Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify a design contract with Burgess and Niple, Inc., for the Roadway Improvements - Downtown Action Plan project. This project is being designed to implement concepts from the 2010 Downtown Columbus Strategic Plan. The concepts include providing on-street parking on High Street, converting Front Street to two-way operation north of Broad Street, reducing the number of travel lanes on Broad Street and including complete streets concepts, evaluating the one-way pairs for complete streets concepts, and reviewing on-street parking throughout downtown.
Several of the tasks associated with this project have been completed. Parking meters have been added to High Street, which now allows parking during off-peak hours. Front Street and Marconi Boulevard are currently being designed to be converted to two-way, which will include new signals and upgrades to the Municipal Campus. Analysis has confirmed the ability to install bicycle facilities on Broad Street between High Street and Washington Boulevard. Analysis is continuing on evaluating the current parking restrictions on many of the streets in downtown. Data collection has begun on an update of the Bicentennial Bikeway Plan and the Thoroughfare Plan.
This modification allows for the continuation of previously approved work and adds additional work which may include, but is not limited to: Development of complete streets concepts for the Third Street and Fourth Street corridors, stakeholder meetings, and design of the concepts on the corridors to be included in a scheduled urban paving project; finalization of parking and bikeway recommendations for downtown, analysis of Spring Street and Long Street for potential improvements and modifications, and coordination with the Scioto Greenways and Scioto Peninsula projects.
Original amount of this contract: $500,000.00 (Ord. 1398-2011, EL012184)
Modification number 1: $515,000.00 (Ord. 0720-2012, EL012736)
Modification number 2: $500,000.00 (Ord. 1980-2012, EL014072)
Modification number 3: $426,500.00 (Ord. 1765-2013, EL014967)
Modification number 4: $400,000.00
The Total amount of the contract, including this modification is $2,341,500.00
Searches in the Excluded Party List System (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Burgess and Niple, Inc.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
The contract compliance number for Burgess and Niple, Inc., is 310885550 and expires 10/4/14.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to allow the project schedule for this contract to proceed as planned.
4. FISCAL IMPACT
Funds in the amount of $400,000.00 are available for this project in the Streets and Highways Bond Fund within the Department of Public Service.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Service to modify an existing contract with Burgess and Niple, Inc. for the Roadway Improvements - Downtown Action Plan contract; to authorize the expenditure of up to $400,000.00 from the Streets and Highways Bonds Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($400,000.00)
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WHEREAS, ordinance 1398-2011 authorized the Director of Public Service to enter into contract with Burgess and Niple, Inc., for the Roadway Improvement - Downtown Action Plan project in the amount of $500,000.00; and
WHEREAS, ordinance 0720-2012 authorized the Director of Public Service to enter into a planned contract modification with Burgess and Niple, Inc., for the Roadway Improvement - Downtown Action Plan project in the amount of $515,000.00; and
WHEREAS, ordinance 1980-2012 authorized the Director of Public Service to enter into a planned contract modification with Burgess and Niple, Inc., for the Roadway Improvement - Downtown Action Plan project in the amount of $500,000.00; and
WHEREAS, ordinance 1765-2013 authorized the Director of Public Service to enter into a planned contract modification with Burgess and Niple, Inc., for the Roadway Improvement - Downtown Action Plan project in the amount of $426,500.00; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to execute an additional design modification to this contract for continuation of previously approved work and adding additional work, which may include, but is not limited to: development of complete streets concepts for the Third Street and Fourth Street corridors, stakeholder meetings, and design of the concepts on the corridors to be included in a scheduled urban paving project; finalization of parking and bikeway recommendations for downtown, analysis of Spring Street and Long Street, and coordination with the Scioto Greenways and Scioto Peninsula projects; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service in that it is immediately necessary to pass this ordinance as an emergency measure because of the need to meet the project schedule for improvements to downtown roadways thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Public Service be and is hereby authorized to execute a contract modification with Burgess and Niple, Inc., 5085 Reed Road, Columbus, Ohio, 43220, to increase the authorized expenditure amount for this project by up to $400,000.00 for continued design services required for this project.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of up to $400,000.00 is hereby authorized for the above described modification as follows:
Fund / Project / Project Name / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA / Amount
704 / 530161-100021 / Roadway Improvements - Downtown Action Plan / 06-6682 / 746121 / $400,000.00
SECTION 3. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 5. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer the unencumbered balance in a project account to the unallocated balance account within the same fund upon receipt of certification by the Director of the Department administering said project that the project has been completed and the monies are no longer required for said project.
SECTION 6. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the mayor, or ten days after passage if the mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.