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Environmental Service’s South Portland – Burlingame Phase 2 Sewer Rehabilitation will repair or replace approximately 6,430 feet of public sewer pipe that are on average 100 years old and in deteriorated condition. The project will also include repairing or adding about 1,000 feet of service lateral connections from the main sewer line to the curb in front of homes or businesses. The project includes night work, work on private property both in and outside of permanent easements, work on and near heavily traveled roads, bike and bus routes, public parks, and several schools.

The project area is large and includes work in the South Portland and Burlingame areas. The project area is roughly bordered by S Lowell St to the North, SW Taylor’s Ferry Rd to the South, Interstate-5 to the West, and the Willamette River to the East. There is a thriving business association in the South Portland neighborhood. This project will impact a few businesses in the area and PI has been in communication with these businesses throughout the design of the project through one-on-one site visits by outreach staff and providing business questionnaires that can help lessen the impacts of construction on these businesses. These types of businesses include convenience stores, gas stations,

small retail shops, and eateries.

Below is a table of demographic information from the 2010 Census:

Since June 2017, Environmental Services has conducted extensive community outreach regarding the goals of the project, investigative activities during the design phase such as soil sampling and utility location, night work, and what to expect during construction. Outreach spanned the life of this project and E10680 South Portland Burlingame Sewer Project – Phase 1. Outreach has included:

• Develop and maintain the project webpage.

• Mailed project notifications to 4,334 property owners and occupants within a two-block radius of the project area.

• Emailing project updates to 179 local stakeholders.

• Canvassing businesses located within a two-block radius of the project area.

• Posting project updates on community bulletin boards.

• Presenting to the South Burlingame Neighborhood Association and South Portland Neighborhood Association sharing the recording of the presentations with the South Portland Business Association.

• Compiling 115 individual business contacts for ongoing communications about the project.

• Working closely with local schools including Sunstone Montessori, L'Etoile French Immersion, Goddard, and Cottonwood to minimize disruptions to students and staff.

• Coordinating proactively with Portland Bureau of Transportation and the SW Trails organization to navigate concurrent construction projects and to address any potential impacts to trails in the project area.

• Project information is available in multiple languages online and through the project webpage.

• Responding to phone and email inquiries about the project.

Joe Tursi, Environmental Services, has been the contact for Community Outreach and Public Involvement throughout design and will remain the contact throughout construction with support from Lois D. Cohen Associates and JLA Public Involvement Inc.

The construction contracting community, including contractors certified with the State of Oregon as minority, women, and emerging small businesses became involved when the Chief Procurement Officer advertised and publicly noticed the project on the City’s Online Procurement System on December 20, 2022.  A public notice was also posted in the Daily Journal of Commerce on December 23, 2022.

Potential bidders were able to review the competitive solicitation, ask questions, provide comments and submit a bid in response to the Invitation to Bid (ITB).  Proposals received resulted in the award of the construction contract.  Procurement Services managed the procurement process.  No protests were received.

The City’s equity in contracting aspirational goal of 20% of the hard construction costs for subcontractor and supplier utilization of firms certified by the State’s Certification Office for Business Inclusion and Diversity (COBID) applies to this project. Moore Excavation, Inc. has committed to subcontract 20.10% to COBID Certified firms as follows:

Moore Excavation has committed to subcontracting 9.54% to the following COBID Certified firm which does not count towards the 20% aspirational goal:

To promote the aim of encouraging contractors to diversify their subcontractor utilization and to avoid abuse of the City's Subcontractor Equity Program, hard construction costs attributable to a subcontractor owned, controlled or managed by a relative of the person who owns, controls or manages the contractor, shall not count toward the 20% aspirational goal.

Moore Excavation, Inc acting as the prime contractor intends to self-perform 69.98% of the work and to subcontract 0.38% to the following non-certified firms:

Moore Excavation, Inc is located in Fairview, Oregon, and is not a State COBID Certified Contractor. They have a current City of Portland Business Tax Registration and are in full compliance with all of the City’s contracting requirements.

No known persons or groups will be testifying.

No future public involvement is anticipated or necessary for this request.