Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into a contract with Harmon Sign Co. for professional services in conjunction with Greenways Graphics Improvements. Services will include developing a network of greenways trail signs, wayfinding signage along the bikeway system, trail head mapping, directional signs, identification signs, and regulatory signs.
Harmon Sign Co. was selected for this project from proposals received from four (4) consulting firms : HarmonSign Co. ( Maj), Envirosign (Maj.), MP Dory (Maj.), Signcom (Maj). Harmon Sign Co. was selected based on experience, availability, knowledge of project and sites, and past experience.
The Contract Compliance Number for Harmon Sign Co. is #341194006
Emergency action is necessary to allow design to begin immediatly. Preferred to have sign installations prior to busy summer season.
Fiscal Impact:
$208,145.00 is budgeted in the Voted 1995 and 1999 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund to meet the financial obligation of this project.
Title
To authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into contract with Harmon Sign Co. for professional services in conjunction with the Greenways Graphics Improvements, to authorize the expenditure of 208,145.00 from the Voted 1995 and 1999 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($208,145.00)
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WHEREAS, proposals were received from four firms for professional services in conjunction with the Greenways Graphics Improvements; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into contract to allow the design of signage to commence ; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and he is hereby authorized and directed to enter into contract with Harmon Sign Co. for professional services in conjunction with the Greenways Graphics Improvements in accordance with plans and specifications on file in the Recreation and Parks Department.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $208,145.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Voted 1995 and 1999 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund 702, Dept. 51-01, Project No. 510316, Object Level 3 6680, and OCA Code 644526, to pay the cost thereof.
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer the unencumbered balance in a project account to the unallocated balance account within the same fund upon receipt of certification by the Director of the Department administering said project that the project has been completed and the monies are no longer required for said project; except that no transfer shall be so made from a project account funded by monies from more than one source.
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.