Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance seeks authorization for the Director of Public Service to enter into Guaranteed Maximum Reimbursement Agreements with the Columbus Metropolitan Library for up to $500,000.00 to design and construct public infrastructure improvements in support of the 2020 Vision Plan.
The Columbus Metropolitan Library is undertaking the 2020 Vision Plan, a $120 million capital improvement program that will invest approximately $85 million in seven libraries in Columbus. To complement the 2020 Vision Plan, the city has committed $500,000.00 in the 2014 Capital Improvement Budget and has agreed to request $1,333,000.00 in the 2015 Capital Improvement Budget and $1,957,000.00 in the 2016 Capital Improvement Budget, for a maximum of $3,790,000.00, for public infrastructure improvements at the following locations: Main Library, Northside Branch, Shepherd Branch, Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch, Driving Park Branch, Parsons Branch and Northern Lights Branch.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE INFORMATION
The contract compliance number for Columbus Metropolitan Library is 463121374. The expiration date is 2/5/16.
3. FISCAL IMPACTS
Funds in the amount of $500,000.00 are available for this project in the Streets and Highways G.O. Bond Fund within the Department of Public Service.
4. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
The Department of Public Service requests City Council consider this ordinance as an emergency measure in order to allow design and construction to begin, which is necessary to maintain the Columbus Metropolitan Library's project schedules.
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To authorize the Director of Public Service to enter into Guaranteed Maximum Reimbursement Agreements with the Columbus Metropolitan Library for up to $500,000.00 to design and construct public infrastructure improvements in support of the 2020 Vision Plan; and to authorize the expenditure of $500,000.00 from the Streets and Highways G.O. Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($500,000.00).
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WHEREAS, the Columbus Metropolitan Library is undertaking the 2020 Vision Plan, a $120 million capital improvement program that will invest approximately $85 million in seven libraries in Columbus; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus and the Columbus Metropolitan Library are engaged in a Public-Private Partnership (3P) to design and construct right-of-way improvements at the following libraries: Main Library, Northside Branch, Shepherd Branch, Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch, Driving Park Branch, Parsons Branch and Northern Lights Branch; and
WHEREAS, in 2014, the Department of Public Service committed $500,000.00 toward such right-of-way improvements in support of the Columbus Metropolitan Library's 2020 Vision Plan; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into guaranteed maximum reimbursement agreements with the Columbus Metropolitan Library in an amount up to $500,000.00 for the design and construction of public infrastructure improvements in connection with the Columbus Metropolitan Library's 2020 Vision Plan; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service in that it is immediately necessary to authorize said Guaranteed Maximum Reimbursement Agreements and the expenditure of such funds to maintain the project schedules and meet community commitments; thereby immediately 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 Director of Public Service be and hereby is authorized to enter into Guaranteed Maximum Reimbursement Agreements with the Columbus Metropolitan Library, 96 S. Grant Avenue, Columbus, OH 43215, pursuant to Section 186 of the Columbus City Charter for the design and construction of public infrastructure improvements in support of the Columbus Metropolitan Library's 2020 Vision Plan at a cost of up to $500,000.00.
SECTION 2. That for the purpose of paying the cost of these contracts the sum of up to $500,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized to be expended from the Streets and Highways Bond Fund as follows:
Fund / Project / Project Name / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA / Amount
704 / 530161-100159 / Roadway Improvements - Library Infrastructure / 06-6682 / 761159 / $500,000.00
SECTION 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. 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.