Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into agreement with and provide funding to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) to construct the DEL-Gemini Parkway Extension (PID 95706) project, which includes extending Gemini Parkway from Orion Place to Worthington Road and reconstructing the intersection at East Powell Road in the Far North Area (Community Planning Area 03).
Ordinance 1009-2015 authorized the Director of Public Service to grant consent and propose cooperation with ODOT for this project and noted future legislation requesting funds would be forthcoming.
ODOT shall be responsible for advertising for construction services and holding the associated construction contract. Construction is slated to begin in early 2016.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
The estimated cost to construct the aforementioned project is $8,000,000.00, with Columbus’ share totaling $3,573,000.00, to be funded by Polaris TIF Funds. The Polaris TIF Funds will also incur all costs associated with construction administration and inspection services, currently estimated at $800,000.00. A transfer of cash and appropriation is necessary to align funding for this project expenditure.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to maintain the current project schedule established by ODOT.
Title
To authorize the City Auditor to appropriate $4,373,000.00 within the Polaris TIF Fund; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer cash and appropriation between the Polaris TIF fund and the Polaris Interchange Fund; to authorize the Director of Public Service to enter into agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for the DEL-Gemini Parkway Extension (PID 95706) project; to authorize the expenditure of $4,373,000.00 from the Polaris Interchange Fund relative to the aforementioned project; and to declare an emergency. ($4,373,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the City has partnered with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) in order to construct the DEL-Gemini Parkway Extension (PID 95706) project, which consists of extending Gemini Parkway from Orion Place eastward to Worthington Road and reconstructing the intersection at East Powell Road; and
WHEREAS, ODOT shall be responsible for advertising for construction services and holding the associated construction contract; and
WHEREAS, Columbus’s share of the estimated construction cost is $3,573,000.00 to be funded through TIF proceeds; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to enter into agreement with ODOT and provide requisite funding for construction of the aforementioned project; and
WHEREAS, it also is necessary to provide for construction administration and inspection services in the amount of $800,000.00; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to enter into contract and provide funding to ODOT at the earliest time possible to maintain the schedule established by ODOT for this 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 sum of $4,373,000.00 be and is hereby appropriated from the unappropriated balance of the Polaris TIF Fund, Fund 402, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 as follows:
Fund / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA / Amount
402 / 10-5501 / 402999 / $4,373,000.00
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer cash and appropriation between funds within the Department of Public Service, Dept-Div 59-12, as follows:
From:
Fund / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA / Amount
402 / 10-5501 / 402999 / $4,373,000.00
To:
Fund / Project / Project Name / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA / Amount
770 / 530103-100037 / Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Gemini Parkway Extension / 80-0886 / 770337 / $4,373,000.00
SECTION 3. That the Director of Public Service is authorized to enter into agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation and provide funding in the amount of $3,573,000.00 in connection with the DEL-Gemini Parkway Extension (PID 95706) project.
SECTION 4. That for the purposes of providing the local match to ODOT for the aforementioned project and paying associated inspection costs, the sum of $4,373,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized to be expended from the Polaris Interchange Fund, Fund 770, as follows:
Contract ($3,573,000.00)
Fund / Project / Project Name / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA / Amount
770 / 530103-100037 / Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Gemini Parkway Extension / 06-6631 / 770337 / $3,573,000.00
Inspection ($800,000.00)
Fund / Project / Project Name / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA / Amount
770 / 530103-100037 / Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Gemini Parkway Extension / 06-6687 / 770337 / $800,000.00
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.