Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the City to enter into a contract in an amount up to $676,446.39 for the Seventh Avenue Improvement, Easton Crosswalks and Dog Park at 4th St. & Spring St. projects and to pay construction inspection costs up to $101,466.96. This improvement details construction on Seventh Avenue between 4th and 6th Streets and includes full depth roadway replacement, concrete curb, sidewalk, curb ramps, and a new water line. This bid package also includes the Easton Crosswalks project at the intersection of Easton Loop East and Easton Commons and the Dog Park project at Fourth St. and Spring St.
The Seventh Avenue project will add ΒΌ mile of sidewalk and 26 new curb ramps mainly for the students of Weinland Park Elementary who walk to school. The Easton Crosswalks project will include four added and four retained curb ramps along with the newly striped crosswalks to assist pedestrians crossing Easton Commons to their parking lot.
The Notice to Proceed for these projects is anticipated for August 1, 2008. The construction duration for the projects is 90 days. The projects were let by the Transportation Division and were advertised in the City Bulletin and Dodge Reports and by the Builder's Exchange. Two bids were received on June 5, 2008 (two majority) and tabulated on June 6, 2008 as follows:
Columbus Asphalt Paving, Inc. $676,446.39
George J. Igel, Co., Inc. $763,402.78
Award is to be made to Columbus Asphalt Paving, Inc., CC# 31-0857095 (expiration 2/18/10), as the lowest, best, most responsive and most responsible bidder.
Fiscal Impact: Funds in the amount of $598,415.76 are budgeted and available as part of the Urban Infrastructure Program and the Downtown Streetscape Program in the Streets and Highways G.O. Bonds Fund for the Transportation Division. Funds in the amount of $179,497.59 are available in the Waterworks Enlargement Voted Bonds Fund.
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