Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the City Attorney's Office, Real Estate Division, to hire professional services and to negotiate with property owners to acquire the various property rights necessary to complete the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Hard Road Phase A - Sawmill Road to Smoky Row Road project. This project is located within the Far Northwest community planning area.
The City of Columbus, Department of Public Service, is engaged in the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Hard Road Phase A - Sawmill Road to Smoky Row Road project. Improvements include: widening Hard Road from two lanes to five lanes, adding turn lanes, new pavement, curb, sidewalk, street lighting, storm sewer, traffic signals, signs, and pavement markings.
The project limits are Hard Road from Sawmill Road to 387 feet west of Smoky Row Road. The length of the project is approximately 1.2 miles.
Ordinance 1966-2012, passed September 23, 2012, authorized initial acquisition funding for this project, in the amount of $1,650,000.00. The project received an additional $350,000 in authorized funding due to the passage of ordinance 1627-2014 on July 21, 2014. The initial acquisition legislation authorized the City Attorney to contract for professional services and to acquire fee simple title and lesser interests in and to real property necessary to the project, with the understanding that more funding may be required in the future. It is now necessary that the City Attorney's Office expend an additional $125,000.00 in order to pay for costs relative to the acquisition of right-of-way necessary to the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Hard Road Phase A - Sawmill Road to Smoky Row Road project.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
Funds in the amount of $100,000.00 are available for this project in Fund 765, the Federal-State Highway Engineering Fund, through a grant from the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC). The remaining funds in the amount of $25,000.00 are availabl...
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