Explanation
Background:
A modification to Contract No. EL002040 is needed for additional professional services related to the Alum Creek Trail Connector Project.
Amount of additional funds to be expended is $15,000.00. The original contract cost was $92,180.00; the total modified cost is $131,631.40.
It is in the City's best interest to have the contractor finish the project due to the contractor being familiar with the job.
The Contract Compliance Number for Raymond Professional Group Ohio, Inc., is #36-4327732.
Emergency legislation is requested so engineering can begin immediately and keep project on schedule.
Fiscal Impact:
$15,000.00 is required and budgeted in the Voted 1995 and 1999 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund to meet the financial obligation of this contract modification.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to modify the contract with Raymond Professional Group Ohio, Inc., for additional professional services in conjunction with the Alum Creek Trail Connector Project, to authorize the expenditure of $15,000.00 from the Voted 1995 and 1999 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($15,000.00)
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WHEREAS, it is necessary to modify the contract with Raymond Professional Group Ohio, Inc., for professional services in conjunction with the Alum Creek Trail Connector 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 said contract for the preservation of public health, peace, property and safety; 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 modify Contract No. EL002040 with Raymond Professional Group Ohio, Inc., for additional professional services in conjunction with the Alum Creek Trail Connector Project, in accordance with plans and specifications on file in the Recreation and Parks Department.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $15,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Voted 1995 and 1999 Parks and Recreation Bond Fund, Dept. 51-01, Fund 702, as follows, to pay the cost thereof.
Fund Project Project Object OCA
Type No. Name Level 3 Code Amount
Cap. Proj. 510017 Park & Playground Improvements 6680 644526 $15,000.00
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.