoided-cost comparison. Operator revenue is not the same as philanthropy, and operator expenditure is not automatically a City saving. Earlier estimates are withheld.
- Public access and participation
- Obtain required and delivered public hours, fees, scholarship eligibility and take-up, program participation and closure days. Track each facility separately.
- Operating risks and requirements
- Affordability, staff capacity, building repairs and continuity if the operator exits. Identify the City service alternative before estimating avoided costs.
- Minimum next evidence
- Executed agreement and amendments; one completed fiscal year's operating statement and City support; public-hour and fee schedules; aggregate participation and scholarship counts.
- Alternatives to compare
- Continue the current terms; modify access or maintenance responsibilities; compare a City-operated service with the same hours and scope. No alternative is ranked without comparable costs.
- Proposed success measures
- Cost per delivered public hour and participant, scholarship reach, maintenance compliance and service continuity, measured against an agreed baseline.