Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into a contribution agreement with AT&T Corp. (AT&T) for the purpose of the City providing AT&T with funding for necessary work to be included in AT&T’s fiber optic project (City Excavation Permit No. 62071 SE, Dayton, OH to Columbus, OH Neil Avenue FT “A” Cable Route) on the eastside of Neil Avenue from Goodale Street to Fifth Avenue.
The AT&T project will install the following for the City of Columbus Department of Public Service: 4,900 linear feet of (1)-3” SDR-11 HDPE conduit with pull tape and 12 - Columbus CMS Item 625 Pull Box, Concrete Round, 32”.
The purpose of the agreement is to have the AT&T fiber optic project on Neil Avenue install an interconnect conduit for the City’s Intersection Improvement - Neil Ave Signals project (CIP project 540007-100029). Entering into this agreement will benefit the Intersection Improvement - Neil Ave Signals project in the following ways:
1) The existing street light poles will not have to be replaced to accommodate the clearance requirement of attaching the aerial interconnect cable to them.
2) Having AT&T’s project install the conduit is a less expensive alternative than replacing the street light poles.
3) It will no longer be necessary to cut trees in this area of Victorian Village (Buttles Ave. to 5th Ave.) for street light pole replacement and interconnect cable attachment.
4) There will be less of a chance to potentially damage to the trees during construction since a large portion of the cable will be going underground instead of overhead.
5) The interconnect cable will be protected from the natural elements by being in an underground conduit.
6) It will no longer be necessary have to go through the process of obtaining a joint use application from AEP, which usually add additional time to the design schedule.
AT&T’s consultant (TGC Engineering, LLC) is working on completing the final review comments for permi...
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