City of Columbus - File #: 1892-2007

• File #: 1892-2007
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/7/2007
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 12/10/2007
• Final action: 12/13/2007
• Title: To authorize the Public Service Director to enter into an agreement with the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation and the Executive Director of the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission for the 2008-2012 Paving The Way program for the Transportation Division; to appropriate $700,000.00 within the General Government Grant Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $700,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed from the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($700,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/13/2007	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
12/12/2007	1	MAYOR	Signed
12/10/2007	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
12/10/2007	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
11/28/2007	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/28/2007	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/28/2007	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/28/2007	1	Service Reviewer	Sent for Approval
11/28/2007	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
11/28/2007	1	Service Reviewer	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
11/27/2007	1	Service Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/27/2007	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/27/2007	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/27/2007	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/27/2007	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/26/2007	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

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 Public Service Director to enter into a three-year contract with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC).

Fiscal Impact: The cost of the three-year program will be $875,000.00 of which eighty percent (80%) is funded with MORPC STP-M funds ($700,000.00) and twenty percent local funds ($175,000.00).

The city's share over the three-year period will be $175,000.00 and will come from Street Construction, Maintenance and Repair Fund. Once the 2008 budget for this Fund is finalized then ordinances(s) for the City share of this match will be submitted to City Council. This ordinance appropriates the entire MORPC share ($700,000.00) into the General Government Grant Fund, where it is then authorized for expenditure.

Emergency action is requested so that no disruption in service occurs when the current contract expires on December 31, 2007.

Title
To authorize the Public Service Director to enter into an agreement with the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation and the Executive Director of the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission for the 2008-2012 Paving The Way program for the Transportation Division; to appropriate $700,000.00 within the General Government Grant Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $700,000.00 ...