Explanation
This ordinance will amend the grant amount authorized by ordinance 0517-2013 by $478,000.00 as noted within.
This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant and enter into agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), and provide for the appropriation of said funds to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund. Funding has been awarded to construct the Goodale Street Bike Improvements, PID 83346, from Olentangy River Road to the Harrison West Connector. The funds will be used as part of the construction monies for the project. The target completion date is July 1, 2014. The total project cost is estimated to be $4,952,895. The total grant amount from the Ohio Department of Transportation is $3,912,787.00. The required local match has been provided from Recreation and Parks Capital Improvement Fund 702.
In 2009, the Department received grant funding from the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission through the Transportation Enhancement Program for building a trail along Goodale Street, including a new bridge over St. Rt. 315 and the Olentangy River. The project also includes a connector ramp from Goodale Street to the Olentangy Trail. The total length of the project is 0.3 of a mile. This grant is to provide funds for construction of an asphalt trail, bridge, and connector ramp. The project requires an agreement be made between Columbus Recreation and Parks Department and ODOT in order for the project to be administered and constructed.
Fiscal Impact: $478,000 in additional grant acceptance required. This appropriation is already complete to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund 286.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to amend a grant from the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT); to increase the amount by $478,000.00 for a total of $3,912,787.00 for the Goodale Street Bike Improvements Project; and to declare an emergency. ($478,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance 0517-2013 authorized the City of Columbus, Recreation and Parks Department to accept a grant from the Ohio Department of Transportation for the Goodale Street Bike Improvements project; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to increase the amount of the grant by $478,000.00; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to accept the grant and enter into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation for the Goodale Street Bike Improvements as these funds will be used as part of the construction monies for the project, and the project has been awarded; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the grant from the Ohio Department of Transportation, authorized by ordinance #0517-2013, be increased by the amount of $478,000.00 for a total of $3,912,787.00 for the Goodale Street Bike improvements.
SECTION 2. At the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grantor is hereby authorized and any unused City match monies may be transferred back to the City fund from which they originated in accordance with all applicable grant agreements.
SECTION 3. Funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated.
SECTION 4. 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 approvals by the Mayor, or 10 days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.