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The City of Portland ordains:

Section 1.  The Council finds:

1. The Portland Bureau of Transportation applied to Metro Charter for a grant in the amount of $416,507 for transportation demand management activities around Metro’s Regional Flexible Funds Allocation projects on 8/17/2016; and
    
2. Metro Charter has notified the City of Portland that it will award a grant for the transportation demand management activities around Metro’s Regional Flexible Funds Allocation projects to Portland Bureau of Transportation in the amount of $416,507; 
    
3. The internal order number is TR03770001.  The grant number is TR000377. 
    

NOW, THEREFORE, the Council directs:

1. The Commissioner-in-Charge or designee is hereby authorized to accept on behalf of the City of Portland a grant from the Metro Charter for the transportation demand management activities around Metro’s Regional Flexible Funds Allocation projects in the amount of $416,507.
2.  The Commissioner-in-Charge or designee to execute an Intergovernmental Agreement in the amount of $464,178 in a form similar to the contract attached as Exhibit A.
3. The Commissioner-in-Charge or designee 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 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 or designee'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.