Explanation
1. Background
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities, through the Division of Power, to enter into a maintenance agreement to charge the City of Upper Arlington for street lighting maintenance and electricity costs on Henderson Road from approximately Reed Road to Stonehaven Drive.
The City of Upper Arlington and the City of Columbus have agreed to a boundary adjustment on Henderson Road starting approximately 405 feet east of Reed Road and running to approximately 450 feet west of Stonehaven Drive. This boundary adjustment resulted in land being transferred from the City of Columbus to the City of Upper Arlington. The City of Columbus will continue to provide all maintenance of the street lighting system on Henderson Road within the boundary adjustment limits in accordance with City of Columbus standard maintenance operations. Maintenance will include, but not be limited to, the following: replacing poles, luminaires, bulbs, ballast, rewiring, repairing conduit, replacing footers, etc. The City of Columbus will also continue to provide electricity to the transferred street lights. The City of Upper Arlington will be invoiced for these costs and will reimburse the costs to the City of Columbus Division of Power.
This maintenance agreement is expected to be in effect until the City of Upper Arlington completes a redevelopment project on Henderson Road that separates the street light circuit into separate circuits between the two cities.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
There is no additional cost to the City of Columbus Division of Power for this maintenance agreement. The City of Upper Arlington will reimburse the City of Columbus Division of Power for all maintenance and electricity costs associated with the street lights covered by the maintenance agreement. The Division of Power has been paying these costs while the street lights were within the City of Columbus. Transferring the street lights to Upper Arlington will result in lower overall operating costs to the City of Columbus Division of Power as Upper Arlington assumes financial responsibility for the street lights.
3. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
The City of Upper Arlington is not required to be contract compliant as it is a government entity.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a maintenance agreement with, and to charge, the City of Upper Arlington for street lighting maintenance and electricity costs on Henderson Road from approximately Reed Road to Stonehaven Drive for land recently transferred to the City of Upper Arlington due to a boundary adjustment. ($0.00)
Body
Whereas, the City of Upper Arlington and the City of Columbus have agreed to a boundary adjustment on Henderson Road between approximately 405 feet east of Reed Road and approximately 450 feet west of Stonehaven Drive; and
Whereas, as a result of the boundary adjustment, land was transferred from the City of Columbus to the City of Upper Arlington that contained public street lighting; and
Whereas, the City of Upper Arlington and the City of Columbus agree that with the boundary adjustment the City of Upper Arlington is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the existing street lights within the boundary adjustment limits and also the electricity needed to power the street lights; and
WHEREAS, the cities agree that the City of Columbus Division of Power will continue to maintain and repair those street lights and continue providing the electricity needed to power them, and that the City of Upper Arlington will reimburse the City of Columbus Division of Power for the costs to do so; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities to authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to execute a maintenance agreement with the City of Upper Arlington for the City of Columbus Division of Power to be reimbursed for maintaining and powering the street lights along Henderson Road transferred to the City of Upper Arlington; Now, Therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Public Utilities be and is hereby authorized to enter into a maintenance agreement with the City of Upper Arlington for the City of Columbus Division of Power to be reimbursed for continuing to maintain and power the street lights along Henderson Road transferred to the City of Upper Arlington.
SECTION 2. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.