Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to execute agreements with CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, Genesee & Wyoming, and other railroad companies as needed, to facilitate the design and construction of future public infrastructure improvements in an amount not to exceed $179,990.95.
The Department of Public Service administers and manages capital improvement projects within the public right-of-way, including resurfacing, roadway reconstruction, bridge rehabilitation and replacement, and other transportation related projects. On occasion, the successful completion of those efforts requires the Department of Public Service to contract with railroad companies relative to work to be performed on or near railroad facilities.
This legislation seeks to authorize the execution of preliminary engineering agreements, construction contracts, and other instruments with those railroad companies for the provision of engineering and construction services necessary to complete the planned improvements.
The intent is for the Director of Public Service, or a designee, to have the authority to execute agreements with CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company relative to the following projects immediately upon the passage of this legislation: Bridge Rehabilitation - Annual Citywide Contract (2022), Bridge Rehabilitation - UIRF - Milo Grogan Second Avenue Improvements, and Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Avery Road Widening. The encumbrance and expenditure of funding to support work performed sanctioned under those agreements was authorized to ordinances 3003-2020 and 2665-2023.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
Auditor certificates ACPO006121 and ACPO009633 previously were established pursuant to ordinances 3003-2020 and 2665-2023, respectively, to support engineering and construction costs incurred relative to the agreements contemplated herein. The maximum amount that will be allocated to these agreements is not...
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