Explanation
This ordinance will authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to modify the contract with Burgess and Niple, LTD for additional professional services related to the Scioto Trail-Hilltop Connector Bridge Project in the amount of $30,150.00. The additional professional services are as follows: an intersection improvement plan for McKinley Avenue and Harper Road; additional plan review and comments by ODOT requiring extra drawing sheets and submittals and construction administration; engineering fees charged by CSX Rail Corporation for review and approval of the project (these fees were paid on behalf of CRPD by Burgess and Niple).
This bridge and trail segment is 0.5 miles long and connects the Scioto Trail to McKinley Avenue near the Hilltop. Funding for this project is provided by federal bikeway (80%) and local trail funds (20%).
The original contract amount was $419,300.00. The amount of this modification is $30,150.00 bringing the total modified contract cost to $449,450.00.
Emergency action is necessary as a majority of the work is already completed and the contractor needs to be paid for their services.
The Contract Compliance Number for Burgess and Niple, LTD is #31-0885550 and they are contract compliant through 01/09/2010.
Fiscal Impact: $30,150.00 is required and budgeted in the Voted 1999/2004 Recreation and Parks Bond Fund, Bikeway Improvements, to meet the financial obligation of this contract modification and various expenditures.
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To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to modify the contract with Burgess & Niple, LTD for additional professional services related to the Scioto Trail-Hilltop Connector Bridge Design project, to authorize the expenditure of $30,150.00 within the Voted 1999/2004 Recreation and Parks Bond Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($30,150.00)
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WHEREAS, it is necessary to modify the contract with Burgess & Niple, LTD for additional professional services related to the Scioto Trail-Hilltop Connector Bridge Design Project; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to modify the contract as a majority of the work is already completed; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and he is hereby authorized and directed to modify Contract No. EL006404 with Burgess & Niple, LTD for additional professional services related to the Scioto Trail-Hilltop Connector Bridge Design Project, in accordance with the plans and specifications on file in the Recreation and Parks Department.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $30,150.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Voted 1999/2004 Recreation and Parks Bond Fund as follows, to pay the cost thereof.
Fund Project Project Object OCA
Type Dept. Fund No. Name Level 3 Code Amount
Cap. Proj. 51-01 702 510229 Bikeways 6680 644526 $30,150.00
SECTION 3. 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 legislation.
SECTION 4. 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; except that no transfer shall be so made from a project account funded by monies from more than one source.
SECTION 5. 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.