Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance will provide payment to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for the US62 urban paving project. This project includes rehabilitation of Nelson Road (U.S Route 62) by means of planing, resurfacing and partial depth pavement reconstruction lying within the City of Columbus. Project limits extend on U.S. 62 (Nelson Road) from Broad Street to Airport Drive; Airport Drive from Nelson Road to the structure over Alum Creek; and on Fifth Avenue from Nelson Road to the structure over Alum Creek. Total work length of the project being approximately 1.88 miles. (FRA-62-17.66 PID 77601)
Emergency action is requested to meet ODOT's schedule to return contracts and other paperwork by June in order to bid the project at the end of June.
FISCAL IMPACT: The total share of the cost for the City is now estimated to be $172,468.00, but the estimated amount will be adjusted so that the City's ultimate share of the cost of the improvement shall correspond with the actual cost when said actual costs are determined. Funds for the City's share of this project in the amount of $100,000.00 were budgeted in the 2005 Transportation Division Capital Improvement Budget and an additional $50,924.57 are available within the 1995, 1999, 2004 Voted Streets and Highways Fund in the Federal State Match Project due to the cancellation of encumbrance established for a now completed project. Additional funds in the amount of $21,543.43 are available in the Street and Highway Improvement Fund in the Urban Paving Project.
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To authorize the Public Service Director to enter into agreement with the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation for this US Route 62 urban paving project; to authorize the expenditure of $150,924.57 within the 1995, 1999, 2004 Voted Street and Highway Fund and appropriate and authorize the expenditure of $21,543.43 from the the Street and Highway Improvement Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($17...
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