Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Public Service Director to reimburse the office of the Franklin County Engineer for provision of right-of-way acquisition, design and construction services for the Hayden Run Road/Cosgray Road intersection improvement project in the amount of $1,300,000.00. The work is designated as element HR-1 in the Memorandum of Understanding that was authorized by Ordinance 1433-2004 passed by City Council on November 22, 2004, that granted consent and proposed cooperation with the office of the Franklin County Engineer for right-of-way acquisition, design and construction services relating to the infrastructure improvements.
The project will provide new pavement and right-turn lanes in all directions at the intersection. A raised concrete median will extend up the north leg of the intersection. Construction will also provide curbs, gutters, sidewalks, lighting, signalization and curb ramps.
Fiscal Impact: The City will ultimately pay the Franklin County Engineer $2,300,000.00 for these improvements. This ordinance provides $1,300,000.00 with another $1,000,000.00 forthcoming from a future bond sale. $1,237,253.00 is currently available within the Pay As We Grow Northwest Corridor Area Fund and this ordinance appropriates, transfers and authorizes the expenditure of these funds. The balance needed, $62,747.00, has been identified within the 1995, 1999, 2004 Voted Streets and Highways Fund in the Roadway Improvement project from cancellation of an Auditor's Certificate (AC901906/001) that was established in 1999 for Polaris Parkway widening right-of-way acquisition that is no longer needed.
Emergency action is requested so that this project can proceed in a timely manner and keep commitments made to the local community.
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To appropriate $1,237,253.00 within the Pay As We Grow Northwest Corridor Area Fund; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer $748,695.00 between projects within this Fund; to authorize the Public Service Director to pay the Franklin County Engineer $1,300,000.00 for right-of-way acquisition, design and construction services for the Hayden Run Road/Cosgray Road intersection improvement project consistent with the Pay As We Grow Plan for the Hayden Run corridor; to authorize the expenditure of $1,237,253.00 from the Pay As We Grow Northwest Corridor Area Fund and $62,747.00 from the 1995, 1995, 2004 Streets and Highways Fund and to declare an emergency. ($1,300,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the City has identified the need for and proposes the improvement of a portion of public highway that is described as follows:
Construction of new pavement, right-turn lanes, signalization, curbs, gutters,
ramps, lighting, and a median at the intersection of Hayden Run Road and
Cosgray Road; and
WHEREAS, this work is designated as element HR-1 in the Memorandum of Understanding that was authorized by Ordinance 1433-2004 passed by City Council November 22, 2004, which authorized a reimbursement agreement with the office of the Franklin County Engineer; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Service Department, Transportation Division, in that the contract should go forth immediately so that the work may proceed without delay, thereby 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 sum of $1,237,253.00 be and hereby is appropriated from the unappropriated balance of Fund 771, the Pay As We Grow Northwest Corridor Area Fund, and from all monies estimated to come into said Fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006, to Department No. 59-09, Transportation Division, Object Level One Code 06, Object Level Three Code 6601, as follows:
Project No. / Project / OCA Code
771001 / Dominion Homes-NW Corridor / 771001 / $488,558.00
771002 / MI Homes-NW Corridor / 771002 / $262,147.00
771003 / Huntington Tower-NW Columbus / 771003 / $388,140.00
771004 / Avery Place LLC-NW Corridor / 771004 / $98,408.00
SECTION 2. That the monies appropriated in Section 1 shall be paid upon order of the Public Service Director and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor be and hereby is authorized to transfer $748,695.00 between projects within Fund 771, the Pay As We Grow Northwest Corridor Area Fund, as follows:
TRANSFER FROM
Project No. / Project / OCA Code
771002 / MI Homes-NW Corridor / 771002 / $262,147.00
771003 / Huntington Tower-NW Columbus / 771003 / $388,140.00
771004 / Avery Place LLC-NW Corridor / 771004 / $98,408.00
Total Transfer From: $748,695.00
TRANSFER TO
Project No. / Project / OCA Code
771001 / Dominion Homes-NW Corridor / 771001 / $748,695.00
Total Transfer To: $748,695.00
SECTION 4. That the Public Service Director be and hereby is authorized to pay the Franklin County Engineer an amount not to exceed $1,300,000.00 in accordance with the Pay As We Grow Plan for the Hayden Run Corridor.
SECTION 5. That for the purpose of paying the cost thereof, the sum of $1,300,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, be and hereby is authorized to be expended from Fund 771, the Pay As We Grow Northwest Corridor Area Fund, Department No. 59-09, Transportation Division, Object Level One Code 06, Object Level Three Code 6601, OCA Code 771001 and Project 771001 ($1,237,253.00) and Fund 704, the 1995, 1999, 2004 Voted Streets and Highways Fund, Department No. 59-09, Transportation Division, Object Level One Code 06, Object Level Three Code 6601, OCA Code 644385 and Project 530161 ($62,747.00).
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.