City of Columbus - File #: 1938-2004

• File #: 1938-2004
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/25/2004
• In control: Utilities Committee
• On agenda: 11/29/2004
• Final action: 12/1/2004
• Title: To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to modify the professional engineering services contract with Malcolm Pirnie, for the Clinton Heights/Colerain Area Sanitary Improvements Project; to authorize the appropriation, transfer and expenditure of $42,460.00 from the Sewer System Reserve Fund to the Ohio Water Pollution Control Loan Fund; to amend the 2004 Capital Improvements Budget; for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; and to declare an emergency. ($42,460.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/1/2004	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
11/30/2004	1	MAYOR	Signed
11/29/2004	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
11/29/2004	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
11/15/2004	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Disapproved
11/15/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
11/15/2004	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
11/15/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
11/12/2004	1	Auditor Reviewer	Contingent Within
11/12/2004	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/12/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
11/11/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
11/11/2004	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/11/2004	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/11/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
11/9/2004	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/8/2004	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/3/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/29/2004	1	UTILITIES DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/28/2004	1	Utilities Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/28/2004	1	UTILITIES DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/27/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes modifying the professional engineering services contract, with Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. in connection with the Clinton Heights/Colerain Area Sanitary Improvements Project for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage. This modification will provide for the preparation of the easement descriptions and associated documents that will be required to successfully rehabilitate existing sanitary infrastructure where no recorded easements were identified during the development of the project plans.

2. PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT MODIFICATION:
The Division of Sewerage and Drainage has determined that these services cannot be performed by city personnel at this time, and has planned for the procurement of these services on a routine basis. The contract total including this modification is $936,924.00. The cost of these services is consistent with those provided for under the existing contract.

The potential need for the additional work could not have been foreseen, until such time as preliminary field investigations could have been undertaken. This additional work is a direct, logical extension of the work included in the contract and is required immediately. It is not deemed either feasible or reasonable to suspend work with the entity currently under contract and undertake continuation of the work under a new procurement.

3. FISCAL IMPACT: This project work will be funded at a future date by a loan from the State of Ohio Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF) which is jointly administered by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Water Development Authority.

4. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: The Division is requesting City Council to declare this ordinance an emergency measure in order to allow for the necessary easement preparation services to be initiated, pursuant to fulfilling the project scheduling obligations set forth within the Consent Order between the City of Columbus...