City of Columbus - File #: 1653-2006

• File #: 1653-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/18/2006
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 10/16/2006
• Final action: 10/18/2006
• Title: To authorize the Public Service Director to accept a $105,000.00 grant from Battelle Memorial Institute for construction of the Fifth Avenue and King Avenue gateway medians on behalf of the Public Service Department, Transportation Division; to authorize the Public Service Director to enter into an agreement with Battelle to memorialize both parties' responsibilities for Spring Sandusky Interchange Overall Traffic Management Plan traffic mitigation efforts and to declare an emergency. ($105,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/18/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
10/18/2006	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
10/16/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
10/16/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
9/28/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
9/28/2006	1	Service Reviewer	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
9/27/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/27/2006	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/27/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/27/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/27/2006	1	Service Reviewer	Sent for Approval
9/26/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/26/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/22/2006	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/19/2006	1	Service Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/18/2006	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

Construction of the Spring Sandusky Interchange (SSI) that was completed by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) in October 2003 required that the City of Columbus enter into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with ODOT, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Ohio State Historic Preservation Office (OSHPO) and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). The MOA required that the City of Columbus mitigate traffic impacts created by the construction of SSI on abutting historic neighborhoods as recognized by Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. A multiyear Overall Traffic Management Plan (OTMP) was finalized in 2003 with neighborhood input. This plan detailed the design and installation of traffic mitigation devices throughout neighborhoods east of the Olentangy River that surround the SSI project. The plan is designed to promote neighborhood livability and pedestrian friendliness and calls for construction of gateway features at the perimeter of the neighborhoods and medians, landscaping, pavement and drainage improvements, curb ramps, textured pavement for bike crossings, traffic control signing/striping, street lighting, new curbs and other improvements.

The construction of gateway medians will be constructed in phases as designs are completed. The Public Service Department budgeted $400,000.00 within its 2006 capital improvement budget for the initial construction phases of these traffic mitigation features. Phase one established the construction of the Third Avenue and Collins Avenue gateway medians that are to be under construction by the end of the year.

Phase two will construct gateway medians on King Avenue near Battelle Boulevard between Perry Street and Cannon Drive and on Fifth Avenue from Perry Street to the Olentangy River in early 2007 with construction estimated to cost approximately $265,000.00. The Fifth Avenue median west of Perry Street incorporates a crosswalk from Battelle's...