Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance will provide payment to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for the US33 urban paving project in Northwest Columbus. This project includes partial and full depth pavement reconstruction; planing and reconstructing mainline pavement with asphalt concrete; replacing pavement markings, loop detectors, and raised pavement markers. The project limits extend from 0.36 miles south of the intersection of State Route 161 and US Route 33 to the intersection of US Route 33 and Trabue Road, lying within the City of Columbus. Total work length of this project being approximately 7.13 miles. In order to provide payment to the Ohio Department of Transportation in a short turnaround time to meet the ODOT schedule for this project City Staff estimated the City share and the estimated amount was legislated. Since then the ODOT estimate has been received by the Transportation Division and it is higher than the City estimate. This legislation repeals ordinance 2043-2005 passed 12/12/2005 and provides sufficient funding for the estimated City share of this project required by ODOT before the project is bid. (FRA-US33-4.28 PID 25593)
Emergency action is requested in order to provide payment to ODOT for this project as timely as possible. The City share of this project and copies of legislation are required before the project can be bid. The original bid date for this project was scheduled for January 25, 2006 which was stated in ordinance 2043-2005; however, this bid date had since been moved by ODOT to March 8, 2006.
FISCAL IMPACT: The total share of the cost for the City is now estimated to be $75,030.00, but the estimated amount will be adjusted so that the City's ultimate share of the cost of the improvement shall correspond with the actual cost when said actual costs are determined. Funds for the City's share of this project in the amount of $50,000.00 were budgeted in the 2005 Transportation Division Capital ...
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