Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering services contract modification with Burgess & Niple, Inc., in connection with the Sewer System I/I Remediation-West Fifth Avenue Project.
The West Fifth Avenue Project area is generally bounded by the Kinnear Road, Fifth and Third Avenue, State Route 315 and North Star Road. This area is located west of the Ohio State University and has experienced a significant number of street, yard , and basement flooding during rain events for decades. In addition, the sanitary sewers are suspected to surcharge, causing backups in basements, and overflows to the environment.
This contract will provide the preliminary engineering services required to perform a comprehensive investigation and evaluation of the areas sanitary and stormwater collection systems. This includes field verification, cleaning and insitu-video inspection of all sanitary infrastructure, and incorporating this information into the division's computerized hydraulic model of the West Fifth Avenue area. An evaluation of this information will identify cost effective immediate and long-term stormwater and sanitary system improvement recommendations, operation and maintenance practices, guidelines for implementing recommendations for private property improvements.
2. FISCAL IMPACT:
This legislation will appropriate the the proceeds of a planning loan that was approved by the Ohio Water Development Authority at its September 28, 2006 meeting.
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To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with Burgess & Niple, Inc., in connection with the Sanitary Sewer System Inflow/Infiltration Remediation-West Fifth Avenue Project; to authorize the appropriation, and expenditure of $3,389,570.56 from the Ohio Water Pollution Control Loan Fund; for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage. ($3,389,570.56)
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WHEREAS, it has been determined necessary for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage to undertake the preliminary engineering required to identify the exact locations within the sanitary and stormwater infrastructure located within the West Fifth Avenue Area, which is generally bounded by Kinnear Road, Fifth and Third Avenues, State Route 315 and North Star Road, in order to establish the improvements required to mitigate localized flooding and sanitary backups that have existed for decades; and whereas it is necessary for this Division to enter into a contract modification for the continuation of the services required for the Sewer System I/I (Inflow and Infiltration) Remediation-West Fifth Avenue Project; and
WHEREAS, the Ohio Water Development Authority, authorized Ohio Water Pollution Control Loan Fund No. CS-392272-01 at its September 28, 2006 meeting for purposes of funding aforementioned sanitary and stormwater infrastructure remediation design services; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for this Council to authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to execute a professional engineering services contract with Burgess & Niple, Inc., in order for the subject work to continue which is required to identify the capital improvements and maintenance operations needed to mitigate localized flooding that has routinely occurred within the West Fifth Avenue Project area; at the earliest practicable date; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the proceeds from the Ohio Water Pollution Control Loan Fund No. CS392272-01, for the Sanitary Sewer System Inflow-Infiltration-West Fifth Avenue Project, and from the unappropriated monies in Fund 666, the amount of $3,389,570.56 is hereby appropriated to the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Division 60-05| Fund 666| Object Level Three 6676, within the following project:
Proj. 650405| Sewer System I/I Remediation| OCA Code 666405| $3,389,570.56
Section 2. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for any contract or contract modifications associated with the expenditure of the funds appropriated under Section 1. above.
Section 3. That the Director of Public Utilities, be and hereby is, authorized to enter into a professional engineering services contract with Burgess & Niple, Inc., 5085 Reed Road, Columbus, Ohio 43220, in connection with the Sanitary Sewer System Inflow/Infiltration-West Fifth Ave. Area Remediation Project, in accordance with the terms ad conditions of the Contract on file in the office of the Division of Sewerage and Drainage's Sewer System Engineering Section.
Section 4. That the expenditure of $3,389,570.56, or as much thereof as may be needed, be and the same is hereby is authorized from the Ohio Water Pollution Control Loan Fund No. 666; Division 60-05; within the following project:
Proj. No.: 650405| Sewer System I/I Remediation| Object Level Three 6676| OCA Code 664405| $3,389,570.56.
Section 5. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.