City of Columbus - File #: 1051-2004

• File #: 1051-2004
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/2/2004
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 7/19/2004
• Final action: 7/21/2004
• Title: To authorize the City Auditor to transfer $1,860,000.00 from the 1995 Voted Streets and Highways Fund to the Federal/State Highway Engineering Fund; to authorize the appropriation of $1,860,000.00 within the Federal/State Highway Engineering Fund; to authorize the City Attorney's Office Real Estate Division to contract for professional services to acquire fee simple title and lesser interests in and to property needed for the Hard Road Phase C Improvement project for the Transportation Division; to authorize the expenditure of $1,860,000.00 from the Federal/State Highway Engineering Fund for acquisition-related costs for this project, and to declare an emergency. ($1,860,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/21/2004	1	MAYOR	Signed
7/21/2004	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
7/19/2004	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
7/19/2004	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
7/13/2004	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/13/2004	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/13/2004	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
7/12/2004	1	ODI Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/12/2004	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/12/2004	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/8/2004	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/30/2004	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
6/29/2004	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/21/2004	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/21/2004	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/14/2004	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/10/2004	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/10/2004	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/9/2004	1	Service Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved	Fail
6/2/2004	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

The Public Service Department, Transportation Division, in cooperation with the State of Ohio and the Federal Highway Administration, is engaged in the widening and improvement of Hard Road from Sawmill Road to State Route 315. The City is currently preparing for construction of the second phase of this three-phase project. This phase, Phase C, running from Linworth Road to State Route 315, will widen 0.42 miles of existing Hard Road from two lanes to five lanes and will construct improvements including new turn lanes, raised traffic medians, new pavement, curb and gutter, sidewalk, street lighting, storm sewers, traffic signals, signs, and pavement markings. Also included in this phase of the project are the widening of 343 feet of Linworth Road, 1876 feet of Olentangy River Road and construction of turn lanes on State Route 315. Some parcels needed for this project were acquired earlier by the City through "advanced acquisition" as they became available. This legislation provides for the acquisition of all remaining properties needed for Phase C.

Fiscal Impact: This is a City/State/Federal participation project that is being administered by the City of Columbus. Eighty percent (80%) of the total right-of-way costs for this phase of the project will be paid out of Federal funds and the City will pay the remaining twenty percent (20%) of the cost. It is currently estimated that right-of-way acquisition costs for the remaining Hard Road Phase C parcels will be $1,860,000.00. Monies to pay for these costs are available in the federal/state match project within the 1995, 1999 Voted Streets and Highways Fund with the summer bond sale. This ordinance transfers and appropriates these funds to/within the Federal/State Highway Engineering Fund from which they are ultimately expended.

Right-of-way acquisition and utility relocation activities traditionally take two years to complete. Construction of this phase of the improvement project is s...