City of Columbus - File #: 1120-2010

• File #: 1120-2010
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/8/2010
• In control: Finance & Economic Development Committee
• On agenda: 7/19/2010
• Final action: 7/21/2010
• Title: To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to modify and increase a contract with Desman Inc. for a professional services to develop construction bid specifications for the garage at 98-102 N. Front Street; to authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer $88,600.00 from the Special Income Tax Fund to the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund; to authorize the appropriation of said funds to the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $88,600.00 from the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund; to waive the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Codes; and to declare an emergency. ($88,600.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/21/2010	1	MAYOR	Signed
7/21/2010	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
7/19/2010	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
7/19/2010	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
7/9/2010	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Sent for Approval
7/9/2010	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/9/2010	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/9/2010	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
7/9/2010	1	Finance Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
7/9/2010	1	Finance Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
7/8/2010	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/8/2010	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/8/2010	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/8/2010	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/8/2010	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/8/2010	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

Ordinance 0785-2010, passed June 9, 2010, authorized the Director of Finance and Management to execute those documents necessary for the purchase of a parking garage located at 98-102 N. Front Street for the relocation and consolidation of various City parking functions. As part of the City's due diligence activities prior to purchase of the property, the City solicited informal bids for a structural condition assessment of the building including a slab and structural deterioration survey, concrete coring and lab testing of the soluble chloride ion content, compressive strength analysis, and petrographic examination. Desman Inc., dba as Desman Associates (Desman), was hired to conduct this assessment of the condition of the garage structure and to provide the City with a report including a description of renovation items of an immediate and high priority and estimated cost for such renovations.

Desman Associates is a leading national parking facility design and restoration specialist. They were chosen to provide the garage condition assessment because of their extensive knowledge, ability to meet the City's timeline, and prior work as the managing structural engineer for a variety of assessment and restoration projects for a number of parking garages around the city, such as Nationwide Insurance, Grant Hospital, Mt. Carmel Hospital, The Ohio State University, and the Huntington Plaza. As stated, there is now a need to modify the existing contract to allow Desman to: develop construction drawings of the garage; prepare a bid document package with technical specifications describing the renovation work to be completed to enable the City to solicit bids from qualified contractors; assist the City with a pre-bid conference and selection of a contractor, and provide construction observation and administration. The formal competitive bidding requirements of Chapter 329 of the City Code are being waived for the procurement of professional services ...