City of Columbus - File #: 0861-2011

• File #: 0861-2011
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/27/2011
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 6/20/2011
• Final action: 6/23/2011
• Title: To authorize the appropriation of $636,000.00 from MORPC STP-M for the 2012-2015 Paving the Way grant agreement funding within the General Government Grant Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $636,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed from the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($636,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/23/2011	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
6/22/2011	1	MAYOR	Signed
6/20/2011	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
6/20/2011	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
6/10/2011	1	Atty Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/10/2011	1	Service Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
6/10/2011	1	City Clerk's Office	Sent back for Clarification/Correction
6/10/2011	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/10/2011	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
6/10/2011	1	Service Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
6/9/2011	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/9/2011	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/9/2011	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/9/2011	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/9/2011	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/8/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/8/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/7/2011	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/7/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
5/27/2011	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
The Paving The Way Program has been serving the citizens of the Greater Columbus area since 1990. This Program provides up-to-date roadway construction information to the public and the media on traffic detours, alternate travel routes and road closures, technical advice and coordination for road construction related activities, public messages advocating work zone safety, demand reduction (carpooling, use of mass transit) and traffic management. Additionally, Paving The Way maintains a web site www.pavingtheway.org and automated mailing lists that send out construction updates to over 3,000 recipients daily.

This ordinance authorizes the appropriation and expenditure within a four-year contract with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC).

2. FISCAL IMPACT
The cost of the four-year program will be $795,000.00 of which eighty percent (80%) is funded with MORPC STP-M funds ($636,000.00) and twenty percent local funds ($159,000.00).

The city's share over the four-year period will be $159,000.00 and will come from the Street Construction, Maintenance and Repair Fund. The City share of this match was submitted and approved by City Council. This ordinance appropriates the entire MORPC share ($636,000.00) into the General Government Grant Fund, where it is then authorized for expenditure.

3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested so that no disruption in service occurs when the current contract expires on June, 30 2011.

Title
To authorize the appropriation of $636,000.00 from MORPC STP-M for the 2012-2015 Paving the Way grant agreement funding within the General Government Grant Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $636,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed from the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($636,000.00)

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WHEREAS, the Director of Public Service has identified the need for the Paving The Way ...