*Authorize payment to Vintage Trolley, Inc. for replacement of trolley car No. 513 diesel propulsion system for $20,000

The City of Portland ordains: Section 1. The Council finds: In June 1988, by Ordinance No. 182743, Portland, Metro, Lake Oswego, Clackamas County, and Multnomah County, Oregon entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement to Purchase of the Jefferson Street Rail Line (the "Purchase IGA") for the purpose of owning and preserving the Jefferson Street Rail Line, also known as the Willamette Shore Trolley Line (the "Right-of-Way") for public mass transit use. In November 1994, by Ordinance No. 182743, Portland, Metro, Lake Oswego, Multnomah County, Clackamas County and TriMet entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement for the Management of the Willamette Shore Line Right-of-Way (the "Management IGA") for the overall management and governance of the Right-of-Way, and to formally establish the Willamette Shoreline Right-of-Way Consortium (“Consortium”). The Oregon Department of Transportation was a named party in the Management IGA but did not execute it. In July 2003, by Ordinance No. 182743, the Consortium members entered into the Intergovernmental Agreement for Maintenance and Funding of the Willamette Shore Line Right-of­ Way (the "Maintenance and Funding IGA"). The Maintenance and Funding IGA supplemented and amended the Purchase IGA and the Management IGA to provide a mechanism to simplify the expenditure approval process and delegate authority to specific Consortium members for specific expenditures; designated TriMet as “Agent” for the Right-of-Way, with responsibility for negotiating and executing real property agreements relating to the Right-of-Way and working with local jurisdictions concerning public improvement projects that may impact the Right-of-Way; and designated City of Lake Oswego as manager and administrator of the Consortium budgets and annual workplan, manager of the contract with Vintage Trolley Inc. (VTI), a 501c3 organization, to operate two vintage streetcar trolleys on the WSL ROW, manager of the contract for Willamette Shore Line Trolley Operations and Maintenance, currently held by Oregon Electric Rail Historical Society (OERHS). OERHS is a 501c3 organization with volunteer members the operate the trolley’s and provide maintenance services such as replacing railway ties, trimming brush, and clearing debris across the railroad tracks. VTI owns and maintains two vintage trolleys (car #513 and car #514) for use on the WSL ROW. The trolley cars are replicas of 1904 Portland "Council Crest" -type Brill streetcar. They were built in 1991 by the Gomaco Trolley Company . VTI is in the process of converting the diesel generator motor propulsion system for cars #513 and #514 to lower maintenance and less-polluting AC motors and battery propulsion. This AC/battery system will allow for regenerative braking, charging the battery and extending the range per charge. Car #514 has been upgraded. Car #513 needs funding to complete the transition to AC/battery propulsion. See Exhibit A PBOT Staff Report The City of Lake Oswego has donated $20,000.00 toward the conversion from diesel to AC/Battery propulsion. When Consortium members City of Portland and TriMet contribute $20,000.00 each, the City of Lake Oswego has pledged another $20,000.00 grant to VTI for completion of the battery conversion project for car #513. The City of Portland, in concurrent ordinance approval, amended and retroactively extended the Maintenance and Funding IGA to October 31, 2031, consistent with Amendment No. 2 to the Management IGA, and to provide for the automatic renewal of the Maintenance and Funding IGA every ten years unless terminated in writing. See Exhibit A - PBOT Staff Report: City of Portland Commitments and Responsibilities with the Willamette Shoreline Right-of-Way dated April 4, 2022. NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs: That the Commissioner-in-Charge is hereby authorized to pay $20,000.00 to VTI for the conversion from diesel to AC/Battery propulsion for vintage trolley car #513. Section 2. The Council declares an emergency exists because a delay in execution could unduly impede the Consortium’s operations of the Right-of-Way; therefore, this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by Council.