City of Columbus - File #: 1510-2004

• File #: 1510-2004
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/18/2004
• In control: Utilities Committee
• On agenda: 10/25/2004
• Final action: 10/27/2004
• Title: To authorize the City Attorney to acquire fee simple title and lesser interests, contract for professional services in connection with the Livingston Avenue Sewer Improvements Project; to authorize the appropriation, transfer and expenditure of $75,000.00 from within the 1991 Voted Sanitary Bond Fund; to amend the 2004 Capital Improvements Budget; and to declare an emergency. ($75,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/27/2004	1	MAYOR	Signed
10/27/2004	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
10/25/2004	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
10/25/2004	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
10/12/2004	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
10/12/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
10/8/2004	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Disapproved
10/8/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/8/2004	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/8/2004	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/8/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/7/2004	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Disapproved
10/7/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/6/2004	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/6/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/5/2004	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/4/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/1/2004	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/28/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/28/2004	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/15/2004	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Disapproved
9/1/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
8/31/2004	1	UTILITIES DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
8/31/2004	1	UTILITIES DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
8/25/2004	1	Utilities Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
8/19/2004	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This ordinance will authorize the City Attorney to acquire fee simple title and lesser interests, contract for professional services, and to expend the monies for payment of acquisition costs in connection with the Livingston Avenue Sewer Improvements Project.

2. FISCAL IMPACT:
The funds being transferred herein, are residual project funds that are no longer required. There will be sufficient budget authority within the 2004 Capital Improvements Budget upon passage of this ordinance.

3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
The Division of Sewerage and Drainage is hereby requesting Columbus City Council to declare this ordinance to be an emergency measure in order to allow for the immediate commenement of acquiring the easements necessary to construct this project which the Division is required to construct under the terms of a consent order between the City of Columbus and the State of Ohio.

Title
To authorize the City Attorney to acquire fee simple title and lesser interests, contract for professional services in connection with the Livingston Avenue Sewer Improvements Project; to authorize the appropriation, transfer and expenditure of $75,000.00 from within the 1991 Voted Sanitary Bond Fund; to amend the 2004 Capital Improvements Budget; and to declare an emergency. ($75,000.00)

Body
WHEREAS, the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Department of Public Utilities, has developed construction plans and specifications for the sanitary sewer improvement projects known as the Livingston Avenue Sewer Improvements Project; and

WHEREAS, in order to construct the aforementioned sanitary improvements it has been determined necessary for this City Council to authorize the City Attorney to acquire fee simple title and lesser interests in and to certain parcels of real estate and to contract for the professional services necessary to complete said acquisition; and

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Di...