Explanation
Background: The developer of Northland Park has contracted with Menard's, a Wisconsin-based, family-owned home improvement store to purchase and occupy the former Home Depot site. The Tamarack Boulevard extension will serve as the main access route to Menard's and will also service parcels to the south and west. This legislation authorizes the City to enter into a contract in an amount up to $3,232,422.24 for the construction of Tamarack Boulevard and to pay construction inspection costs up to $484,863.33. The estimated Notice to Proceed date is November 15, 2007. This project has been given 258 days to complete the construction of the project. The project was let by the Transportation Division and was advertised in the City Bulletin, Dodge Reports, and by the Builders Exchange. 19 bidders/suppliers were solicited (18 majority, 1 minority) and five (5) bids were received (5 majority, 0 minority) and tabulated on September 21, 2007 as follows:
Trucco Construction $3,232,422.24
Shelly & Sands $3,770,191.46
George J. Igel $3,805,017.62
Double Z Construction $3,969,578.00
Complete General $4,066,171.18
Award is to be made to Trucco Construction c.c. # 31-1293605 (expiring September 15, 2008) as the lowest, best, most responsive and responsible bidder.
Fiscal Impact: Funding for this project in the amount of $1,747,000.00 is budgeted within the Transportation Division as part of the 2007 Capital Improvement Budget and is available within 1995, 1999, 2004 Streets and Highways Fund. Additional funding in the amount of $580,000.00 is available within the Street and Highway Improvement Fund, and Funding for this project in the amount of $1,390,285.57 is appropriated to Auditor's Certificate AC024587 which will be cancelled in this legislation.
Emergency Justification: The construction of Tamarack Boulevard is closely aligned with Morse Road improvements in that storm water runoff from Morse Road will be piped across the Northland site to the detention pond at the southern edge. These new storm water pipes are incorporated on the design plans for Tamarack Boulevard and must be in place before Morse Road construction starts in spring 2008.
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To cancel an existing Auditor's Certificate; to authorize the Public Service Director to enter into a contract with Trucco Construction to construct the southern extension of Tamarack Boulevard on the Northland Park site; to appropriate $580,000.00 within the Street and Highway Improvement Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $1,747,000.00 from the 1995, 1999, 2004 Voted Streets and Highways Fund, to authorize the expenditure of $580,000.00 within the Street and Highway Improvement Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $1,390,285.57 within the Northland and other Acquisitions Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($3,717,285.57)
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WHEREAS, design of Tamarack Boulevard and underground utilities has been completed and approved; and
WHEREAS, Columbus Urban Growth Corporation has executed a contract with Stonehenge Company to purchase the remainder of the Northland Park site; and
WHEREAS, Stonehenge has executed a contract with Menard's, a family-owned home improvement store to occupy the site formerly proposed for Home Depot; and
WHEREAS, this extension of Tamarack Boulevard will serve the Menard's site as well as future development to the south and west of Menard's; and
WHEREAS, Menard's purchase contract is contingent on a firm commitment by the City to construct the infrastructure necessary for redevelopment of this site; and
WHEREAS, the Public Service Department received bids on September 20, 2007, and tabulated on September 21, 2007, for the construction of the Tamarack Boulevard extension and a satisfactory bid has been received; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for construction inspection costs; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the appropriation of funds for the project to proceed; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Transportation Division in that the contract should be awarded immediately so that the work may proceed without delay to keep Morse Road construction and Menard's site construction on schedule 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 Public Service Director be and is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with Trucco Construction for the construction of a 1000' southern extension of Tamarack Boulevard from Morse Road to Northland Park Avenue in the amount of $3,232,422.24, for the Transportation division in accordance with the specifications and plans on file in the office of the Director of Public Service, which are hereby approved; and to obtain and pay for the necessary inspection costs associated with the project up to a maximum of $484,863.33.
SECTION 2. That the Auditor's Certificate AC024587 in the amount of $1,800,000.00 is hereby cancelled.
SECTION 3. That from the unappropriated monies in the Street and Highway Improvement Fund, Fund 766, and from the monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007, the sum of $580,000.00 be and hereby is appropriated to the Transportation Division, Dept/Div. No. 59-09, Object Level One Code 06, Object Level Three Code 6631, OCA 642728 and Project 530161.
SECTION 4. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 3 shall be paid upon order of the Public Service Director 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 5. That for the purpose of paying the cost of the contract and inspection, the sum of up to Two Million Three Hundred Twenty Seven Thousand Dollars ($2,327,000) for the Transportation Division and $1,390,285.57 for the Development Dept. or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby authorized to be expended as follows:
Fund / Fund Name / Dept.-Div. / Project / Project Name / OCA Code / O.L. 1/O.L. 3 Codes / Amount
704 / The Voted 1995, 1999, 2004 Streets and Highways Fund / 59-09 / 530294 / Northland Roadway Improvements / 644385 / 06/6631 / $1,747,000.00
766 / Streets and Highway Improvement Fund / 59-09 / 530161 / Roadway Improvements / 642728 / 06/6631 / $580,000.00
735 / Northland and Other Acquisitions Fund / 44-01 / 441735 / Northland Mall Project / 06/6631 / $1,390,285.57
SECTION 6. 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 7. 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 passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after its passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.