City of Columbus - File #: 1035-2011

• File #: 1035-2011
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/22/2011
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 7/11/2011
• Final action: 7/13/2011
• Title: To authorize the Director of Public Service to enter into a professional service engineering contract with M-E Companies for the Bikeway Development - Olentangy Alum Creek Phase 2, Hudson Street/Mock Road, Citywide Signage Replacement Project; to authorize and direct the City Auditor to appropriate and transfer $350,000.00 from the Special Income Tax Fund to the Streets and Highways G.O. Bonds Fund; to authorize the City Auditor to appropriate $350,000.00 within the Streets and Highways G.O. Bonds Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $350,000.00 from the Streets and Highways G.O. Bonds Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($350,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/13/2011	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
7/12/2011	1	MAYOR	Signed
7/11/2011	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
7/11/2011	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
6/30/2011	1	Service Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
6/28/2011	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/28/2011	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/28/2011	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
6/27/2011	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/27/2011	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/27/2011	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/27/2011	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Sent for Approval
6/26/2011	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/24/2011	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/24/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/24/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/24/2011	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/23/2011	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/22/2011	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/22/2011	1	Service Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved

Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into a professional services contract with M-E Companies for the Bikeway Development - Olentangy Alum Creek Phase 2, Hudson Street/Mock Road, Citywide Signage Replacement Contract for $350,000.00.

The City of Columbus has developed a Bicentennial Bikeways Plan (BBP) which was adopted by City Council on June 2, 2008. The Plan identifies specific bikeway improvement projects located throughout the City. The Division of Mobility Options is responsible for the management of these improvement projects.

There are three individual projects to be designed as part of this contract. These improvements are mostly within the right-of-way, and are projects identified in the Columbus Bicentennial Bikeways Plan. The three projects consist of the following:

Hudson Street/Mock Road
Columbus' rivers generally flow north-south. The bicycle paths that have been constructed along portions of the Scioto River, Olentangy River and Alum Creek provide excellent north-south bicycle access. The City of Columbus Bicentennial Bikeways Plan (BBP) recommends an east/west connection between the Olentangy Trail and the Alum Creek Trail using Hudson Street and Mock Road. The proposed 4 mile route recommended in the BBP will include a combination of bike lanes, shared-signed routes and shared-use path.

Olentangy to Alum Creek East-West Connector Phase 2
In 2010 The City of Columbus constructed an east/west connection between the Olentangy Trail at Broad Meadows Drive and the Alum Creek Trail at Cooper Park. The 7-mile route utilizes mainly existing residential streets between SR 161and Morse Road. However, the construction of a shared use path at the east end of the route is recommended in order to facilitate an additional connection to the Alum Creek Trail near Partridge Park. This facility will run between Bretton Woods Drive and Wingfield Street. A major component of the project ...