City of Columbus - File #: 1844-2015

• File #: 1844-2015
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/30/2015
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 7/27/2015
• Final action: 7/30/2015
• Title: To amend the 2015 Capital Improvements Budget; to authorize the City Auditor to appropriate $1,000,000.00 from the Unallocated Balance Fund; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer cash and appropriate between projects in the Street and Highway Improvement (Non-Bond) Fund; to authorize the Director of Public Service to modify a contract with GPD Associates for engineering, technical, and surveying services in connection with the Roadway Improvements - Livingston Avenue Phase C - Fifth Street to Kennedy Drive project; to authorize the expenditure of up to $1,000,000.00 from the Street and Highway Improvement (Non-Bond) Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($1,000,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/30/2015	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
7/29/2015	1	MAYOR	Signed
7/27/2015	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
7/27/2015	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass

Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify an existing professional services agreement with Glaus, Pyle, Schomer, Burns and DeHaven, dba GPD Associates, in the amount of up to $1,000,000.00 to include additional engineering and design services relative to the Roadway Improvements - Livingston Avenue Phase C - Fifth Street to Kennedy Drive project.

The Livingston Avenue Phase C - Fifth Street to Kennedy Drive project is related to two ongoing projects in the Downtown Area: the I70/I71 - Livingston Avenue Interchange project, commissioned by the Ohio Department of Transportation, and the Roadway Improvements - Livingston Avenue - Front to Fourth project, commissioned by the City of Columbus, Department of Public Service.

Ordinance 1662-2014 authorized the Director of Public Service to waive bid and enter into contract with GPD Associates in the amount of up to $1,000,000.00 for the Roadway Improvements - Livingston Avenue - Front to Fourth project. That project involves the preparation of detailed design plans for roadway improvements to Livingston Avenue and West Fulton Street from the western leg of Front Street to Oscar Alley, east of Fourth Street.

The Department of Public Service is seeking to modify that agreement to encompass the Livingston Avenue Phase C - Fifth Street to Kennedy Drive project, consisting of additional roadway improvements to Livingston Avenue from the eastern property line extended to the Livingston Methodist Episcopal Church, parcel 010-140847, to Kennedy Drive. The project includes reconstructing and widening the roadway; this includes widening Grant Street to accommodate a second southbound left turn lane at Livingston Avenue and resurfacing Livingston Avenue to the southern limit of the approach slab of the bridge over I-70/I-71. Additional project improvements include bike lanes, curb extensions where parking is permitted, new sidewalk, intersection upgrades, and stre...