Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify an existing professional services contract with WSP USA, Inc to add funds to the Bikeway-Cassady Ave - 7th to Plaza Properties Boulevard project. Additional modifications are anticipated at a later date.
Ordinance No. 1346-2024 authorized the Director of Public Service to enter into a professional services contract with WSP USA, Inc for the Bikeway-Cassady Ave - 7th to Plaza Properties Boulevard project. The intent of this project is to provide the City of Columbus, Department of Public Service, additional resources to install a new shared use path (SUP) along the west side and sidewalk along the east side of N Cassady Avenue from E 7th Avenue to Plaza Properties Boulevard, including on the Cassady Road bridge over I-670. The project ties into a City of Columbus improvement project (ODOT PID 105732) on the south end and a Franklin County Engineer’s Cassady Road project on the north end.
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify the contract in the amount of $250,000.00 for additional professional services to authorize detailed design services and continue right - of way design so that we can stay on schedule and meet our MORPC funding dates. The improvements include replacement of the signal at the intersection with Johnstown Road, and modifications to the bridge over I-670, in addition to incidental improvements to the storm sewer, lighting, and resurfacing the roadway.
Ordinance 2534-2022 authorized the Director of Public Service, on behalf of the City of Columbus, to submit applications to and execute grant agreements with the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission relative to the MORPC Attributable Funds Program, accept and expend awarded grant funds, and issue refunds, if necessary, for the Bikeway-Cassady Ave - 7th to Plaza Properties Boulevard project.
1.1 Amount of additional funds to be expended: $250,000.00
The original contract ...
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