City of Columbus - File #: 2389-2025

• File #: 2389-2025
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Council Office for Signature
• File created: 8/29/2025
• In control: Neighborhoods, Recreation, & Parks Committee
• On agenda: 10/6/2025
• Title: To authorize the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to enter into contract with The EDGE Group, Inc. for the Mason Run Park Development Project; to authorize the transfer of $389,409.08 between the General Fund Income Tax Set Aside Subfund and the Recreation and Parks Bond Fund; to authorize the appropriation of $389,409.08 in the Income Tax Set Aside Subfund and Recreation and Parks Voted Bond Fund; to authorize the appropriation of $33,344.11 within the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund; to authorize the transfer of $33,344.11 within the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund; to authorize the amendment of the 2025 Capital Improvements Budget; to authorize the expenditure of $423,090.00 from the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund and Voted Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($423,090.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/6/2025	1	Columbus City Council

Explanation

Background: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to enter into contract with The EDGE Group, Inc. for the Mason Run Park Development Project. The contract amount is $354,090.00, with a contingency of $69,000.00, for a total of $423,090.00 being authorized by this ordinance.

Acquired by Columbus Recreation and Parks in 2022, Mason Run Park is a 78-acre conservation area and future community park. It is one of the last undeveloped woodlands in the Mid East Community. This park will provide safe and accessible youth sports programming and active park amenities. These amenities will consist of multipurpose sports fields, hard courts, play spaces, and fitness spaces. Amenities will also include restored natural areas, creating a series of paths and trails through the woodlands. These paths and trails will provide both passive recreation within the park and improved community connectivity from Kimberly Parkway to Hamilton Road and the Eastland Mall Property. Parking will also be provided. Once the design is complete, Recreation and Parks anticipates bidding construction in the fourth quarter of 2026 and completing construction in winter 2027-2028.

Vendor Bid/Proposal Submissions (Office of Diversity and Inclusion designation status): Bids were advertised through Vendor Services and Bonfire, in accordance with City Code Section 329, on July 17, 2025, and received by the Recreation and Parks Department on August 7, 2025. Bids were received from the following companies:

The EDGE Group, Inc.
Designing Local
Lennon, Smith, Souleret Engineering, Inc
SWA Group

Of note, professional services contracts are quality-based selections and not based on price. Costs were not requested nor were they part of this evaluation.

In accordance with City Code, a selection team evaluated the proposals and recommended The EDGE Group, Inc. be selected to perform the work. The firm was chosen based on their referenced projects, experienc...