Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
A. Need. This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify the Engineering Agreement with Stantec Consulting Services for the Lower Olentangy River Ecosystem Restoration Project. This contract modification is necessary to complete the design work for this project and will utilize funds from an Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) Section 319 Grant. The project is currently under design and this modification will allow the design work to continue uninterrupted. The contract total including this modification is $273,460.80
This project primarily involves the modification or removal of the 5th Ave. Dam and restoration of 10,560 linear feet of the Olentangy River. Ordinance No. 1685-2006 which was passed by City Council on October 25, 2006 authorized the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a 319 grant agreement with the Ohio EPA to assist with the funding of this project in the grant amount of $416,063.00. The Grant No. 655001, amount of $416,063.00 was awarded in the following way: Ohio State University was originally awarded $166,063.00; the Friends of the Lower Olentangy Watershed was originally awarded $50,000.00; and $200,000.00 was originally awarded for design and engineering services work, to be done by a consulting engineering company that would be identified later in the grant period.
Ordinance No. 1184-2009 subsequently authorized the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional services agreement with Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., for $200,000.00 using funds already authorized by Ordinance No. 1685-2006.
This modification will increase Stantec's contract by $73,460.80 utilizing unused portions of the grant fund originally established in Ordinance No. 1685-2006; EL007047 and EL007048. The Ohio EPA has approved a grant agreement revision which allows for the reallocation of the remaining funds to Stantec; and the grant revision approval documents and t...
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