Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into contract with CW Design Group for professional services related to the development of a Spray Ground and Park at Barnett Park.
One proposal was submitted and CW Design Group was selected for this project based on experience, availability, and past experience with Recreation and Parks. Project includes architectural and engineering services, specification writing, and surveys.
The Contract Compliance Number for CW Design Group, is #06-1648088.
Emergency action is necessary to begin initial stages of project design so construction can be completed by the 2007 season.
Fiscal Impact:
$41,350.00 is required and budgeted in the Voted 1999/2004 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund to meet the financial obligation of this contract.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into contract with CW Design Group for professional services related to the development of a Spray Ground and Park at Barnett Park, to authorize the expenditure of $41,350.00 from the Voted 1999/2004 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($41,350.00)
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WHEREAS, one proposal was received for professional services related to the development of a Spray Ground and Park at Barnett Park; and
WHEREAS, the contract will be awarded based on experience, availability, and knowledge of project site; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into said contract to allow initial stages of project design to begin so construction can be completed by the 2007 season; 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 enter into contract with CW Design Group for professional services related to the development of a Spray Ground and Park at Barnett Park.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $41,350.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Voted 1999/2004 Recreation and Parks Bond Fund No. 702, Dept. 51-01, as follows, to pay the cost thereof.
Fund Type Project No. Project Title Object Level 3 OCA Code Amount
Cap. Proj. 440006 UIRF Improvements 6681 644526 $21,350
Cap. Proj. 510011 Swim Fac. Improv. 20,000
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.