City of Columbus - File #: 1229-2013

• File #: 1229-2013
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/14/2013
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 6/3/2013
• Final action: 6/5/2013
• Title: To amend the 2013 Capital Improvements Budget; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer cash and appropriate between projects within the Streets & Highways Bond Fund; to authorize the Director of Public Service to execute a professional engineering services contract modification with Michael Baker, Jr., Inc. in connection with the Bikeway Development - General Engineering Design contract; to appropriate $300,000.00 within the Street and Highway Improvement Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $300,000.00 from the Street and Highway Improvement Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($300,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/5/2013	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
6/4/2013	1	MAYOR	Signed
6/3/2013	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
6/3/2013	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass

Explanation

1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify and increase the Bikeway Development - General Engineering Design contract with Michael Baker, Jr., Inc. in the amount of $300,000.00.

This contract has been used for various projects that spent down the total value. The intent of this contract was to provide the Department of Public Service with continuing, contractual access to additional resources that are necessary to perform various professional engineering, survey, and technical expertise for the department to complete its capital and operating budget commitments.

The projects developed under this program are typically small to moderate size improvements, and frequently include a significant emphasis on bikeway development needs and related and aesthetic improvements. This contract has been used for quick response design services.

Work to be performed as part of this modification includes, but is not limited to, any work required to complete the Sullivant Avenue Corridor project, intersection bikeways improvements (such as Morse Road and High St/Sharon Ave/Indianola Ave.) and railroad bikeway crossing improvements (such as McKinley Avenue and Harrison Road and Mound St west of Central Avenue).

The level of public involvement required for the Sullivant Ave. project could not have been anticipated in the beginning of the project. The original scope of work for this project called for two public meetings and the consultant has already attended five public meetings for the Sullivant Ave. project. The consultant will need to attend two additional meetings in order to complete the project. Because the consultant has already completed a substantial portion of the design work for Sullivant Ave., it would be impractical to procure new design services to complete this project.

Original Contract Amount: $500,000.00 (Ord. 1282-2011, EL012083)
Modification #1: $300,000.00
Total contract amount, including ...