Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify a design contract with Burgess and Niple, Inc. for the Roadway Improvements - Downtown Action Plan Project. This project is being designed to implement concepts from the 2010 Downtown Columbus Strategic Plan. The concepts include providing on-street parking on High Street, converting Front Street to two-way operation north of Broad Street, reducing the number of travel lanes on Broad Street and including complete streets concepts, evaluating the one-way pairs for complete streets concepts, and reviewing on-street parking throughout downtown.
The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) will be contributing $15,000.00 for this modification. This ordinance also authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into a contribution agreement with COTA and accept these funds to be utilized for this design modification.
This planned modification is needed to authorize additional funding to complete tasks included in the scope of services for this project. Ordinance 1398-2011 authorized funding for the initial project tasks
The original amount of this contract authorized in ordinance 1398-2011 was $500,000.00 (EL012184)
The amount of this modification number 1 is $515,000.00
The Total amount of the contract, including this modification is $1,015,000.00
Searches in the Excluded Party List System (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Burgess and Niple.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
The contract compliance number for Burgess and Niple, Inc. is 31-0885550 and expires 11/26/2012.
3. PLANNED CONTRACT MODIFICATION
This is a planned contract modification as described in ordinance 1398-2011 to fund the remaining tasks for this project.
4. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to allow the project schedule for this contract to proceed as scheduled.
5. FISCAL IMPACT
Funding for this expense is budgeted in the 20...
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