*Authorize a contract with the lowest responsible bidder for the SW 4th Avenue Improvement Project

The City of Portland ordains: Section 1. The Council finds: In November of 2018, City Council adopted the Central City in Motion plan; and This implementation plan, led by the Portland Bureau of Transportation, was designed to address the increasing demands on the Central City’s transportation network with investments in new bus lanes, bikeways and safer crossings; and The Central City in Motion plan was directly informed by input from thousands of Portlanders via open houses, focus groups, workshops, dozens of meetings with community groups, neighborhood associations, and committees, mailings to over 20,000 residents on adjacent streets, and a series of interactive online open houses, resulting in over 7,000 comments; and The resulting plan identified eighteen key active transportation investments in the Central City including nine miles of bus lanes, seventeen miles of protected bikeways, and eighty-eight pedestrian crossing improvements; and One of the 18 projects that was prioritized during this planning effort was the SW 4 th Avenue Improvement project, which will reconstruct and repave SW 4 th Avenue from SW Lincoln to Burnside while adding a protected bikeway and bus and turn lane; and The project will have widespread transit benefits, improving transit speed and reliability for TriMet passengers riding the new Division FX line as well as the Lines 9, 12, 43, and 44, benefitting bus riders connecting from St. Johns to PCC Sylvania and the Gresham, Parkrose, and Tigard Transit Centers; and The project will improve transportation safety and provide a long lacking northbound cycling connection through Portland State University and downtown Portland; and The project will improve the pedestrian environment, upgrading deteriorating streetlights, reconstructing corner ramps to meet modern accessibility standards, and improving pedestrian crossings; and The Bureau of Transportation has funds budgeted in FY 2022 and proposed FY 2023 for construction, inspection, and management of the project. The Bureau's level of confidence in the cost estimate for this project is moderate; for the project is defined and plans and specifications are nearing completion. NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs: The Chief Procurement Officer is authorized to facilitate the competitive solicitation process in accordance with City Code 5.34 to obtain the lowest most responsible bidder. Upon the Council’s acceptance of the Chief Procurement Officer’s report recommending the lowest responsible bidder, the Chief Procurement Officer is authorized to award, negotiate and execute a contract, provided the contract has been approved as to form by the City Attorney’s Office. The Mayor and City Auditor to draw and deliver warrants chargeable to T00585 when demand is presented and approved by the proper authority. Section 2. The Council declares that an emergency exists because a delay would unnecessarily impact the City’s ability to begin work on this important project ; therefore, this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Council.