City of Columbus - File #: 0812-2006

• File #: 0812-2006
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/19/2006
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 9/11/2006
• Final action: 9/14/2006
• Title: To authorize the Public Service Director to reimburse the Power and Water Electricity Division for costs germane to the design and installation of streetlights at the intersection of West Fifth Avenue and Lakeshore Drive for the Transportation Division and to authorize the expenditure of $13,000.0020,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary for this purpose from the 1995, 1999, 2004 Streets and Highways Fund and $7,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary from the 1995, 1999 Voted Street Lighting and Electricity Distribution Improvements Fund. ($20,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/14/2006	2	CITY CLERK	Attest
9/13/2006	2	MAYOR	Signed
9/11/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Taken from the Table	Pass
9/11/2006	2	Columbus City Council	Amended as submitted to the Clerk	Pass
9/11/2006	2	Columbus City Council	Approved as Amended	Pass
9/11/2006	2	COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO-TEM	Signed
6/5/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Tabled Indefinitely	Pass
5/22/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Read for the First Time
5/2/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
5/2/2006	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
5/1/2006	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
5/1/2006	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
5/1/2006	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/28/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/28/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/28/2006	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/27/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/27/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/27/2006	1	Service Reviewer	Sent for Approval
4/25/2006	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/20/2006	1	Service Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/19/2006	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

The Public Service Department, Transportation Division, is pursuing the installation of streetlights at the intersection of West Fifth Avenue and Lakeshore Drive.   This intersection is presently unlighted and poses a danger to pedestrian and vehicular traffic generated by nearby offices and apartments.  This location is on a COTA bus route.  This improvement was prompted by a citizen request that the City install a traffic signal at this location or convert it to a four-way stop from the existing arrangement whereby only Lakeshore Drive traffic is required to stop.  This location does not meet the warrants specified within the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for either a signal installation or modification to a four-way stop.  The installation of streetlights will improve sight distances from dusk to dawn and serve to advertise the presence of intersecting traffic to drivers and pedestrians.

The design and installation of these streetlights will be performed by the Public Utilities Department, Power and Water Electricity Division.  This ordinance authorizes the expenditure of up to $20,000.00 to reimburse the Power and Water Electricity Division's operating fund for its force account design and installation expenses.  Installation will be completed in 2006.

Fiscal Impact:  The projected cost of this improvement is $20,000.00.  Funds for this purpose in the amount of $13,000.00 are budgeted and available within the Transportation Division's 2005 Capital Improvements Budget in the 1995, 1999, 2004 Streets and Highways Fund in the Pedestrian Safety Improvements project.  Funds in the amount of $7,000.00 are budgeted and available within the Power and Water Division's 2005 Capital Improvements Budget in the 1995, 1999 Voted Street Lighting and Electricity Distribution Improvements Fund in the Miscellaneous Street Lighting project.  This funding split between the divisions represents Transportation absorbing the additional costs for buried wire street lighting; ordinarily Power and Water only pays for street lighting that utilizes above-ground wiring.

Title

To authorize the Public Service Director to reimburse the Power and Water Electricity Division for costs germane to the design and installation of streetlights at the intersection of West Fifth Avenue and Lakeshore Drive for the Transportation Division and to authorize the expenditure of $13,000.0020,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary for this purpose from the 1995, 1999, 2004 Streets and Highways Fund and $7,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary from the 1995, 1999 Voted Street Lighting and Electricity Distribution Improvements Fund.  ($20,000.00)

Body

WHEREAS, the Public Service Department, Transportation Division, is pursuing the installation of streetlights at the intersection of West Fifth Avenue and Lakeshore Drive; and  

WHEREAS, this intersection is unlighted and poses a danger to pedestrian and vehicular traffic generated by nearby offices and apartments; and 

WHEREAS, the design and installation of these streetlights will be performed by the Public Utilities Department, Power and Water Electricity Division, in 2006; and 

WHEREAS, this ordinance authorizes the expenditure of up to $20,000.00 to reimburse the Power and Water Electricity Division for its expenses; now, therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:

SECTION 1.   That the Public Service Director be and hereby is authorized to reimburse the Power and Water Electricity Division's operating fund up to a maximum of $20,000.00 for costs germane to the design and installation of streetlights at the intersection of West Fifth Avenue and Lakeshore Drive for the Transportation Division. 

SECTION 2.   That for purposes of effecting this reimbursement the expenditure of $20,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed be and hereby is authorized from Fund 704, the 1995, 1999, 2004 Streets and Highways Fund, Department 59-09, Transportation Division, Object Level One Code 06, Object Level Three Code 6625, OCA Code 644385 and Project 590105 ($13,000.00) and Fund 553, the 1995, 1999 Voted Street Lighting and Electricity Distribution Improvements Fund, Department 60-07, Power and Water Division, Object Level One Code 06, Object Level Three Code 6625, OCA Code 675017 and Project 670003 ($7,000.00).

SECTION 3.  That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.