Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Director to enter into contract with GPD Group, to provide engineering services for the Franklinton Loop-Souder Avenue Connector from Broad Street to Dublin Road.
Background: The project will be developed as a two stage contract. Stage one will develop the preliminary plans for the project, including bridge type, public involvement, utility coordination, and environmental inventory. A modification for the contract will be submitted in 2019 for Stage Two Detailed Plan development.
The Department was awarded a grant from the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission to assist towards construction of a trail and bridge improvements along the Souder Avenue corridor between Broad Street and Dublin Road.
The costs for this project will be $197,500.00.
Proposals were advertised through Vendor Services, in accordance with City Code Chapter 329, on January 6, 2018 and received by the Recreation and Parks Department on February 20, 2018. Proposals were received from the following companies:
Company Status
2LMN (MAJ)
Dynotec (MBE)
Korda Engineering (MAJ)
GPD Group (MAJ)
JMT (MAJ)
OHM (MAJ)
In accordance with City Code, a selection team evaluated the proposals and recommended GPD Group be selected to perform the work. The firm was chosen based on their reference projects, experience, qualifications, availability, timeline, and project approach.
Principal Parties:
GPD Group
1801 Watermark Drive, Suite 210
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 210-0751
Contract Compliance #3471515226
Emergency Justification: An emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into said contract as the grant funding for this project requires that the engineering be completed by the end of 2018.
Benefits to the Public: The Souder Avenue Bridge is a heavily used bike/ped route, with regional trails on both banks of the Scioto River. The two lane bridge is recognized widely as one of the city’s most unsafe, narrow crossings. Manual trail counts were conducted in July 2016 and found that the average daily use of the Souder Ave bridge by pedestrians and cyclists was approximately 250 uses per day. This equates to roughly 90,000 uses annually. These numbers place the Souder Ave bridge connection near the top 5 busiest counted sections in the Columbus trail system. The project will design a new separated facility to accommodate cyclists, runners, and walkers as part of an overall Franklinton Loop network to connect people to and from an underserved community.
Community Input Issues:
The following stakeholders have been involved:
Columbus Departments: Recreation and Parks, Economic Development, Planning, Public Service, Health
Private developers (NRI, Kaufman, Casto, Ruscilli)
Franklinton Development Association
Franklinton Trade Association
Franklinton Civic Association
YAY Bikes
Experience Columbus
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Area(s) Affected:
Planning Area 16
East Franklinton
West Franklinton
Master Plan Relation: This project will support the mission of the Recreation and Parks Master Plan by improving access to trails and greenways corridors. Improving the environmental health of the city’s waterways; improving recreational access to streams; providing long-term protection corridors for water quality and trail development.
Fiscal Impact: $197,500.00 is budgeted and available in the Recreation and Parks Voted Bond Fund 7702 to meet the financial obligations of this contract.
Title
To amend the 2018 Capital Improvements Budget; to authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into an agreement with GPD Group for the Franklinton Loop-Souder Avenue Connector; to authorize the transfer of $197,500.00 within the Recreation and Parks Voted Bond Fund; to amend the 2018 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the expenditure of $197,500.00 from the Recreation and Parks Voted Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($197,500.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Souder Avenue Bridge is a heavily used bike/ped route, with regional trails on both banks of the Scioto River and the two lane bridge is recognized widely as one of the city’s most unsafe, narrow crossings; and
WHEREAS, this project will design a new separated facility to accommodate cyclists, runners, and walkers as part of an overall Franklinton Loop network to connect people to and from an underserved community; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into contract with GPD Group, to provide engineering services for the Franklinton Loop-Souder Avenue Connector; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize that the 2018 Capital Improvements Budget Ordinance 1010-2018 be amended in order to provide sufficient budget authority for this legislation and future projects; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the expenditure of $197,500.00 from the Recreation and Parks Voted Bond Fund 7702; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to enter into an agreement with GPD Group for the Franklinton Loop-Souder Avenue Connector, all 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 Director of Recreation and Parks is hereby authorized and directed to enter into contract with GPD Group to provide engineering services for the Franklinton Loop-Souder Avenue Connector.
SECTION 2. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 4. 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.
SECTION 5. That the transfer of $197,500.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized between projects within the Recreation and Parks Voted Bond Fund 7702 per the accounting codes in the attachments to this ordinance.
SECTION 6. That the 2018 Capital Improvements Budget Ordinance 1010-2018 is hereby amended as follows in order to provide sufficient budget authority for this ordinance and future projects.
Fund / Project / Project Name / Current / Change / Amended
Fund 7702 / P510229-100001; Bikeway Trail Safety (Voted Carryover); $214,296 / ($197,500) / $16,796
Fund 7702 / P510310-100001; Franklinton Loop - Souder Avenue Connector (Voted Carryover); $0 / $197,500 / $197,500
SECTION 7. That for the purpose stated in Section 1, the expenditure of $197,500.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the cost thereof, be and is hereby authorized from the Recreation and Parks Voted Bond Fund 7702 in object class 06 Capital Outlay per the accounting codes in the attachments to this ordinance.
SECTION 8. 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 10 days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.