Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into agreements with the City of Dublin (Dublin) relative to the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Sawmill Corridor project and to expend up to $150,000.00 to reimburse Dublin for costs incurred during that effort.
Dublin is currently conducting a traffic analysis of the Sawmill Road corridor in relation to its Bridge Street District Vision Plan. The Department of Public Service has requested Dublin expand the limits of that study from West Dublin-Granville Road to Hard Road to adjoin an earlier study of Sawmill Road from I-270 to Hard Road performed by the Department of Public Service and a separate study of the West Dublin-Granville Road corridor.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
The Department of Public Service has agreed to reimburse Dublin up to $150,000.00 for costs incurred during the completion of the aforementioned traffic analysis. Funding for this project is available with the Streets and Highways Bond Fund. An amendment to the 2016 Capital Improvements Budget is necessary for the purpose of providing sufficient spending authority for the aforementioned project expenditure.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested in order to facilitate the timely execution of agreements between the Department of Public Service and the City of Dublin and to make requisite funding for this project immediately available so as to avoid unnecessary delays in the completion of this project.
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To amend the 2016 Capital Improvements Budget; to authorize the Director of Public Service to enter into agreements with the City of Dublin concerning the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Sawmill Corridor project; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer cash and appropriation within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $150,000.00 from the Streets and Highways Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($150,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the City of Dublin (Dublin) is conducting a traffic analysis of the Sawmill Road corridor, including the Sawmill Road at Snouffer Road intersection, in relation to its Bridge Street District Vision Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Service has requested that Dublin expand the limits of its traffic analysis of the Sawmill Road corridor from West Dublin-Granville Road to Hard Road to adjoin to an earlier study of Sawmill Road from I-270 to Hard Road performed by the Department of Public Service and a separate study of the West Dublin-Granville Road corridor; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into agreements with Dublin relative to the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Sawmill Corridor project and to expend up to $150,000.00 to reimburse Dublin for costs incurred during that effort; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize an amendment to the 2016 Capital Improvements Budget for the purpose of providing sufficient spending authority for the aforementioned project expenditure; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to enter into agreements with Dublin and to authorize the encumbrance and expenditure of requisite funds to facilitate the completion of the aforementioned traffic analysis in a timely manner, thereby preserving the public health, peace, safety and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the 2016 Capital Improvements Budget authorized by Ordinance 0960-2016 be amended to establish sufficient authority for this project as follows:
Fund / Project / Project Name / Current C.I.B. / Amendment Amount / C.I.B. as Amended
7704 / 530161-100152 / Roadway Improvements - KIPP School - Agler Road (Voted Carryover) / $140,828.00 / ($110,762.00) / $30,066.00
7704 / 530103-100047 / Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Sawmill Corridor (Voted Carryover) / $39,238.00 / $110,762.00 / $150,000.00
SECTION 2. That the Director of Public Service be and hereby is authorized to enter into agreements with Dublin relative to the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Sawmill Road - W. Dublin-Granville Road to Hard Road project and to reimburse Dublin for eligible costs incurred during that effort.
SECTION 3. That the transfer of $150,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized between projects within Fund 7704 Streets and Highways Bond Fund per the accounting codes in the attachment to this Ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the expenditure of $150,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized in Fund 7704 Streets and Highways Bond Fund in Object Level 06 Capital Outlay per the accounting codes in the attachment to this Ordinance.
SECTION 5. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 6. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 7. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer the unencumbered balance in a project account to the unallocated balance account within the same fund upon receipt of certification by the Director of the Department administering said project that the project has been completed and the monies are no longer required for said project.
SECTION 8. 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 nor vetoes the same.