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File #: 2611-2015    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/13/2015 In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
On agenda: 11/2/2015 Final action: 11/4/2015
Title: To amend the 2015 Capital Improvements Budget; to authorize the Director of Public Service to modify a professional engineering service contract with Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc. for engineering, technical, and surveying services in connection with the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Hamilton Road from SR 161 to Morse Road - Phase A project; to appropriate the sum of $165,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Streets and Highways Improvement (Non-Bond) Fund; to authorize the expenditure of up to $620,723.44 from the Streets and Highways Bonds Fund and up to $165,000.00 from the Highways Improvement (Non-Bond) Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($785,723.44)

Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into a contract modification with Parsons Brinkerhoff in the amount of up to $785,723.44 for the Arterial Street Rehabilitation Hamilton Road from SR 161 to Morse Road - Phase A project.

This project is the first of multiple phases of improvements to the N. Hamilton Road corridor from Morse Road to SR-161 and intersecting arterial roadways, Morse Road and Dublin-Granville, geared toward increasing vehicular capacity, extending bikeway facilities, and completing gaps in the pedestrian system. This modification is a planned modification in the amount of $785,723.44. This amount is the difference between the original proposal design fee of $1,725,334.43 plus the design contingency of $60,389.01 (totaling $1,785,723.44) and the original contract amount of $1,000,000.00 authorized under Ordinance 1824-2014.
The City of Gahanna is contributing $165,000.00 for this modification and this amount has been legislated by the City of Gahanna. Ordinance 1930-2015 authorized the Director of Public Service to enter into various agreements with the City of Gahanna for this project, to accept an initial deposit from Gahanna, execute agreement modifications to accept additional deposits as necessary, and return any unused balance to Gahanna upon completion of the construction as necessary.

Original contract amount: $1,000,000.00 (Ordinance 1824-2014, EL016820)
Modification number 1: $620,723.44 (City of Columbus Funds)
Modification number 1: $165,000.00 (City of Gahanna Funds)
Total amount of contract including modification: $1,785,723.44.

Searches in the System for Award Management (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc.

2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
The contract compliance number for Parsons Brinckerho...

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