Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Public Service Director to reimburse Dominion Homes for provision of design services for the Britton/Cosgray connecting road and Avery Road project in an amount of up to $335,000.00. The work is designated as elements HR-2 and HR-9 in the Memorandum of Understanding that was authorized by Ordinance 1433-2004 passed by City Council November 22, 2004. Ordinance 1008-2005, passed by City Council June 30, 2005, granted consent and proposed cooperation with Dominion Homes for design services relating to the infrastructure improvements.
The project will connect Hayden Run Road with Avery Road to the east and widen Avery Road. The connector will be five lanes wide, have a curbed grass/concrete median and feature curbs, gutters, sidewalks, lighting, signalization and an enclosed storm drainage system where possible. A structure at least 100 feet in length will be constructed over the existing Conrail tracks in the path of the connecting road.
Fiscal Impact: Some $335,000.00 is currently available within the Pay As We Grow Northwest Corridor Area Fund in the Dominion Homes-NW Corridor project and this ordinance appropriates and authorizes the expenditure of these funds.
Emergency action is requested so that this project can proceed in a timely manner and keep commitments made to the local community.
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To appropriate $335,000 within the Pay As We Grow Northwest Corridor Area Fund; to authorize the Public Service Director to make payment to Dominion Homes for design services for the Britton-Cosgray connecting road and Avery Road project consistent with the Memorandum of Understanding for financial commitments for infrastructure improvements based on the Pay As We Grow Plan for the Hayden Run Corridor; to authorize the expenditure of $335,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary from the Pay As We Grow Northwest Corridor Area Fund and to declare an emergency. ($335,000)
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WHEREAS, the City has identified the need for and proposes the improvement of a portion of public highway that is described as follows:
Construction of a new connecting road between Cosgray Road and Avery Road including construction of a bridge over the Conrail railroad track, with portions of said highway within the municipal corporation limits being hereinafter referred to
as the improvement; and
WHEREAS, this work is designated as elements HR-2 and HR-9 in the Memorandum of Understanding that was authorized by Ordinance 1433-2004 passed by City Council November 22, 2004; and
WHEREAS, consent legislation authorizing a reimbursement agreement with Dominion Homes for design services was passed by City Council as Ordinance 1008-2005 June 30, 2005; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Service Department, Transportation Division, in that the contract should proceed immediately so that the work may proceed in a timely manner and keep commitments made to the local community, 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 sum of $335,000.00 be and hereby is appropriated from the unappropriated balance of Fund 771, the Pay As We Grow Northwest Corridor Area Fund, and from all monies estimated to come into said Fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006, to Department No. 59-09, Transportation Division, Object Level One Code 06, Object Level Three Code 6682, OCA Code 771001 and Project 771001.
SECTION 2. That the monies appropriated in Section 1 shall be paid upon order of the Public Service Director and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 3. That the Public Service Director be and hereby is authorized to reimburse Dominion Homes, 5000 Tuttle Crossing Boulevard, Post Office Box 5000, Dublin, Ohio 43016-5555, in an amount not to exceed $335,000.00 in accordance with the Pay As We Grow Plan for the Hayden Run Corridor.
SECTION 4. That for the purpose of paying the cost thereof, the sum of $335,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, be and hereby is authorized to be expended from Fund 771, the Pay As We Grow Northwest Corridor Area Fund, Department No. 59-09, Transportation Division, Object Level One Code 06, Object Level Three Code 6682, OCA Code 771001 and Project 771001.
SECTION 5. 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.