City of Columbus - File #: 2226-2003

• File #: 2226-2003
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/25/2003
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 3/1/2004
• Final action: 3/2/2004
• Title: To authorize the Public Service Director to enter into a contract with Evans, Mechwart, Hamilton and Tilton (EMH&T) for a feasibility study and preliminary engineering work for the possible realignment of the westbound IR-670 off-ramp at North Fourth Street for the Transportation Division; to authorize the expenditure of $20,000.00 from the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($20,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/2/2004	1	MAYOR	Signed
3/2/2004	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
3/1/2004	1	Columbus City Council	Taken from the Table	Pass
3/1/2004	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
3/1/2004	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO-TEM	Signed
12/8/2003	1	Columbus City Council	Tabled Indefinitely	Pass
11/25/2003	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
11/25/2003	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
11/24/2003	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/24/2003	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/24/2003	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/21/2003	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/21/2003	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/21/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
11/19/2003	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/19/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
11/18/2003	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/13/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
11/13/2003	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/12/2003	1	Service Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/12/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/25/2003	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

The proposed development for the former Jeffrey Manufacturing Company site at the intersection of North Fourth Street and IR-670 proposes that the westbound IR-670 off-ramp to Fourth Street be realigned from a free-flow, high-speed configuration to a signalized intersection. Accomplishing this will improve traffic safety from the development site to Fourth Street, and optimizes the development potential of this valuable central city site. Furthermore, pedestrian safety along Fourth Street will be enhanced by removing the high-speed off-ramp configuration.

Additional aesthetic enhancements such as street trees, decorative fencing, sidewalks, street lighting and decorative ground cover is proposed for the Fourth Street corridor near IR-670. These proposed enhancements are contained in the final report prepared by the Spring-Sandusky Interchange (SSI) Design Task Force. The City of Columbus entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with local historic neighborhoods for the purpose of developing and implementing a plan to mitigate the impacts of SSI to the historic neighborhoods. Realigning the existing high-speed off-ramp will enable the City to take better advantage of the aesthetic enhancements.

This legislation authorizes a $20,000.00 contract with Evans, Mechwart, Hamilton and Tilton (EMH&T) a local engineering consulting firm, for a preliminary engineering study of the off-ramp realignment. Under the proposed contract the consultant will provide traffic and geometric feasibility analysis, preliminary cost estimates and coordination with the Ohio Department of Transportation for the intersection reconfiguration. EMH&T's contract compliance number is 31-0685594 and expires November 30, 2004.

Funds for this contract exist within the Jeffrey Housing - Streets project in the Voted 1995, 1999 Streets and Highways Fund.

This ordinance is presented as an emergency so the preliminary engineering services can proceed and develop...