Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to pay utility relocation work by AT&T Corp. and other utilities up to the amount of $150,000 for the Hayden Run Boulevard, Phase II project.
The City of Columbus, Department of Public Service, is engaged in the Hayden Run Boulevard, Phase II Roadway Improvements project, located in Community Planning Area 01. The project limits extend Hayden Run Boulevard from its current eastern terminus eastward to Avery Road, and widen Avery Road north and south of the extension of Hayden Run Boulevard.
Hayden Run Boulevard: Hayden Run Boulevard roadway will cross the CSX railroad line via a grade separated bridge overpass. A shared use path will be installed on the north side of the roadway and a sidewalk will be installed on the south side. Street lighting will be installed. Hayden Run Boulevard will be installed with combined curb and gutter, along with storm sewer inlets and accompanying storm sewer piping. There will be raised concrete medians to the east and west of the railroad crossing. Traffic control (signage and pavement markings) will be installed. A new traffic signal installation will be installed at the intersection with Avery Road. Street trees will be provided.
Avery Road: Avery Road will be widened from 625 feet south of Hayden Run Boulevard to 590 feet north of Hayden Run Boulevard. A 2 foot wide full depth paved shoulder and a 4 foot wide turf shoulder will be provided. The existing ditch lines will be regraded. Catch basins and storm sewer piping will be installed. Traffic control (signage and pavement markings) will be installed. A new traffic signal installation will be installed at the new intersection with Hayden Run Boulevard.
Searches in the System for Award Management (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against AT&T Corp.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
The contract compliance number for AT&T Corp is 13-4924710 and expires 4/3/15.
3. FISCAL IMPACT
Funding for this project is available within the Northwest Corridor / Pay as We Grow Fund, Fund 771.
4. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested in that it is necessary to relocate utilities as quickly possible so as to maintain the project schedule.
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To authorize the City Auditor to appropriate $150,000.00 within the Northwest Corridor/Pay as We Grow Fund; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer cash and appropriation between projects within the Northwest Corridor / Pay as We Grow Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $150,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary for utility relocations for the Hayden Run Boulevard, Phase II project from the Northwest Corridor Pay as We Grow Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($150,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Public Service is engaged in Hayden Run Boulevard, Phase II project; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to relocate utilities as part of this project; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service in that it is necessary to relocate utilities as quickly possible so as to maintain the project schedule, 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 sum of $150,000.00 be and is hereby appropriated from the unappropriated balance of the Northwest Corridor/Pay as We Grow Fund, Fund 771, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014 as follows:
Fund / Project / Project Name / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA Code / Amount
771 / 771005-100000 / Lifestyles-NW Corridor / 06-6600 / 590022 / $150,000.00
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor be and is hereby authorized to transfer of cash and appropriation within Fund 771, the Northwest Corridor / Pay as We Grow Fund be authorized as follows:
Transfer from:
Fund / Project / Project Name / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA Code / Amount
771 / 771005-100000 / Lifestyles-NW Corridor / 06-6600 / 590022 / $150,000.00
Transfer to:
Fund / Project / Project Name / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA Code / Amount
771 / 771009-100000 / Hayden Run Phase II / 06-6600 / 740009 / $150,000.00
SECTION 3. That the Director of the Department of Public Service be and hereby is authorized to expend $150,000.00 or so much therefore as may be necessary from the Northwest Corridor / Pay as We Grow Fund to pay for those costs relative to the relocation of utilities needed for the Hayden Run Boulevard, Phase II project as follows:
Fund / Project / Project Name / O.L. 01-03 Codes / OCA Code / Amount
771 / 771009-100000 / Hayden Run Phase II / 06-6631 / 740009 / $150,000.00
SECTION 4. 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 5. 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 6. 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 7. 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.