Explanation
BACKGROUND: Ordinance No. 2213-2006, passed by City Council on December 13, 2006, authorized the Department of Finance and Management, Office of Construction Management to enter into a contract for the master plan and design for renovation of 120 West Gay Street, the former Police Headquarters building. As a part of the renovation of 120 West Gay Street, it is necessary to install a traffic signal mast arm pole. The renovation is necessary to allow ingress and egress from the City Hall parking lot to Gay and Front Streets. It will help eliminate safety hazards and congestion in the vicinity, while promoting pedestrian safety and expediting vehicular traffic flow.
Upon completion of the renovations of 120 West Gay Street, the Department of Human Resources, Income Tax Division, Civil Service Commission, Safety Director's Office, Purchasing Office, and the City Attorney's Office will relocate to the building. The renovation is one part of a larger downtown campus plan that will enable the City to reduce the number of buildings it operates thereby reducing operational costs, while producing a more welcoming and customer friendly environment for City workers and the general public.
The City of Columbus, Department of Public Service, Division of Planning and Operations will install the traffic signal mast arm pole. The Division of Planning and Operations focuses on transportation infrastructure. This legislation will establish an encumbrance against which the Department of Public Service, Division of Planning and Operations, can invoice for various expenditures for labor, material, and equipment for the installation of the traffic signal mast arm pole at Gay and Front Streets.
Emergency action is requested so the installation of necessary traffic control devices can occur, thereby eliminating safety hazards and congestion in the vicinity.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available in the Gov'l SuperB.A.B.'s (Build America Bonds). The cost of this project is $28,455.72.
Title
To authorize the City Auditor to establish an Auditor's Certificate for various expenditures for labor, material, and equipment in conjunction with the renovation of 120 West Gay Street; to amend the 2010 Capital Improvement Budget, to authorize the expenditure of $28,455.72 from the Gov'l SuperB.A.B.'s (Build America Bonds); and to declare an emergency. ($28,455.72)
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WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2213-2006, passed by City Council on December 13, 2006, authorized the Department of Finance and Management, Office of Construction Management, to enter into a contract for the master plan and design for renovation of 120 West Gay Street, the former Police Headquarters building; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to install a traffic signal mast arm pole at Gay and Front Streets to eliminate safety hazards and congestion in the vicinity during the said renovation; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend the 2010 Capital Improvement Budget; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to establish funding and authorize payment for the installation of a traffic signal mast arm pole at Gay and Front Streets; and
WHEREAS, upon completion of renovations at the former Police Headquarters building located at 120 West Gay Street various City Agencies will relocate to the building; and
WHEREAS, said relocation is one part of a plan that will allow the City to remove one or more buildings from its portfolio and therefore reduce operational and maintenance costs; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the Finance and Management Department, Office of Construction Management, in that it is immediately necessary to provide sufficient funding so the installation of necessary traffic control devices can occur, thereby eliminating safety hazards and congestion in the vicinity; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Auditor is authorized to establish an Auditor's Certificate for various expenditures for labor, material and equipment in conjunction with the renovation of 120 West Gay Street.
SECTION 2. That the 2010 Capital Improvement Budget is hereby amended as follows:
Fund 707
Project Name: Project Number Current Authority Revised Authority Variance
Old Police Headquarters 570056-100000 0 $27,250,000 $27,250,000
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $28,455.72 or so much thereof that may be necessary in regard to the action authorized in SECTION 1, be and is hereby authorized an approved as follows:
Dept/Div: 45-27
Fund: 707
Project: 570056-100000
OCA Code: 775600
OL1: 06
OL3: 6621
Amount: $28,455.72
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.