Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into agreement with and provide funding to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) to construct the FRA-CR3-12.96 project, PID 98557.
The aforementioned project encompasses the reconfiguration and reconstruction of the ramp from Hilliard-Rome Road northbound to I-70 eastbound and is Part 2 of the FRA-70-3.41 project, which is currently under construction. Ramp realignment was not part of the ODOT project and was to be a City project. ODOT has agreed to include this work as part of their project in the area. This will prevent impacting motorist traffic in the area a second time and will be less expensive for the City when combined with the larger overall ODOT project.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
The estimated local share of associated construction costs is $141,350.00. Funding for this project is available in the Streets and Highways Bond Fund within the Department of Public Service. An amendment to the 2017 Capital Improvements Budget is necessary to provide sufficient budget authority for the appropriate project.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to allow ODOT to maintain the planned construction schedule and to promote highway safety.
Title
To amend the 2017 Capital Improvements Budget; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer cash and appropriation between projects within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund; to authorize the Director of Public Service to enter into agreement with ODOT relative to the FRA-CR3-12.96 project, PID 98557; to authorize the expenditure of $141,350.00 from the Streets and Highways Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($141,350.00)
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WHEREAS, ODOT proposes reconfiguring and reconstructing the ramp from Hilliard-Rome Road northbound to I-70 eastbound; and
WHEREAS, this improvement project is within the City of Columbus corporate boundaries; and
WHEREAS, Columbus desires for the Director of Transportation to proceed with the aforementioned project and agrees to contribute funding toward the completion of that effort; and
WHEREAS, the estimated local share of associated construction costs is $141,350.00; and
WHEREAS, this legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into agreement with ODOT relative to the FRA-CR3-12.96 project, PID 98557; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize an amendment to the 2017 Capital Improvements Budget and a transfer of cash and appropriation within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund 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 encumbrance and expenditure of requisite funding for the project so as to prevent unnecessary delays in the completion thereof, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the 2017 Capital Improvements Budget authorized by Ordinance 1124-2017 be and hereby is amended to provide sufficient budget authority for the appropriate project authorized within this ordinance as follows:
Fund / Project / Project Name / Current / Change / Amended
7704 / P530086-100013 / Intersection Improvements - Safety Studies General Engineering (Voted Carryover) / $300,000.00 / ($141,350.00) / $158,650.00
7704 / P530086-100027 / Intersection Improvements - Hilliard Rome Road at Feder Road (Voted Carryover) / $0.00 / $141,350.00 / $141,350.00
SECTION 2. That the transfer of $141,350.00, 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 3. That the Director of Public Service is authorized to enter into agreement with the Ohio Department of Transportation and provide funding for the FRA-CR3-12.96 project, PID 98557.
SECTION 4. That the expenditure of $141,350.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the cost thereof be and is hereby authorized in Fund 7704 Streets and Highways Bond Fund in Object Class 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.