ORDINANCE No. 176334

* Establish a 2002 PGE Park Season Program for the Northwest Portland On-Street Parking Project and authorize the Portland Office of Transportation to implement the Program (Ordinance)

The City of Portland ordains:

SECTION 1. The Council finds:

1.  City Council approved the PGE Park Comprehensive Transportation Management Plan (CTMP) and Good Neighbor Agreement with Portland Family Entertainment via Ordinance 17443. The CTMP required the development of a parking plan for Northwest Portland prior to opening day of PGE Park on April 30, 2001 to mitigate the impacts of PGE Park events on the neighborhood.

2.  The Bureau of Transportation System Management and a Citizen Advisory Committee collaborated to develop a Phase I Parking Plan for Northwest Portland. City Council approved the Pilot Area Parking Permit Program for Northwest Portland on April 18, 2001.

3.  The Pilot Area Parking Permit Program successfully met the primary objective of discouraging PGE Park patrons from parking in NW Portland.

4.  The Bureau of Transportation System Management recommends that the Pilot Area Parking Permit Program for Northwest Portland be implemented again for the 2002 season. City Code provisions of Title 16, for establishing area permit parking programs, do not adequately address the unique circumstances in the program area needed to mitigate PGE Park event impacts.

5.  The Bureau of Transportation System Management and the Citizen Advisory Committee are completing development of a more comprehensive parking plan to address parking concerns in the neighborhood.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs:

a.  The Bureau of Transportation System Management to re-establish the Pilot Area Parking Permit Program that takes exception to Title 16 of the City Code as specifically called out in Code 16.20.800, Sections 16.20.830, 16.20.840, 16.20.850, and 16.20.860.C.2.

b.  The Bureau of Transportation System Management to implement the Pilot Area Parking Permit Program prior to the opening of the 2002 PGE Park season on March 29, 2002.

SECTION 2.

The Council declares an emergency exists because delay in implementation of this on-street parking management program would interrupt the ability of the Portland Office of Transportation to provide mitigation measures to the Northwest Portland neighborhood by opening of the 2002 PGE Park event season.

 GARY BLACKMER

Auditor of the City of Portland

By /S/ Susan Parsons

Passed by the Council MAR 20 2002  Deputy

Commissioner Charlie Hales

March 20, 2002

R. Burchfield/di/ks

BACKING SHEET INFORMATION

AGENDA NO. 272-2002

ORDINANCE/RESOLUTION/COUNCIL DOCUMENT NO. 176334