City of Columbus - File #: 0972-2014

• File #: 0972-2014
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/21/2014
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 5/12/2014
• Final action: 5/15/2014
• Title: To amend the 2014 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the City Auditor to appropriate $2,639.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Streets and Highways Improvements Fund; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer cash and appropriation within the Streets and Highways Improvements Fund; to authorize the the City Auditor to transfer cash between the Streets and Highways Improvements Fund and the Fed-State Highway Engineering Fund; to authorize the City Auditor to appropriate $26,397.00 within the Fed-State Highway Engineering Fund; to authorize the Director of Public Service to modify and increase an existing contract with M-E/IBI Group for professional services for the Intersection Improvements - Gender Road at Refugee Road project; to authorize the expenditure of up to $26,397.00 from the Fed-State Highway Engineering Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($26,397.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/15/2014	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
5/14/2014	1	MAYOR	Signed
5/12/2014	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
5/12/2014	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass

Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to execute a modification for a professional engineering services contract with M-E Companies, Inc., dba M-E/IBI Group, for the Intersection Improvements - Gender Road at Refugee Road (FRA-CR222 Gender Road at Refugee, PID 90241) project. This is the first modification to the original contract.

The intent of this project is to provide the City of Columbus, Department of Public Service with completion of the Project Development Process (PDP) for improvements to the intersection of Gender Road at Refugee Road. The purpose of the project is to reduce congestion at the intersection of Gender and Refugee, improve safety, and address deficiencies in the pedestrian and bikeway system.

This modification expands the scope of work to encompass design for a noise wall on Gender Road. Noise wall requirements were not originally anticipated for this project, but it has since been determined that a noise wall was required as part of ODOT’s environmental and public involvement processes. The design of this element also is integral to the development of the construction documents being prepared by M-E/IBI Group.

Original contract amount: $606,538.00 (Ord. 0462-2013, EL014034)
Modification 1 amount: $26,397.00

The contract amount, including all modifications: $632,935.00

Searches in the Excluded Party List System (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against M-E/IBI Group.

2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
The contract compliance for M-E/IBI Group is 31-1442777 and expires 11/20/14.

3. FISCAL IMPACT
Funding for this contract is as follows:

$26,397.00 contract amount
$23,759.00 ODOT grant
$2,639.00 DPS share - Street and Highway Improvement Fund (766)

4. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to allow for the Department of Public Service to make funding for the design of this project available and allow the project schedule to pr...