Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Service to expend up to $310,000.00 for utility relocation expenses in connection with the Parsons/Livingston Avenue improvement project.
Utility relocations performed by private utility companies were a necessary part of the work for this project and it is necessary to establish funding to pay for the relocation expenses incurred by these companies. This legislation authorizes payment for these utility relocation expenses in the amount of $310,000.00.
The Department of Public Service, Division of Design and Construction is in the process of administering the subject project that will assist the private development initiative currently being undertaken by Nationwide Children's Hospital. The hospital's growth plans will retain and add significant job opportunities for the City of Columbus. The City's roadway improvement project is being constructed with American Recovery and Revitalization Act of 2009 funding.
The purpose of this public improvement project is to widen and improve Livingston Avenue from Ninth Street east to Ohio Avenue and to widen and improve Parsons Avenue from Jackson Street north to a point approximately 200 feet north of Kennedy Drive. This project includes full depth pavement replacement, installation of traffic medians and installation of upgraded tree lawns, street lighting, sidewalks and ADA compliant ramps.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
Funding for these utility relocations is budgeted and available within the 2010 C.I.B.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to pay various utilities for invoices received at the earliest possible time to maintain proper accounting practices.
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To authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $310,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary for the payment of Utility Relocation expenses for various Utilies for the Parsons/Livingston Avenue Improvements project from the Fed-State Highway Engineering Fund; to amend the 2010 C.I.B.; to authorize the transfer of funds from the Build America Bonds Fund to the Fed-State Highway Engineering Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($310,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Department of Public Service, Division of Design and Construction, is engaged in the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Parsons/Livingston Avenue Improvements project; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of this project is to widen and improve Livingston Avenue from Ninth Street east to Ohio Avenue and to widen and improve Parsons Avenue from Jackson Street north to a point approximately 200 feet north of Kennedy Drive; and
WHEREAS, improvements contemplated by this project include full depth pavement replacement, installation of traffic medians and installation of upgraded tree lawns, street lighting, sidewalks and ADA compliant ramps; and
WHEREAS, as part of this project it was necessary for various utilities to relocate their facilities and it is necessary to provide for payment of these expenses; and
WHEREAS, this legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to make payment to these utilities for the above described expenses; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service, Division of Design and Construction in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the expenditure of these funds to provide payment to these utilities at the earliest possible time for invoices received and to maintain proper accounting 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 Director of the Department of Public Service, be and is hereby authorized to expend $310,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary from the Fed-State Highway Engineering Fund to pay various other utilities for utility relocation work performed in connection with the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Parsons/Livingston Avenue Improvements Project as follows.
Division of Design and Construction, Dept-Div 59-12
Fund / Project No. / Project / O.L. 03 Codes / OCA Code / Amount
765 / 598091-200000 / Parsons/Livingston / 06-6631 / 598091 / $310,000.00
SECTION 2. That the Transfer of cash and appropriation within and between the following funds be authorized as follows:
Transfer from:
Fund / Project / Project Name / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA / Amount
746 / 530103-100035 / Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Parsons/Livingston / 06-6600 / 760335 / $310,000.00
Transfer to:
Fund / Project / Project Name / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA / Amount
746 / 530103-100035 / Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Parsons/Livingston / 10-5501 / 760335 / $310,000.00
SECTION 3. That the Transfer of monies between the following funds be authorized as follows:
Transfer from:
Fund / Project / Project Name / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA / Amount
746 / 530103-100035 / Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Parsons/Livingston / 10-5501 / 760335 / $310,000.00
Transfer To:
Fund / Grant / Grant Name / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA / Amount
765 / 598091-200000 / Parsons/Livingston / 80-0886 / 598091 / $310,000.00
SECTION 4. That the sum of $310,000.00 be and hereby is appropriated from the unappropriated balance of Fund 765, the Federal-State Highway Engineering Fund, and from all monies estimated to come into said funds from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010 as follows:
Fund / Grant / Grant Name / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA / Amount
765 / 598091-200000 / Parsons/Livingston / 06-6600 / 598091 / $310,000.00
SECTION 5. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 6 shall be paid upon order of the Director of Public Service 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 6. 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.