Explanation
This legislation authorizes a modification to the Transportation Division's preliminary engineering contract with Evans, Mechwart, Hambleton & Tilton, Inc. (EMH&T) for the Seventeenth Avenue Preliminary Engineering improvement project. This project studies various alternatives for reconstructing Seventeenth Avenue from a point 500 feet west of the railroad bridge west of Clara Avenue to I-71(approximately 3,000 feet) to correct traffic/pedestrian problems during Ohio Expo events. This contract modification is necessary to modify the scope of services to study the impact to the interchanges of I-71 at Hudson Street and I-71 at Eleventh Avenue if Seventeenth Avenue is vacated. The Study should be completed around March 2008.
This modification is an addition to the original scope of services but is a continuation of the existing work being performed and it would not be practical to contract with a different consultant.
New hourly rates, the overhead rate and the percentage of profit were negotiated due to the extended length of the project and were used to determine the amount of this modification. EMH&T, contract compliance # 310685594 (expires November 29, 2008), was selected in 2005 in accordance with Chapter 329 for professional service contracts.
The original contract in the amount of $350,000.00 was authorized by Ordinance 1799-2005 passed by City Council on December 12, 2005. The amount of this modification is $69,821.00. The contract amount including all modifications is $419,821.00.
Fiscal Impact: Funds in the amount of $69,821.00 are budgeted in the 2007 Transportation Division Capital Improvement Budget and available in the Voted 1995, 1999, 2004 Streets and Highways Fund.
Emergency action is requested for immediate modification of the preliminary engineering contract for the earliest possible completion of the preliminary engineering in order to maintain scheduled construction.
Title
To authorize the Public Service Director to modify and increase an existing contract with EMH&T for additional preliminary engineering work for the Seventeenth Avenue Preliminary Engineering improvement from a point 500 feet west of the railroad bridge west of Clara Avenue to I-71; to authorize the expenditure of $69,821.00 from the Voted 1995, 1999, 2004 Streets and Highways Fund for the Transportation Division; and to declare an emergency. ($69,821.00).
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WHEREAS, Contract No. EL 005812 was authorized by Ordinance 1799-2005, passed December 12, 2005 and executed and approved by the City Attorney on February 15, 2006; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to modify this contract for the Seventeenth Avenue Preliminary Engineering improvement project to study the impact to the interchanges of I-71 at Hudson Street and I-71 at Eleventh Avenue if Seventeenth Avenue is vacated per the consultant's letter dated March 26, 2007; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Service Department, Transportation Division, in that the contract should be modified and increased immediately so that the work may proceed without delay for the earliest possible completion of the preliminary engineering in order to maintain scheduled construction, 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 Public Service Director be and is hereby authorized to modify and increase Contract No. EL 005812 with Evans, Mechwart, Hambleton and Tilton, Inc., 5500 New Albany Road, Columbus, Ohio 43054, to complete the preliminary engineering for the Seventeenth Avenue Preliminary Engineering improvement project.
SECTION 2. That for the purpose of paying the cost thereof, the sum of $69,821.00 or so much thereof as may be needed be and hereby is authorized to be expended from Fund 704, the Voted 1995, 1999, 2004 Streets and Highways Fund, Department No. 59-09, Transportation Division, Object Level One Code 06, Object Level Three Code 6682, OCA Code 644385 and Project 590422.
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 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.