Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a construction contract with Complete General Construction Company via the City’s Invitation for Bid process for the Moler Street Overflow Intercepting Sewer and the Moler Street Area Water Line Improvements project, CIP #650763-100000 & 690236-100151, in an amount up to $39,944,314.89; and to encumber funds with the Department of Public Service for construction administration services in an amount up to $2,000.00, for a total expenditure of $39,946,314.89.
The City of Columbus and the State of Ohio entered into a consent order in August of 2002 to resolve sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) related concerns for the City’s sanitary sewer system. The consent order requires the City to develop and implement a program to provide adequate capacity in the collection system, taking all feasible steps to address SSO’s. This is one of the projects implemented to comply with the consent order as identified in the Integrated Plan and 2015 Wet Weather Management Plan Update Report. The improvements must be substantially completed by July 1, 2025, to comply with the consent order. It is needed to mitigate combined sewer overflows that discharge into the Scioto River and to address Water in Basement occurrences in the Moler Street area.
The work for this project includes installation of approximately 1,844 feet of new 12”/18”/24”/72”/96” storm sewer; 25 structures (curb inlets/catch basins/manholes); 789 feet tunnel for 96” storm pipe; 196 feet jacked liner for 18” storm pipe; 823 feet of new 2”/4”/6”/8” water main; water service lines; pavement planing or replacement; and modification of existing combined sewer overflow (CSO) regulators. This project will redirect Moler Street Regulator combined sewer overflows that discharge to the Scioto River into the Olentangy-Scioto-Interceptor-Sewer Augmentation Relief Sewer (OARS). OARS redirects wet weather overflows that curre...
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