Explanation
As a result of anticipated local traffic impacts from the construction of the Spring Sandusky Interchange (SSI), the City of Columbus entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with local historic neighborhoods for the purpose of developing and implementing an "Overall Traffic Management Plan" (OTMP). This OTMP identifies desirable traffic calming measures to mitigate these local traffic impacts.
The OTMP is comprised of numerous individual improvements that are scattered throughout the adjacent historic neighborhoods. One such individual improvement, "Traffic Calming on Michigan Avenue," is situated west of Goodale Street and is within the current construction limits of the Ohio Department of Transportation's (ODOT) FRA-670-2.61 project. The Public Service Director is proposing to include this traffic calming and installation of landscaping and other related amenities as a part of ODOT's current reconstruction efforts. Such action will reduce the cost of this improvement work, avoid unnecessary reconstruction of current construction efforts, and provide immediate benefit to the health, safety and welfare of the community.
In order to implement this proposal and experience these benefits, it is necessary to modify the City's current SSI construction agreement with ODOT, Agreement No. 9435 and Supplemental Agreement No. 9435-A and expend a maximum of $175,000.00 for this purpose.
Funds for this expenditure are available within the Resurfacing project of the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund. This ordinance transfers these monies to the Spring Sandusky Interchange project within this same Fund.
Emergency action is requested to allow for the immediate expenditure of the necessary funds and maintain project continuity.
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To authorize the transfer of $175,000.00 between projects within the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund; to authorize the Public Service Director to modify the current Spring Sandusky Interchange Agreements with the Ohio Department of Transportation to construct traffic calming and landscaping improvements and other amenities on Michigan Avenue, west of Goodale Street, as outlined in the Spring Sandusky Interchange Overall Traffic Management Plan; to authorize the expenditure of $175,000.00 from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund for the Transportation Division, and to declare an emergency. ($175,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the City is under agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation, Agreement No. 9435 and Supplemental Agreement No. 9435-A, to cooperate in the construction of the Spring Sandusky Interchange; and
WHEREAS, the City committed to the development and implementation of an Overall Traffic Management Plan (OTMP) in an effort to mitigate local traffic impacts to adjacent historic neighborhoods as the result of the construction of the Spring Sandusky Interchange; and
WHEREAS, this OTMP calls for the construction of numerous individual traffic calming improvements, one of which, "Traffic Calming on Michigan Avenue," falls within the current construction limits of the Ohio Department of Transportation's FRA-670-2.61 project; and
WHEREAS, the current plans for the construction of FRA-670-2.61 call for the reconstruction of portions of Michigan Avenue but do not include the traffic calming measures prescribed within the OTMP for this roadway; and
WHEREAS, the City is to finance traffic mitigation measures constructed under the OTMP; and
WHEREAS, the City has no current funding mechanism within its current SSI agreement with ODOT for work constructed as a part of the FRA-670-2.61 project; and
WHEREAS, ODOT is seeking reimbursement for their expense for this work in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($175,000.00); and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Transportation Division, Public Service Department, in that it is immediately necessary to transfer monies between projects and authorize the Public Service Director to modify the current Spring Sandusky Interchange agreement with ODOT and expend the funds necessary to reimburse ODOT for constructing "Traffic Calming on Michigan Avenue" improvements along with associated landscaping and site amenities as part of the FRA-670-2.61 project for the immediate preservation of 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 transfer of monies between projects within the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund, Fund 704, be and hereby is authorized as follows:
TRANSFER FROM:
Project 530282/Resurfacing/Object Level One/Three Codes 06/6631/OCA Code 644385/$175,000.00
Total Transfer From: $175,000.00
TRANSFER TO:
Project 530034/Spring Sandusky Interchange/Object Level One/Three Codes 06/6631/OCA Code 644385/$175,000.00
Total Transfer To: $175,000.00
SECTION 2. That the Public Service Director be and hereby is authorized to modify the current Spring Sandusky Interchange Agreement, Agreement No. 9435 and Supplemental Agreement No. 9435-A, with the Ohio Department of Transportation and expend those funds necessary to include the construction of "Traffic Calming on Michigan Avenue" as outlined within the Overall Traffic Management Plan (OTMP) and related landscaping and amenities as a part of the ODOT's FRA-670-2.61 project.
SECTION 3. That for the purpose of paying for said costs the sum of One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($175,000.00), or so much thereof as may be needed, be and hereby is authorized to be expended from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund, Fund 704, Department No. 59-09, Transportation Division, Object Level One Code 06, Object Level Three Code 6631, OCA Code 644385, Project 530034.
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.