Explanation
BACKGROUND: To declare the necessity of installing a high pressure sodium street lighting system under the assessment procedure. Property owners have submitted a petition for a high pressure sodium street lighting system with ornamental poles and underground wiring for Preston Road, including: Preston Road from Broad Street to Fair Avenue.
Emergency action is requested due to citizens' approved petition for a timely implementation of construction services.
FISCAL IMPACT: The determined amount to be paid for the City's share under the assessment procedure is $13,000.00.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities, on behalf of the Division of Power and Water, to declare the necessity of installing ornamental street lighting with underground wiring for Preston Road under the assessment procedure, and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, property owners have submitted a petition for a high pressure sodium street lighting system with ornamental poles and underground wiring for the Preston Road, including: Preston Road from Broad Street to Fair Avenue; and
WHEREAS, emergency action is necessary to avoid any further delay in the implementation of construction services in accordance with citizens' approved petition for street lighting under the assessment procedure; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Power and Water, in that it is immediately necessary to declare the necessity of making said improvement in order that the same may be completed at the earliest possible time, thereby protecting the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That it is necessary to install a high pressure sodium street lighting system with ornamental poles and underground wiring for Preston Road, including Preston Road from Broad Street...
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