Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
The purpose of this ordinance is to amend Ordinance 0653-2013 in order to correct the original wording of that legislation and to clarify the financial obligations of the City and the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) relative to the FRA-US33-14.35 project.
Ordinance 0653-2013 authorized the Director of Public Service to grant consent and propose cooperation with ODOT for the aforementioned project, which encompasses paving US33 (Dublin Road and Long Street) from the Grandview Heights/Columbus Corporation Line to Marconi Boulevard and paving US33D (Spring Street) from 4th Street to High Street.
This amendment is necessary because Section 3 of that legislation erroneously stated, “The Ohio Department of Transportation shall assume and bear one hundred percent (100%) of the total costs of Preliminary Engineering, Right of Way and Construction.” Rather, the local share of the projected cost of construction is twenty percent (20%), or $200,000.00.
The City also incur one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of curbs, gutters, utility relocations, partial-and full-depth pavement repairs and other non-surface related items and those features requested by the City which are not necessary for the improvement as determined by the State and Federal Highway Administration. The projected cost of those items is $110,000.00.
ODOT will ask the City to approve final legislation for this project at a later date, coinciding with the anticipated start of construction in spring 2017. At that time, ODOT shall request a financial contribution from the City for the project. Payment to ODOT shall be authorized under a separate ordinance.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
The revised projected cost of this project is $1,200,000.00, with the City providing up to $310,000.00 toward this effort. That expenditure will be authorized at a later date under a separate ordinance.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to allow the Ohio Department o...
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