...Explanation
The City entered into Contract No. CT-19996 with R. D. Zande & Associates, Inc. on January 4, 1999, for $464,200.00 for the preparation of contract construction plans to widen Alum Creek Drive from two lanes to five lanes from Williams Road on the south to State Route 104 on the north as well as add curbs and storm sewers. The estimated cost of right-of-way acquisition and construction of the project is $16.5 million. Right-of-way acquisition is projected to commence in state fiscal year 2005 with construction starting in state fiscal year 2009. This legislation modifies the contract to update the plans for changes in field conditions, eliminate an 8 foot shoulder, add signal warrants, add soil borings and include new city standards for wheelchair ramps. The amount of this modification is $145,000.00. The original contract amount was for $464,200.00. The total amount of the contract including this modification is $609,200.00.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this contract modification is available within the Roadway Improvement project of the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund.
Emergency action is requested to keep this design work on schedule.
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To authorize the Public Service Director to modify the existing contract with R. D. Zande & Associates, Inc. for the Alum Creek Drive Widening project for the Transportation Division; to authorize the expenditure of $145,000.00 from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highway Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($145,000.00)
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WHEREAS, Contract No. CT-19996 was authorized by Ordinance No. 2661-98, passed by Council on October 19, 1998, executed December 23, 1998, and approved by the City Attorney January 4, 1999, and
WHEREAS, the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission has identified funding for the right-of-way acquisition for the Alum Creek Drive Widening project in 2005 and construction in 2009, and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to modify and increase this contract to provide for the additional work to update the contract construction plans for changes in field conditions, eliminate an 8 foot shoulder, add additional signal warrants and soil borings and include new city standards for wheelchair ramps; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the Transportation Division, Public Service Department, in that this contract modification should be authorized immediately, 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 hereby is authorized to modify and increase Contract No. CT 19996 with R. D. Zande & Associates, Inc. in the amount of $145,000.00 for additional work to update the contract construction plans for changes in field conditions, eliminate an 8 foot shoulder, add signal warrants and soil borings and include new city standards for wheelchair ramps.
SECTION 2. That the sum of $145,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, be and hereby is authorized to be expended from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund, Fund 704, Department No. 59-09, Transportation Division, Object Level One Code 06, Object Level Three Code 6681, OCA Code 644385 and Project 530161 to pay the cost thereof.
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.