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Resolution No. 20-18, Declaring an Emergency and Exempting the Molalla Avenue Streetscape Project from Prohibition Against Unlawful Noises on a Temporary Basis
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RECOMMENDED ACTION (Motion):
Staff recommends that the City Commission review and approve Resolution No. 20-18.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City is preparing for construction of the Molalla Avenue Streetscape Project. This resolution will allow the contractor, Kerr Contractors Oregon LLC, to complete portions of the work during night hours. Night work was included in the project scope and is necessary to avoid disruption to the high traffic volumes along this corridor and business hour interruption of services and access to businesses.
Work outside of daytime hours is prohibited without City Commission approval in residentially-zoned neighborhoods per Oregon City Municipal Code Section (OCMC) 9.12.023. Most of the area along the project is commercial with pockets of a residential housing along the west side of Molalla Avenue.
OCMC Section 2.52.020 defines “emergencies” to include “utility or transportation emergencies”. Night work on this project is anticipated to be limited to normally busy travel ways and key construction elements that take several hours to complete. The project team understands work at night is impactful to residential property and as such intend to follow past City Commission direction regarding discretion on permitting night work and insistent on adequate neighborhood notification.
BACKGROUND:
Molalla Avenue from Beavercreek Road to Oregon Highway 213 in Oregon City is a key corridor for motorists, transit users, pedestrians, and bicyclists. The corridor connects Oregon City’s Downtown and Regional Center with Clackamas Community College and the Clackamas County Red Soils Campus and connects residential areas on the west side to commercial areas on the north and east sides.
This project will consist of constructing roadway improvements mostly on the west side of Molal...
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