Explanation
This consent legislation authorizes the City to execute a cooperation agreement with Lifestyle Communities for the improvement of Hayden Run Road. The work is designated as elements HR-3 and HR-4 in the Memorandum of Understanding that was authorized by Ordinance 1433-2004 passed by City Council on November 22, 2004. The project will widen Hayden Run Road to five lanes from the west leg of the intersection with Avery Road to the proposed Britton-Cosgray connecting road. The streetscape will also feature curbs, gutters, sidewalks, lighting, signalization and an enclosed storm drainage system where possible. The work is a component of the Hayden Run corridor development.
This project's design costs will be funded by the Hayden Run corridor developers that are represented by Lifestyle Communities. The City will provide administration and review services for the design. Per the Memorandum of Understanding, Lifestyle Communities and other developers will make payments to an account established by the City from which project costs will be paid. The Memorandum of Understanding details the responsibilities of each party.
Fiscal Impact: Funding will be provided from an account established by the City for the purpose of reimbursing developers for expenditures incurred in connection with the project. This ordinance provides consent only. No financial participation is required from the City at this time.
Emergency action is requested to keep this project on schedule and within budget.
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To grant consent and propose cooperation with Lifestyle Communities to provide design services for the widening of Hayden Run Road consistent with the Memorandum of Understanding for financial commitments for infrastructure improvements based on the Pay As We Grow Plan for the Hayden Run Corridor authorized by Ordinance 1433-2004; to authorize the Public Service Director to enter into agreement(s) with Lifestyle Communities as necessary to complete the construction of this improvement, and to declare an emergency. ($-0-)
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WHEREAS, the City has identified the need for and proposes the improvement of a portion of public highway that is described as follows:
The widening of Hayden Run Road, from Avery Road to the proposed Britton-Cosgray connecting road with portions of said highway within the municipal corporation limits being hereinafter referred to as the improvement; and
WHEREAS, this work is designated as elements HR-3 and HR-4 in the Memorandum of Understanding that was authorized by Ordinance 1433-2004 passed by City Council on November 22, 2004; and
WHEREAS, the City further desires cooperation from Lifestyle Communities in the planning, design and construction of said improvement; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Service Department in that it is immediately necessary to provide consent for this project so it can proceed according to established timelines, 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 City of Columbus consents to the design and construction of the widening of Hayden Run Road from Avery Road to the proposed Britton-Cosgray connecting road as follows: (a) private development will assume one hundred percent (100%) of the design and construction costs; (b) the City will reimburse Lifestyle Communities from a fund established for this purpose; and (c) this agreement provides for consent only with no financial participation being required from the City at this time.
SECTION 2. That the Public Service Director be and hereby is authorized to enter into such agreement(s) with Lifestyle Communities as necessary to complete the construction of this improvement on behalf of the City consistent with this ordinance, Ordinance 1433-2004 and the Memorandum of Understanding for financial commitments for infrastructure improvements based on the Pay As We Grow Plan for the Hayden Run Corridor.
SECTION 3. 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.