Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to enter into contract with Michael Baker International, Inc. to provide engineering services associated with the parkland design for the Alum Creek Trail Connections - Mock Road and Sunbury Drive Project. The contract amount is $529,821.00, with a contingency of $32,660.00, for a total of $562,481.00 being authorized by this ordinance.
The Alum Creek Trail - Mock Road Connector will become a direct 1.2 mile connection for the near Northeast Community to the City’s regional trail system. The connector will be a 10 foot wide paved path from the Alum Creek Trail at Sunbury Drive and Mock Road, heading west and connecting directly to the city’s new Hudson Street Greenway. This connection will open a seamless 3.5 mile east-west trail from I-71, near the proposed Community Sports Park, to the Alum Creek Trail. By linking these two east-west projects, over 6,000 residents of the Arlington Park, Woodland Holt, Brittany Hills, Argyle Park, and East Linden neighborhoods will be within 10 minutes of walking and biking connectivity to parks, churches, schools, retail, and jobs.
The Alum Creek Trail - Sunbury Drive Connector will link trail users from the Alum Creek Trail to Sunbury Drive and Sunbury Road, ultimately connecting to a private development proposed shared use path off of Agler Road. This connection will further extend the reaches of the greenway network to the Northeast Area neighborhoods. This contract covers the environmental assessment and preliminary engineering portions of the Sunbury Drive Connector portion of work.
In February of 2020, the Department applied for Clean Ohio Trail Funds to build a trail connection to the Alum Creek Trail from Mock Road for the near Northeast area of Columbus, as authorized by Ordinance 0426-2020. In March of 2021, the Department received notice that the grant was approved. The Clean Ohio Trails Fund will be providing $4...
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