Explanation
Background: Scitech is a cooperative effort to bring high tech research and development enterprises into the OSU Science and Technology Campus located on 37 acres of state owned property along Kinnear Road. This area is deficient in water service which is holding back expansion and construction of new buildings. This project involves planning, designing and constructing a new 16 inch water main to provide the water service necessary to allow Scitech to build new research and development facilities. Currently, Scitech is planning two new buildings, the Electrical Engineering Research Laboratory and a 3-story, multi-tenant facility.
Fiscal Impact: $350,000 is available in the 2005 Capital Improvement Budget.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a Guaranteed Maximum Price Reimbursement Agreement with Scitech Corporation to plan, design and construct a new water main on Kinnear Road; to authorize the expenditure of up to $350,000 from the Capital Fund; and to waive the competitive bidding provisions of Chapter 329 of the Columbus City Codes; and to declare an emergency. ($350,000)
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WHEREAS, Scitech works in collaborations to bring high tech and research jobs to Columbus; and
WHEREAS, Scitech is planning two new buildings to accommodate new research facilities, the Electrical Engineering Research Laboratory and a multi-tenant facility; and
WHEREAS, A lack of water pressure is preventing any expansion of this Science and Technology Campus; and
WHEREAS, this project involves planning, designing and constructing a new 16 inch water main to provide the water service necessary to allow Scitech to build new research and development facilities; and
WHEREAS, the Development Department feels it is necessary to complete this work as a benefit to Columbus's workforce and its residents; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Developm...
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