City of Columbus - File #: 2360-2003

• File #: 2360-2003
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/16/2003
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 11/10/2003
• Final action: 11/12/2003
• Title: To authorize the Public Service Director to enter into contract with E. P. Ferris and Associates, Inc., to provide Spring Sandusky Interchange - Overall Traffic Management Plan-related engineering, survey, and design services for the Transportation Division; to authorize the expenditure of $325,000.00 from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($325,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/12/2003	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
11/11/2003	1	MAYOR	Signed
11/10/2003	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
11/10/2003	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
10/31/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/31/2003	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
10/31/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
10/30/2003	1	ODI Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/30/2003	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/29/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/29/2003	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/29/2003	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/29/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/27/2003	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/27/2003	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/22/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/22/2003	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/21/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/17/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/16/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

As a requirement of funding for the construction of the Spring-Sandusky Interchange (SSI), the City of Columbus entered a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Ohio State Historic Preservation Office (OSHPO), and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). The MOA requires the City of Columbus to mitigate traffic impacts created by the construction of SSI on abutting historic neighborhoods as recognized by Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. The MOA committed the City to establish an Overall Traffic Management Plan (OTMP) through consensus in a public forum. A Traffic Task Force (TTF) was created in March 2000 and through a series of working groups meeting from October through December 2002, the TTF and City of Columbus achieved an OTMP that is fiscally responsible and meets the requirements of the MOA. The overall implementation plan will span a five-year period (2003-2008) and contains five recommendations dealing with mitigation of SSI-related traffic impacts; a plan to monitor, identify, prioritize and relieve traffic problems that are linked to SSI and an ongoing overall traffic management plan using various tools and strategies.

This ordinance authorizes the Public Service Director to enter into a professional services contract with E. P. Ferris and Associates, Inc., in the amount of $325,000.00 for various engineering and surveying tasks and traffic studies. The selection process for the professional services contract was completed in accordance with provisions of Chapter 329.14 of Columbus City Code 1959. Six firms submitted proposals: Columbus Engineering Consultants; E.P. Ferris; R.D. Zande & Associates; ms consultants; ME Companies; and Barr Engineering. The evaluation committee determined that E. P. Ferris, Inc., Contract Compliance Number 31-1194974 (expiring August 23, 2004) submitted the best overall propos...