Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into a cooperative right-of-way acquisition and utility relocation agreement with Delaware County for the Intersection Improvements - South Old State at Polaris Parkway project for an amount up to $200,000.00.
The City of Columbus, through its Department of Public Service, is participating in a joint project with Delaware County to widen and reconstruct 2.08 miles of South Old State Road to a five lane section with associated turn lanes approximately 1,300 feet south of Polaris Parkway to a point approximately 1,500 feet north of Orange Road. The project will incorporate new pavement, curb, sidewalk, shared use path, drainage, lighting, and traffic signals.
Delaware County shall acquire the right-of-way and coordinate utility relocation attributable to the project within the project boundaries, including the boundaries in Columbus' jurisdiction.
2. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
The Department of Public Service requests that City Council consider this ordinance an emergency measure to allow for immediate execution of agreements in order to use the reimbursement for another capital project.
3. FISCAL IMPACT
The estimated total cost of right-of-way and utility relocation for the entire project is $5.7 million dollars, of which about 17% is the responsibility of Columbus. Delaware County secured funding from the Ohio Department of Transportation to pay for 80% of the project costs, with Delaware County and Columbus responsible for the remaining 20%. Columbus' estimated cost for right-of-way acquisition and utility relocation is $200,000.00.
Funds in the amount of $200,000.00 are available for this project in the Build America Bond Fund within the Department of Public Service. An amendment to the 2014 Capital Improvements fund is necessary for the purpose of providing sufficient spending authority for the aforementioned project expenditure.
Title
To amend the 2014 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer cash and appropriation between projects within the Build America Bond Fund; to authorize the Director of Public Service to enter into a cooperative right-of-way acquisition and utility relocation agreement with Delaware County for the Intersection Improvements - South Old State at Polaris Parkway project; to authorize the expenditure of $200,000.00 from the Build America Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($200,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, this ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into a cooperative right-of-way acquisition and utility relocation agreement with Delaware County for the Intersection Improvements - South Old State at Polaris Parkway project; and
WHEREAS, Delaware County shall acquire the right-of-way and coordinate utility relocation attributable to the project within the project boundaries, including the boundaries in Columbus' jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize an amendment to the 2014 Capital Improvements Budget for the purpose of providing sufficient spending authority for the aforementioned project expenditure; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service in that this contract should be authorized immediately so that funding can be made available for the necessary right-of-way acquisition and utility relocation for the project, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the 2014 Capital Improvement Budget authorized by Ordinance 0683-2014 be amended as follows to establish sufficient authority for this project:
Fund / Project / Project Name / Current / Change / Amended
746 / 530103-100013 / Arterial Street Rehabilitation - High/Flint (carryover) / $0 / $200,000 / $200,000 (cancellation)
746 / 530103-100013 / Arterial Street Rehabilitation - High/Flint (carryover) / $200,000 / ($200,000) / $0
746 / 530086-100028 / Intersection Improvements - South Old State at Polaris Parkway (carryover) / $0 / $200,000 / $200,000
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor be and is hereby authorized to transfer cash and appropriation within the Build America Bond Fund, No. 746, as follows:
Transfer from:
Fund / Project / Project Name / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA / Amount
746 / 530103-100013 / Arterial Street Rehabilitation - High/Flint / 06-6600 / 760313 / $200,000.00
Transfer to:
Fund / Project / Project Name / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA / Amount
746 / 530086-100028 / Intersection Improvements - South Old State at Polaris Parkway / 06-6600 / 768628 / $200,000.00
SECTION 3. That the Director of the Department of Public Service be and is hereby authorized to enter into a cooperative right-of-way acquisition and utility relocation agreement with Delaware County for the Intersection Improvements - South Old State at Polaris Parkway project.
SECTION 4. That for the purpose of paying the cost of this contract the sum of up to $200,000.00 or so much as thereof may be needed, is hereby authorized to be expended from the Build America Bond Fund, No. 746 as follows:
Fund / Project / Project Name / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA / Amount
746 / 530086-100028 / Intersection Improvements - South Old State at Polaris Parkway / 06-6601 / 768628 / $200,000.00
SECTION 5. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 6. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 7. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer the unencumbered balance in a project account to the unallocated balance account within the same fund upon receipt of certification by the Director of the Department administering said project that the project has been completed and the monies are no longer required for said project.
SECTION 8. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.