Explanation
Background:
A modification to an agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation is needed for additional construction related to the Alum Creek Bikeway: I270 to St. Rt. 161, Project Number 21091.
Amount of modification is $210,571.98 bringing the total modified contract cost to $707,277.98.
Emergency legislation is requested to enable project to be closed out and ODOT paid for additional project costs.
Fiscal Impact:
$210,517.98 is required and budgeted in the Parks and Recreation Voted 1999/2004 Bond Fund to meet the financial obligation of this agreement modification.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to modify the agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation for additional construction services related to the Alum Creek Bikeway: I270 to St. Rt. 162, Project Number 21091, to authorize the expenditure of $210,517.98 from the Parks and Recreation Voted 1999/2004 Bond Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($210,517.98)
Body
WHEREAS, it is necessary to modify the agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation for additional construction services related to the Alum Creek Bikeway: I270 to St. Rt. 161, Project Number 21091; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to modify said agreement to enable project to be closed out and ODOT paid for additional project costs; 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 an the agreement with the Ohio Department of Transsportation for additional construction services related to the Alum Creek Bikeway: I270 to St. Rt. 161, in accordance with plans and specifications on file in the Recreation and Parks Department.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $210,517.98, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Parks and Recreation Voted 1999/2004 Bond Fund No. 702, Dept. No. 51-01, as follows, to pay the cost thereof.
Fund Type Project No. Object Level 3 OCA Code Amount
Cap. Proj. 510316 6621 644526 $210,517.98
Section 3. 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 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 approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.