ORDINANCE No. 177051

*Authorize agreement with the Lloyd District Business Improvement District to participate in the Eastside Streetcar Alignment Study and to provide financial support to the City in the amount of $50,000 (Ordinance)

The City of Portland ordains:

Section 1.  The Council finds:

1.  The Lloyd District Business Improvement District (BID), a non-profit corporation, is organized to encourage and participate in programs to assure the continued health and development of, and pride in, the Lloyd District Business District of the City of Portland by making a better place in which to live, work and visit.

2.  The Lloyd District Transportation Management Association (TMA), a non-profit business organization , is organized and operated to promote the economic vitality of the Lloyd District through the provision of programs, advocacy, education and other services to business in the area of transportation demand management.

3.  The Lloyd District Development Strategy (Strategy), dated July 27, 2001, and endorsed by both the BID and TMA, calls for the development of a “transit hub” within the Lloyd Central Core area, generally between NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. and NE 9^th Avenue and between NE Halsey and NE Multnomah Streets.

4.  A key element of the hub as outlined in the Strategy is the consideration of an eastside streetcar line, which will act as a catalyst to the private redevelopment of underutilized sites in the Lloyd Central Core.

5.  The Central City Plan also supports this action with a recommendation to develop an inner-city transit loop that would further connect downtown Portland and eastside locations, namely within the Lloyd District and Central Eastside Industrial Areas.

6.  The BID requested that the Portland Development Commission (PDC) commit $100,000 in budgeted funds within the Oregon Convention Center Urban Renewal Area for a study to develop a conceptual eastside streetcar alignment and cost estimates.

7.  The Portland Office of Transportation (PDOT), at the request of PDC, has developed a scope of work for the study.

8.  On October 9, 2002, PDC adopted Resolution No. 5931 granting authority to amend the Master Interagency Agreement with PDOT in the amount of $100,000 for the Eastside Streetcar Alignment Study (Study).

9.  On October 30, 2002, the City Council will consider approving an amendment to the PDC/PDOT Master Interagency Agreement to incorporate the Study into PDOT’s budget and work plan.

10.  On October 9, 2002, the Lloyd BID Board unanimously approved a contribution of $50,000 to the Study and authorized the Chair to enter into an Agreement with the City to do so.

11.  PDOT will contribute $25,000 in budgeted GTR funds to the Study.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs:

a.  The Commissioner of Public Utilities and the City Auditor are hereby authorized to enter into an Agreement with the Lloyd District Business Improvement District, substantially in accordance with the Agreement attached to the original of this Ordinance, and by reference made a part hereof.

b.  The Commissioner of Public Utilities is hereby authorized to appoint an Eastside Streetcar Alignment Committee to oversee the Eastside Streetcar Alignment Study; said Committee to be chaired by the Lloyd District Business Improvement District Chair and with members comprised of Eastside representatives and other interested parties.

c.  The Portland Office of Transportation is hereby authorized to receive payments from the Lloyd District Business Improvement District, according to the scheduled indicated in Exhibit A.

d.  The City’s Project Manager is hereby authorized to agree to and execute, on behalf of the City, any amendment, which does not increase the amount of this Agreement.

Section 2. The Council declares that an emergency exists because a delay in proceeding will adversely impact the schedule for the design other projects within the Lloyd District dependent on completion of this work; therefore, this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Council.

Passed by the Council, NOV 06 2002

GARY BLACKMER

Commissioner Jim Francesconi  AUDITOR OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND

Vicky L Diede::slg  BY /S/ TERRY REISZ

October 30, 2002                    

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BACKING SHEET INFORMATION

AGENDA NO. 1354-2002

ORDINANCE/RESOLUTION/COUNCIL DOCUMENT NO. 177051