Explanation
BACKGROUND: The City of Columbus, Ohio, Department of Public Service (“City), is engaged in the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Lockbourne Rd - Frebis Rd - SR 104 (PID 530103) (“Project”). In order for the City to complete this project, the City must enter into an agreement with the Norfolk Southern Railway Company (“NSRC”), a Virginia corporation. Therefore, this ordinance authorizes the City’s Director of the Department of Public Service to enter into an agreement with NSRC. The purpose of this agreement is to allow NSRC to review and approve engineering and design plans, specifications, drawings, and other documents pertaining to the Project; to prepare cost estimates for NSRC’ work related to the project; and review of construction cost estimates, site surveys, assessments, studies, and related construction documents submitted to NSRC. Furthermore, searches in the Excluded Party List System (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against NSRC.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: Norfolk Southern Corporation contract compliance number is 536002016.
FISCAL IMPACT: It was determined that funding for this project will come from the Department of Public Service’s 2013 CIB.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Emergency action is requested in order to allow the Project to proceed without delay, which will preserve the public peace, property, health, safety, and welfare of those individuals living and traveling within the area of the Project
Title
To amend the 2013 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer cash and appropriation within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund; to authorize the Director of the Department of Public Service to enter into an agreement with the Norfolk Southern Railway Company, a Virginia corporation, for the review of plans and associated work pertaining to the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Lockbourne Rd - Frebis Rd - SR 104 (PID 530103); the expenditure of funds within the St...
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