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The City of Portland ordains:

Section 1. The Council finds:

1. The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) applied to the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) for a grant in the amount of $2,400,000 for pedestrian crossing improvements, bike safety improvements, and rail crossing upgrades in 2022; and
    
2. ODOT has notified the City of Portland that it will award a grant for the NW Naito Parkway Rail Crossing project to PBOT in the amount of $2,400,000; and
    
3. The project number for this is T01379.  The grant number is TR000371.
    
4. This grant will allow PBOT to both improve safety at a busy urban rail crossing and implement a rail quiet zone, long advocated for by the community. The project is also referred to as the NW Flanders Connector at Naito and Glisan, as it serves to connect the Flanders Greenway to the Waterfront.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs:

1. The Commissioner-in-Charge is hereby authorized to accept on behalf of the City of Portland a grant from ODOT for the NW Naito Parkway Rail Crossing project in the amount of $2,400,000.
2. The Commissioner-in-Charge to execute an Intergovernmental Agreement in the amount of $2,400,000 in a form similar to the contract attached as Exhibit A, provided the agreement is approved as to form by the City Attorney's Office.
3. The Commissioner-in-Charge 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 total project cost by twenty-five percent (25%) or greater.  

4. The FY 2023 / 2024 budget is hereby amended as follows:

   
   GRANTS FUND

   Fund: 217
   Business Area – TR00
   Bureau Program Expenses – $50,000

5.  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.

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.