*Accept grant and authorize Intergovernmental Agreement for $1,999,384 with the U.S. Department of Transportation for a Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation Grant and appropriate $1,490,712 in FY 2023-24
The City of Portland ordains:
Section 1. The Council finds:
- The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) applied to the United States Department of Transportation (US DOT) Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grant program [Ordinance 191051] for a grant in the amount of $1,999,384.00 to test novel approaches to freight electrification as identified in the City’s adopted 2040 Portland Freight Plan [Resolution 37624]; and
- This highly competitive grant will enable the City to use federal resources to build internal capacity and technology systems to digitize curb rules, better monitor curb usage, and pilot curb management strategies and innovative technologies to combat harmful air pollution and make freight cleaner; and
- The US DOT has notified the City of Portland that it will award a SMART Grant for “Decarbonizing Goods Movement: A Technology-Enabled Zero Emission Delivery Zone” in the amount of $1,999,384.00; and
- The project number is T01343. The grant number is TR000364.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs:
- The Commissioner-in-Charge or Bureau Director is hereby authorized to accept on behalf of the City of Portland a grant from the US DOT for “Portland, Leading by example: A Technology-enabled Zero-Emission Delivery Zone” in the amount of $1,999,384.00.
- The Commissioner-in Charge or Bureau Director to execute a contract in the amount of $1,999,384.00 in a form substantially similar to the contract attached as Exhibit A.
- The Commissioner-in-Charge or Bureau Director is authorized to execute amendments to the contract attached as Exhibit A, approved as to 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 total project cost by twenty-five percent (25%) or greater.
- The OMF Grants Office is authorized to perform all administrative matters in relation to the grant application, grant agreement or amendments, requests for reimbursement from the grantor, and to submit required online grant documents on the Commissioner-in-Charge's behalf.
- The FY 2023-2024 budget is hereby amended as follows:
GRANTS FUND
Fund: 217
Business Area – TR00Bureau Program Expenses – $1,457,430
GRANTS FUND
Fund: 217
Business Area – PN00Bureau Program Expenses – $33,282
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.
Official Record (Efiles)
An ordinance when passed by the Council shall be signed by the Auditor. It shall be carefully filed and preserved
in the custody of the Auditor (City Charter Chapter 2 Article 1 Section 2-122)
Passed by Council
Auditor of the City of Portland
Simone Rede
Impact Statement
Purpose of Proposed Legislation and Background Information
- The purpose of this ordinance is to have City Council accept a federal grant for $1,999,384.00 from the United States Department of Transportation. The Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grant, “Portland, Leading by example: A Technology-enabled Zero Emission Delivery Zone,” will allow the City to test novel approaches to freight electrification as identified in the City-adopted 2040 Portland Freight Plan [Resolution 37624].
Financial and Budgetary Impacts
- This funding will cover City staff time in FY 2023-2025, partners, community outreach, and project costs to support early implementation of the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s 2040 Freight Plan and continued implementation of the City’s Climate Emergency Workplan.
- This federal planning grant is unique in how it does not require any local matching funds. With the award of this planning grant, the City will be eligible to apply for an implementation grant of up to $15 million in fall 2024 or later.
- The total budget for the project is $1,999,384 (low confidence estimate) with no local match.
- The project number is T01343. The grant number is TR000364.
- The FY 2023-2024 budget is hereby amended as follows:
GRANTS FUND
Fund: 217
Business Area – TR00
Bureau Program Expenses – $1,457,430
GRANTS FUND
Fund: 217
Business Area – PN00
Bureau Program Expenses – $33,282
Community Impacts and Community Involvement
- Community impacts: This project provides an opportunity to demonstrate novel approaches to freight electrification as identified in the Council-adopted 2040 Portland Freight Plan. This grant will enable the City to build internal capacity and technology systems to digitize curb rules for freight and to better monitor loading zone usage. A selection of loading zones will be temporarily converted to zero-emission loading zones with EV chargers to send market signals and make freight cleaner. Some freight vehicles in the Portland area still rely on diesel, which is a source of harmful air pollutants such as particulate matter (PM2.5), air nitrogen oxide (NoX), and greenhouse gas emissions. Making freight cleaner is a priority action in the Climate Emergency Workplan since it will bring localized air quality benefits to many communities and will help the city achieve its greenhouse gas emission reduction goals.
- Community involvement: Since 2020, PBOT has been developing the 2040 Portland Freight Plan, which will help move goods through the city while meeting goals for a safe multimodal system that supports economic prosperity, human and environmental health, equity, and resiliency. Staff have held several Community Advisory Committee Meetings and Workshops open to the public. Additionally, make freight cleaner was action item T-8 in the Climate Emergency Workplan [Resolution 37585], which had a robust community involvement process. The 2040 Portland Freight Plan was adopted by City Council in July 2023 [Resolution 37624].
100% Renewable Goal
N/A
Budgetary Impact Worksheet
Fund | Fund Center | Commitment Item | Functional Area | Funded Program | Grant | Sponsored Program | Amount |
217001 | TRED000009 | 441100 | TPCIAM00000000GT | T01343 | TR000364 | T01343 | 1,457,430 |
217001 | TRED000009 | 511300 | TPCIAM00000000GT | T01343 | TR000364 | T01343 | 197,632 |
217001 | TRED000009 | 529000 | TPCIAM00000000GT | T01343 | TR000364 | T01343 | 164,035 |
217001 | TRED000009 | 549000 | TPCIAM00000000GT | T01343 | TR000364 | T01343 | 1,095,763 |
217001 | PNOP000002 | 441100 | CDTSSM00000000GC | Non-Program | TR000364 | SMART_BPS | 33,282 |
217001 | PNOP000002 | 511100 | CDTSSM00000000GC | Non-Program | TR000364 | SMART_BPS | $22,188 |
217001 | PNOP000002 | 514100 | CDTSSM00000000GC | Non-Program | TR000364 | SMART_BPS | $11,094 |
Financial and Budget Analysis
Analysis provided by City Budget Office
This action authorizes PBOT to accept a USDOT SMART grant totaling $1,999,384.00. These funds will support electrification of three loading zones, including the Portland Building, Mark Hatfield Federal Courthouse, and the Multnomah County Courthouse. Of these grant funds, $1.5 million will be appropriated to be included in PBOT's FY2023-24 Budget, with the remaining amount to be appropriated in the subsequent, FY2024-25 Budget.