Explanation
Background:
The engineering services will be used to design trail improvements to Goodale Street from Olentangy River Road to Michigan Avenue. Work will include widening the walkway on the Goodale Street Bridge over SR 315 and the river to provide a fully-accessible bike/pedestrian crossing, building a connector ramp from the bridge to the Olentangy Trail, and improving the cycling connectivity from Harrison West/Michigan Avenue.
Recreation and Parks received MORPC funding for the Goodale Street Bike Improvements. The additional work required by this modification (PID No. 83346) includes: additional soil borings and fencing revisions required by ODOT; additional path length and alignment revisions; and a lighting plan.
Principal Parties:
URS Corporation
277 West Nationwide Boulevard
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 464-4500
Contract Compliance # 34-0939859
200 Columbus employees
Emergency Justification:
Emergency legislation is requested so that the project can begin immediately and adhere to the funding and schedule requirements required by ODOT.
Fiscal Impact:
$30,847.00 form the Voted Recreation and Parks Bond Fund 702.
Title
To authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to modify a contract with URS Corporation for professional services related to the Goodale Street Bike Improvements; to authorize an expenditure of $30,847.00 from the Recreation and Parks Voted Bond Fund 702; and to declare an emergency. ($30,847.00)
Body
WHEREAS, it is necessary to modify the contract with URS Corporation for professional services related to the Goodale Street Bike Improvements Project; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to modify the contract with URS Corporation in order to adhere to the funding and schedule requirements required by ODOT; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director be and is hereby authorized and directed to modify a contract with the URS Corporation for professional services related to the Goodale Street Bike Improvements Project.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $30,847.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the cost thereof, be and is hereby authorized from the Voted Recreation & Parks Bond Fund 702, as follows:
Project # 510316-100000 Greenways, OCA #644625, Obj Level 3 # 6621.
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 legislation.
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 10 days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.