City of Columbus - File #: 0164-2004

• File #: 0164-2004
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/15/2004
• In control: Safety Committee
• On agenda: 2/23/2004
• Final action: 2/25/2004
• Title: To authorize the City Attorney to acquire fee simple title and lesser interests, contract for professional services; to authorize the appropriation of $208,459.90, the transfer and expenditure of $214,650.00 from within the 1991 Voted Sanitary Bond Fund in connection with the Blacklick Creek Interceptor Project and the Leland/Milton Avenues Sanitary Improvements Project; to amend the 2003 Capital Improvements Budget for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; and to declare an emergency. ($214,650.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/25/2004	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
2/24/2004	1	MAYOR	Signed
2/23/2004	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
2/23/2004	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
2/18/2004	1	City Clerk's Office	Sent back for Clarification/Correction
2/18/2004	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/18/2004	1	Utilities Reviewer	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
2/11/2004	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/11/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
2/10/2004	1	Atty Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/10/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/9/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/9/2004	1	Atty Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/6/2004	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/6/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/6/2004	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
2/5/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/5/2004	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/4/2004	1	UTILITIES DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/3/2004	1	UTILITIES DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
1/29/2004	1	Utilities Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
1/27/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
1. Background:
This ordinance will provide the City Attorney with the funds currently anticipated to complete the acquisition of the required easements that are necessary to construction the Blacklick Creek Interceptor Project and the Leland/Milton Avenues Sanitary Improvements Project.

2. Emergency Designation:
The Division of Sewerage and Drainage is requesting City Council to consider this ordinance an emergency measure. The Leland/Milton Avenues Sanitary Improvements Project is one of the projects that the Division is required to be completed in accordance with the provisions of an existing consent order between the City and the Ohio Attorney General's Office. Failure to adhere to the project schedule contained within the consent order will make the City liable for stipulated fines.

Title
To authorize the City Attorney to acquire fee simple title and lesser interests, contract for professional services; to authorize the appropriation of $208,459.90, the transfer and expenditure of $214,650.00 from within the 1991 Voted Sanitary Bond Fund in connection with the Blacklick Creek Interceptor Project and the Leland/Milton Avenues Sanitary Improvements Project; to amend the 2003 Capital Improvements Budget for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; and to declare an emergency. ($214,650.00)

Body
WHEREAS, the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Department of Public Utilities, has developed construction plans and specifications for the sanitary sewer improvement projects known as the Blacklick Sanitary Interceptor, Part 6B Project; and the Leland/Milton Area Sanitary Improvements Project; and

WHEREAS, in order to construct the aforementioned sanitary improvements it has been determined necessary for this City Council to authorize the City Attorney to acquire fee simple title and lesser interests in and to certain parcels of real estate and to contract for the professional services necessary to complete said acquisition; and

WHERE...