Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to contribute funding to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) to support the completion of preliminary engineering relative to the FRA-SR315-Ramp Meter Study.
The aforementioned study will examine SR-315 from the interchange at Goodale Street on the south to the interchange at SR-161 on the north, including the ramp intersections on each of the cross streets, to determine whether metering can be implemented on the entrance ramps to improve operations at the entrance ramp merge points, which would enhance safety and traffic flow on the mainline.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
Funding in the amount of $11,170.20 is available in the Streets and Highways Bond Fund within the Department of Public Service. An amendment to the 2018 Capital Improvement Budget is necessary for the purpose of providing sufficient spending authority for the aforementioned expenditure. A transfer of funds within the Streets and Highways bond fund is necessary to establish funding in the proper project.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to facilitate payment to ODOT as soon as reasonably practicable so as to avoid any unnecessary delays in the completion of the aforementioned project.
Title
To amend the 2018 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the transfer of funds within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $11,170.20 from the Streets and Highways Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($11,170.20)
Body
WHEREAS, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is administering the FRA-SR315-Ramp Meter Study, which will examine a stretch of SR-315 between the interchange at Goodale Street and the interchange at SR-161 to determine whether metering can be implemented on the entrance ramps to improve operations at the entrance ramp merge points, which would enhance safety and traffic flow; and
WHEREAS, the aforementioned project is located within the Columbus corporate boundaries; and
WHEREAS, this legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to provide funding to ODOT to support that effort; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize an amendment to the 2018 Capital Improvement Budget for the purpose of providing sufficient spending authority for the aforementioned project expenditures; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service in that it is immediately necessary to authorize consent and cooperation for this project in order to maintain the scheduled established by the Ohio Department of Transportation, 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 2018 Capital Improvements Budget authorized by Ordinance 1010-2018 be and is hereby amended to provide sufficient budget authority for the appropriate projects authorized within this ordinance as follows:
Fund / Project / Project Name / Current / Change / Amended
7704 / P530103-100054 / Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Hamilton Road - SR161 to Morse Road Phase A (Voted 2016 Debt SIT Supported) / $3,150,000.00 / ($11,171.00) / $3,138,829.00
7704 / P531016-100000 / Roadway - FRA 315 Ramp Metering Study (Voted 2016 Debt SIT Supported) / $0.00 / $11,171.00 / $11,171.00
SECTION 2. That the transfer of $11,170.20, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized within Fund 7704 (Streets and Highways Bond Fund), from Dept-Div 5912 (Division of Design and Construction), Project P530103-100054 (Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Hamilton Road - SR161 to Morse Road Phase A), Object Class 06 (Capital Outlay) to Dept-Div 5912 (Division of Design and Construction), Project P531016-100000 (Roadway - FRA 315 Ramp Metering Study), Object Class 06 (Capital Outlay) per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the Director of Public Service be and hereby is authorized to make payment to the Ohio Department of Transportation in an amount of up to $11,170.20 to support the FRA-SR315-Ramp Meter Study.
SECTION 4. That the expenditure of $11,170.20, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized in Fund 7704 (Streets and Highways Bond Fund), Dept-Div 5912 (Division of Design and Construction), Project P531016-100000 (Roadway - FRA 315 Ramp Metering Study), in Object Class 06 (Capital Outlay), per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 5. 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 6. 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 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.