City of Columbus - File #: 1799-2005

• File #: 1799-2005
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/19/2005
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 12/12/2005
• Final action: 12/14/2005
• Title: To authorize the Public Service Director to enter into a contract with EMH&T, Inc., for the Seventeenth Avenue Preliminary Engineering project for the Transportation Division; to authorize the expenditure of $350,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund and to declare an emergency. ($350,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/14/2005	1	MAYOR	Signed
12/14/2005	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
12/12/2005	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
12/12/2005	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
11/25/2005	1	Service Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
11/22/2005	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
11/22/2005	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/22/2005	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/21/2005	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/21/2005	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/21/2005	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/21/2005	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
11/21/2005	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/17/2005	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/17/2005	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/17/2005	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/28/2005	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/21/2005	1	Service Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/19/2005	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Public Service Director to enter into a contract with Evans, Mechwart, Hambleton and Tilton, Incorporated (EMH&T, Inc), for the Seventeenth Avenue Preliminary Engineering project for the Transportation Division. The project limits are from a point west of the railroad bridges west of Korbel Avenue east to I-71 (a distance of approximately 3,000 feet). This analysis will recommend improvements to be constructed in conjunction with Ohio Expo Center and State Fair Facility Improvements and Modernization Study. It will determine if widening the roadway is needed, suggest layouts of brick treatments at three intersections and recommend ways to accommodate pedestrian movement across the roadway during events. It will also determine a method to achieve a minimum of 14 feet of clearance under the western-most railroad bridge.

The selection process for the professional service contract was completed in accordance with provisions of Chapters 329.12 and 329.14 of Columbus City Code 1959. Ten (10) firms responded to the Request for Proposals issued on June 20, 2005 for the project.

The evaluation committee determined the top three ranked firms (EMH&T, Inc., ms consultants, inc., and Columbus Engineering Consultants, Inc.) were qualified to complete this project. The Director of Public Service has determined EMH&T, Inc., contract compliance number 31-0685594 (expiration date November 29, 2007) submitted the best overall proposal at a competitive price for this work. EMH&T, Inc. was selected through the Department's quality-based selection (QBS) process for professional service contracts.

Fiscal Impact: Funds in the amount of $450,000.00 are budgeted within the Transportation Division's 2005 Capital Improvements Budget in the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund in the Seventeenth Avenue Widening project and are available from the Fall 2005 bond sale. This ordinance utilizes $350,000.00; the difference is avai...