City of Columbus - File #: 2391-2025

• File #: 2391-2025
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Council Office for Signature
• File created: 8/29/2025
• In control: Neighborhoods, Recreation, & Parks Committee
• On agenda: 10/6/2025
• Title: To authorize the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to enter into contract with Ironsite, Inc. for the Three Creeks Wetland Restoration Project; to authorize the appropriation of $107,500.00 within the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund; to authorize the transfer of $107,500.00 within the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund; to authorize the amendment of the 2025 Capital Improvements Budget; to authorize the expenditure of $957,500.00 from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund and Permanent Improvement Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($957,500.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/6/2025	1	Columbus City Council

Explanation

Background: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to enter into contract with Ironsite, Inc. for the Three Creeks Wetland Restoration Project. The contract amount is $872,111.57, with a contingency of $82,888.43, for a total of $955,000.00. An additional $2,500.00 is being authorized for interdepartmental inspections and fees for a total of $957,500.00 being authorized by this ordinance.

Three Creeks Park is a 1,097-acre park in the Far South Community and is jointly managed by the City of Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks. This project will create a 24-acre wetland within a 30-acre restored area of the park, north of Watkins Road and to the east of the Alum Creek Trail. This will involve constructing the wetland, landscaping, and sewer work. This project will improve water quality, flood control, and wildlife habitat. It will also support the Urban Forestry Master Plan goals and provide additional recreation opportunities through a natural walking path in the wetlands.

The Recreation and Parks Department received $850,000.00 in grant funding from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' (ODNR) H2Ohio program to fund a wetland restoration. Construction is anticipated to start in October 2025 and be substantially completed in spring 2026. All punch list items are to be complete by summer 2026.

Vendor Bid/Proposal Submissions (Office of Diversity and Inclusion designation status):

Bids were advertised through Vendor Services, in accordance with City Code Section 329, on August 5, 2025 and received by the Recreation and Parks Department on August 26, 2025. Bids were received from the following companies:

Ironsite, Inc.
V3 Construction

After reviewing the bids that were submitted, it was determined that Ironsite Inc. was the lowest and most responsive bidder. Ironsite Inc. and all proposed subcontractors have met code requirements with respect to prequalification, pursuant to relevant sections of Col...