*Amend Intergovernmental Agreement with the Oregon Department of Transportation for the Brentwood-Darlington Safe Routes to School Project (amend Ordinance 189376)

The City of Portland ordains: Section 1. The Council finds: The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) applied to Metro as part of the 2019 - 2021 Regional Flexible Funds program for a federal grant in the amount of $2,200,000 for design engineering and construction of the Brentwood-Darlington Safe Routes to School Project in 2017; and The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) granted PBOT the amount of $2,200,000 through an intergovernmental agreement for the design and construction of the Brentwood-Darlington Safe Routes to School Project in 2019; and ODOT amended the intergovernmental agreement in 2020 to reduce the Federal funding for the project to no more than $2,159,999.40; and This amendment was not brought before City Council for approval due to staff oversight and disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; and ODOT will now grant PBOT for the design and construction of the Brentwood-Darlington Safe Routes to School Project an additional amount of $282,483.50 for a new total of $2,442,482.90; and PBOT will supplement these grant funds with $2,200,000 in American Rescue Plan (ARPA) funds and an additional $3,150,000 from the Transportation System Development Charge fund. The total project cost is $7,792,483.90. The project number is T00719. The grant number is TR000279. NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs: The Commissioner-in-Charge is hereby authorized to execute Amendment Number 1 to the intergovernmental agreement attached as Exhibit A. The Commissioner-in-Charge is hereby authorized to execute Amendment Number 2 to the intergovernmental agreement and to accept on behalf of the City of Portland a grant from the Oregon Department of Transportation for the Brentwood-Darlington Safe Routes to School Project in the increased amount of $282,483.50 or total amount of $2,442,482.90 in a form similar to the contract attached as Exhibit B. Any additional increases to the Grant Amount must be approved by the City Council. 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.