Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into a Local Public Agency agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation for the construction of a multi-use path connector between the existing Scioto Trail and the west side of Columbus.
The project proposes to construct a multi-use path connector between the existing Scioto Trail and the west side of Columbus. Work will include the construction of a 600 foot bridge over the Scioto River. Project limits extend from the intersection of McKinley Avenue and Harper Road to the existing Scioto Trail south of IR670.
Emergency action is requested to expedite the highway project and to promote highway safety.
Fiscal Impact:
N/A
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into a Local Public Agency agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation for the construction of a multi-use path connector between the existing Scioto Trail and the west side of Columbus and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the City, hereinafter referred to as the Local Public Agency (LPA) has identified a need to construct a multi-use path connector between the existing Scioto Trail and the west side of Columbus; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into an LPA agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation to expedite the highway project and to promtoe highway safety: now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. Consent Statement - Being in the public interest, the LPA gives consent to the Director of Transportation to complete the above described project.
SECTION 2. Cooperation Statement - The LPA shall cooperate with the Director of Transportation in the above described project as follows:
The City hereby agrees to cooperate with the Dire...
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