Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance 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 Pedestrian Safety Improvements - Waggoner Road Shared Use Path project.
The purpose of this project is to construct a shared use path, including curb ramps, on the east side of Waggoner Road from Broad Street to Chapel Stone Road, located in the Far East Community Planning Area. Successful completion of this project necessitates that the City acquire fee simple title and lesser interests in and to various properties along the project corridor as additional rights-of-way.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
Funding for this project is budgeted in the 2016 Capital Improvements Budget. A transfer of funds is necessary as a temporary funding source until the 2016 bond sale proceeds are received.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to provide necessary right-of-way acquisition funding and prevent unnecessary delays in the Department of Public Service’s Capital Improvement Program.
Title
To amend the 2016 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer cash and appropriation between projects within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund; to authorize the City Attorney's Office, Real Estate Division to contract for professional services relative to the acquisition of fee simple title and lesser interests in and to property needed for the Pedestrian Safety Improvements - Waggoner Road Shared Use Path project; to authorize the City Attorney's Office, Real Estate Division to negotiate with property owners to acquire the additional rights of way necessary to complete this project; to authorize the expenditure of $225,000.00 from the Streets and Highways Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($225,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is engaged in the Pedestrian Safety Improvements - Waggoner Road Shar...
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