Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into an agreement with The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) and to provide funding for ODOT to perform a safety study of the Olentangy River Road corridor. ODOT has a general engineering contract with LJB, Inc. and this study is Task 5 under that contract. This expenditure represents a 10% local match of the $45,397.00 total cost of the study. The amount to be provided by the Department of Public Service, Division of Mobility Options is $4,539.70.
Results of this study will enable ODOT to justify funding the construction of a shared use path on Olentangy River Road through the Highway Safety Program. The addition of said shared use path complies with the recommendation of the The Bicentennial Bikeways Plan (BBP).
Columbus City Code anticipates the potential for shared use paths in the public right-of-way serving pedestrians and bicyclists. Shared use paths can be composed of asphalt, concrete or bricks, and are typically 8 feet to 12 feet wide.
Columbus has a bike trail system that has been developed primarily along north-south river corridors. However, additional bicycle facilities such as this potential shared-use path are needed to help complete a connected bikeway system in the City.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
The cost for this safety study is $45,397.00. The total share of the cost for the City is now estimated at $4,539.70.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested in order to allow ODOT to begin this study at the earliest possible time. The local share of the project is required prior to the beginning of the study.
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To authorize the Director of Public Service to enter into an agreement with the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation to complete this safety study of the Olentangy River Road corridor; to amend the 2010 C.I.B; to authorize the transfer of funds within the Build America Bonds Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $4,539.70 for this study; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, the City has an established system of north-south shared-use paths which primarily follow north-south river corridors; and
WHEREAS, additional facilities are required to complete the bikeway network in the City of Columbus; and
WHEREAS, the Bicentennial Bikeways Plan recommends a shared-use path on this section of Olentangy River Road; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to establish a bicycle facility on Olentangy River Road between Lane Avenue and North Broadway; and
WHEREAS, a 10% local match is required for this project sponsored by ODOT; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Mobility Options, Department of Public Service, in that it is necessary to provide funding at the earliest possible time to ODOT to begin this safety study; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Public Service is authorized to enter into contract with the Ohio Department of Transportation for a safety study to be performed on the Olentangy River Road Corridor.
SECTION 2. That the 2010 Capital Improvement Budget be amended to provide sufficient authority for this project as follows:
Fund / Project Number / Project / Current CIB Amount / Amendment Amount / CIB Amount
746 / 530282-100057 / Resurfacing - Resurfacing 2010 Project 6 / $181,294.00 / (4,540.00) / $176,754.00
746 / 590105-100036 / Pedestrian Safety Improvements - Olentangy River Road Shared Use Path / $0.00 (Carryover)/ $4,540.00 (Carryover) / $4,540.00 (Carryover)
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor be and hereby is authorized to transfer $4,539.70 within Fund 746, the Build America Bonds Fund, Dept-Div 59-10, Division of Mobility Options as follows:
TRANSFER FROM
Fund / Project / Project Name / OL 01-03 Codes / OCA Code / amount
746 / 530282-100057 / Resurfacing - Resurfacing 2010 Project 6 / 06-6600 / 768257 / $4,539.70
TRANSFER TO
Fund / project # / project / O.L. 01/03 Codes / OCA Code / amount
746 / 590105 - 100036 / Pedestrian Safety Improvements - Olentangy River Road Shared Use Path / 06-6600 / 760536 / $4,539.70
SECTION 4. That for the purpose of providing the local match to ODOT for this project, the sum of $4,539.70 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized to be expended from the Build America Bonds Fund, No. 746 as follows:
Fund / Project No. / Project Name / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA / Amount
746 / 590105 - 100036 / Pedestrian Safety Improvements - Olentangy River Road Shared Use Path / 06-6621 / 760536 / $4,539.70
SECTION 5. 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 ordinance.
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 day after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.