City of Columbus - File #: 0727-2019

• File #: 0727-2019
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/5/2019
• In control: Public Utilities Committee
• On agenda: 4/29/2019
• Final action: 5/2/2019
• Title: To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a construction contract with the Elite Excavating Co. of Ohio, Inc. for the Woodward Avenue Sanitary Sewers and the Woodward, Wildwood, & Woodnell Storm Sewer Improvements Projects; to authorize the appropriation and transfer of $698,246.40 from the Sanitary Sewer Reserve Fund to the Ohio Water Development Loan Fund; to authorize an appropriation within the Storm Recovery Zone Super B.A.B.s Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $698,246.40 from the Ohio Water Development Fund; to authorize the transfer within and expenditure of up to $442,471.05 from the Storm Recovery Zone Super Build America Bond Fund; to authorize the transfer within and the expenditure of up to $2,783,402.55 from the Storm Sewer Bond Fund; and to amend the 2018 Capital Improvements Budget. ($3,924,120.00).

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/2/2019	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
5/1/2019	1	ACTING MAYOR	Signed
4/29/2019	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
4/29/2019	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
4/15/2019	1	Columbus City Council	Read for the First Time

Explanation

1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a construction contract with the Elite Excavating Co. of Ohio, Inc. for the Woodward Avenue Sanitary Sewers - 650570-100000 and Woodward, Wildwood, & Woodnell Storm Sewer Improvements - 610990-100001. These projects consists of providing sanitary sewer service to a residential area that is currently served by an on-lot (HSTS) sewage disposal systems, and construction of improvements to the existing stormwater conveyance system along Woodward Avenue, Wildwood Avenue and Woodnell Avenue and other such work as may be necessary to complete the contract, in accordance with the drawings, technical specifications, and City of Columbus Construction and Material Specifications as set forth in this Invitation For Bid (IFB).

The sanitary sewer portion of this project has been approved for below market-rate loan financing through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF) which is administered by the Ohio Water Development Authority (OWDA). Ordinance 2551-2018, passed October 8, 2018, authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a WPCLF Loan for the project. The project’s assigned WPCLF Number is CS390274-0224. Upon the loan award, which is expected April 25, 2019, and an OWDA Loan Account number will be assigned.

Planning Area - South Linden - 45

2. PROJECT TIMELINE: the work is to be completed substantially complete within 730 calendar days after the effective date of the Notice to Proceed.

3. PROCUREMENT INFORMATION: The Division advertised for competitive bids for the subject project on the City's Vendor Services website, the City's Bulletin in accordance with the overall provisions of Section 329 of Columbus’s City Codes, and the Bid Express website. The Division of Sewerage and Drainage received five (5) bids on February 13, 2019 from the following companies:

4. Name C.C. No Vendor # ...