Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to execute agreements with and to accept and expend funding from the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) to support work performed as part of the Resurfacing - Urban Paving-FRA 62-12.44 (Town St/Glenwood Av/Rich St) project, PID 106082.
The aforementioned project encompasses resurfacing US62 from Central Avenue to Plato Drive and resurfacing US62D from Plato Place to Central Avenue. Other planned improvements include partial and full depth pavement repairs, ADA ramp upgrades, curb repair, and pavement marking and loop detector replacement.
The estimated cost of the project is $965,451.79. Pursuant to its Urban Paving Initiative, the Ohio Department of Transportation will bear 80% of eligible costs up to a maximum of $468,282.72. The City will bear 20% of project eligible costs up to the ODOT cap of $468,282.72, 100% of the total cost of non-surface related items such as curbs and gutters, utility relocation, and partial and full-depth pavement repairs, and any amount in excess of the ODOT cap.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
There is no expenditure with this ordinance. A separate ordinance authorizing the encumbrance and expenditure of capital funds representing the local share of anticipated construction costs will be submitted to Council at a later time.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to in order to make requisite construction funding available as soon as reasonably practicable so as to prevent unnecessary delays in the completion of aforementioned public infrastructure improvements
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Service to execute agreements with and to accept and expend funding from the Ohio Department of Transportation relative to the Resurfacing - Urban Paving-FRA 62-12.44 (Town St/Glenwood Av/Rich St) project; to authorize the return of any unused funds, if necessary; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Public Service is administering the Resurfacing - Urban Paving-FRA 62-12.44 (Town St/Glenwood Av/Rich St) project, PID 106082, which encompasses resurfacing portions of US62 and other various improvements; and
WHEREAS, as part of its Urban Paving Initiative, the Ohio Department of Transportation has agreed to reimburse the City for eligible construction costs in the amount of up to $468,282.72 relative to that effort; and
WHEREAS, this legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to execute agreements with the Ohio Department of Transportation to facilitate the acceptance and expenditure of said funds; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service in that it is immediately necessary to authorize this legislation in order to make requisite construction funding available as soon as reasonably practicable so as to prevent unnecessary delays in the completion of aforementioned public infrastructure improvements, 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 Director of Public Service be and hereby is authorized to enter into agreements with the Ohio Department of Transportation to facilitate the acceptance and expenditure of funds to support work performed as part of the Resurfacing - Urban Paving-FRA 62-12.44 (Town St/Glenwood Av/Rich St) project, PID 106082.
SECTION 2. That at the end of the agreement period, or upon certification by the Department of Public Service that the funds are not needed, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the Ohio Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and any unused City match monies may be transferred back to the City fund from which those funds originated in accordance with all applicable agreements.
SECTION 3. Funds are hereby deemed appropriated and expenditures and transfers authorized to carry out the purposes of this ordinance and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with the ordinance.
SECTION 5. 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 6. 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.