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Council approves rule suspensions for Ecology grant amendments, adds Carbon Quest contract and defers Safe Streets projects
Summary
The council suspended rules to amend consent agenda contract language for a Department of Ecology grant, added a Carbon Quest contract, and deferred Resolution 2025005 (Safe Streets adaptive projects) to March 3 to pursue alternative funding sources and neighborhood feedback.
City staff briefed the council on two Department of Ecology-related items and the council approved suspending rules to amend a consent-agenda contract and to add a Carbon Quest contract to the agenda.
“Both of these items relate to a Department of Ecology grant,” city staff member Wright told the council, describing two separate motions: one to amend item 11 on the consent agenda (OPR 20250073) to substitute a new contract, and a second motion to add Resolution 20250007 to incorporate a Carbon Quest contract under special market conditions.
Councilors voted to suspend the rules to allow amendment of OPR 20250073 and to add the revised item to the agenda. The council separately voted to add Resolution 20250007 (the Carbon Quest contract) for consideration.
Separately, the council voted to defer Resolution 20250005, relating to Safe Streets adaptive projects, to March 3 so staff can explore alternate funding and neighborhood preferences. “The purpose of this 1 is specifically just, because there was a project or 2 on there that we wanna see if there's a different funding source,” a council member said during the motion to defer.
Council members indicated a preference to handle the Ecology contract and the Carbon Quest item separately rather than combined on a single motion. Votes to suspend the rules and to add the revised OPR 20250073 and the Carbon Quest contract carried by voice vote; the deferral of Resolution 20250005 carried by voice vote as well.
City staff said the Carbon Quest item is a special market conditions contract rather than a sole-source procurement and recommended separate motions to ensure the council’s record reflected that distinction. Staff also noted a small number of projects on the Safe Streets list had unsettled neighborhood support and that shifting funding sources might allow reallocation.
The council requested additional briefings where needed before final contract awards and asked staff to clarify the substantive changes in the substituted contract language for OPR 20250073.
