File #: ORD-0072-2015    Version: Name: ORD-0072-2015; Columbus Asphalt
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/23/2015 In control: City Council
On agenda: 7/13/2015 Final action: 7/20/2015
Title: TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH COLUMBUS ASPHALT PAVING, INC. OF 1196 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE GAHANNA, OHIO 43230 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF BIG WALNUT TRAIL SECTION 5; TO SUPPLEMENTALLY APPROPRIATE $60,000; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Attachments: 1. BWT Sec 5 bid set (Contract on page 46 & 47) - EXHIBIT A, 2. PR-BWT Sec 5 Rendering - EXHIBIT B, 3. ORD-0072-2015 SIGNED, 4. Big Walnut Trail - opponent correspondence, 5. letter from Patricia Kovacs 7-20-2015 council meeting, 6. speaker slips 7-20-2015 council meeting, 7. email correspondence - fence, 8. 8-6-2015 Correspondence - Supporting Big Walnut Trail Section 5, 9. 8-6-2015 correspondence email Big Walnut Trail Section 5, 10. 8-7-2015 correspondence - FW_ Big Walnut Trail Section 5, 11. 8-9-2015 correspondence - Support Section 5 - as is, 12. 8-10-2015 correspondence- Section 5 Bike Trail, 13. mailed correspondence from Tom Liszkay - bWt section 5, 14. correspondence email receieved 9-22-2015 - Big Walnut Trail
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TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH COLUMBUS ASPHALT PAVING, INC. OF 1196 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE GAHANNA, OHIO 43230 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF BIG WALNUT TRAIL SECTION 5; TO SUPPLEMENTALLY APPROPRIATE $60,000; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

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WHEREAS, Big Walnut Trail Section 5 is a 4,300 lineal feet section that extends north from the bridge at Creekside Island Park to Rivers Edge Drive; and

WHEREAS, this is the sixth section out of the nine to be complete for the Big Walnut Trail Master Plan; and

WHEREAS, this plan is one of two feasible alternatives that was studied; the other alternative having an estimated cost of an additional $500,000 and the relocation of part of Olde Ridenour Road which made this option the most economically viable; and

WHEREAS, the total price is not to exceed $647,000 including a ten percent contingency fund, therefore a supplemental appropriation is necessary for this work; and

WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Department currently has approximately $587,000 allocated in encumbrances for this project in the Capital Projects and Improvement Fund; and

WHEREAS, this project is subject to a $500,000 reimbursement from the Clean Ohio Trail Fund from a 2013 grant application; and

WHEREAS, the Director of Parks and Recreation requests to move forward with the contract as quickly as possible in order to meet the grant deadline of project completion this year, all for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety and welfare.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GAHANNA, COUNTY OF FRANKLIN, STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That the Director of Parks and Recreation is authorized to award and the Mayor is authorized to enter into contract with Columbus Asphalt Paving, 1196 Technology Drive, Gahanna, Ohio 43230, for the construction of Big Walnut Trail, Section 5, said Contract attached hereto as EXHIBIT A.

Section 2. The Big Walnut Trail - Segment 5 rendering has been at...

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