*Amend Intergovernmental Agreement with Oregon State University and provide matching funds in the amount of $125,000 to evaluate traffic signal detection types in support of the Rest-On-Red pilot on SE Powell Blvd and other high crash corridors (amend Contract 30008054)

The City of Portland ordains: Section 1. The Council finds: In 2022, the Portland Bureau of Transportation contracted with Oregon State University to evaluate several multi modal traffic signal location in the City of Portland. In March 2022, through Ordinance 190739, the Council approved contract number 30008054 for Oregon State University to complete the evaluation of the traffic signal locations. In 2024, The Portland Bureau of Transportation agreed to provide Oregon State University with $125,000 for a research project to evaluate traffic signal detection types and additional traffic signal locations Oregon State University has provided the City of Portland with a draft Scope of Work and requires the funds committed to by then Bureau in the amount of $125,000; and The City has an interest in creating a transportation system that is safe, comfortable, and accessible to people of all ages and abilities; and This research will evaluate the ability of existing, and new, traffic signal detection in assessing the speed and class of approaching vehicles; and Data about vehicle speed and classification are essential to understanding the role traffic signal timing and operations play in the safety, comfort, and accessibility for people of all ages and abilities using the transportation system; and This research will evaluate signal retiming strategies to reduce speeding opportunities in High Crash Network corridors; and Through the Vision Zero program, the City and our partners are working to eliminate deaths and serious injuries on our streets; and The city has identified signal timing as a treatment that can be used to redesign dangerous streets to encourage safe speeds; and The Bureau’s level of confidence in the cost estimate for this project is high based on previous research completed by Oregon State University to evaluate Central City in Motion (CCIM) bicycle designs NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs: That the Deputy City Administrator is hereby authorized to execute an Amendment to the Intergovernmental Agreement with Oregon State University in a form similar to the attached Exhibit A and provide a contribution on behalf of the City of Portland to Oregon State University in the amount of $125,000 The Deputy City Administrator 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. Increases to the contributory 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 Intergovernmental Agreement ; therefore, this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Council.