Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into a joint project agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for utility relocation work as part of the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Parsons Avenue-Franklin Avenue to Broad Street project construction project, which includes, in part, providing for design and construction of underground utilities on Parsons Avenue between Broad St and Franklin St.
Design is underway and construction is currently estimated to begin in the spring of 2015.
Because the project will help accommodate the future ODOT Columbus Crossroads Phase 3 project, ODOT has agreed to fund the design work and the City has agreed to fund the construction.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
Design is estimated to cost $130,380 and is funded by ODOT. The City shall fund construction and shall request council approval for construction funding under separate ordinance.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to memorialize the commitment between ODOT and the City to prevent unnecessary delays in the Department of Public Service's Capital Improvement Program.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Service to enter into a joint project agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for utility relocation work as part of the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Parsons Avenue-Franklin Avenue to Broad Street project construction project; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, the Ohio Department of Transportation and the City agree on the need to design and construct underground utilities on Parsons Avenue between Broad St and Franklin St; and
WHEREAS, ODOT has agreed to fund design and the City has agreed to fund construction; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service in that it is immediately necessary to memorialize the commitment between ODOT and the City to prevent unnecessary delays in the Department of Public Service's Capital Improvement Program, 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 enter into a joint project agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) for utility relocation work as part of the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Parsons Avenue-Franklin Avenue to Broad Street project construction project.
SECTION 2. 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 and or vetoes the same.