Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to waive competitive bidding requirements of Columbus City Code Section 329 and enter into a design agreement with Evans, Mechwart, Hambleton and Tilton (EMH&T) for an amount up to $1,000,000.00 for detailed design of the Roadway Improvements - Cannon Drive Relocation project.
Ordinance 2511-2011 authorized the Director of Public Service to enter into a design reimbursement agreement with Ohio State University (OSU) for the Roadway Improvements - Cannon Drive Relocation project. Under this agreement, the city reimbursed OSU for the preliminary engineering for the Roadway Improvements - Cannon Drive Relocation project. OSU had followed their competitive bidding process and chose EMH&T as the engineering consultant for the project.
The proposed relocation of Cannon Drive will improve the north-south transportation corridor between King Avenue and Lane Avenue, providing better access to the University including critical care facilities within the Medical Campus, and opening up approximately 12 acres for development. The project will extend between King Avenue and John Herrick Drive, a total roadway length of approximately 2,820 feet, with improvements including a landscaped median for access management along Cannon Drive. Roadway extensions of Medical Center Drive, 10th Avenue, 12th Avenue, and John Herrick Drive will be required to connect to the realigned Cannon Drive. A realigned access roadway will be developed to connect the new Cannon Drive with Battelle Drive accessing the medical campus.
The relocation of Cannon Drive includes the realignment of the existing Franklin Main sanitary sewer north of King Avenue, as well as the consolidation of other public and private utilities within the new roadway corridor. These improvements facilitate future operation and maintenance. The realignment of Cannon Drive will create development parcels along the east side of Cannon D...
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