City of Columbus - File #: 2026-2003

• File #: 2026-2003
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/26/2003
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 9/22/2003
• Final action: 9/24/2003
• Title: To authorize the Public Service Director to enter into an agreement with the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission to undertake a downtown traffic study for the Transportation Division; to authorize the expenditure of $250,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($250,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/24/2003	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
9/23/2003	1	MAYOR	Signed
9/22/2003	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
9/22/2003	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
9/18/2003	1	City Clerk's Office	Sent back for Clarification/Correction
9/17/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/17/2003	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
9/17/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
9/16/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/16/2003	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
9/15/2003	1	City Clerk's Office	Sent back for Clarification/Correction
9/15/2003	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/12/2003	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved	Fail
9/12/2003	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
9/10/2003	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/10/2003	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/10/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/10/2003	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/9/2003	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/9/2003	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/8/2003	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/4/2003	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/3/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/2/2003	1	Service Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/2/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
8/26/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Public Service Director to enter into an agreement to participate in a potentially multi-phased downtown traffic study. This study will be undertaken by the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) and will be funded by the City of Columbus and the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT). The study will examine the downtown street network, analyze existing and predicted traffic movements and project traffic impacts on alternative future road networks and configurations. The potential reconfiguration of the existing shared I-70/I-71 corridor through downtown will be included in the study as will COTA's proposal for Light Rail Transit. This study is already underway using the ODOT share of the funding.

FISCAL IMPACT: The City of Columbus will be responsible for up to $250,000.00 of the cost of this study. ODOT is responsible for funding up to $120,000.00. City funds for this project are available within the downtown revitalization project within the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund.

Emergency action is requested in order for the study to maintain the schedule suggested by MORPC so that local input and design characteristics can be incorporated into the reconstruction of the reconfiguration of the I-70/I-71 corridor.



Title

To authorize the Public Service Director to enter into an agreement with the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission to undertake a downtown traffic study for the Transportation Division; to authorize the expenditure of $250,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($250,000.00)



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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus Transportation Division and the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) have identified the need to improve the downtown Columbus transportation system; and

WHEREAS, the City of Columbus and the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) ...