Library Capital Bond Project Compliance

Multnomah County Library Capital Bond and Regional Workforce Equity Agreement Compliance

In November 2020, Multnomah County voters approved Measure 26-211, which authorized the county to issue $387 million in general obligation bonds for library capital improvements. With additional funding sources, the $458 million dollar budget aimed to significantly enhance library facilities, technology, and services across the County. With additional funding, projects delivered under the Library’s capital building projects bond will consist of:

Expanding, rebuilding or renovating:
- Chapter 1: CMGC Services for Library Sort Center
  - Creating a central materials handling and distribution center to increase efficiency and cost effectiveness.
  - Construction Manager/General Contractor: Fortis Construction
- Chapter 1: CMGC Services for Albina Library
  - Construction Manager/General Contractor: Andersen Construction
- Chapter 1: North Portland Library
  - Construction Manager/General Contractor: Andersen Construction
- Chapter 1: Midland Library
  - Construction Manager/General Contractor: Swinerton Builders
- Chapter 1: CMGC Services for Holgate Library
  - Construction Manager/General Contractor: Swinerton Builders
- Chapter 2: CMGC Services for East County Flagship Library
  - Building a new large, destination library of approx. 95,000 sq. ft. in East County, similar in size to Central Library downtown.
  - Construction Manager/General Contractor: Fortis Construction
- Chapter 3: CMGC Services for Belmont Library
  - Construction Manager/General Contractor: Howard S Wright (Balfour Beatty)
- Chapter 3: CMGC Services for St. Johns Library
  - Construction Manager/General Contractor: Howard S Wright (Balfour Beatty)
- Chapter 3: CMGC Services for Northwest (Pettygrove) Library
  - Construction Manager/General Contractor: Howard S Wright (Balfour Beatty)
- Adding refresh improvements such as furniture and paint to other library locations not listed above.
  - Construction Manager/ General Contractor: Swinerton Builders

The Regional Workforce Equity Agreement (RWEA) serves as the Project Labor Agreement for Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of the Library Capital Bond. The primary objective is to ensure that the economic benefits generated by the bond's projects are shared broadly across the community, particularly among historically underrepresented groups in the trades. This includes setting targets and implementing strategies to increase participation from local residents, apprentices, women, and minorities, thereby addressing systemic inequities in construction employment. The RWEA is the first Project Labor Agreement of its kind in the nation with multi-public agency use.

The contract compliance reporting systems currently in place for the monitoring of construction projects under the Library Bond are B2Gnow and LCPtracker. Contractors must be invited to LCPtracker.

B2Gnow is the monthly subcontractor utilization and payment reporting system.
LCPtracker is the system used to report weekly certified payroll for workforce utilization.