Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to accept assignment of a professional services engineering agreement from Village Communities Corporation for the Warner Road Improvements - Phase 2 project, agreement is between Village Communities Corporation and Evans, Mechwart, Hambleton and Tilton Inc. (EMH&T), and to waive the competitive bidding requirements of Columbus City Code Section 329 and enter into a contract modification with EMH&T for the Warner Road Improvements - Phase 2 project.
The City of Columbus created the Albany Crossing Incentive District (the “Albany Crossing TIF”) and nine other Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Districts in the Northeast Columbus Area (hereafter, the “NORTHEAST TIFs”) on December 14, 2005, pursuant to Ordinance No. 2117-2005. The Albany Crossing TIF is one of the five NORTHEAST TIFS that are generally located to the east of the intersection of Lee Road and Central College Road that encompass the properties that compose the land area in the Northeast Memorandum of Understanding (the “Northeast MOU”) signed on February 23, 2006, under the authorization of Ordinance No. 2153-2005 passed by Council on December 12, 2005; and the subsequent First Amendment to the NORTHEAST MOU signed on August 16, 2010, under the authorization of Ordinance No. 0942-2010 passed by Council on June 28, 2010 and Northeast MOU Administrative Revision dated May 5, 2011.
As part of the First Amendment to the NORTHEAST MOU, Village Communities Corporation agreed to pay the design costs associated with widening Warner Road, Phase 1 and Phase 2, and not seek reimbursement from the City. Village Communities Corporation subsequently entered into a professional services agreement with EMH&T to design Warner Road, Phase 1 and Phase 2, and engineering plans for both projects were signed by the City on June 7, 2011.
Construction for Warner Road, Phase 1 improvements began in March 2013, and was completed in October 2013....
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