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The City of Portland ordains: 

Section 1. The Council finds: 

1. The Office of Management and Finance (OMF)’s CityFleet program [“Fleet”) is a comprehensive fleet management program that provides procurement and maintenance services, Monday through Friday from 6 am to Midnight, for over 4000 vehicles and equipment.

2. Fleet manages the acquisition, maintenance, repair, and surplussing of all City-owned vehicles except fire apparatus. It oversees the City’s motor pool service, vehicle and equipment rentals, and fueling locations. Fleet also services vehicles for several regional clients, such as Multnomah County and Portland Public Schools.

3. Per Ordinance 175715, passed June 27, 2001, the City executed a lease agreement with the Oregon Department of Transportation (“ODOT”) for certain parcels at Stanton Yard (“Stanton”) to facilitate ongoing maintenance needs.  Fleet’s operations occupy a portion of Stanton that is located adjacent to the Kerby Garage (“Kerby”), out of which Fleet operates, and provides an essential City service.

4. In January 2023, OMF was notified by ODOT of the need to temporarily terminate the lease of certain Stanton parcels occupied by Fleet to accommodate its I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement project (“Project”), beginning on September 1, 2023, for a period of 6 years.  Termination of the ODOT lease would reduce the availability of operations space and negatively impact the efficacy of on-going operations of Fleet.

5. City Binding Policy ADM 13.01 directs bureaus to locate their operations in City owned or controlled facilities when these facilities reasonably meet the business need of the bureaus.  Resolution No. 37017 reaffirmed ADM 13.01 and directed OMF to work with bureaus to fully implement relevant policies by bringing City operations back into City-owned facilities when cost effective to do so, and to bring leases or rental agreements to Council for approval.

6. OMF and Fleet have strategically assessed the operational impacts that must be relocated, and have concluded, from a search of existing City-owned available properties that there are no existing properties available to satisfy Fleet’s needs. OMF desires to support Fleet with identifying replacement properties and negotiate commercially reasonable rental rates and terms.  Time is of the essence and with the scarcity of suitable options available to accommodate the displaced Fleet operations, expediency is required in order to capitalize on potential opportunities.  

NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs: 

1. The Chief Administrative Officer or designee is authorized to execute any relevant documents including, but not limited to, amendments and extensions necessary to lease other real property to accommodate the temporary relocation of CityFleet’s operations. All documents will be reviewed by the Office of Management and Finance’s Planning and Portfolio Management team, consistent with Section 1 findings, for commercially acceptable terms and conditions and approved as to form by the City Attorney prior to execution.  

Section 2.  The Council declares that an emergency exists because the lease termination due to ODOT’s Rose Quarter I-5 Expansion Project will negatively impact the on-going operations of CityFleet at Stanton Yard and Kerby Garage and the City must promptly secure substitute real property sufficient to relocate bureau operations; therefore, this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Council.