ORDINANCE No. 177052
*Amend agreement with Portland Streetcar, Inc. to provide professional and technical services related to an Eastside Streetcar Alignment Study in an amount not to exceed $50,000 (Ordinance; amend Contract No. 31428)
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 9th 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 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, which Council will consider on November 6, 2002.
10. 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.
11. PDOT will contribute $25,000 in budgeted GTR funds to the Study.
12. PDOT desires Portland Streetcar, Inc. (PSI) to carry out project management services, operations analysis, and land use analysis and community outreach services related to the Study.
13. On November 5, the PSI Board will consider, and is expected to approve, a Resolution authorizing the Chair to enter into an Amendment to Agreement No. 31428 with the City to provide the requested services.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs:
a. The Commissioner of Public Utilities and the City Auditor are hereby authorized to enter into Amendment No. 13 to Agreement No. 31428 with Portland Streetcar, Inc., substantially in accordance with the Amendment attached to the original of this Ordinance, and by reference made a part hereof.
b. The Mayor and the Auditor are hereby authorized to draw and deliver checks payable to Portland Streetcar, Inc., chargeable to the Transportation Operation Fund, AU 159, Object Code 210.
Section 2. The Council declares that an emergency exists because a delay in proceeding will adversely impact the ability to meet the schedule and timing needs of the other parties to the Study; 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
PSI AM13 ORD.doc DEPUTY
BACKING SHEET INFORMATION
AGENDA NO. 1355-2002
ORDINANCE/RESOLUTION/COUNCIL DOCUMENT NO. 177052
COMMISSIONERS VOTED AS FOLLOWS: |
YEAS | NAYS | |
FRANCESCONI | X | |
POSITION 4 VACANT | ----- | ----- |
SALTZMAN | X | |
STEN | X | |
KATZ | X |