Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
The following ordinance authorizes the City Attorney's Office, Real Estate Division to hire professional services (e.g. surveys, title work, appraisals, etc.) and to negotiate with property owners to acquire the various property rights necessary to complete the UIRF - Eakin Road SUP project in the Greater Hilltop Planning Area (53). This legislation also seeks to authorize the Director of Public Service, or a designee, to execute agreements with Indiana & Ohio Railway Company, a subsidiary of Genessee & Wyoming, Inc. to facilitate the construction of this project.
The Department of Public Service is engaged in the UIRF - Eakin Road SUP project. This project includes the construction of a new .87 mile shared use path (SUP) beginning at the northeast corner of the S. Wayne Avenue and Eakin Road intersection, connecting to the existing walk, at the southwestern corner of the Eakin Road and Harrisburg Pike intersection. Additional work involves new ADA-compliant sidewalk and the south side of Eakin Road from the existing walk south of S. Wayne Avenue intersection to Hardesty Place W. and from Woodbrook Lane to the proposed SUP crossing at Whitethorne Avenue.
The cost to acquire the right-of-way needed to complete the project is estimated at $1,400,000.00. If the cost to acquire the needed right-of-way should exceed this estimate, additional legislation will be submitted to Council requesting the needed funding.
Ordinance 1533-2023 authorized the Director of Public Service to enter into a professional services contract with Michael Baker International for the UIRF - Eakin Road SUP project. The intent of this project is to provide the City of Columbus, Department of Public Service, additional resources for the design of a new shared use path (SUP) along the north side of Eakin Road from S. Wayne Avenue to Whitethorne Avenue and on the south side of Eakin Road from Whitethorne Avenue to Harrisburg Pike (US 62). Improvements will inc...
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