*Accept a grant in the amount of $439,950 from Federal Transit Administration Public Transportation Research and Demonstration Grant for Portland Streetcar’s Healthy and Reliable Transit project

The City of Portland ordains: Section 1. The Council finds: 1. Portland Bureau of Transportation applied to the Federal Transit Administration for a grant in the amount of $439,950 for the Portland Streetcar’s Healthy and Reliable Transit project on 11/2/2020; and 2. The Federal Transit Administration has notified the City of Portland that it will award a grant for the Portland Streetcar’s Healthy and Reliable Transit project to Portland Bureau of Transportation in the amount of $439,950; 3. The grant is matched by $110,000 in contributions from Portland Streetcar, Inc. – The City’s partner in delivering streetcar service. 4. This grant will improve confidence in public transportation by investing in clean, safe vehicles for its streetcars including replacing cloth seat coverings with easy-to-sanitize vinyl coverings; educating riders with new message boards at stops; and hiring public health-trained staff to ensure vehicles are properly sanitized and the system is adhering to public health guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19. NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs: The Commissioner-in-Charge is hereby authorized to accept on behalf of the City of Portland a grant from the Federal Transit Administration for the Portland Streetcar’s Healthy and Reliable Transit project in the amount of $ 439,950 . Any increases to the Grant Amount must be approved by the City Council. The Commissioner-in-charge to execute an Agreement in the amount of $439,950 as outlined within grant application attached as Exhibit A. The Commissioner-in-Charge is authorized to execute amendments, approved as to form by the City Attorney, to the scope of the services or the terms and conditions of this Agreement, provided the changes do not increase the City’s financial risk. The OMF Grants Office is authorized to perform all administrative matters in relation to the grant application, grant agreement or amendments, requests for reimbursement from the grantor, and to submit required online grant documents on the Commissioner-in-Charge’s behalf. Section 2. The Council declares that an emergency exists because a delay would unnecessarily delay the City’s ability to perform the activities authorized by the grant; therefore, this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Council.